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    Maou 2099

    Hm, am I blind? I could have sworn I already made a thread for this. Whatever:

    The cyberpunk metropolis Shinjuku—a massive city-state bedecked with neon signs, towering skyscrapers, and the latest cutting-edge technology. It is here, in year 2099 of the Fused Era, where the legendary Demon Lord Veltol has his second coming five centuries in the making. But this landscape is nothing like the one he conquered all those years ago, for the fusion of magic and engineering has elevated civilization to dazzling, unprecedented heights. Veltol may have been reduced to a historical footnote, but make no mistake...this brave new world will be his for the taking!
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    Episode 3:

    I'm really glad how they're incorporating the Vtuber-job. Instead of making it the whole gimmick of the show, Vel really only uses it because it makes sense to regain his powers.

    Ofc, I'm still annoyed by how friendly the so-called "demon lord" behaves, Japanese authors just cannot write characters like this properly. Either choose a Maou for your protagonist or choose someone who's not strongly connotated with doing evils. I doubt this Vel will ever do any evil again.

    Still, it's entertaining to watch. Better than the usual isekai crap. But also not by much.


    PS: Oh, and ofc Vel is asexual, because we can never have a hero who makes use of the hot girls that flock to him, sigh.

    "She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court

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    Just watched til latest episode.

    Isn't their current world fairly ideal for his type of power? Internet and social media along with a bigger population than his medieval world would make him invincible.
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    Episode 4:

    This continues to be just interesting enough. It does a lot of the mistakes all those cheap, generic isekai anime do, but by keeping the overall tone serious, it has me more hooked. Plus, the art ist slightly better than usual.

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    Episode 5:

    Pretty much what I wrote last week. It's not where I'd like it to be, but it's also not where I feared it might go to. Would have prefered if Machina actually had been killed for some real drama, but the solid artwork keeps this interesting.

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    Episode 6:

    That was a really bad episode. The blandest, most generic of special moves that never do any damage. And then the best attack, even if not at full power, barely put a scratch into the woman's shoulder. And, of course, the hero lets her live. Because she's hot, obviously.

    It's this kind of non-consequential writing I hate the most.

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    WTF? It was great. It was clearly a hype episode, not a plot one.
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    Episode 7:

    An evil demon overlord who's only evil towards other evil people.

    *YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN*

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    A couple was formed in an anime before season end!? How can this be??

    How did he not get investigated and arrested for that hacking stunt? Even if a third party does it for you, authorities would immediately go to the person whose face was plastered on all media...

    How I wish she never had a damn jacket...

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    He might face justice later. It takes time.
    That episode script was ok, generic, but ok. The dragon form was awful. And why animate that jaw like that? Don't move it, it feels better.

    7 eps and it feels over? Generic plot: 5 eps to fight the true puppeteer behind Marcus?

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    That 2nd form looked sooo bad. Like, Greymon from Digimon looks better. No idea what that was. His jaw clapping up and doen looked like a marionette/puppet.

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    Yeah, the jaw bothered me so much lol.

    I realize what they were going for, a dragon-like monster that is ugly and terrifying, but they failed miserably and it just looked silly.
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