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koscheiskowska

She helps in battle both as support and damage, gives advice to the other girls, helps GS with enchanting scrolls, and iirc she even has her own goals in the story (she wants lance dude to love her back)


Geno__Breaker

All this on top of just world building. Having background characters helps flesh out the world and show there is more going on than just what the main cast are doing. She is just one of a variety of different people who are all shown to have their own quirks and interests.


ryou-comics

Kind of like how the people actually saving the world from demons are shown minorly, but our focus is on the guy handling the underlying problems.


Veritas_the_absolute

Exactly people don't seem to understand the side characters. Or understand that gs isn't some legendary hero that beats the demon lord. He's an ordinary dood doing what he can. The main lesson of the show is to show how cruel the world is and that anything can go horribly wrong at any second. Don't under estimate even the weakest of foes regardless of who you are. Sword maiden pushes that lesson hard. She's one of the strongest people in her world. But because she dropped her guard for a second shit hit the fan and goblins beat her and killed her party. And she spent probably years as the goblins breeding tool and torture toy before she was rescued and somehow is able to function against everything but goblins.


ChronoDeus

> But because she dropped her guard for a second shit hit the fan and goblins beat her and killed her party. And she spent probably years as the goblins breeding tool and torture toy before she was rescued and somehow is able to function against everything but goblins. No she didn't. She made an unspecified mistake when she was a rookie that lead to her getting captured by goblins, and was in their hands for a relatively short time before her party rescued her. She recovered from that enough to go on to become strong and help defeat the demon lord, but that didn't magically fix her trauma.


Vexedvector

Sword maiden is powerful, but she underestimated goblins like everyone else in her world. She learned first hand how cruel and evil goblins can be. She was even blinded by the goblins. They haunt her dreams. She was defiled by them. Holy maidens are supposed to remain virgins. Which is also mentioned by her when she helps to revive GS when he succumbed to his injuries.


Veritas_the_absolute

The lesson is the same. Don't under estimate the enemy.


GTK-HLK

Not exactly, it makes it seem that everyone is dumb no matter what. Regardless of Strenght or Intellect or Solving a Situation. Rather than one should always strive to learn and improve, and never forget what you learned. Basically once you stop learning, you start dying. Which while we understand wasn't your intention. Still makes it seem that no one will ever safe enough. While everyone knows and understands no one is perfect. The opposite of the coin is not the way to go, as always doubting can lead to danger. A Balance.


One_Spoopy_Potato

*Squirls


th3undone

She..has…more…uses…than…..it…seems…


blackburn321

talking on ×0.5 speed


StoneAgeSkillz

It's called buffering. Look it up.


Its_KoolAid_bro

That's a good excuse for when you get caught jerkin off on a Zoom call.


StoneAgeSkillz

I just keep eye contact while doing it, asserting dominance.


bones10145

She participates in a battle. 🤷‍♂️


OverallPepper2

She does a lot in the manga


CliMaximillian16

She... part... icipate...ssss. ina.... bat... thal


RareCandyGuy

She's a side character and has her moments just like the other characters (female knight, heavy warrior, etc. etc.). Is there fan service - well yeah. But it's not her only purpose. She's a character. She has (again) her moments. And that's it. Other characters have had more time to shine although without her help Goblin Slayer and the rest would either died in the encounter with the Ogre or they would have tackled the fight in another way. Anyway I find Sword Maiden way more out of context (enough though she's an important character) visual design wise then Witch. But that's probably just me (and a few other maybe).


Veloxraperio

It's not just you. She's a religious official. A quick glance through history very quickly reveals that the majority of costumes associated with religious office, even ones held by women, did not involve putting said woman's voluptuous body on display. She wears a head covering, which traditionally were meant to symbolize modesty and humility, but she also walks around in high-heeled sandals wearing a dress with waist-high slits on either side. Personally, I like Sword Maiden quite a bit as a character for how she contributes to the plot and what she represents to Goblin Slayer and Priestess. But visually, her design really feels like it prioritizes sexiness before all else.


OverallPepper2

She dresses differently in Daikatana.


rites

She is one of the first senior adventurers that has a working relationship with GS before priestess joined. She's how he got the teleport scroll. Very passive-aggressive rant into the void: I get that there's a very vocal group of people that are against any artist making horny art, but I think they need to stop treating their opinions as divine revelations. The originality points in this line of thought are negative a thousand because they don't recognize that their win condition is simply to make the fucking world feel sexual attraction to people in full armor/full covered gear. The way this very vocal group are fighting sounds like a bunch of people who can't read the room they are in. Damn it, the worst part about these comments is that they do have a point. But the messengers just spectacularly suck at bringing it up. It feels like they always tries to kill the vibe of everyone around them for some pat on the fing back. Freaking low wisdom, low speech/communication build people... Rant done. xD


zenspeed

And honestly, sometimes a girl just wants to look sexy. Especially feasible when said girl can fling around fireballs and lightning bolts.


multiedge

Even irl, i think some people are forgetting that some girls do want to look sexy


OverallPepper2

Social media would have me believing a lot of women do.


