How is ARCANE THIS GOOD?!? | Arcane Rant 

and plays a violin that cost 10 milion $ - an actual Stradivari

real life is boring i guess

Ohh i know now

Oh...that's him!, he totally kills it with his performance in Sting's "What Could Have Been", simply amazing.

@@mischr13 it’s just ultimate swag, wouldn’t you like playing on and collecting the best of you can afford it? That being said, most artists and studios will get things on loan and return them when they finish.

Ekko* REEEEEEE jk

The whole Ekko and Jinx fight is a masterclass in storytelling; he gives a smug and plays the clock exactly how he did as kid - she recognizes it and there’s a second where she pauses like saying “really?” but her answer was to also smile and go to stance. The audience knows that there’s something there but before we can connect the dots the sequence kicks in and drags home how tragic the whole situation truly is. Pick any show that treats its audience like they’re dumbasses and Ekko would start a long monologue about how they used to play x and whatnot. In less than 5 minutes we get more action, character depth and plot development than some shows get after a whole season.

To be perfectly fair, they do put a voiceover of Vi repeating what she said about lighting the flare, as well as Vander's voice when Caitlin tells Vi she has a good heart. I'd say we're so used to them going overboard with explanation and flashbacks something like that is acceptable, considering it's so small and non-intrusive.

@@Karanthaneos They do sometimes have a voice-over reminder. But as you said, a normal series would have an involved cut-scene while this show respects the audience enough to give a hint rather than a detailed callback.

This is also unfortunately why viwers often miss build up towards certain things or visual storytelling details or leads them to misunderstand or misconstrue situations because people are so used to getting things spelled out to them. Good examples can be found whenever storyline involves Mel. People are quick to dismiss her as manipulative, corrupt or evil because they miss the build up towards the Mel/Jayce romance or that the reason she votes for putting him on the council is because he can't get his and Viktor's projects to help the undercity greenlit without council's explicit consent, which he offhandedly mentions in episode 4 and then complains to her about (and their dialogue implies it's not the first time they've had that conversation). Even when given additional information about her in episode 7, 8 and 9, where it's shown that she actually shares Jayce's idealism and desire to help, some viewers are already too set in their interpretation to process that, which is unfortunate. But it also makes it a great show to rewatch because you always find a new detail, foreshadowing or callback.

To be clear, I don't hate imagine dragons. I just got thrown way off when the episode suddenly was a music video with characters singing the music like a musical. I quite like their music. Thanks for the comment!

@@FallenGale I'm pretty sure only the animated band was singing.

Does imagine dragons not count as real people in ep 5? Lol

I guess this person didn't do much research

I feel you have misunderstood my point. I agree that her development is deeper than a trope. I said her backstory followed common tropes. Development and backstory are two completely different parts of a character. Thanks for the comment!

@@FallenGale Point taken, development and backstory are different. I still disagree, the backstory (pre the final time period shown) is more than just trope. And more than a sense of justice, though that is strong too. She has pride, a desire to earn her place on her own merits, not just be given things for her name. While she follows societal/parental expectations she doesn't connect, she sees herself as a misfit, other. An interest in the undercity is established. She adores Jayce and tries to stand up for him, despite how bound she feels.

The answer is that complaint was mostly a joke. Yuumi is a cat character who's gimmick is that you can attach to a person and not have to click anything because you passively boost them. A good amount of the player base find her annoying because of this. So I added it at the end of my list as a bit of a joke for current players. Thanks for your comment!

@@FallenGale ohhh I understand now! Thank you so much for replying.

I think you misunderstood my point. Everything you said happens during the story, in the present. I agree that Caitlyn gets development through the current narrative. What I argue is that they don't spend a lot of time on WHY she disagrees with her parents or why she wants to pursue the truth. That allow us to infer that info from her general character instead of telling us. Thank you for your comment!

lmao this is also the current point im at in life. i could spot parallels between my journey and hers while watching, it was nice to see!

I feel her talk with Grayson was all we really needed to get why she's where she is in the future. Although I wouldn't mind seeing more of how she developed her detective side.

