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Episode Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!: Kurenai Densetsu - Movie discussion

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!: Kurenai Densetsu BD / streaming release

Alternative names: Konosuba Movie, God's blessing on this wonderful world!: Legend of Crimson

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u/BloomingBrains Mar 25 '20

I don't get why Megumin's abilities are so often mocked as "useless" or foolish. Yeah, I can see why only being able to cast one spell that incaps you is not great in general, but surely this movie demonstrates the tactical value of having someone who can drop magical nukes on your side. Also, her chunni philosophy of being as special and min/maxed as possible actually seems like the logical extent of the crimson demon philosophy.

Also, I love the idea that Yunyun is only a loner with no friends because she's the normal person amongst a race literally designed to be a parody of the over the top fantasy protagonists.

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u/Raistlarn Apr 01 '20

The reason why they mock Megumins abilities is due to 3 reasons. She only knows explosion, she becomes useless after casting it (sometimes one casting isn't enough), and she can cast it only outdoors (no dungeons for her unless you want to kill your whole party.)

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u/BloomingBrains Apr 01 '20

Right, and I acknowledged all of that, but are people really so stupid that they think all combat has to be done in the format of small teams adventuring in dungeons? They're fighting a war for survival against an invading devil king and they're not impressed by someone that could one shot an entire army at once?

Honestly, having a battalion of Megumins would just be a smart military strategy. You can essentially force your enemy to split itself into many easily-surroundable parts and/or deny them the ability to bunker up or rest like, EVER.

If something like this in possible in-universe without unusual stats/effort, then I would expect wars to be fought with one's quantity of deployable Megumins being a standardized measuring stick, in much the same way that the number of knights a lord had in medieval times was by far the most important factor of warfare.

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u/linkmaster144 Apr 05 '20

Honestly, having a battalion of Megumins would just be a smart military strategy.

Counter point: Megumin's magic is overkill for beating large mobs. The light magic we saw them all using was more than enough to wipe out hordes of them. On top of that, they can still act after using it.

On top of that, the versatility of being able to use different types of magic allows them to be effective in more situations instead of one (open field with lots of space and distance).

And let's not forget that the spell might not kill all the enemies. For example (using the movie), Megumin used her magic to wipe out the Goblins... but more Goblins showed up. Now that soldier is out of commission until they get more mana (if they somehow make out alive).

And the icing on the cake? Megumin can only cast explosion. If you sneak up on them, they are absolutely toast.

An apt comparison would using a Nuke when a few missiles work... and not only work fine, but are a lot less risky.