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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Oh boy, Shirna has a rival in this show. Episode seemed goofy with lighthearted humor. I find the character chemistry very entertaining however. Maki is such a badass girl this early in the show. She's quite a skilled firefighter for the amount of talent she's showing already. I kinda like how this show is keeping every character relevant so far. Each of them is unique in their own way. |
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| I'm glad that the animation is still good. Ofc, the typical rival is here. |
ToumaTachibanaJul 13, 2019 4:47 PM
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| That entire scene with the father sitting at the table with his head bursting in flames was so unsettling and so well done. Muted colours, barely any light and pure silence, what an atmosphere especially when the execution happened. If most of the encounters are of this quality then ho boy! This episode even more so than the first one was just dripping Shaft aesthetics left & right. Really like how this makes for a more ominous world & overall vibe which surprisingly clashes quite well with the quirky character moments. |
| I wonder what the point of the fire fighters fighting each other is. We got the Rookie games next week, but from everything we've seen, the way they fight and the way the infernals fight have little in common. |
RetoleeJul 12, 2019 11:47 AM
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| the art is too flat |
| Slow but ok episode. Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags; please hide plot details. |
KuniiJul 3, 2020 8:27 PM
| HACKs! 🤢🤮 |
| and why the fuck they continue to skipping things |
| Finally Joker has arrived I have been waiting for him since I have read the manga. |
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| So, we got the typical rival in this and it seems we will get the a tournament arc from next week onwards. The whole scene with that man staying peacefully in his house after combusting and his death was just brilliant. This episode was a major improvement compared to last week. |
MonkeyDHunterJul 12, 2019 11:46 AM
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nanashi796 said: I noticed that too since reading the manga.and why the fuck they continue to skipping things |
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| Not a bad episode. Shinra has a rival. Maki is a bad ass, especially the way she fought Shinra and Arthur. As expected of a former a soldier. |
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| Good episode. I just don't get the rush, they already started cutting out stuff. |
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ovo4 said: nanashi796 said: Because not everything from the chapters they adapted were necessary.and why the fuck they continue to skipping things If this was a groundbreaking psychological thriller I would've been mad, but it's a shounen, calm down. |
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| Pretty good ep, dont know what were cut but I dont mind, were they important to how the scenes go? Maki gave me Erza PTSD vibes, so are 2nd gens stronger than 3rd? she can nullify their fires whenever she wants AND use their fire if she wants to, thats OP in a series full of fire users. I know this is a recurring theme in a shonen show but... will Shinra keep getting his ass handed to him like this? |
-StrayJul 12, 2019 12:24 PM
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| This episode flew by and the Shaftism on the direction is great, and that scene with the dad silently sitting on the table was, as someone already said, unsettled. And the comedy on this show is pretty good, I loved the first half of the episode! |
cross3773Jul 12, 2019 12:26 PM
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| They cut out some stuff again, but it wasn't anything major. Are they aiming to give this less of a horror show feel like in the manga? I noticed how a Chinese company is on the production Committee so I hope they won't make the anime "friendlier" so it caters to that audience, the show is airing on a late night TV anime block in Japan after all. They did adapt 3 chapters in this episode so I suppose it's somewhat justifiable they cut some stuff out. |
alpha_shadowJul 12, 2019 12:30 PM
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| It was a pretty chill episode, I really like how Arthur is supposed to be Shinra's rival but acts pretty maturely in situations and not all over Shinra's face, he seems to be a really compassionate rival to me. Other than that, the Maki scene tho new respect for her. I keep seeing people commenting about how this was pretty bad directed as they have already skipped and cut stuff out from the original manga, personally I didn't think the pacing was bad even though I didn't read the manga but maybe I'll check it out now. |
| A lot of wide shots and planar composition. Very SHAFT, but it's kinda weird in a Shounen show to constantly create coldness, eeriness and distance from the characters this way. Btw girl's muscle is sexy. Need more of her. |
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MildlyRetarded said: It was a pretty chill episode, I really like how Arthur is supposed to be Shinra's rival but acts pretty maturely in situations and not all over Shinra's face, he seems to be a really compassionate rival to me. Other than that, the Maki scene tho new respect for her. I keep seeing people commenting about how this was pretty bad directed as they have already skipped and cut stuff out from the original manga, personally I didn't think the pacing was bad even though I didn't read the manga but maybe I'll check it out now. The pacing is good. What they cut out isn't anything massive, it's just a few panels. |
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alpha_shadow said: MildlyRetarded said: It was a pretty chill episode, I really like how Arthur is supposed to be Shinra's rival but acts pretty maturely in situations and not all over Shinra's face, he seems to be a really compassionate rival to me. Other than that, the Maki scene tho new respect for her. I keep seeing people commenting about how this was pretty bad directed as they have already skipped and cut stuff out from the original manga, personally I didn't think the pacing was bad even though I didn't read the manga but maybe I'll check it out now. The pacing is good. What they cut out isn't anything massive, it's just a few panels. Oh is that so? Judging by the amount of people that said so I thought they cut out a whole chapter or something, maybe I will hold off on reading the manga then. |
