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4Liked it!
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3It was OK
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2Disliked it
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1Hated it
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Feb 11, 2022 8:29 AM
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Not going to lie, this episode felt boring compared to the others. The only parts that entertained me slightly is M16A1's 's presence and her character chemistry with M4A1.

Oh and the combat segments too I guess. They even threw in the OP theme song into it.
Feb 11, 2022 9:39 AM
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Hearing the OP during the battle was a nice moment.

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Feb 11, 2022 10:27 AM
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Being a spec ops unit until recently its going to take time to learn to trust others. Having the commander brief them while using a plushie as a aviatar sure was unique. AR-15 is the big sister of the squad huh suits her well. In a way its a blessing that T dolls cannot truly die as their personalities can be downloaded on to new bodies when the old one is destroyed. Still its a luxury that AR team unfortunately doesn't share. For infiltration and intel recovery ops 404 is unrivaled in their skill. 416 though really has one hell of a rivalry with m16 though. One sided one it seems but it was scary seeing M16 get angry for real. UMP45 though is such a curious one though playful but pretty mysterious. Overall an interesting ep that while doing well in allowing AR-15 to integrate herself back within the squad also showed well the kind of role she has within its dynamics which in this case is acting as the steady hand. The intro of squad 404 in the form of UMP45 and HK416 i felt was done pretty well though UMP45's assigned seiyuu i have to say is doing a stand up job portraying her. While i do agree that the ep was a bit slow i prefer slow gradual expansion rather than fast ones.
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Feb 11, 2022 10:41 AM
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Probably the first genuinely good episode besides episode 1, IMHO.

-art quality significantly improved, noticeably so in the fight between M-16 and HK416

-plot is (finally) beginning to thicken, though we won't find out why HK416 hates M16 so much for a while yet. Certainly not during this anime season.

Overall quality is still lacking, but this was an improvement. By this point I think it's worthwhile to reach the conclusion that MICA-team or whomever financed this anime didn't have the budget for better quality production, which could be the reason for the choice of studio and the notable lack of the game's original soundtrack for atmospherics.

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Feb 11, 2022 10:53 AM
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While I don't think it's good giving umpropted spoilers, it triggers me even more if they are wrong and one part of that spoiler is.

Also I think you should at least delete that part about 45, it's pretty major thing.
Tenzen12Feb 11, 2022 10:59 AM
Feb 11, 2022 1:15 PM
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Wtf is 416's head behind her torso?

Feb 11, 2022 8:15 PM
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This one was alright, I’m not entirely sure why there’s infighting between HK416 and M16, guessing it has to do with their pasts together based on what they said, still was a cool scene tho. Also love to see HK416 and UMP45 appear in this episode, they’re definitely classics. And it seems there’s a new leader in the mix named Intruder, maybe we’ll get to see her soon.
Feb 11, 2022 8:23 PM
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Tenzen12 said:
While I don't think it's good giving umpropted spoilers, it triggers me even more if they are wrong and one part of that spoiler is.

Also I think you should at least delete that part about 45, it's pretty major thing.


Fixed. Thanks for the heads up.
Feb 11, 2022 9:29 PM
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Best episode so far imo. The scene with 416 and M16 was one of the thing I was looking forward to the most, and even though it was simplified compared to the manga it was really nice to see.
Now I wonder how they're gonna adapt a certain scene next episode though because of a certain change they've made in this adaptation.
Feb 11, 2022 10:18 PM

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Jun Shi literally all us SKKs lol. chad move having T-Doll costume posters and figures in his command room. even more so - trying to oath Kalina haha!

storyline starting to pick up, lookin forward to more
Feb 11, 2022 11:35 PM

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Man this episode was so boring, it's just 1PM and I'm already feeling so sleepy after watching this episode. Throughout the episode there was only one thing going on in my mind and that was "when will this episode get over", seriously this episode was so hard to watch.

Nothing interesting happened, they just found that M16 is safe, that's all.

2/5 episode and those 2 points are for OP and ED.

I wish I could drop this but I don't like dropping animes so gonna continue watching this.




Feb 12, 2022 4:48 AM

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Holy shit, I love M16, that suicide line was cold as hell. Pretty good episode! Show's definitely getting better as we go on as they explore more things and plot points. The M16 scenes were definitely my favorite parts of the episode though. I wonder what the AR team's history is though with UMP45 and 416.
Feb 12, 2022 5:19 AM

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was kinda expecting the corpse to be STG44 instead of G43... but I know why they did it so whatever.

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Feb 12, 2022 10:26 AM

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Not a bad episode, new characters introduced (whom I've seen countless artworks before). However as a non-player myself, it makes it hard to fully understand the relations between each character, especially when they've known each other before.
Feb 12, 2022 11:21 AM

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The war ongoing, and only one member (M16) of the AR team left to save in enemy territory, which the deeper they go, the more powerful the Sangvis are.

The way that G43 was defiled was gruesome, but it's of no issue if Griffin has spares to put her back into shape, though the correct thing to do is to leave her doll parts as it is to avoid sentimentalism.

With the new Ringleader SP914 Intruder, there's cause for alarm. But all that attention went straight ahead of M16 vs. Squad 404's HK416 with the OP coming in hot, that was a good directional choice to add that in. Add the confrontation with UMP45, and a deal is struck.

This is probably the best episode yet, but still falls within short standards.
Feb 12, 2022 7:56 PM
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Meh Still mad they changed STG44 with g43 for no reason and the scene looked less dramatic she didint even grabed the Logo on her hat Bruh
Feb 12, 2022 8:40 PM
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Is because STG44 VA incident with china , they changed all the scenes that Ai Kayano characters appeared i believe
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Feb 13, 2022 7:55 AM
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Yeah it didn't really entertain me as well compared to the other episodes but M16 is some nice stuff, I want to see more of her
Feb 14, 2022 8:31 AM
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I laughed during that scene showing Jun Shi's room, lol. Would definitely like to see more of the rivalry between M16 and 416, and just more of 404 in general. Good episode, was cool that they played the OP in that fight scene too.
Feb 14, 2022 7:20 PM
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Alright, idk what happened so far in these episode because pacing kinda feel off-putting. One there's Gentiene unit. One goes to 416 and UMP45. Then jump to another unit while studying the message talks from Agent, and possibly Hunter. Then return again to Gentiene unit while proceeding the last scene with M16 with 404 squad. The transition isn't really pleasant this episode.

But anyway, aside that, i write a bit about 416 and UMP45, looks like there's some other special unit force different than AR team and Griffin that works separately. Mostly because its gathered intel or something data similar. But holy shit that fight really caught off-guard me. HK416 looks pretty much had some big grudge or something with M16. That's not some fun gunfight. Hope there's more of them later. However considering the story will just moving on, especially after there's still lot of mysteries around, i may just need to follow this with curiosity hang on.

Alright, moving on. Next ringleader is Intruder. Possibly M16 also heading there with 'secret weapon' she holds. Lets see...
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Feb 16, 2022 7:06 AM

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Quality improved this time which is nice.

I'm curious why 416 is holding a grudge and what M16 is hiding in that bulletproof guncase
of hers.

Jun Shi's room has some nice figurines and posters.

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