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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.83,0:00:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Oceanographer's Choice plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.41,0:00:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the\NDungeon" is a webtoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.76,0:00:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, basically, a Korean webcomic drawn\Nchapter by chapter in one long strip,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.57,0:00:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed for vertical scrolling.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.69,0:00:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the\NDungeon's" story follows a skeleton who
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.51,0:00:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happily served a succubus until she was\Nkilled in front of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.78,0:00:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The skeleton soldier was also then killed\Nbut, for some reason, he wakes up alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.29,0:00:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20 years before he was killed!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.34,0:00:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Distraught at the loss of his beloved\Nuh... mistress, the nameless skeleton
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.64,0:00:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soldier resolves to save her in the\Nfuture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.36,0:00:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This resolve becomes more plausible when\Nthe skeleton soldier realizes that every
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.69,0:00:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time he dies, he gets a do-over.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.14,0:00:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's able to get stronger, and obtain\Nmore abilities than he ever would have as
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.46,0:00:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a standard skeleton soldier guarding a\Ndungeon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.90,0:01:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a reader, you slowly realize that the\Nskeleton soldier seems to be an NPC in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.34,0:01:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some kind of fantasy game. Not just a\Nskeleton in a standard fantasy universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.58,0:01:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but specifically an enemy NPC in a JRPG\Nstyle fantasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.79,0:01:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for some reason he's been gifted the\Nability to respawn, to level up, to pursue
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.63,0:01:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quests, and to see the statuses of other\Ncharacters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.26,0:01:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He uses these abilities pragmatically, \Nbut is completely baffled by them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.24,0:01:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The skeleton soldier has no idea where\Nthese abilities come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, he presumably has no idea what a\Nvideo game even is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.18,0:01:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And step by step, he learns how to use\Nhis new abilities to his advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.84,0:01:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a genre of manga and anime called\N"isekai" revolving around a normal person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.75,0:01:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being transported to, or trapped in, a\Nparallel universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.54,0:01:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The subgenre can be characterized as wish\Nfulfillment, with the person being
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.34,0:01:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transported often being a NEET, shut-in, \Nor gamer. In the new fantasy world, they
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.26,0:01:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are able to succeed through the use of\Ntheir comparatively
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.78,0:01:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unimportant-in-real-life genre knowledge, \Nor gaming skills through the use of a game
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.03,0:01:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interface only they can access."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.10,0:02:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm far from an isekai expert. I'm sure\Nthere are works in this genre that are
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.34,0:02:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great, and some that are fun and \Nsubversive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.75,0:02:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have friends whose opinions I respect \Nwho really enjoy some of them, so I'm not
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.27,0:02:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying the genre is trash or insulting\Npeople who enjoy it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.18,0:02:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, even as a teenager, I really didn't \Nhave any interest in wish fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.36,0:02:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.66,0:02:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially fiction very deliberately \Ncatering to a certain kind of male nerd.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.58,0:02:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sweet Home," my favorite webtoon which \NI also reviewed, centers around a suicidal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.48,0:02:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Korean equivalent of a 4chan NEET, but \Nit's a dark comedy horror series where he
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.26,0:02:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is slowly learning bravery, and empathy, \Nand how to be a good person.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.15,0:02:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while he's terrified and fighting for \Nhis life, his change is genuinely moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.04,0:02:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the opposite of a wish \Nfulfillment fantasy series about how
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.11,0:02:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,special and unique a nerd secretly was\Nall along because he was a gamer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.16,0:02:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the \NDungeon" has all the fun
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.22,0:02:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meta-elements of isekai material without\Nthe, to me, cringey pandering.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.89,0:02:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Skeleton soldier is not a human nerd \Nwhose gaming abilities suddenly made him
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.58,0:03:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a capable hero in fantasy world. \NHe is literally
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.08,0:03:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a skeleton.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.33,0:03:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the times I laughed at the comic \Ninvolved the fact that his character
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.58,0:03:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,design is realistically rendered skeleton \Nthat is navigating a fantasy world of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.59,0:03:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stylized, expressive humans and monsters,\Nand the, I think, intentional absurdity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.18,0:03:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his realistic skeleton appearance in \Njuxtaposition with those humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.03,0:03:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he loved his succubus boss and was \Nhappy to serve her, and that's it!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.28,0:03:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has no desire to change the world or \Nbe a hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.51,0:03:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, apart from him slowly growing \Nstronger and being recognized for his
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.21,0:03:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strength, he is not a hero or a \NChosen One.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.94,0:03:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wears armor to disguise himself because\Nhe wants to stay under the radar and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.83,0:03:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one day save someone he cares about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.64,0:03:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He actually has information on the \Npolitical landscape of the future that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.56,0:03:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could change the course of history, but he\Ndoesn't seem to care about that outside of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.62,0:03:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his one goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.50,0:03:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Additionally because he is a skeleton, he\Nseems to have no sexual or romantic
