Thread:Ashleyien/@comment-918376-20150707020140/@comment-918376-20150711154215

I have trouble with extremely dense language and prose (i.e. William Faulkner and his five-page sentence), since the words are so condensed, and so skimming is difficult because the eye don't know where to fall, and yet regular reading is difficult because I have no idea what they're saying through all those words.

Yeah, Eins was pretty neglected in season 1, although at this point, Akaneya takes the cake for "literally who" in the Round Table. Even William's had a more important role without being in the group (or rather, it's because he left, that he and SS became important). The only notable thing about Akaneya is that a) he's really old, and b) he has more experience in Elder Tale than Shiroe (although less than Nyanta).

Most people that say that Tet doesn't belong in the older group just don't like her, in my opinion. I lump her into the older group (re: my Pre-Catastrophe Masterpost, although I abandoned logical groupings after the second picture) since it makes more sense. She might not be in the guild as long as other members, but she's still a more experienced player than the kids are. Also, given that she's from Westelande, she might have some important info that Shiroe could hear.

A guy in Shiroe's group? I can't think of anyone ... there was that guy in Kawara/Shoryuu's group, whose name I forgot, but he's from Honesty. I don't think Rezarick was even named in the first season, we just knew his name from the credits (and how the Japanese fans knew who was who, I will never know).

Ditto on Shiroe/Kanami. And his surprise in episode 25, in my opinion, was just his realization about how much time has changed her, even if her personality doesn't seem that different.

I go with Maryelle and Tetora because that's what Mamare/whoever was in charge of the English names in the light novel chose. Same reason why I use Demiqas, and Rundelhous instead of Rundel Haus. Crunchyroll isn't even consistent in its own subs and make some translation goofs (Eins/Einz, Inctis/Indicus, mistaking Half-Alv for Human, changing Libra Festival to Scale Festival), so I don't tend to favor them. Silver Sword's profiles were released on Mamare's website (parts of it are on the Wiki's Silver Sword page, if I remember correctly) with an apology that the editor forgot.

HoneyMoonLogs and WWB both take liberties from the light novel (both of them predate the anime, I believe). In terms of storyline, HML takes up more flak for being quite different from the series in both art direction (holy shit Serara, she's practically unrecognizable if I hadn't known that she was the one rescued from Susukino) and for having some distinctly AU stuff. However, as someone else argued, WWB is probably my least favorite spin-off manga now (my ratings: Nyanta's Fortune Recipes > HML > WWB). WWB was pretty solid up to the end of the PK arc. But after that, the series takes a notable turn towards fan service, most of which I'm not terribly fond of. The series started around 2012 and it just barely got around to the Summer Training Arc. Its characterization of the WWB members isn't my favorite, either. HML suffers from a bit of nonsensical writing (at the end of the manga, for some reason Maryelle considers a PH member who PKed Shoryuu as a member of her guild), but it doesn't twist the "rules" as much as WWB does to add drama to the story.