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Jan 16, 4:41 PM

#101

Starpudding

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Second ep still not convincing.
A lot of "gags" but I didn't giggle once. I don't like the hair in the face of mc and the pony's voice is irritating. There's no scene with real emotional tension or stakes, but they throw in a lot of flat comedy to downplay even normally serious scenes, so there's no investment to be had on my part.
It was quite repetitive, so much it was ironic.
The pegboard says you can't reuse animations, yet the power activation sequence was literally copy pasted, and the plot was in a loop: she uses her power, faints, dude picks her up and blushes at her unconscious face, she sleeps for three days and eats like a carthorse when she wakes up, while dude serves the food in a wifey apron.
The only thing I like is the Italian village aesthetic of the fortress city.
If I manage, I will watch next ep too for the 3 ep rule, but I don't expect much.
Also the she/he? dragon with long lashes in the OP is supposed to be the final boss? I doubt the story is ever gonna turn serious or dark for real.

@ichin I agree with you about her hair. I was a bit dissapointed her face wasn't visble most of episode, even thougt they saved their time in animation process this way.

Jan 16, 5:21 PM

#102

cooldogmom

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I think by her not knowing enough about isekai is a call out to the anime industry. I guess in a way its bringing attention to animators/drawers..etc only focus on one genre and don't keep up or work in other genres that are equally as important

Maybe the stereotype of women being portrayed as weak and emotional is also referenced when Luke refuses to let Natsuko join the 9 soldiers, which does tend to happen in anime a lot. I think gatekeeping or not letting others join might be a common thing?

The fox is her previous boss, I'm wondering about the significance of that.

I don't think y'all are thinking deeply about what's going on and instead only looking at it on a surface level.

OP was very nice.

Mark my words, I'll be one of the few people who will truly enjoy this anime in 2025.

As a wise man once said, "No one hates anime more than anime fans"

Jan 16, 6:45 PM

#103

Ronninn

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Jan 2020

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the main cast is annoyingly bad oh my fucking god, i hope that little pony ass mf gets dismembered to death

Jan 17, 4:13 AM

#104

Starpudding

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@Starpudding exactly. Everyone, take notes.

@LaczPro19 He even made her tart (!). Well done :D

Jan 17, 7:18 AM

#105

M-T_S

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The Itano Circus tribute when we fought the voids was a fitting addition to this anime. This is the sleeper hit of the season.

DrNguyen said:
The Itano Circus tribute when we fought the voids

Lol,it wasn't a tribute
The man itano himself made an appearance on zenshu and did the Storyboard for the Itano circus

Jan 17, 10:49 AM

#106

DurhamDave

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I get the feeling there's possibly quite a few more references or allegories I might be missing, given that the climax to both episodes so far is a past animation reference.

Jan 17, 11:48 AM

#107

r2k_____________

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Jul 2023

Natsuko Hirose is astoundingly beautiful. It's unreal. But the series has yet to convince me with a good plot or lovable characters.

It's been a minute since I watched the first two episodes and honestly I can't remember any meaningful difference between the two. They were kinda forgettable

Jan 17, 2:11 PM

#108

CsarPalk

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I was expecting a lot more, it was disappointing, especially when I noticed those recycled scenes.

Jan 18, 3:59 AM

#109

Hafez_Sensei

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So we got an old school Isekai where you want to get back to the real world ( Digimon style).
Well it already has the recycled scenes element like digimon ( I understand the reason) it's supposed to be an original anime but I can't see an impressive budget or effort in the art or the story but I hope that it can improve because I do like the idea of the story

Jan 18, 4:05 AM

#110

uncleqrow

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Great 2nd EP.

But hey, can anyone confirm whether 12th EP storyboard for this already done for the current moment? Maybe through some leak, tweet, anything?
This show has fantastic premise and begining so far, but for only 12 EP long? I kinda doubt the story progression would be proper. Unless the storyboards until final EP is done, which mean they at least actually know what they're doing for the rest of the show. This is an original after all....

Otherwise, we'd ended up with another Wonder Egg Priority situation.... (Pls remember, for the first few EPs, anime communities sung praises for WEP as the AOTS for that season. And then it flops marvelously by the mid until the end, due to a lot of production problems)

uncleqrowJan 18, 4:10 AM

Python is the best programming language ever. FIGHT ME!

Jan 18, 4:56 AM

#111

Xyletic

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Jun 2021

Honestly? This feels like a magical girl anime disguised as an isekai.

Jan 18, 7:42 AM

#112

Epiroogu

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So it actually is an issekai :(
Luke's smile at the end (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

Jan 19, 7:30 AM

#113

Amnestix

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Was there any differences when Natsuko used her skill, or was it frame-perfectly the same just as in episode 1?

Jan 20, 12:07 PM

#114

the-man-the-myth

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Oct 2024

no development stated and ended like the first

Jan 21, 4:20 PM

#115

Sharpedon

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Oct 2019

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I hope from the next ep she loses that silly hairwall for good...

Jan 25, 1:37 PM

#116

Sigmar-Unberogen

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Nov 2013

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Can't blame Luke for falling for Natsuko. She's beautiful and cute. Those eyes are Gojo level (when it comes to attractiveness).

So, this time Natsuko drew homing missiles. And she can't repeat it. Meaning, she'll have to save nuke as an ace :D

Jan 25, 9:15 PM

#117

anikevin

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this gives me the same feeling as when I watched another Mappa original, Punchline
very good visuals, but weak writing

Jan 29, 3:14 AM

#118

Ronin-errante

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this episode is a little more of the same from the first, with Natsuko warning about an attack and saving the day with her animator power...
funny that she can't use stock footage, but the whole transformation is stock footage, lol (I don't mind)

we have more interaction with the characters and she trying to go back to her world, what is nice (feel like almost none isekai does this bit anymore)

one thing I appreaciate is how she don't restrain herself of talking about the real world, or the things she knows about the story and characters (she even mention character sheet, lol)... it's fun... most isekai and otome game animes seems to take avoiding this as an unwritten rule for no reason.. it's like a taboo

one thing I wonder if they will talk about on future is, how the hell did the town survived this attack on the og movie? Like, this is a few days after the previous attack, and Luke was probably still depressed over the cartoon unicorn death... here he is in perfect condition to fight, they are well prepared knowing about the attack, and still couldn't do anything without Natsuko's power... I mean, this city can't fall, right? They have the last crystal thing the void monsters need to destroy to end the world... but how they survive? what if Luke was supposed to unlock some op skill to win or something like that?
this could lead to the idea of Natsuko interference, changing the course of the story, ultimately being harmful... like, despite all the bad things, the movie probably had a good ending, right?

Yesterday, 8:14 AM

#119

waldy713

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Jun 2012

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The aerial attack response was why I rated this an 8.

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