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| wasn't really great, but i wasn't expecting much so i can't say i'm disappointed. glad to hear ishida akira again though. vamirio's VA is very pretty but i don't like how loud she was here. asta almost looked like she was doing a ging freecess cosplay. |
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| This one has some really funny comedy! The interactions between Vermirio and Hon were just hillarious and so were their efforts to knock Helck out of the tournament. I was suprised this one seems to have some serious story, as it was teased in the end. I hope it will be on the same level! |
| Well, this was a lot more fun than I was expecting. There is a lot to like about this show so far: animation is pretty good, the comedy is hitting, and the story is already kind of interesting. Really looking forward to this one going forward. |
| Animation and character design could be better but the comedy elements are well done. I'm curious to find out more. |
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| Hope they keep up the gag format but might change like they did in the manga. I wonder if they will cover the whole series in 24 episodes.. |
| Great first episode for a great manga, hope the quality keeps up so we get a worthy adaptation the whole way through. This season is stacked but this is probably my personal favourite so far. |
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| Okay, this was a lot funnier than I expected. I actually didn't even know this is a comedy. But there are some mysterious things too. So interesting! This was really good. Looking forward to more! |
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| i love Helck's character design |
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| So far so good; there's a lot of questions here and some necessary world building but as a first episode i'm totally hooked. very funny as well. |
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Lightsrevenge said: Marinate1016 said: Wow I really liked this first episode, Hidive really been cooking lately with their seasonals. At first glance, feels like a He-man or Conan the barbarian anime lol. Another tale of two halves style premiere. First half leans heavily into the comedic side with gags about Helck being OP and human etc. Considering the demons are at war with humanity it makes sense why Vamirio would be sceptical. The second half is where things really got interesting for me, though. They set up that there’s a lot more to Helck than meets the eye. His backstory is pretty sus, and then there’s the issue of what happened to the human realm. Where is everyone? Also, it’s a bit funny that the demons in this world don’t know about angels?? A lot of questions after this first episode. Animation and art were solid, premise is interesting, seems good. I was thinking the same thing Hidive doesn’t have as many simulcast but they seem to be picking up winners. I hope this one keeps being as entertaining as the first episode. Seem like they’re focusing on quality over quantity which is a solid approach. Since fall 2022 they’ve consistently had shows that are in the running for AOTS |
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| Huh, that's a new take on the "defeat the Demon King" trope, have the hero be in the competition to become the next one. Not only that, make the competition ridiculous and against him while he aaces it making the crowd go in his favor much to the displeasure of Vamidio. Also, the fact that he killed his brother (allegedly) who's the one that actually defeated the Demon King and the humans disappeared it's also something of note. Let 'em cook episode |
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| I just heard about this anime today and it really seems interesting. Excited to see where the story goes. |
| Really good first episode. Got me hook line and sinker. Can't wait for the next episode. |
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| This anime was fun to watch at least it made me smile at that red-haired girl's conversations with zura sealion. |
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| The source material is one of my favorite pieces of media in general, so I knew this is gonna be good (or at least really hoped they won't fugg it up). And thank God, they delivered. I don't even remember the last time I had this much fun with an anime. Helck is cool as always, but to me, the best character is Vamirio (I prefer this name over Vermillio). Looking forward to re-experience her character development. Not even sure what else to say, Helck is just so much fun! Even though I know what's going to happen, I can't wait to see the next episode. |
| My interest is piqued. It started as a comedy and ended with something else entirely, I like tone shifting. Was the design so bad? It's nothing special but I did not find it repulsing to the point it would be unwatchable. If the story keeps its promise and given the source material seems to be acclaimed, I'd consider reading it after the season. |
| Winning match after match without even knowing you're being handicapped every time is one hell of a flex. Heard the manga for this is top tier so I have high hopes for this, and I'm already loving it so far. |
| Gives off some Mashle vibes interesting mystery about the people in the town and what led Helck to do what he did can’t wait for next episode this seems like it’s gonna be a lot of fun !! |
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| oh this is so nice! a great amount of comedy but there is still tense seriousness within the shadows! lolz! 5/5. |
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| Well, let's get on with this. It's pretty good, but I'm still a bit disappointed, not that I had particularly high expectations for the adaptation to begin with. Let's begin with the thing I was most worried about before it started, the pacing. This, at least, seems to not be too bad, but it's also a bit early to say. The first episode covers the first three chapters of the manga, but that comes with a bit of a problem. There is quite a bit cut from it. My biggest worry going into this was that is would try to cover the entire manga with just two cours. With there already being a noticeable amount cut when adapting three chapters into a single episode, a rate that would get them to chapter 72/111, if they were to try and adapt the whole thing, they would likely have to cut entire sections out of the story, and my fears of terrible pacing will be founded. Luckily, around chapter 70 is a bit of a lull between major story sections, so it would actually make for a pretty good stopping point for the end of the season. We should probably talk about what was cut though, so this next section will be about the structure. A lot of the cut content was comedy. I found the most likely things to be cut were small, one or two panel jokes, details, and internal monologues. In fact, just about every one or two panel joke was cut, to the point that I was able to remember one that was coming up and correctly guess that it would be skipped (guy with a broken finger during chess). It's kind of a shame, as a lot of those jokes were some of the best in the early chapters precisely because of their brevity. At the same time, they added a bit to the scene where Vamirio is a judge that could probably have been shortened in favor of a couple of those jokes, not to mention the first minute