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Sep 25, 2020 12:50 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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It is finally here. Can't wait to watch it.
Sep 25, 2020 2:53 AM
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All hail LORD GRIM!

Member recruitment in the Guild has already begun. BAO ZI doing Shout-outs ; asks other two companions behind him to help in his task.
MUCHENG, as pretty as always with somewhat new/different outfit than in the previous season ; my favorite female character in this anime.
I noticed some change in art animation (character design). Also, the faces fits very well (small) to the screen ; in the prequels they took more screen. That's a good change. >>>>>> To me, the characters looked similar to the "CHIBI animated character" from "FATE Series".
Sep 25, 2020 4:42 AM
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sadly not the same vibe as season 1. wish it hadnt changed studios feel like its lacking compared to season one. Just feels a bit off
Sep 25, 2020 9:27 AM
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This show's back. Man I remember this season being postponed over and over and over and over and over again, but finally it's decided to actually start and release an episode despite being announced for so long lol.

I'm not a fan of the show, and this episode didn't change that much (especially due to the awful tone shifts but that was there in a couple other Chinese anime I checked out) but it feels sort of refreshing to see a Chinese anime weekly, something I've never done before. Also, I did like Su Mucheng and Tang Rou quite a bit so that's something positive for this season.

The music btw I enjoyed this episode, although it was way too excessive at times, didn't really mix well at times with dialogue due to volume. Still, the actual music itself I didn't mind.
Sep 25, 2020 9:38 AM
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Just watching this episode gave me nostalgia from when I was super hyped to watch the Liva Action (which wasn't that bad mind you) especially since the main character is the same voice actor.
Sep 25, 2020 10:06 AM
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Loved the episode a lot! I always love seeing Lord Grim's strategies and how he comes to take control of the battle.

After so much wait, Season 2 is finally here and I can fully enjoy all of it now. :')

Forgot to mention that I loved the way the characters are slightly different from S1. Mucheng looked sexy in S1 but seems like she's gotten a glow here. The other girl is looking the same which I adore so much. <3
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Sep 25, 2020 10:42 AM
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Just watched it and im hyped for Lord Grim to make a comeback and clap Excellent Era into next week
Sep 25, 2020 1:01 PM
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Sep 25, 2020 1:01 PM
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Damn i thought it was never gonna air at this point lol

Sep 25, 2020 1:09 PM

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After all the delays, it's finally here.

Everyone trying to takedown Happy guild but instead got their asses kicked was satisfying to watch.

It was good to see the characters once again after so long.

Sep 25, 2020 1:41 PM

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TKA is back! The battle god is back! All the spies and guilds got played ahahaha.
Sep 25, 2020 5:40 PM
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The Boss under water is in our side :o
Sep 25, 2020 6:24 PM
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I rather liked this episode.
  • Glad they finally mentioned this taking place in season 8. It really makes it seem like they'll be focusing a bit more on what's going on in the professional scene without Ye Xiu which I'm looking forward to.
  • Starting with the team (the first iteration, at least) all together, then flashing back to where we left off was pretty clever, letting the show move a bit faster than it would normally.
  • I'm honestly surprised that they covered as much of the Thousand Waves Lake arc as they did. I thought it was just going to be used as a quick excuse to show off the current team before moving onto other stuff. And I especially didn't expect them to introduce Thousand Creations (I guess All-Accomplished is what the current subs are going with) since he's a fairly minor character and they skipped his original introduction (he was supposed to be introduced right before Steamed Bun).
  • I'm happy with the new studio. It feels like a lateral move from the old studio. The art style for G.C May was a lot sharper and cleaner, but was notorious for overusing certain animations and really bad CGI background character. Colored Pencil is still reusing animations and has CGI background characters, but judging from the first 2 episodes, it shouldn't be as egregious. Plus, the OVAs and movie have shown that Colored Pencil really shines with big fight scenes. That brief 1 second exchange between Thousand Creations and Blue River in particular got me hyped for more.
  • The short chibi bit at the end was a nice surprise. Not a fan of the flash animation, but it looks like those segments will be used to let them include dialogue from the webnovel that didn't fit with the regular episode.
  • From the ending credits, it doesn't look like McDonald's is a sponsor this season. Kind of a shame; as ham-fisted and ridiculous as they were, that product placement was a part of TKA's identity and it won't be the same without it imo. On the upside, it looks like they finally have a sponsorship from a beverage company since that refrigerator behind the front desk isn't filled with blank soda cans anymore.

