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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Sorawo and Toriko back into the Otherside World, though it seems that the travel is much more longer and sparse this time while interconnecting with each other along the way. The walk into a giant village that's heavy-fogged, it emits the creepy vibes. Not to mention the weird Big-Head alien archetypes, it gives off the feeling of the self-insert into Left 4 Dead and almost being trampled by CG aliens instead. The journey for both girls can only get as more wild and spine-chilling. Filler? I guess you can say so, but why when there's more than enough content from the novel/manga? Next arc: Time, Space, and a Middle-Aged Man |
KANLen09Jan 19, 2021 5:19 PM
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| So they really found a village full of monsters from the otherside, it was really creepy, well now I wonder what will happen next, seems like this world is even more dangerous than they thought |
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| In the second-half, they don't need to throw rock to check glitch anymore~ |
| Got major made in abyss vibes from this episode. Those big headed monsters were creepy af. Seems their elevator to the other side has also been compromised. I'm starting to like this anime more and more. The CG was pretty bad but it was only in some minor/unimportant scenes so it was acceptable |
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Yangbojian said: i know right, convenient... maybe there weren't any glitches because they were in the vicinity of the big head village?In the second-half, they don't need to throw rock to check glitch anymore~ |
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| Damn those big head things were certainly creepy. The atmosphere of the village was certainly spooky too. |
| Quite thrilling moment when they were chased right there, well done with the OST there. Tho the CGI is pretty bad considering there's quite other CGI animes that looks way better. But it get the jobs done just fine (read P.s.). Liked the development between the two too, yep they got the chemistry to keep teaming up. P.s. : The CGI is doing the job there because it's enough to confuse Toriko, seeing those big headed alien monsters, she needs to check if Sorao's head size got affected and get big like them... LOL |
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| The content in this episode was mostly anime-original and, if the name of the next arc in the OP is right, they would've postponed a chapter. If so, I don't think it would be a good decision, but well. Aside from the CG, which I'm not even going to touch upon, there were inconsistencies in Sorawo's blue eye alternating between being blue and brown in this episode. I know she's supposed to sometimes wear a contact lens, but it still got my attention. Because it was anime original before the chapter that follows Hasshaku-sama in the source, I think it took away one of the conflicts of one of the next arcs, since it made Sorawo go along with Toriko to the Otherside after Hasshaku-sama without her expressing second thoughts, just being 'oh well, whatever'. They also amped the romantic text, so it seems the anime is going for a more 'fast burn' approach than the source. Not necessarily better or worse, it depends on what the anime scriptwriters are going to do with it. One thing I really don't get is why they chose to go with rocks instead of bolts. It just seemed like they 1) wanted content for comedy in the first 10 minutes of the episode and 2) to tie it with a reference by Toriko at the end. After all, seeing Abarato use bolts, why wouldn't Sorawo think about how practical it is? Well, at least is was well-used in the episode, since it did have a textual impact at the end. I'd say Liden is doing an average to mediocre job at adapting this, but I also think they are getting progressively better. I just don't know if it's enough. I mean, better than bad isn't necessarily good. |
KosmonautJan 18, 2021 8:34 AM
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| jump scare from elevator girl. Possible that thing is remembering them.. and learned to position itself closer to the elevator! and even scarier is the village with big head people. Why the person in the pic offered rice looks normal, but everyone in the village is monster. another enjoyable episode. looking forward to next week! :) |
Liddo-kunJan 18, 2021 8:58 AM
| Whew they made it back alive, good thing they found that entrance there. Kinda boring episode tbh, highlight of this episode was proly the elevator comedy part. |
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| Liden continues to just take a dump all over this series. Why did they feel the urge to shove in an absolutely pointless, badly written and animated filler while skipping or postponing good LN arcs is beyond me. Much masters of anime indeed. |
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| Damn, those CGI insects were awfully creepy. Lol. Kind of a meh episode. But let's see how are they going to improve it. |
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p4rad0x- said: 2077 said: was it really that bad though? i thought it was a pretty interesting episode that showed more about the otherside but i can see what u mean since there wasn't really any plot or character developments. it was still a nice episode though imo It completely ruins the impact of the next arc based on the next episode title. Worse yet, Kisaragi chapter is important and ties to a lot of subsequent developments. Messing with it is some galaxybrain level planning. |
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Nanaca said: I really don't know how they're going to do the arc in the OP without Kisaragi beforehand. If they didn't skip it completely, maybe they'll try to do 'both' parts of it back to back, I don't see any reason why though. Worse yet, Kisaragi chapter is important and ties to a lot of subsequent developments. Messing with it is some galaxybrain level planning. |
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p4rad0x- said: This episode was 100% filler. There is nothing about this in the source material at all. Dropping this garbage adaptation. I had a feeling that this was some sort of filler. It is like, we had little development on the story. |
| They were so cute, everything about that head measuring scene was adorable. The cg was bad in some scenes but it was alright overall. |
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| Damn that big head chase was pretty creepy. Didn’t find any actual living inhabitants, but definitely learnt some more useful information about the other side. The episode was written by the LN author and it really shows. Got some nice Yuri moments this episode as well. If I had to rate the show rn it’s sitting probably at a 7, but it’s got potential, just waiting on some defining moments. |
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| That was one hell of a overreaction from Toriko though. Using thrown rocks to determine whether a glitch is present is smart thinking. The big heads though sure proved to be an interesting foe. One where their conventional tactics were completely ineffective against. Overall a fun but also tension filled ep that presented a trial for the two that their conventional strategies could not hope to win against and forcing them to for the first time to retreat and rethink their actions. Sorao looks like she's starting to get used to exploring the other side with Toriko while Toriko's trust in Sorao has likewise grown a lot. Curious at how they will overcome the problem posed by the big heads next ep. |
