Date A Live (light novel)
| I am not sure how to describe it I am not a LN reader but the way the pacing was done made the first two arcs really impactless. Perhaps both of them needed to be a bit longer as the amount of episodes dedicated to them didn't give them justice. The overuse of cgi during fights and the new artstyle must have played a role too. I actually enjoyed S3 more despite all its flaws XD I am curious to know everyone thoughts about it. |
nhc9Jul 20, 2022 3:26 PM
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| I felt this season is about as good as any other date a live season. then again, I'm not a big date a live fan, so someone who is more attached to the show may have stronger feelings than me. |
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| I was prepared for worst case scenario with fourth season, because GEEKTOYS is THE worst studio in the industry. But this season turned out to be probably the best one, simply because we had Nia, who is 2nd best girl and a lot of Kurumi, who is THE best girl. But CG was still awful. |
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LieInFall said: Yeah I kind of agree I guess I should rephrase the title. Its just Kurumi's arc was way superior that the first two pale in comparison even though the characters were pretty goodHonestly this season wasn’t bad at all I was actually excited for each episode it had some decent drama and cliffhangers that grabbed my attention it wasn’t the best but, enjoyable. |
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Piromysl said: agreed though I wish Nia had more screen time. The battles were really butchered by the bad cgi especially the Mukuro vs inverse tohka fightI was prepared for worst case scenario with fourth season, because GEEKTOYS is THE worst studio in the industry. But this season turned out to be probably the best one, simply because we had Nia, who is 2nd best girl and a lot of Kurumi, who is THE best girl. But CG was still awful. |
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| Probably since its the same ol' formula that may be tiring you out. But at least we got Kurumi's arc. That was worth it. |
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| yes I would have to agree with you I think this is by far the best season (IV) no questions asked I like the twist it had and tbh got boring with sealing spirits powers. |
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| this show isn't that great other than kurumi arc |
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gojimyepikanime said: same bro it felt rushed. And I really liked the last arc and the twist at the end. Looking forward to the fifth seasonI’m an anime only and I feel like mukuros arc should have filled out the rest of the season idk if it had enough material for that or not and if not I’m happy with what we got nias arc was meh but I’m super interested to see if she gets raziel back and how they take out issac and what’s going on with reine being phantom can they save kurumi I’m very much hyped for DAL V |
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Mr_westcott said: Yeah thats probably it. I should check out the LN at one pointthe first two arcs were good, but the problem is that it has been greatly shortened |
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Karol_At said: Piromysl said: I was prepared for worst case scenario with fourth season, because GEEKTOYS is THE worst studio in the industry. But this season turned out to be probably the best one, simply because we had Nia, who is 2nd best girl and a lot of Kurumi, who is THE best girl. But CG was still awful. Really? The worst studio? Worse than Deen or GoHands? And while the CG wasn't Ufotable level, it really wasn't that bad. I'd say that in comparison to shows like overlord it was actually pretty decent Yes, worse than those. Deen and GoHands actually have some decent shows in their portfolio. GEEKTOYS did not had A SINGLE ONE. |
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Karol_At said: I guess I need to rewatch the previous 3 seasons. Perhaps the time difference between them and the fourth season made me think of them more fondlyIt did feel like there wasn't really that much room to breathe this season, but I wouldn't call it rushed, the development tempo felt fairly similar to what I remember previous seasons to have |
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| Not that i understand how you feel. I started catching up with this season when i was spoiled by the epilogue of episode 8. Nia had good potential as a character but again, wasted. Didnt care about Mukuro at all. I find her annoying. As for my waifu, My only nitpick though is the studio didnt pull a PMMM episode 10 on her. But i already gave so much of my praises to my waifu. |
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Karol_At said: Piromysl said: Yes, worse than those. Deen and GoHands actually have some decent shows in their portfolio. GEEKTOYS did not had A SINGLE ONE. I mean... If that's the metric you're going by, and decide that the measure for good is... Something? I'm not sure what since both general audience and your personal scores don't seem to indicate that Studio GoHands had shows that were particularly better than what GEEKTOYS has presented (Unless that eight for DaL IV is some sort of a joke) I'd also take into consideration that GEEKTOYS is almost a decade younger than GoHands and almost 45 years younger than Deen, so their portfolio isn't really a good statistical sample What are you even on about? Both Deen and GoHands have some critically acclaimed shows in their portfolio. GeekToys did not had a single one. The only thing they have is botched adaptation, shitty original, below average adaptation of JRPG and bad, generic harem. They still managed to botch DAL, but were lucky that they had parts filled with Kurumi to adapt. It's totally valid to call them the worst if for five years they did not managed to produce anything even close to being palatable. |
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Kokoro_135 said: I am not sure how to describe it I am not a LN reader but the way the pacing was done made the first two arcs really impactless. Perhaps both of them needed to be a bit longer as the amount of episodes dedicated to them didn't give them justice. The overuse of cgi during fights and the new artstyle must have played a role too. I actually enjoyed S3 more despite all its flaws XD I am curious to know everyone thoughts about it. Well, the final arc had a better pace and even though they made it lighter, it still had some impactful moments. Episode 3 completely ruins Nia's arc. It doesn't explain why Shidou uses his powers better (Itsuka Disaster), changed the reason why he can move against Beelzebub's orders (it's because he has more power than the girls, similar to what happened in the Miku arc) and doesn't even explain very well as Nia reversed. In LN, unlike in the anime, the inverted Nia is dying and can barely speak, her whole body is covered in wounds that spurt blood non-stop.     The Mukuro arc already starts skipping 1/4 of the volume. And to compensate, they try to modify the dialogs to fit as much information as possible, which should have been presented gradually (even so much is left out). Anyway, apart from the various cuts that make the anime censored almost all the blood and ecchi (yeah) of the anime. Several pieces of information were also presented as quickly as possible and without any impact. A quick example would be the conversation with Woodman (BTW, he should have met Shidou and Tohka at S3) where instead of a discussion about his intentions, it was just a monologue of him explaining some things. If you really like DaL, I recommend reading LN. Well, I could say a lot more, but I think this gives an overview. Despite this, I think the S3 was much worse, in every way. |
