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| I remember reading this arc and really didn't expect they would cramed basically a whole one volume to 1 episode. That aside, I really hate the "first girl encounter" cliche on anime/mannga/LN (thanks to Quintessential Quintuplets) but Tohka is 2nd best girl after Kurumi so I'm not complaining. It was a fun ride, wouldn't mind another season but please improve the animation. |
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| A decent season. I haven't read the LN though 8/10 |
Takata said: I was thinking Oreimo episode 12, which was entirely unnecessary, and was wiped from the continuity by the first episode of the ONA, which effectively replaced it. Oh man, I totally forgot about that; there are just instances where you don't really need to meet that 12 episode demand but they did it anyways. My mind was telling me that those 24 minutes could've been allocated to pace out the whole series just a bit better. |
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| this last episode feels like a bad OVA. And Tohka best girl ^_ ^ |
ChoiDalDalMar 30, 2019 12:29 AM
Mattinator95 said: This is third time they've had the heroines "line up and date" Shido recently. First the movie, then Natsumi's arc, now this. Getting a bit repetitive. ...although this time it's less like a date, and more like that "competition" between Tohka, Origami and Yoshino to pick a swimsuit that would make Shido's heart beat fastest back in season 1.PEDREIVAX said: JC Staff's animation has not been very good for the past year. Most of the stuff they've picked up has either been good art and no animation or bad art and bad animation. Seeing them pick up OPM should have been a red flag immediately. That said, it's still possible that the reason none of these anime have animation is because they're busy with OPM, but I honestly doubt something like that is the reason. The movies could play a factor in it as well maybe . Nice to see Origami allied with Kotori, and presumably Ratatoskr, but everything is so condensed it doesn't have much impact. >.< Raizel said: Well... Sora no Otoshimono still has it worse when it comes to adaptation faithfulness, or sensibility.Lol 1 volume into one episode woah haha.. well at least some other people will enjoy this episode. Also, what is that white fluid that appears when Shido is getting a massage from Yoshino? I don't see a bottle of sun lotion anywhere. O.o |
TakataMar 30, 2019 3:42 AM
Gloomy-eyes said: Kek that's exactly what I meant.Raizel said: Lol 1 volume into one episode woah haha.. well at least some other people will enjoy this episode. Besides the fan service is there any other reason people would like this episode? Lmao |
| What the hell was this??? This felt like an OVA rather than a Finale! Anyways, I thought this season was pretty entertaining actually...especially the Origami back to the Future stuff. 7/10 |
| Date A Live: The Wonky Animation. |
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| No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. NO! NO! FUCKING NO! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS! THEY DID NOT JUST ADAPT VOLUME 12 INTO ONE GODDAMN EPISODE! The horrendous excuses for art and animation were bearable, this this is crossing the fucking line. No. Just. NO. This shit warrants a 1/10. The single most disappointing episode in anime, ever. For the non-LN readers, volume 12 is great and has some important moments that got cut out, I assume for time-constraint reasons that shouldn't have been a thing in the first place had they not made the single worst decision in the history of anime adaptation. Just go read the light novel. This shit is a waste of time. Go read from volume 8. Up until there, the anime adaptation was somewhat faithful and didn't completely butcher it. It's great, unlike this abomination. And that's all I have to say... I think. |
| Whole arc in one episode. What could go wrong? Still better than Charlotte ending. |
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| So this is still following story, cause it didn't feel like it is at all rather some original stuff to just write off this season. Just sad ... Don't feel there's a need to comment much, Natsumi was the best for this season. 5/10 |
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| It seems I'm in minority, but I really liked this episode. It sure felt rushed in the 2nd half and I reading it was whole 1 vol makes me wish they adapted it properly. Nonetheless I liked this arc the most. Scene with Ellen was really cute. But Natusmi's reaction and then Yoshio's scene really won this episode for me. On the other hand I hoped for more from Origami. If we ever get another sequel I just hope for better budget and pacing. |
Mattinator95 said: I just checked J.C stuffs future animes and they have 3 in the summer season how do you check their schedules? |
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| Well I did enjoy the season (I don't read the LNs so) dragged down by not so good animation last ep was hilarious 7/10 |
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| Very funny final episode. A bit of a bonus at the end of the season. I was cracking up so hard throughout the episode and we got a bit of the fan service that this season has been surprisingly lacking in. Great season, well-executed continuation of a good series. Hopefully we get a season 4. Something about this series just gives it that quality feel. I could keep watching this sort of thing all year. |
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| Well, and that's it for this one. A filler episode, kinda fun/kinda meh, it wasn't really needed imo, the anime should have ended last week instead. Overall, storywise, i thought it was good, animation could be a lot better, but it was bearable for me. If there is a next season in the future, PLEASE, JC Staff just leave it to another studio instead.. 7/10 from me, still enjoyed it a lot for what it was. |
