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ACｘS
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Ah, even this show has its own Bakugo. You know what's funny? Kaji is the last new guy to be introduced in this show, and in just half an episode, we learned more about his character than some of the others we have known from the start. Even though his presence is there to help Sakura learn what a Grade Captain does, his personality is pretty relatable for some people (hotheaded and awkward, but he always means well). I mean... yeah, another Bakugo, I guess. I was wondering what this show has left for us after the main Shishitoren arc, but now I know: it's setting up for an "organizational reshuffling". Perhaps for the next season, but we have seen this before. The Four Kings of Bofurin have been mentioned, and their arrival is reminiscent of the Hashira's arrival in Demon Slayer toward the end of the first season. Apparently, Sakura's explosive debut in Bofurin is catching the attention of the upper brass, the same way Tanjiro did with the Hashira. The show is setting up the next stage. P.S. I thought it was an all-boys school. Finally, a girl (one of the Four Kings no less, I assume) shows up. So... where the hell are the other girls? She is a girl... right? |
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smurky turkey
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I think he is crossdressing though it could be also be a case of her identifying as a girl I suppose, I doubt that they would add a girl to a boys only school. As for the 4 kings as a whole: Touma honestly seems like the most normal/what you would expect of the four.
As for Sakura, I just love seeing him slowly grow and become a better person. I like that it is going in small steps and he is not just a completely different person all of a sudden. |
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smurky turkey
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Oh boy am I glad that we have a second season coming. The episode gave us a very brief introduction of the four kings but kept it short as a tease for more later on. We then had the set-up of another big conflict with another group of shady dudes (cool hoodies btw) and the episode ended just before the actual conflict.
In short: great episode to make you look forward to another season. As for the first season as a whole, besides a certain little homicidal gremlin getting a bit too much attention I loved it. Great action, fun characters and while cheesy the story was solid. |
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Edjwald
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Well, I won't complain about the cliffhanger for two reasons.
(1) They announced a season 2 in 2025 while my TV screen was still warm. Hopefully they mean January 2025, because this anime was one of my favorites of the season. (2) The anime began with Sakura's isolation being the real main conflict, and it ended with him supporting and being supported by his classmates, so in a real sense, the important part got closure. |
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ACｘS
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Okay, now CloverWorks's just flexing with that staircase scene. The previous episode left with the introduction of the Four Kings. I thought this was going to showcase a bit more about them. But we just got their names and... well, that's it. Huh. What surprised me was how the final episode spent more time setting up the next season than giving a curtain call for the first season. Instead of focusing on giving a closure, the show took the other route of wasting no time and working on the next season. Not bad, but not what I expected. It kinda makes sense. Sakura is chosen as the first-year Grade Captain, and in the previous episode, he didn't what to do. Now, whether or not he realizes it, he knows exactly what to do (of course, Umemiya's pep talk helped). I said before that the show is setting up the next stage, but not in this way. Interesting. In sum: 7.5/10. On a good day, I would give this an 8. The overall execution was excellent, with the Shishitoren arc being the highlight of the show. Not only did it offer so much storytelling for the characters, but it entirely opened up the world of Wind Breaker. The presentation was what impressed me the most: the staging was clearly intentional, and the fights were meant to play out like theatrical performances for the audience. On top of that, the voice acting, the likeable characters... everything was just so well done. There was a missed opportunity, though. Choji's story felt underwhelming, and this was unfortunate because it was the most critical part of the entire arc. I understand why it took the "safer route", but had it took the "more edgy route", I would have given an 8 easily. I won't take the missed opportunity away from the fact that the show was way better than I expected. It's clearly not Tokyo Revengers, which grated on my nerves, and there is a lot of heart in this show that I have to give props for. CloverWorks is beginning to get a lot of attention for pulling off all the right moves. I'm definitely on board for the next season. |
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Edjwald
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Just moving this one back to the top of the board in preparation for season 2. Me, I'm looking forward to it, especially with the way season 1 ended with the freshmen class bonding together for a beatdown.
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smurky turkey
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I remember that the gang had an epic exit at the end of the last season and set out to kick some major ass. The first episode indeed had some of that, for a while. I expected the new and unknown enemy faction to not go down easily or to even fight them to a stalemate, the reality is that facing an unknown without any intel was not a smart choice. Without the second years the gang would have been wiped. I suppose it is not fair since there are far more Keel guys and they are armed but when has this ever been a fair fight show.
Anyway, a good start of the new season with action right off the bat. |
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Edjwald
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This could have been episode 14 of season 1 without missing a beat (or a beatdown I guess), and I like that since season 1 was one of my favorite new anime of its year.
