@@FoxySpartan117 and you need to see how Napoleon make other general strategy to fight him is to not fight him, (okay at first he is not a French but Corsican)
@@FoxySpartan117 tf you saying bro, france got the highest number of victory in the whole history (1115 battle won, USA is about 833 and UK is 1105) and casually won fight with 3:1 ratio (check the battle of Mazagran or the battle of Auerstaedt)
Philip from Overlord is one of the best examples I have ever seen in anime of the Dunning Kruger Effect ,"an effect that occurs when a persons lack of knowledge and skills in a certain area that causes them to overestimate their own competence".
It's interesting because the closest character to Phillip is Ainz. The only thing that really differentiates them is that Ainz is aware of his own incompetence.
Like flat earthers trying to explain why earth isn't a globe by using toys. or anit-vax people not even understanding how vaccines work or what they've done for humanity in general. Truly ignorance of the highest level out of every one of these people lol...
@@everythingisscience658 not sure if Ainz is a good example. Yeah he really does severally lack knowledge, but I would not say that he is that lacking in skills and he is intelligent enough to understand what exactly he is lacking.
you just described a few bosses i have had, and more then a few women i have dated.... why i quit dating infact... i can only take so much ego from people who are "dummer then hammered shit".. as some old timers would say.... i have trouble around people who give me "The Office" levels of cringe... irl.. its just painful..
Ainz is a man who overthinks everything to the point where him attempting a single small victory ends up with a massive success. Phillip is a man who underthinks everything to the point where him attempting a single small victory ends up with genocide.
@@TheHICking I think they meant underthinking by not looking at the big picture. That the relationship between the two kingdoms was unstable at best, that the sorcerer kingdom was not one to overlook even the slightest of slights against them, and that his singular small victory would be the tiny spark needed to ignite the powder keg.
It's a whatchamacallit..."Achievement in Ignorance". When someone succeeds at something everyone assumes is impossible simply because they don't know that so they give it a try anyway and it happens to work out despite the odds.
@@LordEmperorBoss True, just as Demiurge more or less has said: "A little more intelligent person's actions are often easier to predict than that of a stupid person." Imagine a card game where your success depends purely on your tactic skills. Now take two people with the same cards on both sides - one intelligent and one even more intelligent. The more intelligent person looks at his cards and thinks "That strategy would be most effective so the other person is going to play it so I will play objectively worse move but effective against that best possible play." Then the second a little less but still intelligent person plays the best move and loses the game. Now we flip the scenario and the same very intelligent person plays against a dumb person. Intelligent person plays the same weaker move effective against the best one and the dumb person does some other out of the pocket move that I.P. was totally unprepared for and the intelligent person loses. It's because intelligent person will choose to do the best most logical thing that can be predicted with enough knowledge and intelligence, but a stupid person will do basically stupid stuff that you can't predict without knowing this person intricately. You could describe it as Intelligent person does things logically and stupid person does things however he feels like doing. I.P.: "Hm I don't have knowledge on this topic and even though that what you are saying is matching with my established opinion I firstly need to research the topic before I do anything or else I may make a mistake." Dumb Person: "Oh yes you're right it is just like you said." And "boom" they proceed doing something based only on their opinion or assumption that they "know best" without knowing themselves what exactly they are doing.
@@lordship1543 But is true, is like a Chess Expert fighting someone who is an amateur, you ponder their moves believing they're using a particular strategy only for them to do things that can confuse you and leave you open. When you're so accustomed to fighting mind-games with everyone, you forget there are people that just go at it with their choices without putting any thought to it.
Yeh but I find it funny how in anime series there is never any nuance. Characters are always overly genius and come up with stuff no other person has came up with (even if it is obvious) or they are retards. Like Philip for example, it is easy to twist it in bad light. But in many other animes his character would be a genius (probably even in overlord of they wanted it). Like the whole revising the economy of his region or growing different crops is classical in anime for genius world builders. And here it is portrayed as if Philip is power hungry and his quest to making his region important instead of coming to terms with his place in society is ridiculed. Yet the same stuff done by Ainz is seen as genius.
@Crauce Very wrong. Momonga is actually very intelligent; what he lacks is a sense of grand strategy. He can read people exceptionally well, and his grasp of both battle strategy and overall tactics is peerless. I get why some people seem to think that he's an idiot; the show does go out of it's way to make his bumbling plays have these miraculous outcomes.
@Crauce They might start in the "same" place, but Philip is convinced of his greatness and has all the narcissism of a gem mine billionaire rich kid. Momonga knows his strengths, is very aware of his weaknesses, and does his best to fix his deficiencies because he knows how much everyone looks to him for good leadership. one start point, two very different end points.
@@stynkus Yeah someone else said this but "If you remove all of Ainz internal monologue, Ainz would look like a genius" Which is true because the only time he speam out loud is he discussing with all his subordinate which they all see him as this supreme being.
Couldn't agree more thats why both type of enemy is extremely dangerous even though the enemy is stupid he is completely unpredictable that would do things you wouldn't expect thats why even he is stupid you cannot understimate those type of enemies
@@painfuldreamer7547 This is part of a quote from the book of Sun Tzu, " The wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man showing his courage, the covetous man is quick to seize advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death". Guess which one Phillips is?
Philip is actually a very interesting foil to Ainz. He shows that Demiurge and Albedo have a consistent blindspot; and that blindspot is a true fool. It should call into question for Demiurge and Albedo that perhaps the reason they can't read Ainz despite being able to read any other being (even each other) isn't because he is so far beyond them but because they are so far beyond Ainz. The fact that they don't shows their absolute devotion and belief in Ainz.
Well, another difference is that Ainz is self-aware enough to realize that he isn’t the smartest person in the room. So, he takes extra precautions, assembles strategies, and actually practices his king craft to improve himself. Phillip is so dumb he thinks he’s already perfect and that nobody could possibly be smarter or more talented.
Yes but ainz recognizes his faults and works to improve himself while Phillip ignorantly believed he was some super genius that couldn’t possibly make a mistake, much like how ainz’s subordinates view ainz himself. While your point still stands, this trait is the key difference that sets them apart.
While your theory are cool i think it simply because ainz or any ainz guild member is on completely different realm. While albedo and demiurge is creation, ainz and his guildmate is the creator The creation will never understand what their creator thinks or do just like humans will never truly understood their god/creator intentions and only try to guess
Ainz in several occasions have told Albedo and Demigure that they are smarter than him but they still take it as him being too humble or a Test for them. lmao
I remember back in school one of the other students vandalized a wall and drew their name all over it in big letters and it to the school quite a while to find out who did it because no-one believed someone would be that stupid to put their own name on the wall and thought he was getting framed
I worked with a guy that did a similar thing. The only exception was that he put his friends name instead of his own. About 8 months later, during the Christmas party, he got drunk and admitted that he was the one who had vandalized company property instead of his friend. Human stupidity knows no bounds lol.
"So how dumb are these Nobles supposed to be ?" "Yes" I still cannot believe that after what happens on the Katze Plains, there's still humans that think Momonga is a fraud
The main point is that all those are humans who just overheard it. Even if they believe the report world for world, hearing "This undead casted one spell and killed 180000 people" and seeing that happen are two very different things
On the contrary, momonga is so far outside of normal expectations that it's weirder to believe the rumors. The same thing happened after Hiroshima. No one could believe a single bomb destroyed a city, prompting the need for the second nuke.
Well to be fair, it is the author who created such a character. Someone so unbelievably stupid that it is the only way Ainz would have justification to genocide entire Kingdom.
@@rotonek2887 considering the Japanese were willing to fight to the bitter end, the bombs might've taken less lives than a drawn out land/naval war. Or it could've been total overkill. Either way, it ended the war much more quickly
Oh poor Philip. You are the only person in the whole overlord world to make the genius albedo use every bit of her intellect to use it to torture you. I guess you got what you wanted, albedo all to yourself With your father's blessing nonetheless
I haven't read the Light Novels, but I do think this says a lot about Philip's father and his priorities. Now, at some point in the Cut Content series, they mention how Philip was the "spare of the spare" in his family, meaning that he was born purely as a backup if something happened to his older siblings. If both of his brothers hadn't died, then Philip would have just been a farmer for the rest of his life. This tells me that Philip's father didn't feel the need to teach Philip any real or practical life lessons or how to behave in nobel society or any leadership skills when he was a child. This lack of early teaching and, what I'm assuming is an inferiority complex brought on by the neglect lead to an uneducated fool trying to prove himself. Philip's father essentially didn't have the foresight to educate Philip early on, and it came to bite him in the a*s later. He tried nothing and then wished for pain on the son he failed from the start.
