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| Scumbag friends. I knew most would be since last seasons drama but even Shiemi... I'm disappointed. At least eye brows is still cool. |
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| I'm lost... they sure jumped right into it... It didn't quite feel like a first episode... Then again I've forgotten pretty much everything that happened in the first season lol And oh the pacing somewhat felt off... I had forgotten that Rin was such a stereotypical impulsive shounen protagonist... which apparently is hard for me to stomach now ^^' At least we got some recap at the end of the episode >< |
AzuStar said: well its better than the D.Gray man revival but whats with past anime ive watched lookin stupid as i get older? It's called maturity |
| Ao no Exorcist Brotherhood, I called it back in the original series. They're following the main story instead of going into some alternate route like the old anime did. |
| Interesting there were some of the same lines but in a different location to episode 17 of the first season. I don't know about the whole stolen eye thing, seems random. |
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| Rin is gonna be the death of this anime. I don't know if he was always this annoying or maybe I was just younger when I watched the first season but his stupidity and ignorance is bordering on Natsu Dragneel's level, which is the lowest you can go as a shounen protagonist. It's frustrating that the guy who should have all his power (Yukio) ends up with the short end of the stick. |
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xpaula said: I also loved Izumo in this episode (I think this is where I started loving her in the first place) and it was awesome how she pointed out everyone's hypocrisy, in particular Shiemi and Bon. Yes I loved that scene! Cannot wait to see what direction the anime will go! |
| I am so frickin happy that Uverworld are the ones singing the opening! Cannot wait for the rest of the episodes! |
| "Between dreams and reality is the vault of your soul. No one could see the “Dream World” without this path." - Mushishi "You can die anytime, but living takes true courage." - Rurouni Kenshin “A strong man does not need to read the future. He makes his own.” - Solid Snake |
| Fantastic opening and episode so far! <3 And Izumo is the MVP! |
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| Bastards treating Rin like shit... Cept Izumo. You rock, eyebrows! |
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| Nice seeing everyone back, I never read the manga for this but it went pretty strong first half of season 1. |
| I know that Ao no Exorcist is your stereotypical shounen but I fucking love it. I will always love it. Its predecessor may not have been the best but I still enjoyed it, enjoy the manga and I enjoy this. Come on, the MC is the son of Satan! lol This is already my AOTS just because I'm such a fanbitch of the series. I'm not really looking forward to the other releases for Winter 2017 other than this and a few others. I'm glad they're ignoring the end of the first season and acting as if it never existed. I also do the same. :D My big titty Shiemi, my tsundere Izumo, my kansai-ben trio, I missed them all so much TT__TT That Todo dude was obviously the bad guy from the beginning, he looked like a fake. Can't wait for the second episode! ^^ |
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| I'm happy blue exorcist is back. Now to finish on the not totally insane ending that season 1 had. |
| I was curious how they were going to pull off this second season without a reboot since the second half of the second season wasnt in the manga. I guess pretending it didnt happened kinda works. |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| I like how they are disregarding all the anime original stuff. |
| Oh thank god they're ignoring the filler arc/ending of S1. I've been meaning to continue reading the manga (left off at the start of the chapter that covers the first part of this episode) so I'm glad S2 has decided to stick with the source material. Hope it stays that way as well xD |
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| Smooth and simple start with lots of quotable quotes XD Nice one :D And I do love the ED OST and the animation is awesome :D |
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| Got done with my re-watch finally and I must say that it's nice to see this series with updated art, animation, music and character designs Its also nice to see that they decided to leave out the filler and go straight back into canon and I must say that this was way better than the anime original version I am beyond hyped for this arc and I can't wait to learn more about this Impure King and see how much more everyone grows |
| Yukio definitely can't say no to his brother 😂😂 i was hoping a bit more comedy in it. But one of my must watch this season |
| This is my first time ACUTALLY enoying anime.. wow. So i'll rate this show 5/5 |
MoistPerineum said: So could someone explain something to me. Why was everyone isolating Rin? Ive only ever watched the anime so im not sure if this season is taking a different route from the first season or what not. But from what i remeber, at the end of the first season everyone was all buddies with Rin and happy for savinging the day and stuff. Why the sudden change of heart? Basically you need to ignore the entire last arc of the series, which was an anime-only filler. This season takes place right after Rin has lost control over his flames, and that's why everyone are keeping distance from him. |
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| Why does Yukio get affected by the miasma but not Rin? |
