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Reply to Kai200X
@Flying_Hawlucha I guess not everyone as smart as you🤡
| @Kai200X Woah guys save the clown faces for the haters in the comments 😗 |
| Another sub-par episode. |
| You’re telling me that the biggest mission they’ve been teasing since season 1 is finally happening… and Jin-Woo isn’t even going? Wow, what a letdown. |
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| banger episode, great cliffhanger still prefer the manhwa in a couple areas (the sparring matches + “the” ant’s appearance. also didn’t get to see the A-rank spar) but 9/10 regardless!! |
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| Somehow, I think Jinwoo is slightly arrogant in this episode. However, I don't blame him since it's his right to feel that way. |
| Meruem is here lol but seriously how fucking similar these ants are to the chimera ants of Hunter X Hunter lol, if the author says he didn't take inspiration from that he's lying. Anyway, that part where the hunters have a "friendly sparring", I read that on the webtoon cause I got curious around 2 weeks ago about what comes next, and man it really feels and looks way better in the anime. |
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| I almost threw the computer on the floor when he ripped her head off, the ant came out almost like a certain character in "Pluto" and the fucking ending came out. You can't do this to me and leave me with this cliffhanger, I almost bit my dog. |
A1 is cutting so many character moments from these episodes... and it's not like they are cutting scenes that would take up much screen time. Like cutting Baek's reacting to Jinwoo not being on the raid list. Or not showing Goto's reaction once the faceoff with Jinwoo was stopped by others. It just makes the side characters even more 1-dimensional and the side characters were already the weakest part of the manhwa/lightnovel. |
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| I'm losing my head over those last few seconds. Absolute Cinema. |
| Loved this episode, but fights were kinda too intense.. everyone looked like they want to kill each other just to gauge their strengths... looks like their IQ get lower with more power... animation was nice I don't think that MC choice to not go was good, but at least he can switch with some of his shadows and appear there... I wonder if Queen ant or the new Goku-like ant will be stronger? |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
Reply to IhnalakoKaina
certifiedbinger said:
I'd argue that random gore in an action show is always a great kick, especially when we weren't forced to sympathize with a character before they were mutilated. It's a random girl that no one cares about. Creates tension and shock, without emotionally manipulating the viewer.
I would think it was forced if she got a sad ass backstory about a sick mom and then they did her in. That'd just be pathetic.
IhnalakoKaina said:
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So this is the story "fleshed out"? I'm sorry but what is this about the manga being... ah, forget it.
It's like trying to put your hand into what you think is a small, still puddle of water and it's actually a piece of very shiny plastic.
It reminds me of a time when someone called csm something like "a mature story for intellectual young adults". I chuckled. This time not even. I thought it could not get much worse, but now that even the "let's brutally murder a somewhat agreeable, apparently faultless side character in a way that makes no sense and for no other purpose than to be gory and edgy, even though it's evident that jinwoo will win regardless and no main or main related characters will die" box has been filled, there's not many left.
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So this is the story "fleshed out"? I'm sorry but what is this about the manga being... ah, forget it.
It's like trying to put your hand into what you think is a small, still puddle of water and it's actually a piece of very shiny plastic.
It reminds me of a time when someone called csm something like "a mature story for intellectual young adults". I chuckled. This time not even. I thought it could not get much worse, but now that even the "let's brutally murder a somewhat agreeable, apparently faultless side character in a way that makes no sense and for no other purpose than to be gory and edgy, even though it's evident that jinwoo will win regardless and no main or main related characters will die" box has been filled, there's not many left.
I'd argue that random gore in an action show is always a great kick, especially when we weren't forced to sympathize with a character before they were mutilated. It's a random girl that no one cares about. Creates tension and shock, without emotionally manipulating the viewer.
I would think it was forced if she got a sad ass backstory about a sick mom and then they did her in. That'd just be pathetic.
Hi, I'm no one. I even just said how it can't possibly create tension. It's true that if she had a whole episode backstory like overlord's tomb raiders it would have been pathetic, still never able to be something like goblin slayer episode 1 because that one, as awful as it was, kinda made sense.
Instead, this one is cheap and unnecessary. But I guess that's kinda on brand for this series. Wouldn't have hated it this much if at least they had seen it coming and died fighting or something, not being absolutely unprofessional and unreasonably letting their guard down like that, but again, that's the brand since s1 ep 1.
