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Lufisch said: This episode was pretty fun, the whole series exceeded my expactations. Still don't understand how Ayumu was almost the fastest even though he ran slower at the parkour part. I don't understand either. Nice episode though. |
| Definitely best episode so far Can't wait to see what happens next. |
| Hozumi is the best :D Expected more from Riku tbh |
| I totally loved the racing parts! Both teams are great, I don't know which one I want to support haha. The jump from Hozuki and after that, the take over from Hasekura-senpai was definitely the best part of this episode! ♥ |
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| now if someone said this anime has no sport I will slap them |
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| Eh....was ok I guess? |
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| Well 3rd episode in and it's still staying enjoyable for me. I'm glad I picked this up (I didn't feel like watching it initially because it is an otome game adaptation). I guess they titled this with "Alternative" because they're focusing more on the sport and teamwork? I can barely see any romance happening. I don't watch sports anime but this one is fun to watch because of all the parkour movements. Particularly liked the part where Kohinata overtook his opponent, that was really cool. The only part of the story I thought was unneeded is the setting that Saisei's stride club is also an idol group; it was just strange in this story. Madhouse is doing a great job with the visuals. Love the colouring of this show. |
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Lufisch said: His leg of the race was probably the shortestThis episode was pretty fun, the whole series exceeded my expactations. Still don't understand how Ayumu was almost the fastest even though he ran slower at the parkour part. |
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| i loved the episode. the different colors make it really unique and the cast is cool. the show is one of the best this season |
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-CallMeSenpai- said: Why this isn't tagged as a shoujo? Why MAL? Demographic tags are only for manga adaptations that are easily distinguishable by the magazines they serialize in. It should be reverse harem more like. Honan academy losing made me sad especially when Shogi boy never took the risk of jumping over the hurdle, |
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| mileeeesssss better than the previous episodes, this episode was so exciting and has funnier jokes! Ban-chan is so cute, i got jyuusimatsu vibe from him which is a good thing!! Armin-senpai still prove to be the best among the group, his style of stride is my favorite, he moves like a ninja. |
| Awesome first race! I'm loving this series. It's so much fun. I can't say I dislike any of the characters. |
| well, that was an intense race imo. that boy band thing in the beginning...NO! don't show me more! i like the third runner. he really did it. |
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| Galaxy standard what kind of a stupid name is that? |
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| Pretty nice episode, I enjoyed. Takeru Fujiwara is becoming my favorite. |
Tokoya said: Speaking of Honan, the stand out runner apart from that amazing comeback by Takeru was Hozumi, like holy fuck that third exchange was BEYOND FUCKING EPIC....Riku really needs to start emulating him in that department Seriously, that was a pretty sweet exchange. Probably the highlight of the race for me. --- Anyway, I don't think that this race was as good as the first one (perhaps the novelty factor wore off?). But I still enjoyed it. That idol group though... Really enjoying the ED. I think that it's pretty good. Plus it's kind of fun to do all of the weird hand movements along with the group (don't judge me). |
| when ayumu didnt jump over the hurdle :( and whoa, takeru is really fast Sokah said: I'm also starting to wonder how ugly the writers must think Japanese women are if they keep writing boys as more beautiful women and with no interest in girls. lol not at all. there are lots of series with a cast of really beautiful quirky girls with a generic looking male MC and this is from an otome, eventually they become interested in the MC, i just wonder if they will include romance or not in the anime |
| This show is alot better than I thought it would be. |
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| I love Takeru's mentality. He's a winner. |
| THEY ARE FINALLY RUNNING! :DDD ...But too bad the action scenes are mediocre (-___-) I expected a lot of animated tricks such as flips and rolls but oh well. The part that I was really disappointed at is where they skipped Takeru's running scene. I wanted to see how he caught up! (>-<) I was surprised that Riku didn't relay to Takeru in this match. With all the practices they did with each other in the last episode, I was expecting them to tag each other but I guess not. (^-^;) And also, I suggest that each character should have unique technique or specialty in his running (such as Senno's blocking). That will flesh out each of the characters more and make the match interesting. So far, the only character in Honan Academy that has caught my eye is Hozumi. Just look at how flexible and daring he is! HE TOOK A RISKY SHORTCUT! A+++ for him. |
| Set up the final episode, come back time! |
| It was good, but there wasn't nearly as much of the race animated as I would have liked. Too many still shots and they skipped the entire fifth segment. The first race is still better. So long as they put more effort into the racing animation later on I think this will definitely be good. |
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| They lost :'( But they still got the sponsor, so it's all good. The character interactions are nice. Ayumu will definitely be making an effort next race, maybe too much of an effort :( |
