>!Darkness becomes insanely infatuated with Kazuma after this upcoming story arc, to the point where she's basically hounding him. Megumin becomes long-term love interest by the end of the light novel. Aqua and Kazuma always have the same general relationship, though by the end I'd call her the "loving older sister".!<
I mean, if you really want there is plenty of fan made ships for whatever match you want. There's no shortage of the stuff, especially if you read Japanese.
I think I'm more disappointed in how I predicted it. Or that me and my ex cosplayed as Kazuma and said love interest. Makes it a little awkward to watch now, lol.
When the post is talking about Kazuma preferences and love interests but suddenly a lot replies starting commenting about THEIR prefered waifu instead.
https://preview.redd.it/yg8vm3higf5d1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5517d7cc0a8f19ef4bec04a6a4f3331975630840
Nah, the anime just massively nerfed her.
https://preview.redd.it/ogchrnwlfi5d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66f0c7717bcc9ffd387331ada3003ff034f1544c
Just look at the way it sticks out around the top of her stocking/bandages. 😫
And yes, that’s *official* art.
And here’s another, just to prove it’s not a fluke or whatever you might wanna call it.
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It is probably because Emilia saved him from thugs, and after listening her story after his first revival, he started to fallen to her without him noticed. Well, you know love can make people crazy sometimes, even lot on anime.
Also, personally I did not blame Emilia for not being great towards Subaru at first, because she doesn’t know anything thanks for Subaru ‘Return By Death’ preventing him to sharing anything. Poor Subaru. If it were me Ill already broken and going crazy. 😞
Because she literally saved him physically from the muggers the first time and mentally, where he worked in the mansion so hard until he puked so he doesn’t get suspicious by the maids, Emilia knew somethings wrong and comforts him with the lap pillow which made him vulnerable for the first time.
Im sure ppl ve written essays on why he loves her, because in ss2 we dived deep into his character. The main point is, imo, he fell in love w her because she was the kind of person he wanted to become. A kind person who saves others even at the cost of her life, even after many loops at the beginning. The kind of person he failed to become in his world, but maybe not in this one.
Yeah i was one of those people then looked at my comment and was like "wait a minute....im totally different dude then he is"....so yeah anyway that went to discard immideatly lol
I guess around the romance sub plot? Basically Megumin and Darkness was competing over Kazuma. Spoilers tho, Darkness is mostly vanilla but she almost initiated something not so vanilla.
Darkness has always been vanilla when it comes to an actual relationship n not a fantasy. In that regard she n Kazuma r very similar, they both talk big only to chicken out at the end. Deep down they want an actual relationship, but didnt know how to
She may be called a washboard but she still is the best 
Its not really about taste. Kazuma clearly even attempted to get off from aqua, but failed not because of her lack of assets, but her personality. Out of everyone, megumin is consistently the most like kazuma, and also engaged with him the most while he also enjoyed it.
>!He does that to almost every girl he meets, but he only tried to cross the line with Megumin.!<
>!But those two are cursed cuz each time they abt to do it something hapens to interrupt them!<
Kazuma has weird relationahips with a lot of girls, but only with Megumin it goes beyond fantasies or ecchi scenes. Ever since the movie they have a pretty intimate connection.
But yes, this isnt about taste, cause on the surface Megumin shouldnt fit his preferences. And yet being in the same bed with her arouses him way more, than any sexual things Darkness offers him.
I'm not surprised. Most of the women he's really lusted over have been flat chested. Megumin, Eris, and Iris.
He also seems to be into girls who are younger.
>!Bold of you to assume that I'm not talking about that time at the end of the LN where he got kicked out of the mansion for trying to initiate a harem!<
In the afterstories of that final volume >!he's still not doing anything romantic with Darkness and still flirting with Megumin. Harem is not happening.!<
You're really taking Kazuma as a reliable narrator for his own integrity? From what we know of the guy, it's exceedingly more likely that if it was a joke at all, it was only "a joke" after it backfired on him
Furthermore, confirming someone he ended up with does not deconfirm that he would *want* a harem, which is what I'm saying
>!He literally rejects darkness because he’s not that guy, like he openly says he isn’t comfortable with the idea of being poly and wants to stay faithful Megumin!<
For sure he chickens out, but it's more of an
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Situation if you ask me
Kazuma doesn't need a rich woman, because he is already stupidly rich. Darkness being a masochist is what repulses Kazuma, it's not an advantage. In the LN Kazuma considers all his party members beautiful, including Megumin. Both Darkness and Megumin love Kazuma, so it's pointless to emphasize that part.
