The Heroic Legend of Arslan
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| If you ask me, it feels like a similar ending to season 1. |
| I need season 3!! Or the novels translated (but I dont think this is possible).... |
| In the end I found myself rooting for Hermes. Honestly, I am not sure I would watch the third season if there was one :/ |
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| I ship Arslan and Etoile so freakin' much. Season 3, please arrive quickly! |
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ex_necross said: Sales weren't enough to outright guarantee a 3rd season, but that's not to say it won't happen. This season being only 8 episodes concerns me though, it makes me think there will not be a 3rd. It had to be 8 episodes because they are sharing a time slot. Remember it's also a prime time (6 pm) slot so they probably make a decent amount from advertising. Also there is a fuck ton of merch for arslan that I imagine mainly the fujos are lapping up XD. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| Yeah so...basically we have arslan lose his army, Andragoras magically is able to pull off his escape from his cell, regains his army, and then we have filler episodes, and we arrive back 8 episodes later to pretty much where we left off at the end of the 1st season only more parties involved. I could have done without watching this season, and if a 3rd season should appear, after this 8 episode do over of the end of the 1st season, I don't see me bothering it. My interest has been shot. |
 "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" |
| I hope we get 3rd season |
| It was an okay way to end season 2 to enter the next arc but will we get a season 3? I will be truly disappointed if it just ends here because this anime has much more value if continued. |
| I don't understand why this is only 8 episodes. That was a terrible ending. Continue the damn show. kmt. Jotakak said: UGH, I NEED SEASON 3. AND IT BETTER BE MORE THAN 8 DAMN EPISODES. At least we get 7 Deadly Sins next week. With /4/ episodes... Also, when Gieve tries to ship Arslan with someone other than Dayun.  Lol dead. One must not ship Arslan with anyone but Daryun. |
InugirlzAug 21, 2016 7:24 PM
| I rate episode 8, 8/8, er I mean 8/10. I still don't get why it was only 8. Could have at least been a solid 12 eps. If it was about not having enough material (be it manga or novel), then this was some pretty poor planning and scheduling on their part. I rather them give us full or half seasons at a time, instead of half of half seasons, even if I have to wait a bit more. Otherwise, their approach to this season is like teasing a starving lions with a piece of jerky. I now have only one question: Next season...when!? |
| too soon why it had to end |
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| I couldn't believe it already ended... I can't wait for the OST release |
| Noir… It is the name of an ancient fate. Two sisters who watch anime. The peace of the newly born, their black hands protect. |
| Things were getting so epic here and they had to end it. Arslan accepted Etoile's request to save Innocentis and he wouldn't kill the Lusitanians but would kick them out. Hilmes got his hands back on the Rakhunabad, swiping it from Bodin who wanted to start his own little country in the former Maryam lands which means the time for him to march for his throne is perfect. And Andoragoras is also going to march with his army to Ecbatana. So we have three Parsian armies under three different people heading towards the same city and all of them want the throne for themselves. Their common goal is kicking out the Lusitanians, but they want to sit on the throne after that. They are all taking advantage of the Lusitanians being in trouble because of their own power struggle. When they meet, there will be four parties at odds with each other. And they just had to end things like this. Dammit. Overall this season was quite good much like its prequel. The animation quality did see a fall as the fights weren't as good as they were in the previous season. That's my only complaint here. Everything else was pretty damn great. Now we need more episodes to wrap up this epic battle. |
| Yeah, this was a decent place to end the second season. Given what's to come, it's pretty hard to put a solid "bookmark" on the story. The way they ended this, it could go either way with a season 3 or just a movie to wrap up that next arc or something. |
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| This show definitely needs a continuation ASAP. Can't help but feel that they may as well not have bothered with a 2nd season (though I enjoyed it) if it was only going to be 8 episodes.. it's such an odd number to have in a single season too. |
 . . . . . ✘ . . . . .DO NOT touch my rice. . . . . . I'm Asian. . . . . . |
| Does anyone know the soundtrack name at ~22 minutes mark? (the one at the soldiers march) I'm clueless on what to search for. |
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| The interesting will be whether the Parsians team up to remove the Lusitanians, or if they will tear each other apart, first. Hilmes seems to hate Andragoras and maybe Arslans as much as the Lusitanian, Andragoras seems to be all abou brawn anyway, and Arslan intends to keep the Lusitanians alive, as otherwise the cycle would never end, so he has to defend them from both other armies while at the same time making it clear that it's in their best interest to leave. Arslan probably has the smallest army, too, so it's gonna be difficult.. |
| really really short ,, I believe in 12 episodes but wud ,, 8 ... good plot though ,, hope we get season 3 .. |
| 4th times getting signature banned wtf |
Nachtwandler_21 said: I really hope that they'll adapt the 7th novel to finish the first arc of the story. I will be fine even with a movie of 4 OVAs. Hold up, this is just the first arc? |
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| vol. 8-16 of he novels (16th is still in progress) happen after 3 years of timeskip, so I consider them as 2nd arc. |
