Kekkai seisen

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Some didn't like the ending but I thought it was worth the wait.

Also the episodic episodes were really good wasn't really bothered about him and Whaito.

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HELO DOMO BOKU WA KOKOOOOOO

Eh? How is it like Baccano?

It's not following 3 different timelines for fucks sake.

It's pretty amazing yes. I still haven't finished it, at the 7th episode now, might even be waiting for blu rays if they are coming out.

That chess episode was the fucking shit however. And the vampire one too.

Goddamn.

Shounen therefore not art.

>>141345815
Only anime I gave a perfect score to on my list for that year, actually. I agree that it's pretty fucking good.

>>141346147
The BDs are out for a while now.
All the rips on nyaa are pretty shit though and no one competent will be subbing them ever though.
So you might wanna look into some private trackers if you want to watch BDs.

>>141345815
People liked it quite a lot when it was airing

But nowadays there are more who dislike

>>141346192

>>141346387
Yeah fuck no

Bungou is not good

>>141346387
They're not even in the slightest similar.
What are you smoking?

>>141346239
Yeah I'll just add it to my ever growing to do list.

It's nice to see more of Nightows stuff.

>>141346290
Most people dropped it when it was airing.

>>141346406
May be good, may be bad, but both are similar. It seems to be a copy of this

I loved the art, those backgrounds were incredibly amazing.

Other than that, it's just your everyday generic shounen shit.

>>141346465
How is it a copy of it?
It's like comparing lotgh to mars of destruction.
They're both in space but that's it.
I can see how bungou may look western, but that's only the aesthetic.
The culture and literally everything in the show is completely different.

Still haven't watched this but I watched Kyousougiga and that was amazing. I am full of anticipation for this show.

>>141346506
Generic shonen shit doesn't set up the mood as well as this show did though.

One of the best story lines in anime that's for sure.

Other than that it was alright I guess, the visuals were meh.

>>141346526
The main guy is a 16ish kid who is introduced to a secret agency with mysterious powers and has fun with them

>>141345815
only people that think it's great are from reddit 10/10 times, didn't lurk for the delay, and watch big 3 shonen.

it was ok, thats it.

>>141345815
It's a shitty durarara knockoff

>>141346577
Only people that think it's merely ok or shit are pretentious faggots who have shit for brains taste. And are also from reddit.

And have fucking shit grammar. Fix that grammar you fucking faggot.

>>141346628
>talk about grammar
>randomly put period in the middle. of sentences

Kill yourself, leddit.

>>141346543
The mood for what?

>>141346657
Time to brush up on that English, retard.

>>141346704

Not him, but your writing level is pretty bad.

>>141346704
He's right, you're a retard.
Learn some grammar before calling out other people, ESL-kun.

>>141346704
You're retarded.

>>141346239
I thought Shujin was pretty good. Unless your computer is too shit to play it. Also it's not like AB has many internals.

>>141345815
I liked most of it, but the long-delayed conclusion was a massive letdown. I try not to be the guy who hates on an otherwise decent show because of a bad finale, but man. That ending was more of a crash landing.

>>141346724
>>141346713
>>141346763
>hurr durr u dum

Such a shame that /a/ seems to think bad grammar is unimportant now. I bet you feel like a hero rushing in and saving the poor little pleb.

>>141346794
>shujin
Hell no.
His encode is terrible and bloated, I think he might have butchered the subs and timings too.
What's the point of having 2gigs per episode encodes if they look like unfiltered garbage?
If feels like he just put it through some bandicam converter or some shit.
I'm not even sure if he used BDMVs.

>>141346820
You fucking dumb, illiterate faggot.
We're calling you a retard because you type like an African gorilla on meds and tell people their grammar is bad.
You are the one who sucks at basic English.
Fuck off.

>>141346813
I thought the ending was fine.
What's wrong with it?

>>141345815
I felt baited after the first episode or so. Thought it was going to be about MC learning about his eyes and saving his sister but instead it was mostly episodic with an ending that was obviously forcing the show to be back on track with the manga.
Its okay though other than that I suppose.

>>141346892
So you're both illiterate, AND an imbecile. I pity the poor braincells who have had the misfortune of being stuck in your pathetic body. At least they have the consolation of living short lives.

Because Cuckai Shitstain is a bad show and you should feel bad.

>>141346969
But it's good.
You just have shit taste.

I was really disappointed.

>>141345815
It was okay and had a nice setting but it's not amazing.