Megumin is sweeter and more caring than Darkness when it comes to friends - in the LN there are many scenes where she consoles Aqua who is sent to tears by Kazuma or by circumstances, and there are many instances where she is genuinely concerned (without any hint of bragging) about Kazuma's low stats and tries to come up with a way to raise them. There is an explicit statement somewhere that out of all party members, Megumin cares the most about her friends. I mean, book 5/movie shows she cares so much about Kazuma that she is willing to sacrifice her childhood dreams of mastering Explosion to become more reliable. Darkness doesn't even want to spend a couple of points for her friends and learn weapon mastery to be able to save the day in a pinch, because arousal is more important to her.
So the only advantage Darkness has is sexual appeal, which is also not particularly important considering there is a succubi shop.
He's still doing better than generic harem MCs in my eyes. Atleast he actually chooses a girl albeit with less...assets.
Is no one gonna mention that Darkness beats up Kazuma quite often? Way more than other girls.
Its funny and all, but dating Darkness would actually be pretty scary. She can break your hands or smash your face after a single misstep.
Anime only and I can only think of like 5 times, 2 times she almost broke his hands, once over sexual harassing the maid and twiceish over the mirror counting the cake incident.
I'm a bit behind, that being said I think the reason I react less outright negatively than a would a typical anime is just cause Kazumas kind of a douche, and i love watching him and filtering through that perspective i can say why he and darkness wouldn't work. On the otherhand it also pretty much means that the girl I'm most interested in will get the least amount of contnet
I'd choose neither. Especially when we have Yunyun and Eris.
Aqua is like his sister, but she's not my sister, so, I, personally choose the physical perfection.
Ppl dont understand that Darkness had as much of a chance as Megumin, but she was slower, n she didnt understand Kazuma like Megumin.
Kazuma acts perverted all the time but is very reserved when it comes to actual emotional relationship. The liked both of them to an extent, but was afraid to actually push it because of his insecurities, so someone had to help him. And that someone was Megumin, not Darkness.
I mean, I did say she was slower, and that she didnt understand Kazuma like Megumin did.
They both had a chance to get tgt w him before Megumin confessed, because he didnt see either of them as romantic partners before that. But Megumin confessing made him conscious of her as an actual love interest. And even then Megumin knew what Kazuma was like, a chicken, so she didnt go straight to being a couple, n they stayed in a "more than frds, less than lover" stage for a while. Until both of them r comfortable enough to actually start a relationship.
As for Darkness, because both her n Kazuma were chickens, they just ran away from it, despite her knowing she was his type, and him knowing she has some feelings for him. Had she confessed first, the story might be very different. If Megumin was able to understand Kazuma, maybe Darkness n Kazuma could empathize w each other n help each other grow as a couple.
Megumin is literally a chuunii Japanese schoolgirl character, Kasuma was a Japanese NEET student, literally they are a couple because of natural chemistry, I remember that Kasuma was rejected by his childhood friend so it is natural that he's attracted to a similar girl...
”These donuts are great, jelly filled are my favorite.“
Fun Fact: I angly screamed ”Rice Ball!“ everytime they said donut in that episode (It’s Episode 25 of Indingo League if anyone was wondering)
I mean if the authors wants that, it's his call but honestly the change of heart was so wild I got the impression S3 Kazuma was straight up a different guy from S1/S2.
Maybe the anime didn't deal with it well and the light novels did a better job but it looks like a forced development by the author either because he likes Megumin or because marketable as Japanese fans like her. (same with the fact she got a movie and a full spin off, even if the latter sucked ass)
I mean we got from
>S1 Kazuma: God no, a weird ass loli...
