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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Welp, we got more characters being introduced with their skills being shown in battles. Hiyori is probably the most noticable although I find it hard to take her seriously.She does have a degree of intensity in her personality though. In contrast, Teruto seemed much more focused and serious in his strategies. Imo, he actually makes quite an impression. |
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| EGOIST's OP definitely sounds a lot different than her usual repertoire, and Memai SIREN's ED is just OK. Teruto seems like a lifeless person who knows how to play the game but lives such a shitty life. It's such that someone like Sakura shows him the ropes around Neo Kyoto that everyone is dependent on Build-Divide, even in school to find challengers for a start. And it does not take long for them to find one: 2nd Year Hiyori Munehashi, and the same stratagems as is with any card game series ensues (bear in mind that this will be very repetitive for majority of the show). When Teruto gets all serious, he shows his best as always. Bloom is pretty much like the Dark Magician Girl equivalent in the similar vein of things for Teruto, and everyone has their own Blue Eyes, White Dragon version of that too as their Ace to save themselves from losing. Hiyori's the Lonely Blue Bird taken as an apprentice. Quite the impressive progress if you live in Japan, and are dying to try out Build Divide for yourself. For everyone else, it just reeks of promo material decency. |
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| Hiyori is adorable. If anything happens to her I will kill everyone who posts in this thread and then myself. On a more serious note, I actually kind of appreciate the stones on this show to focus so much of both its current episodes to just battling. Considering we only have 12 to work with, it doesn't actually have that much time to flesh out its story. Personally I appreciate that direction, as the battle writing so far has been pretty kickass, but I just hope the plot isn't going to suffer for it. Not having any turns skipped is very much a good thing, though. |
xohkim said: I certainly see your point on how the plot progression could possibly be impeded if the majority of each episode is just one battle after another. Since the battles are obviously crucial for our MC to get to the King, however, they are necessary for the progression of the plot. Furthermore, there will be a 2nd cour so we actually have 24 episodes total - hopefully that will be enough to prevent the plot from suffering! From the trailer I was expecting more of a Wixoss approach, where most of it is kind of glossed over so they could properly pace out their story. Even with 24 episodes that's still only half of something like, say, Battle Spirits Shounen Gekiha Dan. Don't take that as me complaining though; again, if they can make it work, I think I'll be enjoying myself pretty thoroughly here. It's just that 2 one-cours isn't too terribly much space to work with, and card game shows tend to benefit from having a bit more time to cook its plot (unless you're vanguard, in which case you really want to toss out half the episodes). |
Ammokkx said: Not having any turns skipped is very much a good thing, though. This is such a underappreciated element. Part of why I ditched Shadowverse was because, just as I was getting invested in the game, they'd skip over large chunks of it and change everything up. It kept taking me out. |
Flowercityweeb said: Cant believe that kouhai chan confused being called baby bird as a nickname rather than an insult, she is so optimistic. She's adorable and precious is what she is. |
| Looks like the one hp life comeback is traditional as always. The anime is just one big promo but it'll be interesting to see if it really does bring people in and stick with it. I found out there's actual cards made but not officially release but it surprising if they also wanted to do a TCG online version of build divide. |
| Being able to attack on the first turn seems pretty OP imo. Imagine you have such bad luck that you get a burst trigger and go to 8 life before even having a turn. RIP. Hiyori is definitely intense but I think it will be a nice contrast to Teruto and Sakura who seem to have very low key personalities. She also brings a bit of colour to the episodes and her deck archetype is cool (I may just be biased because I like yellows though). Another pro from this episode is that I was able to follow the battle a bit more. It's kinda like Duel Masters meets Vanguard to me?? |
| Good opening. Cringe anime. |
| EGOIST OP is truly a BANGer this time! nice! |
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| While the opening was admittedly quite stylish, this show is fucking stupid. "Hyperdemocracy" is the most idiotic concept I've ever heard, doubly so when it resembles neither democracy nor being hyper. The fact that it feels it has the time to waste giving an exact play-by-play of every single event in the game rather than using that time to characterise anyone or exposit anything important is just pathetic. Add onto that the fact this is a split-double-cour, even though there's barely enough material for a few episodes, and this'll no doubt get even worse later on. Dropped. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| Without the card battles this could have been a juvenile, shallow but fun show, unfortunately we have them so we have a juvenile, shallow show with 10 minutes of boring drivel every episode. MC spitting those super edgy lines every other minute or so is really funny but somewhat endearing for some reason, I'm actually liking him so far |
| I have a question: Hiyori bet one chip, but Teruto bet 3. And he won, so he got 4. Why is this possible? There doesn't seem to be any benefit to betting more then your opponent. Oh, and I agree: if anything happens to Hoyori, I'm killing everyone on this forum, and then myself. |
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| Love the OP, definitely suits the anime well too. Though I found this episode kinda boring, Like struggling to pay attention kinda boring. Also was shocked to see Hiyori looks like she's seven or something. When I saw her in the op I thought she was a teenager |
| I really love the OP! The battle seem repetitive because of the redundant cards they're using but it was lessened because of a new character, and what's more, she is a cutie but a ditz in a cute way. The characters are interesting but so far, I have yet to feel the world building up to this episode. AbusiveMichael said: Can someone explain why she wants to be he’s apprentice when he barely won? Wouldn't you want someone to teach you something even better if they're better than you at what you love?! It is like loving a subject and wanting to have a teacher for it. |
CrazyButNot4UDec 28, 2021 8:51 PM
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| The opening is god tier xD I like Hiyori she has a nice personality contrast with MC's one and she's totally legit to wish for her dreams, kinda sad backstory for sure, the fight was actually quite tense, of course Teruto won but it was tight, now seems like she's his apprentice xD |
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| Pacing is weird, but prefer this as opposed to being unnecessarily drawn out. Also that OP is really good.. between the bgm, voice actors, sfx and visuals.. this feels pretty high quality so far.. esp for a card game.. then again, I feel like they set it up so these points would work well on their own, and then fit the card game into it |
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| Hiyori certainly is adorable although I was not a big fan on how close this battle was. Also him betting all his coins without any benefit leans more towards the ridiculously dumb side imo. |
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