Talk:The First Step/@comment-75.82.233.129-20130812005830/@comment-12908903-20130812152839

Maybe I'm just the odd one out, but I actually liked the 2D moments. I find it amusing, with all the arguments about how this cannot be anime, that the show incorporates so many anime tropes. I found the chibi and dust cloud fight so inherently familiar to me that I felt the style worked perfectly to reinforce the scene. They made me smile and maybe that's all I wanted.

Also in direct contrast to your opinion, I thought the internal monologue in this episode was the worst executed. The 3D model looked odd posed and stationary, then instantly repositioned and the thundercloud in the background looked out of place. The setup was familiar, but the visuals were odd to my for some reason.

Maybe I'm just not wrapped up enough in the anime/not anime argument enough for these scenes to annoy me or maybe the anime stylings ARE part of the nature of the show. To me at least.