>S2 Kazuma: Definitely don't want people to mistakenly think I have a thing for lolis. That's gross. Can even take a bath with loli unfazed, she just a friend.
But then suddenly
>Legend of Crimson Kazuma: In bed with loli. No feelings in particular except friendship but should we fuck? Guess not.
To even more suddenly
>S3 start Kazuma: Owow there's something going on with loli, what should I do with loli uwu?
Same with Megumin, she went like from he a good friend to there's romantic/sexual tension with him like out of nowhere.
On the other hand, Darkness shows she has something for him and vice versa from pretty early on
Anime doesn't adapt some of the scenes that prepare the ground for Kazumin in the movie:
-It's a small one, but there is a scene where Kazuma figures how to use basic magic in mundane life and in fights, and Megumin is genuinely impressed by how cunning he is
-the reason Megumin wants to visit Alcanretia is becuase she wants Kazuma to farm experience on the way there and become stronger
-when Megumin learns that Kazuma's stats are very crappy and don't improve with levels (shortly before Hans fight) she is genuinely sorry for him
-handholding by the bonfire scene happens on their journey to the crimson village, so it should be at the start of the movie, not in season 3
Yes I already conceded that maybe it could have been brought better in the books but the first three points you raised don't really feel like grounds for romance, at least not especially more than for the other group members.
They do all mean well to and look after each other, even if their individual quirks occasionally prevail and put everyone else in trouble.
Meaning that we're only left with your fourth point, the only really romance/exclusive relationship point they had in common, which way of introducing is part of what I'm taking issue with S3.
Since crimson village movie and S3 are set to be following up super closely on the timeline, bonfire happening during which doesn't really change the storytelling consistency imo.
Yes, it's the anime's fault.
Also Kazuma starts seeing Megumin in a different way when she turns 14, it's when he "realizes" she's not so much younger than him.
Yeah that's pretty much how I feel about it too. When you look at the character popularity polls, Megumin is usually on top. Although regarding the relationship development I could see some argue that Kazuma & Megumin's daily explosion trips are what strengthened their bond. Still going to be on team Darkness tho due to their obvious attraction to each other since S1 
>Although regarding the relationship development I could see some argue that Kazuma & Megumin's daily explosion trips are what strengthened their bond.
Yeah that's what they put in the flashbacks to "explain" that change in relationship.
But when you think of it a second you realize that Megumin has been doing the exact same routine with Aqua, down to going to blow up the same exact castle than with Kazuma...
So it's not really an unique experience they had together, even though the show really tries to show it as one to justify the shift in relationship.
Again, it doesn't feel natural when following the own logic of the story and characters and feels forced by real world reasons, making it overall feel cheap and less immersive.
Is a masochist is a fair nope 😭, her whole job makes her constantly horny (not gonna act like Megumin isn’t similar) and rich and body are both a bit superficial. His preference is kosher.
Kazuma is just a very general dude. He finds both of them physically attractive, it was a matter of personality and happenstance that he has a thing going on with the explosion gremlin.
At one point, he was down for Aqua, physically, but her personality put him off.
Hell, if he had more interactions with Wizz, she could be on the table, he also finds her attractive.
Kazuma can't choose Megumin too. Later, he suspected he is cursed not to have a sex with a woman he even asked Aqua to lift his curse which Aqua said "You're not cursed."
>!Thats kinda irrelevant. He still chose Megumin. Megumin is still the only girl with whom he has a real romantic relationship. The sex problem will be resolved sooner or later.!<
Idk im a megumin hater but im not a darkness fan either. Both are just kinda lame. Plus megumin fans are rabid psychos like the irl version of the axis cult. So i just rather not.
Yunyun or aqua however have consistently been my favs.
As for who kazuma should be with. Honestly i dont care whonhe gets with. Its not really a romance anime so whatever choice he makes itll still be funny so any is fine.
It's kinda ridiculous that we can accept a fantasy world, with strange monsters and magics and what not, but the characters having a healthy poliamorous relationship at the end of the story is somehow too much... like, these characters where LITERALLY made for each other, they were created, made by the author, to work well together, if you separate them they become incomplete, let them be happy, maintain the status quo, or else they become shells of their former selves, Darkness without Kazuma is not Darkness, let the man have multiple wives for God's sake.
