Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Episode 2 Discussion

SamVision said:
Just for the anime-only viewers: There was a scene in the LN and manga where Ikki was shown to be a lot more popular, with fangirls swarming him. Then a bunch of jealous guys try to attack him, only for Ikki to pwn them with his bare hands and an ERASER. That whole scene was removed completely. THAT is the extend to which this LN is being butchered.

thebrentinator24 said:
And of course, the obligatory and inevitable "IYAAAAAAAAAAAA" followed by a bitch slap for something that wasn't even close to being the MC's fault? Check check check.

HandsomeMan said:

That's good that at least that was removed, because that is some seriously atrocious cliche writing pandering to horny 14 year old boys.

Grey-Zone said:

That's an anime-only thing, btw. Never happened in the novel or the manga adaption. In novel and manga the clothes didn't fall off - Stella just ran off after pressing her break against his back.

AsianYeti said:
God fucking damn it, Silver Link.

First you make Stella go into a Shokugeki no Soma induced mindgasm over Ikki's abs, and now you add in an unnecessary "slap" scene that wasn't even in the source material (or the manga)?

Can you fucking not do that, please?

They omitted the fight scene in the classroom. I'm kinda sad since it was a really interesting way to see how Ikki fights and how he uses dynamic vision over color. I thought it was really cool, but I guess they had to have room for exposition.

nakedfoxspirit said:
I still can't get used to the OP, so funky lol.

S T E L L A B E S T G I R L
But.. seroiously, step up. Actually i'm gonna state that they haven't ruined it (yet), they're rather just waiting for the climax.

Overall ok episode, looking forward to next week.

Grey-Zone said:


Yea... generally it seems people who read the other versions are the majority of those who didn't like the episode. Appearantly the opinions of anime-onlies still varies as in the first episode.

At least no more "lol this is exactly the same as Asterisk" posts this time.

AsianYeti said:
God fucking damn it, Silver Link.

First you make Stella go into a Shokugeki no Soma induced mindgasm over Ikki's abs, and now you add in an unnecessary "slap" scene that wasn't even in the source material (or the manga)?

Can you fucking not do that, please?

Tokoya said:
Woah so its okay for guys to fawn over girl bodies but when its the other way around its a big deal =/

Ranoom said:
^ Wow. Da fangirls.

AsianYeti said:

That wasn't my point. In the manga, it was clearly expressed that Stella was getting hot and bothered from Ikki's body. The anime just made it look silly by adding some sort of mindgasm that you'd see from Shokugeki no Soma.

This makes sense.
http://i.imgur.com/nxVZ0gW.png?1
http://i.imgur.com/sU8f74t.png?1

This DOES NOT make sense.
http://i.imgur.com/KxmNSIX.jpg?1

shanimebib said:
Suddenly this anime got incredibly worse compared to its opening episode. One more crappy-generic-episode like this one and I say goodbye to this without giving a shot to the "FOURTH EPISODE" gaa gaa every second one of you have been referring to since before the start of this anime.

/leaves thread on the verge of dropping.

Tokoya said:
Its called good marketing

Besides its really not a big deal at all lol....In fact I think its great for them to do it considering how much of a success it is in Souma

AsianYeti said:

"Good marketing"... uhhh, except it's not? It would've been way more provoking and even comedic if they just rolled with how it went in the LN/Manga.

Mindgasm / Foodgasm only works on Shokugeki no Soma (and Yakitate Japan) because it's established that it's used as an expression and they are consistent with it. Mindgasms/Foodgasms aren't bad, but when you put it in a show like this for absolutely no reason, that's just bad direction and that's the main issue here.

Mentar said:
*sigh*

Yes, it's still no harem. If you still can't realize that even after the OP design, I can't help you.

No, if you don't like the settings and the characters, waiting for ep4 most likely isn't going to save things for you. Unfortunately, Silver Link is already taking several major liberties with the material, and all of them remove things which set the show apart from the rest, and replace them with "standard generics", dropping it into the mainstream. For fans of the original, this is sad, because it's so unnecessary.

I do understand why the show tried to end episode 1 where it ended. And yes, it was clear that we'd get more flashback exposition than it would be advisable in ep2. But so many questions which are crystal clear in the original are left unanswered this way. Example:

1) What caused Stella to completely revert her tsun towards Ikki to dere in this degree?
2) Why did Stella really enter Ikki's bath? (It's not the desire to be a good servant)
3) What's the reason for Stella to ask him if he liked Girls' breasts?



Unfortunately, without this context, it looked like merely pointless fanservice.

Finally: This is the second time when Silver Link added a slap where there wasn't any to begin with (in the original, Stella didn't lose her bra either). This is rubbing many fans - me included - very wrong, because Stella is NOT a typical violent tsundere-bitch. Silver Link should stop altering her character, since it doesn't help in the least. It's only making things worse.

All things considered, still good entertainment (and it's obvious that the vast majority of people unaware of the original have a good time). But it could be better. Hoping that Silver Link is regaining their stride.