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Overlord
The year is 1138.
Earth is a polluted wasteland. The sky has been permanently darkened by a layer of thick, unyielding smog. The soil has been acidified, the oceans poisoned. Both are devoid of life. Corporations rule the world and control the government and all factors of production. They drive their workers like cattle, and keep them alive with cocktails of antibiotics, genetic augmentation, and nanomachines. Families are torn apart by the demands of overwhelming work, if these wage slaves are not killed by the toxic air or disease first. To escape the suffering of this dismaying world, humans seek refuge in the world of fantasy - virtual reality games, authored by the autocratic corporations who made the world like it is. Like The Matrix, these worlds allowed humans to experience the world as it no longer is. The most popular of these games are DMMORPGs, or Dive Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. The most popular of these is YGGDRASIL, a medieval fantasy themed game modeled on Norse mythology. Overlord begins as YGGDRASIL, after a decade long run, is being shut down due to declining popularity. The story focuses on Momonga, real name Satoru Suzuki, a salaryman who has played the game since the beginning. Momonga is the guildmaster of a formerly great guild named Ainz Ooal Gown. It was an evil-aligned guild whose members were all monsters. At its peak, the guild was one of the Top 5 guilds in the YGGDRASIL but lost members to real-life concerns until, during the game's twilight, only Momonga remains, to stand vigil over his guild's empty halls in the futile hope that his friends will return. But when the clock strikes twelve during YGGDRASIL's apocalypse, Momonga discovers that he hasn't been logged out of the game. Quite the contrary, his senses have been enhanced, and he's lost access to his game console. And for the first time in a long time, he's not alone... ... There's a lot more basic info I can spill about this series but I would rather direct the dear reader to Wikipedia instead. Let's rather talk about the stuff that goes beyond the page. What is Ovelord? It's an isekai story, at its most basic. But isekai has a pretty foul name these days so let's delve into that. Technically speaking it's a Gen 3 isekai story, which I would categorize as launching between 2012-2013. If we were to break "isekai" down: Gen 1: Sword Art Online, Mushoku Tensei Gen 2: Re:Monster, Log Horizon Gen 3: Overlord, Youjo Senki, Re:Zero, Konosuba Gen 4: Kumo desu ga, nani ka? Gen 5: Present Surely you can find isekai stories dating before Sword Art Online (think Digimon, or .hack//sign) but the modern idea was launched by SAO. Though we all hate (to varing degrees) that particular franchise, there is no denying it was hugely influential in launching an entirely new subgenre of fiction. And that fiction, isekai, was the focus on reincarnation into another world with video game elements. SAO may have been the archetypal isekai, but it wasn't prototypucal because it lacked a lot of the cliches that game to define the genre - particularly, the Dragon Quest mechanics and death of the main character. That, you find in Mushoku Tensei which is cited as being almost as impactful on the genre itself. Hence, the cliches: Quote:
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The lemon twist is that since this is an evil organization, the main guy has to act his role - as an evil overlord. And so the die is cast. ... All of the Gen 3 titles, I feel, made for excellent anime. However, I believe Overlord had the most potential versus the other titles since it's essentially portrayed as D&D 3.5E session, set in the "New World", an original landmass vaguely based on the Middle East. The author, Maruyama, actually based Overlord on his sentiments when his D&D group could no longer meet anymore, similar to the acclaimed Record of Lodoss War almost 30 years ago. So far, the story has largely delivered. Some volumes haven't been up to par, but for the most part they've gotten better over time, and Overlord's climax is still some ways away. The anime was pretty good too and now it's due for a second season. Things are going pretty smoothly for Nazarick.
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10-08-2017, 10:31 AM | #2 |
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I didn't realize there wasn't an Overlord thread here or I would have made it.
Volume 12 just came out and it is extremely good. There is also a new movie out and season 2 coming out in January. |
10-08-2017, 11:13 AM | #4 |
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10-08-2017, 05:09 PM | #7 |
seems theres a case aclaw
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Finished the first part of volume 12.
Pretty interesting stuff. Really wish the second part was ready to go so I didn't have to wait, but ah well. Waited this long, guess I can wait a bit more.
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10-08-2017, 07:03 PM | #8 |
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The text is already translated but it hasn't been proofed for the PDF. I would recommend waiting though since the translation is rough and there are memes.
I got spoiled for the very last bit of Volume 12: Spoiler: show
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10-09-2017, 01:28 PM | #9 |
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Last part's been translated.
It's like the punchline of a veeeeery long joke. It's great!
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11-10-2017, 02:02 PM | #13 |
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Overlord S2 PV where?
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01-02-2018, 01:19 AM | #14 |
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So I saw some subs and figured the new season PV was out. It turns out this is NOT a PV, but in fact Season 2 Episode 1!! I guess some stations air the first episode early for some reason and we all have to wait a week for the official airing.
Get in here!
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05-03-2018, 12:18 PM | #22 |
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Her suspicions toward Ainz are 100% on the mark, though. It's a sick irony she's the only one in this story arc who recognizes the obvious, even though she's not smart enough to realize Nazarick has a vast conspiracy going on.
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