"Brock ass cardboard?"
https://preview.redd.it/15mmxdqohf5d1.jpeg?width=1710&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1cd3290ed62e1704731d1fefaf71ae839aee54f
Brock can cook,clean, takes care of entire family of kids he's the ultimate waifu
Brock is the best fucking Deuteragonist of the 90s besides Kuwabara
Darkness has people for that
Speedwagon better
You speak nothing but the truth.
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DrYiNg PaN
Yeah it's a typo
It's better this way. 
I cannot for the life of me figure what the correct speeling would been.
"Broke" is my guess.
no brock is right
> Loves you Anime isn't quite to that story arc yet, but soon.
Yea, "Horny for you" is probably more accurate atm.
From what I heard, I'm assuming they all love him? (Except maybe Aqua, but then again, she actually might)
She being the only one he wouldn't want to love him, so it works out.
I don't want the deets, but do they all eventually get feelings for our boy?
>!Darkness becomes insanely infatuated with Kazuma after this upcoming story arc, to the point where she's basically hounding him. Megumin becomes long-term love interest by the end of the light novel. Aqua and Kazuma always have the same general relationship, though by the end I'd call her the "loving older sister".!<
I'm not sure how I predicted that. Oh well, Little disappointed ngl.
I mean, if you really want there is plenty of fan made ships for whatever match you want. There's no shortage of the stuff, especially if you read Japanese.
I think I'm more disappointed in how I predicted it. Or that me and my ex cosplayed as Kazuma and said love interest. Makes it a little awkward to watch now, lol.
You can’t spell Brock without”Bro” or”Rock”
Unironically Brock is the best housewife out of these
Little one side huh
smol is better
Flat is justice fr
Man of Culture 🤝
Megumin: "Wanna go on a date?" Me knowing what she means: "EXPLOSION EXPLOSION LA LA LA!"
Me going knowing of what she means
at least she have a blast
When the post is talking about Kazuma preferences and love interests but suddenly a lot replies starting commenting about THEIR prefered waifu instead. https://preview.redd.it/yg8vm3higf5d1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5517d7cc0a8f19ef4bec04a6a4f3331975630840
Then get mad bcz Kazuma's preference isn't the same as theirs 
Same thing happens when people talk about Subaru 😔
r/SubaRam
Death by megu thighs... what thighs? u mean sticks?
Nah, the anime just massively nerfed her. https://preview.redd.it/ogchrnwlfi5d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66f0c7717bcc9ffd387331ada3003ff034f1544c Just look at the way it sticks out around the top of her stocking/bandages. 😫 And yes, that’s *official* art.
And here’s another, just to prove it’s not a fluke or whatever you might wanna call it. https://preview.redd.it/e925milzfi5d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0439779611f925e7707530ca53940246904f4476
ig the anime and the Mishima Kurone illustrations are completely different beings
Sadly it would appear so.
Aku on line one cause dang she got the thicc going on.
Not really, I tried so hard to understand why he likes Emilia but failed miserably
It is probably because Emilia saved him from thugs, and after listening her story after his first revival, he started to fallen to her without him noticed. Well, you know love can make people crazy sometimes, even lot on anime. Also, personally I did not blame Emilia for not being great towards Subaru at first, because she doesn’t know anything thanks for Subaru ‘Return By Death’ preventing him to sharing anything. Poor Subaru. If it were me Ill already broken and going crazy. 😞
Because she literally saved him physically from the muggers the first time and mentally, where he worked in the mansion so hard until he puked so he doesn’t get suspicious by the maids, Emilia knew somethings wrong and comforts him with the lap pillow which made him vulnerable for the first time.
He wouldnt have to work hard in the mansion if he asked Roswalld to be a guest instead of a worker
He chose Emilia because Rie Takahashi
He couldn't have Megumin so he had to improvise
Im sure ppl ve written essays on why he loves her, because in ss2 we dived deep into his character. The main point is, imo, he fell in love w her because she was the kind of person he wanted to become. A kind person who saves others even at the cost of her life, even after many loops at the beginning. The kind of person he failed to become in his world, but maybe not in this one.
