Assassins Pride Episode 2 Discussion

Oct 17, 2019 6:57 PM

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Asuna v Myne was dope, but what the fuck is up with the pacing? They’ve skipped so much shit from the LN

Oct 17, 2019 7:14 PM

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This anime has some really unlikable and annoying characters

Oct 17, 2019 7:16 PM

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Tyleron said:
as a light novel reader they left out pretty much all of the comedic aspect of the source, my guess was their trying to make it more serious toned?. it's a good episode overall but goddamn the pacing was definitely fast in this anime, i do hope that there will be a episode where they explain much more into the world building since its quite lacking in the first episode.

soo much left out. but i can live with this.

and yes not much curve to see. theyre re like Middle school guys. 14yo if i remember correctly.

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Oct 17, 2019 8:03 PM

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asei said:
This one is better than episode one. Probably because of fight scenes. You know, I have nothing against loli characters, but there are too many of them. And this inclination towards a romantic relationship between Melida and Kufa is unsettling. I am not a snob, I understand it is fiction, but while watching I see them as real people. I will explain if they both were the same age, whatever the author wants I am ok. But he is older. He is in early or late teens?

I believe he’s 17 and I’m assuming she’s around 14 but who knows how it works in this setting

Oct 17, 2019 8:08 PM

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i don't know why people give 5/5 in this episode while they ignore "big skip" in this episode. kuufar said that he will train melida in one week so "show us that training process" or "show us flashback of their training at the selection battle". without one of them, it will be very awkward to watch this episode. you know what my impression to this episode? "let's bully melida and give scorn scenes more than usual in this episode" rather than "let's know more about melida effort to use her mana in one week"

is it hard to give half of episode with one week training session?

too much useless silent scenes, give too much frame time to several scenes (if you know what i mean), voice actor is just "an accessory rather than actor"

if until episode 4 i can't see acceptable adaptation, then i can declare that this anime will be end like arifureta

*poor the writer

Oct 17, 2019 8:22 PM

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Melida kinda impressed me too when she defeated Nerva, the girl was a straight up bitch towards her. But I'm also glad they got to be friends, I kinda want to see more of her.

It looks like the MC doesn't have that much presence so far.

Can't wait for the Elise battle though.

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Oct 17, 2019 9:12 PM

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The plot is moving too fast. With the pace they're going, we might see

next episode.

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Oct 17, 2019 9:40 PM

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The first few minutes were pretty trashy (the hands on the loli stuff) but the fight was pretty satisfying.

Oct 17, 2019 9:48 PM

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I haven't followed the light novel at all, so I have no opinion about the lack of comedy.

I like (most of) the characters, I like the premise, I like the setting, I like the art style.

Everything seems super rushed though. In one scene, Kufa told Melida to hold off for a week, and the next scene skipped to the day of the tournament. I simply could not keep up.
Alternatively, there's episode 1, where Kufa meets Melida for 5 minutes, then decides to keep up three different lies that risks both of their lives.

The opening is ok, but not amazing. The ending is much nicer.

I would've liked more world building because I still don't know what makes a paladin so special, what exactly mana does, why there needs to be powerful magical people in society, and how that ties into the social hierarchy.

It's a nice show, but I think I'd rather read the light novel if the pacing continues like this.

Oct 17, 2019 11:26 PM

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They skip alot of content. Kufas character is was completely butchered they made him into a full time shoujo-ey prince type mc guy. Very disappointed sad to say.

Oct 17, 2019 11:40 PM

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The anime is taking a political turn, which is refreshing and nice. It'd be cool to see both the social hierarchy and the battle-class system explained.

The after credit scene was definitely foreboding.

