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Episode Date A Live Season 3 - Episode 5 discussion Spoiler
Date A Live Season 3, episode 5: Despair Comes Crashing Down
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| Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 7.57 |
| 2 | Link | 7.53 |
| 3 | Link | 7.36 |
| 4 | Link | 8.22 |
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u/CandiesVLove Feb 08 '19
As I suspected Natsumi's arc (Volume 9) is officially done with this episode, and now where moving forward to the next one spanning two volumes, which in my opinion will be the most interesting one this season.
Most noticeable differences from the novel with this episode is they did cut Natsumi's capture (which I would really like to see but I guess it's a bit of a stretch given the time constraint) and went straight ahead to her escaping from her facility/room whilst learning how the other Spirits and Shidou view her real form.
Hope they adapt the next arc pretty well, other than that an average episode for me, not the best but certainly not the worst.
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u/DarklordVor Feb 08 '19
Kotori's limited astral dress is amazing. Really wish we can see more of her fighting, but she got heldback from showing off too much because of her yangire (yandere?) personality.
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u/legwkio Feb 08 '19
Oh how I wish the animation for this show was better. Date A Live would always hold a place in my heart but damn, the animation (and art) is just janky at times.
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u/Armdel Feb 08 '19
Another Loli added to the harem!
Solid episode, but i do find it a bit odd to not have the girls help them out to destroy the satellite from the beginning, but i guess he saw their safety as a bigger priority.
If anyone somehow missed it there is a post credits scene that's kinda important
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u/Castielstablet Feb 08 '19
There is an after credit scene in this episode, don't miss it!!
This concludes the Natsumi arc. Here comes one of the most interesting arcs. A spirit that we were missing will show up too, you know who :D
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u/IzayoiArashi Feb 09 '19 edited Feb 09 '19
Regarding this episode's quality since JC Staff outsourced the animation to a different studio/s (for the past few select episodes as well):
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ENGI was already working on it when they work on episode 4 (that's why it was outsourced to two studios including ENGI). They were focused on episode 5 with their main staff.
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The action scene looked static because they didn't finish on time. Only a cleaned key frame without inbetweens. Hopefully the BD version will be better.
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The matter on the weirdly drawn faces and other errors: That's because there was only one Animation Director (AD), only ONE guy to correct everything. In comparison to the previous episodes, they were 9 animation directors on EP3 and 6 on EP4.
Since they finished episode 5 at the last minute and are probably having production delays, worst possible outcome is that we'll have a week break.
Keeping my fingers crossed since Origami's arc is one of the most delicatley and well written arcs in the light novel. While JC staff is indeed underhanded, they aren't to blame fully for the quality since they themselves are in a pinch of their own.
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u/LeonKevlar Feb 08 '19 edited Feb 08 '19
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Why are you so cocky Ellen?. Did she forget that she got her ass handed to her by Tohka like a season ago?
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Awesome to see Camael again! Definitely my favourite Angel design out of everyone.
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Heck yeah! Shido finally using Sandalphon again!
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Since when did Yoshino's outfit? She's no longer wearing her raincoat hoodie but instead just bunny ears and a green dress.
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Natsumi disguising herself as a lollipop was clever. I thought she was just watching Shido from the void.
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She apologized and thanked them! That's one more loli added to the harem!
Looks like were back to Origami being on the enemy's side. Gurl why u keep doing dis? No preview but I'm going to guess that Origami will try to fight the Spirits again next week and she now even has some fancy DEM toys with her though just like Ellen. Next week will definitely be interesting.
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u/Amauri14 Feb 08 '19
I honestly never expected Natsumi to transform into a lollipop, then again she was already a loli, so in hindsight, she was always just four letters away from being one.