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Jul 4, 2016 11:47 PM

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Hmm not bad. Could be a good show. I'll definitely watch next week
Jul 4, 2016 11:58 PM

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The story looks decent but that power was pretty much a Rasengan
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Jul 4, 2016 11:58 PM
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I'm probably going to drop this, I don't really care for the MC, he is a bit annoying to be honest, and the animation quality seems all over the place except for the fight scenes which were pretty good.

But what was that beginning? All of a sudden he is fighting some guys to protect a stranger, I would have expected the MC to be walking down the street and notice him being attacked by those guys and help out. IMO that little detail would have made it alright for me, instead of just throwing the MC in our faces after a short fight with random people.

The only thing that could keep me watching is the tattoo powers + the main tattoo girl, I like her personality so far.
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Jul 5, 2016 12:08 AM

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It's the first episode, will not complain over the plot being simplistic or generic, but I think it fairly introduced us to the objective at "hands" ahah

Anyway, fantastic martial arts coreography and animation, comedy was on spot. this is a must to my tastes!
Will acquire the manga for sure.
Jul 5, 2016 12:11 AM
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You beat up some thugs who wanted to beat me up.

Here have this magical superpower thing that will show you the secrets of the world.

An appropriate reward.
Jul 5, 2016 12:34 AM

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the art style reminds me of divine gate and i dont like it at all. the plot is much like Kurokami with some martial arts
and i have to say some jokes here are freaking old
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Jul 5, 2016 12:57 AM
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It's okay so far. I'm being skeptical cause the show is flashing a lot of pics of female characters so I'm worried this is going to turn into "I'm the main guy! I'll get these female hotties with powers to join me instead of having to kill them!" and therefore this turn into another Strike the Blood, harem, etc. :P
Jul 5, 2016 2:14 AM

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JC Staff trying to out-ufo ufo.

Meh.

But damn, that was generic af
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Jul 5, 2016 3:01 AM

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Generic bad start, typical MC guy gets destroyed by the female mc, where have we seen this before? oh right just last season with Kabaneri and Hundred. Giving this 2 more episodes before dropping.
Jul 5, 2016 3:03 AM

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Super generic but in general this anime is on a good side.

For one, it's MC isn't useless/brainless. As for the story, I remember reading the manga some time ago and I reached the newest released chapter so it wasn't that bad.

Lastly the anime itself is well made and has this darkened graphics to it that I liked a lot. Then the fights looks really nice as well, generally the anime looks really nice.

A good looking anime with okayish plot is definitely worth giving the chance.
Jul 5, 2016 4:38 AM

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Broke my expectations. Liked it a lot more than I anticipated. The MC is likable and not dumb nor useless. The action fight choreography is amazing and eyegasmic along with the beautiful animation and visuals. Ost and OP/ED are good too. Looking forward for more! Nice savage ending
Jul 5, 2016 4:58 AM

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Why the hate? It was not that bad. It was pretty interesting what was seen here. The music and style and the funny faces made a fun experience imo. Will watch to see what's up.
Jul 5, 2016 5:07 AM

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I'll admit the fighting scenes were pretty awesome, but so far I'm not too impressed, it seems kind of generic and average for the moment.
The humor felt forced too.

Jul 5, 2016 5:09 AM

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pretty average start

Jul 5, 2016 5:30 AM

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This show has a very nice visual style, just for that reason i'm onboard.
Jul 5, 2016 5:39 AM

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Some things that I've noticed about this TV series that has mortified me.

I wouldn't be surprised if the CG backgrounds in most of the scenes were taken from Sketchup Warehouse models they're that bad. If you're going to use CG, at least put in some effort into more vibrant textures and variance.

Faking animation by morphing character's hair, arms and legs just looks bad. Also, I'd be fine with the quick zoom effect if they actually processed the frames at that resolution. Does the following screenshot remind anyone of Mirai Nikki?



