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| Well that was kinda... bad. Seems like the score on this one is massively inflated by the large amount of biased game fans. At least some of the characters are neat, maybe it gets better and just weak start. |
It's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. |
| No way they showed stuff from the Final Volume lol. Studio going for a full adaptation seems unlikely so I'm gonna assume they showed it only to hype the viewers and hopefully, make them support the anime project. Fantastic premiere overall. I'm honestly surprised with how good everything looks and the OP will certainly be among my favorites of the year from its visuals alone. Only complaint would be Sensei looking like another teenager but I guess you can't have everything in life. Anyways, looking forward to seeing my beloved Rin and the Problem Solver girls. Also Hina, of course. |
| THE SENSEI IS REAL |
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| @P3ndora Fax My Brother! Spit Your Shit Indeed! I'm surprised with how well-drawn the guns in this are. The adaptation for Girls' Frontline was so ass in that aspect and guns were its main shtick. Can't wait for the rest of the show. |
 Leave your limits. |
| If anything, this just made me want to play the game again. I played a bit on launch, but dropped it quite a while ago. |
鬼に逢うては鬼を斬る 仏に逢うては仏を斬る ツルギの理ここに在り |
| @NipahAllDay The problem isn't about explaining everything in the first episode. It's about showing a bunch of nonsensical content and expect the audience to have the patience to wait until it finally gets good. It's like Homer's snow plow ad (that it was a parody to perfume ads) it's totally nonsensical and at the end the target audience doesn't know what they are supposed to be buying. This is a terrible choice from a perspective of luring new audience to a stablished ip, and most new audiences would easily just watch anything else from the 30 or so new series airing this season. Heck the Train to the end of the world does have a rather similar setting and did it way better in it's premiere episode. |
Reply to Peenutz
that was really boring. The characters felt super bland, exposition felt lazy and rushed, it felt like the relationship between the girls and the sensei guy was also quite rushed since there was literally no conflict or even so much as hesitation in his acceptance. Maybe the story works in game format but from what ive seen so far it is not playing out well in anime form. Atleast the animation was pretty solid although not super standout aside from the op
| @Peenutz Sensei is a member of SCHALE which is a recently established federal club tasked with solving random problems around Kivotos. One of the girls from Abydos (Ayane) sends a letter to Sensei hoping he can help them with the Abydos situation, since everyone else she has contacted has not helped. So Sensei helps them because it's his job and responsibility, and the girls accept Sensei because they asked for his help. |
Reply to Kimurah
@NipahAllDay
The problem isn't about explaining everything in the first episode. It's about showing a bunch of nonsensical content and expect the audience to have the patience to wait until it finally gets good. It's like Homer's snow plow ad (that it was a parody to perfume ads) it's totally nonsensical and at the end the target audience doesn't know what they are supposed to be buying.
This is a terrible choice from a perspective of luring new audience to a stablished ip, and most new audiences would easily just watch anything else from the 30 or so new series airing this season. Heck the Train to the end of the world does have a rather similar setting and did it way better in it's premiere episode.
The problem isn't about explaining everything in the first episode. It's about showing a bunch of nonsensical content and expect the audience to have the patience to wait until it finally gets good. It's like Homer's snow plow ad (that it was a parody to perfume ads) it's totally nonsensical and at the end the target audience doesn't know what they are supposed to be buying.
This is a terrible choice from a perspective of luring new audience to a stablished ip, and most new audiences would easily just watch anything else from the 30 or so new series airing this season. Heck the Train to the end of the world does have a rather similar setting and did it way better in it's premiere episode.
