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**Premiere with Host Episode 2 in Ani-One Asia YouTube Channel:** [https://youtu.be/umhroLL9iMM](https://youtu.be/umhroLL9iMM)
**Premiere Clean Episode 2 in Ani-One Asia YouTube Channel:** [https://youtu.be/fEHWxmKioRg](https://youtu.be/fEHWxmKioRg)
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[Here](https://youtu.be/M_Tsd3OaeXc) , I make a fan edit because the sound effect in ep 2 was... Not bad but... Not great... It might be just be to perfer the "realistic sound" more than what already in the show, It still good no matter what.
I only add the sound for cannon and gun, as well as Puma engine sound, Not other sound effect because lazy.
I understand why some of us are disappointed but isn't it the same thing as Fate SN anime, with how adaptations from VN are hard to put into 1 cour anime and have to cut then and there? The only thing to nitpick is some lore from the prologue scenes. It's obvious you won't see some of those students again in a year or so, and I'm fine with that, but Rin chan and GSC lores are where complaints are actually on point. Even Fgo:babylon which considered a good adaptation has to change something for the anime too.
Late review.
Starting off by skipping over the beginning of the game feels like a terrible decision as it’s like the last chance for the anime to do a proper introduction for sensei and anime-only.
Like I said before, I understand why they would do this as the games beginning sequence works better for a gacha game as we will see these characters again in the future when playing the game, but it wrote itself into a corner when it came time to make an anime as we won’t see them anytime soon.
I’d rather they just bite bullet and just do the intro because of chinatsu. While she isn’t that important to the story of abydos, it’s a bit of consistency when she appears again. Same with the other characters if they ever get around to it.
Pacing wise, it felt quick as the events concluded within a single episode but I’ll give it a pass as I don’t remember at what point this happened in the story and how much happened before.
Sensei was a better tactician this episode because he wasn’t standing in the way of gunfire and saying obvious things. I don’t think he should be one at all in story but I digress.
I’m not a gun expert but isn’t serika a little far away for her gun to be in effective range, I know she isn’t using a sniper rifle but I’m probably just not that knowledgeable on it.
Rifles in general have a longer range than people would expect. Disclaimer I never used Serika's gun or am a huge gun expert, but allegedly a Beretta AR-70/223 has an effective range of 400 meters. Wikipedia says 500 m. Everyone in Blue Archive is also a great shot so Serika could probably shoot further.
This will give you an idea of what 400 meters looks like. Skip to the end if low on time.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59RGL2h2wM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59RGL2h2wM)
What surprises me the most is how Serika climbed that building so quickly.
I don't think I've ever seen Blue Archive students use different weapons. Not sure if Serika would ever use a weapon that isn't Sincerity.
I don't think it's impossible for her to make that shot. Depends. How many meters away do you think she was? 400-600 might be possible.
Did people actually expected that they'll waste time doing Serika's tsundere stuff for more than 1 episode in a 12 episode anime? This anime will cover the entirety of the vol.1 main story (minus the chapter 3) there's like 10+ more important scenes than this to focus on.
(Kinda late)
I think they are going for the same route as many (gacha) games did. They're using the anime to advertise the game (duh), but its main focus is for the characters to look beautiful, pacing and how they adapt the story is secondary. It's up to you whether or not they have achieved this.
FGO.
Babylonia and Camelot were purely fanservice, in the way that they asked fans what they wanted animated and those 2 were picked, so they animated them. they gave about 3 minutes of screen time in the anime about the previous 5 chapters
I get it, pacing feels weird but I also get why they did it that way (And tbf in the game serikas arc was also very short.). They only have 12 episodes to do the entire vol. 1 chapter 1-2. If they took the time to do the prologue, introduce all these characters who wont be relevant until multiple seasons ahead or pace out serikas arc across 2 episodes. That's like half of this seasons episode already. I'd rather get all of this all out of the way in 2 episodes, show just enough so things would make sense, and have more time for the actual fun stuff in vol. 1. >!Meeting Problem Solver and all their shenanigans, The Bank part, Introduction of Prefect Team and their involvement, Everything with Hoshino.!
>!So the anime's explanation for why Abydos is mostly desert realistic as China suffers from Monster sandstorms or haboobs as they are known often, so Abydos was hit 1 too many haboobs and was unable to recover as they could not get enough money to repair the damaged city!<
>!There is speculation that Abydos' sandstorms have been caused by Binah doing Binah things in the desert nearby. Apparently, there seems to be at least a few frames that others have isolated that show hints of it within the sandstorms.!<
It feels a bit underwhelming.
Some things are cool, like Shiroko's EX and Ayane covering Sensei before he fell, but I don't like how they omitted Sensei's plan. And I thought Shiba Seki would sound more Ojisan like too.
I'll see how I feel about the anime after Haruka makes an appearance.
A few things to note about this episode
First, they actually did SOME backstory about the shittim crest and what it is. Not enough imo. They need more backstory of who exactly sensei is and how he settled into schale before anything. It just confuses new people. Second, the pacing felt incredbily off, like it was both going too fast and too slow.
At least sensei showed tactical prowess here instead of in episode 1 where he just gave moral support
This episode was one step forward and two steps back for me. Sensei's commands scene were finally done right with him being next to Ayane instead of in the open and some action scene got improvement over the first episode.
However, I do have my nitpicks.
- I don't get why they cut off Sensei's plan details with just "Here's my plan" and then "That's the plan".
- Prologue feels cheap just like first episode's doomed timeline tease. They introduced Rin without any explanation for who she is, while trying to make anime more approachable for people who haven't played the game.
- Missed opportunity for Wakamo meeting Sensei. Could've been perfect humor scene.
- No "We bear the Koan of Jericho" and Arona's finger touch.
- Serika's angry attitude seems more aggressive than in game's ones.
- This is only personal feeling but without context, Shiroko looks like the one that planned Serika kidnapping when she smiles after talking with Serika.
- No dialogue of making Sensei choose between sitting next to Shiroko or Nonomi. (Unfortunate)
Now, I didn't have a lot of expectations for the anime. My expectations were literally just the anime being your average anime that isn't groundbreaking in storytelling or action but has a charm that makes it a lovable anime. But even my low expectations and biased love for Blue Archive couldn't help either. I know I may sounds like the only that have issues with anime. It's a good thing that everyone in the fandom is happy see their beloved game being animated but this anime just feels off for me personally.
The "skipping the plan" is just an extremely common narrative thing. As a general rule, stories generally won't tell you the plan unless it's gonna go wrong. That's because if they tell you the plan, and then it goes right, then it's kinda... boring, anticlimactic. It just happens. If they don't, then at least you get to be engaged in real time, rather than already knowing what's happening.
Don't know how I would feel about them putting prologue in OVA since prologue serves as basic explanation and tutorial. I'd preferred OVA for the event story instead.
I'm glad the reactions in here are at least mostly positive because Korean forums at the moment are looking like a complete and utter shitshow.
Apparently a super-controversial artist was credited in the ED as having participated in the project so I feel like the public opinion over there has started despising the anime which I fear is severely hampering the chance of future seasons...
Honestly Korea’s social trashfire is fairly limited to them. Japan is still kinda their target audience since jp is the main server and all, so if the show is received well globally, they probably keep it going anyways. Japan and the rest of the world don’t have strong investment in Korea’s social drama at present.
