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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I've said it before and I'll say it again: the anamorphic 16:9 view helps out in creating a film-like immersive effect. We get to see more of Code Zero's operations and its combat team of human-vampire hybrids against blood-thirsty vampires, which is nice since this'll be the main narrative moving forward. Human combustions (like a lingering Fire Force) into vampires, that's Code Zero's objective to eradicate. Misaki's play of Salomé in the last episode did so well, another play was made: Romeo and Juliet. It's the Shakespeare context of lovers acting as vampire killers, drowning in human blood...the equivalence of the story of Kanpei and Okaru. Surely this is more like the Japanese version of Van Helsing (or closely resembling Hellsing). Till death do us part. |
KANLen09Apr 12, 2021 11:27 AM
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| Wasnt episode 2 supposed to air next week? Lmao |
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greygoldfish said: Where didnyou watch it? It's not up for me It's on Bilibili, which is not surprising because they always leaking things there. |
GlorditApr 6, 2021 3:27 AM
| I'm completely lost here. Did episode 2 aired? I thought it was supposed to come only next week, with episode 1 having a pre-screening just like Moriarty. |
| "No one hates anime more than the anime community, which is composed of some of the most spoiled, immature, pessimist and ungrateful people on Earth." -Anonymous anime watcher |
Zanfroni said: I'm completely lost here. Did episode 2 aired? I thought it was supposed to come only next week, with episode 1 having a pre-screening just like Moriarty. BiliBili, a Chinese streaming service, accidentally leaked the episode early with Chinese, Thai and English subtitles. It's down by now, but I'm pretty sure there are some streams or torrents out there. (The English subs are kinda low quality though, since the main focus for the translation team was obviously chinese, so waiting for other English official or fan subs might be a good idea) |
Sinom said: Zanfroni said: I'm completely lost here. Did episode 2 aired? I thought it was supposed to come only next week, with episode 1 having a pre-screening just like Moriarty. BiliBili, a Chinese streaming service, accidentally leaked the episode early with Chinese, Thai and English subtitles. It's down by now, but I'm pretty sure there are some streams or torrents out there. (The English subs are kinda low quality though, since the main focus for the translation team was obviously chinese, so waiting for other English official or fan subs might be a good idea) I see, thanks for the heads-up. |
| "No one hates anime more than the anime community, which is composed of some of the most spoiled, immature, pessimist and ungrateful people on Earth." -Anonymous anime watcher |
| Well F in chat for the kid who got bitten. Guess he hadn't seen vampires speed or someone die in front of him before |
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| I did not expect the show to break out into comedy, specially after the dramatic ending of the first episode, but I can't say I hate team zero's antics either. Also, these tragic lovers felt a lot closer to Bonnie and Clyde than to Romeo and Juliet, but I guess there wouldn't be any screenplays for that story in this setting. Still, this show remains the best this season has to offer, and the shadows only seem to grow longer before our protagonist. I cannot wait for the next play! |
jimfaindelApr 13, 2021 7:20 AM
| If I could be an expert in just one arcane, and madness inducing field of study, it would be you. |
| Sad that their strongest vampire died in a second but the ending is so good. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Wtf, the dude just lost his arm and acted like nothing happened, lol |
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| Oh no, how sad this dude died now that we didn't even got to know him... 😒 |
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| I really love the art style. |
| Yeah so as others have noticed it seems like so for each episode has had the "bad" vampires be based off of whatever play is being featured. Kinda interesting given this is based off a play to begin with. Kinda surprised they killed that one young military dude so soon. He had a family feelsbadman. |
| just want to say Suwa looks badass that's all |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
fuck_my_life_707 said: Wtf, the dude just lost his arm and acted like nothing happened, lol I'm pretty sure he was using a prosthesis based on what his senior said in the first episode. You can also hear a "metallic" sound when the vampire bites his arm, but correct me if I'm wrong! I hope that's the case because I really love how this show gives lots of hints about what's happening rather than explaining/showing everything right on the spot |
| Interesting that others do not seem to like this anime, because I actually find it to be good. The art style has a unique feel (if you don’t compare it to Yuasa works or Kizumonogatari), the action is fluid and well-directed. While the premise isn’t revolutionary, it is still interesting and the vampire powers add more than enough to keep me engaged. I can see people getting bored because the pace is slower, although I don’t see it as a problem. |
| The guy that I thought would die in episode 1 died this episode instead. So, I was surprised. A Kaneki look-alike is here. I hope he's not just a sexy badass guy. I hope he's more human because I like liking Kaneki. The shota is mysterious. Anime has taught me to be wary of mysterious shotas. They tend to be quite powerful. I can't be the only one who finds the ending song kind of erotic, right? So far, it's quite entertaining. It's not a good story, but it seems enjoyable enough. |
| The atmosphere changed drastically from the last ep. Became very generic and the plot is not interesting. Drop. |
