I feared this show would be terrible given it's prototype isekai status (or so I'm told) but the key visuals looked quite enticing so I took the "risk" regardless. Now three episodes I'm positively surprised at the comfy fantasy quality the show has going on (alongside the pretty visuals). And while the pervy side of Rudy is slightly off-putting at times it still serves as a reminder that this guy was a hardcore hiki before he was reincarnated and it's nice to see him actually still dealing with his past where as in most other shows in the genre the setup is just the means for self-insert.
Oh, now here comes the edge... up to 999% of what Japanese TV allows huuh. While I'm not opposed to fucked up shit I didn't really care for how sleazy they presented some of the -well- hentai scenes (eg. her fingering herself was decidedly fetishized with a see through shot). Also, was the best plan you could come up with really to let yourself be drugged up and abused until you've come to your senses again? Still, this seems like I ride to take just to be "in" with the drama - already canceled in Germany o/.
And if anyone wonders; uncensored is indeed quite raunchy but also the only way if you don't want to watch an audio drama (is a shot of crooked fingers with a black tint really too much?)...
Fantastic amulet... it serves no purpose other than to ruin your life for...? Working at an investment firm? Why did his mom even go on a triad of supporting him and saying a man who isn't able to provide for his family is worthless if this is that much against "the spirit"? How the heck did that other girl get lost there too - seems like it only served as another scene of whyte ppl racist? Why am I still watching this...
A call about domestic disturbance because a wine glas fell down... This then gets spun to imply a believe-all-women narrative (despite her acting like a loony) and after they're just out of the door he already admits to her being right. Obviously he does not see her grabbing the meat hammer or how she is holding it in her hand - or that she is taking a full swing at him :rolling_eyes:.
"Take some protection, just in case you're wrong... or right." What does this even mean with a narrative where she suspects everyone to be a killer... :exploding_head:
The premise for the episode is certainly weird even for anime standards but it played out quite boring and plain to be honest. Just like with last weeks episode it's apparent from the get go what needs to change for the "cure" but the process isn't really worth sticking around as the comedy isn't hitting great strides either imho.
Lmao... this turned silly real fast. The setup is pretty much wasted and would have been more interesting without the wanna be slenderman at display here.
Kinda weird and meh arc with a WTF ending... Hoping they did not forget about the answer arcs...
AAAAnd they doubled down on the botched ending... I'm not in the loop with the series production but you better hope that there is a good excuse for them having to resolve the story like this. I don't mind that they did what they did here but it doesn't work if you play this after last weeks episode. The trajectory for this was all wrong and it's missing a lot of in between! Kinda hard to fall for the manipulative writing when you have to doubt what is being presented to you. And Sam growing old was not only cheesy pandering but a huge joke that had me laughing because of the unbelievably bad makeup.
Rushing an ending for a show after 15 years is NOT appreciated.
I'm sorry: WHAAAAT? This was awful. Not that Supernatural ever was very coherent but this was a rushed, sloppy and frankly a very anticlimatic conclusion to their ordeal... they even had to pull a "and-here-is-how-we-dun-it" to "explain" this mess.
Sam & Dean can apparently take a massive beating from fists powered by such godly energy that when absorbed is enough to transfer the powers over to Jack (who needs build up when you can just give him more OP powers...). Most "powerlevels" were also disregarded for this like Chuck's omniscience and featuring Amara, Death/Lucifer etc.. . And no time for Cas? I know there is another one coming but this had a freaking montage at the end...
If it weren't for MAPPA at helm I would have dropped this like three times already... At least the show doesn't take it's fake drama serious either. An upcoming tournament arc and one-note upperclassmen getting introduced doesn't really get me any more excited really.
I hope this puts a lid on the pacing oddities this show has because an hour long exposition episode is and should not be normal... most of what is shown was already hinted at previously so I'm sure they could have done without this...
WARNING: Looks like the Higurashi New marketed as a remake was bait all along.
This is a sequel* to the original series https://trakt.tv/shows/when-they-cry-higurashi.
