Hell Mode: Yarikomizuki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musou suru • Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing

Hell Mode: Yarikomizuki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musou suru • Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing - Episode 4 discussion

*Hell Mode: Yarikomizuki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musou suru*, episode 4

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szalhi2026-01-30 17:56

[With all the grinding,](https://i.imgur.com/jojXTRq.jpeg) it was inevitable he would have to [reveal some things.](https://i.imgur.com/DNxMDOL.jpeg) Of course, he did it with verisimilitude, using terms his family would understand.

KnightKal2026-01-30 19:46

it will be funny when he reveals his summon powers

"err mom, about those bugs that keep invading the house and scaring you... err... they are actually mine... sorry!" /joke

BornfromDarkness2026-01-30 18:05

Plan b, use the commoners as fodder.

cs_cast_away_boi2026-01-30 21:59

plan c, give krena a sword and call the boar a knight

HolyDragSwd25002026-01-30 22:18

10 to 15 will be done instantly. Heck they could double it

CommanderZx22026-01-30 22:20

I was thinking use them as bait to lure boars into kill boxes.

no1foryou2026-01-31 02:41

I saw Plan B and I thought you were getting at MC mom being a baby factory, commoner cost when up from 30 gold to 50 gold because of these rabbits they could use some plan B.

avboden2026-01-31 03:34

He'll succeed with plan A

Be such a badass strategist/commander it all works out and they end up stronger for it.

ObvsThrowaway51202026-01-30 18:10

Looks like grinding XP by hunting those giant ass birds really paid off. Dude’s growing stronger. Glad he finally told his folks what was (mostly) up.

This boar hunt stuff is a real predicament for the village. Keen to see what solution Allen comes up with to help. Hopefully no one gets gored this time…

shadebug2026-01-30 18:20

I’m surprisingly looking forward to next week as he playtests exactly how involved somebody has to be in the fight to get the XP.

Problem is that if it’s Pokémon style and they just need to exist near the fight then people will realise that they can grind XP by making their minions fight for them

thewilltheway2026-01-30 19:09

Most people aren't aware of the XP situation, they only know about leveling up because their injuries are healed. If they're on the sidelines, they won't get injured.

shadebug2026-01-31 01:07

I think they’d still notice the trial of the gods happening as just feeling great and then being noticeably better at life

HolyDragSwd25002026-01-30 21:02

Someone gotta aggro the boar

justking14142026-01-30 22:05

I’m liking how the boar hunt is a matter of bureaucracy. It could’ve just been them hunting for food, but then they could’ve found an alternative food supply. It could’ve been the chiefs decision but then they could’ve negotiated with the chief. Instead by making it the baron’s choice (assuming there’s nobody above him giving orders), it’s an unavoidable problem. The baron is too high an authority for even the chief to negotiate with and so everyone must simply obey

TyraniTEMPESTar2026-01-30 18:21

Gerda: *"Uh, I see some dog-like bite marks here..."*.
Allen: "...instinct... Anyways, I took down 10 more".
Lol.

PeaceAlien2026-01-30 18:39

Easier to explain that the birds already had the bites on them lol

joe45532026-01-30 19:22

He also came out to his parents, as a gamer.

J4rno2026-01-30 23:52

I think he was monologuing inside his head in that part.

fractal_magnets2026-01-30 18:26

Loving the serf accessories. This felt like 2 episodes with how much story they jammed in compared to previous episodes.
I'm still in.

cs_cast_away_boi2026-01-30 21:55

no credits either! besides the intro, we got a FULL episode

CommanderZx22026-01-30 22:23

The whole serf lifestyle is definitely the most standout part of this story, it truly makes it different to most other anime I've seen. Most anime anime where the MC starts off poor or whatever, they are usually already living in much better conditions or making money relatively quickly.

liquidpele2026-01-30 22:42

Agreed, pretty tired of the "reborn as a noble" trope where "oh no it's sooo hard to eat all this caaaaaaake"

rotten_riot2026-01-30 23:38

"Oh no, I don't want to get a maid who loves me and a slave who values me more than themselves! Reincarnating as a noble is so hard!"

OldInstruction53682026-01-31 02:04

And the cute maid has huge knockers and is joking about getting in the bath with me!?

