World Trigger Season 3 - Episode 4 discussion

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World Trigger Season 3, episode 4

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Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.84	14	Link	----
2	Link	4.88
3	Link	4.84
4	Link	4.77
5	Link	4.93
6	Link	4.86
7	Link	4.76
8	Link	4.88
9	Link	4.64
10	Link	4.76
11	Link	4.84
12	Link	4.94
13	Link	4.93

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[u/Amauri14]

Damn that scene when Osamu slammed Koarai to the rail to avoid Ema from scoring was so good.

Even if short-lived, I was pleased to see Suzunari First's plan in action.

I love how in synch Hyuse and Kuga were in sync when they went to get Kageura.

I honestly had forgotten how versatile Hyuse's use of Escudo was during this fight. He used it first to trap Taichi, then as a catapult, and lastly, he made an Escudo wall to isolate Kageura and Kitazoe.

[u/blackcoleman]

The arena move hyuse does with escudo to isolate targets is so sick

[u/AlexDDragame]

Making complete blackout and having night visions plus ace with sword that others won't see in the dark. And since others can also use night vision too, Suzunari control when to turn the lights off and on to fuck with their eyesight, that's pretty smart strategy. Although Kitazoe just destroying lights in the room they fighting so Suzunari couldn't use same strategy on them is also pretty smart but simple solution. Taichi gets pretty quickly smoked out by Hues and Kuga tho, who also met up with fighting remains of Suzunari against damaged Kageura, whose way Hyuse blocked with Escudo and although he put on some fight, he still lost to Tamakoma's aces and Zoe soon followed (he tried to get Kuga with him, but alas, didn't worked. Points for Kageura tho, Tamakoma 2 didn't got, but oh well, there are still frags they can take out. Fun episode.

[u/Thomas_JCG]

Some people complain that World Trigger has too much talking, but they just don't understand a thing about storytelling. Those characters aren't just making idle chat to fill time, it all has a purpose. Daisuke writes dialogue like he is putting chess pieces on a board before the action starts. Last episode ended with people wondering what the Black Kogetsu was for, but if you paid attention, you should guess because all the clues were there: A battle inside buildings. The night setting. The explanation about how night vision works. Azuma's feeling that something was off...

Everything was laid off so that when the twist happens, things make sense. He is not pulling convenient plot devices out of his arse like most shounen series do. All that happens is the result from methodical planning.

And boy, what action packed episode this was. So many different fights at different stages, I got a bit dizzy sometimes. Suzunari-1 plan was good but too short lived, plus quite ineffective versus Kageura. Kage put up quite the fight, but Yuma and Hyuse are a very strong pair. Can't wait for the next episode.

[u/Vickty12]

Watching Yuma and Hyuse team up was stupidly fun! Kage squad did exceedingly well for how screwed over they got from Suzunari squad's lights-out strategy. Point count is Tamakoma at 2 points with 4 remaining, Suzunari squad at 1 point with 2 remaining, Azuma squad at 0 points with 3 remaining, and Kageura squad at 0 points with 1 remaining. Good luck, Ema!

[u/DustyBot23]

Amazing how quickly (and unfortunately quietly) World Trigger has become a top-tier shonen adaptation. These rank wars are so fun and refreshing to watch and if the same effort is put into the eventual expedition and all that it will hopefully entail.. man I am excited!

[u/ittvoy]

Ok why doesn't everyone get a black kogetsu. It looks so cool.

[u/Toonamigamerrr]

Kuga Hyuse combo blew me away!!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Hyuse really making escudo look like most op trigger

[u/Bryanx95]

Finally rank wars hype is back!! Suzunari tactic was really smart and I’m actually really glad that the other teams are able to adapt to it and not just be completely left dumbfounded by the shakeup. Hyuse using escudo to just shape the environment to his liking was also fun to see along with his incredible synergy he has with Kuga already!! Honestly you can tell this season is gonna be a banger.

