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| Not as good as the first episode but still a very nice episode! :) |
| I loved his mom she was funny and that was only a card |
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| Let's hope they don't do the whole "I killed someone" equals "I couldn't save someone". Though is probably that she just killed someone by accident with her power. If she's afraid of killing them why did she even tried to kill the MC in the first chapter? and why was she really afraid of hurting him if he's immortal? Seems kinda stupid, not that I could expect much from this characters. But well it could be worse. |
| That battle scene. That animation. Holy mother of KyoAni. So good. Aaah, I want more character development!! So excited. Misiakk said: This ending song is awesome! Best ED song this season! |
| Way better than last episode, badass fighting scenes at the start + Akihito being a pervert jokes lol. Can´t wait for next week! |
Mikenzb said: Best part of this episode was Akihito's Mother.... Akihito's Mom :3 |
aphton said: At the end of the episode she tells him to not involve himself with her. Wasnt she the one who couldnt stop chasing and stabbing him? Then when he tries to socialize/befriend her, she lets that kind of bullcrap out - "I killed someone"? So what, you were trying to kill him the last episode too... You dont rly seem to be very traumatically affected by it.. All in all, the main "heroine" isnt unique; Its like from a recipe: add glasses add clumsiness add pseudo-traumatic past that explains all her behaviour - voila, your generic heroine.. I get it, that some ppl - especially those who are new to the anime world and havent seen quality stuff, can enjoy it.. but rly.. that doesnt make it better! This show doesnt seem to be worth watching atm.. Ill give it a few episodes before dropping Have a nice evening! Typically, you don't begin a relationship with someone when you chase them down with malicious intent. I don't think she was expecting him to be so understanding about it. And since he's immortal she is fulfilling her obligations as a spirit warrior (hunting youmu) without actually killing them. She is nonchalant about it, because she knows there are no repercussions (excluding his pain) unlike death. I'm not too big a fan of the guilt from murder concept though. And people throw around the idea of "generic" so much as if they expected there was something truly original that human eyes have not seen before. I'm not some staunch defender of the show, but I think there are some answers to your questions. |
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| Funny episode with his mom and the action was great! |
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| That sakuga animation at the beginning Glad this episode is better than the first. Gotta love Kanbara's mom The ending is growing on me |
| That fight scene was amazing i'm liking this series more and more. |
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| Best anime so far this season. Great action at the start while still retaining the comedy elements inbetween the drama. |
| As always, Kyoani's animation is amazing. Not only was the fight scene directed well, it was pretty ingenious swordplay on Mirai's part. Looks like her weapon is pretty versatile. Looks like she's too weak to breach through the containment barrier thing, or at least see through it. Think she'll get stronger, or is she just the typical "strong/oblivious" protagonist? Looks like this series will have cliffhangers at the end no matter what. I kinda miss Tamako Market's resolutions at the ends of the episode, but whatever. Gives me more motivation to watch next week :P I hope the scarf warrior guy gets more screen time. He definitely acts nothing like I'd expected just from seeing him doing flips and stuff in the OP. |
| Well we can sure damn well say the fight scenes will be very good for the rest of the series, seriously that sakuga.... Hoping that the story matches up to it :] |
| Nice action, but the episode was still very weak. Obnoxious Busty Mom, Knowledgeable Mysterious Dude, and the main pulling the typical, "I'm not allowed to be this happy," thing were all really stupid. I want to like this, but it's walking a fine (drop) line. Bleh. Durbikins said: >PTSD is moeA little better than the first episode. The animation at the beginning was great and the new characters seem like they could be interesting. Some points really do seem forced though and I'm not to sure how I feel about a character with PTSD being handled as moe the other half of the time >KyoAni |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
kioske0990 said: So how come Kuriyama has problems killing that tiny youmu, when she just stabbed the MC on sight in the first episode? 'Coz the bigger the target, the more easier it is to hit it? |
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| Dat animation. Just beautifully done. Also there's 3 milfs in this show. Well done KyoAni! |
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| pretty nice imo. the show is kind off a cross between Natsume Yuujinchou (but instead of releasing the monster's its more of like killing them), K-on (Main character is like Yui with Eyeglasses), and Deadman Wonderland (Honestly she has the exact power as the people in Deadman Wonderland specially Senji Kiyomasa's aka Crow's Blood Blade. So far it has that thing that keeps me interested on watching the next ep. which is good. Definitely agree with "it must be nice to have a busty mother that has a few screw's loose" haha :P |
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| This is getting even better! I'm glad I watched it. We're learning more and more about this world and how it works and I'm beginning to understand Mirai and Akihito's characters more. |
| Wow Akihito mom she know how to send a post card |
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| Tragic past on the way... Mirai is cute as always... :D |
| Meh. I think I'm dropping this, couldn't even finish the episode. |
| This was a better episode. I'm really starting to dig the ending as well. |
kioske0990 said: Jaeger07 said: kioske0990 said: So how come Kuriyama has problems killing that tiny youmu, when she just stabbed the MC on sight in the first episode? 'Coz the bigger the target, the more easier it is to hit it? Maybe she's cared of eyes? Most people missed the fact that her hands were shaking before she stabbed Akihito. Mirai believed Akihito to be a youmu/phantasm/dreamshade that possessed a human therefore mustered her courage and tried to kill him (this was before she found out that he was half youmu/human and immortal). After she found out he was half human/youmu, and was also immortal she just basically thought to herself "cool a half youmu/human, since he is part youmu basically this can serve as practice, and I already stabbed him before, so it's not as scary as killing a real one!" Of course this is based on pure speculation based on observing the events of the 1st episode. In due time the show will reveal Mirai's past so we can better understand her fear of killing youmu but we can assume she formed some sort of trauma based on killing a youmu in the past therefore is afraid to kill one now. |
