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Is it worth watching ?
Dec 12, 2022 7:09 AM
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So I finished Railgun and found it pretty entertaining, I was told I didn't need to watch index but I still forced my way through S2 cause of Accelerator, . I know this season wasn't good giving the score but I want to know if it's really unwatchable, Like on a scale of bad adaptations where does it fit
TPN S2, Berserk 2016, Tokyo ghoul re, devil is a part timer S2, Blue Exorcist S2 and Psycho Pass S2
TPNS2 being atrocious to Psycho Pass S2 being bearable

Also which manga chapter/LN should I pick up for this season , if it really is unbearable.
Dec 12, 2022 7:24 AM
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It's not unbearable but I recommend just reading the LN if u can

You can start at volume 14, if you're all caught up with season 2
Dec 12, 2022 7:44 AM
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Lazersun said:
It's not unbearable but I recommend just reading the LN if u can

You can start at volume 14, if you're all caught up with season 2

how about the manga
Dec 12, 2022 8:12 AM
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Cestlavie_ said:
Lazersun said:
It's not unbearable but I recommend just reading the LN if u can

You can start at volume 14, if you're all caught up with season 2

how about the manga

I don't really follow the manga, but from what I know it has only adapt half of the arc covered in S3
Dec 12, 2022 8:20 AM
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I haven't read the novel, but I found this season to be the weakest of the three. It's not so bad that it's unwatchable, but it's very convoluted and hard to keep up with. A lot of characters and events get introduced with no proper background or explanation.
Dec 12, 2022 8:53 AM
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It’s not nearly as bad as devil is a part timer s2 but for me it was the kind of ”god i can’t wait to be done with this” bad
Dec 12, 2022 11:43 AM
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It is a complete incomprehensible clusterfuck and ransom shit happens seemingly for no reason because of lighting fast pacing. ON TOP OF THAT this season butchers arguably the bar LN content.
You will have absolutely no idea what is going on.
Just spare yourself torture and read LN.

Dec 12, 2022 12:15 PM
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Cestlavie_ said:
So I finished Railgun and found it pretty entertaining, I was told I didn't need to watch index but I still forced my way through S2 cause of Accelerator, . I know this season wasn't good giving the score but I want to know if it's really unwatchable, Like on a scale of bad adaptations where does it fit
TPN S2, Berserk 2016, Tokyo ghoul re, devil is a part timer S2, Blue Exorcist S2 and Psycho Pass S2
TPNS2 being atrocious to Psycho Pass S2 being bearable

Also which manga chapter/LN should I pick up for this season , if it really is unbearable.

It’s definitely the weakest part of Index in the anime. I’m not a light novel reader. I can say it is watchable. The best description I can give is that this season is jumbled all over the place. I’m mostly hear for Accelerator and Railgun, but its worth watching
Dec 12, 2022 5:35 PM
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it's enjoyable to watch but after knowing what we could've gotten (and after reading it) I pretty much hate it. It needed at least 30+ episodes but not surprising it only got 24 which is already a lot for a 1 season though.Even when I watched it for the first time it felt like I was watching 2 seasons of anime at the same time and felt super rushed
Dec 12, 2022 5:36 PM
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Cestlavie_ said:
Lazersun said:
It's not unbearable but I recommend just reading the LN if u can

You can start at volume 14, if you're all caught up with season 2

how about the manga

Manga is on the arc with the princess who is trying to complete change England back into the powerhouse it used to be.
Apr 15, 2023 11:09 PM

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Yes if you have read the novel, I found it enjoyable seeing the arcs animated even with the bad animation, complete mess pacing wise though since they decided to adapt all 9 novels into 26 episodes. Not sure for non LN readers, probably should be able to understand most of it except for maybe the battle royale and british royal family arcs which seemed the most rushed
Objectivity? In my anime scoring? Of course not...

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