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11/10 it was okay ~IGN OP has too much Saber imo. Dat Gay Bulge. Based Kalafina is based. That ED. (Admittedly, it sounds too much like Aldnoah's OP) REJOICE ![]() Modified by Kuremisago, Oct 11, 2014 9:00 AM |
If they keep skipping Shirou inner monologues, this will face same problems as nonexistent DEEN-Anime. They added JUST ENOUGH but not much of his inner insight about how he became the way he is(which already makes him way more developed than his non-canon DEEN-FSN portrayal), but They did not manage to portray the Shirou/Lancer encounter correctly(instead of calculated chess battle where shirou plans two/three steps ahead to reach the shed, its simply running/getting kicked -__-). Hopefully they do not skimp out on the rest of his character growth, tho. And the lore infodumps to come in the church Gae Bolg looked correct though as described. Its one case where I could have dealt with less of school life moments if that meant we get correct insights into Shirou mind during that fight. Kalafina ed is pretty much heavenly blue copy-pasta, meh. The OP was fantastic though. Overall it suffers similar problems as Miura's work on KnK - way too much focus on slice of life moments, not enough focus on inner monologues and lore insights. 4/5 ![]() Modified by Ahenshihael, Oct 11, 2014 8:58 AM |
Back to that guy as the main character? It looks like the original Fate/stay night TV series to me for the most part. Wow, I forgot that Kamiya-san's character was that hateful in Fate. And was his fault that the main guy stayed late and got killed, as was shown in Prologue. It connected to end of Prologue at the end. Kalafina ED!! I've been waiting for it. The song and PV are so cool like the totkuten postercard images! Back to 30 min. ep. starting next week. I cannot wait to see how different is this TV series. ![]() Modified by tsubasalover, Oct 11, 2014 4:20 PM I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
surprised that TM could use their money on 2 x 1hour episode. Mod Edit: Removed unnecessary comment. ![]() Modified by Tyrel, Oct 11, 2014 11:26 AM Psst... Hey, You use Windows 10? Great! Wanna try Cafeine to simplify accessing your collections, or even your "collections"? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) No no no, you won't find it in the market, or even a store, no. Try it first before others gotta get it publicly sooner or later! Thank you. |
CookingPriest said: If they keep skipping Shirou inner monologues, this will face same problems as nonexistent DEEN-Anime. They added JUST ENOUGH but not much of his inner insight about how he became the way he is(which already makes him way more developed than his non-canon DEEN-FSN portrayal), but They did not manage to portray the Shirou/Lancer encounter correctly(instead of calculated chess battle where shirou plans two/three steps ahead to reach the shed, its simply running/getting kicked -__-). Gae Bolg looked correct though as described. Its one case where I could have dealt with less of school life moments if that meant we get correct insights into Shirou mind during that fight. Kalafina ed is pretty much heavenly blue copy-pasta, meh. Overall it suffers similar problems as Miura's work on KnK - way too much focus on slice of life moments, not enough focus on inner monologues and lore insights. 4/5 You are expecting too much insight into his character in just the first episode. His character is shown through the whole UBW route, not just 1 episode... ![]() |
Hmm, I'll have to agree with CookingPriest here about how it handles Shirou, but I'm sure that his characterization will improve over the next several episodes. Though I guess I'm afraid that this first episode is only going to encourage the behaviour of all the secondaries who are gonna scream 'dammit that ginger kid is still the protag and not Rin?!' and 'what is this hero idiot doing in my intelligent anime?' and other such things. Oh well. Still, overall, everything was absolutely epic as to be expected from the sweet and wonderful Based Ufotable =D ![]() |
CookingPriest said: And if Miura handles it this way, we litterally won't see it. Again. They showed some of his monologues to give us some insights into his character already. This is not the VN so they obviously can't show all his inner thought. But I'm sure they will show important ones. You are hard to please... ![]() |