All in all, it was serviceable. Nothing groundbreaking just yet. Just Ye Xiu and gang messing around with the guilds of the 10th server which is fun and helps connect it to season 1, but I can't wait for some of the bigger events teased in a few of the trailers. In any case, I'm just glad to have TKA back.
JimmyThreeHornsSep 25, 2020 6:27 PM
Sep 25, 2020 7:11 PM

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it's finally back, Lord grim destroyed all those Guilds and everyone is trying to take him down.
Sep 25, 2020 7:33 PM

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Very happy that this is back after so long, but I instantly noticed the quality downgrade that came with switching studios.

Hopefully it can be just as good as the prior season!
Blanks.
Sep 25, 2020 11:40 PM

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And folks that's how you own the villains kek.

Right off the bat we get an epic annihilation of several guilds by Ye Qiu"s guild. The battle was quite epic and amusing.

The visuals has improved than the OVAs but compared to s1 and the movie this was still bad. Animation was pretty sloppy too. Seriously can't believe after making us wait for so long this is the best they did, meh.
Sep 26, 2020 8:19 AM

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Finally!!!!! What a great start
Sep 26, 2020 10:38 AM

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God.... after so long it's finally here!! It was such a strong first episode to get back in the swing of things.

Big fan of the new ED as well lol

(not really sure about the shorts at the end tho)
Sep 26, 2020 11:52 AM

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Surprised this finally aired. Feel like I've been waiting forever on this. I'm actually enjoying the change in all of the characters from s1 and I'm excited to see what they decide to do in the future with it.
Sep 26, 2020 2:37 PM
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THE KING IS BACK! LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sep 28, 2020 10:44 PM

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Did anyone else notice that one side character that looked like Momo Yaoyorzu?

Sep 29, 2020 1:55 AM
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BallisticRiot said:
Very happy that this is back after so long, but I instantly noticed the quality downgrade that came with switching studios.

Hopefully it can be just as good as the prior season!


You mean quality upgrade lol :P
Animation is objectively better.
I didn't notice them re-using animations which season 1 was notoriously known for.
No horrible top down view of characters running at a terrible pace.
CGI character models are less noticeable so far in this season compared to the whack cgi models of characters in season 1.

the only thing you can argue about is the change in art as a "drop of quality" which is subjective of course. But people who has some understanding about animation knows this form of art style they are using right now makes it easier to animate more difficult stuffs.

you can hate the art style but that doesn't mean the quality dropped :)
Sep 29, 2020 6:17 PM

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Good to have this back. I watched the live action a few months before so I'm kinda familiar with what's going to happen now.

Nevertheless, Lord Grim/Ye Xiu is back and he's totally destroying those other guilds. xD
Sep 30, 2020 12:39 AM
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MegamiRem said:
And folks that's how you own the villains kek.

Right off the bat, we get an epic annihilation of several guilds by Ye Qiu"s guild. The battle was quite epic and amusing.

The visuals have improved than the OVAs but compared to s1 and the movie this was still bad. The animation was pretty sloppy too. Seriously can't believe after making us wait for so long this is the best they did, meh.


