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| This was better again, but I'm still completely confused about what's actually going on, and in all honesty this episode's fight scene (and the fact that Ren is apparently connected to Karl Kraft for some reason) has only added to that feeling. |
| Boring Count = 12289/32560 |
| Ahhh rusalka is love. Why don't you have a route while booring kei has one... |
TheDoggoneGirl said: It's been two episodes and I'm still confused about what the hell's going on, and I couldn't bear to waste my time watching this show anymore. Dropped 4/10 Same here! I will give it one more shot next week, and then I might drop... |
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| Something tells me that Kei is possibly my kind of girl. |
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| Too generic/uninteresting. Dropped. |
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| I haven't played the VN and skipped episode 0 by recommendation of Tokyosaurus to "avoid getting lost". So far I have just ONE question. Why would you produce a series so confusing that you still have to play the VN? That's not how you get more players, it's just counterproductive (unless you just want to please only your niche audience, then it's fine I guess). Steins;Gate did cut things from the original but it was still totally understandable on its own. So far this has been more of a chaos;child kind of experience with way more generic elements. I almost fell asleep during this episode, I wish I was exaggerating; so far there's nothing that makes me even try the VN out of curiosity at least. One more episode like this and I'll be dropping it, and I rarely drop series. |
kchorrex2012Oct 21, 2017 9:39 PM
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bittersweetlove said: TheDoggoneGirl said: It's been two episodes and I'm still confused about what the hell's going on, and I couldn't bear to waste my time watching this show anymore. Dropped 4/10 Same here! I will give it one more shot next week, and then I might drop... Sucks because the episode 0 was pretty interesting and it made me curious more, but here comes the main series and it's shit. Idk it just pisses me off. |
     "Maybe he's trying to take a shit, but the shit just won't come out." Captain Levi, 2014 (／^-^)／☆♪  ♪☆＼(^０^＼) |
kchorrex2012 said: I haven't played the VN and skipped episode 0 by recommendation of Tokyosaurus to "avoid getting lost". So far I have just ONE question. Why would you produce a series so confusing that you still have to play the VN? That's not how you get more players, it's just counterproductive (unless you just want to please only your niche audience, then it's fine I guess). Steins;Gate did cut things from the original but it was still totally understandable on its own. So far this has been more of a chaos;child kind of experience with way more generic elements. I almost fell asleep during this episode, I wish I was exaggerating; so far there's nothing that makes me even try the VN out of curiosity at least. One more episode like this and I'll be dropping it, and I rarely drop series. but you should watch ep 0, its prequel, but from what you are writing, you wouldn't like it seems. Ep 0 is basically well either way if you are gonna continue watching this at one point you will miss not seeing ep 0, or at least should. |
| The first episode was just horrible, but after this one I am a little curious. |
TheDoggoneGirl said: Sucks because the episode 0 was pretty interesting and it made me curious more, but here comes the main series and it's shit. Idk it just pisses me off. Had that vibe about ep0 to. It made some promises, and I wanna check in on thoose. Ep1+2 were slow, boring or confusing. I mean...did that fight between Ren and the forces of evil really really happend or just part of his altered memories/imagination/dream/Vietnam flashback... I dunno. At some point ep2 tells me:"Yeah, shit is totally true. See? People die!" and then "No, nothing happend, all is in your head, don´t do drugs kidz!" Ahh yeah; 'people are dead when they die' - Was stated just b4 the fight...So something something must´ve happend, then unicorn-magic. Being 'confusing' is not necessaryly a bad thing, but I do expect something in return. And so far the show did not deliever. My patience growing thin, so I will follow the "3-Episode-Rule" and give it one last shot at ep3 - maybe some fireworks idk...At least the outro song did grow on me, and it´s a good thing you can tab out while it´s playing ;) The pantyshot scene was...bad, like really bad. No comedy; at least it did not connect with me. If the purpose was just blatant fanservice...well, it did not look visual appealing to me. I´ve seen fanart in elementary school that was better. Yeah, I´ve read that the VN had this scene, but I cannot comprehend why it was implemented in that way. They could have used the screentime for something usefull... I get it that this is a crowdfunded realisation of an VN, and it´s tailored towards the fans of the original material. And in that regard, I can lower my expectation that everything will get explained to someone who is not familar with the source material. Last thing for any1 who knows the original material or speaks japanese or does have access to various fansubs. Weltall subs weren´t avaible when I watched ep2. |
DustbreathOct 22, 2017 1:50 PM
