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deg said: but damn the animation is bad CaptainZoro said: Lol what is the guy thinking, stabbing him with a pen - ya John Wick? Dat fighting animation looks really bad... wow what? lmao. that fighting animation was factually good sakuga. It was awesome. Also the pen had poison. |
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Kougeru said: deg said: but damn the animation is bad CaptainZoro said: Lol what is the guy thinking, stabbing him with a pen - ya John Wick? Dat fighting animation looks really bad... wow what? lmao. that fighting animation was factually good sakuga. It was awesome. Also the pen had poison. im talking about in general not that sakuga fighting scene |
| Was this one arc a full light novel volume, or are there more arcs in one book in the boogiepop series? |
| This show is so weird. Well I guess this was the end of the first arc. We ended at the end of the first episode, kinda tying the timeline together. Despite things coming together, I never really felt a sense of satisfaction or a "lightbulb on" moment like I often did watching Durarara. So it was decent overall, tho I expected the manticore stuff would last longer. I guess we will be going through quite a few arcs by episode 18. Wish we had the Madhouse of OPM/NGNL doing this. Some of the shots were kinda derpy, especially the echos/manticore chase. It was fluid at least. |
This is being directed by the same person that directed One punch man (OPM) |
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| echo seemed cool, sad he's gone. the part where he archer dood ran away screaming and then coming back calmly with a bow to shoot the man-eater seems legit. |
| Hmm, this is like the end of the prologue, I feel like the real story is just starting now. I wonder if the story will be about the evaluation of mankind that Echoes made. One problem I have with the first three episodes, is that you need to watch them all in a row to really get the story, since it's written in a non-linear way. I don't know if the rest of the series will be written like that; if that's the case, I'll probably wait for its completion . |
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Kougeru said: deg said: but damn the animation is bad CaptainZoro said: Lol what is the guy thinking, stabbing him with a pen - ya John Wick? Dat fighting animation looks really bad... wow what? lmao. that fighting animation was factually good sakuga. It was awesome. Also the pen had poison. imagine calling everything that has a lot of motion "sakuga" LOL that fight scene was bad |
| although im wildly confused, im entertained. |
CaptainZoro said: Lol what is the guy thinking, stabbing him with a pen - ya John Wick? Dat fighting animation looks really bad... Dat Manticore gurl creeped me out . You call that animation BAD? |
| Welp, series over? |
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thebrentinator24 said: Now that the first arc is over, I'll probably rewatch these three episodes in one sitting so that it'll make more sense. I'm still not sure how I feel about this show just yet, but hopefully that changes in the next few episodes. I debated re-watching 1 and 2 before watching this one, but I'm glad I waited. I'll probably re-watch all three before next week's. |
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| oh my gosh why are the characters confusing me so much; i feel like i should just wait to watch this all at once because i really can't follow what's going on at all |
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| i really don't like that they crammed the first novel into 3 ep, also the show would be much better off with darker art and weirder writing. it just feels rushed. that said, so far it is ok. |
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| While not necessarily bad, this show feels insanely rushed. I feel like I'm watching the first couple episodes of TG:re 2 -- spending more time trying to figure out what's going on in the story than actually enjoying the show. |
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| I wasn't sure how I felt about this series but I'm glad I stuck it out. I would have dropped episode one normally and stuck with episode two out of curiosity. This time it made it all worth it. That culminated in an awesome ending of an arc! I thought the whole series would be about closing off this manticore business, but it seems we'll get a bunch of smaller arcs told non chronologically! Cool. To be fair the characters and story weren't amazing by any means. But, we had all loose ends cut off and the story makes sense, I found myself actually rooting for the characters this time and I sympathized a little with Saotome. On my rating scale I would give this arc a 6/10, it was very awesome aesthetically, it had a phenomenal soundtrack and some really cool directing, and it came together with a lot of interesting even if unexplored ideas to end with a fast paced and gripping episode that made my eyes water a bit at the end. I honestly would have made this episode 1 but after seeing it I understand why its not. It