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Vaisaga
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But Christmas Christina is coming at the end of this year! The story of the game and the anime are quite different so it's worth checking out both of them. The characters are the same, but the situations are different. For example, in the anime Tsumugi has no problem with Yuuki, but in the game she initially hates him because he's close to Rei (who hasn't appeared in the anime yet). In the game guild houses are just places to meet up and they must find somewhere else to live (Kokkoro and Yuuki end up staying at Saren's orphanage) while the anime has them live in the guild house. The anime focuses on the Gourmet Guild's group activities, while the game has them operate separately most of the time. It's funny seeing Christina show up in a Carmina episode because in the game spoiler[after she switches sides she goes "undercover" as Carmina's manager.] |
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Electric Wooloo
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spoiler[Yes, "undercover". Definitely not just a non-destructive way for her to get her urge for excitement out, not that that always stops her.] I'm rather hopeful that they'll go and have "guild of the week" episodes while progressing the Peco/Kyaru conflict after this episode. I would be seriously disappointed if season 2 ended with no appearance at all from Caon. |
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Covnam
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Nice to see the quality of the episodes (both in terms of content and visuals) return. Not sure why they needed that rainbow thread when those costumes looked pretty normal...
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Kilgamayan
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I'm also really hoping for this. Now that we've seen Carmina in particular and how they have their shit together, I am incredibly excited to see Monika and the four toddlers under her purview in Weißflügel flop around uselessly in complete contrast. Also, Anna still needs to make her TV debut! |
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Electric Wooloo
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I have to say, Yuni's outlook this episode really irked me in a way I didn't expect.
Like I get it in principle, when learning something understanding the process is generally the actually important part. And if this was a math question I'd agree with her, ultimately the important part of answering the question is to learn the process by which you get to the answer. But that kind of falls apart entirely in the real world. At the end of the episode Yuni is basically saying "I'm not going to try to figure out what is wrong with the world or why my very memories were apparently altered, because what's important is that I learned that something was wrong with the world." It rings... intensely hollow to me. |
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Dark Mac
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I mean, it's not like she has any choice. Anything she learns will be erased from her memory.
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SrkSano
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This episode for me worked on so many levels. GIven that Princess Connect is a video game, it was great to see the breaking of the fourth wall look like they are in a video game. Also with Princess Connect's connection to Dragalia Lost (the Princess Connect event in Dragalia Lost is going on right now), and that game's connection to Fire Emblem and Zelda (same currency, Rupees) you have other possible video games where the King and the villager's ghost came from.
Beyond that, you have people in real life who believe that we are all living in a virtual reality simulation. I don't believe that myself, but it's a nice notion to play with in fiction. That's just my way of looking at it, but it's crafted in a way that I can so that was really cool for me. Strong candidate for best anime episode of the year in my book. Last edited by SrkSano on Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:53 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Lin Liren
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Any other “Railgun” fan here got a chuckle out of the way Aoi snapped Karyl’s neck, which was done with the exact same twist (and crunching-sound
 ) the Dorm Supervisor used on Kuroko? and the icing on the cake of the snap making Karyl’s already-sore neck actually feel better afterwards had me in stitches. 
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MarshalBanana
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While this in general has solid animation, I was very impressed by this weeks episode.
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Hades_ANI
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Let's do this the Mauler style:
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yeah, no, as you say yourself later, there is way more to it. Honestly, I can sum up every plot in a sentence and tell you it was simple, but that doesn't make it true. >
up to this point no explanation at all, this wasn't a review, it was a setup to a review, with 115 words of 440 words (for the main body) in total. >
this doesn't make the plot confusing, how is this an explanation at all? Yes, it is a (possible) viable critic, but it doesn't make sense here at all. Not enough characterization makes the story simpler, not more confusing. >
How is this confusing? There is a new type of shadow introduced and at the end of the episode, it is easy to understand that this was a two parter. Are you afraid of mysteries? >
Again, a two parter. How about trying to think about how this could be connected to that new type of shadow, why the shadows want to get into the golem etc. >
Please elaborate that more. Do you need a personal connection to every soldier in Lord of the rings? There are support characters filling up the ranks and we have Pecorine, the central figure with support from our other heroes. These "no-names" are not a central part of the fight. And on the other hand, imagine you knew all these characters - do you want to tell me you would have been crying or being afraid that they could die? Do you think this is a show in which battles are full of tension? Battles are fun, they have big palettes of colors and no real serious implications. How can someone not having fun, waiting for the last "Princess Strike", the gigantic explosion, which suddenly gets stolen? This is like a song, in which you are not allowed to hear the last tone. >
asking questions, but criticizing the show for being too simple. This doesn't make sense. There is so much going on in the background. >
So, and now someone wants a mystery show. >
what a pointless statement. Setup is substance. Setup implies there is material, that "set ups" more story. And story material is made up of substance. >
How about Karyl's reaction when she got the ring? How about the growing number of shadows attacking? How about the opening sequence you seemed to have forgotten entirely. This is called a review, but it's more like an essay, not having time to discuss, forgetting plot points, filling up space with empty sentences and not even trying to understand media. |
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Matros
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Episodes like this happen once in a decade. Some of the industry's biggest animators worked on it including Arifumi Imai under a pen name. Apparently the production for this episode started in 2020. Which makes this review even more painful. Episodes can be just dumb fun that are all about the spectacle. |
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lucio542
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I rarely coment on reviews but dude this "Review" of episode 4 was one of the worst i have ever seen on this site, don't even need a text since the other guy above explained everything.
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Electric Wooloo
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Yeah, even though I can understand someone being a bit irked at Caon just being eye candy for game players that didn't seem to be a problem the last 2 episodes for the reviewer. And it kind of boggles the mind how that on an obvious 2-part episode with a cliffhanger one of the problems is there being too many mysteries. That's how cliffhangers work. |
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Todd_Harry08
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Nope it started last September and imai wasn't in this episode lol |
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WANNFH
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