The animation is good overall, but from time to time the series also sadly skimps on some of the swordplay and goes for the "arcs of light" rapid attacks that DBZ specialized in. Spy x Family, CSM, Witch from Mercury, and Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita have the best action animation this season.Originally Posted by Munsu
The voice acting, the stylish girls, and deadpan comedy are the main highlights here.
I'm enjoying this series. My favorite series this season.
Episode 16
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This series is pulling off the cheap jokes really well. Though I wish the names were translated with more finesse. "Perv Asshat" just doesn't work in my opinion. The Japanese original is laughable as well, but Great-M is still far better than Perv. Everybody worth their anime history would know what it's referring to, but it's not so blatant. You still need to know it. Perv is a perv. The family name could also be something more subtle but still obvious. Mundane Mann is barely passable, I'd say.
Annerose embarrassing herself trying to figure out his secrets is a real treat.
Beatrix's introduction was much cooler here than in the manga.
Annerose might be powerful, although her fights haven't been shown, but clearly her forte doesn't lie anywhere near her brain.
Episode 17
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Moonlight is indeed an excellent piece of classic piano music.
I have a feeling Cid was expecting the sister to give up. Now he's probably wishing she did.
Cid forgets (or is oblivious to) how much of a brocon his sister is. Obsession is an understatement.
It's funny that Rose starts saying chuuni non-sequitur shit right after her encounter with Shadow. His stupidity is infectious.
Did she? The only thing Shadow basically said is not to give up and that a person power's is in their spirit and attitude. Rose was about to give up and considered her earlier decision (to uselessly attack Perv) to be a hasty mistake, so now she's ready to do something else she had time to consider. Now that she can do something else after Shadow healed her.
Episode 18
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The sister is quite sick in the head. Iris should think again before hiring her as a knight.
It quite funny how the Shadow Garden members are working hard to fight the cult of evil, whereas Cid's greatest effort is spent on trying to ace the weird performance he has cooked up for the swordsmanship tournament. But then again, Cid did randomly save Rose. All that being said, he should have bet some money on himself. Although not having extra money might be a part of his mob character role playing, but in a way I think betting arbitrarily on a shady dude nobody expected to last long would be something a mob character would do.
I'm pretty sure Claire is only this messed up and psychotic concerning Cid. She's very popular, well-liked, and viewed as mature by the other Academy students.
She's a bro-con yandere trope as a recurring gag.
Does she know Cid's secrets, or at least know that he is hiding his power? Seems strange to be such a brocon if all she sees is the boring Cid.
Peace.
It would only be for the time being. She's obviously using mistreating Cid as a relief from stress. Her real personality ought to be something far worse than the well-liked and mature student that's her public image. Keeping up that facade is eating her mentally, and that's where Cid enters the picture. However, such relationship couldn't possibly continue when they grow up. Furthermore, it would become dangerous for Cid before long, for his cover as a nobody mob character. A totally uninterestig mob character can't have any really attention-catching characteristics, neither positive nor negative. Being the toy for sadistic pleasure for his own sister would be such a characteristic. It has worked so far because they are both students, but it's still risky.
But then again, since this series most likely won't cover any later times at all, it's not really relevant. But I only said Iris shouldn't hire Claire, which would only happen later.
It's been somewhat poorly implied, but that the reason Claire is like this to Cid is because he is so good at hiding his power. She sees him as weak and in need of "toughening up." Her idea of it has become really twisted form of tough love.
Her reaction in the first few episodes to him losing to her in the stream training, forcing him to attend the tournament to watch and get ideas of how good fighters should be, etc.
She's so overprotective and clingy it turns back around and becomes violence towards him.
Episode 19
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Mundane Mann vs Iris fight was actually quite well made. I know some people dislike the whole concept of sword intent, or whatever you'd call it, but I quite like it. There are only so many fancy things you can do with sword fights to bring them to the next level. This is just a staring contest brought to the next level. It could actually be a Western gun draw duel as well; it would make no difference.
Too bad Shadow's perfect entry was ruined by a fangirl.
awww.... the episodes are never long enough, god damnit.
Beatrix is so much stronger than Iris, or literally everyone else except Shadow. WTF was she doing all this time without making any waves?
Peace.
Isn't she travelling around the world looking for Alpha? It seems like she cares for nothing else, except for now, suddenly, when she happened to find someone who should be a worthy opponent.
Actually, it would be nice to know which one is more powerful, Beatrix or Alpha.
Within Shadow Garden's ranks, Alpha is 2nd in ability only to Shadow, so it is a good question, but probably not answerable unless Cid is brought to a standstill by Beatrix.
(Yes, Delta is stronger than Alpha in raw strength, but she also doesn't have the control and elegance that Alpha does, or the magical aptitude, and she's also an idiot, where Alpha is the most well-rounded of the Seven Shades)
edit: In more detail:
Shadow - Better than the Seven Shades at everything they excel at, except his grasp on reality.
Alpha - All-around the best at everything as a complete package
Beta - Good at everything, but just not as good as Alpha, and weaker in combat than Delta
Delta - Strongest, dumbest
Gamma - Smartest, worst fighter
Epsilon - Greatest magical skill
Zeta & Eta - Didn't show up enough to assess
Last edited by Ryllharu; Wed, 02-08-2023 at 06:43 PM.
Episode 20
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Episode 20 in the middle of February is kind of a strange ending point, but I have to say the ending was very stylish and fitting for the series.
Something makes me think Cid hasn't got a clue there's a huge Shadow Garden base and operation going on in the mountains, where he once prowled to train himself. These days he's mainly training his skills of uttering ominous but profoundly empty lines fitting for the eminence in shadows.
The long fight had a few very good parts, though I'm not a fan of the lights flashing type of battle depictions.
You could really tell that they didn't know how to move the combatants to a different area without using that, lol. What a shame.The long fight had a few very good parts, though I'm not a fan of the lights flashing type of battle depictions.
Anyway, lets hope they anounce the 2nd season on the 22th
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