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| The two new characters are also very cute! Really cool fights and great ed~ |
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| Chisato beating the crap out of all the bad guys is so awesome! Pew pew pew. That whole car scene was cool as well, another fantastic episode. I absolutely love the ED song too its stuck in my head lol |
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| Chisato really agile.. Takina slowly probably she is partnering such a sleeping monster |
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| that ending scene was so cute. eh, eh?! |
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| This show requires an insane amount of suspension of disbelief despite attempting to be a action thriller. She just walks around constant rounds without getting hit at all? Absolutely stupid and absurd, if the rest of the show keeps this up it'll be an easy 4/10 for me or lower. |
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| Regardless illogical scenes, I'm really into it xD I like the art, music, character building and the cute girls doing "CUTE" things of this anime <3 |
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no way, john wick anime adaptation is real |
| the action scenes are so ridiculous I can't take this anime seriously. the young girl walking through a storm of bullets totally unscathed was just too much |
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| "boom, headshot! sniping's a good job mate" oh wait, that's the wrong person... a bad job it is then :P it was another great episode with action and a surprise indeed :) |
| Other than Made in Abyss, this is probably my AOTS. Cute girls with guns and insane visuals/action? This is my type of show fr. All the better Walnut turned out to be a chibi Kuudere girl. |
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 Even the Rock can't throw a 6ft tall man like this way by one hand. |
kset280 said: This Episode is so Amazing, might even better than the first episode. More action, better story development and the opening song is also pretty good too. Just like Episode 1, this episode feels like a stunning American Action film. A-1 Pictures is becoming the second KyoAni. And Chisato was watching John Wick!!!?  No. Its Jan Vick, And the Blue Ray next to it looks like Die hard. Not sure what those 3 F117 jets are reference to.....but the disc itself resembles Rambo |
thehornedratJul 9, 2022 6:15 PM
| Well no wonder Chisato was doing some John Wick like gunfu, she a fan of the goat! Anyways yeah, I already had my suspicions back on ep 1 when she dodged a point blank shot aimed at her head but damn she was casually walking around rapid gun fires this ep, this girl has bullet speed reactions. Loved how Takina tried testing her by shooting a hairband and she actually instinctively dodged lol. That apart Chisato is definitely not a normal human, no one can send a 6ft man like that flying with one hand let alone dodge rounds of bullets casually by walking like a turtle, its like the bullets were afraid of hitting her or something. Doesn't change the fact that I still love the action, Im a sucker for gun action, definitely the better original show among the 2 that A-1 released this season. |
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I just realized, we got the flower of bad omens in the OP, yknow, the red one that omits something terrible has or will happen. I think we all do, including Takina, girl was flabbergasted af when she witnessed that happening right before her eyes. I believe the show will tell us how she does it sooner or later as it appears what she's doing isnt normal in-universe hence why Takina tried testing her with the hairband thing. |
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-Stray said: I just realized, we got the flower of bad omens in the OP, yknow, the red one that omits something terrible has or will happen. I think we all do, including Takina, girl was flabbergasted af when she witnessed that happening right before her eyes. I believe the show will tell us how she does it sooner or later as it appears what she's doing isnt normal in-universe hence why Takina tried testing her with the hairband thing. yes, the mcs showed up carrying this flower at some point in the opening, it's always a bad sign. As for your answer to my sentence, of course one of the great secrets of the series is around chisato and her superhuman abilities, so we'll have to see in the future, thanks for answering |
| another enjoyable episode. Chisato getting the train lunch, looks delicious. also funny when she was disappointed not being able to ride the super car. :D the "don't kill anyone" policy is a bit weird. She probably experienced something traumatic in the past. Walnut is a loli. Takina flicking a rubber band, but could not hit Chisato. and lastly... now I realize why Chisato looks a bit familiar, she has a similar character design to Anne-Sophia from 転生王女と天才令嬢の魔法革命. looking forward to next week! this show entertains me so much. |
