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Apr 5, 2016 12:37 AM

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Better than hundred which airs on the same date... I guess it has something going for it lol.
Apr 5, 2016 12:40 AM

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It has a cute pet dragon and a cute evil loli cat girl. These are the only good things aboout this show, everything else sucks.
Apr 5, 2016 1:37 AM
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The writing is typical "game adaptation". Very shallow dialogue, every character we've seen is a by-the-numbers trope. And the budget, or perhaps the delivery schedule, is clearly being kept tight from the beginning - there are many, many still scenes, tweens, and cutaways to avoid complex movement.

But the storyboarding, scene compositions, and character designs are excellent and make the action very satisfying - you could watch this silent and unsubbed and have roughly as much idea as to what's going on. Recommendable on that basis - I don't know this director but I'm looking at his history and I think his background in storyboarding has made him a specialist in pulling together these low budget tricks. This work is seriously good, enough that I am rewatching bits now to examine how it was executed more closely. I don't expect visual storytelling of this quality in TV anime, usually.

The art style really looks like a circa 2000 throwback, I noticed flatter tones and subdued colors almost immediately and the use of CG effects to "punch up" scenes is pretty sparing. Just try not to pay the dialogue much attention.
Apr 5, 2016 2:58 AM
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Mormegil said:
Wow. This was awful. Looks like we found the worst anime of the season so far.

Please stop with the mobile game adaptations, Japan. Thanks.


THANK YOU.
I was actually surprised to see this many people being okay with this. It gave me those special Chaos Dragon vibes.
Also I felt strangely tired after watching.
There is nothing terribly wrong with feeling lost, so long as that feeling precedes some plan on your part to actually do something about it. Too often a person grows complacent with their disillusionment, wearing their discomfort like a favorite shirt - Johnny C.

Apr 5, 2016 5:16 AM
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There are some cool character designs here, I like how they do some of their eye designs. But the show overall was underwhelming for me. I went it with no expectations but I just couldn't really get into it... especially with the slow paced beginning. The show screams "chuunibyou" to me, lol.
Apr 5, 2016 5:22 AM
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His sword is such a troll lol
Apr 5, 2016 6:54 AM

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Like it so far, mc is likeable so that's a plus. I believe the assumption that the dragon and mc are bound together is true also so he's probably seriously OP'd.
Apr 5, 2016 7:10 AM

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who send arrow to mess the sealing ritual...?
this really interesting...
Apr 5, 2016 8:06 AM

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Eh a better start than Chaos Dragon atleast...well the MC is ok I guess, so there is that to it. The ending was pretty interesting, though I was expecting something along those lines, lol.
Apr 5, 2016 9:30 AM

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It's a shame cos this actually seems decent. I just can't stand animal characters and the other one on the cover looks like she'd be annoying too.
Apr 5, 2016 9:51 AM

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Though it started off rather slowly, it picked up nicely 8n the 2nd half and ended up being much better than expected :)
Apr 5, 2016 10:10 AM

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Akame ga Kill with SAO char voices and Endride char designs?? 7/10....1st ep is confusing af
Apr 5, 2016 11:43 AM

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well that wasn't reall that bad or good either it's okay
Apr 5, 2016 11:48 AM

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Is this MAL fan fiction? geezus.
Atleast the anime quality is good, everything else is average as hell.

A Kirito fanboy probably made the mc.
Apr 5, 2016 11:51 AM

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sick of MC's voice actor. sick of his voice.
Apr 5, 2016 12:42 PM

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Story is not cohesive at all right now. Hope that changes soon.
Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime?
Apr 5, 2016 1:02 PM

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it was OK, the art was bang average and the script was pretty poor. I think I will stick with it in the hope it wont turn out to be another Chaos Dragon
Apr 5, 2016 1:11 PM

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Below average episode. I hope that the next one will be a little bit better.
Apr 5, 2016 3:56 PM

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For some reason it reminds me of Orphen.
Apr 5, 2016 3:58 PM

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Yeah.... dropped. Couldnt make it past 8 minutes.

ButtSlapper said:
sick of MC's voice actor. sick of his voice.


Yeah I cringe whenever I hear his voice.
Apr 5, 2016 4:08 PM

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I appreciate that the fantasy world looks different from the Konosuba/NGNL/Re:Zero/Log Horizon world that we've been getting the last several seasons. Yay for variety.

It looks average, but I'm at least entertained enough by the environment and character designs (mostly of the extras) to give it a few more episodes
Apr 5, 2016 5:08 PM

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Below 7 ?! It was one of the best 1st episode in this season
Apr 5, 2016 6:00 PM

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I get the feeling that this will be one where it will be somewhat serious and cool, then something totally off will throw the atmosphere out the window. Like the sword.
Apr 5, 2016 6:32 PM

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The worst in this season I've seen so far, generic af, full of cliches, annoying mc, horrible animation ...
Absolute garbage, pretty much on par with Chaos Dragon which was another garbage that I glad I dropped from the get go. No point in continuing this.

Apr 5, 2016 8:02 PM

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Below-average first episode.... The characters and story felt disjointed. I didn’t like the way the events leading to the end of the episode unfolded. I’m giving this 3 more episodes...