@@frankielovejoy9928what’s worse is that Philip’s eldest brother had a son, the Baron’s grandson. He had another viable candidate for his heir. He picked the wrong basket for his eggs.
@@catherinecao4810You're right, and it highlights how Ainz really wasn't up against award-winning intelligence. From the nobles trying to maintain their own opulence instead of caring for their land to the failing parents who don't bother educating their "spare children," as if the whole point of a spare isn't to have an extra something that's just as good as the first thing, it's no wonder Ainz would believe someone actually COULD be as stupid as Philip. They both learned from the best at being the worst.
It was almost painful in the LN to read exactly how stupid Phillip was. Well done by the author. I was happy the anime didn't dwell on it, just made the point and got on with the repercussions.
I personnaly enjoyed that, surely the reaction of the escort and the merchant, the big "NOPE" they did and at the same time exactly the right reaction, not just to fix the story, it was pure logic and I loved to read it.
@@GnosisZX Remedios is merely uninterested in learning with a very specific narrow line of thinking. An uneducationable fanatic in the purest sense of the word, sprinkling in heavy PTBS after the townsquarefight. Phillip on the other hand is the living, suffering embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger effect. When I read the ln parts of him, I had to literally stop for minutes at a time, thats how much his behaviour hurt me with cringe-damage. Which is also quite a feat, so he is a splendid written character :D
My favorite bit is that they actually cast *Yoshitsugu Matsuoka* for the part of Philip. Matsuoka-san is also known for voicing the following characters: Kirito from SAO, Sora from NGNL, Bell Cranel from Danmachi, Inosuke from Kimetsu no Yaiba, etc. *THEY CAST THE LITERAL HAREM KING SEIYUU AS PHILIP !* I legit LOL'd when I heard his voice. Well played Overlord.... well played.
It's funny how the catalyst for Ainz's declaration of war and the countless lives lost in it is due to someone over-analyzing the intentions of an idiot.
Ainz was so powerful, that showing it for the trivial matter would be the equivalent in the level on. inconvenience that it caused for him to get robbed and start the war. He and his assets make him absurdly powerful compared to general npc. Small scale and large scale? Who really knows. That was the level of make believe games I played as a kid. Some characters were at the top, some were just on the far away lines, as they literally didn't fit in the town we set up with Pringles can and some Lego pieces. Though can't remember what the stories were about. I liked to take few to the side and have some who just 😎🤙 were chill, but could bang out the whole place like a snap. Mostly leaving those to moments that were fit though, so it only got too loose when there was time pressure or getting tired of the play. Oh man... but I don't remember.
Philip might be the only human to take a flag of the sorcerer kingdom, but he's also the only one to be personally tortured by Albedo to the point death was a mercy.
@@phyrexian_dude4645 that was more on Aphrodite and Paris. Helen was altered by Aphrodite to love him (I'm pretty sure, there may be a version where she fell for him without Divine promise). Paris actually reminds me of Philip here because he couldn't defeat the man he took Helen from and because of his decision thousands died.
i always feel for these characters that want to actually help out their kingdom, only to fall because of how stupid their superiors are and how....ruthless...Nazarick is, btoh wayne and zanac were trying to get something actually done instead of watching the kingdom rot
@@agustinsmania5270 he's one of Philip's "underlings". He does have a better head than Philip. He knew what would happen if they attacked thw convoy transporting relief to the holy kingdom.
Well what you gotta know is that this isn’t an anime about good guys, this is a perspective from the evil guys, and in nazarick death is the most respect their enemies could receive
You spoke at the end of the video implying season 4 of Overlord is ongoing, (17:38) so you made this a while ago. It`s a shame the anime skipped over showing the audience his demise. How bad was it?
@@44Quantum bad enough to not be animated. Doubt they could animate a head-to-rear skewer brochettefest of Montserrat bodies without getting the ep out of the air...
My favorite part is how the floor guardians reasoned how Ains understands the minds of geniuses and fools. Quickly switching when Ains suggested it that it was actually more likely and is in fact correct 🤣
There is some genuine merit to the idea though. These may come from seemingly completely disconnected sources, but I'm reminded of two different quotes about this kind of thing. The first comes from fighting games and is said as a kind of joke phrase to justify playing mindlessly and without a plan and goes something like "But you see, my opponent can't predict what I'm going to do next if even I don't know what I'm going to do next!" The second is...I think it's a quote by Mark Twain that goes like "Never argue with a fool. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." The point behind both is that the mind of an idiot is in some ways impervious to being understood by those with more logical or rational minds because an idiot doesn't have a functioning level of rationality to begin with. The more you try to use reason and logic to understand why an idiot does something the harder it becomes to actually understand the idiot's actions because their actions aren't fueled by "normal" reason or logic. Said more simply, the more you try to think about why they do what they do the less likely you are to actually be correct. And that's why they see Ainz's statement as some kind of galaxy-brain level of omnipotent wisdom - because Ainz is (in their eyes) seemingly capable of logically understanding something that, by it's nature, defies the concept of logic.
@@reperfan4 in terms of fighting games... morons usually push the same pattern of buttons over and over most of the time subconciously even if it's a little wild. wich makes it easy to exploit. it's really really rare to see someone so moronic that his brain completely forgoes any pattern and truelly do random attacks. and i agree that it would be a nightmare to fight not knowing he would do that
As someone named Phillip, reading this arc of the light novel was a pretty surreal experience. Imagine, sharing a name with -the single dumbest character in the setting- the bestest genius in da world!!1!
Be part of a battle formation you dont even understand, bring people so underqualified and ill-equiped your enemy cant even register you as a threat, reveal yourself and your forces before the ambush begins ad straight up tell your target: "Yeah i want to attack you, who works to a literal god. Why? Cause i want food and clout" Phillip should write Art of War 2
Funny thing while watching this vid, I actually got captivated by Vianney character than the explanation of Phillip's so called "geniunes". He's just a guy, who genuinely want to make his people live a better life even if he had to use underhanded tactic and seemingly-evil politic maneuver. We rarely ever seen a character like that, and it was really interesting
Reading this part of the novel was both wonderful and extremely painful. It's rare to read a "dumb character" by design, not by lack of writing skill, similar to Mercedes "lawful stupid" paladin but to the extreme. I understand that in a world lacking in communication and information preservation, hearing that a man was able to kill 100k soldiers with a single spell would be something that people wouldn't accept as truth unless they were witness themselves (I believe a seer of the theocracy went full Hikikomori after seeing that), but the fact that Phillip decided to touch the lion's tail after knowing that a HUGE part of their nobility and manpower was killed was amazing by itself. The man truly needs more representation in the world, the mand made such a big mistake that he deserves to be immortalized in that world history, call it "Phillip's Brainrot Folly" or something.
The detail that got me laughing so much on the floor, was that Phillip father before Albedo killed him and everyone else, he asked her to make Phillip suffer as much they did
When you realized Aizen killed all the smart nobles and left the whole court full of morons like Phillip and the whole kingdom folded itself long before Aizen came in with the army at the door. Also when the last smart noble's head is in a box its a clear sign the nation is boned
Hardly it is a generic power, conqueror ln / wn... and when i say generic literally nothing that differentiates it. Just lucky it got picked up by a brilliant animation team.
@@MrSolidsnake293 arguable worse... overlord is a story about a below avg guy getting overwhelming power with no responsibility and no real opposition, having to navigate various misunderstandings ( cliche ), while conquering a world with comparatively weak and highly incompetent beings ( the intellect and wisdom of primary school children to give the impression that the mc is intelligent ) where the only seemingly competent outside of his 100 percent and unrealistically loyal worshippers, have a weird positive or warp view that forces them to take actions that always turn out in the best interest of ainz, no matter how inane or inconsequential or dumb the actions. Spewing highly hypocritical stuff ( which the author believes are fair, decent and good points ) and we know that this is not just to add complexity to the story because of the way outside characters react to his naive dictatorship when he spews his great goal of equality he receives overwhelming positive reactions regardless of his sociopathic actions beforehand, while using the incompetent and 'evil' nobles to semi justify and take away from ainz garbage ideals..... can you get any more of generic a power conqueror fantasy ?.. oh and he had a half harem he keeps at arms length for some weird Japanese / fantasy reason.. literally every power / conquering ln wn fantasy to exist. The first 3seasons are only watchable and enjoyable because of the animation and the fact while generic to written form new to animation.
