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| I don't know why, but watching the episodes a second time makes me love it even more than my first watch. I watched the first episode five times cause of how much I got invested in how it begins the story. Watching this episode the first time made me like the episode, but the second watch made me appreciate it even more. From this episode, it's clear that the anime has a straightforward story to follow, but it's going to focus a lot on the characters and how their interactions go throughout their adventure. I like how it still shows Shichika not knowing how to distinguish people apart, and I thought the training moment was, er, cute :3 I also like how the interactions with Shichika and Togame make the comedy work. The way Shichika just doesn't understand many situations and why it's meant to be a shock to him, sometimes giving an unfazed reaction, makes it funny to watch as he is still trying to understand the lifestyle outside of the island he lived in for many years. I liked the entire conversation on 'catchphrases' and how to stick out as a character. It just adds up characteristics to the characters as they keep going along their way to collect the second sword. I always knew about Togame's 'Cheerio' before watching this anime, and it's funny to see how she uses it when she just needs to hit Shichika for thinking something that seems dumb to her. I didn't know about her second term, 'Gyafun' though, and it was funny how it was used at an instance that happens later in the episode. I have to say that they did a great job making me invested in a character who stays in his room in a castle for so long. Knowing his backstory and ideologies, you get to understand him and why he is protecting the second blade. But the part that actually stuck with me in this episode has to be the final minutes after the narrator says the chapter now ends. It's nice to see how Shichika learns that people who have something to protect are strong and that some people need something to protect to keep living. It just gives a sense of Shichika's growing loyalty towards Togame. I have to say, the second episode made me understand what kind of story this anime is trying to portray, and upon rewatching the episode twice, it made me appreciate the messages it was trying to represent as well. I love this anime so far and am glad I finally got into it after all this time. Edit: Oh yeah.. does anyone happen to know the ost piece that happens around 31:07?? I love how it sounds, but I can't seem to find it anywhere!!! X/ Edit: Spoiler here for a much later episode, so I suggest you don't click if you don't want to be spoiled at all. 3... 2.. 1... |
puffle9000Mar 18, 5:27 AM
Yes, I still have candies since I'm sugar addicted:    |
| Half of the episode could be thrown away without losing anything substantial. Entry level postmodernism. Plot related dialogues were also not very good, too big on exposition. Pretty meh |
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