2012-10-13, 23:42 | Link #301 |
Wide Right
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Edmonton, Canada
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So, i finally found it on a Chinese streaming site, I liked it, did not notice the VA changes really, and I like how they gave the story behind how Ken became 1st from last
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2012-10-14, 06:20 | Link #304 | |
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well S1 is not follow novel faithfully anyway. but pretty sure the general key story will be same.
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2012-10-14, 11:07 | Link #306 |
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv180
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Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 37
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As someone who was a big fan of the first season, color me greatly disappointed by the first episode of lv2.
Really, this episode has nearly nothing close to the charm the first season had. Well, it was "interesting" to see how Ken went through his studies to get in the student council and all, but his interactions with Minase were borderline painful to watch. Really, there was nearly no flair in their antics, and it basically felt bland. Meanwhile, I didn't have much complaint for Mafuyu's new voice, but Chizuru is definitely different in a bad way: she hardly gives any "nee-san" vibes in the pack, and it is difficult to imagine the S1 antics with that voice. Good ol' Kurimi and Minatsu are back, although having them for just few minutes in the first episode isn't quite satisfying. I sure hope it isn't a reboot, otherwise we might get some snorefest...
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2012-10-14, 17:40 | Link #308 |
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Australia
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Chizuru's new voice is awful. I expected to hear something different but not different enough that she feels like a whole new character. Like Klashikari said her Nee-san vibe is hardly there. No, just no. Mafuyu's was not much to my liking either but that's mainly cause I loved her so much in season 1. Everyone else also sounded a little different, probably due to the seiyuu being given different directions on how to handle the characters.
Comedy wise... I'll wait till next week when things are actually focused on the group. Either way I'm going to treat this as a different series from the first, even if it is a direct continuation. |
2012-10-14, 17:59 | Link #309 |
Otoshi-gami in training
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Germany
Age: 32
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even though I wasn't the biggest Chizuru fan in S1, I have to agree that her voice is really unfitting. Makes her seem "generic", even though that's a dumb way to put it.
I was fine with Mafuyus voices though, who was actually my favorite in S1. Maybe it's because I already enjoyed her seiyu in SnO and some other shows, but it didn't make me miss her old voice, at least not nearly as much as with Chizuru. I loved the concept of the 00 episode, even though his classmate who works at the shop was pretty annoying. It was really nice to see how Ken gave his best to join the council and changed as a person overall. I got chills when he opened the door at the end of the first half and confessed his everlasting love to the councils members, already loved that moment in S1. The song at the ending, dunno if it's actually the OP or whatever, was really great and gave me a typical SnI kind of vibe, which I consider very important. Especially since the art fails a bit to deliver on that aspect, maybe I'm just imagining things, but they totally overdid Kaichous hairstyle for example, I think it was a lot more subtle in the original show. Reminded me kind of a lion. Seriously, a great start overall. I'm just wondering where they'll pick up with the next episode. If we assume that the previous 12 eps equaled 1 year, then Mafuyu and Minatsu should have to transfer soon if they want to continue the show from where it left off. I hope they won't just ignore stuff like that and go solely with comedy for 12 episodes, SnIs plot/romance is actually pretty awesome and I would like to see it progress somehow - allthough that's probably depending more on the LN. After this first episode I've found hope again that they indeed might not completely ingore it, but let's see how it goes. Also, hopfefully the raws will show up sooner next week, I really hate streaming sites, allthough there won't be much of a difference in quality with this airing of course.
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2012-10-14, 20:31 | Link #311 |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Staff changes are confusing. ANN listed that Mamiko and Ai not doing Todou siblings anymore. Will have to get used to new Chizuru and Mafuyu. And that new girl Minase gave me Kuwashima Houko's vibe. Her VA did really nice job hopefully more of her character will be in the future. Otherwise it was decent bridge episode.
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2012-10-14, 22:56 | Link #312 |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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Everyone sounded weird other than Ken and Kaichou.
Minase part is funny. I can see myself shipping her with Ken. I don't really like the idea of her also influence Ken to who he is right now. It doesn't make the student council as 'special' to him as what I used to think.
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2012-10-15, 00:43 | Link #313 | |
Tenshi's Defense Squadron
Join Date: Dec 2005
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