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| Ok, I'll pretend I never watched this episode... |
| This episode just felt off in so many ways, and not just because the art and animation took massive nosedives. The plot also didn't improve at all from last week's mediocrity, and frankly I'm just becoming frustrated with the whole thing. Also, it's stupid that Dororo gets angry and takes the moral high ground at the end when she basically burned the village down and caused all the problems; it certainly can't be blamed on Hyakkimaru killing the moth well after the fire had started. |
AtavisticApr 23, 2019 5:22 AM
| I'd say the villagers got what they deserved. If they were willing to sacrifice orphans then starving and killing one another is warranted. Hyaki with one leg will be interesting, I wonder if he'll get a new prosthetic or not. Also, I don't like that animation style. It's almost interesting aesthetically, but not. The story in this episode felt rushed as well with the demon dying by napalm. |
ZudobaApr 23, 2019 5:37 AM
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| Lots and lots of budget shots in this one. Hope this doesnt continue. Its completely okay for unimportant characters in the background to have no faces but when there are only 4 sitting in a room and 2 of those are the MCs .. well.. No. Art aside I dont quite see the connection between killing ghouls and starving to death. Like, just kill the ghouls without setting the village on fire next time Dororo. I guess the ghouls magically enhanced the villagers? Man Hyakkimaru has no chill. Also did he grow a fucking spine? He didnt have a spine?! Dont quite see how this will affect him though. I am still convinced he is right to kill demons to get his body back. No matter how much Dororo cries about it. Art aside this was still a good episode for Hyakkimarus inner turmoil alone. He literally was too angry to notice dororo left. PS: Highly convenient the bandit group finds him now of all time. It feels to me like they crossed half of japan by now, did the bandits just run around the entire island?! PPS: Can we talk about the intro for a second? "I wanna touch you" while he has this pedo look? Weird af. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| The conclusion to this arc felt quite rushed. Sabame was doing anything to save his things precious to him. The relationship between the moth and him was not expressed enough. |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
MichaelBaysWaifu said: The character art and animation were bad this time. I like the story and little character build up though. This^^ same here. |
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| What a creepy episode. It had some emotional moments and I like the way Hyakkimaru is, just slashing demons without care albeit it's scary too, Dororo in not wrong to be concerned. But apart from that, I'd say it's the weakest story so far. Pity they had to be separated. |
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| something felt "off" this episode, the animations wasn't good at all and the directing was weird. The story was a bit rushed and anticlimactic. I didn't enjoy this which sucks heavy ass because I have been fucking loving Dororo so far, I hope it bounces back though next episode and the quality goes back to what it was before. I mean, this episode hasn't ruined the anime or anything, but this is definitely the only Dororo episode that I haven't enjoyed. I'm just praying to god the series wont stay at this low standard. |
| Animation was okay for me. But I noticed that the transitions of one scene to the next in this episode kinda feels off. And what's with Dororo's reaction to Itachi at the end??!?!?!? I thought he really hate Itachi before. Or maybe she was still a kid before and probably forgot about it when she got older. Anyway, Dororo's reaction at the end was really lame. I hope it will improve in the next episode. Oh, I like the part though that Hyakkimaru realized that Dororo was not following him. I never imagined that they could get separated. This could be pretty interesting, I guess. |
rebelakumaApr 23, 2019 10:06 AM
Vindicater said: MOMOpatisierre said: I hope he will change after being separated with Dororo in this arc, and realized how important Dororo is to him In the end, it will be great Character Development Doror to become queen of emotions That's what i'm really hoping will happen. I don't want this anime to end with him becoming a ruthless and cold person who doesn't care about other people |
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| Finally got a chance to watch episode 15. Did they burn through the animation budget already? Was there some virus going around the office? Man, that was rough. Hope it's just a blip on the radar, because I really adore this show. |
| *Mourning the disappointment of The Promised Neverland season 2.* |
| This was disgusting to look at. |
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| Wow, that episode was...well, bad ? I'm really disappointed in Dororo recently, I absoutely loved the first court but since episode 13, it's almost like it's a completely different anime, especially with that last episode The animation was horrible, the pacing was bad, the story was completely rushed and even the characters feel empty (well, that's the case since episode 13 in my opinion) I really hope the show will get better in the future, just reach the quality it had in the first court |
| I liked this episode, it showed that not only Hyakkimaru's father will go to any length to protect what's theirs. It's really sad that so many children had to die. I'm worried for Hyakkimaru though, it seems like this quest for revenge is starting to consume him... I hope Dororo can make him come to his senses. Woah, I didn't know Hyakkimaru had an artificial spine. That must've been painful to deal with... The only issues I had with this episode is the demons death was kind of anticlimactic, and the animation wasn't great. I'm sure it will improve though. |
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| Sadly the quality wasn't as good as we're used to so far from this Anime. I do like where the story is going though! |
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MOMOpatisierre said: josephbinoy said: Wtf happened to MAPPA? This episode was so poorly and lazily drawn and animated. They actually have so much money to hire the veteran animators and also Osamu Kobayashi to handle this episode Schedule actually okay since Kobayashi mentioning he is currently working for Dororo ep 15 since early January (animation studio usually need 3 months to make an episode) Mappa do nothing wrong here, it's just simply Osamu's art and animation style Different style = bad animation, according to MAL logic. But people have had a hate-boner for that guy since the infamous Gurren Lagann episode. Anyway, @zaugr made some really good posts in this thread. Animation aside, this two-parter was lame in general. I have not been a fan of the second cour so far. |