| What's up with all these long awkward pauses? It was even worse than the first episode, boring characters and boring overall, definitely not my cup of tea. |
| Well they cut some panels which wasnt anythng major, the directings great so far. Well im loving this adaptation so far and hope they keep doing a gd job. |
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MildlyRetarded said: alpha_shadow said: The pacing is good. What they cut out isn't anything massive, it's just a few panels. Oh is that so? Judging by the amount of people that said so I thought they cut out a whole chapter or something, maybe I will hold off on reading the manga then. People seems to have made a big deal out of some panels cut (and some inner monologues of Shinra) try checking out ch 2-4 to compare. Not much difference. |
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| Well that scene where the father was just sitting at a table caugh me off guard. When he saw them, he knew what was happening, and he just accepted it. The clean direction, slow editing and slow background music made it more impactful than it had the right to be. I really loved how dramatic it was, and I also really like how Arthur reacted, it made me feel emotions I would have never suspected this show to give. Otherwise the "rival" is here and I liked that chat at the end. Sound design is still not the show stongest point but it was better than episode 1, also the editing can be really...weird at times. |
Ten said: What's up with all these long awkward pauses? It was even worse than the first episode, boring characters and boring overall, definitely not my cup of tea. Same here. Another mindless battle shounen joins the circus. I'm getting too old for these kindergarden bullshits. |
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| A lot of Shaft comments from people that apparently attribute normal things to Shaft just because Shaft does them more often than other companies. So apparently this is gonna be 24 episodes of me being annoyed that Crappyroll is translating what should be "Eternal Flame" as "Great Flame of Fire" for no logical reason. |
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iliyanski89 said: Ten said: What's up with all these long awkward pauses? It was even worse than the first episode, boring characters and boring overall, definitely not my cup of tea. Same here. Another mindless battle shounen joins the circus. I'm getting too old for these kindergarden bullshits. Have you actually watched the show? Because it's not on your list. |
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| A good second episode, this series having four cours is amazing, especially if David Productions can keep it looking good |
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TsukuyomiREKT said: iliyanski89 said: Same here. Another mindless battle shounen joins the circus. I'm getting too old for these kindergarden bullshits. Have you actually watched the show? Because it's not on your list. I've already delete it. |
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| actually quite like all the characters. i don't like when there's this useless girl in these anime, though. they're just in the way :< i feel so bad for Makiko... losing both her parents at such a young age. tears welled up |
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| Why do I see people complaining about a shounen being a shounen? lmao Good episode nonetheless, the scene of that ignited guy was really good. I felt bad for the girl that was left alone. |
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HereticHunter said: Why do I see people complaining about a shounen being a shounen? lmao Because, even if it's shonen, it needs to make some sense. Why would firefighters fight amongst themselves, specially the rookies? If if was the entrance exam for them, or a yearly evaluation of the firefighters, it could make sense. But these guys are fresh out of the academy, what's the point in evaluating them now? It seems extremely out of place here, kind of like the tournaments in Shokugeki no Souma or Yakitate Japan. Authors throw in these arcs when they're out of ideas or want their characters to develop quickly. But it's episode 3 we're talking about. There hasn't been any plot or character development yet. We don't even know these people. |
Trentin said: The first half of this episode felt a little all over the place, and I think I felt the same way when reading the manga, but the second half being much less goofy was much better and gave us some more insight in what being a part of the fire force means. There is definitely something about fire force that I think is holding it back compared to other shounen manga/anime (the start at least) but I quite can't put my finger on it. Perhaps it's the fact that we're introduced to so many characters so soon and with a lack of any clear goal it currently feels a bit aimless, and at this point there's no characters that have been developed enough that I'm thoroughly invested. Iris, the sister however has piqued my interest mainly due to the Ed being presumably about her, and her small scene which I assume is foreshadowing when she attempts to grab the fire. What it has done well so far is it's already put a lot of things into place for more to occur later on as well as having some very interesting concepts with the whole spontaneous combustion and a focus on fire fighters, this makes the world something very unique and something I think is worth sticking with the series to see more of. Yeah that and the comedy totally falls flat. I can't help but wonder if a lot of the episodes are gonna be like this, where the second half of the episode is where it's at its best when they fight an Infernal. |
| This week had a different tone to last weeks episode but i still liked it. Instead of the action of last week, this week it seemed more focused on the devastation that the Infernals cause emotionally. Arthur seems like a good addition to the characters with that lovable dick kinda feel haha Maki was so awesome this ep too; it's nice to see a girl in anime who has a more athletic body shape rather than the usual slim body shape |
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| I can not believe how much they have tried to make the anime much better than manga. Call me a damn jealous but this manga did not deserve such an incredibly good production, I would prefer a thousand times to give it to berserk. Seriously I could hardly read 10 chapters, it was so boring, predictable and the characters are trash. |
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