Apart from that visual apperance rant, the story seems to have potential. The first episode was pretty fun and it was obviously intended to be comedic. The choreography in the fight scenes were great. Might not be too bad of a disaster in the end, but so far it's not looking too good.

Jul 5, 2016 6:10 AM

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The fight scenes were cool but what the hell is wrong with that Lieutant?(idk did they say her name? O.o) in one moment is she really cool and serious.. then she's all at once cute :D
Jul 5, 2016 6:10 AM

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The silver hair girl looks annoying as fuck. I hope the MC punches her face soon or later. Overall good start, looking forward to it.
Jul 5, 2016 6:35 AM

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I might as well state what I commented on Kissanime:

I don't particularly think this anime has as much cliches as I think it would have, considering all the other animes that suffered from the abominable amount of cliches (example, Hundred, Asterick wars, etc.) Those animes kind of kept it that way and never dropped their cliches. this anime didn't really consist of much, thus making it very tolerable. I just hope they actually do something with the cliches, set it aside throughout the series, and actual get more profound with its story and so far, archetypal characters.

Now the problem I may have with this series (which Kiznaiver faced the same) is its tonal dissonance/shifts. At the most serious and exhilirating scenes (example being the fight scene between the protagonist and the white haired girl) they just seem to drop that solemnity and try to be quirky and humerous, and it just falls flat because of that and feels really cringy. This may be the strongest reason for me to drop this series but either way, this anime is slightly below average so far.

The animation was way beyond what I anticipated. As one stated, It's between nice and decent, however, sometimes the animation felt choppy and quite sluggish. The pacing of the fights and animation was very inconsistent. The CGI was quite poor as well.

Overall, it has an okay start but I can very much see this series fall flat but I won't shit on it throughout its journey on becoming that. It still has potential but I believe it will be one of those animes that just don't grasp that potential. An okay episode so far, it's an average start.

3/5
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Jul 5, 2016 6:51 AM

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Couldn't stand the manga. The MC is the hero of justice type who let's bloodthirsty enemies go when he defeats them, then they come back a week later and slaughter all his friends. Hated it in manga form, doubt it will be different as an anime.
Jul 5, 2016 7:05 AM

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Was reading the manga, but stopped cause it was just really so cliche. Was surprised that it would get adaptation cause manga is pretty old and not so popular, but i think this manga is totally J.C.Staff's territory.
Decided to try the anime and i think it's not that bad especially the CQC fight animation is really cool looking. Noticed some minor changes (probably for 1 cour format). The worst part for me is the comedy, feels really out of place and don't remember in manga it to be so annoying.
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Jul 5, 2016 7:12 AM
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Good episode. Great action.
Liked it.

Jul 5, 2016 7:30 AM

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Found the out of context running gag for the show
Jul 5, 2016 9:38 AM

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ridley388 said:
Why the hate? It was not that bad. It was pretty interesting what was seen here. The music and style and the funny faces made a fun experience imo. Will watch to see what's up.


The hate is because this does not have Ufotable tag.

If the show had studio tag of Ufotable, even if the episode was identical, all those people would be praising it with stars in their eyes.
Jul 5, 2016 9:47 AM
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Waffly said:
So generic and MC is so fucking dumb.
There's a buff guy who has superstrenght and the MC instead of letting that girl who is actually skilled and professional fight he wants to fight him himself even though he doesn't even know how to control his power.
'kay then.



Yeah, I didn't understand that scene at all either.

-Knows girl is way better than him (they fought before)
-Girl explains what the powers do and how much of an advantage they are.
-He tries to fight without power for whatever reason
-Then starts asking why this is happening to me? - WTF?

The plot is already dumb as hell and it's only episode 1.


Fai said:
ridley388 said:
Why the hate? It was not that bad. It was pretty interesting what was seen here. The music and style and the funny faces made a fun experience imo. Will watch to see what's up.


The hate is because this does not have Ufotable tag.

If the show had studio tag of Ufotable, even if the episode was identical, all those people would be praising it with stars in their eyes.


