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Apr 7, 2019 11:51 AM
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ProofByColor said:
One other complaint is that Veronica killed a shit load of guards with her Fairy, yet her childhood friend just kinda ignored all that. Uhh you really wanna just talk to her after seeing all those ppl get murdered?


They belong to the mafia so I'm not sure why Maria should care.
Apr 7, 2019 11:52 AM
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FilipDespa said:
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I think this is gonna be the main show to follow this season for me

Bro go watch Kimetsu right now


Sorry, I don't care for shounen adaptations.
Apr 7, 2019 12:03 PM

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FilipDespa said:
1idd0kun said:


I think this is gonna be the main show to follow this season for me

Bro go watch Kimetsu right now

Kimetsu is meh.
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Apr 7, 2019 12:04 PM
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A lot more people were bitching about the show than i thought there be. It was surprisingly decent, mc is alright dont find her that annoying. A lot of exposition that i didnt care for, that was the main problem
Apr 7, 2019 12:13 PM
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where do you watch this on
Apr 7, 2019 12:13 PM
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Had to pick this show from among this driest season and well it has both positive and unfortunately large negatives. Let me say the positives that i admit it has nice character designs, color designs, setting also cool and lot of kickassery action scenes! although they took few shortcuts and questionable character movements.

But negatives are huge and some of them reminds me of RoB show (which later turned out to be surprisingly great) but this one too way much. Especially every single plot twist feels so damn calculated like it has to happen.
Also most importantly the character introductions were whole new level of cliche and very definition of poorly thoughtout and really lacks originality already.. In other word, it took way too many shortcuts to progress the plot and that way it feels so jarring for me. Urgh.

Speaking of characters, Mariya's character role is very questionable that why's she taking so much priority talking with her rather than protecting others. And I never expected there is character will ever named as "Free" but whatever he seems to be at least most okay character compare to the rest. CGI Fairy battle reminds me of Persona battles except we have to see if they have any purpose or the show used them for the sake of plot device.

Overall Verdict- there is almost nothing special here to recommend others.. :\
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Apr 7, 2019 12:26 PM

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Setting is interesting.
A bit too much forced exposition and story felt a little like a play.
Hopefully it will get better, so I'll give it a shot.
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Apr 7, 2019 12:26 PM

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stands - personas - fairies
Apr 7, 2019 12:27 PM

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Hime03 said:
A lot more people were bitching about the show than i thought there be.

'Cuz it's Sirius 2.0
Apr 7, 2019 12:27 PM
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where do you watch this on
Apr 7, 2019 12:30 PM

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yep not my cup of tea... but still a little decent show I guess
Apr 7, 2019 12:37 PM

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It was so awful I couldn't make if past halfway point. Village pacification nobody can give a damn except for a woman with unstable hormones, pointless info dumb full of names without any meaning for the viewer, heavy handed exposition, terrible dialogues, washed out cliches. It was boring and insultingly stupid at the same time. It has been a while since I saw so unbelievably bad first episode. I can't believe this piece of shit was writer by the author of Grimgar.
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Apr 7, 2019 12:38 PM

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I just saw first episode. I've jumped here to add Fairy Gone to "watching" list and... it already made me sad. Not series, it's good well it even surprised me in good way but... the current rating already made me sad. Damn people here are kind of ridiculous - it's already rated only 7.07... that's so low... with few more ratings like that it will be soon named "flop".
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Apr 7, 2019 12:43 PM

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FilipDespa said:
1idd0kun said:


I think this is gonna be the main show to follow this season for me

Bro go watch Kimetsu right now


True. I was waiting for Fairy Gone long time but yesterday I watched Kimetsu and it was great!
Apr 7, 2019 12:46 PM
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Hime03 said:
A lot more people were bitching about the show than i thought there be. It was surprisingly decent, mc is alright dont find her that annoying. A lot of exposition that i didnt care for, that was the main problem
The only real problem I have is the animation and that's obviously one of the biggest parts that there is in anime. It wasn't particularly good for an action show as it misses almost all of the action (it was skipped and pacing was horrible while fighting). I'm not sure if I'm interested enough to watch people just talk to learn and enjoy the story. There're always better stories so that I could just read so I value animation more than anything in anime
Apr 7, 2019 12:50 PM
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Hmm the setting kinda reminds me of the WW1 but with some fantasy settings. Pretty strong op as well. Though the auction started peacefully it sure got interrupted in a most dramatic fashion. Looks like fairy soldiers after the war joined all manner of professions including that of thieves. Still to think that Veronica was the friend that Marlya was looking for though. The fairies though sure adds a new dimension to the fight between the two ex soldiers though reinforcing the skills of both sides quite well. Marlya's first usage of her fairy though sure had quite the dramatic effect on the fight though. The choice that Free offered Marlya though sure was a interesting one. A strong first ep that did well to introduce quite the intriguing setting and characters with the mix between magic and standard combat being especially so.
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Apr 7, 2019 12:50 PM
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where do you watch this on