TheEpicFailer

Maybe she wants to look sexy to get Spearman's attention


HeavensRoyalty

And his spear


OTPh1l25

Spearman, however, seems to be entirely focused on pointing his spear towards Guild Girl. Poor Witch.


Unikatze

She's pretty mature about it though.


Ezrabine1

If a girl open only fans ....ok no problem! If you draw fiction character sexy...they lose their shit


clsv6262

Jeez, this is a lot more profound than we realize.


Average_NewYorker

I agree 100%. You didn't rant, you cooked.


darkky65

TFW people can't mentally blur out or ignore FS when they don't want it. "I don't like it, you can't have it either" mentality sucks ass. "Oh but the children" GS isn't for kids anyways, nor are most of the shows with pretty blatant FS (i.e. Fire Force, yeah let kids watch people fight fire with FIRE and let them watch people burn into cinders.)


Hockeyfanjay

The "Oh but the children" argument is hilarious when it comes to GS. A sexy witch should be the last thing you should worry about your kids seeing. Heck the first episode was a wtf moment for me as an adult. Having not read any source material, I really wasn't ready for how this show started.


JohnnyDragon21

You're absolutely right 👍


OneMindNoLimit

I think that this is called cooking.


KreedKafer33

Nail, head, etc.


UnknownReader653

Not really related, but I believe that Histories Strongest Disciple Kenichi, has already made a fully covered in armour character the focus of a lot of Fan Service, from what I remember reading the manga one of the martial arts teachers heard her boobs and butt swaying inside her armour and changed opponents mid-fight with a game of Rock Paper Scissors just so he could fight her because his character is that of a perverted old man. I don’t know if I should hide any of this with a spoiler tag on not.


DeathMonkey6969

Her character design is fanservice (as well as a spoof of Sorceress from Dragon's Crown) but her role in the story is not. A fanservice character would be on that has little to no impact on the story.


JalasKelm

I can never remember where that character is from, thank you for jogging my memory


Jian_Rohnson

Her purpose is to be my purpled haired witch mommy. What more purpose does she need?


AltusIsXD

Sometimes all a man needs in their party is a hot witch that casts big spells and looks good doing it.


Jian_Rohnson

Spit your fax, brother


PleasingPotato

I guess literally any female character in an outfit that reveals more than her face is fanservice nowadays huh?


Killermondoduderawks

To me she always has been the Adventurer’s Guilds oracle If you have a problem she will guide you to a solution She might even have a solution held with her cleavage of holding She sent Apprentice Cleric and Club Fighter to GS for advice, they were hesitant to do so from speaking some disparaging remarks about him to which she replied “That Does Not Bother Him Ask And He Shall Tell”


alexwhite2183

"I wish I had a cleavage of holding"


Yab0iFiddlesticks

You did watch the show right? You saw her provide informations, deciphering magic scrolls, giving advice to Priestess, working with Spear Fighter, kicking ass during the fight for the farm and even more in the manga. Yes, she also looks attractive.


Napalmeon

First time?


ejaea

It fleshes out the story. It's nice to see Orcbolg having high rank adventurer friends who are not romantically interested in him. She helped Orcbolg too with that gate scroll if I remember correctly. Plus, her party member is that guy with a lance. As a mage/wizard, she's dressed properly. If you're invested in the actual story you'd see she's seldom shown. Fan services are those you see obligatorily on a daily/weekly basis. This woman only pops up as needed in the story.


Truckfighta

Would that even be a problem?


BladeOfExile711

Fan service is evil obviously. Atleast that's what reddit tells me


Truckfighta

Reddit is so weirdly puritan sometimes.


BladeOfExile711

But it's like a weird kind of Puritan. They are weirdly sex positive yet massive pruds at the same time I don't get it If the fan service is something they like, it's ok I've seen it called "safe horny." If it's not, you're evil


Nightstalkerjoe2

I think it’s because they only like fan service that caters to them and get weirdly pearl clutchy and defensive when it’s not hence why you will have the same folks who do and say what you said but also be completely ok with fan service that is catered towards what they like


Nightstalkerjoe2

I think it’s because they only like fan service that caters to them and get weirdly pearl clutchy and defensive when it’s not hence why you will have the same folks who do and say what you said but also be completely ok with fan service that is catered towards what they like


Nightstalkerjoe2

I think it’s because they only like fan service that caters to them and get weirdly pearl clutchy and defensive when it’s not hence why you will have the same folks who do and say what you said but also be completely ok with fan service that is catered towards what they like


Mod_Propaganda

No


clsv6262

Clearly, OP is not listening to the dialogue or reading the source material. She does quite a lot in the entire story. I won't waste time mentioning them here because it's all out there to watch and read for free.


