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JaggedAuthor
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I'm enjoying this series more than I expected to - and I really enjoyed reading Rebecca's take on it. However, the second episode reminded me of how much I'd like to see a moratorium declared on "small chest vs. large chest" jokes in anime. They're not clever, they're not funny, they've been done to death, and I've yet to watch anime with anyone who's even cracked a smile at one. I find this chestnut to be every bit as uninspired as the groan-inducing "boys falling onto girls and inadvertently cupping their breasts and/or face-planting their crotches" trope. I don't have any moral objection to ecchi humor, but once something's been repeated ad nauseam, it ceases eliciting amusement from me.
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Hameyadea
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Indeed, you are right, it was my mistake. What the scene did imply, however, is that the Hooded Woman (again, I mistakenly nicknamed her as Masked Woman) also saw Bell running through the marketplace, which I base my opinion on her action in the flashback (hurriedly left immediately after the scene focused on Aiz taking a glimpse of Bell) and her dialog ("he was pretty, he was lovely..." and then at the same time Aiz notices Bell: "he just happened to wander into my field of vision.")
Really? I hadn't noticed the "mess with other Familias" part, but I did saw she was established as a somewhat mischievous character (joyfully commenting loudly on who she had all the fun she wanted with the men).
Yes, I thought so, too. That the-Familia-member-are-in-the-dark-and-Bell-is-in-the-light was nice symbolism of what I assume is about each Familia's "side" on the moral compass. Also, Bell was moving in that scene from the Hooded Woman's side (or away from her, if you will) to Aiz' (or towards her), which might imply that Bell will reject Hooded Woman in favor of Aiz. Or am I giving the show too much credit on this one? |
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Gina Szanboti
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Yeah, the pot belly is pretty iconic, being one of his Thousand Names, among other reasons. It's also too bad that he doesn't have the broken tusk, which would have been easy to render and not bother those who'd be put off by the esthetics of a belly. At least they sort of gave a nod to the snake around his neck. Oh well, I like the character anyway. 
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OutCastLV
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So far this show has sold me
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t has a really good potential !!! |
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Octorockandroll
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My thoughts while watching episode 2 and 3: Give him the knife, give him the knife, he needs the knife so give it to him, give him the knife, give him the knife, you're and idiot, just give him the knife, give him the knife, give him the knife, just give him the [expletive] knife.
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Gina Szanboti
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^ Me too, but it turns out that giving him the knife was a bit more complicated than you'd think.
It still bugged me that she didn't even mention it earlier though. All that time spent locking her in the tunnel could have been used transferring the weapon and powering him up. It was like she really wanted it to be a surprise and giving it to him in a hurry would ruin the grand moment or something. oO
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Kadmos1
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I think her popularity might more make her the new Asuna.
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Via_01
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The background music certainly made the fight pretty exciting, but if I had to add another reason, it'd be the sound effects. The creature's roar, for example, already made it seem like a threat, which is great, because one thing I always notice from shows that use enemy creatures is that the sounds they make are pretty... 'normal', if you know what I mean. The same thing can be said about blades hitting armor and stuff like that: done right, it can make every hit feel much heavier. It's pretty interesting how good sound direction can make a show 'feel' much better, and that's something I always have in mind when watching a show (for example, though I enjoy Blood Blockade Battlefront, I believe it really lacks on the sound effects department, reducing from my experience). |
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omegaproxy
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Asuna who ?
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partially
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Well that is really the problem with the story. It has very little relationship to the actual name. The name makes it sound like a full on harem story; the actual story although containing harem elements, generally keeps it pretty low key. The story at least for the first bunch of books IS about the relationship between Bell and Hestia. Other people are introduced, but Bell generally isn't running around picking up people in dungeons. It isn't SAO where every second Asuna is offscreen Kirito must find a new girl. Although it still happens to an extent. I think it would have been much better not using the name it did. |
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blessed
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Oh so Hestia broke the internet huh. Okay
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Kadmos1
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Wow, a harem that's about the lead guy having his eyes for the lead girl? That's my kind of harem. |
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Wrangler
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Three episodes so far, so good. It's nice balance of action and comedy without over doing the fan service.
I've not read the manga, so I'm not able tell how much of the source material has been blown through so far. I'm glad animation staff isn't falling into the fan-service hole. I'm worried little bit that show going run out and were going either be rushed at the end or cut off short. Hopefully not, this pretty good series, which serves 24 episode instead of 12 and if were good a "OVA" episode for Manga package deal. |
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Valhern
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"I, Hestia shall give you this knife, that I myself, Hestia, requested Hephaestus to do, and I, Hestia, will give it to you, because I honestly love you, that's precisely why I'll give you Hephaesteus' knife, the knife of Hephaestus, rather, our knife. Now, take the knife, the knife to kill the monster, because this knife can kill the monster."
I don't know you but that's what I heard most of the episode. |
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Key
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^
Yeah, that part of it was a little overdone.
Novels, actually. These three episodes constituted the first novel, which ends with the scene in the inn's bedroom. It's definitely skipping some scenes and reordering others, but I think the way it's being done is pretty effective. |
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