Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi

[Shinn Kamiyra]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

I mean it's a bit bewildering. That's the word...

It is,

Spoiler for Episode 3:

and it'll be the same thing if the 3rd Episode, as some have speculated, is going to have Gekkou's flashback.

Now I can understand omitting certain details and switching things around a bit for the sake of time constraints, but this doesn't make any sense to me at all. ...Are they just trying to focus the first two episodes more so on Taito and Himea and then focusing more so on Gekkou afterwards?

If this is their real intent, it seems to me like a misguided attempt by which to promote the main couple as much as they can so as to capture people's attention and hopefully boost sales.

[Orin GA]

Last fight scene reminded me of Fate Stay Night where Shirou drove away Gilgamesh. FSN was great tho. This is just too generic for me.

*Gets up*
*Walks out door*
*I'm out*

[HandofFate]

maybe generic, but I watch it.
Not many shows have much action in it nowadays.

Also, its somehow slightly hilarious how the main character ends up having to die 30+ times an episode. He still seems to feel pain though, you think the mental scarring of dying so many times would drive him insane alone...

I assume after Taito blacked out, and was out of lives, Gettou probably did something to save him in exchange for his and Himea's cooperation to follow him.

[DeadlySoldier37]

Well I watched the first two episodes, I'm a big fan of Kagami and I love Denyuuden, so I gave this a chance after reading whats translated over at Baka-Tsuki. I have to say that the first two episodes were pretty disappointing, there was no reason to skip the Gekkou backstory and just add it later it killed a lot of the hype leading to the fight.

Well I will follow this to the end and hope they do a better job.

[ninja_pintu]

Skipping Gekkou's backstory was the right choice here imo. In just two episodes, it would be a little too much for us to digest tragic past of two characters. As for hyping the fight with Hinata, only Taito's past is enough for that. Two backstories back to back would have been a bit annoying(considering we have to wait a week for a new episode unlike the novel in which we can read the whole volume in one go).

As for the adaptation, I wouldn't say I liked episode 2 very much. The problem here isn't really skipping parts of novel, but rather the pace at which they adapted the volume. I mean except Taito and Himea, what do we know about other characters here? Before we have a chance to have a real look at their personalities, their role is over and a new character appears. Even when they were fighting, it was too fast for any real tension to be build. Also the backstory sucked. It didn't help us connect with the characters. Looked like they covered just enough to tell us what happened.

But if they are only going to cover 4 volumes, this leaves more episodes for the other volumes. Hopefully they are better

[larethian]

well, according to Kagami, volume 1 is actually foreshadowing and volume 2 is the real start, so I hope more people stick around till episode 5. that's always how it works with him, build-up, build-up, more build-up; that's probably why they try to capture as much audience as possible through heavy action, though I'm not too sure whether it's really working. though I must admit that, compared to Denyuuden, some of the lines in Itsuten are really cheesy to the point of face-palming, but still within the nature of the characters, I feel.

funniest thing for me regarding this series: the actual story only starts in volume 5 but it won't be adapted in this cour!

[Shinn Kamiyra]

Curiously, based upon what you've seen so far, do you honestly believe Itsu-Ten has a chance at its sales being strong enough for a 2nd Season?

I know it's quite a bit early to be discussing something like this, but given the confusion and disappointment many viewers are expressing, it's not looking too promising at the moment.

[Mion S.]

I this anime is turning out to be great so far, can't wait for episode 3!

[jeroz]

Originally Posted by Shinn Kamiyra

Curiously, based upon what you've seen so far, do you honestly believe Itsu-Ten has a chance at its sales being strong enough for a 2nd Season?

I know it's quite a bit early to be discussing something like this, but given the confusion and disappointment many viewers are expressing, it's not looking too promising at the moment.

well, the general consensus of this series on the internet being:
"fanservice show with generic action with shallow cliche character and confusing storyline, this is as bad as Hidan no Aria last season"

From what I gather, the readers got disappointed while the new watchers just dismiss it off as being boringly bad.

