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| Interesting to know more about Helck, his past, and relationship with his brother Cless. It's actually kinda charming to see how the two used to get along. It's also shown that Helck was a geninuely kind person in the past as he tries to save him. Not surprising though. Even in the present, he's still kind but obvously more badass. |
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| New Helck OP. I don’t think it’s as good as cour 1, but it’ll grow on me. So after getting blue balled last week we finally get Helck and his brother’s backstory. It’s as tragic as you’d expect. The two of them living a life of poverty and struggle. Being bullied and fighting for survival. Always pulls at the heartstrings to see little kids having to go through that. When his little brother fell ill and Helck went from house to house to get help, it reminded me of Lante’s backstory from Niehime last season. Heartbreaking that instead of trying to help a defenceless child people’s first reaction is “where did you get that money” 🤦🏽♂️ even going as far as to punch Helck, like wtf. Fortunately, Raphaed took them in and gave them a fair shot at life. Cless even working his way up to being a knight and a very well respected one at that. While things went well in the second half of the episode, you couldn’t help but feel a sense of dread knowing that something surely is going to happen to Cless. 😢 wish he and Shalamy could’ve got together at least. |
Marinate1016Oct 3, 2023 12:16 PM
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Not sure I like the idea of having two back-to-back flashback episodes, but I've to accept that it's necessary to know Helck's background before the story moving on.
| @phantomfandom At least this flashback is a smooth tie in and makes sense logic wise, Helck only opened up to Vamirio after trusting her. |
| The new opening, it's decent enough. Not exactly a track I'd call a playlist banger, but it's alright. Look at little Helck, facing all those jerks in the human realm. Lol, little Helck and his super healing, what a sight. That expression on his face was quite amusing. After dealing with such despicable characters, this city is in dire need of a revolution. And here comes the time skip. Cless has really grown up. But where's Helck? Cless is quite the good boy, though a bit naive. When you think about it, you'd expect the kingdom to have a way to test people for hero potential, considering it's a well-known role in history. Lol, nice way to play matchmaker, Helck. That glass of hers compared to the others, quite the contrast. I do worry about a noble lady being out without any guards, to be honest. That cliffhanger ending... and onto a new ending theme, which I quite like. |
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| Wow, easily one of the best episodes of the series so far imo. The flow of that flashback story felt so natural, it was tragic for the most part for sure but captivating, super interesting. The fact that Helck is such a strange Hero (his comical 'use' of the sword in a previous episode among other things) starts to make a lot of sense to me with that backstory. The author seems to have spend a lot of time thinking about how his hero became who he is now, and it shows :) Also loved the cute little love story being implied for Helck's younger brother, and more than anything that one moment where Vermilio just spits her hot cocoa because of how ridiculous Helck was already in his childhood haha: has to be my favorite moment this episode. It seems we'll continue with the backstory next week, I can't wait :) Oh, and I really enjoyed the new op and the new ed, I think they are really great: I love them even more than the first ones actually. |
| What a touching episode, Helck has always have such a strong will and positive attitude even after all the horrors from his past and Cless had such a strong sense of justice wanting to protect everyone including those awful people and then there was that glimpse of some of the heroes before selling their souls. I like the new OP, pretty catchy but I liked specially the ED it has such a sad and nostalgic feeling, it reminds me a lot of Suara's songs and Utawarerumono. |
| Uff, I had forgotten that I had a brother and that he had committed fratricide, halfway through the episode it was hard to remember that. The new Opening Theme and Ending Theme are incredible |
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| It's not as strange as Piwi's squeaky voice but Shalamy's voice is pretty weird and funny too. |
| Stop it with the red flags! But seriously, this is probably the first time I really enjoyed the show for it's serious plot. Previously it only hit with the comedy and there was too little of that recently. I hope this transitions from the flashbacks to the main plot aswell. But next week is probably "The Life of Helck, Part 2" |
 <insert oh wow TinTin meme here> I swear, if the author is older than 12 years old, I'll be completely shocked. If those preteens bullying Helck and his brother had a richer iron diet, they could have too twisted their mustaches like the adults do. Every single character is a douchebag towards the brothers until the very last moment when things are in a do or die situation to the point of being laughable as cheap misery porn. You're telling me that in their whole life in the capital not one soul were charitable towards these 2 kids, but only in the last seconds before dying they found out the single embodiment of charity in a cesspool of a-holes that turned their lives around? Come on... Also, why the heck does Cless look like he's 6 or 7 years old in the early flashbacks, but he's supposedly to be 3 years old and allegedly malnourished? Shouldn't he look even smaller and in worse shape if they aren't getting enough nutrients on daily basis? |
| The back story is here! |
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| We finally get Helck's backstory, it starts tragically with their parents being killed by monsters, then they move to the capital where they have to eke out a living as poor orphans bullied by one and all. A young noble lady takes pity on Helck who is begging someone to save Cless, her father does and Cless ends up becoming a knight who may or may not be in a relationship with the young noble lady. Wonder where this is going ... |
