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Feb 5, 2016 5:54 AM
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Meh, another episode that felt like the story was all over the place with weak pacing. Although based on the action, that part was neat as we see Akane fight. Good thing for once, Aoto isn't the main focus. Akane should also be more careful of the friends he makes.

Hope Akane learns a lesson this time. Losing someone they make friends with in such a short time will no doubt be an experience that I think will be hard for him to get over. The part with the horse is so weird lmao. I mean, the girl with the code name. I expect plot to move forward more involving Arthur soon.
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Feb 5, 2016 6:32 AM
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Time for my weekly dose of philosophical bullsh*t.
Feb 5, 2016 7:04 AM
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Really liked seeing more of the knights in action

Pretty unfortunate how all of those Seconds got massacred including the girl that Akane connected with because I actually was starting to like the idea of she and Akane possibly being together
Feb 5, 2016 8:12 AM
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10/10 dat bara service
Feb 5, 2016 8:16 AM
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aasgo123 said:
Is it just me or the monologues in this anime sound really pretentious?

they are the definition of pretentious and i cant get enough of them
Feb 5, 2016 8:30 AM
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The fact that the I am unable to feel anything that the anime is trying to making me feel makes me feel something.

Don't even know what's going on anymore, Every episode seems episodic with some random event happening.

That horse mask was funny though xD
Feb 5, 2016 8:44 AM
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That's definitely a troll, and someone's definitely fall for it.


And these "Defiers" are perfect match for Hikari. Darkness against Light, literally.
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Feb 5, 2016 9:26 AM
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manservice yay!!
Feb 5, 2016 9:39 AM
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aasgo123 said:
Is it just me or the monologues in this anime sound really pretentious?

It's definitely not you, this anime is trying too hard to be deep and philosophical but fails at it, resulting in it coming off as pretentious.

I couldn't really care less about what happened in this episode. Was Akane's crying supposed to invoke my feels or something? Am I really supposed to feel something toward a character that I knew for a whopping 10 or so minutes? Hopefully the story actually starts going somewhere.
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Feb 5, 2016 11:09 AM

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meh this episode felt meek somehow
Feb 5, 2016 11:09 AM

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This was all over the place. The narrator poems are tedious, the horse masks felt out of place, and I saw 0 reason for Akane to get upset about a group of murderers failing in their homicide attempt, especially seeing as he had literally one conversation with the girl.
It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether!
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Feb 5, 2016 11:18 AM

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The introduction of the characters by the narrator was just so so ridiculous... if the voice was different maybe it would be better...... although probably doomed by the content anyway

And really he sure cried a lot for a girl he talked to a few minutes...
The melodrama is so bad
Feb 5, 2016 11:22 AM

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manservice yay!!

I definitely liked the manservice, probably the highlight of the episode for me.
I cringed seeing the guy cry so much over that girl.. he barely knew her..?
Feb 5, 2016 11:43 AM

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The comedy was atleast decent, especially that manservice xD But that girl...forced feels are forced.
Feb 5, 2016 12:05 PM
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All of the Seconds got massacred!
Feb 5, 2016 12:50 PM

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Rejoice! Unknown kid hasn't appeared for two episodes!

Somehow the anime still feels like it's trying too hard though. I did like some of the humor this episode though, but everything else is kinda meh. Didn't care about the little girl either.

Ginji's team seems more interesting tbh, but I know if they focused on her I'd probably get tired of the purple-haired one rambling about darkness all the time.
Feb 5, 2016 1:08 PM

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The stupidest speech at the beginning xD and then the annoying narrator and the pretentious talks continue... this is so fucking weird. Goes from trying to be serious and dark af to feeling like Mario party ffs
Feb 5, 2016 1:43 PM

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aasgo123 said:
Is it just me or the monologues in this anime sound really pretentious?
Omg I hate them. And that damn narrator.

But anyway am I suppose to care for those "Seconds" that died at the end? Bitch was trying to kill him. If she succeeded I bet she wouldn't have cried for him like he did for her.

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Rejoice! Unknown kid hasn't appeared for two episodes!

He's back next episode though -.-
Feb 5, 2016 1:49 PM

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Nope, I'm out. Too edgy 4 me. There was some potential when it started airing but its just been a mess since and I'm getting off here.
Feb 5, 2016 2:01 PM

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The horse mask and the manservice were the best parts of the episode. Rest was okay. That beast girl looked cute, too bad she died V_V

Also, the other trio of characters is more interesting than Aoto's group.
Feb 5, 2016 2:05 PM

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Well that was some forced romance right there, besides that there wasn't really anything noteworthy either.
Feb 5, 2016 2:36 PM

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Quite the training camp: manservice, horse head masks, quizzes, bread eating, beast human enemies, etc...I like that purple clothed girl. I agree that darkness brings tranquility. Arthur's a douche, ditto those clown guys always hanging around him.
Feb 5, 2016 3:05 PM
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Comedy of the season delivers again! Wait what? It's not a comedy...
The narration/monologues used is so bad, it's f*cking hilarious.

2/5
Feb 5, 2016 3:45 PM

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dude why would you cry you didn't even know her
Feb 5, 2016 4:28 PM

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I was trying too hard to keep my eyes open.... Narrator makes it even worse. This episode was meh at its best.


Feb 5, 2016 5:22 PM

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Episode was okay. Narration kind of makes me die inside and the conflict with Akane and that other girl wasn't really interesting, but I'm hoping some excitement picks up soon.
Feb 5, 2016 6:39 PM

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I hope Akane and the others uncover the truth about their organization they are in.

