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| Lightning fast pacing, and not in a good way. Plenty of other problems, but they've already been addressed multiple times in the thread. That said, I never expected this to be good in the first place, with it being a light novel adaptation. I started watching this solely because it's the only mecha show of the season. As a mecha fan, I kind of just have to take what I get. Shame the mecha are done in CGI though—poorly animated CGI at that. There is one redeeming factor though: the cute trap. Came for the mecha, staying for the trap. aznk93 said: Because the light novel author wanted the main character to be an otaku, either because that's what sells, or because a lack of creativity. There was absolutely no point in the main character being reincarnated. The whole thing where he compared learning magic to programming was one of the only times he recalled anything about his old life, and it was glossed over in like, literally three seconds. Why is this an isekai. Sonicfanx1 said: Agreed, it was extremely off-putting. Maybe it's a good thing we didn't see much of him. So, at 23 seconds in, I REALLY want to LOL at this Kurata guy's voice. Why the hell is it so high? It sounds like the voice actor inhaled freaking helium. |
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| The pacing of the first episode was really fast and a lot of people seem to hate that but I think that it's for the best because otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten to this point until at least four or five episodes in and it would have been unbearably slow. |
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| Why are the city and country randomly Finnish names as well as the MC's first name? Seems pretty generic but maybe it'll get more interesting. |
| Very solid first episode. Did not expect anything given the title but i was pleasantly surprised. Bit fast paced but still easy to follow. |
| I really liked it. I think it would have been super cute to follow the main character as he grew over the 6 years, but I think that would really distract from the actual genre of the anime honestly. I like traps, and the main character is close enough to do it for me. Huge fighting robots isn't entirely my thing, but the fact they're trying to mix it in a medieval Europe-like setting is interesting in how its being executed. Nothing phenomenal (yet) but if you were to pose the idea to me before I watched it I would of thought it pretty stupid initially which means this anime's doing something right. Also, can we just talk about how they practically merged three RPG classes into one, what the heck is a staff-gun-sword and why does it feel so right? I definitely have high hopes for this series. |
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| Good start. They did not waste too much time on the exposition, and got to the actual story quickly. Also nice to see a isekai protagonist who was actually useful in his home world, and whose abilities came handy in the new world. It's refreshing. Also, the MC is cute, and I approve of that. Summary: looks like I'm going to watch that, even though I don't watch much mecha. About pacing: pacing was fast enough, and I had no problems making sense of the story. It's not like it's Occultic;Nine, where the first episode seems more like a trailer. About MC's death: sure, it would have been easy to dodge that car. If he wasn't so tired from overworking, that is. Sokah said: Wow, really? That's sort of even worse. How did he go 9 years without even knowing giant mecha existed? 9 years? he looked more like 5 when he first met mecha in this anime. aznk93 said: Why is this an isekai. Mormegil said: What was the point of the reincarnation angle? They could have just started with the young boy being obsessed with mecha/knights, really. Because reincarnation makes more sense, and is more believable, than genius of his caliber just being born. arolust said: The pacing no, hell no, unforgivable. Why? Just look at the reviews for the first episode and you will understand. People new to this story will find it very difficult to get into, much like the "irregular in magic high school". Is Mahouka really hard to get into? Sure, the explanations of magic never quite click, but it seemed to be translation problem, not pacing problem. |
| Ernesti-chan is cute. Traps are besto trapfu. I'm watching this. Cute boys doing cute things. |
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| Probably the best first episode for any heroic fantasy show I've seen in the past 5 years or so. |
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| Interesting first episode though and one that did well to showcase the setting and the main characters. Interesting start to the series. Hmm the main character is a mecha otaku eh. But despite that Kurata seems to be a pretty good programmer as well. A genius level programmer eh. But man that life of his was ended pretty quickly. Hmm so the beasts in this world look pretty dangerous eh. Hmm so this world features both magic and swordplay then. Hmm mecha's armed with swords and shields eh. To be reborn into a world where the thing that you liked so much in your previous life is real sure is interesting. Hmm Ernesti through his past self sure is motivated to become an knight runner. His capacity for learning both swordsmanship and magic is amazing. So thats how Ernesti met Adeltrud and Archid then. First time i heard cute and suspicious being used in the same sentence though lol. Well Ernesti sure is motivated and determined in his goal though though maybe a bit inpatient though. I guess even bullying exist in this world sadly. So Dwarves in this world are mechanics then eh. That was a great display of both magic and teamwork though between the three of them. Lol the nickname of Echevalier is a pretty good one for Ernesti. Ernesti's ability at innovation truly is impressive. From elementary school to middle school in such a short time though thats really impressive. So apart from maintaining the current suits the kingdom doesn't have the means or knowledge to make new ones then. Hmm a field exercise to test out the students skills eh. Hmm so the su president Stefania is connected with Adeltrud and Archid eh. She seems to be a nice person though. Ernesti and his friends really made a dramatic entrance in saving the third years though. But it looks like something big has appeared though. |