@@bro8686 Generic? Now I know you didn’t bother reading the light novels and simply watched the anime. Overlord is much more than a simple conqueror in and win anime, it’s a political masterpiece, amazing writing, and it definitely differentiates itself from other isekai animes. Most isekai animes have the same generic trope where mc starts off weak and then through the power of friendship grows unexpectedly strong which is just BS and like most isekai animes we deal with a boring hero who’s goal is to save people. Overlord however is where we get the perspective of the villain, Overlord has so much details and world building, it has a lot of depth without pretending or faking events, which gives it realism and it’s very dark which adds to overlords greatness. it’s simply better than most trash isekai animes and it’s on the level of slime and mushoku tensei.
Imagine being the one to utterly embarrass nazarik and piss off albedo more than anyone ever has. The eight fingers members got a taste of the "hospitality" nazarik can offer, but it was a one and done thing to get them under their control. Phillip will get no reprieve and will learn the true meaning of the phase "a fate worse than death".
Then it means philip is an actual genius because he is alive lmao and albedo despite being so busy takes a portion of her precious time to spend some of it on philip.
@@abu8314 not so much to prevent his own death though if he were that much of a genius he would have found a way to screw over Nazarick and still get out unscathed. But as we see he dies so no he's not that much of a genius
Phillip is amazing a true taction and an amazing guy who is also handsome and you all should be honored to exist in a world that birthed him. I hope his reward from the sorcerer kingdom is befitting Phillips brilliance.
Phillip was funny and stupid at the same time, really liked him for all the wrong reasons LMAO, I wish the anime showed what led up to his death and what happened to the people he was in cohorts with lol. that’s why I plan to read the light novels
Phillip wasn't stupid. Stupid is failing to manage his domain in any capacity. Phillip's only mistake was a lack of intel on his associates and his enemy. He had the sway and administrative capacity to drum up 50 black ops armed villagers and smuggle them to the opposite side of the country on short notice. He was clearly not a complete dolt. He ought to have set up an intelligence gathering network before making any grand schemes like this so that he could have been better informed to make better decisions, but because he lacked the funds to do *anything,* its hard to blame him for taking a gamble here. His domain was screwed either way.
@@bodaciouschad I thought this to but he didn't think ANYTHING would or could go wrong, he never even considered it. He also let all the protectors of the supplies go but never thought to 1. Cover his tracks by killing them 2. Keep his damn helmet on to hide his identity 3. He admits that he sees Ainz and everyone in the country as pawns to his "brilliant mind" like pieces on a chess board. 4. Saw himself as above the Kingdom for taking the first step of hostility towards the Sorcerer Kingdom calling them cowards despite knowing damn well what happened in that war. There are several other moments that showed his lack of insight into negative possibilities but these were the major ones for that specific moment. Other than the fact he didn't notice his "allies" didn't have any men he could see nor did they reveal themselves.
Nah philip is alive and he got his wish fullfiled as well because albedo daily spend some of her time with philip and then she does something very passionately with philip(torture).
I’m thankful for these videos to fill in the questions I’ve had considering I’ve never read (Or will likely ever read) the light novels. This particular video answered my lingering question about how he was able to steal the goods. I thought how could he defeat the undead transport caravan but knowing now that it was an Eight fingers led group it makes complete sense to me. Thanks and love the vids.
Wait, so the people managing the food only lost because they were more intelligent that they just left and game Phillip the food. That makes it even more hilarious.
Only the greatest mind in the kingdom could rationalize all these things into one cohesive grand plan. Also he has courage approaching a freaking demon and immediately courting her. Though stupidity is often mistaken for bravery.
Vianney may have lead to the demise of his Kingdom but much like Zannac he did what he did not for ego but to better his domain and his people while truly earning his place as a noble. It's too bad he and Philip had not considered the Sorcerer Kingdom was looking for an excuse to declare war on Re-Estize nor that their downfall was inevitable by the hands of their Princess.
@Putin Runs the GOP that's unlikely she will try to keep him alive but I doubt she would want to waste any of resources on this piece of ***** (only tortures for our genius Philip)
Ah yes, the character that makes even a brick look like a brilliant strategist. It still amuses me how he caused so much damage and death by being himself. Even his father tried to call him out on his dumb idea's, but considering he was the best that they had at the moment in that family he would have to do unfortunately.
My favorite part of the entire deal is that his father's last request is simply to make use of him, because no one in the kingdom ever could and he wants him to be useful for SOMETHING before he dies. Also might be a slight bit of knowing that this monster in front of him can come up with all manner of suffering that far exceeds anything his can imagine, so a taste of that will be enough revenge for ending the kingdom. And a taste was all she planned, originally. But his dad did ask her to make use of him, so just dying is not useful enough. Also his breakdown at the end may have pissed her off even further, if that was possible.
Thank you so much for this overlord vidoes I genuinely love how much in detail you go into and learning even more about the anime makes me love it even more
Yep, the only difference being that King is fully aware the the absurdists scenarios he finds himself in, whereas Phillip is beyond immersed in his delusions
@@masternoob9673 KING even told everyone that he was powerless and actually tried to learn martial arts, but they all thought that he was too humble and that it was useless for HIM to learn any martial art as he was already extremely strong
I've been watching your vids for years now. You have such an amazing and satisfying narration . You articulate and explain so well. Even vids with topics im not super interested in, I know I'll see a clear, thorough, and easy to follow video. Its kinda inspiring, thanks for the content over the years.
I must say, Christopher really was searching for every possible scenario that could be happening prior to take action. That is indeed a great factor to have as a leader, issue is that you do need to make other plans too. Then again due to what the case actually was and who was actually on each side (one side had an overwhelming power compared to other) it was clear he would win against this force. The issue is part two of Phillip's plan (which was not his plan tho)
Imagine how excited he would be upon hearing how "impactful" he was. He would probably get so excited he would click away from the video and delve into a tirade of self gratification.
His own FATHER suggest Phillip be torture-killed?! I definitely got the sense that their relationship was strained based on his anime appearance but damn. But in a way, I think it helps make his ultimate fate all the more delicious like I knew That Phillips is doomed from the start after seeing how angry Albedo was for Phillips touching her and as gruesome and nightmarish must have that scene Philip witnessed outside his house, i cant help but feel satisfied for him to realize how F***d he was thinking so little of Nazarick. He even outplayed the smartest beings of Nazarick by being stupid lmao.
It makes total sense that Phillip basically outsmarted Ainz. There's an old saying: "Never underestimate the stupidity of a true idiot." This is why the idea of something being "foolproof" is BS. They taught us this in my Engineering course. Because no matter what you do, you can't predict what an idiot will do.
Honestly the entire conquest of the nearby countrys was just a series of misunderstandings, luck, idiots attacking Ainzs minions, and Ainz not fully understanding how absolutely terrifying he his to talk to. Every time he goes for a walk someone surrenders
I've been thinking what they could've done about this problem, since they can't win on price or supply against Ainz, maybe they could've tried to spread rumors about Ainz food supply to create untrust on his products?
To be fair the game world clearly didn't have a good macro balance of power system(to make the nations act like real world nations), as declaring war over a single act of banditry wouldn't be seen as anything but a land grab, and lead to multiple nations joining to whack down the belligerent state that has been growing way too fast. Thus yes subtlety sponsoring banditry should have worked and after Phillip is handed over or imprisoned for banditry you hire better bandits.
