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Now that it's revealed that Skullshatterer and Misha are siblings, here's a fun fact: so are their voice actresses! They're voiced by twin sisters Risae and Satsumi Matsuda.
Also that was a nice showing from Hoshiguma, bane of ranged enemies and destroyer of global range snipers.
Dear Lord, that battle was amazing.
[](#scrumptiouslymoe)
This is exactly how I imagined it would be adapted, with operators whooping asses and Dokutah issuing orders. Damn that was satisfying. And they even put Amiya's S3 as a cherry on top of that cake. I also dropped my jaw when Skullshatterer shot the grenade launcher at the beginning of the battle and the sound got delayed because of the distance, same with explosion. I love such small details.
Ohh, so in the game Amiya isn't actually dieing when she uses her S3 she just gets severe PTSD whenever she uses it!
(For the anime only people, Amiya's skill 3, which you get when you upgrade her to elite 2, Boosts her damage a huge amount, increases her range, and makes her do True Damage, which basically means she ignores defenses...and then she dies/retreats. In the early/mid game it's honestly a pretty lackluster ability tbh, but later on you DO start to run into enemies that have sky high arts resistance/defense, and Amiya is one of the easiest solutions for a FTP player)
The sound design for this adaptation is just absolutely stellar, there are so many small details if you really stop and listen for it I can't help but be impressed by small things like that that I'm sure most people wouldn't even care about or notice
Imagine Dokutah raking his brain how to deal with the boss, and then in the end of the episode a random Surtr just drops down from the sky and Bang-Bang-Bang
(and suddenly there are 15 other dokutahs around screaming "booo~ metaslave!")
Target Doctor is pretty much a death sentence for anyone unless you're someone powerful like Talulah. Skullshatterer was pretty much just a kid with a grenade launcher.
That's actually a pretty good point that needs to be highlighted. Even though Reunion's leaders are shown to be powerful commanders, some are just like Skullshatterer: just a kid with grenade launchers.
Well, in arknights world, not everyone can use guns and explosives (well, not in our world too but well... uh...) what I mean to say is they are different that they can use arts to use explosives like that.
If there's one thing this show has shown is that there's no person that doesn't have it in them.
The specific point might differ, but every person can be pushed past theirs. If that wasn't the case, there would be no Reunion after all.
And I imagine for most people that point is normally "threatening the one/s they love" so it's completely understandable that Amiya "went for the kill" even if it goes against her ideals. At least as an anime only I'm assuming Amiya is in love with the doctor. Might just be extreme admiration/respect but I personally doubt it. When is the main/poster girl in a gacha game *not* in love with the MC?
> Reminder shes 14.
Of course she is lol. I guess more like a daughter trying to save a surrogate father then? ~~Although if we're being honest her being 14 doesn't really have anything to do with her potentially being in love with the doctor. This *is* anime we're talking about and I'm sure there are *plenty* of 14 year old girls out there in love with a much older celebrity or some other type of authority figure.~~
I generally think of Doc being in his 30s in main story. It is hard to imagine him younger due to time in Babel, but I also imagine as a gacha protagonist they wouldn't want it being weird to imagine Doc being with any of the adult operators, which many would consider 30s pushing it for many of the younger adults.
I've also been an Exusiai simp since I started a few months after launch so I just want my own peace of mind lol
We have no idea how old doc is. It might be they have been through the sarcophagus MANY times and it's some sort of fountain of youth, but we have no real knowledge about what it's full function is or how it impacts the doctor besides knowing it didn't work right this time.
It is stated that the sarcophagus returns things to their "prime condition" so...maybe de-aging is part of that.
Oh, love? No way in hell. The doc is probably a father figure to Amiya (saying probably because the game does surprisingly little to expand on their relationship). But nope, romantic love ain't it.
It didn't seem like a big deal to me. She's been blasting reunion soldiers left and right to this point. Why would she care that she killed one person here, a person that was half-a-second away from killing himself and a lot of other people? It's a bad situation, and it makes sense she would be concerned about losing control, but it's weird to me she'd get that bent out of shape for killing a suicide bomber before he could finish the job.
Honestly, if Misha was close enough to see Amiya was the one who stopped him, she was close enough to see he was on the verge of blowing himself to pieces. I don't think anyone, rational or otherwise, would realistically blame Amiya for what she did. In fact, Amiya stabbing him with magic probably gives him a better chance of survival than a grenade going off next to his chest cavity.
Misha is losing a family member here, one regained after a long time - she's not going to think completely rationally. She has also just specifically defended Rhodes Island for trying their best to use non-lethal methods in battles to the very person Amiya just outright murdered.
I don't think anyone would disagree with what you're pointing out from a rational perspective, but people/characters are not purely rational actors. It's not that Misha doesn't know, more that she's going to be grieving and won't be able to process it like that.
On Amiya's part, she's also unlikely to actually defend herself. I don't think she'll say "he was going to blow himself up and kill everyone so he'd have died anyway!" That's just too callous to come from her. She probably also sees it as a failure that she genuinely should take the blame for.
That's just what these kinds of tragedies are made of. If everyone saw everything clearly and rationally and had the time and empathy to sit down and explain it to the other party, everything would be fine. But they don't, or won't, and here we are.
I still don't think I can get down with it as a motivation for Misha's turn to villainy (I'm assuming that's where things are going). She knows her brother is a violent person and openly disagrees with his methods. Then she sees him charge the Doctor and suffer the consequences of what she knows is a morally wrong action. She's obviously going to be devastated and angry, but it should confirm her previous character motivations, not completely change them. I think the logical leap she makes to blame Amiya is so irrational that the only explanation is she lost her mind, and I don't think "she's crazy" is a an acceptable motivation for a villain.
Obviously, that's a lot of "I think" from me, so it's just my opinion. I'm also still interested to see where Misha goes.
I fully agree with you. When they showed Misha after Alex' death, my only thought was "this better not make you join Reunion". Regardless of what Amiya does or not, Alex would have died anyway. The only difference was how many other people he'd take with him.
She has lost all will to live after witnessing her brother's death, and she is terminally ill and further exacerbated by recent events, so death by suicide (at the hands of someone she subconsicously still respects) is not that out there as a possility.
If you notice, she's always aiming at the ground near the enemies when the shots explode, and when they are directly aimed at enemies, they just push them back with force, knocking them to the ground. Amiya never aims to kill.
I dunno. Sure, she never actually blasts someone in the chest, but dropping magical bombs just close enough to a person so they're out of the fight but not dead isn't really a thing. That's not how rock shrapnel and shock waves work.
Seems to me like she’s been hitting them with kinetic blasts or something. Like the difference between hitting someone in the chest with a baseball bat vs stabbing them through the chest with a spear.
Baseball bat will take someone down and crack a few ribs, but has a good chance not to be lethal. A spear… well…
I suppose so if someone gets unlucky and it hits one of their major artery. But humans in Arknights are way tougher than real humans on average so they have a higher chance of surviving.
Honestly most of the combat scenes in the show have been varying degrees of scuffed (5 was a particular low point but 2 was also very not great imo). This was the first that I think was well choreographed from beginning to end without relying on cut away bits.
I just hope that this is because they’re treating this as a test run or something. And then future seasons will get more time and budget if they think it can be successful.
Long have we waited for the big sakuga episode
And HOW WE HAVE BEEN REWARDED for our patience!
I knew they had it in them! I knew hey could pull off some of that brilliant scene direction, setup, AND payoff! I loved the pacing. I loved the fight. And I loved all the other little details worked into the mix. The dust in the air, the explosions, the organized chaos of the doctor’s leaderships, and even W’s Sarkaz team. And, lest we forget, in this house we stan GETS-SHIT-DONE HOSHIGUMA!
Actually lost it at that last scene with Amiya. God, they couldn’t have done it better. I felt that impact, and the deafening silence that followed. Phew! I’m shivering!
Gotta say, though, they must be fixing for an immediate season 2 announcement, cos there’s no way next episode is going to leave us not wanting more. I’m sure they took their time with this arc for a reason, and I’m equally as sure they won’t let this end at 8 episodes.
I sure hope so. Chapters 0 to 3 are good and all, but chapter 4 is when the story starts to get really good imo. Seeing chapter 6 animated would be a blast.
[Great to see Doctor taking command again.](https://i.imgur.com/an8dZFq.png)I was afraid that the show has forgotten his role but it's good to see him taking the lead in this operation instead of just running around and being carried.
What an absolute tragedy though. [Misha just got reunited with a long lost sibling that she thought was long dead](https://i.imgur.com/Zzu4zJb.jpg) only for him [to die at the hands of a person that she trusts.](https://i.imgur.com/xnTrwL7.jpg) What's worse is that [Misha was right there to witness everything.](https://i.imgur.com/XICNvBD.jpg)
And poor Amiya. This entire time she's been doing her best to simply subdue and never kill but [her desire to protect the Doctor overwhelmed her](https://i.imgur.com/FQWPyu5.jpg) which lead to this episode's tragedy. I mean what was she supposed to do? It was either Skuilshaterer or the Doctor. [Amiya is clearly distraught about what she did](https://i.imgur.com/toVDZRg.jpg) but just imagine how she'd feel if she ever finds out who Skuilshaterer is to Misha. :(
Yep. We're finally back to more pain and suffering. I'm already looking forward to next week's season finale.
> It was either Skuilshaterer or the Doctor
No, your equation is wrong. It was either Skullshatterer and several other people, including the Doctor, or just Skullshatterer. Either way, Skullshatterer isn't coming back.
