Just for everyone to know "King" in french is "Roi" not "Re" as told in the interview. Personnally I just assumed "Re:" was the prefix for again like "Re:Monster" alive again but I'm a monster. Guess I was wrong...
Maybe he mispoke or was misinformed. Seems it's King in Maltese? I double checked the translation, and seems he said French. Original text: フランス語だと「Re」に王様という意味があるんですけど…
That favorite scene he mentioned was actually in this week's episode. Defeating and eating that monster was one of the final triggers that causes his evolution to the World Saga.
This is really interesting. The author who wrote The Fruit of Evolution started writing that in high school, and finished it after graduating college. They also started writing I Got a Cheat Ability in a Different World, and Became Extraordinary Even in the Real World while they were in college. It's a much more refined work. It uses a lot of the same ideas as Fruit of Evolution, but while that's comedy, those same elements in Cheat Ability play much more seriously and makes for a great read.
"The anime is the anime and the original is the original" is EXACTLY how I feel about Slime too, I honestly don't really like the anime adaptation but it's enjoyable enough and reminds me of the events being portrayed much better in the LN (and manga) so I don't hate it. I find it funny that it was specifically because of reading the Re:Monster and (especially) Slime manga that I got into reading LN's and almost immediately started the Mushoku WN a long time ago.
Seeing this reminds me of the fact that Shangri-La Frontier would not exist if not for An Irregular at a Magical High School according to the author since he says he was inspired by it
William S Burroughs when asked what he thought about what the film version of Naked Lunch did to his novel: "It's up there on my shelf, the same as it was when I wrote it."
Going in blind Re:Monster is an average anime. But once i knew it was written in a diary format it becomes a lot higher rated (in my book) even possibly one of the best shows of the season. Finding out it was written in a diary format patches all the main problems I had with anime. A diary has most conversations recorded in the form of summaries in the voice of who's writing it with very little quotes from other people. Events are mostly written almost in bullet points with little connecting tissue between them. The "flat" supporting side characters now have a reason for being "flat". I'm really impressed with how the animatotors and the author could make such a deep world wail showing it through the eyes of basically just one character. Watching it with the mindset that it's a diary makes or breaks the show in my opinion.
My interpretation of what he meant by "causal" is that he also meant they would've stayed a bit more slice of life. No "turning point" to create a world crisis they all have deal with the massive ramifications of, and the arduous journey Rudeus had to go through
Just like the recent episode of 7th Prince. So much so they decided to make a figure based off the pose one of the characters used. Can you please explain how what you said means anything?
And I get why too. People said Re Monster is bad but its still a very well throught combat in D&D style. Reminder back in the day games like D&D is major popular. Don't know if its the same in Japan but even in Japan there's JRPG. A lot kf systems in the novel is a game inspired series and goes in the way that makes sense. Like if the context isn't left out that is... While in anime I have a huge criticism... Why are they skipping a lot of skill context? When Rou gain skill the skill be like "I'm speed!!!" So people are left with no context why he's good... TBH if we offer them the same animation as Overlord series? Itw ould be just as good! This problems exist even in Overlord! So many skill context are left behind and it seem like Ainz is pointlessly OP... Of course not! It's actually Shalltear! She's straight out an immortal solo self sustaining DPS that has infinite HP/MP loop and has no weakness due to Vampire/Valkyrie combo (Res Light/Dark) The fact Ainz won he even said at the last episode of season one... He got lucky and its nice that Shalltear isn't that smart. Like Ainz almost died if Shalltear was at average IQ... But without so much context? Its OP isekai... Yes but No... Ainz isn't even the strongest in the lore. Its Lord Touch Me...
Honestly if anyone who said Ainz is the strongest in Overlord... Yeah they got the wrong info... It's never Ainz... They would be in shock that a jail bait Shalltear is like way broken. Her nerf is literally she's dumb! It's in her description! A dumb h*rny women... Yeah... That's why Ainz had to bet on her IQ to win... The explanation of his victory is straight out abusing her intellect...
@@morriganrenfield8240 but that's literally what the skill description heavy novel be like. Even Overlord suffer the same fate too. TBH series like this works as a game adaptation more than anime. If they want to do it? Either the context are gone or summerise. Which for Overlord they just skip majority of them lol
I have never understood why people be saying RE:Monster is bad. I read the manga a very long time ago and only every enjoyed it, dropping it due to the erratic release schedule. The anime is generally well adapted and spends less time on the skills and more time on the plot progression in the diary format which is the main negative of the story, it is a diary from the pov of the MC. yes other characters are shallow, because we are being told a story from just one PoV. Its not meant to be some amazing literary masterpiece, each day is a piece of popcorn, some bland some flavorful. It is perfectly enjoyable as just a fun little series you don't take too seriously.
