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Jul 9, 2020 9:52 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Welcome back No Guns Life. Not much of a recap but more of a reintroduction of the cast and story again.

They didn't waste time getting into some issues with terrorists and even being kidnapped. Yup, the thriller-ish storytelling continues into season 2. This is a pretty intense start if you ask me.
Jul 9, 2020 9:54 AM
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Great to see the cast of Juzou and the rest again, and straightaway going ahead with the manga's stopping point from the 1st Cour.

SawanoHiroyuki's inclusion for the OST this season is great, same with the Unreal Engine powered ED. Though I'd miss the 1st Cour's OST more.

The stakes have just been raised higher for Tetsuro, the son of the Beruhren CEO whose Harmony power is still liable for power control, and under the protection of Mary to keep him at bay from Spitsbergen detaining him for their evil purposes.

Mary's brother Victor shows up for the life of her and instead working with terrorists, and then EMS director Avi Kovo showing up on their door to hold the "data" whilst Tetsuro and Chris being in custody from the anti-extend group, things are getting intense for a start.

Madhouse didn't really hold back the 2nd Cour, which is still a good one.
Jul 9, 2020 10:13 AM
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finally back and its awesome....the OP & ED were really good.
Jul 9, 2020 11:02 AM
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Almost-full 3d ED, cool. Looks like Street Fighter 5.
Jul 9, 2020 11:16 AM
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I havent watched the episode yet, but man the opening is extremely good, as expected of sawano and man with a mission, and the ed has probably one of the best CGI i have seen in anime, god dam i love cyclone graphics
Jul 9, 2020 11:17 AM
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Good first episode, little recap at the start and then straight into action.
Even though it's CGI I like how the ending was made, the CGI in this situation makes it feel very alive.
Looking forward to the next episode!


Jul 9, 2020 11:43 AM
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This show is back and it didn't hold back anything by getting straight into the story.

Mary's brother showed up. He looks creepy.

The ED was interesting with its CGI.

Jul 9, 2020 11:46 AM
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Solid first episode, welcome back No Guns Life.

Plunging right into action after the short recap, that's this setting in clear colors. Tetsurou not being able to do a thing but simply falling into enemy hands was hilarious but a casual reminder back to his antics from Season 1 in many ways.

Mary getting a glimpse of Victor, her elder brother? Damn, talk about mystery from the get-go. It'll be interesting to see what role he's going to play over the course of this season.

Juuzo-san has finally snapped, more importantly. Oh boy, can't wait to see how he'll up his opponents here. Unsurprisingly, Olivier-san is alive after all as well.

Op was pretty good both song-wise and visual-wise. I was looking forward to it since Sawano-san was working on it and it turned out to be fine. ED with the heavy CGI use and making most out of some of the womanly charms of the show was a nice addition too, lol.

Looking forward to seeing how things will progress this season.
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Jul 9, 2020 11:47 AM
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Welcome back and straight back into the story. Interestingly, there's a bit more focus on Mary this time around which is fine with me.
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Jul 9, 2020 12:14 PM
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The CGI ending is weird xD fine first episode though.
Jul 9, 2020 12:21 PM
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Man, it was just lackluster, the only thing nice was the ed where we see Mary's booty shake.....
Jul 9, 2020 12:31 PM

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Hahahaha, Mary twerking! I love the new ED.
Jul 9, 2020 12:34 PM

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Man the OP is fire, loved it, fine 1st ep but not that great.
Jul 9, 2020 1:15 PM

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1st ep was alright. Nothing special though.
Hate the overuse of CGI in both Juuzo's office and for the background characters. Just feels lazy, especially after seeing how well Dorohedoro integrated CGI.
ED visuals were dope tho, song was pretty fire too.
Jul 9, 2020 4:50 PM

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wow my entry from 3 hours ago actually went thru even tho the site was down. animation looks worse this time
Jul 9, 2020 4:59 PM

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We jumped right back into the story and things have already gotten pretty intense. Lol that ED with Mary twerking, I definitely didn't see that coming.
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Jul 9, 2020 5:06 PM
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I liked the first season of this, but I have to say this new episode was kinda slow until the end.
Who else thinks so?
Jul 9, 2020 5:08 PM
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1st ep was alright. Nothing special though.
Hate the overuse of CGI in both Juuzo's office and for the background characters. Just feels lazy, especially after seeing how well Dorohedoro integrated CGI.
ED visuals were dope tho, song was pretty fire too.


I feel like MADHOUSE just doesn't want to put too much effort into this cuz they don't care that much about it
Jul 9, 2020 5:15 PM

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Pretty much picked up exactly where it left off as if it wasn't even a season 2. Well the first season wasn't anything special but I'm down to continue the ride.
Jul 9, 2020 5:23 PM

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I loved the first episode. Really loved it. Very action packed, and I cannot wait to see more.
Jul 9, 2020 5:38 PM

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tbh I already forgot 90% of what happened while MAL was done lol. Forgot most of it due to being angry at MAL
Jul 9, 2020 5:50 PM
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The episode was very good, I hope it stays at that same pace until the end.
I love the characters, in this first episode they are still wonderful, the opening is very good, the ending is absurdly well done too, I don't even need to comment on Mary doing Twerk, right?
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Jul 9, 2020 5:57 PM

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the OP is fire and that ED lol
Jul 9, 2020 6:19 PM

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Why can't the cgi in the ED be used in overlord???
Jul 9, 2020 6:56 PM

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Man I fucking missed this show. They got the God SawanoHiroyuki to do the OP along with MWAM and it's an absolute banger. Can't wait to download it.

So nice to see Tetsuro, Mary and Juzo again, but man things are heating up. Mary's brother coming into the picture as well as this Spitzbergen organisation... we just can't catch a break.

Also, they got Mary twerking in the ED??? LMAOOO let's go
Jul 9, 2020 7:33 PM

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that ED was quite badass and Mary twerking. glad to see this back...Tetsuro still being an idiot, not so much
Jul 9, 2020 10:06 PM
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that scene from the ED when Mary shows off her ass is great, and that Victor we saw; i don't think it's the actual Victor aka Mary's brother but a puppet that somebody is controlling it. the hand that led Mary to that puppet could be from the actual body of the real Victor
Jul 9, 2020 10:55 PM

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This is back and what a messy episode to start with. Victor makes his appearance and Tetsurou gets kidnapped by some shady looking guys. Juzou's angry af it seems heh, next epi will be action packed I assume.

OP, ED both were great. Lol Mary's ass shaking was so unexpected but it was great XD.
Jul 9, 2020 11:26 PM

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An intense start right off the bat.

The ED was awesome. I was pleasantly surprised. Definitely felt like we were watching some sort of fighting game!
Jul 10, 2020 12:28 AM

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ED CG visuals were nice but what i'm surprised about is the OP wherin SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] is the one who performed it! that was great!
oh man! Tetsurou got taken again!?
5/5.


Jul 10, 2020 1:35 AM
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This OP seems to have much more effort put into it than the first. I like it.

Episode was okay. Art was a little wonky at times. Victor seems cool.
Jul 10, 2020 1:51 AM
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Well pretty cool start with the season. Great OP and ED.
Jul 10, 2020 2:48 AM

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Oh boy seems like shit's gonna hit the fan soon. The OP is pretty good and that ED is uh....definitely something
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Jul 10, 2020 6:10 AM

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This season seems like it's going to be more well-rounded and direct with its storytelling, most likely because the worldbuilding was already established in cour 1.

Looking forward to another round

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Jul 10, 2020 8:47 AM

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Hahahaha, Mary twerking! I love the new ED.



