Anime Discussion Thread - Page 5494

Pretty interesting chapter. Who knows, if erina actually genuinely apologizes for being a shitty person i might even begin liking her as a character.
We'll have to see if she redeems herself.

Also lmao at azami just wanting to be noticed by senpai. I guess Hayama might be one of the new E10s.

However i genuinely think this arc is way too early, if this arc had happened during the end of their 2nd year it would've fit, but this just overall feels way too early and i don't know where the manga is gonna go after this.

It's almost never the obvious culprit.

I don't really agree with this, its just starting to get good again imo. Between the end of the stagaire period and azami entering the school is when the story slowed down and didn't seem to advance when souma is just trying to outsell kuga. And its great that we will see deredere Erina sooner.

Author can always make more villains later down the road.

I know it's often not the obvious culprit. And while I agree in principle, having a twist requires several things to not suck ass.

First, the culprit can't come out of left field. If it's someone that literally never appears until the reveal, that's a shitty Gosick-level twist.

Second, the culprit should be a logical choice. Meaning they should be capable of the crime, have a motive, and have an opportunity.

Hence my conclusion. This show is 12 episodes long. I think it's reasonable to assume that the culprit has already been introduced at this point. Right now, the only other possible culprit I would even consider is Hinazuki's mother's boyfriend (at least, that's what I assume he is). However, since he hasn't really gotten any appearances, I doubt it.

The other possibility is that the guy who killed Hinazuki is not the same guy who killed MC's mom, but there's no evidence of that yet.

There's a difference between just introducing villains and then having a good build-up to a villain, azami could've been a great villain in the end of their second year and serve to get some of the main characters eventually into the E10 by the end of the arc so the third year could be the grand finale.

But i don't see many ways to resolve this arc that doesn't include souma ending up in the E10(which IMO would be far too soon), minus his dad showing up and resolving the issues which would be anti-climactic as fuck.

Also doesn't help that the eizan battle felt like 5-6 chapters worth of content happening over 15 chapters.

Granted they did just change their editor, but still, there's a reason as to why the most recent WSJ ranking had SnS below even bleach....

IMO, the biggest problem with this arc is that there's too much meta shit going on. All the "omg they're gonna tear down the dorm" and "omg you're getting threatened with explusion again Souma" stuff is supposed to generate tension, but I think it does the opposite. Having high stakes is fine, but if the conseqeunces are so high that the manga would literally end, obviously that's not gonna happen...

There's also a ton of dissonance in this arc. The entire mindbroken Erina subplot is ridiculous, yet they treat it like it's the most serious thing that's ever happened. It's awfully difficult to care about her issues with how they've been presented.

The manga's at its best when they're actually, y'know, cooking instead of focusing on all the extraneous bullshit. They should really get back to that.

Sometimes it is though.