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| So I've never actually watched season one of this anime and knew absolutely nothing about it, but somehow I ended up in a room watching the first episode of season two of this anime back in July. Though I knew nothing about it, they did a relatively good job of bringing new watchers like myself into whatever the heck was going on beforehand. I did like the supernatural aspect of it. Though... it felt like they really tried hard to make some type of clever twist, but it really wasn't all that clever at all. I also was kinda meh about the main character's whole immortal thing, but it's not a big deal I guess. Still, the episode was enjoyable enough. I actually am a humongous sucker for things like friendly/harmless ghosts and ghouls, so that kinda ended up outweighing a lot of the things I felt that I could do without. Maybe I'll continue when it actually comes out. Maybe not. Not bad though. |
| Did you time travelled to the future or something? Lol. I don't recall they ever announce any pre-screening of this. |
MahiaErebeaNegi said: I used my pre-wizard powers. Did you time travelled to the future or something? Lol. I don't recall they ever announce any pre-screening of this. I kinda just went into the room not knowing what they'd be showing, so I also had to do a bit of searching just now. However, there's some information about it here if you Ctrl + F for "CRUNCHYROLL PRESENTS: NEW SIMULCAST PREMIERES ROUND 3". |
| Lots and lots of dialogue. And it's 25 minutes long! Glad to see Kotoko again. |
| It's been 3 years, and Kyokou Suiri is back. And I thought that the anime was good, except for its excessive heavy dialogue into the supernatural, which proved to be both its strength and Achilles' Heel. The yokai, Kotoko Iwanaga and Kuro Sakuragawa are back into solving supernatural issues, as such with this resident manager that is keeping a pet where the rules stipulate that no pets are allowed, such is the case with a reptile. But the true sound of it coming from a sumo wrestler, and Kuro is more than enable than ever before. All of this serves as a recap for all that's happened in Season 1, in a commentary style by the 3 yokai playing cards. A fitting return after a long absence, and this'll most likely be the same with Season 1 3 years ago. |
KANLen09Jan 14, 2023 1:30 AM
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| After so long, In/Spectre returns with a new season. It starts off with looking back and 3 ghosts playing a card game and storytelling. The demon this time that they need to encounter is an sumo wrestler, after hearing the noises upstairs, it seemed like he was training or something, luckily Kotoko figured it out and saved the day, meanwhile Kurou dies over and over again lol, but he's immortal. I would say its a good begin to the season. |
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| Good to have Kotoko back, she's still as amusing as ever. I thought no supernatural was involved this time but she was just lying. Also Kuro's as freaky as ever. |
MegamiRemJan 27, 2023 8:04 AM
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| Just when I thought it was a nice change of pace to do away with a pointless pre-opening scene, it dumps a 3 minute exposition talk right after it. And then some more exposition. I'd definitely drop this right away, if I didn't see the first season. Hopefully they didn't let the intern write the rest of the season. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| I like how they used an unique style of commentary to give the audiencce a recap of the story from the previous season. More anime should do it like this. We got a supernatural case already and as usual, Kotoko got herself involved in it straight away. Seems her personality is largely the same as the previous season. People can say what they want about Kotoko but she is still quite knowledgable about supernatural lore. Good start for the second season. That theme song seems catchy too. |
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| I hope future episodes have better subs than this, as whoever did this episode's subs had absolutely no understanding of tense or plurals and so the subs were just glaringly terrible for much of the episode. And in a series as dialogue-heavy as this, that's definitely a problem. That aside, this episode certainly served its purpose of broadly recapping the events and relationships of season 1 and how Kotoko goes about the cases foisted upon her. I really enjoyed season 1 apart from the pacing of the Steel Lady arc (though I very much enjoyed the concept of that and how it played out), so my main hope for this season is to have more smaller cases rather than spending half its runtime on a single case. Like, I think I'd be content with at most four episodes for a single case in this show, as once it gets beyond that point it really starts to drag regardless of how clever the concept of the case is. |