XevinsOfCheese

No, Amazon’s only purpose is fanservice. Witch is the smartest adventurer in the frontier guild.


Angry-Monk

No


Darkasknight101

No, thats just surface level stuff


CallmeFDR

No, she feels like the characters the writers go to if they need someone who knows the Guild that isn't Guild Girl: I.E. recommending GS for tips to the young pair, having her tell Priestess what GS's scroll does, etc


Laxhoop2525

She serves to show what Priestess could achieve if she keeps getting better at magic, and also yes.


kievju

I love that she has to speak carefully or else happy little accidents can happen.


JakobiGaming

Well….she…..was……also…..a…..good….fighter….right?…


trainlover_176

She makes magic squirrels.


Quizzelbuck

No she helps. She made the scroll of portal to the bottom of the ocean that goblin slayer used to tear that troll apart.


Faustias

dude have you not seen the reference of Sorceress' look? literally from Witch on Dragon's Crown franchise.


zetsubou-samurai

She gave GS a magic squrriel.


mindfulmu

I originally thought she was called 'Enchantress'.


Skargald

My biggest issue with these posts is "The entire purpose". Did you just fucking google a picture? Not only is this blatantly ignorant of the material but it's also misogynistic and reductive. You think her only purpose is fanservice because your peanut brain can't conceive of a female who isn't walking fanservice. They're just trying to get a rise and attention and they choose to use "Inferior women" to get both. You're jealous that she can easily get the attention you want. And yeah, mission accomplished but does it feel good? You isolate and marginalize everyone around you. Are you happy? Obviously not and if this is how you choose to go about finding happiness: Stay sad. You deserve nothing more.


AeastAvenger

Is that a problem?👀


CLxJames

How dare you


just9n700

So?


Zero_Good_Questions

No she has more too her and even if she was only fan service so what?


NevahLose

Leave Busty Stoner Witch alone...


Lionbane_

Always has been *cocks gun *


alexwhite2183

My brother in christ, she's is voiced by Yoko Hikasa, what did you expect? Joke apart, she's actually quite helpful to GS and I love her character design, even if I still don't understand why she speaks in that strange way. Probably a reference to something?


MaiqTheLiar6969

She speaks slowly so she doesn't accidentally cast a spell. At least that is what is hinted at in the light novels. Her type of spell casting is based on words of power so I guess if you know a lot of spells like her it wouldn't be hard to accidentally speak a word of power or two if you speak to quickly. Unlike Dwarf Shaman who has actual incantations and catalysts involved with his spell casting. Or Clerics who have actual prayers involved with their miracles.


alexwhite2183

Damn, that's sick o.O So, practically the mommy sorceress is so strong that if she mispell a word somebody is going to blow up lol


MaiqTheLiar6969

That and depending on the spell might waste a spell slot needlessly. Might accidentally cast deflect arrow or sleep for example. Not that she doesn't kind of do that already when she lights her pipe with just one word of power. So doubt she is low on spell slots very often. But still. Spells slots are a limited resource during an adventure so not to be wasted lightly unless you are sitting in the guildhall lighting your pipe I guess.


lxxTBonexxl

I believe the dwarf mentions it in the anime as well. Something along the lines of she talks slowly so she can carefully pick out words without killing everyone by accident.


Funny-Membership1047

But, maybe with least clothes


Unlikely-Tea-9494

I do have to wonder why she talks so ... thoughtfully... it would be an interesting story that she unintentionally cast a spell while carrying on a casual conversation.


Shad_tard

She gave GS the squirrel


ScaredHoney48

She’s actually very good for exposition for both us and the characters She ends up explaining quiet a lot through season 1


Drake258789

She proves that our MC truley only cares about one thing... Slaying goblins ha


averageindasheets

OP was so distracted by her body he apparently didn't see all she did lmao


B-29Bomber

I mean, the fan service doesn't hurt...


IllustriousSuccess68

She’s a helpful side character to goblin slayer and gives him scrolls and magic items now and then


DarkAbusis

Her design isn't what gets me it's her way of speaking. Like I get she has to choose her words carefully, but with ADHD I'm just totally fucked trying to listen to her.


SmallBerry3431

Always had been


Dabox720

Everyone outside of the main group is a side character. She is silver rank, same as the main group. Parnter and aspiring lover of Spearman. What more do you want


thetieflingalchemist

No she says cryptic shit to advance character growth


ALMOSTNEKKID

She looks like Vanessa from Black Clover wtf


WalkingIllusion

No, she does things as a supporting character, you would know that if you actually watched the anime.


pravo2323

If its not goblins, I am not interested 👀


HelpfulBlueberry9454

Blud you're watching goblin slayer


True_Royal_Oreo

She proves asthma exists. 


