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| The story wasn't all that interesting and I expected it to be over in this episode. Well, maybe it'll be resolved earlier in the next one so there could be more focus on other things. All the other things actually look very appealing! I like the characters, their snappy but sweet interactions, and potential romance. The world appears to be quite interesting too, with the legends, ayakashi and mystery of gaining those abilities. The giant serpent who is friendly and not the brainless killing monster, oh yes! And he could even hold a conversation, I love this stuff. I just wish it was a little less boring. Other little ayakashi are also very cute. Kotoko is pretty nice and likable. I like her style with that dress, and that despite being special she's still weak. Morally strong but still in need of protection physically. Kurou is such a caring boyfriend (not yet, but you know...), he said he didn't care but at the same time gave her soup and lovely onigiri and even followed her out of concern. Sounds like a perfect guy, with a voice of Miyano Mamoru, no less. I must admit, I listened to the ED song a lot for the past week, I mean, really... and with the visuals from the official video to boot, it's so gooood and maybe I'm a little more hyped for this than I should. But yeah, my only problem so far is that the individual stories could be more interesting, more touching or I don't know, without so much retelling and assumptions about people that we don't really care about yet. I hope it gets improved later on. |
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| something about the characters just enthralls me. their interactions, their quirks, the va, their tones, just the way they speak, idk i just love these characters |
| Not a fan of this episode. I was very excited to watch this as the first episode showed a lot of potential with the banter between the main characters, but this one turned out far below my expectations. Definitely on the boring side of things. I love mysteries. This episode was trying to be one. Unfortunately, it failed big time. It didn't even feel like a mystery to begin with. The characters were just rambling about events we'd never seen. There were no pieces to put together. There was no way to make sense of anything unless it was spelled out. I really hope the following episodes aren't as lackluster as this one. |
| Awesome episode. I liked every moment of it. |
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| I don't usually watch shows like this and I was surprisingly engaged, relaxing episode all around. |
| Ok, so why did the girl dump a dead body in the serpent's territory??? |
| pretty ok for whole episode with just dialogue |
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| Good episode but damn what a cheap cliffhanger |
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| Considering that this episode was basically all dialogue, this was pretty good actually. It's not always easy to swallow how much Kotoko knows, but I guess we just have to assume that her yokai connections help with that (as how would she know to research this case and have enough time to do so if not for that?). My only complaint is that I see no reason to have this as a cliffhanger ending rather than just resolving it here and now. |
| For an episode that was very heavy on the dialogue, I found it rather intriguing and enjoyable. I wish they didn't use the cliffhanger, though. A bit of a cheap move. XD Either way, the dialogue had that Monogatari feel to it, which is nice, even though Monogatari's dialogue banter is far better. The serpent god's personality was amusing, but he's very hard to please. Kotoko's explanations to the murder mystery was convincing, but it wasn't enough for the serpent at times. I just hope that the next episode shows the conclusion to this particular case before it moves on to the next one, as shown in the preview. =) |
| Really enjoyed this episode,even though it was mostly dialogue,Kotoko just seems to be able to hold your attention even when just talking. Loved the bit where she barged into his apartment as well :) And that ED has a really smooth,jazz type feel to it,I really like it.The OP isn't bad either. |
StarhammerJan 19, 2020 5:41 PM
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| Man, I've seen some people go on about that faceless monster... or in more weeb terms, "big titty waifu", man, why say that when there's a perfectly good Kotoko. Then again, I'm rather biased. I do like her personality though. Calling Kurou her boyfriend already and refusing to lose to some pork miso. Even if the miso is great, at least the boy is caring enough to hand supplies, a jacket, and even douse her with repellent. (And of course, he followed) Could imagine it's rather hard to eat a human and deal with a friggin' iPhone in your stomach. Might accidentally order pizza... although, I feel like to a former water good, that'd be a good thing. Imagine being thousands of years old and tasting something like pizza for the first time? Who'd bother with humans or sacrifices after that? I did enjoy the mystery of the episode. Although, I felt like it was less about solving the murder than doing it just to convince the snake god that humans ain't that trash, and thus maintaining a relationship between the two races. After all, who'd want an angry snake god eating hikers due to a murder? Our snake boi needs a phone of his own to learn this new age... and order pizza. Still, I certainly like the characters; human and youkai. |
| "You know you've reached peak quality when a doujin is better than the actual source series." (Eg. To LOVE-Ru) Just to list a couple of biases. Likes: A good story, characters, writing, romance, a good plot twist or something that breaks expectations (In a good way), 'backstory' and justice. Dislikes: Bad romance, too much fanservice, the harem genre, yuri, yaoi, and bad writing. |
| Episode 1 was x100 times better, if this show keeps going like this I may drop it honestly. I love Mystery genre but watching a 20mins episode full of nothing but boring dialogues related to solving a crime is awful. There're lots of other shows that excelled in the "Crime solving" topic without having such a boring style, like Detective Conan, Erased etc ... Needless to say that It didn't feel like a mystery episode to me at all. |
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| It's pretty much expected with people's disappointment on how the story unfolds. It basically went into Mushishi kind of show while they might expect an action based youkai-show like Noragami or some sort. For me, I don't have any problem at all (lel) because Mushishi is one of my favorite anime. |
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| Well that was a whole ep of talking.. bored the living shit out of me it actually had me fall asleep midway. The start was funny tho. That cliffhanger was unnecessary, they could have finished this whole thing this ep. |
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| A good story thou the first episode was better. Also that's one curious serpent lol. |
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| Liked it. If it's a later episode in the source material I suspect they used this episode to show the essence of the concept, the bare idea of the franchise. Of course I know fuck all about the original so it's just conjecture... |