| A person owning a komodo dragon as a pet is the strangest ever lie someone would've told to anyone in the history lmao. Though that's Kotoko for you. They didn't waste much time getting a new case underway while still recapping the events of last season, and trust me it went well. As did Kuro's fight against the doll spirit, though it still was the same old bloodbath with resurrection every other minute for him. He's too used to at this point to even care. I really really liked the first season, so hope this one if not better than atleast ends up on the same level like the former. |
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| Ah yes this is the kyoukou suiri we know and love. Had everything from season 1 rolled into one episode. Long expositions, kotoko and senpai banter, yokai in need and some tag team action. I hope the pacing ends up being better than the steel lady nanase arc but can’t wait to see where it goes! |
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| God awful subtitles aside, this was a nice return for the series. A little recap of the previous season before jumping into a new case, and Iwanaga's deductive abilities are as sharp as ever. Her relationship with Kuro is still an amusing aspect of this show lol. I wonder if we'll get another Steel Lady Nanase type case as this season goes on. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| I really like the concept of this anime and the Steel Lady Nanase but they dragged that case on for so many episodes. First season had terrible pacing so I hope this time around they can focus on multiple cases instead of just few and dragging one for most of the season. |
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| I wasn’t too impressed by the first season despite finding some enjoyment out of it. This episode didn’t really spark any interest I used to have with the show. I feel like I’ve gotten my fill with this series, so I’m dropping it. |
| The return of the Goddess of Wild Lying The case this time around was handled quite succinctly, I hope a lesson has been learned. |
| Quantum ille canis est in fenestra |
It's nice to see this dynamic duo return after three years. |
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| Can't wait for Kotoko to start dishing out bad sex jokes again. Glad this is back. LoL All that scheming to get Kuro to move with her. lmao |
| Finally it's back and it's been quite some time so the bit of recap is welcomed, though I feel like it didn't age for the best for me, though the OST sounds nostalgic now |
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| thank god for that recap haha. damn though this isn't a good time for me to be watching something so dialogue heavy - lately i've been struggling with paying attention to what i'm watching so i keep having to rewind to reread the subs. |
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| Good to see them back again. Really missed Kotoko's voice :) |
Antanaru said: Too each his own then.Just when I thought it was a nice change of pace to do away with a pointless pre-opening scene, it dumps a 3 minute exposition talk right after it. And then some more exposition. I'd definitely drop this right away, if I didn't see the first season. Hopefully they didn't let the intern write the rest of the season. If it wasn't for that short and clever recap I would've had to watch a couple of episodes from the previous season just to reacquaint myself with the characters and story itself. I for one can't remember all the characters and plots every anime I've seen that hasn't been on for years. |
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| I missed Iwanaga. Just hope this season don't have another sleeper arc like the last one. |
| Imagine how boring this world would be without Japan - a comment at youtube |
| It is really nice to have this show back, shows with Japanese folklore are always so enjoyable, that was a surprisingly good way to recap not only the premise of the show and season 1 but also the way it is written, lots of dialogue and then a good action sequence, I even had some flashbacks about s1 while the youkai were talking about the main characters. This show makes me miss Mushishi. |
| It's been a while since I watched S1 so her displaying those athletic feats kinda took me by surprise. Subs were kinda low quality, which is more apparent since this one's very dialogue-heavy. |
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Janethan23 said: In most cases me neither, but at least I remember that the guy was immortal and girl's connection to youkai. Fight with the doll was enough to acquaintance the viewers with their powers and relationship was obvious from the talk in the apartament. These 3 minutes of exposition over a card game were completely pointless and reek of either laziness or incompetence in writing. Antanaru said: Too each his own then.Just when I thought it was a nice change of pace to do away with a pointless pre-opening scene, it dumps a 3 minute exposition talk right after it. And then some more exposition. I'd definitely drop this right away, if I didn't see the first season. Hopefully they didn't let the intern write the rest of the season. If it wasn't for that short and clever recap I would've had to watch a couple of episodes from the previous season just to reacquaint myself with the characters and story itself. I for one can't remember all the characters and plots every anime I've seen that hasn't been on for years. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| Still dialogue heavy and slow, just like the S1 but it has its charm so shikatanai ne. |