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| I read light novel and show is terribly rushed. No proper character introduction, no plot explanation, no world building just instant lets do some magic and build a mech. I will watch next ep but if pace will remain same then drop without second thought. |
Sukebe14Jul 4, 2017 10:57 AM
| So far I like the world and MC isn't a crybaby/annoying brat (Please for the love of god no more Naotos!). I don't understand the need to make it an Isekai/reincarnation story though. I understand it's what trends atm; but I think they would have been fine with an MC with a great passion for robots and a genius. Anyway, yes that felt rushed but honestly if it's a one cour series I'd rather jump to the action, like they did with ep1. I'll eventually read the LN for details if it manages to keep my attention like now ^^ |
| I like fantasy (not really mechs), but everything happened here way too quickly. I think it has potential, but if every episode is this rushed then I don't think it will maintain the score it currently has. |
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| Pass. This looks highly suspect of suffering the fate of Asura Cryin, tons of uninteresting characters, plot development, and it put me to sleep much faster than the other shows. The mechas are nice to look at, but that's about it for me. |
| Goddamit, another trap. Shitè |
flannan said: aznk93 said: Why is this an isekai. Mormegil said: What was the point of the reincarnation angle? They could have just started with the young boy being obsessed with mecha/knights, really. Because reincarnation makes more sense, and is more believable, than genius of his caliber just being born. You really think an otaku from Japan just happening to be reincarnated into a fantasy world where mechs exist is more believable then a prodigy being born? :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: |
| Why are people calling this generic? Did I miss something? What other anime is out there that is an isekai fantasy mecha series with a trap mecha-otaku MC? Escpacially considering that in the case of the anime, the "school arc" which AFAIK most people totally despise (i.e. the "magic highschool with sword&magic tournements"-trope) was compressed into ca. 3 minutes or so. So what exactly makes this "generic" again. |
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| Yes, the pacing is very fast, but doesn't feel wrong for some reason. Definitely feels like an introduction |
aznk93 said: flannan said: Because reincarnation makes more sense, and is more believable, than genius of his caliber just being born. You really think an otaku from Japan just happening to be reincarnated into a fantasy world where mechs exist is more believable then a prodigy being born? :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: :thonking: Yeah, I do have an idea what real talented kids are like, and they're not like that at all. The biggest difference is, they don't come with that much passion and ambition - they're just as lazy as ordinary kids. Lala from To Love Ru disassembling a battleship as a prank is realistic, though. (as much as disassembling a battleship is realistic) They don't come with as much confidence either - the MC's confidence is all about having previous experience in life. Grey-Zone said: Why are people calling this generic? Did I miss something? What other anime is out there that is an isekai fantasy mecha series with a trap mecha-otaku MC? Escpacially considering that in the case of the anime, the "school arc" which AFAIK most people totally despise (i.e. the "magic highschool with sword&magic tournements"-trope) was compressed into ca. 3 minutes or so. So what exactly makes this "generic" again. It isn't generic. These people are just dumb snobs and can't be bothered to actually think or actually watch. |
| Too fast paced for my taste, that make the story feels weird theres no rest, I'll give it 2 more ep, hope they tone it down in next ep. Only love the char design. |
livexevilJul 5, 2017 12:04 AM
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| Decent start, but it feels a bit too "feel-good" to me. Maybe it's the way they went over this episode, but MC just has everything come too easily to him, I think. Hope there will be some real obstacles and not some dumbed down ones like a lot of series involving reincarnating into a less modern world. |
| Great start. I think the pacing seems good. Though I expect some flashbacks of scenes and world building that happened early in the LN. But for now it seems good.The animation and music fit very well and I love the personality of the main character :^) |
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ExperimentAddict said: I don't know what is worse in this show. The generic setting, the cliche premise or the cancer CGI. Seasonal trash as usual. "Seasonal" is such fucking retarded buzzword. Why are peple using it? |