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Oct 18, 2019 12:02 AM

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>Deadly assassin initially hired to kill this girl
>"Whenever I think of causing you even the slightest pain, I can't sleep at night"
Hmm...
-Damn, did you guys see him shut down that girl he met on the train in the first episode? I didn't expect this guy to be a thot exterminator.
-That scene where he sasses Nerva was so edgy. I had to pause for a moment. The way he goes from super polite to rude is something I would've eaten up years ago. It reminds me of those "I have 2 sides to me: "perfect angel" and "your worst nightmare"" posts. I used to imagine myself doing that kind of "personality-change" stuff in Middle School and early High School, hahaha.
-The fight was alright. It actually surprised me in a few spots. I was constantly expecting Vampir to step in and save his "little lady", but she actually handled herself. That much should've been predictable, but I actually thought "she might lose" for a minute.
Overall, it was a below average episode. Definitely better than last week's, but that's not saying much. Another complaint I have is that the pacing feels way too fast. I mean, that week went by in no time. To be fair, I haven't read the LN or Manga.
I will say that OP is sooo good. I am downloading that, for sure. The weird thing is, the first time I heard it, I didn't like it, but then it ended up being stuck in my head the whole episode, and I actually rewinded a few times to listen to it. So good on the staff for choosing "Run Girls, Run!"

Oct 18, 2019 3:20 AM

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Lesson learn: dont underestimate your opponent. Just take a look at what those bully did to melida. They underestimated her so much that she cant believe that she has able to have a mana and thus even beating her.

Oct 18, 2019 3:31 AM

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Seriously I'm disappointed...
the pacing is too damn fast, no buildup explaining what Melida had to do in order to get to where she is ( what the instructor put her through ).
No explanation about the Mana mechanism and how it works ( it's in this battle where Melida shows that she has advance control over Mana therefore overpowering that girl in battle ).
Not showing the MC feeling correctly, right now he is just a boring character while in the manga they showed that he still has mixed feelings about his decision of helping Melida the way he did.
They skipped a lot of content just to get into the action... this episode made me lower the score from 8 to 6.

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Oct 18, 2019 4:36 AM

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I don't believe it. It already went to the tournament? Holy, it's so rush and fast. Why did they skip a lot of important scene? It is good for building their character like their little talk, about how Kufa is not only an emotionless character, and the explanation of Mana, World, also Melida's training.

The fighting scene is good, and I love the ending though.

Oct 18, 2019 6:38 AM

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L-Mo-Reppin said:

asei said:
This one is better than episode one. Probably because of fight scenes. You know, I have nothing against loli characters, but there are too many of them. And this inclination towards a romantic relationship between Melida and Kufa is unsettling. I am not a snob, I understand it is fiction, but while watching I see them as real people. I will explain if they both were the same age, whatever the author wants I am ok. But he is older. He is in early or late teens?

I believe he’s 17 and I’m assuming she’s around 14 but who knows how it works in this setting

If she is 14 then it is fine for me

aseiOct 18, 2019 6:49 AM

Oct 18, 2019 6:43 AM

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lagendofdoom said:
Seriously I'm disappointed...
the pacing is too damn fast, no buildup explaining what Melida had to do in order to get to where she is ( what the instructor put her through ).
No explanation about the Mana mechanism and how it works ( it's in this battle where Melida shows that she has advance control over Mana therefore overpowering that girl in battle ).
Not showing the MC feeling correctly, right now he is just a boring character while in the manga they showed that he still has mixed feelings about his decision of helping Melida the way he did.
They skipped a lot of content just to get into the action... this episode made me lower the score from 8 to 6.

Well I gave 7 to the show. It looks good, but otherwise, it is definitely a 6.

aseiOct 18, 2019 6:49 AM

Oct 18, 2019 8:32 AM

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I feel like the pacing is just so damn fast. If this single episode would be expanded to two episode so that there can be some room for characters development and slower pacing then it would be MUCH better. The episode is pretty "meh"

Oct 18, 2019 8:36 AM

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her father is such an asshole

Oct 18, 2019 9:43 AM

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Nepkyuun said:
They skipped everything in-between Melida acquiring mana and the tournament. Omitting explanation on some world-building, explanations on how mana works, and just Melida's training along with the work she put into it in detail.

The fight itself would have been much better with more context on what has been skipped, but err, whatever. Rushing a lot of character building and going straight into more.. heavy scenes is really killing the impact they have.

I really felt a bigger impact when Melida fought Nerva with the scenes omitted, so seeing this rush straight to the tournament was absolutely disappointing. I suppose with how the characters acted differed greatly to the manga, it would also be affecting how I see the scenes.