| Teriffic episode!! |
| Based on the first episode I wasn't expecting the second one to be mainly about a girl explaining a murder to a giant snake. A case which she seems to know way too much about for having just been summoned. Tedious as all hell. It looked like she was literally holding a script while she was talking lol. Like can you even call it a mystery if it's been pre-solved? I did find it funny that the snake gets his info from discarded newspapers though. |
syncrogazerJan 20, 2020 1:37 PM
| Didn’t liked this... |
| This episode bored me into dropping the series. |
| so the snake is just a big pervert Darkhur said: I'm rather fond of dialogue-heavy shows, but I was baffled by the end of this episode. It can be summarized as "I present hypothesis A, except that was a red herring. Thus I posit hypothesis B, but it was also a red herring. Now how about hypothesis C? Bingo! It was a red herring. To be continued..." I still like the characters and was genuinely entertained throughout the entirety of the episode, but in the end had to question the point of it all. i think the point of this show is not to use detective skills to solve the crime and find the truth, but rather to come up with a believable answer to solve the spirits' problems the japanese title of this show is 虚構推理, 虚構 meaning "imaginary/fictional" while 推理 means "reasoning." so the point of it is to find a "not real/true" (but convincing) reasoning to the crime Pakumen- said: eso-JAR said: its not nearly close to monogatari series.. Exactly, It does not require the unnecessary fanservice and the pointless themes to feel interesting. or the abstract and confusing way of telling a story as if it's trying to be complex and unique when it's not |
| I'm usually mad about cliffhangers, but the 2nd episode made me lose all interest so I don't even care now. That was incredibly boring. I was hoping for youkai slaying and some really fucked up romance story. Instead it was kitaro without the good parts, and bakemonogatari without ecchi. |
| 馬鹿げた倫理 全部ガラクタで |
| I almost fell sleep, but i liked it i think it has potential |
| Another amazing 9/10 episode man our female protags amazing I think I have a crush on her |
| Why are people so surprised at the "detective" stuffs this episode have? The anime literally named "KYOKOU SUIRI" (Invented Inference) for a reason. Have you guys even check the genres first before watching the show? As for episode itself, I still don't know why are they changed the timeline placement of this episode but at least the contents was adapted properly from the manga. |
| Completely skipping into Chapter 15 (which IDK if that was an decision to showcase the first arc soon) was definitely the low-brow of this episode. The "romance" between Kotoko and Kuro is becoming more contrived...and the bug spray moment is similar to Zombieland Saga (Miyano Mamoru being the VA for Kuro), cool. This case on the Serpent and its hearsay, to back with rumours about some couple's failed relationship and various scandals, not to mention the back-and-forth relentless cat-and-mouse chase. On regards to the Guardian Serpent, she's the definition of "the tip of the iceberg", as Kotoko racks her brains for legitimate explanations. Much of this episode was heavy dialogue, and even for a manga with the content like a light novel, it's boring on the main side, but hey, that's what the "mystery" genre is for that's tagged to this show. But to start with this side story, I'm very sure it's a planned course on how the producers want to play this out, though haphazard if they didn't play out the sequence of events in the manga. |
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| This anime is interesting because for the most part it is pretty laid back, serious but laid back, however at the end of the episode I found my self screaming "WTF?" That cliff hanger was something lol. The Little Dog Yokais were cute when they were reunited. |
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| I'm just for the reactions from people who expected mindless shounen action #47,185. |
JiangHaoyi1979 said: Ok, so why did the girl dump a dead body in the serpent's territory??? I'm hoping for an answer to that too. If they keep not answering the cliffhangers, I'm not sure if I'll continue to watch. |
| this episode was nowhere in the manga.. what the fudge |
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Scootboi said: this episode was nowhere in the manga.. what the fudge It's Chapter 15, with some changes. |
ahmad_jaelani said: no no no episode 2 is a good mystery xD, especially why she's killed some people? Very very bad, in the episode 2 |
| What a stupid episode. was episode that was entirely talking, just rambling nonsense. ahmad_jaelani said: no no no episode 2 is a good mystery xD, especially why she's killed some people? Very very bad, in the episode 2 She visits a snake to theorycraft about some woman who dumped a body. Not investigate the murder. Not solve the mystery. Not even try to do anything of the sort. To come up with an explanation that the goofy halfwit of a snake will decide is good enough. It could have been over 10 seconds into the conversation. It might be a three episode arc. Who knows! It's up to whenever the snake stops arguing. But even that's not the worst part. Maybe it could've wrapped things up with at least some kind of weak denouement about the nature of… I don't even know, the truth, or what we believe in, or how much we care about people dumping bodies in our swamps. But it doesn't. The episode just ends mid conversation, no point ever reached, no conclusion sought, nothing built to, nothing anythinged. How the hell is this a multi-episode arc? they should stop overanimating pouring out soup and invest a couple more yens to hire writers paid by something other than the word. |
antonn said: Scootboi said: this episode was nowhere in the manga.. what the fudge It's Chapter 15, with some changes. why did they reorrder it like that? |
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| Really liked the 1st ep but this one was kinda boring. |
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| i kinda want to like this anime since the main duo is pretty decent...but since i'm not a fan of detective stuff...this episode was boring as hell to me lol guess i'll watch one more but i already lost almost all my hope of enjoying this |
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| I actually enjoyed this more than the first episode. There are so many anime that vie for your attention by using action, but a show that can keep you interested through what’s almost a monologue? That’s more unusual, and while it might not be spectacular, it gives me higher hopes for the rest of the writing and storytelling of the series. Also, if it it progressed into action immediately like the first episode, we’d be left with the impression that this is a monster of the week show following a format of Kotoko trying to speak with a youkai, being out of her league when it comes to violence, and Kuro showing up to save her when she’s in a pinch. That would get extremely old very fast, and I doubt many people would want to watch a season of that. |
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