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Oct 4, 2014 1:17 PM

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Yes moar Database!
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Oct 4, 2014 1:28 PM
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Animation was nothing short of dreadful.
Oct 4, 2014 1:29 PM
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Yay, it's back !

I liked the first part of the episode and the After Halloween party, it's good to see all those characters again. Like Rudy who talks too much and doesn't notice the race has started. XD

The time jumps were a bit confusing, though, but it will be interesting to see how the arc unfolds. (I really need to read the novels someday.)
Oct 4, 2014 1:31 PM

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So it's back. I'm glad to see everyone again. Akatsuki, so cute! The characters design changed a little bit, nothing too notorious though, but they look better now. They could have changed the opening... I like the old one so it's okay for now, I guess. That Kinjou is an interesting character, i really liked his design, not really sure if he will have more screen than now though. Oh, and before i forget, Minori annoys the hell out of me, I've spent pretty nice months without having to see her face but it's back. Everyone it's back. I suppose everything has a bad side huh. Anyway, great episode, glorious return. I'm loving the ED song!
Oct 4, 2014 1:35 PM
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Wtf, the round table guild ran out of money, how?
Oct 4, 2014 1:36 PM
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Missed this show so much
Oct 4, 2014 1:38 PM

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One of my most hyped shows for the season, I'm so glad to have log horizon back! I didn't know the OP was being kept and I'm actually glad it was because it grew on me last season.
Oct 4, 2014 1:42 PM

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Looks like the budget for animation has been raised a bit so even though some character designs changed slightly it ends up with a crisper look--a good move I think. The first season LH was somewhat of an unheralded surprise, but clearly based on the stats a lot more people will be following from the start this time around.
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Oct 4, 2014 1:44 PM

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new season and a little bit different art?
love the season one's art because they put minori and akatsuki cuter ahaha
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Oct 4, 2014 1:56 PM

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The hype train didn't stop, damn it, it's speeding up O-o
Oct 4, 2014 2:12 PM

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So how much do the characters lose when they die and are reborn in the Cathedral? Basically how much weaker are they?
Oct 4, 2014 2:15 PM

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Homm said:
The hype train didn't stop, damn it, it's speeding up O-o

CHO CHO MOTHERFUCKERS.

Though I was actually impressed, considering DEEN took over. I never had anything against them, but reading all the comments of hate towards them I felt some form of anxiety.
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Oct 4, 2014 2:16 PM
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southdkotaboy said:
So how much do the characters lose when they die and are reborn in the Cathedral? Basically how much weaker are they?


In this world when you die you don't lose "experience points" you lose "experience", i.e. your memories. Die enough and you will forget that there ever was a place called Japan.
Oct 4, 2014 2:17 PM

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Takuan_Soho said:
southdkotaboy said:
So how much do the characters lose when they die and are reborn in the Cathedral? Basically how much weaker are they?


In this world when you die you don't lose "experience points" you lose "experience", i.e. your memories. Die enough and you will forget that there ever was a place called Japan.


...but they're in Japan.
Oct 4, 2014 2:19 PM
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Dimitrije1606 said:
I never had anything against them, but reading all the comments of hate towards them I felt some form of anxiety.


I have come to learn that in MAL there is no hate like Fateboy hate.

Though to be fair, I was a bit worried from the preview, I really thought they butchered Kanami, but when they showed her in motion, she was fine. That though is the problem with fanboys, they pause everything frame by frame and then get spastic if one frame wasn't properly drawn.
Oct 4, 2014 2:20 PM
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fst said:
...but they're in Japan.


No, they are in Yamato.
Oct 4, 2014 2:20 PM

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Hell yeah! Log Horizon is freaking back!

Unless my eyesight is not what it used to be, I think the character designs look rather different than they did in the 1st season.

To be honest I'm really loving the new character designs :3

Dat 10th place prize doe...

Dem girls fighting over Shiroe the evil genius doe...

I can't wait to see what Shiroe's going to do about getting the all those coins they need.

Dat ending part doe... with Shiroe and Akatsuki saying they both lost and died :o
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Oct 4, 2014 2:25 PM

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Takuan_Soho said:
fst said:
...but they're in Japan.


No, they are in Yamato.


