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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Damn, this episode had both a fun and tense vibe. Seems like Reki really enjoying skating, more than just the competition itself. Going up against Adam isn't easy but he held his own. Adam's daring tactics has no bounds really. You can see the emotions on his face and that finish came to a very close conclusion. at least they didn't crash into the crowd |
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| Hey... at least Reki was enjoying Skating once again. This episode showed how much he really loves Skating. Adam once again being a really tough opponent to defeat. Seriously, he's really something else. Even with his asshole personality, can't deny how talented he's. Still, Reki did an amazing job there. Proud of my boy. And wow, they really fucked their landings. LOL. Reki won everyone's heart there at the end. Great job Reki. Just one more episode to go. Let's see how they'll finish things up. |
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No subs yet. But the ed change was cute. |
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| Like Reki and Langa, both Adam and Tadashi also have their starting points the same way as young children would: just kids with common interest. Looking at things now though, the stark contrast can be seen. Adam issuing a challenge via proxy from Tadashi to Reki as the "Third Wheel" in the "Adam and Eve" symbolic relationship, this beef is to be expected in Adam's case to wreck everyone else obstructing him and Langa's eventual beef. And let the beef begin! No matter how Adam may trash Reki, he's a changed person because of Langa, and holding his own altogether in the most stylish of ways with some aid from Mother Nature. The Slime TRULY has defeated the evil overlord. An intense beef that even though Reki lost, he has proven IN STYLE. YOU GO REDHEAD! Who will take the Serpent fall of Adam and Eve? The finale episode next week, and we're all God's audience in witness. |
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| Reki lost as expected but he did great, so it's fine I guess. Langa vs Adam for the finale where Langa will win and Adam will learn once again that skating is fun. |
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| What if Langa actually forfeited? Wouldn't that be the biggest blow for Adam? Just wondering since with Reki losing everything is going more or less how he imagined it. |
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Ikenai-Taiyou said: What if Langa actually forfeited? Wouldn't that be the biggest blow for Adam? Just wondering since with Reki losing everything is going more or less how he imagined it. Ngl if langa actually forfeits in the next episode ill laugh so hard it would be so funny to see Adam cry over it lol |
| Damn that Reki vs Adam race was pretty great, nice that Adam had a good taste of the ground, and Reki's strategy with the wheels made for rain was clever, too bad that he didn't win, but he almost did it, at least he enjoyed his race for sure, but it seems like Adam didn't change at all and is still twisted, the final is sure gonna be something xD |
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| I found the "third wheel invitation" really funny and so fitting for ADAM's character. Overall good episode and nice race between Reki and ADAM. I enjoyed seeing ADAM get off of his high horse, and look defeated for the first time in front of people. However, I have one remark on the animation. The last few shots towards the end of the episode looked off and sometimes even weird. |
| I sometimes forget to finish my sentences. |
| ahhhh reki was so close to winning ngl i need some of those rain wheels |
| "give up on your dream and die" -levi ackermann |
| Enjoyable episode. But I have no clue how this anime is gonna end. So much to cover in one more episode. It's gonna be so rushed and I can only hope it'll still be satisfying. Since it's an anime original, who knows. I was looking forward to seeing Adam and Tadashi skate against each other, especially how there were multiple episodes building up to it, but all of that build up led to nothing with Tadashi forfeiting the race???? that was kind of dumb. Tadashi was so damn serious about taking skating away from Adam, but then he's just like "actually, skating is fun and Adam should skate for fun again." like what???? Then there's this pointless side plot to resolve, with the police lady who barely had a character trying to go after Adam. I feel like they should have totally left this side plot out of the anime. It adds nothing to the story. But since Adam is the bad guy he has to be punished and go to jail. Which is pretty boring, but it's the easiest way to end his character. All the stuff with Reki and Langa is really good, especially if you are enjoying shipping them like I am. It was great to see them be happy again and having fun skating with each other again. But the rest of the cast has pretty much been sidelined, and with only one more episode left, I don't think there's much left that can be done with their characters. Cherry and Joe got a decent amount of screen time, but Miya deserved better. The anime has barely done anything with his character. I don't really like Shadow, but he's mostly just been there to be the comedic relief character and nothing else. AT least let him hook up with the manager at the floral shop he works at or something I know I'm being really negative towards this anime. But I've still really been having fun with it!! I think it's just another situation of a 1 cour original anime needing more episodes to be better than it is now. Because I highly doubt this will get a second season. There's a manga, that so far is just copying the anime, but maybe it could continue on as a sequel to the anime *shrug* |
| Reki did good, he actually fought by....actually skating and his equipment knowledge. The Adam stuff if dumb as fck at times, dude spends more time off his board than on and that he actually considers clotheslining someone with his board is a technique is moronic. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
