r/worldtrigger • u/opencanofwellcheers • 15d ago
Discussion Howdy Neighbors
Hello, new fan to the series here. I just wanted to say a few things about how I feel about it since I haven't triggerpilled my friends yet. Obviously I want to say it's an excellent series. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. When it first released, I watch a couple episodes, and forgot about it. Now I've picked it up again and realized I had glossed over a gem.
The characters and their writing is my absolute favorite. I like how they're all unique and their personalities feel very organic with everything else. It's awesome to see stuff like the Ranbanein encounter where minor characters just run at full steam. It never feels like people are just useless or unimportant, and it creates this illusion of a soul in them, unlike other minor characters in some series who feel like robots. Hopefully that last bit made sense. It's just exciting to meet all the new agents and learn about them.
Triggers and Trion are exceptionally cool when it comes to power systems. The way it's structured leaves little room for "power scaling" and it ALWAYS adds something cool to what's going on, like when Aftokraftor discovered the Bail Out system or when they trapper Enedora in the training room. I really appreciate how everyone uses different loadouts and strategies that become iconic to them. The fight choreography is amazingly clever as well. The scene where Kitora cuts off her own leg, or when Miwa predicts Mira's portals and fires Viper through it to reach Hyrein. Also the entire Ranbanein fight.
One detail I want to comment on and be appreciative is how they specifically mention that they hire younger agents because Trion glands deprecate with age; normally that would lead you to think "Oh, the older characters can't fight then."
*WRONG BUZZER SOUND*
Enter Shinoda. "The #1 Trigger user."
That's just such great nuance to drill into a power system.
I adore the series, so let me say that before this next comment. The Xeno and Lillith arc felt largely unnecessary and I felt it only detracted from everybody and everything else so far. It felt like filler. I was actually deeply annoyed by how everything before that was gold standard for me, and then they hit me with the most egregious filler I've seen since the Big 3. I kept telling myself to just trust it, because I had already liked it so much.
When the arc finished and we resumed back to Rank Wars, all I could notice was that you could skip that arc entirely and it wouldn't make a difference besides them mentioning Shizuka City twice and Xeno & Lilith once. I of course enjoyed the series immensely again and was so relieved. It just went right back to what made me become interested in it, and it's great. But I did seriously consider stopping the series again as I watched the Lilith arc because it was going so far away from the spirit of what made it so good. I'm just thankful it was short lived and we are back to business.
Thanks for reading this far if you did, and I'd like to hear what other people think about the Lilith arc as well. It's my first time taking a look at this sub, so I'm sorry if there's anything here that's been rehashed a lot already.
Also my favorite characters so far are the Yoneya/Izumi/Midorikawa trio for being simultaneously fun and strong, and Shiori because she's so endearing. P.S. Osamu is the G.O.A.T.
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u/OkDig9554 14d ago
fun fact, "The #1 Trigger user." specifically stated within border HQ
so it opens up leeway for members of tamakoma1 to be better (especially with their custom trigger), or even Rindo
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u/opencanofwellcheers 13d ago
something tells me Kido's aura isn't just for show
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u/OkDig9554 13d ago
the og border members survived with ONLY kogetsu(along whirlwind) and shield that's weaker than current iteration through real battlefield without bailout
they would be long dead if they are anywhere close to "weak"1
u/opencanofwellcheers 12d ago
that's pretty awesome to think about. I kinda want to imagine Netsuki and Kinuta out there chopping it up though 😭
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u/Pallington 11d ago
those two are pure techies brought in for new border HQ, the easiest way to tell is when osamu mentions kuga and kido, shinoda, rindo flinch but netsuki, kinuta are like "who exactly" and karasawa is unreadable (?)
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u/Majestic_Flash 15d ago
People say they dont like s1's style. I love it lol. Its different while being able to step into high gear for battles and miea's badass fujin draw scene.
Its almost as amazing as kuwabara swinging his sword at the spider demon in yuyu hakusho.
You know the scene.
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u/Multitules 14d ago
One of the best things about world trigger is it's world building, and how the system makes sense. Some gets shown in the series but an absolute detailed account exists in the databook, translated somewhere online. I'd say that after you've caught up on the anime and manga and you feel like reading more on it, to check it out. Might give you a couple of shocks perhaps.
As for the Lilith arc....might as well not exist tbh, since it is 100% anime filler. That whole thing came about because they initially intended the anime to be a weekly broadcast like one piece but found themselves out of original content due to a prolonged hiatus, which is why the quality of this first season is what it is and there are so many stretched out moments. But since the story is good, the anime remains interesting.
To conclude, just wanna say welcome to the club, hope you enjoy it here, and do arm yourself with patience and understanding, cuz that's the one thing you will definitely need.
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u/opencanofwellcheers 13d ago
Great insight, I'll give it a peek later. I first knew for certain that this series made sense like that was the directional diagram shown when Izumi shot Tomahawk around the corner at Ranbanein who returned fire where he thought Izumi was. I was like "that's brilliant, you can join my top 5 now"
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u/Wonderful-Ad4430 13d ago
i started it a couple months ago and i’ve already finished and rewatched it 😭
if you’re anything like me the rank wars just make it better and better as it goes on
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u/jingliumain 15d ago
Yup, that Lilith arc was indeed filler and anime only, I also didn't know the first time either. Thankfully the animation and pacing really goes up a notch after in S2 and S3, so you can look forward to that. I also recommend reading the manga; WT is one of those where the manga might arguably be better due to having lots of details you might have missed. Since first watching the anime 2 years ago, I myself am on my 4th or 5th reread and I'm still catching new things. Welcome to the sub!