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| Mirai was slightly less annoying, but my other problems with this show persist. And Scarf-kun didn't get enough screentime. That ED is seriously great though. |
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| This is shaping up to look very interesting and enjoyable. I didn't expect KyoAni to start their show with a bang, but despite the first episode not being amongs the most exciting ones of the season this second one convinced me that they'll make good sue of the setting, and the characters I like too. Then again the only time I hated some of the KyoAni character designs were when they were doing key adaptions, they usually range from 'meh' to very likeable. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: There was some okay exposition at points though, but it's hard to tell where it leads as the show is so tonally inconsistent from scene to scene that it's entirely possible that the big reveal at the end about Mirai killing someone is played off by Akihito with a line like, "Whatever you did is in the past, I just can't stand to see a pretty girl with glasses crying at the same restaurant table as me" and her calling him an idiot or something while pouting. This is my favorite comment yet and with a high percentage chance of it happening. I certainly agree about the tone of this show jumping back and forth and Mirai's personality not being stable, I just don't know how to feel. I'm very on the fence with this show but this episode was certainly more interesting than the last one. I enjoyed seeing the new characters and the progression of the plot with that warning of the shadow youmu coming about. |
| That fight scene in the beginning was pretty cool. Also Akihito's mother is hilarious. They're probably gonna end up fighting that shadow thing, though. |
| wow gay |
| That's way better than the first ep, love it Kanbara and Mirai seems to have a pretty similar experience dealing with Youmu |
| 06:33 nice, whateveryourname-kun 09:18 LOOOOOOOL 10:11 naisu haremu da ne 10:51 pigface 13:35 dat Beeburr 21:16 HAMU Again, dat ED. <3 8/10 for this ep. Not as nice as ep.1. |
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
eminagnam said: Totally agree it was really just boring as hellIt was meh though I appreciate she didn't cut/stab him this time. The story was so so, and comedy felt forced, not funny. |
| This show is getting better and better as it progresses. Good Job KyoAni. |
SliceofHorror said: I might not drop this show just to see that. It'll probably make for some pretty badass fighting scenes.That fight scene in the beginning was pretty cool. Also Akihito's mother is hilarious. They're probably gonna end up fighting that shadow thing, though. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| This show is too beautiful. Mirai needs a big hug this episode. |
| all the comedy seems really forced and unnatural the writing is also very average at best. the animation is beautiful especially in the fight scene but thats pretty much it. characters are pretty bland and boring except the crazy mom. i like the show but after these first 2 episodes im glad my expectations weren't as high as others were for this series. |
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Also why is MAL's page showing only 13 episodes for this show now, I thought it was 2-cour? |
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slayerizedcarol said: Kaioshin_Sama said: There was some okay exposition at points though, but it's hard to tell where it leads as the show is so tonally inconsistent from scene to scene that it's entirely possible that the big reveal at the end about Mirai killing someone is played off by Akihito with a line like, "Whatever you did is in the past, I just can't stand to see a pretty girl with glasses crying at the same restaurant table as me" and her calling him an idiot or something while pouting. This is my favorite comment yet and with a high percentage chance of it happening. I certainly agree about the tone of this show jumping back and forth and Mirai's personality not being stable, I just don't know how to feel. I'm very on the fence with this show but this episode was certainly more interesting than the last one. I enjoyed seeing the new characters and the progression of the plot with that warning of the shadow youmu coming about. Sometimes it just feels like I'm the only one that is paying close enough attention to notice these things or else other people just don't care that much about these things, but when it's one of your leading characters it's hard for me not to notice. I really don't think I ask for much, but basic character consistency from scene to scene is one of them. |
| Love the OP and ED song. Mirai's fight with the Youmu was pretty cool. The manipulation of her blood sword is pretty cool. |
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| I think "Akkey" has a past too like Mirai. Misiakk said: Yeah, I got hook with it too. :3 Though, there's no english translations for it yet.This ending song is awesome! |
| I like it I think. Will take a few more episode for it to come together. The animation is amazing enough to watch it for that alone |
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| Okay, this episode is way looooot better than the first one. Love Mirai even more. And that fighting is really priceless! Now about the comedy...I can enjoy much better now....except when Akihito told the jokes which is totally.....over reacting. Damn can't wait for next episode! I hope it getting darker later! |
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| Okay episode, jokes weren't funny to me, but the action scene was pretty well done. Love the animation and the ED. |
| Am I the only one who found Mitsuki and Kanbara's relationship similar to Araragi and Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari? Again, it seems that its just more exposition. Hope the series will step up soon, it still has potential. |
| that fight was beautiful. Mitsuki...such a troll. love her so much. very Kanade-like (Mayo Chiki) Ayaka looks like Unohana oh my the mom...she's awesome |
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