Yeah i see your complaint here, as i said it's unfortunate we didn't get that in order to feel the payoff in this tournament. What they choose to adapt is a bit off-kilter i see, but what they are presenting is still pretty well crafted if you ask me.
(ps: you used the word omitted wrong here)

I suppose that's a fair opinion. I'm well aware that I'm rather biased due to desiring a more well-built foundation before going straight into the tournament much like how the manga due to already reading it myself.

Well, nonetheless, knowing that still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth when I watch the second episode. If specific anime-watchers like how it played out, then I have no place to judge heavily. Perhaps this goes the same with how I perceive the relatively differing character personalities from both adaptations. I dislike how Kufa is portrayed, but it isn't off in any way to me.

NepkyuunOct 18, 2019 9:51 AM

Oct 18, 2019 10:12 AM

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Nepkyuun said:

GenesisAria said:

Yeah i see your complaint here, as i said it's unfortunate we didn't get that in order to feel the payoff in this tournament. What they choose to adapt is a bit off-kilter i see, but what they are presenting is still pretty well crafted if you ask me.
(ps: you used the word omitted wrong here)

I suppose that's a fair opinion. I'm well aware that I'm rather biased due to desiring a more well-built foundation before going straight into the tournament much like how the manga due to already reading it myself.

Well, nonetheless, knowing that still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth when I watch the second episode. If specific anime-watchers like how it played out, then I have no place to judge heavily. Perhaps this goes the same with how I perceive the relatively differing character personalities from both adaptations. I dislike how Kufa is portrayed, but it isn't off in any way to me.

Well yeah like i said, most people are sad about missing the training, cuz it would have been better for payoff. Just getting at how the show overall is really well made, aside from that particular production decision. You aren't getting any more than minimum losses due to the nature of adaptation (1:1 adaption almost doesn't exist, they pretty much always have to cut content to fit in a plausible runtime).

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Oct 18, 2019 12:24 PM

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They skip alot of content. Kufas character is was completely butchered they made him into a full time shoujo-ey prince type mc guy. Very disappointed sad to say.

He's an assassin so I honestly think the depiction of him in the anime is more true to his nature instead of how inconsistently lighthearted he is in the LN and manga.

Aside from that, I ended up reading the manga and they skip a lot of context in the anime that I'm sure a lot of people do not appreciate. For one, they skipped MC explaining the side effects of his mana transplant in Ep1 other than it being life threatening. The beginning to episode 2 where he's checking her body seems to be somewhat lacking in context until about the end.

Additionally, back in Ep1 it honestly doesn't make sense as to why he's carrying the mana transplanting drug in the first place. In the manga and LN he takes her back home to mix the drug before administering it.

More nitpicking -> Melida isn't fleshed out properly at all but it's most likely the studio attempting to fit enough in Ep1 before the cutoff. You can tell because the episode is 23:50 in length but left out a lot of fairly important character building like Melida's anticipation of her tutor. The scene where she is on the balcony seems out of place without it. MC also fails to comment on the maid staff being inexperienced and young which is somewhat key as to cluing us in on how 'undesirable' Melida as an heir is.

In Ep2. they completely skipped Melida's training so when she's bopping her school bully, you're lead to believe that the techniques and tactics she's using were all learned on her own accord when in actually, are passed onto her by MC.

Again, I think the studio is struggling to storyboard their episodes properly. They are trying desperately to find decent cutoffs as both episodes 1 and 2 hit the absolute episodic running limit of 23:50.

As a direct consequence, the pacing seems to be completely fumbling as there are just missing contextual scenes everywhere (clearly cut content to fit the episode run time).

One last note: It's likely that the studio is trying to emotionally charge the 1st 3 episodes so that they can catch and keep potential longtime viewers. Problem is, the series' clarity is damaged by the cut-content kind of pacing that the studio has decided to take. I think the series works if its intentions were to be directed mainly at girls, but is able to draw in a few male viewers with it's simplified HunterXHunter's Nen-like power structure and limits. I would like have seen the 1st 2 episodes instead be split into 5 to 6 better paced ones, but at the same time it could have caused an even larger failure. The 3 episode rule is absolutely on the mind of the studio and it really shows.

IUnpossibleOct 18, 2019 12:38 PM

Oct 18, 2019 1:19 PM

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This episode was a bit better.

