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[Spoilers] Isekai Office Worker: The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Episode 2 Discussion
What the hell? I did not read the tags, it's BL. Whatever, I swear I'm not gay please believe ?
The scene really caught me off guard, wdym you heal people by having sex with them ???? What the hell lfmao
HOWEVER, I'm really curious to see how they'll handle that and how their relationship will evolve (even if we all know they're gonna end up together lol)
want some healing bro? ☠ the plot is interesting but I really did not expect that :D
Wanna be saved by the power of gay sex buddy??YESSS ME TOO, usually i'm not really into isekai because i don't find the plot attractive but this one is really an exception
Yeah, so in the manga it is explained right away why he had to do it but it was exposition explanation so I get it why they removed it. Basically in their world only infants or people who depleted all their mana reserves get magic sick. The treatment is familiarizing which in case of infants means that the mother is hugging the baby skin to skin, but in the case of an adult it wouldn't be enough. Seiichirou's case is special because he is an otherworlder, so he is completely not adapted to exist in this world full of magic, so that's why the max skin to skin and fluids contact was needed and the easiest and quickest contact like that is basically sex. It was an emmergency sex.
I can NOT stop laughing at this
Right! The fluids XD
Better this than magic influenza that could kill you xD
Also I never realized that before but this concept is incredibly close to Omegaverse's heats. I can't believe I didn't see it until now.
Poor little magic sick man needs some sexy times from nice ikemen to save his life lol.
continue this thread →i immeaditely thought of the omegaverse when i saw he said he needed to do that so he lives lmao
If I had a nickle for every isekai I've enjoyed that had a beautiful kuudere noble man who refers to the skilled accountant main character as "kore/sore/are" when talking about them and also heals that gremlin main character's mana sickness with unexpected bedroom play then I'd have two nickles--which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
What's the other?
It's a spoiler for the other series and also a joke related to in-universe logic rather than literal sex like it was in this series. Before you click to reveal the spoiler, check my favorites list and see if you're ok with being spoiled for one of the isekai series on there.
Ascendance of a Bookworm. In-universe, sharing mana with someone else is something that's normally only done as preparation for sex, when a woman has mana problems while giving birth, or when a woman shares her mana with her child as part of breastfeeding. Ferdinand saves Myne at some point by sharing his mana with her. Even though it's not sex and there was no sexual arousal at the time, it's technically being saved with unexpected bedroom play by in-universe logic.
I watched that series but tbh I didn't know about this tidbit. Tho I guess it's still different to Myne's magic sickness case because magic sicknes in Ascendance's world only happens to kids with excess mana due to inability to drain it and most of those kids die if they're born in lower class and never get discovered. Myne was lucky to be discovered and be able to give away excess mana via her priestess training. So even tho sexual implication is there, it's not the only way to give away / share mana while here we have more of a unique case of lack of exposure to magic overal due to not being born in this world. But alas a similar thing to giving away mana via faith does exist in this world too but it's in a later arc and is tackled a bit differently and doesn't pertain to magic sickness. I won't speak about it to not spoil as from the opening I can say that this arc was animated.
So actually,
the bookworm anime hasn't gotten to the point I was alluding to. It's from one of the later volumes of the novel. The mana sickness I'm referring to isn't the devouring. In the bookworm universe, sharing mana with someone means directly from person to person; it's not considered sharing mana when it's given to a magic tool like the temple's divine instruments. I'm looking forward to the things that you mentioned at the end there. It sounds like it might actually be even more similar to bookworm than I thought! I might pick up the novels later if the anime continues to be this enjoyable.
WITH THE POWER OF GAY SEX, ALL WILL BE HEALED! - A person who read the light novels. Happy that this adaptation is quite faithful so far.
Sei should start relaxing more! But anyway, I love that there is finally An Isekai BL anime (well, Kyo Kara Maoh is the closest thing to isekai BL we have, although it doesn't exactly have a BL tag XD), it's a breath of fresh air
It should get the tag tho, they're literally and lawfully married in that series xD
Whatever I expected to happen, it was not sex in ep2 LOL... This series is amazing. That kondou even considered repeating it for way too long just to be able to drink his tonics again.. peak, if I may say
this scene
i was smiling through the whole episode, love these guys sm
I wonder if they'll explore the concept of homosexuality and the public view of it in the other world, is it accepted, tolerated and/or supported in that world just like in ours or is it frowned upon?
