Tougen Anki Episode 1 Discussion

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Jul 24, 10:09 AM

#101

nick_el_son

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It was quite cringe tbh. I did not care any of those characters at all.
Typical brainless battle shonen with demons, at least that's my impression from the 1st ep.

Aug 8, 10:56 PM

#102

Melees

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I love it so much wow

Aug 13, 12:36 PM

#103

Biisoo

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This was hyped up quite alot but I'm mainly watching this for the Oral Cigarettes opening lol. Gotta say though, This went from 0 to 100 really quick. Maybe it's the pacing or they just wanted to be done with the intro as fast as possible.

Also I was not expecting to see CGI in the first episode already, Although I don't mind it for sure. Typical Shounen start, MC finds out he has a special lineage, Parents die. The blood aspect is really good to see though, They can do some creative stuff with it.

Aug 15, 6:00 AM

#104

Denkenisme

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Actually, I didn’t know about this anime and had no plans to watch it.
But people said it was quite interesting, so I decided to give it a try.

So yeah, it’s about adapting a Japanese legend — the war between the Oni and Momotaro.
Then there’s Shiki, an Oni child adopted by Tsuyoshi, a Momotaro.
From the start, I figured the reason for adopting a child from an archenemy was probably to end the eternal war and live in harmony. And indeed, before his death, Shiki’s father gave him that very wish.

But why did Shiki end up joining the Oni group? Doesn’t that go against his father’s wish?

Oh, and one more thing — the Oni’s powers here are kind of similar to the Blood Devil from Chainsaw Man.

Aug 15, 6:01 AM

#105

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Aug 15, 4:17 PM

#106

1List2RuleThemAl

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Wow, in first 5 mins, unlikable MC, godawful dialogues with generic plot, terribly done FX art for special abilities, terribly animated 3DCGI (maybe I've been spoiled by seeing 3D in Donghua's recently) and a pointless death of MC's "father" to shoehorn emotional touch, which doesn't work when your audience doesn't give a shit about any characters on-screen.

Also, nice job rushing the plot. Was the writer in a hurry? MC got introduced and "awakened" in like first 14 mins. No world/character buildings, nothing interesting.

I guess MC will goto school (next like someone mentioned) and will take part in a fucking tournament while on the way to a sauna, discussing how amazing Japanese food is while yelling like an asshole throughout the series to annoy the shit out of people who are trying to watch the show.

Meh. I'll give this 1/10 unless the next few episodes somehow manage to be interesting. English dub is shit though, might as well watch the subbed version.

EDIT: Oh yeah, just realized. It reminded me of that shitty Blue Exorcist anime, with similar looking character.

1List2RuleThemAlAug 15, 4:23 PM

Aug 15, 5:12 PM

#107

Treyv0n

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LMAO this was the most shounen thing I’ve ever seen in a while man hahaha not saying that it’s bad or anything it’s just that it’s so shounen whenever someone close to the MC dies and then is kidnapped by the organization that goes against the thing that the MC hates😭😭😭😭

I like the character designs of the Oni tho they all look incredibly cool to me but the pink haired girl is my favourite she looks so cute and fine and hot all at once😩

The opening is catchy asf bro I like it but the visuals from it here are my takeaway from it, everything looks so cool and bloody like there’s so much blood now that I think about it, anyways IN THE 24 ALIVE HERE!!!😫😫

The animation is actually pretty ok yes there’s some CGI but it’s not too bad imo and Studio Hibari incorporates it good tbh but the 2D animation goes so hard they nailed it and I’m not surprised since they also animate Toilet Bound Hanako🤩🔥🔥🔥

I’m enjoying this it a lot and tbh it become less stereotypical and show us cool stuff as the episodes go on imo and bro…IS THAT LEVI’S VA I HEAR???? YES IT IS!!!!! I’m definitely sticking around and watching this idgaf bros VA’ing is just too good to miss out on man🔥🔥

Treyv0nAug 15, 5:20 PM

Aug 23, 1:05 AM

#108

FarCritical

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From clubs to blood missiles. Oni weaponry sure has come a long way.

Aug 25, 12:37 PM

#109

Darkzepheran

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The introduction as a bit lacking, but after seen the fight scenes and characters, it looks like this is going to be a good shonen to watch.

P.S. I'm not lying when I say this, but the only reason I'm watching this series is because of the two bbw blondies characters I've recently seen in tiktoks. Them curves can hypnotise a man for days!

"Deceive yourself in every last detail... Deceive the world. Do this, and victory is assured. Best of luck to you, old friend. El... Psy... Congroo." -- Hououin Kyouma

Aug 27, 3:39 PM

#110

phantom346

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Can this get any more generic? I didn't hate hate it but I also saw nothing of value.

READ TORIKO

Sep 8, 4:31 AM

#111

Jawnyblaze

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Very standard shounen but it was well done. If you need "originality" in your anime then don't bother with this one, but if you can just turn off your brain and enjoy a good fight show with solid production quality then it was good. I did appreciate how powers like these usually are manifested as swords and other sharp weapons but this dude makes guns lol. Pretty cool.

Sep 8, 12:43 PM

#112

talortoo

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I don’t understand what was interesting in this episode

Random drama with annoying adopted kid at the start

Too many things were predictable like MC being clueless, slow to react(just annoying), get awakening seeing his father losing the fight, the father was going to die protecting him…

The momotaro guy just dragged it instead of killing MC on the first encounter and after they exit the car… good job

The sob story was done weakly, I hardly know the father and it was so predictable that he is going to die so why bother

Animation felt off a bit but was overall fine

I don’t feel like giving it 3 episodes or so with how this episode went (and some other points I didn’t bother writing)

Sep 16, 6:49 PM

#113

ToumaTachibana

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Interesting first episode, a bit rushed but at least the pacing is not painful slow like other shounen which its very positive. The fight was intense and the ending was just sad, he couldn't even bury his adoptive father.

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