>>141347067
I'm curious to see what you think is amazing anon, if to you this was merely okay.

Only the last 10 mins of each episode was good.

And since they are anime originals that shows the source material is garbage and Bones did a better job.

>>141346820
>>141346704
>>141346628
>>141346940
Lurk for 2 years before posting.

I'm pretty sure I watched all of Kekkai as it aired but I can't for the life of me remember what the finale of the anime was.
Was the last episode delayed or something?

>>141347238

It was released later in the year. Like 5 months after.

>>141346859
Yeah, it's a little on the bloated side, but
>It feels like he just put it through some bandicam converter or some shit.
What does that even mean?
Also who likes their anime with a bunch of ugly filters on top?

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>>141345815
This.
I really liked this show. Btw, it's one of those anime, whose plot is different from manga and both versions are good.

>>141345815
Huwaito dying kinda pissed me off.

>>141347260
Months? How did that even happen?
I guess I should get around to watching it.

>>141346628
Fuck off, underage.

>>141347298
No u

>>141347288
She's anime original so she has to fuck off somehow to fit with the source material.

>It's got to be one of the best things I've seen past 5 years or or so.

What is this supposed to even mean? Are we supposed to know how much anime you watched or assume your taste isn't utter garbage?

Fucking fujo retard, you are the reason people don't like the show as much. Instead of just discussing the show and enjoying it, you idiots keep forcing it as some sort of revolutionary AOTY. It was above average, it also had it's weakpoints. Only fan base more delusional is Madokafags.

>>141345815
Literally the definition of forced animation
Plot wasn't there.
Obnoxious characters given like 2 seconds of backstory.
Edge everywhere but at the same time lel randum humour

Only thing going for it is the good backgrounds and above average character designs.

>>141347363
>you are the reason people don't like the show as much

People who don't like shows because of other people are subhumans anyway anon. They don't matter if their taste is mandated by the masses. And yeah, dislike because of popularity is exactly the same thing as love because of popularity.

>>141347276
Nope the manga is dogshit compared to the anime. I couldn't even go through the first volume.

Dropped it after 3 episodes

>>141347612
Proud for you missing out on it.
More for me to enjoy.

>>141347591
Well the anime had no resolution.
So manga is nice to know how it will end.

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The realest nigga.

>>141347294
They wanted to make a longer episode for the finale so they needed a longer timeslot, I guess that was the first one available.

>>141345815
Second season soon.

>>141348749
More like never.
I wish there was another season though, would be nice.
Damn bones.

>>141348813
Bones has nothing to do with this, they're just the studio chosen to adept it. It's up to Shueisha whether they want more anime.

>>141345815
Too short.

>>141348858
>Shueisha
Who?

>>141349049
Shueisha owns the magazine Kekkai Sensen is published in.

>>141348813
No, it was pretty much confirmed.
OVA coming in July, and Vale confirmed that BONES already working on a second season of "a certain anime".

>>141349152
S2 of SB69 of is also confirmed though. Not saying Kekkai Sensen won't get an S2 by the way.

>>141349152
>BONES already working on a second season of "a certain anime".
No. 6 season two, here we go!

Slowly watched the first four episodes while Vivid was releasing, then put it on a hold. Came back when the BDs were finished and it was a fucking blast.

I understand >>141347612 though, the Crossfair episode was shit and rather pointless. Would have been better with an actual game instead of random bullshit. E.g. fortress chess would have been exotic enough.

Had some comfy lounge jazz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0jEugzrgUY

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best episode

>>141349297
Which BDs did you watch?
I thought vivid only did the TV.
Are there any subs?

>>141349217
No, Vale said that he subbed the show. So it certainly isn't SB69, and SB69 season 2 already announced when he said that on IRC.

>>141349339
>funimation
Go kill yourself.

>>141349367
[Glue] used Vivid's subs and typesetting. Found no issues with it, though some people are guaranteed to sperg over something.

>>141349487
>glue
>no seeds
Well then.

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>>141349981
u wot m8

Though sure, it isn't much.

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>tfw super chess episode

Everything concerning the anime-only plot was boring shite.
The episodical stuff was fantastic though.

>>141350180
Yeah I mean.
I'm downloading at 56 kb/s with 2(5) seeds.
That's gonna take a minute.

Easily the worst show of 2015, no memorable character, non-existent plot, random but not funny, retarded music placement, only "good" episodes were 5 and 6(I can barely remember those 2), it looked good though.