Kufa's training paid off and Melida is able to hold her own for now, but how long can it last? Anyway she put that ojou in her place.

The story is decent, but its worldbuilding is more fascinating to me. I hope to see more classes of warriors beyond Samurai and Paladin, and the other schools at battle.

Oct 18, 2019 4:03 PM

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as usual, they skipped a lot of parts to hype everyone...

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Oct 18, 2019 4:07 PM

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This show isn't bad but feel very rushed. I only know she trained a lot cause I heard some spoilers from the source material. They could at least put some flashbacks or something to her victory not feel as plot ammor.

Oct 18, 2019 6:00 PM

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Vampir wasn't scary enough to the ladies, but I guess he can't go too overboard in a royal setting like that

Oct 18, 2019 6:36 PM

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She kicked butt and gained some respect but not from her dad

Oct 18, 2019 8:42 PM

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Well wanted to watch all the bullies get beaten more by Melida but this was pretty satisfying. Also Kufa is a great guy.

Oct 18, 2019 9:25 PM

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I'm enjoying this but it's clearly rushed which is a shame because I wonder how good it would've been without it feeling rushed.

That being said, I still really liked the episode. The only thing I didn't like was when the red-haired psycho girl gave her back the book and now they're gonna be friends 4ever!
But credit to the animation and arts team because they're doing a great job

nah after the tournament fight they didn't want to do anything with Melida, so expect to see less to none of them after this scene

Oct 18, 2019 9:34 PM

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I'm guessing that it's rushed because they probably think it will only be one course so they want to get in as much as possible to entice people to get the LN or manga.

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Oct 18, 2019 11:03 PM

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I'm thinking of dropping this already. why would the MC risk his all just for this one girl? is he gonna bone her? what are exactly his rewards for being a captain save-a-hoe? otherwise this is literally blue pill the anime.

but more seriously, I never thought there would be a show that has good visuals and suck harder than arifureta. this season proved me wrong.

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Oct 18, 2019 11:05 PM

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After watching two episode of this anime, it was just beautifull in th visually, but
empty and hollow with that inside on the script and characters, wich, for me, makes this thing to be just a bad anime with high production value.

One thing and that i can praise, to be honest, was their visuals, animations and etc. It's really well animated, having the fluidity in the moviments with the consistency in the design during the action scenes, unlike OPM2, Shoumetsu Toshi, Magical girl Ops Asuka, Arifureta, Katsukemo, To Aru Accel, Kenja no Mago, Maou-sama Retry, Isekai Cheat Magician, Cop Craft, Enrdro~! and etc, where the quality of this aspect is bad to mediocre to ok or just not having any of the animations, to the point where these could possibly have moments of Sakuga Houkai depend on scene, character design and the scenery or background fit well, wich in this anime didn't have similar problem of BEM, where the character design being out of the place for not fitting the background, the visual effects are well made, not also having the same issues of Arifureta in this aspect, a shitty visual effects worse than the CGI or the animations, besides the fact that Arifureta is a package of problems and issues.

Besides the fact of this show having only two episodes in air, it showed an amazing work with those amazing graphics indeed, however this show have the same problem, for me, with Granbelm, but worse in this case, little close to Arifureta in this case, in terms on the characters and the world. I not only didn't know anything about the character or the world, i also couldn't care less about them. Who or What really are the MC and the MH(main heroine) or the others? What is their objective or drama? Why they are in this situation? What is the context and lore of this world or the Mana? They sure answered or explain that, but the way did this was really something very uninteresting to the point that i could not care less, and moments when they just don't do it is much worse than a narration made by MC. I don't have any reasons and motives to give sympathy, to feel and to support both MCs and the MH or the villans and the antagonists in vice versa at all, because there wasn't a suficient characterization, background info and dramatization on them to do such a thing. Instead of disiring to keep them alive, i only just thought of "Kill her if you are the Assassin" or whatever happens to them. Also, i didn't see anything that she did to justfy the acquirement of the power or the work hard to become someone powerfull to beat the red hair girl, it's more of credits by the MC instead of by her. The episode two is suppose to be the third or fourth episode for having the tournament arc, because the anime didn't stablish their context, show the magic energy or power concpet or developing their characters at all.