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| Not a bad episode The race was good, interesting tactics so I can hope for more The guy who models as girl did a nice jump, that was good And black hair guy caught up in no time Shogi player was a pu55y They need to replace him or he needs to get his shit together The ED is fucking cool though, especially the visuals Overall a good ep, this show will get a season 2 I think 3/5 |
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| aww they lost :( but they did well and its cool to see them more motivated now! White is cool ^^ |
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XxOtakuChiceexX said: I'm amazed by the amount of people watching this who still don't know it's a reverse harem and based on an otome game. Ayumu cracks me up. Kaede is a cutie. I didn't like the OP at first but I think it'll end up growing on me. The ED is nice too. I realized this in episode 2. Dropping anyway. I can't stand most of these characters. |
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| Oh man, I love the rival team! All of them are so likeable! This was a creative way to introduce everyone. Good episode. Nice to hear "Rush" in the very first minutes! I wanna hear a full version of that song. |
| Pretty entertaining episode. This was the typical way to start sports anime lol,not surprised they lost. |
So I've been watching and I feel kind of "meh" about this series, I do like the characters different personalities but the character development was way too fast. They acted like they knew each other for years after one episode? Well that's what I think anyway. The art's nice, animation's nice and I like the concept but the character development put me off a bit. Is it just me? |
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| I'm still waiting for Nana to participate as a runner, otherwise I'm dropping this -_-. |
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Shadow-Chan said: Yeahh I heard! I'm really excited.Mayuka said: Nice to hear "Rush" in the very first minutes! I wanna hear a full version of that song. We are getting full version of "RUSH" and "You're My Courage" with ED single. |
| The first half of the episode was so akward. It felt like I was watching some sort of crappy shounen-ai, or something, but the race saved it. It wasn't breath takinb, but it was good enough. |
| So its an otome game adaptation but the sports aspect is done pretty well. That's probably because recent otome game adaptations have been extremely disappointing that my expectations were super low. At least this managed to be entertaining and avoid the annoying heroine + N guys all liking her for no reason bit. Wonder whether they have to change the ending a few times depending on the opposing team. |
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| They have new colors making a fresh start for the End of Summer Stride Event.. I knew they'd lose this one and get a drive to win next time ... |
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| It's ridiculous how good they look during and after all that running. I'm looking at you Fujiwara >_> God damn anime logic lol. Reiji and his team are hot stuff but his buddy seriously has got to lose that long hair which looks like 2 meters long and 10 pounds heavy. That hair is giving me anxiety and not to mention that one other guy from Tonan. That Illuminati looking ED is probably one of the most artistic pleasing anime ED/OP I've seen in a while. Overall, it's a decent episode although I wish everyone on the team should run. Why is this anime airing in the winter though and not the summer. Feels like a summer appropriate anime. |
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| this is definitely the best episode so far. the flips and stuff in the race were pretty sick. i thought some of the dialogue between characters during the race was hilarious. XD the new jerseys are swaggy as frick. i give it a 4/5. |
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| As expected, they would loose, but a lot more reason to get better and once again (if a rematch) they'd defeat Sainan! 4/5. |
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| I hope this show not gonna turn to reverse harem and some love complication shit |
| I really liked this episode, it was really entertaining. The race was great. I expected an outcome like this, but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. The characters are also really growing on me. |
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| Episode quite interesting and engaging, although it remains the uncertainty of knowing what is and what the rules of Stride. Narration pleasant to follow and very funny, designs and animations are good, scenes reduced to the bone, but good choice of colors used. |
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| I had a feeling it was too early for them to win. This race didn't quite have the energy of the previous ones. |
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| BEST ANIMU OF THE SEASON period |
| i loved that they lost the race. I was cheering for them but they are not ready to defeat those boys from galaxy whatever. Besides, i was very surprised that the leader was one of the worst in the team. I'm having a little bit of difficulty to remember the name of the characters. That annoys me so much >.< |
desertkona said: I hope this show not gonna turn to reverse harem and some love complication shit I'm looking forward to that! |
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| yeah knew they weren't gonna win. it didn't even feel like it and they are extremely underdeveloped and rusty. it wouldn't have made sense if they did. the run was still good though :P and the SFX are really good, especially why the zoom off, i really like that one. |
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| This episode was pretty good and the race was enjoyable! |
| Ya ya ya the races are the best part. Not surprised they lost but they were really close for kinda a rag tag team. |
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