Date A Live (light novel)
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Oh hell yes, Kotori and that transformation! It's about time this season gave her a more serious role. Everyone also fighting the good fight. Also, it seems Natsumi is fighting on Shidou's this episode. Heh, her magic is amusing to watch if you ask me. I also find her kinda sensitive when she expresses her real feelings. Origami and that intervention though. |
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| the harem is the worst defect of the anime |
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| That Camael's weapon form is the best thing that happened in this episode if not for that cold stare of Origami at the end. |
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Mattinator95 said: They must have cut natsumis capture for some reason Probably to rush things (JC Staff you know), at least they didn't cut the kiss out though because that was glorious especially since Natsumi made the first move. |
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| Pretty mediocre of an episode, in all honesty. But playing the Op during the fight scene was really awesome, it really blended in with the fight astonishingly well. Absolutely loved that! Regarding the fight, I was not sure why it was so difficult for the Spirits to take the satellites down but I’m assuming they were reinforced with magic there as we saw the shots deflected making it hard for the shots from the Spirits to take it down. Also, that large army must’ve been the main force from the armless, thanks to Westcott, commanders. Natsumi is definitely really strong too, and lol she was the lollipop this whole time. She can be really heartless at times, but it was nice to see what followed soon after. Origami appearing in the end there though like a total badass was cool, looks like next episode will feature her more than this judging by the next episode’s preview so I’m looking forward to seeing how that pans out! On another note, Natsumi has finally gave in and it was sweet to see that! Lol @ her attempts at the start of the episode to find out the real thoughts of Shido and co though, Kotori was obviously clueless about this. Speaking of Kotori, it was nice to see with her spirit form again, fianlly some actual focus on her! Ellen appearing in Shido’s house suddenly like that was a bit shocking but good thing luck favoured Shido there, curious to see how Westcott and Ellen go about things this time around. |
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| All of Kotori's scenes were amazing that I don't give a damn that the others were treated mediocre lol. Give me more of these stuff:  And also these stuffs:  |
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Fede_5000 said: the harem is the worst defect of the anime but it's the main engine, so no point in trying to complain about that right now. |
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| Natsumi finally gave in and is officially part of the harem, whilst Origami looks to be fighting against Shido and the gang. Interesting. |
| This episode should have been really good as a climactic ending to Natsumi's arc, but unfortunately as I was afraid of the animation completely ruined things: the action looked shockingly bad and that completely hindered my engagement with what was happening (as did some of the weird moments like Natsumi being able to escape with ease for little apparent reason). Looks like we're moving into Origami's arc next, which should hopefully be handled a bit better throughout than this episode was. |
| What is wrong with J.C. Staff seriously. Why would they ever use so many still frames during a full action episode. Honestly, they were never that good animation-wise, but this anime has seriously a lower budget than a low-budget anime Animation aside, it was a great episode. Really enjoyed it |
| Its a shame JC Staff could only be arsed to animate half the episode. Stupid still shots everywhere in the most important moments, very disappointing. Other than the sub standard production it was a solid episode. |
| Holy shit, the animation really turned me down this time, i know Date A Live wasn't supposed to be a really great anime but at least there are a lot important moments in the prequels were being nailed done better than this and animation is also one of the keys so it can delivers at least for me, because in terms of animation the sequel looks totally left behind comparing to the prequels, for example almost every kisisng moments are memorable but Natsumi just feels meh to me. Are they running low of budget or save it for more important moments later? If the latter, then i hope they'll make it better next time.. And since i don't read the light novel, can anyone tell me when Kurumi starts to appear again? I miss her so much... |
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| Really want to like this season like always this story, but this just getting worse, just feels like typical for J.C. Lots of scenes felt completely random and with the outstanding animation it felt awful. And in the middle there were pictures-literally of Shido running, don't know if it was intentional, but that looked pathetic ... Plotwise why no one even considered Natsumi turning herself into Kotori, that just felt so strange and stupid ... And all the girls offering their help, why wasn't they helping before?! I don't know i liked to some extent this new season before, but this just felt so dissapointing ... |
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| Pretty easy to figure out that Natsumi took the form of Kotori there. Awesome seeing Kotori user her spirit powers, even though it was for a very short time, she was such a badass in the moment, what a huge blast that was. Origami got a very powerful suit by the looks of it, she might even be able to fight the a spirit evenly now. Natsumi finally gave in to all the love and support, just in time as well to help everyone save the day. Wow lol, she just went in all in with the kiss lol, funny listening to the girl tease him about it as well. All right there she is, guess we will have quite the fight on our hands next time, should be interesting and quite possibly exciting as well. I wonder when we will get to see Kurumi? |
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| you know things are not good when an episode resort to still images for several scenes. Natsumi is still annoying |
| Kotori finally gets some really badass moments and screentime, but it’s so disappointing because of the animation. Best girl deserves better. |
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| Good to see Kotori transform again. Sure been a while. Finally Natsumi is part of the harem, Shido now has 2 lolis! JC Staff, what are you doing to Tohka? She looks so flat XD It's saddening...  Action scenes were honestly disappointing, too many still shots. Atleast the budget was spend for Kotori's transformation/action scene. GoaTw0w said: Pretty sad that the transformation of Natsumi got cut out. Nice Scenes from Kotori. Enjoyed it really much to watch. That Natsumi was hidden as the Loli was so obvious tbh. Liked that they played the opsong while the fight. Am i the only one waitin for Kurumi to appear ? Definitely needs more Kurumi... |