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| Unpopular opinion but I enjoyed this season much more than the first 2 seasons. The first 2 seasons were fine but they weren't anything amazing. And while this season may have been butchered by JC , the story was amazing which in the end made me enjoy this season so much more than I should have. Guess I'll jump into the light novels now because I actually this time want to know what happens next. And this is something I didn't feel like doing after S1 and S2, so in the end I liked this season more than S1 and S2 as bizarre as it sounds Also, Kurumi and Origami are the best girls! |
FireFistYKMar 30, 2019 12:12 PM
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| Good final episode, was interesting to see teh opposite, seeing girls make Shido fall in love for them, but would be better if it wasn't all in only one episode and more detailed! The moment between Shido and Hellen was really funny, and was so cute to see adorable girls with their party dresses, especially in Origami and Shido moment, Origami always impress! I am glad Kurumi was paying atention and helped aswell! Overall, i really like this season as much as others, its true that animation got a downgrade, but i still enjoyed plot progress, speacially Origami's arc, Op and Ed were awesome, hope this show get a 4th season! |
LimaolcMar 30, 2019 12:44 PM
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| no Kurumi in swimsuit OOF but the Ellen scene was funny I give them that. |
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| Wow, this season was such a disaster, damn J.C. Staff. WTF. Although I say that, I still have a soft spot for this anime, because it is one of the very first anime, a harem one that I've watched, I'd give it a 7 because of that. |
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| Oh god that had to go and ruin this season for me with this absolute abomination of a finale, if you could call it a finale. Shokugeki S3 ruined, DAL S3 ruined, OPM S2 soon to be ruined. Thanks JC Staff. Very cool. |
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| Huh... you could say this turned out better than I expected, but that's not a very high bar to surpass. Episode 12 felt like an OVA, though gathering from the comments here seems like they rushed something.... who knows? A little more Kurumi was nice, then again still not enough. Natsumi's arc honestly held the suspense pretty well to be fair. Other than that, there's not really much that was acceptable to be honest. |
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Mattinator95 said: I know that, but considering the circumstances of this season, it didn't have any link to the previous Origami arc, they could've maybe drag on the arc, so, it sure felt like a filler. It's a shame tho, that they are cutting content like this :/It wasn't supposed to be filler apprently they crammed an arc into one episode |
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Sande said: That was some glorious fanservice! Also WTF was that scene with Kotori trying to blow up Shido? It felt like she was completely out of character there for a second. There's no way she'd kill her beloved Onii-chan. Well, that's the contract she made with Ratsork or whatever she works for that if shido even get out of control due to spirit power she'll kill him herself and btw the anime has cut the whole damn scene where that missile was actually fired but was stopped by phantom who saved shido for various reasons well not gonna spoil u though allso there is a scene in season 2 I think where she was also seen saying that she'll kill shido. |
| I didn't know that Shido can fire kamehameha! :D |
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| I expected it to be worse, but it was OK. I've laughed and I've loved the scenes, even if this story arc needed at least 2-3 episodes in my opinion. Youshino's scene seemed to be a little hentai xD |
| This was a... weird final episode, to say the least, basically an OVA. Seems like content was cut, but even if that wasn't the case I struggle to see how you could stretch this content beyond two episodes. If we put this episode aside, though, I enjoyed this season, particularly in terms of plot direction and character development in the Natsumi and Origami arcs. And sure, I could moan about the production values all day long, but at the end of the day they only hindered my enjoyment once during Natsumi's arc (other than that, I was so engaged in the plot and characters that I barely even noticed). I'll hope for more of this shwo in the future, as I'm interested to see where things go from this point, what with Phantom coming a little more to the forefront this season. 8/10 |
| I wasn't going to watch it originally, but this season exceeded my expectations |
| So, in this last ep, it's Shido's turn to be saved. |
| So they crammed a whole volume?! No wonder Kotori didn't even gave a second thought about throwing her Onii-chan under the bus by satellite kill... I was like, So he never gives up saving his sister who when goes out of control, is the most pain in the ass to calm down. Shiro goes out of control for a second and Kotori goes full on "Omae wa mo Shinderu" on the guy... A shame they cancelled the manga since I don't read Novels |
| Disappointing episode. Y u do dis J.C staff, first you messed up Index S3 and now this.. Still giving it 7/10 anyway.. |
Kaitsja said: Congintive said: U serious man effort gone to Index 3 have u even watched that shit. I have, and I have to say the animation quality there is at the very least consistent, compared to DAL III where we have moments where female characters lose their boobs entirely, Shido turns into the male MC from "My Sister, My Writer", and other such inconsistencies. Well, I guess only LN readers will understand the pain of both Index and DAL. |
| I have a lot of sentiment to the series, I do not know Light Novel, but even for me to see that it is rushed and missed a lot of things. So as an adaptation it falls out poorly, as fun it was fine. Score: 6/10 |
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