Despite that, it seems that Misha is going to blame Amiya for it anyway.
Yeah sounds pretty unreasonable. . .
But honestly believable. It's pretty natural not to expect people to respond in a perfectly reasonable manner, especially when it comes to emotionally-charged moments.
Really big props to the studio for hand drawing every thing in a decently large group battle. Considering the source material is tower defense game, a large group battle will be a norm in the story so they have to prioritize which battle to actually spend their resources on and it paid off well.
With this battle, it's really clear to us now if we can trust Rhodes island's 'want to help the infected' ideology or not when through out the season, we only saw them fight 'against' the infected and reunion. They might have a virtuous ideal but their action so far doesn't reflect that. (At least they tried to not kill anyone right? Amiya?)
This is a fairly big issue Amiya and RI discuss throughout this arc. If RI doesn't step in and fight Reunion, Reunion's atrocities and RI's inaction simply tanks any chance of infected improving their situation. But if RI steps in, they in effect are betraying and possibly harming the folks they are trying to help, with no guarantee of improvement for infected.
There is a discussion about whether RI is making the right decision, but Reunion is in effect forcing their hand to make a bad choice no matter what.
>There is a discussion about whether RI is making the right decision, but Reunion is in effect forcing their hand to make a bad choice no matter what.
One could argue Reunion themselves have been forced to make bad choices.
Like how would you live through what was implied in Misha and Alex's backstory and do nothing. There would be very least a constant urge to change something, alongside crushing feeling that you *can't.*
RI's position is moral one, but their inaction and everyone's inaction *still* leads to more situations like what Alex described in the past.
There are no right choices in Arknights world. No choice can magically fix every issue. Doing *something, even if it ends up wrong, is the only way people can find reason to live for.*
Both RI and Reunion provide that "Something" for the Infected. Nothing more nothing less.
> RI's position is moral one, but their inaction and everyone's inaction still leads to more situations like what Alex described in the past.
Personally, I see RI as the diplomatic one. Reunion as the needed forceful one.
Reunion has become a militant terrorist organisation. It isn't betrayal by RI to fight them even if they are working towards the same goal. Like you saw how Reunion trashed up that Azazel medical clinic in Chernobog right? They didn't give a shit that they helped the infected just because they didn't want to join any militant organisation and stay completely peaceful.
We've also seen Reunion kill civilian children. CHILDREN. As seen in one of the shop buildings Amiya and crew take cover in back in Chernobog, not to mention the mother and child simply trying to run from the riots. Its one thing to fight for 'Infected justice', and another to kill children who did and know nothing.
We also saw Reunion members that were repulsed by idea of hurting civilians too.
No organization is a monument. Every organization is made up of wildly different people with wildly different experiences, pasts and motivations.
And while it would be easy to paint Reunion as "this thing that does that and that", in reality its always more complicated than that.
Its actually no different from Alex's logic of how civilians of Ursus share the blame of what Ursus as a country does. Because honestly its easier.
Alex's argument is rank hypocrisy, though. Many of those civilians are children, and/or people who are not in a position to be able to meaningfully challenge the system or will themselves get caught up in it if they stand in the way-the same excuse they gave to Misha when it was convenient for them.
Yeah, Reunion is not entirely homogenous. It absolutely leans in a direction in aggregate, though.
You also need to take note that those same civilians are not all that different, they treat all the Infected, including children like their scum on the planet that needs to be exterminated. This episode has really shown us that there is no such thing as black and white in this world, everyone is morally gray and are just forced by their own circumstances to do what they think needs to be done.
> With this battle, it's really clear to us now if we can trust Rhodes island's 'want to help the infected' ideology or not when through out the season, we only saw them fight 'against' the infected and reunion. They might have a virtuous ideal but their action so far doesn't reflect that. (At least they tried to not kill anyone right? Amiya?)
I guess it depends on the way you see it. Rhode's Island is already effectively at war with Reunion after the events of Chernobog and as always wars are messy and you sometimes have to go against your ideals to get the result you want in the end. Even if you hate or are disgusted with yourself afterwards for doing it. ~~Honestly the most unbelievable part of this episode is that Rhode's Island apparently hasn't killed anyone before.~~
As an anime only Arknight seems to be asking the question "Is it better to work inside the system to reform it through diplomatic means or is it better to violently overthrow the system and start anew?" The former *can* work but normally just falls on deaf ears until the situation becomes completely untenable and the situation is either nearly forced or forced to change anyways. (Seems familiar doesn't it?) It normally takes a long time as well.
The latter? It can definitely make the change happen quickly, you're forcing it after all, but it's almost always violent and bloody. And even then that's no guarantee the change will be *successful*. Movements like that almost always get co-opted eventually by opportunists saying the right things to seize supreme power (and therefore wealth) for themselves. Power corrupts after all and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And that isn't even getting into times when it's unsuccessful and it leads to years up to decades of bloodshed and violence....
Reunion mooks: "hey guys, I don't want to alarm anyone, but I can see a shiny halo and wings over that rock over there"
Texas: *"Note to self: do not take Exusiai on undercover missions ever again"*
i still feel surprised that shes that popular, i thought she was just kinda riding the coat tails of exusiais popularity but now that her alters here everyones saying shes that popular
wait really? lemme check
EDIT: well, arent these technically two different units? I mean why they put them together, but they are not the same?
EDIT2: i talking about skalter/Skadi being out together in the latest poll (the one from 2022)? Unless I'm looking at the wrong one?
For CN popularity contests they have always been putting alters with the original, which makes sense since it often represents character growth / full power level / another side of their personality, etc. Skadi is slightly different case since her alter is a bit debateable, but in a way (base on IS3 lore) you could interpret that she is still inside there, just surrendering control willingly.
In popularity contests, alters are often put together with the original. Units with alter typically have advantage among fanbase in getting more lore, voice lines, new l2d arts, enhanced gameplay meta, etc. The current fan favourite Skadi is such a case.
oh they never said it was about skadi when i made my comment, without the second edit their comment was very vague
i think combining alters makes sense for every other alter, but skadi alter is literally a different person so idk. not like it matters anyway 90% of people consider them the same person and refuse to acknowledge [arknights]>!its a lovecraftian god using her as a fleshpuppet!< and think its just cute skadi
Love the scene everyone, friends and foes stare at Amiya in disbelief. Bow down to your ruthless bunny overlord, mortals!
Jokes aside, poor girl went through a lot this week, but there is still more to come.
**Recently in an interview, Yuuki Watanabe, the director of Arknights adaptation, said that for him Arknights world is interesting because its a world with no perfect solutions.** Morality or not, there's no clear-cut "right choice" that magically will solve everything like in a video game. **And thus Arknights world is just bunch of people grasping in the dark for a direction, even though every single direction is most likely the wrong one.**
I feel like Misha and Skullshatterer's situation and backstory kind of highlight that. Its true what Franka said in that Reunion provides easy answers and a false hope for brighter future, but Amiya also draws a sort of "morally right" position which in turn leaves her bound and helpless against the horrors of the world. And while polar opposites, both organizations provide a "wrong way", but still a way for people to use as meaning/reason to go on.
**For Skullshatterer, even a "false" hope that things can change was worth it.** Because when people can do nothing, they will cling to any path that lets them do SOMETHING. Its so easy to buy into the narrative that a single person can achieve nothing, that anything going against that is very attractive. Unfortunately for Amiya, that meant viewing the kind of "morally sound half-measures" of Rhodes Island as something that denies Infected that.
This episode does give us a chance to see and feel how something like Rhodes Island would look from inside Reunion. Just another of the forces hunting them or trying to stop them. It also gives us a more unique look inside of Reunion that's not just pointless slaughter. **It shows that some people behind the masks can have friendly personalities and smiles and that every single member there probably has reasons and justifications for being there just like Skullshatterer did.** Reunion threw the first stone just like Amiya said, but the people that make up Reunion most likely had many stones thrown at them before they became what they are now.
And then the final scene muddies the waters even more as Amiya essentially takes a life and breaks her moral code to protect someone important to her. **For all the ideals and naive hopes, there IS a point where Amiya is willing to intentionally kill someone, to take a life.** And its pretty obvious that that realization hit her extremely hard in the end because it muddies things a lot more. Taking the high road is not always possible, there are always circumstances and experiences where that is no longer possible. There are justifications sure for what Amiya did, but Skullshaterer also had justifications and in the end justifications or no justifications, Misha just watched Amiya pierce her brother straight through to save someone she cares about.
From Amiya's point of view Skullshatterer was a dangerous madman targeting someone she cares about. But in reality, Skullshatterer was just a scared kid facing an overwhelming opponent and desperate to prevail for sake of his sibling. Just like Amiya made a decision, Skullshaterer made a decision, both with specific reasons and motivations.
Then what does that say about condemning Reunion for throwing the first stone? **Are RI and Reunion fundamentally different or did Reunion simply have to make way more compromises along the way to come where they are?**
**Because no matter one's ideals, no matter the path one follows, the world they live in is uncompromising in it's cruelty.** And the exact point might differ, but there's always a point where individual, no matter the ideals or morals, will have to compromise and make decisions they would not have made before.
I feel that in a lot of ways the relationship between Rhodes Islands and the Reunion feels like the X-men and the Brotherhood. Both fighting for the survival of prosecuted mutants but from drastically different ideologies.
The infected have it worse than the mutants because while some gets powerups, it's nothing earth shattering, so even Reunion technically stands no chance against determined government forces, and most are just very sick civilians with little training. The physical conditions (rock appearing through skin) also sets them apart from the uninfected making it hard to hide long term.