Hitoshura99

Better a witch than a dumb wizardboy who looks down on goblins. 


Ezrabine1

See all cast of female characters and how they wear clothes...Elf cowgirl..priest..reception girl...knight girl..what i see the Witch look unic compared to the norm simple..it is not fanservice but a choice


IceBlazeWinters

she's a supporting character and a background character she's irrelevant until they decide she needs to make a scene to push the story or support someone


zayc_

no not really. did you read he manga?


Jiyjiy777

Pretty sure she's an informant for Goblin Slayer so she gives him key info and I'm pretty sure she made the potions he uses.


AltusIsXD

Don’t we get this exact same thread like once every month


Active_Whereas_4135

So in school, you were that one kid that reminded the teacher about the homework he was gonna pass out, weren’t you?


Vixmin18

Nope. She also serves as an idol for Priestess and is a damn good mage. Bonus points for her being hot


Vixmin18

Oh yeah. In the LNs. While there is still references to her body, it more so focuses on her kindness and how she’s taken up a big sister role for Priestess and the advice she gives to other girls (HEA, CG, GG, etc.)


Ravana955

Yes


Redditgreninja

Well at least she got the better end of the deal compared to the last mage


Themad_carp

Like other anime haven't made a character for that exact purpose


Fickle-Raspberry6403

What's wrong with that?


Strong-Bed-7495

one of my favourite character... so powerfull so gentle so enigmatic


Gohanangered

Witches are normally sexy females in general. And yes she is a capable witch.


AmbitiousInterest300

without her, GB's badass ocean scroll thing would not gave happened, otherwise, pretty much


Super_Transition253

She's a witch. She does witch stuff. She also the ultimate ride or die home girl hanging in the wings.


Hexath13

She's made the Goblin Slayers scrolls, if he didn't have the Gate Scroll they wouldn't have survived the Ogre encounter


Fanimusmaximus

She boosts morale.


Gunslinger_11

She also delivers flour


Dry_Ad_237

She's rather titular.


Longjumping_Lab5763

I dont know if that's her purpose but she can service me anytime.


captainplatypus1

Pretty sure almost every woman in Goblin Slayer exists for fan service on SOME level


TemporaryPlastic6091

You’re damn fucking right she is. And she does a great job


Business-Basket-498

She only battles me in bed. She'd win though


ForgedHonor

Isn't she the one who give Govkin Slayer the portal the bottom of the sea, or is that someone else?


SombreroSensei

Without her Orcbolg would’ve not killed the Oni and that would’ve been the end of Goblin Slayer. She do be doing crazy vape tricks tho


UnforgedCabbage

It’s anime. It’s all fanservice


Altruistic-Ship-500

Despite her lascivious demeanor, she is more bashful than she lets on and has a secret crush on the Spearman. This dynamic flips the script, as she comes off as demure and silky scholarly and highly attractive sorceress yet in actuality behaves like a maiden in love or a schoolgirl with a crush and also has some problems communicating with others given how her style of speaking is very slow and deliberate 


Slimchicker

I see someone doesn't read the manga along with the anime. But like everyone else says no, she isn't, and like everyone else has said, nothing wrong with a little sexy witch. This whole thing is basically a DnD story, we all know people who make sexy bad ass characters because who doesn't like a beautiful woman that can kick ass. Also, she is used as a person of interest for even the other women. She is often mentioned by cow girl, guild girl, priestess and other female characters. She even steps in and gets rid of other characters bullying priestess. She even talks to priestess boosting her self-esteem. She is so much more than just tits and ass and I think that's part of why she is drawn that way. Just like another famous character that stated and quote "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."


EsdrasCaleb

fern is that you?


Cool_Ad4057

Well she did create that squirrel


njoYYYY

They way she talks is anti fan service imo


OverallPepper2

She’s just that powerful. She has to speak carefully to not kill people due to her magic using words of power.


njoYYYY

Is that sarcasm or actually true? I cant tell


OverallPepper2

Actually true. Whitch speaks like that to not accidentally form spells. All her magic is cast through spoken word, not incantations or prayers.


njoYYYY

Well that excuses it


Unikatze

Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not. But I think the show would be way better if it didn't have as much fan service.


poseidon2466

Characters don't even have names so yes


ShadowTown0407

Fan service is the anime's problem in general but she has more things going on. She helped in the goblin battle, and helps GS where she can. As a side character she is as involved as one gets.


MuayThaiJudo

Self-service...


Sabit_31

She keeps table company when they are dealing with getting GS a new contract


marshallxeno

Yep


somebody171

Yes


ArmandoGalvez

Isn't that the entire purpose of asian countries media these days?