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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Oh man, that Reina girl is hard to deal with. Seems she can't accept Hinomaru. One thing I kinda like this show is doing so far its emphasis on the actual sumo wrestling. It's not wasting much time getting right to the point. They get into their sumo mode like the snap of a finger lol. Some of those moves also look pretty painful to take if you ask me. Got to see more of the characters' past this episode too. |
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| I don't like how these demon metaphors pop up so frequently... And the fights are supposed to be the most exciting part of the anime, but they aren't. Maybe I'm just not getting hooked on the whole sumo thing but the characters don't seem especially interesting either. |
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| This was such an amazing episode. So much fucking hype. I am also happy that the last fight ended in a draw instead of picking a winner and basically telling what the end is going to be. |
| Intense matches, nice music, lovely characters and a nice dose of humour: I'm in love with this serie! |
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| The fights are intense it keeps you on the edge I love this anime Sumo with perfect quantity of shonen |
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| The fight was so hard to follow, holy shit. We're only on episode 3 and it already feels like I'm watching a power point. If the next episode's animation and flow has the same crap quality as this one I'm dropping the show. |
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| anime. of. the. fucking. year. |
| Great episode on the whole but a little disappointing. Too many still frames and shots up too close kinda made it difficult to follow exactly what was happening in some of the fights. Sometimes they just the character's faces and sometimes just a super close up shot of some portion so it kinda makes it a little vague to understand what exactly is going on, if it weren't for the constant commentary we'd probably have no clue who was ahead in the fight. I feel like Sosuke's character should've been fleshed out a little more before having him get into Sumo on the same level of his peers. It would've been a lot more endearing that way, not that the way it was done was bad but just that there was a lot of potential there to get me invested in Sosuke as a character. I'm sure I'll grow to like him a lot more as the show goes on but you know, they could've made Sosuke's return a much more emotional moment. Apart from that, the content was great. Reina is still a cute brocon. <3 The outro was hilarious. xD This needed that IG sports anime production value, hopefully future episodes have better production. |
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| Something about the show seems off. The pacing of the show feels unusually fast but as an anime-only I can't really know for sure. I'll give the show a couple more episodes before deciding to stick with it or not. |
| The fights were exciting in this episode but hopefully the future ones are animated better. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Good episode. Animation and direction looked off but the heart is there. |
| This is the first time we've seen Hinomaru go up against someone who actually challenges all of his abilities. I wonder what will happen if he goes up against Sousuke again? |
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| This man's dad really made him quit a sport because he was TOO good at it! lmaooo, that's some bullshit right there |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
BlackCicero said: Something about the show seems off. The pacing of the show feels unusually fast but as an anime-only I can't really know for sure. I'll give the show a couple more episodes before deciding to stick with it or not. I started out as an anime-only as well, and I liked the first two episodes so much that I decided to start reading the manga last week. After reading many chapters of the manga, this episode was definitely lacking. In fact, not only are a lot of content being skipped already, but they have also changed few character relationships in this episode, which is actually a bit alarming. Kuze and Shun were more fleshed out in the manga before they even fought against Hinomaru, which made the matches more intense. I wonder if I hadn't read the manga, if I'd feel any different, given the overall positive comments so far. I might drop the anime and just continue reading the manga if I keep feeling this way ><; That said, I'm still glad to see a lot of people enjoying the show. I'd suggest people to finish the anime before picking up the manga. I sure regret my decision XD |
| Goddamn, they skipped so much. I still enjoyed the previous two eps but this one was just so lacking. |
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tingy said: BlackCicero said: Something about the show seems off. The pacing of the show feels unusually fast but as an anime-only I can't really know for sure. I'll give the show a couple more episodes before deciding to stick with it or not. I started out as an anime-only as well, and I liked the first two episodes so much that I decided to start reading the manga last week. After reading many chapters of the manga, this episode was definitely lacking. In fact, not only are a lot of content being skipped already, but they have also changed few character relationships in this episode, which is actually a bit alarming. Kuze and Shun were more fleshed out in the manga before they even fought against Hinomaru, which made the matches more intense. I wonder if I hadn't read the manga, if I'd feel any different, given the overall positive comments so far. I might drop the anime and just continue reading the manga if I keep feeling this way ><; That said, I'm still glad to see a lot of people enjoying the show. I'd suggest people to finish the anime before picking up the manga. I sure regret my decision XD I see what you mean. It's surprising to see that some of the content was rushed a bit considering the show is a 2-cour. The show isn't terrible or anything so hopefully it improves later on. |