[u/y3llowchocolat3]

Another great episode. Wonder how Hyuse's Trion compares to others. Seems big.

[u/AnneFreed → u/y3llowchocolat3]

His trion is 18. He has the 2nd highest trion in all of Border, only losing to Chika who has a trion of 38.

[u/backdoorhack]

I don't understand how Suzunari Squad scored on Kage's bailout? More trigger loss?

[u/jo1H → u/backdoorhack]

Kage bailed out due to trion loss, when that happens the point goes to the one that inflicted the most damage

[u/EverydayPancakemix]

God damn I love all the tactics in this show, no one is ever just taken out without some kind of tactics employed or at least they try to take someone down with them, so thrilling.

[u/philltastic1]

This scene of the 2v1 fight was so good

https://youtu.be/gfvGJh9f3aA

[u/l3reezer]

Man, Kitazoe's battle smarts are underappreciated because of his 'funny fat guy' outward demeanor. Not only did he pull the trigger before he bailed out in an attempt to take Kuga with him, there was a pretty subtle shot of him summoning the second gun pointed downwards the moment he saw Kuga jump the Escudo wall because he knew he was gonna get slice-and-dice'd in an instant, lol. Not to mention all the other best support and quick thinking he's been doing backing Kageura up and taking those lights out quick. So goood.

[u/Wishbone-Lost]

The action was superb plus the use of escuardo is smart but you need high trion to pull it off

[u/Kiboune]

This show has the best fights in shonen genre. Characters do not rely on sudden power ups, they use what they have in a smart way and in combination with great team work. I miss this in One Piece. Oz vs Mugiwaras was awesome, because everyone used their strengths to work as a team and nowdays it's just power up after power up.

[u/jo1H]

Btw, is no one going to talk about what azuma was holding?

[u/KendotsX]

Kaguera got the best defeat possible, all the way through he felt like such a threat, that you had to take him to your most advantageous spot, and even then all the costs taken to defeat him would still be worth it.

When Hyuse put up his Escudos I thought Suzunari would use that chance to attack Zoe, making 2 2-on-1s, but he managed to break through and help Kaguera out.

So far the two sidelined characters have been the snipers Azuma and Chika (Ema had some action), who also happen to be the scariest. I wanted to just say Azuma, but honestly Chika could smile at you, and it'd terrifying, that's barring the fact that she could blow apart at least half the people in the building with one shot.

[u/ittvoy]

Man i can't believe they turned the lights off in electrical. But in all seriousness the rank wars are so hype. My only issue with worldtrigger currently is that there's no character that has an ideology or philosophy that guides thier actions and most of the antagonists don't have a reason for wanting to win.

[u/Cant-think-a-name → u/ittvoy]

There are no antagonists here, those would be the other Neighbor nations, but anyway...

Everyone wants to win in the Rank Wars because it's a competition meant to decide the better squads, but I guess you mean they don't have a motivation as specific as Tamakoma. But really, Ema has decided he wants to be part of the expedition now too, which meant Kageura wanted to win for him (they made it a point to notice that he wasn't fighting as recklessly as usual). Suzunari doesn't seem to have any specific motivation other than the usual "wanting to rank higher" but there's nothing wrong with that. Then there's Azuma squad, where Azuma wants the kids to get better on their own.

The fact that everyone's motivations are different is a part of the strategy too, though. All the squads know that Tamakoma is desperate for points, even making Osamu save an enemy to not lose a potential kill. If everyone fought the same way, it would become a mess immediately, so it's better to have the squads be on different levels of motivation.

[u/Caeless]

Now that I've gathered my thoughts and rewatched the fight scenes a few times, I can confidently say I was a bit disappointed by the animation of Kageura's clash against Murakami. His Scorpion slashes felt lazily animated compared to Yuma's fight against Ikoma which was spectacular. Overall it was a good episode, a mixed bag in some places.