beautifully implemented the dead bodies we saw flashed at us in the first episodes and those earlier episodes tied together the story lines like Takeda and Boogie's relationship, established Boogie, and gave us a very satisfying ending by having the Kirima greeting of Miyashita that ended episode one be the end of this arc, presumably at least. I wouldn't be surprised if we got a Saotome perspective episode since he had some untapped depth! So we had a little cat and mouse game where Tanaka the baby boy who off screen met with Boogie and was rallied up by her was trying to find the kind, and dead Naoko as he dated her, we had Saotome who was using the kind hearted students as a bait and presumably cleared out the teacher on watch with the man-eater, and Kei who seems to have just been a girl who in the end was a great person and cared about a missing student. I wish we saw more of Tanaka growing and agreeing to fight back after he ran and possibly met up with Boogie but I was still very excited when he popped the manticore's face off while she dangled in Boogie's web. I also really liked Kei and how strong willed she was, she was moved by Echoe's kindness and tried to help him as he was tossed off the building. Echoe himself was adorable as he started to use words and made a judgement that some humans are good and he should fight for them, sacrificing and risking his own life to do so. He saw Naoko and Kei and Kirima all fighting for good and that was enough! Saotome showed that he was happy to die, he was sick of being normal, and finally he was able to become special, his inferiority complex and grudge against Kirima came to an end as he had a sense of eccentricity and power. He even started to love killing others for how it made him feel it seems. He was a man at rock bottom with nothing to lose and something to gain, some sense of superiority or some sense of being someone I think. The manticore didn't go much deeper than what we knew but I love how she was characterized anyways, her rage over what happened to Saotome felt justified, she even wanted to be in Kirima's form for him as he was jealous over his feeling for Kirima. Kirima attacked and went in on a trap that she understood to take them hostage and lure out the manticore but was taken by their overwhelming power and killed, her body flashed to use in episode 1. She thought that if the only way to lure it out is to risk her life then she'd gladly do it. From the moment she turned off the breakers I was on the edge of my seat. Saotome getting a thirst for blood even if cheesy made for an excellent intense split between the Devilman-esque animation of Echoes vs the manticore and Saotome chasing after Kei who fought against him regardless with her strong will. And it ended so cool with Echoe's making a clear judgement on humanity and going through a character arc of sorts. The music was always on point, I particularly loved how it cut when the manticore was sniped, it signified it was all over. I ALSO LOVE HOW BOOGIE FINALLY MADE IT CLEAR WHAT SHE IS. She is the dormant strength humans harbour subconsciously, maybe their will embodied. It's not clear why Miyashita is her host, but what is clear is that, that is why she's able to inspire the way she does. She is literally the embodied willpower of a human in a powerful form and perhaps that's why she let Kirima, and Kei do the fighting and why she inspired Tanaka, because their willpower and strength is almost enough on its own. They were able to grow from this. I hope we get to know even more about her. Overall, episode 1 and 2 were nothing amazing, they had some interesting ideas and cool directing but that's as far as I would go. And I think episode 3 used those interesting ideas in a shallow but very fun and satisfying way and I'm excited for the suicide that was shown at the end hinting towards the next arc. Maybe ep 1 should have used more clips from this one other than the bodies. |
| Fast as lightning like first 2 episodes. Really Madhouse? |
| Ooooh boy, I can feel it in my bones that this anime is going 2 b extremely controversial here on MAL and the rest of the internet, it might even reach Darling In The Franxx levels of controversy... Anyways, this episode wrapped everything together, which is nice, things r starting 2 become a lot clearer now. I didn't think the animation was as bad as most ppl keep saying it is. The blurriness I think is supposed 2 b an aesthetic. So the manticore died just like that, huh. A little bit unexpected. I thought this would go on for a bit of more episodes, but I guess I was wrong. Still, that probably means that whatever comes up next will be way better! So far, I think this anime is great, however that's coming from some1 that hasn't read the LN. After this anime finishes, I might read the LN just 2 see how much I missed. |
| felt like the show ended here but it's the beginning of the end of i guess the first arc if i had read the source i'm sure this would've felt even more rushed. but somethings still pulling me in maybe i just wanna see Nagi in a cool jumpsuit |
