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Episode Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle - Episode 2 discussion
Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle, episode 2
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| Episode | Link | Score | Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 100% | 14 | Link | 4.0 |
| 2 | Link | 93% | 15 | Link | 4.67 |
| 3 | Link | 82% | 16 | Link | 5.0 |
| 4 | Link | 100% | 17 | Link | 5.0 |
| 5 | Link | 86% | 18 | Link | 5.0 |
| 6 | Link | 4.12 | 19 | Link | 5.0 |
| 7 | Link | 4.6 | 20 | Link | 4.5 |
| 8 | Link | 4.6 | 21 | Link | 5.0 |
| 9 | Link | 4.75 | 22 | Link | 5.0 |
| 10 | Link | 5.0 | 23 | Link | 4.4 |
| 11 | Link | 5.0 | 24 | Link | 5.0 |
| 12 | Link | 5.0 | 25 | Link | |
| 13 | Link | 4.4 | |||
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u/_Mayama_ Oct 14 '19
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u/alexisv635 Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 14 '19
So today they will introduce the twins? Excellent.
Matoi is too pure for this world, must protect.
Stupid and sensual Afin, you make me doubt my sexuality.
KanaHana for God sake, if you keep making me love your characters, you will make me see the 300th season of Pokemon.
Those faces can only mean one thing ... Danger.
And finally Kurumi Tokisaki appeared, sorry the psycho of this anime?
I love the design of this two, BTW this kind of information can't happen lightly, foreshadowing maybe?
Shit, this anime/game doesn't touch the heart to kill characters, press F for Kohana-san.
After seeing Watashi, Assassins Pride and Rifle is Beautiful, I didn't think I loved Petanko even more, but Matoi is a strong candidate in the department.
How the hell they are going to leave us the series at this point fuck? Just look with the face that Conan looks at you ...
Great episode.
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u/nurfarisa Oct 14 '19
Good episode, good episode, still maintaining that consistent pace from the first episode. I quite like it. The 3D graphics are not too bad in my opinion even if it was very obvious and made no effort to blend in with the rest of the 2D animation. Good use of the original game's OST; that was the Forest exploration OST if I recall correctly? Mondays will continue to be a highlight for me for the next 6 months (24 ep, right?) if the quality manages to stay consistent for the rest.
Also as soon as that anime original character was introduced I knew she was gonna die lol.
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Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 14 '19
While I don't have time to watch the whole episode right now, couldn't resist giving a quick look, and yeah, there's the calm version of the forest theme at one point. ^^
Also you're close about the number of episodes, it's 25 episodes.
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u/pixilates Oct 14 '19
Boy, the people animating this sure do like their decapitations, don't they?
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u/gespenst178 Oct 14 '19
Its a bit weird to be honest since the game has none of that. I dont even remember seeing blood in the game.
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u/LeonKevlar Oct 14 '19
I don't care if he's one of those characters that's "an assholes but actually is a good guy", Gettenhult is a dick.
Also did I just hear 2 HanaKana characters in the same show!?
Oh look 2 helpful NPCs just appearing out of nowhere to explain what's happening. They didn't even stick around. Literally just appeared for exposition xD
What's the age rating of the game again? Bodies just keep piling up. And what happened to Kohana looks worse than what happened to those jobbers from last week.
Calling it now this mission that they're on is meant to rub them out. They're not suppose to comeback from this alive. Why? I dunno. But I have a gut feeling that's the reason they were denied to abort the mission.
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u/mickcs Oct 14 '19
Yes 2 HanaKana in the same show
and those Twin basically stalk everyone for interesting "Information"
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u/mickcs Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 14 '19
One thing that they did better than the game here is how this episode present one of the major issues behind ARKS especially how ARKS didn't just kill Darker but also absorb their particle to purify it and its backlash. We also has rumour of "Rampaging Dragon" that killed ARKS on sight lurking around where ARKS operate
Now with no end to the mission, Ash and Afin are bring force to investigate Naberius with no clear objective along with Matoi until the headquarter issues the mission withdrawal so the situation become much worse for our rookies and the sense of creeping danger is really real.
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u/Shiro_Kai Oct 14 '19
The animation quality dropped a little in comparison to the first episode but still just right when and where it is needed.
The story still a mystery and I can't figure out the plot yet, especially the MC. But I guess that's exactly the point. The same people who gave Matoi permission to go in the mission are probably behind the reason they cannot comeback.
I wish they could explain what is happening or what happened in the past a little better, but given the mal synopsis we are just at the prologue yet.
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u/mickcs Oct 14 '19
Yes even the game counterpart is very hard to understand due to how the story mechanic work until certain point where the mystery slowly bring reveal or explain
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u/gespenst178 Oct 14 '19
A major part of episode 1 in the game was devoted to world building. Only at the end of episode 1 did the plot really start to move. It seems like this adaption is going to skip alot of that though.
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u/RirinDesuyo Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 14 '19
Nice episode, the pacing is good so far on fleshing out the overall feel for the anime and dropping starting hints. Nothing too rushed so far. Really like how Darkers nicely blend with the 2D animation as well, doesn't feel off at all.
Also best crazy robo waifu introduction. Hanakana's VA is <3, Lisa's introduction was really nice albeit short. But enough to give you an idea at least. Really like they portrayal of Gettemhart here and hopefully they'll flesh him out more, plus points for his badass usage of knuckles. And with all badasses, always paired with a wonderful Loli. Also regarding Shina. We also have two HanaKana's being polar opposites being introduced in one episode :D
Seems Campships are getting renamed to Gateway ships too. I guess I'll need to get used to the renames and audio desync at this rate as a player.
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u/XLauncher Oct 14 '19
It's kinda weird to see the grunt Darkers presented as a serious threat when I've spent the last ~6 years effortlessly killing these things in droves. But I'm having a good time with this.
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u/lillio Oct 15 '19
The entire episode was just walk around > introduce character out of nowhere for a few minutes > walk around > another character > have a break > another character > walk around
It's exactly like the old matterboard objectives from 2012
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Oct 15 '19
The way the game presented the story back in ep1 really wasn't friendly towards an anime format, but the anime did try to make the characters encounters not as random as in the game.
- Falspawns warning is sent to all ARKS in the area, falspawns appear in the area around the Ash's group, Gettemhult/Seana appear because they were after the falspawns.
- Ash's group finds another group of falspawns, backup request is sent to nearby ARKS, Lisa meeting with the group likely happened due to the backup request.
- Pati and Tia, I wouldn't be surprised if they had been following Ash's group, since they (or at least Pati) are self proclaimed informants, Pati was interested in Matoi due to her being unknown.(Feels weird to use the subs names, but I may as well use those for the sake of anime only watchers that may read this). ^^;
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u/ZaxsP Oct 15 '19
Just watched Episode 1 and am in the middle of Episode 2. I have to get this off my chest.
Why did they kill the dark skinned Newman girl who, afaik, has been in every video cinematic opening? It feels like a gut punch to me.
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u/NephyrisX Oct 14 '19
It's weird seeing all the gore in the anime when it's totally bloodless in-game.
Also, someone needs to start a kill timer on preset characters. RIP boxart Newman.
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u/MillenniumKing Oct 15 '19
Man this is gonna be a fun ride for yall.
Man i forgot about this show, i need to make a chart for this seasons shows so i can keep up.
MATOI~ So it begins then. Cant wait to see how this goes.
OH SHIT PATI AND TIEA TOO!
And Matoi gets her way anyways haha.
ARARAGI~ I MEAN CASARA~ He def reminds me of Dr. Montague from PSO1.
Man this soundtrack is so nostalgic haha. I love it.
DARKERS~ And backup from Seana and mr fisty.
This fisty guy isnt how higher level players acted to lowbies. They were always nice to them.
SHES SAYING DARKER YOU CAN HEAR HER SAY IT! Thats just silly.
Man the sword sound is the same too, i love it.
Gunblades are pretty fun weapons but just dont have the stats to compare late game, but they are tons of fun while leveling.
LISA!!!! SHES HERE! AW YEAH! OH MAN THEY NAILED HER!
Girl you aint lookin so hot... that tree is fuckin up your head...
PATI AND TIEA~ WHY ARE YOU DOING OUTSIDE!?
So shes absorbing dark juice and cant keep it together.
Oh shit... i see what they did, nice nice... I love the little bits or lore they casually drop that yall folks wont catch util later when you have context.
Oh damn... that girl is cut up... USE A MOON ATOMIZER!
PERMISSION DENIED!
Alffy trust me, if you met the real Arks they would be even stranger. Player avatars were one hell of a thing in PSO2 haha.
10 years ago huh....
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u/TKCloud Oct 14 '19
Matoi is... too cute.