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| Wow. If they were able to create this amount of suspense, creepiness, action, and just perspective during the fight all the times this show would be amazing. This episode was amazing. I hope they don't get Dia she's my fave girl. Can't wait to see what happens next. Feels like the shell people were kind of a side note. Wish they would somehow be relevant to the plot later on. |
| Wow, so tense. Diamond's fight scene looked especially amazing. The part where she was crawling around hiding reminded me of that Jurassic Park kitchen scene haha. |
| Holy. Hell. This anime is low-key the dark horse. Very under-watched. However, I am pleased to see that the score is now sitting comfortably at 7.90! Like wow. 8.00 is really possible, and it's well deserved. This show is original with unconventional action scenes, eerie mystery, cool characters, and amazing soundtracks. I can't stop gushing about this show. I wonder if there will be a second season, though. I'm excited for next week. |
 Three things cannot be long hidden.. ...the s u n, the m oo n, and the tr u th. |
| This is film-level cinematography in TV anime. The direction of this anime has been top notch. Not happy there's only two episodes left. Would really like another 12 episodes. |
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Areku2021 said: Not just that, the part building up to her first seeing it was also highly reminiscent of the T-Rex' intro. Nice point, I didn't catch that, but you're totally right! The vibrations shaking the vase and everything hahaha. I wonder if any of that was intentional. |
| holy crap that was amazing. Boy i can't wait for the next episode. I think Houseki no Kuni is my pick for anime of the season. It's just SO GOOD. |
| I want a season two after the two episodes remaining But not enough viewers I think... I mean just watch here the lack of comments. Mostly because it's cgi, damn those morons. |
TitadouDec 10, 2017 1:29 AM
| Pho's new gear and personality really is different to how she was in the past. Pho's observations have really become pretty detailed huh. Borts request to teamup was unusual considering the bond that exists between him and Dia. Dia though must feel horrible at seeing Bort head out with a new partner though despite the calmness she showed to Phos. Learning to react at the exact point of contact is good advice. Hmm these new types of lunarians sure are much more powerful than their predecessors. Good to know that Bort does know when its time to fall back. Poor Dia getting chased though. But man Dia was really brave in resolving to face it by herself and managed to score an impressive victory. Though kinda sucks that two more appeared to replace it. Things are looking grim here. |
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| This lunarian seems to be connected with Antarcticite, maybe the lunarians needed some material to make a real physical appearance. I like this anime so much!, It´s my AOTS and probably one of the bests of the year. |
| I was terrified for Dia and once I think it's okay and she has a beautiful moment with Bort, they appear again. This show is just a roller-coaster for my emotions. I really hope we get another season. |
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This episode's animation was simply wow! Another animation to look up to. |
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Username23489023 said: That was some great CGI, I upped the score to 7. It annoys me how everyone keeps calling feminine characters "he" when they sit, act, walk, look, speak like a woman, and wear women’s clothing, hair, shoes, makeup. Trolls I tell ya. That’s like calling a character with an adams apple, bulging muscles, male clothes, and male voice actor a she. Also this isn’t a seinen. I don’t see how the next two episodes could ever make it a seinen. This is mostly a shounen with the all battles and phos power ups, or at least an action packed shoujo considering the feminine characters and the constant emo crap about phos relationships and wanting to feel needed. The gems use masculine pronouns to refer to themselves. The author chose to give them feminine appearances but use masculine words to emphasize their lack of gender. And this is a seinen. That's what the manga's genre is and later one you can see how negatively the "power-ups" are affecting them and everyone else. HNK is a character study on Phos, while also being about immortality, changing and death. Also how is this a shoujo? Those are romance and there hasn't been a single hint of that so far. |
| Such an anmazing episode and what an ending! Not only because of the fights (I loved the scene where Bort was bouncing against the mutiple arms) but my little romantic heart was in heaven with the lines : "_ I'm glad we split up... From afar I see how much you mean to me. _ Me too." I'm still crying. This show will be a 10. |
Ysad_ZiwezhanDec 10, 2017 12:41 PM
| Definitely my favorite anime this year. |
| What an amazing episode and fight! I was on the edge of my seat the whole episode. I wish every CGI was done like this <3 I'm glad I decided to give this show an opportunity in the end and I'm not disappointed. redpandagirl said: Username23489023 said: Also this isn’t a seinen. I don’t see how the next two episodes could ever make it a seinen. This is mostly a shounen with the all battles and phos power ups, or at least an action packed shoujo considering the feminine characters and the constant emo crap about phos relationships and wanting to feel needed. Also how is this a shoujo? Those are romance and there hasn't been a single hint of that so far. I don't know if the guy said it with that intention but just a clarification, shoujo =/= romance, the genre include romance pretty often. Maybe you know it but I don't like people looking down on the shoujo genre just because the whole 'it's for girls and it's associated with romance'. But yeah, I don't see how's this a shoujo? |
Areku2021 said: Zelev said: I've been tracking this show's score on a spreadsheet for the past two weeks and the tl;dr of the calculations is that I'll be surprised if HnK doesn't settle somewhere above 8.40.Like wow. 8.00 is really possible, and it's well deserved. Yeah , I remembered MiA got a 0.5 score bump at the end cuz people edited their score after finishing the whole show. I imagine this anime will happen the same. Easily anime of the season with no contest. Ancient Magus Bride, on the other hand, is a let down for me, sadly. (Not just the plot, the animation is not as good too) |