Every episode has something that makes me think that the writer never had the "I guess people won't just buy that, should think this one through one more time" moment. Like the first draft always made the cut, as retarded as it was. Shiny plastic though. Art good, animation good, monkey brain activates, masterpiece.
| @IhnalakoKaina Dude. THe quickness and how easier it mutilated her as an S rank hero is supposed to show how fucking strong the ant is. |
A show about "hunters" who must face giant, voracious ants, with a queen ant who gives birth to a ridiculously powerful son... sounds familiar, but I can't figure out why... |
| Sung Jin-Woo PUT HIS SHADOW SOLDIERS INTO THEIR SHADOWS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION AND then he can teleport there whenever he wants. What a nice guy. |
| The S-Rank was killed so easily. Ok Jinwoo, vacation is over get your ass to the island. |
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Reply to Axelsch
A show about "hunters" who must face giant, voracious ants, with a queen ant who gives birth to a ridiculously powerful son... sounds familiar, but I can't figure out why...
| @Axelsch you're over thinking it surely...im sure someone well tell us it has no similarity to whatever you're thinking of |
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| And it went FUBAR right before the end of the episode! |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| When I was a kid I used to get excited about anime where characters were killed off, it was cool and daring. Now I'm 32 and I don't want anyone to die on screen. I'm tired of it. I think if they keep doing this, I probably won't watch season 3. |
| I will be the first person to tell yes go prioritise your family specially after such a long waited reunion. BUT it's a national threat neglecting it may harm more people and puts your family at danger. Now that japanese girl already ded and many more probably dies. Things will also go south ig and then same predictable as swooping in last to save the day huh.... Writing can never be good in this show I just have to accept it. |
| OK WTF was that? I feel like the anime has done quite a good job at adapting the manwha, but this episode was the first time where I feel they really messed up and did the story a huge disservice. I'm referring to Jinwoo's fight with Goto. Goto is supposed to be the strongest hunter in Japan and the Korean hunters give the sense that he's stronger then all of them. So when him and Jinwoo fight it's supposed to be a big deal and for us as readers (watches in this case) and chance to see just how he stacks up to other hunters and the anime totally gives off a completely wrong feeling. In the manwha when Jinwoo fights him he terrifies Goto so much that he's left a shell of himself panicking that he was going to die. It was the first real time when we actually get a sense that Jinwoo is actually way above any hunter. But in the anime they make it seem like that maybe he's stronger. I know this might seem small and petty, but the anime and manwha really do convey a very different feeling and compared to the manwha when you're left thinking, ok Jinwoo is levels above these other people. In the anime you're just left like, I guess he's strong. Such a cool, character defining scene for Jinwoo that got ruined. |
| The sparring match was fun to watch. It was a mostly one-sided affair, although Cha Hae-In did perform really well against her opponent. After that, it became a battle between Goto and Sung and the two of them got into their battle so easily, it had to be interrupted. I wouldn't be surprised if the building itself would be destroyed had their battle continued on! XD After that, it got back to the serious operation for the Jeju Island raid and the build-up towards the operation's start was pretty cool. I did expect Sung to join, but he didn't. Considering how much hard work he went to get the elixir of life to help his mother to recover recently, I can't blame him for wanting to stay behind and take it easy. However, the raid itself looks to be a hellish one and saying that feels like an understatement. A newly hatched ant is beyond OP that it killed that poor S-rank Japanese healer in a blink of an eye. With the main raid team inside the caverns and the biggest threat to them outside, I can only see more unfortunate deaths as the raid goes on... |
| Someone remind me.. didn't they raid this island at the end of season 1? |
"Without commitment, we will never start. Without dicipline and consistency, we will never finish." |
Vindicater said: @IhnalakoKaina Dude. THe quickness and how easier it mutilated her as an S rank hero is supposed to show how fucking strong the ant is. so what? jinwoo will lose then? why are they letting their guard down anyways? What about the guys at the A rank dungeon where the ogres were at? They were relatively powerless but weren't made out to be idiots. The enemies were op but nobody needed to die in order to prove it. Also, why not kill the other 2 before they can realize what happened and have a dramatic pause to look at the girl's body? If it's so powerful, it didn't need to leave the nest, could've just waited there for the guys coming after the queen. Doesn't need to target the healers first because a cut head is impossible to stitch up. What was the shadow soldier jinwoo put on everyone even for? And all this inconsistency is unique to that one scene. The whole deal makes no sense. As in why not just nuke it or bombard it? Why are Japan and korea the only ones dealing with it? It better not be that the ant has "a terrifying presence" or some shit, that makes it even more nonsensical that nobody knew a huge ass fucking bug was coming. |
| Jinwoo knows about the strength of the other S ranked now, but he's not going to Jeju yet, with this ending we know that it's not gonna as easy as they thought ahah, not to mention next ep's title |
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