Ben Lindbergh

I like the show where they're just itinerant.

They're moving around.

They're having different encounters every week.

Also Stark, who is the young frontliner, who's part of Freeran's current party and kind of the will they or won't they with Fern was sort of sidelined during that because it was like a mage exam and he's the warrior.

So that part, it sort of bogged down a little bit.

Yeah.

Am I being a hater?

No, no, I don't think so.

Not at all.

It's just, it's such a core, strong dynamic.

I know you haven't read all of the manga.

You've read some of it.

But now that I love this show and these characters in this world so much, I'm thinking, well, do I need to go back and read?

So I wonder what you think of this as an adaptation based on what you've read.

And also just like generally when you watch the anime adaptation of a manga,

do you think you were mentioning often they compress a lot and you're losing a lot in, in translation there.

So do you think I'm missing out?

Should I go back or is this a fairly faithful translation?

And what's your typical approach?

Do you like to read first and then watch, watch first and then read?