Oh, the *horror.*

OldInstruction53682026-01-31 02:08

Yeah, I was thinking about just how much work goes into making money, when killing that monster only gets him a few silvers after taxes.

Bro's dad nearly dies because of bullshit the local lord puts them through, and after all that, the nobles just take 60% of everything.

And even then, he's mostly hunting to keep his family fed over the winter, has to give up the expensive parts in taxes, and trades the rest of the 'spare' meat for other vital necessities, like salt.

Welcome to wage slavery, son! You bust your ass to barely get by while ~~useless parasites~~ your boss gets all the profit!

darthvall2026-01-31 02:39

60% is crazy for tax

OldInstruction53682026-01-31 03:24

Honestly, yeah. Serfs across medieval Europe were generally only taxed ~1/3 of their harvest. Nobles understood that the serfs still needed to, you know, eat in order to survive. Then any remaining harvest they didn't need to eat or give in taxes would be bartered for goods they couldn't produce on their farms.

Pretty sure rebellions tend to happen at rates lower than 60%, as that is basically strangling the population.

Just imagine the psychological toll of knowing your sigma grind is getting taxed at 60%. All while your family lives in a dirt cabin and is struggling just to cover basic necessities after your primary breadwinner was nearly killed doing stupid shit at the boss's own orders.

"Workman's Comp," was basically just giving a -slight- tax reprieve to the dude's *six year old child* who went out hunting in his dad's place.

Right before being told he's need to grind even harder and harder every year.

Man, I would NOT be surprised if this ends in a rebellion over bullshit management/taxes, but I doubt the low-stakes story is going to go there anytime soon.

darthvall2026-01-31 03:34

Ah, so they did bartering in this episode because it's not taxed? Good to learn that it's partially based on history.

It didn't occur to me that's the main reason they want to keep more meat during the negotiation part. I thought they want to stock more meat to eat by themselves which was kinda weird since it's a lot. Also, even if they sold it I thought it's going to be taxed.

OldInstruction53682026-01-31 04:38

It all depends. AFAIK, "sales tax" wasn't a common thing in medieval settings (although the Romans had some form of sales tax). I mean, coins were for city folk and nobles, not dirt-grubbing farmers. This was particularly salient considering 90%+ of the population of any given kingdom was comprised of subsidence farmers.

They were taxed on their primary economic activity, farming, and any other special obligations that their local lord imposed. This typically involved a 'labor tax' of X amount of days per year working 'for free' on some project of the local lord. Think repairing bridges, digging roads, clearing timber, quarrying stone, etc. Just whatever labor the lord needed.

And conscription, ofc. Along with the above, the 'labor taxes' would be levied either before or after the planting season. This meant wars across medieval Europe were largely a seasonal affair. After the harvest, round up the peasants and raid the neighboring kingdom. Return for winter, or at the latest, in time for the spring planting.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Hunting here is an anomaly. Across medieval Europe, hunting was the favored pastime of nobles (besides war, ofc). Most of the forests were cut down for more farmland, managed for timber (ship building in particular), or kept as hunting preserves for the local lord. Think Robin Hood, as one of his crimes was 'poaching' the Lord's game. A peasant going out to hunt to put food on his table was seen as 'stealing' game the Lord should be hunting for funsies.

As a consequence, most of the 'old growth' forests remaining in Europe were all the old hunting grounds of nobles.

There were other taxes, as well. Toll roads/bridges and typically a few to enter cities. But cities and towns were their own beasts with their own peculiar tax rules. Generally, *countryside* and *cities* were very separate entities and governed by different laws, including taxes. Peasants that live out in the countryside growing wheat and weaving baskets over the winter to barter with didn't deal with coins much. Coins were for city folk and nobles.

Just think of the nightmare of taxing bartered goods. You gotta give 10% of the basket you are trying to trade in for some salt? I guess you can portion out the salt... but taking off 10% of the basket just leaves you with two bits of trash...

And what would the lord do with all the bits and pieces of random junk acquired through taxing barter anyway? Giant lump sums of grain levied from thousands of peasants is one thing, but taking a portion of this and a portion of that would be a huge headache to convert into coinage or process. Better to just tax the peasants on their farms and the merchants on their shops and leave it at that.

