Episode 5 just came out! Watching it, I can say that I liked it. Compared to the previous episodes, it was certainly dialogue heavy. But that’s okay. From what they had, the adaptation was doing a great job.
If you haven’t watched it yet, don’t read further since I’m going to talk a bit about the episode. So… [SPOILER WARNING]!!!
A few things in particular that stood out to me were the way they adapted the Books of the Dead, Shaula’s physics… and of course, the ending of the episode.
I’ll be completely honest with you, when I’d read the novel, I was quick skimming through the section where Subaru read Typhon’s book. However, in anime format I was able to actually pay attention to it. I like the way it was formatted in an old flash-back filter, where most things didn’t have any color to it.
The flower she was holding having color, as well as the green “aura” which I’m assuming was her Authority of Pride, being the only things with any color was certainly intentional. But I liked that.
At the end, with Reid showing up, I do like how his voice is incredibly raspy and deep in the sub. It fits him to a tee, honestly. However, maybe it was just me, but when he was “waking up,” the whole thing felt really awkward. Also, maybe I’m misremembering, but I swear that man spams the f-bomb from the start, doesn’t he? They aren’t filtering him, are they?
Oh well.
All in all, I’d give the episode a 8/10.
What about you?