It's a damn shame we never got to see the mythical crane wing formation animated in all its true glory. Day 65 of asking for a grand assassin Hassan servant review
Is there any more detail given about Philip's fate in the LN, cuz the show said he was going to be used like a test dummy for new torture techniques but I'm not sure if more detail exists?
on one hand Albedo took him being the reason she got scolded personally: "The villagers had all been impaled. Men, women, old, or young were all impaled on stakes. Not a single one of them was spared. All of them were impaled from the rectum to the mouth. All of them told of their sufferings through their expressions, no exceptions. Blood spilt out from every orifice and puddles of blood formed at the base of the stakes." on the other hand he got to hold hands with her: ""His vision was blurred by his tears, yet Philip still punched towards Albedo’s face. However, his fists were easily caught mid-air, and then- “Hiyaaaaah!!” A force strong enough to crush bones was applied to his fist, which began to make crunching sounds. “...If you just walk, I will not crush your hands, how about that?”" so, worth it. maybe. except for Albedo promising Phillips father that she would make sure he felt everybodys pain, that'd likely be unpleasant.
Mans so incredibly unpredictable, so much of a wild card That even the minds of Nazaricks finest, Demiurge and Albedo couldn't tell what he will do next!!
The part of Philip's plan that threw me off was why rob the sorcerer kingdom when you could burn the buildings around their warehouse and set the whole stockpile on fire. It would look like an accident and keep them from attacking.
Robbing a carriage gives deniability, as if anyone asks they could claim it was an enemy faction or kingdom. Phillip being a dumb idiot and getting seen screwed that deniability .
I guess it really was a loss for the Sorcerer Kingdom, since no one really didn’t expect anyone to do something so stupid and had overthought about. Of course phillip did only hear of Ainz’s power through hearsay and not witnessing it from any resigned re-estize soldiers, which is another reason why he’s considered useless by not actually taking any of it seriously like his father did. He may have won a small victory, but that victory came with immense consequences that phillip didn’t take into account.
I felt like i missed a good 1-2 eps listening to this, because you show a lot of mixed anime scenes to conjure what feels like what happened during the convoy raid, complete with battle formations, thought processing, who were guarding the convoy, etc., when all I actually saw in the anime was the idiot saying at the tavern "I've got an idea--3 birds with one stone" then the next scene was albedo being handed a report about a convoy raid
Phillip destroyed an entire kingdom, and not only that but he also managed to defeated and entire mercenary group that was working for the enemy kingdom without lifting a finger and with just 50 village outcasts without any fighting experience whatsoever. 🙌🏾🙌🏾
He didn't "beat" ainz because in the end ainz still got what he wanted. It's like chess ,sure you take a pawn but the opponent still has the knight rook bishop and queen lol.
Thats the thing though- Phillip isn't an idiot. His plan was elegantly simple and well executed. It took advantage of his own authority and connections and leveraged the tenuous position of his quarrel to sow doubt and force their surrender. The problem was that Phillip's intelligence, his knowledge of Ains's values and personality, was sorely lacking. Phillip should have done some reckon on the sorceror king to gauge what kind of reaction a petty defeat would ellicit from this fledgling tyrant.
His helmet was too hot to maintain a disguise... I have experience from both my misspent youth as a thief, to working on college TV sets in front of massive lighting, to adulthood needing safety equipment for different jobs, making that such a believable level of "you're going to regret that" stupidity. Every time I see it, can't help but slap the migraine out of my head.
sometimes, when you can do something that no one have done before, its not because others cant do it, but they know its stupid to actually do it. sometimes being the only one who done something, its not because you are special, its because you are stupid.
I've always wanted to know how did this thing happened how did phillip and his men stole from ainz i just couldn't see em win against the 8 fingers troops
As dumb as Phillip is, I find it hilarious that everyone smarter than him proceeded to overthink his actions to the point where Phillip succeeded in raiding the convoy without any blood shed.
Basically its the downfall of skilled people who aren't smart enough to gamble on the mediocrity principle and instead think their opponent is as smart as them or smarter.
Literally :
" What one should really fear is not a competent enemy, but *an incompetent ally* " -1st Emperor of the French.
Yeah and looking at history France would be that incompetent ally. :/
@@FoxySpartan117 well one thing for sure is that you didn't actually look at History lmao
@@FoxySpartan117 and you need to see how Napoleon make other general strategy to fight him is to not fight him, (okay at first he is not a French but Corsican)
@@FoxySpartan117 tf you saying bro, france got the highest number of victory in the whole history (1115 battle won, USA is about 833 and UK is 1105) and casually won fight with 3:1 ratio (check the battle of Mazagran or the battle of Auerstaedt)
@@FoxySpartan117 Guess you were the "Phillip" here x)
Philip from Overlord is one of the best examples I have ever seen in anime of the Dunning Kruger Effect ,"an effect that occurs when a persons lack of knowledge and skills in a certain area that causes them to overestimate their own competence".
It's interesting because the closest character to Phillip is Ainz. The only thing that really differentiates them is that Ainz is aware of his own incompetence.
@@everythingisscience658 truth
Like flat earthers trying to explain why earth isn't a globe by using toys.
or anit-vax people not even understanding how vaccines work or what they've done for humanity in general.
Truly ignorance of the highest level out of every one of these people lol...
@@everythingisscience658 not sure if Ainz is a good example. Yeah he really does severally lack knowledge, but I would not say that he is that lacking in skills and he is intelligent enough to understand what exactly he is lacking.
you just described a few bosses i have had, and more then a few women i have dated.... why i quit dating infact... i can only take so much ego from people who are "dummer then hammered shit".. as some old timers would say.... i have trouble around people who give me "The Office" levels of cringe... irl.. its just painful..
Ainz is a man who overthinks everything to the point where him attempting a single small victory ends up with a massive success.
Phillip is a man who underthinks everything to the point where him attempting a single small victory ends up with genocide.
Was the goal to commit genocide? How does Someone even do that by underthinking
@@TheHICking apperantly if you are Phillip anything is possible. Every negative outcome that is.
@@TheHICking I think they meant underthinking by not looking at the big picture. That the relationship between the two kingdoms was unstable at best, that the sorcerer kingdom was not one to overlook even the slightest of slights against them, and that his singular small victory would be the tiny spark needed to ignite the powder keg.
uhm nuhh, Ainz is just as stupid but he got Charisma and lucks on his side.
"Perfectly balanced. As all things should be".
I love how the only reason Philip got away with any of the shit he did was because everyone thought no one was stupid enough to even try it.
It's a whatchamacallit..."Achievement in Ignorance". When someone succeeds at something everyone assumes is impossible simply because they don't know that so they give it a try anyway and it happens to work out despite the odds.
It’s actually a proverb that a Genius’s greatest weakness is the idiot because a genius can never predict the actions of an idiot.
@@LordEmperorBoss True, just as Demiurge more or less has said: "A little more intelligent person's actions are often easier to predict than that of a stupid person." Imagine a card game where your success depends purely on your tactic skills. Now take two people with the same cards on both sides - one intelligent and one even more intelligent. The more intelligent person looks at his cards and thinks "That strategy would be most effective so the other person is going to play it so I will play objectively worse move but effective against that best possible play." Then the second a little less but still intelligent person plays the best move and loses the game.
Now we flip the scenario and the same very intelligent person plays against a dumb person. Intelligent person plays the same weaker move effective against the best one and the dumb person does some other out of the pocket move that I.P. was totally unprepared for and the intelligent person loses.
It's because intelligent person will choose to do the best most logical thing that can be predicted with enough knowledge and intelligence, but a stupid person will do basically stupid stuff that you can't predict without knowing this person intricately. You could describe it as Intelligent person does things logically and stupid person does things however he feels like doing.
I.P.: "Hm I don't have knowledge on this topic and even though that what you are saying is matching with my established opinion I firstly need to research the topic before I do anything or else I may make a mistake." Dumb Person: "Oh yes you're right it is just like you said." And "boom" they proceed doing something based only on their opinion or assumption that they "know best" without knowing themselves what exactly they are doing.
That's a very stupid thing to think though.
@@lordship1543 But is true, is like a Chess Expert fighting someone who is an amateur, you ponder their moves believing they're using a particular strategy only for them to do things that can confuse you and leave you open. When you're so accustomed to fighting mind-games with everyone, you forget there are people that just go at it with their choices without putting any thought to it.
My favorite part of part 4 is episode 8. Because everyone couldn't believe that Philip was that stupid. Even in the light novel.
Except Ainz lol
Yeh but I find it funny how in anime series there is never any nuance. Characters are always overly genius and come up with stuff no other person has came up with (even if it is obvious) or they are retards.