| @Kimurah I feel like you're kinda over-analyzing and looking too deep on the first episode. I need to watch Train to the end of the world, but I'm pretty sure from looking bits of the show, they're completely different in terms of tone and what the setting will be. I think the issue is that you're expecting Blue Archive to be a post apocalyptic world. when it's not. (Yeah, I read the comment you posted earlier) Tho, I do blame the anime for skipping the prologue, which made you thought Kivotos was covered in desert. It's only in the Abydos district bc of , which the anime should cover it later. The story clearly wants to focus on the characters and the wacky side of the world-building first before explaining everything before dumping everything else. I can kinda see what you're coming from, but I think you're having a certain expectation that's not even an issue and more of a preference. I'm not even trying to be bias. If you have the patience to keep going, I hope it'll explain what you wanted to hear in 2-3 episodes, if not, that's fine. Blue Archive doesn't want to go balls deep with its lore at the start of the story. |
| I'm as dumbfounded as I was when I watched the first episode of Azur Lane without any context or prior knowledge lol. |
| that was op so we have yet to hear and see the ed, pog. |
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| @GangsterCat Also the amount of 10 ratings being half of the score... |
| My day is complete, and I am in love! |
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| Epic OP, I love it! The animation was rather too weird and inconsistent, or more likely to be animated like that. Comparing the animation to the game was somewhat decent but it's not my ideal animation for the series, but it was still a nice animation indeed. Only Ani-One has it, thankfully. |
CrazyButNot4UApr 7, 11:00 PM
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
Reply to Inexplicable
thanks for the clarification @BlueIsLove and @Polycell
still doesn't change the fact the show turned out different than I expected but I'll wait and see where it goes
still doesn't change the fact the show turned out different than I expected but I'll wait and see where it goes
| @Inexplicable no worries, and yeah I can see where you're coming from. I'll just say this now, if you're still expecting that then it will not happen, the only way to kill them is to destroy their halo, and it sure takes a damn lot of effort to do that. It doesn't mean they don't feel pain though, long enough exposure to rounds can also break it piece by piece. |
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| I didn't know expected to be good from gacha game adaptation, also THEY SKIP SENSEI SMELLING SHIROKO SWEAT SCENE.......??????? |
  What Does Pot of Greed do?  |
| Unexpectedly good. But, Am I the only one disappointed they changed the ost in the prologue? Aoharu is easily one of the best Gacha game tracks out there. Hopefully it's used soon. |
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| Last minute watch and i 101% have absolutely no regrets |
| FFFFFFFFFFFF i was almost ready to not expect much based on the mediocre PVs but they really delivered on the tacticool action. Hopefully it stays consistent like this because its a million times better than lycoris shitcoil for sure. The OP is GODLY |
cunnyliciousApr 8, 2:54 AM
| Yeah... this is just over rated by the fans of the game. It's watchable, but it just kept reminding me to Certain Scientific Railgun. I'll give it a few more episodes to deliver that supposedly wholesom story, that people are talking about, but I'll not get my hopes up. The setup only makes sense inside a game environment. The characters are boring and one dimensional. Their design is just a collection of fanservice cliches. And I can't get over the idea, that the "cat girls" have 2 pair of ears... come on. Even Nekopara was able to pay attention to a detail like that... |
| LETSGOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it's hereeee. It was a decent start to the anime. Hearing vocals on the menu music was surrealllll. I can't wait to see my favorite girlfailure Aru 😭 |
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Reply to Jim2tolive
@Renkini looking at some other pages that discussing the anime, you're being mocked for not knowing the importance of Vol 1 to the other Vols
- it introduced Hifumi / Faust
- this is the reason Hifumi got sent to the Remedial club in Vol 2
- it introduced Hifumi / Faust
- this is the reason Hifumi got sent to the Remedial club in Vol 2
| @Jim2tolive Lol they can mock me for all I care, I don't give a shit. I've been mocking the entirety of MAL on Discord with my friends too. It's just my opinion. I've been playing the game on JP server for 2 years now and I've read the story inside-out in both Japanese and English. Of course I know Hifumi will be introduced here and she'll return in Vol 3 but I just don't see how that's significant enough to adapt the entire Vol 1 into anime. They've already skipped the entire prologue here in anime so I don't see how it's so hard to edit some stuff and make Hifumi your first time meeting (or show with some flashbacks) if they adapt Vol 3. And... "this is the reason Hifumi got sent to the Remedial club in Vol 2" Vol "3". Vol 2 is all about Millennium and Hifumi doesn't appear there. Get your facts straight before you start lecturing someone. |
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Reply to Coollldart
@Kimurah
>No western localization
>Asian-bros(majority of fans) watching it for free,thanks ani-one
This is clearly anime made solely for fans. Episode 1 is really good to gatekeep itself. Blue Archive is already successful and the goal of IP is not expanding it but sustaining it. At least it being watchable is enough to satisfy fans. Literally just like priconne, it just happened to be backed by CyGames' connections to industry, compare to Nexon that couldn't even get at least B-tier animators to animate the entire anime. That's why even by revenue alone BA is always above Prionne, and the anime quality isn't about the budget but also connections. Hcck even same by the game, priconne is fully dubbed all parts of stories.
