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Stark700
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Fairy Gone (TV) Genres: Action, Demons, Fantasy, Magic, Supernatural Themes: Plot Summary:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.A. Works original TV anime for Spring 2019. |
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Stark700
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Episode 1
Very nice OP song. I thought the episode was interesting. It has a mixture of magic and supernatural content. Production quality is good and I even like the soundtrack. Hoping P.A. Works can stay consistent with this. That Veronica girl is a badass when she came out of nowhere for her attack. Also saw some parts of her past which definitely gave a sense of tragedy. There's a decent amount of action already in this episode so I expect this to be a mix of supernatural/fantasy-action thriller. Really cool episode imo. |
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miketan
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swords and guns are so primitive which inflict not much damage comparing to the fairies. These fairies are the backbone of this anime whereby their presence blast things up. Quite thrilling indeed.
Interestingly these fairies seem of equal power. So to win a fight between the fairies then it is quantity over quality. The intense pace of this anime is well paced at this stage, in episode 1. |
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Harleyquin
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Immediately after Sirius the Jaegar, another original action series from P.A Works. There are some common threads linking the two completely different series (pair of protagonists with a strong bond, supernaturally enhanced fights, story hook which throws lots of world building in to begin with etc.) but I'm watching this purely for the action. If Sirius got one thing right, it was its action set-pieces and I'm expecting this series to be equivalent if not better with its own offering.
Instead of Vampires, this series has Fairies. The "Primordials" don't look too different from the fairy-tale versions depicted in Celtic folk tales, but the "Fairies" used by the soldiers strike me as a combination between the Fairies depicted in the Hellboy movies with the viciousness of nature spirits depicted in the Warhammer Fantasy franchise. CGI aside, I'm interested to see what other powers these "Fairy Soldiers" made redundant by the end of the War can manifest. I thought humans could only see Fairies while they remained inside their jars. Marlya could grab one (and manifest its powers) even after it escaped. Pure coincidence or is she gifted in some way? The series "mascot" may sense fairies, but does it have the ability to impart awareness of fairies to those around it? The preview is done in almost exactly the same style as Sirius, so at the very least I'm expecting an action set-piece each episode for however long the adaptation lasts. It's an original work, so anything goes as far as the storyline and character development goes. |
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Animegomaniac
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Wow, that was not good. Clunky exposition- look at that, two members of a security team stopping each other from doing their job to tell each other things they already should know- bad animation- in first episodes, either don't have crowd scenes or try animating them- inconsistent world building- people can't see fairies so of course you sell them at auction in special bottles at high prices as those bottles never get broken, humans can't see them except when they're in the glass so is the glass magic or is it science and if that dog thing can actually see/smell/sense fairies, so what since people CAN'T see them? And how the hell did anyone find that ability out anyway?... and those names... Free Underbar and Marlya... not Maria or even Mariya but Marlya... Noel and Veronica shortened to "Vel" because Engrish is still a thing so why do that? Why do any of this?
Finally... she absorbed the fairy. No preamble, no "oh no, it's loose!", just broken bottle to loose fairy to illegal super powers. Also, I didn't like the song, can't forget that. I think I hate this series, I think after decades of watching anime I have finally found my arch-nemesis, a force of anti-creativity. I went into this series thinking to myself how bad Glasslip was but a Lull in the Sea was good so maybe... Nope. A whole lot of nope here. I've seen bad shows before but nothing on this level so fast. |
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DuskyPredator
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I like dark fairies and stuff, so it so far has my attention. Especially think the fairies looked pretty cool.
I am not sure what you are asking. Are you asking how they found out the animal had the ability to sense fairies?Just because the fairies can go invisible it is not like humans could not find them before they were in a bottle, and that the animals could go to such places. Maybe something like they could use the glass as eyewear to see them better? I don't know, do you really need an explanation to the glass straight away? Not like we need full explanation first episode, especially since you were saying it was clunky, so I am just going to say alchemy, magic as science, and see from there.
