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| Meh episode, this test is probably the weakest as whole... confusing, nothing is properly explained, i also feel like im missing something, Khun carrying this episode but can't help much with this so awkwardly bad animation and fights. And Rak also doesn't do anything even with promising personality in the start... he's just a chocolate crocodile now, dissapointing. |
| OK episode. This anime lost its steam around the 5th/6th episode unfortunately |
| Garbage Episode. They Cut So Much Content It Didn't Even Feel Like The Same Story. It's Barebones Plot Progression With No Character Development For Anyone. It's Almost As Bad As The Toriko Anime Adaptation. RIP. |
| Anti-climactic episode. The build up to this is bad. Khun playing 4d chess to the dumb ranker is hilarious. I think the MC of this anime is blue turtle. And Rak being the mascot of the series. |
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chriskor022 said: Anti-climactic episode. The build up to this is bad. Khun playing 4d chess to the dumb ranker is hilarious. I think the MC of this anime is blue turtle. And Rak being the mascot of the series. Rak is the main character of this show. |
| Anime-only here. Started watching recently because of the hype surrounding this anime this season. Personally, I felt that although the crown games episodes were more exciting and entertaining, I thought that this episode is also one of the best episodes so far in this series. I love fights that depend on logical tactics and with zero asspull "power of friendship" to win fights. The ending of this fight is just amazing and Khun really reminds me of Light or Lelouch. He's like this amazing chess-master who can think 10 steps ahead. He's definitely suited to the light-bearer position (the moment they described the positions in the anime, I already thought that Khun is really suitable to be in this position, as light-bearers seem like the tacticians/strategists of the battle who control the flow of the battle (with all the information at their fingertips and able to deploy people with the researched info). If Khun continues to be this amazing throughout this series and beyond, then I really have to pick up the webtoon soon.... Bam is indeed pretty bland as the main character so far.. it seems that it will take a while for his character to get more and more interesting. It's good though the surrounding characters are still interesting, mainly Khun (he's really carrying the show), Anak, Hak, Rak, Endorsi, the sleeping guy, hahaha. Hope next ep shows some development of Bam as wave controller as well as Rachel who's interestingly a light-bearer (they are both main characters but we still dunno much about them). I bet Endorsi will have similar mindsets as Khun and start to betray her team mates next ep either to ensure her own success or her personal friends (e.g. Bam's) (this ep already ends with her attacking one of her fellow fishermen teammates). |
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| I don't like how they are skipping a lot of details out from the webtoon like some inner thoughts of the characters and explanation of shinsu there is not even a mention of bangs but, it's still pretty enjoyable though. |
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| Nothing makes sense anymore, but anyway let's just watch and hope they explain things better in the next few episodes. |
| Khun pretending their loss had nothing to do with him~ and doing his best so Bam and the others can pass the test. I'm assuming Hoh's envy towards Bam is going to be his downfall in the next episode. They're on the same team, so Hoh is probably gonna do something stupid so Bam can fail... But Bam will prevail and then he and red-haired-girl will pass from his team, instead of Hoh. Sounds good to me tbh, I want to know more about her. |
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| Hoh is a mysterious character. I wonder what he's up to or what he's worrying. He looks preoccupied lately. |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| This was one of the better episodes, probably because Yoru's annoying ass wasn't involved in it. |
| Floyd Mayweather English Tutor |
| Bruh I Hope they did next eps justice, animation-wise and Endorsi.... |
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| Confusing episode, no clear explanation is given. The scenes flow together badly and the fight scenes lack any impact. The comedic relief is mostly annoying and Bam is still the blandest character. But Khun carries this show for me and all of his scenes are always interesting. I doubt the anime can better itself much with only a few episodes remaining, but I hope Bam manages to achieve some characterisation. |
  I want to know what it is, this 'sin' they say I've committed. |
