took them 6 episodes to get back on track to where the last one actually left off... oof
"I mean, look at it out there. Looks like a Renaissance painting portraying masculine melancholy." :joy:
Damn, you know Nate's been charging up his evil powers 'cos his hair's now fully grey lmao.
Not too bad overall for a second season, but the first is still better, imo. More solid, focused more on the soccer / sport aspect of the show while developing their characters through the scenes between matches. I liked that about the first season, 'cos it felt more original-and otherwise the show feels more of just like your standard drama show, with a bit of the sports sprinkled in there, which this season was definitely leaning towards, especially during the middle. I honestly still don't understand the Beard After Hours episode, and I don't think I ever will.
Hoyt: [ I mean, I don't care what nobody says if I met a nice vampire girl, I'd be proud to have her on my arm. ] Does Bill know anybody my age?
next scene, Jessica walks in
Oh, well that's not subtle at all... :joy: Keen to see that dynamic if it ever happens!
Currently up to ep87 of this arc and am really getting bored of it – just like the Maineford Arc ( but in this case much, much worse ), it's gone on for far too long with nothing happening for the most part. I really love the overall plot concept with [spoilers]people turning to toys[/spoilers], but there were a number of episodes that you could just skip and still be fine continuing. Not only that, but it's been over 30 episodes or something, and we haven't gotten any updates about [spoilers]Team B of the Straw Hats.[/spoilers] They'll most likely be important for the tail-end of this arc but it feels like the writers know how much more expendable / weak they are that they just don't include them in this battle-heavy sitch. It also doesn't help that a lot of these recent episodes have started almost a whole 5 minutes in.
60-75 episodes would have been perfect with enough filler events to actually get through the entire main plot.
that opening makes no sense... why would bomb squad shoot someone they think has explosives on in the chest ???
grace le domas voice: F***ING RICH PEOPLE !!!!!
also, is liz stupid? so far she's only introduced herself to the new neighbour and that warrants a coffee in her own home? liz, you're an fbi agent... i thought you had much more common sense than this! you don't just let your child near a stranger, not especially with your line of work!
the red riding hood parallels are kinda too on the nose and come off as super cheesy as well.
150mg of Ketamine's gonna absolutely kill you or a healthy adult male lmao i love that my med school education is coming in clutch here :joy:
skippped this episode 'cos it's just backstory / flashbacks we've already seen.
"You can’t play the game from both sides, Brainy. You can’t pretend to be on our side one minute and then push us away the next. If you can’t pick a side, I’ll choose one for you." – oh, that was an EXCELLENT line.
Can the people complaining about this show just drop it already? Ffs it's the 6th season's finale and you're STILL somehow here when all you do is whinge...
uh, so... they just left candace there, in the middle of the hallway of the locker room... and that's it? no follow-up? i hope it comes to bite them in the ass next season.
AMAZING episode, though not exactly a 10/10 from me as I'm left feeling a little unsatisfied with Debbie and Wendy's characters.
Debbie's always challenged Holden in some way, but their getting back together all of a sudden was jarring - it didn't make sense, not without any telling or context as to how it happened, they sort of just... Are around each other again, for some reason.
Wendy's character did a sort of 180 these last 2 episodes, which is a shame, because she's a brilliant addition to the team. I'll admit, the putting out the tuna thing was great, but lead to nowhere ( or perhaps there was symbolism behind it, but I certainly didn't pick up on it ).
The ending scene is exactly what a crime drama / thriller should be all about, and I'm absolutely floored at the phenomenal acting.
I just read the description and I already KNOW it's gonna be a knock-off, Walmart version of Kommissar Rex, the original Austrian show this show is basically recreating.
Sean looks a little like Logan Lerman with this transformation!
I actually hated that first bit. You'd think Hae-in would've just told Hyun-woo something happened (something like, "I had another lapse in time" or whatever), if it it was a white lie... But no, she instead heads off with the guy that ruined her family's life... Wtf?!
"What kind of woman wouldn't want to date you? You're handsome, kind, smart but not arrogant. Plus, you're a good cook. There's no man like you. Even if I was reborn a hundred times, I'd still marry you every single time" AAAAAAAA :sneezing_face:
VINCENZO?!?!??!! oh that was a surprise! :')
It's so funny that Joong-Ki popped up after I was thinking about how both Kwak Dong-yeon (Soo-cheol) and Lim Cheol-soo (Hyun Woo) are both in Vincenzo as well. It's a really neat tie-in, but I've seen that Joong-Ki is only in this episode, which is a shame. I mean, I know it's not his show but he'd be damn useful with the Queens family situation right now!