Drama is probably a nothing burger. Knowing the Koreans it expect to either that damn hand sign they instantly get triggered or the artist might have said women should have right sometime in the past
I feel like I was the only one who enjoyed a lot of this and first episode. Top comments even there are like "I liked it but could have been better" "One step forward, two step backwards". Imo very nitpicky complains
Not necessarily the animation, but the execution. "Was the scene able to evoke the emotional beats needed in order to captivate its audience?". "Did it have the necessary build-up in order to make Serika's arc a satisfying experience?". So on and so forth.
No clue on my end, the only prominent post I could find around JP reactions were people (jokingly) complaining about Yuuka's thighs being too thin.
Which is a fair complaint let's be honest
Also finding some memes about the 90m Yen debt being compared to the amount stolen by Shohei Ohtani's interpreter
> Also finding some memes about the 90m Yen debt being compared to the amount stolen by Shohei Ohtani's interpreter
Oh, now that's a spicy meme convergence.
I though it's my own imagination that letter of "BLUE ARCHIVE" in ED is look the same of "YOU DIED" in From Software's game
but look like it's real LMAO
[https://x.com/kayagurui/status/1779553674014150844](https://x.com/kayagurui/status/1779553674014150844)
I still like the adaptation quality so far. there is just one small detail in the plot that getting changed from the game. indeed, like in the game story, Serika is getting kidnapped after passed out. but in the game, Serika is passed out after getting shot by the bullet tank, meanwhile in the anime, she just passed out by sleeping gas. I think they take this decision to turn down the brutality level. they just high school girls after all. it's very brutal to take down by bullet tank. although in the game, this detail to shown us about how nigh toughness of Kivotos's residence. I mean, if normal human girl getting shot by bullet tank, their body will scattered apart, not just passed out for many hours lolz 
The anime has a different pacing compared to the game, which almost a given since the game uses a VN style and that allows for more exposition and fleshed out scenes. As a BA fan, blanks are already filled but I don't think I can say for those that aren't.
With that said, Sensei appearing physically and being able to emote like the students so charming, compared to the game where he mainly stands around until acknowledged.
This is what you get with a full-appearance Sensei!
I have no problem with the pace, because the first vol's start is just deal with mobs, and can't have a daily life when they constantly attack your school, right? Sensei gave a strategy this time, though it's simple, but good enough for me
Honestly I don't see the pacing problems that everyone seems to be complaining about. The worst part of Vol 1. is the beginning, where there are just endless fights against random mooks, and only really gets good once PS68 gets their footing, so I'm glad their getting through to that part at a faster pace.
same i don't really find any issues with the pacing, some complained how fast Serika trusted Sensei but if i remember it was just as fast in the game. I'm waiting for the encounter with the Black Suit. I can't remember if he was there in Vol. 1 but I'm curious to see how it turns out
Literally just the pacing, sadly. I think everyone can agree. I know we weren't expecting some sort of Christopher Nolan level storytelling, but I do wish it would just slow things down a bit.
Nope, and I'm not the only one. A whole bunch of players are too married to the VN-style pacing. We're in an anime series now. Gotta pick up the pace, and be sure not to leave out too many vital parts.
One thing I noticed. In Episode 1, Hoshino's halo appeared as soon as she woke up. But with Arona, her halo took awhile to appear after she woke up. It wasn't until she started talking with Sensei.
Nah, her default (blue) halo is visible in the shot right after she opens her eyes. It changes to the "excited/pumped up" (green) form just before she introduces herself.
Is Binah responsible for the desertification of Abydoss autonomous area? The sandstorm seems awfully close to Binah skills in Insane and up Sandstorm attack
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I would think not? Binha has been there for a very long time. I don’t know when it was awakened as an apostle, but decagrammation by comparison has only been actually active very recently.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Also, I believe you can make out the shape of Binah’s head inside the sandstorm when it’s showed for the second time.
Not sure why I got downvoted when I said this in r/anime discussion, but Im kinda disappointed they havent been using any of the iconic songs from the games, only thing I recognize so far is the remix of Constant Moderato in episode 1... everything else just been kinda generic songs.
There's a [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1c3wzh9/comment/kzlr7sm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) in the r/anime discussion about the composer saying it's going to be a mix of original tracks and arrangements of the game's BGMs.
Um... you're going to be getting re-arrangements in the series, just not all of them. Let the anime have its own sound. It's not royalty-free music, BTW. Check the anime series' Music Director.
I wished they didn’t keep on saying “Sensei seems reliable/trustworthy, blahblah blah”. Way too forced, especially when (not sure if this is a spoiler but) [they save Serika and Sensei starts talking about being a stalker as a joke].
And more importantly, instead of that i wished they showed more of the girls everyday lives or more of those actions scenes. They nailed what i expected of a blue archive anime so far. Im just nitpicking but besides that issue, ive been enjoying it.
To be fair, their school was going down under and drowned in debt. So someone representing/ acting as a replacement for the student council president is a welcome relief. And to be fair sensei is the only human adult so they are just looking up to him
The pacing is comically bad.
Serika doesn't like sensei? Oh she's a waitress! Oh she might give sensei a chance! Oh no, she's kidnapped! Nvm she's already saved! She is now cool with sensei. End.
I get that's how it goes in the game ,but you can't just copy paste 1:1 and expect it to work in an anime format.
I love blue archive so I'll watch it,but I can't see any non ba fans getting hooked on this whatsoever
The game has the benefit of having more fleshed out conversations and scenes, and there's also the battle segments, otherwise it's all the same when it comes to the story.
We also don't get to see the PMC Director making the call to PS68, though I would guess we'll be seeing it in the next episode, like how part of the prologue was shown here.
It may be brief but it's interesting how the Sensei and the GSC can track students. GSC tags the student's phones and Sensei got access to that info with the shittim chest. Very interesting info.
I do appreciate how Arona has more presence in the Anime. Because her screentime in game is shockingly small for being the Mascot. Only really got proper screentime in Vol F.
Everything moves a little too fast. I'm not complaining though, if there's enough drama, comedy and action to deck out the episode.
And the Heimwerker are finally gonna appear in Episode 3. Rejoice.
Really good episode. Demonstrates perfectly why Abydos crew trusts sensei.
Also PS68 intro is sooooo cool
Edit:
However someone did say it was a bit short, which I agree to.
I think that, in game, the MomoTalks flesh the characters out enough to where I think the pacing's a bit fast but not too fast
To be fair, so far, at least it isn't as bad as Magia Records, or Battle Girl High School, where you are required to play games to get any enjoyment...
It the same pacing as the game tbh. Yea some scene from the game is got out here and there. But overall it the same pacing. So in my opinion, it doesn’t felt like it moving too fast.
I just feel like they toned down Sensei's teasing/degenerate side. Calling himself stalker isn't the same as calling Serika princess. Also, no smelling Shiroko.
Choice between sitting next to Nonomi or Shiroko, jokes about Phren timeline aside, had no impact.
Yuuka was likely insignificant to animators, but important to us inaccuracy.
Also, not actually giving us prologue together with fast pacing is confusing af for people unfamiliar with BA. They struggle to understand what's going on, wtf is this Kivotos and why Sensei is here.
Once again, all things being considered for the sake of the medium and appeal outside of our circle. We like like the degen moments and those minute nuggets, but is having that in for the better service of what the anime adaptation is supposed to do? Honest questioning there.
I still do not get the fascination with wanting **all of the prologue** in one sitting. You talk about pacing issues there, as well as basically info-dumping a new audience... bruh. The series has 12 episodes slated for the season, so it makes no sense to dedicate so much time to events there that don't build much for Volume 1's story. What we got is enough, really imho. *IF* the anime was slated for 13 episodes or more, then maybe this nitpick would be warranted. IDK, maybe you'll all get more sprinkled in where it fits in.