Like Philip for example, it is easy to twist it in bad light. But in many other animes his character would be a genius (probably even in overlord of they wanted it). Like the whole revising the economy of his region or growing different crops is classical in anime for genius world builders.
And here it is portrayed as if Philip is power hungry and his quest to making his region important instead of coming to terms with his place in society is ridiculed. Yet the same stuff done by Ainz is seen as genius.
@@Teku69420 only a truly wise man can predict the actions of a fool
sausage!!!
@@Teku69420 that made it even more funny
Kekw
I love that literally *nobody* except Ains could believe someone could actually be that stupid lol
@Crauce Very wrong. Momonga is actually very intelligent; what he lacks is a sense of grand strategy. He can read people exceptionally well, and his grasp of both battle strategy and overall tactics is peerless. I get why some people seem to think that he's an idiot; the show does go out of it's way to make his bumbling plays have these miraculous outcomes.
@@stynkus Exactly. Ainz lacks a lot of information, but he's not an idiot.
@Crauce They might start in the "same" place, but Philip is convinced of his greatness and has all the narcissism of a gem mine billionaire rich kid. Momonga knows his strengths, is very aware of his weaknesses, and does his best to fix his deficiencies because he knows how much everyone looks to him for good leadership. one start point, two very different end points.
@@stynkus Yeah someone else said this but "If you remove all of Ainz internal monologue, Ainz would look like a genius"
Which is true because the only time he speam out loud is he discussing with all his subordinate which they all see him as this supreme being.
I guess we should all agree to blame japanese authors habit to make their mc kinda looks like a bumbling idiot
My grandmother had a saying for this.
It went "the biggest difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits".
Good quote
Couldn't agree more thats why both type of enemy is extremely dangerous even though the enemy is stupid he is completely unpredictable that would do things you wouldn't expect thats why even he is stupid you cannot understimate those type of enemies
@@painfuldreamer7547 This is part of a quote from the book of Sun Tzu, " The wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man showing his courage, the covetous man is quick to seize advantages, and the stupid man has no fear of death". Guess which one Phillips is?
Amazing quote
Facts
I still love the fact Philip got that far because his sheer stupidity made him so unpredictable.
as they say: if you don't know what you're doing, your enemy will not either
Well Demiurge did say that stupid people are harder to read than people who think that they are smart.
“If we don’t know what we are doing, the enemy certainly can’t anticipate our future actions!”
Philip is actually a very interesting foil to Ainz. He shows that Demiurge and Albedo have a consistent blindspot; and that blindspot is a true fool. It should call into question for Demiurge and Albedo that perhaps the reason they can't read Ainz despite being able to read any other being (even each other) isn't because he is so far beyond them but because they are so far beyond Ainz.
The fact that they don't shows their absolute devotion and belief in Ainz.
Well, another difference is that Ainz is self-aware enough to realize that he isn’t the smartest person in the room. So, he takes extra precautions, assembles strategies, and actually practices his king craft to improve himself.
Phillip is so dumb he thinks he’s already perfect and that nobody could possibly be smarter or more talented.
Yes but ainz recognizes his faults and works to improve himself while Phillip ignorantly believed he was some super genius that couldn’t possibly make a mistake, much like how ainz’s subordinates view ainz himself. While your point still stands, this trait is the key difference that sets them apart.
While your theory are cool i think it simply because ainz or any ainz guild member is on completely different realm. While albedo and demiurge is creation, ainz and his guildmate is the creator
The creation will never understand what their creator thinks or do just like humans will never truly understood their god/creator intentions and only try to guess
All I'm saying is that Ainz is not an idiot. He is actually very intelligent and very careful about everything he does.
Ainz in several occasions have told Albedo and Demigure that they are smarter than him but they still take it as him being too humble or a Test for them. lmao
I remember back in school one of the other students vandalized a wall and drew their name all over it in big letters and it to the school quite a while to find out who did it because no-one believed someone would be that stupid to put their own name on the wall and thought he was getting framed
I worked with a guy that did a similar thing. The only exception was that he put his friends name instead of his own. About 8 months later, during the Christmas party, he got drunk and admitted that he was the one who had vandalized company property instead of his friend. Human stupidity knows no bounds lol.
"So how dumb are these Nobles supposed to be ?"
"Yes"
I still cannot believe that after what happens on the Katze Plains, there's still humans that think Momonga is a fraud
The main point is that all those are humans who just overheard it. Even if they believe the report world for world, hearing "This undead casted one spell and killed 180000 people" and seeing that happen are two very different things
On the contrary, momonga is so far outside of normal expectations that it's weirder to believe the rumors. The same thing happened after Hiroshima. No one could believe a single bomb destroyed a city, prompting the need for the second nuke.
@@klyxes "need"
Well to be fair, it is the author who created such a character. Someone so unbelievably stupid that it is the only way Ainz would have justification to genocide entire Kingdom.
@@rotonek2887 considering the Japanese were willing to fight to the bitter end, the bombs might've taken less lives than a drawn out land/naval war. Or it could've been total overkill. Either way, it ended the war much more quickly
Oh poor Philip.
You are the only person in the whole overlord world to make the genius albedo use every bit of her intellect to use it to torture you. I guess you got what you wanted, albedo all to yourself
With your father's blessing nonetheless
Its impressive in a sad way
Such a happy ending 🙃
Lucky guy!
Legends says He keeps screaming to know end to prove his love for Albedo and everyone wants to be him 😂☠️
Hell he even surprised Demiurge that in a way he gained some respect for him(sarcasm)
IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME NOT HIM
@@PoeticDouhma Maybe you could propose to that insect maid (forgot her name) maybe she could take you in 🙃😂
I love the fact that Philips own father asked Albedo to make sure he suffered just as much as they did.
I find it sad
I haven't read the Light Novels, but I do think this says a lot about Philip's father and his priorities. Now, at some point in the Cut Content series, they mention how Philip was the "spare of the spare" in his family, meaning that he was born purely as a backup if something happened to his older siblings. If both of his brothers hadn't died, then Philip would have just been a farmer for the rest of his life.
This tells me that Philip's father didn't feel the need to teach Philip any real or practical life lessons or how to behave in nobel society or any leadership skills when he was a child. This lack of early teaching and, what I'm assuming is an inferiority complex brought on by the neglect lead to an uneducated fool trying to prove himself.
Philip's father essentially didn't have the foresight to educate Philip early on, and it came to bite him in the a*s later. He tried nothing and then wished for pain on the son he failed from the start.
@@frankielovejoy9928what’s worse is that Philip’s eldest brother had a son, the Baron’s grandson. He had another viable candidate for his heir.
He picked the wrong basket for his eggs.
@@catherinecao4810You're right, and it highlights how Ainz really wasn't up against award-winning intelligence. From the nobles trying to maintain their own opulence instead of caring for their land to the failing parents who don't bother educating their "spare children," as if the whole point of a spare isn't to have an extra something that's just as good as the first thing, it's no wonder Ainz would believe someone actually COULD be as stupid as Philip. They both learned from the best at being the worst.
It was almost painful in the LN to read exactly how stupid Phillip was. Well done by the author. I was happy the anime didn't dwell on it, just made the point and got on with the repercussions.
I fucking hated him so much.
Not having read the light novel, i had no trouble following how utterly stupid he was being and how the other two were playing him.
I personnaly enjoyed that, surely the reaction of the escort and the merchant, the big "NOPE" they did and at the same time exactly the right reaction, not just to fix the story, it was pure logic and I loved to read it.
And many say Remedios is dumb Phillip makes her look like a genius
@@GnosisZX Remedios is merely uninterested in learning with a very specific narrow line of thinking. An uneducationable fanatic in the purest sense of the word, sprinkling in heavy PTBS after the townsquarefight. Phillip on the other hand is the living, suffering embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger effect. When I read the ln parts of him, I had to literally stop for minutes at a time, thats how much his behaviour hurt me with cringe-damage. Which is also quite a feat, so he is a splendid written character :D
My favorite bit is that they actually cast *Yoshitsugu Matsuoka* for the part of Philip. Matsuoka-san is also known for voicing the following characters:
Kirito from SAO, Sora from NGNL, Bell Cranel from Danmachi, Inosuke from Kimetsu no Yaiba, etc. *THEY CAST THE LITERAL HAREM KING SEIYUU AS PHILIP !* I legit LOL'd when I heard his voice. Well played Overlord.... well played.
yeah, in another anime he became the king of the harem while in Overlord he became a clown who destroyed his country
It's funny how the catalyst for Ainz's declaration of war and the countless lives lost in it is due to someone over-analyzing the intentions of an idiot.