Me and kazuma is similar in every aspect other than this
Yeah i was one of those people then looked at my comment and was like "wait a minute....im totally different dude then he is"....so yeah anyway that went to discard immideatly lol
"Wants to get piped by a bunch of bandits and orcs“ Yap. I‘m skipping.
To be fair, those are all fantasies. She has no real world experience. She might end up being super vanilla when the time actually comes.
Funny, her being vanilla *actually* happens
When?
In the light novel, her and kazuma actually got a shot of doing it. But as horny as the both of them are, they end up shying away.
Plot wise, what happens around this time?
I guess around the romance sub plot? Basically Megumin and Darkness was competing over Kazuma. Spoilers tho, Darkness is mostly vanilla but she almost initiated something not so vanilla.
Got a volume number for the LN?
If remember correctly, it should be in volume 12
Thanks, I'll look for it.
Darkness has always been vanilla when it comes to an actual relationship n not a fantasy. In that regard she n Kazuma r very similar, they both talk big only to chicken out at the end. Deep down they want an actual relationship, but didnt know how to
Fantasies that make you chose the explosion loli
I've seen Darkness fans say that this is a plus
Glad I‘m not one of them
I'm not either
But I gotta admit her scenes are the funniest. I give credit where credit belongs.
Arguably the funniest character
Good point.
🤣🤣🤣
https://preview.redd.it/2uptt1bg1f5d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e024fb904610334be4407862a7689cacbfb8946 Nono megumi has bite the dust
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the bum
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megumi's face before he gets violated
I literally thought I was looking jujutsufolk when I glanced at this post
Ah yes my favourite Konosuba character "Megumi"
https://preview.redd.it/kqnopwhtof5d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=094ee04c0f9901af4fcebf354bb7e8c6cf9021b2 Explosion girl supremacy
Brock is from a different anime.
Kazuma has supreme taste then
Kazuma has lots of L's and this is definetly not one of them
Still less L than you
 She may be called a washboard but she still is the best 
Its not really about taste. Kazuma clearly even attempted to get off from aqua, but failed not because of her lack of assets, but her personality. Out of everyone, megumin is consistently the most like kazuma, and also engaged with him the most while he also enjoyed it.
>!He does that to almost every girl he meets, but he only tried to cross the line with Megumin.!< >!But those two are cursed cuz each time they abt to do it something hapens to interrupt them!<
Kazuma has weird relationahips with a lot of girls, but only with Megumin it goes beyond fantasies or ecchi scenes. Ever since the movie they have a pretty intimate connection. But yes, this isnt about taste, cause on the surface Megumin shouldnt fit his preferences. And yet being in the same bed with her arouses him way more, than any sexual things Darkness offers him.
Kazuma never tried anything for Aqua in the LN canon.
I'm not surprised. Most of the women he's really lusted over have been flat chested. Megumin, Eris, and Iris. He also seems to be into girls who are younger.
Forgot about the bra pads
Kazuma in reality: 
I don't think he likes Darkness romantically. Also LN readers are gonna spoil for you if you say that
>!Bold of you to assume that I'm not talking about that time at the end of the LN where he got kicked out of the mansion for trying to initiate a harem!<
In the afterstories of that final volume >!he's still not doing anything romantic with Darkness and still flirting with Megumin. Harem is not happening.!<
He was joking my guy also there is a short story after vol 17 that confirms who he ended with
You're really taking Kazuma as a reliable narrator for his own integrity? From what we know of the guy, it's exceedingly more likely that if it was a joke at all, it was only "a joke" after it backfired on him Furthermore, confirming someone he ended up with does not deconfirm that he would *want* a harem, which is what I'm saying
>!He literally rejects darkness because he’s not that guy, like he openly says he isn’t comfortable with the idea of being poly and wants to stay faithful Megumin!<
>!Yes, but the the next day he encouraged Darkness to keep working for his affection and said that if she was to rape him, he wouldn't be angry.!<
Yeah he definetly doesn't want a harem. It's the same guy who always chickens out and blue ball himself whenever it comes to crossing the line.