What's the difference?
Oct 4, 2014 2:27 PM
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fst said:
Takuan_Soho said:


No, they are in Yamato.


What's the difference?


About 1300 years away in reality, a universe away in this series.
Oct 4, 2014 2:34 PM

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okay episode. just abit lame they used the same OP song as in first season.
the art is a bit different but it doesnt matter to me since i was no fan of it to begin with.

3/5
Oct 4, 2014 2:48 PM

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Am I the only one who loves that OP? I scream like a retard whenever I hear it.
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Oct 4, 2014 2:49 PM
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Database,wow,wow.

It was good to see familiar characters again and this was a nice episode.
Also I am pretty hyped for the incoming new characters.
Oct 4, 2014 2:49 PM

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Dimitrije1606 said:
Am I the only one who loves that OP? I scream like a retard whenever I hear it.
You either love it or hate it. I have to admit I'm one of the latter
Oct 4, 2014 2:53 PM

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Byon-kun said:
Dimitrije1606 said:
Am I the only one who loves that OP? I scream like a retard whenever I hear it.
You either love it or hate it. I have to admit I'm one of the latter

Well, it is not like I don't feel it is bad.. I would rather call it, unique. I can see why others don't like it, but I just can't help it. It grew on me :D
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Oct 4, 2014 3:06 PM

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Great to have this airing again.
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Oct 4, 2014 3:23 PM

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I was kind of disappointed that it was the same OP song, but then I got over it. I've been waiting for this the second the 1st season ended.

Oct 4, 2014 3:24 PM

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DATABASE DATABASE WOOO
Man, I love the OP; it's great to hear it again :)
The animation/art is changed slightly due to the switching of studios. I can live with that, after all, I didn't see much change anyways.
Awesome first ep - Shiro already going down to business it seems.
Oct 4, 2014 4:02 PM
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I was expecting shiro to be bad ass and say he was going to create a new economy....But I like this new way aswell
Oct 4, 2014 4:47 PM

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great to see the cast again and loved hearing OP.....as someones already mentioned, anime feels a bit too bright in regards to colors(but meh I'll get used to it)....missed the glasses-lifting(made me lift my own everytime Shiroe and cast did it in first season lol)
Oct 4, 2014 4:54 PM

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Akatsuki is still a cutie.
Oct 4, 2014 5:24 PM
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I think they either are all AIs at this point, or they are dead IRL.
Oct 4, 2014 5:51 PM

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there really turned up the foreshadowing huh..
Oct 4, 2014 5:54 PM

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"D! D! D!"
"mhmmmm, I also want it"

Dude, that sounded totally wrong XD
Oct 4, 2014 6:09 PM

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YES! WE'RE BACK INTO THE DATABASE~!
Oct 4, 2014 6:15 PM

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Kurogashi said:
there really turned up the foreshadowing huh..
its not foreshadowing, its deen being retards and showing a scene from the end of a novel at the start.

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

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Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Oct 4, 2014 6:17 PM

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JizzyHitler said:
Kurogashi said:
there really turned up the foreshadowing huh..
its not foreshadowing, its deen being retards and showing a scene from the end of a novel at the start.


Good Guy DEEN saves you from getting spoiled while browsing the internet by spoiling it for you in the first episode.
Oct 4, 2014 6:23 PM

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I was thinking this couldn't get any better in this season but I admit, I was totally wrong and this keeps getting better and better! I hope it continues this way cuz this is amazing!
Oct 4, 2014 6:27 PM

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I love that they kept the themesong! Even though I havent seen the show in months, i recognized it right off the bat.
This first episode is a little confusing though. Is it out of order? Started off with the raid, went backwards to the event before the raid, then back to after the raid failed?
Is next episode before or after the raid? ARGH. Good to see this show return though!
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Oct 4, 2014 6:34 PM

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Rebelhero said:
I love that they kept the themesong! Even though I havent seen the show in months, i recognized it right off the bat.
This first episode is a little confusing though. Is it out of order? Started off with the raid, went backwards to the event before the raid, then back to after the raid failed?
Is next episode before or after the raid? ARGH. Good to see this show return though!


