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In Episode 1 of Konosuba the anime pauses for a moment, just like in a video
game. However, this is meant to be an alternate _real_ world.

[![-Pause- Press Start Button
Konosuba](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7RWoC.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7RWoC.png)

Why did the show pause like this?


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Why did the show pause in episode 1?


It was meant to be funny. Not an advertisement. The game is heavily based off
RPG Video Games and throwing in a "Pause" was just to add to the humor. This
was literally my favorite (and most memorable) addition to the episode.


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2017-02-02T19:36:07.470
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For people watching via an online stream or disk, this made a little less
sense as it pauses and then unpauses and it may be a little difficult to
understand what happened. However, for viewers watching the broadcast on
television it made more sense because this screen was placed just before and
after the commercial break. It's merely the art used to transition to
commercial.


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