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.93,0:03:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interest in anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.73,0:03:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His relationship to the succubus seems\Nplatonic, so the story isn't inundated
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.48,0:04:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the "horny teenaged boy surrounded by\Nbig boob fantasy women" trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.04,0:04:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only trope that I hate in this comic, \Nand it's my big hesitation when
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.68,0:04:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recommending it to pretty much anyone, is\Nthat it's extremely rape-y.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.73,0:04:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And uses violence towards women as a plot\Ndevice way too often, especially in the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.96,0:04:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first several chapters.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.11,0:04:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The clichéd, fantasy, "look at how dark \Nand evil this world is."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.51,0:04:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell that the world is dark and\Nscary and evil because there's
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.63,0:04:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a l- there's so there's so much rape.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.66,0:04:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Skeleton soldier himself seems\Nessentially asexual.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.05,0:04:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he isn't misogynistic or sadistic or\Nanything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.08,0:04:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are a lot of women he meets who \Nget raped, or murdered, or raped and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.32,0:04:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,murdered to the extent that I stopped \Nwanting to get attached to any of the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.48,0:04:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,female characters that he runs into.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.28,0:04:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not opposed to sexual violence in \Nfiction, but it's a serious and heavy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.91,0:04:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,topic that deserves respect and time \Ndevoted to fully explore its
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.32,0:04:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ramifications.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.38,0:04:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my "Hannibal" video I quoted a great\NBryan Fuller interview on the subject
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.98,0:04:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'll link in the description here, \Nand it feels completely inappropriate as
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.64,0:05:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a repeated plot device in a fantasy RPG\Nskeleton comic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.13,0:05:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I mean so repeated, yet so out of\Nplace to the point that it felt absurd!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.98,0:05:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's extremely off-putting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.91,0:05:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it isn't a comic that otherwise \Nobjectifies women or
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.51,0:05:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poorly represents them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.24,0:05:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I particularly like skeleton soldier's \Nfemale thief companion, who is a fun,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.91,0:05:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fleshed out character comparable to Nami \Nin One Piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.09,0:05:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's underhanded and ruthless in a way \Nthat is realistic and intriguing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.03,0:05:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than a femme fatale stock character\Nor some kind of weird, gross
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.31,0:05:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,implication that women are untrustworthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.86,0:05:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most female characters are interesting\Nand treated by the narrative as people and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.84,0:05:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there aren't over-long cringey fanservice\Nscenes, or rape scenes meant to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.19,0:05:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excited readers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.81,0:05:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of it is offscreen and heavily\Nimplied and that kind of thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.05,0:05:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's so much rape!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.85,0:05:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would absolutely prefer light-hearted\Nfanservice to so much rape!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.83,0:05:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That feels less exploitative to me than\Nweird, heavily censored rape scenes that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.84,0:05:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are still there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.01,0:05:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Skeleton soldier's story has elements of\Npolitical subterfuge and explorations of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.41,0:06:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monster-human relations, but this isn't a\Nserious, adult web-comic that makes room
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.53,0:06:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for content really exploring the \Nramifications of sexual violence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.11,0:06:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.60,0:06:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Man Bites Dog," for example, is one of\Nmy favorite movies and it has repeated
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.05,0:06:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instances of brutal sexual violence, but \Nit's a subversive and confrontational film
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.19,0:06:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about consumption of media violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.72,0:06:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a goofy, fantasy-action series about \Na walking skeleton.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.28,0:06:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was re-reading parts of the story\Nfor this video, I did catch an at times
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.78,0:06:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explicit thematic undercurrent where\Nskeleton soldier relates to women, or
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.28,0:06:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women to him: being seen as just a body, \Nbeing seen as incapable, being seen as
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.48,0:06:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an other. That is worth mentioning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.73,0:06:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the rape happens towards the \Nbeginning of the comic, and the comic does
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.38,0:06:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to get a little better about it as it\Nprogresses, but it remains off-putting and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.59,0:06:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,baffling to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.62,0:06:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially because "Sweet Home" is \Nforefront in my mind while reading other
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.19,0:06:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,webtoons, and sexual violence, if explored\Nthere, would be handled with more nuance
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.88,0:07:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gravity, rather than a sledgehammer\Nreminder that people in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.03,0:07:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are bad. They're really mean... You know\Nthat they're mean 'cause they rape women.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.78,0:07:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the\NDungeon" reminds me a little bit of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.38,0:07:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mogworld," Yahtzee's novel about a\Ncharacter in an MMO which I enjoyed a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.76,0:07:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I read it almost a decade ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.78,0:07:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But "Skeleton Soldier" is less satirical \Nand less meta, and at times seems
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.03,0:07:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-aware and plays with clichés, and \Nother times is kinda dumb and banks too