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| So many motherfuckers, it seems like real life... |
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| Helck's childhood was really painful to see. The backstory will continue, and it feels like it's going to be more tragic. |
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| this show so underrated !!! i cant believe this good show only has score 7 !! |
| The 2nd Cour's OST...is just decent, not as good as 1st Cour's. Helck's backstory as to why he's this way: he, along with his younger brother Cless, are village orphans who had nowhere to go, and the royal capital was the only place they could go...to get tortured by nobility. The thing is, Helck has had his hero powers awakened early, even though he and Cless had the minimums and still can feel optimistic about their poverty, there's no need to be rich. But Cless suffering from malnutrition, Helck has no choice but to take matters into his own hands to secure his brother's life, no matter how hard the journey can be from nobility prohibiting them everywhere they go. A girl hearing the commotion, and pleads with her father to save his brother, without any prejudice, which Helck is sincerely grateful for. And as time passed, their lives begin to turn for the better, with Cless grown to be a formidable infantry regiment captain, which Helck is happy for. Turns out, the brothers were saved by the Raphaed family supported by the royal kingdom, and the family's daughter Shalamy held no prejudice to the good of their kind. Raphaed also senses Helck's hero powers, though it's not as apparent as his younger brother's. Of course, love is in the air for both Cless and Shalamy, and the brothers' time were mostly apart, though the times together between the trio were some of the most memorable. A sad backstory for Helck, and this backstory isn't done yet. |
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| Shalamy is the real MVP. Thought for sure Helck would've snapped and formed his hatred for humans from that rough childhood but it looks like that's still to come, and I'm morbidly excited for when it does. I wasn't ready for the new OP to be so funky (and sort of Halloween-y?). New ED is fire too. |
| Why did it take this show so long to get here? Most of the episodes we've seen so far just feel like filler at this point. I could've just not watched most of them and missed pretty much nothing. Is this gonna be one of those two cour shows that could've easily been one cour if they'd just cut all the useless nonsense out? |
| Good flashback episode but not much Vermilio screen time unfortunately (except when she spat out her cocoa when Helck told her he could heal himself at a young age). I'm curious with what happened to Helck's brother and, to a lesser extent, Shalamy. Btw I noticed one of the soldiers out in the field sort of resembled one of the heroes that was shown earlier fighting the demons but maybe it's just the art style, we'll see. |
| I have a feeling the story is going to have a bad ending for Shalamy and in turn Cless |
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| Huh, so Cless ended up as a Captain, while Helck was just working in normal physical labor... Interesting how they're doing time skips back and forth. . The bros got lucky with the semi-generic "saved by a girl" scenario. Where the girl was also a higher class noble than the other nobles and the father wasn't corrupted like the others. Well... looks like the Flashback is going to show Helck meeting with all the "evil awakened" that used to be his friends during his traveling... and probably what happened to make them turn evil. . And yea, I hope the noble girl doesn't end up dead... even tho that's the most likely scenario as the childhood friend dying is very genericly used as a reason for the MC to go on a revenege. (which is Helck wanting to take revenge on humans) |
amlgOct 4, 2023 11:26 PM
| Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing* |
| damn! the story-telling when Helck was a kid until grown-up was so impressive! Thumbs-up to the staff for this ep!! 5/5. |
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| a 5 year old with a political and sentimental comprehension of a 30 year old human. okay broder. |
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| Oh look a new oped for the past story arc, appreciate their effort there to change for a better view even though i don't think this new oped quite impactful. But damn that bumpfist bro, must be hurt having those cliffhanger for real. Ngl when Helck was about to lose Claess in their youth phase, i thought he would become Gon. Alas its just being postponed by the fate, as how a kind rich kid unexpectedly arrive and save them ass. Claess decide to be a hero while Helck, just being Helck. The helck? Imagine if the young brother kept his mentality weak and let his fate decide by Helck with their original intention to go adventuring. Can all the wrong path denied? Otherwise, welp, that's the first chapter, and let's just wait patiently for the next then... |
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| New OP and ED adds to the fact we are getting a sick bacstory for our boy Helck. This show is really turning a corner with me. I think it's a good show. |
| I haven't updated in years but now I have changed that. I'll be free soon. |
| I was tearing up the whole episode; I can't wait to hear more even though it will probably break my heart. |
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| Quite dark. Would've been if those noble kids died, but no, those showed up post Helck and Cless becoming orphans. So stupid how Cless nearly died. Death flag raised near the end. |
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| Now we are going to see the full backstory of Helck. His little brother is much more handsome than him even in the child version XD |
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| So far it feels like the average backstory, nothing special about it but lets see where it ends. |
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| a nice backstory - finally - to find out what happened to helck. but do they really have to end it there? well, off to watch next episode i guess 🤷♀️ |
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