I think that it expected us to understand broken bottle is bad, but it actually was not the bottle breaking that she was concerned about. At the beginning of the episode we saw that she and Veronica come from a village that was very close to fairies, and I think was burned down by the person in power because he didn't want people not under his control being able to use fairies. Marlya was not actually concerned about the fairy getting away, instead she was worried about it getting hurt from the other two fighting, before she seemingly synchronised with it or something. |
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Harleyquin
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#2
Nothing better than using a small-scale military operation to serve as the centrepiece for world building, character introduction and Fairy Action all at once. The first part is very rushed, but eventually the idea is Free is a "lucky" person who benefits from people or things dying around him or being pressed into service for his sake. Maryel is the exact opposite, anyone who gets involved with her is beset with some degree of misfortune, in extreme cases death itself. Now that the two of them are paired up, something has to go to give. So there's this concept of "artificial fairies" which can be harnessed to make those giant footsoldiers since earlier in the episode. Heavily armoured, they don't collapse until their head and chest area are completely broken. For the wielders of pressganged fairies or those who are possessed, inflicting enough damage on the fairy is enough to force it to disappear for a short duration until it recovers. Wolfran is the mysterious soldier who deserted after the surrender was announced, but he's playing a lone hand despite working for a mafia organisation. If Maryel and Veronica are one central pairing for this series, Wolfran and Free are their male counterparts. Again it's too early to ascertain anything, but the latter implies he's not up to the former's level in many aspects. Trailer for next week takes some themes introduced this week and continues to extrapolate on them. If it means more action, bring on the entertainment. |
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Animegomaniac
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Episode 2: Series dropped. Well, while I say episode 2, I only made it 7 minutes in. I soldiered through the infodump when I wondered if I should be keeping notes on the dates, locations, locations that previously owned other location and battles and I made it through Free being saved by Jet... even as I laughed uncontrollably each time Free cried "Jet!"
Jet! Woo woo ah woo woo... Not my favorite McCartney song but how can anyone take it seriously as a lamentation? Jet! Woo woo ah woo woo. No, I made it through that. What killed any interest in the show was when the merchant SELLING the armor and weapons said "I could do without that" meaning what the previous character said, war. "I'm more interested in profit." That's not how it works. If you're selling arms, you WANT an arms race. That's profit. |
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Harleyquin
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It's difficult keeping track of all of the places, countries and personnel featured to date. However, a basic chronology is easy to grasp. There's been a huge war, one side won and the fairy soldiers who fought and survived the carnage number less than 20 out of the hundreds initially enlisted. The technology and theory behind the creation of fairy soldiers is contained within an authoritative Fairy Tome, which is an edited compilation of coloured tomes except one. The Black Tome talked about last week had content in the big Tome but had its pages ripped out. Interestingly, it deals with the topic of Fairy Possession which Marlya is the latest example of. Beyond more world building, there's plenty of action as the pacing for this series doesn't let up. The chase scene is the centrepiece, but it doesn't have the visceral impact that the Fairy battles have. Bitter Sweet is a Fairy user with a combat-focused specimen, so how the pair of agents deal with her and secure the precious page should be the focus for next week. |
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Harleyquin
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The housekeeper and artist referred to in the episode title probably mean the pair of assassins called in by Patricia to "clean up" and claim the Scroll for themselves. As always, the pacing doesn't really slow down even when the action set-pieces conclude. The audience gets a glimpse into how unusual the main pairing is in being able to see Fairy Primordials in the wild with their own eyes, however not much is known about what happened after they were separated during the events of the village raid. Each episode seems to reveal a little more about what happened that day and how it's shaped them, but the method used tends to take a back seat to all of the Fairy battles which frame the show. The retired researcher and his manservant are hiding something, but they don't seem to play a significant part beyond acting as bait for Veronica and her backers. Turns out lots of people aren't fond of working for the newly unified Empire. Despite what Veronica said back at the auction, she has no intention of seeing her childhood friend die at the hands of an assassin. I wager the shadowy Jonathan is also a Fairy User, but he'll die if he has an open wound unless his Fairy can somehow counter Veronica's signature move. |
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Harleyquin
