Wednesday, November 12, 2014

First Reaction: Wārudo Torigā aka World Trigger




Osamu Mikumo (far right of the picture) is a high school kid who has joined an agency called Border. This agency protects Mikado City and stops any attacks by Neighbors. Neighbors are what they call monsters that come through portals from an alternate dimension to attack the city for unknown reasons. To fight these monsters, Border agents use something called a Trigger. The origin of Triggers are somewhat secret. Each Trigger is different and of varying strengths depending on the person's inborn Trion level (my first thought was midi-chlorians from star wars). Could be guns, swords, any weapon really. Osamu meets a new transfer student named Yūma Kuga (next to Osamu on the right in the picture). Yuma doesn't know much about how the world works, for a spoiler-ish reason,  and Osamu starts teaching him his view on right and wrong.

A giant silk worm? RUN!
Now, that was quite a bit of jargon they throw at you fairly quick. All of it boils down into your basic shonen. So far through 5 episodes, the show is alright. The characters lack depth and the story isn't very interesting, but I can't really say it's bad. I'd just say it can be boring since the show is highly predictable. Each character takes a role and there is no development from that role. I do have some hope it will get better. I like the fights and am curious about how the show will deal with Yuma when Border learns of his existence. I don't like the use of CGI, since it looks incredibly out of place (I've seen much worse though. 'Tegami Bachi" anyone?), and the characters personalities are incredibly predictable.

I'm ready for my close up
and that face... what does that even mean? Smug? Secretive? I'm a boss? That expression is used everywhere so you have been warned. The op is what I call a "dance party" opening. Something like "A Certain Scientific Railgun" openings. It is techno beats designed to get you pumped for the show. I think it's fine and anytime I hear whoa in an opening I now think of "Log Horizon". That's a good thing...I guess. Take a look for yourself, and thanks for reading.

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