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Mai_of_the_Fire said: He does work hard, face obstacles, and grow later, the entire season 1 is only like 15% of the published chapters. People don't hype the series after reading only 11 chapters, which is where the anime adapted until. Feel free to take a break though Like, doesn't that undermine any sort of effort on the part of the mc? How do you create a compelling narrative with that? This whole episode just felt like Bam was a passive player in everything that was happening around him, he's getting to climb the tower not because of any character growth or effort or anything at all related to his personal character or emotional growth. It's just "congratulations, I guess you're lucky." Basically, this show thus far has been gorgeous production design mixed with horribly sloppy direction and writing, a main character who I'm still not quite grasping how his emotional growth relates to his ascent of the tower (mostly this plot thus far has just felt like he's motivated to climb the tower, but the tower is just an obstacle that says "nope, you have to wait, even though you're not struggling at all to climb this tower because you're innately special,") not really symbolic of his personal growth in a coherent or compelling way. I'm still just grasping at the air wanting to like this show because everyone says it's supposed to be such a good story, but I'm just not seeing what is so compelling about it. It's felt like every other mediocre "destined hero" action story so far, with Bam's scenes with Rachel and the show's occasionally-gorgeous production design being the only standout parts of it. |
yuzuruhanyuuApr 12, 2020 10:54 PM
EdHaku said: GhostRO123 said: Since the MC is an Irregular and unlike the Regulars, he isn't bounded by the rules of the tower he would've had some pretty good chances of clearing the test anyway regardless of whether he was given the Black March or not (and its actually a needle not a sword, but just like Yuri's REAL motivation for helping out Bam the anime just had to mess this up too). And unfortunately, unlike the source material, the anime does indeed make that scene seem like a deus ex machina as you've already stated. However, that's not actually the case. The actual reason for why the princess wanted to help him could've been explained by a scene that was happening in parallel to Bam meeting Headon. But, of course, they decided to cut that out too (not surprised the first episode turned out to be such a rushed mess). This could be considered a spoiler so if you really want to know why she helped him read it at your own risk: Well, I only watched the anime so that's my only reference. I wasn't necessarily talking about the princess though. It felt like she had a motive for her actions, even if it felt convenient. I was mostly talking about the sword goddess (or something) helping him. They messed up this scene as well. Black March didn't just decide to help Bam out of nowhere because he has a freaking "cute face". They actually had a bit of back and forth, there was a dialogue between them and the result of that conversation is why she found him to be endearing or cute so she decided to help him out just that instance. Even though she still lends him her power because she found him to be attractive at least this way it kinda makes sense as opposed to how they chose to portray it in the anime. |
| Finally some exposition. That's more like it. The talk the ranker and Bam had made this episode. Their croc reminds me heavily of Dorohedoro's Caiman btw. |
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| So Bam and Rachel were the only ones that were not born in the tower...I guess they were, but for me reason they got expelled. |
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| So, that means all rankers are gods, right? |
| Rem is best girl |
| A lot better than the first episode. This one actually made me care at least a little about the characters and story. |
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| Things are starting to get interesting now |
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| Everything was as expected (knowing nothing about it), apart from the many unexpectedly retained comic faces. 3/5 So much style and technic... and TMS loses it on this kind of product (when it's not celebration ones). |
| this is obviously better than the first one, and more information have been revealed, looks like the story will get widen and widen. |
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| Loving the flow of this show. The Regular told that about Khun because he is irregular, interesting xD Bam passed the wave test so easily, love how that guy treated him like he forgot about him xD So, he and Rachel are the only ones who came from another world and apparently the people from the tower don't know that people from other worlds can come? Damn! That's interesting. |
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
Yu Yu Hakusho did it better and funnier. |
| Welp, the way we see it is that Bam is continuing this Tower journey to find Rachel, his one and only desire. Khun is apt at being deceptive whilst maintaining his posture, his calm nature serving him well towards Bam at helping him thwart this test of 400. At much he's a reliable person for now. And those derpy comical faces of Rak the alligator....yea those got a good chuckle. Only good luck resounds Irregular Bam, but that may just be the start of all the impending troubles. And thankfully Rak and Khun made it through. The tests are getting harder and harder... Presentation's better than Episode 1, that's for sure, but keeping expectations for now. |
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| I was totally bashing on the first episode, but this one was definitely better. Also pretty glad that they answered some questions and improved the world-building. I'm getting some super serious HunterxHunter vibes too and Bam is still a Lil bitch that needs to get gud |
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| In what world are people taught that humans look like turtles. If they were of the teenage mutant ninja variety I MIGHT understand the confusion. Now I wonder does Bam's power come from himself or the sword? |
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WolfWood37 said: Apparently the author said that Rak came from a place where there's only them and turtles, which they eat. So anyone that's not their species is a turtle to them. In what world are people taught that humans look like turtles. If they were of the teenage mutant ninja variety I MIGHT understand the confusion. Now I wonder does Bam's power come from himself or the sword? |