It is out of order. The series left off at the end of Volume 5. This episode contains a random assortment of scenes from throughout Volume 6. The scene with Shiroe in the cabin is from the beginning of Volume 7. You're not even supposed to know that Shiroe isn't in Akiba until halfway through Volume 6. The scene from the very end of the episode that implies Shiroe and Akatsuki died is from near the end of Volume 6. In fact, this episode contains major spoilers for the entirety of Volume 6.

DEEN strikes again.
Oct 4, 2014 6:40 PM
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How is everyone watching it?
its called living in japan

It's called Google. If you type it in it comes right up.
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Oct 4, 2014 6:46 PM
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It begins. Again.
I've been looking forward to this for so long.
I'm pumped to get back in the game.
A new breed of game anime, a new breed of fans.
Log Horizon stands above SAO for being more cerebral and .Hack for being more aware of its medium.
It may not have .Hack's longevity, or SAO's passionate fans, but it know what it is and we know what it is.

Can't wait for next week!
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Oct 4, 2014 6:51 PM
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It is out of order. The series left off at the end of Volume 5. This episode contains a random assortment of scenes from throughout Volume 6. The scene with Shiroe in the cabin is from the beginning of Volume 7. You're not even supposed to know that Shiroe isn't in Akiba until halfway through Volume 6. The scene from the very end of the episode that implies Shiroe and Akatsuki died is from near the end of Volume 6. In fact, this episode contains major spoilers for the entirety of Volume 6.


The story in the episode is not that hard to follow. Akatsuki and Shiroe died, the latter possibly due to the raid that they had to go through to sway the Kunie Clan's decision. Why did they have to go through all of this? Cue this episode.
Oct 4, 2014 7:13 PM

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DATABASE DATABASE

HNNG Akatsuki is back ehehehehe

I'm digging the new ending song, and of course the same opening song haha

Really enjoyed this first episode, jumped straight back into the adventure :D
Oct 4, 2014 7:19 PM

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Very promising but could have done without the last scene. "I died" felt a bit out of place.

But very serendipitous since I just made Kobacha soup today =D Good signs ;)
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Oct 4, 2014 7:46 PM

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Database! We're back and ready to rock.
Oct 4, 2014 7:55 PM
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fst said:
DEEN strikes again.


Unpleasant fact. DEEN has nothing to do with the story. They are only animating the storyboard the writers and director from the last series have come up with (with input from the original writer).

I speculated at the end of the last series that they would combine 6 and 7 into a single arc. This looks like it will be the case, and showing that Akatsuki and Shiroe both died is a good way of creating interest for this longer arc.

The author just released volume 8 last week. So this series will have 6,7,8, the side story with Kanami, and probably some sort of conclusion arc to round out the 25 episodes. Should be fun to watch.
Oct 4, 2014 8:01 PM

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That last scene was completely random, it didn't tie in with the scene that came before it at all.

It also works better if shown in sequence, since you're not supposed to know that Shiroe isn't in Akiba for the first half of volume 6.

Why did they start doing this now? They adapted the first season more or less properly.
Oct 4, 2014 8:15 PM
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It also works better if shown in sequence, since you're not supposed to know that Shiroe isn't in Akiba for the first half of volume 6.

Why did they start doing this now? They adapted the first season more or less properly.


The ending of last season made it clear that Shiroe was leaving Akihabara, so there was no point in keeping the viewers in the dark about this fact when they already announced it. As for saying that they died, since death in this show really doesn't have a tragic resonance (since they are immediately brought back) keeping it secret until it happens really doesn't have much value. Bringing it up now I think provided the biggest bang for the buck.

As for why the are diverging from the novel sequence. My personal opinion after reading 6 was that it, by itself, wasn't enough to drive an animation, that 6 and 7 were complementary not sequential - Akatsuki and Shiroe both have to face their own demons so that the can grow. So from an animating POV it makes far more sense to merge the two into a single alternating story rather than doing 6 first then 7.

Also, 4-5 episodes without the MC is not a smart strategy for any animation.

Also, animation has the problem of having to contract voice talent, so an animation cannot afford to pay talent (particularly lead talent) just to have them sit on their duffs for 4 or 5 episodes. So merging the two stories, with the MCs being completely separate, makes complete economic sense.
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They are away too big, omg...

How it started looks really interesting, I am kinda hiped for this, expecting so many things.

Looks like they are going back to the real world at the end of this season, meh.
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