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maximilianjenus
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There's a saying about jjk that explains the info dumps and over explanation. The plot/powers are.complex enough that you need to turn on your brain to understand them..
But be careful of not turning I ton too much because you will notice the glaring logical flaws right away ( Alan,how dumb it actually is). Info dumps and over explanation help to both keep the brain turned off and to engage people who don't like to turn it on at all.
Have you seen ghost on the shell? It does them pretty well. |
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bleachj0j
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I'm primarily a manga reader, so forgive me, but have they not explained the Six Eyes? I was sure they did early on. It allows the user to control and see Cursed Energy at an extremely precise level. Yuta further explains it to Yuji why Gojo barely uses any energy because of it. |
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Magpareddi
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LastPage 3
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Quite so. There's sometimes been a lack of professionalism with some reviewers here who cannot divorce their personal feelings about a slow from their review. |
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ANN_Lynzee
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You're probably just kidding, but I want to clarify that this was not a situation where I told a reviewer they couldn't review something anymore. I do check-ins. "Do you still want to do this/are you enjoying it?" If not, and there's someone else who does want to take on the show, we can do a switch-out. For example, we also switched Bolts off of Trigun, and Kevin is covering those reviews, but folks don't seem to be drawing the same conclusion in that case...
Reviews are personal feelings backed up by evidence in the show, full stop. That is the journalistic standard for any opinion piece, whether a review or an editorial. If this isn't something you agree with, I highly doubt that we'll be producing reviews you like. This isn't an issue of professionalism; it's about not understanding that reviews are inherently subjective. |
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Envyus
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Yeah I agree with Lynzee, personal feelings a big part of reviews.
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EmeraldSaucer
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Think people need to realize that an "objective review" of an episode of anime would amount to "In this episode there is animation where characters sequentially move. These characters engage in dialogue with one another and then fight while music plays in the background"
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BadNewsBlues
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I also think people need to understand the just because you like a show, manga, or whatever for something doesn’t mean everybody else is supposed to like it.
In addition if the work incorporates a particular theme or subject matter and doesn’t do a good job with how it handles it. It’s fair to criticize the work over it…..even if you supposedly got the author’s intent or understood it. |
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jdnation
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Great to have the show back!
The visual direction is very interesting, some work, like the repeat pull-back shots of Yuji walking down stairs (indicating a feeling of Yuji's progress and goals as a character always getting further away from him), or the quick cuts between Yuji and Megumi when asking about Nobara's fate... But at other times, the cuts are way too fast and I actually thought the Crunchyroll player was having it's irritating skipping habit. But it's a heck of an opening 2-episodes! The animation and action are awesome! If the series can keep up this quality, and it seems like it could where even Ep 3's closer with e Comedian featured detailed side characters animated well that this quality isn't limited to only the theatrical episodes. I'm impressed! Episode 3 was handled as best they could, but it still felt interesting to me, and it's cool to have Tengen revealed as that omniscient narrator who has been there since Season 1! I honestly never knew that until this season aired and I heard the voice. It makes perfect sense!
It seems that in the JJK world, skills are hereditary and will always reoccur in a vacuum. So much like the Six Eyes, someone with Angel's powers would inevitably reappear. So it would actually make sense for Kenjaku to "lock down" someone with the power to neutralize the prison realm, much like he did Gojo. But even that wouldn't suffice, as various cursed tools exist that would've gotten the job done, so Kenjaku wasting time getting rid of someone with the power when several options exist is pointless. Much better to do what he did, hide the prison realm door. But he didn't know a back door existed, so as far as he was concerned, someone with a curse release ability or tool would not be a problem because if they couldn't find the door, it wouldn't matter. And yes, Kenjaku hid it someplace very very inaccessible, which will be mentioned later.
Well, the good news is that the worst is over. With Ep3 getting these details out of the way, the show can carry on as usual. There will still be plenty of fight/power exposition to come, but it'll happen in the context of fights, therefore, being more entertaining. Though one of these involving the character Yuji and Megumi are looking for will be... interesting... to see how the production handles that! But it at least won't be a PowerPoint... As for the ending and how you'll feel... I liked Attack on Titan's... and feel JJK's is... Alright... Like a story that leaves itself open to continue with more original seasons just like the first or even movies if it wanted to... And I'm totally on board with MAPPA doing just that if they want to wring more gravy out of JJK post-manga (and yes, I know there is Modulo)! |
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InfiniteNothingness
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Absolutely an exaggerated joke given how goofy it sounds and would be, no less with the facts from the EIC's mouth (as if that isn't enough?), haha. |
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Daidan12
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I came here to point out the reviewer's "mistake" about Kenjaku bringing the Angel back, but another user already did that huh...
