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Nov 22, 2014 1:53 PM
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Eh, this episode felt slow. We learn more about Chika although it's some of the higher level/rank guys that ticked me off.

Yuuma's fearless against them and I respect that. I mean, who the hell do they think they are? TRACE ON. Never underestimate Yuuma tbh. I think that would be a big mistake. Cliffhanger though.
Nov 22, 2014 1:55 PM
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So that girl's brother is KajiKaji's character's tutor. There is large "trion power" on her, which is why she attracts Neighbors. They met those who don't like the guy who went to Neighbor. He knows that there are more from faraway. A soldiers vs. Neighbor guy, and That S guy, who is also nearby, entrusts Neighbor guy for being stronger. Oh, no @ the cliffhanger. The preview, though, broke that fear of cliffhanger.
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Nov 22, 2014 3:17 PM
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The second part of the episode made up for how awful was the first part.
That cliffhanger...
Nov 22, 2014 3:36 PM
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That was one huge cube Chika was outputting. Damn Kuga getting sniped at the end there. Pretty sure he's gonna be okay though.
Nov 22, 2014 4:03 PM
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And... Kuga isn't dead. He's invincible.
Nov 22, 2014 4:09 PM
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Putting the OP in the middle of the episode again...? Chika's so adorable, I love her. With such a considerate person like her, it's good she has Osamu to watch out for her. But dang her trion level is unbelievable. There's not really anything she can do to avoid getting attacked :/ Not like they can take it away or decrease it.

Ugh, annoying A-ranks. Well too bad they ain't got nothing on Yuuma. Well okay maybe not nothing since they are able to do some damage, but Yuuma doesn't look like he's struggling too much yet. That last part though. Can Toei stop making it so obvious that they're trying to save money on this anime? With these pauses and one-second-too-long reactions faces, is anyone even going to buy the anime?
Nov 22, 2014 7:09 PM
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Kuga's face when he was asking if Osamu and Chika are going out. XD

More about Chika's past from Osamu's perspective. She's quite a thoughtful person, considering how little she is.
That level of Trion is impressive! Osamu probably felt some type of way seeing Chika surpassing him by a landslide. XD

Those damn A-rank guys. >.< Well, they'll probably get owned by Kuga soon, despite putting up a good fight.

Decent episode. Toei needs to stop with those long pauses. Sh!t's annoying just like those A-ranks. >.<

Nov 22, 2014 7:30 PM
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The Trion level of Chika is so huge.

Those A-rank guys attacked Kuga like that, they will get owned by Kuga soon.
Nov 22, 2014 8:40 PM
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I would like to recommend to those who find the animation lackluster, with it's odd pauses and etc...please go read the manga! Its freaking amazing. I started reading from the last episode and caught up with the scanlated chapters and I must say it was great! Hopefully this anime will get more people interested in the manga because once the story picks up, it gets really good. No exaggerations. So I really encourage those who have been turned off from the anime thus far to read it instead. You don't want to miss out on this!
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Nov 22, 2014 9:37 PM

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I really like the story of this anime, but it's just executed so poorly.

It's like they only have 5 episodes worth of material, but are trying to extend it by adding so many static scenes and pauses and pro-longing things. It's just so unnecessary and makes this series hard to watch..

On the positive, it's made me want to read the manga. Also can't wait to watch Kuga beat some people up.
Nov 22, 2014 10:26 PM

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interesting episode,
More of Chika, Kuga been attack and a Cliffhanger.
cant wait to see Kuga kick some ass.
Nov 22, 2014 11:15 PM
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I might get flamed but this is probably the most anticipated animes for me, it is the number 1 anime I look forward to watching every week. Yes I know the plot is simple and the too long pauses and all, but I still find it really fun to watch. Do you need to explain fun? :D

Anyways, Yuma's definitely surviving that bullet =3
Nov 23, 2014 12:27 AM

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Ok episode.

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Anyways, Yuma's definitely surviving that bullet =3

It's shown in the damn preview.
Nov 23, 2014 12:45 AM
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Animation degraded considerably. Running out of time probably. All the frames were extremely sloppy.
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Nov 23, 2014 12:59 AM

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So... what's with this now of putting the OP in the middle?
Was it only me or did the art changed a little?
Nov 23, 2014 1:31 AM

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Can Toei stop making it so obvious that they're trying to save money on this anime? With these pauses and one-second-too-long reactions faces, is anyone even going to buy the anime?