| In my opinion a much better episode than the first one. Khun's suitcase getting stuck in the wall seemed very suspicious to me. He may have some really weird stuff there, especially assuming that the wall only reacts to living creatures and not objects, though I'm not sure whether that's the case. Also, Bam comes from a different world than the other characters? Darn it, I've been tricked into watching an isekai again. :D |
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Paczek-12 said: In my opinion a much better episode than the first one. Khun's suitcase getting stuck in the wall seemed very suspicious to me. He may have some really weird stuff there, especially assuming that the wall only reacts to living creatures and not objects, though I'm not sure whether that's the case. Also, Bam comes from a different world than the other characters? Darn it, I've been tricked into watching an isekai again. :D This is not an isekai though. |
| P strange show so far but in a good way |
| ~ The world is not beautiful, therefore it is. |
| GOOD SHIT EPISODE |
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| This episode was soo much Awesome than the first one & the fight scene was cool but my boy Bam is simp and that is A NO!! NO!! OR MAYBE? 9/10 |
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| Okamoto character seems interesting. The All Might character is the mascot in the group. Bland comedy and half baked animation. Overall better than last episode. |
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| Not to say that I'm not happy about Tsudaken being in the show but I was expecting a different kind of voice for Lero Ro |
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| All I think of when I hear Khun Aguero's name is the football player from Argentina. |
| I am still not impressed. Actually, I liked this episode less than the first one. The first one at least had a vibe that was a tiny bit like "Death Parade" but this was just boring. So far not even the MC stands out. I hope this gets better. The only thing that is sometimes okay is the score but the mixing is terrible. Sometimes the score is way too loud and sort of drowns everything out. |
| I admit that first episode didn't do a good job of explaining things. But as time goes by, "Hey maybe that anime is good" is what I thought of. This episodes really has that HunterxHunter's exam vibe and Bam and Khun is like Gon and Killua to me, and it's cool. The character is different enough that it is unique on it's own. |
| Wow this ep was great too, am impressed with the world building and character designs so far! |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| This anime reminds me of HunterXHunter lol. |
| ugh, so much yelling in this episode, its really grating. |
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| After this episode I dig it even more. Rak is funny, but why does he call Bam and Aguero turtles lol? Without any doubt the team up between Bam and Aguero reminded me a lot of Gon and Killua which I like a lot. Maybe Rak becomes the Leoreo haha. Damn Hatz and Anak are strong. Their fight was definitely on a very high lvl. The mood shifted when Lero Ro appeared. I can't believe Bam didn't get pushed back by that wave. The difference between the participants I clearly to see. How easy some were able to go through that wall and others who couldn't do anything. Lero Ro seems like a very chill and cool person. I hope we will see him in the future again. So people live their whole life in the tower? That's interesting and like Bam I also wonder where he comes from then. It was not within the tower where he and Rachel met. |
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| I liked the comic relief normal guy for the first half and then they immediately drove him into the ground. The voice actor is amazing and clearly wants him to be a scene stealer but he's just not. The reason for Bam constantly getting preferential treatment and lucky breaks had better have a REALLY GOOD explanation, and the Ranker had best be wrong. A tournament arc where the winner is completely based on luck sounds like the one surefire way to ruin a tournament arc. There's some really nice directing and a few interesting pieces of foreshadowing, and the art style has grown on me since last episode, but I can't help have this impending sense that the answers to the questions raised are not going to be satisfying. How some of the reveals play out could make or break this show. |
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| Nice alliance, Khun seems like an cunning person while Rak seems to be the muscles. We learnt a bit on the tower here but still many mysteries left, by the looks of it hard work can only bring you so far with talent/luck being a great factor in bringing you to the top. |
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| Again, a fun episode when rewatching it and it was nice seeing guys like Shibisu and Serena there with some pretty funny moments there as well as some teams forming like with Bam-Khun-Rak for example, as well as Hatz-Anaak-Shibisu. Also, we of shinsoo, also known as 'divine water' featured in the second test as people who have the capability of working with extreme concentrations of shinsoo in the future would have a future with climbing the tower. Not really an ability you can just magically pop out of thin air but your body must be capable of handling it. Nice to also learn a bit more about irregulars and the structure of the Tower through Lero-ro's conversation with Bam, although the webtoon did go into more detail surrounding the structure itself. With no expectations for a masterpiece anime, I enjoyed it again. The first few episodes of the show really are good for me, regardless of how that 2nd half of the season turns out. |
| Wow that fight between bob cut lizard girl and that edgy samurai kid was cool. So far this show is giving me Hunter x Hunter vibes. |
| Well this episode is definitely better than the first. That alligator dude is really like Inosuke. I wouldn't be surprised if both characters were voiced by the same VA. |
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| The organisation is shady as F. It seems like some of the rankers are sabotaging the game. The princess rigged it. Hedon rigged it. The rankers rigged it. They seem to wage a secret war. Also, I got the feeling that this game is mostly population control... Something is fishy with Rahel coming after Baam when she started before... |
| "A monster has arrived" You have no idea how much hype I got from that! The pacing is screwed though, I expected it because I've heard a lot about it, but I am just glad that they're bringing more attention to this series. I am so happy to see Anaak, Hatz, Ship Leesoo, Laure, Rak, and even that trash Levin lmao, and especially my boy Khun Aguero Agnes. The OP/ED slaps. |
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