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Dustbreath said: TheDoggoneGirl said: Sucks because the episode 0 was pretty interesting and it made me curious more, but here comes the main series and it's shit. Idk it just pisses me off. Had that vibe about ep0 to. It made some promises, and I wanna check in on thoose. Ep1+2 were slow, boring or confusing. I mean...did that fight between Ren and the forces of evil really really happend or just part of his altered memories/imagination/dream/Vietnam flashback... I dunno. At some point ep2 tells me:"Yeah, shit is totally true. See? People die!" and then "No, nothing happend, all is in your head, don´t do drugs kidz!" Ahh yeah; 'people are dead when they die' - Was stated just b4 the fight...So something something must´ve happend, then unicorn-magic. Being 'confusing' is not necessaryly a bad thing, but I do expect something in return. And so far the show did not deliever. My patience growing thin, so I will follow the "3-Episode-Rule" and give it one last shot at ep3 - maybe some fireworks idk...At least the outro song did grow on me, and it´s a good thing you can tab out while it´s playing ;) The fight scene really did happen, Ren just forced himself to believe that everything was a dream so his everyday life won't end (this is one of the reasons he fought Shirou). Now, he had his wounds healed by Rusalka because, as Bey said, they were just testing him. Rusalka also used her magic to repair the damage done to the park as they don't want to attract attention from the authorities (at least for now). Episode 3 should answer some questions. Last thing for any1 who knows the original material or speaks japanese or does have access to various fansubs. Weltall subs weren´t avaible when I watched ep2. |
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| Takes guts to stare at a girl's panties, say their colors, and then snap a picture all while the girls are both staring and talking to you. Anyway, I'm getting weird vibes from this... like... Big Order vibes from this, as in, it's not good and I have no idea whats going on at all... but hey, it hasn't become a total dumpster fire yet, so that's good, though it is making some questionable decisions... lets hope it stays that way. Also I like the credits theme. |
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| shame we didn't see Ren Fujii unleashed his true power!... more hot chix much better! 3/5. |
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| Gave it a rewatch, some things become clear and raises new question at the same time :) ovy7 said: Ren just forced himself to believe that everything was a dream so his everyday life won't end (this is one of the reasons he fought Shirou). he had his wounds healed by Rusalka...also used her magic to repair the damage done to the park hmpf, the 2 seconds needed to show this onscreen...Now it makes sense, thank you very much! I mean, they even fixed his clothes, and wiped the place...with unicorn-magic, now I get it. BuuUUUUUUT, Rusalka 'Malleus Maleficarum' Schwägelin brought the line:"We´ll do this another day" "We" can only continue when the memory of Ren stays halfway intact, hah, intentionally not wiped his HDD. Slowly putting the pieces together; SO we got a MC with an sleeping great power, unknown dark past who struggle to uphold his own reality. I believe you that ep3 will clear things up and double the entertaiment value. I'm not so sure if that was intentional or not. Iam not an native english speaker(you might´ve already noticed :), but it´s a weird translation regardless the japanese sentence. Or is it common to say "Thoughts are free" in english communities around the globe? So either CR fked up again or it was placed intentionally for whatever reason. |
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Dustbreath said: Slowly putting the pieces together; SO we got a MC with an sleeping great power, unknown dark past who struggle to uphold his own reality. Basically yes. I believe you that ep3 will clear things up and double the entertaiment value. Well, it should clear some things, but it all depends on how much of chapter 3 of the vn they will adapt. |
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ovy7 said: I think you are looking too much into the murder of that lady :) Ok, let me double down with 200 Internetpoints, that we will see her again, in one form or another. |
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| One panty shot, and half the audience—or at least the half commenting here about that scene—starts crying foul. Calm down. It's not the end of the world. Fanservice used to be A LOT more gratuitous. Personally, I kinda miss those carefree times. Many shows nowadays are restrained to the point of mediocrity. By trying to be inoffensive they hardly take any risks. |
aikaflip said: One panty shot, and half the audience—or at least the half commenting here about that scene—starts crying foul. Calm down. It's not the end of the world. Fanservice used to be A LOT more gratuitous. Personally, I kinda miss those carefree times. Many shows nowadays are restrained to the point of mediocrity. By trying to be inoffensive they hardly take any risks. Yeah, people really got triggered by a panty shot that lasted a couple seconds. You could argue the scene show some of the MC's character. The dude calmy took picture of the girls' panties, put the average harem protagonist in the same situation and I bet he'll try to apologize for seeing their pantsu before being kicked by the girls. |