Alpha_Druid said: nanimeanswhat said: It's now time for Kami no Uragiri. Quite a good episode with worse animation compared to the previous episodes. I hope the reason is that they saved the animation budget for the latter episodes. More like Uragiri no Tou. But nice try weeb. I was going to write that but that didn't seem catchy enough for some reason. The original title is in Korean anyway. So 배신의 탑? That's actually better considering that they both have shin. We're all weebs here, don't act like you aren't lol, so I'm not offended. |
bluninjaMay 21, 2020 2:24 PM
| If you read Eleceed you're automatically my friend. |
PurpleMario said: Time for another negative comment about ToG... This episode was, in one word, confusing (?). First, I still don't clearly understand what was that game about, or even where it is ocurring, I mean really, the physical space where they are makes no sense at all. And what were those cubes? What do they do? What are they meant for? Second, from what I got from last episode the two teams were supposed to play at the same time (at least that's what the subtitles said in spanish), and that would be more logical since the second team has more time to make a plan and even can see what's the first team doing. That's an obvious advantage for the second team (were our MC casually is). Third, I understand that Rak is not participating because he already cleared his own test, but later on this episode Lero Ro tells that Khun, Shibisu, and Lauroe passed too, even before knowing about Khun's deal with Quant... so why are they even participating? Fourth, Khun making a deal to save his "friends" (even though he barely knows them) makes no sense with the idea the show is trying to sale about Khun's personallity. Wasn't he suppose to be cold and manipulator? Fifth, Quant doesn't lose anything if any team wins, so why is he so desperate to win? Sixth, if only one team can win, the sole idea of playing A team first is stupid, since they can win and so, B team can lose without even playing. Seventh, because of point 6, it was terribly obvious that A team couldn't win. Eighth, if Baam is so sure that Michelle is Rachel, why doesn't he talk to her? He, suppousedly, doesn't care about the tower, he is there ONLY to find Rachel, so... wtf?? Ninth, Quant, a supreme, really falls that easily in that kind of trap? He JUMPED and didn't had a plan to not falling?? And lets say it, for being a guy that already climbed the tower (that is supposedly extremely hard and only "the chosen ones" can do so) doesn't seem to be very superior to the regulars... I though he gave them 111 seconds because he would make that same distance in 1 or something, but no, he calmly walked, beated a few guys (who offered little to no resistance at all), and, somehow, catched Anaak... How? Who knows. Tenth, wtf about Endorsi relation with Baam? She sometimes hates (?) him, sometimes doesn't care about him, and now she was jealous???? WHY????? Eleventh, B team really choose Endorsi to be the one with that insignia? The same girl that has already broken her shoes twice? That sound like a stupid decision. Twelveth, Lero Ro talking about Khun as he has known him from a loooooong time... no, just no. And I could keep going but I'm really tired... seriously, this episode didn't make sense at all, clearly the worst so far. And if anyone is wondering, no, no one is forcing me to watch this, but I will finish this season because I don't like to drop shows (I've dropped only one of +100 animes) and so I can make an objective and well founded review of it when its over. Hmm.. I'm also an anime-only and I actually had the opposite opinion... I thought it's one of the better episodes in this series, though that could be because I like characters like Khun who reminds me of Light or Lelouch. Perhaps either the subs you watched were poor/inaccurate or u missed a lot of explanations from previous episodes? From watching the anime, I think I can answer most of your questions here based on my understanding so far: 1)It's a game of tag. Basically if the examiner's tag captured the tag of the regulars before he/she can leave, then the team loses. If the regulars' team can leave the venue with tag intact, the team wins and they will be awarded a huge amount of points. If the regulars' team managed to steal the examiner's tag, then the team gets twice the huge amount of points. These points are essential for the regulars to pass the exam and move on to level 3 of the tower. The venue of the game was shown in ep 7. Those cubes were called lighthouses. They can provide light to illuminate dark places during the game (that's why when the examiner destroyed one of the lighthouses in the beginning, he was boosting about how well he can see and move in the dark). These lighthouses also seem to serve as super-computers, as Khun was shown in earlier episodes to use them to research about his team mates and the examiner ranker and their backgrounds/behaviour/data/stats/etc. Hence, I think that light bearers can serve as battle tacticians or strategists as they have all the info on their fingertips. 