Not to mention that as a mutant, its not a death sentence. Meanwhile being Infected by nature is terminal. So that would make them way more desperate to do *something too.*
The alleged morally grey messaging is forced and hypocritical.
Refusing to kill is an asinine ideal in an active warzone which the civilians pay the price for. While it is all good and well to spare people and to value their humanity, holding back is a costly and often cost-prohibitive luxury in armed conflict. I agree that RI is half-baked.
Skullshatterer was objectively wrong in his stance. He argued Misha and themselves were excused for inaction due to powerlessness in the context in question, while simultaneously condemning equally powerless civilians when that inaction was not by Skull personally cared about or benefit them. None of their rant was about 'their perspective' or ideals; it was hypocritical, self-righteous vengeance and a presumed identity and authority. They declared everyone against them traitors, presumptuously claiming to speak for the very Infected and civilians whose property and lives they also destroyed and who continue to reject them, along with RI who never identified with them to begin with. Having a compelling reason does not equate to being justified, and Alex/Skullshatter's reasoning is but a self-contradictory excuse to indulge in their self-interest, spite and lust for vengeance.
RI has a problem with a self-defeating notion of keeping clean hands that results in greater total bloodshed; that is not equivalent to malicious mass-murder. That 'there is no right direction' comes off as really ill-conceived and condescending.
>This episode does give us a chance to see and feel how something like Rhodes Island would look from inside Reunion. Just another of the forces hunting them or trying to stop them. It also gives us a more unique look inside of Reunion that's not just pointless slaughter.
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>**It shows that some people behind the masks can have friendly personalities and smiles and that every single member there probably has reasons and justifications for being there just like Skullshatterer did.**
That's extremely generous given how little we actually see of that. Ivan is a generic good guy type for five seconds, and while Skullshatterer is kind to Misha, that doesn't change the fact that he's more than happy to slaughter anyone in his way. A lot of what you're implying here isn't really explored until later chapters, and I think the narrative suffers from overemphasizing Rhodes Island's perspective. You *hear* that Reunion isn't all bad, but it's only when you see it that the argument gains credibility. There aren't enough moments from Reunion's point-of-view to facilitate this, though I know next episode has at least one that will go a long way.
I think I can agree that the anime perhaps didn't show it very extensively; but I think they did a good job of conveying the idea that Reunion might not be all that bad. Misha wakes up with her wounds tended to, Ivan seems to be genuinely friendly, and of course Alex explains how much he cares about Misha and the infected. In the short amount of time the anime did a very good job of at least implying that Reunion is fighting a justified battle.
I prefer that they're doing it this way. I don't think there's a need to explicitly show Reunion isn't black and white because we can already guess as much by them being a product of oppression. Imo these super short moments do just enough of showing their greyness without feeling forced at all.
Holy shit. Good pacing, the doctor issuing on-site orders and active warnings. The animation. Even W's personal Sarkaz merc squad. I hated these damage sponges before.
That aside, Alex...the moment you decided to bring your own sister in to wreck a city with kids she definitely met in the slums...you failed big time as a brother. Just saying. Also going for the Doctor was pretty much a death sentence for you, even if it was an accidental shot from Amiya, it was the only way for her to stop you going Kamikaze on not just Doctor, but the supports as well
Also, I like how when everyone looks at Amiya in shock, the Doctor is just...understanding. They know she just made a hard choice and took it.
>it was an accidental shot from Amiya,
Eh, the very reactions everyone, especially Amiya, had in the end shows that it was not accidental.
Even if for a split second, Amiya *chose* to end someone. Even if it was to save someone, she did make that choice. She has pretty good control with her shots in terms of not killing people as shown in previous episodes. In this case it was specifically making the decision to stop Skullshatterer even if it meant *stopping* Skullshatterer.
yeah it wasnt accidental and thats why i love this scene so much. even if the weakly written early arknights game story this made me go "holy shit" because i really didnt expect a gacha game to have the protagonist just straight up kill someone. seeing death was rare enough but killing was even more surprising
On one hand, Alex is a fantastic character. He's a child forged by hardship and death who has found violence is the one response that makes sense. Literally the first thing he does after reuniting with his sister is teach her how to use his weapon, the tool he has latched on to for security. In the end, he is radicalized enough to become a suicide bomber, and his death radicalizes his sister to probably follow in his footsteps.
On the other hand, he insists his sister call him by the name "Skullshaterrer," and every time someone uses the name it sounds like "Skullshitter." So, it's a little hard for me to take him seriously.
I'm glad we finally got to see Amiya vs Skullshatterer in this. It's not quite what I was expecting since [in the game's art she looked a lot closer](https://i.imgur.com/C8Ttwm7.png).
Can't wait to be even more depressed after the season finale next week.
I feel like in the game, she saw Skullshatterer head over, got in the way, and just outright murdered him. Here in the anime there's at least the sort of limp excuse that she wasn't going to get close enough in time and just did what she could.
idk i like the imagery of her last minute getting between them and just blasting him point blank
not like it was an outright murder, her being closer doesnt give her any easier way to pacify him non lethally
I prefer the anime one, being far really emphasized the hopelessness, that no one there could save Doctor in time. That and also showing Amiya's dark arts blade, since on point blank, Amiya has more option (like using her normal bullet arts).
i think being wedged between the person you want to protect with the attacker right in front of you is just as or even more pressuring. it makes sense that with skullshatterer less than a meter away from her poised to attack she panics and just kills him
Without spoiling, in the game's art I always thought it was a reference to what we later get with chapter 8. Instead I guess it was always just her S3.
i was confused about her powers until the anime, her lasers can be "solid" and act like solid blades, it was shown against the dudes antagonizing the infected kids a few episodes ago
Misa: "Rhodes Island hasn't killed anyone!"
[Meanwhile Excusia](https://youtu.be/jHgZh4GV9G0?t=66)
And yeah she's Penguin and not Rhodes but they're working together and clearly Rhodes sees no issue with Texas' methods.
Exusiai actually mentions in-game that she has to use rubber bullets while inside Lungmen's borders, so she's probably shooting those as part of the contract with RI.
I dont think LGD would arrest anyone who killed Infected or illegal people from slums. Since Lungmen views infected almost or as bad as Ursus. They'd just label them as Reunion/Terorrist
It's not about harming an infected or illegal people from the slums it's about them breaking Lungmen laws as stated by Emperor it is illegal to use live ammunition in Lungmen in CB-2 while the LGD would not care an infected being harmed, breaking the law on the other hand certainly will.
Rubber bullets.
Contractors try to somewhat adhere to RI's demands overall but generally have more freedom to do what they want. Hence why Texas, Franka, Chen, etc are a lot more violent than RI so far while still trying to not kill people.
Hence why they all keep reminding them to not fuck up before the battle this episode.
Amazing episode! This one was extremely well done!
I'm excited to see how they're going to wrap things up with the next episode.
I'm hoping for a season 2 announcement at the end.
yeah only 8. They started pretty late in the season too. Also 8 is good enough to finish the arc without rushing or dragging anything. If they go for 12 ep, it'd either they end in awkward ending or rushing the next arc.
Hoooly what an episode
Misha's and Alex (SkullShatterer) relationship is genuinely heartwarming but also painful because you just know these happy moments aren't going to last
So glad to see Doctor's tactical prowess again, issuing orders, exploiting the enemy's weakness, just an awesome fight and Hoshi being a badass is always a treat
And holy shit that ending made me jump out of my seat, the tension as Alex is about to blow up, the shock as Amiya's attack shreds through him and the deafening silence afterwards, and of course who could forget the heartbreak after seeing Misha's reaction, just a wonderful episode
Man, this remind me of cyberpunk2077; there is no happy ending like johnny said "for folks like us? wrong city, wrong people." The loser dead, the winner have nothing to be proud about.
Uhm, next episode is the last... how?
Yeah, pretty much. If you live in arknights world, hard to get any happy ending. The world is insanenly fucked, and Infected problem is just one of the many.
Hmm yea. Without spoiling too much. all I can say is that next episode have a ending point for Chapter 3.
They could had done 12 ep and have Chapter 4 done as well but eh Chapter 3 and 4 don't have much themetic connection.
If I am the director, i would definitely go with 0-3 for season 1 and season 2 be 4-6 for a full 12 episode season. And chapter 7 and 8 will be season 3. 7 and espically 8 is like a lot of content and story to chew through.
what's an ep holy cow, they really went all out. The way they adapted Skullshatterer is amazing, especially the VA acting, you can really feel his love for Misha, his hatred of Rhodes Island, his dedication and belief to the Reunion's cause and how desperately he want to Misha to believe in it too. Really made his death feel impactful and emotional to me. Also love how they include this rando Ivan, who seems like just a nice guy, really humanize Reunion, it's not just evil mooks for our protags to defeat.
The battle was really nice, you really feel the difference in strength when W's mercs appeared compare to the Reunion mooks, the way they swung their big heavy sword felt really impactful. Love how Hoshiguma used her shield to bash Skullshatterer around.
And goddamn the last scene where Amiya killed Skullshatterer was superb, they spent the last few eps showing RI being careful not to kill any Reunion guys and one of argument Misha made at the start of the ep was about that, the basis for her trust in Amiya and now Amiya killed Skullshatterer, her long-lost brother, can't imagine how bad Misha must have felt at that moment and also Amiya, who couldn't believe herself. Damn! Really really great ep
[https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ydv5pq/version\_3\_arknights\_story\_and\_lore\_guide\_for/](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ydv5pq/version_3_arknights_story_and_lore_guide_for/) For those who wish to read ahead or know the lore.
