Fall 2022 Preview: Arknights: Prelude To Dawn

In stark contrast to the towering buildings seen in the early episode, the slums of Lungmen appear almost a world away, and it's there that we find Misha, an Ursus girl on the run. She's hidden among the undocumented infected flocking to Lungmen, though not much else is revealed about her thus far. It's only known that she's wanted by the authorities and that plenty of punks in the slums are searching for


Arknights isn't going to be a long series, but after this second episode, it's hard not to be excited about the remaining six. Every new gorgeous background shot or character introduction makes the investment more worth it, but what elevates the series as of now is the world itself, how it operates, and how it has molded these charact


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So all seems well, but it wouldn't be surprising if there was some tension arising later, especially given the treatment of infected in the city. For the time being though, that's the least of the characters' concerns, as the episode ends with a new antagonist watching on from h


As the characters travel through a mostly abandoned and war-torn city, there's a lot of poignant imagery meant to evoke emotion as the story expands on the sociopolitical landscape . They take refuge in a clinic meant to help people with Oripathy in secret, so they aren't sent to quarantine. It's abandoned, as Reunion destroyed their clinic in retaliation for them not help


Mephisto's attitude and attire immediately make an impression, and it's mostly a positive one, even if his brand of crazy can feel a little overdone in anime. The action in this episode had its moments, though the choreography and direction weren't spectacular. Once the heroes' backup arrived, they seemed to just appear as a comically huge group as if no one had noticed their approach. They weren't even sneaking up on any


The protagonist, Doctor, wakes up after having been given medical attention, just as a group called Reunion is storming the hideout. As Doctor is being escorted away, they reveal that they have no memory of what happened before the attack, causing dismay among his allies. The tension can be felt, even with the audience given as little context as mouse click the up coming post amnesiac hims


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It doesn't help that some characters don't feel like they were conceived as real characters , such as generically named "Guard" which is hardly an effective codename among an army of lookalikes. All the characters are named such that they feel like code names rather than true identities, and it really emphasizes that this is all based on a mobile game. It can take one out of the experie


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Speaking of Ace, his seeming death was perhaps the show's first misstep from a directing standpoint , if only because it is so poorly edited. We are shown him, alone, facing down Reunion at supposedly full strength, and then in the next scene, only he and one member of his unit rem


The appearance of W in this episode encapsulates this perfectly. Once again, a character with a cool design pops up and corners the heroes with a retinue of Reunion henchmen. But all they do is ask for the Doctor to be handed over, get turned down, and then just walk away ominously. They may as well have said, "see you in a few episodes when I matt


Mobile games like Arknights are some of the biggest teases out there, in that from the outside looking in they present themselves as much larger than it is. People who have seen its myriad ads and animated promotional material no doubt have committed its name and iconography to memory without ever seeing a glimpse of the tower-defense gamep

Arknights came back strong this week with a more relaxed episode introducing a new locale and new characters, dropping hints of a more significant battle to come. Until that happens, however, it's nice to see a new city to get a sense of what normal life is like in this world that has so far only been explored through ruin and