Campione!(カンピオーネ!) [Light Novel]

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Kadi

Too much competition so they have to make it flashy? I see where you're coming from but I think instead of adding even more flashiness, many authors should instead work on their basics. Then again, most readers seem to be primed by T&A and copy-paste characters, so why bother? Creativity/quality might actually scare them off!

It's not that 'creativity' scares them away, it's the sheer amount of content that they have to absorb to understand the story. Index has 26 volumes in the main story while Horizon has 10 volumes each 2.5 times the size of a regular Light Novel. Not everybody is willing to cramp all that information into their heads- it's not suppose to be homework.

I wouldn't call it 'flashy' per say- It's a book, how 'flashy' can it get? When I said 'radical', it means to do something unconventional- something that stands out.

[Miraluka]

Horizon character-wise started with a large amount of characters, thus having few room to properly develop them on the spot, TV reviews from a fair amount of blogs says this is the biggest weakness of this series, more because the number keeps increasing later.

What I like from this series is the focus the characters get with proper screen thus I can't say I miss them when one of them isn't on the spot. Doesn't abuses when increasing the number of characters at a geometrical rate.

[tsunade666]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Horizon character-wise started with a large amount of characters, thus having few room to properly develop them on the spot, TV reviews from a fair amount of blogs says this is the biggest weakness of this series, more because the number keeps increasing later.

What I like from this series is the focus the characters get with proper screen thus I can't say I miss them when one of them isn't on the spot. Doesn't abuses when increasing the number of characters at a geometrical rate.

Character wise, you can say the same for Index. Large number of characters but some of them are getting forgotten or getting their own spin-off series or side stories which focus on them but main story wise. The author focus more on the characters that needs focusing. Index got their 3 heroes and Horizon focus on the character of musashi. The author develop the story from their.

Romance wise. Campione beat Index no competitions ask though I still like the romance in Horizon better.

And number of volume wise. There are story with short volumes but good stories. You don't really need long volumes to tell how awesome the story though large number of volumes is good for better planning and character introductions and settings of the world of your story.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

Character wise, you can say the same for Index. Large number of characters but some of them are getting forgotten or getting their own spin-off series or side stories which focus on them but main story wise. The author focus more on the characters that needs focusing. Index got their 3 heroes and Horizon focus on the character of musashi. The author develop the story from their.

No, Index started with few characters and the it started growing each arc, Horizon already had a good amount and kept increasing them.

Romance wise. Campione beat Index no competitions ask though I still like the romance in Horizon better.

Except Index isn't a romance series to begin with. Vol.19 had a romantic scene but it doesn't turns it into a romantic one. Index never will strieve for that.

[Mura]

Ok so just checked out the 2nd episode. The first half of the episode had me really scratching my head. I've only read up to volume 4 so I might not have a good understanding of it but man, things felt all over the place. I wish they wouldn't show Liliana so quickly too, kinda ruins her entrance for the Voban arc.

[Rainb1]

Who ends up with Godou? Or who do you think will end up with Godou?

[tsunade666]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

No, Index started with few characters and the it started growing each arc, Horizon already had a good amount and kept increasing them.

Except Index isn't a romance series to begin with. Vol.19 had a romantic scene but it doesn't turns it into a romantic one. Index never will strieve for that.

Index did start with few characters then grew larger than life that they would threaten the universe but isn't that the same for other series. And now that you mention it. Horizon really had a huge cast.

And Index is indeed not a romance novel and I know that fact but does the fans knew that fact? that fact doesn't stop some crazy fans to make a romance out of it and its kinda funny to rub it on them.

From the comment on someone who watched 2nd episode I'm having hard time to digest the Campione! anime. Here I thought they would follow now the novel because they got the back story over already..... but what did they do next? what did salvatore show up early? And form someone who reads vol 1-4 and doesn't understand what's happening the story should start with first volume! this is not haruhi that do stuff in insane way!

[Mura]

Salvatore's name was mentioned but was never seen. I just can't understand for the life of me why they couldn't start off how vol 1 did with Godou being in Italy first. They had to have him in Japan first THEN ship him to Italy to fight Erica.

[bludvein]

Originally Posted by Mura

Salvatore's name was mentioned but was never seen. I just can't understand for the life of me why they couldn't start off how vol 1 did with Godou being in Italy first. They had to have him in Japan first THEN ship him to Italy to fight Erica.

I imagine its because the fight is a better climax for the episode than leaving off on a random point in Japan, even if it makes less sense. The chronology is all sorts of screwed up.

While im thinking about it, the anime really cheapens the whole dynamic with Erica as well. Several of her key character development points from vol 3/episode 1 were skipped, and their adventures during the time up to the present day were almost completely ignored rather than alluded to. It makes their whole relationship seem incredibly awkward at some points.

[Athena]

Originally Posted by Kadi

Research-wise, Horizon wins (the only series that plays with non-trivial mathematics, among so many other things)

Do the random and unknown soccer player names count as "research"?

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Horizon character-wise started with a large amount of characters, thus having few room to properly develop them on the spot, TV reviews from a fair amount of blogs says this is the biggest weakness of this series, more because the number keeps increasing later.

