Kinda bad since even when the jokes land, they're usually padded by a bunch of malegaze shots that linger far too long. I'm sure it's certainly cheaper to fill airtime that way though!
Surprisingly better than the first season since no misdirection allots for more consistency. It remains one of the more painful looks at how people sabotage their own happiness and just how hard it is to keep your life together when things don't go the way you expect them to. There's no heroes, just the tomorrow you have to wake up to.
As much as I like the show, Bugbear was sort of wasted on it as he's such a tragic figure and his backstory was awesome.
This could be the only show airing this season and one could still call the season a success.
More of the usual. I like it, it's funny, I'll watch the OVAs but I think I'm looking forward to it ending as they can't string it out forever.
Decent for a short gag comedy that was mostly carried by how much of a shitheel Ross was. Bless him. It also gets point for that sweet, sweet JAM Project OP.
Truly excellent comedy shows do not exist outside the sphere of positive qualitative attributes. In the case of Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru you have a superb voice cast coming together for something that is analytically clever, confident and comfortable in its pace, and visually creative in ways many other slice of life or comedic shows can't match. SoreMachi is also sweet, personal, and innocently romantic in many respects. It is an extremely accomplished show that stands high among its peers.
Another GE player yeeeah
This adaptation only seems to be borrowing certain elements from the game. Right from the get go it is much different. Episode 2 seems to indicate that this differention that they are taking is one of their own. I am liking it quite a bit.
Bookmarked.
I wasn't really planning on commenting on this episode as I found it fairly rote but whatever, I'll type some stuff up.
ED is pretty boring btw
So unlike Fate/Stay Night that inserted background shots into fight sequences, a prominent example being during the initial Lancer/Archer fight at the school, here the show utilizes these scenery shots for a few reasons. In the top image, this establishes the speed the Vajra is heading towards the party, hence explaining why they have time to talk and strategize. It also serves to highlight the damage caused by the enemy forces, which is more important to later establish Eric's location via contrast. Eric is moved to a safer spot and this is visually illustrated by the lack of damage around him.
You can already tell Ufotable is starting slide down the Jiggly Jiggly Heaven slope on this episode in how the action is portrayed during this sequence. The Vajra is supposed to be attacking them and possibly putting pressure on Soma however due to how slow the Vajra's speed is, I never got the sense of danger in that the party members should have easily been able to get out of the way. Soma seems to be waiting to get hit at a few points and the action is fairly flat during this sequence.
I liked this cut due to the quality of Ufotable's digital team in that the electric aftereffects give a sense of how damaged Ranka is from the hit. His involuntary muscle convolutions also give a sense of realism to the attack in that it's not handled in a cartoony sort of way but looks like what would happen if a person was struck by lightning, although there wasn't any sort of visible burn marks. The scene afterwards with him being carted to the trauma center was fine in that shots and cuts were matched to the heart rate monitor which emphasized the damage to his heart from the electricity.
So when do we find out that she was sexually assaulted? If the underboob shot with him leering in the background was enough, we also get the bad touch too.
I liked how this was handled in that the scene didn't linger for five minutes while he gave a lengthy monologue before dying. Another part was that he didn't ask, "Is Renka okay?" but instead looked at him and that was enough. The dramatic lighting when he died was a bit much but it's not a big deal.
One element I liked in this scene was the sound direction in that him grabbing the bars seems to be played up on the sound effect side which helps to emphasize the importance of what he's saying but also his impact on Lindow. The second shot is pretty cool in that Renka is serving as a mirror for Lindow. Note how both characters are in this shot, in which a unique camera angle (for the show) is used. Renka's dialogue is almost certainly applicable for some past event in Lindow's past.
Yea this feels like something either Renka's dad/mentor(?) used to say due to the focus on the compass. However judging by Renka's lack of reaction to the line, he might not have heard it before.
Really though, the best part of the anime so far has been the music. God damn it, it makes me pissed how bad the music was and used for Fate/Stay Night UBW. The music has really helped elevate some of the scenes so far.
A joy to read just like your impressions from last week. You have quite the analytical eye, but I like how all of these camera angles and effects are being used to convey something. The direction for this is awesome. Again I say, I wish other anime did this kind of thing too. In these episodes the art coupled with the filmic imagery and camera angles make this a joy for my eyes to see, rather than having static images with flat colours and shading. I'd be ok with more anime using this type of heavy lighting and dynamic camera shots.
it's the first time I have truly had free to watch anime since last tuesday, I will likely catch up on some other shows soon... well at least the ones I am allowed to watch >.>
db super will likely be in a bit if I don't go back to watching no game no life (I am supposed to not watch it until tomorrow evening ><
.yup. I'm not allowed to watch most of the currently airing shows by myself so i will have to watch a lot of them tomorrow night, but I will likely be to busy watching no game no life again to watch any of those so they will have to be pushed off until tuesday
I can currently watch db super, baby steps, ace of diamond (of the currently airing stuff that I would want to watch) as well as a number of older shows.
I'm a rebel though so sometimes I just watch whatever and pretend like I didn't
Adolescence in the title should have been a dead giveaway.
