yay.
Cool trailer though, honestly. I would expect a completely different show... but it's cool.
yay.
Cool trailer though, honestly. I would expect a completely different show... but it's cool.
It should be a fun season, I enjoy that arc.
The 2nd season getting confirmed was a foregone conclusion. The morse code in the last episode being tapped out by Eta was, "To be Continued."
Episode 21
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That was quite a rocket start for the new seasons. I liked the recap, which was basically a joke. Far better than spending a whole ep for it, or any serious minutes at all.
New characters keep appearing, increasing the already large cast, but in this story it doesn't really matter that much. In the end, all the characters are there only as a choir to build Cid's chuuni story and to allow him to look either pathetic (to maintain his public nobody facade) or to act like the éminence grise, so it doesn't really matter how well or poorly you remember them. It was quite funny, though, how Cid was so impressed by Mary's lines that he immediately copied them.
This is going to be fun. I'm sure.
The show still has the right mix of silly- and awesomeness in it.
I dunno, I watched this first episode excited, but left very underwhelmed. I think I've gotten my fill of his "pretend to be a nobody" schtick. Will probably drunk watch this when I have nothing else.
Peace.
Everyone is saying such deeply cringe shit throughout the episode, it kinda tells you what kind of arc it is.
I also enjoyed that while all the other girls are doing their annual report and inexplicably going into a panic about their personal hygiene, Delta is off on a mountain instead running around nearly-naked and howling at the moon. Like a good wolfgirl should.
It's also good framing to know that while we might have expected Claire to be on the level of Rose (i.e. Strong publically, but actually kinda weak in the "shadow vs cult/church" hidden world), Claire is actually absurdly strong when it comes to creeping on her own brother. She's not quite as cringe as Cid, but she's certainly up there in her own right.
You might like the deeply divisive arc that comes after this one based on the series promo. Half the fans seem to hate it, the rest of them love it. I'm in the latter group.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
How long is this current arc and until we get to the next one?
Peace.
3-6 episodes if I had to guess?
The next arc is longer, so I would lean toward the fewer episodes since this season is only 12.
Episode 2:
I actually liked that 2nd episode because it finally broke the boring pattern. A surprise mini-nuke is a nice change of pace. I just wish he also killed the brute, which he could've easily done if he used his sword and not a kick.
Surprising how he doesn't give a shit about his sister's life, but a welcome one.
Peace.
It's not that he doesn't care for her, he just actually respects her.
- Cid rescued her when they were kids but left her to return of her own devices (and she did, furiously pissed off that she was kidnapped in the first place).
- Cid cured her of her possession years ago like he did with all the Seven Shades, but never told Claire what he did, so she thinks she's still afflicted.
- He tolerates her creepy brocon behavior, and has made it a game escaping her, but if he gets caught by her he plays along until he can sneak off again.
- He doesn't really rescue or watch over her because he thinks she can handle herself (same reason he left her in the woods when they were kids), unlike Rose (now 666 and pretty weak compared to the Seven Shades).
Claire is actually pretty capable and rather strong. He said that in the very beginning. He's just tremendously stronger.
But she almost died if he hadn't been there, and he didn't intentionally save her. He just happened to be there by luck. If he had already been in the treasure room when that fight happened, his sister would be dead. Now that he figured out it was in fact his sister, he didn't even bother protecting/helping/evicting her despite knowing there were monsters like the fox girl and barb guy around.
She could very well die right after their encounter due to being completely out of her depth, but he didn't seem to care.
Peace.
He's writing his own story, others are writing theirs. Cid's family is a part of his mob cover story. That would make him give some value to it, but only some. But then again, even if you say it was mere luck that he saved Claire, when you are as powerful as Cid, luck plays only a small role anymore. He was there to save her because it was easy for him. He appeared very purposefully right then and there to kick the black tower master away. It wasn't one of those "Did I accidentally step on something?" scenes.
I can agree with the "he cares but only to a certain extent" idea.
Peace.
This is his chunybio world, everything goes acording to his (Aizen) keikkaku
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
S2 eps 04
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The others are all very cool, but Delta is the cutest.
He's definitely more tolerant of Delta's behavior and entertaining her requests than he is with the other girls. Maybe because she's so stupid that he can't really trick her?
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She's a pet, apparently. People tolerate all kinds of things from pets.
The counterfeit money scene between Shadow and the fox lady was quite funny, even if I've seen scenes like that before, occasionally.
It's quite amusing that Beta, Eta, and Gamma all figured out his explanation of Fiat Currency Economics right away in their pre-teens, and Yukime figured out the threat of a bank run in 5 minutes, but Shadow has forgotten most of it and is clueless concerning what is about to happen, even if he instigated it.
I have to question the sanity of the fox lady for teaming up with Shadow. She saw him fight, and he clearly wasn't even serious considering he HEALED everyone to end it. I would just run away from such a monster, not try to make deals with it.
Delta is grating on my nerves. I've just never been fond of dumb af characters.
Peace.
She's using Shadow though. She wants to enact revenge personally on the gang boss who scarred her. Shadow can single-handedly take on all of the minions of their gang at once, including their specialists who are the same beastman species as Delta (and therefore considered very strong, of course Delta is stronger because she has Possessed blood in her).
That way Yukime can safely get revenge on the boss.
She clearly doesn't care what she has to risk to get her revenge.
This is what I meant when I question her sanity. The risk is too great to approach godlike beings.
Peace.
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