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| It's a little bit fast and sometimes it slower but I can accept this pacing. Will welcome the season 2 of this show. |
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| Good place to end the season. I think it shouldn't shock anyone to see Helck wanting to save humans. Vamirio is the MVP, a true friend. Wonder if S2 will get announced. Biggest downside to the series is the low budget, thus crappy animation. OST's been good too. |
| this show absolutely has good story !!! really needed S2 but unfortunely i think no s2 in 2024 or 2025 |
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Ding dong, the b*tch is dead.
Good lord, I've always thought of myself of a generous rater handing out 7 and 8s scores like candy and 5 and 6 to pretty bad shows, heck I think that the lowest I've rated in recent years was a 4, but Helck truly takes the cake at being terrible underwhelming in storytelling, direction, animation and character writing that gets my lowest score of a 2.
This finale almost felt like Namek arc in ol' DBZ where 5 minute time was stretched out to 4 or 5 episodes. Horribly stretch out of ol cheap "Talk no Jutsu", dumb cannon fodder soldiers that despite surpasing 2 character heroes in numbers, just fly around like targets in a carnie shooting range. Alicia's encounter that was so overhyped by the previous events was completely worthless. And Rafaed... good lord, haven't seen such a contrarian antagonist to his own principles in like ever.
Rafaed in the early series: glad I saved Helck from going to war and let his brother do the dirty job.
Rafaed after Salamy turned everyone into brainless zombies: save yourself Helck, and run away to a secluded place.
Also Rafaed in this episode: I'm just waiting for Helck to become a cliched anime protag and go into berserk mode because reasons. Also pack it up boys, we're leaving despite having the upper hand in this battle. WTF?
Legit the only episode I didn't feel annoyed by such contrived storytelling with convenient writing and events happening with zero odds (Helck and his brother being saved by the rich people from a life of misery, Alicia appearing in the nick of time to save a village from monsters while she carried out of nowhere a legendary sword, and such) was the episode with Asta's spy surveilance, at least the jokes in that episodes were mildy funny and not cringe gags based solely on cheap reaction faces.
More than likely, there will be a seson 2 later on just as cheap as it was season 1. Yeah, I think I'm done here with this dollar store fanfic.
Good lord, I've always thought of myself of a generous rater handing out 7 and 8s scores like candy and 5 and 6 to pretty bad shows, heck I think that the lowest I've rated in recent years was a 4, but Helck truly takes the cake at being terrible underwhelming in storytelling, direction, animation and character writing that gets my lowest score of a 2.
This finale almost felt like Namek arc in ol' DBZ where 5 minute time was stretched out to 4 or 5 episodes. Horribly stretch out of ol cheap "Talk no Jutsu", dumb cannon fodder soldiers that despite surpasing 2 character heroes in numbers, just fly around like targets in a carnie shooting range. Alicia's encounter that was so overhyped by the previous events was completely worthless. And Rafaed... good lord, haven't seen such a contrarian antagonist to his own principles in like ever.
Rafaed in the early series: glad I saved Helck from going to war and let his brother do the dirty job.
Rafaed after Salamy turned everyone into brainless zombies: save yourself Helck, and run away to a secluded place.
Also Rafaed in this episode: I'm just waiting for Helck to become a cliched anime protag and go into berserk mode because reasons. Also pack it up boys, we're leaving despite having the upper hand in this battle. WTF?
Legit the only episode I didn't feel annoyed by such contrived storytelling with convenient writing and events happening with zero odds (Helck and his brother being saved by the rich people from a life of misery, Alicia appearing in the nick of time to save a village from monsters while she carried out of nowhere a legendary sword, and such) was the episode with Asta's spy surveilance, at least the jokes in that episodes were mildy funny and not cringe gags based solely on cheap reaction faces.
More than likely, there will be a seson 2 later on just as cheap as it was season 1. Yeah, I think I'm done here with this dollar store fanfic.
