Starting this review, I will not use the show's full title except if I decided to do a series wrap-up review. Anyways, Kimimaro arrives in the Financial District and meets his Asset which he named, Masshu and ends up fighting some veteran Entre!
I have read that some fans expect that series might end up into an average shonen card battle anime, but based on what I saw in this episode, I guess it might end up into a different route. Seriously, it never felt like any anime that has children's cards in it! There are no Trap Cards, no opponent's turn and no additional back-up monsters, just one guy with his monster partner, called an Asset and his Midas Bank card while his opponent keeps on hitting him.
As for the overall concept of the battle system, it reminds me a bit of gambling some investments. You need to put a lot of money on you stock investment if you want to receive higher returns, in this case, stronger attacks which fits well with the show's concept. It was unique and it didn't felt like a card battle at all, but more like gambling your money for the sake of your Asset to have a stronger attack and at the same time, receive higher returns.
This episode also features the introduction of Masshu, Kimimaro's Asset. My first impression about her, asides that she lacks SOMETHING in front, she is one fine character. She is the complete opposite of the first Asset we met, Q who is silent and just eats Midas Bills in most scenes we saw about her. The episode also points out the similarities between Kimimaro and Mikuni, and since Kimimaro's father was missing, there is a possibility that Mikuni might be his father.
The episode also introduces the Midas Money which came from Financial District's Midas Bank. Based on how I understand it, those bills are just randomly inserted bills to keep the economy flowing properly due to the possible scarcity of money. To give you a brief Economics lesson, the more money is produced, the lesser will be its value, and if less money is produced, the higher will be its value. That is why the national mints can't print a lot of money. Which gives me an idea on what's going to happen in the next few episodes.
Overall, the second episode was great. It had a good balance between action and the plot. My only problem with it is that, compared to the previous episode that has a balance between CGI and traditional, it seems that they went overboard with the CGI.
I have read that some fans expect that series might end up into an average shonen card battle anime, but based on what I saw in this episode, I guess it might end up into a different route. Seriously, it never felt like any anime that has children's cards in it! There are no Trap Cards, no opponent's turn and no additional back-up monsters, just one guy with his monster partner, called an Asset and his Midas Bank card while his opponent keeps on hitting him.
As for the overall concept of the battle system, it reminds me a bit of gambling some investments. You need to put a lot of money on you stock investment if you want to receive higher returns, in this case, stronger attacks which fits well with the show's concept. It was unique and it didn't felt like a card battle at all, but more like gambling your money for the sake of your Asset to have a stronger attack and at the same time, receive higher returns.
This episode also features the introduction of Masshu, Kimimaro's Asset. My first impression about her, asides that she lacks SOMETHING in front, she is one fine character. She is the complete opposite of the first Asset we met, Q who is silent and just eats Midas Bills in most scenes we saw about her. The episode also points out the similarities between Kimimaro and Mikuni, and since Kimimaro's father was missing, there is a possibility that Mikuni might be his father.
The episode also introduces the Midas Money which came from Financial District's Midas Bank. Based on how I understand it, those bills are just randomly inserted bills to keep the economy flowing properly due to the possible scarcity of money. To give you a brief Economics lesson, the more money is produced, the lesser will be its value, and if less money is produced, the higher will be its value. That is why the national mints can't print a lot of money. Which gives me an idea on what's going to happen in the next few episodes.
Overall, the second episode was great. It had a good balance between action and the plot. My only problem with it is that, compared to the previous episode that has a balance between CGI and traditional, it seems that they went overboard with the CGI.