Gween_Gween said:J3_Omega said:I mean, you're not wrong. It's definitely experiencing some innate hype in the same way other series do when they start out (like the latest seasons of Attack on Titan being 9+ when they first started or more recently Love is War S3 starting out being 9+ and still being quite high). I have no doubt the score will lower to around the 8.8-8.9 series. However, the anime being as high as it is now can be mainly attributed to the substantially large fanbase of manga readers, myself included, who found the adaptation thus far to look great and be a solid representation of the source material, which is itself also ranked highly at around the 8 6-8.7 range. That, along with the aforementioned innate hype and new audience that found this wholesome action comedy to be fantastic, we're enough to put the score where it is now, though I myself am surprised at SxF being a 9.09 at this point.
Yeah thats true, I'm really not factoring the score because I know that MAL scores are the most bullshit hypemeter that one can find, just that I see way too broad acceptance. As a manga reader what is your opinion on the adaptation though? While I didnt read the manga, I fairly feel that most of the "great" aspects are lost in translation by lacking the correct execution, so while I get the gags or the tension, I cant laugh at them or feel them because they feel awkward and predictable (Like that is why most works shouldnt 1:1 manga and change the pace to actually work in real time, in my opinion ofc). Like of course the animation and designs looks great, but I also always felt like both WIT and CloverWorks are like peak appearances over substance in many of their works Gween_Gween said:J3_Omega said:I mean, you're not wrong. It's definitely experiencing some innate hype in the same way other series do when they start out (like the latest seasons of Attack on Titan being 9+ when they first started or more recently Love is War S3 starting out being 9+ and still being quite high). I have no doubt the score will lower to around the 8.8-8.9 series. However, the anime being as high as it is now can be mainly attributed to the substantially large fanbase of manga readers, myself included, who found the adaptation thus far to look great and be a solid representation of the source material, which is itself also ranked highly at around the 8 6-8.7 range. That, along with the aforementioned innate hype and new audience that found this wholesome action comedy to be fantastic, we're enough to put the score where it is now, though I myself am surprised at SxF being a 9.09 at this point.
Yeah thats true, I'm really not factoring the score because I know that MAL scores are the most bullshit hypemeter that one can find, just that I see way too broad acceptance. As a manga reader what is your opinion on the adaptation though? While I didnt read the manga, I fairly feel that most of the "great" aspects are lost in translation by lacking the correct execution, so while I get the gags or the tension, I cant laugh at them or feel them because they feel awkward and predictable (Like that is why most works shouldnt 1:1 manga and change the pace to actually work in real time, in my opinion ofc). Like of course the animation and designs looks great, but I also always felt like both WIT and CloverWorks are like peak appearances over substance in many of their works While I'm overall enjoying the anime as far as being faithful to the source material and pulling of iconic moments, I do get what you mean about it lacking the correct execution at times. While I found the comedic scenes enjoyable to see, I didn't find myself laughing at them like I did with the manga. Same thing with some of the tense dramatic moments. I found them to be adapted well, but they didn't feel like they had the same impact as in the manga. Though I have to say it feels less because they were awkward or predictable (even though I've already seen them before) but because the gags and tension felt far more suited to manga format. Kinda like if you've ever read Junji Ito horror, some scares feel like they were meant to be read rather than watched, so adapting them feels like you're not really getting the same experience, even if they do end up being executed as well as the studio may have intended. There's also the fact that Wit and Cloverworks did more or less censored some of the more over the top violence, which makes sense if you're putting this on TV for a PG-13 audience, but in a show where there's war and death, the censoring of that does take away from the impact and atmosphere that the manga creates.
That being said, while I do have these problems with the adaptation, I still feel they did quite a good job in other aspects. They put solid voices to the characters who hit the beats of dialogue very well. The animation, though less impactful, fills the gaps of the separate panels and makes the scenes flow well. And the soundtrack surpassed my expectations and was something I honestly never realized I needed in Spy x Family until I heard it. It's pretty much like you say, Spy x Family does have shortcomings as an adaptation in terms of its story and execution, but it makes up for it in a way that only animation can, through solid VA's, animation, and music. If I were to associate a score with it, I'd keep the manga at a 9/10 and put the anime at an 8/10, though I'm still not actually rating anything until I see more than two episodes. XD
I would honestly say if you're not feeling this adaptation, give the manga a try and see if you like it better and just follow the story through that medium instead. I've done literally the same thing with with half the manga I'm currently reading since most of their adaptations ended up being flops. XD |