Especially since peasants (serfs) didn't have enough coin to tax in the first place... if they even had coins to begin with. So they are taxed in a specific good (harvest) and in labor (after the harvest).

CommanderZx22026-01-31 10:48

60% isn't that far off reality for modern day, our taxes are just spread out to appear more palatable. 20% income tax, 20% VAT, fuel tax, vehicle tax, inheritance tax, savings tax, pension tax, property tax, council tax, tv license, etc. They just take and take, it's just spread over various parts of your life and so it isn't a big one off amount making it appear smaller.

darthvall2026-01-31 02:38

Even the sword master girl didn't seem to have her life getting better soon after all that commotion

NylanBlake2026-01-31 03:07

If you like that kind of start, you might enjoy Ascendance of a Bookworm.

Though it's even slower paced and even with 3 seasons out, they did not get to a point of much action yet.

CommanderZx22026-01-31 10:15

I have watched and read some of Ascendence of a bookworm, it doesn't make much sense.

She seems to be making a lot of money relatively quickly, such as earning gold coins for selling product designs to merchants. But the money she makes never appears to be used or spent in any way to improve their lives.

NylanBlake2026-01-31 12:17

She uses some of it to improve their lives, but there are 3 constraints when bringing money through inventions to a family living on the poorer side of commoners :

Her parents pride to take her money/their inability to adjust to that increase in wealth (seen for example in how sparsley they use the paper she gives them as well as their reluctance to let her pay for stuff)

the dangers coming from people on the poor side of town getting reknown&money quickly (jealousy/robbers/abusing nobles)

and probably mostly her goal to save up money to finance her dreams and make even more money in turn in order to protect her family .

The gold coins seem much at that point but it's like 10k is a lot for a normal civilian but chump change for a company boss who has to pay their workers as well as pay for tools&machinery.

her family finances and standing do increase over the course of the few years this story takes as myne raises in rank and influence it's just a very slow burn compared to usual isekai, taking over 30 volumes to reach what many do in the first couple of volumes.

Shmappii2026-01-30 18:28

"Reincarnation and monster summoning are pretty crazy, I better keep a low profile by saying I hear God's voice."

I guess that works. I think I would have preferred Allen's parents confronting him with their worries instead of him leading the conversation, though.

KnightKal2026-01-30 19:41

that ship already sailed. The kid has being too strange since he was a baby lol.

and this last month he hunted 10+ monsters at the age of 6. With a wooden sword...

this is a world where super powers, religion, etc, are fact, not fiction. So his strangeness being related to god is not something hard to accept, specially with parents that are serfs (poor, no education, never travelled the world, etc).

Magicbison2026-01-31 00:44

> So his strangeness being related to god is not something hard to accept

The thing about a false prophet also sounded like a flag. Saying you hear god's voice might not be great either.

OldInstruction53682026-01-31 02:02

And what parent doesn't want to learn that their precious little crotch goblin really is a *very* special boy?

People don't tend to question things they are happy to hear about.

Doubly so for something with a kernel of truth in it. MC-kun is, in fact, getting messages from a guy with the same name as the chief deity in this world. He's also been a weird one this whole time. Way too articulate and mature, way too strong, etc.

Plus, there was that bit about the rivalry between the dads. Their friendship nearly ended when Gerda's kid was revealed to be super-duper special. So now MC's dad gets to salvage his lost pride by saying his kid is super-duper special, too.

Again, people rarely second-guess 'convenient' news.

Zeikos2026-01-30 20:35

Honestly, given how their world works, the "God told me" justification makes sense.
Also, they all saw that he has a strength far above what's reasonable for a 6 years old.

Coming out with the monster summoning is dangerous because people could assume that he is evil or something.

AsterJ2026-01-30 20:57

> Coming out with the monster summoning is dangerous because people could assume that he is evil or something.

I feel like it was perfectly safe to tell his family he's a summoner. They already knew the birds he caught had bite marks and he told them that the goddess gave him a new type of skill. At that point there isn't much left to hide.

