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My first impression of Goblin Slayer was that it would be another generic medieval genre work, but oh my god, how wrong I was. After finishing the first season of the anime, I ran to the manga and I had different experiences with it than I had with the anime. The manga makes the violent scenes much more bloody and brutal, which makes us feel like the characters could die at any moment (which is very good) and it also brings a much greater dramatic charge. I usually compare this work to Berserk in that it is brutal with the deaths and merciless with those ... who fall into the hands of the goblins. The point that differs from Berserk is that even with these brutalities, the work continues with a less heavy and happier (?) atmosphere, so to speak.

I really like how the traumas affected the characters and how the development of them always has a way of reminding us of these traumas (like Goblin Slayer with the girl's sister-magician at the beginning of the work).

In general, I recommend this manga to anyone who likes gore or just a medieval work with a more aggressive fantasy, as it has a very strong RPG feel (like Baldur's Gate 3, but only with goblins, lol).

My rating for the story is 9/10, while the art is 10/10 (I don't give it 10/10 because if you compare it to a work like Berserk or Vagabond, Goblin Slayer is a little behind).

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Minha primeira impressão de Goblin Slayer era que seria mais uma obra do gênero medieval genérico mas oh meu deus como eu estava errado. Apos eu finalizar a primeira temporada do anime eu vim correndo para o mangá e nele tive experiencias diferentes do que tive no anime, o mangá torna as cenas violentas muito mais sangrentas e brutais, isso faz com que a gente sinta que os personagens podem morrer a qualquer momento (o que é muito bom) e consigo trazendo uma carga dramatica muito maior. Eu constumo comparar essa obra com Berserk no ponto de ser brutal com as mortes e impiedoso com os que caem nas mãos dos goblins, o ponto que diverge de Berserk é que mesmo com essas brutalidades a obra segue com um clima menos pesado e mais feliz (?) por assim dizer.

Gosto muito de como os traumas afetaram os personagens e de como o desenvovimento encima deles sempre tem uma forma de relembrar esses traumas (como por exemplo o Goblin Slayer com o mago de irmã da menina no começo da obra).

De modo geral eu recomendo a todos que gostam de gore ou apenas de uma obra medieval com fantasia mais agressiva que leiam esse mangá pois ele traz um ar muito forte de rpg (tipo um Baldur's Gate 3 só que só de goblins kkkk).

Minha nota pra historia é de 9/10 enquanto dá arte é de 10/10 (só não dou 10/10 pois se for comparar com uma obra como Berserk ou Vagabond, Goblin Slayer fica um pouco atras).

I really wanted to love this manga, honestly, as D&D player I thought this was not going to be another generic medieval manga, but... it is, sadly, it is.

This manga is basically a D&D realistic and sadistic campaing made by a fan of Doom and Berserk. And... that´s about it.

There´s rape, LOTS OF RAPE. I can understand that since is set in medieval times, people were quite barbaric back then plus the fact that the goblins in this story are completely unhinged, disgusting, dangerous and act as pests. So yeah, inside the context of the story, rape is justified but not the sexualization ... of it. The poses and faces of women suffering it makes me wanna vomit.

The characters are... generic, they do not even have names. Like the ones that you can create in a rol campaing.
The main characters is just... Guts and Doom guy but flat, nothing to see, nothing to appreciate.

The art style is ok, not very good but not bad either, just, average.

I dropped it because the plot was going nowhere. It is the same formula over and over. A new mission, rape, kill goblins, rest in an inn or village, repeat.
I give it a 5 because I actually enjoyed the first 8 chapters, after that it becomes repetitive and goes nowhere.

This started off with a lot of potential, in that it seemed to be a standard D&D manga that subverted expectations right off the bat. The first dungeon crawl goes sideways, which is immediately engaging. However, this turns out to be the peak of the manga, and everything goes downhill from there.

The world-building seems expansive at first, but we quickly discover that it's limited to this one town and a handful of characters. The main characters we follow are completely one-dimensional. The goblin slayer himself literally never removes his helmet, even when out experiencing a festival, or even when eating and drinking (does he shove ... food through the slits in his face plate?).

There's zero development of either characters or story, and without the halfway decent art (that unfortunately tends to get a bit muddled during fight scenes) and somewhat creative fighting, this would be completely without merit.

Give this one a miss.