Magi - Episode 3
I'm really not feeling this adaptation so far. The motivations of the characters, the handling of the narrative, everything just feels so marginalized compared to the manga I know and love. It's really quite disappointing. They rushed through the dungeon arc in just 3 episodes, and I feel the climax has no weight at all. It just feels like they're going through the motions to get this stuff over with because they have no love for it at all. Sad.
The action was pretty good though. This show doesn't disappoint when it comes to the animation and the backgrounds, but the writing and direction are really dragging it down. I really hope it somehow gets better when they're done rushing through stuff, but somehow I doubt so...
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Code:Breaker - Episode 3
This show is really hilarious. Could well be the best action comedy of the season! I honestly don't know how much of it is intentional, or what is from the manga, since all I'm watching is the anime, but damn this is some funny stuff. Every time from Sakura is a new level of self-parody, and the entire narrative is just so over the top it's hard not to just sit back and enjoy the entertainment.
This week has a pretty solid balance of what made the first two episodes so fun - terrible moralistic dialogue from Sakura, Ogami being #2cool4school and #2bad2edgy, bad guys burning, and a random ridiculous action sequence out of nowhere. The show continues to feel more and more like a lost action series from days of yore, when more anime was just about guys fucking shit up in ridiculous ways.
I'm really surprised at how much I'm enjoying this. It makes no sense!