Ainz was so powerful, that showing it for the trivial matter would be the equivalent in the level on. inconvenience that it caused for him to get robbed and start the war.
He and his assets make him absurdly powerful compared to general npc.
Small scale and large scale? Who really knows.
That was the level of make believe games I played as a kid. Some characters were at the top, some were just on the far away lines, as they literally didn't fit in the town we set up with Pringles can and some Lego pieces.
Though can't remember what the stories were about.
I liked to take few to the side and have some who just 😎🤙 were chill, but could bang out the whole place like a snap. Mostly leaving those to moments that were fit though, so it only got too loose when there was time pressure or getting tired of the play. Oh man... but I don't remember.
Philip might be the only human to take a flag of the sorcerer kingdom, but he's also the only one to be personally tortured by Albedo to the point death was a mercy.
@Skankhunt42 what the fuck thats disgusting🤮.
Where?
@Skankhunt42 That doujin is probably a fever dream he has while being tortured lmao
I mean, death is a MERCY in Nazarich.
*OUCH*
Worth.
Can you imagine being the one person who caused the downfall of an entire kingdom?
Helen of Troy could relate.
@@phyrexian_dude4645 that was more on Aphrodite and Paris. Helen was altered by Aphrodite to love him (I'm pretty sure, there may be a version where she fell for him without Divine promise). Paris actually reminds me of Philip here because he couldn't defeat the man he took Helen from and because of his decision thousands died.
Princess Renner can relate, doubt she's gonna lose sleep over it though
@@GT-legendary she’s having more fun over it than regret let’s be honest plus it came with a pretty nice bonus ngl immortality is pretty lit
kill assist +7mil
i always feel for these characters that want to actually help out their kingdom, only to fall because of how stupid their superiors are and how....ruthless...Nazarick is, btoh wayne and zanac were trying to get something actually done instead of watching the kingdom rot
whos wayne?
@@nik0kirin212 the name of the noble that manipulated philip to try and fix the kingdom and stuff, thats his name according to the wiki lol
@@agustinsmania5270 he's one of Philip's "underlings". He does have a better head than Philip. He knew what would happen if they attacked thw convoy transporting relief to the holy kingdom.
Well what you gotta know is that this isn’t an anime about good guys, this is a perspective from the evil guys, and in nazarick death is the most respect their enemies could receive
Philip thought he had done what no other person could.
In fact, he had done what no person SHOULD. EVER.
*THIS*
O
M
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I think Nazarick has met their match this time.
You spoke at the end of the video implying season 4 of Overlord is ongoing, (17:38) so you made this a while ago.
It`s a shame the anime skipped over showing the audience his demise. How bad was it?
Incredible might and intelligence vs a weak fool, he's lucky he's so stupid that it's impossible to believe
Lol nazarick is screwed
@@44Quantum bad enough to not be animated.
Doubt they could animate a head-to-rear skewer brochettefest of Montserrat bodies without getting the ep out of the air...
@@LathropLdST Yes, reminds me of that guy in season 3 about to "questioned" by Neuronist.
Also cut away to black, with implications.
They should name a World Item after him. "The Downfall of Castle and Country" has a nice ring to it.
My favorite part is how the floor guardians reasoned how Ains understands the minds of geniuses and fools. Quickly switching when Ains suggested it that it was actually more likely and is in fact correct 🤣
There is some genuine merit to the idea though. These may come from seemingly completely disconnected sources, but I'm reminded of two different quotes about this kind of thing.
The first comes from fighting games and is said as a kind of joke phrase to justify playing mindlessly and without a plan and goes something like "But you see, my opponent can't predict what I'm going to do next if even I don't know what I'm going to do next!"
The second is...I think it's a quote by Mark Twain that goes like "Never argue with a fool. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
The point behind both is that the mind of an idiot is in some ways impervious to being understood by those with more logical or rational minds because an idiot doesn't have a functioning level of rationality to begin with. The more you try to use reason and logic to understand why an idiot does something the harder it becomes to actually understand the idiot's actions because their actions aren't fueled by "normal" reason or logic.
Said more simply, the more you try to think about why they do what they do the less likely you are to actually be correct. And that's why they see Ainz's statement as some kind of galaxy-brain level of omnipotent wisdom - because Ainz is (in their eyes) seemingly capable of logically understanding something that, by it's nature, defies the concept of logic.
@@reperfan4 way to go roasting me mate
@@reperfan4 in terms of fighting games... morons usually push the same pattern of buttons over and over most of the time subconciously even if it's a little wild. wich makes it easy to exploit.
it's really really rare to see someone so moronic that his brain completely forgoes any pattern and truelly do random attacks. and i agree that it would be a nightmare to fight not knowing he would do that
As someone named Phillip, reading this arc of the light novel was a pretty surreal experience. Imagine, sharing a name with -the single dumbest character in the setting- the bestest genius in da world!!1!
My condolence it would be even funnier if your last name was custodio
@@abu8314 oh that woman
Oh boy, are we in it for the baseball game already!?
Philip was one of a kind, so dumb that even some of the series best geniuses couldn't comprehend or predict. That has to count for something
I wish they animated Philip's Crane Wing formation.
It is too complex to be animated, it is peak formation
so complex even the mercenaries of 6-fingers retreated on sight.
Be part of a battle formation you dont even understand, bring people so underqualified and ill-equiped your enemy cant even register you as a threat, reveal yourself and your forces before the ambush begins ad straight up tell your target: "Yeah i want to attack you, who works to a literal god. Why? Cause i want food and clout"
Phillip should write Art of War 2
Art of War 2 Philip’s Bookaru. How to destroy the plans of a being that thinks 10,000 years into the future in one simple trick.
Funny thing while watching this vid, I actually got captivated by Vianney character than the explanation of Phillip's so called "geniunes". He's just a guy, who genuinely want to make his people live a better life even if he had to use underhanded tactic and seemingly-evil politic maneuver. We rarely ever seen a character like that, and it was really interesting
Reading this part of the novel was both wonderful and extremely painful. It's rare to read a "dumb character" by design, not by lack of writing skill, similar to Mercedes "lawful stupid" paladin but to the extreme.
I understand that in a world lacking in communication and information preservation, hearing that a man was able to kill 100k soldiers with a single spell would be something that people wouldn't accept as truth unless they were witness themselves (I believe a seer of the theocracy went full Hikikomori after seeing that), but the fact that Phillip decided to touch the lion's tail after knowing that a HUGE part of their nobility and manpower was killed was amazing by itself.
The man truly needs more representation in the world, the mand made such a big mistake that he deserves to be immortalized in that world history, call it "Phillip's Brainrot Folly" or something.
The detail that got me laughing so much on the floor, was that Phillip father before Albedo killed him and everyone else, he asked her to make Phillip suffer as much they did
When you realized Aizen killed all the smart nobles and left the whole court full of morons like Phillip and the whole kingdom folded itself long before Aizen came in with the army at the door.
Also when the last smart noble's head is in a box its a clear sign the nation is boned
Marqi Raven still alive
Cause he playz the fool outsides the castle @@yep9817
Ainz*
Ainz is my favorite Isekai protagonist, even as the genre ages this one will always stand out.
Hardly it is a generic power, conqueror ln / wn... and when i say generic literally nothing that differentiates it. Just lucky it got picked up by a brilliant animation team.
even as this genre will age ainz won't
@@bro8686 are you saying overlord is the same writing level as the isekai about a smart phone.......
SHAME
@@MrSolidsnake293 arguable worse... overlord is a story about a below avg guy getting overwhelming power with no responsibility and no real opposition, having to navigate various misunderstandings ( cliche ), while conquering a world with comparatively weak and highly incompetent beings ( the intellect and wisdom of primary school children to give the impression that the mc is intelligent ) where the only seemingly competent outside of his 100 percent and unrealistically loyal worshippers, have a weird positive or warp view that forces them to take actions that always turn out in the best interest of ainz, no matter how inane or inconsequential or dumb the actions. Spewing highly hypocritical stuff ( which the author believes are fair, decent and good points ) and we know that this is not just to add complexity to the story because of the way outside characters react to his naive dictatorship when he spews his great goal of equality he receives overwhelming positive reactions regardless of his sociopathic actions beforehand, while using the incompetent and 'evil' nobles to semi justify and take away from ainz garbage ideals..... can you get any more of generic a power conqueror fantasy ?.. oh and he had a half harem he keeps at arms length for some weird Japanese / fantasy reason.. literally every power / conquering ln wn fantasy to exist. The first 3seasons are only watchable and enjoyable because of the animation and the fact while generic to written form new to animation.