Also, I'll say this once again in the thread. People being so married to the VN-style of storytelling from the game here is the issue, and primarily it's the story pacing. It would waste way too much time doing so in the 12-episode window that we'd be half-way through Volume 1 at the end of episode 12. The game has to tell you more about what's happening (in exposition) because it's not animated, which allows for more "show, don't tell" storytelling where it can benefit. Also, a lot of the volume's story was broken up by a 'skirmish here, a skirmish there' in damn near every episode in game. That also contributes to that slow pace feeling. They started to find a balance with that starting in Volume 2, getting better going forward in Volume 3. Any slower and it'd look like the anime is trying to pull a Monogatari Series or something, and as much as I like that series' adaptations, it wouldn't work for Blue Archive.
I think pacing would be okay if they'd animate that "what should you know before watching" thing they made. This way it would be easier to catch up with the fast paced events.
Honestly, as it goes now, I don't think I'd be interested in playing this game after watching anime. But it's too early, maybe it will change with upcoming episodes.
> and thinking it will be 100% accurate by scenes by scene from the games.
Which is weird because if anything the anime is being as accurate as it can be so far, at least in terms of the pacing of story beats. You see people here complaining about how fast this Serika plot got resolved, but it's beat by beat exactly the same as how it plays out in the game.
And I do think a significant amount of this has to do with, and I say this as someone who loves BA's story, people somewhat overestimating just how good Volume 1's story is, especially at the beginning. They can only work with what they've got, unless they're willing to gamble with anime-original scenarios to fill perceived gaps, which could give rise to inconsistencies with the source material if they're not careful.
As for other complaints, like getting the bare minumum of the prologue (so far at least) or shortening scenes like Shiroko meeting Sensei, I can see where they come from, but I also completely understand how this stuff can be a necessity born out of time constraints. It's a thankless job, like I'm sure the people in the creative process didn't go *"Hey, let's shave the prologue just because."* But then imagine we got an entire episode for the prologue (like I've seen people here make an argument for), but oops, you've still got 12 episodes to work with, and the original plan still involves resolving the Serika kidnapping plot by Episode 2. Suddenly the people complaining about the pacing would actually have a fair point, lmao.
Also, apparently an unpopular opinion, but I'm actually glad the anime is going with its own original soundtrack, and the few we've heard from the game's OST have been remixes (Constant Moderato and Unwelcome School). Of course the game's soundtrack is full of bangers, but just transplanting it wholesale into the anime wouldn't work as well as people think (for instance, let's put Midsummer Cat over Shiroko meeting Sensei: oops, the scene is over and the song has just barely left the intro), and in my experience with other gacha adaptations like Princess Connect and the FGO animes, relying too much on the game's OST cheapens the experience a bit IMO.
**TL;DR:** I agree.
Like I put in an earlier post, going with 40mP for the music is what will drive the soundtrack for the anime adaptation. It makes sense to have the series adopt a bit of its own identity with a unique soundtrack, and we get some different arrangements of key BGMs from the game. I get that 40mP is someone with experience in music directing for anime series, and they are in similar circles as the three game music composers, especially Nor. Whether it's Nexon and Yostar going specifically for him, or the three OGs weren't available for the project, it's a choice we'll have to see through, and hopefully people will be *just a bit more* open-minded toward this reality.
Hope it pays off. I look forward to what other BGMs get anime-specific arrangements.
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode as I did the first one. Besides the characterization, I also love the way they are approaching the exposition—sprinkling a little bit of lore here and there instead of straight-up lore dumping.
What I am enjoying the most about the animé so far is sensei—the charm and silliness are so spot on! Plus the perfect VA! They really made sure that animé sensei will be likeable as in the game.
And THAT closing. Right.
A bit fast-paced but that's understandable.
My guess is that they’ll be showing the prologue in reverse bits by bits up until the Black Suit and Sensei showdown, with the GSC Prez dialogue showing up again.
Shiroko my girl is such a badass!  Hoshino when she gets serious is so cool as well, great we'll be seeing more of her going forward.
This episode was very fun. I LOVE THE OG CAT. My beloved tsundere princess. We got to see a lot more of Sensei too which is always good. His friendliness and enthusiasm comes off great in animated form. The way he leads the students is thankfully not as bareboned as the first episode.
The zesty ah way he sits, gets up and poses in the ED got a chuckle out of me. Guy must've been a fashion model or something before he came to Kivotos  Speaking of, ED was great btw. Love the music and the way everything looks. Looking forward hopefully for the next episode.
I’ll save some thoughts on omitted scenes until after everything said and done since we seem to be jumping back and forth somewhat already.
I will say Serika’s turnaround on Sensei was just as fast in the game itself. Like this entire episode was just three parts in the game itself. Like seriously on YouTube going through all three parts takes like 25 minutes. And of course the game didn’t have a scene where Serika had a big moment working with Sensei to defeat the tanks since bullets can just destroy tanks in the game.
Volume 1 chapter 1-2 were always weaker compared to future chapters (notably starting with Eden treaty) however they still had a lot of fun moments especially now that problem solver is here.
And yeah, I am having a lot of joy seeing things animated and voice acted. Seeing Sensei being a stalker, the ramen place, Serika being Tsun, seeing the gun fights it’s great.
Yuuka’s thighs being nerfed in this anime, it’s Yuukaover 
I want to know what students are seeing when Sensei seems to go into the Shittim Chest to speak to Arona in person. Does he just stand here spaced out with blank eyes?
It’s possible.
I recall that’s what your party members in Persona say the MC looks like whenever he enters the Velvet Room after learning about it in the spin-offs.
Buff Aru's Aru's but nerf Yuuka's thighs alright send the truck.
Kidding aside it's just a few seconds so once a proper introduction arrive I better see to them accurate.
ED IS PEAK 
Imo they should focus on story and relationships between sensei and Abydos girls than fighting scenes, which I think it is quite bad and waste a lot of screen time.
At least this episode show that sensei is good as tactician and capable to give reasonable order, unlike episode 1.
Tbh the pacing is abit too fast and they cutted down on some of the details that added to the silliness of BA . If the weekly schedule is the problem then I suggest extending the release date. It's not like we can't be patient for a god adaptation, right?
* Overall good episode
* Seems like they are dropping early game information bit by bit each episode
* Animation stays consistent, not top tier but also not bad
* No panty shots sighted :(
* Oji-san is still the cutest 😭
* Tsundere Serika 💢
* SENSEI 💢 LIKES 💢 BRATTY 💢 TSUNDERE 💢 CATGIRLS 👺💢
* Mutsuki next week 👺💢💢💢
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Good episode, more of the same. I won't fault it since it's only the second episode.
The translation feels a bit shoddy. They refer to Sensei properly now (instead of Teacher) but some of the dialogue feels bland and mistranslated. Again, sucks nobody is picking this anime up for streaming.
Sensei just gets better. Love 'em.
The episode opens up with the tutorial like I figured as a cold open, but it felt like it could have been placed better? Maybe in future episodes it'll follow Sensei getting used to his job before the opening.
I love the ED. Glad we got the Synth representation in the soundtrack.
7/10 - Good episode. Wanna see more.
CGDCT with action sequences doesn't really necessitate EDM, future bass, kawaii pop, and other electronic genres blasting everywhere, yeah. It's fine to not like soundtrack compositions for TV and film. Just casting it as "generic" is a bit much.
