(L+CR) Grisaia no Kajitsu -LE FRUIT DE LA GRISAIA-

[R.LocK]

So, we're pretending there's no English translation?

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by R.LocK

So, we're pretending there's no English translation?

Now that it's looking to get licensed, yes.

[Rias]

Speculations has started that this might turn out to be 2 cour, with the 2nd cour going into the other two games. Basis arises from how the animation staff did not deny it, and apparently the ending part of episode 2 used material from labyrinth.

[hyl]

Originally Posted by Rias

Speculations has started that this might turn out to be 2 cour, with the 2nd cour going into the other two games. Basis arises from how the animation staff did not deny it, and apparently the ending part of episode 2 used material from labyrinth.

Episode 2 didn't use anything from Meikyuu (labyrinth) but from the Grisaia prologue, which was from Rakuen (3rd game) and that's as the name suggested the prologue of Kajitsu

[jeroz]

so yep, they finished up the Yumiko arc within 1 ep

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[hyl]

This episode was an incredible rushjob...

[Nachtwandler]

If all this WTF was to save more eps for Angelic Howl than I'll forgive them. That's all. But as I said before I don't care about Michiru's, Sachi's and Yumiko's routes.

[Mitcher]

So it's gonna be the same with Sachi's route? It'll be painful to see.

But, as long they do not ruin Angelic Howl, I don't care.

[R.LocK]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

But as I said before I don't care about Michiru's, Sachi's routes.

You're evil.

[Nachtwandler]

Sachi is a great character but her route is plain for most of the part. And I'm not a Michiru fan: she is funny but insignificant. And Yumiko's without romance part is worth nothing, so I'm fine how they dealt with it.

Kazuki is the best girl for me.

[R.LocK]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

Sachi is a great character but her route is plain for most of the part.

Her bad end. Hits like a truck. Other great things from her route cannot be described here, so whatever.

And I'm not a Michiru fan: she is funny but insignificant.

...

And Yumiko's without romance part is worth nothing, so I'm fine how they dealt with it.

I have no idea how they dealt with Yumiko's route, but I don't think it can get any worse than it was in VN.

Kazuki is the best girl for me.

Can't comment.

[Nachtwandler]

I read only Amane's bad end (don't like bad-ends in general if they don't have much meaning for the story). So can't comment either. But what I meant is that all her drama was quite typical. I hoped for smth more original. Especially after reading Michiru's one. But Michiru just not my type so I'm irrigated a bit that she has the most fans.

Yumiko's route was so-so in plot department (I still don't see why people hate it so much) but ity was the best in romance part.

[steam fish]

wow only one episode for yumiko route? but shes my favorite girl... D:

[Benigmatica]

Spoiler for Episode 6:

Wow, 8-bit sure rushed Yumiko's story arc in a single episode!

While faking her death was impressive, this arc just literally bombed it with a so-so conclusion.

[Kaoru Chujo]

So much of the voice-acting seemed off in this episode. The ero-game actresses sounded a bit lost. Not easy to believe anything. Especially the final trick (lo ely as it was) and daddy's reform. Kind of kid-stuff all round, except for the blood. But I did find myself with feelings for poor (rich) Yumiko.

[~Yami~]

whoa.. just one episode?
umm.... okay!
Yumiko's fake death surprised and tricked me though.. looks very neatly done
I feel sorry for the Dad though... I'm sure one day they're going to meet each other again

the conclusion of this arc really feels plain... ah.. what a let down
comparing to Chiruchiru's arc, Yumiyumi didn't really change much.. she only smiles a lot now.. I want her to blush more
the other girls also basically didn't get significant role in this episode

[HandofFate]

Wow, wrapped her entire route in one episode?

She kind of seems like an important piece to the whole thing since her father made the school itself. Kind of the reason for almost everything.
I felt bad for the father. More interested in reading the VN now to find the true story about him.

Actual story impressions is so-so. I don't really care much for the rich elite group backstories. They're too easy to write, and all of them are the same imo. I did like the scene with the father crying over her daughter's 'body' though.

I wonder whose body it really was.

[Dr. Casey]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

So much of the voice-acting seemed off in this episode. The ero-game actresses sounded a bit lost. Not easy to believe anything. Especially the final trick (lo ely as it was) and daddy's reform. Kind of kid-stuff all round, except for the blood. But I did find myself with feelings for poor (rich) Yumiko.

Spoiler for Comparison to Yumiko's route in the VN; includes spoilers for the route's ending:

Honestly, I think Yumiko's route in the Visual Novel is something that you would enjoy - it's very different from the anime version. The 'faking her own death using a grenade' thing is purely anime-original, for starters, and Yumiko's father was never lionized in the original story to the extent that he is here.

The bit where her father goes "Do you think you're the only one who's been hurt? I can't allow the great Tohin to be crushed by the selfishness of the girl who inherited it!" is also unique to the anime, as far as I can remember (90 percent sure it's anime-original, but I can't remember every bit of dialogue from a VN that took me about 60-70 hours to read), and is probably the change I dislike the most. Though the Visual Novel does humanize Yumiko's father, it never invalidates Yumiko's feelings in the process (which it shouldn't, since her feelings are perfectly justified). It never tries to pretend as though the guy wasn't a shitty husband and father during Yumiko's formative years, either (ie there was no "I did this all for you, my heir!"), though this change doesn't really bother me. Yumiko's dad tries to become a better person and Yumiko forms a close-if-somewhat-uneasy bond with him several years down the road, but the story never downplays or sanitizes his actions and behavior in the past even if Yumiko and Yuuji eventually forgive him for them.

Yeah, I guess that ended up being just about what one would expect from compressing a 8-10 hour route into a single episode. The anime has a very strong sense of atmosphere and scene direction, but goes through the story so fast that I think it ends up being ineffective at best and incoherent at worst. Of course, it might end up resonating better with those that haven't read the VN; I know that I've enjoyed plenty of anime episodes and story arcs over the years that removed a lot of content that was present in the respective manga or Light Novel.

[DOmus]

so....WTF with this chap, i dont really know what to say.... somehow it was good i guess...

[mistress_kisara]

I felt the rush in this episode but other than that I think they made their point clear I just hoped we got more episode out of her route. Looking forward to red-head's route