| A1 studios nailed the direction of this as it fits effortlessly into the themes and direction of the show as a whole so far. Focusing on the major themes of parallelism, opposition, and isolation. Chisato and Takina are shown almost always opposite/parallel each other in this opening, mirroring the acts of one another or acting in opposites. Chistato on one side of the screen and Takina on the other, interestingly enough though the side that they're shown on flip flops during the opening, but they end on the same sides that the began on. Regardless, its really well set up to show the differences between our two characters here, and can even be argued to tie into the Tokyo Towers in the opening. Chisato representing the old and destroyed one while Takina the one under new construction. Despite being shown as opposites and not appearing together on screen for some time in the opening, we also get moments of camaraderie/solace between the pair. Their moments where they are dressed in normal clothes shows them looking the same way but at opposite angles. Chisato is looking downwards while Takina upwards, this changes in the next moment though as the pair gaze at each other in their work clothes. Potentially showing how their lives outside of Lycoris bring them closer together than their missions do? Moving on however, the foreground is shown to be desaturated to further the isolation of these two girls for obvious reasons due to their upbringing, and we see it further into the opening once more. This time, it's a drove of Lycoris agents with only two seeing color, though more interestingly is the prior scene that sets up this moment. Badges fall to the ground before being replaced with Japanese Spider Lillies, and is soon therafter replace with explosions as a transition from the girls. To me, this screams something along the lines of the replacibility of these girls who protect their society, further playing into their isolation. Tools of peace rather than protectors, which brings us to Mika, the owner of Cafe LycoReco. He's shown to be involved in the Tokyo Tower terrorist attack previously, being how he has his connection with Chisato, but also why he's one of the few adults shown in color. He's not lost sight of what Chisato and these other girls do, and how they should be treated as people as well. And it's maybe in that way that after we're shown Chisato and Takina doing what Lycoris are meant to do, and seeing Chisato lament that, that we see a glimpse of a normal life for the girls. Casual clothing and smiles on their faces in the daylight. Lastly though, they wrap the opening up in a cool spy movie-reminiscent style sequence before returning to a cuter final scene of the girls. Really, a very impressive opening for a wild number of reasons. The people behind Lycoris Recoil really know what they want from this show, and how they want to do it. Now, onto thoughts from the episode itself! Now forgive me for how messy these thoughts will be as there's a lot to go through. First and foremost, modern accuracy! I'm a huge car guy so I recognized it right away, the red supercar that Chisato had seen was essentially a perfect model of the Lexus LC500, so someone at A1 has some exquisite taste in luxury vehicles. Moving on to more "important" accurate stuff though we have the weapons. Chisato's standing out the most as it's an "older" model weapon compared to Takina's, as evident by the wood grain in the handle. My guess would be something along the lines of a Beretta pistol, maybe an M9 of some sort? Also just based on looks it seems there's a muzzle brake or something of similar effect to the front of the pistol. I'm not a huge gun expert though so don't quote me on the validity of that haha. Regardless we see her loading her signature rubber bullets, which is done really well. On the other hand, Takina almost certainly has a pistol that's been modelled after a glock, based on the boxier design and the location of the chamber. In a way it sort of shows off the differences of the two girls, Chisato with some more personal and bespoke and "pretty", while Takina goes the standard and typical route. Regardless, the AKs of the episode were also really well done, enjoyed seeing the lighter stocks on them for more, *ahem*, "aftermarket" use cases. Also, the sounds of the weapons remained really well done and enjoyable. Moving on to *content* of the episode though, it was really fun! Chisato was full of energy and jokes throughout the whole thing, and really introduced an air of mystique to the episode as well. Takina helped balance out the reality of it, and kept things a bit more grounded at times. Overall, a really solid balance between the pairing, but Chisato is the flashier of the two so harder to not give her the edge when she disarms a guy, tosses a grenade into an empty room, and then throws the dude in front of the door that's flying off its hinges to knock him out. The choreography of the fighting and everything in this episode was really well done. Lots of life and character without being too unbelievable or crazy. Though speaking of that, I'm really curious to find out more about Chisato's past due to her ability to dodge everything (which Takina happily tests for us haha). I've got a strong feeling that it'll be tied into the Alan Organization personally. Of course, Walnut wasn't as huge a surprise for me, but more so how we got there was. I was thinking that Mr. Yoshi had a connection to Walnut in some way and was pulling the strings to get her out safely and easily, but that didn't turn out to be the case. Was it still true that he was manipulating Robota to help Walnut? Maybe, hard to really say. There's a lot about Mr. Yoshi and Mika that we don't know, so makes it hard to know which side he's playing in general. Back to Walnut though, I definitely hadn't expected Walnut to be in the suitcase, I was more so thinking it was a body double or fake and that Walnut had already been transferred by Mizuki and Mika or something along those lines so was a pretty cool surprise. This second episode is really setting things up compared to the first. Not quite as crazy, but still just as fun, though with a stronger focus on the future and bringing us into the fold. Definitely has me curious for where we're gonna end up, though at a minimum I know we're following the thread of the arms deal currently, and that *might* cross paths with the Alan association? Regardless, there's a really good setup for an awesome sort of spy-action thriller series here with a nice and healthy helping of moe thanks to Chisato. Really enjoyed this episode and really looking forward to the next one! |
