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| Norman just keeps moving forward, until he destroys his enemies. No but seriously, this was definitely the best episode in a long while, and it was mostly due to shit actually happening and getting to SEE plot development and backstory as opposed to just hearing about it around a campfire. This continues to be a pretty interesting dilemma, and the scene towards the end with the village was effective enough. Overall though, while this is an improvement, it does feel a bit too little too late in a lot ways. These ideas and developments are still built on an incredibly rocky foundation, and it's hard to say if I'm really back to being invested again like with the first season. At least I'm feeling something again outside of boredom, and if nothing else I'm more interested in how things are going to wrap up now even if I have a good guess on how things will go. |
| Are ya winning, diners? |
Suhail63 said: KaiserVonGogureo said: I would love to see you trying to animate it lolAlso, seeing the cgi demon again attacking the kids just made me laugh so hard, it's such a terrible, terrible looking thing you just have to laugh Lol, just cause I can't draw doesn't mean I can't criticize really shitty looking designs and animations |
| THAT WAS INSANEEE HOLY SHIT. starting off with how norman was at lambda and how he escaped, all done greatly in about 5 minutes. they did the "im willing to become a god or a devil" rly poorly. the timing for that line was rly bad i was rly anticipating it but im just dissapointed on that now. though that last scene with him wavering on his actions, was amazing holy fucking shit. chills all over my spines. |
| Glad Emma's dilemma is finally affecting Norman. This is what I always wanted to see. Now that both conflicts are revealed to him, I wonder what choices he and the rest of the group will make in future episodes. Quite the turning point for me. Makes me question my verdict on this season. |
| Another great episode! Lots of feels and conflict with an outstanding last scene. |
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| I actually really liked this episode lmao, Norman was pretty badass. I'm still on Team Norman, but I think him hearing the demon girl was named "Emma" made him relate her and all demons to Emma and humans. Very excited for the next episode. |
| I knew one part of me likes this second season, amidst of all the hate I hear from the fans of the manga and anime-only fans alike. But damn...for a lack of better words, this is the BEST episode of The Promised Neverland Season 2. The struggle to find Mujika and Sonju is ON, and it was not an easy journey. Numerous dangers awaits them before they can even meet the two demons who are travelling for their peace and security. But what dazes them with their brief reunion is something horrific and unfathomable. Norman broke his promise, and with the help of his party of demon-hating humans, they wreak havoc and destruction on the Demon village. So it seems like Norman was taken in by Peter Ratri, the headkeeper of the human farms and the upholder of the Promise. Norman unsurprisingly meets all the expectations of the Lambda facility, but at the other side of the testing room lies the true colors of this experimental grounds. Luckily, Norman and a person named Vincent manages to find a way to break free from the prison, and with the addition of others, they set off to their unknown escapades and adventures. And this led Norman to the conclusion that they shall destroy and annihilate the whole swath of demons. You know...I'm getting Attack on Titan vibes here. Because for how much the demons are portrayed as antagonistic monsters to Emma and her siblings, the truth is...they're just equivalent to the humans as well. The cries, the pain, the agony, the bloodshed, the desperation, YOU CAN HEAR ALL OF THEM AS THE VILLAGE BURNS. And even still Norman pushes on, almost killing a young child crying for his grandfather (that gramps is actually the one that Emma & co. met in their current shelter). Just one name stopped Norman from killing the young girl, the name "Emma". A realization hits him suddenly as she can't kill a person who has the same name as his loved one. What's more unexpected is that the grandfather has the same powers as Mujika!!! That is a development, but sadly we're not going to anymore details on that. As the episode ends, we got a Norman being met by Emma & Ray as they watch the village burn and continue to spiral out of control. A near, spitting image of a Hell on Earth!!! Best episode of this second season, and it can possibly match some of the (weaker) episodes of the first. I just hope that they continue down this route, because the middle part of this season just sank the whole ship out of balance. Hopefully we can get a "passable" ending if you know what I mean. |
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| Oh by the way here are some pictures/screenshots in this episode: |
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| The morality of this story very low. IRL when someone eats you and knows what they are doing, you don't wanna be friends with them. It's a scenario for becoming a victim hoping "the other party will change". Showing all those monsters die and try to create sympathy, making Norman the antagonist was a very cheap trick. Disgusted that this is a children's story. |
compare that shot to its counterpart  lowkey disappointed |
tzyhaMar 4, 2021 10:35 PM
For me this is the Best episode so far and the episode 2 is good too. |
JokerVentura said: The minute the demon-grandchild's name was revealed I knew this moment was coming........  Thank you for this. I thought of it too. |
| It was nice to see that sequence with Norman with the test and how he escaped but damn that second part damn it was painful to watch, I don't even know if the demons are bad or not but it was really sad to see the grandfather and the little girl... so Norman really betrayed us and still activated his plan to kill all the demons, that's harsh |