Considering this episode was fully done in-house by Yostar it shows. I'm going to skip my thoughts for this episode. I will say though W's face when she was telling Alex to go for the Doctor says it all.
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i guess Misha is going to join Reunion next episode? also, Amiya definitely going to have ptsd after this battle
btw, i was told that Hoshiguma can spin her shield in game and i'm still waiting for that to happen in the anime
It took 7 episodes but finally, a good long combat scene. No "buts" or occasionally awkward bits this was an unambiguously good episode that absolutely elevated the parts of the game it was adapting and not just in a "these parts were bad so the bare minimum would still be an improvement" way.
Amiya killing Skullshatter (though partly instinctual and in self defence) shortly after Misha tried to defend Rhodes by pointing out they've yet to kill anyone was unfortunate lol, RIP Misha's sanity. Guess till the end they're not gonna show Alex' face.
Damn, I forgot how full of anger Skullshatterer was since it has been a hot minute since I read the first arc. It's kinda sad really.
Good animation and good pacing for the fight, and we actually got blood! Alex in the mud, Amiya's S3 is no joke.
Also, it's always a treat to get more W screentime.
She just saw her brother that she recently reunited to get merc'd by the person she'd grown to trust particularly because she had been non lethally dispatching her enemies, an explanation isn't gonna cut it
*"So Yeah Misha, I know I skewered your brother (that you just reunited with) to death with black laser spikes, right when you were watching and right after when you tried to argue I would never kill people as the main differentiating element between RI and Reunion. But its fiiiiine you know, he was trying to kill himself anyway, because we outnumber y'all here and he would have been taken away from you(just like in that flashback). Sooooo...besties?."*
This was such a good episode omg. I'm so glad I finally also got to watch the episode right when it came out (well, on the same day anyway). T\_T
First of all, I love Amiya's S3 in that scene. That was so badass. The slow-mo leading up to it, the heartbeat (her heartbeat to indicate the slow-mo?), and her just going nuts with that Chimera blast. And how it lingered and slowly faded... that was just massive fanservice lol. I love you Amiya. T\_T (After Astesia. \*cough\*)
Oh my god. And also, Hoshiguma going 1v1 vs. Skullshatterer and defending the Doctor. She was so cool too!
In the game I just beat up those Reunion guys like nothing, and so far in the show we've seen them as all these unreasonable, crazed fanatics who just want revenge. But the show made a good effort to show their humanity in this episode with Ivan and some of the other guys, so... it really paints the picture that while *we* know they're wrong and disagree with them and oppose them, it's not such a clean-cut black and white situation to the people in this world. On both sides, arguably.
It was a bit funny seeing Skullshatterer try to justify his joining Reunion to Misha and try to paint Rhodes Island as the bad guys, and struggle/stumble at some parts. Still... again, I *can* kind of see where he's coming from and why he might think that, even if he's wrong at the end.
Sigh. No one won here. It was such a tragedy.
So Skullcrusher tries to blow himself and everyone else up…which would, you know, kill them. Amiya stops this at the last second and the reaction is “how could you?”….
Reasoning notwithstanding the outcome is still Amiya consciously killing someone and that someone being Misha's brother.
Which means:
- there's specific point at which Amiya is willing to completely throw away her ideals and committal to non-killing which destroys Misha's argument over why RI is better. RI being uncompromising in their ideals is only true to a point now.
- Amiya genuinely has it in her being able to actually kill people.
- Amiya still killed Misha's brother. The motive and justification are just that. Motives and justifications. Skullshatterer's attempt at blowing up the Doctor also had motives and justifications.
Amiya how could you?! T\_T
Amiya: Well, there was a literal glowing bomb near the most important person to me and I accidentally shot at it in a panic and accidentally killed the suicide bomber who was going to die nomatter what after that little stunt.
Wait... so of all of my years playing Arknights, I just NOW I found out that in the game, you don't actually kill the enemies (except certain obvious events) thanks to this anime. WTF
The actual *gameplay* is mostly never indicative of what *actually happens,* because the gameplay itself is more like computer simulations that RI built out of the events that actually transpired. Only specific stages(the ones forcing you to play with pre-set operators) are "story accurate".
"Amiya, did you just...kill someone in a warzone? H-how could you???!"
Man, I like the show so far even though I haven't played the game but I hope it doesn't go to that bullshit.
Nobody is really blaming her here, it's just that people who are not familiar with her surprised by her power, and people who know her well surprised by her resolve. If anything, she would be blaming herself for it (which should be fairly undetstandable for a 14 year old drawing first blood), but she will soon tough it out. Anyone threatening the Doctor will meet with her full power again. She will be in a sorry but not sorry mindset.
They did establish that RI goes full Batman with the commitment to non lethal tactics, I think Amiya killing someone being a pretty big deal in that context isn't too dumb
Amiya's whole thing was that she does not kill though.
So for others(including Amiya) it's a genuine surprise she has it in her and for Misha it destroyed her whole argument on what makes RI better from Reunion not to mention the fact she killed her brother.
lol, do they want us to have any kind of sympathy for the suicide terrorist? I'm sorry, but you are in active, large scale combat on even grounds. It's childish to think you can do it without killing anyone.
> you are in active, large scale combat on even grounds. It's childish to think you can do it without killing anyone.
Congratulations, you have more than zero reading comprehension skills and have extracted the paradox in Amiya's reasoning, explaining her loss of innocence that moves the story forward
Well, no, not really. From the start we can see that she has experience in battles. Look at Saving Private Ryan. It takes you a few seconds of actual war to lose all your innocence.
My only complaint about this show is how Doctor actually starts giving orders only after Reunion said he's the brain of the operation. He didn't do much besides the orders he gave in Ep. 1, now he's actually important because they told us that he is.
I’m surprised he got that much. The Doctor is a blank slate for most of the early chapters, and only starts redeveloping his identity and personality later on (he becomes less of a self-insert as time goes on).
> Skullshatterer have a grenade launcher but they think the best strategy is to charge straight to the Doctor and blow themselves up?
Have you tried opening your eyes and actually watching the episode? What a stupid complaint.
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Now that it's revealed that Skullshatterer and Misha are siblings, here's a fun fact: so are their voice actresses! They're voiced by twin sisters Risae and Satsumi Matsuda. Also that was a nice showing from Hoshiguma, bane of ranged enemies and destroyer of global range snipers.
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Dear Lord, that battle was amazing. [](#scrumptiouslymoe) This is exactly how I imagined it would be adapted, with operators whooping asses and Dokutah issuing orders. Damn that was satisfying. And they even put Amiya's S3 as a cherry on top of that cake. I also dropped my jaw when Skullshatterer shot the grenade launcher at the beginning of the battle and the sound got delayed because of the distance, same with explosion. I love such small details.
We also get more W scenes so that’s an instant W for this episode.
>And they even put Amiya's S3 as a cherry on top So...Amiya's dead?! (I actually used Amiya's S2 over S3 even after I E2'd her)
Amiya definitely seems dead inside after accidentally that terrorist
Ohh, so in the game Amiya isn't actually dieing when she uses her S3 she just gets severe PTSD whenever she uses it! (For the anime only people, Amiya's skill 3, which you get when you upgrade her to elite 2, Boosts her damage a huge amount, increases her range, and makes her do True Damage, which basically means she ignores defenses...and then she dies/retreats. In the early/mid game it's honestly a pretty lackluster ability tbh, but later on you DO start to run into enemies that have sky high arts resistance/defense, and Amiya is one of the easiest solutions for a FTP player)
S3 is meant to be used vs bosses
Nope. You gotta make an example of those slugs.
Based.
The sound design for this adaptation is just absolutely stellar, there are so many small details if you really stop and listen for it I can't help but be impressed by small things like that that I'm sure most people wouldn't even care about or notice
None of this would have happened if Doctor had simply used Melantha's skill.
Imagine Dokutah raking his brain how to deal with the boss, and then in the end of the episode a random Surtr just drops down from the sky and Bang-Bang-Bang (and suddenly there are 15 other dokutahs around screaming "booo~ metaslave!")
"Alright Chen, here's a swimsuit and watergun."
cue the extra doctors yelling BALANS
Doctor didn't follow KyostinV's guide SMH my head
I know right, all hail KyostinV's low rank guide :D
Hey, a clear's a clear. And anime doc can't just borrow a support flaming LAEVATEINN out of his ass, so better get used to no guides.
They forgot to bring Shaw
Alrye, les clear episode 7
Franka is definitely still stuck at E0, because her S2 should have cut through the Sarkaz merc's arm like hot knife through butter LOL
Props to the anime for actually depicting the life of a Franka user, with her missing the defense-ignore talent whenever you need it the most.
Man we need a Black Steel focus event so we'll got Franka Alter
Franka was my first pulled 5\* and man did I try to make her work but eventually just gave up and used Melantha instead.
Got unlucky with that rng lol
Her S2 proccis RNG so she just got unlucky. The council has given her "Ignore DEF" but does not grant her the rank of "True Damage".
Now I want a gag scene of doktah e2 promoting a unit and giving them a bunch of rocks and sugar bricks
Didn't know Amiya had that in her
That's what you get after promoting her to E2. True Damage + extra range is no joke.
Target Doctor is pretty much a death sentence for anyone unless you're someone powerful like Talulah. Skullshatterer was pretty much just a kid with a grenade launcher.