>>141350606
Easily the best show of 2015, vibrant and memorable characters, unique and engaging plot, hilarious comedy and great music placement.

>>141345815
This show is pretty good proof that the average /a/nons taste is just as bad as every other anime fans

The number of times I saw "I don't understand what's happening?" comments just because the plot was written like every other type of media instead of over explaining everything like most series was a real letdown

>>141350606
>worst show of 2015
>in the year that Aldnoah.Zero 2 and Seraph aired

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I want to cuddle with Leo

>>141345815
It was talked about a lot up until episode 11 but the hype died down since there was a huge gap before the final episode.

>>141350890
Episode 12 being completely irrelevant didn't help.

>>141345815
Watching this was weird, because all the Gintama connections.

>>141350760
Seraph was pretty good brochacho.
Shinoa is my best baby.

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>Leonardo Watch, I'm pround of you

That scene was flawless

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Don't ever forget episode 8 that super fuck up.

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>>141351004
Literally the only reason to watch this garbage.

>>141350760
You are just proving his point.

>>141350744
>unique and engaging plot
Not even the people that liked the show think it had a good plot.

You know the ed got ban off youtube.

>>141346123
The only thing tying it to Bacanno is New York and good girls.

>>141351116
>kekkai sensen ed
>26500 results
https://youtu.be/8DDtcsu1JEs

Eh?

>>141346820
>Such a shame that /a/ seems to think bad grammar is unimportant now.
>Wording it in a way that makes it sound like in the past having bad grammar was important
Way to kill your own point, retard.

>>141351176
its slowed down slightly, presumably to dodge them seekers

>>141351176
Sugar Song and Bitter Step best ed of all time.

>>141345815

/a/ doesn't talk about good anime asshole

>>141345815
It's pretty good, I just wish they didn't delay the ending so much. Episode 5 is the best single episode in anime in years.

>>141351396
nico box app Im playing the ed in background right now.

>>141345815

This shit was terrible. Nothing about it stands out, had one good action scene, juvenile and cliche, generally lacked focus, and the ending was god awful.

>>141345815
>amazing
That can't be Kekkai Sensen.

>>141351513
Look like you don't like fun anime.

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White best girl.
Chain is close second.

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>>141346905
For one everyone expected it to look amazing after being delayed for so long, even though the episode was finished back in Spring. Pic related really stood out.

Secondly, the plot just magically resolves itself, somehow. There's no payoff, Leo just shouts a bit and Despair is gone for some time. And then White somehow fixes everything and disappears. Somehow.

Thirdly and most important of all, no kiss

>>141351640
Leo got blue balled for all eternity.
Also, he conveniently forgot all about finding a cure for his sister.

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>>141349339

>>141351581
>literally nobody important best girl
>literally who close second
Can't blame you, this show had so little and weak characters. This show would have been a lot better if it focused on the characters instead of the poor excuse of a plot they were trying to build, and I say trying because they failed miserably.

>>141351744
>Also, he conveniently forgot all about finding a cure for his sister.

His whole character is worthless. Nothing more than continuous reassertion of bravery despite his lack of confidence.

>>141351770
Look like someone like popeye.

>>141345815
I liked it but then they fucked it with a overly delayed ending.
Good or bad there was no hype left when it came around.

>>141350755
Anime viewers arent the sharpest, so its hard for them to follow shows like KS and Conrevo

Watching too many braindead SoL shows where nothing happens does that to you

https://vimeo.com/164932241

>>141351831
I don't know Why anyone like popeye he hate Japan people.

>>141345815
AOTY for me at least

It was pretty incomprehensible and narrative aside it do anything for me either. One of the big disappointments of last year.

>>141345815
What's so good about it?

I watched the anime after it was already over but Im reading about the delay of the last episode.
How much time are we talking about, 2 weeks of delay?, a month?

>>141352511
5 months

>>141352511
The show aired in spring of 2015. The final episode came out in last october.

>>141351912
What's with the absolutely abysmal audio quality?

>>141352566
I shared without playing

>>141352511
That's not how it works. If you miss your timeslot chances are you won't be getting another chance until after next season.

>>141352381
it was pretty and experimental.

desu I didn't find it all that amazing, they tried to do far too much stylish animation and it overtook most of the story to the point people will try and argue that you just didn't pay attention. The only saving grace was that the ending was actually well done and felt more properly formatted than the rest of the show.