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| Maybe it's because I just finished watching the first season, but certain dialogues were quite redundant and unnecessary, perhaps for this reason, and also for the many flashbacks, which I really liked this episode. The graphic quality is not improved compared to the past, just a bit. Let's see what happens in the next episode, for now I abstain from a more informed judgment, and look the other episodes to make me a better idea. |
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| Since godly Sawano is composing the OST and OP is from UVERworld, i'm gonna follow this show! (even-though I haven't watched S1 yet) The OP visuals were stunning! 5/5. |
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| So so so so hyped that one of my all-time favorite animes is coming back, and done so amazingly well! The years have been long waiting up to this. I absolutely loved the symbolism with the ED. Especially with how it showed the Okumura twins. Rin looks more like a demon on the outside, but is filled with light (his optimistic personality). Meanwhile, Yukio, who looks like a regular human on the outside, has tons of self-doubt and inner darkness. Wonderful callbacks as well using some OSTs from season 1 <3 |
| ARE YOU SERIOUS WHY DIDNT HE LEAVE THROUGH THE WINDOW WHAT |
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digritz said: juandmarco said: That's because it wasn't Shiemi who stopped Rin's rampage, it was Mephisto. Ironically they forgot to show that scene in the flashbacks, which just adds to the inconsistency. And if you read the manga, you'd see she's just afraid of talking to Rin, not of Rin himself. She was just mad with him at first (as you can see from the flashbacks) and didn't know how to talk to him again after that. That's completely wrong. I am talking anime here. Exactly when did Mephisto stop the rampage after Rin's fight with Amaimon? Rin even mumbles Shiemi's name while she is hugging him after he starts to become aware and before he passes out. The only scene after the fight with Mephisto is when Rin destroys the clock and he makes the comment Rin's lost control and that he's a handful. How can that be interpreted as Mephisto stopping Rin.? As for reading the manga and using it as a reference to their personalities and behavior, after 50 years of watching anime and reading manga I have never found that useful expectations being what they are. That's simply not how adaptations work in any print to movie/series medium. Sometimes they follow the printed version more often they do not. If your going to engage in both it will usually end in disappointment in one of them. Regardless of who stopped what or using the manga as reference many of the characters feel unbalanced when compared with how they were at the time this is supposed to pick up from. Granted it's to be expected with such a long break and depending on how long this goes on for may only be a small bump in how it feels to me. I'm talking about the manga. In the manga, Mephisto was the one to stop Rin:   And since this new season is trying to follow the manga more closely (while still cutting a lot of things, since they decided to adapt 18 chapters in 12 episodes), this is what is canon rather than Shiemi being the one to stop Rin. |
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juandmarco said: I'm talking about the manga. In the manga, Mephisto was the one to stop Rin: And since this new season is trying to follow the manga more closely (while still cutting a lot of things, since they decided to adapt 18 chapters in 12 episodes), this is what is canon rather than Shiemi being the one to stop Rin. That certainly would explain our different perspective. However my issue wasn't really with story accuracy between the anime and manga but rather the continuity and how it effected character development between season 1 and 2. I acknowledge this is a unique situation with regards to the change with the story line and time between seasons. But I still hold that using one medium to interpret the other is a bad idea. I think they could have done a better job with the story flow. A simple addition to the flash back scene would have been enough to let us know that not only are things moving forward different but plot points prior to this may be different as well. That said I will admit that given the latest episode, they are making headway in making the characters a bit more familiar to anime only viewers. I just don't want it drawn out given the 12 episodes and time before we might get another season. |
digritzJan 23, 2017 5:16 AM
| More Izumo is good-- The OP is so good-- best AoE song so far. Uverworld is amazing. |
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| Ahhhh It feels good to see some more Ao No Exorcist even though I didn’t quite enjoy the first series. Having the first episode start out with Yukio going out with stress over the sibling relationship and also how Rin and his friends still doesn’t get together kinda disappoints me that whats going to make the series great. For me its a pretty good start to the season 2. Adding with some comedy makes a really great start. I hope I see some more fascinating stuff to the series and at the moment its going good. |
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| The Son of Satan Can't Be This Cute... I mean Ao no Exorcist is back!! I can remember liking the anime a lot, but that's because of Rin is such a lovable character. And the art is more.. subdued I should say. But I like it tho. Love the op song, though the visual is pretty underwhelming. |
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| Wow, it's good to see Ao no Exorcist again. I missed it, even though the ending of first series was... Well, lame. That's what you get if you don't follow the manga. Still - I'm happy to be watching it again. |
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