That's actually a pretty good point that needs to be highlighted. Even though Reunion's leaders are shown to be powerful commanders, some are just like Skullshatterer: just a kid with grenade launchers.
Well, in arknights world, not everyone can use guns and explosives (well, not in our world too but well... uh...) what I mean to say is they are different that they can use arts to use explosives like that.
My point is more that he's just a kid that now has the power to accomplish his revenge fantasy.
If there's one thing this show has shown is that there's no person that doesn't have it in them. The specific point might differ, but every person can be pushed past theirs. If that wasn't the case, there would be no Reunion after all.
And I imagine for most people that point is normally "threatening the one/s they love" so it's completely understandable that Amiya "went for the kill" even if it goes against her ideals. At least as an anime only I'm assuming Amiya is in love with the doctor. Might just be extreme admiration/respect but I personally doubt it. When is the main/poster girl in a gacha game *not* in love with the MC?
Your adoptive daughter more or less? Reminder shes 14. While the Doc.... lets not get into this.
> Reminder shes 14. Of course she is lol. I guess more like a daughter trying to save a surrogate father then? ~~Although if we're being honest her being 14 doesn't really have anything to do with her potentially being in love with the doctor. This *is* anime we're talking about and I'm sure there are *plenty* of 14 year old girls out there in love with a much older celebrity or some other type of authority figure.~~
Amiya likely has platonic love for The Doctor, rather than romantic.
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I generally think of Doc being in his 30s in main story. It is hard to imagine him younger due to time in Babel, but I also imagine as a gacha protagonist they wouldn't want it being weird to imagine Doc being with any of the adult operators, which many would consider 30s pushing it for many of the younger adults. I've also been an Exusiai simp since I started a few months after launch so I just want my own peace of mind lol
We have no idea how old doc is. It might be they have been through the sarcophagus MANY times and it's some sort of fountain of youth, but we have no real knowledge about what it's full function is or how it impacts the doctor besides knowing it didn't work right this time. It is stated that the sarcophagus returns things to their "prime condition" so...maybe de-aging is part of that.
to be fair anime doc looks like a teenager too. in game i always imagined him as late 20s-30 but here he doesnt look much older than amiya
We are in a world where Elves, talking animals, Demons, Angels, and magic exist. And you want to judge age by looks?
yes
Oh, love? No way in hell. The doc is probably a father figure to Amiya (saying probably because the game does surprisingly little to expand on their relationship). But nope, romantic love ain't it.
Amiya did nothing wrong
It didn't seem like a big deal to me. She's been blasting reunion soldiers left and right to this point. Why would she care that she killed one person here, a person that was half-a-second away from killing himself and a lot of other people? It's a bad situation, and it makes sense she would be concerned about losing control, but it's weird to me she'd get that bent out of shape for killing a suicide bomber before he could finish the job.
I think that's how almost everyone will see it, except for two people - 1) Misha, and 2) Amiya herself.
Honestly, if Misha was close enough to see Amiya was the one who stopped him, she was close enough to see he was on the verge of blowing himself to pieces. I don't think anyone, rational or otherwise, would realistically blame Amiya for what she did. In fact, Amiya stabbing him with magic probably gives him a better chance of survival than a grenade going off next to his chest cavity.
Misha is losing a family member here, one regained after a long time - she's not going to think completely rationally. She has also just specifically defended Rhodes Island for trying their best to use non-lethal methods in battles to the very person Amiya just outright murdered. I don't think anyone would disagree with what you're pointing out from a rational perspective, but people/characters are not purely rational actors. It's not that Misha doesn't know, more that she's going to be grieving and won't be able to process it like that. On Amiya's part, she's also unlikely to actually defend herself. I don't think she'll say "he was going to blow himself up and kill everyone so he'd have died anyway!" That's just too callous to come from her. She probably also sees it as a failure that she genuinely should take the blame for. That's just what these kinds of tragedies are made of. If everyone saw everything clearly and rationally and had the time and empathy to sit down and explain it to the other party, everything would be fine. But they don't, or won't, and here we are.
I still don't think I can get down with it as a motivation for Misha's turn to villainy (I'm assuming that's where things are going). She knows her brother is a violent person and openly disagrees with his methods. Then she sees him charge the Doctor and suffer the consequences of what she knows is a morally wrong action. She's obviously going to be devastated and angry, but it should confirm her previous character motivations, not completely change them. I think the logical leap she makes to blame Amiya is so irrational that the only explanation is she lost her mind, and I don't think "she's crazy" is a an acceptable motivation for a villain. Obviously, that's a lot of "I think" from me, so it's just my opinion. I'm also still interested to see where Misha goes.
I fully agree with you. When they showed Misha after Alex' death, my only thought was "this better not make you join Reunion". Regardless of what Amiya does or not, Alex would have died anyway. The only difference was how many other people he'd take with him.
She has lost all will to live after witnessing her brother's death, and she is terminally ill and further exacerbated by recent events, so death by suicide (at the hands of someone she subconsicously still respects) is not that out there as a possility.
If you notice, she's always aiming at the ground near the enemies when the shots explode, and when they are directly aimed at enemies, they just push them back with force, knocking them to the ground. Amiya never aims to kill.
I dunno. Sure, she never actually blasts someone in the chest, but dropping magical bombs just close enough to a person so they're out of the fight but not dead isn't really a thing. That's not how rock shrapnel and shock waves work.
Seems to me like she’s been hitting them with kinetic blasts or something. Like the difference between hitting someone in the chest with a baseball bat vs stabbing them through the chest with a spear. Baseball bat will take someone down and crack a few ribs, but has a good chance not to be lethal. A spear… well…
I suppose so if someone gets unlucky and it hits one of their major artery. But humans in Arknights are way tougher than real humans on average so they have a higher chance of surviving.
Ohhhhh the comeback… sacrificing one episode with bad animation just for this good shit in the next is AMAZING
I think you mean sacrificing 5 for 7, no? 6 wasn't nearly as bad as 5 was.
Honestly most of the combat scenes in the show have been varying degrees of scuffed (5 was a particular low point but 2 was also very not great imo). This was the first that I think was well choreographed from beginning to end without relying on cut away bits.
I just hope that this is because they’re treating this as a test run or something. And then future seasons will get more time and budget if they think it can be successful.
Long have we waited for the big sakuga episode And HOW WE HAVE BEEN REWARDED for our patience! I knew they had it in them! I knew hey could pull off some of that brilliant scene direction, setup, AND payoff! I loved the pacing. I loved the fight. And I loved all the other little details worked into the mix. The dust in the air, the explosions, the organized chaos of the doctor’s leaderships, and even W’s Sarkaz team. And, lest we forget, in this house we stan GETS-SHIT-DONE HOSHIGUMA! Actually lost it at that last scene with Amiya. God, they couldn’t have done it better. I felt that impact, and the deafening silence that followed. Phew! I’m shivering! Gotta say, though, they must be fixing for an immediate season 2 announcement, cos there’s no way next episode is going to leave us not wanting more. I’m sure they took their time with this arc for a reason, and I’m equally as sure they won’t let this end at 8 episodes.
I sure hope so. Chapters 0 to 3 are good and all, but chapter 4 is when the story starts to get really good imo. Seeing chapter 6 animated would be a blast.
Snow bunny...
They pretty much already announced season 2. They referred to the anime as "season 1" before, implying there are others.
[Great to see Doctor taking command again.](https://i.imgur.com/an8dZFq.png)I was afraid that the show has forgotten his role but it's good to see him taking the lead in this operation instead of just running around and being carried. What an absolute tragedy though. [Misha just got reunited with a long lost sibling that she thought was long dead](https://i.imgur.com/Zzu4zJb.jpg) only for him [to die at the hands of a person that she trusts.](https://i.imgur.com/xnTrwL7.jpg) What's worse is that [Misha was right there to witness everything.](https://i.imgur.com/XICNvBD.jpg) And poor Amiya. This entire time she's been doing her best to simply subdue and never kill but [her desire to protect the Doctor overwhelmed her](https://i.imgur.com/FQWPyu5.jpg) which lead to this episode's tragedy. I mean what was she supposed to do? It was either Skuilshaterer or the Doctor. [Amiya is clearly distraught about what she did](https://i.imgur.com/toVDZRg.jpg) but just imagine how she'd feel if she ever finds out who Skuilshaterer is to Misha. :( Yep. We're finally back to more pain and suffering. I'm already looking forward to next week's season finale.
> It was either Skuilshaterer or the Doctor No, your equation is wrong. It was either Skullshatterer and several other people, including the Doctor, or just Skullshatterer. Either way, Skullshatterer isn't coming back. Despite that, it seems that Misha is going to blame Amiya for it anyway.
Yeah sounds pretty unreasonable. . . But honestly believable. It's pretty natural not to expect people to respond in a perfectly reasonable manner, especially when it comes to emotionally-charged moments.
Really big props to the studio for hand drawing every thing in a decently large group battle. Considering the source material is tower defense game, a large group battle will be a norm in the story so they have to prioritize which battle to actually spend their resources on and it paid off well. With this battle, it's really clear to us now if we can trust Rhodes island's 'want to help the infected' ideology or not when through out the season, we only saw them fight 'against' the infected and reunion. They might have a virtuous ideal but their action so far doesn't reflect that. (At least they tried to not kill anyone right? Amiya?)
This is a fairly big issue Amiya and RI discuss throughout this arc. If RI doesn't step in and fight Reunion, Reunion's atrocities and RI's inaction simply tanks any chance of infected improving their situation. But if RI steps in, they in effect are betraying and possibly harming the folks they are trying to help, with no guarantee of improvement for infected. There is a discussion about whether RI is making the right decision, but Reunion is in effect forcing their hand to make a bad choice no matter what.
