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| Goddamn the OP and visuals was awesome! I'm glad that they chose the song that already exists. Can't wait to see more of Oda's and Toyohisa's badassery. |
| They really owned the head of the bad guys. That was one painful death. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Don't this I've ever seen a more violent episode of any anime (not seen Hellsing though). Really enjoying this. The animation was allot more fluid this week after the clunky opening battle of last weeks episode. I'm really interested to see how this develops. |
| So how is "it's the same style of humor as in Hellsing Ultimate" supposed to be a defense? It was bad there and it's bad here. Anyway, this was definitely better than the first episode, but still didn't do much for me. I'd say it's not my type of show but I loved Hellsing Ultimate so... I think it's just built around much less compelling elements and the execution is not good enough to elevate the silly material into camp status, so the show just feels really stupid and leaves a bad taste in my mouth. |
| The 2 episodes are already covered by the the OVA Next week we will get new things finally |
| have no problem with the animation or the humor from it glad is not censored i wouldn't watch it if was |
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| Really enjoyed the OP. ED is still growing on me though. Any worries I had about the violence not being able to match that of Hellsing Ultimate was pretty much faded away during the village battle. Toyohisa didn't hesitate once in beating the living shit out of the snobbish commander. Not only that, but he gave the elves a chance to kill the commander and avenge their fallen friends. The comedy remains a bit out of place, but it's still funny though. Hellsing Ultimate was like that too. Not only was that battle really brutal and thrilling, their was heavy tension with the 'Gods' who sent the drifters to where they are now. A potential battle between these two looks to me inevitable. Overall, this episode was excellent. =) |
| I hope no more elves get harmed next episode. They seem to be good ppl. |
| guess this one is my favorite anime of season , the op was fun, i loved how he forced the elves to say "Taskede" and the oda scene was badass, got to say i didnt like the first episode and thought it was going to be just another random anime but second ep changed my mind |
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| A group of villagers horrifically mutilated someone and then...time for wacky comedy. That was laughably tone deaf. |
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| I thought the opening was going to be [Feel It], hope they're going to save it for an insert song hopefully. Next episode will be the test to see if the animation can stand up to these 2. And also pretty unexpected to see Yamaguchi in the opening, didn't think the show would get to that point at this pace |
Bobby2Hands said: A group of villagers horrifically mutilated someone and then...time for wacky comedy. That was laughably tone deaf. tfw the director has insisted on such a perfect adaptation that he didn't have enough sense to take those parts out. It kind of works for the manga, as they're just panels, but I agree, not here. |
| Holy fucking shit, this show is so damn epic! I absolutely love it. |
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| Drifters does everything I imagined this anime to do — from the first episode, the Hellsing Ultimate vibes were unreal, but I did not expect any less with the people involved. The soundtrack is incredible; I adore the jazzy and bluesy elements, actually these instantly reminded me of Cowboy Bebop, which cannot be a bad thing, no? With how high Hellsing Ultimate has risen in my standings, I can easily see this title ending up on my favourites list. Also, Easy looks an awful lot like the female interpretation of Alucard. |
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| The organization is called "Octobrists"...XD Gotta love Hirano for his usage of history and names. |
| That was one hell of an opening. And one hell of a titty jiggle. |
WaifuDestroyerOct 14, 2016 3:10 PM
| The opening. The freakin' opening. FABULOUS. |
 ✿ forum set by rubixuitous ✿ 'You seem to vacillate between assistance and assault. Which is it?' 'I'm not surprised you've driven three men to try and kill you, I'm only surprised there weren't more,' said Damen, bluntly. 'There were,' said Laurent, 'more.' |
| i wish they would get rid of the stupid chibi comedy, it's not funny and it keeps killing the mood. Even Yoichi bragging about her age was funnier. Despite that it was a pretty good episode. Great fight scenes in this episode; Toyohisa killing the soldiers and forcing the elves to get revenge on the general was absolutely brutal XD. Good to see hints of a more overarching plot starting to develop so it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out. I'll definitely stick around for this series. |
Bondrewd did nothing wrong. |
thebusofdoom said: Even Yoichi bragging about her age was funnier. I'm sorry to break this up to you, but it's him. Yoichi is a guy. |
✿ forum set by rubixuitous ✿ 'You seem to vacillate between assistance and assault. Which is it?' 'I'm not surprised you've driven three men to try and kill you, I'm only surprised there weren't more,' said Damen, bluntly. 'There were,' said Laurent, 'more.' |
ha, gaaaaaaay! Yoichi is a "he" not a "her" |
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| Lol oh dear. I probably just assumed it was a girl because of the hair and the clothing. In that case I stand corrected. |
| Bondrewd did nothing wrong. |
| Yep, finally new content starting next week. |
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| I actually don't mind the comedy here. It's not THAT out of place. Bungou Stray Dogs' comedy was annoying. |