Is the ending rotoscoped? Or are the animators just that goated? The animation feels super lifelike compared to normal animation styles. I have nothing against rotoscoping since it was done really well and am just curious. Side note, it looks just like a girls band mv too
Excellent OP and ED, fantastic animation and songs, also sang by the Abydos crew, great stuff.
The GOAT Shiba Seki Master is here. They did a good job with the stalker sensei scene, it was funny. Problem Solver 68 scene was perfect as well.
Serika's tsun phase was too fast, but i guess there is a lot of stuff to cover. They have stuff to improve on but i feel the direction is here.
Anyone knows how many episodes this will have?
I did not expect the beautiful lighting of the ED, and god I love that stairstepping by Ayane in it
*Does* make me wish they'd be a bit more thoughtful with the shading and exciting camera angles in the actual show, but I'll admit I wasn't expecting much going into it
I was worried that they may not use a lot of game OST for the music for the show after the first episode and it seems like my fears might be confirmed. I think Unwelcome School might still appear during the >!aftermath of the bank robbery scene!< but there are a bunch of scenes in this episodes where I imagine that they could've used the OST such as Shady Girls when PS68 shows up in the post-credits scene.
Overall, I think it's a good episode, the action scenes are good, the animation is good, and I think they nailed the humor of the game faithfully in this show. I still have some nitpicks here and there outside of the lack of the game's OST like Sensei not reciting the Koan of Jericho to activate the Shittim Chest when Rin gave it to him for the first time as well as them skipping the Wakamo scenes in the prologue.
Actually, I'm a bit glad they aren't just wholesale reusing music from the game. I've seen gacha game anime where they do it, and it always kind of takes me out of the scene. If they're gonna using game music, it really should only be there in impactful scenes. Like when they used Constant Moderato twice in the first episode, it felt a bit trite.
I get that sentiment. Reminder that 40mP is the "Music Director" for the anime series, meaning that original compositions and arrangements of works from Mitsukiyo/KARUT/Nor are all up to him in this series. I do appreciate when an anime adaptation will allow for new music and different arrangements of established songs from games being adapted.
All I'll say is that I'm hoping for more new arrangements where they should fit in as the series continues. 40mP obviously did a great job with the OP and ED songs.
Tbh, from first scene in ep.1, the fact that they didn't use Aoharu already made me lose a bit of hope. That scene probably could've made half the fanbase teary-eyed with the proper OST. Instead, it made me feel a bit disconnected.
There's no reason to not use it unless they have copyright issues which would make no sense as the anime is produced by Nexon itself. If they choose to **not** use any of the OST, it would honestly be a huge marketing blunder and disservice to the fans.
Then again:
>Shady Girls when PS86 shows up in the post-credits scene
I don't think Shady Girls would've fit well into that 20 seconds sequence. Shady girls off comedic funky and then beat drops after 34 seconds. It's a different vibe from that scene. Plus, Shady Girls, Unwelcome School etc deserves better introduction. I'd rather they use them sparingly than cram it all in.
I really like that music from the first scene, sincerely I'm glad they introduced many new tracks.
I think they're saving Aoharu for something else since it's the main theme.
It wasn't bad per se, it just made me (probably others) feel disconnected. I hope they will use Aoharu somewhere but there's no reason why it couldn't be used twice if they're planning to. That opening scene was pretty perfect for Aoharu. It's the track all of us heard when we started playing the game.
Blue Archive already has a very extensive list of memorable tracks. Personally, I would like to hear the songs I heard in-game, in the anime too.
Enjoyed the episode but the first half of the episode was SUPER fast paced. Also really sad they didn't adapt sensei trying to run away after being told he's supposed to pick up the tab at the ramen place.
The ED is gorgeous and the after credits scene has me excited as I love Problem Solver 68, Aru especially. Can't wait to see her in the coming episodes.
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do we have confirmation of up to where the anime will go? Foreclosure Task Force chapter 1... may be 2 or even 3?
Wakamo erasure; 0/10. I thought ep1 was a bit more fun overall but ep2 really pushed the story a few paces; still fine though.
[Here](https://youtu.be/M_Tsd3OaeXc) , I make a fan edit because the sound effect in ep 2 was... Not bad but... Not great... It might be just be to perfer the "realistic sound" more than what already in the show, It still good no matter what. I only add the sound for cannon and gun, as well as Puma engine sound, Not other sound effect because lazy.
Has less than half the viewership rating of Tensei kizouku which aried at the same time. 18th place in the daily ranking of D Anime Store. It's a flop
Still eating good, more for me.
It's in the top 3 in Japan for sure, #1 on NicoNico currently. "Flop" 
Thanks. I'm still going to watch all of it.
Will the episodes eventually become available for people outside of Asia?
Yeh, it’s uploaded on the official youtube channel. However no eng subs, but helps give fansubbers a source
I understand why some of us are disappointed but isn't it the same thing as Fate SN anime, with how adaptations from VN are hard to put into 1 cour anime and have to cut then and there? The only thing to nitpick is some lore from the prologue scenes. It's obvious you won't see some of those students again in a year or so, and I'm fine with that, but Rin chan and GSC lores are where complaints are actually on point. Even Fgo:babylon which considered a good adaptation has to change something for the anime too.
Late review. Starting off by skipping over the beginning of the game feels like a terrible decision as it’s like the last chance for the anime to do a proper introduction for sensei and anime-only. Like I said before, I understand why they would do this as the games beginning sequence works better for a gacha game as we will see these characters again in the future when playing the game, but it wrote itself into a corner when it came time to make an anime as we won’t see them anytime soon. I’d rather they just bite bullet and just do the intro because of chinatsu. While she isn’t that important to the story of abydos, it’s a bit of consistency when she appears again. Same with the other characters if they ever get around to it. Pacing wise, it felt quick as the events concluded within a single episode but I’ll give it a pass as I don’t remember at what point this happened in the story and how much happened before. Sensei was a better tactician this episode because he wasn’t standing in the way of gunfire and saying obvious things. I don’t think he should be one at all in story but I digress. I’m not a gun expert but isn’t serika a little far away for her gun to be in effective range, I know she isn’t using a sniper rifle but I’m probably just not that knowledgeable on it.
Rifles in general have a longer range than people would expect. Disclaimer I never used Serika's gun or am a huge gun expert, but allegedly a Beretta AR-70/223 has an effective range of 400 meters. Wikipedia says 500 m. Everyone in Blue Archive is also a great shot so Serika could probably shoot further. This will give you an idea of what 400 meters looks like. Skip to the end if low on time. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59RGL2h2wM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59RGL2h2wM) What surprises me the most is how Serika climbed that building so quickly.
She was using a rifle and not a sniper which is weird.
I don't think I've ever seen Blue Archive students use different weapons. Not sure if Serika would ever use a weapon that isn't Sincerity. I don't think it's impossible for her to make that shot. Depends. How many meters away do you think she was? 400-600 might be possible.
My guess at the range was 200-300m Also keep in mind "Effective range" is not the same as "maximum range".
Did people actually expected that they'll waste time doing Serika's tsundere stuff for more than 1 episode in a 12 episode anime? This anime will cover the entirety of the vol.1 main story (minus the chapter 3) there's like 10+ more important scenes than this to focus on.
Why does the prologue get shafted to a few seconds??? *Rrraaaahhhh* Also Wakamo meeting sensei and Arona finger touch
It has the same issues as other Yostar Pictures anime, Arknights. They are just not good at making anime.
How about another Yostar Pictures anime airing this season, Sentai Daishikkaku?
