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Gekijouban Hunter x Hunter: Fantomu rûju (2013)
None of the heart of the show
Pros:
-Good Animation
Cons:
-Villain is very generic
-plenty of guest appearances of characters we like however the extent that they are in it are very surface level with boring fight scenes.
-The internal conflict for kilua of being afraid of his brother/never fighting stronger opponents/abandoning friends is rehashed and done better in the show
-No stakes for anything that happens, filler material vibe, none of this is canon
-No strategy in the battles that this show is known for
-if you finished the show already, not as exciting to go back and watch this before they had many of the power-ups that come later after this in the timeline.
House of the Dragon: The Green Council (2022)
Disappointed
While I have been mostly enjoying this season as a whole so far, this episode made my me less optimistic of it's future. The episode started strong with plenty of tension and political conniving but ended weak with the spectacle at the ceremony. With the dragon bursting from a secret underground dungeon kills a bunch of civilians and then does...nothing. Why would she not just smoke them all there? She knows what will happen if she doesn't. This scene feels reminiscent of later seasons of GOT where scenes were included just for spectacle, served little purpose and characters had plot armor that protected them from any dangers. In the post credits, they mention the scene was added for spectacle since its the penultimate scene and that she didn't kill them because she feels for a mother... yeah but now a war begins where you will have to kill them anyways. Flashy scenes can be fine but I hope in the future they can at least can maintain some logic and be more meaningful with how they move the plot along...