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.50,0:07:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hard on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.69,0:07:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like when you see another soldier who\Nrefuses to take his helmet off...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.50,0:07:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The- the mysterious knight who refu- like \NI wonder could it be a woman in disguise?!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.56,0:07:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never ever seen that- I've never\Nheard of that before!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.30,0:07:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,G-genius... Genius plot twist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.80,0:07:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other times the way the narrative works\Nis neat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.36,0:07:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since skeleton soldier is an enemy NPC \Nand not some kind of hero, he has what's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.59,0:07:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called an "assimilation rate," and he has\Nto be careful with how much time he spends
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.24,0:07:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in dungeons and completing quests and\Nclearing out monsters.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.53,0:07:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a JRPG fan generally, it's fun to try\Nto figure out what tropes he'll run into,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.71,0:08:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what abilities and what quests he'll \Nget, and what monsters he'll either
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.25,0:08:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,befriend or fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.68,0:08:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with skeleton soldier's human thief\Ncompanion, I also really like a character
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.22,0:08:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is a shape-shifting slime.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.27,0:08:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The art shines particularly during fight\Nscenes, which are rendered fluidly and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.88,0:08:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gorgeously, and when skeleton soldier is\Nexpressing a certain emotion
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.81,0:08:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the artist manages to pull off while\Nusually keeping his rendering realistic,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.55,0:08:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aided by great, often subtle, use of body \Nlanguage.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.78,0:08:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This comic also has one of my favorite \Ntitles out of anything that I've
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.10,0:08:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever read.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.25,0:08:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kinda silly and weird, but it's also \Na reminder to the reader of the main
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.11,0:08:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,character's regret, and of the failure \Nhe's always trying to make up for.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.02,0:08:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He really loved the succubus who took care\Nof him and her death was genuinely
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.15,0:08:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traumatic for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.81,0:08:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no official English translation of\Nthis comic, and I think the app that you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.09,0:08:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would use to read the Korean version isn't\Neven available in the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.87,0:08:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm sure viewers could easily find \Nfan-translations if they looked for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.23,0:08:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though watch out for weird, shady, \Nscanlation sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.59,0:08:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like for more people to read this,\Nand would readily give money to support
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.11,0:09:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the author or support an English \Ntranslation, though the series is, like I
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.77,0:09:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said, a somewhat hesitant recommendation\Nfrom me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.27,0:09:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the weird, absurd, and darkly\Nfunny skeleton action is, especially in
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.64,0:09:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first chapters, overshadowed by \Npervasive sexual violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.30,0:09:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, I enjoy it a lot. And it's one of\Nonly three comics that I keep up with.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.74,0:09:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's un-pretentious, un-pandering \Napproach to a meta-video game story
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.09,0:09:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is always engaging to me, and I'm excited\Nto see where it goes!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.86,0:09:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially what will happen with certain\Nrecurring characters, whether or not
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.75,0:09:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll get a full explanation for skeleton\Nsoldier's powers I'd be satisfied
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.74,0:09:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.92,0:09:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if, and how, skeleton soldier will \None day protect the dungeon!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.17,0:09:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.28,0:09:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I missed anything about JRPG lore or\Nthe way the story works, feel free to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.35,0:09:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point that out in the comments.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.65,0:09:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've played a lot of JRPGs, but not always\Na lot of the mainstream series and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.03,0:09:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're- and I don't know anything about \Ncurrent isekai shows or comics so maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.15,0:09:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are more references to that that I- \Nthat totally went over my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.82,0:10:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause they would go over my head 'cause \NI've never enjoyed the genre when I've
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.40,0:10:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tried it or it doesn't seem like something\NI would really like.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.60,0:10:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I prefer a One Piece-style thing where\Nit's just a really fun adventure with a
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.55,0:10:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fun cast of characters rather than, \N"here's a specific character that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.23,0:10:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would be if you went to this\Nuniverse!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.95,0:10:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause, like, why would I wanna be a\Nnerd guy transported into a universe
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.20,0:10:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I could just be a part of the \Nuniverse?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.09,0:10:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you would like to support me, I have a\NPatreon and a ko-fi, and along with other
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.68,0:10:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video essays and reviews I'm also on a \Npodcast called "Critical Bits."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.46,0:10:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an actual play podcast, a teen \Nsuperhero podcast, not a fantasy podcast
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.77,0:10:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we just put out the sixth episode.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.15,0:10:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it's kind of long, um, it's gone from \Njust sort of a... a dumb, fun, slapstick
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.54,0:10:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comedy su- teen superhero podcast, to more\Nof like a dark comedy, body horror podcast
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.64,0:10:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that still has slapstick elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.45,0:10:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really proud of how it's going, and\Nif- if that's something that you would
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.14,0:10:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enjoy, as with a- a bunch of things in \Nthis video, uh, link in the description...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.87,0:10:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, thanks!\N[Oceanographer's Choice plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.24,0:10:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, guy in a skeleton costume\NComes up to the guy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.88,0:11:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a Superman suit\NRUNS THROUGH HIM WITH A BROADSWORD!"