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Another glimpse into what happened to the leading pair of ladies after their paths diverged. Curiously, it appears Veronica tried to assassinate the one responsible for destroying her village but failed and was imprisoned. The same man who torched the village was rewarded for his work and made a governor by the new regime, so definitely someone who profited from the long war. Nothing is shown of how Veronica received her own Fairy, but I wouldn't be surprised if she "acquired" hers the same way Marlya did. Back to the present, Veronica's Fairy is used purely for assassination as it cannot physically attack humans until they have open wounds. This week, her opponent is also an assassin who relies on parlour tricks to confuse and misdirect opponents so not a bad matchup in the end. Marlya's interference certainly swung things round though. By the looks of it, her fairy is able to mimic the action or abilities of others. The rest of the episode is spent introducing more members of the Fairy Organization Veronica works for. Two have been introduced previously, the others may or may not feature as the adaptation continues. Going by the trailer, a new mini-arc starts next week. |
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Harleyquin
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#6
The show has a familiar pattern by this point. Intersperse a bit of world-building exposition somewhere in the episode, give one of the supporting cast some time in the spotlight and do all of it while a new mini-story arc is in progress. Thankfully the pace is slower this week. Dorothea is still chasing leads on the phantasmal Black Tome with the 10th anniversary of the Unification War fast approaching. While Karla and Marlya are out on errands, the rest of the team are grappling with a malfunction to the latest Fairy Soldier model. It's been made clear over the last few episodes that the peace obtained after the Great War was hard earned and more fragile than it appears. This week's preamble about the "Five Dukes" and the fate of three of their number suggests plotting between the disparate factions of the empire hasn't abated at all with the passage of time. No Veronica this week, nor Wolfran for that matter. This episode is a little light on action (no Fairy battle set pieces) so perhaps next week will compensate. |
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Harleyquin
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The "parade plot" reaches its conclusion. The twist isn't original at all, but it's difficult keeping track of the myriad characters that it's not immediately obvious from the beginning that the target pursued over the last two weeks wasn't really the one responsible. What the plot does show is that the anti-government factions (Arcame, Guy Carlin etc.) don't coordinate with each other and have their own goals. The "heroic" Duke who covered for the Prime Minister has his own assassination plot up his sleeve which had nothing to do with this week's attempt. In the meantime, the pursuit of the elusive Black Tome is still in full swing. Bitter Sweet disappeared and left the Tome behind, so she either saw what she wanted to see and didn't care for what happened to it afterwards or realised the Tome was yet another fake and didn't hang around to get arrested. Although a two-season adaptation, the second half doesn't air until October. The action alone is fine for casual entertainment, but it doesn't have a sufficiently compulsive hook to stay entertaining beyond that. Until there's more character development for the main pairings to differentiate them from the rest of the ensemble cast, it's not going to be rise above another run-of-the-mill supernatural action series. |
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Harleyquin
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Although it's unclear if the attempted parade assassination was the work of the mechanic alone or with the active cooperation of Arkhame, the Lord who benefited from saving the Prime Minister spares no chance in seizing the unexpected opportunity that's landed in his lap. He'd been planning some kind of ambush since two weeks ago, so it appears he's adapted his plan and is probably intending to use the loss of the Fairy Weapon to make his adversaries lose their political standing. Being a member of the Seven Knights does not appear to be just for show, as this week's scarface adversary lives up to his reputation in every possible way. Free has shown himself to be a skilled combatant throughout the series but he's been taken to the cleaners even after he "borrows" the chained dagger for combat. That's a really painful way to die, and it appears Ozz's passing has triggered something of a personal crisis for Marlya. She's always called herself the "Cursed Child" so next week's episode should reveal a bit more about her self-styled moniker. |
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Harleyquin
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#10
I honestly thought Marlya was going to quit this episode, turns out she did a bit of soul searching and took the opportunity to visit someone from her past on this week's assignment. It conveniently fills a gap in viewer's knowledge of her whereabouts after her first guardian passed on. Her initial appearance as a bodyguard for a mafia organization now makes sense as she got the job from another "family" she was under the care of for three years. Turns out the noble whose train got hijacked masterminded the whole operation for himself to make Dorothea lose its standing. He's been planning a coup for some time, but he's left it to last week's mercenary leader to do the actual fighting while he stays behind the scenes. There's every chance the letter Ray Dawn passed to Free is a missive outlining suspicious of the coup, but the Duke has left it too late to do anything preventive as events have already been set in motion. Not long to go before this series takes a break for three months. I wonder how far they'll take things before the intermission. |
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