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| So glad I could watch this while it's airing. The hype every week is worth the wait |
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| Pretty shallow show so far, but I'm enjoying it. Wish the creatures and bosses he's fought so far were as cool conceptually and design-wise as the one in that second dungeon though. Hope the author plays Dark Souls or something like that. |
| they were really boxing towards the end. Excited to see more worldbuilding |
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| Wow Jinwoo's evolution. Now he already has muscles... |
| fuck me sideways that was freaking awesome |
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| Insanely good animation. Impeccably so. Chainsaw Man... Jujutsu Kaisen... I'm starting to see a pattern of seasonal shows given the "film animation" treatment. Seems like animation this spectacular would have been reserved for high-budget films, maybe a decade ago. But this new trend seems to be the result of anime becoming an internationally mainstream phenomenon and the bar being continuously risen. This was the best animated episode yet, and I cannot fathom how we've reached a point in our history where art of this caliber can be produced. Seems borderline rotoscoped—some shots look like the FPS was boosted—the fluidity of movements and creative dynamic angles and perspectives, it's beautiful. The pacing is magnificent. Fight scenes are either filled with dialogue or end after one or two punches. Most anime cut corners when it comes to fight scenes: a character will throw a punch, the screen will turn black, and then we're shown the outcome—the enemy lying on the floor, etc etc. But in this anime, we see everything. Every motion carried out is depicted frame-by-frame. Every single punch thrown, every single sword swung, is animated in glorious detail. And the action just keeps coming. The second the MC takes a hit and finds his bearing, another attack is already being cast toward him. I loved when he got hit by the serpent's tail—the second he recovered himself and looked up, an entire train was flying toward him. I'm so used anime fight scenes of which Character A throws a punch, Character B dodges, and then they share a 5 minute dialogue. Or in this case, the serpent would lunge—the MC would have a 2 minute flashback, a 1 minute epiphany dialogue—then he'd miraculously end the duel with (a freeze frame shot of) an uppercut. But THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. A fast-paced no-breather no-holds-barred nail-biting gloriously executed action sequence is animated in all its splendor. Again—would never guess this S-tier quality could be found outside of a high-budget film. Also, the MC's voice actor is next level. I feel it's not often you hear an adult male anime character constantly screaming. The VA's vocals must've been all torn and raw afterward. I guess I've become numb to characters NOT grunting or yelling during combat—I've been so conditioned to feel that way after so many action-oriented anime....but when finally confronted with a "realistic" (so to speak) vocal delivery during a fight scene, it seems surreal. Even in Episode 2 when he was screaming while being killed by the giants, I was hyper-fixated on the shrieking delivery, as it's seldom seen to that degree. Usually when anime characters are injured, they just grit their teeth without making a sound (or go, "tch" or "khh")... but this MC really reacts to all his injuries, or belts out a battle cry whenever he's casting forth his weapon. Extra points for conveying panting and exhaustion so well, as well as the anger and desperation when he lands his killing blow on the serpent. The meek nice guy turning into a vengeful demonic entity after being pushed to the brink is captivating. |
JohnDimensionJan 28, 2:09 AM
| This episode did a good job at portraying how much Jinwoo has evolved over a short period of time. Very hype and entertaining. (9.5/10) |
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fuck me sideways that was freaking awesome
| @BetaMaleUltra As an anime only I am really enjoying this. Very refreshing way of using video games in a story. I am super intrigued as to what the freaky god thing was that gave him this piower as well. |
Reply to Jackson1333
Sigh, this is why I'm not a fan of adding video game mechanics to your fantasy show. Guy puts all his stats into strength, then proceeds to get smashed through concrete walls, and flung across the room countless times with no damage, despite not investing anything in vitality. He even says if he takes a direct hit it would kill him, lol. I guess those were all indirect hits? And he keeps commenting on how good his perception skill is, despite not putting anything into perception.
