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Mattinator95 said: Congintive said: Only one word for this episode Bullshit I had hoped that they will not butcher vol 12 but now here we are I hope that JC will go bankrupt so that they can never ever butcher any anime again. What the fuck has even happened in this episode it looks like filler instead of cannon episode they just skipped all the scenes just randomly add some scenes and aagh. It was so bad adaption of vol 12 that if i have to give this from 10 I will give it 0. 1.No Nia, 2. No kurumi attempt to save the captured spirit 3.no shiori, 4.No shido scene of proposing tama-chan one of the best scene in the vol. 5.even the scene with ellen felt so short. 6.no information about shido and mana past and their connection with mio. 7.no information about how mana got captured by dem and used by them as an experiment. 8.About kotori contract with Ratatoskr on killing shido if he ever gett out of control. 9.About that secret weapon which is fired against shido to kill him. 10.And how kotori was asking for help from all the spirits to save shido which is the highlight of this vol. 11.About how phantom saved shido from that attack and called all the spirits her children. 12.And Nia aka 2nd spirit escape due to shido going on a rampage it feels like they just skipped all this vol and add just some fanservice. The worst adaption of the vol i've ever scene felt so disgusted by how they butchered my favorite vol I hope that if we ever get season 4 JC won't be the one to do it or else it's better without ever being touched again because Nia, Mukuro, Kurumi past arc and phantom arc I don't want to see them butchered. It looked like a go read vol 12 teaser. They did the same with danmachi . Crammed vol 4 into one episode I guess it's better to read vol 12 again than to watch this shit of an episode ever again at least I will be able to enjoy it to the fullest again and if u haven't read u should also read that vol as i've said in my post before they just skipped the whole vol just add some fanservice scenes and even they are not completely adapted. |
| At least the arc title was accurate, this truly was a disaster. This was such a horrible adaptation, they're really screwing up it seems like they don't give a fck anymore. I'd say Index III is a tad better than what they've done with DaL III tho, seriously the only fun part about this adaptation was new timeline Origami's date with Shido, even if they did mess up the art and animation of that part at least the story was great. Anyways this episode 0/5 Total 3/10. (Thats being generous because I loved Origami's parts) if there ever will be a DaL IV then please let it be done by a different studio who doesnt take a handful of projects on the same fcking season. |
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| It was an absolute mega brain who came up with the excellent idea to adapt one volume into one episode as the finale, no words, what a trainwreck |
Stark700 said: THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- What the hell, was this episode even needed? It basically tried to show off Shido like he's an Alpha male or something. But seriously, the whole episode was very cringe worthy filled with forced dialogues. Apparently, they had to go with a swimsuits too because why not. Basically, I think this was just a guilty pleasure episode aimed to please the fans. Could of been an OVA made easily. Easily one of the worst continuations of this season imo. That Origami dress though.  I have no words to describe how god awful this sequel had been. It basically downplayed everything I enjoyed from the previous two seasons plus the OVAs and the movie. The JC Staph Infection is real here, and looks like it’s contagious, too....smh. This whole episode was pointless as hell for the main story. They should’ve just ended labeled this season done at 11 ep and then list this one as a separate OVA. |
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| Lol 1 volume into one episode woah haha.. well at least some other people will enjoy this episode. |
| Oh man, I hope if there really is more OVAs or Season 4, they'd adapt from Volume 12, instead of this condensed shit. |
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| I think story wise this season was superior to the second one but the overall bad animation and this last episode kinda ruined the score and it ended up doing worse lol. I know they butchered an entire volume for this but since I went into totally blind it was a fun season ending episode in a way. Well, if they ever make a season 4 I am in (probably in another 5 years XD, 4 if we count the movie lol) |
| With any luck the next season will be like what the first episode of High School DxD season 4 was, and retcon this episode to fix all the gaping problems it had. I wouldn't care if they released a set of OVAs to flesh out the story, or even devoted the first two or three episodes of season 4 to it. |
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| Lol I really liked this season as a whole, more than 2 at least. This episode I didn't find too bad...or too great. I had fun with it. But I imagine I'm missing a LOT of detail/information. I would bet I would be mad if I had read the source first. So I'll go do that later. But as an anime-only viewer it just felt like a filler/fanservice episode and I liked it >.> |
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| Having watched Egoraptor talk through how he animates videos, I've started to be more aware of animation flaws now, and there was a bit around 16:40 in the episode where Tohka nodded and hair hair DID NOT MOVE and it really bugs me. |
| Slice of Life Anime about the everyday life of a German Philosopher: Nietzschijou. |