Shmappii2026-01-30 22:29

I agree, this family hasn't really signaled "burn the heretic" energy. I think they could handle their son making a grasshopper appear and then have a family discussion about how to handle the information. This route of secret keeping bugs me because the MC has to assume the worst of the people close to him. I'd rather the guy tries to have the conversation and see what happens. The story would be more dynamic even if things go to shit.

Zeikos2026-01-31 00:17

Honestly I understand the anxiety.
I agree that he's worrying nedlessly, however I can understand the choice to play it safe.

Shmappii2026-01-31 01:14

I think the core of my issue with the "baseline anxious, safest choice, optimal gamer" mindset is that it eliminates a lot of opportunities for interesting drama from a storytelling perspective. Watching yet another MC min/max their uncomplicated ability while regular people are happy he exists makes me wish he'd get into an argument or fuck up an interpersonal relationship at some point.

Zeikos2026-01-31 12:50

That's fair.
I also think isekai protagonists should act their age a bit more.
Having memories of being an adult doesn't equal being one.
Child brain = Child hormones and a whole slew of other differences.
I have seen soms stories doing it but it's the minority.

justking14142026-01-30 21:51

Definitely easier to claim you’re a prophet of god before they start calling you a demon and burn you at the stake

Thomas_JCG2026-01-30 22:27

That was the optimal solution. It is possible that concept of reincarnation doesn't exist in this world, and Allen is the first Summoner to exist, so he would basically have to explain two whole foreign concepts to people with zero literacy. However, everyone knows God. Everyone understands that leveling is a trial of God. So saying that you must overcome God's trial is easy to understand and accept.

And Allen's parents just willing to listen to Allen when he was ready to talk instead of being pushy is just further proof of how good parents they are.

Shmappii2026-01-30 22:53

He doesn't have to bring up reincarnation and I don't know what literacy is necessary to understand making a grasshopper appear. Allen's parents are not idiots and they've been nothing but loving for his entire life.

My issue isn't with "optimal" decision making, it's just trust. Allen's decision to handle the situation like this assumes the possibility that they could turn on him and I don't know why he feels that way. I wish the show would present any kind of trial or obstacle to Allen that would back up his thinking, but it looks like the Hell Mode difficulties he's going to face are just combat-based. His life as a serf has been shockingly stable and he already has tons of advantages compared to everyone else.

Thomas_JCG2026-01-30 23:27

It is not that he didn't trust them, he just explained things in a way they would understand and not be too worried. And please, remember he is still at the starting village, it is just not yet time for anything major.

NanDemoKnaives2026-01-30 18:36

It's nice to see him finally reveal some stuff to his family and I liked how they reacted, this will make it easier for Allen once his talent gets recognized.

I did find it interesting to watch him discover the values of things and what he needs to do in order to get his family to being commoners. It was nice to see Gerda teaching him what he needs to know and hearing from who he got the flower from that saved Rodin's life.

The scene with Rodin taking off the bandages though, manservice caught me off guard.

I'm curious to see how Allen will handle the hunts with his experience as a gamer.

Boris-_-Badenov2026-01-30 19:15

might get retested at his brothers ceremony

justking14142026-01-30 22:07

> I'm curious to see how Allen will handle the hunts with his experience as a gamer.

It’s interesting that he didn’t tell them about his summons so his plan will have to be pure strategy. Maybe the boars can be led into pits or they can employ large shields (bought by the blacksmith after convincing the chief) to stop the boars in their tracks

PeaceAlien2026-01-30 18:40

I thought Allen was about to share that he's a summoner and can taunt boars to come

AsterJ2026-01-30 22:06

He should just do that. They already know he has a new type of talent and that the birds had bite marks.

Maybe he's waiting to be officially appraised first?

rotten_riot2026-01-30 23:56

He's the only Summoner there exists. Better to wait till the oracle the devs sent establishes what Summoners are to everyone else

AffectionateJelly8572026-01-30 18:40

Did anybody catch how it was B rated monster last week and this week it is a D?

jomonteco2026-01-30 18:53

It was always a D rank monster, last week subtitles were wrong

Boris-_-Badenov2026-01-30 19:11

both his parents have light brown hair, both his siblings have light brown hair... he has black hair.

logical conclusion would be to suspect cheating

Mysteoa2026-01-30 20:57

But it's not how genetics work. It's more complex and more stuff can influence the hair color.

