(L) C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control (w/Kenji Nakamura)

[~Yami~]

well, at first I think that the battle will be a mind battle but looks like I'm wrong....
maybe I can enjoy this show as a normal summon-battle anime..... I have a great hope but looks like I wish too much.....

welcome to devil and money world....

[-Sho-]

Coincidence that his partner looks like the Mikuni's one ?

[sapphire-pyro]

I'm so happy that the second episode was even more exciting than I expected~ Episode 3, what's taking you so long?! xD

Originally Posted by Used Can

The designs seem to be much nicer for females though, since it seems rather plain for the males.

Plain? Males? Did you not see Masakaki and Mikuni's Anubis-like Asset?

Originally Posted by Moci

Spoiler for ep2:

Only Kimimaro and Mikuni have 'human' shaped assets.

I don't think they're the only ones. Look at the Assets in one of the trailers. (Unless they will belong to either of the two in the future)

Originally Posted by Keroko

If you mean the time in this episode, that is actually one of the times where it does work. It sets Masakaki apart from the 'normal' characters and really turns him into something not-quite-human.

Seconding this.
Sadly that scene just didn't look that... err... pretty. I mean, their idea for that scene was good... the execution just loooked... odd.

Originally Posted by ~Yami~

well, at first I think that the battle will be a mind battle but looks like I'm wrong....

I don't think it ever suggested being a mind battle with those monsters and swords.... (I wonder if there'll be money guns too)

[felix]

Originally Posted by Keroko

If you mean the time in this episode, that is actually one of the times where it does work. It sets Masakaki apart from the 'normal' characters and really turns him into something not-quite-human.

Masakaki is strange enough to look out of place regardless. Anyway I understand the excuse your making for it, but this is more of a art style issue, he just doesn’t fit in (shading is different compared to everything else). You also have the consistency problem to the scenes where he’s not 3D. And obviously 3D Masakaki just looks low quality, so I would rather have the 2D version and just drop this “looks more out of place” gimmick (assuming there is one).

[Haak]

I don't know if anyone's said this already but when Hanabi got that news of an incident from her phone, did anyone else think the cause might be the guy Yoga defeated?

[sapphire-pyro]

Originally Posted by Haak

I don't know if anyone's said this already but when Hanabi got that news of an incident from her phone, did anyone else think the cause might be the guy Yoga defeated?

I think the news is just implying that there are many bad things happening in the world because of money, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the FInancial District is involved with it.

EPISODE THREE SYNOPSIS IS UP =3:

Spoiler for ep 3:

公麿は父が失踪し母が亡くなって以来自分を育ててくれた協子叔母さんを訪ねる。そこで見つけた父親の日記の 中にはある衝撃的な事実が記されていた。一方、金融街を調査している金髪の一人の女・サトウ、彼女の言う金 融街を掌握しつつある男・三國壮一郎。金融街という絶対的な状況に、公麿は選択を迫られていた 。

Google Translation:
Takamaro public to visit his aunt who raised him 協子 since my mother died, my father disappeared. I found in his father's diary had been written some shocking facts. Meanwhile, a blonde woman Sato investigating the financial district, S. Mikuni Takeshi financial district, a man in control, while she says. Absolute condition of the financial district, had been forced to publicly Takamaro choice.

Kimimaro will be visiting the relative who raised him and he'll be learning some stuff about dad *_* So it looks like it is possible that his father had been involved in the Financial District, if ever that's what the facts on the diary mean. And Junipher is going to be conversing with Kimimaro, and might share to us more details on Mikuni. I'm excited~

[DragoZERO]

Well, good first episode. Took the usual cliches and gave them an original spin.

Originally Posted by Haak

I don't know if anyone's said this already but when Hanabi got that news of an incident from her phone, did anyone else think the cause might be the guy Yoga defeated?

I think she is involved with the Financial District or whatever it's called. I don't trust her.

[DragoonKain3]

Not quite sold yet on the fights yet. Here you've got the main character getting pounded mercilessly, and all it takes to counter and win the match is using the 'super move'? Begs the question why the enemy doesn't have one, or even how he can be 'oneshotted' by it.

Yeah, that's the big thing I have beef on. Normally I'd just shrug things like this off the side, but they did dedicate half the episode on the fight...

