On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:57:19 -0700 (PDT), T987654321
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qwrtz123@gmail.com> wrote:
Anime where the core characters are out and out evil (I'd say lawful-evil in rpg terms) are pretty rare.
Yes there are ones with a demon/devil as a core character but they are very curtailed in what they do. Not here.
I wouldn't call Ains an evil character. He acts realistically and not
softly, as it is customary in the West.
He attacks the lizard village for the sole purpose of testing some undead cannon fodder.
He kidnaps huge numbers for slave labor. He rewards various subordinates with humans,
and it's very clear what happens to them.
Ainz was constructed in the game Yggdrassil to be malevolent, like all characters of the group that have created Nazarik. His "Karma" is
officially in the books listed as -500 (very evil). Consequently, his
actions are constructed as evil from the start.
But he changes when he decides voluntarily and without the influence
of his comrades in the new world. He doesn't cooperate with criminals
to commit primitve crimes.
He slows down Cocytus when dealing with the lizardmen. He is building
a state tolerant of all races. He installs market economy instead of
princely glory. He uses magic to introduce technical advances, for
example in agriculture, instead of exploiting people uninhibitedly. He
promotes science as much as possible in this magical world. A current
example is the rune magic of the dwarves or the search for new ones by
the adventurers instead of killing goblins.
This is an evolution of Japanese "literature" and anime, in my
opinion. This already started with "Shingeki no Kyoujin" and is
currently clearly visible with "Made in Abyss". Added to this is the
change in the role of women. They can now be just as vicious and
brutal as men.
In Overlord there is also the author's idea of developing the
political story, he uses, differently from what happened in reality.
At the same time, however, he uses methods that can be seen in reality
but are mostly suppressed by the media in order to portray current
politicians in a better light than they deserve.
Ask yourself what you would do as a head of state if another state you
just dealt a catastrophic defeat had nothing better to do than attack
you again rather than cooperate, even as a vassal state?
But ultimately, he is very brutal in his methods with unrepentant
political opponents compared to what we are currently being told.
Perhaps it is what people today still have to learn, namely that
tolerance for the intolerant does not make them better people, but
rather strengthens them in their intolerance.
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