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I keep wondering if the buildings would really look like they do in this anime from a simple plague that wiped out adults. Maybe the Horseman-thingies are uprooting whole buildings? Also, how are the Horseman-thingies explained? Vampires. Sure. We get vampires. Plague that kills only adults. Check. Giant thingies that kill people called "The Four Horsemen of" something. What?
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Dan7el posted:I keep wondering if the buildings would really look like they do in this anime from a simple plague that wiped out adults. Maybe the Horseman-thingies are uprooting whole buildings? Also, how are the Horseman-thingies explained? Vampires. Sure. We get vampires. Plague that kills only adults. Check. Watch Life After People, it would only take a few years without maintenance for buildings built within the last 30 years to start collapsing.
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May 19, 2015 23:51
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Another meh episode. I feel like they're squandering  potential.
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ViggyNash posted:Another meh episode. I feel like they're squandering Eh, I feel it's an important episode to establish what the power gap actually is. We went from Unarmed Vampire as Clearly More Powerful than a Human with a Sword (albeit you can hold your own for a short while) to establishing that Humans With Cursed Gears > Vampires with "Normal" weapons but Noble/Elite Vampires Curbstomp even Humans with Cursed Gear. 100% This is how Sasuke should've been.
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So, from what I can gather, the three boys have "black" gear which is the highest form of cursed weaponry. I'm guessing the two girls don't have black gear and aren't as powerful as the boys? I don't think the story has really given us a good breakdown of the difference in power between the various types of weapons. All we really know is that the black gear is "the bomb" and then there is "the rest." Also, Crowley being called away like that at the last moment was awfully convenient for our heroes.
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May 24, 2015 16:51
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I'm pretty sure everyone in the squad has the black gear. What I'd like to know is why their commander's sword is read and black and not green and black, like the other black gears.
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May 24, 2015 18:39
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Raenir Salazar posted:Eh, I feel it's an important episode to establish what the power gap actually is. We went from Unarmed Vampire as Clearly More Powerful than a Human with a Sword (albeit you can hold your own for a short while) to establishing that Humans With Cursed Gears > Vampires with "Normal" weapons but Noble/Elite Vampires Curbstomp even Humans with Cursed Gear. We didn't need a whole episode of bland combat and silly drama (except for that bit with the car, that was fun) to be shown only that.
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May 24, 2015 18:42
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ViggyNash posted:We didn't need a whole episode of bland combat and silly drama (except for that bit with the car, that was fun) to be shown only that. The car scene was a mastery of comedic timing.
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May 24, 2015 19:49
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KillerQueen posted:I'm pretty sure everyone in the squad has the black gear. What I'd like to know is why their commander's sword is read and black and not green and black, like the other black gears. I would assume officers get extra-special-badass stuff. The black gear (which, yes, the whole of this squad has) just seems to be standard for front-line shock troops (while the regular line-holding grunts get stuck with less cool stuff).
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May 25, 2015 06:58
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They did mention a new mechanic near the end of the episode, so lets see how that helps.
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May 25, 2015 13:23
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ViggyNash posted:They did mention a new mechanic near the end of the episode, so lets see how that helps. It's been hinted at a few times now as the protag got those marks before.
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May 25, 2015 16:24
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Is it just me or are the female MCs getting shafted by the male MCs in typical shounen fashion? Or does it stay even?
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Grouchio posted:Is it just me or are the female MCs getting shafted by the male MCs in typical shounen fashion? Or does it stay even? Seems to me that that's happening. I've been less than enthused about these last couple episodes. The standard shounen tropes are threatening to overcome the little spark of creativity this has.
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May 26, 2015 05:58
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The car scene alone made this episode great, even though they could have sped up the extermination before that. Based on the preview of the next episode it almost felt like they botched the pacing a little because they didn't want to cut up the upcoming bits.
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Car bit was good. The first half was awful, though. Swing sword; pause and lower weapons, as it's time to talk; raise weapons; repeat. Really bad direction.
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Grouchio posted:Is it just me or are the female MCs getting shafted by the male MCs in typical shounen fashion? Or does it stay even? Seems fairly even, the guys do outnumber the girls on Team Protagonist so by the numbers the male MC's will probably get more screen time, buuuut Shinoa is drat memorable and steals the spotlight in every scene.
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Raenir Salazar posted:Seems fairly even, the guys do outnumber the girls on Team Protagonist so by the numbers the male MC's will probably get more screen time, buuuut Shinoa is drat memorable and steals the spotlight in every scene. Agreed. Shinoa could probably wreck everyone but Yu given that she's far more experienced with the demon weapons and also not dumb. She can't touch Yu because he's got shounen protag powers, nothing she can do about that Ultimately, we really haven't seen enough decent combat to judge anyone so this is a silly argument.
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This is a surprisingly good show in a stacked spring season. The setting was a slow cook, but it turned out well in concert with the team interactions. It also helps that it has the greatest character of any show this season. Shinoa's trolling is spectacular. She would probably be a guild leader for Goon Squad in some MMO.
