Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31337598-20180712092855/@comment-4525039-20180720105010

Oh boy this episode, not bad but not good. Very run of the mill, and formula rinse, repeat. Still enjoyed it.

Let's talk about the wazas first.

Both Hissatsu Kumagoroshi Baku and Zan are a bit stale for me. It kinda awesome especially when Baku grips the polar bear from Hokkyoku Guma 2gou but why does it need to be a shoot version as well, a bit lazy if you ask me. Atsuya would have been fine if he got Wolf Legend or just a single shoot Eternal Blizzard but I guess it also means he's gonna be a fire element character,

White Double Impact....oh boy, first off, I like the shoot. It's Eternal Blizzard Double Drive and fine, it's pretty cool alright but I HATE THE NAME especially the "impact" part. It could have been White Double Blizzard, Double Hailstorm, Twin Blizzard, and more! The impact part just lowers it's awesomeness into something run of the mill. Did Hino forget Mamoru Miyano's totally awesome "BURIZARDO" and went with "impacto" instead?!? Really, it's an a fine waza hampered down by such a mediocre name. To be a bit fair, I guess they didn't want poor Miyano to screw his lungs out or something but still.

On to the other part of the episodes.

First off, I think it's fine to have Norika be depressed about not being able to stop other wazas. Totally believeable if you got wrecked constantly despite trying your best with your waza. Still don't know why Level 5 constantly make her get wrecked like that if they are going to give her a waza. Also it doesn't bode well for the game if all we are seeing is her getting trashed by other shoots. Have her stop some Hino. >:(

I feel a bit bad for Haizaki seeing that his revenge motivation left him in the dust but no comfort from his teammates or Kidou? Okay, I'll be waiting for that Raimon reunion match I guess for Kidou now. I wasn't paying attention to his reason for getting beat up, but I can wait for next time. It's probably some people giving Haizaki a piece of his mind for his attitude. Hoping he runs to join in Inakuni if the hints are any indication. I would love to see that Haizaki vs Atsuya action. Strange, I didn't expect him to become my favorite character at all and now what.

Speaking of Atsuya, his tactics are a bit strange. So he looks up on his opponent's background and trash talks them. Also either it's Someoka's doing or the team's doing but that little drama about Atsuya being a one man who rushes in without care for his teammates seems to be dropped for some reason. You would think, they would devote a scene to where some of the Hakuren members trash talk Atsuya's tactics and Shirou's reluctance to scold his brother. Oh well, Asuto fixes everything anyway with his all-rounder plays.

I will say that while what I am saying is negative, I still enjoy Ares for what it is. Sure, I'm putting a bit more hope on the game, but this is all still pretty fun at least.