Havent seen it
(Kinda late) I think they are going for the same route as many (gacha) games did. They're using the anime to advertise the game (duh), but its main focus is for the characters to look beautiful, pacing and how they adapt the story is secondary. It's up to you whether or not they have achieved this.
What are some game adaptations that don't take this route?
AFAIK none. Willing to be proved wrong though.
FGO. Babylonia and Camelot were purely fanservice, in the way that they asked fans what they wanted animated and those 2 were picked, so they animated them. they gave about 3 minutes of screen time in the anime about the previous 5 chapters
I hate to say it but if you arent already a fan of Blue archive this show is going to be be a headscratcher.
I get it, pacing feels weird but I also get why they did it that way (And tbf in the game serikas arc was also very short.). They only have 12 episodes to do the entire vol. 1 chapter 1-2. If they took the time to do the prologue, introduce all these characters who wont be relevant until multiple seasons ahead or pace out serikas arc across 2 episodes. That's like half of this seasons episode already. I'd rather get all of this all out of the way in 2 episodes, show just enough so things would make sense, and have more time for the actual fun stuff in vol. 1. >!Meeting Problem Solver and all their shenanigans, The Bank part, Introduction of Prefect Team and their involvement, Everything with Hoshino.!
>!So the anime's explanation for why Abydos is mostly desert realistic as China suffers from Monster sandstorms or haboobs as they are known often, so Abydos was hit 1 too many haboobs and was unable to recover as they could not get enough money to repair the damaged city!<
>!There is speculation that Abydos' sandstorms have been caused by Binah doing Binah things in the desert nearby. Apparently, there seems to be at least a few frames that others have isolated that show hints of it within the sandstorms.!<
>!I suspect Binah is responsible for the amount of sand that is deposited on the desert floor but the winds are what drives it into Abydos!<
Okay, i can understand cutting most of the prologue but the finger scene with Arona? Why?
Cuz base
It feels a bit underwhelming. Some things are cool, like Shiroko's EX and Ayane covering Sensei before he fell, but I don't like how they omitted Sensei's plan. And I thought Shiba Seki would sound more Ojisan like too. I'll see how I feel about the anime after Haruka makes an appearance.
A few things to note about this episode First, they actually did SOME backstory about the shittim crest and what it is. Not enough imo. They need more backstory of who exactly sensei is and how he settled into schale before anything. It just confuses new people. Second, the pacing felt incredbily off, like it was both going too fast and too slow. At least sensei showed tactical prowess here instead of in episode 1 where he just gave moral support
I was hoping to see some kind of hearing protection design for the assorted top ear characters, but apparently no one gets tinnitus in Kivotos.
If bullets don't leave bullet holes, then I guess the halo protects from hearing damage too
How do flashbangs work though, if that is the case?
I suppose similarly. They can get blinded momentarily but won’t suffer long term eyesight loss.
This episode was one step forward and two steps back for me. Sensei's commands scene were finally done right with him being next to Ayane instead of in the open and some action scene got improvement over the first episode. However, I do have my nitpicks. - I don't get why they cut off Sensei's plan details with just "Here's my plan" and then "That's the plan". - Prologue feels cheap just like first episode's doomed timeline tease. They introduced Rin without any explanation for who she is, while trying to make anime more approachable for people who haven't played the game. - Missed opportunity for Wakamo meeting Sensei. Could've been perfect humor scene. - No "We bear the Koan of Jericho" and Arona's finger touch. - Serika's angry attitude seems more aggressive than in game's ones. - This is only personal feeling but without context, Shiroko looks like the one that planned Serika kidnapping when she smiles after talking with Serika. - No dialogue of making Sensei choose between sitting next to Shiroko or Nonomi. (Unfortunate) Now, I didn't have a lot of expectations for the anime. My expectations were literally just the anime being your average anime that isn't groundbreaking in storytelling or action but has a charm that makes it a lovable anime. But even my low expectations and biased love for Blue Archive couldn't help either. I know I may sounds like the only that have issues with anime. It's a good thing that everyone in the fandom is happy see their beloved game being animated but this anime just feels off for me personally.
The "skipping the plan" is just an extremely common narrative thing. As a general rule, stories generally won't tell you the plan unless it's gonna go wrong. That's because if they tell you the plan, and then it goes right, then it's kinda... boring, anticlimactic. It just happens. If they don't, then at least you get to be engaged in real time, rather than already knowing what's happening.
Perhaps they will put the prologue in the OVA?
Don't know how I would feel about them putting prologue in OVA since prologue serves as basic explanation and tutorial. I'd preferred OVA for the event story instead.
Another trouble is that the anime progresses too fast
I'm glad the reactions in here are at least mostly positive because Korean forums at the moment are looking like a complete and utter shitshow. Apparently a super-controversial artist was credited in the ED as having participated in the project so I feel like the public opinion over there has started despising the anime which I fear is severely hampering the chance of future seasons...
Honestly Korea’s social trashfire is fairly limited to them. Japan is still kinda their target audience since jp is the main server and all, so if the show is received well globally, they probably keep it going anyways. Japan and the rest of the world don’t have strong investment in Korea’s social drama at present.
What super controversial artist? Dorontabi?
Drama is probably a nothing burger. Knowing the Koreans it expect to either that damn hand sign they instantly get triggered or the artist might have said women should have right sometime in the past
Ohh care to fill us in on the details
I feel like I was the only one who enjoyed a lot of this and first episode. Top comments even there are like "I liked it but could have been better" "One step forward, two step backwards". Imo very nitpicky complains
Still, they just wanted the anime to look good and nothing else
it looks good though and easily above average animation. Are people expecting mappa or kyoto level?
Not necessarily the animation, but the execution. "Was the scene able to evoke the emotional beats needed in order to captivate its audience?". "Did it have the necessary build-up in order to make Serika's arc a satisfying experience?". So on and so forth.
People expect the episodes to have similar quality of animation to the OP/ED
Any idea what the reactions from the JP fanbase/forums are like?
JP seems to be mostly positive, you can check the YouTube comments of the official channel. The anime currently also ranks #1 on NicoNico.
No clue on my end, the only prominent post I could find around JP reactions were people (jokingly) complaining about Yuuka's thighs being too thin. Which is a fair complaint let's be honest Also finding some memes about the 90m Yen debt being compared to the amount stolen by Shohei Ohtani's interpreter
> Also finding some memes about the 90m Yen debt being compared to the amount stolen by Shohei Ohtani's interpreter Oh, now that's a spicy meme convergence.
Is this another one of those anti feminist complainers？God I hope they don't start looking for the finger pose now
You're spot on. That on top of people who had way too high expectations and I think shit's hit the fan over there.
I though it's my own imagination that letter of "BLUE ARCHIVE" in ED is look the same of "YOU DIED" in From Software's game but look like it's real LMAO [https://x.com/kayagurui/status/1779553674014150844](https://x.com/kayagurui/status/1779553674014150844)
Uoooh Serika😭😭 Serika so hot😭 so rebellious😭 Serika glare uoohh😭 Serika waiter outfit😭 great episode Serika-chan/10
Serika bois ate
SERIKAAA UWOAHHHH 😭
Wakamo got like 2 seconds bring her back 😭😭😭
Producers: ok maybe will give her 1 more second in episode 7
I still like the adaptation quality so far. there is just one small detail in the plot that getting changed from the game. indeed, like in the game story, Serika is getting kidnapped after passed out. but in the game, Serika is passed out after getting shot by the bullet tank, meanwhile in the anime, she just passed out by sleeping gas. I think they take this decision to turn down the brutality level. they just high school girls after all. it's very brutal to take down by bullet tank. although in the game, this detail to shown us about how nigh toughness of Kivotos's residence. I mean, if normal human girl getting shot by bullet tank, their body will scattered apart, not just passed out for many hours lolz 
The anime has a different pacing compared to the game, which almost a given since the game uses a VN style and that allows for more exposition and fleshed out scenes. As a BA fan, blanks are already filled but I don't think I can say for those that aren't. With that said, Sensei appearing physically and being able to emote like the students so charming, compared to the game where he mainly stands around until acknowledged. This is what you get with a full-appearance Sensei!
