As our friendly shinobu-chan continues to be impaired from Seasonal Affective Disorder, the Helck thread for today’s episode wasn’t created. So, in the bot’s place, here is the post for episode 13.
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Backstory dump episode for Helck this week and it looks like we are getting another next week to continue the story. Some thoughts in no particular order:
- New OP: I like this one better than the last. I wasn’t expecting a new OP, so it was a surprise, but a welcome one. Also love the visuals in this one.
- We get to see Helck’s brother for the first time. He seems much more like a shonen protagonist than Helck, who, even back then, was kind of a goofy kid that smiled all the time (though we did see some more emotions from kid Helck compared to adult Helck).
- Helck had awakened his hero powers as a little kid. I wonder if this is going to get explored any more.
- It seems the only time Helck’s smile disappears is when Cless is in trouble. Whether that is when he was getting beaten up or sickly, those are really the only times Helck stops grinning.
- We now know why Helck is so good at construction and cooking. That is primarily what he did instead of fighting, leaving that to Cless.
- New ED: I think this one is my favorite of all the OPs and EDs this show has had.
Looks like we are getting more Helck/Cless backstory next episode. These exposition dump episodes can sometimes be a slog to get through, but I don’t feel this one was too bad. We already spent so much time with the characters that we actually want to know more rather than doing two whole episodes of backstory on a character we have just met.
Yeah, I feel like Helck having already awakened as a hero from very young and not remembering is a plot point for later. Specially with the whole thing about the crown inducing artificial awakenings in the population.
Makes me think that town was maybe a testing ground for hero awakenings and was attacked on purpose to see if any of them took. Which is likely how Cless was also able to became a hero. Something that I feel would normally not happen.
I like this theory. It’s a classic fantasy story beat of having the church/government be the actual evil ones. Also, what we have seen of the human king has not shone the best light on his character. I hope we find out more about Helck’s hero awakening in the future.
They changed the opening! The new one is good but I really liked the previous one.
Interesting to learn about Helck past, hopefully it doesn’t drag for more than two episodes.
Very dark episode, I did like it, and makes this anime a more interesting.
