Blade & Soul Episode 1 Discussion

thepath said:
Where are the fanservices ? THere was almost no fanservice in this show.

Aeonenleben said:

ahahahaha.
This makes me so sad...

GenesisAria said:
For an anime that randomly jumped outa nowhere when it was first announced, it's done pretty well at sticking with the MMO's actual themes.

Once again people complaining about generic . . . how is this even generic? I don't understand what people see as generic everywhere.
(ps: claiming it to be generic because it's not "new" enough for you, doesn't mean it is. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TropesAreTools )
Main character is silent and focused and has boundless resolve, i like it. The boobs? surprisingly not all that emphasized, aside from that one person with the bikini top outfit, but that's actually in the game. And lots of mook killing? Well duh, your character is a beast who only really faces challenge against sizable foes and mows down lots of mooks.
I don't see amazing yet, but it's not bad.

Swinging a sword irl looks generic. This was quite a bit more interesting, plus people don't randomly have skin armour.

This probably would have presented better if they used the intro/prologue from the game.

Regardless, the game is very enjoyable, and the show does do it some justice, not an instant-flop like you'd expect. It actually looks like an anime on it's own as opposed to something harshly reliant on the game itself.

Don't tell people something's bad just because you don't like it personally.

jiraiya_sensei said:
I read the comments here first before watching the subbed version and all I can say is:

Why so much hate?

I mean yeah it's not groundbreaking or anything but for a video game adaption it's actually not bad (in fact this looked like a masterpiece compared to the horror that was BlazBlue). So yeah there were some cleavage and a bathing scene, so what? has the male population become so emasculated that some of us are offended by the slightest fan service? or maybe watching too much anime has actually made some of us become like wimpy harem lead who scream at the sight of boobies? so what if most of the characters are female? this is nowhere near as outrageous as Queen's Blade or Manyuu Hikenchou.

Ranting aside, I like the design of the characters and their battle clothes. Reminds me of a certain concept artist whose name I can't remember. IIRC it was for the game Magna Carta. The scenery is also unexpectedly beautiful. I also like Alka's fighting style, no wasted movement. Just swift one-hit kill attack. I'll see where this goes, the story most likely will be generic but I'll give it a chance instead of hating from the 1st episode for petty reasons.

thepath said:
Where are the fanservices ? THere was almost no fanservice in this show. It is not like highschool DxD or freezing which are full of fanservice. Where is the panty shot, where is the boob bouncing part ? where is the the guy who fall into female by accident and then female hit him ?

It is complete opposite of fanservice anime and it it has serious and dark theme. When I saw the picture of this anime, I didn't expect this anime to be very serious and dark.

I find the story interesting because it has blood, people dying, village destroyed. It has serious and dark theme unlike most animes these days. Thats alone make the story above average.

Action was good. You have badass MC that hit the bullets with her sword, and people die when they are attacked. Is not like Noragami where the action feels more like comedy than real action.

Main character is female ! So what ? She is badass and hot at same time, and she is different from these stupid school females who talk too much and get embarrassed.


I'm tired of these countless unfunny comedy, slice of life crap and school kids animes. Soul and Blade is already miles better than 90% of other animes.

thepath said:
What it is wrong with haters here

The anime way better than what I expected. I was going to watch this because of the hot females only. However, it turned out to be better than that. It has serious story and blood like attack on titan, and at same time it has hot looking and badass MC.

Great anime that that far exceed my expectation. Hopefully, they will keep the story serious and dramatic like this episode

Cerian said:
Well Gonzo is gonna go bankrupt again.

sazzai said:
u ppl forget it is an animeation fram AN ACTION RPG wutt u expect ?? long dialoges and fights that look like 2 kids are fightig ? plz think before u say something xD also if u look at the cover OFC u 'll have noticed by now that the woman have big boobs and almost naked lol xD or u are blind ass fck :P anyway if u like action ( i do ) and dont want to w8 for it this is the anime off spring i guess ^^

bigzzcobzz said:
Wow, that fanservice is a bit abused but it doesn't make this anime lose quality. Shouldn't it be considered an ecchi anime?

This anime looks great, I'm predicting a lot of fights and fanservice <3 *-*

danthom1704 said:
why did she cut her hair

Nisx said:
I though it will be something like sao or log horizon i guess i were wrong,
it was kinda average.

2 out of 5: Disliked it