Genuinely one of the whackiest, stressful episodes I've seen. The owner went from not being assertive and a leader to literally just yelling at everyone, smh :')
I realised about 20 minutes into this episode that the entire plotline to this is almost like Taming of the Shrew, lol
Also omggg wdym THEY MET WHEN THEY WERE KIDS??????
Hae-in: I just told you that I had a serious matter, too. Aren't you curious?
Seon-hwa: You always know what to do, whether it's big or small.
Hae-in: ... Right... I'll take care of my business. You should go. This is my workplace.
Seon-hwa: Hey, don't mind me. I'm here to see Hyun-woo anyway.
OH THIS LOWKEY HURT :sob:
Great season finale. It tied off things well enough for it to be a standalone season, even if a few new complications arose in the last few minutes. I'm glad I took the time to watch it all.
This episode goes to prove that Fagin could be completely taken out of this show and it would be just as amazing. I don't care for Fagin, don't think I ever will - the drama with the position of Head Surgeon and all the medical discoveries/progress is SO much more interesting to watch.
Also, Jack in those clothes at the party was both cute and ridiculous. But sheesh, Belle's clothes (especially in the past 2 episodes) have looked so pretty on her!
While any show needs an antagonist, I just don't really like Fagin - like, at all. He's annoying at best, and just really not at all entertaining in the least. Up until the very end of this episode, he was just a nuisance and I couldn't care about him.
I'm much more interested and invested in Belle and Jack's hospital shenanigans and that ongoing plot. In fact, there could be some sort of exchange between the two that could've gotten Jack his money back since she's wealthy anyway, instead of him having to deal with Fagin in the first place.
Still, I'm enjoying this as a casual watch, and it's cool to see how they've artfully filmed in the same couple of locations while still making it look like a big part of a city... Let's see what the next couple of episodes hold!
Ok, I may have cried A LITTLE when Nezuko was reunited with Tanjiro...
But that's all to say, I do think this season was probably my least favourite compared to the others so far:
I think my main issue for the whole thing is the power creep/dynamic between the humans and the demons - there didn't feel like there were any big stakes in these fights this season. Yes, the demons are difficult to beat because they're upper rank, but Uzui had to literally retire after becoming essentially disabled (he lost an eye and a hand!) during the fight with a slightly weaker (or lower level) demon... And all our protagonists were at least on his level by the time we got to this arc. Nothing of the sort really happened this time around, even though we got very close w/ Kanroji.
All this to say, I'm still keen to see how this goes in the next season. While the quality of the writing has gone down, the animation is still on-par and it's at the very least enjoyable to watch/binge.
Tanjiro, Nezuko and Genya all just STANDING THERE at the end while the main body flees YET AGAIN... Like stfu, stop yelling and just KILL HIM lmao
Also once again, just a huge chunk of flashback narration. It's getting tedious at this point, couldn't they have done this particular one when we'd met Kanroji earlier this season?!
RENGOKU :sob:
Really starting to miss Inosuke and Zenitsu, so hopefully they're back in the last 2 episodes of this season!
Every slayer has a different technique and it's really cool to see it being reflected from their personalities. I also really love Kanroji's style of fighting, with the cutesy flips and her sword being more like a ribbon, reminds me of rhythmic gymnastics.
I don't mind a few flashbacks every now and then because they're a great way to tell a story, but we just had a full episode 2 episodes ago with the same thing, which meant actual story progression was put to a halt and nothing really happened this episode. Don't get me wrong, LOVE that we're diving into each important character more deeply and exploring their past to explain why they are the way they are now, but... Too much, too soon, at least for my taste.
"AREN'T YOU GOING TO BE A HASHIRA?"
oh man, i really didn't understand genya's character until now, and the writers putting all his tragic backstory in moments before his death makes it so much worse :sob:
wtf is it with the weird women's fashion?! why does it have to be nami and robin wearing weird bikini-style outfits yet again, when the rest of the crew are in relatively normal clothes smh these new outfits for them are so cringey... at least lilith has "pants", so why couldn't any of the other female characters have them? or at least mini shorts? :rolling_eyes:
