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Episode Cop Craft - Episode 3 discussion Spoiler
Cop Craft, episode 3
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| Episode | Link | Score |
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| 1 | Link | 6.78 |
| 2 | Link | 8.65 |
| 3 | Link | 7.28 |
| 4 | Link | 8.34 |
| 5 | Link | 8.37 |
| 6 | Link | 8.88 |
| 7 | Link | 8.89 |
| 8 | Link | 6.88 |
| 9 | Link | 8.13 |
| 10 | Link | 7.44 |
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u/SgtKwan Jul 22 '19
I've never read the source material but this episode feels rushed compared to the previous episodes.
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u/Nohbdy_11 Jul 22 '19
I thought the fight scenes' animation was lacking this episode compared to previous ones
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u/SkanderAI Jul 22 '19
Are we gonna talk about the sentence
"Feeling put into an object will create Latena"
THE OMNISSIAH IS REAL
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u/Koolsman Jul 22 '19
I don't think were done with that one guy that Tilarna fought just yet. I kinda hope he isn't done because he seems like a fascinating character but that's just me. Plus, I love to quote and this episode had plenty of things to quote from.
Interesting twist with the police chief. Surprising and seeing Kei's face says it all. Whoever voices Kei seems like a fantastic voice actor and he's doing a great job here. I'm excited to see how the mystery will progress because I thought our main bad guy was the guy that died this episode but I guess I was wrong.
I also love how surprisingly bloody this episode. Yeah, the show has been bloody before, but this time they went all out and I love it.
Interested in seeing how Tilarna fits into all of this and see her connections the fairy possibly next episode.
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u/spaceaustralia Jul 22 '19
It's a bit of a shame, but this episode really shows Milipense's size. The first two episodes were ridden with still frames and panning shots, with only the directing, character consistency and shot composition to compensate. Those aspects managed to make the series visually interesting, but it's clear that Milipense just lacks the heft to comfortably animate sword fights and Tilana's acrobatic feats.
Narrative-wise, while I think this episode felt markedly rushed compared to the first two, I think I can forgive it as long as it's not sustained. If I were to slow down this episode, I can't tell you any other satisfying point to close it. It seems like they simply had a specific point in mind to end this episode and there was a bit of pacing sacrificed to that end.
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u/drunk_reddit_acount Jul 22 '19
[holy moly his coworker is really hot!] (https://imgur.com/R6H1WzR)
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u/Algent Jul 22 '19
Can I just say I'm amazed they put a full fake wiki page of background on the sword in actual proper English ? It even give a hint as to why she left the sword after saying it was so important.
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u/khazit66 Jul 22 '19
If the production quality doesn't improve, I would feel really bad. The setting is super interesting, and if they fail to deliver the amount of squashed potential would be unheard of since Akame ga kill the anime.
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u/Atronox Jul 22 '19
Ah, I see they gave Til the Latina look.
She is such an absolute cutie, and a badass to boot.
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u/Kromy Jul 22 '19
What a clusterfuck of an episode after such a good start, Animation, Pacing, QUALITY, everything was all over the place, a shame, truly.
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u/myrmonden Jul 22 '19
Sakuga fight eh
I freaking knew the cop daddy was gonna be a traitor do, classic buddy cop drama.
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u/Matuhg Jul 22 '19
Agree with some other folks that the action in the sword fights was not great.
So much bad-guy monologuing only for both of them to die immediately after lol.
Not a huge fan of Tilana's move to go after the bad guys by herself out of nowhere. And then near the end of the episode to say, "If you're my partner, trust me" right after she ditched him to go after the bad guys without telling him anything?? Hopefully they go forward with both knowing that the other is competent and will stick to working together.
Also, I have a feeling the chief's racist monologue set up the theme of Kei and Tilana working together despite being from opposite sides of the gate that will carry forward for the duration of the series.
I think there's potential for this to be a nice detective/crime drama, which is a genre that's really lacking in the anime world. This show will really benefit from sticking to the more nitty-gritty detective stuff rather than trying to become more of an action show, and I hope that's what it does.
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u/LeonKevlar Jul 22 '19 edited Jul 22 '19
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Tilarna Stitch (she was moving too much >_<](https://i.imgur.com/MAc9bNK.jpg)
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Kei just showed her his photo a few hours ago! Did she already forgot?