Kimurah said: You're still crying about that? Jeez... Never seen anyone this butthurt over a minor plot-convenience...Alicia appearing in the nick of time to save a village from monsters Kimurah said: Rafaed in the early series: glad I saved Helck from going to war and let his brother do the dirty job. FFS, Rafaed didn't save Helck from going to war. Helck wasn't in need of saving to begin with. It was stated clearly that war wasn't going bad for humans initially; meaning, people weren't drafted. Add to this the fact Helck's a gentle giant who didn't want to go to war either, so "I saved Helck" bullshit you just spewed makes literally zero sense. Cless, if you've likely forgotten, volunteered to fight. When war got uglier, Helck was drafted regardless of his wishes to stay a construction worker, so congrats on proving yourself wrong and being an embarrassment yet again. Kimurah said: At this point it was pretty clear Helck was going to be a pain in the ass. It was worth the try to convince Helck to flee instead of having to fight him. Whether Helck was dead or alive didn't matter as long as he didn't intervene. Those words were obviously said in hopes Helck would run, thus the "bad guys" would have one less obstacle to worry about. This is a no-brainer, surely you should've figured this out. Also, "Salamy"? LOL. Rafaed after Salamy turned everyone into brainless zombies: save yourself Helck, and run away to a secluded place. Kimurah said: Once again your toddler-level comprehension skills come into play. In berserk-mode Helck will become a brainless killing machine, thus he won't be the already-explained and already-established "biggest threat" to the master-plan of bad-guys. This is something the show basically spoon-feeds you when explaining, and yet you still shrug shoulders in confusion like some oblivious preschooler.Also Rafaed in this episode: I'm just waiting for Helck to become a cliched anime protag and go into berserk mode because reasons. Kimurah said: Ludicrous to claim they had the upper hand when Vamirio demolished most troops and even scarred Rafaed (a master swordsman) with a blade (despite being a mage), never showing a single hint of struggle whatsoever. Meanwhile, Helck's dark aura immobilized the rest of the soldiers and he effortlessly parried Alicia's arrows and disarmed her, moments away from killing her. WTF indeed. WTF is going on in your head bud? You're desperately warping the reality to serve your narrative. It's really sad how intellect diminishes with petty rage. How else would you explain your BS? Your 2/10 score is clearly rage-influenced too. Helck isn't anything special to begin with, but throwing tantrums over it and having audacity to claim you know jack-shit about good writing while continuously demonstrating ignorance and arrogance is truly something special lol. Also pack it up boys, we're leaving despite having the upper hand in this battle. WTF? Kimurah said: Damn... Just how much did this show hurt you my guy? You graded this show 3/10 long ago and knew it would only get worse rather than better; you still decided to spend 24 episode worth of your time on it, most likely to grasp at every passible straw to justify your rage. Don't give me "I thought it would get better" BS; we both know that's indeed BS. Next time do your psyche a favor and just drop the shows that make you foam from mouth uncontrollably. Your mental gymnastics didn't impress anyone anyways, as you should've noticed. Judging by your anime-list dropping shows shouldn't be that hard for you to do to begin with.More than likely, there will be a seson 2 later on just as cheap as it was season 1. Yeah, I think I'm done here with this dollar store fanfic. P.S I think you owe me gratitude for being one of few people on MAL who gave your regurgitated nonsense some attention. That's all the attention you can hope to receive anyways. P.S.S If you want to say "bye" don't delay for months please. |
| i love the manga this adaptation had a lot of problems, pacing was all over the place and animation was... serviceable at best (clearly there's not a lot of love/passion on the production, VAs were awesome tho) and a reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally weird place to end the series, there's probably enough manga left to make a 10-12 episodes season, but it feels super bad without confirmation at the end of this episode welp, we'll see, even if this adaption is barely acceptable and even if they dont continue to adapt the series, the manga is still marvelous and you guys should read it, from the start |
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| Open end but with good vibes. The second cour truly saved the first part. Animation wise was really weak, but the story covered it. |
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| Story is generic but the characters carried the show. Ended in cliffhanger, I hope they plan to make continuation. |