| Still not enjoying the comedy but the bloody action was still great and the characters are fun. Ending seemed pretty interesting. |
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| DUUUUUDE That OP got me wet |
| Lie until what you want to be true becomes truth. Lie until you can't remember what's a lie and what isn't. Lie until you aren't lying anymore! Figures  |
| Imagine my surprise when I heard Minutes til Midnight playing! If anyone watched Shameless, you'd know what I'm talking about. Glad to see this band get recognized internationally as well. That song fit the OP so god damn well and definitely got me hyped. This was a pretty violent episode and also very badass. We even get to see Easy interacting with Murasaki. Nobunaga is the devil and I love it. There's a reason why he's one of the most popular historical character ever. The man is a maniacal emperor! Yoichi is too adorable and awesome. When he revealed he was 19 that face he made was great. Wish we could see more action out of him though, he's definitely my favorite character in this series/manga. Toyohisa is a legit boss. I seriously can not fucking wait to see Nobunaga talk to Olmine. =D 4/5 |
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| One of the best anime fights that I have seen in a long time! The artwork is outstanding in color and style. |
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| There you go! Much better than episode 1! This is what I was expecting last week, glad it got much better! |
| Holy shit, this episode was brutal as fuck! |
| such violence and blood... enjoying it.... still will appreciate some explaining of drifters though |
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| This episode was leaps and bounds better than the first in every respect. The writing was better, the voice actors were less cringy (they see to have gotten more comfortable in their roles), the animation was smoother, and the pacing was significantly more uniform. More on the animation, everything seemed a lot crisper and of higher quality than the first episode. I'm getting a Hellsing Ultimate vibe which is definitely contributing positively to the experience. Compared to last episode where I came out of it underwhelmed and extremely disappointed I am quite interested in seeing where this goes. |
| all crazy soliders from different period gathering together |
| My god the lame ass comedy is even worse than Hellsing's. Ruining good episode such as this. More battle scenes please, it's the best thing this anime has to offer. Hopefully there are more Drifters to be shown other than those three |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| MUCH BETTER than the 1st episode. The awkward comedy was actually gud this time. Am i the only one who smiled when Toyohisa bashed in the guy's face? |
 The peasant is bound by the king. The king is bound by the peasants and their kingdom. But the Viking is bound to nothing but themselves. |
| Definitely an improvement on the first episode...thinking I might stick around to see what else these crazy guys do! The comedy actually made me giggle this time around too. This episode was basically "how to claim your neighbouring village for dummies" and I enjoyed the hell outta it. The way Toyohisa utterly destroyed that general dude and then convinced all the villagers to kill him was brutal af. +1 for the lack of censorship- it was completely shocking and unexpected prolly because I've been conditioned by Jojo censoring. The music was damn brilliant too, although I think I still slightly prefer the ending to the opening...both are awesome though!! |
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| Second episode is definitely better than the first one. It was pretty much the second half of the OVA, but it was still great to see. Shimazu just wrecked that guy's face with the sheath of his sword. I especially love the OP. It is so awesome. Looking forward to what happens next. |
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| Still not a fan of the comedy, but it wasnt used as much in this episode Very good and badass episode, i am quite pleased with how bloody it is and am glad that its not censored! |
joe_own said: GangsterCat said: i smiled plenty, just comes down to understanding what they joking about in the correct context, and that's where individuals ignorance is at fault, some jokes are suppose be very obvious some require bit of thinking and some require understanding, and yes there is cringy jokes in this world, i don't recall cringing from the jokes in drifter because i understood the context.if i don't laugh, grin or at least smile, it's bad "I didn't think it was bad so it can't be bad" Mate, I liked this episode and even I can tell you have a shit argument for it. |
| Okay I think I'm going to like this for all that gore and violence. These guys are pretty brutal. The elves were under attack and Toyohisa sliced apart all those attackers. I liked how he threw his sword at the commander and then threw himself at him and then started to hit his head with the sheath of his sword. That last part was pretty brutal. And then he had the elves finish him off because it was their revenge. And the Octoberists are the one who maintain the Drifters sent in by the weird glasses guy and are working for Easy. And it's a fight between Easy and that glasses guy for whatever reason. The comedy felt a bit better here because it was more well placed than in the last episode. If anything, I think all that violence might keep me here. |
| I love how well they used Hirano's art style and humor and I'm happy that they are keeping the animation on par with Hellsing Ultimate. Girlycard spotted. xD |
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| Awesome OP. Loving the art style. Story-wise, lots of heads are going flying XD |
| Wew this episode was much better than i expected. |
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