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* IKnewIt: The sudden {{Dub Name Change}}s used by Funimation have caused some to theorize that they could potentially be used by the Western version of the game. Sure enough, [[https://pso2.com/ official material used some name changes from the anime]], including "Falspawn".
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is yet another anime adaptation, but is confirmed to be a retelling of the first three episodes rather than an original story with Slice of Life elements. The DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received been much warmer than what ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' faced.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is yet another anime adaptation, but is confirmed to be a retelling of the first three episodes rather than an original story with Slice of Life elements. Fan reaction has, for the most part, been much warmer than what ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' faced.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is yet another anime adaptation, but is confirmed to be a retelling of the first three episodes rather than an original story with Slice of Life elements. Fan reaction has, for The DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the most part, game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received been much warmer than what ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' faced.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's name changes, such as "Darkers" becoming "Falspawn". Some were ''certainly'' not amused when the Western version of ''[=PSO2=]'' seemed to stick by these name changes either.
* WinTheCrowd: While fans were initially wary due to the poor reception that ''The Animation'' got, the DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively.
* WinTheCrowd: While fans were initially wary due to the poor reception that ''The Animation'' got, the DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's name changes, such as "Darkers" becoming "Falspawn". Some were ''certainly'' not amused when the Western version of ''[=PSO2=]'' seemed to stick by these name changes either.
* WinTheCrowd: While fans were initially wary due to the poor reception that ''The Animation'' got, the DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively.either.
* WinTheCrowd: While fans were initially wary due to the poor reception that ''The Animation'' got, the DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively.
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* EpilepticTrees: When explaining [[spoiler:the Profound Darkness]], its description is accompanied by an image of a dark, looming shadow over Naberius, which many players took to mean as {{Foreshadowing}} to the appearance of [[spoiler:the Primordial Darkness]]. Turned out to be [[spoiler:a RedHerring, as the Primordial Darkness looks nothing like it and it really is just a generic dark shadow.]]
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* NightmareFuel: The scenes where the fights with Falspawn have realistic results are not pretty. The very first episode demonstrates this handily when Ash's squad is all but disassembled, complete with Sue's [[OffWithHisHead decapitated head]] staring at the camera.
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* SignatureScene: When recommending the series to people beyond just being an adaptation of the game, they usually point out the DarkerAndEdgier nature of it including the initial trailer team from the game sans Ash ''getting torn to gory shreds.''
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* EpilepticTrees: When explaining [[spoiler:the Profound Darkness]], its description is accompanied by an image of a dark, looming shadow over Naberius, which many players took to mean as {{Foreshadowing}} to the appearance of [[spoiler:the Primordial Darkness]]. Turned out to be [[spoiler:a RedHerring, as the Primordial Darkness looks nothing like it and it really is just a generic dark shadow.]]
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* AntiClimaxBoss: Some fans were disgruntled with how easily [[spoiler:Luther]] was dealt with, considering he makes no effort to transform, only goes as far as using his DesperationAttack and summoning mooks, and only lasts for about half an episode before getting killed off.
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** Some fans were disgruntled with how easily [[spoiler:Luther]] was dealt with, considering he makes no effort to transform, only goes as far as using his DesperationAttack and summoning mooks, and only lasts for about half an episode before getting killedoff.off.
** While mostly true to the source material, many fans felt like the final battle was undercooked; [[spoiler:the Profound Darkness]] is dealt with in its entirety in a single episode, with no actual confrontation against it beyond a short fight scene against [[spoiler:Matoi Viel]], and AdaptationalAlternateEnding ensures that it won't be a problem anytime soon in anime canon. This is despite [[spoiler:Elder]], who is canonically '' less'' of a threat, getting a proper fight against it and being depicted as just as threatening as the backstory plays him up to be.
** Some fans were disgruntled with how easily [[spoiler:Luther]] was dealt with, considering he makes no effort to transform, only goes as far as using his DesperationAttack and summoning mooks, and only lasts for about half an episode before getting killed
** While mostly true to the source material, many fans felt like the final battle was undercooked; [[spoiler:the Profound Darkness]] is dealt with in its entirety in a single episode, with no actual confrontation against it beyond a short fight scene against [[spoiler:Matoi Viel]], and AdaptationalAlternateEnding ensures that it won't be a problem anytime soon in anime canon. This is despite [[spoiler:Elder]], who is canonically '' less'' of a threat, getting a proper fight against it and being depicted as just as threatening as the backstory plays him up to be.
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* EndingAversion: While mostly true to the source material, many fans felt like the end of the anime was undercooked; [[spoiler:the Profound Darkness]] is dealt with in its entirety in a single episode, with no actual confrontation against it beyond a short fight scene against [[spoiler:Matoi Viel]], and AdaptationalAlternateEnding ensuring that it won't be a problem anytime soon in anime canon. This is despite [[spoiler:Elder]], who is canonically '' less'' of a threat, has a proper fight against it and is depicted as just as threatening as the backstory plays him up to be.
