#the ''wow this guy is powerful... kinda want him dead ngl'' vibe is a pleasant surprise
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winter 2024 first impressions: ishura
and so we ring in the new year with some beautiful doomed yuri that lasts only until a weird guy appear
typical
i picked this one up for the cast (romi park my beloved please arrive soon) and it's off to an alright start imo. the fight sequences were pretty good, visually, but the soundtrack didn't blow me away—and i really wish it did. the ost wasn't bad or anything, but if it had stood out more to me, i feel like it would have elevated the action scenes as a whole
the premise is remarkably simple so far, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. i often like simple, but it means the series will swim or sink based on its characters (who were mostly only namedropped towards the end of the first episode, so time will tell if they compel me)
one element of the worldbuilding i did like is there are these big mech type 'golems' facing off against humans, some of whom can use magic. exceedingly standard stuff
but then!
you see one of the golems using the same magic humans wield, which was a nice little twist i quite enjoyed. not sure if anything will become of that detail, since it seems like the series is shaping up to be more of a pvp battle royale than a pve humans vs golems type story
(side note this feels like it would make a pretty sick video game)
the weakest part of the first ep, to me, was the pacing. it just felt rushed, but that's mostly understandable since this ep was clearly just set-up for the 'main' plot. i feel like it might have benefited from being an hour-long episode, or maybe all this backstory would have felt more impactful if we saw it later, with the 'main' plot starting in medias res and circling back to this later? idk it wasn't The Worst, i just feel it (the pacing) could have been Better
also content warning for anyone who might need it: there was at least one instance of extremely graphic violence in this first ep, which i anticipate might continue through the series, so heads up on that
tl;dr it's fine so far
#crab watches#ishura#winter 2024#first impressions#to ramble a bit more on the pacing...#i'm liking where yuno's character wound up by the end of the episode#the ''wow this guy is powerful... kinda want him dead ngl'' vibe is a pleasant surprise#and a nice subversion of the helpless girl companion trope#but i kind of think it would have been an even more impactful 'twist' if we'd gotten a bit more time with her#showing both her peaceful life AND her in the aftermath of the attack on her city#like as is she basically speedran survivor's guilt which is kind of funny but probably in an unintentional way lol#of course her survivor's guilt isn't necessarily something that's completely Resolved already#i thought it was for the most part done quite well! especially when she defeats a golem quite... easily?#and has that moment of anguish over realizing she maybe could have saved her girlfriend#but all that just happened so fast#which is just the natural cost of a 20min episode so i'm not like mad about it per se#just... rambling ok i'm done now tl;dr again it's fine so far
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