There’s not much of a sharp edge to Paladin, and yet it’s anything but soft. It’s as wholesome as Mushoku Tensei is raunchy, but it never feels too sweet. In fact, despite three o…
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Rating: 4.5 (of 5) All things must come to an end, and in many senses that’s what episode 5 is all about. It marks the end of the…
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Ethelbald Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Apparently, I have been doing it wrong all these years in fantasy RPGs. The correct way to bring down a wyvern is not…
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Robina “Bee” Goodfellow Rating: 3.5 As Will has begun his journey, his knowledge of the world has steadily expanded. With the meeting of additional traveling companions, it jumps…
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The Faraway Paladin #02 — Animating Via Smash Cuts and Speedlines
What exciting fights. Impressions: Perhaps slightly better than the first episode, but still nowhere near good. The story continues to exist only in potential as it blathers…
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The Goddess of the Flux that stands against stagnation. The fourth episode of The Faraway Paladin has aired and… it frustrates me because, once again, I was curious…
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The God of the Undead has come to collect what’s due. The third episode of The Faraway Paladin has aired and has answered two of the biggest questions…
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Liam Price does a fine job reading the text, but a few more character voices would have helped bring this series to life.
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Holy Bread does a body real good. I have to look into that. The ninth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired and the group has arrived in Whitesails,…
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The most adorable Bard you will ever meet. The eighth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired and Will has recruited the ever-useful utility characters into his party as…
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The most effective use of a Grease Spell I have ever seen. The next episode of The Faraway Paladin has aired and it was one that honestly left…
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So a Paladin, a Druid, a Bard, and a Fighter walk into a bar… The tenth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired. After the ominous proclamation that the…
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A final family celebration after a hard-fought battle. The fifth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired, bringing to a close not only the first Volume of the series…
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The tears of a man driven to the edge. Now that Will has been knighted and received the blessing of the Temple, he has officially become a Paladin.…
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A new lease on life from being raised by the undead. I have been blunt about my thoughts on Mushoku Tensei. I liked the concept of someone who…
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Gus manages to fight off Stagnate, but it turns out Stagnate split himself in two. Stagnate’s second half arrives and puts Blood, Mary, and Gus out of commission,…
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I mean, if it works it works, right? The sixth episode of Faraway Paladin has aired, following after Will has set out on his journey. Tasked with preparing…
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…You know, as often as Will calls him beautiful in the LN I could see it happening. The final episode of Faraway Paladin has aired and with it…
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The Faraway Paladin – 08 – Fellowship of the Sing
When Will saves the tiny halfling troubadour Robina “Bee” Goodfellow and her merchant companion An”Tonio” from a giant ape (simply by staring it down!), his traveling party …
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Last week I was just complimenting Paladin for not wandering down the same seedy allies as Mushoku Tensei, but as Will is growing closer to adulthood, Blood decides to get…
The Faraway Paladin – 07 – The Paladin’s First Pal
I don’t make much about it until Will mentions it, but his first night camping with Meneldor is his first such night with anyone who wasn’t Mary, Blood, or…
Faraway Paladin and the Core of D&D
The interview quote is from the first link, but the same sentiment is also in the ANN interview, both are interesting! https://www.pauseandselect.com/articles/talking-to-yanagino-kanata https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-12-13/the-faraway-paladin-author-reveals-how-the-story-was-originally-written-as-practice/.180433
The Faraway Paladin – 09 – A Wyvern in Whitesails
Will, Menel, Bee and Tonio arrive in Whitesails, and Will is understandably overwhelmed by how big and full of people and activity it is. Bee suggests the quartet…
The Faraway Paladin – 10 – Kicking Despair in the Face
When last week ended with the sour note of Prince Ethelbald considering killing him, Will does what Lugh Tuatha Dé would have done when he first entered the…
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Last week Will hit rock bottom as he fell into the same trap as countless other heroes, anime, isekai, or otherwise: trying to go it alone out of fear…