I was really disappointed by the first ep of DYD, and probably wouldn't have watch the 2nd ep if not for that one flashback scene near the end of the episode. Just dropping subtle hints here and there could capture the imagination of the viewers, but somehow this series didn't do it in those 2 episodes.

[Shinn Kamiyra]

Originally Posted by jeroz

well, the general consensus of this series on the internet being:
"fanservice show with generic action with shallow cliche character and confusing storyline, this is as bad as Hidan no Aria last season"

From what I gather, the readers got disappointed while the new watchers just dismiss it off as being boringly bad.

I was really disappointed by the first ep of DYD, and probably wouldn't have watch the 2nd ep if not for that one flashback scene near the end of the episode. Just dropping subtle hints here and there could capture the imagination of the viewers, but somehow this series didn't do it in those 2 episodes.

@bold: You're certainly right about that. This is one of the fundamental problems when a producer like ZEXCS takes on a writer like Kagami's work. His story telling takes time to build up and really draw you in. When you have a producer like ZEXCS adding in unnecessary fan service, story butchering, and whatever else they think will boost sales, the two come at a severe and often unsatisfying clash on both sides.

Well... that aside, we all know how HnA ended. Still, at the rate Itsu-Ten is going, perhaps it's all for the best. I'd rather see the anime crash and fail than have a 2nd Season distort it anymore than it already is.

[ars89]

Just saw the first 2 eps and was pleased. Poor Haruka though.

[larethian]

Spoiler for 3:

yay, bye, two-thirds of volume 2. that was fast. I'm totally impressed by Zexcs's ability to adapt concisely. they deserve a nobel prize I'm sure. and they spend the budget on a new ED, even if it seems like a character song, so wow, totally brilliant.

[Zakoo]

Heh at least it was funny, the meal thing really made me laugh, when the cliché becomes so obvious, how do you call that already? Theatre of the absurd in anime? I'm sure Kagami sensei does it on purpose.

[ars89]

Nice to see a bit of HImea and Gekkou's past. Suspected that Hinata wouldn't die that easily. Felt bad for Haruka again, girl should just give up.

[Flying Dagger]

I really like Himea's gradient hair color: I find it rather unique on top of the bulbs of light.

I don't think Haruka stand a chance.
Have not read the LN so still a lot of missing info =/. At least they are not going to just ignore plotholes.

[DorkingtonPugsly]

why did the opening change? Is it just for this one episode?

[Kismet-chan]

Ugh, that ED was awful. I hate songs and animation sequences like that. Seems so cheap, overdone, and lame. As for the episode itself, still moving along at a fast rate, but it was better than the last episode I'd say. I feel bad for Haruka. She's so adorable. <3

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep3:

To put it in the words of DenYuDen:
"Motomeru no ha Setsumei! (What I seek is an explanation!)"

It doesn't mean much, but at least the episode was better than the previous.
I mean, sure, they spend half of the episode on nothing while the last few minutes suddenly drive us into... something, and sure, we get the most mysterious thought pattern ever when this kid went from "Hey, Dad! Mom! Where are you!" --> "What, my time is running out! How dare he threatens me! Who cares about Mom and Dad!" in one short scene over some scene he doesn't even understand and changes his personality in front of our eyes.

The setting explanation by that new character is... to say the least, convenient.


Pikachu was cute though. That part was good.
Andou World = Pallet Town? When did Pallet Town get founded by some scum like Andou...

[jeroz]

finally ep3 showed some life in the story. However I find it a little too late, and still troubled by bad pacing issues.

that being said, i'll still watch it. Hopefully underneath the massacred writing I can still find traces of great emotions like in DYD. Still love that fireworks scene.

[Shinn Kamiyra]

Originally Posted by AlmaKarma

why did the opening change? Is it just for this one episode?

You mean the ending, right? Well, look at it this way.

Technically we only had Himea's ending (since each ending corresponds to a specific character) in the 2nd Episode and Mirai's for the 3rd. Might we anticipate an upcoming Haruka ending? I wouldn't be surprised at this point.

All things considered however, this is quite unusual. I've never seen an anime, especially one this short, change its ending after only one episode. Most producers, I would think, would find that a waste of its budget.