| Ah, this episode i got to see the vampire hunter unit, Zero, directly, and their different personalities. Thanks to the previous short, i already know the basic of their characterization. So far, the first two already got their background, an ex former army came from the Siberia incident that got lucky enough to bitten and not death by vamp poisons. The masked vamp always be mysterious from the start, can't wait to see his background, ngl. Interesting that the areas also had the illegal blood supplier and the bussiness competition between them were inevitable. After that, they showed me how they hunted down the wild vamps, a couple. They were unlucky enough to be caught off in the middle of their fun. Too bad their supply delicious vial also led them into the doom. Hunting the wild vamps began. The A rank one still pretty hesitate done the job. But the masked vamp and the hunt leader were so cool there, finishing what the A rank couldn't done. The only human that could move like that, damn, the real monster, indeed. Too bad, he also lost his man, and his arm. Rip. Then whats up with the reporter and that little actor? Lets see next. |
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| Great episode! Didn't realize it at first but it was Kurusu and Yamagami in the beginning of episode where they got wrecked by a vampire. The OP was really damn fire. I guess they're using different plays to base the vampires on every episode, interesting. Not that I am familiar with any plays lmao, except of course Romeo and Juliet this episode. Kinda felt bad for the vampires, at least the military gives them options, join them or die. Maeda is really cool, R.I.P. to Moriyama though. Aoi the reporter girl is pretty cute, and she's looking for Kurusu which she think died but is actually a vampire now. Wonder what Deffrot is doing though, cause he's definitely a vampire. Looking forward to the next episode. |
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| damn she just got deepthroat lmao |
| Much worse than episode 1. Still good enough to watch I guess, I hope I'll see at least a glimpse of what made episode 1 so good in the upcoming episodes. |
 "Awoooo!" howled Holo. Fear gripped the men. Even Lawrence stepped back. Should they have seen her fangs, he had prepared a cover story: that all sufficiently angry women seemed to bear fangs. |
Kirukato05 said: What is the main plot of the anime? I'm still not following it even it's already on Ep 2. Unit of vampire hunters lead by no-nonsense human boss stops vampires from rampaging their nation, through negotiation when possible, with extreme prejudice when needed. Each episode's conflict is based of the basic structure of a famous and influential play, hence why the first episode was a tragedy and the second had both comedy and romance, as most dramas do. The show explores how humanity shares its cities with the monsters that used to be human themselves, and there are hints of a mastermind pulling the strings for nefarious purposes, likely tied directly to our protagonist and his still mysterious backstory. Hope that helps. |
| If I could be an expert in just one arcane, and madness inducing field of study, it would be you. |
| Finally another episode!!! Although Tokyo Ghoul much? lmao I usually don't like this type of animation and I don't watch vampire anime but this might be one of my favorites of this season! I love the characters, the story feels unique and is super absorbing and i cant wait to see how it goes! |
| I am impressed, this episode was even better from the last one. It introduced to us the experimental ani-vampire squad. Akira Ishida is always welcome VA, especially when he is voicing a borderline crazy character. |
PiereDelecto said: The first episode left a lot more to the imagination and had this "all I have is questions and this is quite surreal and cinematic" feeling I really enjoyed. Transition felt abrubt but this episode seemed more about establishing what the rest of the series will be like. Seems we are in for a steady march towards confrontation with the blonde kid at the theatre as Unit Zero spoof a famous play every week. I like it, so far it's been a really fun approach and smoothed out some of the rough edges I see in the supporting characters. I also felt quite a dissonance between the atmosphere of ep1 and 2. The first ep imo was more interesting. Now it just feels like another anime. Will see how this one goes... |
| There's no inherent right or wrong in this universe, but when we think with emotions rather than logic, we make things so. |
| I'm really not sure how I feel about this show so far. I like certain aspects but then when they're all put together I feel like it just falls flat on its face. I still enjoyed watching but hope future episodes will be better. |
| Enjoyed this episode. Starting to see something being fleshed out. I like the animation, feels the right side of macabre for the vampire theme. Needs to work on the flow of plot as I'm not fully getting into who everyone is and the death of that guy from the first episode felt meh. So seeing as each episode is apparently based on plays I decided to look some up. Woyzeck by Georg Büchner seems like it could work with this anime. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett has this strangeness to it Would like to see an episode based on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard |
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| Did the colonel cut his own right arm at the end?? Didn't look it was a cut... And really didn't seem like the vampires were fighting much... otherwise than dude might not have died and colonel might not have lost his arm |
Lyrisia said: Did the colonel cut his own right arm at the end?? Didn't look it was a cut... And really didn't seem like the vampires were fighting much... otherwise than dude might not have died and colonel might not have lost his arm I think he was using a prosthesis, which was hinted in the first episode. You can also hear metallic sounds when the vampire bites his arm and he wasn't bleeding at all, right? We'll see! About our vamps, it's obvious that Shuutaro (the highest ranked) isn't ready to kill and hesitated more than once; he's ironically the most human among all of them despite being the most powerful and it will probably be an important part of his development. Takeuichi (the scientist) and Suwa (the one with the mask) are way more ruthless but it seems like they don't really care about saving the others? Just my guess, I hope it makes more sense for you now |
| So they are gonna deal with a different case/story each episode. The first one was way better than this one. I hope they get back to that Jokaanan thing soon, that's more interesting. That Kurusu got the chance to slash that vampire but he just had to push her. Sad that a softy like him had to be their one and only strongest soldier... |
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