Had to make up for the 30 seconds of action somewhere, which I have to say was quite good considering the budget.
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The cliffhanger..
Nov 23, 2014 3:33 AM

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Animation degraded considerably. Running out of time probably. All the frames were extremely sloppy.


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So... what's with this now of putting the OP in the middle?
Was it only me or did the art changed a little?


Looks like only two artists worked on this episode. Last episode was even only one artist. Which kind of explains the long pauses and reuse of scenes from older episodes as those two probably had put their most focus of their work into the 30+ second action sequence to make it fluid enough and not static. Two people can only draw so much depending on how much they are paid to draw.

The first half reused quite a bit of older scenes and felt not very exciting due it, plus another long pause when Replica measured Osamu's trion though it was at least less long than that one in the Border higher ups meeting.
Chika is huge though.Her Trion that is. If Osamu is a little peanut for neighbors then Chika must be an all-you-can-eat-buffet. xD

With Miwa and his squad showing up we finally get some more suspense. Miwa shooting Yuuma was pretty well, I'm not sure how to describe it, but if Yuuma had just been a human protecting Chika then he would be probably dead with that shot alone.
Yoneya with his spear and joy for battle seems more easy-going than Miwa who really hates neighbors, probably due what has happened in the past with their first invasion on Mikado city.

Liked how Yuuma's ability is not forgotten and can be useful in a battle as well as seen here with Yuuma now knowing that there are more than just Miwa and Yoneya involved in this battle. Jin seems to have a lot of fun watching this battle though given his foresight ability he probably already knows how this battle gonna end.

A shame they cut the battle in half, guess they wanted to keep the more exciting stuff of the battle like Yuuma's abilities and the tricks and equipment of Miwa squad for the next episode. Nice though a bit overdramatic cliffhangar given that we due Jin already know Miwa squad cannot beat Yuuma.

Well, this still speaks bad news for Yuuma. Border and Commander Kido know about him, even if he beats iwa squad and if Jin vouches for him, I doubt they will let it slide that a Neighbor with a powerful trigger lives in their town.

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I would like to recommend to those who find the animation lackluster, with it's odd pauses and etc...please go read the manga! Its freaking amazing. I started reading from the last episode and caught up with the scanlated chapters and I must say it was great! Hopefully this anime will get more people interested in the manga because once the story picks up, it gets really good. No exaggerations. So I really encourage those who have been turned off from the anime thus far to read it instead. You don't want to miss out on this!


I've seen in other forums more and more comments that people started reading the manga, so I'm glad even the low-budget Toei anime could get people interested in giving the manga a chance. Hopefully that will get shown in the sales for the next WT volume as well as its rankings in Jump for the japanese watchers.
While the manga starts slow once it picks up its pace with Jin and Miwa squad introduction it becomes pretty good and later very good and intense with what happens later. Hope more people will read the manga even if the anime wasn't to their taste. :)
Nov 23, 2014 4:10 AM

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Kodera's hair looks weirder in the anime. Reminds me of Sunny Go.

Nov 23, 2014 4:53 AM
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The execution of this anime is weird at the very least with the openings and large standstills. The rest of it is pretty interesting, though. It's kinda obvious that Kuga is gonna beat them all up. Too bad we'll have to wait a week to see that, though.
Nov 23, 2014 6:14 AM

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I liked this ep. Chika is cute. Her Trion is over 9000 XD

Kuga is just too BA :3 Love his personality a lot. And Jin being there and actually watching was lol
Nov 23, 2014 6:47 AM

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they were super obvious that kuga already noticed the snipers so the "suspense" they were trying to build was poorly delivered. i think they should've ended the fight this episode and just shorten the chika part, i mean they didn't have to show the flashbacks again.
Nov 23, 2014 7:48 AM

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Almost 14 min in and suddenly a wild OP appeared. Something is seriously wrong when the OP make you think the episode just ended.

They have some really slow problem solving this episode. Her Trion power is like a SSS rank (yes, it's a rank unique to her) so just give her a damn trigger and she won't ever need any protection.
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Nov 23, 2014 9:46 AM

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Stills: The Anime
Why does Toei even exist anymore...
Nov 23, 2014 11:23 AM

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And... Kuga isn't dead. He's invincible.


Agree, 100%
Nov 23, 2014 11:26 AM

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Why are they going so slow? come on now.
I don't care about the quality outside of the fights, and the fight this episode looked good :)

Osamu has less trion than that 10 year old who got abducted :(

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Why does Toei even exist anymore...

