Man, this eps is too good.. what a technical showcase, I love it how fast the narrative can move, and they doing it with style.
Interesting. The Background Director of Ping Pong worked on Rayman Legends.
God tier. Anime has been saved.
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wut, only bass downright hated it, and we teased him about it for a good 2 monthsThey hated Kick-Heart.
Not a huge fan of Yuasa (watched a bit more than half of Tatami Galaxy and thought it was good, but not amazing) but the theme of this show seems right up my alley.
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Ohira da godEpisode 3 features the finished OP. It's pretty wild!
Episode 3 features the finished OP. It's pretty wild!
Woah woah since when has a duckroll existed that acknowledged how distracting bad CG can be? I can't believe it!Episode 3
The pacing for this series is really quick, and it doesn't seem to compromise character development or details in the process either. I think there's quite a bit to criticize with regards to the animation or consistency of the art in this episode, especially since the CG close ups of the paddle and the ball are really distracting compared to the hand drawn art which looks totally different, but the direction and the actual content of the show carries it high enough that those issues are at worst minor issues. It's an engaging show to watch, and Smile's psychology juxtaposed with the mentality of all those other players around him make for some really compelling character drama even without much said to each other. Great stuff.
Loved the episode, but it was frustrating at the endseeing Smile let his sense of mercy make him give the match to Wenge. That's how it seemed to me, anyway.
This is so good holy fucking shit this is like the condensation of everything that makes sports shounen appealing with none of the fluff.
This is distilled sports shounen.
The good stuff.
100% pure, uncut cocaine, mainlined right into your fucking eyeballs.
It would be more out of character forSmile to completely change how plays in one day I felt, but he got passed a few hurdles already
Oh, I know it makes sense, it wasn't out of character or anything. It was just frustrating as a viewer, that's all.
Ah i understand,I personally aren't watching it so much to see Smile win as just to see how it all unfolds, so watching Smile defeat himself doesn't frustrate me at all, I can certainly see your viewpoint though.
I understand; after all, the series seems to be about how Smile grows as a person just as much as the actual ping pong matches!It's going to be great seeing how Smile changes after this match, but I'm actually a little more interested in Wenge right now. Does he know that Smile threw the match? How will he react when he finds out?
He's going to fucking lose it.
And then do a rocky training montage.
Loved the episode, but it was frustrating at the endseeing Smile let his sense of mercy make him give the match to Wenge. That's how it seemed to me, anyway.
Ah i understand,I personally aren't watching it so much to see Smile win as just to see how it all unfolds, so watching Smile defeat himself doesn't frustrate me at all, I can certainly see your viewpoint though.
I understand; after all, the series seems to be about how Smile grows as a person just as much as the actual ping pong matches!It's going to be great seeing how Smile changes after this match, but I'm actually a little more interested in Wenge right now. Does he know that Smile threw the match? How will he react when he finds out?
What are these spoiler tags for? Y'all don't appear to have read the manga and these 'spoilers' are actually for your speculation, right? Can we get a quick clarification on how spoilers will work in this thread?
They're discussing in this week's episode as to howSmile lost to Kong.
Yes but they don't need to put that in spoilers as the episode already aired.
It'll be airing on the noitaminA timeslot alongside some uguu moe bullshit.
For some reason, I thought for a second that the Ping Pong Club is back. God that show was screwed up