>>141345960
>HELO DOMO BOKU WA KOKOOOOOO
Man it has such a great OP and ED

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgB_bbNVYnY

It's fun but it's just a generic shounen.

I don't know if it's just a case of the adaptation skipping or rushing stuff but everything felt so half-assed, like the author couldn't be bothered to flesh out anything in real detail so they just did some name drops and quick flashes of text exposition. Like they were trying to rush stuff to get to the main story points. Only the story points also felt half-assed and rushed. You have isolated moments of good shit, like that chess game Klaus played, but it's just lazily grafted onto this larger half-assed plot. Like, the whole thing was him trying to get information that ends up going nowhere really.

So basically it's just a bunch of rushed, half-assed ideas, some of them pretty cool ideas, stacked into an underwhelming pile. I thought the ending had far more purpose and direction to it than the 11 episodes that came before it, which I think only proves how the majority of the story was lacking coherent vision.

Beautifully crafted.
A work of art.

>>141345815
I have no idea what happened in the end

>>141355134
My problem was that it ended up being half assed.
Remember the god thing that gave Black his other persona, Blank?
Well, apparently it gave White one of the seals that kept Hellsalem's Lot in place.
Black tried to fuck with it so that even bigger monsters came from it.
What Leo did was summon the spirit of White and make Black wake the fuck up and fix everything.
He did and that was that.

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OVA and fanbook coming out on 6/3. Subs never.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz6fira_UgM
>>141347591
Probably because the first volume isn't that good. All of the stories are from before it was officially serialized and the author was still working it out. Personally, I think it found its groove around volume 3 or so.
>>141350760
>nobody even remembers denpa kyoushi
Those were pretty bad too though, fair point.
>>141351744
>he conveniently forgot all about finding a cure for his sister.
There is no cure, the manga covered this but the anime never reached that volume.

>>141351176
This is a cover of the song slapped over the ending animation

>>141357712
So, her sister is stuck as a cripple and blind. Thats kinda sad.

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>>141357199
There's also going to be an art book with Nightow's sketches for the manga.

The ending theme is so dance worthy.

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>>141345815
The first few episodes are horrible, horrible shit and the episodes after that are just okay.
There's really only one genuinely good episode in the entire series which is pretty fucking damning for a mostly episodic series.

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>>141358289
>There's really only one genuinely good episode in the entire series
You mean the one about Aligura?

>>141352752
Great ED, skippable and forgettable OP.

>>141358336
Must be, this series have literally two good episodes, 5 and 6.

>>141358336
That one was decent, the hamburger episode was the only really good one.

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>>141345843
I thought you died.
Get the fuck out.

>>141348813
It's hinted the Bones will be making an animated movie. Huge possibilities that movie might be related to Kekkai Sensen.

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>>141357978
She got a hot fiancé who's loaded with cash and loves her unconditionally so it's not so bad. She seems happier than Leo sometimes, honestly. Also, it was the parents that wanted to fix her legs, Leo felt guilty that he basically stole her eyesight.

There were too many characters, and not enough screentime for them to share, as a result some supporting cast isn't fleshed out as much as they could be. It's sad since it could have been so much better if it had like 24 eps with dedicated eps for most of the support cast.

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How did you guys like Tyler Durden?

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>>141359114
3edgy5me

>>141345815
>Why does no one appreciate it or give it the credit it's due?
Because it's not actually that great, which is why it faded fast as hell once the last episode was finally out and IRC's forcing was behind us.

>>141347591
The anime omitted some of the best chapters from the manga.
I don't know whether they've announced all the OVAs, but I'll be disappointed if stuff like Day in Day out or Combat Buttler doesn't get covered.

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>>141348605
best character out of this manga

>>141345815
It's a comfy NYC - setting with enjoyable characters.
8/10, it's a shame it's not discussed more often.

>>141362364
>comfy
Fuck this word and more importantly fuck everyone who uses it wrong, like this.

Kekkai Sensen-haters confirmed to be from New Jersey.

I'm amazed that people actually hate this show. I'd like to know what they consider to be good if this is what's classified as shit, yet nobody posts anything.

It's funny seeing the whole "spoonfeeding" excuse passed around, but really it's just an attempt to deflect the spotlight on them.

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Rewatched last week
GOAT ED Great OP

>>141351278
Feel better now anon?