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| This season was really good, I'm looking forward to watxh the season 3. This ending hyped me, but I wonder how I will react when the next season will come and start immediately with a war. I was surprised that Arslan chose to disobey to his king for Etoile. I hope she will be grateful ;) |
| No sequel announced in the final episode? Now I'm a bit disappointed considering the point we stopped at :( Well. It explains why we only got 8 episodes and I'm not even mad. This is a good point to end it temporary. All in all this was just as good as the first season with the exception of the episode count. About the episode itself. Why did the queen go to that guy exactly at the right time? I mean it's one thing if she just goes there but she immediately wanted to have that letter supposedly knowing what was in there before it was even opened by anyone >.> Also is she really Arslans mother? This is bugging me for a while now. Especially after one of the episodes this season I was wondering how those three fit together (meaning Arslan and the king and queen). There is all that talk about Arslan not being related to the king but tbh the queen does not seem to care much about the king but instead Arslan (at least in one episode it looked like that). |
| I loved Arslan's courage in this episode, with him finally facing up to his father. The battle scenes were well-done as always, and ETOILE IS BACK YAY! I'd like to say we're guaranteed a season 3 at some point, but I guess for now we'll have to wait - I do hope it won't be long! |
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| Ah come on! They can't end it like that! Now we have to wait more x months to see the battle! |
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| Such a big cliffhanger. Hope S3 will not take that long :o 8/10 |
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| This could have probably been produced better within an OVA format, but I guess they were just too low budget to produce one? If you've been keeping up with this weekly, then I suppose this episode can seem like a cliffhanger, but after watching the entire thing in one go, I have to say that I wouldn't mind the studio having skipped this entire thing and just summarized it later. Only so many minutes of this season of Arslan were of any notable significance, and something clearly went wrong in the QA. One last round for ART. |
| I really enjoyed this one. It felt short of course being only 8 episodes long but I can't help but feel this is setting the series up for a great third season. Looking forward to it for sure! 8/10 |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| Arslan has some balls to even think of stopping that monster Andragoras, but anyway he has Daryun by his side. Cant wait for next season. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| This season was felt very rushed to me. The last episode was alright tho I liked Arslan's resolve at the end. 6/10 rushed and felted like a slight downgrade from season 1. |
| I'm guessing the third season will come out in 2017. It started in 2015. Second season came out 2016 and it will make sense that the third season will come out next year, IF there is a third season. |
| 臭い- |
| transition episode. Bad finale of season, with 3 amies poised to conquer Ecbatana! What will it be the payoff? Arslan? The King? or Hilmes? We have to wait to the next season. dissapointing!! 7/10 is my note for this short season. |
| So, Hermes is still alive making the same claims, a few pirate episodes that went nowhere, Androgonas still alive and is king, yelling Yashasuuin, and we're back to square one. Okay. |
| Why even make this if you're gonna rush it and blueball the fuck out of us? 7/10 |
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| Oh come on, how unfair is that? Great buildup to the big battle but until there's a third season that's just one giant tease. A bit mixed on my feelings towards this season. While it felt like an inconsequential side story, the major developments that did occur were indeed crucial to the turning point for whatever final battle will occur. With Arslan splitting from his father and Hermes breaking ties with Lusitania, the increase in factions and motives only bolsters my curiosity to see how it all plays out. I will say that the detour to Gilan was refreshing and even a bit reminiscent of Akatsuki no Yona. Although I liked the sparring of ideologies between Narsus and Shagard, there was hardly a battle of wits to be had. It felt a tad bit too predictable and effortless on Narsus's part. That final duel was awesome as hell though. I'm just glad that there was indeed movement in the plot and this season even manages to humanize Hermes to some degree which at least adds a few shades of gray to how I feel about him. Not quite on par with season 1 but if a sequel really does come, maybe it played its part as a bridge to the finale perfectly. 8/10 |
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| So Arslan is marching his army that he got from... somewhere... ans he's planning not to kill anyone? It's gonna be a four-way war as I see it. Also why did they end it here? tsk tsk |
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| Wait, what the hell? They end it with a cliffhanger? LIDENFILMS studio really likes to mess with their viewers huh? Well, they better do the season 3 as soon as possible or that cliffhanger would annoy the watchers of this show. Anyway, I will be rating this anime show a 7 (or 8?) out of 10 score over all. Until the season 3 airs till then. |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| Wait what? NO!! This can't be the final episode! It is such an awful place to leave it here. I am glad to see Arslan growing up noticeably, deciding to face his father is a brave step. and I still feel sorry for Hermis. He is bad, yes. He is evil, yes. But I still sympathise with him. I really hope there would be season 3. |
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