Arknights: Reimei Zensou Episode 1 Discussion

animejas said:
I wonder if 8 episodes are enough for this, or if there's going to be another season or whatever. Given the premise here, it could go many ways in my head as someone who's never played or heard of the game prior to watching this episode. Pacing could go a variety of ways because of it. It had parts that dragged a bit for me, but the series tried hard here with establishing some mysteries with us being in the perspective of the Doctor, learning about what is happening in the world and the morally gray elements present here so far. The series didn't have the best looking drawings and animation, but definitely had effort put into this episode from the staff to create a cinematic and tense feel to this post-apocalyptic world. It could be interesting, but given that its a gacha game adaptation and the runtime, I'm not buying into it yet, still am gonna proceed with all the caution in the world. Wish the character designs didn't have the animal ears and stuff, but it is a gacha game so stuff like that isn't surprising. It's not really a big deal but stuff like that even bothered me in other series like Utawarerumono. Not too much to say about the characters themselves, hopefully there is enough time and solid content to do them justice as the anime progresses. I need time to distinguish whether or not potential is here or is it a waste of time like Azur Lane or even something like Takt op. Destiny (although those shows were pretty much awful for me instantly for first impressions).

DeltaNemesis said:


I'm pretty sure they will do another season or two, since this is called a Prelude. As someone who has been playing the game for like 2 years now, I can say that this arc is the weakest of the story. Its very short especially compared to the later ones. I was wondering how they were going to adapt this part of the story since theres not enough plot points to fill up a full 1 core, so I'm glad they just have 8 Eps. On the contrary though I cant imagine them being able to cram down the next Act to a single season. My bet is like 2-3 cores to properly adapt that arc. So TL;DR, in my opinion the pacing and the episode count is pretty good, for the arc they are adapting.

Also Amiya is the protagonist, doctor is just a supporting character. Not saying the Doc is a blank slate, they definitely has good characterization, but I don't expect them to get into that much in this season. This season is completely focused on Amiya.

I get the animal ear thing, as a beginner. They don't outright explain the races, not in the main story at least. Just know this is a complete fantasy world and there are different races and no normal humans. Its pretty fleshed out for something I assume at first just started as a gimmick in game design process.

I can't guarantee that this will be good, but I have faith. Hypergryph hasn't let us down so far, at least when it comes to story and characters.

animejas said:


Good to read a detailed response here with some details to keep in mind. Hopefully I'm able to like this series myself through the anime, haven't played a gacha game nor do I have intentions to since I don't want to be addicted to anything like this so it's good to get a little context about it at least. Interesting to hear about how this cour has little to fill up 8 episodes, did not expect that considering how the first episode was built up with the world. Kind of sucks about the animal race thing but this isn't the only series that felt too random about it so it doesn't bother me too much to really be a huge issue.

Akumaru03 said:


its unfortunate that kemonomimi/animal eared people isn't for everyone, but story wise (no spoilers don't worry) I believe the animal race thing is to lay the foundations on the politics and fictional countries that Arknights game has. Without getting into too much detail, imagine the popularised fantasy rpg world but with the existence of advanced sci-fi technology and a fatal crystal disease. Sprinkle in some politics, discrimination, and war crimes, now we have created Arknights. This single season will cover the very beginning of the story which is around 80k words, compared to the overwhelming 750k words from the whole main story arc 1 alone. I do hope this anime will be consistent in production quality and storytelling so more people will stay hooked to this story, and to the future of this IP.

RedCobra75 said:


there is human race too it's universal .

shironeko13 said:


you have any friend spaces open?

Ukyo9 said:
A military organization with the objective of saving the world is completely unable to do anything unless DOCTAH takes control, literally shaking in fear and complete panic unless someone with a PDA decides to login and send tactical informations to them, to the point that telling them not to go out in the open in the middle of a warzone is considered a high-level result fruit of a first-grade tactical analyst, truly only DOCTAH could save them from doom. I particularly loved the so called "leader" Amiya that has to lose her shit and risk the lives of the entire unit just to save a random girl and has to be remembered (for exposition) by another character who she is.
Self inserts and gachas were a mistake. Garbage.

Neneaux said:
Super interesting that 90% of people praising this have 1 post to their name. It was fucking dogshit and I would have rather watched paint dry.

Ashhk said:
We only got the context of the episode at the end but the disease thing and rebellion army aspect look interesting but otherwise it was mainly boring due to how confusing it was without the context (except thanks to the synopsis from the website)... Well that's a game adaptation so what to expect, it doesn't seem to be welcoming to newcomers actually

Xcerft said:
-cut stuff-

Ukyo9 said:


....I was talking about the scene where Doberman almost got herself murdered and Doctor had to use his insight to come up with the idea that yes, going out was quite the dumb idea, not about the actual mission! The mission felt weird though because they all went from being scared, incompetent and into a complete panic to full professional mode, truly I wonder how without Doctor they can even walk out of their rooms without hurting themselves!

As for Amiya, I apologize but I find it a bit ridiculous that the leader of this entire organization is some frail girl that doesn't even have the composure to keep a degree of calm in an already awful situation. She was completely ready to go and run for the mother and child and had to be restrained before making a tactical mistake that would've gotten them likely all killed. Not only that, Doberman had to -explain- to her what her role is, what is this her first day at the job? Couldn't they pick literally anyone else to lead the team, maybe that guy that saved them earlier and that obviously seems to know what he's doing?

I also don't share your opinion on Doctor being "mysterious". All I see is is generic dude that gets surrounded by cute girls in love with him in a way or another (didn't Amiya come -this close- to tell him she loved him or something? Jesus Christ!). Maybe this thing gets better later, but for sure this first episode felt as generic, soulless and uninteresting as most stuff coming out nowadays.

koala12345 said:

I'm a newcomer and I wasn't really that confused dude?

Xcerft said:

Dobermann didn't anticipate they were going to get ambushed. "I thought this place was a no go" doesn't necessarily mean that there is an ambush waiting for them. It instead misled their caution into curiousity, so they went to investigate. Doctor was a step ahead, he figured out that the enemies that were knocked out earlier were probably discovered and were the cause for the lack of security a few moments after he heard that line.

They had more manpower after joining together with Dobermann's team and Ace's team. This explains how they were able to exert a greater control over the situation. Numbers do make a difference.


As for Amiya being frail, I hope other episodes can explain because my answer contain spoilers.


In the game, nearly every female character hold no romantic feeling towards the doctor. They all treat him like a senior member with due respect unlike other gacha games. Stop assuming that every female character is in love with the doctor when there's not even a hint of it. Amiya does not mean what you thought. It would be quite fucked up especially for a story that takes itself seriously.

BlakexEkalb said:
Decent episode

I don’t like how they left the revolutionists alive. Either capture them or kill them. Just beating them up isn’t going to make them turn from bad to good; they’ll simply go and kill other people. Plus, isn’t a catastrophe/natural disaster coming? If they’re still unconscious after a few hours they’ll die either way so trying to keep them alive didn’t even work.

If Amiya says the name Doctor one more time I might lose my mind.

As someone else said, the whole “commanding” thing felt weird. It’s just using drones and probably calling out orders. From how they were hyping it up I thought it would’ve been something unique and special.

Besides those criticisms, the sound design is nice and the animation looks good. I dig the art style. The aspect ratio makes it more popping.