Yo aninews we all love overlord but maybe consider branching out and covering something more topical like chainsaw man

2 quick questions because I know overlord is about to run out here, 1 will you go back over the cut content for previous seasons? and 2 whats to come next?

Do you also cover bleach tybw??

Can you make a vid about the god kins?

I will not buy or play any games I can't own.

Same with Renner who seemed like she was going to be a naïve Disney Princess only to be a genius yandere.

@@enforcerridley158 quite frankly that is literally almost every new world character in overlord, with characters defying or subverting the typical roles they'd occupy in a fantasy story from a book or rpg.

@@RichterfanReborn89 Gazef, Climb, Jirniv.. Good amount of characters are exactly the same with their appearance.

@@MrCommandor1998 Jirniv is the opposite of what he looks like. if anything he would act like Gilgamesh from Fate but they made him a mentally unstable man

With limited information we have at the start of anime or LN I think it's understandable that think he is just another pampered royalty

and head-turning

@@payforoxygen dude why XD

You can say , his head was on the wrong place at that time.

Don’t worry in the books he gets the last laugh

@@MrProphet347 tell me

I don't remember such a thing, and even opened the volume to confirm it. Their entire conversation didn't mention katze plains, exactly as i remember. Are you sure that such exchange really happened? And if so - are you sure it happened during that particular conversation? Or is it just ommited in my version?

@@Med1umentor yeah 100%. I think it's only in the Japanese and Fan Translations online. When I started reading Overlord people heavily recommended I read that one since apparently the official releases are infamously

@@AndresGomez-ct7qb infamously what?

@@WanderTheNomad he was killed by the megacorps while typing 😭

@@WanderTheNomad Sloppy, inaccurate and plainly makes weird choices in translations. Much like the infamous 4Kids version of 'One Piece'

I agree

I respect Zanac, the same respect i give to Tyrion Lannister(Game of Thrones). Truly an interesting relatable character 👌

I groaned when I originally saw him. Oh look, a typical sneering fat noble. Overlord did not do that AT ALL!

Zanac deserves respect! 😢

I bet Ainz really wished he didn't feel compelled to kill him. Would have been a great Governor.

Same. I gained new respect for Zanac, a true noble through and through

Zanac was truly a hero just borned to a awful kingdom and a broken father.

@@gemrock He honestly could've changed Ainz ways but the corrupt nobles had forced his hand into destroying everything in the Re-estize Kingdom.

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx doubt it, Ainz said he would kill everyone regardless

@@Ricardo_Rick But even then, their deaths would be painless like Gazef's death rather than endless torture.

I know it's highly unlikely and would decrease the impact but I'd love too see him brought back. Bone daddy needs friends. Real friends he can be a mortal around. Everytime ains meets someone who reminds him of his savoir touch me and alike...they end up dead man.

@@FeedMeSalt zanac and Renner seeing each other after the kingdom's fall 0_0 👁👄👁

@@payforoxygen but he ded, isn't he?

@@david95ms that's the joke, both of those siblings are technically dead now. Without spoiling too much. So if they ran back into each other under ains it would be funny. They could very well exist in nazz for years maybe decades and never know of each other. But it would be comical. "How did my idiot brother achieve goals similar too my own?!?" "How did my *Sister* get here"

@@FeedMeSalt uhh. About Renner… Spoiler: She’s alive and is an imp (low or lowest race demon)

Zanac is one of the characters I pitied the most. He gave everything to protect the people of Re-Estize, but with his own sister switching sides and being pitched against Narzarick he never even had a chance.

In any other timeline, it is believed that Zanac could have lead the Kingdom to greatness, but sadly, he had the unfortunate circumstances of Nazarick to deal with.

Not a fan of him but I always thought he was the best of his siblings

He probably overate to distract himself from the stress of what was really going on.

And then we find out that his animosity toward his sister was ENTIRELY justified, considering what kind of person Renner actually is. Bait and Switch. Zanac was a genuinely good guy, he deserved better than his ultimate fate.

Gazef's loyalty had him set on one path only. Once we learned that the king would not be able to give up the territory (would make him weaker to the Nobel faction, and so on) I kind of just knew Gazed was going to eventually fight Ainz or one of his subordinates. Brain had a satisfying conclusion, but I really did hope he would have fled with Climb. Then again he changed over time after having his confidence shattered. As for Zanac seeming like the petty noble type. That was masterfully crafted by the author. He treated his sister like a psychopath, then you learn she is actually one. He treated his brother like an idiot and you see how his brother could have easily ground the kingdom into dist with his foolishness. Zanac foiled and put obstacles in front of his eldest because the things the seat wanted to do was due to manipulation and probably would have diminished the crown's influence.

yeah given his appearance of a fat short squinted-eyed noble it is easy to lump him with your typical corrupt incompetent villain.

