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| Well, this just goes to show their world is never safe, even when riding on a bus for a trip. I like the world fiction of the show though, and it seems Naomi is quite knowledgable. Not going to lie, I like the overall style of their world. There was the higher-tech cities from the previous episode and then, there's the barren wasteland and ruins of this episode. It looks like as long as they are on the road, Naomi and Rouge need to alway watch out for themselves. |
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| Naomi and Rouge can't even ride the bus without people trying to hunt them. I really loved how Naomi explained about the ruins and the war that caused them |
| Really liking the characters dynamics between these two. The world building is stellar, and seems like a couple of my theories are proven right, the Visitor is indeed aliens. so much informations to digest, definitely gonna make a forum post. The action sequences are amazing.  |
| After two episodes think this is easily my favorite show so far this season. I love how they used the guise of Naomi explaining the history of the world to children as a way to also let the audience know more about the lore and what's going on in the series. Rouge not sharing her chocolate and calling herself a kid so she could justify it was hilarious, but it was sweet how she bonded with the girl later in the episode was able to "grow up." honestly the character interactions in general are just a lot of fun especially between Rouge and Naomi, even the subtle interactions like the rock paper scissors match, the time limit discussion on taking out the "bad guys," and Naomi telling Rouge to stay and her being angry and barking afterward were all really cool just to kinda give more insight to both of their personalities. I'm really loving Rouge as a character in general, finding her personality to be a lot of fun as a main character. The kick ass granny driving the bus was kinda awesome too and I like that even the most irrelevant characters on the bus served some kind of purpose for giving more insight into the series such as the racism from the old guy from not being protected, the Nean giving more insight to their function and role in a world with humans, and of course the children being a gateway to the lore and developing Rouge more. I don't think I like Crimson Lightning as much when the song is sped up but the visuals were still beautiful. Also really like both the OP and ED, all in all I don't have any complaints about this show so far, but I'm also a sucker for sci-fi and mechs. |
| The voice dramas released on the official Fuji TV Anime YouTube channel revealed some plot points, but I won't say what they are because it'll eventually be disclosed in the anime. (The voice dramas are in Japanese, no English subs) If you recognized the voice of the Nean speaking right in the beginning, it's because it's Kobayashi Chiaki, the VA of Stark, Mashle and Ragna this season! Oh, nice world buidling! So I guess Neans look like humans so the aliens would recognize them as humans and attack them instead of real humans or something? Badass grandma let's goooo! I love how CGI sci-fi vehicles look in anime Oh, Neans have skeletons? Now I'm really curious about how they're made. The lyrics in the background song are "The moment has arrived for fighting. There is no escape or hiding." repeated many times. It's called Crimson Lightning: Good episode! |
EmbientJan 21, 2024 5:12 AM
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Girl you have the Spiderman Far From Home EDITH sunglasses, what are you doing using a clock dial to measure seconds ignore my video player default subs size surely this isn't just an insert to sell metallic rouge watch merch. right? :clueless: |
| Sharing your chocolate is the new bench mark for poignant character progression. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Holy shit that granny had me rolling, badass driving though. Rouge was pure evil there lmao, how could she just finish the chocolate like that while the kid was watching but hey atleast she grew up a little during this episode and gave her some at the end. Was a cool episode otherwise introducing some new characters who I think will be important later on. Action was cool again. Granny is the MVP of the episode though. |
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| Enjoyable and fun, I wanna hear more on the background about the war more. The vehicle throw quite funny. Also the wrrr Woof. Girl you've made my day with that. Didn't expect that. |
| Rouge growling and barking at Naomi was adorable and the type of dynamic I'm here for :) Of course the nun was a driver when she was younger and retained that skill when taking over, gotta subvert those expectations :P Also, Rouge bonding with the little girl and eventually sharing her chocolate with her was sweet and wholesome ^^ |
| I liked it better than the 1st episode. Let's see where this goes. |
| While it wasn't as bad as the first episode, I'm still not impressed. The worst thing so far, is that very little is known about the two main characters, besides their names. This "lack" of information is making it difficult for me to show any interest in this show. It isn't horrible, so I'll keep watching, but I really hope that a more in-depth description of the main characters happens soon. |
_-_Sally_-_Jan 17, 2024 1:50 PM
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| Another really good episode with some lore! Thought this one was way better than the first since it didn’t drop as much on us at once and just focused on the two leads’ dynamic and the worldbuilding. I like the use of the conversation with the kids to explain to both them and the audience the history of the world. Really interesting that we had two sets of aliens make contact with humanity. The visitors and the usurpers. I might’ve missed something, but if the visitors were friendly with humanity, surely they could’ve helped fight the usurpers off? Like they’d have really advanced tech that could help out. Everyone in the episode had a role to play which was cool. The random passengers, the kids, even the random dude in the forest lol. The one old dude on the train was praising the Nean for being great during the war and then when the attack broke out on the bus he just starts berating him. That shit made me angry. But it also showed us there’s probably a level of racism and discrimination against the Neans in society. Rogue barking at Naomi was a massive wtf moment lmao. They got such a fun chemistry. I’m looking forward to more of them. It’s good that Rogue is taking steps to be her own person as well like going into the forest even after Naomi told her to stay put. As the lady said, “you’re free” make your own choices. The fight scenes were good just like last week, although a bit dark.. not just because of screen darkening but also just the dark environment lol And of course Naomi first thought when she find out the other passenger is a doctor is how she guessed his occupation wrong 😂 yea I love this show |
Marinate1016Jan 17, 2024 1:04 PM
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| This was more fun and interesting than Episode 1. It's good that they moved away from the moody Blade Runner vibes of Episode 1 (for now). The comparisons and homages only affected the show negatively, in my opinion. Good action sequence. I love how the explosions and smoke look, especially how hand-drawn they feel. Also love how tanks get torn to shreds and how the rocks break apart in chunks (Bones' specialty?). Not too keen on Rouge as a character yet, she feels too clueless and child-like, not in a fun way. The dog bark was a "miss" for me. Naomi's a lot of fun, though. It helps that I like her voice (love Kumiko's voice in Sound Euphonium). |
Good OP and ED, this was way better than episode 1.
