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| Harold taking business as usual. You know, for someone who isn't really human, his approach at dealing with cases is just like how a human would. He still looks after Echika's well being but the case itself this episode got more messy. The darkness of the city...really, what else do they have hidden. |
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| I really like the premise and Harold and Echika are cute, but I just feel like I’ve been thrown in the middle of season 2 of a series where I’m meant to have this emotional investment and I just don’t.. I wanna know what Lexie is hiding about the amicus robots though! Also glad my human robo couple made up, Harold being able to mature and learn from mistakes is cool. Good on Echika for realising she overreacted and for being a robot, Harold’s social intelligence is very high. Most real men in anime would struggle to peep when a girl is still upset lol RIP Marvin damn. Accidentally shooting him in the head is probably gonna scar Echika. But he gets exactly why law enforcement isn’t trained to shoot to “disable” because accidents like that occurring. Cutting Farman’s restraints was just dumb to me tho. Surely there were better and safer ways to get info.. at least Harold thought quick enough to cut Echika out. He came to save her last week, her turn now. |
Marinate1016Apr 16, 12:34 PM
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| Gotta love all the details in the village. And the workshop too. Something this series is doing really well overall. |
| Why would you completely ignore someone after you just cut him lose and took out the one who tied him up? Seems kind of odd to me. Tho the main thing wrong her was the cars their in the UK which has right hand drive cars the cars we were shown where left hand drive cars. That car chase was ridiculous they were jumping and rolling like kids toys which already didn't make much sense but they were still able to drive i know you can survive a nuclear war in a Volvo but this is something else. |
| Why did Echika cut the rope that tied Farman's hands at first? He's a criminal, that was a dumb dumb move. If you wanted to talk to him, just pull that tape out and keep him restrained. |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡  |
| The car chase looked really silly, and the fight with Marvin also didn't look great. In the LN it's clear that Farman appears to be heavily debilitated, which is why they don't suspect him to be able to even stand up here, and Harold manages to partly cut the rope Echika is tied with, which is why she frees herself. Also it wasn't very clear in the anime version how Harold read Farman's moves as well as what Echika realizes at the end, as it still feels a bit rushed even though they're not really cutting much. The stuff about laws of respect, Harold's behaviour and stuff is still supposed to not be super clear, so I suggest to wait at least until next episode that should finish volume 2 before jumping to conclusions about it. |
TithainApr 16, 4:57 PM
| Poor Echika doesn’t like the rotary phone lol, I can’t blame her tho, we’re not even as advanced as this version of 2023 is and they’re old even to us, but it’s still funny seeing her find them tedious. And the chase to find Aiden was pretty fun, the little village they visited did look really pretty, they did a nice job on the backgrounds there, but what didn’t look pretty was that car chase lol, I loved that Echika took the wheel because she could drive as recklessly as she wants, but when the cars flipped it looked quite goofy, almost like toy cars crashing, still fun to watch tho. And I guess the situation with Aiden still isn’t over yet, they found him, cut him loose, and then he got away again with our boy Harold, it makes more sense after hearing what another comment here said about what happened in the LN but it did play out in an odd way here in the anime, I did really liked the moment where Echika shot Marvin tho, nice drama. And now the conflict is taken to Aiden and Lexie, not sure exactly what they’re doing together but I guess I was right to be sus of Lexie, I’m still feeling the absence of that first book but I am pretty locked into this current plot, I’m interested in seeing how it ends. |
| Harold watching Echika being attacked and not being able to do anything made me feel such agony, my God, I was rooting that he would break the robots law just this once to punch that guy in the face and save Echika |
  Imouto suki Tsundere-Chuuni-Imoutos save me...   |
| For detectives, they're pretty stupid. The first thing you don't do when you're looking for someone is drive with your lights on. Then they got overconfident and unleashed it. Also, it's a little odd that Harold, being a robot detective, is so passive. I get that his programming doesn't allow him to harm humans, but not defending Echika is pretty much the same thing, only indirectly. The story is starting to take shape: I guess it was all part of Lexie's plan in the end. But I still don't know what exactly happened with Marvin. |
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| As much as I like Echika and Harold it's just not doing it for me. One more episode to see. |
| The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal so far! Really giving me Detroit Become Human vibes, the androids support that even more. Enjoying this anime so much right now, going to go raise my rating to an 8. I really love detective stories. First Ameku M.D., now this. |
| I think the conclusion of this arc will decide for me if I'll continue watching. |
| Harold has grown a lot as a human and is trying to please and understand Echika—he's such a good android. Meanwhile, it looks like something big is going on in the shadows with the RF models. Farman did some serious damage to Harold. Guess we’ll see Harold repaired either after Farman is apprehended again or once the data analysis is done. |