| Manager guy reminds me of Teru Mikami lol speaking of the guy, is he the one who Kuze injured when they were little? Or is it Onimaru? |
| i can only say that they changed a lot just from this episode alone, which is honestly surprising, kinda feel thing will change the moment they introduce kirihito this early in the story. dunno why they did this since both kuze and kariya feels more fleshed out in manga. i hope it gets better from now on since by looking at this episode, i am pretty sure there will be lot more change in the future as well. as a manga reader, i might be biased so i'll just say that it wasn't bad but not good either. |
ReaperCreeper said: Rushing this so much. >_>Goddamn, they skipped so much. I still enjoyed the previous two eps but this one was just so lacking. Well, maybe that means that the latter parts will be faithful, r-right? inb4 they also adapt some of the professional stuff |
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| The first 2 episodes impressed me, but with this one... I'm not sure, it felt somehow off. Agree with the animation complaints too, I coíuldn't follow what was happening in the fight which is a big negative for a sports anime. They might still turn things around, but it's a bit alarming, reading about how they are skipping a lot of source material. Hopefully in the next few episodes they'll be able to establish a good pace, maybe start up an arc, some tournament or something that will force them to stay faithful to the source material. |
| Like everyone else said, the animation was off on this one. Previous episodes I don't remember having trouble following what happened, but this one I definitely did at points. I'll give it a few more episodes to see if it picks back up, because there's a lot I do like about this show, but if it stays at this level, I might just go read the manga. Oh, and looking forward to seeing the new club members learning to sumo. I kinda would've liked to see them learn the basics before going to a practice bout, but hopefully we get that next episode. |
| You have shit taste, and then I have taste so shit it makes your taste look good |
| It's good if you don't realize it's a manga adaptation then it becomes awful. Every characterization is ruined, I almost cried in disappointment. |
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| The only thing I had an issue with in this episode was the animation during the wrestling scenes....It felt so lazy, like the animators barely made an effort with it =/ But other than that, I enjoyed the character moments and learning about the history that Hinomaru has with the people in this other school |
| Kuze went in mercilessly, but I still had faith in Ushio. Too bad the old guy stopped the match, but I guess I didn't mind since it was too soon anyway since he's the Yokozuna's son. It wasn't the best episode but it did okay and Ushio is interesting. |
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| there's something wrong about the animation it's hard to follow the action sometimes |
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| great episode! This shows that Hinomaru strength is really not proportional to his size and is really strong! We to see a lot of now characters huh...from Hinomaru's childhood past. 5/5. |
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| Oh, I kinda felt bad for Kei, to be honest. The day before he was interested in joining the Sumo club and out of nowhere, he must fight against a top Sumo wrestler the next week. I'm sure he wasn't expecting that outcome xD And as many people already said, the animation during the fight was lacking and for that reason, it was hard to follow at some points. I hope they fix this issue in the next matches. P.S.: Where is my megane girl!!?? |
| I'm going to read the manga since people are saying they skipped some parts. However, I will still watch the Anime because I like watching my thicc bois. I knew it, Reina is a brocon. She blushed so much seeing her brother wear a mawashi belt plus she was adorable when she said she wouldn't go home without her oniichan. I'm sure the other guys have noticed. Some of the guys are thicc but muscular at the same time like Sousuke. I can't tell if he's fat or muscular, he seems to be a combination of both. |
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| Hmmm, now we've meet the Kuchiki Byakuya of this anime. |
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| The typical episode with the typical outcome....The "chibi" Sumo Boy waked up a giant!!! kekeke |
| 40 freaking manga chapters in one hour of anime... Dropped. I hope this sells the manga enough: its detail, its fights, its characters, it is very well constructed and you should check it out. |
OtakanimeNov 11, 2018 9:40 AM
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| even Asta joins the fray!? |
| An admin's dickhead Soul banned me from MAL t('v't) |
| Animation definitely feels off, and I'm sad that they skipped a lot of parts of the manga because the story is pretty intersting Ushio has a lot of rivals from elementary school days, not sure what it means to be a national treasure, hopefully they explain it later |
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| Op & Ed Are Damn Good , Dropped First Time Cuz Of Cliches. Sports Anime Have A Lot Of Them & I Got My Fill Of It Through Kuroko Basketball . Now , Back At This For That Specs Girl , She Might Be The Type Of Gals That I Like . |
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