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Dec 12, 2020
30 of ? episodes seen
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14
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
10 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
I was waiting for this "season" to end in order to write something about it, since MAL went completely crazy in sorting this show. Despise MAL believing we are on a 4th or 5th season, episode 134, or episode 30 of this particular "season", was the last episode of Douluo Dalu's second season. Episode 135 will be episode 1 of the third season, despise MAL grouping the upcoming season and this one as a single entry.
With all that out of the way, i have only good things to say about this show in general. There is a reason why this story is so popular
in China. Sure, the frame drops can be quite annoying some times, especially when they happen in the middle of a big action sequence, but chances are that this won't annoy anyone that gets this far into this show. The artwork itself is gorgeous, with the exception of some Beast-Type souls that end up receiving clunky and really ugly models. The story is a direct sequence of the first season, as we continue to follow San's exploits in this new world, as he further understands the conflict going between his family/clan and the Church. The Seven Devils are starting to become big players in the general conflict that is drawing near, and it's really cool to accompany them going from children to such prominent people in this world. The story leaves 4 of the 7 main characters sidelined, as this point the history is entirely focused in San and Xiao Wu's struggles and, to a lesser extend, Oskar's quest to grow stronger. The novel is massive and, at least to me, all leading to this point is just a really in-depth prologue of what is to come.
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Aug 26, 2020
6 of 6 episodes seen
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4
people found this review helpful
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10 |
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10 |
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10 |
| Sound |
10 |
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10 |
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10 |
Looking at the tags and poster, i thought that this was going to be a cliche serie of monster killing, not entirely different from those series that attempt to ride on Attack on Titan's popularity. To my surprise, Incarnation gives almost no importance to the monsters, instead focusing on the human interactions and struggles in the society that formed on this new world. After a global earthquake unleashes a myriad of underground monsters on the surface, collective known as Extremozoan, humanity is almost entirely wiped out. The last remains lives aboard the Lighthouse, a flying fortress. In order to maintain the civilization, all interpessoal
relationships have been abolished. All individuals live only in function to their role on the Lighthouse hierarchy, being divided in 2 segments: Superiors, those who were born with desirable genetic traits, and who are given the most important jobs and best living conditions; and Inferiors, those who were born just as regular people, delegated to the worst living conditions and, "less important" jobs. Only Superiors are given names, while Inferiors are reduced to just to "Worker N° ####". This is a refreshing change from the usual "medieval magic fantasy" that 95% of Donghua are composed of. Another welcomed change is the animation quality: while most CGI shows have frame drops issues and kinda ugly graphics, Incarnation is really fluid and good looking, some scenes are actually beautiful. This was a really pleasant surprise of a show and i can't recommend it enough.
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Aug 11, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
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0
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| Overall |
4 |
| Story |
3 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
5 |
| Enjoyment |
5 |
Never played the games, so my experience with this franchise is entirely based on this adaptation.
I've never had written a review before, not for the shows i love or to the ones i despise, but i felt the need to do it for this one, the most painfully average show I've seen in a long time.
Sengoku Basara tells a really "romanticized" version of the Sengoku Period (duh), most specifically the rise of the anti-Nobunaga coalition. Some of the most famous points of the conflict are present, such as the rivalry between Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda or Nobunaga's fondness for firearms. But, as any good
Shounen with the "historical" tag, many fantastical elements are present, such as a mecha samurai with a Jet-pack and a giant drill. The plot simply serves as a background to connect action sequences together, with is not necessarily a bad thing. The bad part, and what inspired me to write this, is the fact that the action sequences are not good. Mostly, almost all, fights don't have a choreography, reduced simply to a character charging his big magic attack and failing to connect said attack. Sometimes, when characters cross weapons, instead of a fluid action sequence of them exchanging blows, the screen fades to black and returns in the classic anime stalemate with swords shaking. This is a show solely made for actions sequences, but these are not really that enjoyable to watch. Music is really good, as we can already expect from Sawano, as is animation quality. This is a really good-looking show, even more so by 2009 standards.
Plot and character development are really not the focus of this piece. There is a lot of characters into this one. Most of the real life important players of the conflict eventually show their faces, but some are reduced to minor cameos. The sheer amount of characters combined with the number of episode result into almost all of the cast don't having any development whatsoever, even by old Shounens standards.
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