| Lol they just retreat, Raphaed as a villain kinda be too nice tho. Wonder what is his truest motive to join the insanity with Mikaros. Still lotta mystery even after all the sudden change. Its not the real end, kinda cheesy as well. But actually kinda well placed as a closing. Because Vamirio finally opened up her minds toward Helck and their whole journey meaning. From hating to try helping. From suspecting to supporting. From lets destroy them all to save them all. Vamirio end it well, my queen... I might already have an idea what'll they do to try to save them all. Witch. Also, Piwi is still available, right? Can't wait to see another birb on winter. I really need the birb anime so much as a way to stay hydrate. You get what i mean? All by all. This is okay. Source always be a superior, but for this case, i'd say, its fifty-fifty. |
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| And that's that for Helck. Truly admiring how each character had a line that sumed up their resolution: Vermillio: "Let's save up humans, that's my unwavering will" Helck: "Your words have stirred up my heart, thank you" Piwi: "Hello, I'm Piwi" Jokes aside, this was a good season overall. Despite its slow pacing it took its time elaborating on the mysteries the first half of the show presented with the sinister atmosphere coming from Helck's smile and the eerie music. For a while I couldn't where it was aiming at until the flashback which, maybe could have been a bit shorter but damn if it wasn't emotional. Great choice to put us on Vermilio's shoes and see her change of heart in a belieavble. I just wished the show had a bit more budget for the animation department. Hopefully we get a new season but I doubt that'll the case. |
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| I think that they are going to have 2nd season or more to save Helck friends by turning them back into humans. |
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| As expected that the anime will end with a cliffhanger. I feel like they wasted the opportunity to make an anime with 24 episodes. I hope there will be a season 2 to continue the story. |
| Feels like reviewers are using a harsher rating system on this show as it's far better than most shows around its rating. Smells like disappointed manga fans. That said it's pretty obvious that the way the stories been told that it's a lot more of a slower paced build up over time; few really tense moments and the season finale was quite tame. That said the ratings are just way too harsh, anime around the 7 mark is pretty bad and this story is too well-planned out and interesting to fit the bill. |
ddrcrono said: Feels like reviewers are using a harsher rating system on this show as it's far better than most shows around its rating. Smells like disappointed manga fans. That said it's pretty obvious that the way the stories been told that it's a lot more of a slower paced build up over time; few really tense moments and the season finale was quite tame. That said the ratings are just way too harsh, anime around the 7 mark is pretty bad and this story is too well-planned out and interesting to fit the bill. There are a lot of great series on MAL rated in the low 7s and even, yes, 6s. I have an overall more positive-leaning than negative-leaning feeling toward this show, for instance, and I rated it a 6/10. Because compared to everything else I've seen and rated, even apart from anything to do with differences in central premise, there are shows which do things a lot better in the details in terms of writing, music/OST and its use, direction, etc. And I'm not a manga reader so not basing any rating on that if it wasn't implied from what I said (neither of Helck nor a big manga reader in general). It so happens that I rated many series I saw this year with a 6/10, but that doesn't mean I think they're awful or hate them or anything like that. Otherwise I would rate them much lower or, more to the point and more likely, drop them and not even rate them to begin with. |
WatchTillTandavaDec 30, 2023 1:39 AM
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ddrcrono said:
Feels like reviewers are using a harsher rating system on this show as it's far better than most shows around its rating. Smells like disappointed manga fans.
That said it's pretty obvious that the way the stories been told that it's a lot more of a slower paced build up over time; few really tense moments and the season finale was quite tame.
That said the ratings are just way too harsh, anime around the 7 mark is pretty bad and this story is too well-planned out and interesting to fit the bill.
Feels like reviewers are using a harsher rating system on this show as it's far better than most shows around its rating. Smells like disappointed manga fans.
That said it's pretty obvious that the way the stories been told that it's a lot more of a slower paced build up over time; few really tense moments and the season finale was quite tame.