Index became a series like this too. The difference is that Index has core characters at different levels whereas you feel that Horizon simply has too many characters "equal" to each character. Plus, Index has this Magic vs. Science thing (don't know for NT though) that helps to classify the characters easily, which also makes it softer to read than Horizon.

[kaizerknight01]

hmmm just wonder any update of the LN ? namely 3, 4,6,7??

[Kadi]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

From the comment on someone who watched 2nd episode I'm having hard time to digest the Campione! anime. [...] the story should start with first volume! this is not haruhi that do stuff in insane way!

Face it: There's no Campione anime. Call the anime Campi already, because it's missing so much.
And I agree that they should've started with V1. They could've easily reached C2 with the fight against Erica.

Originally Posted by bludvein

I imagine its because the fight is a better climax for the episode than leaving off on a random point in Japan, even if it makes less sense. The chronology is all sorts of screwed up.

While im thinking about it, the anime really cheapens the whole dynamic with Erica as well. Several of her key character development points from vol 3/episode 1 were skipped, and their adventures during the time up to the present day were almost completely ignored rather than alluded to. It makes their whole relationship seem incredibly awkward at some points.

As I said, they could've started with V1 and reached the fight against Erica, easily, even with time left to fill.

Agreed on the cheapening of the relationships, though. Makes the whole thing generic. Not that Godou was more useful that a generic protag in the beginning...

Originally Posted by KiRa08o2

Do the random and unknown soccer player names count as "research"?

Compared to including non-trivial mathematics... I don't think it's enough, sorry (but the soccer player names are a nice and unexpected detail...)

[kazzuya13]

They should at least finish his adventure in Italy before coming back to japan.... Furthermore can Godou really 1 hit kill Verrethgana cause it was never seen or implied in the LN summaries that I read so far that he use the Ram(resurrection)incarnation.

[XFire]

Originally Posted by Rainb1

Who ends up with Godou? Or who do you think will end up with Godou?

All of them? The girls have pretty much begun calling themselves his harem by vol 5, you know.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by KiRa08o2

Index became a series like this too. The difference is that Index has core characters at different levels whereas you feel that Horizon simply has too many characters "equal" to each character. Plus, Index has this Magic vs. Science thing (don't know for NT though) that helps to classify the characters easily, which also makes it softer to read than Horizon.

I think people should realized by now that Kamachi treat his characters like Strategy RPG party He has a large number of them in reserve, and each of them have very specific circumstances that requires them and very few of those characters will ever intersect with each other.

That means he doesn't have to bring the whole circus with him everywhere he goes.

Originally Posted by Kadi

Face it: There's no Campione anime. Call the anime Campi already, because it's missing so much.
And I agree that they should've started with V1. They could've easily reached C2 with the fight against Erica.

I have a different irk than most of you actually; My main problem with episode 2 is that I feel there's hardly a need to introduce so many characters and set up all these plot points.

There's no real need to introduce Amakusa, Voban, Liliana, Pandora etc.

Originally Posted by XFire

All of them? The girls have pretty much begun calling themselves his harem by vol 5, you know.

This is essentially a 'Maou' story, therefore it's pretty much going to be a straight up harem end.

Although Erica clearly is First Wife.

[kaizerknight01]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

I think people should realized by now that Kamachi treat his characters like Strategy RPG party He has a large number of them in reserve, and each of them have very specific circumstances that requires them and very few of those characters will ever intersect with each other.

That means he doesn't have to bring the whole circus with him everywhere he goes.



I have a different irk than most of you actually; My main problem with episode 2 is that I feel there's hardly a need to introduce so many characters and set up all these plot points.

There's no real need to introduce Amakusa, Voban, Liliana, Pandora etc.



This is essentially a 'Maou' story, therefore it's pretty much going to be a straight up harem end.

Although Erica clearly is First Wife.

Spoiler for first/legal wife:

i think its Yuri heck even Erica herself mentioned it can't remember which vol was it, but she (Erica) states/proclaim that Godou true love is her

[mike211]

I guess it impossible to stay true to the LN, the anime is so different, it like a different story altogether.... but still enjoyable never the less.

[ReaperxKingx]

Spoiler for Wives:

No Erica is the first wife, she have made this point clearly a bunch of time. She controls the Harem, all activities with Godou are manage by her. The second wife Yuri knows this and she can't go against her. Lily, despite being Erica's rival back in Milan and rival organizations is constantly outwitted by her and lead by the nose by blackmail with a Romance Diary or Novel she wrote. The fourth wife is the only one that opposes her rule which is Ena. Ena can make and change any conversation to her advantage, while Erica can use any conversation skills to get what she wants. The two are equal in term in social skills. Though Erica got the advantage when it comes to normal life.

[Darth SpiderDen]

My major problem with the anime is the lack of the chants during combat, particularly Godou's chants when summoning Verethraganas power.
When reading the LN, reading those chants before a major attack always sent shivers down my spine and I was hoping hearing them in the anime. Instead we have Godou screaming and bam...
And the anime ruined his battle with Erica: the original one was more gripping and had better strategy to it. And the Boar ending would be hilarious with the way the LN made it.
Hugh, I'm even afraid to watch anymore.

[kaizerknight01]

@reaper i see i'll reread the LN at BT maybe i have miss a part thx for the info