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The Promised Neverland: Season 2 Episodes 1-5

If I were an anime only this would be a very underwhelming follow-up, but as a manga reader it's just painful to watch. Why they've skipped so much good content and replaced it with rubbish filler is beyond me. Seems like they just want to finish it ASAP.
 
Azar said:
The Promised Neverland: Season 2 Episodes 1-5

If I were an anime only this would be a very underwhelming follow-up, but as a manga reader it's just painful to watch. Why they've skipped so much good content and replaced it with rubbish filler is beyond me. Seems like they just want to finish it ASAP.
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I don't know, seems fine to me. Maybe too little time in the bunker, but apart from that it's been interesting to see the outside world.
I can't remember why, but I knew Norman was alive! Either I just assumed that would be the case or I got spoiled and somehow remembered that fact, but forgot where I read it.
Seems after it's over a read of the manga is in order.
Normally I do this with something I like, but leave it a while. The only story heavy manga I read first was Vinland Saga and whilst the adaptation was good the key moments had less impact because I knew they were coming.
 
D1tchd1gger said:
I don't know, seems fine to me. Maybe too little time in the bunker, but apart from that it's been interesting to see the outside world.
I can't remember why, but I knew Norman was alive! Either I just assumed that would be the case or I got spoiled and somehow remembered that fact, but forgot where I read it.
Seems after it's over a read of the manga is in order.
Normally I do this with something I like, but leave it a while. The only story heavy manga I read first was Vinland Saga and whilst the adaptation was good the key moments had less impact because I knew they were coming.
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Lots of anime only's are liking season 2 and nothing wrong with that. Though, I definitely recommend reading the manga afterwards if you enjoy the series. It's not perfect but there's plenty of good stuff there, Including many things that (most likely) won't be appearing in the anime.

I won't go deeply into the manga/anime comparison but Season 1 covered chapters 1-37 and now 5 episodes into season 2 we're up to 118 already, so you can see why many readers are feeling disappointed.
 
RebelNotorious said:
I can’t make a comparison to the source, No Longer Human by Osamu Dezai, as I haven’t got round to reading it yet, I had intended to read it before the movie hit UK home media but it is it what is.
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That is an absolutely fantastic book in my opinion. The last line/para, if memory serves me right, are the best I have read to end any novel, the same way I feel Millennium Actress has the best line to ever end a movie. Now I have to watch Human Lost!

Girls wIth Guns said:
I actually love their unique style of CG graphics, and Knights of Sidonia, Ajin, and Blame! are all top favorites of mine.
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I usually can't stand fully CGI anime when it comes to use in character animation but regardless I also really like blame! and KoS though I suspect that's more down to my love of Nihei's work, given that I couldn't keep watching Ajin after the first season down to the CGI heh.
 
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Geriatric hedgehog said:
I usually can't stand fully CGI anime when it comes to use in character animation but regardless I also really like blame! and KoS though I suspect that's more down to my love of Nihei's work, given that I couldn't keep watching Ajin after the first season down to the CGI heh.
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Ah, ok - Ha, out of the three titles, Ajin is actually my favorite - especially Season 2!
 
Girls wIth Guns said:
Ah, ok - Ha, out of the three titles, Ajin is actually my favorite - especially Season 2!
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Heh I'm still hoping to get back into it to finish season 2 as the story is certainly interesting (and also I hate leaving series half-watched...)

And yeah I can see why Ajin would be considered better given that Blame! merely touches on the source (but nevertheless does a good job of attempting to show Nihei's fantastic architectural designs & backgrounds, I guess hence suited to CGI) & Knights of Sidonia starts really well with a dark storyline in season 1, but then I think it loses its brilliance somewhat when trying to add in comedy (though to be fair it is just following the manga...)
 
I agree with you on Sidonia, I was so pissed off when they started adding the comedy into the story in the second season, it does not fit in with that series whatsoever. As everyone else here can tell you, I really hate any comedy in anime, I find it very tedious and a lot of it downright obnoxious to me, so I avoid it as much as possible. Serious drama anime for me all the way.
 
Ajin Season 1 (Japanese) - Episodes 1-4

Didn’t realise until after I booted up the disc and heard the opening that I watched the first season way back when it first hit Netflix and was in fact marked as completed under the English dub on MAL. After the watching the first 2 episodes tho I don’t remember anything about it, other than the opening, nothing feels familiar at all.

It has an interesting premise and the initial set up does keep you intrigued. The regular Polygon style does feel slightly off her tho and is a bit jarring tho, even as someone who’s seen all their other work. The backgrounds (which I believe are hand drawn) don’t seem to blend with the characters and other moving objects, at least not at first and the lighting is a bit odd during the first episode but I settled into it afterward. Things start to visually feel more cohesive in the fourth episode when we first get to see the Black Ghosts fighting.

Clearly I’m far more interested than my initial viewing of the series and I’m definitely looking forward to watching more.
 
RebelNotorious said:
Ajin Season 1 (Japanese) - Episodes 1-4

Didn’t realise until after I booted up the disc and heard the opening that I watched the first season way back when it first hit Netflix and was in fact marked as completed under the English dub on MAL. After the watching the first 2 episodes tho I don’t remember anything about it, other than the opening, nothing feels familiar at all.

It has an interesting premise and the initial set up does keep you intrigued. The regular Polygon style does feel slightly off her tho and is a bit jarring tho, even as someone who’s seen all their other work. The backgrounds (which I believe are hand drawn) don’t seem to blend with the characters and other moving objects, at least not at first and the lighting is a bit odd during the first episode but I settled into it afterward. Things start to visually feel more cohesive in the fourth episode when we first get to see the Black Ghosts fighting.

Clearly I’m far more interested than my initial viewing of the series and I’m definitely looking forward to watching more.
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Now I'm wanting to re-watch the series again just to see more of Izumi Shimomura, my waifu Ajin Girl... she can shred my body to pieces anytime! 🥰
 
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Girls wIth Guns said:
As everyone else here can tell you, I really hate any comedy in anime, I find it very tedious and a lot of it downright obnoxious to me, so I avoid it as much as possible.
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Yeah I can only imagine how much season 2 would've irritated you! I actually really like my anime comedy but in Knights of Sidonia I felt it was a disservice for some reason having comedy rammed in as an afterthought into a generally well realised, serious horror/sci fi. Not to say that I haven't seen the comedy/drama/horror juxtaposition work, though I can't recall any examples now, but it just took away from the story and drama in KoS and I also found the shift in tone annoying. Still, if I remember correctly, I believe they just followed the manga, which though I enjoyed, did not find it to be Nihei's best work and felt to me like he started catering a bit to the mainstream probably.
 
I really loved the Knights of Sidonia manga throughout but couldn't get into the anime to any great degree. I've been rewatching

Hercules (1997)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Persepolis (2007)
Aladdin (1992)

Also started The Jungle Book (1967) but fell asleep partway through as it was late at night when I was watching it XP

Other than that, I have been rewatching The Simpsons Season 10, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Chibi Vampire Karin, and made a start on watching Hunter X Hunter, I think I'm on episode 43 now :)
 
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