| This episode really felt out of place compared to the rest of this season. Story wise I really enjoyed it, just sadly the quality wasn't there to back it up. 7/10 from me and that's more praise than it ever deserved. |
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Terrae said: I don't care that they didn't follow the LN, I thought the episode was just a wholesome episode that showcased everyone. The only thing bad i could think of is How HORRIBLE the animation for alot of the episodes are. This season has been better than season 2 EXCEPT the animation. The animation is garbage, and i am just here praying this doesn't translate to J.C. Staff's upcoming anime. Especially ONE PUNCH MAN of all things 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. |
| so much fanservice. this is only watchable because of kurumi and origami. 5/1o |
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Congintive said: Ouch.... that reads like a nice start to a hypothetical season 4, adapting volumes 12-15, NOT a final episode for season 3. >.>Only one word for this episode Bullshit I had hoped that they will not butcher vol 12 but now here we are I hope that JC will go bankrupt so that they can never ever butcher any anime again. What the fuck has even happened in this episode it looks like filler instead of cannon episode they just skipped all the scenes just randomly add some scenes and aagh. It was so bad adaption of vol 12 that if i have to give this from 10 I will give it 0. 1.No Nia, 2. No kurumi attempt to save the captured spirit 3.no shiori, 4.No shido scene of proposing tama-chan one of the best scene in the vol. 5.even the scene with ellen felt so short. 6.no information about shido and mana past and their connection with mio. 7.no information about how mana got captured by dem and used by them as an experiment. 8.About kotori contract with Ratatoskr on killing shido if he ever gett out of control. 9.About that secret weapon which is fired against shido to kill him. 10.And how kotori was asking for help from all the spirits to save shido which is the highlight of this vol. 11.About how phantom saved shido from that attack and called all the spirits her children. 12.And Nia aka 2nd spirit escape due to shido going on a rampage it feels like they just skipped all this vol and add just some fanservice. The worst adaption of the vol i've ever scene felt so disgusted by how they butchered my favorite vol I hope that if we ever get season 4 JC won't be the one to do it or else it's better without ever being touched again because Nia, Mukuro, Kurumi past arc and phantom arc I don't want to see them butchered. Ending with volume 11 also means they logically run the orchestral version of "I Swear" at the climax of Origami's arc. Supposedly, the lyrics relate to Origami, much like the lyrics for "Invisible Date" relate to Mayuri. EDIT: Thinking about it again, the bulk of the scene is too... 'bittersweet'(?) for "I Swear", leaving only the few seconds of Origami's uninversion and kiss for it to play, so it might not actually work... O.o? Rongmario said: Oh man, I hope if there really is more OVAs or Season 4, they'd adapt from Volume 12, instead of this condensed shit. Riotstarter 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.With any luck the next season will be like what the first episode of High School DxD season 4 was, and retcon this episode to fix all the gaping problems it had. I wouldn't care if they released a set of OVAs to flesh out the story, or even devoted the first two or three episodes of season 4 to it. Kougeru said: Having not read volume 12, and only knowing that Shido is on the cover and it involves the sealed spiritual power within Shido running rampant... this volume feels rushed, and odd.Lol I really liked this season as a whole, more than 2 at least. This episode I didn't find too bad...or too great. I had fun with it. But I imagine I'm missing a LOT of detail/information. I would bet I would be mad if I had read the source first. So I'll go do that later. But as an anime-only viewer it just felt like a filler/fanservice episode and I liked it >.> From the author's comments at the end of the first volume, the concept for Date A Live was "what if an organisation played galge 'seriously'?". With that context, it's like Shido was challenging them to play an otome-game with him as the target... but that doesn't really match with 8 girls targeting only one hero. Another interpretation I had was that Shido's personality had gotten warped from having 8 girlfriends... There was an episode of To Love-ru where Rito inhaled something that made him want to use Momo's plants to really build a harem, and take full advantage of said harem. Was expecting a good sword-duel when Tohka moved in to finish sealing Shido's rampant spirit energy... but how could I forget, the studio doesn't have the resources to animate it that well. >.< ...Makes me wonder what Prisma Illya's battle scene budget is. |
TakataMar 31, 2019 6:09 AM
| J.C. Staff killed Date A Live. Awful adaptation. They didn't adapt the arc of "Itsuka Disaster", they added scenes that never happened in the LN, the animation was disastrous and the characters, especially Kotori, were "dehumanized". As a DAL fan, I'm totally disappointed and I pray, if by chance it should happen, that the fourth season is not in the hands of J.C STAFF. |
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| Lol. This last episode 😂🤣 Anyway, it was a fun season like previous ones. 7/10 |
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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 |
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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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