Yea it sounds like it did really give him the idea for it, if there wasn’t even a genre for Isekai at the time and he read that, then it obviously influenced him and gave him the idea for it. It’s not just that it gave him the push to actually write, but the setting for the story too.
@vogel2499 to make it extremely simple, MT is an isekai, Re monster inspired it to be one, if MT wasn't an isekai it literally would be an entirely different
Screw it, maybe ill start trying to write my own web novel. Ive been curious about it before but i have no background in writing so i was kind of scared.
Alot of great writers doesn't wrote the entire story at first draft. Just think of cool concepts you think never exists in any literature and play with it. It doesn't even need to be one chapter or one scene. If you think you could write dope-ass back and forth between two characters then do it.
16:15 I don't write in the common way almost since I started writing. First I tried to write as short as possible just to get the basic plot out. It was a very weird style, many important things were missing. And the dialogs existeted but were usually just a one back and forth or something, and that's it. The only thing I did back then already which didn't change is writing in present tense. Because writing in past tense doesn't make sense when there isn't a clear point of reference from which the story is told. So it only makes sense if it's somebody telling a story from their past or writing a diary or something. So now I usually do present tense, and mix up thoughts and actions. I prefer first or second person, except if there isn't a clear single main character. And for dialogs, I use drama style. So not "..." he said. She said "...". But rather this: He: ... She: ... He: ... The reasons: 1. shorter (no unneccessary "he says") 2. it's more obvious who says what in long dialogs
I disagreed isekai was already popular in shojo and thank to zero no tsukaima it become popular in shonen too a lot of the firs isekai where initialy zero no tsukaima fanzip
At that time, Isekai is not a subgenre and zero no tsukaima is known as a Fantasy Anime. Yes, zero no tsukaima might be one of the pioneers but Mushoku Tensei is the one who planted the isekai flag.
@@chadgrimwell8380 lol konosuba and re zero and and sao re monster all predate mushoku just for the most popular and in the early stage of Shōsetsuka ni narō was full of fanzip of znt where the mc was invok in a another world mushoku did not even invented the reincanation :Knight's and Magic 2 year beford have reincarnation as the way to be isekai i am quite sure even without mushoku the isekai boom would still hapen it likely the boom would be different ( a litle ) but would still hapen
11:32 That happens to me all the time. For example I recently thought this about One Piece. It's great, but it would be better if it focused more on the relationship dynamics of the crew. Besides that it's a little annoying that basically everybody in One Piece can fight on their own. At least they are much better at fighting than a common enemy. Instead the focus should be on everybody having their own abilities, so the cook and the artist can't fight at all for example, but they can work together on everything. And fighting should be toned down anyway.
30:35 I never understood tribalism in media! Watch(or read) what you like, there's no need to punch down calling everything else trash just because you like X, Y, or Z
@@otakuspiritdont go down this rabbit hole anymore and feed the trolls bro, your content is great, theres always haters out there, and they should be ignored
@@shadowcyberdemon8776 isekai has existed for a long time bro. Muvluv is an isekai also inuyasha. Rifujin just read something so bad that it inspired him and gave him the confidence he needed to post his own work ;)
re:monster has been a terrible experience watching it, i gave up at episode 5 or 6, felt like i was watching someone doing grocery shopping the entire time
Yeah man i feel you, i dropped it after they became mercenaries. Some of the reasons were that they didnt go much in into his previous life, like bro had this crazy power but stil somehow got killed by a knife attack. And most of what happened felt like a generic isekai like everything was just gifted to the mc.
"Re" does mean King, but... in Italian, not in French. To be honest, I have the feeling that Magonote started publishing on the site after having found that someone that wrote worse than himself had done it and, through that, he got to be published in "traditional" press in the end... "If that got published, why not me?"
I know people like to bash on Re:Monster in the west since its not well received, but please dont project your own feelings onto the author. He's been following the series for years, over a decade now. It's so disingenuous to say "Oh, he didn't really like Re:Monster haha right guys?" I dont think its a great series either, but it deserves respect just as much as any other series.
