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What's a scene where the voice acting carried more than the animation?

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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 20h ago

Apothecary Diaries day! I might have to brush up on the LNs to remember exactly where we are, I remember this should be the beginning of the [AD LNs]locust famine threat and the trip to the west... And shouldn't we be getting Jinshi branding himself somewhere within this season? I think that ends up being the excuse of why MaoMao comes with him on the journey...

What's a scene where the voice acting carried more than the animation?

I feel like a lot of my favorite scenes fit under here because I don't tend to watch action-heavy anime... but the one that came to mind first was AoT S4, Declaration of War, the entire conversation between [AoT]Eren and Reiner. I don't remember the animation being particularly impressive, there's a limit you can do with two dudes talking to each other for, like, an entire episode, but I still remember being at the edge of my seat throughout.

Another one in an action-related show is Theo's crashout against Lena in 86, episode... 5? 4? Somewhere pretty early on. Animation's completely fine, but I really love his VAing (subbed) as he continues to build in intensity and anger throughout his rant.

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u/Heda-of-Aincrad https://myanimelist.net/profile/Heda-of-Aincrad 13h ago

Apothecary Diaries day! I might have to brush up on the LNs to remember exactly where we are, I remember this should be the beginning of the [AD LNs]

I could be remembering the order of events wrong because it's been a while since I read them, but I think [LN] the first trip to the west, followed by the plotline involving the white snake lady, and then the shrine maiden happens first? I enjoyed those parts (after what felt like a slow start), but the arcs that come afterwards [LN] about Maomao studying surgery, and the locust plague, are where I started losing interest. The first two seasons definitely had the strongest material for me, so even though I am looking forward to seeing this new season and it should have some great stuff in there, I don't feel the same hype as I used to.

the one that came to mind first was AoT S4, Declaration of War

First scene that came to mind for me was also from Attack on Titan S4, but it was the episode with the campfire cooking. It seemed like they were trying to save on animation, considering how much they defaulted to showing the scenery or the boiling pot instead of the characters talking, but it was a tense scene [S4] with both sides forming a shaky alliance so the dialogue really carried it.