| Ahh the OST, I loved it <3 I'm rewatching the first season too now because I'm afraid I can't follow the second one but I guess I don't need it lol, since this episode re-introduce the characters and has a little recap from the first season. Kotoko and Kurou dynamic is still my favorite, and I also love their calming but charming voices too. I've been waiting for a long time so I'm hoping more from this season! |
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| Did this premiere a while ago or what? Anyway. I hate to admit it, but they did a pretty decent job with the first episode. Considering that the first season came out 2 years ago, and to be fair, it wasn't fans' favorite, the introduction and the small recaps incorporated with the episode were a smart move. I am kind of indifferent toward this season and the show overall after the first season crushed all my expectations. I don't hate it, but I don't like it either. However, I'll continue to watch it as it's fairly easy to watch. |
| I sometimes forget to finish my sentences. |
| It’s nice to have this show back, but some of its problems are visible this episode too. In particular, the lengthy dialogues, looks like that’s to be expected though. MCs flirtatious banter was one of the highlights last season and it’s good to see that it is back in full glory. As for the mystery this time around, it felt kind of pointless but it’s nice to see how Iwanaga-san lies for the better of the various communities involved. Backing up those lies like that, that’s what a detective’s all about. |
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| It's nice to have In/Spectre back after 3 years since it first aired (which feels like a long time ago since "you know what" happened in that year). The re-cap during the first few minutes of the episode won't be in everyone's tastes, but it's more convenient to those who don't have time to look up what they watched before in the first season before jumping into the second season. Besides, the re-cap itself was done decently well, so I have no complaints about it! =P I always enjoyed the banter between Kotoko and Kuro from the previous season and in this episode, it was business as usual. The plan that she had to deal with the sumo spirit while making up a story to convince the ghost living in the apartment below was done very smoothly. Same with how she and Kuro worked together to defeat the spirit itself, with the way she launched herself at the enemy considering she has a false leg. The dialogue might be long for some, but reading it while hearing the pleasant OST makes it easier and more enjoyable. Overall, this was a good start to the second season. =) |
| I get why they might have wanted a recap for new people or people who forgot the plot but I found it incredibly tedious, the monster was also nothing interesting. I hope the rest of the episodes are better |
| New season starts out being just as dialogue heavy as the first one, which is slightly disappointing, but at least the axolotl was adorable. |
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| I'm surprised it had been 3 years since the first season. I appreciate the recap during the episode. |
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| Question for manga readers: Will Saki show up again? She's my favorite character from this series. |
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Antanaru said: Janethan23 said: In most cases me neither, but at least I remember that the guy was immortal and girl's connection to youkai. Fight with the doll was enough to acquaintance the viewers with their powers and relationship was obvious from the talk in the apartament. These 3 minutes of exposition over a card game were completely pointless and reek of either laziness or incompetence in writing. Too each his own then. If it wasn't for that short and clever recap I would've had to watch a couple of episodes from the previous season just to reacquaint myself with the characters and story itself. I for one can't remember all the characters and plots every anime I've seen that hasn't been on for years. I get ya however in case you haven't read the room; almost everyone here including myself appreciated those "three minutes" you deemed reeked of laziness or incompetence in writing. You saw it as "pointless" while everyone else called it clever. Glad I'm part of the positive concensus. |
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| It has been a while |
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| Still surprised 2nd season got green light, the 2nd part of 1st season was very anticlimatic to watch. Not much to say, but lots of words for recap. Next 2 arcs were pretty decent. |
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| S2 as well! Here we go! damn! isn't Kuro already pretty overpowered!?!? hmmmm... 5/5. |
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| Very great first episode, and also a pretty good way of recapping s1 and the characters' powers, hope there's more cases in this season. Also how she said to other ghosts is very convincing. |
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