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| They are very bumbling and incompetent investigators in the field, constantly being kidnapped, held captive, taken by surprise from behind, putting themselves in reckless situations of about as much physical danger as immediately possible on the scene and still as a result not securing their suspects or any tangible physical evidence to advance their lead and investigation which they couldn't have just learned and looked up remotely back at the office or from anywhere on their computer system. I'm not usually the one shouting or commenting to the screen when watching horror or action mystery/espionage-type series telling the ignorant characters to "Turn around!", "Make sure he is dead or incapacitated", "Don't leave your back exposed in this dimly lit room or alleyway", etc., because I know that's just part and parcel of what facilitates the plot and allows it to happen. It's such a recurring feature with these two though that at times it feels like the anime should have a slightly different tone and have a comedic musical tune playing in the background or something. Make them more some lighthearted Mr. Magoo-esque detectives occasionally bashing and crashing into a lucky scenario. I still don't really care because I just write it off as always as anime/cartoon/TV/movie logic. And even in real life very real flesh and blood people (and probably some of the machines programmed by them too), including ones in positions of power and authority, are indeed stupid and/or ignorant and would realistically make the wrong decisions especially in chase or close quarters combat scenarios where instinct, panic, and fear could easily seize control and override training and logic. Even non-stupid/ignorant folk could readily fall victim to that spiral. So it's not something someone from a removed vantage point in comfort and safety or watching the characters through a screen when they're the ones living it can meaningfully critique. Basically, it just feels right to poke a little fun at since it's noticeable. As for everything else - Look, I decided to continue with this series as of yesterday, but I wish the execution was better. A few interesting ideas like the technology embedded into their senses that's constantly identifying and analyzing everything like objects, landmarks, etc. in front of them and pushing advertising. They haven't really even scratched the surface of it or anything else touched upon in any substantive way. The Brain Dive sequences, from the few we've seen, are something which I wish was going for less attempted faux-trippiness and actually a lot more concrete and detailed, again, with more substance. I've already seen the point raised and belabored numerous times by numerous individuals, and I don't have as much of a problem with it as some, but the decision to eliminate the first book or volume or whichever from the story did pre-emptively remove a lot of what could have been more of that meat and substance and underlying structural support. And even though I think that I know what they're going for in terms of it being evocative of a certain subset of Sci-Fi flicks, I find the music choices of the OST for the series with the English vocals worked in just awful. Very cheesy and feels like a made-for-TV-movie half-star rating SyFy (American TV channel) channel original or something like that or something from an old and cheap military Sci-Fi video game, exploring some base or military research facility while this BS plays in the background. Was never a fan. So it could be a pulse-pounding thriller with a bleak tone and occasional sparks of light but instead is a sort of lukewarm fish flopping around, due to all those things. Lazy/poor/unimaginative choices in writing, direction, editing, music, and the way all of it was decided to be organized from the first. So why still watch? It's still not actually that bad in practice - i.e., it's entertaining enough. If you've watched a lot of generic Sci-Fi in the past then it's just another one to add on to the huge mountainous pile, and still somehow more alluring than watching another otaku NEET in a JRPG world power fantasy isekai. If you're interested enough in the subjects of artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning, well, you probably won't get that much in-depth on them here if all the signs hold true, but if you're the kind who could be entertained even reading an entry level basic Wikipedia article entry on it (I am), then it's serviceable. And probably most importantly, the mystery plot and what actually happens in it is admittedly largely an afterthought and background filler for me. I'm mainly in it to see the small kernels of interspecies work cameraderie and friendship between lady and robot and root for their transgressive romantic ship, lapping up the passing moments which further its prospects when and as they come. Oh, also, I will say that the details on Bibury and the Cotswold historic-cultural region were on-point though. It reminded me of some of the attention to detail given to areas like certain town layouts, train upholstery, etc. of scenic rural England in Mahoutsukai no Yome. |
WatchTillTandavaApr 18, 4:16 PM
| Sci-fi detective stuff is a pretty easy slam dunk for me but it feels like people are slamming stupid pills in this show. |
| I'm loving the OP and ED of this show. Both feeling like top tier for the season right now. As for the show itself, I'm really trying to like it. It should be right up my alley, but I have just not been able to get into it yet. Hopefully, that changes as we move forward. A couple times this episode I kind of zoned out and had to rewind a couple minutes to watch again. I haven't read the source, but the flow if this series feels very choppy. Maybe that is just a me problem. |
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It was a nice and enjoyable episode, I liked it. |
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| it was a very ep so his motivation is not vengeance, hummm E3: 7/10 |
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| Both Harold and Echida on yet another case to deal with a hit-and-run murder case, the relationship between the two still being at odds while on the search for Furman. Still, the plot about Lexie and the RF Model Amicus, as the surprise culprit of Marvin Adams Allport, Harold's brother comes to them unannounced, only to be shot dead instantly, and then for Harold to be abducted by Furman whom Echika was trying to save him out of mortal danger. And turns out that he was right all along, being deceived by Lexie, Novae Robotics and the association, to confront the very people against his theory. Story's holding up, while everything else just falters... |
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| even humans have dead eyes here , drains all my energy.. oh well, time to head out then . sayonara forma |
| This anime is really going by the incompetent police narrative, first they let the guy escape when just one human officer could have stopped him, and then she released him for absolutely no reason... |
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| Three episodes in and I keep thinking is ... Echika is more lifeless and robotic then Harold |
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating. |
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