We ultimately fear what spawns from within us ~Shinsekai yori
Music is freedom. ~Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Apr 5, 2016 9:16 PM

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OMG dat sword XDDD
Apr 5, 2016 11:00 PM

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Meh? I guess it wasn't that bad for a first impression.... Though it failed to capture my attention for me to look forward on the next episode.
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Apr 6, 2016 7:13 AM
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at 12:30 how did Peshate get from the under the table to the ceiling with all those guards around
Apr 6, 2016 2:33 PM

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it looks very nice for me, i hope that it will revs up simply
Apr 6, 2016 3:09 PM

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hmm well lets see where this will go
Apr 6, 2016 3:28 PM

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Contrary to other MAL users and the score here I actually really liked this first episode.
Quite an action packed one too for a first, the mc's a cool guy. 'Did our game of tag end already'?
The beginning was cool too, instantly recognized the people. Besides that I think this'll be one of the better game adaptations I'll watch. Although I've only watched a few, three I think.
Well, I think I'll really enjoy this show at this rate, at the moment I'm giving it a 7/10 as it really just didn't bore me and the episoded ended all of a sudden. Nice ED too :)
Apr 6, 2016 5:47 PM

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So..the mom died uh.

this shit doesnt deserve to be watched *drop*
Apr 7, 2016 1:04 AM

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I'm confused....
Apr 7, 2016 1:21 AM

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It was okay, not great. I really hope it improves big time because the characters are nice.
Let's see what the next episode brings
~Where's Gnasty Gnorc? I'll torch him!~
Apr 7, 2016 2:46 AM
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so far nothing but generic fantasy jRPG premise (well, it's from a game). the animation quality is mediocre at best, I'll give this the three episodes rule.
Apr 7, 2016 3:44 AM

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It's a bit like the story of Naruto, where the strongest Monster is sealed in someone.
Apr 7, 2016 3:49 AM

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animefan8800 said:
Fairly decent first episode. The way Hiiro and that dragon seem to be connected via those marks on their chest/heart reminds me of that Sean Connery movie Dragonheart. XD A shame Hiiro's mom (presumably)died though, she had such big, beautiful tits! XD I wonder who the traitor was...

lol I thought exactly that when I saw the sealing of the dragon, wondering when Sean Connery would talk XD
The traitor is probably the douche that stole the magic rock or something.
Apr 7, 2016 12:24 PM

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Good beginning, the MC is cool and I like the animation so far. The story is a bit mysterious, but it's good, I prefer that than see another generic story.
Apr 7, 2016 11:42 PM

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Strange episode but not bad, Hiiro is cool tho

Apr 8, 2016 5:47 PM

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it actually wasn't as bad as i thought it would be, it's still mediocre at best but rather enjoyable! Hiiro is a cutie '3'


Apr 8, 2016 10:12 PM

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I'm liking Hiiro. He definitely has some priorities there.

The bad guys in this show are freaking annoying. I hope Hiiro kicks their asses soon.
Apr 8, 2016 10:18 PM

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I think this might be one of the hidden jems this season
"I lost all of what you could call feelings of love. They weren't sealed, so they can't be released. They weren't broken, so they can't be fixed. That which is lost, cannot be recovered." Shiba Tatsuya
"There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one's life, one should not wish for another chance." Saber
"No matter what happens, no matter how crazy things get, I'll always try to restore balance." Korra
"It's madness to let others take what's yours and accept it blindly." Baatar Jr
"Instinct is a lie, told by a fearful body, hoping to be wrong." Zaheer
"Partner in crime, partner in time" Chloe Price and Max Caulfield
Apr 9, 2016 5:52 AM
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Snaita said:
animefan8800 said:
Fairly decent first episode. The way Hiiro and that dragon seem to be connected via those marks on their chest/heart reminds me of that Sean Connery movie Dragonheart. XD A shame Hiiro's mom (presumably)died though, she had such big, beautiful tits! XD I wonder who the traitor was...

lol I thought exactly that when I saw the sealing of the dragon, wondering when Sean Connery would talk XD
The traitor is probably the douche that stole the magic rock or something.

I was thinking an old movie where they shared the heart somehow, that's it Dragonheart. The insignia literally on its heart seems linked to mc's.
Why cute mom from the PV just died?
Messy or lots of random stuff. Random ice queen.
Bit funny for both right & wrong reasons. Tiny sword in giant scabbard why?
Cute mini dragon. Smart kid, but messed with wrong folks.
Those lords talking economics lol, and governance by fear.
Some ugly art. Animation ok, feels old styled. All the good animation went to brown magical loli. mc's parkouring & dodging was nice tho.
Gate Jieitai Yao spotted 18:40.
Apr 9, 2016 1:57 PM
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Omg the main character was so dark and felt so deep I could even picture myself in it. I was so captivated the whole time. Oh wait, I might just have forgotten to put on my computer screen.

Forget about it, dropped.
Apr 10, 2016 9:36 AM

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Ugh, characters act like complete retards too often and there are too many plot convenient asspulls. Animation is rather lacking as well (many stills and no unique ED sequence already in the first episode). Even jailbait beastgirl can't save this series...
Ii tenki desu ne...
Apr 10, 2016 10:28 PM
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i started watching this anime because i saw the tan fox(?) girl, and thought it would be cool to cosplay her since i'm pretty tan. but the first episode was kindof all over the place, and the animation isn't too good... i really want this to be good though. i need more tan characters to cosplay and she's so cute. i'll watch the next episode and see what happens...
Apr 11, 2016 10:56 AM

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I have a feeling that this dragon will be like his guardian, because of this curse? and another theory that girl which we saw is that dragon's humanoid form :f

Anyway not bad for first episode.


I can tell you already, that i after one episode without touching any other material except this episode, i call out this; the girl we saw was the dragon who's heart probably is connected to the kid, aka the kid dies = the dragon dies. So it sensed danger to the boy and now have come to protect him so she dosen't die with him.
Apr 11, 2016 2:43 PM
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Thought I'd give this one a shot just to see what it's like ^^

Am really pleased that I did because I now absolutely love it! ^^
Apr 12, 2016 1:08 AM

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So they wanted to seal this dangerous dragon. Why did they bring their child along?
Apr 12, 2016 10:51 AM

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so what his new dad is the evil dragon?
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