I will say this. Episode 6 is was better than 5. Then at the climax it was "Next week on Thunderbolt Fantasy!"
I'm so involved with this show and addicted to it and yet it pisses me right off. :/
I will say this. Episode 6 is was better than 5. Then at the climax it was "Next week on Thunderbolt Fantasy!"
I'm so involved with this show and addicted to it and yet it pisses me right off. :/
Episode 12
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These episodes have been good. The twists work well, and Qi master is actually a (typical) boss-as-hell hero quality (esp in wuxia settings). This is actually the first show I watch on my Saturday anime runs.
My only wish is that we get to see Evil Boss vs Protagonist instead of Gale vs Evil and our Protag overpowering the demon through Qi.
edit: actually, calling it now. Protag is going to overpower Demon with the holy sword and be the one who finally drives the demon back into the realm. Spear fellow looks up to him as his new older brother. Dan Fei, now relinquished of her job as a guardian is free to travel and learn the world. It'll probably be with Spear fellow since he's so in love with her. That also lets Protagonist go on to be this lone, powerful wanderer.
Enigmatic Gale might conclude with something like "perhaps something I can't steal does exist in this world after all."
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sat, 09-24-2016 at 01:48 AM.
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He better be super boss after all this build up.
Peace.
Episode 12 is the best episode thus far. I hope they keep building on this momentum. The way I understand Wuxia from you guys is they go to this point, then stop and go back to drama building. :/
He's ability is legendary. By the end they must explain why he's here. It could be a bit more interesting than "I wondered what was on the other side of those mountains."Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
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Episode 13
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And explain they did.
There are some inconsistencies here:
-If Edgeless Blade's goal was to collect blades and destroy them, he shouldn't be as disinterested as he was initially about helping Shrine Girl. That's right up his alley.
-He gave a preach about how swords can be used to protect/harm depending on the user, when the demon was asking what he could do without a sword. The fact remained that he needed one. He addressed this when he mentioned "replacements", but the prior preach was rather off-topic.
-As Evil Protagonist showed, you can destroy these swords to remove them from the world. The only actual reason to keep them around is to use them (either for collecting more swords, or to destroy demons with).
I'm all up for a sequel, but I'm rather hoping that it'd feature a new cast with the current ones cameo-ing as legendary figures. Kind of like what Return of Condor Heroes was to Legend of Condor Heroes. The current cast has been developed already as far as characters and swordplay goes. There's nothing new to see (besides the other 35 swords).
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A season 2 has already been greenlit according to anime news network.
That was his previous goal. His current goal is just to stay away from those who want those swords. And if the sword wasn't whole anyway, why would he seek it?
That was for that specific sword. What makes you think the 30 something imba swords he possesses can be broken so easily? There is no proof of that.
Fun stuff. Can't wait for a sequel.
Last edited by shinta|hikari; Fri, 09-30-2016 at 09:56 PM.
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Agreed about the sequel. Very enjoyable and I'm glad I gave it a chance.
Shang has an interest in collecting the swords so that they don't cause chaos in the world. He only stopped collecting because he completed the set of 36 in Xiyou. He came over to ?Donglei because he wanted to run, but there's no reason to believe his desire to end conflicts by gathering swords (when there are swords to gather) should end.
It's true that since the sword wasn't complete, it was not threatening a release of a demon. It is, however, still causing shit in the world. The Evil MC talked to demons in the other world and found out that only one never made it back. That's fair enough to say that this was the only case of a demon remaining in the human realm. All of the other swords' troubles were over human-only conflicts. If that was enough of a reason for Shang to collect swords, this current one - complete or not, should have held his interest as well. It was causing human conflict after all.
In martial arts worlds, I think it's more reasonable to think that swords can be broken. They blow up mountains and rivers with chi. If they were forged, you can expect them to melt. Even Enigmatic Gale said "don't channel so much force in case you break your precious sword". This was despite the assumption that the broken sword was the most powerful of the lot.
Also, no one had any doubt that the sword could be broken. Evil guy set his mind to it right away. Enigmatic Gale freaked out right away. The rest of the cast didn't even try denying the possibility of such a powerful item breaking. The first response was "You (Enigmatic Gale) fucked up didn't you?"
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That was for that specific sword, as I said. The rest are unknowns. Sure, other facts suggest that they could be broken, but that can't be proven with the information given.
As for collecting swords, people's goals can change. Maybe he got sick of collecting them because they brought him enough trouble to drive him to the other side of, wait... China? Aren't they like fighting demons and saving the world here? Am I missing something? China isn't the world IIRC.
Peace.
I know you said that specific sword. There will never be real evidence that the rest of the swords can't be broken unless we see them try, or they tell us it failed.
What the facts suggest isn't just that they could be broken, but that everyone readily accepts it without doubt. That means it shouldn't be difficult.
It's an unknown, yes. But the story introduced the idea of breaking swords itself, yet never addressed why Shang never broke them himself if he's so desperate. It's a loose end, and frankly I see it as a story inconsistency (and necessity, since Shang breaking is swords mean he would not have needed to come here) more than anything else.
I don't quite get your last paragraph about China.
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Is their world set in China? Because they talk about world ending stuff, but the MC just crossed a mountain to get to where..?
Peace.
It's not specifically called China, but it's an oriental country. Both East and West used to be the same country until the War of Fading Dusk 200 years ago, when demons invaded. During that time a giant mountain range formed which divided the two countries. It's also full of dangers (demons?) and is barren. No one had crossed it for 200 years.
This isn't the only country, as they were talking about how the language is difficult to learn for foreigners.
They might have been mentioning the world ending, particularly the world as humans know it.
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sat, 10-01-2016 at 08:09 PM. Reason: syntax
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So it's a completely alternate reality. That's good. Because China isn't the center of the world, as much as they'd like us to believe so.
Peace.
I think this came from Taiwan did it not? It's the center of Asia almost lol
Season 2!!!
Episode 1
Peace.
Slow start.
I think they upped the production value. I don't know if it was just my 144hz monitor but the clarity seemed really crisp and shiny.
There's Season 2 Episode 01, and there's also the movie, showing backstory of purple-assassin-dude-from-Season-1, as well as bridging S1 to S2.
My biggest bitch (still) is how they confusingly use Chinese names for the characters, which do not match phonetically with their pronounced names at all. It makes it neigh impossible to actually remember any of them. I'll just end up describing them as Red-Guitar-guy and such from now on (even if it's not a guitar).
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Do you want them to use Japanese names instead?
Peace.
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