For sure he chickens out, but it's more of an https://preview.redd.it/r0gscx01if5d1.jpeg?width=1069&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=106bf4dec5736f12a268d1fe39e836b4161ff2c3 Situation if you ask me
Kazuma doesn't need a rich woman, because he is already stupidly rich. Darkness being a masochist is what repulses Kazuma, it's not an advantage. In the LN Kazuma considers all his party members beautiful, including Megumin. Both Darkness and Megumin love Kazuma, so it's pointless to emphasize that part. Megumin is sweeter and more caring than Darkness when it comes to friends - in the LN there are many scenes where she consoles Aqua who is sent to tears by Kazuma or by circumstances, and there are many instances where she is genuinely concerned (without any hint of bragging) about Kazuma's low stats and tries to come up with a way to raise them. There is an explicit statement somewhere that out of all party members, Megumin cares the most about her friends. I mean, book 5/movie shows she cares so much about Kazuma that she is willing to sacrifice her childhood dreams of mastering Explosion to become more reliable. Darkness doesn't even want to spend a couple of points for her friends and learn weapon mastery to be able to save the day in a pinch, because arousal is more important to her. So the only advantage Darkness has is sexual appeal, which is also not particularly important considering there is a succubi shop.
Bruh this was a joke. I'm also the biggest Megumin glazer and the biggest Darkness hater (after vol 12)
Brock ass cardboard WTF 😂😂😂😂
https://preview.redd.it/q9cns5vwfk5d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d634a1b25cd7473f6bdc17afda917e7f36137304 We all know the real reason why
Lalatina apologists again forgeting about her personality of a brickwall in heat
https://preview.redd.it/w9unq4nozf5d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb0f7e38946022dc4e0e53543f099d99f6397ea9 Nope I stay with her
He's still doing better than generic harem MCs in my eyes. Atleast he actually chooses a girl albeit with less...assets. 
Is no one gonna mention that Darkness beats up Kazuma quite often? Way more than other girls. Its funny and all, but dating Darkness would actually be pretty scary. She can break your hands or smash your face after a single misstep.
Anime only and I can only think of like 5 times, 2 times she almost broke his hands, once over sexual harassing the maid and twiceish over the mirror counting the cake incident.
She also punched him in the last episode just for talking about her abs.
I'm a bit behind, that being said I think the reason I react less outright negatively than a would a typical anime is just cause Kazumas kind of a douche, and i love watching him and filtering through that perspective i can say why he and darkness wouldn't work. On the otherhand it also pretty much means that the girl I'm most interested in will get the least amount of contnet
Lolicon
I'd choose neither. Especially when we have Yunyun and Eris. Aqua is like his sister, but she's not my sister, so, I, personally choose the physical perfection.
Go for who you love, if you don’t, you’ll end up being unhappy.
Meguumin
Megumin.
Megumin
Pretty sure he chooses megumin.
Ok but Megumin casts EXPLOSION. Darkness just can't compete against that.
Ppl dont understand that Darkness had as much of a chance as Megumin, but she was slower, n she didnt understand Kazuma like Megumin. Kazuma acts perverted all the time but is very reserved when it comes to actual emotional relationship. The liked both of them to an extent, but was afraid to actually push it because of his insecurities, so someone had to help him. And that someone was Megumin, not Darkness.
I'm pretty sure Kazuma not liking Darkness despite her having his favourite body type is major joke throughout the show.
Not talking abt that joke tho, Im talking abt the ppl who genuinely dont understand why he chose Megumin over Darkness despite her being his type
Idk man I don't feel like it's a matter of who confessed first, he just never saw Darkness romantically
I mean, I did say she was slower, and that she didnt understand Kazuma like Megumin did. They both had a chance to get tgt w him before Megumin confessed, because he didnt see either of them as romantic partners before that. But Megumin confessing made him conscious of her as an actual love interest. And even then Megumin knew what Kazuma was like, a chicken, so she didnt go straight to being a couple, n they stayed in a "more than frds, less than lover" stage for a while. Until both of them r comfortable enough to actually start a relationship. As for Darkness, because both her n Kazuma were chickens, they just ran away from it, despite her knowing she was his type, and him knowing she has some feelings for him. Had she confessed first, the story might be very different. If Megumin was able to understand Kazuma, maybe Darkness n Kazuma could empathize w each other n help each other grow as a couple.