It's on Hulu and Funimation for the regions the sites have streaming rights to. That sexy blonde is reason enough for me to watch this show. Honestly, I do wish the first episode was a bit darker and had more blood-splatting fights.
Apr 7, 2019 12:51 PM
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Hime03 said:
A lot more people were bitching about the show than i thought there be. It was surprisingly decent, mc is alright dont find her that annoying. A lot of exposition that i didnt care for, that was the main problem
The only real problem I have is the animation and that's obviously one of the biggest parts that there is in anime. It wasn't particularly good for an action show as it misses almost all of the action (it was skipped and pacing was horrible while fighting). I'm not sure if I'm interested enough to watch people just talk to learn and enjoy the story. There're always better stories so that I could just read so I value animation more than anything in anime

With cgi, i didnt find that bad and maybe worked cause their fairies, and kind of adds to it. And the animation is probably better than shield hero. It was a baddish first ep, but a lot of good set up and potential good story
Apr 7, 2019 12:56 PM

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Hm. I don't know what I expected but... I don't think this was it.

Starting off by throwing names and places and dates at me didn't get me going - there really was no way they could have explained that without the heavy exposition? It's not like "There was a war, now it's over" is hard to get across - Full Metal Alchemist and Violet Evergarden did it just fine.

Oddly, it was actually quite good at 'show don't tell' when it came to the fairies' powers - Ver's can enter open wounds and make people's blood explode, while Free's is a werewolf with sonic abilities. (He only used the last one after he'd cut Ver, though, so maybe it's a common theme that fairy powers need wounds/blood to work?)

And Marlya/Mariya was in the mafia apparently. I didn't realise this until she was just about to leave, and I'm not sure why they even bothered to have her there if she was just going to quit and join Dorothea in the first episode anyway. Maybe it'll come back in later episodes, of course, but as is these characters just seem to exist in a vacuum.

Of course Marlya has the super-special fairy primordial instead of whatever happens normally. Sure, why not. This would probably bother me less if we'd actually had an explanation as to what does happen normally - I mean, the synopsis does spell it out but the show sure hasn't, so why should we think Marlya's case is anything special?

Others have pointed out the direction issues, and yes, that's a big problem too.

Yeah, after a bit of reflection this show hasn't built up a whole lot of goodwill. It'll be a three-episoder for me, I think. Which is a shame! It could have been really interesting - postwar with all kinds of factions fairly equal access to superpowers, in an interesting world where the writers can make whatever rules they like. But no.

The music was good, though. I'll admit that.
Apr 7, 2019 1:00 PM

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That was a pretty good premiere episode. Looks like it’s going to be a good free wheeling action show. This is the first episode this season I really enjoyed.
Apr 7, 2019 1:01 PM

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Not bad....................................................................
Apr 7, 2019 1:03 PM
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A very interesting Anime so far
loved hearing the same band who did the opening for the GATE anime doing this opening

The animation looks good , was very worried the monsters...or "fairies" would be horribly CGI'd but I was wrong ...thankfully.

Now to see if the story lives up to everything else.

Apr 7, 2019 1:06 PM

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Meh.

Just make another season of Shirobako instead of this weird fuckery, my dear PA Works.
Apr 7, 2019 1:19 PM

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Liked the episode. I did not LOVE it though.

I never had been interested in the girls/club anime of that studio. But other than that boring shit they showed they can do action with nice chars and plot when they produced their best work: Kuromukuro. I guess Sirius just were too many chars and not enough episodes - yes it was crap.

With 2-cour and nice visuals, nice chardesign and nice musik - as seen in episode 1 - I hope this will be on the same level as Kuromukuro. The only think I did not like were the too many overlays with the city names and dates at the beginning.

Other than that nice introductory episode. Can't expect more. It needs some time. Already better than the rushed Sirius with too many factions and chars where I didn't know what's going on.

For here it was easy to understand: 2 girls from a village that got burnt in a war. One joining the mafia - without fairy. Other one joining up with some other guy to hunt the guy that burnt the village. She is using a fairy. Main girl gets her fairy as well in episode 1.

The other guy finally was from the organization mentioned in the description and main girl now joins. Other chars will get introduced soon. (Hopefully not too fast and with some background for them.)
Apr 7, 2019 1:28 PM
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This was my 2nd most hyped new series of the season, this season is done for me, good time indeed to get my plan to watch on par.
Will still give the 3 episode rule.
Apr 7, 2019 1:36 PM

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Bit of a mixed bag this episode. The action was good, I like the character designs and the soundtrack seems on point.

