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Key
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Just "kinda" saw it coming? There's a character named Dix who behaves like a total d*** and way too many people watching with juvenile minds. . . Anyway, I like quite a bit how Dix and especially Ikelos are both being portrayed. The adaptation hits the nail on the head on both of them. |
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GhostD
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OK fine. Saw it coming a mile away with sirens blaring.
Indeed though whenever I see reaction videos on youtube the thing that got people's attention about them was the fact that Ikelos wore a modern traksuit when he's first seen cos it looks so out of place in Danmachi's setting |
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Catseyetiger
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The director seems Rushed! Why one must ask? Due to the crappy app is the answer... they seem to think the app can do anime. Grr...
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Animegomaniac
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*Warning: Mythology Ahead* Now I'm curious. If a work is highly derivative of mythology, Greek mythology in particular... I have no idea how to finish this. I'm so used to Greek myths I'm like "Uh huh, Daedalus, Knossos, labyrinth... right, so was there there a bull furry suit here too or is it just implied?" To me, making that is what Daedalus is known for, the Labyrinth was just clean up work. Gods don't ask permission and people are half human half animal monsters for a reason, it's a given. When I saw the Arachne, I immediately thought "So who got on Athena's bad side this time?"... followed by "Even Monster Musume hasn't quite worked how the physical logistics yet... the intent's there, I get it, but exactly what is he going to do?" Mermaids, slimes, lamae, even centaurs but even Okayado has taken a hard pass on spider body, woman's torso. So far. Greek Myths and Japan, they really go a little too well together |
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Gina Szanboti
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Is this referring to "Ariel" or something else? I thought that was an attack/defense name, not a nickname. oO
I know you meant "wouldn't," but in case you felt like correcting it.
I liked that.  Good review, and I learned a couple of things too.
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Princess_Irene
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Crap, maybe it's a book thing? I meant spoiler[Aria], which now that I'm thinking about it could be from Sword Oratoria.
Thank you! 
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GhostD
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Thats actually correct though and its not just spoiler[Aria], You can consider the full name itself if Omori confirmed the Argonaut story in DanMemo to be canon. |
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Yuvelir
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All this time, whenever the mention the Xenos by how they carre gear, I'm reminded of that minotaur (or I think that's what it was) that was trained by Freyja's minion to effectively use weapons.
And now we're at its labyrinth... With some weird reincarnation mechanics going around... |
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GhostD
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Funny you should mention the minotaur Ottar trained back in season1 That said while I can understand why the fight between the new Xenos vs Aisha, Ryu, and Asfi was mostly skipped I still wish they didn't skip it as it was a pretty intense fight that nearly killed them. But DAMN did I love that last scene. You can practically feel Bell's fear and panic because of what he's going to do. |
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Seagloom
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This. This so much. As an anime only, this season has been good so far but it was in that moment when I thought it became great. That scene was so tense I involuntarily held my breath watching it. I knew what was going to happen because of who Bell is and what makes him a true hero, but damn that was painful. He doesn't deserve the storm his choice will cause. |
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Key
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And that scene isn't complete yet. Anime-only viewers will probably be surprised by the audacity of what gimmick Bell comes up with to try to save Weine. I look forward to seeing people talk about it next week. Frankly, I loved every single bit about how this episode played out. Yeah, seeing more about how the black minotaur trashes the Floor 18 hunting party might have been nice, but the few scenes that got shown conveyed the point; Shakti, the captain of Ganesha Familia, is a Level 5 but got taken out like she was nothing. The adaptation team instead (correctly) focused more on the Bell/Dix fights and Dix and Ikelos's explanations for how he's basically using sadism to overcome a bloodline compulsion. Weine's transformation and the final scene with Loki Familia were also handled extremely well. And did anime-only viewers pay attention to Hermes' reaction in the final shot? Hermes has spend the previous two seasons pushing Bell towards being a hero, and this is the first time that he has reacted negatively to something heroic that Bell has done. Remember that, because it's not an idle detail. |
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Yttrbio
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In an entertainment landscape where the popular conception of heroics is one of smug confidence, where the cool thing to do is succeed without effort or fear, I love this show's approach to it: Heroics isn't about being strong enough to do be able to do the right thing, but about deciding to do the right thing despite not knowing that it will turn out fine. Bell's fear all throughout this arc (even his hesitance at picking up Wiene in the first place) is such a refreshing change from an onslaught of grinning protagonists cheesing their way to their next one-liner.
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jr240483
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thats more of a given since he mentioned in his twitter account that the argonaut arc in the game when that arc first preimered is canon! |
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GhostD
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[quote="jr240483"]
Then I rest my case |
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FilthyCasual
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Really love in the end of the episode how all of the things that were once Bell's allies - the sun, the townspeople, the cavalry of Loki Familia - are now his enemies, and by his conscious decision. There's no playing anything off at this stage.
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