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| Pretty well directed episode. The horror and overall scope of LAMBDA was pretty effectively conveyed, and at the same time, the new characters were developed a bit. If you missed it, the guy hanging from the chains at 5:00 is Zazie. I particularly liked the part where Norman and his escorts walk past the windows containing experiment subjects and a bunch of toys, then one full of wild demons ripping kids apart. This is the kind of "showing not telling" that the show has failed to do for the most part up to this episode. Later, in the forest, the buildup to the presence of the wild demons was slow enough to create some tension, and by the time one appeared, enough was built up to where the scene was actually kind of exciting. Compare that to episode one, where literally the first scene is a flash-forward of the kids running from a wild demon, which had zero impact. And yeah I know the CGI sucks, but at this point they're pretty much locked in to using that asset, it seems. The lighting in the forest to indicate the passage of time was also a nice touch. Finally, I think the carnage in the demon town was pretty disturbing. Seeing the panic and fear in the townspeople as their loved ones mutated and began to kill one other was effective in portraying them as true victims. This kind of emotional weight was needed to build Emma's case (I really hate that I have to make this distinction, but I mean the human, not the demon). The writing, on the other hand, was pretty lazy at times. How exactly did Norman get parts for a bomb, assemble it, and plant it without being detected? If they had the time to show those shots of him playing chess with himself they could have given some hints as to how he actually accomplished his plan. I get the feeling that even the writers themselves don't know. It's also way too convenient that Emma/Mujika and friends just happened to be within earshot of Norman's bombs, despite the show making it seem like they traveled a really long way to find them. Moreover, the demon loli just happening to be named Emma is also pretty corny, and wasn't even really needed for that particular scene to evoke empathy from Norman. Just kind of cheap. Best episode of the season by far though. I would say it's a 7/10. Kind of just makes me sad though, because it's clear that this could have been a really good season if it had gotten 24 episodes. Oh, and weekly reminder that there is still no sign of Isabella despite her being built up as the new main antagonist back in episode 4 or whenever it was. |
| Episode with the most anime original content and it still sucked. Garbage. Absolute garbage. |
| these last 2 episodes haven't been that bad, but I'm kinda losing interest I gotta admit though, that last scene was intense but why's Norman casually strolling through a city with wild demons and explosions all over the place |
| OK, this season has been an absolute car crash, but I have to give credit where it's due as this was a genuinely good episode. The Lambda flashback effectively conveyed the atrocities committed there and exactly why Norman and his merry men became so willing to commit genocide (though, if this sequence was going to be included anyway, why didn't we get it last week instead of the terrible exposition dump of the events?), while the realities of that genocide were presented with effective brutality and emotion (even if I still think that the humanising of the demons is the dumbest thing in this entire show). My only nitpick really would be a question of why Norman is putting himself right in the line of fire by entering the city when it's burning to the ground and when feral demons are running around. It's necessary from a plot perspective to shake his resolve, but absolutely moronic from any sort of logical perspective. |
| Norman backstory at Lambda facility and the first met with Doctor 'insane' Ratri. Big brain Norman surely expected with all of his scheme to ran away. Unfortunately, its looks like he got poisoned by those drugs, forcing him to rushed a thing and broke the promise with Emma. Guess what after that? The child demon with the name of Emma doubting his heart and mind which was already made up before. Guess what else? The old demon actually had the same power like Mujika, and somehow its inflicted the damage to Norman too. Gladly Emma number two stop the scene before everything got pretty mess up again. I wonder whats goin to happened between them and the rest of the Lambda's people with those kind of route. Lets see next! |
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| I dislike how this anime tries to portray demons in a good light. Besides that, it was good episode and they finally explained something people were complaining episodes ago. |
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Sayali567 said: uh_ke said: That's not gonna happen, I'm sure in the next episode Norman would change his mind and side with EmmaNorman is an absolute badass exterminating those demons! The real og of this season Also, still waiting for Emma to abandon her stupid simplistic ideals I agree, it'll be very dissappointing to see lmao |
| By this season's standards, this was actually a good episode. I am guessing that guy that gave Norman the pen was Smee, cause we don't ever really saw his face before even in the manga. The OST while Norman was fucking up the village was fantastic, and that whole sequence has some good directing too. They really pulled of a Martha from Batman v Superman lmao. I wonder how they'll end this. 3 more episodes. |
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| The only good part about this episode was Norman going through with the plan anyway. The worst part was Norman wavering at the end and that dumb bitch showing up just in time. Also sure they showed us some of Normans past, but they didn't barely showed any of the details regarding how he managed to escape. It's just oh ya I got explosives and a planted them everywhere don't worry about it. |
| this episode was comparatively quite good! i really enjoyed the last 10 minutes. unfortunately, unless the next 3 episodes are absolutely perfect (which i doubt, i won't lie), it's not enough to save this season, which is a shame. |
| really loved this epsiode, i guess there really is some hope |
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| One of the better episodes this week since ep 3. It was really good and i did not expect Norman to do that. |
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| Finally an episode worthy of the first seasons! This is the best episode so far! |
| Finally something interesting starts. I really liked this episode, it's really a shame that almost all the previous ones are pretty much crap. Well come on we'll settle for at least a decent ending. |
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Suhail63 said: KaiserVonGogureo said: that was not criticism it was down right shaming the animators if your going to criticise someone’s work make sure it’s constructive..Lol, just cause I can't draw doesn't mean I can't criticize really shitty looking designs and animations I really don't feel bad about shaming a really shitty design in a season that was obviously extremely rushed on every single part |
| FINALLY WE SEE WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR. Wasn't a lot of actual animation, but it's something interesting. The shot of Barbara cowering while a demon was devouring someone in front of her hit me hard. The demon girl being named Emma... that just struck me as pretty dumb for a plot twist. So now what? Is Grandpa demon or Mujika or whoever has that magic blood going to give all of the other demons some so they'll turn permanently human-like and Emma will make everyone pinkie promise not to eat humans anymore? I feel kind of bad for the demons, but not that bad. I also would be fine with Emma dying about now. |
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