So I will be going on about the other mistake he did. It has been explained multiple times that Six Eyes is an unique technique that allows insane levels of vision, perception and control of Cursed Energy. On the same way, it has been mentioned a couple times that there can only be one Six Eyes user alive at anytime, why? It's the nature of the technique. Now where he might have some point, it's that we didn't knew until this point that Six Eyes, Star Blood Vessel and Tengen were linked by fate (or a curse, keeping it JJK) so the only way to break that link was to have someone not bound to it Heavenly Restricted Toji Zenin to warp the fates of all involved. Otherwise, most of the episode wasn't a recap, it was a plot dump, a lot of the stuff Tengen brought up was new to all of us, Gege just chose to dump it all together to let the fights with new characters begin. |
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mayonakama
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Both the revelation that Yuta was always on Yuji’s side, and that Kenjaku was Yuji’s parent were honestly not surprising (admittedly, I did not predict that Kenjaku was Yuji’s mother). I’m not a fan of the whole “your parents were actually supernatural/human beings” explanation so many shonen manga are so fond of, but I guess Yuji’s extraordinary strength, Choso’s connection to Yuji, and the family secret his grandpa so badly wanted to tell him before he died (although Wasuke should’ve and could’ve told Yuji earlier) were enough foreshadowing for this revelation to not come off as too out of the blue. Yuji and Kenjaku’s relationship could prove to be entertaining, should Yuji cross paths with Kenjaku again. spoiler[It’s a shame that didn’t really happen.]
Props to the animation team for making the info dump that was Episode 3 actually a little bit engaging (this is a real compliment; I was not impressed with how the information we got here was presented in the manga when it came out).
I never even considered this. You’re right, it could be a great connective tissue for Yuji to develop around. spoiler[It’s a shame that didn’t really happen.] All that pesky explaining is now out of the way, and everyone has their parts to play. Next episode seems to be a doozy, with a smorgasbord of some of the finest action animators out there. I suppose if any episode this season was going to be the 2x16/2x17 of Season 3, it’s this next one. spoiler[It’s really a shame I absolutely hate these next couple of chapters.] |
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Gem-Bug
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Episode 4
Honestly blown away by this one; I really didn't expect them to fit the entire Zenin thing into a single episode but boy did they knock it out of the park. I'm not the biggest Tarantino fan, but the nods to Kill Bill are pretty undeniable, from the choreography to the color palettes to the choice of music. Along with the table-setting of the previous episode, I've very happy with how they're going about making the narration/text dumping more accessible. The aftermath notes/incident report at the end of Episode 4 were similar to epilogue text at the end of a film, further solidifying the episode as an almost mini-movie. |
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jdnation
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I'm going to be the contrarian here over ep 4... And I was really looking forward to this.
Anime-only folk no doubt loved it, but if you read this in the manga, you'll likely feel mixed. Yes, the cool stuff was cool. But... I didn't want this pivitol story of Maki and Mai to be cool... spoiler[I wanted the entire thing to be tragic...] The style and music of the first half of the episode was perfect. But unfortunately the adaptation was poor, it was rushed and brief, when it should've taken it's time and built up tension and dread... spoiler[Even Mai's final moments with Maki were rushed. There wasn't enough time to digest their predicament, nor Mai's death and Maki's sorrow, nor the misery of living under the Zenin clan.] Then the second half creates tonal whiplash. The choice of music was a mood killer if you wanted to contemplate more about what just happened. Too boppy... And yeah, it was trying to pay homage to Kill Bill, but even there the music let me down. A darker heavier techno theme would've sufficed or simply serious sound effects over silence using no BGM, and we would've still gotten the Kill Bill reference thanks to the visual direction while keepingspoiler[ the somber post-Mai death mood and Maki's emptiness.] Frankly... This story deserved an episode and a half, instead of one. Giving more time to the first half to pace itself out. Yeah, we never really got to know Mai and the Zenins all that much, but this story was that time to bake in it, but we do know Maki, and this was spoiler[the farewell to her old self that we came to like over two seasons and a movie. Then the episode could have ended after the Crazy 88 fight when the dude walked in after Maki killed them all.] Then the next episode could continue immediately after, spoiler[moving from the dark indoors to outdoors against the Hei and everyone's favorite cocky Zenin brat and being free to go with it's more upbeat music track as we can move on after a full episode break to enjoying the revenge as Maki settles in the power-up Toji-empty euphoria of her new mind and body's power similar to Gojo's high after revival during Round 2 against Toji.] Anyway.... It is what it is... 
(Added spoiler tags. Errinundra.) |
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The Scream Man
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Episode 4 was great... but I really need someone to explain to me what the hell is going on this season. Im usually pretty good at following a show, even the insanity that is shonen anime, but I am a bit lost.
I get Maki killed the Zenin clan, and I get she did it because with Mai sacrificing herself she got all Mai's cursed power (I think?) but other than them being not-so-nice-people Im not sure WHY she did it. I also don't understand what the Culling Game is, why its happening or why/how anything going on is a part of it. Im sorry for being dumb, but I need some help here folks 
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