2)While explaining the game in ep 7, from my memory they didn't really state clearly whether the 2 teams are playing at the same time or not (I'm watching English sub). Anyway, Team A has better regulars than Team B (Ep 8 stated this upfront) so it also balances out even if there's more advantage to playing second for Team B. 3)In episode 7, only spear bearers have this special test where if you passed it, you passed the overall position test. Rak passed this special test so he passed the overall position test. The other positions did not have this special test, so everyone else in other positions have to participate in the tag game even if they already scored high points in their daily classes/activities etc (the tag game is like this compulsory final exam of the position test). 4)He is cold and manipulative! Notice how he betrayed his entire team A with a smirk on his face and no one knew except the sleepy guy and the examiners! My personal opinion after watching is that his main goal is to help Bam only (he cares less about the other "friends" despite the examiner thinking that he wants to help his own group of "friends"; I think the examiner is mistaken). Notice how Khun mentally asked Bam to grab onto the opportunity Khun created by making his team lost (he thought to Bam "Come join me up here!".... or something like that). He will only help the group of "friends" if Bam wants to help them (as shown in the scouts test in prev eps). I think Khun's main goal is to continue climbing the tower with Bam and Rak. As to why Khun grew close to Bam, over the past episodes, we can see that Khun sees himself in Bam (he find Bam relatable due to his situation with Rachel, due to Khun's past with the half-sister who became the princess). 5)It's his personality. Khun (or the examiners) have explained in ep 7 or 8 that Quant has a brash and rash personality, and is someone with a lot of pride who cannot stand to lose. I guessed that Khun figured this out while researching on Quant in the lighthouse. 6)Nope. Both teams can win the game (or lose the game). The episodes didn't say that only one team can win. It's just that if team A won, all the regulars in team A will have a huge amount of points scored, and will definitely pass the position test (it seems to me that not everyone can pass the position test, only the top scorers can do so). There seems to be a cut-off criteria of points since Lero Ro mentioned that some ppl can already passed the test even after they lost the tag game. Since most of the regulars in team A are stronger than in team B, they probably have more points already before the tag game. So if team A won the tag game, it's like a guaranteed pass for the overall position test for team A regulars, and team B members will fail the position test even if they win the tag game (and anyway, it's highly unlikely that team B will even win the tag game since team B is weaker overall). 7)Invalid as point 6 is incorrect. 8)He recognises that Rachel doesn't want to speak to him or acknowledge him as she wants to continue climbing the tower (to see the stars). He's respecting her wishes and is giving her the space to pretend that she's another person, as he cares about her. 9)Apparently, it was explained that Quant was severely limited in his Shinshu use; hence, he didn't seem as god-like in strength and prowess (which is only fair as otherwise, what's the point of the tag game when there's zero chance of winning the it?). Secondly, it was also mentioned in the ep that Quant have a troublesome and rash personality that could backfire on him: notice how the examiners brought up this point when they saw him approaching the bait set by Team A. Calmness and being strategic doesn't seem to be Quant's strengths. He probably had other strengths that led him to become a ranker. He jumped as he was over-confident that this will cause Team A to lose the game. Because the episode implies that a light-bearer has to be near the lighthouse to control it. Since Quant already suspected that Anak was supported on Khun's lighthouse hovering below the bridge, he gloated to Khun that if Khun fell with him, the lighthouse will fail and Anak will also fall together, away from the exit above and maybe even to her death/ suffering injuries. Quant calmly beat up everyone and caught up to Anak due to his strength, speed and stealth in the dark (he's a Ranker after all and the Scouts' teacher). 10) She's not jealous. She's just upset that Bam asked after Rachel and was concerned for Rachel, but Rachel treated Bam as if he's non-existent and unimportant in the pursuit of her goal to climb the tower (remb prev episode when Endorsi talked to Rachel about Bam). I think Endorsi is also a kind-hearted person who cares about people around her despite being vain about her looks and proud of her status as princess (example being her chat with Anak at the end of the fishermen mini-test when they were lying on the ground). 11)Endorsi is a Princess of Jahad, and The King of Jahad rules the entire tower lol. This means that Endorsi is a very important person in the tower (VVVIP). 12)They probably did. The anime gave hints over many episodes that Khun came from a famous family and had a very bad scandal involving him. Since this scandal involves his half-sister who became the Princess of Jahad (and King Jahah rules the tower), definitely ranker examiners in the tower who work for the King will know about the scandal and about Khun and his famous family. I got carried away and my post ended up being too long hahaha... :P Edit: All the above are based on the anime episodes only. If my interpretations are wrong due to info that's not in the anime and only found in the original webtoon, please do not spoil me here. Thanks:) |