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>>141362568
I agree that that guy's a retard for calling it that but I think the word can still be used to describe individual scenes even if a series itself is not iyashikei.

>>141363273
Terrible first two episodes (the reason most people just dropped it)
Characters are only interesting on the most superficial level
Interesting setting is only explored in depth in one episode (the rest of the time it's just a setup for some completely typical plotline)
That episode is one of only two genuinely good ones
The original villians that fit the setting perfectly and were kind of entertaining are replaced by a generic edgelord
Fights have very little sense of scale and the stakes are often very unclear
And so on and so forth. The only real positive for the show in general was a really good soundtrack

>>141364041
That's no different from just calling it shit anon. Well done on actually being able to identify that a show has different elements that comprise the whole however. I give you a few points.

>>141364118
What? Since when is six specific reason why it's bad "just calling it bad?"

>>141364236
He sound like one of those "2deep4you" guys, ignore him.

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I just want to see volume 10 animated.

>>141364236
>Since when is six specific reason why it's bad "just calling it bad?"

Because splitting up a show into different little categories and calling them bad is no different from calling the whole thing bad.

Consider this:

Show is bad.

Vs.

Shows art is bad.
Shows music is bad.
Shows characters are bad.
Shows fights are bad.
Shows setting is bad.

You aren't saying anything different than in the first section. And even if you were to say that the music was a good part of the show, that STILL says nothing because you cannot compare different elements together. You can only compare elements with each other.

The better way to do it is to compare it to another show, let's say for example K-On!.

The shows art is terrible compared to K-On! etc.

That way it says more about your tastes, and also directly compares the show to something you find superior. Which also has the effect of making the inferiorities actually stand out. That is of course if your taste is any good. Otherwise your own bad taste will stand out and you will get ridiculed.

The first time i watched, i tought it was AOTS
The second time i rewatched i tought it was Good but the pacing and the convoluted plot was shit
The individual episodes were great tough

>>141364500
So wait what happened after?

Afaik Leo tried to run away from the guy who was in the Fiancee and everything after that I've forgotten.

>>141364503
Except that's not what I said. I explained why the fights were bad, how the setting was misused, and why the characters were uninteresting. You can't just pretend I didn't.
If you want how things could have been done better, I can try offering some stuff. For the characters, they really just needed more episodes specifically about some of the characters instead of just having them show up for a fight occasionally.
As to the setting, they should have had more episodes like five, where they actually explored what this new world meant and how it affected people, instead of just having it be an excuse for the characters to get involved in death games or random fights with monsters.
As to the fights, they needed to somehow make it more clear how big these monsters were and how much damage they were capable of dealing, and moreover how much that damage mattered. This is probably the point I'm least confident on, because the effect of not knowing how big these creatures are may have been intended. But at the very least they could have had some more interesting monster designs.

I'm not going to compare it to anything in specific, that nearly always comes off as either unfair, an invalid comparison, or just me missing the point. Moreover, we're not comparing tastes, we're talking about a specific show. You might have great taste and just be wrong about this particular show, and I might have terrible taste and be right about this particular show, or any other mix of those elements. It's wholly irrelevant.

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Hibike Euphonium is a better anime than Kekkai Sensen.

>>141364572
Weird, I had the reverse reaction. I didn't dislike the episodes the first time but they always felt too chaotic or like they didn't live up to my expectations. Rewatches were a lot more enjoyable and easy to follow and I could catch little details I missed.

>>141345815
I liked it when it was airing but the way the last episode took forever to come out gave me time to realize the show is all style and no substance.

All the characters are underdeveloped and it seems like shit was happening without any explanation but people accepted it because it looked rad and
>if I don't understand it at first glance, it must be deep

Had a fantastic OP tho

>>141364899
>I explained why the fights were bad, how the setting was misused, and why the characters were uninteresting.

And yet offered no examples to the contrary.

I mean your first sentence alone is pure bullshit. First two episodes are uninteresting? The first was great and had a lot more happen of interest than most first episodes period.

All you are doing is suggesting improvements, which is fine. But to say something is shit because you can improve it is, again, bullshit. You can improve anything, and there is no upper limit towards improvement. Or rather there is, and that's the personal limitation of somebodies imagination.

All comparisons are "unfair", because there will always be one that comes out to be better in the end. That's the entire point of comparison. Invalid comparisons only happen if you are an imbecile, and you should only be worried about these if you are worried you are an imbecile.