Still enjoying the show, just going to have to ignore the video game "logic"
Still enjoying the show, just going to have to ignore the video game "logic"
Jackson1333 said: Sigh, this is why I'm not a fan of adding video game mechanics to your fantasy show. Guy puts all his stats into strength, then proceeds to get smashed through concrete walls, and flung across the room countless times with no damage, despite not investing anything in vitality. He even says if he takes a direct hit it would kill him, lol. I guess those were all indirect hits? And he keeps commenting on how good his perception skill is, despite not putting anything into perception. Still enjoying the show, just going to have to ignore the video game "logic" - Every time he levels up all his stats go up by one. So his perception went from 10 to 27 without using any points on it. - Strength makes him more durable because he's physically stronger. Think of it like armor or defense. The snake didn't do enough damage to overcome SJN's defenses so his health didn't drop significantly. There are different types of attacks, blunt and piercing. The snake did blunt attacks with its body. - He said he could die from one hit from the snake because he has no idea how strong he has become. SJW went from E rank to C rank in a day. It takes time to adjust to his new body. He also forgot about the inventory and his poison immunity because this is very new to him and he needs time to take it all in. |
YaggamyJan 28, 7:19 AM
| This was a much better paced episode. |
Reply to Yaggamy
Jackson1333 said:
Sigh, this is why I'm not a fan of adding video game mechanics to your fantasy show. Guy puts all his stats into strength, then proceeds to get smashed through concrete walls, and flung across the room countless times with no damage, despite not investing anything in vitality. He even says if he takes a direct hit it would kill him, lol. I guess those were all indirect hits? And he keeps commenting on how good his perception skill is, despite not putting anything into perception.
Still enjoying the show, just going to have to ignore the video game "logic"
Sigh, this is why I'm not a fan of adding video game mechanics to your fantasy show. Guy puts all his stats into strength, then proceeds to get smashed through concrete walls, and flung across the room countless times with no damage, despite not investing anything in vitality. He even says if he takes a direct hit it would kill him, lol. I guess those were all indirect hits? And he keeps commenting on how good his perception skill is, despite not putting anything into perception.
Still enjoying the show, just going to have to ignore the video game "logic"
- Every time he levels up all his stats go up by one. So his perception went from 10 to 27 without using any points on it.
- Strength makes him more durable because he's physically stronger. Think of it like armor or defense. The snake didn't do enough damage to overcome SJN's defenses so his health didn't drop significantly. There are different types of attacks, blunt and piercing. The snake did blunt attacks with its body.
- He said he could die from one hit from the snake because he has no idea how strong he has become. SJW went from E rank to C rank in a day. It takes time to adjust to his new body. He also forgot about the inventory and his poison immunity because this is very new to him and he needs time to take it all in.
There is no point in even replying to your other points anymore, because any arguments I had are made moot by this information. |
Jackson1333Jan 28, 4:55 PM
| That was some good action. Ngl, this anime is making up for that weak early impression. |
| Fine ep I think. Not to say much, direction tries to make it emotional especially during clashes, but it's hard to get invested knowing MC will always survive anyway. |
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| By the way the pace is going, I wonder till what arc they will adapt. In any case, he's gotten stronger and killed the monster with his first throw. A hint to his strength that's about to come. |
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Comander-07 said:
This was actually good! Though the Lycans beeing written in red yet going down relatively easy/1 hit while the boss was orange was weird. I guess he was intimidated by the design though, since he literally crushed it bare handed.
This was actually good! Though the Lycans beeing written in red yet going down relatively easy/1 hit while the boss was orange was weird. I guess he was intimidated by the design though, since he literally crushed it bare handed.
Magical energy is the only thing that is measurable in this world, other stats are not.
Think of it like a geiger counter. It can tell you the radiation level of the item, but not its other stats: size/weight/density.
Stats are somewhat close to each other, there's no big divination. An S rank healer has the strength of an A rank fighter for example.
Because of this magical energy is a good overal indicator for how strong something is.
But SJW went all-in on strength, he could punch above his weight class. The system compared his magical energy to the enemy's when deciding the color of the name on the screen.
| @Yaggamy Thats interesting, but doesnt change he one shotted a dozen "red" lycans but struggled more with the "orange" snake. Given by what the anime has actually established, this just doesnt work out |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Nice episode, was over in a blink of an eye unfortunately haha. MC is changin so fast |
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