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Jul 10, 2020 9:28 AM
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NGL continued what it left in the ghost cases. Its surprising that random matter was not actually a random matter. I completely forgot that Rosa dad was a prosecutor from the ministry of justice in charge of Olivier's case of Gondry in the previous episode. So, yeah, its good to seeing the storyline still exist to linked the missing point. After a deadlock while fighting against Beruhren corps, Juzo must faced another huge threat. Thats a terorist organization that really hate the extended, Splitzbergen.

So, to make the arc more interesting, by adding Victor, an elder brother of Mary that got lost his sign on the past episode. 4Could it brought back some good information to Juzo? Or it just made the whole Juzo life got worst? The more Juzo's action would impact a good satisfaction to me. So let just fight them all, Juzo!

Impression toward the OP was nice and ED ost parts of dance really weird to seen. Still i loved Mary shake's on it. They still left the initial theme of that two sequences. Nice. A fine starts of NGL to be honestly. Thats it for now.
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Jul 10, 2020 11:14 AM

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That was a nice first episode

And there goes Tetsurou getting kidnapped...again

Impressive ED, and DEAR LORD THE OPENING IS A PURE BANGER. Best OP of the season, by far.
Jul 10, 2020 2:08 PM

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Overall good episode there were a few scenes when animation was... questionable and I'm not fan of OP and ED (preferred from first season) but CGI from this ED wasn't good... it was like DEATH BATTLE! quality.

MrAwesome2018 said:

Hahahaha, Mary twerking! I love the new ED.


In some way I think this is really funny because I highly doubt she would be able to twerk with her actual ass. xD
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Jul 10, 2020 2:18 PM

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It's finally back but not in the most hype way possible. A lot of information was given but nothing really interesting happened. Hope this season turn out worthwhile.
Jul 11, 2020 1:03 AM

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I think after a few episodes I’m going to download the OP like the 1st season <3
Jul 11, 2020 3:17 AM

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I'm liking this OP and ED for this season. Handy is one of my new favorite characters. I'm already up to date with the manga but it's fun watching these guys on screen. Feel like I'm at a better head space to enjoy the anime now.
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Jul 11, 2020 11:03 AM

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I don't remember much from the 1st season, except for it not being very good. And the story was all over the place. Hope this season is better. Also, was not expecting that ED.
Jul 11, 2020 2:40 PM

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I didn't like the OP as much as I'd the first season's but the ED was amAZZing!
Jul 11, 2020 8:47 PM

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This show is back and it didn't hold back anything by getting straight into the story.

Mary's brother showed up. He looks creepy.

The ED was interesting with its CGI.


So glad to see it back and kicking ass again.

Juzo is so awesome and Mary meets her brother straight off the bat!
Jul 12, 2020 5:27 AM

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Nice, wasn't too excited for this sequel, but I definitely enjoyed the first episode. The ED is great, both with music and the visuals. The visuals are a little better tho... (Because of Mary)
Jul 12, 2020 9:56 AM
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MrAwesome2018 said:

Hahahaha, Mary twerking! I love the new ED.

Could this be the start of Mary best girl? XD

I also cropped this one a bit.

And let's not forget Olivier
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ichigoteguz said:
Could this be the start of Mary best girl? XD

Mary was best girl since the start of this show.
Jul 13, 2020 4:58 AM
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It is pretty eh, I don't know if ill watch all of the season. Also im abit wierded out by the robot sex in the ed. (Its happening the second time Mary appears)
Jul 13, 2020 9:06 AM
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I've been eagerly waiting for this to start and it's finally here! Good first episode, nice reintro of the characters and then it got straight to it.

The ED visuals were really cool too
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Is anyone else really bothered by CG use in this show? It was so distracting every time a character was inside a building interior and they used CG for the table, objects and furniture. Like what the hell? Then near the end with those 2 agents walking down the road everything was CG but them. Even the inside of the van was fucking CG. I'm really considering just reading the manga at this point. I'm fine with CG when it comes to Animating things that would be very hard to do otherwise, but the furniture, objects and the interior of buildings? Like really Mad House? If this is the future of their Anime I'm sure not gonna tune into anymore of their shit.
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