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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Echo and Mu are going to have to depend on each other if they truly want to survive in this show. Really curious how much they'll focus on those mysterious women. It seems they know more than they let on. And not to mention, the Earless in this series are like an engima that I want to know more about. I'm also starting to like Mu more with her personaltiy. |
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| LOL, it's only now that I realize that the girls are named after the legendary German noise rock band Einsturzende Neubaten. I never expected to see that reference in an anime. |
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| Damn, that opening is really cool. |
| Players can be really agressive, it was a good episode, I hope Mu is fine |
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| Love how we're exploring more of this world, and now throwing some mystery on top of it all. |
| The opening was nice, song was dope and I like how they were going about the visuals for that with the quick cuts, made it feel like a trailer to a degree. Dope. The rest of the episode was... not as fun. Found it to be very boring and honestly, I don't expect anything from the future episodes either. For now, this is gonna be my first dropped show of the season. Might pick it up again if I hear better reception eventually, but for now, just not interesting nor exciting at all for me. Although, wouldn't mind giving the opening a few relistens. |
| Hmm pretty catchy OP. Though forced out of the town of his birth at least Echo is finally able to see the world outside for the first time. Looks like U and echo finally meet their first villains but man their design sure is unique. Echo's interaction with the three sisters though via his innocent nature sure was amusing. Looks like U's amnesia is also the source of her lack of powers as a player. Overall a decent ep that while doing well in expanding upon the lore and building the foundation for Echo and M's development also did well to introduce the first hostile faction. Can't wait to see how the cliffhanger plays out next ep though. |
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| There are many music industry refeernces aside from maybe Liverchester(lol) I won't be able to get xD But still more or less interesting episode. |
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| Was Echo going the bathroom an illusion as well as all the "fight" that happened between Mu and those three girls in black? I got a bit confused as what was real. All I know is that Echo was fake as he's clothed. |
| All men, kings or peasants, die equally. |
| Cool OP, nice ED, really pleasant-looking art but the story seems so meh... What's even going on, so weird. |
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| I think this may be show of the season honestly. It’s really being slept on but it’s got everything from cool fights, comedy, nice animation and art to loveable characters. Reminds me a lot of FLCL and a Trigger show. Really enjoying it so far. Mu is contender for best girl of the year I really like that OP too. No need to hold it in echo, if you gotta go, you gotta go. Going into this episode I was thinking the triplets and Mu were kind of like the androids in Nier:Automata , given Mu has their same hair colour, I thought they could all be clones or siblings in a sense. Not sure how that holds up now. I think “dada” is the figure that echo saw in his flashback, maybe the original player? And that’s why no one knew who he was Next episode may have some more reveals about this since echo seems to have remembered something from the end. Can’t wait for next week! Edit: no idea why MAL allows scoring of shows two episodes in. It’s ridiculous that this is sitting at a 6.40. |
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| Interesting detail, that the abandoned city in this episode is most probably Chernobyl or Pripyat. That seen especially good in the middle of the episode and in the ending (you can see the crest of the USSR at the top of the building in the middle and some text on top-left, which seems like the header of Polissya hotel). I wonder if it's just a reference or part of the plot. |
| Why did that city look like Pripyat lmao |
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| Was an interesting episode. OP is pretty cool too. I like that trio, they are amusing. |
| Can we talk about that OPENING?? That was awesome, and I enjoyed the animation in it too. This episode was a bit harder for me to watch than the first one but still interesting! I hope it starts to pick up soon. I feel bad for Mu right now though! |
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| Decent episode, I guess. The trio sisters were quite amusing. The OP is pretty good. |
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strungout72 said: I agree, absolutely unexpected to see a reference of my favorite band in an anime. "Let's do it dada" is a song included in Einstürzende Neubauten album "Alles Wieder Offen" (2007). Another reference is the title of this episode: Track 02 - Halber Mensch. Title track from E.N. 1985 album. Also, when they introduce themselves to Echo, one of them says "the observers of the new buildings that will collapse", a reference to the band's name. The last place to expect Neubauten references. And from the teaser, the next episode will have some shout-outs to My Bloody Valentine. |
| Decent episode but I'm not sure what to think of it now. I like the dynamic between Mu and Echo though but I feel like they were trying too much with the quirky sisters. All the music references are probably lost on me. |
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| There was no reason for him to go urinate there, he could have just done it outside. |
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| I"m really not sure how to feel. They let the intimate moment go to a loss was hoping for mroe character development. Eh idk I just hope this turns around. The battling is cheeky asf. |