>>141365124
>All the characters are underdeveloped

I noticed this as well, aside from White, Leo, and maybe her brother, I really didn't care about any of the characters. Like >>141350606
said the only good episodes were 5 and 6, I don't remember or care about the others.

ED is one of the best though.

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>>141364794
Leo left a hidden message in his text with the BB's true name then stalled long enough for Libra to discover it and get to the hotel. He cracks Gamimotz's god eye who freaks out and decides to just kill him instead, Leo shields Michella from him. Gamimotz gets btfo by Klaus and Michella meets Libra. The "I'm proud of you" scene from the finale was basically taken from the last chapter and Michella explains the tortoise knight thing to Klaus and asks him to take care of her brother.

>>141345815
The ending arc was pretty shit, albeit the last episode was great and the delay was probably the best thing the anime could have asked for.

Overall it was very good and the ED was never skipped

It's a poor man's Kyousougiga. Waste of talent, waste of my time.

>>141365124
I don't think anyone thought it was deep, if they did then they're retarded. But anime is an entertainment medium so if something entertains people then they will likely praise it for doing its job. I will never understand this style over substance criticism being applied to a commercial product because style and substance are both equally valid if the viewer enjoys the experience.

>>141365799
Well style is a substance anon. When people say "style over substance" they just mean that it doesn't have as much substance as they want it to have.

>>141365124
>shit was happening without any explanation

You really want everything to be explained? Would this show have been better if it had the narrator from HxH, and every episode was spread out over 5 episodes each?

>>141365777
Fortunately for you, your time was never valuable in the first place if you spend it on watching any kind of anime or shitpost on /a/.

>>141365234
I don't need to offer examples to the contrary, because I've explained why they don't work. You don't get to dictate to me how to argue, if you disagree with my points you need to explain why. Moreover, you should probably start offering me examples of why the show is so good, and I certainly hope you apply your own critique philosophy to any of those good features.

To the point of the first two episodes, fine, I didn't explain myself there, so I will.
The first episode is one half flat exposition and one half confusing fight scene. Now not every show needs to start in media res, mind you, and opening exposition isn't always the worst thing ever, but to literally just have what is essentially the narrator of the show flatly describe the backstory of the world while watching the MC wander around town is just dull. A world can be interesting on an intrinsic level, but in a narrative work you need to connect the world to how characters are specifically affected by it in order for it to be well integrated. The fight scene after the flat exposition isn't terrible, but it's very unclear what the monster is, how dangerous it is, how one could go about defeating it, etc. This makes it very difficult to get invested in the fight.
The second episode is just boring. Kid gets kidnapped and Libra goes and saves him. Nothing about anything is learned in the episode and it's generally just a huge waste of time.

The reason many comparisons come of as unfair is because two shows often have different goals as far as what they were trying to portray or get at, so to say that one show does something better than another in every way is often times wrong because the two shows might not have been trying to do the same thing in the first place. Case in point would be the first episode fight scene. Although I could name plenty of fights that I think are better due to their more clear sense of scale and danger, the confusion I experienced might have been entirely intentional..

>>141351116
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3SlUmr_T4g

Funi channel still has it

>>141365777
They were both pretty good in my opinion, but Kyousougiga dropped the ball a little harder if you ask me.
>>141365911
Calm down, guy. I like KS too but you don't have to breathe down everyone's necks if they don't like it.

>>141365799
Akame ga Kill was entertained.

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>>141366075
I'll politely disagree but it's subjective so neither of us can really be right.

>>141350755
This isn't even the only recent show to get a reaction like that, people bitched the same way about G-Reco. Say what you will about the show's pacing, but the plot was in no way hard to follow.

Garbage adaptation of an already mediocre shounen

>>141365929
I was just attempting to help you not sound like every other moron who just calls something shit and leaves it at that.

>it's very unclear of what the monster is, how dangerous it is, how one could go about defeating it

Well that's a personal problem, since they literally explain that in the episode.

>nothing about anything is learned in the second episode

Except we get further understanding of the MCs powers.

As for the different "goals" thing, they can also be compared. For example an action packed show can be compared to a slice of life, and the slice of life written off as boring.

Really your posts just ooze with the inability to criticise anything, seeing as how you aren't able to bring up any decent points. The only reason I've even been replying to you and not simply chuckled and written you off as a retard is because I'm feeling particularly magnanimous right now.

Even now you still can't compare this show with anything else, despite me explaining why you should, numerous times.