Akane T______T
Feb 5, 2016 7:25 PM
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This episode is more like...just to introduce new terms linking to the previous episode -_-

Introduce the other 3..supposedly main characters at last
Seconds -> same race as Ruri from the Blue Christmas
Grimoire Cult -> the ones that aim for the perfect world..Ariton(Aoto's brother) belongs to this cult

So..now we have some of the main villains introduced..Schrodinger, Loki, Grimoire Cult
Feb 5, 2016 8:41 PM

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This is... Quite bad.

Does this even have a plot? The pace is really slow and erratic, it is odvious they are saving everything (if there is anything good) for the last 3-4 episodes; the main character is annoying as fuck, and his "interior child" is even more annoying; the narrator is trying too hard to add deep to the characters, but everytime he says something is like hearing a bad crappy poem.
Feb 6, 2016 4:36 AM

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And do the Harlem Shake!!!!
Feb 6, 2016 5:11 AM
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Pretentious.

But the ending scene was very well done.
Feb 6, 2016 7:33 AM

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I actually laughed at the horse scene. :P I liked the action in this episode though + seeing Ginji, Hikari and Yukari.
Feb 6, 2016 7:55 AM

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The horse mask part was funny and how she got tricked into wearing it xD
Didn't really feel anything towards the girls death at the end, it was great seeing the knights in action but the episode was pretty meh.

Feb 6, 2016 9:24 AM
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agh this anime is so pretentious (and kind of crigeworthy, especially when the narrator speaks, uuugh)....

I didn't like this episode, they tried really hard to make us feel bad for the girl but honestly? it was almost hilarious. We knew her for like only 20 minutes!!
Also what's with everybody having a sad backstory..... that's literally one of the things I dislike the most in anime (in general) ._.

Overall i think this was a really useless episode??

I'm really tempted to drop this but since I'm already at episode 5, I think I'm gonna try to watch it completely but yeah... I hope it gets better somehow
Feb 6, 2016 9:43 AM

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OK, so basically this is the result of Linkin Park and some indecisive person writing an anime.

Pretentious, 2edgy, all over the place as far asplot goes .When will i settl with one thing? Are you a story about getting to th Divine Gate to grant your wish? Are you about Aoto's dysfunctional family? Are you about discrimination /government conspiracy with these Seconds?

Please decide and give this show an actual story.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:41 AM

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Lelouch0202 said:
The fact that the I am unable to feel anything that the anime is trying to making me feel makes me feel something.

Don't even know what's going on anymore, Every episode seems episodic with some random event happening.

That horse mask was funny though xD


thanks for put what i was thinking in words.

2/5



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Feb 6, 2016 10:52 AM

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1/5 pure garbage, this episode was so bad I cant even put it into words. I find it funny that they are trying to make some moments really sad yet I dont feel a thing, sometimes I find those moments funny LOL.
Feb 6, 2016 11:00 AM

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DAMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!


Feb 6, 2016 11:36 AM

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I should really just drop this show. This is the third time now where I litterally fell asleep watching this show. Funny thing is you dont miss much waking up. =P
Feb 6, 2016 4:11 PM
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This is so fkin bad, usually i drop that kind of shit but its so bad that its entertaining enough to keep watching like aldnoah.zero, for example.
Feb 6, 2016 9:32 PM

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if this show was a person, they'd probably cut themselves while drinking artisanal coffee in some shitty little poetry den.
Feb 7, 2016 12:03 AM

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Well, this shit isn't going anywhere. I just forgot the purpose of everything that has happened before this episode, and I failed to see its purpose too. Akane is overcringy and Arthur's gang is cheesy at best. What an utter waste of potential this anime has become.
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Feb 7, 2016 3:17 AM

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Only thing I like is the opening. This episode, not so much.
What was evene th point of half of that entire epsiode?
They went throuh a silly 'special training' that was pointless.
I don't understand why Akane was as upset as he was. Sure she was kind to him (until she tried to kill him) but she seemed to hate him for having happiness and when he tried to understand her she decided to attack and try kill him.

This episode lacked any real impact on me
However, it sounds like the story may pick up with Arthur and the Divine Gate next week.
Feb 7, 2016 8:50 AM

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This was a sad episode. I feel bad for all who have lost their lifes. :(
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Feb 7, 2016 11:06 AM

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honestly i didn't really care for anything this episode... oh well, let's see what next week brings
Feb 7, 2016 4:38 PM

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Was I supposed to feel sad? Because I honestly didn't give a shit.
Feb 7, 2016 5:51 PM
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juicykitten95 said:
aasgo123 said:
Is it just me or the monologues in this anime sound really pretentious?

they are the definition of pretentious and i cant get enough of them

Same xD. But there are certain moments where the pretentious conversations make good points. How to be a stereotypical powerful group: Trespass some minorities' territory. Minorities fight back. World Council or whatever shit comes in and implements "justice" a.k.a. annihilate entire group--for "self-defense", ofc.
Feb 8, 2016 10:12 AM

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This show is average at best I guess. The epsiode looked like a filler/side story to me. Neither good nor bad; Tho they managed to make it a bit sentimental in the end.
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Pointless episode.

+1 for best-girl also having a scythe
Feb 10, 2016 9:45 AM

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wow so many new Adapters! and lots of ARMS & WEAPONS!
I wanna know how powerful Arthur is especially his Driver: excaliba!
3/5.
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