And here we have another example of someone that doesn't know the difference between animation and art. My guy the OVAs, the movie, and season 2 are all done by the same studio and the main difference is just the art but the animation is much better than S1. Just much more fluid overall, no more re-used animation cuts like S1 did throughout its entire run and they just overall do a much better job, the directing is also a lot better. The movie "For the Glory" is one of the best movies I've seen in quite some time and the end fight was one of the best-animated fights this decade. In case you didn't know there are some of the best 2D animators working on this season and that worked on the movie and OVA's, people that were part of Mob Psycho, Fate/Babylonia, Fate/Apocrypha, Boruto's episode 65, here are some names as well Weilin Zhang, GEM, Chengxi Huang, Juansheng Shi. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad, I'm tired of people that have no clue what they are talking about giving their opinions around like it's facts.
Sep 30, 2020 2:29 AM

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ElGoblino said:
MegamiRem said:
And folks that's how you own the villains kek.

Right off the bat, we get an epic annihilation of several guilds by Ye Qiu"s guild. The battle was quite epic and amusing.

The visuals have improved than the OVAs but compared to s1 and the movie this was still bad. The animation was pretty sloppy too. Seriously can't believe after making us wait for so long this is the best they did, meh.


And here we have another example of someone that doesn't know the difference between animation and art. My guy the OVAs, the movie, and season 2 are all done by the same studio and the main difference is just the art but the animation is much better than S1. Just much more fluid overall, no more re-used animation cuts like S1 did throughout its entire run and they just overall do a much better job, the directing is also a lot better. The movie "For the Glory" is one of the best movies I've seen in quite some time and the end fight was one of the best-animated fights this decade. In case you didn't know there are some of the best 2D animators working on this season and that worked on the movie and OVA's, people that were part of Mob Psycho, Fate/Babylonia, Fate/Apocrypha, Boruto's episode 65, here are some names as well Weilin Zhang, GEM, Chengxi Huang, Juansheng Shi. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad, I'm tired of people that have no clue what they are talking about giving their opinions around like it's facts.
And folks here's another genius who thinks he's the only one who knows what animation is.

First it's different studios. B.CMAY PICTURES for Season 1 and the movie. Colored pencil Animation for the ovas and this season.

Second I said in terms of visuals this is bad compared to the ova and movie. Also yes the the movie was great, the visuals and animation in movie were really good. Dun act like I said that the movie was bad. Read before u jump to conclusions.

Lastly some movements in this episode were sloppy in my eyes atleast. I said the animation was pretty sloppy, didn't say it was shit.
Sep 30, 2020 1:34 PM

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Finally this show is back. I’m pretty excited, to be honest.
Sep 30, 2020 3:12 PM

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Official Eng Subs from Tencent's youtube channel. Can watch in 1080p too. Updates 1 ep every Sunday.

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Sep 30, 2020 6:29 PM

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It's finally back!!!! I loved it, Ye Qiu is just too galaxy brained for these dudes, he omega destroyed twice in row. Those pros are really kind, letting Ye Qiu live rent free in their heads after he retired.
Oct 2, 2020 12:10 PM

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Ah waited so long for this and WOW what a great episode to start the series really. The character design change actually isn't that jarring, works well. I hope they continue the good work
"In the past few months since we met, I've shared many memories with Nagato. Though I've also shared memories with Haruhi, Asahina-san and Koizumi, I found that I've experienced more events with Nagato in particular. In fact, every situation seems to involve her. I might as well mention this, she's probably the only person to cause the bell within me to shake the most vigorously..." ~ Kyon, TMOSH
Oct 8, 2020 1:29 PM
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Praise the glorious rule of Xi Jinping because this anime is sooooo good.
Even if the vibes the second season is giving off are different to the first, it's just as watchable.
Buy Huawei and keep your social credit rating high, because Chinese anime is on the up.
Oct 11, 2020 12:13 PM
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I was honestly glad that this show got a season 2 but the animation and pacing feel off. It lacks the smoothness that season 1 had. I could barely keep up with what was going on. Hopefully, this will improve in future episodes.
Dec 4, 2020 6:02 PM
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Nice first episode for this new season, it seems promising, and that whole underwater fight pretty good
Jan 2, 2021 9:18 AM