CookingPriest said: I could honestly do without one Taiga or Sakura scenes(since they do not matter), so that time would be used to give that insight And I am quite forgiving. However there ARE the keypoints THEY HAVE to hit correctly or this will be shit. And we haven't reached such key point yet... ![]() |
chickenonthepan said: CookingPriest said: I could honestly do without one Taiga or Sakura scenes(since they do not matter), so that time would be used to give that insight And I am quite forgiving. However there ARE the keypoints THEY HAVE to hit correctly or this will be shit. And we haven't reached such key point yet... Lancer encounter is THE first major establishment of how Shirou's mind works during battle. Its the FIRST IMPRESSION. and first impressions are most important. As I said, I hold out hope they won't mess up too bad, but thats not much of a hope. I had to suffer through 20+ episodes of non-existent atrocity that took its time to slander and misrepresent main character as much as possible, spawning bunch of the most brain-cell-killing memes possible, well forgive me for being cautious out of fear of being burned twice. Mod Edit: Removed unnecessary comment. ![]() Modified by Tyrel, Oct 11, 2014 11:27 AM |
The Priests already telling people to stop watching this for saying anything that may seem remotely bad about this series. Edit: Sakura's voice pretty annoying imo,especially whenever she says "Senpai." "I'm so glad I found you...By rescuing one person,I was saved." Still prefer Emiya over Shirou as protagonist anyday. Saber vs Lancer was "interestinger" per say over Archer vs Lancer's fight. GAE BOLG=GODLY ANIMATED=BASED UFOTABLE Thought the OP was great too. Decent episode overall. ![]() Modified by VanishingKira, Oct 11, 2014 8:27 PM |
CookingPriest said: Calm down. They said everything important will be in the adaptation. This is too early to flip out -__-MercifulPriest said: Hmm, I'll have to agree with CookingPriest here about how it handles Shirou, but I'm sure that his characterization will improve over the next several episodes. Though I guess I'm afraid that this first episode is only going to encourage the behaviour of all the secondaries who are gonna scream 'dammit that ginger kid is still the protag and not Rin?!' and 'what is this hero idiot doing in my intelligent anime?' and other such things. Oh well. Still, overall, everything was absolutely epic as to be expected from the sweet and wonderful Based Ufotable =D Well to b e honest at least thei delved A BIT into his trauma/ptsd and why he thinks the way he thinks this time. Way more than DEEN-FSN did. Misrepresenting the lancer encounter though won't do that well for his badassery. I can already see secondaries/bloggers/troll go "Omg tohsaka so refined and quick thinking, this dude so slow and dumb~" Eitherway, the ED seems to imply we will get him talking to Saber scenes, so maybe they will infodump the monologues that way, since Miura seems to HATE portraying what characters think. chickenonthepan said: CookingPriest said: And if Miura handles it this way, we litterally won't see it. Again. They showed some of his monologues to give us some insights into his character already. This is not the VN so they obviously can't show all his inner thought. But I'm sure they will show important ones. You are hard to please... I could honestly do without one Taiga or Sakura scenes(since they do not matter), so that time would be used to give that insight And I am quite forgiving. However there ARE the keypoints THEY HAVE to hit correctly or this will be shit. Episode was great, still faithful to the VN and dat OST. OP is cool too. ![]() |
stAtic91 said: DAT GAE BOLG Haha that comment+avatar I'm so mature i could be an episode of Psycho-pass. ![]() |
CookingPriest said: There's stillBotatoPriest said: Calm down. They said everything important will be in the adaptation. This is too early to flip out -__- Excuse me if after KNK6 I take Miura's world with a graina truckload of salt. the fight with Berserker, Shirou has a moment there Just be patient -.- ![]() |