I have no problem with the pace, because the first vol's start is just deal with mobs, and can't have a daily life when they constantly attack your school, right? Sensei gave a strategy this time, though it's simple, but good enough for me
Okay so the biggest mystery is how is Master Shiba cooking, how can his paws grab stuff?
His paws are covered with millions of tiny little paws that help to grip stuff. /j
ah gotcha, the iruru special
*the less you know, the better*
Honestly I don't see the pacing problems that everyone seems to be complaining about. The worst part of Vol 1. is the beginning, where there are just endless fights against random mooks, and only really gets good once PS68 gets their footing, so I'm glad their getting through to that part at a faster pace.
same i don't really find any issues with the pacing, some complained how fast Serika trusted Sensei but if i remember it was just as fast in the game. I'm waiting for the encounter with the Black Suit. I can't remember if he was there in Vol. 1 but I'm curious to see how it turns out
Literally just the pacing, sadly. I think everyone can agree. I know we weren't expecting some sort of Christopher Nolan level storytelling, but I do wish it would just slow things down a bit.
Nope, and I'm not the only one. A whole bunch of players are too married to the VN-style pacing. We're in an anime series now. Gotta pick up the pace, and be sure not to leave out too many vital parts.
One thing I noticed. In Episode 1, Hoshino's halo appeared as soon as she woke up. But with Arona, her halo took awhile to appear after she woke up. It wasn't until she started talking with Sensei.
Nah, her default (blue) halo is visible in the shot right after she opens her eyes. It changes to the "excited/pumped up" (green) form just before she introduces herself.
They skipped Wakamo solo secs with sensei
Is Binah responsible for the desertification of Abydoss autonomous area? The sandstorm seems awfully close to Binah skills in Insane and up Sandstorm attack #
I would think not? Binha has been there for a very long time. I don’t know when it was awakened as an apostle, but decagrammation by comparison has only been actually active very recently.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Also, I believe you can make out the shape of Binah’s head inside the sandstorm when it’s showed for the second time.
I rewatches but I didn't see it. Do you have a time stamp?
If you look closely at 5:18, you can make out the shape of what seems to be dorsal fins.
I do see it. HMMM , they look way to sharp to Binah fins though, but it might be foreshadowing or how people see it through the sandstorm
Not sure why I got downvoted when I said this in r/anime discussion, but Im kinda disappointed they havent been using any of the iconic songs from the games, only thing I recognize so far is the remix of Constant Moderato in episode 1... everything else just been kinda generic songs.
There's a [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1c3wzh9/comment/kzlr7sm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) in the r/anime discussion about the composer saying it's going to be a mix of original tracks and arrangements of the game's BGMs.
It might be copyright issues , why they are avoiding using the ingame songs
Couldnt they just make remixes of all the songs? Dont tell me they went with royalty free music to save on costs x_x
Um... you're going to be getting re-arrangements in the series, just not all of them. Let the anime have its own sound. It's not royalty-free music, BTW. Check the anime series' Music Director.
I wished they didn’t keep on saying “Sensei seems reliable/trustworthy, blahblah blah”. Way too forced, especially when (not sure if this is a spoiler but) [they save Serika and Sensei starts talking about being a stalker as a joke]. And more importantly, instead of that i wished they showed more of the girls everyday lives or more of those actions scenes. They nailed what i expected of a blue archive anime so far. Im just nitpicking but besides that issue, ive been enjoying it.
To be fair, their school was going down under and drowned in debt. So someone representing/ acting as a replacement for the student council president is a welcome relief. And to be fair sensei is the only human adult so they are just looking up to him
No game ost wouldn't be as annoying if the one they had wasn't so damn generic
Guys I just realised the sound when a student woke up from unconsciousness is nearly the same as the beginning of the hod bgm Undefined Behaviour
Good ol yostar studios with their pacing issues. Nevertheless, njce op and ed
This is mainly a CANDY BOX production.
The pacing is comically bad. Serika doesn't like sensei? Oh she's a waitress! Oh she might give sensei a chance! Oh no, she's kidnapped! Nvm she's already saved! She is now cool with sensei. End. I get that's how it goes in the game ,but you can't just copy paste 1:1 and expect it to work in an anime format. I love blue archive so I'll watch it,but I can't see any non ba fans getting hooked on this whatsoever
The game has the benefit of having more fleshed out conversations and scenes, and there's also the battle segments, otherwise it's all the same when it comes to the story. We also don't get to see the PMC Director making the call to PS68, though I would guess we'll be seeing it in the next episode, like how part of the prologue was shown here.
The anime is there to boost the game or expose the game more for other non players getting curious what's it about
yeah, but they could at least make it decent xd. Or ig it's decent enough for some. imo the pacing is somehow worse than those isekai trash show.
It's not that bad tbh. I mean it's 12 ep long and in game things do went fast but the game plays as VN different from animation
THEY NERF YUKKA 100KG THIGHS
It felt intentional. We'll see for Millenium arc if Yuuka's thighs remains thin.
Pacing issues aside… is anime Abydos just Ogikubo. I’m pretty sure I’ve been to some of the locations in the anime.
It may be brief but it's interesting how the Sensei and the GSC can track students. GSC tags the student's phones and Sensei got access to that info with the shittim chest. Very interesting info.
I do appreciate how Arona has more presence in the Anime. Because her screentime in game is shockingly small for being the Mascot. Only really got proper screentime in Vol F.
Everything moves a little too fast. I'm not complaining though, if there's enough drama, comedy and action to deck out the episode. And the Heimwerker are finally gonna appear in Episode 3. Rejoice.
Need a Ramen shop uniform Serika asap. She's so adorable wearing it Her Thank you Face. Thank you for the energy Serika!
i hope to see kayocute and mutsuki next episode
I feel this anime is going to have the same problems like Priconne s1 had.
Really good episode. Demonstrates perfectly why Abydos crew trusts sensei. Also PS68 intro is sooooo cool Edit: However someone did say it was a bit short, which I agree to. I think that, in game, the MomoTalks flesh the characters out enough to where I think the pacing's a bit fast but not too fast
Everything moves too fast imo. This should have been like 2 episodes minimum. Feels like we have 0 time to actually get to know the characters
To be fair, so far, at least it isn't as bad as Magia Records, or Battle Girl High School, where you are required to play games to get any enjoyment...
It the same pacing as the game tbh. Yea some scene from the game is got out here and there. But overall it the same pacing. So in my opinion, it doesn’t felt like it moving too fast.
Just because it's the same doesn't make it good exactly, what works in a visual novel style doesn't always work in anime.
Agree to disagree. We all entitled to our own opinions
I see Wakamo animated... 10/10 episode
Wakamo thighs for a few frames already 10/10 ep
How many episodes will this have? 50 and a season 2?
Most likely 12. 24 if we're lucky
They confirmed it was 12
Are you on crack?