CeddyyBearrFeb 9, 2019 12:26 AM
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| damn, i don't even know what to say. this was just a mess, both the direction and the animation. the previous episode gave me a little bit of hope and it was pretty entertaining, this one was hot garbage though |
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CeddyyBearr said: Good to see Kotori transform again. Sure been a while. Finally Natsumi is part of the harem, Shido now has 2 lolis! JC Staff, what are you doing to Tohka? She looks so flat XD It's saddening... Action scenes were honestly disappointing, too many still shots. Atleast the budget was spend for Kotori's transformation. GoaTw0w said: Pretty sad that the transformation of Natsumi got cut out. Nice Scenes from Kotori. Enjoyed it really much to watch. That Natsumi was hidden as the Loli was so obvious tbh. Liked that they played the opsong while the fight. Am i the only one waitin for Kurumi to appear ? Definitely needs more Kurumi... Put your BUDGET thing in your ass & look this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN4MkyfBNac&t=41s |
Yes... Yes!  YES!  Yuzuru is an absolute keeper!  Kotori in action was very nice too, man it was in ages since we last seen her do something. Looking forward to Origami's arc but I am not a fan of her being an enemy...yet again. |
| I don't know what everyone was complaining about in concern to the animation. But, then again. I know it's not spectacular either. Anyways, I thought Natsumi's arc was done last week pretty much. So, I was surprised she was the main focus of this episode. But, the fight scenes were pretty good. Especially Kotori's. Hopefully, we'll start on Origami's arc next week. |
| Origami Arc incoming!! Though I prefer her as a side character that entertains. |
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| needs more JGSDF... theyre the best part of this show<3 |
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| I mean how rushed exactly was this finale of Natsumi's arc? |
| Loved how the small cute Natsumi took Shido by surprise and kissed him. Finally Origami's arc, shine my ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶ Devil |
| just because I’ve gotten weaker, doesn’t mean that you got stronger, does it? |
| action scene was really bad, but on the plus side Kotori's huge gun thing is awesome |
| This is not your planet to rule. The Fallen shall rise again. |
CeddyyBearr said: So Kotori burned through the animation budget so fast while in spirit-form that they had to use some still shots later. If she'd lost control of herself, maybe we'd have been left with only sketches. xD-snip- Action scenes were honestly disappointing, too many still shots. Atleast the budget was spend for Kotori's transformation. -snip- Somehow I didn't connect the green candy with Origami's earlier suggestion that Natsumi could take the form of an inanimate object. Was interesting when I realized that Natsumi had been with Shido the entire time he was calling out for her. IzayoiSk said: No, I think they're actually getting some of the key frames wrong, not the in-betweens.-snip- Put your BUDGET thing in your ass & look this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN4MkyfBNac&t=41s  Tohka, shoulders too wide.  Tohka, correct proportions. (Although looking at this still image for longer, Shido's left hand seems a bit off. Say the two spirits that did the same thing in some empty forest. xD |
TakataFeb 8, 2019 8:07 PM
| Kotori, Origami, and Kurumi all getting some screentime next arc, hype time hehe. Also the still shots were awfully timed, leave it to poor production to make this sequel look even worse. |
| Episode was a slight disappointment but whatever. Natsumi's arc was getting pretty stale. And this upcoming arc I hope is only 2 episodes because it's pretty predictable what will happen with Origami. They need to bring back Kurumi immediately. That will Spice up this anime. |
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SoraSenpai said: Episode was a slight disappointment but whatever. Natsumi's arc was getting pretty stale. And this upcoming arc I hope is only 2 episodes because it's pretty predictable what will happen with Origami. They need to bring back Kurumi immediately. That will Spice up this anime. The next arc will most likely be the rest of the season, at least as long as most of it is adapted. By the way, I do doubt it's as predictable as you think. You might think it'll be predictable, but oh boy, you will see yourself wrong. Origami's arc is a fucking ride. That's where Date A Live gets really good, in my opinion. It's really great. You will already see why. ;) On another note, the fight was alright, but too many still images. I hope they still have budget to properly animate the next episodes... |
Ranma1-2 said: SoraSenpai said: Episode was a slight disappointment but whatever. Natsumi's arc was getting pretty stale. And this upcoming arc I hope is only 2 episodes because it's pretty predictable what will happen with Origami. They need to bring back Kurumi immediately. That will Spice up this anime. The next arc will most likely be the rest of the season, at least as long as most of it is adapted. By the way, I do doubt it's as predictable as you think. You might think it'll be predictable, but oh boy, you will see yourself wrong. Origami's arc is a fucking ride. That's where Date A Live gets really good, in my opinion. It's really great. You will already see why. ;) On another note, the fight was alright, but too many still images. I hope they still have budget to properly animate the next episodes... Your words are definitely something to look forward to!! |
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Hm... But the movie is the same. Her chest looks flatter just in that outfit (or its half-astral-dress variant) for some reason. |
| I've never really complained about the animation but damn, it really took a nosedive in this episode, we have not only the weird faces but also a lot of still shots.....in the middle of a fight (this really reminded me of the final battle in Qualidea Code when you can even hear conversations but only see still shots, then they fixed it in the BD version xD). Also, excuse me but wtf, Yuzuru has bigger tits than Miku and Tohka is flat? lol  Leaving aside the animation, the episode was fun as always, Miku's giant pout was hilarious, it's great to see Kotori transformed and I never imagined that Natsumi was the lollipop. And she was finally sealed, I loved how she was embarrassed and then she just went for the kiss, the scene after this was very funny too.   Now it's time to save Origami I guess, let's see how it goes. |
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