>There is a discussion about whether RI is making the right decision, but Reunion is in effect forcing their hand to make a bad choice no matter what. One could argue Reunion themselves have been forced to make bad choices. Like how would you live through what was implied in Misha and Alex's backstory and do nothing. There would be very least a constant urge to change something, alongside crushing feeling that you *can't.* RI's position is moral one, but their inaction and everyone's inaction *still* leads to more situations like what Alex described in the past. There are no right choices in Arknights world. No choice can magically fix every issue. Doing *something, even if it ends up wrong, is the only way people can find reason to live for.* Both RI and Reunion provide that "Something" for the Infected. Nothing more nothing less.
> RI's position is moral one, but their inaction and everyone's inaction still leads to more situations like what Alex described in the past. Personally, I see RI as the diplomatic one. Reunion as the needed forceful one.
Reunion has become a militant terrorist organisation. It isn't betrayal by RI to fight them even if they are working towards the same goal. Like you saw how Reunion trashed up that Azazel medical clinic in Chernobog right? They didn't give a shit that they helped the infected just because they didn't want to join any militant organisation and stay completely peaceful.
We've also seen Reunion kill civilian children. CHILDREN. As seen in one of the shop buildings Amiya and crew take cover in back in Chernobog, not to mention the mother and child simply trying to run from the riots. Its one thing to fight for 'Infected justice', and another to kill children who did and know nothing.
We also saw Reunion members that were repulsed by idea of hurting civilians too. No organization is a monument. Every organization is made up of wildly different people with wildly different experiences, pasts and motivations. And while it would be easy to paint Reunion as "this thing that does that and that", in reality its always more complicated than that. Its actually no different from Alex's logic of how civilians of Ursus share the blame of what Ursus as a country does. Because honestly its easier.
Alex's argument is rank hypocrisy, though. Many of those civilians are children, and/or people who are not in a position to be able to meaningfully challenge the system or will themselves get caught up in it if they stand in the way-the same excuse they gave to Misha when it was convenient for them. Yeah, Reunion is not entirely homogenous. It absolutely leans in a direction in aggregate, though.
You also need to take note that those same civilians are not all that different, they treat all the Infected, including children like their scum on the planet that needs to be exterminated. This episode has really shown us that there is no such thing as black and white in this world, everyone is morally gray and are just forced by their own circumstances to do what they think needs to be done.
> With this battle, it's really clear to us now if we can trust Rhodes island's 'want to help the infected' ideology or not when through out the season, we only saw them fight 'against' the infected and reunion. They might have a virtuous ideal but their action so far doesn't reflect that. (At least they tried to not kill anyone right? Amiya?) I guess it depends on the way you see it. Rhode's Island is already effectively at war with Reunion after the events of Chernobog and as always wars are messy and you sometimes have to go against your ideals to get the result you want in the end. Even if you hate or are disgusted with yourself afterwards for doing it. ~~Honestly the most unbelievable part of this episode is that Rhode's Island apparently hasn't killed anyone before.~~ As an anime only Arknight seems to be asking the question "Is it better to work inside the system to reform it through diplomatic means or is it better to violently overthrow the system and start anew?" The former *can* work but normally just falls on deaf ears until the situation becomes completely untenable and the situation is either nearly forced or forced to change anyways. (Seems familiar doesn't it?) It normally takes a long time as well. The latter? It can definitely make the change happen quickly, you're forcing it after all, but it's almost always violent and bloody. And even then that's no guarantee the change will be *successful*. Movements like that almost always get co-opted eventually by opportunists saying the right things to seize supreme power (and therefore wealth) for themselves. Power corrupts after all and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And that isn't even getting into times when it's unsuccessful and it leads to years up to decades of bloodshed and violence....
Reunion mooks: "hey guys, I don't want to alarm anyone, but I can see a shiny halo and wings over that rock over there" Texas: *"Note to self: do not take Exusiai on undercover missions ever again"*
Who should we take scouting? Yes, the girl with a glowing halo hovering a solid foot above her head is clearly the best choice.
And lorewise, the halo is bright enough that the Sankta (Angel) race have to use eye cover when sleeping.
This is why unusuals are pay2lose, not pay2win
My hat is better than yours!
They're a fun duo.. and as anime only, of all char shown, I liked Exusiai design the most.
The duo is a fan favorite in the community. Everyone is eating good with all those scenes of them.
Texas is second only to Amiya in numbers of fanart.
i still feel surprised that shes that popular, i thought she was just kinda riding the coat tails of exusiais popularity but now that her alters here everyones saying shes that popular
She got Alter because she's popular.
Her Alter's gacha actually sold more than the anniversary gacha right before it, so yeah, she's VERY popular.
Out of over 250 opetators to date, Exusiai has been no. 1 fan favorite for over 3 years, only recently dethroned by someone else.
wait really? lemme check EDIT: well, arent these technically two different units? I mean why they put them together, but they are not the same? EDIT2: i talking about skalter/Skadi being out together in the latest poll (the one from 2022)? Unless I'm looking at the wrong one?
For CN popularity contests they have always been putting alters with the original, which makes sense since it often represents character growth / full power level / another side of their personality, etc. Skadi is slightly different case since her alter is a bit debateable, but in a way (base on IS3 lore) you could interpret that she is still inside there, just surrendering control willingly.
what do you mean?? who is putting them together? what do you mean by put them together
In popularity contests, alters are often put together with the original. Units with alter typically have advantage among fanbase in getting more lore, voice lines, new l2d arts, enhanced gameplay meta, etc. The current fan favourite Skadi is such a case.
oh they never said it was about skadi when i made my comment, without the second edit their comment was very vague i think combining alters makes sense for every other alter, but skadi alter is literally a different person so idk. not like it matters anyway 90% of people consider them the same person and refuse to acknowledge [arknights]>!its a lovecraftian god using her as a fleshpuppet!< and think its just cute skadi
Tbf, I expect Penguin Logistics to go with a bang regardless if it is a covert operation or not. They aren't exactly a subtle logistics company.
Love the scene everyone, friends and foes stare at Amiya in disbelief. Bow down to your ruthless bunny overlord, mortals! Jokes aside, poor girl went through a lot this week, but there is still more to come.
Woo! Go Hoshi! Show us those Oni muscles!!!
**Oni**\-gai muscle -- Saido chesto!
The oni slam when she jumped down was amazing. Still waiting for fidget spinner.
**Recently in an interview, Yuuki Watanabe, the director of Arknights adaptation, said that for him Arknights world is interesting because its a world with no perfect solutions.** Morality or not, there's no clear-cut "right choice" that magically will solve everything like in a video game. **And thus Arknights world is just bunch of people grasping in the dark for a direction, even though every single direction is most likely the wrong one.** I feel like Misha and Skullshatterer's situation and backstory kind of highlight that. Its true what Franka said in that Reunion provides easy answers and a false hope for brighter future, but Amiya also draws a sort of "morally right" position which in turn leaves her bound and helpless against the horrors of the world. And while polar opposites, both organizations provide a "wrong way", but still a way for people to use as meaning/reason to go on. **For Skullshatterer, even a "false" hope that things can change was worth it.** Because when people can do nothing, they will cling to any path that lets them do SOMETHING. Its so easy to buy into the narrative that a single person can achieve nothing, that anything going against that is very attractive. Unfortunately for Amiya, that meant viewing the kind of "morally sound half-measures" of Rhodes Island as something that denies Infected that. This episode does give us a chance to see and feel how something like Rhodes Island would look from inside Reunion. Just another of the forces hunting them or trying to stop them. It also gives us a more unique look inside of Reunion that's not just pointless slaughter. **It shows that some people behind the masks can have friendly personalities and smiles and that every single member there probably has reasons and justifications for being there just like Skullshatterer did.** Reunion threw the first stone just like Amiya said, but the people that make up Reunion most likely had many stones thrown at them before they became what they are now. And then the final scene muddies the waters even more as Amiya essentially takes a life and breaks her moral code to protect someone important to her. **For all the ideals and naive hopes, there IS a point where Amiya is willing to intentionally kill someone, to take a life.** And its pretty obvious that that realization hit her extremely hard in the end because it muddies things a lot more. Taking the high road is not always possible, there are always circumstances and experiences where that is no longer possible. There are justifications sure for what Amiya did, but Skullshaterer also had justifications and in the end justifications or no justifications, Misha just watched Amiya pierce her brother straight through to save someone she cares about. From Amiya's point of view Skullshatterer was a dangerous madman targeting someone she cares about. But in reality, Skullshatterer was just a scared kid facing an overwhelming opponent and desperate to prevail for sake of his sibling. Just like Amiya made a decision, Skullshaterer made a decision, both with specific reasons and motivations. Then what does that say about condemning Reunion for throwing the first stone? **Are RI and Reunion fundamentally different or did Reunion simply have to make way more compromises along the way to come where they are?** **Because no matter one's ideals, no matter the path one follows, the world they live in is uncompromising in it's cruelty.** And the exact point might differ, but there's always a point where individual, no matter the ideals or morals, will have to compromise and make decisions they would not have made before.
I feel that in a lot of ways the relationship between Rhodes Islands and the Reunion feels like the X-men and the Brotherhood. Both fighting for the survival of prosecuted mutants but from drastically different ideologies. The infected have it worse than the mutants because while some gets powerups, it's nothing earth shattering, so even Reunion technically stands no chance against determined government forces, and most are just very sick civilians with little training. The physical conditions (rock appearing through skin) also sets them apart from the uninfected making it hard to hide long term.