HappystarzMay 21, 2020 4:39 PM
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nanimeanswhat said: I was going to write that but that didn't seem catchy enough for some reason. The original title is in Korean anyway. So 배신의 탑? That's actually better considering that they both have shin. We're all weebs here, don't act like you aren't lol, so I'm not offended. Nice try Koreaboo. |
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| The music that plays when Quant catches Anak's badge felt so familiar to me. Finally realized why it's so familiar. It's almost the same music from opening scene of the Blade movie. This one, to be more specific: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6UXQ_9IRo8 |
| One thing that seems to be confusing for anime onlies - Khun is his last name, i.e. his family name. His first name is Aguero Agnes. Khun is a well known family in the tower. It was pretty well established and clear by this point in the manhwa, but anime is a mess on all fronts, so I'm not surprised. Also, it really does seem kinda stupid that Quant fell for his trap, because they basically forgot to mention that the lighthouse can be operated at a specific range. In other words, he pulled him with himself because that would make the lighthouse fall as well. |
lazypigz said: Something I notced this episode is why is CR translating MC-kuns name as Bam? Reading from the list that was revealed in the episode... and by hearing (Yoru) his name translates to “Night of the 25th Day”. Ok so then, why Bam? And what does Night of the 25th Day mean? Another thing where anime, or should I say, translators, failed. Yes, his name is "25th Night". Baam is Korean for night. He's named after his day of birth. So, Japanese actually did it well (calling him Yoru instead of Baam), while subs failed completely, instead of at least mentioning the meaning in the first episode. But yeah, those are just unimportant details. Good thing we have important stuff, like chocobars. |
Alpha_Druid said: nanimeanswhat said: I was going to write that but that didn't seem catchy enough for some reason. The original title is in Korean anyway. So 배신의 탑? That's actually better considering that they both have shin. We're all weebs here, don't act like you aren't lol, so I'm not offended. Nice try Koreaboo. lol --- Ba. Ha ba ba. Ha babadegada. |
| If you read Eleceed you're automatically my friend. |
| I love Khun's personality and the type of relationships he has with others. The music where Khun was pulled off by Quant was really good props to Kevin Perkin. I can't wait to hear the other music he has composed for this show. |
| Cool ep, still interested to see where exactly this will end for S1. |
| ~ The world is not beautiful, therefore it is. |
| Incredibly underwhelming the way how this series handles tension... and the way how they mix it with comedy gags make it feel anything but impactful. Overall, awfully boring episode until the last few minutes with the "betrayal" part. Honestly, I was expecting something like this from Khun so the twist wasn't particularly impressive. Him acting like the sneaky fox he is was still rather enjoyable tho. But this said, I'm afraid his character might be the only strong point this show's narrative will have during this season. |
SouthRzVaMay 21, 2020 9:57 PM
| Oh man i saw a lot of hate on this episode because people considered this episode to be... idk slow? I liked it though! liked when khun betrayed as well! |
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| As expected when seeing the previous episode, Khun must be do something to help Yoru pass his own test. But, never realise to using that game loses for that purposes. Khun shines too much, Yoru began secondary character, and this show really keep its twist tag until the final episode released. Not a fan such a big puzzle thing hanging around, yet, i might call it a weakness. The storyline put in too much unresolved mystery when the flow of the plot can't be predicted. Oh, well.... |
 Hide and seek is the best offline games on this fatamorgana-called-world-thing. Please comment nicely. I am newbie here. I'm level  on mal-badges. View my badges  |
| This ep felt like they are fast forwarding everything kinda similar to Tokyo Ghoul Re adaptation. The only good part in this ep was Khun's betrayal |
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| Got to see my favorite lizard loli again so it's good. |
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