Shakugan no Shana II - Episode 2 Discussion / Poll
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Indeed it does. I been dying to see the Bal Masque make their triumphant return and to see if they are planning revenge on Yuji or the same old plan to capture him.
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Indeed it does. I been dying to see the Bal Masque make their triumphant return and to see if they are planning revenge on Yuji or the same old plan to capture him.
If they are planning on following the same route as the novel, I think the latter would be more likely.
alright, episode has aired, quick thoughts from looking at the screens (will probably have more after I see the thing)
Spoiler for episode 2:
-Shana's still trying to cook! (apparently pissed about Yoshida still having lunchboxes for yuji last week)
-and failing miserably.
-gives yuji a lunch box, but since she managed to light the food on fire while cooking it, the lunch box is just full of melon bread.
-Yuji apparently still having the weird dreams, this time a flashback to wilhelmina trying to kill him last season
-tomogara looking a lot creepier this week (I hate clowns...)
-Shana vs. fake Bel Peol? this seems a whole lot like melty blood all of a sudden.
-seems everything gets resolved at the end, since they're back in class.
oh and,
OH MY GOD! DID HECATE JUST JOIN THE CLASS?!
Just finished watching it, this episode was much improved over the last one in my opinion. The arc ended as I had anticipated (I figured it'd be this one or the next).
alright, episode has aired, quick thoughts from looking at the screens (will probably have more after I see the thing)
Spoiler for episode 2:
-Shana's still trying to cook! (apparently pissed about Yoshida still having lunchboxes for yuji last week)
-and failing miserably.
-gives yuji a lunch box, but since she managed to light the food on fire while cooking it, the lunch box is just full of melon bread.
-Yuji apparently still having the weird dreams, this time a flashback to wilhelmina trying to kill him last season
-tomogara looking a lot creepier this week (I hate clowns...)
-Shana vs. fake Bel Peol? this seems a whole lot like melty blood all of a sudden.
-seems everything gets resolved at the end, since they're back in class.
oh and,
OH MY GOD! DID HECATE JUST JOIN THE CLASS?!
Hecate (AKA Supreme Throne) is one of the Bal Masque. She's the little girl with green hair that wears white robe-ish clothe (she's the person in front of the clock in the opening).
She had a few "scenes" with Yuuji in the previous season and seems to be a bottomless pit.
This was actually a very good episode in my opinion, big improvement over last week.
-though the majority of what happened were repeats of various events last season (Shana cooking, Shana getting jealous over Yoshida's lunches and giving Yuji melon bread, Wilhelmina trying to 'kill' Yuji, Wilhelmina being a bad cook, Shana and Yoshida having the "you don't understand yuji" "but I love him, so that doesn't matter" argument.) they're all done with some variation. exposition is added to a lot of them, or redone animation, or slight changes, or all of the above.
-edit: actually seems like everything before the halfway point was real... edit: nevermind, I'm dumb. apparently that was the daily practice. Wilhelmina is just a little...er, extreme.
-also, Yuji definitely seems to be favoring shana. he hesitates at taking Yoshida's lunchbox, and yet seems really happy at getting one from shana (though that excitement dies down after it turns out it was full of melon bread due to shana's failed cooking) yuji trying to be courteous is also funny as hell, as he proceeds to get sick from eating both the lunches.
-Shana and Wilhelmina are really damn cute this week. Shana manages to burn all the food (with Yuji's mom looking on with a fire extinguisher, scared), and Wilhelmina basically gets defeated by a table full of vegetables. I know these two aren't technically related, but it really does feel like mother like daughter.
-Mare's CREEPY this week. Clowns are just scary.
-fights are short, but the animation is good.
-always interesting to see that duality between shana at school and shana in battle. despite the usual jealously, she doesn't hesitate to tell Yuji to save Yoshida when they're fighting Mare
-Yuji apparently got a power up from last season's finale. about time really.
-They've added back what they removed in the twins arc in the 1st season. The Reiji Maigo rips off and absorbs Mare's arm instead of Sydonay's, but the basic flavor is the same and it's leading to the same plot line. Wilhelmina is already hinting at knowing something, and connections are being drawn to Margery and Bal Masque too. seems like the story of the Reiji Maigo is well on it's way.
-Single thing I'm happiest about though is that Hecate gets added to the class at the end of the episode. I'm very much looking forward to next week.
-edit: nevermind, he doesn't quite look the part now that I think about it.
I just noticed they changed the opening slightly this episode, it now goes on for an extra 3 seconds and cuts off more naturally than in the first episode.
Hecate was the first time I noticed Mamiko Noto actually. The whole Yuji trapped with Hecate scene and the haunting voice was seductive (I sound like Kaoru, but hold on a sec), and kind of a turn on (OHHHHHHH!). I'm serious though, Hecate rocked and I was disappointed there wasn't much of her last season. I think she's a sympathetic character and thought she'd be an ally by the end of last season. Looks like that's going to finally happen now.
I saw the recaps at Random Curiosity, and was worried they might be turning this into a harem anime. I really hope that *doesn't* happen next episode with Hecate at the school, but from the comments here, this episode at least actually sounds pretty good.
Yuji trying to eat *both* lunches sounds so much like him--good for him favoring Shana, though.
I really hope that *doesn't* happen next episode with Hecate at the school, but from the comments here, this episode at least actually sounds pretty good.
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