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| The elevator part was made me laugh hard. Those big headed monsters were really creepy. That was a close call tho. Good job Sorao. |
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| Hmmm, I was not so impressed with this episode. Let us hope it will get better. |
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| Despite being filler I'd say this episode had the most decent atmosphere out of the three so far. Our two MCs being all alone without any third wheels is honestly pretty enjoyable, here's hoping that more episodes focus on these two and their interactions with the environment instead of any third human characters. |
| Cute episode, even more yuri vibes. People are saying it's filler? I could see that, nothing truly impactful happened besides their friendship deepening a bit. |
| I got Made In Abyss vibes from the village. Can't wait to see what happens next I am really intrigued by the 'Otherside' I want to learn more about it and still want to know if we find out what happened to that man from last weeks episode. |
| 死死. Death is everywhere. Seeing all the glitches make me wonder if we have something like them in our world as well? I am pretty sure there are other worlds beside ours... |
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| What a wild adventure, Those Bighead creatures are creepy af. Got those Yuri Vibes tho xD |
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| freaking loved this episode imo.. i can't be the only one who loved the sekiro's "Death" reference especially when they speak the word death in such an adorable way.. |
pint said: Yangbojian said: i know right, convenient... maybe there weren't any glitches because they were in the vicinity of the big head village?In the second-half, they don't need to throw rock to check glitch anymore~ I thought the same thing. |
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| The music and premise are leagues ahead of everything else this anime has to offer. The music does a great job establishing the tone and atmosphere in the “Otherside” parts, which are usually the most entertaining moments. The actual plots and characters still leave a lot to be desired. |
| Even if it was an original, I think it was a decent episode. It could have been a chapter or a sidestory in the novel. But I'm a bit worried about what will they do next. With 12 episodes they were already short to adapt 3 volumes, and now they even add new content. Well at least they try to do something new with the source material, so even if it is not as good as the novel it will still be interesting. I just hope that the production won't get worse because between the CGI and the poor animation, it doesn't look very good and there is still 9 episodes to go. |
| I dont know if this is in light novel(havent read it yet but looks like a lot say its filler). I mean im expecting it to be the Kisaragi arc but naah. Anyway, its not bad neither its good so whatever. I just think they wasted an episode, or they could just atleast made this filler on latter part (since theres gonna be an established bond between the mcs and they like its gonna focus on their yuri stuff). Maah~ anyway, I still wanna see how this goes. |
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| YAWN. The entire first half of the episode was just plain white noise. They bumbled around, wondering out loud about how things worked. Not actually testing any theories or the like, just doing train of thought improv. Eventually, they find a village, startle the spider people in it, and start murdering them. First, we're definitely missing any kind of structure or purpose here. At least have a mystery of the week, if not a monster. Don't just bumble around until jumpscared and then run away through the helpful completely random portal that apparently spawns only when you're in danger. Second, the direction and writing on these scenes continues to be godawful. In one shot, Not-Blondie is surrounded by spiderpeople. Then in the next frame, they're fifty feet away. Then back again. Then they have enough time to have a leisurely conversation in front of the convenient portal back just sitting there… the first one of its kind they've seen, ever. And it also purges spiderpeople too apparently? How convenient! |
Beauxite said: I dont know if this is in light novel(havent read it yet but looks like a lot say its filler). I mean im expecting it to be the Kisaragi arc but naah. Anyway, its not bad neither its good so whatever. I just think they wasted an episode, or they could just atleast made this filler on latter part (since theres gonna be an established bond between the mcs and they like its gonna focus on their yuri stuff). Maah~ anyway, I still wanna see how this goes. Just like the manga, the light novel goes from Hasshaku-sama into Kisaragi Station. |
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vardavarr said: From what I can tell, people seem to dislike this show because it's an unfaithful adaptation to the source material. Which I can kind of understand, but what y'all always fail to understand is that an anime also needs to be judged on its own merit. Its current 6.75 score isn't too far off, but it seems a little unfairly low to me. If I was judging it by it's own merits, I'd give it a 5. My like of the light novel and manga bring it down at least to a 4. I original came into this thread because I am currently working through the LNs, and noticed this was not what follows the Hasshaku-sama arc in either the ln or manga, so I thought maybe they were animating out of order something I have not gotten to. Learning it was filler, I gave it a watch.... That wasn't good, at all. But, I said it about the last episode too, they are trying to keep this light, and fluffy, and cute, with just the hint of a horror scifi background. This is definitely aiming more at yuri fans than people who want come decent scifi horror with a yuri twist. So, a filler episode where they passively flirt while running from monsters makes more sense for their target than Kisaragi.... how are they going to make that fluffy I wonder? |
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| big heads kinda cute ngl |
| clannad is the greatest piece of fiction to ever exist. |
| Something about this episode definitely felt off to me (and I dont just mean the early-2000's-looking CG), hearing that its not from the source material makes a lot of sense to me in that regard |
| Enjoyable episode today. The insect things were creepy but an interesting presence and I still like the world building for the series |
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| I liked this episode a lot, some creepy moments with the ghost town and the atmosphere was probably the best in the series so far imo, and the elevator girl at the beginning gave me a spook too lol, I hope she keeps being a reoccurring thing. The one thing that did disappoint a bit was the CGI, although it wasn’t the worst since it did kinda make the big-heads more alien-like. |
| Episode 3 seemed to be a filler episode. Which surprisingly I didn't mind to much probably because I'm invested into the characters. Hopefully next episode has more plot! |
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