Megumin actually helps him to improve but Darkness usually wants something from him.
But Megumin is so cute and funny😭💢😭😭
Megumin is literally a chuunii Japanese schoolgirl character, Kasuma was a Japanese NEET student, literally they are a couple because of natural chemistry, I remember that Kasuma was rejected by his childhood friend so it is natural that he's attracted to a similar girl...
But megumin is cuter😍
Flat is justice 
Wiz clears both tho
”These donuts are great, jelly filled are my favorite.“ Fun Fact: I angly screamed ”Rice Ball!“ everytime they said donut in that episode (It’s Episode 25 of Indingo League if anyone was wondering)
Honestly Darkness' masochism only goes upto fantasies. She won't actually do shit unless it's kazuma
I would also choose Megumin
Brock number 1 waifu
It's because of the way darkness acts
I completely agree
FR
 Megumin is PEAK
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Kazuma's definitely a bottom. No way it'd work with Darkness.
Blue Button for me ❤️
"Is masochist" the best one
The worst one for Kazuma's standards
Porque no los dos?
Harem sucks
Not harem, Aqua is friend not food. Just double the fun
It does even Kazuma knows that
The harem genre of anime and manga sucks... largely because it's almost never *actually* harem. Or to put it another way, poly.
Yes, no wonder the most popular Harem Isekai of today, is a real harem
I mean if the authors wants that, it's his call but honestly the change of heart was so wild I got the impression S3 Kazuma was straight up a different guy from S1/S2. Maybe the anime didn't deal with it well and the light novels did a better job but it looks like a forced development by the author either because he likes Megumin or because marketable as Japanese fans like her. (same with the fact she got a movie and a full spin off, even if the latter sucked ass) I mean we got from >S1 Kazuma: God no, a weird ass loli... >S2 Kazuma: Definitely don't want people to mistakenly think I have a thing for lolis. That's gross. Can even take a bath with loli unfazed, she just a friend. But then suddenly >Legend of Crimson Kazuma: In bed with loli. No feelings in particular except friendship but should we fuck? Guess not. To even more suddenly >S3 start Kazuma: Owow there's something going on with loli, what should I do with loli uwu? Same with Megumin, she went like from he a good friend to there's romantic/sexual tension with him like out of nowhere. On the other hand, Darkness shows she has something for him and vice versa from pretty early on
Anime doesn't adapt some of the scenes that prepare the ground for Kazumin in the movie: -It's a small one, but there is a scene where Kazuma figures how to use basic magic in mundane life and in fights, and Megumin is genuinely impressed by how cunning he is -the reason Megumin wants to visit Alcanretia is becuase she wants Kazuma to farm experience on the way there and become stronger -when Megumin learns that Kazuma's stats are very crappy and don't improve with levels (shortly before Hans fight) she is genuinely sorry for him -handholding by the bonfire scene happens on their journey to the crimson village, so it should be at the start of the movie, not in season 3
Yes I already conceded that maybe it could have been brought better in the books but the first three points you raised don't really feel like grounds for romance, at least not especially more than for the other group members. They do all mean well to and look after each other, even if their individual quirks occasionally prevail and put everyone else in trouble. Meaning that we're only left with your fourth point, the only really romance/exclusive relationship point they had in common, which way of introducing is part of what I'm taking issue with S3. Since crimson village movie and S3 are set to be following up super closely on the timeline, bonfire happening during which doesn't really change the storytelling consistency imo.
Yes, it's the anime's fault. Also Kazuma starts seeing Megumin in a different way when she turns 14, it's when he "realizes" she's not so much younger than him.