If you want a spoiler I can tell you but if you don't then I will keep the details to myself.
i'm interested by the spoiler ?
They never discuss homosexuality in society basically. It's never questioned by anyone that their Knight Captain is gay. And tbh I prefer that. Queer people also need media that don't constantly remind us that our queerness makes us "different". It just existing and nobody batting an eye is 100% improvement on real world.
This warms my heart - fully agree, and thank you for sharing it!
The nerdy "mob" character getting casual sex as early as episode 2 is such bombshell. I'm glad I was enlightened as early as episode 2. I approve ✅
Out of curiosity, does the LN also fade to black or is it more detailed? I understand that's not an option for a tv anime adaptation.
coughs in Dakaichi
There's a bit more description about how Sei feels about it and what they're doing, but it's still not that detailed. Enough to know what's going on, and a fade to black.
I find it funny that this is exactly how I would write the sex scene lol. Give people some bait and fade to black. Not because I can't write a decent smut but because I'm simply not interested in it unless 90% of that smut is some emotional earthshattering life changing talk lol. You get 90% emotions, 10% sex.
(And I say it as someone who read and enjoyed pure smut as well lol)
I ALSO did not read the tags, didnt know I was gonna be getting into yaoi again, cool stuff!
The fact that Seiichirou didn't even have a typical reaction for those types of situations like "what have I done" always takes me out (when I read this scene, I always cackle lol it's hilarious OMG). He just wakes up, looks at the clock, and runs because he is late for work. No thought spared to his sexy times with a handsome young man lol. As if a random sexy time with a man was so normal you could basically treat it like an average Tuesday. But what always takes me out with laughter even more is Aresh reaction to him leaving. Completely unprepared. (I wonder if he felt like a one-night stand lol). I must say, tho that it was more satisfying in the manga. But still hilarious!
Speaking of which, they skipped at least one frame from the sex scene (wait no, they actually moved it into another scene lol what a flashback in the office Seiichirou, and ofc he is talking about Aresh not even wanting to have sex while the scene shows them doing the do lol I guess moving this picture here works a bit better due to Aresh facial expression being strained which means we as an audience will trust Seiichirou that Aresh may have not been ok with it - meanwhile he couldn't literally care less lol because he already adopted Seiichirou as his to care for but ofc Seiichirou will just not acknowldge the elephant in the room and will tell himself that it was all jut some kind of magical service he needs to repay Aresh for). They also skipped the exposition explanation why the sex treatment must have happened (i.e. the whole part about how infants in their world get magic sick and they are being familiarized by their mother's skin to skin contact which unfortunately won't work for an adult because they're not little and they need more skin to skin coverage), and they moved Seiichirou thinking to himself that his back hurts to the later scene (there were two scenes when he thinks that, they just skipped the after-sex one and went straight to the second one with the donut cushion lol - I love the donut cushion btw, it's a must for every sitting job, srsly).
Anyway I was waiting for this episode because one of my favourite things in this manga was the fact that they actually touched upon the topic of "What happens when a person from a world with 0 magic gets transported to a world where magic is a norm and exists in everything - how will their body react to such exposure?" because in majority of magical fantasy stories it's a no brainer that character that gets isekaied is 100% ok with magic and often can even cast magic themselves, but here because Seiichirou was not supposed to be summoned, he gets the full blown "you are in the toxic zone" experience. He was lucky Aresh was there to discover his dangerous shenanigans in time before he actually killed himself.
And speaking of Aresh - he is a true man on a mission. His mission, tho is a stubborn otherworlder that needs to be examined by a doctor and monitored 24/7. The marbles will be lost. On Aresh side. (And him taking charge of Seiichirous's health is basically him claiming the guy on day one lol it's his guy to worry about, nobody can make medical judgement over this guy, he's Aresh's - it's hilarious lol and twice as hilarious after you are basically told by every character in the closest vicinity that Aresh usually doesn't care about anyone at all, and yet he did that in the very first episode already by approaching Seiichirou first lol Also people should really explain to Seiichirou that no, it is not punishable offense to trouble a noble, it's just that Aresh specifically is seen as "the prickly dude that would most likely punish someone" by literally everyone because he is usually just aloof and his mere presence scares people lol). Get prepared for a full-blown experience of Aresh nagging wife persona. You will get a whole TV show just about it.