Yeah Zanac was a character I originally didn't think much of, when we got to know his siblings, I thought he was certainly cunning, but not nearly as smart as his sister, but far smarter than his brutish older brother. Then seeing him try to run the kingdom while his father is falling in his spiral of grief, my opinion of him started to change, fast forward to the chat with Ainz and I really felt bad for Zanac, he tried his best for his kingdom, and honestly if Ainz wasn't fixed upon the kingdom's destruction, I think he would have gotten along with Zanac fairly well. But his goal and how he knows best to achieve it basically requires this act of destruction, and since nothing can really oppose him, I think it makes more bitter on how we view the situation. Hoping Zanac might be able to live by the narrowest margin due to Ainz's respect for him. Then we had the traitor nobles, and I honestly enjoyed knowing they would be sent to experience living hell. They betrayed and brutally killed their leader, merely so they could even attempt to save themselves. I know they feared for their lives, but it doesn't mean I have to be ok with their actions.

​​@@ODDnanref I think with gazef and brain we know for a fact they wouldbt have accepted what the princess did thus they had to be taken care of I honestly think brains ending was more satisfying then gazef seeing as ainz was really pessimistic and the only one who could give gazef a warriors death was coqites (however you spell that name lol) at the very least gazef died peacefully. It had taken someone as depraved and selfish as the princess to truly join the ranks of ainz oal gown and if you ask my real opinion on that she was only accepted due to zanac and his friendship with ainz her usefulness to nazarack was negligible at best demiurge said so but thats just my take you could argue taking over the kingdom from within was valuable too deserving of being apart of ainz but imo that wouldve only been enough to be spared not to be apart of ainz

@@-EndlessHorizon Gazef died trying to gleam information fora possible future defeat on Ainz. I think that is a satisfying nd, not a warriors end, but the end of a shield that dying trying to further protect his kingdom. The princess was a psychopath, but she was pretty clear on what she wants. She wants to live with her puppy as equals and have kids with him. Nazarick just had the better deal. Also, what are you on about? The princess was accepted into the ranks due to her unparalleled intelligence, she played the nobles in the kingdom without stepping outside the palace. She could deduce the movements of organizations without even stepping out of the palace too. Not to mention Albedo and Demiurge both admitted to her being of equal intelligence to them. Which scared Ainz, because she could discover his fakeness. So her ability to take over administrative tasks from Albedo or Demiurge would massive free up one of them to take to the frontlines, where they can actually deal damage. The princess had a deal way before Momonga befriended Zanac.

It's really interesting because, in many cases, Ainz hasn't actually had a say in what happens to Nazerick or what they do. For example, it wasn't really Ainz's idea to accomplish world domination. That was Demiurge's idea based on one off-hand comment from Ainz and Demiurge's own personal biases. Demiurge was just so convincing with the rest of the NPCs, Ainz felt he had no choice but to go along with it. With Zanac, there's a lot less tugging at Ainz's strings.

Watching this video made me emotional. I feel so sad for the guy. Maybe because of what you said. It's as human as it gets

@@MeIrakli And that is the irony of it all. Zannac came to understand the most human of desires that nobody could ever fault from an undead king who was going to trample of him and his people. He couldn't fault Ainz at all. But people are petty creatures. All the respect to him for not bending or breaking to them. And the same goes for the general who stood and fought with him till the end.

@@rollin340 Agreed. Lovely conversation

I got literal chills when he grabs Aura and says with pissed voice "and even if they beg for death, do not kill them immediately" I was like ooooooo now hes pissed

The dub write is more knowledge than the anime script writer.

I've noticed that in the last few years, the quality of subs has become abysmally bad.. I'm noticing quite often how what they're saying, and what's in the sub are very different. I miss the pre-streaming days :/

@@gogudelagaze1585 pre streaming days? Like twitch or individual episodes being uploaded?

@@dravenocklost4253 I mean before anime streaming was a thing. With Crunchyroll, Netflix, etc. streaming anime, they've started doing subs, and in many cases, the subs are of very poor quality. I know in Crunchyroll's case they pay their translators very poorly, so that probably explains the lack of quality. It also doesn't help that there's only one translation for the most part. In the old days, you'd get subtitles done by volunteer groups, and while not all were good, overall, the quality of the translation was much higher - especially if you were watching slightly older shows, where community had time to sort out and vote on which group had the best translation.