Since it's based on a visual novel with different routes repeating events are expected which is why they were able to mislead with the premiere but the second episode reveals a twist of the series and references being set after the events of Higurashi. They also changed the title from "New" to "Gou" 業 after episode 2...
*What exactly it is we cannot say for sure right now but you are definitely not getting a fresh start.
WARNING: Looks like the Higurashi New marketed as a remake was bait all along.
This is a sequel* to the original series https://trakt.tv/shows/when-they-cry-higurashi.
Since it's based on a visual novel with different routes repeating events are expected which is why they were able to mislead with the premiere but the second episode reveals a twist of the series and references being set after the events of Higurashi. They also changed the title from "New" to "Gou" 業...
*What exactly it is we cannot say for sure right now but you are definitely not getting a fresh start.
Dull and predictable from the setting and title alone... the only semi decent part was their fusion. The retro setting and art didn't really click either.
Also truly progressive by having a black and hispanic girl as the leads but the resident campus rapist is still the good ol' white jock...
This musical "tribute" to manly power fantasies is top tier cringe, bland and ultimately pointless in it's resolution. Surprisingly this is what they wanted going by the "commentary" of Mark Duplass after the episode...
Kinda pointless OVAs with an uninteresting story and heaps of redundant info making this somehow a two parter.
Not for me definitely. The breakneck pacing has little regard for characters or a proper plot (so things must be convenient) and in this format more akin to something on SyFy or CBS rather than the ""HBO prime time slot""...
Underlying the FX sample pack with a Gil Scott-Heron song is just tone deaf and quite try hard imho (it didn't fit the scene nor the theme). George served his part as a plot device too apparently so let's commemorate it with killing him off...
Wasn't eager to start this after having seen all the fake shilling on it's IMDb page (most of which - including the negative ones - has now been removed ???) and am actually still unsure about this 70 minutes later. I can't say that I'm not intrigued but found the change of pace towards the end rather unexpected for something branding itself with Lovecraft (I mean it's at least there in the creature design).
I don't feel like I'm necessarily in competent hands because this had very little substance so far. I'm going to be very cynical about what I've seen: Yes, racism bad (queue examples), black culture so rich (queue overlong concert scene AND play modern day trap music), car chases are exciting (let's do two of them with the first one resulting in a quite illogical conclusion which everyone ignores) and let's not forget we are here for some monsters (which came with the usual horror logic trappings)... Having now looked at the trailer I know even less of it's intended direction - just that this is certainly not the 10:star: material some have people claimed this as :person_bowing:.
Are they out of ideas maybe or is the season order just setup this way? These episodes have all been pseudo psychology ones with a tendency to become more goofy. Not a good sign.
Way to on the nose imho as I could take this seriously... especially when paired with this set of 5.
I know it's supposed to be funny but it correlates so much with reality that it becomes bleak :astonished:.
Not sure how I feel about the duel scene. The Ufotable influence has certainly been around for a bit and while it was flashy the bold strokes and perspectives used felt like a different show completely. Really wish there was a softer transition to that - don't think it was "worthy" to stand out this much.
Never really cared about the show much (far from a masterpiece) but with the current snail pacing and little new going on it doesn't really hold my interest anymore. I think I'm done with this.
Mahou Jesus should consider himself lucky to have been delayed until fall because this chad demon king incarnate is even more overpowered than him :laughing:.
Perfect example of a show where LOUD isn't funny but what can you reasonably expect from it anyways when the big chested protagonist wears a shirt stating that they're huge...
I hope this is not the line-up for recurring segments of Season 3... felt really dumb.
Oh no, this got a second season? Guess it's time to cut my losses. This was quite a lot of screen time to get to terrible action set pieces and parole spouting nonsense. I know the budget might not be the biggest but the extras were standing out in every scene...
That backstory skipped a part I think... quite a tedious setup imho.
Oh boy, that backstory was seriously messed up.
I have a hard time believing that in 1938 people identified as a top or bottom... not really much history on those terms though.