Well, good looking and bad writing with hollow cast of characters is what i would tell about the show for the moment.

Oct 19, 2019 2:19 AM

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Oct 19, 2019 4:48 AM

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asei said:
This one is better than episode one. Probably because of fight scenes. You know, I have nothing against loli characters, but there are too many of them. And this inclination towards a romantic relationship between Melida and Kufa is unsettling. I am not a snob, I understand it is fiction, but while watching I see them as real people. I will explain if they both were the same age, whatever the author wants I am ok. But he is older. He is in early or late teens?

Melida is 13 and Kufa is 17

Oct 19, 2019 7:14 AM

#85

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Step down from the first episode but I guess it's because I was expecting this to be some cute male mentor/instructor and tons of female mages type anime. Oh well.

Action was somewhat compelling. Didnt understand why the bully girl wasn't disqualified, but it seems she will become a best friend or something.

I wish Melida Angle stayed manaless, would have been compelling to see how the anime would do that.

Oct 19, 2019 10:33 AM

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Great episode! Except they didn't show us Melida's training, maybe later they will. There was a lot of excitement in Melida's fight against Nerva, what a spectacular fight! Melida also exceeded my expectations, just like this anime, I hope she stays that strong overcoming her obstacles and fears. And how to forget the great instructor Kufa, without him this great demonstration of skill by Melida would not have been possible. He is an excellent tutor, he has my respects.

Ps: I was expecting a more exciting opening, but it's not bad, .. the ending I liked.

Nerva reminds me of the redhead b*tch of "Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari", Malty.

Oct 19, 2019 11:48 AM

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Oct 19, 2019 4:40 PM

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WolfDBreidi said:
Nerva reminds me of the redhead b*tch of "Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari", Malty.

ditto to this, i was thinking that this entire episode. they even have a similar hair color.

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Oct 20, 2019 6:07 AM

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Some good fighting scenes, but the anime is still average tbh , i don't see this getting any better

Oct 20, 2019 3:49 PM

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The OP is quite "meh"

WTF BRO

that's like one of the best part of the anime adaptation lmao

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Oct 20, 2019 5:12 PM

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This was a good episode, i like the fight between Melida and her "friend"(its so annoying when she says that) specially the tricks that melida used and that she exceeded Vampir expectations, i really like her character and looking forward for some fights. Also the OP and ED are very interesting, the first one seemed a little repetitive for me though.

Oct 20, 2019 7:19 PM

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Alpha Bitch got her ass handed to her; it's great to see that happen no matter what series you're watching. xD

need moar KufaxMelida

I like how everyone's mana makes their outlines glow; that's neat. Also liking the scary bandaged man at the end.
what is it with me and scary bandaged men lmao

Swagernator said:
Dude they seriously don't have boobs.

They're thirteen. I didn't have any boobs when I was thirteen either.

I prefer tween girls to LOOK like tween girls and not F-cupped porn stars, thanks. *glares at the majority of shounen anime*

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Oct 20, 2019 9:37 PM

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Yeah I am going to give this a couple more episodes but this is seeming like it will be my first dropped Anime for this season. Very rushed which is my main issue and not interesting.

Oct 21, 2019 9:42 AM

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Well, since everyone was BITCHING about how the MANGA IS BETTER RAWR, I gave it a skim and

I don't like it. :/

Kufa's not nearly as attractive and Melida is not nearly as adorable....also there are goddamn panty shots.

No thanks.

I do want to read the light novel though...if I can find it. The writing in the manga is better...but not liking the art means there's no point.

Oct 21, 2019 11:28 PM

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im only the manga adaption reader, not the ln. but i can say for sure, again, so much detail is left out. only the important is shown and it really bothers me because there's no fucking story like there is in the source materials.

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Oct 22, 2019 9:14 AM

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as much as the comments n rating of the anime says : its an average anime but after i watched ep 2 i feel like its a decent anime .ep1 was not a really good start but not bad either there were cute moments which i like just waiting for ep3 to drop n c wt happens

Oct 23, 2019 6:12 PM

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Another great episode. I'm liking the pacing of things. It was a great fight, with good animation and build up. I liked that Melida lost the second match though, the power balance in this series is pretty good so far. I feel like the people who are working on this series are taking what they've been given and trying to make something genuinely good, as opposed to generic and trashy like a lot of other magic high school series. I know there's concern over the abundance of lolis, but for the sake of animation quality, they are easier to draw, and not every magic high school has to necessarily be a complete waifu-fest. I hate the opening though, and when I watch this series, I'll use my laptop so I can skip it.