Zaugr said: I got examples of the animation this ep too, from Sakuga no less. And they don't even include my favourite bits--the close-up facial animations. 1~ https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/75749 - in this notice how well Hyakki's and the boat's movement against the power of the waves is conveyed. 2~ https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/75751 3~ https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/75750 4~ https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/75752 And they didn't even CGI the flames. Yeah. I'm not talking about any of those sakuga moments. Those are 100% great, albeit way, way too short. Nah, I didn't use a gif capturing software. I just copied it. Maybe I don't know. Record at 30 fps and convert to gif? ffmpeg can do everything. I'm talking about scenes that are not heavy action. Yes, they are not the "money shots". But shouldn't it have at least have some consistency? If your definition of sacrificing detail for animation concept expands to the entire anime, I can straight up tell you that's totally wrong. Notice the amount of close up shots? It's the same shit as the ones from Date a live. Dororo squatting in the cave (or basement? trap? whatever. You know where it is). That few seconds looked genuinely horrible. Her talking with Hyakkimaru when the village is on fire can also be done a bit better. As viewers, we naturally look at the one who is speaking. If she's the only one talking and standing anyway, why not put a tiny bit of detail on the eyes? Besides, this is not the only instance, there are a lot more of those with the same problem. |
copyrightRingoApr 24, 2019 7:28 PM
| 「ボクは…確かに現実に絶望している。だけど、自分には絶望していない!! 今がつまらないか…楽しいのか…平凡なのか…決めているのは現実じゃない。決めるのはボクだ!!ボクが望めば不可能はない!!」-桂木桂馬 "True, I've given up on the real world. However, I haven't given up on myself!! The world doesn't get to decide whether my life is boring, fun, or ordinary because that's my decision to make!! As long as I have the will, nothing is impossible!!" -Katsuragi Keima |
| People complaining about the drop in animation quality and here I am trying to figure out how that traitor managed to come up with the second half of the treasure map which supposedly was tattooed onto Dororo's mother's back. Did they dig up her dead body and skin her or something??? |
HESTIA   APPROVES |
| poor execution of what could be an amazing episode... also, i see a lot of people saying that criticizing hyakkimaru but imo this is one of the cases of "you reap what you sow", those villagers deserved that, they killed the nun and all those kids, i actually thought this episode was satisfying |
| Their first fight, Wow! We all knew that was coming, although Dororo is in trouble. That sleazy looking bastard is back for the treasure. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| Idk did they get massive budget cuts or something? Wtf is this? |
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| The quality of animation here compared to other episodes seem to have downgraded. If they had a bigger budget or if they would've polished the scenes that weren't up to par with better scenes, then it would've made certain scenes feel more alive and made the episode much better. |
| The animation in this episode was really bad, hilariously bad at times... I'm really curious how the guy at the end got the map... |
| Not sure why everyone's banging on about the animation quality, if it wasn't in contrast to how stunning the previous episodes were you would just consider it the artistic style. Honestly i wish half the anime i watch were as good as even this episode. |
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| People say the animation was "awful" because the budget ran out or due to the deadlines but I personally think it's mostly due to a change in the direction of the episode. It's a matter of tastes, I guess but that said, the episode itself didn't really convince me. I especially didn't like how the transition between scenes was made, it just made the tension felt dull, which is a shame since the scene with the spirits of the kids felt less emotional than what it should have been due to those direction decisions. Overall, I would say this was the weakest episode so far. P.S.: On a side note, I really wonder how Itachi managed to get the first part of the tattoo but for some reason, I have an uneasy feeling about it if I'm honest. |
| The people who seem to think that the animation wasn't bad for this episode should have their eyes examined. All shows (even big budget ones) have a couple of episodes like this, its not an insult to point out the obvious. I expect that they will clean up this episode for the BD release (which is often the case) |
私のホバークラフトはウナギでいっぱいです。 |
| butchered ep for priority ep. it was so bad |
 MAL score and most user-based rating system are all joke, Imagine trusting plebs and hivemind. Find users who have good sense and rating and use them as a reference. Check my guide to rate Your taste is trash. Cope, seethe, mald |
| What intense episode, but a little bit rushed, isn't it and yes, I saw the animation issues too. Hyakkimaru's development and his character, we slowly see, is pretty interesting. I guess, he was going through much and got a little bit cold and bitter, because he was betrayed by his father and just want to get back what he "deserves" and the landlord had parallels to his father. Feel so much for Dororo, but it was kinda rushed that she burnt the rice store... did I miss something? Why would you burn their rice, couldn't you dispose of the oil in other ways!? Who wouldn't run like a 90s game character in an anime from 2019. :'D |
removed-userApr 25, 2019 3:03 PM
| What the heck was the animation and direction of this episode??? Please, the past director have to return or at lease they are gonna have to looking for another who do much better the things. THIS IS A REALLY GREAT ANIME AND DESERVES A GOD DEVELOPMENT AND ANIMATION AS BEFORE. |
-¡Give yourself to me! |
| Maybe I'm just looking way too much into things, but honestly I feel like the wonkiness and awkwardness in some animation in this episode was totally planned because at least in my opinion the wonkiness of it really added to the off-putting nature of Lord Sabame and just the vibe of the town in general |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
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