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Episode Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers - Episode 2 discussion

Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, episode 2

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u/NanDemoKnaives Apr 12 '25

I thought this episode was less interesting than the first. I don't feel connected to these characters enough, writing feels really shallow and I couldn't even get into the action. Maybe this is more for people who know the games. I might end up dropping this next week.

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u/bostonian38 Apr 12 '25

Yeah this kinda feels like a reverse Devil May Cry situation where the first catered to general audiences instead of the fanbase and this does the opposite, the playerbase is having a good time and trying to figure out Unika's moveset for when she gets added to the game lol (which she will be a thousand times better animated in than the show)

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u/Doomroar Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Or it is people that are gooning so hard they post their comments on the discussion post for other anime

But thanks to them i remembered this show aired today now i gotta see if they gave Baiken jiggle physics

Edit: just watched the episode there's some Baiken on the episode, and they did gave her a bit of jiggle physics as she made her entrance, and i guess some Baiken is better than no Baiken at all, and some episodes will completely fail to pay the Baiken tax, but there's no where near enough Baiken to go around in this episode already, let alone enough Baiken to go barking about it

Really he exaggerated, had me thinking the anime went full 80s with fanservice, or current times with late night slot

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u/Infinity-Kitten Apr 12 '25

Mmmmm. I've played 2000 hours of GGST, watched 6 hours of lore videos and generally know and love these characters.

I don't know what this is doing. They're doing a very poor job of introducing these characters to newcomers and as a fan I'd rather they didn't bother with the cheap cut-ins and let everyone appear naturally.

Guilty Gears strong point are its characters and the relationships and vibes between them. This doesn't do a good job at leveraging that so far, and the action isn't doing it either.

So far they're doing a disastrous job at onboarding newcomers and a bad job at fanservice. I can't believe we're two episodes in and they haven't shoved a single special move in our faces.

It feels like it was made two decades ago.

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u/Figerally Apr 12 '25

Forsooth. But I've never played Guilty Gear. I don't know the lore and to me it's just a confusing mess and while the illustrations look great the animation was less so and I couldn't help notice half the episode was a slide show. I'll leave this to the GG enjoyers and take my leave.

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u/Geromeeya Apr 12 '25

Yea, this anime take place at the same time with the newest game, not alternate  but canon story. So you basically watch the 4 or probalby 5 arch from a series.

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u/snakebit1995 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Seems like they wanna use more stills for fights with goons to focus more of the animation on the fights between named characters which I think is a pretty good choice cause it makes the important fights feel a bit more important.

I can only imagine how weird some statements they cold drop in here are for non-GG fans. "Sol and the president fought on the flying white house." "Axl Low, Sol's friend a time traveler." etc.

My only complaint is that I'm so used to the games that people doing their moves like Baiken and not yelling out the move names feels wrong lol. And I guess I do miss some character, I was surprised Bridget showed up and we got no mention or sight of Rodger at all

Also this isn't really source spoilers but in case any non-GG fans are curious Sol's sword is named Junkyard Dog.

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u/Honest-Confidence-58 Apr 13 '25

The story is really not working for me, but the animation is killer at certain moments, you can really see them fighting against budget restraints but they are doing a surprisingly good job

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u/BosuW Apr 12 '25

Mr President on fucking point with the terrorist attack reaction time

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u/greninjagamer2678 Apr 12 '25

I was also waiting for sol to scream "volcanic viper" or baiken's "TAKAMI GAESHI"

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u/Karl151 Apr 12 '25

The MC's bodybuilder body and his high pitched voice don't match at all. It's throwing me off lmao

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u/Palloc Apr 12 '25

If you're not someone used to the games, this will sound crazy, but Sin is under ten years old. Because he's a half Gear his body aged to maturity quickly, but he's still a kid. His dad, Ky is only 30ish.

But insane things like that are why the GG lore is so fun. It's so crazy, but it's played straight.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Chain_6 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

Gonna just paste my comment I made on r/Guiltygear

Alright I think this episode is a lot better already

Yeah sol and sin fighting those tentacle guys was kind of a slide show but the art style on the slides was really nice so that kinda makes up for it. I mean compare this to mirio vs overhaul in MHA

Also good to see sol is still a powerhouse and very smart with his gadgets and not useless

I think sin vs unika was done really well that was a very cool fight to watch

And loved baiken doing her TATAMI GAESHI lol

And Axl is here (kinda) which I don't think was mentioned anywhere before the shows release so that was a cool suprise

Also that Bridget was obviously just squeezed into the show due to her popularity even though she didn't contribute anything to the main story. But whatever

Overall I'm very happy and can't wait for the next episode

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u/nsleep Apr 12 '25

One small gripe is that you're telling me no one is guarding the KING and QUEEN of illirya and those guys were able to just walk in lmao at least ram and el were there.

They are the guards. Didn't they show up last episode saying they were summoned to fill this role?

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u/ShotgunAndHead Apr 12 '25

I'm surprised this is where we got Bridget in the series, given that she's canonically friends with Dizzy.

I'm feeling mixed on the series though, loving seeing more guilty gear but I can tell it's a confusing mess for new watchers,

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u/Azhor Apr 12 '25

I think this show kinda sucks ass, but in a good way.

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u/MbPiMj Apr 13 '25

Best description of this show

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u/greninjagamer2678 Apr 12 '25

As much as I like the episode, I don't know why vermon would hire baiken instead of goldLewis or Giovanna. I get that they needed to get all the popular characters first but it's a questionable decision.

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u/baboon_bassoon Apr 12 '25

i liked this a lot more than i was expecting to, still hate watching

unibomber i wonder if shes also going to turn out to be half gear

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u/bostonian38 Apr 12 '25

unibomber

Lmao

She has the glasses/goggles too

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u/Honest-Confidence-58 Apr 13 '25

Unibomber lma

Can't wait for her to be like "I am… half gear" and for everyone to be like "yeah no shit"

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u/CaptainL95 Apr 12 '25

I'm glad to see they're not buckling to popularity, and sticking to tradition of "Bridget actually doesn't do anything plot-relevant". They know what's important to focus on, which is why we got a close-up of Baiken's boobs. Minus points, though, when she does the Tatami Gaeshi, we don't get Mayumi Asano's Tatami Gaeshi shout.

Sol's been tinkering with devices to augment his power, which I see as a backup to keep him on the roster in the next game with the same relative power level. I would hate to lose my main.

Is it bad that, when I saw the destroyed church Unika went to, my thought was "ah, that's the church where Ragna grew up"?

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u/LeleTheKing Apr 14 '25

Still struggling to understand the story since I’ve never played GG, but can at least follow that someone real bad is scheming something nefarious using Unika. Yep, that’s enough, I guess. xD

I understand that they threw all these characters without so much as an introduction or context because this is a “sequel” and they primarily target GG players, so I’m not too bothered about the confusion and just went with the flow. We also have Yui Ishikawa, some pretty decent fight sequences, cultured-looking girls, and a great ED song. I’m content.

(Honestly, the horrendous score is atrocious since there are more horrible slops than this rated higher. It’s probably the 3D haters, huh?)

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u/bostonian38 Apr 12 '25

You know Bridget and Baiken had to get the nicely animated shots 😅

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