or so that was anime original. The thing that I'm most concerned about that was skipped was the .5 chapter. I didn't expect all of them to be put in the adaptation, but they're usually good for character building, like the one that was skipped, and a lot of them are important to the main plot. I would have preferred as many of them be put in as possible, but I knew that at least some of them would have to be cut. I just hope that it doesn't just cut all of them, as that would actually harm the story in more major ways. There were some weird structure choices made with the Asuta segments. For some reason, they changed the placement of her introduction scene to the middle of the card tower segment instead of after it. The weirdest change I found was how it presented it's information. They have removed most of her inner monologues, something she has in most of her scenes in the manga due to her usually being alone. For her introduction scene, her inner first monologue was replaced with a narrator. While she was walking toward the town, she had another inner monologue that gave some lore exposition that is important to the overall story, but that entire thing was cut. When she got to the town and decided to contact Isuta, they then cut back to the tournament. When they cut back to Asuta, they added in a scene of her contacting Isuta, in which the narrator explains class two magic abilities. This bit confuses me. Why would they cut a scene of Asuta explaining a more major lore element, but add an original scene where the narrator explains something that would already get explained shortly afterward anyway? The shuffling of scenes doesn't seem to add anything either, so why do it in the first place? And why insist on getting rid of so much of the internal dialogue, often just replacing it with a narrator but sometimes cutting it completely? I didn't mention it yet, but Hon had this happen to him several times as well. I can understand cutting some of it for time, but why replace any of it with a narrator? I really wasn't keen on how this bit was handled. Let's talk about the visuals. They're not good, but at least they're not Biscuit Hammer. It actually does have animation, though it is minimal and saved only for action scenes. I'm glad they decided to go with the artstyle from later in the manga instead of the early artstyle. I really don't like the frequent use of ugly effects animation, but at least some explosions look fine. I'm a bit disappointed with some of the artistic choices made. Namely, a lot of the facial expressions and general expressiveness have been nerfed, especially on the side and background characters. Take the scene where Kenros shares his "revelation" about the card tower competition. Throughout the scene, his face barely deviates from what it normally looks like. It gives a much more flat perception than the bombastic feeling of even mundane moments of the early manga. Similar comparative flatness can be found in multiple parts of the episode, such as when the competitors are getting ready right before the card tower match. I'm also not a fan of anything they did with Rubero. They cut his introduction scene since it was in the .5 chapter, fair enough, but for some reason they made him yellow instead of white and nerfed his muscles and facial expressions. I don't care for the colors in general, but I do think they did good with how they colored most of the more important characters. The sounds are pretty typical for a modern anime, but I had a small problem with the soundtrack. There were a couple scenes where this mild song was playing over the character's talking that I think probably would have been better with no background music. I didn't like the opening or ending, but I thought the ending was more okay. The opening was basically default for modern action fantasy anime in terms of both song and visuals, and Helck only gave a single half smile in it, which I didn't like. I'm not sure what was up with the visuals of most of the ending, I thought they didn't really match with anything in the story, but the song was nice. I'd say that so far this hasn't been the best of adaptations, though it hasn't been too bad. Most good points it has were also good points with the source material. I was going to say that the artstyle was a step up from the manga since it uses the later artsyle instead of the earlier one, but with how many artistic changes were made that were a step down from the manga, I can't really say that was the case. There really isn't a single thing about the experience that enhanced the manga, which is the biggest strength of good adaptations. In fact, by having so much cut, it became a worse experience compared to the manga. With all that said, it's still Helck. I said most good points were also good points with the source material, and it just so happens that source material is fantastic, so the good points with the anime are still really good. The anime at least seems to be adequately covering the important parts, and if it's able to do a decent job with a lot of what comes later, it will still be a great experience, even if it's entirely due to the source material. |
FrosteekJul 13, 2023 11:08 AM
| A gar MC is an unexpectedly beautiful sight after so many twink fantasy protagonists. Take this over the isekai stuff any day. |
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| Wow this was way better than I expected for a 1st episode. The animation is good and I hope it can be consistent for 24 episodes. Not only that it was pretty but funny too. It's got scamboli's approval so I'm going to stick with it. Helck gives me a hanana-barbara/conan the barbarian vibes. Dude is a goofy himbo but probably has a dark as hell backstory. Can't wait to see more of this world. |
| i didn't read the manga but i bet it's sounds like it cuz of the way he speaks highly of his bro and how he hates humans plus the couple of flashbacks supports a fishy backstory that supports this claim. |
Kirito_onlineJul 12, 2023 2:24 PM
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Uuhhwyhwhe266 said: Might I introduce you to Hoshi no Samidare?Didn't expect to see a non-isekai to look this cheap, especially when the manga is such a good source. |
| The adaptation seems pretty faithful so far. Early Helck is pretty slow in the beginning, but you guys will see how good it gets. |
| I came into this series blind and I thought that the first episode was pretty funny, in particular Vamirio's temper and outbursts made me laugh. Meanwhile Helck does look like a character more out of He-Man than an anime as someone else pointed out. I did find it interesting that Helck is a twin brother to the hero that took out the last Demon Lord. Also, I noticed that in the OP Vamirio looks to warm up to Helck, or maybe she gets closer to him to get to the bottom of Helck's true intentions, we'll see. |
| Felt a bit boring most the way through to me. Has me curious though. |
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| The demons here are so quick to warm up with a human like Helck. Except for Vamirio she's still suspicious of him. The story is already engaging for a first episode. How creative along with the characters. |
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| Dreadfully boring and irritatingly unfunny. Out. (And I now see, adding it, 24 episodes? Of what? it struggled to fill one.) |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
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