As others have mentioned the way they handled the backstory between the two women was poorly done, it all felt forced and rushed just to get to the action bits.

The fairy designs themselves seem quite unimaginative and bland. Reminds me of Xenoblade 2 in terms of concept which i don't mind but nothing so far has grabbed me design wise for the fairies.

I just hope it's not all style and no substance.
Apr 7, 2019 1:38 PM

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It's like Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis mixed with Ajin, berserks last chapters and 91 days....
Still going to stick around and hope for better plot
Apr 7, 2019 1:42 PM

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Okay, this first episode was cool. I like the animation feel and the character design. Free is hot and his Persona, I mean, Deadly Fairy is pretty imposing as well. Veronica, Mariya and their fairies aren't half bad either. The scenario also seems good, can't wait to learn more about it.
Apr 7, 2019 2:07 PM

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Blah blah blah exposition blah blah blah backstory of characters that were not stablished so nodoby cares blah blah blah cgi stando blah blah blah let's repeat our names because we're dumb and let's also repeat the flashback in case the audience is too dumb to realise who the blonde chick is. Let's also repeat the same exact flashback we showed literally 10 minutes ago but reading the blonde girl's mind and let's also repeat the name of the hometown of the mc because the audience might not have guessed it.

Oh, PA Works, you never cease to amaze me.....
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Apr 7, 2019 2:10 PM

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I'd say that this was a good start, but it does have one main issue, and that would be the story setup.

It just felt hastily put together and it didn't have that much emotion to it as I hoped it would. Hopefully the next set of episodes will flesh out the characters' backstory and present setting a bit better and they'll be more likeable.

On the plus side, the soundtrack from (K)now Name was very good, not just from their OP and ED songs, but also the insert songs. The visual quality is also really good and that quality also shines through when the characters are fighting.

Not surprisingly, the fairies are CGI and unlike certain other users who despises the CGI choice, I think P.A Works did a decent job with them. The odd frame to two when they were attacking was lacking at times, but the overall design and movements are good enough and doesn't detract from my viewing experience.

I hope that the story and character development get better and if it does, I think this show will be pretty good overall. Either that, or I'm pushing my optimism into overdrive. XD
Apr 7, 2019 2:23 PM
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That was... surprisingly underwhelming, the weakest of the 5 anime i started this season. It's just the first episode tho so we will see, it might get better.

So far, it deserves a 5/10 at best.
Apr 7, 2019 2:26 PM

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PA should stop doing action shows.
Apr 7, 2019 2:37 PM

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The story feels pretty poorly plotted out. Exposition lead to a flashback of the two female leads, which immediately leads to the present time of them meeting up and confronting each other, which immediately proceeds to the female lead joining the opposing group.


My thoughts exactly. I mean it was really weird seeing Ver and Marlya together at the end of the first flashback only to know later that they've been separated since they burned down their village. Plus, they just threw too many goddamn names and concepts without a proper explanation. There's a mafia, a government agency, that book...

I just don't know how I feel about this. It might have been just to introduce some concepts now and expand on them later, but this first episode had some serious narrative problems. I'll wait a bit to see how they handle it, but this wasn't a good first impression.
Apr 7, 2019 2:40 PM

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dang, I rather this anime be about Veronica . Marlya is annoying already

Free being shocked about Vers fairy... when his wolf is pretty similar. I am guessing its because of the blood thing?


I bet wolf is the leader of the mafia.
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Anime Studio: "How do we save as much of our budget as possible?"

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Apr 7, 2019 2:56 PM

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Hime03 said:
A lot more people were bitching about the show than i thought there be. It was surprisingly decent, mc is alright dont find her that annoying. A lot of exposition that i didnt care for, that was the main problem
i agree, I thought we’re off to a good start.

The whiners are out in full force with their crocodile tears, hopefully they’ll drop soon and we can watch without be assaulted by stupidity.
Apr 7, 2019 3:05 PM

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I'm gonna give it a chance because P.A. Works and the awesome OST. I agree with some on the awkward pacing, questionable cgi use and lack of story. For a more enjoyable first episode this season, I rather enjoyed Kimetsu no Yaiba, but again I'll give it a chance and wait for a couple more episodes to decide if I keep watching it or drop it.
Apr 7, 2019 3:10 PM

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Character design good, Opening is a banger, story and setting are interesting. But bad cgi is attacked by bad cgi
Apr 7, 2019 3:12 PM
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It has potential, is it just me but it feel the script has more value than the animation.. idk, can't wait for more


P.S. after watch this i hope P.A works want to adapt grimgar sequel
Apr 7, 2019 3:19 PM
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P.A works and original shows, cautiously optimistic for this one, don't have many high hopes though. Lots of exposition, hopefully that's just for this episode.
Apr 7, 2019 3:25 PM
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PA should stop doing action shows.