samashi20 said: However, I have one remark on the animation. The last few shots towards the end of the episode looked off and sometimes even weird. the animation was taken a noticeable dip in quality since the last episode, which is too bad because it had been consistently good for most of the anime. But I think there's been some production issues. There were some weird inconsistencies during the Adam and Reki fight. There were so many cuts, as if the animators were trying to avoid having to animate everything. Then, when Adam knocks Reki off his board, then picks him up and starts swinging him around and slamming Reki into the rock wall, Reki isn't on his skateboard???? But then the next shot is Reki skating along side Adam. Adam has been animated so well to look super menacing and scary, but in this ep, he constantly went off model and there were so many shots of his face looking all wonky and goofy. And him faceplanting into the mud was so badly animated. But yeah, all around the visuals and animation has really dropped quality-wise. hopefully it'll pick back up for the finale, but who knows. |
giveup-the-ghostMar 27, 2021 1:37 PM
Chickengirl said: samashi20 said: However, I have one remark on the animation. The last few shots towards the end of the episode looked off and sometimes even weird. the animation was taken a noticeable drip in quality since the last episode, which is too bad because it had been consistently good for most of the anime. But I think there's been some production issues. There were some weird inconsistencies during the Adam and Reki fight. There were so many cuts, as if the animators were trying to avoid having to animate everything. Then, when Adam knocks Reki off his board, then picks him up and starts swinging him around and slamming Reki into the rock wall, Reki isn't on his skateboard???? But then the next shot is Reki skating along side Adam. Adam has been animated so well to look super menacing and scary, but in this ep, he constantly went off model and there were so many shots of his face looking all wonky and goofy. And him faceplanting into the mud was so badly animated. But yeah, all around the visuals and animation has really dropped quality-wise. hopefully it'll pick back up for the finale, but who knows. I agree, but it was more noticeable to me in today's episode. There were quite a few shots where Reki and Langa looked off, but the shot where Langa approaches Reki at the end was the worst. It's sad because they've been consistent with the first few episodes and the animation looked very crisp. I wonder how it'll turn out in the last episode. |
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| The audience is a fucking hypocrite. They act like Adam's the best skater of all time when he does a cool move than laugh when he falls only once. I hope Adam destroys their faces with his skateboard. |
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| Adam is so dramatic, and for what? Homie nearly got taken out by rain, and he's "the only one who exists in my world"! 😂 |
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| Adam gangster as fuck until a little water starts falling from the sky lmao. I really thought they were gonna have Reki pull off the underdog upset to set him up against Langa in the finale. Even though Adam still won, it was nice to see Reki give him a run for his money and actually put up a fight. Plus, he regained his love for skating and remembered how fun it is. Now all that's left is for Langa to hand Adam a long-overdue L. Oh yeah, and Reki skating down the side of the cliff......lol the skating in this show really does get more and more ridiculous and I absolutely love it. |
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| I know that this anime is not meant to be taken very seriously, so I won’t criticize it too much for Reki being able to skate after getting the shit kicked out of him, getting swung around while still keeping his board, and going down while not shattering his ankles when he lands. But I cannot buy ADAM catching up to him after Reki had such a big lead in the rain. They were shown to be pretty close in speed due to ADAM’s lack of manuverability when the rain first started. Why make it seem like that was Reki’s secret weapon only to make it not matter with ADAM skating super fast from anger? |
| Whatever Adam's doing it's NOT skating, he is definitely mental!!! I'm so glad Reki is finally back to his old bubbly self T^T |
| Go Reki go! Even though he lost that was a really fun episode. And that little change at the ed was cute. |
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| Can't Believe Reki put that much of a good fight. I honestly can't wait for the next episode and season 2. |
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| i literally thought reki was going to die when he jumped off that cliff..... how did he even survive without any injuries from that? it was way too high 😳 |
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| Wow, that was a close match. It would have been cool to see Langa vs Reki but oh well. Adam vs Langa will probably seem more interesting. |
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| It's pretty much Skating on steroids now, Adam is a nutcase and Reki played his cards very well with predicting the weather. Too bad he just came in a little short to beat Adam. Pretty exciting episode. Now I wanna see what crazy heights Langa vs Adam will reach next week! |
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| Kind of worried how they're going to wrap it all up in one episode. It's gonna either be rushed, or some of the characters / subplots aren't going to get the development they need. Aw well, at least the show was fun. Also huehue, the shot with the two sausages in the pan, huehue, huehue. |
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| I can't put it into words how hard I laughed when ADAM fell on his face, damn that definitely deserved. This was one of my favourite episodes so far, I really didn't expect Reki to accept the beef since he didn't feel happy when Langa told him he was gonna be a part of this thing. Nevertheless, I'm happy that Reki finally got to show off his skills and that people will now acknowledge him and actually remember his name. I hope ADAM somehow gets his ass beaten for the last episode tho lol. |
｢ Између људи и нељуди. ｣ 𝟏𝟏𝟏 |
| Never woulda thought Reki would put up such a good fight but it's pretty awesome that he did. Even with the slow wheels on normal ground Adam is such a fucking dick that he just slowed down to patronize Reki the entire time. But ye the idea that Tadashi had to take skating away from Adam so it wouldn't ruin his political career was a pretty dumb one. Glad he realized that. |
