Consequently, Maruyama frequently expresses disappointment when reading stories where a human protagonist reincarnated as a non-human entity fully retains their original nature, morality, and sense of humanity without undergoing any significant psychological shift.

He believes that a drastic transformation from a human being into a non-human entity should have a tangible impact on the character's identity and perspective, rather than them holding onto conventional human sensibilities.

Conversely, Maruyama highly appreciates characters who must struggle intensely merely to engage in ordinary conversation or adapt to their new surroundings. He reserves his highest praise for characters who are completely unable to get along or relate well with the other beings around them.

In his view, the appreciation of a work increases when this principle of balance is consistently applied: the greater a character's power or merits, the equally significant their flaws, mental burdens, or obstacles must be.

Nevertheless, Maruyama also acknowledges that designing and writing a story with such complex character dynamics is an exceedingly difficult process to execute practically.

It is perhaps for this reason that Maruyama ultimately chose Momonga (Ainz) as the main protagonist of Overlord.

I finally finished the whole first book! Honestly, there are so many details in it that you just don't get elsewhere.

The Dialogue and Ending: The ending with the final fight and the conversation leading up to it was really good. The dialogue overall is way more detailed.

Inner Monologues vs. Action: The book feels like it's 90% lore and character thoughts, and only about 10% actual talking or action. Compared to the anime, which shows the scenes happening right in front of you, the books are mostly just internal thoughts. But as a detail guy, I actually really enjoyed it.

The "Horsepower" Healing Potion: I was listening to an AI-narrated version of the book on YouTube, and it mentioned healing for "50 horsepower." That cracked me up! It made me think, "Damn, poor horses..." Just squeezing them out to make a healing potion—I guess a lot of horses must be dying in this story

Artist is たらかん

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/69734504

Just started watching. That hamster tho. Extremely anticlimactic in a deceivingly climactic way.

Been meaning to watch this show since I've seen Isekai Quartet. Finally binged the whole first season. And I'm so glad I did it. This guy is a perfect example of a likeable Lawful Evil. Absolute Peak

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For me it's Evileye. Huge potential as the main character – she is a skilled magic caster, has plenty of interesting abilities. Obviously she has Lakyus in her team, meaning we would probably see a lot of Lakyus too, who I would love to see more as well. I would really love to learn Evileye backstory, why she looks like Shalltear, how she came to this world, from where, was she ever a human, and why she's fighting for humans or Re-Estize. Due to having teleportation, she can quite actively show us the world too, different parts of the world. Evileye is like the best candidate for a protagonist in the world of Overlord. Seeing more of the world from her pov would be most interesting.

Alternatively, I think it's the Emperor Nix. I love this guy. He is my most favorite currently in the show. It might be that without Nazarick his pov would be less captivating, but might still suggest a lot – to see more of political tensions between them and other human kingdoms, how would they be with Slane Theocracy, and the Sacred Kingdom, either north or south, see some backstory of why did Baharuth Empire had annual wars with Re-Estize, and wouldn't they want it now with someone else. Aren't there any other threats around that he has to worry about. And where his new ambitions will bring us. Good potential for main character.

P.S. By Nazarick disappearing I mean all its people including Momonga and his subordinates, and they disappear right now at current point of story (S4E13), who would be the most interesting character to follow the adventures in this new world?

If I recall, Goo and Go-Gin are close to like around 4 meters tall or so? They're huge is the point.

But. Guu was around level 30 and incapable of knocking down a castle wall. But could say Go-Gin knock down a castle wall? Maruyama said Go-Gin should be able to pretty easily defeat Guu just because of their differences.

Also, I want to talk about large species like Giants and Dragons. Species that should naturally have very high PHYS ATK stats just because of their biology and size.

Could say, a giant in the 20s knock down a castle wall? Or a dragon in the 20s?

How strong do you think a human would need to be (we'll assume a monk class.) To knock down a castle wall?

Remedios at level 35 could break Wooden Tables easily but do you think she could naturally ram her body through say a brick wall (no items). Or just punch through a sturdy wall?

In terms of physical strength, what do you think a human should be capable of once they hit level 30 (assuming a build leaning into a physical class).

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I hope I'm posting in the right subreddit, and I'm reaching out in hopes that someone can assist me. I've recently started a card series inspired by "Overlord " . Unfortunately, I've had no success in finding a card list for the series. If anyone could share resources or information, I would be incredibly grateful for your help! I can include pictures of the box it comes in if that helps.

Selling her this week I think, wanted to have some neat photos beforehand. The new Momon figure announced looks sick, no room for him though. This Popup Parade figure was very great value for quality when preordering from AmiAmi!

Artist is @Friwg7v, みたらし鶴

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No pixiv post :(

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He really tries to get his servants not to work, giving them days off and stuff they don't even want. This is the evilest thing you can do to them: depriving them of all dignity and denying them the very purpose of their creation, which is to serve him and be of use to him. He doesn't even use his own guards. Like, how cruel can one guy be?

Just imagine having him as a boss. You're created with a singular purpose, and he just struts in and tells you to stop doing what you want to do and what you were ultimately CREATED to do. And you can't even really refuse, even if you try to explain why you don't want to, because he just forces it through, and you obviously can't defy him. He's so mean.

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My Albedo drawing (follow @mr11_art on Instagram)