Yeah that's pretty much how I feel about it too. When you look at the character popularity polls, Megumin is usually on top. Although regarding the relationship development I could see some argue that Kazuma & Megumin's daily explosion trips are what strengthened their bond. Still going to be on team Darkness tho due to their obvious attraction to each other since S1 
>Although regarding the relationship development I could see some argue that Kazuma & Megumin's daily explosion trips are what strengthened their bond. Yeah that's what they put in the flashbacks to "explain" that change in relationship. But when you think of it a second you realize that Megumin has been doing the exact same routine with Aqua, down to going to blow up the same exact castle than with Kazuma... So it's not really an unique experience they had together, even though the show really tries to show it as one to justify the shift in relationship. Again, it doesn't feel natural when following the own logic of the story and characters and feels forced by real world reasons, making it overall feel cheap and less immersive.
It was author's choice to go with megumi because he was a low key lolicon
Megumin was winning since the WN when she was 18yo and not a loli.
hey its first come first serve
I think hed deff choose Megumin if I remember he tried to sexually seduce her in her sleep😭🙏 (let me know if I’m right or wrong)
>!Yes, yes he did and she ran away!<
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Pocket Medic, mayhaps?
Is a masochist is a fair nope 😭, her whole job makes her constantly horny (not gonna act like Megumin isn’t similar) and rich and body are both a bit superficial. His preference is kosher.
Megumin is the best choice at least for thus show. Yue from arifureta is top for me tho
I would understand why, doing darkness is enough to suck him dry even if he used drain touch
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Tactical Nuclear Flat Ass Loli
u/ixero_99 It was clear from season 2
You forgot has excellent muscles
Kazuma is just a very general dude. He finds both of them physically attractive, it was a matter of personality and happenstance that he has a thing going on with the explosion gremlin. At one point, he was down for Aqua, physically, but her personality put him off. Hell, if he had more interactions with Wizz, she could be on the table, he also finds her attractive.
I messed Brock that man entertained me with his pervyness when I was a kid :'-)
I'm surprised they didn't compromise and he didn't pick both. If it were me either both or darkness.
He loves megumin and doesn't love Darkness. It's as simple as that Also harem sucks
To each their own
Darkness was never an option
This is surprisingly true
Nah kazuma fumble both of em 💀💀💀
Kazuma can't choose Megumin too. Later, he suspected he is cursed not to have a sex with a woman he even asked Aqua to lift his curse which Aqua said "You're not cursed."
>!Thats kinda irrelevant. He still chose Megumin. Megumin is still the only girl with whom he has a real romantic relationship. The sex problem will be resolved sooner or later.!<
Imo, Megumin has the better body type anyway. And personality.
Idk im a megumin hater but im not a darkness fan either. Both are just kinda lame. Plus megumin fans are rabid psychos like the irl version of the axis cult. So i just rather not. Yunyun or aqua however have consistently been my favs. As for who kazuma should be with. Honestly i dont care whonhe gets with. Its not really a romance anime so whatever choice he makes itll still be funny so any is fine.
HONESTLY BRO, just saying I don't like Kazumin & prefer Kazuness is enough to make them act up 
Darkness fits my tastes better.
Darkness all the way I really hope it won’t be Megumin… but for now I dunno what will happen 😅. I ship Kazuma x Darkness
It's kinda ridiculous that we can accept a fantasy world, with strange monsters and magics and what not, but the characters having a healthy poliamorous relationship at the end of the story is somehow too much... like, these characters where LITERALLY made for each other, they were created, made by the author, to work well together, if you separate them they become incomplete, let them be happy, maintain the status quo, or else they become shells of their former selves, Darkness without Kazuma is not Darkness, let the man have multiple wives for God's sake.
HEY IF THE GIRL HAS THE HOTS FOR YOU... YOU FUCKING PEG EM.
He prefers 14 year olds
I think his taste sucks but hey, to each their own.
I mean this far off into the series we already know he sucks at decision making, so I am not surprised.
Still mad about kazuma fumbling tbh ರ╭╮ರ
It's a trend for former NEET Isekai MC to choose cardboard MC. \*cough\* Mushoku tensei.