| this episode was beautiful in more ways than one |
| Bort's hair is weird. And so is that new Lunarian FREAKING THING WAS LOOKIN CRAZY, poor Dia left to fend for herself against it and for quite a while too, was gettin flashbacks to Jurasic Park's Rapters in the Kitchen while she was sneakin around, but she put up a damn good fight. Too bad this thing ain't ready to go. |
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| The fight choreography on this episode was fucking amazing! All shows with CG animation should learn from this! This show started more or less as a 7 for me, as a 3d show with some very interesting visuals, designs and surprisingly expresive characters. After the snail fight of episode 3 I realiced how smooth and clean the fights were and it went near an 8 that it surpassed after the winter arc. And it has only gotten better and better over these last weeks with all the character development that Phos is getting. I might end up giving it a 9 if it keeps this up. |
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| Bort teaming with phos and she and dia figure out how much they mean to each other :'( The running and fighting was nice, dia pulling through in the end but not yet done. |
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bomi said: I don't know if the guy said it with that intention but just a clarification, shoujo =/= romance, the genre include romance pretty often. Maybe you know it but I don't like people looking down on the shoujo genre just because the whole 'it's for girls and it's associated with romance'. But yeah, I don't see how's this a shoujo? What I was getting at is that I can see why someome would call it a shoujo. It focuses on feeling needed and being protected. Reminds me of natsume and other such shoujos in that aspect, like how shes protect by bort and etc. It even feels like a sailor moon with black uniforms instead of white. They all got special jewel powers. I just cannot see how it’s a seinen. redpandagirl said: And this is a seinen. That's what the manga's genre is and later one you can see how negatively the "power-ups" are affecting them and everyone else. HNK is a character study on Phos, while also being about immortality, changing and death. That’s the setup for a lot of shounen as well. UQ Holder is a character study on Tota, while also being about immortality changing and death. Fullmetal Alchemist is a character study on Edward, while also being about immortality changing and death. Goku had power ups that negatively affected them and others. Ichigo had power ups that negatively affected them and others. You can change the names for most shounen. This follows the shounen formula quite well. Random bad guys appear and does mean things. MC cannot do anything but wants to be helpful. MC goes to power up. MC encounters bad guys again. MC loses favored side character to death or kidnapping. MC gets super power up to get revenge or retrieve side character. It’s pretty much on track for a shounen, but how can this be seinen? What actually makes a seinen? I’d think it would be a lack of childish things combined with adult content. It has childish things and no adult content. I could show this to a 10 year old girl and she would probably like it. A 10 year old girl would probably dislike Ghost in the Shell because it has adult concepts as well as nude scenes with graphic content. She would probably think it’s boring and get offended at the scene where she loses her camo and rips her arms off trying to open the tank. 10 year old girl would probably dislike chobits as well, plus I would feel awkward for showing a 10 year old girl chobits. I wouldn’t feel awkward showing a 10 year old girl this. |
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I think I understand you, but feeling needed or being protected isn't about shoujo, entirely? I don't know, just because they have powers it can't be a seinen? HNK doesn't focus that much in battles and power-ups. Sure, it's a pretty important aspect of the anime/manga but I think, and well, what I get watching it since I don't read the manga, is that this focus more on the characters and their relationships without going into romance and this doesn't dig on battles like a shounen do (at least for now), for example. And I think shounen even means going into an adventure, that I know? What's a seinen for you? I don't think a seinen has to be super dark or even psychological to be a... seinen. Every genre share similarities, I guess it varies depending of the focus and like I said, I think the focus here are the characters. But... could be a shounen focused on characters or deep themes? Yes. If I'm not wrong and if you don't know it, anime and manga are often denominated as shoujo, or seinen, or shounen, or josei and so on after the magazine where they're published or the channel/time slot it airs. Anyways, what does it matter if this is a shounen or seinen? Just enjoy it! |
Username23489023 said: It’s pretty much on track for a shounen, but how can this be seinen? What actually makes a seinen? I’d think it would be a lack of childish things combined with adult content. It has childish things and no adult content. I could show this to a 10 year old girl and she would probably like it. A 10 year old girl would probably dislike Ghost in the Shell because it has adult concepts as well as nude scenes with graphic content. She would probably think it’s boring and get offended at the scene where she loses her camo and rips her arms off trying to open the tank. 10 year old girl would probably dislike chobits as well, plus I would feel awkward for showing a 10 year old girl chobits. I wouldn’t feel awkward showing a 10 year old girl this. The classification as a seinen manga/anime is merely a question of demography. If it's published in a seinen magazine, then it's automatically a seinen manga/anime. Now what YOU think it should be classified in terms of genre is a whole different story. |