That said the ratings are just way too harsh, anime around the 7 mark is pretty bad and this story is too well-planned out and interesting to fit the bill.
There are a lot of great series on MAL rated in the low 7s and even, yes, 6s. I have an overall more positive-leaning than negative-leaning feeling toward this show, for instance, and I rated it a 6/10. Because compared to everything else I've seen and rated, even apart from anything to do with differences in central premise, there are shows which do things a lot better in the details in terms of writing, music/OST and its use, direction, etc.
And I'm not a manga reader so not basing any rating on that if it wasn't implied from what I said (neither of Helck nor a big manga reader in general). It so happens that I rated many series I saw this year with a 6/10, but that doesn't mean I think they're awful or hate them or anything like that. Otherwise I would rate them much lower or, more to the point and more likely, drop them and not even rate them to begin with.
| @WatchTillTandava Out of all the shows I watched that got around a 7.3 I've never thought any of them were remotely as good as Helck. The stuff in around 7.3 is pretty mediocre. I'd almost never finish watching anything I considered a 6, unless it was in the "so bad it's funny" category. |
ddrcrono said: Out of all the shows I watched that got around a 7.3 I've never thought any of them were remotely as good as Helck. The stuff in around 7.3 is pretty mediocre. I'd almost never finish watching anything I considered a 6, unless it was in the "so bad it's funny" category. That's the issue. It's not really anyone's fault, but it's the nature of the rating system that people perceive and utilize these ratings very differently. For instance, for myself, by contrast to how you regard 6s, 6/10s are one of my most frequently used ratings and make up a large percentage of everything I watch. Most series I watch - including most of the series this year, for example, are either 7s or 6s to me. 7 is like my standard go-to average "good" rating and 6 is like a slightly/somewhat less good or good to decent rating in my eyes. |
| While the animation may not be the best, this series is extremely well written with very likable characters. I can't wait for more. I hope there is a season 2. 8 out of 10 I need to commission art of Vermililo. |
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| Okay, that was a much better finish than I was expecting. Vamirio’s decision to save the humans was handled really well and it’s nice to see that Azudora made it out just fine too. I wonder how he got out of that situation and what the state of Edil is now. Feels like the villain of the episode is not fully on board with the King, eh. Would be interesting to see what his real motive is here. Just when this was starting to get good again after that poor little phase in between… Anyway, here’s to hoping for a sequel! Stuck between a 6 or a 7 right now, guess I’ll decide later. |
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| This series had its fair share of issues with animation, pacing, and certain directorial decisions. It was pretty mediocre early on, but the show really started hitting during Helck's flashback. From that point, I was super invested in the characters and the story. I enjoyed this one overall despite the flaws and am glad I stuck with it through some of the early parts of the series. |
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| This anime started strong but kept receding, probably because of the many flashbacks. But now it's back on its feet, with a great ending for this season. Truly an underrated anime. I rate this season a 7.50/10 and i hope there would be a season 2 soon |
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| I'm not a waifu guy but Vamiriro is a top tier character and carried this show. The art style and character designs are unique and its cool how the artist(s) make the female characters hot without putting them in generically revealing fantasy armor. Second half of the season was good and retroactively makes parts of the first half better imo, but unfortunately the show seems to have lost some audience attention before it started getting interesting. Can't really blame them because the underwhelming animation and/or lack of animation is a big disappointment. Not sure how well this anime sold but here's hoping for another season even if it would be as poorly animated as the first. |