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| I was so caught off guard when Kurata spoke the first time, I couldn't stop laughing. His death was beyond stupid too. Besides that, the rest of the anime seems good. Ernesti is so cute. People bitching about him not being a girl can stuff it. That's your fragile masculinity talking. <3 |
All tv anime was once seasonal. |
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| his weapon looks soo ugly in the anime hahahaha xD |
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| I was unsure about this show as what I read of the manga adaption was pretty meh, but I really like how they have adapted the initial part of the show. They've removed a lot of the generic LN trope cruft. As an example of this .. in the first few chapters a rich brat kidnaps the childhood friend and after challenging Archid get's owned. That sort of crap story-line in LN's needs to die. Kidnapping by school students unpunished??? What planet is that? |
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| I actually find the pacing fine once you're given all the information. I guess people missed the part where he clearly spoke out saying he was reincarnated into a girl appearing child body uttering 'robot' while appearing all happy & excited to see those Knights marching in. Also mentions keeping some past memories intact. Died in Japan, yet reincarnated into a fantasy realm as a noble that it was a spirit hop type thing. His love for robots allowed him to be a girl, or a guy appearing as a girl child in this alternate world so he could find peace, or this latter part I'm assuming. People say the 9 parts are rushed, yet I can kind of see why with what they've shown. Dump you right into the fun and have fun. I'll stick with this show because I still know what's going on, and it has this fun vibe to it. Looks like there'll be more fun with each passing episode, even if it may or may not be rushed as people claim. There have been times (many upon many times) where people claimed a show sucked, yet it was entertaining to the last moment. I can't trust people that I must allow my own judgement rule. This show is actually fun, and I'll watch it to the end. It's even with how neat Vanadis was, even with pacing issues. Vanadis was a gem in the rough, and I loved it. |
| It felt like the anime was a bit rushed compared to the Manga. There was a lot that wasn't explained in the anime but it is pretty well animated but can tell that they are aiming to adapt a large chunk of the light novel in 12 episodes. |
ExperimentAddict said: Seasonal trash = Trash of season. You didn't get that? I'm not calling it 'seasonal trash' because it is from the season. It's seasonal and YES, it's trash. But those things aren't necessarily connected... you fool. There are worse anime this season, that make K&M look as masterpiece. Imo it's not even bad. |
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| Youjo Senki and Clockwork Planet vibe from the main character |
flamedance58 said: I read through what currently is out for the manga and wow did they skip quite a bit and there's not a TON more after where the anime is at o.O At their pace, they won't be able to make more than maybe 2-3 episodes with the amount of content they have atm unless they aren't going to be very strictly based on the manga and wing the story. This series is originally a Light Novel though, so both Anime and Manga are based on that. |
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| I went into the opening episode with no real expectations of this beeing a good anime...but so far I am pleasantly surprised by how much I like the premise characters and action! I thought this would be generic and kind of boring but it's not that at all! In fact this has the potential to be a very good anime! It's a little too soon to jump to any conclusions but I see some success coming for this anime! |
| I shall rule over the realms of anime and manga! Mwahhahahahaha!!! |
| Personally I liked the speed of the first episode very much as I had read the start of the manga already and had already gotten some of the exposition there. But did anyone else feel like the show was trying a little too hard at being hype at times? |
| anyone who's saying its only a little rushed has clearly not read the source material, hell, even the manga. they literally burned through like 1/2 or more of the 1st volume of the novel in 1 episode, rewrote how some characters were introduced and completely skipped some scenes that provide character development for the 2 main "side characters"...all for what? so we can see some action by episode 2? fucking silly :v |
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| Things progressed a bit too fast. I felt that if they were only going to spend a minute for any particular time, they should of not have it at all. And instead put it as flashbacks or describe how they met each other through conversation. And maybe a short quick narration. this quick development solves nothing but progress the plot, we don't know these characters nor the world. Once they got the prelude settled, the could of used the first episode to introduce everyone and the world in a more meaningful manner and less of a info dump. it is alright for now. |
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Toaster3d said: why exactly is he horrible? You only pointed out him being a trap and being born with a rich family. It's not a valid argument to just call him outright bad just because of these exterior characteristics lol. Care to explain why he's a horrible MC?Huh, a average guy reincarnated to a different world as a transsexual, rich, Mary Sue. The basic idea for anime was good, but the MC is horrible. 1/5 |
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