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malvarez1
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I have to admit that this arc in the manga wasn’t my favorite, although the ending probably made it worthwhile. Hopefully the anime improves it for me.
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yeehaw
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I'm shocked at how much I remember about this series even though I only watched the first to seasons once as they aired, and although I read this part of the manga that was also only once and so many years ago. I even remembered Godaiin!!
I'm looking forward to some good shounen after last season, even if the animation isn't anything special, especially compared to how good the manga looks. |
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MFrontier
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It's nice to have the anime back and finally getting to adapt one of the most pivotal arcs of the series.They even brought Uverworld back!
They're kind of moving the pacing fast but I guess that can't be helped. I love how the cast haven't played these characters in years but can still play them like this was only a few months of recording season 2. Though once again there's a bit of a design change. Glad to see progress with Rin, Yukio, and Shiemi as well as Izumo's story. |
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zfunk
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I am just glad they are animating this arc before My Hero Academia animates a certain arc, or else they be accused of ripping them off even though they did it first.
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Takkun4343
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It took me longer than I'd like to admit to realize the guys were all crossdressing in the thumbnail.
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Covnam
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After reading a bit of recaps, I've been enjoying the return of this series, but it's hard to get too invested after so much time has passed and the possibility for another 6+ years for whatever comes next (if ever).
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1dbad
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The Illuminati arc tends to be most fans favorite (myself included), so I was really excited to see it finally get the anime treatment. But so far this season feels like a step down compared to the Kyoto Saga. I don't like the new style as much, and condensing the entire Seven Wonders arc into a single episode was not a great way to start things off. The two most recent episodes were better but the pacing still feels a bit fast.
The gap between season 1 and 2 made some sense. Monthly mangas like Exorcist take longer to build up to a season's worth of adaptable material than weeklies do. But by the time season 2 came out there was enough content to do a season a year for a handful of years, so I'm not sure why seasons 2 and 3 had such a wide gap. If we get a season 4, I hope it comes out in a more timely fashion. |
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Gem-Bug
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Well, the first two episodes crammed in almost all of volumes 10 and 11(in weird order of events and some stuff cut)and I'm annoyed that they cut all but two of the Seven Mysteries(relegating the rest to single frames in the ED). Technically, they never actually say that there's seven, so I guess that works out. I don't really mind the change in art style.
In the manga, the bathroom ghost happens before the portrait shapeshifter, so here Izumo's characterization seems extra-tsundere, and her "I haven't been on a mission with her since Kyoto" line regarding Shiemi doesn't make sense. I'm glad episode 3 slowed down a bit, bringing us basically up to Volume 12. Hopefully we can keep this pace for the rest of the season. |
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ThatGuyWhoLikesThings
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Imagine if the Naruto anime took a break for 7 years and suddenly came back with the Sasuke Retrieval arc.
Yeah, certain things just naturally get lost after that long a gap, notably some degree of emotional investment. |
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malvarez1
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Your complaints are prettty valid; the lengthy gaps between seasons really don’t help with the investment.
Still, that aside, I think this segment of the story accomplishes what it set out to do, transitioning from the more low-stakes part of the series into the next important arc. Like everyone else, I wish the production was better, though. |
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MFrontier
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This was one of the biggest turning points in the series and I think they adapted it pretty well.
You can never really trust a Koji Yusa character. The moment Suguro called him "Renzo!" hit hard, especially seeing how hard Konekomaru took it. And Rin, being Rin, still believes in Shima. Lucifer's entrance was as grandiose and impactful as I'd hoped. The Okumura brothers just can't get around the problems caused by their older siblings. |
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Gem-Bug
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One thing that this episode skips during the battle scene is spoiler[Izumo asking Shima about Yamataka's flames and Shima explaining how red flames(regular Earth/Assiah fire) can burn the medium/material that Demons are possessing, while the black flames are of Gehenna and burn away the Demon itself, leaving the medium/material intact. The blue flames of Satan(and Rin) can burn either/both. I mention this here because it's important world lore and because I don't think there will be another moment in the season where they'd need to explain it. Also, Shima explaining the following bit about how the black flames affect humans feels out of place without the preceding information.]
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Gina Szanboti
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I'm late in asking this (outside the Preview Guide where it went unnoticed), but has True Cross Academy always been open to non-exorcists? I thought it was a school specifically to train exorcists, but the first episode seemed like a normal academy with normal students who couldn't see supernatural beings and needed to be kept in the dark about such.
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zfunk
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Watching this series after so long, between reading the manga and remember the stuff from the first anime when it went its own direction, sometimes gets me confused on where we are in the story.
For example the beginning of this season, seeing Izumo have issues with Shiemi I thought in my head that was settled a long ago, but maybe I misremember confusing with where we are in the manga and / or the original anime, same with the Shiemi love triangle with Rin and Yukio I thought that was also settled. Anyone else feel the same way. |
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lossthief
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As far as I recall, most of the students are totally normal kids, and True Cross is believed to be a normal private school. It's only the kids who go to "Cram School" who are exorcists. |
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