I always tell people to watch whichever version they like more, because at the end of the day, the dub vs sub debate is stupid. But for Overlord I do prefer the dub, sub isn't bad, I just prefer the dub for Overlord. And then there's shows where I prefer the sub, I don't understand why people get so caught up in being some sort of sub purist, you don't speak japanese so you're entirely at the mercy of the translation subtitles. Much the same way the dub viewers are at the mercy of who's cast for the voice roles, and what's written for the script for them. It's the same boat, just a different make of sorts.

Don't forget: The champion who was too blinded by loyalty to switch sides to save the kingdom, and the insane noble who thought betraying the Sorcerer Kingdom was in any way shape or form a good idea.

@@rahn45 exactly. This story could’ve just been the evil overpowered enemies destroying a kingdom. But with the characters introduced, you can see how the kingdom was doomed to fail sooner or later

Zanac drinking the water that Ainz offered means that both of them are still a human and a mortal no matter how big their differences are and Zanac understands that Ainz is all alone all the time despite the fact that he commands an army capable of destroying anything in his way if he ever so wishes. He accepted Ainz's offer of death without suffering in order to bring him his happiness.

ainz asked zanac if he wanted orange juice as alcohol would be inappropriate. zanac refused

right, it was omitted from the Anime, but after offering water, Ainz also gave the option for Orange juice after ruling out alcohol, but Zanac thanked Ainz that water is fine

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I thought it was “a hero would sacrifice themselves to save the world, but the villain would sacrifice the world to save one person”

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Makes sense, Zanac privately understood that Ainz also didn't have what it takes to be a true king.

Pretty sure he cut out to be a king. Author even said in afterword that Zanac will fix his Kingdom if Nazarick don't appear and he become king.

Ains wasn't giving them peace. He mercilessly slaughtered an entire city, when all he would have had to do to keep his place with his fanatically loyal servants was ask them to spare the innocent, or the children at least. Call it his undead nature influencing his personality, but Satoru should be disgusted with himself.

@@snapeinvader6208 No, Ainz and Demiurge came up with an idea to change the kingdom from the inside by removing the useless ones and keeping the useful ones. They planned to make a revolution by using Phillip and takeover the Kingdom as It's saviour after the revolution ends. But that plan backfired when Phillip attacked the Sorcerer Kingdom's grain transportation cart. Phillip(a noble of the Kingdom) basically declared war to the Sorcerer Kingdom. Now, they have to respond with an appropriate response to that attack but that response can't be seen as too naive or weak from the other nations since Kingdom one of the weakest nations after their clash with Empire and Ainz on the Kltze Plains. Plus, the Kingdom is rotten from the inside, The noble faction and the royal faction always clashing against each other, citizens with no ambitions, producing drugs and all kinds of Illegal things by the Six Fingers. Kingdom is basically useless to Ainz. So, Ainz and The Guardians had a meeting and then decided that to make the full use of the current situation is to make examples of Kingdom(who attacked the Sorcerer Kingdom) and the Empire (Who was a vessel Kingdom under the Sorcerer Kingdom). He give them one month to live before eradicating them. That's mercy from Ainz. They experimented new tactics while attacking the Kingdom so Ainz made sure to use all their lives as much as possible. Also, when Pestonya(The dog maid) begged him to let some people live, Ainz let some of them escape.[add my top comment here] What really happened was just Phillip fucked up and Kingdom has to take responsibility for it. That's all.

@@snapeinvader6208 Also, his undead nature might influence him but they are strangers in the first place why would he care? And yes, Satoru is disappointed with himself for not being able to have big emotions. But it's not like he is some robot, he cares about his friends' NPCs since he doesn't have anything else he treasures after them.

@@sakamotoverge3194 very compelling case but like zenac said there were so many ways it could of been handled. And people love blaming it on his lack of emotions but it's more so demiurge and albedo. If it was really just his emotions being off causing his ruthlessness then he if he had all positive rated underlings he would still turn out handling things this way.

​@@snapeinvader6208 not really. He was actually thinking of giving them mercy and there was a very small chance that he would not have annihilated them. The problem was the kingdom had too much disloyalty and greed that they were willing to kill their own just to survive. Ainz loves loyalty and camaraderie the most. Unless it was demiurge who plans everything, ainz do not really want to annihilate everybody. It's just that there is nothing worth saving in the kingdom for him. Well, he didn't really annihilate everybody in the end. Some actually survived and you could see them at the end.

Yes, but it also shows how unhealthily projective he is in how he sees the creations of his friends. It even reflects in his own NPC that is PA (since he reminds Ainz of his chunnibyo days). He slowly comes to terms that he's the only one left, and that the NPCs are nothing more than data acting on the whims of their programming.