To make the 2nd season of Toriko ;)
Nov 23, 2014 11:41 AM
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Why does Toei even exist anymore...
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Nov 23, 2014 6:57 PM

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This guy is mental going after a neighbor that is helping humanity out like this. This is the first time anybody has been able to tongue out why those things keep coming to their world and attacking people and this guy wants to kill the only key they have in figuring it out.
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Nov 23, 2014 6:59 PM
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Confused as to where this is going. Kuga gonna defeat the A ranks and then Border gives up? Most of neighbors are evil, Border seems corrupt, and all the citizens seem super stupid...
Nov 24, 2014 7:53 PM

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The OP's in the middle of the episodes REALLY throw me off! Its gonna be cool to see Yuma get serious!
But damn, even Yuma is gonna struggle against the A-ranks it seems.
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Nov 24, 2014 8:46 PM

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White Trion cores for humans
Black for Neighbors

Does that mean jin is a.......OMG
Nov 25, 2014 2:17 AM

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so his secret is out. wonder how thats gonna go down with the rest of border.
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seriously derp cliffhanger ending though......

also whats the go with the new style of removing both the EDs and OPs from this show and instead doing like a 'MID'. weird.
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Nov 29, 2014 7:34 PM

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What the hell... They opening started at the 17 min mark? :D
Nov 30, 2014 8:20 AM

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This anime isn't that good but it kinda makes me wanna watch more.
Dec 8, 2014 4:33 AM

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So Neighbors are there for Trion ability.
Osamu's safe while Chika is a huge target.

Lol, 13 minutes in and OP plays.

So it's a bunch of A-Rank agents against Kuga. I doubt they can win.
What a cliffhanger.
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Toei is utter shit. The show itself would feel quite better if it wasn't animated with the budget of a school allowance.
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Paulo27 said:
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Why does Toei even exist anymore...

To make the 2nd season of Toriko ;)


You mean to butcher the second season of Toriko. They managed to butcher the first quite awesomely.
Dec 16, 2014 9:11 PM

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Dang dat big Trion box
Dec 29, 2014 6:54 AM

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Nice.
Jan 24, 2016 4:31 AM

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OP starts at 13 minutes now and for 2 straight episodes. I can now add WT to the list when talking about this subject.

Chika got a big cube.
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Feb 15, 2016 2:36 AM

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Can't believe I have to go to school with an episode like this....
Apr 9, 2016 3:16 AM

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Hmm Kuga is the man !!
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Holy shit Chika's Trion potential is big, it even exceeded Replica's record.

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Aquarion vibes. Portals. Body snatchers. Human cattle.

These "A-rank" guys are neanderthal-level thinkers. They KNOW Kuga killed a neighbor in order to save humans. But they want to kill him anyways. Morons. Instead of USING him... Same goes for the idiot commander guy.
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Pretty good explanations for the neighbor... and the action part was good to watch
Jan 20, 2021 4:35 PM
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Just started watching, anime is fine for now.

Only issue are these dragged out long shots, pacing issues and flashbacks that only serve to prolong the episode. Kinda frustrating but good think I can just skip it.

Also I watch this show on 1.25 or 1.5 speed because otherwise it is TOO SLOW ffs
Feb 20, 2022 10:49 AM

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I had to double check Chikas age after this episode. NO WAY IS SHE 14!!!
I guessed between 10 and maybe, MAYBE 12.
Kuga is short but still believable as a 15 year old. Chika in no way whatsoever in any single capacity says 14.

Kind of put me off tbh.
Jun 13, 2022 1:31 PM

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There's no way he died at the end. Nice episode though not a lot of important things happened.
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones!

Mar 14, 2023 6:20 PM
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watching Kuga fight those two a-ranks was extremely thrilling. glad we got a riveting combat duel this early into the series
Aug 4, 2024 1:50 PM
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Chika is so precious and cute. And Kuga is so awesome. I like how straightforward he is. That A-rank border agent who always stands behind Kido is cool too. And why doesn't Jin stop them from fighting?

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Damn, the Border leader, R&D, PR, and this squad are insane... They were about to murder 3 people because... one of them might be a foreigner?!?!?!

So she confirmed, outside of opening, to have more Trion ability than Yuuma, and if that's the case, then my guess is she can do like buff abilities radically better than him if learns. I'm watching another anime in my current season "Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi" and also has a future sight person who just spectates and says everything will be alright in a dire situation LOL

3/5, Border cringe

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