There's some truth in what you are saying, but at least I aint about that Ufo life. FSN and that tales stuff can gtfo.
Jul 5, 2016 10:00 AM

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Good first episode. The plot is very generic but the action is well done. I like how the Mc fight
Jul 5, 2016 10:06 AM

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Hm.. Animation was pretty good. Like the guy said before, The toast thing wasn't so animated and it was kinda generic to me. I love the anime and I think I'll look into more of it.

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Jul 5, 2016 10:34 AM

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I never read the manga, but the concept seems so cool!

What's the name of the Kingdom again?
Jul 5, 2016 11:17 AM

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In spite of me still not being particularly drawn in by the gimmick as well as the grossly uninspiring exposition about the made up Asian country being at odds with the U.S., this episode was unusually easy for me to take in. The fight scenes felt better than most shit I've watched. Doubt I'll be hard-pressed to continue it week after week but, meh. Considering the fiddle I've seen coming this summer...
Jul 5, 2016 11:44 AM

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Interesting enough for a first episode. Also the names are interesting. Justice and Bluesy Fluesy. And I like her cute faces.

His power activated in the last moment and is somewhat unique. Had to think of Touma's Imagine Breaker.

I like that the MC is actually capable and not a pathetic wuss.
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Jul 5, 2016 12:47 PM

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Fai said:
What is this? A Show from JC Staff that is actually DECENT, has a good animation and good directing?


Er... You should check out Shokugeki no Soma.

I've read the beginning of the manga of Taboo Tatoo and thought it was nothing exceptional. Your post tho convinced me to try out the first episode.
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Jul 5, 2016 12:55 PM

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Fai said:
ridley388 said:
Why the hate? It was not that bad. It was pretty interesting what was seen here. The music and style and the funny faces made a fun experience imo. Will watch to see what's up.


The hate is because this does not have Ufotable tag.

If the show had studio tag of Ufotable, even if the episode was identical, all those people would be praising it with stars in their eyes.

Funny, because you are one of biggest Ufotable haters here.
Jul 5, 2016 1:03 PM

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A pretty good start.

Seigi is capable and is a very good fighter, so it's refreshing for a MC to be strong and reliable from the get-go. Despite that, he does have a hard time against Bluesy.

The animation for the fights are well done and effective. CG animation could be smoother at times, but apart from that, it's fine by me.

The story is pretty cliche, but it's still decent. However, I shall reserve my full judgement of the story once it starts to make progress. Judging it right now as it's only just getting started sounds harsh and unneeded.
Jul 5, 2016 1:08 PM

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Things went too fast for me to even care about anything that was happening:

- The way MC got his power
- The way he met that other girl
- And finally, the way the overall events leading to the final scene of the episode unfold

Even if this is how it was in the manga, it still felt rush. Frankly, I won’t bother checking the manga, if that’s indeed the case.

Comedy wasn’t really that funny and it felt pretty awkward overall. For example, the scene in the beginning with the MC and the two crooks was pretty awful, imo. That scene went from what it seemed to be a serious scene to idiotic in a matter of seconds with the way the two crooks fled the scene after their beat down.

The weird pacing-transitions and awkward comedy are a turn off for what turned out to be an average 1st episode. I’ll keep watching it for the time being to see where this goes though…

I feel this series will end up a rush mess by the end of it (being supposedly 12 episodes doesn’t help it either**)…. As now, my expectations for this show are low; a bottom of the barrel’s low…

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Jul 5, 2016 1:15 PM

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The episode was only ok. Plot development seemed a haphazardly thrown together and they forced 'cute' moments that were unneeded, but the fight scenes were animated dynamically. So while this show is quite generic, it seems fun enough to continue watching.
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But that's just one opinion.
Jul 5, 2016 2:01 PM

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visuals were so nice. i really like that...dark setting but glowing characters thing they're doing. it reminds me of how JC did with railgun/index. very good for sci-fi anime.

i'm really interested in the story so far. so yeah consider me hooked.