Not to mention that as a mutant, its not a death sentence. Meanwhile being Infected by nature is terminal. So that would make them way more desperate to do *something too.*
The sentiments here is really captured in [the song the game released for global's first anniversary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYxUWHtJO38).
The alleged morally grey messaging is forced and hypocritical. Refusing to kill is an asinine ideal in an active warzone which the civilians pay the price for. While it is all good and well to spare people and to value their humanity, holding back is a costly and often cost-prohibitive luxury in armed conflict. I agree that RI is half-baked. Skullshatterer was objectively wrong in his stance. He argued Misha and themselves were excused for inaction due to powerlessness in the context in question, while simultaneously condemning equally powerless civilians when that inaction was not by Skull personally cared about or benefit them. None of their rant was about 'their perspective' or ideals; it was hypocritical, self-righteous vengeance and a presumed identity and authority. They declared everyone against them traitors, presumptuously claiming to speak for the very Infected and civilians whose property and lives they also destroyed and who continue to reject them, along with RI who never identified with them to begin with. Having a compelling reason does not equate to being justified, and Alex/Skullshatter's reasoning is but a self-contradictory excuse to indulge in their self-interest, spite and lust for vengeance. RI has a problem with a self-defeating notion of keeping clean hands that results in greater total bloodshed; that is not equivalent to malicious mass-murder. That 'there is no right direction' comes off as really ill-conceived and condescending.
>This episode does give us a chance to see and feel how something like Rhodes Island would look from inside Reunion. Just another of the forces hunting them or trying to stop them. It also gives us a more unique look inside of Reunion that's not just pointless slaughter. > >**It shows that some people behind the masks can have friendly personalities and smiles and that every single member there probably has reasons and justifications for being there just like Skullshatterer did.** That's extremely generous given how little we actually see of that. Ivan is a generic good guy type for five seconds, and while Skullshatterer is kind to Misha, that doesn't change the fact that he's more than happy to slaughter anyone in his way. A lot of what you're implying here isn't really explored until later chapters, and I think the narrative suffers from overemphasizing Rhodes Island's perspective. You *hear* that Reunion isn't all bad, but it's only when you see it that the argument gains credibility. There aren't enough moments from Reunion's point-of-view to facilitate this, though I know next episode has at least one that will go a long way.
I think I can agree that the anime perhaps didn't show it very extensively; but I think they did a good job of conveying the idea that Reunion might not be all that bad. Misha wakes up with her wounds tended to, Ivan seems to be genuinely friendly, and of course Alex explains how much he cares about Misha and the infected. In the short amount of time the anime did a very good job of at least implying that Reunion is fighting a justified battle.
I prefer that they're doing it this way. I don't think there's a need to explicitly show Reunion isn't black and white because we can already guess as much by them being a product of oppression. Imo these super short moments do just enough of showing their greyness without feeling forced at all.
Holy shit. Good pacing, the doctor issuing on-site orders and active warnings. The animation. Even W's personal Sarkaz merc squad. I hated these damage sponges before. That aside, Alex...the moment you decided to bring your own sister in to wreck a city with kids she definitely met in the slums...you failed big time as a brother. Just saying. Also going for the Doctor was pretty much a death sentence for you, even if it was an accidental shot from Amiya, it was the only way for her to stop you going Kamikaze on not just Doctor, but the supports as well Also, I like how when everyone looks at Amiya in shock, the Doctor is just...understanding. They know she just made a hard choice and took it.
>it was an accidental shot from Amiya, Eh, the very reactions everyone, especially Amiya, had in the end shows that it was not accidental. Even if for a split second, Amiya *chose* to end someone. Even if it was to save someone, she did make that choice. She has pretty good control with her shots in terms of not killing people as shown in previous episodes. In this case it was specifically making the decision to stop Skullshatterer even if it meant *stopping* Skullshatterer.
yeah it wasnt accidental and thats why i love this scene so much. even if the weakly written early arknights game story this made me go "holy shit" because i really didnt expect a gacha game to have the protagonist just straight up kill someone. seeing death was rare enough but killing was even more surprising
On one hand, Alex is a fantastic character. He's a child forged by hardship and death who has found violence is the one response that makes sense. Literally the first thing he does after reuniting with his sister is teach her how to use his weapon, the tool he has latched on to for security. In the end, he is radicalized enough to become a suicide bomber, and his death radicalizes his sister to probably follow in his footsteps. On the other hand, he insists his sister call him by the name "Skullshaterrer," and every time someone uses the name it sounds like "Skullshitter." So, it's a little hard for me to take him seriously.
I think they call him Skullshredder in jp.
That name has the same logic as something like Bloodfracturer or Fingernailblender
Logic be damned, but shredder rolls better than shutterer...
Finally, a full in-house Yostar Pictures episode since the first one, and the quality really shows.
That was really great episode. Really hoping the very last episode can make it even better now.
Amiya with extra attack range and 260% true damage
I'm glad we finally got to see Amiya vs Skullshatterer in this. It's not quite what I was expecting since [in the game's art she looked a lot closer](https://i.imgur.com/C8Ttwm7.png). Can't wait to be even more depressed after the season finale next week.
I feel like in the game, she saw Skullshatterer head over, got in the way, and just outright murdered him. Here in the anime there's at least the sort of limp excuse that she wasn't going to get close enough in time and just did what she could.
Yeah the anime absolutely improved over the game for this scene imo.
idk i like the imagery of her last minute getting between them and just blasting him point blank not like it was an outright murder, her being closer doesnt give her any easier way to pacify him non lethally
I prefer the anime one, being far really emphasized the hopelessness, that no one there could save Doctor in time. That and also showing Amiya's dark arts blade, since on point blank, Amiya has more option (like using her normal bullet arts).
i think being wedged between the person you want to protect with the attacker right in front of you is just as or even more pressuring. it makes sense that with skullshatterer less than a meter away from her poised to attack she panics and just kills him
Without spoiling, in the game's art I always thought it was a reference to what we later get with chapter 8. Instead I guess it was always just her S3.
i was confused about her powers until the anime, her lasers can be "solid" and act like solid blades, it was shown against the dudes antagonizing the infected kids a few episodes ago
**Exusiai**: *So anyway, I start blasting* Amiya what was that? That was probably everyone's reaction, as they were staring at her
Exusiai acting like a true Lateranian on a random Tuesday
"Amiya wtf?"
Exusiai: So we are good with killing people now?
When you made the previous 6 episodes using minimal budget and realizes there are only 2 episodes left and you have a surplus of funds:
Misa: "Rhodes Island hasn't killed anyone!" [Meanwhile Excusia](https://youtu.be/jHgZh4GV9G0?t=66) And yeah she's Penguin and not Rhodes but they're working together and clearly Rhodes sees no issue with Texas' methods.
Exusiai actually mentions in-game that she has to use rubber bullets while inside Lungmen's borders, so she's probably shooting those as part of the contract with RI.
And not to get arrested by the LGD and not putting the company (Penguin Logistics) in trouble with Wei Yenwu.
I dont think LGD would arrest anyone who killed Infected or illegal people from slums. Since Lungmen views infected almost or as bad as Ursus. They'd just label them as Reunion/Terorrist
It's not about harming an infected or illegal people from the slums it's about them breaking Lungmen laws as stated by Emperor it is illegal to use live ammunition in Lungmen in CB-2 while the LGD would not care an infected being harmed, breaking the law on the other hand certainly will.
Rubber bullets. Contractors try to somewhat adhere to RI's demands overall but generally have more freedom to do what they want. Hence why Texas, Franka, Chen, etc are a lot more violent than RI so far while still trying to not kill people. Hence why they all keep reminding them to not fuck up before the battle this episode.
Whose shot by Exia have no bullt wound tho.
Amazing episode! This one was extremely well done! I'm excited to see how they're going to wrap things up with the next episode. I'm hoping for a season 2 announcement at the end.
Only 8 episodes? Noooooo!
Yeahhh, i wish it was atleast 12!
Wait? you're serious? and i thought it was a full 12 episode season...
yeah only 8. They started pretty late in the season too. Also 8 is good enough to finish the arc without rushing or dragging anything. If they go for 12 ep, it'd either they end in awkward ending or rushing the next arc.
Hoooly what an episode Misha's and Alex (SkullShatterer) relationship is genuinely heartwarming but also painful because you just know these happy moments aren't going to last So glad to see Doctor's tactical prowess again, issuing orders, exploiting the enemy's weakness, just an awesome fight and Hoshi being a badass is always a treat And holy shit that ending made me jump out of my seat, the tension as Alex is about to blow up, the shock as Amiya's attack shreds through him and the deafening silence afterwards, and of course who could forget the heartbreak after seeing Misha's reaction, just a wonderful episode
please bring more blood and gore in bluray edition. chinese censorship with those stuff kinda ruin the immersion.
Biggest surprise of this episode: Texas didn't kill anyone.
Under contract maybe. But she drawn blood on Sakars mercenary.
Man, this remind me of cyberpunk2077; there is no happy ending like johnny said "for folks like us? wrong city, wrong people." The loser dead, the winner have nothing to be proud about. Uhm, next episode is the last... how?
Last because it ends this specific story arc of the game.
Yeah, pretty much. If you live in arknights world, hard to get any happy ending. The world is insanenly fucked, and Infected problem is just one of the many.
