Owari no Seraph Episode 2 Discussion

EasyGo-er said:
I don't remember any of the missing dialogues, mind sharing them?

L-Ryoshi said:
On this episode, I personally think they adapted the manga perfectly fine. I was a bit disappointed that they animated Yoichi's sister's scene so early because an offhanded mention would have already did the trick (in the manga it wasn't till he "faced his demon" that it showed up, and the impact was pretty good there), but other than that this episode really didn't stray from the original material much.

MagicalMahou said:


Not really important ones but it just kinda bothered me that they weren't there. For instance, the book scene where Yuu explained that the Vampires can survive light rays because of protective badges on their uniforms.

L-Ryoshi said:


I'm finding it amusing that so many people are complaining about insufficient world building for an anime that's already penned in to have two split cours. Do you seriously believe that they're going to give you guys every single detail about the world in the first two episodes? Seriously?!? Have a little patience here.

The school setting makes sense here. Considering that the world population was reduced by 90% and the sudden appearance of a superior species that can easily dispose of normal humans as you saw in episode 1 (and don't think they can't do the same to adults just because the victims in the first episode were hapless kids), you'd think that even the kids need to be educated somehow about the new world. Also, the school just so happens to be in one of the very few safe zones occupied and controlled by humans (think of the world of Warm Bodies and you'll get the picture, only the weak mindless Zombies have turned into cunning Overpowered Vampires), so it's not really that big of an issue for the change in setting. Also, this show won't be as shonen-esque as you think it is, once the humans start dropping like flies (personal feeling there is that it's more AOT than anything else) just to drop ONE single vampire.

If you're patient enough to stay for a few more episodes, you'll see the true setting of the world that is slowly presented as they gradually step outside the safe zones to fight. This has all the elements for a great show but for those who can't wait, well, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. It ain't our problem if you're not into slow building goodness.

Maledict said:

The episode was interesting, though there are some weak points, mainly the population being reduced to 1/10th and seemingly nothing has changed as a result.

MrHatandClogs said:
This is definitely the highest production value show I've seen this season!

L-Ryoshi said:


I'm finding it amusing that so many people are complaining about insufficient world building for an anime that's already penned in to have two split cours. Do you seriously believe that they're going to give you guys every single detail about the world in the first two episodes? Seriously?!? Have a little patience here.

The school setting makes sense here. Considering that the world population was reduced by 90% and the sudden appearance of a superior species that can easily dispose of normal humans as you saw in episode 1 (and don't think they can't do the same to adults just because the victims in the first episode were hapless kids), you'd think that even the kids need to be educated somehow about the new world. Also, the school just so happens to be in one of the very few safe zones occupied and controlled by humans (think of the world of Warm Bodies and you'll get the picture, only the weak mindless Zombies have turned into cunning Overpowered Vampires), so it's not really that big of an issue for the change in setting. Also, this show won't be as shonen-esque as you think it is, once the humans start dropping like flies (personal feeling there is that it's more AOT than anything else) just to drop ONE single vampire.

If you're patient enough to stay for a few more episodes, you'll see the true setting of the world that is slowly presented as they gradually step outside the safe zones to fight. This has all the elements for a great show but for those who can't wait, well, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. It ain't our problem if you're not into slow building goodness.

richard360 said:
man i love that teacher, the world needs more guys like him.

slovak125 said:
MC = Eren,

crying faggot = Armin,

Mikasa = purple girl.

EasyGo-er said:

The only similarity is their hate and anger towards vampires/titans, how original is that.


The only similarity is their wimpy attitude, try harder.


Ha. haha.. ha... what is even remotely the same between them aside from being female heroines.

All of them will get more character developments in this season compared to those in AoT S1 so that already makes them better than mere "copy-pastes".

slovak125 said:


It's not like comparing these characters alone but rather in whole picture. And you can't feel nothing else that Attack on Titan copycat when you look at this. They are identical characters in identical setting. Btw let's not pretend that they have more layers than that. They are shallow as spoon. (in AoT and here so far as well)

Zeando said:

MC = Naruto,
crying faggot = Sasuke
purple girl = Sakura
what a naruto rip off, they're all in group of 3, totally stealing naruto's idea

oh, come on xD
next i'm expecting you to say that into the walls there are vampires (xD)
regardless, make any comparison you want, if that makes you enjoy the show more..

anyway, the story is average in a fine way, only someone with mismatched expectations can really hate this

sosiick said:
I just hope there'll be an explanation on why the hell vampires just didn't exterminate the remaining group of humans since then. They even set up a big frickin' high school in the open like that lmao.

First Sawano's OSTs that don't immediately sound like every other work of his.

slovak125 said:
This is all-natural deliciously chilled 110% original story with the purest, freshest 130% original characters. My bad for being such an asshole and not reading the label.

ThEoNePugNA said:

because it's shit, every adult in the world dies(supposedly), a post apocalyptic world but hey there's a school in here and even some bullies
i mean, what the actual fuck

DarkRoseOtaku said:
Do we eventualy find out why there was no security to the exit of the underground vampire society?

and why Guren was right outside the exit?

and if they know where the enemy is, why havent they done anything?

TheUnbiasedOne91 said:
Mika x Yuu is already better love story than Twilight lol

Pat_To_Do-List said:

So we cannot criticize this anime show because it's only 2 episodes in? Why exactly? Sure, we cannot criticize the whole story, be we surely can criticize other things. You need to know the difference.
And I am sorry that my critics gave you a headache.

slovak125 said:
Oh sorry I was so wrong


This is all-natural deliciously chilled 110% original story with the purest, freshest 130% original characters. My bad for being such an asshole and not reading the label.

Toreno said:
This episode was bullshit in its purest form.

hi-d-us said:


You want to criticize the series after 2 damn episodes? Fine, since there's nothing much I can say to people like you, but don't be such a douche about it.

Thalandor46 said:
Did...did they take all the lore and intrigue from the first episode, toss it out the window, and replace it with a high school power of friendship anime?

Mr_Ree said:
Really disappointed, I thought this anime was going for a post-apocalyptic setting, turns out they get to live a normal highschool life, while being super heroes at night. Mc's best friend, who's suppose to be dead is alive and is basically the Sasuke of the story. Inb4 "The vampires aren't so bad, they just want to live."

L-Ryoshi said:


I'm finding it amusing that so many people are complaining about insufficient world building for an anime that's already penned in to have two split cours. Do you seriously believe that they're going to give you guys every single detail about the world in the first two episodes? Seriously?!? Have a little patience here.

The school setting makes sense here. Considering that the world population was reduced by 90% and the sudden appearance of a superior species that can easily dispose of normal humans as you saw in episode 1 (and don't think they can't do the same to adults just because the victims in the first episode were hapless kids), you'd think that even the kids need to be educated somehow about the new world. Also, the school just so happens to be in one of the very few safe zones occupied and controlled by humans (think of the world of Warm Bodies and you'll get the picture, only the weak mindless Zombies have turned into cunning Overpowered Vampires), so it's not really that big of an issue for the change in setting. Also, this show won't be as shonen-esque as you think it is, once the humans start dropping like flies (personal feeling there is that it's more AOT than anything else) just to drop ONE single vampire.

If you're patient enough to stay for a few more episodes, you'll see the true setting of the world that is slowly presented as they gradually step outside the safe zones to fight. This has all the elements for a great show but for those who can't wait, well, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. It ain't our problem if you're not into slow building goodness.