Re:Monster's anime was pretty decent animation wise up to episode 2. And felt pretty engaging up till that point. After that it took a nosedive to mediocre and bad animation wise. Studio Deen is such a mixed bag. It feels like they've got too few good directors and storyboard artists. That most of their stuff is so uneven in quality based on who's working on it. That said, Re:Monster is a masterpiece compared to the other show they worked on: "The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases" That shit is vile on how boring & cliché story it has. And how lazy its animation is.
Every piece of media your favourite author has watched will inspire their works
I've heard that Slime and Spider writers were friends and writing their LNs at the same time as well.
similar to re zero and mushoku,its also funny how in mushoku there even is a character with the same power as subaru
Just for everyone to know "King" in french is "Roi" not "Re" as told in the interview. Personnally I just assumed "Re:" was the prefix for again like "Re:Monster" alive again but I'm a monster. Guess I was wrong...
Maybe he mispoke or was misinformed. Seems it's King in Maltese? I double checked the translation, and seems he said French.
Original text: フランス語だと「Re」に王様という意味があるんですけど…
@@otakuspirit Regalia Re come from Regalia the king of france use it a lot and it abregiate as re ( but it latin not french )
In italian Re=King
I guess it could simply mean "repeat" / again, but more I am more inclined to think "re" is short for "reincarnation".
That favorite scene he mentioned was actually in this week's episode. Defeating and eating that monster was one of the final triggers that causes his evolution to the World Saga.
This is really interesting. The author who wrote The Fruit of Evolution started writing that in high school, and finished it after graduating college. They also started writing I Got a Cheat Ability in a Different World, and Became Extraordinary Even in the Real World while they were in college. It's a much more refined work. It uses a lot of the same ideas as Fruit of Evolution, but while that's comedy, those same elements in Cheat Ability play much more seriously and makes for a great read.
"The anime is the anime and the original is the original" is EXACTLY how I feel about Slime too, I honestly don't really like the anime adaptation but it's enjoyable enough and reminds me of the events being portrayed much better in the LN (and manga) so I don't hate it.
I find it funny that it was specifically because of reading the Re:Monster and (especially) Slime manga that I got into reading LN's and almost immediately started the Mushoku WN a long time ago.
I'm actually enjoying the Re:Monster anime, don't know why but I kinda like the diary aspect of storytelling
Seeing this reminds me of the fact that Shangri-La Frontier would not exist if not for An Irregular at a Magical High School according to the author since he says he was inspired by it
Happy you corrected yourself 👏👍
lol!
Okay wow this interview was enlightening. I did wish the interviewer pressed more though because man were some of these bits juicy
William S Burroughs when asked what he thought about what the film version of Naked Lunch did to his novel: "It's up there on my shelf, the same as it was when I wrote it."
Going in blind Re:Monster is an average anime. But once i knew it was written in a diary format it becomes a lot higher rated (in my book) even possibly one of the best shows of the season. Finding out it was written in a diary format patches all the main problems I had with anime. A diary has most conversations recorded in the form of summaries in the voice of who's writing it with very little quotes from other people. Events are mostly written almost in bullet points with little connecting tissue between them. The "flat" supporting side characters now have a reason for being "flat".
I'm really impressed with how the animatotors and the author could make such a deep world wail showing it through the eyes of basically just one character.
Watching it with the mindset that it's a diary makes or breaks the show in my opinion.
I think this explains it perfectly.
Anything that got Rifujin to publish MT is laudible! I love the world and characters of MT
My interpretation of what he meant by "causal" is that he also meant they would've stayed a bit more slice of life. No "turning point" to create a world crisis they all have deal with the massive ramifications of, and the arduous journey Rudeus had to go through
Well, the recent Episode of Re:Monster did have good animation.
Nice, was it the one for Volume 3 cover perhaps?
Just like the recent episode of 7th Prince.
So much so they decided to make a figure based off the pose one of the characters used.
Can you please explain how what you said means anything?
@@otakuspirit Yeah, it did have that part.
Not shocked that Japanese people don't know what 're' means (Latin for 'in reference to') but I was enjoying treating the titles as an email chain.
And I get why too. People said Re Monster is bad but its still a very well throught combat in D&D style.
Reminder back in the day games like D&D is major popular. Don't know if its the same in Japan but even in Japan there's JRPG.
A lot kf systems in the novel is a game inspired series and goes in the way that makes sense. Like if the context isn't left out that is...
While in anime I have a huge criticism... Why are they skipping a lot of skill context? When Rou gain skill the skill be like "I'm speed!!!"
So people are left with no context why he's good...