| That was a pretty good race. Glad Reki was able to unleash his skills against someone so underhanded. Technique vs violence - really made me remember Takumi and Shingo's downhill back in the 1st stage of Initial D. Now I wonder how the rest of this tournament will end up, with it wrapping up next episode. Hope we could get some actual skating this time, lol |
BDJosh23 said: I’m not a skater nor have I ever skated in my life.... but there should definitely be a problem with grabbing your skateboard and smacking someone on the head with it. How is that still a skateboard race? This. I've been fine with pretty much everything else, but just straight up getting off your board to use it as a- idek, baseball bat, to smack your enemies with, and not for the first time either... To say nothing of all the other crap Adam pulled in this episode. It's taking it from usual anime shenanigans territory into straight-up ridiculous nonsense where I can neither enjoy nor take it seriously anymore. Which is an issue in an anime that otherwise actually wants to be taken seriously, as it's not a parody or a satire or any such. I guess at least it distracted me enough not to notice any of these "dips in animation quality" some are going on about here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| I already liked Adam, but somehow this episode made me like him even more. There's the pressure he's dealing with in real life (having to represent his political party because the old men are crooks; the aunts are always on his back about marriage and career) and then he's been ~standing alone~ since he broke off friendship with Cherry and Joe and Tadashi too. His mental break during the race was excellent. Like it's raining, he's fallen (got a taste of his own medicine), dirty, audience is laughing at him... And then he starts yelling and then speeds up ahead like a madman xD I thought Adam would wipe the floor with Reki, but at least it was a close race. Very entertaining. "We shall fall together because we are Adam and Eve" ;) oh~~ I'm anticipating the finale. |
| Another episode I have mixed feelings about. On one hand, the race was pretty entertaining as always. Adam tripping made me burst out laughing, that's karma for you. On the other hand, the weird transitions in between with Reki getting tossed around like a sandbag and looking fine on his skateboard in the next second really bothered me. Most likely due to time and/or budget constraints. I was surprised Adam still won in the end by a millisecond, but Reki put up a decent fight. It's pretty dumb how Tadashi decided to forfeit just like that though. Looks like next week's the episode finale. Really hope it would have a satisfying conclusion. |
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| That was a win for Reki for sure, it was great to see Adam humiliated especially after he hit my baby Tadashi, how satisfying. Btw why tf Cherry is in a wheelchair, I believe he was hit on the face lol |
| Sketchy, the most badass skater has arrived. Despite Adam giving Reki one hell of a beatdown, that didn't stop him from giving an epic show. Got goosebumps when he jumped off from the cliff, and loved how he used the rain to his advantage. Adam's rage was something. Quite disappointed that Adam was somehow able to catch up, and still win the race. I really wanted a Langa and Reki finale |
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| I'm glad Reki lost to Adam cuz the convenient rain was pretty stupid if u ask me. |
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| Honestly I have mixed feeling about this episode. On one hand it's good to see Reki back in action as protagonist. On another hand, I feel like they wasted 4 episodes to build up this Reki struggle arc, focusing about how talented and untalented differ, and how he can embrace skateboard regardless of where to skate/ who to skate with. (He doesn't NEEDD to be good at S) Then ep11 lands and show that Reki can do those ridiculous bs action all along without any training. Lenga pulled these miraculous act and explained with his long term snowboarding experience, but Reki has never snowboard even once, so there's no explanation he can pull off that cliff descending trick without training. Also the fact that Reki going back to S totally defeats the message he learned from ep10. Why focus so much on S, which is an abusive / illegal skating instead of skating in somewhere else and enjoy yourself as a normal person? So Reki is "special" all along? Completely defeat the message they tried to build since ep7. I rather see Snake beat the shit out of Adam than letting Reki/ Lenga pull some bs and win without merit. Now is back to generic shonen which Reki pull out some bs powerup from nowhere, and Lenga gonna defeat the final boss as finale. Tbh, I'm disappointed. They should have just let Adam get arrested already. How can he gets away with this many physical abuse against an underage? If even one person take a video/ stream this on internet, Adam will immediately get arrested. I don't believe no-one ever thought of posting these online. |
| reki and langa are besties again thank fucking god. the duel between reki and adam was pretty cool, next week is the last ep so i hope they can wrap it up nicely |
| An entertaining episode. I thought Adam was going to defeat Reki easily. Seems I was wrong. Reki was able to show everyone a sight that they had never seen before, Adam down on the ground. Too bad he lost but if Reki had fun during his skate, I'd bet he had no regrets. |
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| Adam just simply a mad lad. Running here, slapping there. Dancing here, tripping there. Lol. But, nothing could stop Leki to got the mc magic touch, gaining the one and only chance to be the winner. Leki accepted every Adam challenge into such a convenience matters with his weather prediction, and those cliff moves too. Bullshit view? Nah, its an aesthetic styles! Finally he has been able to payback every derision the great saiyan launched before. Even though the result kinda ashamed, again, Adam proved his madness here. Holy cow. But at least he had a fun-ride there, and laugh at the first Adam stupid side, right? |
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