MaouHeroJul 21, 2022 9:28 AM
MaouHero said: Kokoro_135 said: I am not sure how to describe it I am not a LN reader but the way the pacing was done made the first two arcs really impactless. Perhaps both of them needed to be a bit longer as the amount of episodes dedicated to them didn't give them justice. The overuse of cgi during fights and the new artstyle must have played a role too. I actually enjoyed S3 more despite all its flaws XD I am curious to know everyone thoughts about it. Well, the final arc had a better pace and even though they made it lighter, it still had some impactful moments. Episode 3 completely ruins Nia's arc. It doesn't explain why Shidou uses his powers better (Itsuka Disaster), changed the reason why he can move against Beelzebub's orders (it's because he has more power than the girls, similar to what happened in the Miku arc) and doesn't even explain very well as Nia reversed. In LN, unlike in the anime, the inverted Nia is dying and can barely speak, her whole body is covered in wounds that spurt blood non-stop. The Mukuro arc already starts skipping 1/4 of the volume. And to compensate, they try to modify the dialogs to fit as much information as possible, which should have been presented gradually (even so much is left out). Anyway, apart from the various cuts that make the anime censored almost all the blood and ecchi (yeah) of the anime. Several pieces of information were also presented as quickly as possible and without any impact. A quick example would be the conversation with Woodman (BTW, he should have met Shidou and Tohka at S3) where instead of a discussion about his intentions, it was just a monologue of him explaining some things. If you really like DaL, I recommend reading LN. Well, I could say a lot more, but I think this gives an overview. Despite this, I think the S3 was much worse, in every way. 3 days ago I suggested a topic called "date a live remake" Maybe you will like it You can find it in topics of date a live s1 and give me your opinion |
Hitagi__Furude said: I especially feel you on the Mukuro part I really tried to like her but couldn't even though she is not a bad character at allNot that i understand how you feel. I started catching up with this season when i was spoiled by the epilogue of episode 8. Nia had good potential as a character but again, wasted. Didnt care about Mukuro at all. I find her annoying. As for my waifu, My only nitpick though is the studio didnt pull a PMMM episode 10 on her. But i already gave so much of my praises to my waifu. |
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MaouHero said: interesting that was really insightful. Hopefully, they do a better job in the next season. You made me curious I'll check out the light novels as soon as possibleKokoro_135 said: I am not sure how to describe it I am not a LN reader but the way the pacing was done made the first two arcs really impactless. Perhaps both of them needed to be a bit longer as the amount of episodes dedicated to them didn't give them justice. The overuse of cgi during fights and the new artstyle must have played a role too. I actually enjoyed S3 more despite all its flaws XD I am curious to know everyone thoughts about it. Well, the final arc had a better pace and even though they made it lighter, it still had some impactful moments. Episode 3 completely ruins Nia's arc. It doesn't explain why Shidou uses his powers better (Itsuka Disaster), changed the reason why he can move against Beelzebub's orders (it's because he has more power than the girls, similar to what happened in the Miku arc) and doesn't even explain very well as Nia reversed. In LN, unlike in the anime, the inverted Nia is dying and can barely speak, her whole body is covered in wounds that spurt blood non-stop. The Mukuro arc already starts skipping 1/4 of the volume. And to compensate, they try to modify the dialogs to fit as much information as possible, which should have been presented gradually (even so much is left out). Anyway, apart from the various cuts that make the anime censored almost all the blood and ecchi (yeah) of the anime. Several pieces of information were also presented as quickly as possible and without any impact. A quick example would be the conversation with Woodman (BTW, he should have met Shidou and Tohka at S3) where instead of a discussion about his intentions, it was just a monologue of him explaining some things. If you really like DaL, I recommend reading LN. Well, I could say a lot more, but I think this gives an overview. Despite this, I think the S3 was much worse, in every way. |
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| Doesnt explain why first two arcs never fell below 5 on corner and reteapedly top 3 or top 2. |
| The first two arcs were great in the LN, and the anime speedran through them. Kurumi arc was slightly better, and it's still not better than the Origami arcs which s3 adaptation damaged. DAL has the fault of faltering when they are doing world-building/character introduction arcs. Fortunately Kurumi comes with the plot, hence her arcs tend to be the better ones. But well, there is no use thinking about this now. Because zhits gonna go down next season. Let's hope they don't ruin the adaptation. |
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Piromysl said: Karol_At said: Really? The worst studio? Worse than Deen or GoHands? And while the CG wasn't Ufotable level, it really wasn't that bad. I'd say that in comparison to shows like overlord it was actually pretty decent Yes, worse than those. Deen and GoHands actually have some decent shows in their portfolio. GEEKTOYS did not had A SINGLE ONE. Worse than ENGI? Millepensee? Tezuka Productions? Visual Flight? Studio elle? |
KatoWorksAug 18, 2022 5:53 PM
KatoWorks said: what the actual fuck.Piromysl said: Yes, worse than those. Deen and GoHands actually have some decent shows in their portfolio. GEEKTOYS did not had A SINGLE ONE. Worse than ENGI? Millepensee? Tezuka Productions? Visual Flight? Studio elle? |
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