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Fai said:
What is this? A Show from JC Staff that is actually DECENT, has a good animation and good directing?


Er... You should check out Shokugeki no Soma.

honey and clover, nodame cantabile, love stage... JC does a lot of damn good anime lol
Jul 5, 2016 2:31 PM
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I disliked it. I knew I was expecting to much, I was really hoping for a kickass martial arts anime, but it seems like it's going to be a wannabe shonen.
Jul 5, 2016 2:33 PM

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I've enjoyed the first episode, the fight scene was quite energic and thrilling.
Jul 5, 2016 2:35 PM

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Okay seriously, what is with the sound design in this? These are some of the worst, most unfitting sound effects I've ever heard. Whenever someone gets kicked it sounds like someone stepping on a milk carton, and when that one guy got killed by Akatsuka it sounded like someone crushing some planks of wood!
Jul 5, 2016 3:09 PM
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Didn't like the animation. It felt weird. I didn't like the beginning of the manga, but let's give it a try for the anime.

Lots of equations in the ending, like Schrödinger's equation and Fourier series.
Jul 5, 2016 3:15 PM
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It's okay so far. I'm being skeptical cause the show is flashing a lot of pics of female characters so I'm worried this is going to turn into "I'm the main guy! I'll get these female hotties with powers to join me instead of having to kill them!" and therefore this turn into another Strike the Blood, harem, etc. :P
Don't have to worry about that. There is no harem in this.
Jul 5, 2016 3:28 PM
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Shuyin35 said:
flamedance58 said:
It's okay so far. I'm being skeptical cause the show is flashing a lot of pics of female characters so I'm worried this is going to turn into "I'm the main guy! I'll get these female hotties with powers to join me instead of having to kill them!" and therefore this turn into another Strike the Blood, harem, etc. :P
Don't have to worry about that. There is no harem in this.


Thanks for letting me know this takes a load off my mind. I don't mind harems but it gets old after all the animes are nothing but that :P
Jul 5, 2016 3:48 PM

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thelectricow said:
I disliked it. I knew I was expecting to much, I was really hoping for a kickass martial arts anime, but it seems like it's going to be a wannabe shonen.
Shounens after the 80s have all been wannabe shounen. What we have here is something with good art and animation. Dont know how you can say wannabe shounen with a hxh avy on.
Jul 5, 2016 4:20 PM

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so far so good
please don't be a disappointment like big order
Jul 5, 2016 4:34 PM

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The fighting animation felt nice, all the rest is just average to bad

Gonna try this one for a few more episodes
Jul 5, 2016 4:49 PM

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Damn, this was good and better than I expect it to be.
The fights are good too and the two girls shown at the moment are likeable.
Wonder what his tattoo's power is...it's just like a sphere that the other girl use.
Interesting for a first episode.
Jul 5, 2016 6:09 PM

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The first episode was rushed, nonsensical and boring, but the fight scenes had some excellent direction. If the animation takes a hit in the next episode, there will be no point in watching. The manga readers in the thread are already saying it's not a very good series, so...
Jul 5, 2016 6:23 PM

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First episode and I already hate the annoying silver haired girl's guts. Can any mangareader tell me if someone smashes her face later on?
Jul 5, 2016 6:41 PM
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Bad animation killed all the enjoyment. It would have been great for a YouTube artist but not for an experienced studio. I hope JC Staff learns that they cannot handle 3 shows at once. The comedy was only worth a chuckle. It was too big of a jump from serious to joking, or maybe just too quick.

I like the MC, he is clearly competent and he knows it. His badly animated backstory has no meaning at this point though. The girls are decent. None of the character introductions were done well, although a childhood friend probably doesn't need one.

i will pay more attention to CGI and fight animation in future episodes. Based on what others have said, it's worth a look.
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Jul 5, 2016 6:45 PM
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Rather disappointed. I really liked how the plot sounded but as everyone else said this is just really generic. Gonna stick with it for a few more eps though
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