2010-10-16, 11:10
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Spoiler for Ep 2:
Well, it's not bad, mostly it's just a setup episode giving all the plot expositions, just from seeing the preview it's obvious that the action will come next episode, hope that they’ll deliver. The pacing is pretty fast, which makes things need more explanation I guess, but aside from that I think it’s good. About the fanservice…I do agree it’s pretty jarring, but if it’s from the original source, then there’s nothing we can do about it, it’s not the anime adaptation’s fault. I suppose when the action starts next week there won’t be too much of this anymore.
And about the whole Christian thing…for Francis especially, think of it as located on a whole different Earth than us, where everything is different. After all, I don’t think the root of Christianity in this Earth is strongly related to magic, they’re quite opposed to it in fact. Think of it as a ‘what if’, like if there’s a disclaimer saying that this is fiction, any related coincidences is imaginary or things like that. At least the author is not pushing this as something that may be true “cough*DanBrown*cough*, everyone knows it’s just fantasy. I do understand where you’re coming from, and if it’s aired in say the US instead of Japan there’s no way the censors will let it pass, but just relax and enjoy the show.
Also, while I’m a huge Mikoto fan I’m actually okay with her not being in the episode. Let’s face it, Mikoto has no connection to the magic side, she barely know inside and doesn’t even know Stiyl, let alone the whole Amakusa and Roman side. Even Touma is roped in merely because Index is needed, otherwise there’s seems to be no need for Academy City to get involved. If she’s there, maybe all she can do is help Touma fight, but there’s no real reason for her to do so really. Point is, I’d rather her not being in it at all thatn for her to be handled poorly. Perhaps we could’ve got some cameo or something in the beginning, but we already got that last episode (not to mention the whole 24 episodes of Railgun).
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