bomi said: I think I understand you, but feeling needed or being protected isn't about shoujo, entirely? I don't know, just because they have powers it can't be a seinen? HNK doesn't focus that much in battles and power-ups. Sure, it's a pretty important aspect of the anime/manga but I think, and well, what I get watching it since I don't read the manga, is that this focus more on the characters and their relationships without going into romance and this doesn't dig on battles like a shounen do (at least for now), for example. And I think shounen even means going into an adventure, that I know? What's a seinen for you? I don't think a seinen has to be super dark or even psychological to be a... seinen. Every genre share similarities, I guess it varies depending of the focus and like I said, I think the focus here are the characters. But... could be a shounen focused on characters or deep themes? Yes. If I'm not wrong and if you don't know it, anime and manga are often denominated as shoujo, or seinen, or shounen, or josei and so on after the magazine where they're published or the channel/time slot it airs. Anyways, what does it matter if this is a shounen or seinen? Just enjoy it! The only real seinen thing about this is where the manga was published, but this an anime not a manga. That’s like calling Bebop a shoujo. It matters because that’s the tag on the anime. It doesn’t make me like or dislike the anime any more or less. I just like the clarification. |
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Username23489023 said: The only real seinen thing about this is where the manga was published, but this an anime not a manga. That’s like calling Bebop a shoujo. It matters because that’s the tag on the anime. It doesn’t make me like or dislike the anime any more or less. I just like the clarification. Yeah, but this anime is following the manga, and if the manga is considered seinen, why wouldn't the adaptation? It would be different if it didn't follow the manga. It's what @bubblegumrave and I already said, it's because of the magazine, if you want to consider HNK a shounen or even a shoujo, go on. |
MetaThPr4h said: Fuck ufotable, I want action to look like this, holy shit that was amazing. Diamond using her sharpness as a weapon was a really nice strategy. It's even better because Dia's fight was one whole shot I believe, everything was on point. |
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| Ahahaha!! Someone just try, try to fucking dislike this episode xD HolyHotBuns!! This was 10/10 tier shit! Correct me if I'm wrong (I'd like to see you try ;)) but, I don't think there has been any other anime to animate as godly as this show just flawlessly did, and not to mention with 3-D animation! This show, and specifically this episode has taken animation to a whole new level!! So friggin hyped for the next ep!! |
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Damn that thing is a fucking beast. redpandagirl said: Technically, when considering biological forms, most organisms are female by default, then use hormones and things to generate male. Referring to them as explicitly female would be much less strange than referring to them as explicitly male. Though most cultures in history have been patriarchal in some way, so oral traditions following suit is not farfetched.Username23489023 said: The gems use masculine pronouns to refer to themselves. The author chose to give them feminine appearances but use masculine words to emphasize their lack of gender.That was some great CGI, I upped the score to 7. It annoys me how everyone keeps calling feminine characters "he" when they sit, act, walk, look, speak like a woman, and wear women’s clothing, hair, shoes, makeup. Trolls I tell ya. That’s like calling a character with an adams apple, bulging muscles, male clothes, and male voice actor a she. Also this isn’t a seinen. I don’t see how the next two episodes could ever make it a seinen. This is mostly a shounen with the all battles and phos power ups, or at least an action packed shoujo considering the feminine characters and the constant emo crap about phos relationships and wanting to feel needed. And this is a seinen. That's what the manga's genre is and later one you can see how negatively the "power-ups" are affecting them and everyone else. HNK is a character study on Phos, while also being about immortality, changing and death. Also how is this a shoujo? Those are romance and there hasn't been a single hint of that so far. |
GenesisAriaDec 10, 2017 11:55 PM
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 I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
| @Himawari9 the color of Iris is the same as gems' main color but the rest is white, it have different color than powder too and when gems get shattered or when Phos got melted it looked like they're not part of them in the same level as their arms etc. It's the only part that looks different so I can't think of it as anything but organ-like thing that can be easily replaced (easier than rest of their bodies atleast). |
I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes. Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that. It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers. Thought: How many people sparked H. Charlotta just for blue pot? |
So far The Lion King is darker than this. |
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| WOW! this has to be the most intense episode! New Lunarian is already like a boss level opponent! Bort immediately recruits Phos as his teammate! Dia was really reckless but very brave! and Dia got totally wrecked there! Bort for total rampaging revenge! So intense I rewatched the episode again for the 2nd! lolz 5/5! EDIT: you see how fast Bort runs? it looked exactly like how fast 2B runs (from NieR: Automata) |
matias067Dec 11, 2017 10:24 PM
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| Dia kicked ass in this episode. O__O |
| that hide and seek... too much great CGI and stuff out there! Dia/Bort dynamic is both good and bad. them splitting up is both good and bad. |
| >I had no brain when I was 12 >Then everyone must had no brain when they were 12 >I experimented 100 samples and proved that they had no brain when they were 12 >Therefore children cannot consent This is what science has done to humanity. |
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