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| There’s so much things that’s worth mentioning in this EP but especially that last bit. Seems like Chisato isn’t exactly just wearing a BS plot armor. Anyway, this one is extremely entertaining. What a ride! |
| If John Wick had a daughter, it'll be Chisato. So, we'll get to see more about Chisato's ability. She literally can avoid the running bullet, directly. Even though we'd already seen a glimpse of it on episode 1, it's more clear on this episode, she's walking towards the enemy while evading the bullet. Ofc, Takina's reaction is understandable. I'm wondering how Chisato got that ability, from experience? Or pure aptitude? Again, Takina want to make sure what she sees back then in the supermarket. Nonetheless, what a banger OP from ClariS and its visual.  |
| Takina is my waifu <3. I love her so much omg, this anime will be one of my favourites from this year! |
| As expected, Kurumi from the character introductions before the show aired is Walnut as it's a literal translation. The action scenes are already satisfying and should be even better with a super hacker on their team now |
| Chisato is definitely best girl. Something I like about Chisato is that she is actually able to execute her ideals while still being being proficient at her job and missions. Way too many times have we seen MC's who want to be a pacifist or don't want to kill, but they endanger everyone else and mess up their missions because they are too incompetent to do so. |
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| I love how the show is going so far. Maybe the mix of SoL and action fits me more than I thought. Chisato is clearly inhuman, okay. So her dodging bullets can be forgiven within the boundary of fiction and the story's settings she is in. Yeah, I will watch Lycoris Recoil until the end. |
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| Great episode, the action is fun as hell with a smooth animation to boot. Seems like Chisato is gearing up to be best girl of the season. OP and ED are bangers. Definitely my pick for the best anime this season along with MIA and Call of the Night Tho what was with those Neo level dodging against an AR in tight corridor? Is Chisato just built different? |
| Quite enjoyable tbh, it kind of gives me RailDex vibes. Takina was obviously shocked at Chisato's moves, something clearly unhuman about her, funny little last scene. |
| The most wacky secret service in the world now with loli hacker and bulletproof squirrel costume. Sometimes it's nice just to flow with the degree of inadequacy. |
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ryo-san said: Awesome wall of text there ^^ I really mean this! More tongue in cheek, is the product placement, lets try to find them all! But dont forget about The BEER!  Its the equivalent brand that Reiji, mangaka of RAG drinks https://youtu.be/t3rKrTehORY?t=66 Down to the same font.  Yes, Asahi does have Super Dry. |
thehornedratJul 10, 2022 4:40 AM
| very well animated !! GJ A1-Pictures studio !! |
You know that he's a super-hacker because he has lots of screens. 😉 |
| Watching this back-to-back with Engage Kiss, it's obvious which A-1 original has more effort put into it, even from just the OPs and EDs alone! |
| Spider Lilies in the opening song |
~ May all the beauty be blessed ~ |
Cool thanks for pointing that out |
RedChromeJul 10, 2022 12:54 PM
| Good episode visually speaking but I gotta say this ep has some cringey and unrealistic moments. I mean yes a highschool girl assassins and able dodge bullets in that short distance (do they think this the matrix ?) it's absurd but you know it's anime they are suppose to be like that. But the part that the most ridiculous is that Chisato doesn't kill people in fact she saves them, I feel like that's completely BS |
RedChromeJul 10, 2022 1:22 PM
| The opening was pretty great, especially in the animation aspect of it. I can definitely feel more love being put in this anime than in Engage Kiss IMO. Every time I see this dude, I can’t stop thinking of Floch  OH MY GAH! They got that drip   The fact that Chisato won’t kill suggests a dark backstory when she did kill, resulting in something horrible happening or a horrible realization and I’m quite excited to see what it will be. That twist at the end tho, I DID NOT see it coming. The ending was pretty fun to listen to as well. |
Graduated High School in May of 2022. Summer vacation has finally arrived. I have once again regained the power of a new anime fan, being able to watch multiple anime episodes in a day. Time to binge-watch every single anime I can into the night until college arrives. SADGE. SUPER SADGE... College has begun as of Monday, August 30, 2022, so you won't be seeing me much around these parks. See you on weekends, I guess... School me is back. Sigh! I'll at least try for one anime a day with all this course load. |
| Good episode. No surprises for me. I figured Walnut was really in the suitcase. On the upside now we know how to say walnut in Japanese. |
| That's some heavy-duty bulletproof material on that suitcase there, it sustained quite a bit of damage from the AK-47's. Would've been a slightly different story if it wasn't so resilient... Anyway yeah, this show slaps, what else to say |
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