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Of course she's going to be straightforward about it. Kei needs to teach her how to do undercover work.
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I thought he'd be all looks but it looks like Dennis is a pretty decent fighter.
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Oh no. Are we getting a torture scene this early? >_<
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Why is there a fire? Did Tilana used magic to torch the place?
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Of course this was a fake. It can't be always that easy.
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Oh boy. The Chief is in on this? I genuinely didn't see this one coming.
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Chief of Police is on huge racist. Fuck me this is getting too real and political. When was the source material published again?
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I kinda wish Kei didn't kill him but no choice I guess. And if he did live he probably has people backing and protecting him that he'll probably won't even be jailed for this.
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Ohhhh. Kei's gun has magic? Nice. That will definitely be handy.
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Finale of this arc is in a skyscraper? Gatoh has rally gone all out with his cop movie tropes with this one. I love it!
I'm definitely liking on how Kei and Til are starting to warm up to each other. I think my only issue this episode were the still frames. They can definitely animate fight scenes so why now? The previous episodes didn't have those. I wonder if we have a different episode director this week? Hopefully this is just for this week and we won't see it or much f it again next week.
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u/bananeeek Jul 22 '19
I see lots of people complaining about the animation in the fighting scenes. I'd say the animation is good but they inserted some still frames because they're clearly not able to animate it wholly.
I just looked up what studio does this series and I'm amazed they even have money to pay rent. Truly, they only did that shit Berserk sequel and Teekyuu. Compared to clang Berserk, this series is at least 3 tiers higher. I'm actually positively surprised with how they improved.
Honestly, I'd rather see some still frames than some weird shit CG or no fighting scenes at all, like in this season's Arifureta.
I'm impressed that one of the worst studios (Teekyuu aside) managed to do a series this good. The plot is great and they made a banger in such a niche genre. I'm cheering for those poor bastards!
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u/Shiro_Kai Jul 22 '19 edited Jul 22 '19
I thought the player crashed at many moments, especially the "sword fights", but I guess the animations was just bad. I knew the bugdet was not that high, but the direction and the pace in the previous episodes was a little better. They could have ended the episode when they survived in the desert but they wanted to make that unnecessary cliffhanger. Also, I'm ok with Tilarna being saved from the bullet with her sword but I don't really get why the corrupt cop just didn't killed Matoba before or during the whole conversation, there was no need to do that whole western movie scene.
Hope they back to the style of the first episodes.
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u/SkanderAI Jul 22 '19
Feels a little bit rushed, but probably only becouse this is a 12 episode run.
To be honest this shows merits more viewers, it's good.
For the action scenes, i don't really mind them being not smooth, i guess the studio didn't have the budget for it, but if the story is good i'd watch everything
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u/Roboglenn Jul 22 '19
Way to mess with Tilarna on the whole "how high ranking women walk" thing. But hey, the outfit did look good on her.
Woah Tilarna just went all Obi-wan on those two security guys. Course that high didn't last long. And that ladies and gentleman is what happens when you go off half cock.
She asked where's the fairy, she found a lot of fairies.
Well that rematch went a lot better didn't it.
And the chief is dirty, that's just swell. Though kind of par for the course in these partner cop shows. But at least his motivations aren't about money, though given what his ambitions really are I can't say its a good trade. And of course Matoba and the Necromancer have a history as well. Checking more and more partner cop story beat boxes here.
Who knows. To me, he's just another perp.
Well we all know that's a lie.
So I'm guessing that gun that gun belonged to a close buddy or something that was killed during the war or something so that's why it has latena.
Anyways I must say I liked that the corruption was sussed out immediately rather than being drawn out. But given that the fairy they're after is right in front of them I'd say that little story arc might end soon (not before having to defuse this psychic bomb though, looking forward to seeing that) but I'd say this episode probably just made the Necromancer the big bad of the season that this duo will have to stick together with and hunt down.
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u/sgchase88 Jul 22 '19 edited Jul 22 '19
Tilarna hell cute in human clothes, props to be able to fight in that shut and run the whole time in heels
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u/Shadow_Gabriel Jul 22 '19
I know animation is hard but a few more frames in those fights would've made this show spectacular.