Forum - View topicLycoris Recoil (TV + OAV).
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Stark700
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Series: Lycoris Recoil (TV) OAV shorts: Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time. (OAV) Source: Original Demographic: Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures Genres: action, slice of life Themes: girls with guns Plot Summary: These are peaceful days, thanks to a secret crime-fighting organization of all-girl agents: Lycoris. The elite free-spirited Chisato is their all-time strongest agent, alongside the coolheaded talented-but-mysterious Takina. Working together at a café, they serve coffee and sweets as well as childcare, shopping, and teaching Japanese. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin. Air Date & Platform: Series: July 02, 2022 Available on: Crunchyroll OAV: April 16, 2025 Available on: Crunchyroll, Youtube Episode Count / Runtime: Series: 13 episodes OAV: 6 episodes (2 minutes each) Total: 13 episodes |
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DuskyPredator
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Episode 1
It looked good, maybe even set out well. I just couldn't tell definitively if everything is actually pro-gun fire arm porn that looks great from teenage girls using them to hit stereotypical bad guys, in a ridiculous police state that can just kill anyone and erase all evidence, or perhaps against that. It just made me feel pretty uncomfortable, that there has to be some irony of something so razzle dazzle with showing off guns as awesome, while the main bad guys seem to be people trading guns. Kind of as if whether the show is really feeding into a just world fallacy around firearms, that the good guys are always going to be the most effective with them, so don't question who gets the cool toys. Are we meant to like that these teenage girls just suddenly without a trial execute people that they just somehow know about to do something bad? |
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DuskyPredator
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Episode 13 (finale)
You know, if I was going to think of a way for an action show like this to end, having the gang illegally travel to Hawaii (no passports) for a vacation/coffee venture, and our heroine being a weirdo by getting way too into the Hawaiian aesthetic, I think is a pretty good way to end. The philosophical side of this show is still up to question, how I said at the start that it maybe makes things like gunplay look too cool in the hands of teenagers, I do appreciate that it still had those things clearly be a question. Chisato literally sat down next to the villain, and they talked about their differing ideologies, how neither sees themselves as villain see, and so on. We got bits about the status quo vs change, natural vs weak, strong vs the weak, and caring about those more in your immediate vicinity vs the greater world. Those are ideological points that I would say were even left hanging, and probably makes up a lot of active discussions. As much as I actually do disagree with the premise idea of violent anarchy being being a natural state, and dislike the idea of the world just being a violent place where a façade of peace can be kept executing people that might be seen as a threat. All the same, it is pretty definitive that Chisato's main belief that the world isn't such a cynical place, and fights that with every fibre of her being by rejecting the position of super assassin by not killing. Considering that things were left up in the air, I would kind of have my hope that maybe a sequel could tackle the real issues, being not just an availability of weapons, but something mental health related, looking at the randoms that did pick up the weapons. The status quo clearly can't be all good. And a sort of aside in consideration to political status quos, this show did have its fair share of queer parts, considering Mika being gay (a gay black man living in Japan), and there are those hints of things between the girls (Takina in a suit at the bar). Mika is worthy of further mention, I just really felt like he was a chill character, who was a cool father figure to his adopted daughter. He also has a cool side about letting the younger generation decide what they are rather than be dragged into the drama of the older ones, notable he had to kill his ex to stop him from good from going after their daughter, and removed the note from the gift congratulating for the kill. I enjoyed the show. I wouldn't say everything did work effectively, and there is room for me to debate some of the stuff I would say it opens up, all the same I would say that it ain't so cynical. Perhaps the villain is a bit too Joker like, the sort of thing of making a crazy psychopath look cool, and perhaps right in some way by criticising parts of society, that I could see some nuts trying to emulate him. But I think I also appreciated the actual active not kill if possible side of things, and that it could have its own goofy fun bits. My rating is Very good (8/10), probably among the don't miss of the seasons. And also did it without crashing and burning like I would accuse of similar shows that fit that role in seasons. |
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WatcherZer
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Ok its great that Lycoris Recoil is back, but an Omake series with two minute long episodes feels like its just taunting us that we don't have a season 2.
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dm
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…but it’s still worth it. Episode 2 kicks it up a half-notch.
Chisato’s expression when she turns the tables on the “assignment” is…. what brings us all to the Lyco Cafe. |
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Thesarum
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These two dorks are still adorable even in bite sized chunks. While there may be no plot to speak of, I think they are a good distillation of the key character dynamics and comedy beats that made the full series really sing.
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WatcherZer
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WOW! episode 4 was a straight up Five Nights at Freddy's parody.
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DuskyPredator
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I figured out that it was a prank when the computer suddenly went crazy, although probably not a wise one considering what can be done with reflexes. I actually thought the bigger jump scare when they were focusing on the video and suddenly shifted to the flexing. |
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WatcherZer
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Ep 5, not as fun but I liked the Terminator theme playing when she pointed the gun.
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Thesarum
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I dunno, Takina being the psycho we all know she really is under that cool, collected, "student president" exterior is pretty fun. Not laugh out loud funny. But fun. |
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DuskyPredator
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OAV, Episode 6 (finale)
I didn't know if they confirmed the timelines, but I presumed all these shorts were set during the main show, and the last episode kind of confirms it with being before the gang left for Hawaii. Also including the aftermath of the coverup where the public were convinced it was all for a movie, which has some down sides in being covert. It was all fun little stuff that I didn't mind coming back for more. |
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