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| Action packed & a good ep. I'm loving this anime a lot now, it was fast pace im noticed a couple of scenes that just whaaaa, that quick? The monsters designed is pretty cool looking in the ep but one thing bother me the most is how rentaro back on his feet after just 1 day recovery of getting stab & shot maybe hes not a normal human i think. |
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RuinsInTheWind said: Poor Kisara gets shafted AGAIN XD (she's missing SEVERAL scenes... (in the light novel when Rentaro wakes up, he sees how beautiful Kisara is when she was crying, and he asks "is this heaven?" "This is hell, you idiot Rentaro." (LOL) Rooftop scene cut. Seitenshi got cut a bit too :P... when the kids confront Enju, the scene should have been longer. Rentaro's past encounter with Sumire/Doctor was cut a LOT. (I know why they cut certain parts though, it'll be explained anyways). Rentaro should also have made a terminator reference when talking to the doctor (sumire is a western movie collector, when he say's ill be back in like possibly the worst imitation, Sumire LOSES HER SHIT XD) (should have been more emotional, Sumire lost her lover in the war, and lost her way for quite a while). When they are wandering the outer regions in the forest, you should be feeling a sense of dread, something unnaturally wrong with the forest (Gastrea have taken over the entire forest) It should feel alien, and insanity should have been setting in for our two heros. Yea, they cut quite a bit :P |
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| damnit after i started to read the manga i knew it was gonna happen But they sure as hell are rushing this a lot of scenes got taken out matter of them explaining them later on i don't know little worried when i run out of chapters to read |
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| So far i really like the character developments in this show. The story is ok so far, I'm hoping it will get more interesting. So far seems like its been really fast paced. |
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| I mostly dislike the fact that apparently nobody besides Rentaro feels that the cursed children are persons. Well, that one teacher probably. Regular people think of them as Gastrea, and the other initiators treat them as tools, as weapons. Unless severly indoctrinated, shouldn't kids that did not experience an Gastrea attack be more like "Gastrea, thats something bad, right? No way Enju has something to do with this, she's my best friend!" ? At least some... Either they get told a lot about Gastrea everyday by their teachers and parents etc., or they got a crash course on it once the teachers found out about Enju. And that there is no adult (except Rentaro and the teacher) that treats them either as person, or more abstract as "hope" or anything. Or even fear, but not because they may become Gastrea, but because they can kill you before you can say "Gastrea" even/especially as they are now. They didn't mention a single actual case of one of the cursed children to turn into Gastrea (though there probably were), and apparently even the kids that get bullied do not harm humans, as that wasn't mentioned either. The universal hate seems a bit far-fetched given this and that most people probably didn't see a live Gastrea in the last 10 years or so. |
| I think it is getting better as the season moves on. It is clearly based on great source material. I may have to pick up the manga. |
| Enju was amazing this episode! |
| Ehh, don't really wanna say this for the nth time, but this show's pace is too fast for its own good. A shame, because some of those scenes could have been pretty good if given enough time to be properly developed and played out, especially the drama regarding Enju. Rentarou surviving that beating was silly, though maybe he's not exactly human as the quick surgery flashback implies. I do like how the show opted for a "perma-dark" tone after the first episode, however, and I quite like the OST as well. All in all, if it slows the fuck down it has the potential to be pretty good. |
| good episode, i;m banking on the hope that there is a reason rentarou can take so many wounds, otherwise i'll be a bit disappointed |
| I think Rentarou had his organs or something transplanted with Varanium just like Hiroko (masked guy) has which explains his recovery, strength and why Hisoko is interested in him for some reason, maybe he gives out the same scent or aura. |
ichii_1Apr 22, 2014 8:03 PM
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| The pacing is too damn fast.Before i started enjoying some of scenes, they were already all finished... |
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| words are so cheesy in this series.. |
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VanishingKira said: Satire said: ^This.Rushed as hell too.This series is getting cheesier by the episode. Enju beating the spider was pretty cool,I guess. Honestly can't seem to care about any of the characters. Edit: Also when Rentarou was going to get killed by the masked man I thought ohh,he's going to die just like Eren... Agreed they layered the cheesiness on super thick this episode. I wished he had died that would have made a great plot twist, but sadly no he lives and I'm dropping cause it's just to hard to watch this. |
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| I've only read the manga so I can't comment on the LN. Everything has been rushed all the way to hell. As a stand alone episode it was rather good, but it's only a shadow of what this episode could've been. They cut out the Silence of the Lamb reference and the Terminator reference. Kisara had little to no screen time. The scenes also failed to stand next MORINO Hon's style too. K1NGSL4YER said: I'm interested in this as well. If I remember correctly, Shogen ordered Kayo to kill a civil security pair? I recall Shogen being rather rough, but I don't remember him being an actual criminal. |
IronLobsterApr 22, 2014 8:54 PM
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RuinsInTheWind said: Holy crap they are rushing through the scenes/condensing the animation lol. Seems like they were short on time, even last week's ending wasn't officially done... Well, I'm still happy to watch this, but they are seriously cutting a lot of dialogue, moments felt a bit rushed. Still epic, but wish they'd slow down so they can explain things a bit more for people who don't read the manga/light novel (I do, so I know there's a lot of things they should have included). Guess they are on a tight schedule. Then again, it's hard to top Morino Hon's epic moments in the manga (holy shit especially chapter 16), ah the potential that could have been lol... On the positive side, the scenes although short, were well done. I was gonna ask this. I haven't read the manga but this episode had horrible pacing. It was ALL OVER THE PLACE. Things are happening that are not being explained (ex. Rentarou clearly fell off a cliff into water and now he's safe and sound in a hospital...). Characters where in places that they should not have been in. One second Enju is in bed waiting for Rentaro to wake up and the next she's at the door waiting for him because in the span of 10 mins while she was sleeping Rentaro suddenly has another mission even though just seconds ago he was inches away from being dead. I'm hoping this pacing is just for the first few episodes. There's seriously no way this show is going to be enjoyable if they don't slow it down and start building substance and detail to the story. |