| This was a lot less dramatic then I feared. I wonder if Rafaed actually hopes Helck succeeds despite what he says? Anyway he seems to be in on the sorcerers plan, but for what reason exactly? Vermilio gave nice words of encouragement. I will miss her, the voice actress was great! Her voice is like honey, even when she screams baka, its so full of warmth. This show was a lot better than I expected with the ~7.1 rating it has now. The characters are good, the overall plot is good, the OST is good, animation is decent enough but probably the weakest point. Nothing in particular sticks out as "great" but it all just works well together and nothing is bad enough to sour the mood. I mean I binged this anime in 3 days, wouldnt have done that if it was boring. Debating a 7 or 8, but I will definitely binge the rest of the manga next. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Started well, for the first 7 episodes or so, but then the sudden shift to lots of flashback episodes and serious tone ruined it for me - which basically felt like another anime. They create an expectation just to suddenly show something else. I thought I was watching 3 different animes at the same time here xD The pace is all over the place. Of course they had to add some implicit romance between Hyura and Edil just to satisfty those who are watching this for the sake of romance and randomly ship characters xD They (authors/producers) love to add romance in the end to strong/badass girl characters such as Hyura. WHY?! Probably just to show their "weak" state *sigh* In the end the core of all the drama is some villain doing villain stuff and wishing to create "new world and find power" xD Not that I was expecting much, but it was truly meh/disapoiting in the end. Helck is a good guy, but he really did know how to frustrate me. Even when he should teach some bad guys a lesson he just "let´s leave it be" even when his friends were cruelly hurt by them. But then he was ready to kill Alicia? xD Asta, Azudora and Piwi I enjoyed their scenes most xD It felt like this anime had potential, but... =/ 5 or 6/10 |
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| this show has potential to go higher, but it didn't because even after episode 24, helck just come back to demon realm and the battle is not even began. with that much power, helck could overpowered rafaed easily but he didn't even thought about ending him. I know he meant to save everyone, but those human who control their plot to attack demon realm must be killed or stripped from their power first. i feel like there's not much progress from the start of the series. |
| I was getting pretty hyped the last few episodes before this, and kind of felt like it ended a little weird. Not bad, just seems to kind of set up for them to travel again like they were doing before. I really like this anime and is one of the few I've watched while airing so far. Def looking forward to a season 2, even if it's kind of far away. |
| so...is there gonna be a second season? that's great that azudra's alive & kicking, but what about asta? |
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| I think the average rating for this show matches my feeling for Helck. I was actually loving it for the first half dozen eps or so, liked the characters of Anne and Helck and her comedic distrust toward him that as time went on grew to friendship. After they left the island though things began to feel mediocre for me, that cooking competition episode was the start of it. The flashback went too long imo, was essential but could have cut an episode worth of content to make it more tight. I also could only feel annoyance toward the main wizard bad guy, way too mustache twirling for me, could only sigh. Same with the Awakened, they were so edgy, felt like bad guys made for middle schoolers. The show got me back in the last few episodes, hints of the humans being able to return to normal make me optimistic not just for them but for the show that it wasn't going to force a grimdark plot of Helck killing all his friends. So low to mid 7/10 for me. Wish I could give it the mid 8 that I was feeling at the beginning though. |
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| I am honestly a bit disappointed. After the first few episodes I kind of lost interest. The comedy is what made this show interesting but they fail to balance the comedy and serious yet dumb plot. It literally turns into mediocre cliched drama of good vs bad with cartoonish and inconclusive fights. The only things that kept me going was Piwi and maybe Azudra. Everyone else were meh. Helck was honestly a boring mc once his past is revealed. His kindness also makes him irritating and indecisive. I highly doubt this will get a season 2 even if it does get better. |
| I went into watching this Anime completely blind, not expecting much to begin with. After completing this Anime I realized Vamirio and Piwi carried most of the show for me. I don't know why but Vamirio is like the 1st bitchy loli grandma I ever liked in an Anime before. Most of the time small female bitchy characters in Anime usually irritate me but Vamirio AKA Anne from management kind of grew on me over the course of the series. The character Piwi simply reminded me of an extremely less annoying Anya Forger from Spy x Family. If anything, Helck turned out to be a very entertaining distraction where the fact that I had zero expectations from this Anime to begin with made it ten fold more enjoyable to watch. I highly doubt this Anime will get a 2nd season but if it does I certainly wouldn't shy away from it. |
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