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| … Why do the Earless have ears? Like about half of the previous comments, I'm also on the fence leaning toward dropping. It does feel a bit like a Trigger series (just a bit), but I'm still not really feeling it despite that. |
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| Great episode, though i seem to be in the minority with that thought |
| The OP visuals are exhilarating! Good Job MAPPA! |
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| Good episode again, OP and Ed were very nice. 8/10. I'm guessing that mysterious man is her father? Looked like a female though tbh lol.... |
| Nah, not my thing. Too weird and mecha fights are below average. Also I'm not a biggest rock fan, so all that references to the random rock groups mean nothing to me. At least OP is good, especially the visuals. |
| No idea what's going on. |
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| Kinda weird and confusing episode, though I don't really mind. Looks like we'll learn more about other Players in the next episode. But damn, the OP is really nice. I truly felt the Jin vibes in there. The ED was pretty great as well. |
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| This series is gonna wind up heading down one of a few paths: 1.) Completely made up with no real direction as it goes along only to somehow make sense in the end. 2.) Become a series that makes no sense right now and is better off binged due to a weird narrative order 3.) Be yet another original series that needed 2 cours to actually be fleshed out but got forced into one 4.) Just become yet another pile of wasted potential that subverts expectations. Either way, I find myself leaning more towards drop at this point in time. That clusterfuck I just saw was a solid 2/5 |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| Not sure what turned up at the end or if the weird sisters are good or bad. One thing for sure though, this show is mental! |
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| Think I'll give this one more episode before I decide whether to drop it or not. I'm still confused about what this show is trying to be. The mechs and CG fights look really ugly, but I'm hoping the setting and quirkiness have the potential to carry it. |
| BLLEEEEHHHH, this episode just suddenly went to stupid mode. Doesn't feel like a good sense of timing to suddenly escalate things. God the baddies sound annoying as shit. At least that ED I can fuck with. |
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nervous_sad_poor said: strungout72 said: I agree, absolutely unexpected to see a reference of my favorite band in an anime. "Let's do it dada" is a song included in Einstürzende Neubauten album "Alles Wieder Offen" (2007). Another reference is the title of this episode: Track 02 - Halber Mensch. Title track from E.N. 1985 album. Also, when they introduce themselves to Echo, one of them says "the observers of the new buildings that will collapse", a reference to the band's name. The last place to expect Neubauten references. And from the teaser, the next episode will have some shout-outs to My Bloody Valentine. Well spotted! Just on the strength of it's references I'm staying on with this show, no matter how bad it might get :-) |
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| Oh god, the steaming urine! hahahaha The villains got flattered when the protagonist asked for their autograph. lol. It was hard to tell if the characters were seeing an illusion or if something else was happening. |
| I think if Echo died there this anime would have been a lot more interesting. Instead it's becoming a pretty generic Mecha anime. =/ Listeners is nothing special atm. Ill give it one more episode reluctantly. |
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| Oh that damn cliffhanger.................. |
| Opening was pretty fire tbh. Show still feels like a bit of a mess but we'll see. |
| I lost it when I noticed the reference to Einstürzende Neubauten. This is freaking amazing. I wasn't sure after episode 1, but I dig the Eureka 7 looks and have a new-found respect for all of these musical references. Weil! Weil! Weil! The OP looked and sounded pretty good, too! |
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animejas said: The opening was nice, song was dope and I like how they were going about the visuals for that with the quick cuts, made it feel like a trailer to a degree. Dope. The rest of the episode was... not as fun. Found it to be very boring and honestly, I don't expect anything from the future episodes either. For now, this is gonna be my first dropped show of the season. Might pick it up again if I hear better reception eventually, but for now, just not interesting nor exciting at all for me. Although, wouldn't mind giving the opening a few relistens. Looking at the director and the current situation from this episode, I doubt it gets better. The presentation of the baddies makes them come off as hella annoying, to where I can’t take them seriously and it’s just cringe. Unless if they make countless plot twists, this series sure looks like a setup I’ve seen countless times before in fiction, and quite often I’ve considered the execution a failure. |
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Ryuseishun said: Looking at the director and the current situation from this episode, I doubt it gets better. The presentation of the baddies makes them come off as hella annoying, to where I can’t take them seriously and it’s just cringe. Unless if they make countless plot twists, this series sure looks like a setup I’ve seen countless times before in fiction, and quite often I’ve considered the execution a failure. Yeah that's pretty much what I'm expecting too. Haven't been many times where I dropped something and been proven wrong about the quality of the show later on for my taste, and I don't see this show being an exception whatsoever. |
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