Ah, and the third thing that always takes me out (with laughter ofc) is how everyone around Seiichirou acts as if whatever he said was 100% insane when he talks about his health. While in truth this is literally a common sense reaction to how unhealthy and deadly overwork culture is, but to Seiichirou they're all exaggerating because he lived like that for years and it's normalized in Japanese society to live like this, so he doesn't get what their issue is, lol. While their issue is literally that it's a deadly lifestyle that nobody should be leading. Seiichirou even considering having gay sex for the sake of drinking the tonics and Aresh catching on right away to what he was thinking about as if he was taking care of a drug addict is seriously one of the most hilarious (and worrying) things lol Also yes, they're basically on a dinner date after this; it will keep happening lol. And just saying, everyone, including Aresh, is right. Sei got a basic income and a roof over his head, so he literally is not obligated to do anything; he could have just lazed around all day doing nothing, but due to how much Japan brainwashed him into working culture, he couldn't just take it and rest, no. He came right back to his unhealthy overworking habits and keeps worrying everyone. BTW It was cut out there at the dinner, but Sei basically has a thought process that Aresh doesn't understand because he is a noble, not because working so much to the point of exhaustion, health issues, and possible death is something incredibly abnormal to do. This guy literally wouldn't recognize a work-life balance if it slapped him in the face - that's why he needs Aresh as his nagging wife lol.
I just wanna say I have been loving all your comments so far on this thread and the thread for the first episode!! Please keep them coming <33
You don't even know how many days I dug through internet for isekai gay manga. I love stories that play with themes and concepts of popular genres. It's always so fun to read how author tackled smth differently than most other stories. I must say that Seiichirou dropping unconcious at a drop of a hat all the time was also an incentive.
Please feel free to give me some recs for other similar stories if you don’t mind!! <3
Sadly there is not many. I found really cool manhwa tho. It's called Eternal Covenant. The plot is very intriguing, and there is magic and dragons. It's not isekai tho.
From isekais the closest to Bean Counter would be Magirevo (yuri isekai) which was already animated and aired not long ago.
Oh wait, there is one isekai manhwa that has a very cool concept and very deep story. It's called "I Have To Be A Great Villain" and it's a multiple isekai as the protagonist keeps jumping between many worlds and each world has different theme and setting but always the same ML to which the protagonist is a villain but ends up his lover each time. And slowly you learn there is far more to his universe hopping than just playing a role of a villain. There is a true intrigue.
Yes... I too wondered, what have I stumbled upon here...?
Oh, this is like PROPER gay. Nice~
seeing people watch bean counter without knowing it's bl is so funny, i originally got into bl from watching Given thinking it was just going to be an anime about music
You had an incredible good luck because Given is an amazing BL that deals with very heavy topics while also charming you with music.
right!? i've collected almost all the books in the series so now i'm rereading it for the third time (previous two times were online)
You can never go wrong with Given! I love it so much OMG. BTW Even tho I read many BL for the last 15 years (lol) I had a really cool discovery with Twilight Out of Focus that aired last year I think. It's a school romance about a club that wants to make a BL movie and I loved the manga and the anime. Devoured it!
oh right i saw a lot of people talking about it a while ago i think but i forgot to check it out, u just reminded me!! i'll watch it soon! last year i was super excited for The Summer Hikaru Died anime so i didn't really pay attention to what else was releasing, even though there seemed to be a lot of good ones, i have to catch up
so sad it seems rating of this one is affected on all sites due to people's inability to read tags/genres.... either way i'm personally loving it!! seichirou's attitude is killing me though (in a funny way)
It happens a lot in non-anime circles, specific targeting usually but also just a backlash towards LGBTQ+ content - I think other BL may have escaped unscathed and have kept positive ratings... and this feels dumb... but perhaps because they do not have Isekai in the title? As other BL can maintain 80+% on AL but "Sasaki and Miyano" does not draw the same audience's attention.
As the season goes on and more BL viewers pick it up I hope the average ratings can move without this deluge of backlash due to missing the tags.
Not targeting any particular person saying they missed the tags, but c'mon it's:
- Genre: Romance
- 2 Men on the Cover
There are a billion isekai out there the girls and gays can have one lmao
