無職転生Ⅲ ～異世界行ったら本気だす～

Everyone here is saying how it's cool they made her feel like a background character when she first appeared, but tbh I remember her standing out She was quite visually distinct from the rest and I was surprised at the time that she didn't immediately have an impact on the story And I guess in world, she still stood out, bc everyone fighting Rudeus (aside from Badi) were male beastfolk trying to get Pursena and Linia's hand in marriage whereas she was clearly neither beastfolk or male so why would she be fighting? (I'm not sure if I had picked up on that at the time tho)

She at first refused to believe anything that Eris said. She started respecting her when she learned that Rudeus is actually great. She realized that Eris was trying to match THAT. Matching Rudeus is only the tip of the ice burg that Eris is trying to overcome though. She isn't just trying to match Rudeus; she's trying to kill Orstead. IDK if Nina knows just how hard that is. You'd think she would know based on the Sword God calling himself "small fry" compared to Orstead, but Nina might not believe that statement at first either.

I like how the story isn't taking the "Eris just trains by herself" route, she's building connections with each school and becoming better by understanding. The "you lose hostility talking about Rudeus" scene is specially interesting because Eris' personality is still that of the Mad Dog, but if she wants to get better she has to think about and incorporate what Rudeus and her family taught her about etiquette and self grooming.

It took a while, but Eris finally made some friends! What I particularly like about the "you lose hostility talking about Rudeus" scene is that Eris in the past two episodes has been a lot more antagonistic and aggressive towards everyone. Not actively – she's more of a "do what you want but leave me alone" – but she's been feeling very different from when we last saw her. But that's because we've been seeing her with Rudy and so have been seeing her soft side. Without Rudy or anyone else she cares about, Eris has put her walls up and is a very hostile presence to those around her (Ghislaine is around but isn't enough to lower those walls for everyone like Rudy can be). But Nina and Isolde have finally started to break through that mad dog wall and while it's not fully down, you can see Eris is being nicer to them already.

The Eris-Nina-Isolde is my favorite minor character dynamic in the series. I think it’s mentioned earlier in the series she got kicked out of school for constantly starting fights and never really had friends her age. Ghislaine and Ruijerd are the closest she has had to real friends, other than Rudeus of course, but that’s a different kind of dynamic for obvious reasons. So Eris making her own friends is crazy development for her lol

Now that you mention it, it is the first time she's made friends by herself! I mean, I suppose it was with a little help from the Sword God and the Water God for having her train with Nina and Isolde, but she easily could have just seen them as sparing partners yet is clearly seeing them as a bit more, albeit slowly. But she's not just making friends with someone Rudy's friends with, she's actually making two friends on her own!

In just two episodes this show introduced a lot of different characters and I already find all of them incredibly endearing. I really like seeing all of these characters who are able to go into no-nonsense fighter mode against others and switch back to a friendly, casual interaction with them, to varying degrees. Maybe it’s just me but I feel like that kind of portrayal is rare to see in shows. I’m used to people who are friendly with each other in casual interaction being somewhat friendly if they start sparring, and the more serious sparring reserved for rivals who are frosty with each other all the time. But in the combat here you really get to sense that everyone is treating it like a real fight, then when it’s done they’re complimenting each other and joking around. I really like that.

Looks like Nina & Eris started to become friends before the Water God came though. Remember, Eris actually listened to Nina about showing manners to Water God. Eris' initial brazenness & ruthlessness rubbed all the students the wrong way but it was a nice touch showing her peers slowly acknowledging her hard work. Then Nina's friends teasing her about love came full circle in Nina eventually training with Eris & later giving her advice, ultimately improving both their attitudes.

Looks like Nina & Eris started to become friends before the Water God came though. Remember, Eris actually listened to Nina about showing manners to Water God. That's fair and they were definitely becoming more friendly and respectful with each other, but I don't think they really became friends until the hunt. Nina never really told Eris to take a bath until after that and I doubt Eris would have listened to her if she had beforehand. But that experience helped them and Isolde become friends to the point where they could have that conversation. Eris' initial brazenness & ruthlessness rubbed all the students the wrong way but it was a nice touch showing her peers slowly acknowledging her hard work. That's a good point. No-one liked Eris or wanted her there at first, but when they saw that beneath her ferocious, antisocial shell was someone maybe even more dedicated than any of them were, everyone started to at least stay out of her way. They even cheered her on when she pulled off the Longsword of Light! Nina held onto her animosity longer because she had a lot of personal feelings in it, but it looked like she was the only one really antagonising Eris anymore.

Rudy basically indirectly helped both Nina & Eris improve their attitudes & training. It was a good thing Nina was invested enough to disprove & one-up Eris for Nina to actually travel to see Rudeus.Then Nina caught sense enough to start training with Eris which helped them both further. Of course, in true fictional style, it's kept mysterious because IRL Nina would've already told Eris she saw Rudeus. The weird thing about Eris acting like a wild animal is that her teacher Ghislaine already transitioned out of that phase years ago. Does Ghislaine think that's part of the growing process so she never steered Eris away from that? Remember when Eris refused to learn from Rudeus but Ghislaine was eager to learn?

Of course, in true fictional style, it's kept mysterious because IRL Nina would've already told Eris she saw Rudeus. In this context, I'm not sure she would have even IRL, specifically because Nina didn't really like Eris. Seeing Rudy and returning to see Eris training diligently gave Nina an understanding of her that would end up with them becoming friends, but I don't think Nina at this point would have wanted to admit she travelled miles to duel Rudy and make him her slave only to get curbstomped by a Demon King he proceeded to one-shot. And by the time they were friends it wasn't really relevant, nor were they so close friends that Nina felt the need to admit to it. The weird thing about Eris acting like a wild animal is that her teacher Ghislaine already transitioned out of that phase years ago. Does Ghislaine think that's part of the growing process so she never steered Eris away for that? I'm not sure if you're asking if Ghislaine thinks you need to have a wild animal inside you to tame and therefore she kept Eris' wild animal for this or if you're asking if Ghislaine thinks you need to be a certain way to learn the Sword God style. If the former: I don't believe so considering none of the other students seem to have any inner beasts. They don't think Eris belongs precisely because of her inner wild animal. It's just really difficult to her to tame that inner beast of hers. If the latter: Gal trained Ghislaine to temper that wild animal within her probably because it was required for what she wanted to become. When you get taught to be a certain way by the literal greatest swordsman of that style and all of his other students are also that way, it's not difficult to understand why Ghislaine thinks that's part of the growing process. Remember when Eris refused to learn from Rudeus but Ghislaine was eager to learn? Ghislaine was eager to learn because she had faced hardships from being unable to read that made her wish she knew how while Eris was an entitled brat who only wanted to learn what interested her. And Ghislaine sharing those experiences actually did end up with Eris learning despite how much she disliked it.

I could've sworn there was a scene where she said something like, "I'll either end up with rudeus or no one" She sees rudeus as infalliable, so not that I think she'll accept it easily, but I think she'll kinda blame herself and no one else and get extreme shock into depressed. I don't thinks she will prompt a fight with the other two girls. On the other hand, I think sylphie will try to start a fight, I think she despises eris bc of what she did to rudeus, idk how eris would respond to that, especially since it's someone rudeus cares about I'm so interested to see how it will play out. I don't think she'll immediately join the harem like with what happened with sylphie and roxy essentially