@ashleigh chance In a way, I feel this is Ainz's most admirable characteristic and biggest shortcoming. He wants to protect those closest to him. That's admirable. But being so protective can lead a person to make irrational decisions. That is a shortcoming.

I just don't think he would do it because he doesn't want to risk others knowing about resurrection. Otherwise he definitely deserve to be at the top

​@@MeIraklihe literally made resurrection as the advantage in joining his adventure guild

1. It is definitely true that he would be a very lonely man without all Nazarick's NPCs. 2. It is however not true that he does not like to act as an overlord, a super villain, hence choosing the role (and the evil guild) in the first place. So in conclusion.. He would prefer if he freely could display his inner thoughts in front of Nazarick denizens. That however does not mean he dislikes his role of overlord of Nazarick. You may not yourself "get" Ainz "like you think you do" - your view is lacking in nuance which of course is crucial for a character, especially one as his.

@@LetHimRead 1. Ainz has zero backbone when it comes to the NPC's worse traits. Look how easily he gets scared when Albedo's mad. 2. That's not what they meant, and you know it. They meant the actual *Wanton Killing* he does. Yes, Ainz and his crew loved to play the role of monsters, *but ONLY when it was just a GAME.* You really think the other members of AInz Ooal Gown would relish in the fact their creations all magically came to life and are out here killing and torturing people for real?

Seriously, I mean it's not like Ainz *Likes* all the killing he does. He still does it for selfish reasons, yeah, but he's not the mindless monster they seem to think he is. He's a former salaryman, he is capable of being reasoned with (usually, as long as it benefits him in some way). And he is still capable of empathizing with others (take Gondo and Pluton for example). And even that bonus chapter that takes place in an alternate continuity shows just how different his way of doing things would be if he came to the new world alone. Take him away from the toxic influence of people like Albedo and Demiurge, put him around real friends who see him as an equal and won't blindly worship him, and Ainz suddenly isn't that different from other Isekai protagonists.

It's been obvious from the get-go, the whole Sorcerer Kingdom began because of a misinterpretation of what Ainz said as a joke. Ainz rolled with it partly because he was afraid of exposing his own incompetence. And while he may not enjoy killing at least sadistically, he'll still do it without hesitation if he can benefit from it. Also, Ainz is still a villian through and through, but his disposition is something of a "reciprocal altruist".

​@@keepinitreal8907the only member of the Ainz Ooal Gown guild I can imagine enjoying the killing on a massive scale is Ulbert. If he and some of the other guild members at least were summoned - I can imagine the conflicting mindsets would have made for a great spin-off of some sort.

That's what I'm saying 👍🏾

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I wholeheartedly believe that a vampire princess spinoff outsourced to a different studio would be a great thing to see. No offense to Madhouse, but dang their animation team for Overlord isn’t doing it justice…

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Re-Estize had the ability to turn into a good nation, just like the Empire does. But Slayn just has to be torn down, that faction is too far gone to change for the better.

@Mediados I do agree.. Can't wait for Ainz to tear that nation down. Though I'm more intrigued if Slayn has secretly imprisoned a player..

@@Jumooo Doubtful, unless they found some low level newbie unfortunate enough to be transported there. A level 100 players will destroy the Slane Theocracy even if he or she had subpar equipment

There would have been plenty of internecine struggles I bet. Imagine Ulbert wanting to destroy everything but you have the other guild members disagreeing. Of course, since their creators are there - you'll get the NPCs taking the sides of their respective supreme beings (I swear that Pandora's Actor was a breath away from killing Albedo when she entered the treasury).

Ainz still got the highest position (with he being the leader, and PA keeping the treasures room) but i'm pretty sure internal conflicts would happened right after they got transported, members with high karma points such as touch me would act as a savior, while members with low karma points such as ulbert would enjoy killing people, so yeah it'd be a day full of debates

Yeah, how dare they try to protect their families. Very awful people

@@alan62036 Very awful indeed. You can try and negotiate, but they committed treason. I hope Neuronist had a long, fun, playful time with them. At least a century, if not a millennia.

I was let down with the secret invasion of the northwest of the kingdom.

I believe the LN doesn't describe the massacre either. It just says it was over quickly.

@Dominick Destine dang then that sucks. I mean for sure it was over quick, but Ainz telling the guardians that he didn't care anymore and for them to not hold back made me want to see some OP attacks

​@@netoisthebestI'm pretty any of those op attacks would've decimated the whole kingdom in a flash