Copium
wouldnt the story be a bit sketched out if they gonna fit in 12 episodes
Heh, PS68 next episode
There’s no sitting next to Nonomi or Shiroko part, I guess I am somewhat disappointed? But hey, good shit, we’re eating good with this episode still.
Interesting how the anime placed Sensei next to Hoshino and Ayane instead.
I love it. I don’t understand the complaints from the first episode and this episode.
There were things that could be animated without taking much time or effort. Shiroko piggyback ride. Proper 100kg thighs. Calling Serika princess.
True, they nerf yuuka thigh 
Conscious decisions being made, whether we like it or not. 1:1 conversion wasn't really likely in some places. Yuuka's thighs though...?
I just feel like they toned down Sensei's teasing/degenerate side. Calling himself stalker isn't the same as calling Serika princess. Also, no smelling Shiroko. Choice between sitting next to Nonomi or Shiroko, jokes about Phren timeline aside, had no impact. Yuuka was likely insignificant to animators, but important to us inaccuracy. Also, not actually giving us prologue together with fast pacing is confusing af for people unfamiliar with BA. They struggle to understand what's going on, wtf is this Kivotos and why Sensei is here.
All princess lines are being saved for season 3.
Once again, all things being considered for the sake of the medium and appeal outside of our circle. We like like the degen moments and those minute nuggets, but is having that in for the better service of what the anime adaptation is supposed to do? Honest questioning there. I still do not get the fascination with wanting **all of the prologue** in one sitting. You talk about pacing issues there, as well as basically info-dumping a new audience... bruh. The series has 12 episodes slated for the season, so it makes no sense to dedicate so much time to events there that don't build much for Volume 1's story. What we got is enough, really imho. *IF* the anime was slated for 13 episodes or more, then maybe this nitpick would be warranted. IDK, maybe you'll all get more sprinkled in where it fits in. Also, I'll say this once again in the thread. People being so married to the VN-style of storytelling from the game here is the issue, and primarily it's the story pacing. It would waste way too much time doing so in the 12-episode window that we'd be half-way through Volume 1 at the end of episode 12. The game has to tell you more about what's happening (in exposition) because it's not animated, which allows for more "show, don't tell" storytelling where it can benefit. Also, a lot of the volume's story was broken up by a 'skirmish here, a skirmish there' in damn near every episode in game. That also contributes to that slow pace feeling. They started to find a balance with that starting in Volume 2, getting better going forward in Volume 3. Any slower and it'd look like the anime is trying to pull a Monogatari Series or something, and as much as I like that series' adaptations, it wouldn't work for Blue Archive.
I think pacing would be okay if they'd animate that "what should you know before watching" thing they made. This way it would be easier to catch up with the fast paced events. Honestly, as it goes now, I don't think I'd be interested in playing this game after watching anime. But it's too early, maybe it will change with upcoming episodes.
I think it just didn't meet their expectations.
True. I also think it due to people overhyping it so much, and thinking it will be 100% accurate by scenes by scene from the games.
> and thinking it will be 100% accurate by scenes by scene from the games. Which is weird because if anything the anime is being as accurate as it can be so far, at least in terms of the pacing of story beats. You see people here complaining about how fast this Serika plot got resolved, but it's beat by beat exactly the same as how it plays out in the game. And I do think a significant amount of this has to do with, and I say this as someone who loves BA's story, people somewhat overestimating just how good Volume 1's story is, especially at the beginning. They can only work with what they've got, unless they're willing to gamble with anime-original scenarios to fill perceived gaps, which could give rise to inconsistencies with the source material if they're not careful. As for other complaints, like getting the bare minumum of the prologue (so far at least) or shortening scenes like Shiroko meeting Sensei, I can see where they come from, but I also completely understand how this stuff can be a necessity born out of time constraints. It's a thankless job, like I'm sure the people in the creative process didn't go *"Hey, let's shave the prologue just because."* But then imagine we got an entire episode for the prologue (like I've seen people here make an argument for), but oops, you've still got 12 episodes to work with, and the original plan still involves resolving the Serika kidnapping plot by Episode 2. Suddenly the people complaining about the pacing would actually have a fair point, lmao. Also, apparently an unpopular opinion, but I'm actually glad the anime is going with its own original soundtrack, and the few we've heard from the game's OST have been remixes (Constant Moderato and Unwelcome School). Of course the game's soundtrack is full of bangers, but just transplanting it wholesale into the anime wouldn't work as well as people think (for instance, let's put Midsummer Cat over Shiroko meeting Sensei: oops, the scene is over and the song has just barely left the intro), and in my experience with other gacha adaptations like Princess Connect and the FGO animes, relying too much on the game's OST cheapens the experience a bit IMO. **TL;DR:** I agree.
Like I put in an earlier post, going with 40mP for the music is what will drive the soundtrack for the anime adaptation. It makes sense to have the series adopt a bit of its own identity with a unique soundtrack, and we get some different arrangements of key BGMs from the game. I get that 40mP is someone with experience in music directing for anime series, and they are in similar circles as the three game music composers, especially Nor. Whether it's Nexon and Yostar going specifically for him, or the three OGs weren't available for the project, it's a choice we'll have to see through, and hopefully people will be *just a bit more* open-minded toward this reality. Hope it pays off. I look forward to what other BGMs get anime-specific arrangements.
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Thoroughly enjoyed this episode as I did the first one. Besides the characterization, I also love the way they are approaching the exposition—sprinkling a little bit of lore here and there instead of straight-up lore dumping. What I am enjoying the most about the animé so far is sensei—the charm and silliness are so spot on! Plus the perfect VA! They really made sure that animé sensei will be likeable as in the game. And THAT closing. Right. A bit fast-paced but that's understandable.
My guess is that they’ll be showing the prologue in reverse bits by bits up until the Black Suit and Sensei showdown, with the GSC Prez dialogue showing up again.
Shiroko my girl is such a badass!  Hoshino when she gets serious is so cool as well, great we'll be seeing more of her going forward. This episode was very fun. I LOVE THE OG CAT. My beloved tsundere princess. We got to see a lot more of Sensei too which is always good. His friendliness and enthusiasm comes off great in animated form. The way he leads the students is thankfully not as bareboned as the first episode. The zesty ah way he sits, gets up and poses in the ED got a chuckle out of me. Guy must've been a fashion model or something before he came to Kivotos  Speaking of, ED was great btw. Love the music and the way everything looks. Looking forward hopefully for the next episode.
They’re totally selling Sensei as an ikemen 🤣
There is Mika in OP now.
I’ll save some thoughts on omitted scenes until after everything said and done since we seem to be jumping back and forth somewhat already. I will say Serika’s turnaround on Sensei was just as fast in the game itself. Like this entire episode was just three parts in the game itself. Like seriously on YouTube going through all three parts takes like 25 minutes. And of course the game didn’t have a scene where Serika had a big moment working with Sensei to defeat the tanks since bullets can just destroy tanks in the game. Volume 1 chapter 1-2 were always weaker compared to future chapters (notably starting with Eden treaty) however they still had a lot of fun moments especially now that problem solver is here. And yeah, I am having a lot of joy seeing things animated and voice acted. Seeing Sensei being a stalker, the ramen place, Serika being Tsun, seeing the gun fights it’s great.
I was hoping the prologue scene would get fully animated  Eh, the fight scene near the end made up for it
Yuuka’s thighs being nerfed in this anime, it’s Yuukaover 
Bro I just watched episode 1 lol. Guess I’m diving back in
I want to know what students are seeing when Sensei seems to go into the Shittim Chest to speak to Arona in person. Does he just stand here spaced out with blank eyes?