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This show is entertaining as hell, when you have a bunch of vampires rocking assault helicopters and 9/11ing Wall Maria. Mindless titans these are not. A thinking, reacting opponent is scary. Also, just to pre-empt a possible train of discussion, the Imperial Demon Army is probably themed after the IJA. Nothing pernicious or nationalist, the author probably just thinks it looks cool. Plus the IDA is opportunistic and shady as gently caress, they are one of the suspects for the whole plague thing, or saw it coming and did nothing to stop it.
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Phobophilia posted:This show is entertaining as hell, when you have a bunch of vampires rocking assault helicopters and 9/11ing Wall Maria. Mindless titans these are not. A thinking, reacting opponent is scary. Also, they give their child soldiers demon-possessed weapons that keep trying to snack on their souls and then dope them up on organ-exploding doompills. So there's that.
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So Krul mentioned something about "turning into a demon" during that flashback with Mika. I'm not sure if she meant that literally, but if so, could it be that the demons that become Cursed Gears are actually the degenerated souls of vampires that refused to suck blood, or some similar cause? Just some speculation, idk if that's the case.
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That's what I was thinking too. There was that one starving vampire earlier in the season that was being "experimented" on.
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ViggyNash posted:So Krul mentioned something about "turning into a demon" during that flashback with Mika. I'm not sure if she meant that literally, but if so, could it be that the demons that become Cursed Gears are actually the degenerated souls of vampires that refused to suck blood, or some similar cause? Just some speculation, idk if that's the case. They probably turn into those horseman monsters.
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Well that was a certainly interesting way for them to meet up. Odds on both Mika and Guren kicking the bucket or we in Bleach "horizontal slash" territory? Guren doesn't really give me Obi Wan vibes.
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ViggyNash posted:So Krul mentioned something about "turning into a demon" during that flashback with Mika. I'm not sure if she meant that literally, but if so, could it be that the demons that become Cursed Gears are actually the degenerated souls of vampires that refused to suck blood, or some similar cause? Just some speculation, idk if that's the case. can we please have blondie former-friend turn into one of these for the mc for horror value. ...this is probably the wrong show if I want grimdark isn't it.
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Man, that was one hell of a budget episode. It was comprehensible enough to seem pre-planned, but Wit really does have a problem with episodes 9-12 of its shows.
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junopsis posted:can we please have blondie former-friend turn into one of these for the mc for horror value. It looks like there is going to be some horror value anyway if the preview is anything to go by.
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Sam Faust posted:It looks like there is going to be some horror value anyway if the preview is anything to go by. The only horror is the animation budget. 
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Isn't Shinoa nominally in charge of their squad? Everyone seems to listen to Yuu just because he's the main character.
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:Isn't Shinoa nominally in charge of their squad? Everyone seems to listen to Yuu just because he's the main character. They listen to Yuu because they need to plan around what that dumbass does.
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I'm very surprised that no one's talked about this season's climax yet.
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Guren, please stop making the fascist paedophile vampire sound like the reasonable party in your conversation.
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I actually thought the show would do something really ballsy and off Yu's team. The direction really made it sound like that was going to happen.
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Any gif of Yuu spew?
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Raenir Salazar posted:Well that was a certainly interesting way for them to meet up. No, Guren has his own prequel light novel going on and we need a complete band of heroes for our shounen anime. One of the few instances that manga > anime for art-wise as most of the battle scenes which were meant to be frightening ended up being so but for the wrong reasons  Also, Slaine's VA makes another cameo appearance as yet another angsty young man.
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What a dumb show. Fun, though.
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Largepotato posted:Any gif of Yuu spew?  
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This is a very stupid show. Sometimes, it's gloriously stupid: magic bows versus attack choppers and explosive-laden cargo planes. Other times, it's infuriatingly stupid: how does your AoT-inspired walled city even supply itself with food in the middle of Tokyo? Yet at the same time, there is a grain of something extremely clever within it. At this point, I'm convinced that the Vampires are a metaphor for the western world. From their clothes, to how they utilise technology, to even their weapons (rapiers versus katanas). The vampires are clearly bad guys, they are aristocrats ruling over chattel slaves, who can arbitrarily detain and kill anyone they like. Yet at the same time, they are being unfairly scapegoated (hell, the ED is titled "Scapegoat") for the world end plagues. All the evidence thus far points towards the detente between vampire and the humans being broken by the humans, forcing the vampires to step forward from the shadows to personally oppress and safeguard their food source. Is it a metaphor for the legacy of Showa era Imperial Japan conspiring and biding their time for the right opportunity to seize the world once again? Did Imperial japan do nothing wrong? Why does the IDA merrily violate 20th century social norms about sex and drugs and black magick? Are humans the True Monsters? Or are vampires and humans fundamentally the same and do both sides deserve to coexist? I don't know. Also, unlike Tokyo Ghoul, the Vampires aren't loving idiots and actually know how to use their strengths and weaknesses.
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Awesome, thanks.
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