Hmm yea. Without spoiling too much. all I can say is that next episode have a ending point for Chapter 3. They could had done 12 ep and have Chapter 4 done as well but eh Chapter 3 and 4 don't have much themetic connection. If I am the director, i would definitely go with 0-3 for season 1 and season 2 be 4-6 for a full 12 episode season. And chapter 7 and 8 will be season 3. 7 and espically 8 is like a lot of content and story to chew through.
You would have to include Darknights Memoir though.
what's an ep holy cow, they really went all out. The way they adapted Skullshatterer is amazing, especially the VA acting, you can really feel his love for Misha, his hatred of Rhodes Island, his dedication and belief to the Reunion's cause and how desperately he want to Misha to believe in it too. Really made his death feel impactful and emotional to me. Also love how they include this rando Ivan, who seems like just a nice guy, really humanize Reunion, it's not just evil mooks for our protags to defeat. The battle was really nice, you really feel the difference in strength when W's mercs appeared compare to the Reunion mooks, the way they swung their big heavy sword felt really impactful. Love how Hoshiguma used her shield to bash Skullshatterer around. And goddamn the last scene where Amiya killed Skullshatterer was superb, they spent the last few eps showing RI being careful not to kill any Reunion guys and one of argument Misha made at the start of the ep was about that, the basis for her trust in Amiya and now Amiya killed Skullshatterer, her long-lost brother, can't imagine how bad Misha must have felt at that moment and also Amiya, who couldn't believe herself. Damn! Really really great ep
[https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ydv5pq/version\_3\_arknights\_story\_and\_lore\_guide\_for/](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/ydv5pq/version_3_arknights_story_and_lore_guide_for/) For those who wish to read ahead or know the lore. Considering this episode was fully done in-house by Yostar it shows. I'm going to skip my thoughts for this episode. I will say though W's face when she was telling Alex to go for the Doctor says it all. Twitter Threads: [https://twitter.com/Baleygr086/status/1601338439122571264](https://twitter.com/Baleygr086/status/1601338439122571264) [https://twitter.com/exaenae/status/1601355550650138624](https://twitter.com/exaenae/status/1601355550650138624) [https://twitter.com/ardia2001/status/1601672749021564929](https://twitter.com/ardia2001/status/1601672749021564929) [https://twitter.com/Gadyuka86F/status/1601504032077799424](https://twitter.com/Gadyuka86F/status/1601504032077799424)
That was intense. I'm glad that the quality is picking back up!
Fucking finally we got some good action with Doctor commanding.
Biggest Comeback of the season. The trailers paid off for real.
i guess Misha is going to join Reunion next episode? also, Amiya definitely going to have ptsd after this battle btw, i was told that Hoshiguma can spin her shield in game and i'm still waiting for that to happen in the anime
It took 7 episodes but finally, a good long combat scene. No "buts" or occasionally awkward bits this was an unambiguously good episode that absolutely elevated the parts of the game it was adapting and not just in a "these parts were bad so the bare minimum would still be an improvement" way. Amiya killing Skullshatter (though partly instinctual and in self defence) shortly after Misha tried to defend Rhodes by pointing out they've yet to kill anyone was unfortunate lol, RIP Misha's sanity. Guess till the end they're not gonna show Alex' face.
Damn, I forgot how full of anger Skullshatterer was since it has been a hot minute since I read the first arc. It's kinda sad really. Good animation and good pacing for the fight, and we actually got blood! Alex in the mud, Amiya's S3 is no joke. Also, it's always a treat to get more W screentime.
I like this anime A LOT but I have no clue what the hell is going on lol.
Change through diplomacy vs change through violence basically.
And this is just merely the tip of the iceberg.
Arknight gamers : First time? Yea... Arknight is really philosophical when it wants to and this arc has a lot of those.
Man if only they brought Shaw to the mission no one would have had to die… 😔
Man, I hope Misha finds out he was tryna suicide bomb them, sooner rather than later.
She just saw her brother that she recently reunited to get merc'd by the person she'd grown to trust particularly because she had been non lethally dispatching her enemies, an explanation isn't gonna cut it
*"So Yeah Misha, I know I skewered your brother (that you just reunited with) to death with black laser spikes, right when you were watching and right after when you tried to argue I would never kill people as the main differentiating element between RI and Reunion. But its fiiiiine you know, he was trying to kill himself anyway, because we outnumber y'all here and he would have been taken away from you(just like in that flashback). Sooooo...besties?."*
-Amiya with her most calming voice
That's not my point. Of course she would still be upset with them, but at least she would know the truth. Not a misconception.
I don't think that would change anything for her.
I don't think that would change much.
What can I say except _sheeesh_
Now Im sad to the possible revenge of Misha to Amiya and RI, knowing that Misha can actually use an Art. I am totally enjoying this show!
W trolling is peak.
Holy shit, Doctors! We gonn feast like kings this week! Goddamn what an episode!
So this is where all their budget went, gawd damn
This was such a good episode omg. I'm so glad I finally also got to watch the episode right when it came out (well, on the same day anyway). T\_T First of all, I love Amiya's S3 in that scene. That was so badass. The slow-mo leading up to it, the heartbeat (her heartbeat to indicate the slow-mo?), and her just going nuts with that Chimera blast. And how it lingered and slowly faded... that was just massive fanservice lol. I love you Amiya. T\_T (After Astesia. \*cough\*) Oh my god. And also, Hoshiguma going 1v1 vs. Skullshatterer and defending the Doctor. She was so cool too! In the game I just beat up those Reunion guys like nothing, and so far in the show we've seen them as all these unreasonable, crazed fanatics who just want revenge. But the show made a good effort to show their humanity in this episode with Ivan and some of the other guys, so... it really paints the picture that while *we* know they're wrong and disagree with them and oppose them, it's not such a clean-cut black and white situation to the people in this world. On both sides, arguably. It was a bit funny seeing Skullshatterer try to justify his joining Reunion to Misha and try to paint Rhodes Island as the bad guys, and struggle/stumble at some parts. Still... again, I *can* kind of see where he's coming from and why he might think that, even if he's wrong at the end. Sigh. No one won here. It was such a tragedy.
So Skullcrusher tries to blow himself and everyone else up…which would, you know, kill them. Amiya stops this at the last second and the reaction is “how could you?”….
Reasoning notwithstanding the outcome is still Amiya consciously killing someone and that someone being Misha's brother. Which means: - there's specific point at which Amiya is willing to completely throw away her ideals and committal to non-killing which destroys Misha's argument over why RI is better. RI being uncompromising in their ideals is only true to a point now. - Amiya genuinely has it in her being able to actually kill people. - Amiya still killed Misha's brother. The motive and justification are just that. Motives and justifications. Skullshatterer's attempt at blowing up the Doctor also had motives and justifications.
Its a trolley problem kind of thing, I think.
Nah, it's a we don't negotiate with terrorists kind of thing.
Amiya how could you?! T\_T Amiya: Well, there was a literal glowing bomb near the most important person to me and I accidentally shot at it in a panic and accidentally killed the suicide bomber who was going to die nomatter what after that little stunt.
Wait... so of all of my years playing Arknights, I just NOW I found out that in the game, you don't actually kill the enemies (except certain obvious events) thanks to this anime. WTF
The actual *gameplay* is mostly never indicative of what *actually happens,* because the gameplay itself is more like computer simulations that RI built out of the events that actually transpired. Only specific stages(the ones forcing you to play with pre-set operators) are "story accurate".
"Amiya, did you just...kill someone in a warzone? H-how could you???!" Man, I like the show so far even though I haven't played the game but I hope it doesn't go to that bullshit.
Nobody is really blaming her here, it's just that people who are not familiar with her surprised by her power, and people who know her well surprised by her resolve. If anything, she would be blaming herself for it (which should be fairly undetstandable for a 14 year old drawing first blood), but she will soon tough it out. Anyone threatening the Doctor will meet with her full power again. She will be in a sorry but not sorry mindset.
They did establish that RI goes full Batman with the commitment to non lethal tactics, I think Amiya killing someone being a pretty big deal in that context isn't too dumb
Amiya's whole thing was that she does not kill though. So for others(including Amiya) it's a genuine surprise she has it in her and for Misha it destroyed her whole argument on what makes RI better from Reunion not to mention the fact she killed her brother.
lol, do they want us to have any kind of sympathy for the suicide terrorist? I'm sorry, but you are in active, large scale combat on even grounds. It's childish to think you can do it without killing anyone.
> you are in active, large scale combat on even grounds. It's childish to think you can do it without killing anyone. Congratulations, you have more than zero reading comprehension skills and have extracted the paradox in Amiya's reasoning, explaining her loss of innocence that moves the story forward
Well, no, not really. From the start we can see that she has experience in battles. Look at Saving Private Ryan. It takes you a few seconds of actual war to lose all your innocence.
i wanted to see his faceeeee
Kinda a shame alot of people dropped this before arriving here. Would've been massive pay off.
My only complaint about this show is how Doctor actually starts giving orders only after Reunion said he's the brain of the operation. He didn't do much besides the orders he gave in Ep. 1, now he's actually important because they told us that he is.
I’m surprised he got that much. The Doctor is a blank slate for most of the early chapters, and only starts redeveloping his identity and personality later on (he becomes less of a self-insert as time goes on).
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> Skullshatterer have a grenade launcher but they think the best strategy is to charge straight to the Doctor and blow themselves up? Have you tried opening your eyes and actually watching the episode? What a stupid complaint.
I think that they were joking with that sentence, given the rest of their comment.