Thomas_JCG2026-01-30 22:37

Watch the episodes again. Have you ever seen anyone with black hair in this series besides Allen? There are people with pink hair, blue hair, green hair, but none with black. Both Gelda and the random commoners from episode 2 are surprised by his hair color.

The_Parsee_Man2026-01-31 00:45

Naturally pink hair, totally normal. Black hair, what is this weird shit?

Megadragon8982026-01-30 19:23

It was nice seeing Allen starting to adapt to this world system and growing more accustomed to it. It’s nice to see how the people were kind to each other like the potion store owner.

Also i wonder when Allen will tell his family about his summoner power?

KnightKal2026-01-30 19:43

last episode (?) the god (admin) sent him a message that they sent a new oracle to the pope (?) about his class as summoner. My guess is that he should wait that out before letting people know about it.

right now: weird powers about controlling monsters

later on: god given power to control monsters, not evil

big difference

aquaticshrimp2026-01-30 21:42

I love the fact that for once the isakei'ed character actually loves his new family and wants them to be safe.

rotten_riot2026-01-30 23:51

Same, I have a soft spot for when MC gets isekai'd as a kid and grows fond of their new family

darthvall2026-01-31 02:41

Yeah, I'm enjoying this much more than I thought I would.

I originally thought this is just another trash isekai, however they properly do the world building and not having MC became OP from the get go. Also having people acted like people rather than scumbag is actually nice. Maybe other than the knight's dumb reasoning for testing the girl.

YdenMkII2026-01-30 19:25

Hmm, I wonder what the advantages of hell mode even are? I recall mentioning there's some great gains at the end but he mentioned his stat gains on level up were reduced 60% as well?

KnightKal2026-01-30 19:49

there were none ?

his class is super powerful, it is higher in ranking than hero and demon lord, but hell mode was just debuffs to his progression rate

at least I don't recall any bonuses from episode 1

NylanBlake2026-01-31 03:23

It is stated to have no level cap which will come up again later (i wrote a little spoiler from the manga in the source corner)

diacewrb2026-01-30 20:06

> Hmm, I wonder what the advantages of hell mode even are?

He gets to enjoy sucking on titties after reincarnating whilst mentally an adult.

>but he mentioned his stat gains on level up were reduced 60% as well?

Matches his tax rate. Surprised he didn't suggest a revolution instead after hearing all that demand for boar meat, just what are they doing with all that meat?

squantorunningbear2026-01-30 20:45

His mom looks hot as hell cuz she's an anime woman but damn, those gotta be some hilariously unwashed dirty titties 😂

RedHotChiliCrab2026-01-30 21:33

Just the way he likes them

cs_cast_away_boi2026-01-30 22:00

i laughed way too hard but both of you still get BONKed

rotten_riot2026-01-31 00:06

>some hilariously unwashed dirty titties 😂

bruh

squantorunningbear2026-01-31 00:34

Theyre serfs in a setting where pretty much only nobles would have regular access to bathing, its not that outlandish of a thing to say 😂

justking14142026-01-30 22:08

Hell mode has no level cap. He could theoretically grow strong enough to punch mountains into dust though with how slow he’s leveling up, that’ll take millennia

YdenMkII2026-01-31 01:35

Ahh kay. So it's up to him to find a farming exploit to quickly grind up levels.

justking14142026-01-31 08:03

Step 1: gather 100 to 200 d or c rank monsters in an enclosed space

Step 2: gather aphrodisiacs that work on monsters

Step 3: forcibly breed them repeatedly

Step 4: kill their spawn

Step 5: repeat step 2-4 until godhood achieved

SpikeRosered2026-01-30 19:47

I like isekai stories like this where the MC has to solve small problems before the Demon Lord's generals are baring down on him.

One thing I've been thinking about this "Hell Mode" thing is that the no level cap might not even be much of a benefit depending on how much exp a human can expect to receive in their life time. Obviously it's likely going to work out here because it's the premise of the show, but if I was presented with this choice and wanted the most power, I'm not sure the no level cap difficulty would be ideal.