Some history. New connections. More questions.
So much yet to uncover. |
Stormy_77Jan 17, 2024 2:39 PM
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| another great episode, we learne some few things about the past good animation etc can't wait to see the next one... |
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| great episode, i liked this one a lot more than episode 1 since they explained more of the world |
| I loved the animation and sound in the first episode but the story left a lot to be desired imo. I'm happy that this second episode is better than the last, but the pacing is still a bit hit or miss for me. Hopefully it will resolve by episode 3 and we can get this bladerunner show on the road. |
| I thought the action sequences were well done but I'm still not that vested in the storyline as there isn't that much know about both Naomi and Rouge. I do suspect that Rouge is a type of "super" nean though and, like I said in the first episode, Naomi seems to be calling the shots and Rouge is just following them. While Rouge seems to have a somewhat immature mind she did share the 2nd chocolate bar with the young girl. |
| This show is starting to fucking cook. Let's go! |
| I got a Masters degree. I don't have to worry bout school anymore. |
| This is such a 2005-2010 anime lol |
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Reply to ossian
Chaotic action.
Dialogues and meaningless situations. Why doesn't anyone wonder why they're chasing Rouge?
Dialogues and meaningless situations. Why doesn't anyone wonder why they're chasing Rouge?
ossian said: Why doesn't anyone wonder why they're chasing Rouge? Because, uh.. because she's a cute girl? LOL More seriously: the passengers know that these are mercenaries, so they understand they're only doing this for money. Also, it was explained that androids have "scars" on their faces, so as far as the passengers are concerned they're being asked to surrender a normal teenager that they got to know a little bit. There was someone who suggested they should hand over Rouge, but someone else said that they were all witnesses and would not be left alive anyway. Maybe that is a common thing that happens, so it might have been better to just run for it? Or at least they have no love for these mercenary types. |
| really liked ep 1 but i was kinda zoning out this episode tbh, felt short for that reason. |
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| I really liked the episode. I hope Huey made it. That said, the sub had a very bad localization with the word 'cringe. My JP isn't great but even I know when 'cringe' isn't being said. I'm pretty sure the correct TL was something along the lines "how embarrassing to be found out to be big military history nerds." But not totally sure. Either way, localizer HATE. |
_-_Sally_-_ said: While it wasn't as bad as the first episode, I'm still not impressed. The worst thing so far, is that very little is known about the two main characters, besides their names. This "lack" of information is making it difficult for me to show any interest in this show. It isn't horrible, so I'll keep watching, but I really hope that a more in-depth description of the main characters happens soon. I have exactly the same opinion. I don't know how people defend this calling it a "show, don't tell" story. It's more like "random stuff, gooo!!" |
| Good animation and sounds, but as I said last week, it's lacking in story and character development. I was hoping they would delve more into that this week but this was mainly action. There was some world building which was good, though. But I still don't really know what's going on. |
| If this vibe maintain, it will be a very good anime |
| Yeah now it's growing on me, this episode was really enjoyable. From the dynamic between the characters to the action sequences. |
| This is definetly going to turn out to be an epic series, BIG love for those Amen Breaks during the fight scene! |
| So um...did they totally just leave the soldier guy behind? |
| So now we got mecha action this time. Future tech, ancient tech, and evil alien tech... and definitely blade runner world. Also who sent the mercs after our girls? |
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| With Rouge personality and her calling herself a child I feel like she is really young, she also doesn’t seem too familiar with her abilities when she transforms. That begs the question, was she simply created as a Nean to defeat other Neans or was she manipulated to do that? Because she does share resemblance to those Neans that they’re trying to kill, so she probably isn’t bound by the Asimov laws as well. |
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| Why should I give a fuck about any of these characters so far? They're all so fucking obnoxious with nothing to latch on to. Wow cool action scene! I don't care if they live or die. There's no stakes cause there isn't any reason to care. If you just wanted like a vasty shittier Trigun I guess this is for you. And wow, robots that look an act human but can't hurt humans because of the Asimov Code? Truly insane. Feels like it's targeting people who still think Cowboy Bebop is the best sci-fi anime ever made. |
| I can feel a mad 180 coming our way but, the action and the OST goes hard asf. |
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