TBH if we offer them the same animation as Overlord series? Itw ould be just as good! This problems exist even in Overlord! So many skill context are left behind and it seem like Ainz is pointlessly OP...
Of course not! It's actually Shalltear! She's straight out an immortal solo self sustaining DPS that has infinite HP/MP loop and has no weakness due to Vampire/Valkyrie combo (Res Light/Dark)
The fact Ainz won he even said at the last episode of season one... He got lucky and its nice that Shalltear isn't that smart.
Like Ainz almost died if Shalltear was at average IQ...
But without so much context? Its OP isekai...
Yes but No... Ainz isn't even the strongest in the lore. Its Lord Touch Me...
TBH this problems like exist bad like most novel adaptation
Honestly if anyone who said Ainz is the strongest in Overlord... Yeah they got the wrong info...
It's never Ainz...
They would be in shock that a jail bait Shalltear is like way broken. Her nerf is literally she's dumb! It's in her description! A dumb h*rny women... Yeah...
That's why Ainz had to bet on her IQ to win... The explanation of his victory is straight out abusing her intellect...
They already waste way too much time on skill explanation in these anime ANYWAY, we don't need more.
@@morriganrenfield8240 but that's literally what the skill description heavy novel be like. Even Overlord suffer the same fate too.
TBH series like this works as a game adaptation more than anime. If they want to do it? Either the context are gone or summerise.
Which for Overlord they just skip majority of them lol
I have never understood why people be saying RE:Monster is bad. I read the manga a very long time ago and only every enjoyed it, dropping it due to the erratic release schedule. The anime is generally well adapted and spends less time on the skills and more time on the plot progression in the diary format which is the main negative of the story, it is a diary from the pov of the MC. yes other characters are shallow, because we are being told a story from just one PoV. Its not meant to be some amazing literary masterpiece, each day is a piece of popcorn, some bland some flavorful. It is perfectly enjoyable as just a fun little series you don't take too seriously.
You got my subscription. This is an informative video!
Yea it sounds like it did really give him the idea for it, if there wasn’t even a genre for Isekai at the time and he read that, then it obviously influenced him and gave him the idea for it.
It’s not just that it gave him the push to actually write, but the setting for the story too.
Well, he said he had the world already, so it implies he may have had a concept for a pure fantasy (not transportation).
isekai was popular in shojo since the the 80 and znt realy made it popular in the anime sphere around 2008 a lot of early isekai where znt fanfiction
@@otakuspirit Yeah then Rudy wouldn't be the same character we know then, and if he's different the story would be too
Re:Monster probably gave rifuujin idea to give much deeper context and background on how his MC could be so powerful.
@vogel2499 to make it extremely simple, MT is an isekai, Re monster inspired it to be one, if MT wasn't an isekai it literally would be an entirely different
Screw it, maybe ill start trying to write my own web novel. Ive been curious about it before but i have no background in writing so i was kind of scared.
There is no harm in trying, so habe at it!👍
Go for it.
You can always be anonymous
Alot of great writers doesn't wrote the entire story at first draft.
Just think of cool concepts you think never exists in any literature and play with it.
It doesn't even need to be one chapter or one scene. If you think you could write dope-ass back and forth between two characters then do it.
that's wild af, Re:Monster definitely felt like a new gen anime compared to Mushoku Tensei so I did not expect this kind of factoid
Any link to that interview translated ? Thank You.
16:15 I don't write in the common way almost since I started writing.
First I tried to write as short as possible just to get the basic plot out.
It was a very weird style, many important things were missing. And the dialogs existeted but were usually just a one back and forth or something, and that's it.
The only thing I did back then already which didn't change is writing in present tense. Because writing in past tense doesn't make sense when there isn't a clear point of reference from which the story is told. So it only makes sense if it's somebody telling a story from their past or writing a diary or something.
So now I usually do present tense, and mix up thoughts and actions. I prefer first or second person, except if there isn't a clear single main character.
And for dialogs, I use drama style.
So not "..." he said. She said "...".
But rather this:
He: ...
She: ...
He: ...
The reasons:
1. shorter (no unneccessary "he says")
2. it's more obvious who says what in long dialogs
I disagreed isekai was already popular in shojo and thank to zero no tsukaima it become popular in shonen too a lot of the firs isekai where initialy zero no tsukaima fanzip
At that time, Isekai is not a subgenre and zero no tsukaima is known as a Fantasy Anime. Yes, zero no tsukaima might be one of the pioneers but Mushoku Tensei is the one who planted the isekai flag.
