Anyone else dislike this

Elucid said:
There's now a whole thread dedicated to this, you're kidding me. I never even considered this to be a big deal when I first read the manga until now with all these complains from anime onlies. Wow.

24846 said:
Would have been tonal whiplash. To have such a happy moment next to such a brutal scene. It’s not in the manga from memory to

goldmon said:
It is a bit underwhelming. But I feel like you can’t go from, a woman getting beat senseless with a stick. To, oh hey it’s been like 10 years how have you been kinda thing. Would have ruined the whole mood of the episode.

Apolygon2 said:

it's something we have been waiting for from pretty much the very start of the series.... why are you surprised?

maybe it wouldn't have worked as a huge moment in this plot line, but even a small scene where they go "let's do the wholesome reunion talk later" would have been great.

you are just lying to yourself, you wanted to see it to. it's not a huge complaint, but it's something that all of us wanted to see.

Homura24 said:
In the latest episode after all that buildup, Thorfinn and Leif finally met
but it was all off screen 
I would have loved to see their reactions to meeting each other after so long
especially seeing as how Leif has been actively searching for Thorfinn and after so many failed attempts he finally met him
just a minor nit-pick

does anyone else feel the same way

Edit:- I'm not saying we wanted a wholesome reunion but even a 1 min scene where Leif goes to thorfinn says something bad has happened to his friend and then they go to the shed where her wounds are being tended to would have been enough instead of just seeing them together in the next scene

AdamAvacado said:

Sensei himself answered the question as to why he didn't draw a reunion scene in the manga

But maybe we may get an anime original

Homura24 said:

that was a big moment yes I do agree
but so is leif finally meeting thorfinn again
like I said he has been searching for thorfinn for the last 4 years and finally met him
and we as the audience have also been waiting for them to meet for the last 17 eps

xZabuzax said:
That was in season 1 mate, this is season 2 and yeah, I wanted another reunion here since they were building this up in this season, they don't even need to say anything, just a simple hug before they go to see the beaten girl would suffice I guess.

8823Kam said:
The big man has spoken.

Something came up!

CreepHazard said:

no that would genuinely suck. I think you don't understand priorities here

xZabuzax said:
Then don't have Leif showing up at all and make the goddamn reunion in another episode.

You know what sucked? what happened in this episode, stop kissing the mangaka's ass, they are not perfect either.

Homura24 said:
In the latest episode after all that buildup, Thorfinn and Leif finally met
but it was all off screen 
I would have loved to see their reactions to meeting each other after so long
especially seeing as how Leif has been actively searching for Thorfinn and after so many failed attempts he finally met him
just a minor nit-pick

does anyone else feel the same way

Edit:- I'm not saying we wanted a wholesome reunion but even a 1 min scene where Leif goes to thorfinn says something bad has happened to his friend and then they go to the shed where her wounds are being tended to would have been enough instead of just seeing them together in the next scene

xZabuzax said:
That was in season 1 mate, this is season 2 and yeah, I wanted another reunion here since they were building this up in this season, they don't even need to say anything, just a simple hug before they go to see the beaten girl would suffice I guess.

ogking31 said:
ask yourself and answer... why would they hug in a middle of a serious circumstance that wasn't meant to happen? That's not how good writing works, this is not your normal anime who you want to be happy and all. this is realistic of a narrative to have

CreepHazard said:

maybe your unbelievably small brain still can't process that fact that you can't really have a heart touching reunion while a good friend of yours, who was pregnant, was beaten half to death. It literally wasn't the focus of the episode.

You can't expect stuff to proceed smoothly. After Thorfinn and gang messed things up this bad, it's obvious they're gonna have to face the consequences.

Nobody's kissing the mangaka's ass, it's just that you seem to lack common sense. Your fault you expected shit to go the smooth way, and your fault for not understanding why it wasn't shown, and your fault for assuming we won't get it next episode.

You just chose to be the retard in this thread, and that's your fault too.

xZabuzax said:

Actually, not only are you a retard but you are an ass-kisser, almost everyone here is complaining about the same shit. You are happy with the way shit turned out here, good for you, we are not happy about it, deal with it and stop kissing the mangaka's ass.

CreepHazard said:

That's called "difference in opinion" not "mangaka-ass kissing"
Wow look at that, you are a retard

xZabuzax said:

Mate, there are happy hugs and sad hugs, I'm talking about sad hugs here, you know, when their faces are all sad and shit, yeah, that type of hug, it won't ruin the serious moments.

Anyway, I rather have the reunion happen in another episode and not this one.

Raionshin19 said:
What do you mean offscreen? It didn’t happen yet

ogking31 said:

Sad about what? Thorfinn is in fact not sad but in distraught, leif has no clue on what's happening and if we use headcanon, leif met him and told him what happened and Thorfinn had no time to be hugging Leif when his friend was abused. Thorfinn's MIND tells you that there should no one that should be hurt. 

Actually it would ruin the episode when Thorfinn is clearly the guy that doesn't wanna see violence being committed on anyone. I get you want light hearted moments but this is not it. 

xZabuzax said:
Mate, I rather see the reunion having a sad hugging moment in this episode, at least it would have been better than the off-screen crap I got here because this was bad and I'm not the only one thinking it, almost everyone in this thread thinks the same so yeah, there was something off here. It won't ruin it if the hug is displayed in a sad way, like Leif realizing that he was a slave or whatever and they are having a sad reunion that won't collide with the serious tone of the episode, you know, the "show don't tell" type of thing, anything could have worked here but don't off screen it, that was simply lame.

I still rather have Leif not show up at all and get the reunion in another episode.

ogking31 said:
I asked u again, why would there be a sad way? Leif has no connection to arnheid, but thorfinn does. Leif already knew he was enslave, and kept looking for him and made a mistake and bought Bug Eyes as a mistake. What do you not understnad when it comes to writing perspective? I've given you thorfinn's perspective in which he's not looking for leif and Leif already had his reunion in season 1 and was only slipped away. Show don't tell type of thing doesn't work in this scene when Characters have different tones of emotion. 

xZabuzax said:
You liked it, good for you, most of us on this thread didn't, we believe this was lame, bad, weird, whatever, nothing you say will change our opinion about it. I believe the mangaka fucked it up, now, for our sake, let's not waste more time with this pointless conversation.

ogking31 said:
I'm telling an objective writing stand point... why would Thorfinn have a relieved moment OR sad moment to see leif? Thorfinn never thought of being rescued by leif, or was he even sad or him. He's sad for Arnheid and wants to come to her and see her condition. 

I am questioning you from a standpoint of thorfinn and leif (knew arnheid's beating first). It tells you that thorfinn doesn't prioritize Leif rescuing him but focuses on the more serious matter which is Arnheid. This would ruin the episode. 

Apolygon2 said:

why?

a scene of them being happy in reunion, that breaks back into the mood once someone tells thorfinn about what happened.

Oremonogatari said:
It also undermines the perceived build up, what with Leif travelling simply to find Thorfinn. Naturally, readers would expect at least 1 scene dedicated to their reunion. Whilst undoubtedly, slotting it right after Arnheid’s beating may be a drastic tonal change, the absence of a scene at all is underwhelming. Not to mention, why couldn’t the reunion have taken place prior to the beating, since it’s apparently inappropriate to do so afterwards? I can’t help but feel like the mangaka realised he’d forgotten to give Leif & Thorfinn a scene, but realised the tonal shift would be too dramatic to fit it in now.

24846 said:

That’s just tonal whiplash. The author said it himself too