@@bro8686 Generic? Now I know you didn’t bother reading the light novels and simply watched the anime. Overlord is much more than a simple conqueror in and win anime, it’s a political masterpiece, amazing writing, and it definitely differentiates itself from other isekai animes. Most isekai animes have the same generic trope where mc starts off weak and then through the power of friendship grows unexpectedly strong which is just BS and like most isekai animes we deal with a boring hero who’s goal is to save people. Overlord however is where we get the perspective of the villain, Overlord has so much details and world building, it has a lot of depth without pretending or faking events, which gives it realism and it’s very dark which adds to overlords greatness. it’s simply better than most trash isekai animes and it’s on the level of slime and mushoku tensei.
Imagine being the one to utterly embarrass nazarik and piss off albedo more than anyone ever has.
The eight fingers members got a taste of the "hospitality" nazarik can offer, but it was a one and done thing to get them under their control.
Phillip will get no reprieve and will learn the true meaning of the phase "a fate worse than death".
If Phillip were an actual genius he would have figured out how to prevent his own death like Renner
It was all part of his master plan. A mere mortal just can't understand the intentions of such a brilliant mind.
@@Miranox2 Ainz is smart I'll give you that.
@@madambutterfly1997 Ainz is alright but he's no Phillip.
Then it means philip is an actual genius because he is alive lmao and albedo despite being so busy takes a portion of her precious time to spend some of it on philip.
@@abu8314 not so much to prevent his own death though if he were that much of a genius he would have found a way to screw over Nazarick and still get out unscathed. But as we see he dies so no he's not that much of a genius
Phillip is amazing a true taction and an amazing guy who is also handsome and you all should be honored to exist in a world that birthed him. I hope his reward from the sorcerer kingdom is befitting Phillips brilliance.
His excellency philip-sama would get to marry albedo as a reward for his unmatched genius.
Philip..the one single Human who destroyed an entire country according to plan!
😂
With one side playing chess, and the other checkers. Philip decided he was just going to eat one of the enemy's pieces.
Phillip was funny and stupid at the same time, really liked him for all the wrong reasons LMAO, I wish the anime showed what led up to his death and what happened to the people he was in cohorts with lol. that’s why I plan to read the light novels
Their heads were impaled in their fields
Phillip wasn't stupid. Stupid is failing to manage his domain in any capacity. Phillip's only mistake was a lack of intel on his associates and his enemy. He had the sway and administrative capacity to drum up 50 black ops armed villagers and smuggle them to the opposite side of the country on short notice. He was clearly not a complete dolt. He ought to have set up an intelligence gathering network before making any grand schemes like this so that he could have been better informed to make better decisions, but because he lacked the funds to do *anything,* its hard to blame him for taking a gamble here. His domain was screwed either way.
@@bodaciouschad I thought this to but he didn't think ANYTHING would or could go wrong, he never even considered it. He also let all the protectors of the supplies go but never thought to 1. Cover his tracks by killing them 2. Keep his damn helmet on to hide his identity 3. He admits that he sees Ainz and everyone in the country as pawns to his "brilliant mind" like pieces on a chess board. 4. Saw himself as above the Kingdom for taking the first step of hostility towards the Sorcerer Kingdom calling them cowards despite knowing damn well what happened in that war.
There are several other moments that showed his lack of insight into negative possibilities but these were the major ones for that specific moment. Other than the fact he didn't notice his "allies" didn't have any men he could see nor did they reveal themselves.
@@bodaciouschad
If you were dumb enough to attack nazarik at this point, and by yourself at that, you are beyond mentally handicapped.
Nah philip is alive and he got his wish fullfiled as well because albedo daily spend some of her time with philip and then she does something very passionately with philip(torture).
I’m thankful for these videos to fill in the questions I’ve had considering I’ve never read (Or will likely ever read) the light novels. This particular video answered my lingering question about how he was able to steal the goods. I thought how could he defeat the undead transport caravan but knowing now that it was an Eight fingers led group it makes complete sense to me. Thanks and love the vids.
Man i need more Overlord episodes, it sucks that we have to wait 2 years just to watch 12 episodes.
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If Ainz is the best example of being the right man at right time at right moment, Philip is the dynamite at the wrong time, wrong moment.
Wait, so the people managing the food only lost because they were more intelligent that they just left and game Phillip the food. That makes it even more hilarious.
I love your little 'yea' and sweet 'ciao' at the end of every episode, it's somewhat comforting
Only the greatest mind in the kingdom could rationalize all these things into one cohesive grand plan. Also he has courage approaching a freaking demon and immediately courting her. Though stupidity is often mistaken for bravery.
Vianney may have lead to the demise of his Kingdom but much like Zannac he did what he did not for ego but to better his domain and his people while truly earning his place as a noble. It's too bad he and Philip had not considered the Sorcerer Kingdom was looking for an excuse to declare war on Re-Estize nor that their downfall was inevitable by the hands of their Princess.
Plot twist, Philip is a mastermind that manipulated everybody and is the true obstacle against Nazarick.
@Putin Runs the GOP it's big brain time
@Putin Runs the GOP that's unlikely she will try to keep him alive but I doubt she would want to waste any of resources on this piece of ***** (only tortures for our genius Philip)
Exactly. As a result of this success he was able to infiltrate Nazarick, where he remains biding his time. All according to plan.
Ah yes, the character that makes even a brick look like a brilliant strategist. It still amuses me how he caused so much damage and death by being himself. Even his father tried to call him out on his dumb idea's, but considering he was the best that they had at the moment in that family he would have to do unfortunately.
My favorite part of the entire deal is that his father's last request is simply to make use of him, because no one in the kingdom ever could and he wants him to be useful for SOMETHING before he dies. Also might be a slight bit of knowing that this monster in front of him can come up with all manner of suffering that far exceeds anything his can imagine, so a taste of that will be enough revenge for ending the kingdom.
And a taste was all she planned, originally. But his dad did ask her to make use of him, so just dying is not useful enough. Also his breakdown at the end may have pissed her off even further, if that was possible.
Thank you so much for this overlord vidoes I genuinely love how much in detail you go into and learning even more about the anime makes me love it even more
The music in the background as you speak is great. Sets the mood just right. Great video
Phillip has a power similar to King’s from One Punch Man. They power to to be so stupid that everyone thinks he’s playing 4-D chess with them
Yep, the only difference being that King is fully aware the the absurdists scenarios he finds himself in, whereas Phillip is beyond immersed in his delusions
@@masternoob9673 KING even told everyone that he was powerless and actually tried to learn martial arts, but they all thought that he was too humble and that it was useless for HIM to learn any martial art as he was already extremely strong
I've been watching your vids for years now. You have such an amazing and satisfying narration . You articulate and explain so well. Even vids with topics im not super interested in, I know I'll see a clear, thorough, and easy to follow video. Its kinda inspiring, thanks for the content over the years.
My favorite part of season 4 overlord cut content series has got to be *Phillips masterful plans at everything, with his 5D chess like intellect*
I must say, Christopher really was searching for every possible scenario that could be happening prior to take action. That is indeed a great factor to have as a leader, issue is that you do need to make other plans too. Then again due to what the case actually was and who was actually on each side (one side had an overwhelming power compared to other) it was clear he would win against this force. The issue is part two of Phillip's plan (which was not his plan tho)
Video Idea: Why Overlord is the Perfect Anime for a Game
If done right of course
As a low level serf of Ainz who has a hidden ability to "read minds" and thereby hear the Ainz internal monologues.
@@allmight9840 probably not gonna work as undead are immune to mental effect (not WI effect though)
There is a game. It's called Mass for the Dead.
@@Miranox2 but it shut down and isn’t playable
I only watched an anime and thought that Im all aknowledged about Phillips genious, but here we are, he is even greater than I imagined he is.