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Like usual, Ye Xiu is in a completely different dimension compared to the competition.
Jan 3, 2021 11:10 AM
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I believe the season so far isnt as great as seaosn 1 but thats to be expected w/ some seond seasons, but daaaaamn the subtitles really zoom by in this season I could barley keep up
Jan 19, 2021 1:40 PM
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Hahaha! I forgot how ridiculous this game is! Mmm, like the whole breathing technique being a "Pro-technique?" I can't imagine that being a "pro-technique" just because I can't imagine how that would be implemented in a game. This game has too much freedom, can really do whatever you want. This would be more suited towards those completely immersive games like those that use Nerve Gear. Of course, I say all that but I wouldn't want it to change a bit! The fact that a character can wield a brick makes me laugh every time!! I'm really excited for this new season.


May 19, 2021 5:14 AM

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Lord Grim, our savoir!
A good first episode, animation was good.
Underwater fight seemed weird but it turned out to smth amazing


“You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!”
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Aug 29, 2021 12:33 AM

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Ye and the group.
Dat oppai jiggle.
Its Tao.
5 months ago.
They playing the All Star ED theme in the background.
Dat girl got a nice booty.
Mucheng!!!!!!
Dem spies.
LMAO Ye removed them from the guild.
5 days later.
They know Lord Grim is Ye.
They go after All Accomplish.
Ye and Mucheng beating them.
Dat explosion.
Dat whoop ass.
Dat ending.

And we're back. So happy this series is back so I can see Ye and my waifu Mucheng. The ED song is good.
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Sep 9, 2021 9:23 PM
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First ep in and Ye Xiu and his gang are already kicking assess.
Sep 19, 2022 5:46 AM
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good to see team happy. "would you like some fresh bricks?" lmao

that underwater fighting was stupid af

i want to see this guild build and learn about some of the new members

that's about it for the first episode. 6/10 start
Jul 9, 2023 11:08 PM

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Of course, Ye Xiu knew that they were spies lmao

Man, those other guilds are jerks. Bruh, they got destroyed by Ye Xiu and Mucheng. Don't mess with guild Happy.
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This season really took a turn for the worse in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, the anime and the plot itself is still amazing, but I really don't like how they handled the season linking (maybe there was a time skip too) and the animation.

First of all, the animation is very different, some characters are the same of course, but many of the secondary ones are completely different, both the feel and how they look. Explainable of course, given the studio change and given the fact that now Colored Pencil Animation is responsible for it. Although, the specials where very nicely animated, I don't know why they stopped bothering for the season 2 characters that haven't appeared in the specials.

Second of all, in my books a special is something that gives some interesting additions to the stuff in the seasons, like things that didn't have the space to appear there. In this case though they made the specials a direct link between the seasons which I just think is wrong. Maybe it's a Chinese anime thing, but I'm not sure. Altogether, it made the second season be totally unlinked by itself and people that haven't watched the specials (because there are people that just focus logically on seasons) are brought into a completely different thing out of nowhere and it's very hard to follow through. Without even adding that the ending for the first season was insanely rushed, just because they hit the 12th episode mark and were like "ok, time to wrap up we'll fix it later", and made the specials so it all made sense. To say the least I would have loved like a short recap maybe of the specials, or something else, so that it was all nicely linked.

That said now it feels like a totally new anime. It gives me no vibe of a season 2, it just is like a brand new one. It has a few obvious links, but nothing was shown explicitly to connect the two, they just continued with the action from the specials and went on with it full speed and it all just feels off.

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Also, to comment strictly on this episode, that scene with the spies was just embarrassing. It made little sense, they didn't do anything conclusive and I just got massive second-hand embarrassment from how unprofessional everything was, it felt like an anime for children.

The rest of it was very cool.

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