Kami no Tou: Ouji no Kikan Episode 3 Discussion

when are we going to see the old squad?

Yeah I’m not with MAL folks at all on this one, yeah I can agree this episode didn’t look as good as the previous two, lots of closeups and whatnot, but it was not an episode that demanded amazing looking scenes anyway, now if the stuff that’s supposed to look great later on has the same treatment then I can see myself being more upset, but for now I’m enjoying this season quite a bit, even the supposed “fast pacing” is something I’m not feeling, I guess that’s one of the benefits of being an anime only lol.

And things got a bit more intense in this episode, the chill vibes did not last long because we’re already in a new test which requires lots of teamwork except for Viole, who went straight for the boss, just freezing the enemies in his way lol. And the cute ranker can pack quite a punch, Viole thought he had an easy win but it’s gonna be tougher than that, looking forward to seeing how this fight goes next time. Also I’m surprised by the turnaround of Akraptor who is now protecting Miseng, I actually like him quite a bit now, really hoping Wangnan and the gang can stay in the game, so I guess that means I’m hoping Viole fails but sacrifices are necessary lol.

And I gotta say, OP and ED both really grew on me, they’re jams man. And once again, it is unfortunate folks are not into this season, I doubt they can be reeled back in now but I am still invested.

@Deansdale seeing as you gave jushitsu midsen a 9/10 a series with a nonsensical story garbage characters and art complete rip off of bleach and hxh with none of the world building, which is sorely CARRIED by its animation.

id say your opinion is worth as a grain of salt, even if I admit this adaptation was dogshit.

@TheColonel76 im guessing no one here has ever heard of non linear story telling...........

like did people forget about durarara? baccano? and plenty of series with multiple protagonists?

like i totally understand the critque of the people who hate the animation(its garbage)
but i found the story telling to be fine, its in the same style as kotaro isaka's rashomon style stories, where different characters each view each event in their own perspective, and all the events eventually lead them all into cross roads together.

Terrible animation and none of the great characters from season 1

I'm a huge fan of the manhwa but this ep was absolute ass. Way too many closeups, stuff cut out from scenes that develop characters like akraptor there, too many things be going on and just shown and rushed like a checklist and the animation was dreadful too the entire episode. S1 gets a lot of crap for its animation but everything is drawn well and while some could be better, there was a lot more effort animation-wise with that season than this one, especially in this ep where raising standards for adpatation matters. Want to defend this since i love the franchise but cant do so this time. So awkwardly done.

@SideCharacterKal Even I, having read the webtoon, had trouble following this one...like an epileptic seizure the entire episode was all over the place. I feel bad for anime only fans that have to parse wtf was going on.

Fire in what way? Like in getting burnt to coal? Ain't no way you think this is good and it will be even better ;d

Everyone's complaining about the animation, but what's the deal with the test? We get two long winded explanations between the room game and the pitching game that both leave such massive holes in them they're almost meaningless. Which is then confirmed when the important going ons largely ignore them.

@Bio Basically there is a bunch of rankers loyal to zahard and FUG is basically out to kill them so Love, being a loyalist, want to mess with Bam (Viole) and kill him but he can only do so legally hence the test. He even wrapped it up in the test they were already taking, the sneaky son of a gun. I do like Love as a character but man was that some shady BS. I really want to see how Bam became Viole soon, lot of backstory there.

@StateofOhayo Appreciate it, but I actually meant the mechanics of the challenges. Like what it means to take a room or whether a foul is an actual part of the catch game.