Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai - Episode 1 discussion
Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai, episode 1
Alternative Names
Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools, Dahliya in Bloom, Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai: Kyou kara Jiyuu na Shokunin Life, 魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない 今日から自由な職人ライフ
I didn't read the source for this one, so the story is 100% new for me. It seems fun.
...okay, got to admit that, when I see people "reinventing" stuff from Earth, it makes me wonder why the locals never thought about it. If you have machines that can output wind/water/fire/earth, in controlled amounts, a hair drier is kind of obvious, isn't it? (At least it wasn't mayo or soy sauce.)
There is a lot more of that coming. There is no way to sugarcoat it. Try to think about it this way: magical toolmaking requires magic and not everyone can just go and become an inventor in that world. So there is a lack of tools that aren’t in higher demand. Stuff that is just convenient instead of a necessity has not been at the forefront of development. It’s a flimsy excuse but that’s what I run with.
Someday I hope to see an isekai that acts to humble the audience instead of cheerleading Earth culture. Imagine a Japanese high schooler MC waking up, ready to wow the world with Japanese cuisine, smartphone technology, and knowledge of modern medicine... only to realize:
Most people are vegan and think MC is a monster for wanting to enslave and eat people (e.g. industrial farm cattle)
Earth technology is inefficient and wasteful.
21st century medicine is their equivalent of bloodletting
I am sure it would not sit well with test audiences since no one likes being told their culture is bad, but even Earth cultures are incompatible across sufficient geographic distances and spans of history.
I am sure it would not sit well with test audiences since no one likes being told their culture is bad, but even Earth cultures are incompatible across sufficient geographic distances and spans of history.
I have a personal example confirming that:
When I started cooking Japanese dishes at home, some of my folks here found the Japanese savoury dishes too sweet, and they liked them better when I subbed ginger for black+red pepper. To make it less exotic, more similar to what they typically eat.
And yet they live in the same world and the time period as people who live with those dishes, whom mirin (the sweet ingredient) is part of a holy trinity!
Is Japanese food bad? Fuck no! (At least for me. I cook it for a reason.) But for people in isekai, Japanese dishes wouldn't be just "exotic", they're alien. Getting everyone to say "omaaaae! oishiiiiii!" because the MC prepared something from Japan feels silly.
Good adaptation so far. The source starts at a different point in her life and her childhod is told more in memories and flashbacks. That they start there in the anime shows me that the naime will proably respect the slow-burning romance aspect of the source instead of rushing through the material to get to the fan favorites (looking at you, loathsome Bookworm adaptation).
A little slow, but very charming so far. I initially had a bit of a grudge because the main character looks like a copy-paste of Shirayuki (one of my all-time favorites), but I'm a huge fan of artificing so that attitude didn't last long, lol. There was so much heart in all the interactions between her and her dad (please, anime, for the love of god, do not kill him off, I'm begging you), and as I understand it this is a romance so I expect that same quality character writing will carry over.
With just the premiere, I give it a 3/5 with plenty of room to grow. Ultimately, the dynamic between our romantic leads will decide how good this show is, and while I'm hopeful about it, one of them didn't even show up this episode (an understandable choice, to be clear), so I can't really judge effectively at this point.