2019-08-31, 12:59 | Link #42 |
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So this entire thing was set off by an experiment to create the first Level 6. That never ends well .
Hirumi was positively adorable. With her unbridled cuteness and enthusiasm I'm not surprised her brother or Esther would become as dedicated to her as they did. And she looked pretty hot in those gym clothes . So Esther didn't seem to have a problem with the Level 6 experiments when they were just grabbing random women in debt who needed the money or shoplifters. I guess it's better then actually killing women, even if stripping them down to their underwear and messing with them emotionally and physically isn't much better. Plus, having two dudes run an experiment that treats women in such a way seems pretty skeevy . I thought Esther's clothes were from wherever she's from, but it turns out she came to Academy City wearing nothing but a button-down shirt and pants and looked almost completely different. So we have Hirumi to thank for Esther starting to look and dress more like a girl . I see Esther's lack of shame at being seen in her underwear was a thing even back then, although her taste in underwear was decidedly more plain (which I guess means Hirumi is behind the pair Accelerator saw her in). She was even mistaken for Harumi . Oh hey, that trio from the first episode. Kinda neat that they showed up. Kind of makes me think they might address them again at some point . So the individual running around in Hirumi's body isn't actually Hirumi, but one of the necromancer guardians Esther has. Although it did throw a potential wrinkle with the idea that Hirumi planned for this to happen from the very start . Did Esther's handcuffs disappear between scenes? She didn't have them on in that panning shot of her standing up when she agrees to work with "Hirumi" .
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2019-08-31, 13:20 | Link #43 |
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Ep 8 is a filler episode, but it filler that we need
Relationship between Esther and those two always kind of lacking and never really explained their relationship more than some words In original manga they only explained their goal in just few pages if I remember correctly So, I never feel related to this arc It's good thing they make entire episode for this. Now it make a lot more sense
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2019-08-31, 13:41 | Link #44 |
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This might have been necessary but MAN was it boring except maybe 30% of the episode that was in any way relevant. Also miss necromancer with incredibly dangerous spirits that destroy cities even if trained necromancers summon them, walking about with them in the pocket and not checking if they all are there.
Also the second to final threat from the monster fell flat on it's face for me. "Do as I say as I go out of control and destroy a LOT OR I'll squish these assholes who moments before were pointing guns at you." and this is to someone who was fine with doing whatever to random girls they needed for experiments since "certain amount of tragedy is necessary". Yeah sure, you'd care about these assholes.
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2019-08-31, 23:38 | Link #47 |
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It was obviously filler even without the manga. They brought in a necromancer, who proceeded to do literally zero necromancy in the flashback explaining how their paths crossed. Paths which were explained in prior episodes as crossing because she taught him necromancy, which was never performed.
In fact, it seems right up until Hirumi's death, Esther still hadn't taught him anything. He wasn't sure her abilities were even real, implying he hadn't even seen her do it yet. Which begs the question... why the hell did they keep her around if she wasn't doing anything for weeks or months? |
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2019-09-21, 14:14 | Link #53 |
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So far it's pretty bland. Hirumi/Ancestor talks too much and spouts mostly exposition.
Esther has a dream/something to protect but lacks the power to do so and ended up asking Accelerator to help, which is pretty lame IMO, since she has been doing nothing. |
2019-09-21, 15:16 | Link #54 |
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Yeah, blandness of this is unsurprising since the manga was noted as not being much good, especially this arc if I remember correctly.
The show struggles I think with how to present challenge to someone with op abilities. To the point that I'm pretty sure Accelerator is bound to run out of battery power and they'll have to scrable to charge it in the final fight. Possibly the reason why one of Missaka clones who is as useful as the necromancer in a fight (less so given necromancer is needed to put down the big bad) is tagging along. I mean what have they done in the last episode? They walked, fought some tentacles and the cops/teachers (this is still a very stupid concept, man there will be a lot of dropped classes next week) doing... something... Oh and the vilain has been doing a lot of monologueing, and Esther has been having angst because SUPRISE, being a NECROMANCER is BAAAD... Like WTF.
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