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ovy7 said: aikaflip said: One panty shot, and half the audience—or at least the half commenting here about that scene—starts crying foul. Calm down. It's not the end of the world. Fanservice used to be A LOT more gratuitous. Personally, I kinda miss those carefree times. Many shows nowadays are restrained to the point of mediocrity. By trying to be inoffensive they hardly take any risks. Yeah, people really got triggered by a panty shot that lasted a couple seconds. You could argue the scene show some of the MC's character. The dude calmy took picture of the girls' panties, put the average harem protagonist in the same situation and I bet he'll try to apologize for seeing their pantsu before being kicked by the girls. I agree with this, i didnt mind it in the VN even tho it was funnier and better drawn there. But if you read the VN, they couldve replaced this scene with a more important one between the antagonists that happened before panty shot scene in the VN. In that scene, Reinhard and Mercurius were talking about their whole reason for their plan, as well as some characterization on both of them. |
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JotunheimrLoki said: kchorrex2012 said: I haven't played the VN and skipped episode 0 by recommendation of Tokyosaurus to "avoid getting lost". So far I have just ONE question. Why would you produce a series so confusing that you still have to play the VN? That's not how you get more players, it's just counterproductive (unless you just want to please only your niche audience, then it's fine I guess). Steins;Gate did cut things from the original but it was still totally understandable on its own. So far this has been more of a chaos;child kind of experience with way more generic elements. I almost fell asleep during this episode, I wish I was exaggerating; so far there's nothing that makes me even try the VN out of curiosity at least. One more episode like this and I'll be dropping it, and I rarely drop series. but you should watch ep 0, its prequel, but from what you are writing, you wouldn't like it seems. Ep 0 is basically well either way if you are gonna continue watching this at one point you will miss not seeing ep 0, or at least should. I'll give it a try before watching episode 3 (haven't read the spoiler tag). The only thing that kinda kept me interested was the killings mystery which was sort of resolved (needs to be properly explained though it was predictable). I'm kinda pissed that now that I don't have much time to watch series the few shows I've tried were disappointing... Let's see what happens with this. |
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ovy7 said: aikaflip said: One panty shot, and half the audience—or at least the half commenting here about that scene—starts crying foul. Calm down. It's not the end of the world. Fanservice used to be A LOT more gratuitous. Personally, I kinda miss those carefree times. Many shows nowadays are restrained to the point of mediocrity. By trying to be inoffensive they hardly take any risks. Yeah, people really got triggered by a panty shot that lasted a couple seconds. You could argue the scene show some of the MC's character. The dude calmy took picture of the girls' panties, put the average harem protagonist in the same situation and I bet he'll try to apologize for seeing their pantsu before being kicked by the girls. Exactly. It showed a side of his personality that set him apart from the typical anime lead. He didn't panic or get a nose bleed, either. It's like some people didn't even bother to watch the rest of the episode. It's not the greatest show ever, but it's not bad at all. The mystery is intriguing. A lot of pieces have been laid out that'll, hopefully, come together soon. |
| Lol this reminds me of Mirai Nikki. "It doesn't make sense," says MC when he wakes up on the bench. Perfectly sums up this show. The ending song gave me nostalgia for some reason. I think it reminds me of the Hex Girls from Scooby Doo lol? I don't know. |
 Three things cannot be long hidden.. ...the s u n, the m oo n, and the tr u th. |
| I'm guessing the MC's a reincarnation of that one guy, or he's being possessed by him. Probably killed his own parents when he was younger. |
| So bad it feels like a parody and yet again didnt made any sense at all |
| Okay even more WTF for this episode. |
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| Lol and here I thought the anime might improve, but it actually got worse this episode... |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| What is this show trying to do or be? The ED is terrible. |
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| While Shirou vs Ren in the beginning looks good, Ren vs Wilhelm is a super mess. They once again deviated a lot from the original source. Well at least the arm and leg broken are pictured pretty good. Other than that, it's a shit, rushed, and unfaithful ep. |
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| What is going on man, a prequel episode and 2 episodes in and its just a mess off loads of stuff not being explained at all. |
| I'm not finding this confusing at all, and I haven't played the VN (although I'm planning to because I really like the ideas in this). It's the kind of anime that slowly unfolds its backstory, and there's clearly a lot of it. This reminds me of the kind of novels I wanted to write when I was 14 and it gives me a nice feeling of nostalgia. |
| As always, a mc who knows nothing and is attacked by others... |
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bittersweetlove said: TheDoggoneGirl said: It's been two episodes and I'm still confused about what the hell's going on, and I couldn't bear to waste my time watching this show anymore. Dropped 4/10 Same here! I will give it one more shot next week, and then I might drop... Finding it alittle too messy for my liking. |
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