I think it's a fact that people here should at least consider before talking about it.
>No western localization
>Asian-bros(majority of fans) watching it for free,thanks ani-one
This is clearly anime made solely for fans. Episode 1 is really good to gatekeep itself. Blue Archive is already successful and the goal of IP is not expanding it but sustaining it. At least it being watchable is enough to satisfy fans. Literally just like priconne, it just happened to be backed by CyGames' connections to industry, compare to Nexon that couldn't even get at least B-tier animators to animate the entire anime. That's why even by revenue alone BA is always above Prionne, and the anime quality isn't about the budget but also connections. Hcck even same by the game, priconne is fully dubbed all parts of stories.
I think it's a fact that people here should at least consider before talking about it.
| @Coollldart Priccone wasn't non sensical at all. It was incredibly friendly towards the new audience. I watched the 2 seasons when they came out. The only overarching mystery was Yuuki's backstory, but everything else was pretty straightforward and easy to digest with zero knowledge about the game. Being backed by loyal fans doesn't do anything in the long run from a business perspective. You're just milking the same target audience and it won't make your franchise grow. Something I missed in my original post, it's the subs. They are absolutely garbo in a lot of places like that "I'll revenge" line. It feels like they used machine translation. What a way to give their loyal fans the middle finger (or probably their fans are really that dumb and love being given the middle finger). |
KimurahApr 8, 6:24 AM
Reply to Renkini
@Jim2tolive
Lol they can mock me for all I care, I don't give a shit. I've been mocking the entirety of MAL on Discord with my friends too. It's just my opinion. I've been playing the game on JP server for 2 years now and I've read the story inside-out in both Japanese and English. Of course I know Hifumi will be introduced here and she'll return in Vol 3 but I just don't see how that's significant enough to adapt the entire Vol 1 into anime. They've already skipped the entire prologue here in anime so I don't see how it's so hard to edit some stuff and make Hifumi your first time meeting (or show with some flashbacks) if they adapt Vol 3.
And...
"this is the reason Hifumi got sent to the Remedial club in Vol 2"
Vol "3". Vol 2 is all about Millennium and Hifumi doesn't appear there. Get your facts straight before you start lecturing someone.
Lol they can mock me for all I care, I don't give a shit. I've been mocking the entirety of MAL on Discord with my friends too. It's just my opinion. I've been playing the game on JP server for 2 years now and I've read the story inside-out in both Japanese and English. Of course I know Hifumi will be introduced here and she'll return in Vol 3 but I just don't see how that's significant enough to adapt the entire Vol 1 into anime. They've already skipped the entire prologue here in anime so I don't see how it's so hard to edit some stuff and make Hifumi your first time meeting (or show with some flashbacks) if they adapt Vol 3.
And...
"this is the reason Hifumi got sent to the Remedial club in Vol 2"
Vol "3". Vol 2 is all about Millennium and Hifumi doesn't appear there. Get your facts straight before you start lecturing someone.
| @Renkini Pretty sure he meant Vol3 Ch2. I personally interchange both of those term with my friend too so I get it. He is most likely referring to . Also to give my personal opinion. I really don't think starting with vol3 is a good idea. Vol 1 IS the introduction. Without it you don't really get introduced to Abydos which are all important for the payoff of vol 3. You're risking diminishing one of the best payoff of the game. Also I don't get everyone saying vol 1 is the worst. I get it that vol 2 ch2 had some good scenes near the end but its a giga bore before that unlike vol 1. It's not that bad. I've seen many people read the story on youtube, it's a very good volume to start the story with. Just enjoy the ride. |
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