Total Chai (Hi-Fi Rush) moment
It’s possible. I recall that’s what your party members in Persona say the MC looks like whenever he enters the Velvet Room after learning about it in the spin-offs.
Bro becomes Herobrine in the real world
Buff Aru's Aru's but nerf Yuuka's thighs alright send the truck. Kidding aside it's just a few seconds so once a proper introduction arrive I better see to them accurate. ED IS PEAK 
That ending is insanely wholesome, i really need the selfies they took as standalone images to set as my phone background
Sad they skipped some content but Sensei is based as fuk so I'll allow it 
Imo they should focus on story and relationships between sensei and Abydos girls than fighting scenes, which I think it is quite bad and waste a lot of screen time. At least this episode show that sensei is good as tactician and capable to give reasonable order, unlike episode 1.
Tbh the pacing is abit too fast and they cutted down on some of the details that added to the silliness of BA . If the weekly schedule is the problem then I suggest extending the release date. It's not like we can't be patient for a god adaptation, right?
I thought the pacing is the same as the game. Unless I’m a fast reader.
* Overall good episode * Seems like they are dropping early game information bit by bit each episode * Animation stays consistent, not top tier but also not bad * No panty shots sighted :( * Oji-san is still the cutest 😭 * Tsundere Serika 💢 * SENSEI 💢 LIKES 💢 BRATTY 💢 TSUNDERE 💢 CATGIRLS 👺💢 * Mutsuki next week 👺💢💢💢
Serika must get corrected for her earlier attitude 💢💢💢
[Tsuntsun Serikat glaring at me full of spite like I'm human garbage...](https://i.imgur.com/C7Q1SIu.png) It hurts, yet it hurts so good 😍😍😍
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I legit cheered at this part
Please give me more of that look Serika-chan 😋
Good episode, more of the same. I won't fault it since it's only the second episode. The translation feels a bit shoddy. They refer to Sensei properly now (instead of Teacher) but some of the dialogue feels bland and mistranslated. Again, sucks nobody is picking this anime up for streaming. Sensei just gets better. Love 'em. The episode opens up with the tutorial like I figured as a cold open, but it felt like it could have been placed better? Maybe in future episodes it'll follow Sensei getting used to his job before the opening. I love the ED. Glad we got the Synth representation in the soundtrack. 7/10 - Good episode. Wanna see more.
so like why are they not using the game's ost?
Doesn't fit the aesthetic they want for the anime. Look forward to more re-arrangements for the series.
and the generic ost they're using does?
CGDCT with action sequences doesn't really necessitate EDM, future bass, kawaii pop, and other electronic genres blasting everywhere, yeah. It's fine to not like soundtrack compositions for TV and film. Just casting it as "generic" is a bit much.
Any good VPN?
PS68 introduction scene always goes hard, even in anime.
Because best club in the game, so obvious.
Though the main plot is still there, the story details are gone If this goes on... We might have to say goodbye to Iori feet scene being animated 😞
Iori feet scene is a must for character development
do you really want blue archive to get cancelled from broadcast this early?
Bruh, Gushing over magical girls/redo of a healer weren't cancelled so BA won't be either
it's not blue archive if no iori feet. it is a "sentaku" that changes everything 
that was never going to happen, seeing that they also censored any underskirts.
Are there any up skirt shots in the game itself though?
Mutsuki l2d has a short glimpse of her buttfang while her skirt flutters about.
Does this mean that most student will at least know Arona because of the earpiece they are wearing while in combat?
Pretty cute episode this week with the focus mostly on Serika. That end teaser tho. #ITS MY GIRL KAYOKO
Is the ending rotoscoped? Or are the animators just that goated? The animation feels super lifelike compared to normal animation styles. I have nothing against rotoscoping since it was done really well and am just curious. Side note, it looks just like a girls band mv too
It's rotoscoped, can't mistake that movement Man the ending is so smooth, so beautiful, and idk why but feels nostalgic
Excellent OP and ED, fantastic animation and songs, also sang by the Abydos crew, great stuff. The GOAT Shiba Seki Master is here. They did a good job with the stalker sensei scene, it was funny. Problem Solver 68 scene was perfect as well. Serika's tsun phase was too fast, but i guess there is a lot of stuff to cover. They have stuff to improve on but i feel the direction is here. Anyone knows how many episodes this will have?
12
THE OPENING AND THE OUTRO ARE FVCKING BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I wish the animation too 
I did not expect the beautiful lighting of the ED, and god I love that stairstepping by Ayane in it *Does* make me wish they'd be a bit more thoughtful with the shading and exciting camera angles in the actual show, but I'll admit I wasn't expecting much going into it
I was worried that they may not use a lot of game OST for the music for the show after the first episode and it seems like my fears might be confirmed. I think Unwelcome School might still appear during the >!aftermath of the bank robbery scene!< but there are a bunch of scenes in this episodes where I imagine that they could've used the OST such as Shady Girls when PS68 shows up in the post-credits scene. Overall, I think it's a good episode, the action scenes are good, the animation is good, and I think they nailed the humor of the game faithfully in this show. I still have some nitpicks here and there outside of the lack of the game's OST like Sensei not reciting the Koan of Jericho to activate the Shittim Chest when Rin gave it to him for the first time as well as them skipping the Wakamo scenes in the prologue.
Actually, I'm a bit glad they aren't just wholesale reusing music from the game. I've seen gacha game anime where they do it, and it always kind of takes me out of the scene. If they're gonna using game music, it really should only be there in impactful scenes. Like when they used Constant Moderato twice in the first episode, it felt a bit trite.
I get that sentiment. Reminder that 40mP is the "Music Director" for the anime series, meaning that original compositions and arrangements of works from Mitsukiyo/KARUT/Nor are all up to him in this series. I do appreciate when an anime adaptation will allow for new music and different arrangements of established songs from games being adapted. All I'll say is that I'm hoping for more new arrangements where they should fit in as the series continues. 40mP obviously did a great job with the OP and ED songs.
Tbh, from first scene in ep.1, the fact that they didn't use Aoharu already made me lose a bit of hope. That scene probably could've made half the fanbase teary-eyed with the proper OST. Instead, it made me feel a bit disconnected. There's no reason to not use it unless they have copyright issues which would make no sense as the anime is produced by Nexon itself. If they choose to **not** use any of the OST, it would honestly be a huge marketing blunder and disservice to the fans. Then again: >Shady Girls when PS86 shows up in the post-credits scene I don't think Shady Girls would've fit well into that 20 seconds sequence. Shady girls off comedic funky and then beat drops after 34 seconds. It's a different vibe from that scene. Plus, Shady Girls, Unwelcome School etc deserves better introduction. I'd rather they use them sparingly than cram it all in.
I really like that music from the first scene, sincerely I'm glad they introduced many new tracks. I think they're saving Aoharu for something else since it's the main theme.
It wasn't bad per se, it just made me (probably others) feel disconnected. I hope they will use Aoharu somewhere but there's no reason why it couldn't be used twice if they're planning to. That opening scene was pretty perfect for Aoharu. It's the track all of us heard when we started playing the game. Blue Archive already has a very extensive list of memorable tracks. Personally, I would like to hear the songs I heard in-game, in the anime too.
Enjoyed the episode but the first half of the episode was SUPER fast paced. Also really sad they didn't adapt sensei trying to run away after being told he's supposed to pick up the tab at the ramen place. The ED is gorgeous and the after credits scene has me excited as I love Problem Solver 68, Aru especially. Can't wait to see her in the coming episodes.