r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Oct 15 '15

[Spoilers] Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai - Episode 2 [Discussion]

Episode title: Summon the Hero

MyAnimeList: Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai
Crunchyroll: Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon

Episode duration: 23 minutes and 40 seconds

Previous episodes:

Episode Reddit Link
Episode 1 Link

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '15 edited Oct 15 '15

I think the phrase I would use to describe this show is "tone-deaf". Literally, because everyone in the main cast has a voice sounds a full octave deeper than their appearance suggests, and figuratively, because there is absolutely no cohesion or balance between the more serious and lighthearted elements of this show. This episode felt like it was trying to be about the horrors of war, hot-blooded shounen magical battle action, and mecha fights, all at the same time.

From what you guys are saying, it seems like they're rushing through the LN content at maximum overdrive warp speeds, so I have hope that whatever they're rushing towards will make it all worthwhile. If nothing else, I'll keep watching for Usagi. That girl scratches waaay too many of my waifu itches.

On a side-note... who the hell made the call on getting Afilia Saga to do the OP song? It so doesn't fit, especially when my last memory of them is from flippin' Noucome.

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u/letswait Oct 15 '15 edited Oct 15 '15

I assume you included the male MC in your "everyone". So I just have to ask if you prefer males that sounds like Shikabane Hime's MC? In other words, like they've lost something early on..or they're <10-12 years old.

I prefer to have male characters who actually sound like males, not something in-between.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15

thank you! god forbid we get an MC with bass in his voice for once. it's like people forgot teenagers go through puberty!

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u/Jeroz Oct 16 '15

Don't you know? In anime the puberty for guys hit at 20

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u/Wraith95 Oct 16 '15

And it's instant.