Axros2026-01-30 20:35

The anime didn't go over all of the difficulty options, but the Extra difficulty has a 10x XP multiplier instead of Hell's 100x. Unless you're feeling particularly main character-y, I'd suggest going with that. You'd still be able to become more powerful than normal, but without having to grind a literal ocean of monsters.

SpikeRosered2026-01-30 20:42

It all really depends on what the caps are. If the cap is level 10, then he made a great choice. If the cap is level 100, he most likely made a bad choice. (Though I presume some nonsense will occur where he has monsters constantly fighting for him eventually grinding away at all times. They are already set he that he is prepared to gamify the experience and prioritize efficiency over *classically* gaining exp by adventuring)

Axros2026-01-30 20:49

Well yeah it of course depends on what the caps are, but I'm more so talking about if you were going in blind like the MC did. With no knowledge beforehand, and assuming that normal is the benchmark, then going with extra seems like the safe play.

Assuming you want to excel at combat, anyway. If you don't care about fighting then I'd just go with easy to prevent an early death, and going with normal to fit in isn't bad either. Hell mode's masochistic 100x XP requirement is a huge gamble and not something I'd ever risk when going in blind.

Earlier-Today2026-01-31 06:26

I'm surprised he doesn't just constantly have his summons out hunting the weakest monsters - racking up tiny amounts of XP all the time would pay off as you can keep doing other stuff.

I mean, say the weakest monsters are all worth only 1 XP each, and it's only his dogs that he can send out to hunt without constant instruction. He's got 16 dogs, and say they each kill 2 rats per hour and can be out hunting throughout all the serf fields for the 10 hours in the night when no one will see them.

That's a bit over 300 XP a day while he's just going about his normal serf and family duties.

He'd level up pretty quickly.

justking14142026-01-30 21:57

I’ve always said that small stakes are necessary to get us to care for the mc and this series has definitely done that better than most. It’s just a small family fighting to survive without being grim dark.

As for hell mode, it all depends on the level cap and how much higher level monsters will give him. It took 10 D rank monsters to hit level 2. And will take double that reach level 3. If c rank monsters only give around double the experience, Allan could grind for decades and still never come close to whatever the level cap is. But if higher ranks give exponentially more experience, hell mode could definitely be worth it

NylanBlake2026-01-31 03:15

i have provided a bit of a spoiler about that hellmode levelcap interaction in the source corner from what i remember reading the earlier chapters of the manga a while back.

TrickedFaith2026-01-31 03:35

I would kill for an actual game like this. Something about this slower methodical pace scratches my brain. It's like RDR2 but an RPG.

djthomp2026-01-30 20:18

I'm surprised the family friend dude didn't try and watch how Allen was hunting those birds. He still hasn't told anyone about the summons but maybe it would be a really bad idea while still being a serf, and at least they know he's strong enough to help out with the hunts.

PandaTheAB2026-01-30 20:30

The amount of danger they showed in last cliffhanger had such an anti-climatic end.
He had leeches/blood draining bugs and won within 2 minutes.

Thomas_JCG2026-01-30 23:18

The previous fight he was level 1 and had no strategy. The last fight he was stronger, could summon more reinforced monsters and already was used to fighting Albaherons.

PandaTheAB2026-01-31 14:07

I am not talking about the last fight.
They concluded the fight from last episode in this episode in just two minutes.
He suddenly tried leeches and it worked.
That was how he killed the first Albaheron.
It was anti-climatic given the tension they built in last episode.

HolyDragSwd25002026-01-30 21:00

Allen leveled up!!!!!

Learned how to barter/trade

Told his parents about his blessing

mekerpan2026-01-30 21:41

\>> Told his parents about his blessing

Kinda, sorta....

Daviddv12022026-01-30 21:01

Anime is nice but one thing I have to call out is that the CGI is ATROCIOUS. Sorry.

BiggerG72026-01-30 21:35

Allen: “I think it’s time I told my parents the truth!”

*Makes up bullshit about how the gods made him super smart and strong instead of him being an Isekai and can summon*.

I lol’ed.

Thomas_JCG2026-01-30 22:43

Well, the gods did made him super strong by giving him the 8-stars class. So it was not a lie.