Imagine how excited he would be upon hearing how "impactful" he was. He would probably get so excited he would click away from the video and delve into a tirade of self gratification.
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So essentially Phillip was just an idiot, who got Lucky Mutiple Times, & only lived as long as he did because people overestimated him....
He was also drunk when he made this plan, which didn't help.
His own FATHER suggest Phillip be torture-killed?! I definitely got the sense that their relationship was strained based on his anime appearance but damn. But in a way, I think it helps make his ultimate fate all the more delicious like I knew That Phillips is doomed from the start after seeing how angry Albedo was for Phillips touching her and as gruesome and nightmarish must have that scene Philip witnessed outside his house, i cant help but feel satisfied for him to realize how F***d he was thinking so little of Nazarick. He even outplayed the smartest beings of Nazarick by being stupid lmao.
Phillip, the only new worlder to ever pull an Ainz
And Enri is the first new worlder to know know the struggle of acting like a ruler
As an anime only person, from the moment he touched Albedos arm I knew there would be a whole aninews on this man’s suffering 😂😂😂😂
The only thing that is more unfathomable than nazarick's combined power is this man's mental capacity.
Albedo : Your Father give me a Blessing
Philip : Such a Permission wasn't-
Albedo : *To Torture You That is*
It makes total sense that Phillip basically outsmarted Ainz. There's an old saying: "Never underestimate the stupidity of a true idiot."
This is why the idea of something being "foolproof" is BS. They taught us this in my Engineering course. Because no matter what you do, you can't predict what an idiot will do.
Honestly the entire conquest of the nearby countrys was just a series of misunderstandings, luck, idiots attacking Ainzs minions, and Ainz not fully understanding how absolutely terrifying he his to talk to. Every time he goes for a walk someone surrenders
Yes, definitely something to brag about...
He was a representation of the failures of the Kingdom's nobility.
"Everyone must bow down to the incredible intellect of Phillip-sama". Truly worthy of a Royalty.!
The anime didn't elaborate details and cut contents pretty sporadically that reading the novel really blew my mind
They cut the scene where Philip was punching Albedo’s face while being dragged to his demise to give Renner a Disney song.
I've been thinking what they could've done about this problem, since they can't win on price or supply against Ainz, maybe they could've tried to spread rumors about Ainz food supply to create untrust on his products?
To be fair the game world clearly didn't have a good macro balance of power system(to make the nations act like real world nations), as declaring war over a single act of banditry wouldn't be seen as anything but a land grab, and lead to multiple nations joining to whack down the belligerent state that has been growing way too fast. Thus yes subtlety sponsoring banditry should have worked and after Phillip is handed over or imprisoned for banditry you hire better bandits.
So basically Philip is like Ainz, he just doesn't have a loyal unbeatable genius level crew who believed in his apparent cunning
It's a damn shame we never got to see the mythical crane wing formation animated in all its true glory.
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You want to see another horrendous CG because that's how you get another horrendous CG
The moment after Philip attacked the convey he was walking around dead and didn’t know it until that fateful night.
Is there any more detail given about Philip's fate in the LN, cuz the show said he was going to be used like a test dummy for new torture techniques but I'm not sure if more detail exists?
on one hand Albedo took him being the reason she got scolded personally:
"The villagers had all been impaled. Men, women, old, or young were all impaled on stakes. Not a single one of them was spared. All of them were impaled from the rectum to the mouth. All of them told of their sufferings through their expressions, no exceptions. Blood spilt out from every orifice and puddles of blood formed at the base of the stakes."
on the other hand he got to hold hands with her:
""His vision was blurred by his tears, yet Philip still punched towards Albedo’s face. However, his fists were easily caught mid-air, and then- “Hiyaaaaah!!” A force strong enough to crush bones was applied to his fist, which began to make crunching sounds. “...If you just walk, I will not crush your hands, how about that?”"
so, worth it. maybe.
except for Albedo promising Phillips father that she would make sure he felt everybodys pain, that'd likely be unpleasant.
Mans so incredibly unpredictable, so much of a wild card
That even the minds of Nazaricks finest, Demiurge and Albedo couldn't tell what he will do next!!
The part of Philip's plan that threw me off was why rob the sorcerer kingdom when you could burn the buildings around their warehouse and set the whole stockpile on fire.
It would look like an accident and keep them from attacking.
Depending on where their warehouse is that could be a very easy way to set a town on fire. Fire likes to burn things.
@@bemusedbandersnatch2069 plausible deniability.
Robbing a carriage gives deniability, as if anyone asks they could claim it was an enemy faction or kingdom. Phillip being a dumb idiot and getting seen screwed that deniability .
Thanks!
I guess it really was a loss for the Sorcerer Kingdom, since no one really didn’t expect anyone to do something so stupid and had overthought about. Of course phillip did only hear of Ainz’s power through hearsay and not witnessing it from any resigned re-estize soldiers, which is another reason why he’s considered useless by not actually taking any of it seriously like his father did.
He may have won a small victory, but that victory came with immense consequences that phillip didn’t take into account.
This is the story about a man that was sooooo stupid, that he defeated his enemies with sheer confusion.
You have to be a Rick and Morty fan to understand Phillip's genius
Anos Voldigoad:
I'm Pretty Sad For this Guy for His Sheer Insanity
Summing up how everyone saw Philip in this entire operation: "I don't know if he's a genius or a moron"
12:03 I imagine the next few frames look like the interior of a blender.
Yes we've been waiting for this I was thinking you forgot about it 😂😂
I felt like i missed a good 1-2 eps listening to this, because you show a lot of mixed anime scenes to conjure what feels like what happened during the convoy raid, complete with battle formations, thought processing, who were guarding the convoy, etc., when all I actually saw in the anime was the idiot saying at the tavern "I've got an idea--3 birds with one stone" then the next scene was albedo being handed a report about a convoy raid
Phillip destroyed an entire kingdom, and not only that but he also managed to defeated and entire mercenary group that was working for the enemy kingdom without lifting a finger and with just 50 village outcasts without any fighting experience whatsoever. 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Truly a man worthy of competing against Ainz Sama's intelligence
When you do something so stupid, your enemies overthink and overestimate you to the point that they just you win.
0:30 “new form of exciting gameplay” I can concur I’ve seen the gameplay and it was quite “exciting”.
9:32 That actually a crescent formation this was famously used by Hannibal against the Romans at the battle of Cannae!
What's disappointing is Overlord season 4 could've done a few episodes fleshing out Phillip's Storyline.
He didn't "beat" ainz because in the end ainz still got what he wanted. It's like chess ,sure you take a pawn but the opponent still has the knight rook bishop and queen lol.
Thats the thing though- Phillip isn't an idiot. His plan was elegantly simple and well executed. It took advantage of his own authority and connections and leveraged the tenuous position of his quarrel to sow doubt and force their surrender. The problem was that Phillip's intelligence, his knowledge of Ains's values and personality, was sorely lacking. Phillip should have done some reckon on the sorceror king to gauge what kind of reaction a petty defeat would ellicit from this fledgling tyrant.
I wonder with all of ainz's attempts at workplace reform does he not mention the guild members experiences as reasons for that
His helmet was too hot to maintain a disguise... I have experience from both my misspent youth as a thief, to working on college TV sets in front of massive lighting, to adulthood needing safety equipment for different jobs, making that such a believable level of "you're going to regret that" stupidity. Every time I see it, can't help but slap the migraine out of my head.
sometimes, when you can do something that no one have done before, its not because others cant do it, but they know its stupid to actually do it. sometimes being the only one who done something, its not because you are special, its because you are stupid.
Wait, THAT'S what happened?! That's legendary!
I've always wanted to know how did this thing happened how did phillip and his men stole from ainz i just couldn't see em win against the 8 fingers troops
As dumb as Phillip is, I find it hilarious that everyone smarter than him proceeded to overthink his actions to the point where Phillip succeeded in raiding the convoy without any blood shed.
Basically its the downfall of skilled people who aren't smart enough to gamble on the mediocrity principle and instead think their opponent is as smart as them or smarter.
Fear not the genius who can plan 100s of moves ahead, fear the moron that can't plan anything
Wait, so first he guns for Albedo and then Princess Renner, this guy really has doesnt have a clue...