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View Poll Results: To Aru Kagaku no Railgun - Episode 2 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 16 | 15.24% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 15 | 14.29% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 22 | 20.95% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 27 | 25.71% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 6 | 5.71% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 4 | 3.81% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 8 | 7.62% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 0.95% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 1 | 0.95% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 5 | 4.76% | |
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2009-10-10, 03:55 | Link #61 | |
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Onee-sama!!! *glomp* *SHOCK* Generic friend character A says something Generic friend character B responds Can get old pretty fast. I'd like a little more substance than that... |
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2009-10-10, 04:00 | Link #62 |
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This episode looks good enough for me. The manga lacks sufficient source material for the anime series and naturally some materials needs to be cooked up, which in this case will the the materials before the swimming pool scene. Secondly this episode also explains Kuroko's brief relation with Misaka (not in the manga) and also serve up more of Kuroko's fantasies.
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2009-10-10, 04:56 | Link #63 |
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A fairly good episode. The first part was hilarious with trying to sneak behind Mikoto, but of course running into a dead end . Hopefully we get more of these kinds of moments as the series continues on.
Kuroko really goes all out though. The detailed photo album and the 'computer parts'. It was a pretty good episode for setting up their friendship and how things got rolling. No surprise it involved Kuroko barging into Misaka's room though . Interesting just seeing how Mikoto interacts with others. With most she is pretty relaxed but clearly reserves special treatment for Touma and Kuroko. Too bad they lost the handy pool cleaning power. Nice to see a few different abilities that are out there.
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2009-10-10, 05:04 | Link #64 |
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I have mixed feelings about this episode. One one hand, it's good that they got this... somewhat pointless chapter out of the way first. Though I will give them credit for actually digging deeper into how Kuroko and Mikoto met, the manga did not do that. And right now it's still funny.
On the other hand, while I do not mind slice of life episodes, I do dislike them being focused on the same Kuroko/Mikoto fanservice over and over again. After two episodes, this will now start giving off a 'Okay, enough, get on with the story' aura if they do not start reducing the amount of scenes. Showing the running gag every now and then is fine, but spending the majority of an episode on it should be a one time event. Well, all in all it was an enjoyable episode. I just hope episodes like these won't become the norm. |
2009-10-10, 06:18 | Link #66 |
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The anime creators decided to put a filler-ish episode so early in the series (episode 2!); I wouldn't mind it if it were e.g. the 7th episode as a cool down episode/pause after a serious/important arc.
As for the second episode itself, I think it's still enjoyable, since there are several funny scenes in this episode. Although I do prefer Mikoto versus Touma over Mikoto x Kuroko. An embarassed/angried Mikoto because of Touma is so much cuter. That why I prefer the manga over the anime for the time-being. Temp score: 7.0/10 I am also missing a more proper introduction of Touma, since not everyone has watch the first series of "Index"; well, I guess they will do a proper introduction of Touma later on (since it's inevitable). I still look forward to the next episode, since the next and later episodes should follow the plot of the manga more seriously (the OP and especially the ED are hinting at it, right?). |
2009-10-10, 07:45 | Link #70 |
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Are you sure? I mean when ZnT animation first appeared I also thought that this is not how it will be - soon drama and serious stuff will kick in, but it never did. JC Staff turned ZnT into nothing but light fanservice comedy and all the serious moments were either cut short or taken out completely.
I would not be surprised if they take MUCH lighter tone with more focus on yuri fanservice than on anything else, in here as well. |
2009-10-10, 08:02 | Link #71 | ||
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Fittingly enough for your statement, the pool cleaning scene was a cooldown chapter in the manga after a major fight. Which makes it all the more pointless to have now, really.
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2009-10-10, 08:10 | Link #72 |
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Did I hear the dorm mistress break Kuroko's neck?! OH SNAP!
Anyway, I found it amusing that Kuroko would have been just fine with Mikoto if only she'd stop cracking onto her all the time, as evidenced by all the scenes where all the other characters get along fine with Mikoto, doing exactly what Kuroko wanted to do. |
2009-10-10, 09:38 | Link #75 | |
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2009-10-10, 10:25 | Link #77 | |
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On your first point though, I for one am not calling this episode so much fanservice (although the fanservice is cranked up in comparison to the manga) as much as just plain random and completely insignificant, two things you don't want to be hitting as soon as episode 2 unless it's a mainstay comedy like Hayate no Gotoku. But again, and I'll probably keep saying this just to keep emphasis on it for those who are starting to doubt, the manga is still really good and isn't random or insignificant like this, so my hopes are still high that they'll pull their act back together next week. To be honest though, even if they don't I'll probably stick with the series anyway, lol.
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2009-10-10, 10:31 | Link #78 |
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For now I give it 10 because its just pure fun and that's where the problem start.
At first I saw touma sneaking behind past biribiri and finally a confrontation of the two but what I've got was just a charcoal alley with a space without damage. Don't get mistaken I have read the manga and I know the flow of the story on it so I was hoping they will keep the comedy from episode one on check but it still continuous on. For now I find it interesting and fun but if the story doesn't change into some action it will start to bored me. And some might say the railgun is about friendship but they wrong. Well not completely wrong but railgun also show the monster side of biribiri. Which the anime fail to show yet. |
2009-10-10, 10:35 | Link #79 | |
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There are various levels of fanservice, good ones manages to intertwine the service with the character development or plot (quite a few of the manga scenes fall under this category, either being set ups to further the plot or blended in to the point where they don't interfere with the advancement) bad fanservice stalls the plot. This episode barely manages to avoid falling into the later, and that is only because it tells us how and how long ago Mikoto and Kuroko met. My personal complaint is that they didn't do enough development, we could have been shown more about how they met for example. To put it into perspective, I dislike the manga chapter this episode is based on more than I do this episode. At least in this episode we learn something about the characters, the manga chapter does not have this saving grace. |
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