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| Great episode, I'm liking this anime more and more Enju and Rentarou's friendship TT___TT |
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| I hate to be cliché (no I don't), but... Well that escalated quickly. Agree that pacing was all whacked out. Damn, Rentarou wakes up after a day and 3 hours after essentially being killed, and then Kisara gets right down to business. Give the guy a cig or something, he needs a second to chill out! On the other hand, I feel like they built up the discrimination of the Cursed Children really well. I felt Enju's pain. It was sad hearing her say, "I don't want to give in" and ask Rentarou if she protected everyone at school. Also, Enju/Rentarou fist bump for the win. |
| A little sad that it feels so rushed. And like people have pointed out, it seems like they cut alot out However with that said, this is one of the shows I look most forward to every week. The story is interesting, the art is lovely, and I'm really curious to how it ends. Since they are rushing so much I'm going to guess this will only have 12 episodes which sort of sucks ;-(. |
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| Yo Rentarou aren't you a lil too invincible? Getting shot and stabbed all over and still living like that? I wonder if the masked guy is gonna be the villain for the whole season or they're gonna defeat him for this arc and move on to another bad guy. |
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| badass. |
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| That epic fist bump. Enju has the best smile |
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| OF COURSE THE MC HAS TO BE A SUPERMAN. I mean what kind of MC dies after getting shot and stabbed multiple times? no one! Of course he had been operated on many years ago, of course he has (most likely) the same body as the evil guy, of course after getting beaten so badly he recuperates and act like he can now defeat the bad guy somehow. Next episode, muscle guy dies but MC saves the day.. or not. |
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| Before I even had time to process what just happened, they already moved onto the next scene... |
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| Quite rush, remember guys this is an adaption from the light novel not the manga, the manga included quite a number of original scenes which wasn't in the light novel, though I guess we can say good bye volume 1 by episode 4 (sigh). |
| Horrible episode. |
| was I suppose to feel sad when Enju started crying after defeating the gastrea? it was more annoying than anything else. Nonon_Jakuzure said: Horrible episode. |
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| They made such a big deal of Enju disappearing in the last episode and now she appears like it never even happened. I really hate how this anime handles all of its exposition by having characters explain stuff to each other when both characters already know whatever is being explained. So far, every single scene in this anime with the doc has been extremely boring. |
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| I was quite critical of the first two episodes, moreso the second than the first, but this episode was really good and set things up rather nicely. The pace was strong and the story flowed from plot point to plot point, without anything in between to draw your attention away. I'm assuming that since the MC isn't able to fight the masked guy very well that whatever was done to him in the surgery ten years ago isn't quite the same as the masked man. Probably something similar, but more advanced and dormant for the time being. Should be cool either way. I really hated Enju at first, I found her to be really annoying, but she grew on me this episode. I could relate to her pain, the discrimination and bullying was portrayed very well. Her reactions to it were handled nicely as well, I find myself liking her much more now. I also found the scene with Senju to be done quite well, I could follow it and feel for her. The feelings of having killed someone for her scumbag, knowing that it's wrong but having to force herself to accept it. Her statement about not wanting to deny the MCs words was beautiful. I have a feeling scumbag will be around for a while, but I'd much rather Senju join up with the MC. All in all, I'll give this one a 7/10 |
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| They have got everything right so far except the pacing, these past 3 episodes have enough content to easily fill 5-6. Its getting rushed too much. Besides that the story, animation and characters are all great. |
| Enju is so bomb. |
| wtf thought he died there |
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5596050 said: Quite rush, remember guys this is an adaption from the light novel not the manga, the manga included quite a number of original scenes which wasn't in the light novel, though I guess we can say good bye volume 1 by episode 4 (sigh). i'm already read summary LN vol 1, yup pretty rush and cut so many, but episode 3 only half to the ending of vol 1 LN. So i think we will got epilog of vol 1 LN in episode 6 or 7. *sorry for my bad english |
ranoaApr 23, 2014 12:41 AM
ranoa said: 5596050 said: Quite rush, remember guys this is an adaption from the light novel not the manga, the manga included quite a number of original scenes which wasn't in the light novel, though I guess we can say good bye volume 1 by episode 4 (sigh). i'm already read summary LN vol 1, yup pretty rush and cut so many, but episode 3 only half to the ending of vol 1 LN. So i think we will got epilog of vol 1 LN in episode 6 or 7. *sorry for my bad english you think so? from the preview many suggested that they would end the vol 1 in the next episode... and with seeing how this one has been rushed, it is possible. unless they dont cut anything anymore (hoping hoping >_<) |
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| Another good episode! I don't have any problems with the pacing, and like the speed its moving at for the most part, although some more development into the racism aspects would be nice, but that's probably coming. I quite like Shogen's partner, Kayo I believe? She seems like she could be an interesting character. I feel like Shogen's going to die at some point, and Rentaro is going to have to take her in... |
| too rush... |
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Urek said: you think so? from the preview many suggested that they would end the vol 1 in the next episode... and with seeing how this one has been rushed, it is possible. unless they dont cut anything anymore (hoping hoping >_<) Well... |
| I wonder what that female doctor did to Renatro in the past. |
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