Oct 23, 2019 6:15 PM

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Chiibi said:
Well, since everyone was BITCHING about how the MANGA IS BETTER RAWR, I gave it a skim and

I don't like it. :/

Kufa's not nearly as attractive and Melida is not nearly as adorable....also there are goddamn panty shots.

No thanks.

I do want to read the light novel though...if I can find it. The writing in the manga is better...but not liking the art means there's no point.

Thanks for letting me know, I was thinking about checking out the manga, but I myself don't enjoy an abundance of panty shots. So I'll stick to anime only

Oct 23, 2019 6:30 PM

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IUnpossible said:

hihihisama said:
They skip alot of content. Kufas character is was completely butchered they made him into a full time shoujo-ey prince type mc guy. Very disappointed sad to say.

He's an assassin so I honestly think the depiction of him in the anime is more true to his nature instead of how inconsistently lighthearted he is in the LN and manga.

Aside from that, I ended up reading the manga and they skip a lot of context in the anime that I'm sure a lot of people do not appreciate. For one, they skipped MC explaining the side effects of his mana transplant in Ep1 other than it being life threatening. The beginning to episode 2 where he's checking her body seems to be somewhat lacking in context until about the end.

Additionally, back in Ep1 it honestly doesn't make sense as to why he's carrying the mana transplanting drug in the first place. In the manga and LN he takes her back home to mix the drug before administering it.

More nitpicking -> Melida isn't fleshed out properly at all but it's most likely the studio attempting to fit enough in Ep1 before the cutoff. You can tell because the episode is 23:50 in length but left out a lot of fairly important character building like Melida's anticipation of her tutor. The scene where she is on the balcony seems out of place without it. MC also fails to comment on the maid staff being inexperienced and young which is somewhat key as to cluing us in on how 'undesirable' Melida as an heir is.

In Ep2. they completely skipped Melida's training so when she's bopping her school bully, you're lead to believe that the techniques and tactics she's using were all learned on her own accord when in actually, are passed onto her by MC.

Again, I think the studio is struggling to storyboard their episodes properly. They are trying desperately to find decent cutoffs as both episodes 1 and 2 hit the absolute episodic running limit of 23:50.

As a direct consequence, the pacing seems to be completely fumbling as there are just missing contextual scenes everywhere (clearly cut content to fit the episode run time).

One last note: It's likely that the studio is trying to emotionally charge the 1st 3 episodes so that they can catch and keep potential longtime viewers. Problem is, the series' clarity is damaged by the cut-content kind of pacing that the studio has decided to take. I think the series works if its intentions were to be directed mainly at girls, but is able to draw in a few male viewers with it's simplified HunterXHunter's Nen-like power structure and limits. I would like have seen the 1st 2 episodes instead be split into 5 to 6 better paced ones, but at the same time it could have caused an even larger failure. The 3 episode rule is absolutely on the mind of the studio and it really shows.

I honestly disagree, those scenes you mentioned did sound important, but I feel like the scenes sound like ones that could be easily cut. As for Melida's training, since the tournament was mentioned to be in a week, I think I heard them mention something about training over the week, since Kufa is her tutor/instructor after all. to me, it feels like the animation studio trying to make something good with what their given, as most shows like these are usually for the express purpose of selling merchandise rather than making a decent product, though maybe my standards for high school magic series tend to be really low, and if one exceeds them, I'm just presently surprised, which could be, but I don't feel like that's the case per the moment

Oct 26, 2019 3:32 AM

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Tyleron said:
as a light novel reader they left out pretty much all of the comedic aspect of the source, my guess was their trying to make it more serious toned?. it's a good episode overall but goddamn the pacing was definitely fast in this anime, i do hope that there will be a episode where they explain much more into the world building since its quite lacking in the first episode.

i feel you bro, it's kinda painful to watch that i put it on-hold for the time being lol

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