@@chadgrimwell8380 lol konosuba and re zero and and sao re monster all predate mushoku just for the most popular and in the early stage of Shōsetsuka ni narō was full of fanzip of znt where the mc was invok in a another world mushoku did not even invented the reincanation :Knight's and Magic 2 year beford have reincarnation as the way to be isekai
i am quite sure even without mushoku the isekai boom would still hapen
it likely the boom would be different ( a litle ) but would still hapen
@@azopeopaz3059 where talking about light novels right?
@@chadgrimwell8380 Yes and web novel and isekau , why you ask that ?
@@azopeopaz3059 why people ask?
“Re means king”
“Tokyo Ghoul fandom starts foaming in excitement.”
Great interview, thanks for sharing.
Update us if you decide to read the novel and give us your thoughts.
Wow
Re: monster inspired the Reincarnated as a Slime.
11:32 That happens to me all the time.
For example I recently thought this about One Piece.
It's great, but it would be better if it focused more on the relationship dynamics of the crew.
Besides that it's a little annoying that basically everybody in One Piece can fight on their own. At least they are much better at fighting than a common enemy.
Instead the focus should be on everybody having their own abilities, so the cook and the artist can't fight at all for example, but they can work together on everything.
And fighting should be toned down anyway.
Is re:monster a good read?? The anime is definitely mid. But I wouldn’t be against reading it if it’s good.
30:35 I never understood tribalism in media! Watch(or read) what you like, there's no need to punch down calling everything else trash just because you like X, Y, or Z
Japanese somehow have more problem with gory stuff than smut stuff, can be seen how they censored amputated body part in some of their game.
I thought it was okay it just didn't adapt well to the screen
😮
The Manga has 100 issues out. I read through the Manga, and the anime does seem to stick with the manga pretty well too.
The Roxy clickbait got me🤨
Nahhh remonster is just humoungous garbage. I think rifujin was trying to be nice out of pity.
lol, he's constantly being nice and tweeting about him. Maybe getting paid!
Is it trash? Absolutely. But it's influence on the genre is nothing to scoff at.
@@otakuspiritdont go down this rabbit hole anymore and feed the trolls bro, your content is great, theres always haters out there, and they should be ignored
@@shadowcyberdemon8776 isekai has existed for a long time bro. Muvluv is an isekai also inuyasha. Rifujin just read something so bad that it inspired him and gave him the confidence he needed to post his own work ;)
@@kylediffusion9879 how am I hating? I dislike remonster. Being open bout it is not hating.
Re:Monster has a really good start, but dropps off hard imo
re:monster has been a terrible experience watching it, i gave up at episode 5 or 6, felt like i was watching someone doing grocery shopping the entire time
That’s still good if you lower ur standard
Yeah man i feel you, i dropped it after they became mercenaries. Some of the reasons were that they didnt go much in into his previous life, like bro had this crazy power but stil somehow got killed by a knife attack. And most of what happened felt like a generic isekai like everything was just gifted to the mc.
Atleast i had those problems with the anime, dont know how it was done in the manga/ln
True that
Hear bad thing about remonster it not fun slime 100x better
Kinda sounds like he read it and was like; “Holy shit. If THIS TRASH can get published, I’m sitting on a goldmine.”
"Re" does mean King, but... in Italian, not in French.
To be honest, I have the feeling that Magonote started publishing on the site after having found that someone that wrote worse than himself had done it and, through that, he got to be published in "traditional" press in the end...
"If that got published, why not me?"
I know people like to bash on Re:Monster in the west since its not well received, but please dont project your own feelings onto the author. He's been following the series for years, over a decade now. It's so disingenuous to say "Oh, he didn't really like Re:Monster haha right guys?"
I dont think its a great series either, but it deserves respect just as much as any other series.
Regardless of who inspired who. Remonster garbage. Mushoku tensei a master piece
re monster was so trash he got inspire to make something better
Re:Monster's anime was pretty decent animation wise up to episode 2.
And felt pretty engaging up till that point.
After that it took a nosedive to mediocre and bad animation wise.
Studio Deen is such a mixed bag.
It feels like they've got too few good directors and storyboard artists.
That most of their stuff is so uneven in quality based on who's working on it.
That said, Re:Monster is a masterpiece compared to the other show they worked on:
"The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases"
That shit is vile on how boring & cliché story it has.
And how lazy its animation is.
Re:monster is horrible...the anime version is
Or.... Mushoku Tensei wouldn't exist without Otaku Spirit?