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* EndingAversion: While mostly true to the source material, many fans felt like the end of the anime was undercooked; [[spoiler:the Profound Darkness]] is dealt with in its entirety in a single episode, with no actual confrontation against it beyond a short fight scene against [[spoiler:Matoi Viel]], and AdaptationalAlternateEnding ensuring that it won't be a problem anytime soon in anime canon. This is despite [[spoiler:Elder]], who is canonically '' less'' of a threat, has a proper fight against it and is depicted as just as threatening as the backstory plays him up to be.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler:Given that Persona was already seen masquerading as Ash in Episode 18, his DramaticUnmask in Episode 21 falls flat, as much of the audience had already deciphered by that point that Persona was Ash.]]
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* AntiClimaxBoss: Some fans were disgruntled with how easily [[spoiler:Luther]] was dealt with, considering he makes no effort to transform, only goes as far as using his DesperationAttack and summoning mooks, and only lasts for about half an episode before getting killed off.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's name changes, such as "Darkers" becoming "Falspawn".
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* {{Narm}}: The scene of [[spoiler:Dark Falz Elder erupting from Naberius]] in Episode 6 is copy-pasted straight from the game. The jarring contrast between the cutscene's fluidly animated CGI visuals and the anime results in it looking ''extremely'' out of place to hilarious effect.
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* {{Narm}}: The scene of [[spoiler:Dark Falz Elder erupting from Naberius]] in Episode 6 is copy-pasted straight from the game. The jarring contrast between the cutscene's fluidly animated CGI visuals and the anime results in it looking ''extremely'' out of place place, to hilarious effect.
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* {{Narm}}: The scene of [[spoiler:Dark Falz Elder erupting from Naberius]] in Episode 6 is copy-pasted straight from the game. The jarring contrast between the cutscene's fluidly animated CGI visuals and the anime results in it looking ''extremely'' out of place to hilarious effect.
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* OneSceneWonder: [[spoiler:Anime Stratos]], despite only appearing for ten seconds as a CallForward [[TheCameo cameo]], is this due to already being an EnsembleDarkHorse and all kinds of {{Moe}}.
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* ContinuityLockOut: The anime's first few episodes have been noted as being difficult to understand and having generally scrambled storytelling by viewers who are unfamiliar with the game's plot.
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* ContinuityLockOut: The anime's first few episodes have been noted as being difficult to understand way the show lays out its plot points and having generally scrambled storytelling by pacing makes it very clear that the show is targeted towards viewers who are unfamiliar with have already played through the game's plot.story. Without knowledge of the plot, much of the story appears as a confusing, jumbled mess; this is especially evident with the adaptation of ''EPISODE 1'', which consists primarily of a series of events that are only tangentially related to each other.
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* WinTheCrowd: The DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively by players of the game.
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* WinTheCrowd: The While fans were initially wary due to the poor reception that ''The Animation'' got, the DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively by players of the game.positively.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's name changes, such as "Darkers" becoming "Falspawn".
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's name changes, such as "Darkers" becoming "Falspawn"."Falspawn".
* WinTheCrowd: The DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively by players of the game.
* WinTheCrowd: The DarkerAndEdgier interpretation of the game's story alongside the AdaptationExpansion aspect that the anime takes has been received positively by players of the game.
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* CommonKnowledge: A common belief in some circles is that ''Episode Oracle'' is a sequel or "Season 2" to ''The Animation'', resulting in confusion about why [[BloodierAndGorier this anime is so much more violent]] and the sudden loss of the SliceOfLife elements.
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* ContinuityLockOut: The anime's first few episodes have been noted as being difficult to understand and having generally scrambled storytelling by viewers who are unfamiliar with the game's plot.
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* MemeticMutation: Sue's brutal decapitation in the first episode has quickly become the subject of various memes, similar in fashion to [[spoiler:Mami]] from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's name changes, such as "Darkers" into "Falspawn".
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's name changes, such as "Darkers" into becoming "Falspawn".
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I know it's YMMV and all but... come on, dude. It's not exactly an epic tongue twister.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans A lot of fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's seemingly-arbitrary name changes, such as "Darkers" into "Falspawn" (which, on top of being very awkward to say, is also not technically accurate)."Falspawn".
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is yet another anime adaptation, but is confirmed to be a retelling of the first three episodes rather than an original story with Slice of Life elements. Fan reaction has, for the most part, been much warmer than what ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' faced.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is yet another anime adaptation, but is confirmed to be a retelling of the first three episodes rather than an original story with Slice of Life elements. Fan reaction has, for the most part, been much warmer than what ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' faced.faced.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's seemingly-arbitrary name changes, such as "Darkers" into "Falspawn" (which, on top of being very awkward to say, is also not technically accurate).
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans were not particularly receptive of Funimation's seemingly-arbitrary name changes, such as "Darkers" into "Falspawn" (which, on top of being very awkward to say, is also not technically accurate).
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is yet another anime adaptation, but is confirmed to be a retelling of the first three episodes rather than an original story with Slice of Life elements. Fan reaction has, for the most part, been much warmer.warmer than what ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' faced.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle'' is yet another anime adaptation, but is confirmed to be a retelling of the first three episodes rather than an original story with Slice of Life elements. Fan reaction has, for the most part, been much warmer.