Despite being an episode long brawl, the characterization still managed to get its licks in during the various goings on. One takeaway is that Akihiko is going to have to toughen up or they're going to have to figure out a better way to protect their intel specialist. Another is that Sakura is going to have to work on his situational awareness since having everyone in the group under his command run face first into a sea of fists doesn't seem to be working well. It's a total fantasy - no ribs puncture lungs, no punched heads cause blood clots or aneurisms, no throats get crushed, etc, But fortunately, fantasy happens to be one of my favorite genres, and this is a fun one. |
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Gina Szanboti
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I saw what you did there. 
But yeah. Some of the background beatdowns were kinda phoned in repetition wise, like watching the same scenery go by in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, but otherwise I was arrgh when the episode ended just as it was getting good. And some of the new bad guys are my droopy eyed types like Umemiya, so I won't mind seeing more of them. And listening to morrrrrrre of the gangsta rrrrrrrrrrrolls. |
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ACｘS
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S2, 1 (aka 14):
Glad we're right back in the thick of the action. What surprised me in the first season was how well the show told its story. There's nothing particularly original about the story itself—delinquents being delinquents with plenty of bravado and trash-talking, with brotherhood at the core—but the way it is told grabs my attention. There's a lot of heart in this show, and I have to recognize that the most. I think it will be just as good this season, too. Another thing that surprised me about the first season was how the bulk of it was essentially Bofurin versus Shishitoren. Didn't feel like it was a side story at all; it was really the main plot. This season, however, even though it's Bofurin (B-team) versus KEEL, the OP hints that maybe it won't be as major a plot as Shishitoren. Feels like this season will focus more on the rest of the extended Bofurin family, especially the other Heavenly Kings. Definitely looking forward to what this show holds. Great start to the spring season. |
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smurky turkey
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You were indeed right, the Keel situation was very much like dealing with a side quest. With episode two the gang got into their groove and with the aid of the second years things were handled pretty quickly. Sakura in particular made clear that his Keel elite was no more than a mob. Sugishita meanwhile really is not well suited to fight against fast and agile opponents. As for the Keel leader.... that dude needs some therapy.
Another exciting episode though I do wonder what is going to be the big thing this season. |
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Edjwald
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Y'know, it's a measure of how much I've come to like this show that I'm legitimately worried about what kind of shape Akihiko is going to be in next week, emotionally and physically. When the show first started, I thought it was a toss-up if he was going to annoy the crap out of me.
Of all Sakura's...lieutenants?...though, the one I find most interesting is Hayato with his Jekyll and Hyde routine. Most of the time he seems to have a high EQ and a lot of wisdom, but when that tight, tight, maybe too tight lid comes a little loose, the "craptastic" personality from his one on one fight in Season 1 starts to come out. And I really grew to like Ren Kaji these last two episodes too. Hmmn. I hadn't really thought about it, but the shows about Sekura coming out of his wounded wolf isolation, and that wouldn't work if the supporting cast wasn't pretty awesome. |
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ACｘS
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As expected, this mini-arc ends, and we will explore the rest of Bofurin next. I only have one comment about this episode: why is Suou there? Felt unnecessary... ...unless there was more to it. Guy commented on his eye, thereby stepping on Suou's landmine. But Suou already looked pissed walking in. Was there some history between them? |
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Edjwald
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This anime - I'm counting season 1 and season 2 as one anime at this point - isn't remotely subtle when its all about the fights or when its all about the feels, but I like it anyhow. Sometimes; I suspect there was a pitch meeting, and the pitch was "What if we took Tokyo Revengers and actually tried to have Edjwald give a $h!+. But then I remember that I don't have that kind of influence, which is a bit of a letdown, but at least this show isnt'.
I do have a couple of reservations about Furin's freshmen. For one thing, when are they either going to start putting Akihiko through Furin's street fight boot camp or having him hang back? One thing this arc made clear is that the dude is a massive Achilles Heel as is. Y'know, strategery wise. Taiga's tendency to let his opponent get in free licks as "atonement" or "virtue" also seems a bit questionable. I admire Mitsuki's commitment to fashion, but fighting with his jacket draped around his upper arms all the way down to his elbows so that he doesn't have full range of motion is a bit much. And I already talked about the potential ticking time bomb that is Hayato, ironically the most mature and the most likely to come unhinged among the group. Who would have thought that Sugishita would be the one I had the least reservations about fight wise? |
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I said it once, and I will say it again: despite its clichés, this show is very good at what it does, and that's storytelling. The sheer amount of heart is undeniable, and that makes this show a winner. Everything that should have happened did happen in this episode, but two things stood out for me: 1) Kaji knowing that something was off, and 2) there's another gang that seems to be a bigger threat to Furin. Since last season, the existence of gangs other than Furin has always been the part that interests me the most about Wind Breaker, because that is the main plot of the show. Furin being one big family is fine and all, but knowing that there's more to the story than just the people at Makochi. You know that excitement we feel at the post-credit scene in a movie? That was how I felt at the end of this episode. Really excited at where this show is going. |
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