I hope they won't. I always enjoy their action shows. Haters gonna hate but it was a decent first episode.
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As many noticed, the writing is bad. I guess they went beyond (lower than) my expectations.

Actually, I don't know yet : is it as bad as Sirius or is it worse ?

Too bad, I like the character design (I had some Shingeki no Bahamut genesis flashbacks, why ?), I like the premise but I guess this time again P.A works will fail with the story-telling.

Wasted potential. I'll wait for more in case I just had a bad day and I couldn't see the greatness of this one but with this first episode, I'm already lowering my low expectations.
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1idd0kun said:
Paul said:
PA should stop doing action shows.


I hope they won't. I always enjoy their action shows. Haters gonna hate but it was a decent first episode.


No thanks, I'd rather they keep making visually impressive and/or strong character driven slice of life, romance and/or drama anime than the average/mediocre action anime they've recently done. It has been their weakest suit.

Fanboys will fanboy. It was a mediocre first episode. There's more than enough comments in regard to issues that can be seen with it.
Apr 7, 2019 3:59 PM

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OP and the rest of the music was sick. Animation wasn't anything amazing, but it wasn't bad at all. The fairies really remind me of Ajin. Was a really solid start and I can't wait for more.


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Apr 7, 2019 4:10 PM
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Ysad_Ziwezhan said:
As many noticed, the writing is bad.


You can't really tell if the writing is bad from just one episode.
Apr 7, 2019 4:31 PM

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Persona, but in a Victorian setting (sort of...) meets Mahou Shoujo-Spec-Ops Asuka.

Ok, then...will try 3 episode rule on this one.
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Apr 7, 2019 5:07 PM

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The really weird part is how both this an Annihilated City have basically the same OST. Okay, no, that's not fair to the writing, because it's terrible in a way that only PA Works can manage. "What are you doing in here with this collection of priceless artifacts and super weapons, heavily armed girl?" "Oh, nothing at all. Just wandering around." "Wait, that's my childhood friend who's murdering the hell out of everybody! Veronica! Don't you remember our friendship!? I honestly couldn't say who was the worse protagonist between Yuki and Maria, because they were both terrible in very different ways, but I feel that Yuki has better potential to grow (although I doubt she will), and in true PA Works fashion, Maria is going to spend the entire series screaming about friendship no matter how many people she has to ignore being murdered.

This does have its ducks in a row better than Acropolis Equity on the production front though. Apparently I have a greater tolerance for CGI chairs goofily flying through the air than I do CGI people and vehicles. Or it's just that there was some actual fighting animation with choreography mixed in there. It was still on the lower end for a PA Works action show though, and nowhere near as impressive as, say, Sirius's opening episode was. Since I mentioned Absessive Cistern skipping over the Persona explaination, I probably have to mention that this also mostly avoided that pitfall, but it did jump into the long… long setting exposition ahead of anything interesting happening, while Absent Sippy did a better job of splitting things up to keep the episode as a whole flowing, even if both liked to do dumbass cutaway flashbacks.
Apr 7, 2019 5:08 PM
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great production, kinda shit
Apr 7, 2019 5:35 PM
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The really weird part is how both this an Annihilated City have basically the same OST. Okay, no, that's not fair to the writing, because it's terrible in a way that only PA Works can manage. "What are you doing in here with this collection of priceless artifacts and super weapons, heavily armed girl?" "Oh, nothing at all. Just wandering around."


Did you actually watch the episode? It was an auction by the mafia and both main characters were infiltrated as part of the security detail.

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"Wait, that's my childhood friend who's murdering the hell out of everybody! Veronica! Don't you remember our friendship!?


Why would Maria care about Veronica murdering mafia people? They're fucking mafia. I have to ask again, did you actually watch the episode?

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I honestly couldn't say who was the worse protagonist between Yuki and Maria, because they were both terrible in very different ways, but I feel that Yuki has better potential to grow (although I doubt she will), and in true PA Works fashion, Maria is going to spend the entire series screaming about friendship no matter how many people she has to ignore being murdered.


Yuki doesn't even have characterization or personality. She's just cargo the male MC is transporting. You can't compare with Maria.

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This seems to be exactly in line with what PA works has been producing lately. Something that looks good but everywhere else is mostly a mess especially when the series is more action orientated. It's only one episode though but precedent doesn't leave me very optimistic.
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