Spoon_Elemental2026-01-31 10:50

He wasn't actually lying though. Their God literally does speak to him and he was granted wisdom via being allowed to keep his memories after reincarnating. Nothing he said was a lie except for the exact words used, but he communicated the fundamental truths of the situation, he just framed it in a way they would understand. And he's not exactly hiding his summoner status from them either, he's just waiting for that information to come out on it's own since he already knows that it will via the pope.

The_Kurosaki2026-01-30 21:50

I understand hes OP and stuff but... shit... how he managed to replicate complex plants by drawing? wtf?

Thomas_JCG2026-01-30 23:16

He just needed to think to add something to his notes, it is not hard to think of a plant that is right in front of you.

cs_cast_away_boi2026-01-30 21:57

Lol I love how that little store punk just shoves allen then gets immediately ass whooped once he sets down the pack against the wall.

liquidpele2026-01-30 22:48

I almost didn't watch this one since it looked hokey, but I'm really enjoying it, it's not a masterpiece but the writing is well done and the characters act like real people and not complete idiots.

Thomas_JCG2026-01-30 23:14

The negotiation and Allen hugging his grimoire after finally leveling up had me in stitches. I also like how he forgot he was supposed to be an adult when fighting Dogora. Overall this was a very enjoyable episode.

IceSmiley2026-01-30 23:47

Allen and Gerda did an amazing job negotiating the albaheron with the chieftain, the voice actor for Allen is so funny. It is strange though that Allen was an unemployable loser in his previous life; he's very smart, street smart and has excellent people skills so you think he could succeed in something unless modern day Japan just isn't the right environment for him. It's also interesting how Dogora being swiftly beaten in a sword fight turned him into sort of Allen's friend and they train together.

Allen was also smart in realizing that whether the serfs succeed or fail in meeting their quota, it will result in more serf being recruited. I guess it's a video game so it doesn't have to make sense, but where are the serfs recruited from? Like would they come from other villages and why aren't they already part of a fiefdom?

NylanBlake2026-01-31 03:28

Don't remember anything about that mentioned in the manga (but it's been a long while since i last read it) But my guess it, that the other serf villages in the fiefdom have other tasks with this one being close to a forest where many boars live, others might not have such a meat source nearby but instead better soil for growing wheat or something.

Baron, noble as they are probably goes by "serf is serf, and i want more meat not bread, so lets get some farmers over to that boar village to hunt more boars" or something in that line of thinking.

oneevilchicken2026-01-31 00:59

This is actually better than I expected.

Now I hope Allen starts a U.S. marines style military boot camp to break down the commoners and make them a fighting force.

OldInstruction53682026-01-31 02:12

Nice, he finally levels up. That was a huge boost in mana, which was his biggest road block to leveling his summoning-related skills.

Hopefully next episode he makes a number of interesting breakthroughs from grinding with all that extra MP.

I know his short-term goal right now is to help his parents and make money, but surely leveling up his summoning skills should open up more options/stronger summons to help with that, no?

SYZekrom2026-01-31 02:14

Dude really couldn't just say 'idk the thing was probably already injured when it landed' to explain away the dog bites as unrelated to him and to better justify how he could've won huh

Did his dad notice on sight when he came back leveled up?

Ah, the cut, okay.

Gaming_Truckie2026-01-31 03:16

I love his dad:
We can't tell anyone about this, except Greda I have to rub his nose in it 🤣🤣

machopsychologist2026-01-31 05:42

Grinding up by killing hundrds of birds ... where have I seen this before...

(visual / audio warning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeFBuo9VsI

mekahamedan2026-01-31 08:36

i like how this anime introduce how money value
like usually cheap isekai always "1 gold same like blablabla yen" without any comparing value
on this anime, allen trying to get info how much money worth with barter, such a good concept
last time i see that good concept to introduce money value in isekai is from Log Horizon which telling audience money worthy from how much gold to spend for meal and inn per night, and how much gold they can get from goblin drop

NoHead17152026-01-31 08:50

Allen and Gerda made a great negotiation team. Keeping all the meat from your hard-earned hunts is huge for a growing family. Allen's also a great guy for making good to the medicine seller. Next we'll see how his leadership and tactician skills fare.

DrZoark2026-01-31 11:57

It's nice to see him finally taking things seriously in this current life.