BotatoPriest said: CookingPriest said: There's stillBotatoPriest said: Calm down. They said everything important will be in the adaptation. This is too early to flip out -__- Excuse me if after KNK6 I take Miura's world with a graina truckload of salt. the fight with Berserker, Shirou has a moment there Just be patient -.- I am patient. I am just disappointed with an aspect of otherwise very good episode. AT least they did not mess up Gay Bulge and made it consistent with Prisma Illya's portrayal of Fragrach ![]() |
BotatoPriest said: CookingPriest said: There's stillBotatoPriest said: Calm down. They said everything important will be in the adaptation. This is too early to flip out -__- Excuse me if after KNK6 I take Miura's world with a graina truckload of salt. the fight with Berserker, Shirou has a moment there Just be patient -.- He has his moments throughout the route actually... They don't hesitate to show monologues in both episode 0 and 1. Just they don't see what Fai sees as equally important. His inner character is portrayed initially correct already. One fight without monologues proves nothing and can't ruin his character. He has a whole series ahead. I won't put too much weight on Lancer encounter. ![]() |
chickenonthepan said: I meant as in moments early on to establish his character, not moments that develop him.BotatoPriest said: CookingPriest said: BotatoPriest said: Calm down. They said everything important will be in the adaptation. This is too early to flip out -__- Excuse me if after KNK6 I take Miura's world with a graina truckload of salt. the fight with Berserker, Shirou has a moment there Just be patient -.- He has his moments throughout the route actually... They don't hesitate to show monologues in both episode 0 and 1. Just they don't see what Fai sees as equally important. His inner character is portrayed initially correct already. One fight without monologues proves nothing and can't ruin his character. He has a whole series ahead. I won't put too much weight on Lancer encounter. ![]() |
CookingPriest said: ALso what I did not like about the OP(more like it infuriated me)was that It outright spoils the blond foreigner's connection to kotomine and that it has way too much shirou/saber focus and none of shirou/rin -___- Considering the first time he shows up in the prologue he's just a random dude and when he shows up in UBW he is introduced by Kirei, that's not a problem. As long as one hasn't seen Zero they wouldn't even notice the blonde dude was in the prologue, I'd say the GARcher vs. Lancer was enough to make people forget it.. ![]() |
CookingPriest said: chickenonthepan said: His inner character is portrayed initially correct already. One fight without monologues proves nothing and can't ruin his character. He has a whole series ahead. It does give wrong first impression(especially after they portrayed Tohsaka encounter so perfectly). And first impressions are everything(look at the hatred SAO is garnering just because its first season misrepresented characters, despite the fact that S2 does not misrepresent them). I can only hope they will portray it correctly latter on. It just doe snot make sense for me on why Miura would dedicate time to portray entirety of his daily life, yet decide to save time on the crucial moment of his prologue characterization. Its just a very bad sign for me, that's all, that sours otherwise perfect episode. ALso what I did not like about the OP(more like it infuriated me)was that It outright spoils the blond foreigner's connection to kotomine and that it has way too much shirou/saber focus and none of shirou/rin -___- from the Kirei's preview, they already will connect "the blonde guy" with Kirei in the episode 3. which i think its one of the Nasu original scenes. ![]() |
CookingPriest said: mirakura said: CP, why so butthurt? Bask in the Kings glory :DDDD Dat OP!! Can't stop re-watching :DDDD Enjoy because that's all you will get of fate route ever. Actually, not my point. Caster and Rider are glorious, even in their short seconds :DDD And dat seiba!! ![]() The sun is a deadly laser |
CookingPriest said: > Saber routemirakura said: CP, why so butthurt? Bask in the Kings glory :DDDD Dat OP!! Can't stop re-watching :DDDD Enjoy because that's all you will get of fate route ever. > Saber is a cashcow Yeah I doubt we're never getting Fate ever. If so then prepare yourself for 5 episodes of filler Saber moe moments. ![]() |