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| I may be dumb... but what happened to saitome? |
| I don't know. This episode was really dull, in my opinion. Nothing much happened for the first half, and then the second half was incredibly rushed. A lot of the characters look very similar and I, not being from Japan, am having a hard time keeping everyone straight based on their names. Some of the art and animation was abysmal. I hope it gets better with the next arc. My Anime Blog |
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| Nice archer headshot xD. |
| I really like how this series presents itself. It's quiet, but it's engaging at the same time. We've come full circle, and the first arc is done. Well there's plenty of stories to tell in Boogiepop, so we got a lot more mysteries to go. |
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| The story is there, I like it. It's the structuring and pacing of this first arc that lacked. Boopiepop appeared first episode and left saying the threat has disappeared. There was not enough of an insight into the whole situation for the story to make sense. What did Boogiepop have anything to do with the incidents of the disappearing girls? Is Takeda meant to be the protagonist? He really didn't do much. I don't how how this arc played out in the novels, but the structure of in the anime makes sense in the way that it starts adding layers to the story and building character interactions. The shortcomings is that since it's the premiere, most viewers go in without much of an understanding for the story, so the producers have to put in extra detail for the viewers' understanding. It wasn't obvious when the flashbacks were coming in, especially the ones with Saotome and Manticore (speaking of which, I don't think we saw a resolution with him in this arc. What happened to him? Is he going to appear again?). The double episode premiere was a good thing since I don't know if I would've continued if there wasn't a second episode readily available. The story is actually pretty good. I will keep watching, hopefully Madhouse won't leave us confused anymore. |
| This is almost as bad as Kino's Journey 2017 uhhhh. Time to drop this poorly directed mess. |
| Now I get why this serie has so low score. Good ideas, bad execution and A LOT of bland and forgettable characters (Saotome is especially terrible, just your typical edgy, traumatized and completely unreal villian). I'm still interested to see what's going on further, but this rushed arc just gave me a pretty bad impression, even when the first chapter and part of the second weren't so bad. |
Rhapsody-Jan 12, 2019 12:08 AM
CaptainZoro said: Dat fighting animation looks really bad... Lol, on the contrary i think it is really fluid and good. |
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I've seen BETTER It was fluid but expected it on a Kiseijuu lvl. |
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| if if u read novels etc.. plz answer this is it a full episodic series without a main story and goal? or its progressive episodic (for example like gintama ) and we have a main story to follow? cuz i dont really like never ending episodic stories. |
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Mr360AttAck said: Is saotome a human or the some evil creature Saotome is human but he is a psychopath |
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| For some reason I don't mind the pacing of those three episodes, it felt like this first arc was kind of an introduction to the rest of the show and now we'll get to the "real stuff" (but I may be wrong). The first episode scared me a bit but with the next ones I feel like it's actually an easy story to follow, you just have to keep up a bit with all those names. And god this opening is growing on me a lot |
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| Well, the first volume is now over and that went by really fast. That transition to Tanaka screaming and running the fuck out after Saotome's little speech made me LUL. |
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_MushiRock11_ said: Speaking of Saotome though, I wonder what happened to him. Did he get blasted through by that ray of light when Echoes transformed? Well, guess we’ll never know the exact details Bayonette said: So that explains what happened in the first episode, huh? Interesting. Then again, what happened to Masami Saotome? Did he went AWOL? Mr360AttAck said: Is saotome a human or the some evil creature  He pushed Manticore away from Echoes' beam and was pulverized. |
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_juno said: _MushiRock11_ said: Speaking of Saotome though, I wonder what happened to him. Did he get blasted through by that ray of light when Echoes transformed? Well, guess we’ll never know the exact details He pushed Manticore away from Echoes' beam and was pulverized. Right, so it was that after all, thanks for the confirmation! |
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| Good conclusion I guess... and the tease at the end, new case probably. Its better than previous and not confusing. |
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