Tales of Zestiria the X 2nd Season Episode 2 Discussion

Kamiyan3991 said:



Dafuq?
I hope they won't ruin the game plot (Rose as You-Know-Who).


I second that.

ZoroZoldyck said:
I'm liking the opening more and more, reminds me of Fate stay night's 2nd opening with the beginning.

Tenshi_Shura said:


Me too. Some people say the first opening Kaze no Uta is better, which I actually agree, but this song in particular has a melancholic tune to it that I think would fit the second cour better. It's the same case with UBW. The first OP was upbeat but the second one was slower.

HyperL said:
HA! All you impatient people that can't handle a single snail speed build up episode. Thank god I watched tons of slice of life and shonens and build up episodes such as this are just par for the course for me.

My only concern is how will they handle all the content with this slow pace, but I suspect they will speed up quite a bit on later episodes.

Also, you can think whatever you want about the anime adaptation, but it's absolutely better than the source.

HyperL said:
HA! All you impatient people that can't handle a single snail speed build up episode. Thank god I watched tons of slice of life and shonens and build up episodes such as this are just par for the course for me.

My only concern is how will they handle all the content with this slow pace, but I suspect they will speed up quite a bit on later episodes.

Also, you can think whatever you want about the anime adaptation, but it's absolutely better than the source.

Kirie-san said:

Yeah, maybe we, or at least I'm impatient but I really don't like slow pacing animes, especially when nothing happens in one single episode and considered the fact there are so much to do. Thank god I don't watch a lot of slice of life and shounens with many fillers. I have a life. I don't like wasting my time watching series like this but unfortunately Zestiria the X is that kind of show.
I think they won't be able to that. There were many things to show in the first cour they didn't even do it.
But we'll see =)
It's just a matter of taste. For me the game is way better for many reasons I've already pointed out but most of the people who are saying the anime is better don't even explain why and just say "the game is horrible" so it's not even interesting to discuss with them.

HyperL said:
Well, I don't hate the game, but I thinks there's some things that the anime is handling better despite the slow pacing:

1.I don't remember any specific example but I believe there's a some notable inconsistencies and contradictions involving how malevolence works and affects people, not to mention how lacking the explanations about malevolence are in the first place. Here in the adaptation they seem to be taking their time to explain better how malevolence works and avoid creating inconsistencies with it. They're also giving a additional touch to it by making the shepherd take a more notable hit for purifying malevolence which makes things more interesting.

2.The adaptation is giving more world building and characterization than the game did. That's a good thing in my eyes. I prefer a slow but more detailed show than a Koutetsujou no Kabaneri.

3.I believe the adaptation is handling some characters better. Alisha, they made sure to show us she have courage and skills and the way they handled her character until her separation from the group was much better. Edna, I think the string of events that led up to her joining the team were better. Mikleo, instead of making him a jealous and whiny guy for having no purification powers, they made him have trust in his friend and the resolve to go on his own small adventure to obtain new powers, that was miles better IMO. Rose, in the game she was kind of a Mary Sue, here they made her equaly Mary Sue'y but they seem to be building up for her to have some struggles, this exact episode (S2 Ep2) just showed us how she is starting to have some inner conflicts. Sorey is Sorey as always , but it looks like the events that Ufotable are be setting up will put more pressure on his morals than the game did.

Kirie-san said:
Even Sorey is changed from the game. Do you remember how he went on a berserk mode just because Alisha was injured because of Landon? Sorey is not like this in the game, he's not the type to be corrupted by malevolence.

FrozenSheep said:
In the Anime, he went "berserk" but ultimately turned the general back into human. In the game, the general was beyond saving and I was under the impression that Sorey killed him.

I mean, that general collapsed on the ground, remaining as a Hellion. Also, the only other mention of him was "shortly after, the army stopped their advance after losing their general".