>if you disagree with my points

What am I disagreeing with? "I found the characters boring", well if you genuinely found them boring, then how the fuck am I supposed to disagree? "Wrong you found them interesting"? What a fucking joke. Once again to beat it into your skull, supposing you're actually able to understand this, if you do not compare it to something else there is no reference point with which to judge why you feel a certain way about something. I couldn't care less about whether you found the show boring, but if you think that K-On! is more interesting that is a different story.

>>141364041
>Terrible first two episodes
>Characters are only interesting on the most superficial level

You contributed literally nothing with these two. They are non-sentences.

>>141366816
>Well that's a personal problem, since they literally explain that in the episode.
Did they? Then what would have happened if they were unable to stop the creature?

>Except we get further understanding of the MCs powers.
This could have been done in literally any episode. You don't need an entire episode to establish that MC can hijack people's eyes, you can just have him do that at some point.

>As for the different "goals" thing, they can also be compared. For example an action packed show can be compared to a slice of life, and the slice of life written off as boring.
This is literally my exact point you dipshit. This is a completely useless comparison because a SoL is not intended to be exciting. The goals of the two are completely different so to say that an SoL is crap because it isn't exciting is to completely miss the point of the SoL.

>Really your posts just ooze with the inability to criticise anything, seeing as how you aren't able to bring up any decent points. The only reason I've even been replying to you and not simply chuckled and written you off as a retard is because I'm feeling particularly magnanimous right now.
And your posts ooze with undeserved smugness and total misunderstanding of anything I'm trying to say.

>What am I disagreeing with? "I found the characters boring", well if you genuinely found them boring, then how the fuck am I supposed to disagree?
That's not what I said, but to respond to you and >>141366970 points, I'll explain myself. The characters, despite having interesting designs and falling into somewhat interesting archetypes, are not explored in any significant depth, and many aren't explored at all. At least half of the characters are completely throwaways that beat some guys up or job in a few episodes and essentially never do anything other than that.

Anyways, my all so important comparison is coming up so I hope you're ready.

>>141366816
>>141368340
>Even now you still can't compare this show with anything else
Fine, you want me to compare it with something? Fine, I'll compare the first episode of Kekkai Sensen to the first episode of K-on! K-on's first episode blows this one out of the water immediately by introducing us to the MC, Yui, with subtle context clues. Her lateness, clumsiness, and general confusion tell us nearly everything we need to know about her starting point as a character as she heads to school. These traits are confirmed during her first scene at school, in which she laments the fact that she has no idea what club she wants to join.

The rest of the episode masterfully sets up the premise for the show, as we see Ritsu desperately attempt to put together the light music club she's always dreamed of. Even in the first shot of these two we are already see the difference in their demeanor, with Ritsu excitedly running while Mio walks at a measured tempo. Through this interaction we also see Ritsu and Mio's first moments of characterization, showing that Ritsu is headstrong, theatrical, and determined, but somewhat unattentive to the emotions of others, while Mio is much more reserved, adverse to challenge, though not much less stubborn (as evidenced by her resistance to joining the club), even though Ritsu ultimately manages to guilt her into joining.

We are then introduced to Mugi, who accidentally walks into the room but ends up offering to join the club anyways. This shows that she is a rather compliant person, willing to give in to the wishes of others, a feature that will be reinforced throughout the series.

And this is just the first 10 minutes of the episode. In this amount of time in Kekkai Sensen we had nothing more than a basic introduction to Hellsalem's Lot and MC's generic tragic backstory. In K-on we have the backbone and starting of four characters who will carry the rest of the series on their interactions.

>>141368340
>>141369067

stop being this autistic. no one cares about your opinions this much, really not at all. i hope for your own sake you copy and pasted this from somewhere.

Where is a good place to watch this show?

>>141369137
Clearly the anon I'm replying to cares, since he asked so nicely.

>>141369155
Kissanime

>character focused story
>"LUL no plot fuck this shit"

Why people do this?

>>141369436
The characters sucked too.

>>141366816
Funny how you shut up as soon as I do what you ask.

Should've had 40 minute episodes. Everything seemed rushed.

>>141370240
worst part of that episode is that its basically walking down a hall while the rest of the cast cheers Leo on.
The way of beating Blank was convoluted and almost an asspull, not worth the wait.

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>>141370172
>yaa gomen gomen
>;_;

>>141369436
This show would have been a lot better if it actually focused on the characters.