Oh well, at least everything else is pretty good. The other Entres in particular intrigue me, as it's obvious not everyone just 'wastes' the money they earn like the person from last episode. Some people use it to set up a spy network, while others just builds an company with it. Which in turn makes me wonder which direction the protagonist will head in... will he still strive for a 'normal' life, or will he change his mind in the future?

One thing that kinda made me chuckle though... "An Asset is the embodiment of an Entre's future." Taken literally, does that mean main guy wants to be of the opposite sex? (Don't mind me, been watching/reading too much Horou Musuko)

Originally Posted by JediNight

PS: noitaminA has had 26 shows air already? How time flies, I didn't think it had been that many already. I suppose it started being more shows from when the block was 1hr long. They've gone back down to 1 show for the block now though, haven't they?

You mean you haven't watched C's companion in the noitamina block this cour, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai, aka. AnoHana? Lots of people think its arguably the best show of the season, if you're into drama and all. (Click pic on my sig if you want the link to the thread)

[Kyouka]

Is her name Mashu or msyu?

[felix]

Originally Posted by kyouka

Is her name Mashu or msyu?

Probably Mashu, unless “msyu” has any meaning.

[Blaat]

If they ever decide to make Tatsunoko vs Capcom 2 they should, without a doubt, include Mashu.

[Kyouka]

i guess the subbers messed up

[Haak]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

I think she is involved with the Financial District or whatever it's called. I don't trust her.

Not even her phone?

[SeijiSensei]

Because of my admiration for Nakamura, I'll stick with this a while longer, but I was hoping it was going to be more than shounen-styled battles with a couple of economics terms thrown in to make it sound mature.

Yet another season where my most anticipated show falls short, and one I had no knowlege of, Hyouge Mono, is fast becoming my favorite of the spring.

[Horse]

Originally Posted by felix

Probably Mashu, unless “msyu” has any meaning.

Originally Posted by kyouka

i guess the subbers messed up

It shows MSYU in the show so no, not really a mess up - even if "Mashu" is just Yoga's pronunciation.

[Deconstructor]

I'm seeing a lot of disappointment in the lack of intellectual depth. Eh... I didn't think the first episode in any way indicated C was going to take that route; most anime choose to drape their simple story with some familiar concepts. I still believe C will use those concepts as the backbone of their plot. They're just going to hardly scratch the surface with these complex ideas. For example, the idea of inflation comes into play: the Midas Bank is introducing more and more money into the real world, thereby lowering the value of money.

[White Manju Bun]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

I think she is involved with the Financial District or whatever it's called. I don't trust her.

Wonder if Mikuni is her boyfriend. Didnt enjoy epi 2 as much as epi 1 tho seeing Mashu's bankai tho. Hopefully epi 3 will be better.

[broken270]

Spoiler:

Boy is Kimimaro just having more confusing things compounded towards him. Not only did he just get his asset from flipping his card, but he just got fixated into a game that he still does not know anything about. And there are even spectators watching a completely rookie who does not know anything fight a veteran. Well, I give thanks to Msyu for taking care of up and teaching him some basics before actually winning the contest for him. And thanks to that him, I guess his credit score? increased by a nice amount. Everyone seems surprised by the result, including that information broker. Also, that women in the car looks suspicious.

Back to reality, he wakes up not knowing what hit him, literally. Masakaki informs him that it is not a dream, and, in fact, everything has has happened to him is real. Well, I guess Msyu makes a point there. Had his asset not been a person, like that guys giant robot, maybe he would not have reacted as much if his asset was a cute succubus. The bad thing about participating in the game is the fact that he can see the Financial District money in combination with the current currency. And, his bank account now increased by an even higher amount that it was before. Sadly, everyone thinks he is quite weird for seeing the other form of money, which they see as perfectly normal. Well, the real Mikuni reveals himself and saying all of that to Kimimaro really pulls his heart strings. It seems like he is going to have a hard time for the rest of his life if he wishes to gain money normally when the game treats money as a big casino game of chance.

[sapphire-pyro]

Originally Posted by kyouka

Is her name Mashu or msyu?

There's a [C] card/merchandise with the leading character and his Asset, and what's written was "Kimimaro & Mashu". So I suppose "Mashu" is the official spelling.

[Quarkboy]

Originally Posted by Horse

It shows MSYU in the show so no, not really a mess up - even if "Mashu" is just Yoga's pronunciation.

Mashu will be the spelling in the subtitles, confirmed with the Director.

Consider MSYU a cool alternative spelling, if you'd like. Her true name is spelled in kanji.