I'm glad Fukasawa Hideyuki does the soundtrack but I don't like the OP or the ED. Lately all Kalafina songs just sound the same. Also too much Seiba. This must be Takeuchi's work. All those HA camoes. Maybe we can expect something in the near future? Died a little inside after seeing this Overall a decent episode with gay bulge definitely being the highlight, although they did cut out a big chunk of Shirou's inner monologues. Let's have faith in ufotable. ![]() |
CookingPriest said: ALso what I did not like about the OP(more like it infuriated me)was that It outright spoils the blond foreigner's connection to kotomine and that it has way too much shirou/saber focus and none of shirou/rin -___- One word: Bait. ![]() |
chickenonthepan said: CookingPriest said: ALso what I did not like about the OP(more like it infuriated me)was that It outright spoils the blond foreigner's connection to kotomine and that it has way too much shirou/saber focus and none of shirou/rin -___- One word: Bait. Lol, bait for wat? :DD ![]() The sun is a deadly laser |
mirakura said: chickenonthepan said: CookingPriest said: ALso what I did not like about the OP(more like it infuriated me)was that It outright spoils the blond foreigner's connection to kotomine and that it has way too much shirou/saber focus and none of shirou/rin -___- One word: Bait. Lol, bait for wat? :DD I think you are smart enough to understand what I mean. ![]() |
Nasu is one of us. OceAnh said: Died a little inside after seeing this He also tweeted that these kids aren't Gil's batteries, just random people in the hospital. Interesting. ![]() Modified by Tyrel, Oct 11, 2014 11:46 AM |
Here's the link tot the OP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIEGkqCeWx4 Watch it before it will get deleted from copyrights. ![]() |
exleader75 said: Here's the link tot the OP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIEGkqCeWx4 Watch it before it will get deleted from copyrights. That Saber in the end is too cute. :3 I also really like the song. ![]() |
mirakura said: You should know I'm lol'ing at how you didn't notice this till now XDD Dat Saber vs Assassin scene :DDD Kojirou looks like a total badass lol. I like that samurai so much. ![]() |
Didn't see the episode yet, but in 1 video I heard something that reminded me of Kawai Kenji... CookingPriest said: I do have a problem that Miura had all male servants do the exact same one-eye smirk. Strange decision. Like headtilt in Shaft series. ![]() |
chickenonthepan said: Because he's a freaking beast mirakura said: You should know I'm lol'ing at how you didn't notice this till now XDD Dat Saber vs Assassin scene :DDD Kojirou looks like a total badass lol. I like that samurai so much. although most of what he does is off screen -_- ![]() |
exleader75 said: Here's the link tot the OP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIEGkqCeWx4 Watch it before it will get deleted from copyrights. Damn, those visuals look amazing, can't wait to see the actual fights. CookingPriest said: chickenonthepan said: mirakura said: You should know I'm lol'ing at how you didn't notice this till now XDD Dat Saber vs Assassin scene :DDD Kojirou looks like a total badass lol. I like that samurai so much. I do have a problem that Miura had all male servants do the exact same one-eye smirk. Strange decision. Well...except basakah. ![]() |
InsertPriestHere said: Well...except basakah. J-j-just you wait X_X AS for OP Just like FZOP1, the whole OP will be a giant lie. ![]() |
BotatoPriest said: Yeah I really want to know how the hell that shit goes down O.o Anyway, point is Mr. Samurai is awesome. Most likely Samurai Bishonen Dude does the usual crazy acrobatics shit that Bahsacar can't move an inch toward him and gets pushed bak. Then Strange Loli gets bored an leaves. I will lol if he manages to wound bahsaar lol ![]() |
CookingPriest said: If the striked part happens then you can be sure Ufo screwed up big lol.BotatoPriest said: Yeah I really want to know how the hell that shit goes down O.o Anyway, point is Mr. Samurai is awesome. Most likely Samurai Bishonen Dude does the usual crazy acrobatics shit that Bahsacar can't move an inch toward him and gets pushed bak. Then Strange Loli gets bored an leaves. I will lol if he manages to wound bahsaar lol ![]() |
mirakura said: Gae Bolg :DDD Well, it looks freaking powerful... More than just a glowing lance thrush. You have anything to complain? ![]() |