You’re right. Between the politicians, the war orphans, and the mad scientists, Cait was literally the only sane person in the show.

funny cuz nowadays he is overshadowed pretty much by any other new assassin 😭 my boy has seen better days

@@junpeidaman say that again once he locks you in place, dodges all your skillshots, land on top of you and kill you in a few seconds and by only using two abilities

@@iiiivvvv9986 nah man I’m gonna be the Fizz, I main him XD

lmao as a bronze tier lux main i feel this 🦈💀

What did he do? Why is everyone saying that blank piece of wood is a good character?

What about Imagine Dragon...?

@@van_bich_phuong Yeah true, but they were also stylized in the style of the Undercity, so they still really fit the vibe. Ray Chen’s character was just Ray Chen, so he seems plain in comparison.

When it comes to the music, lore and all the animations, Riot is really selective, but animation is rarely made by them, it's generally delegated to some company specialized in it, it's the same for Arcane.

Hey there are cameos from the founders of fortiche and they weren't stylized at all, they're kind of Easter eggs lol

​@@rimurutempest4945Ray Chen also looked piltovin

It was ok for me, it was just jarring because I thought they were putting an ACTUAL music video in the middle of the show. Case in point, there's a video out there that puts that entire scene to a different instrumental track and its SOOO much better.

It personally took me out for a sec until the fight happened

@@wormbag80 see though I think that was the point. That scene was to pull you out because victor just had his death note signed and it would be far to jarring to go from cry cry sad sad for victor to oh shit knee to the face. They had to have something there to reset you.

And if you all didn't check out the actual Enemy music video, do yourself a favor and look it up. The show producers like putting in music videos every episode, so expect more. I don't mind it at all.

Honestly their the only reason I even watched

The only nitpick I have is with Jayce suddenly knowing how to fight without any prior training, we only knew him as a blacksmith, scientist and politician, but when did he learn how to handle a Hextech transforming hammer in a fight with superhuman mutants when he never shown fighting anybody before or practiced with it. That issue kinda to me out of the scene and I felt they needed some explanation for it same way they showed Vi and Cat practicing their respective combat styles (and even Jinx as powder practices shooting paint guns with Mylo).

@@AscendantStoic That was a bit odd to me as well. I can kind of excuse it with a few reasons. 1. Jayce was fighting berserker type enemies who had very little subtlety, tactics, or training. They were strong and fast, but that was about it. 2. Jayce's weapon was a giant hammer with a shield function and it could also shoot out AOE blasts of energy. That's a pretty forgiving weapon that doesn't require as much skill or training compared to fighting hand to hand or shooting.

@@Shax22132 Fair enough, though a short scene showing him putting the hammer together and testing its functions would have done wonders to make his fight scene much more believable, alas maybe they had to cut that scene due to time constraints.

@@AscendantStoic That's my guess as well. Arcane relied heavily on visual storytelling, and did a great job of it, so there were undoubtedly scenes that they couldn't include.

I think this primarily comes from anime's honestly obnoxious need to directly adapt the source material to the show. A manga often has to do fightsplaining because visual storytelling through action is a lot harder with a series of stills. But instead of the anime writers adapting that exposition in a more anime-original way, they just directly translate: manga does a punch here - anime does a punch here manga has this line of exposition to describe the power of the punch - anime does it too Its the perfect example of the idea that a completely faithful adaptation does not make it a good adaptation. You need to play to the strengths of your medium

Thank you for sharing. Did you want to give some of that wealth to a disadvantaged stranger? 🥺

@@slylover123 Surely I can help you somehow if I get to know what you need help with. But just giving away something to a total stranger doesn't sound like a good way to help anybody. What if there's someone who needs it more than you? And if I get to know your situation, there might be official channels I might like you to try, that would be better suited for you than me giving off something. Because there might be people who aren't even that lucky, lucky as you. And judging by the fact that you have a RU-vid account, something to type into the comment section with. I know there are a lot of people who are more disadvantaged than *you*

@@Sin_Of_Greed you sound like player 1 from squid game lol. So many excuses you've made for yourself that prevent you from helping-so many barriers and hurdles put in place for disadvantaged people to 'earn' charity that it becomes humiliating and dehumanizing for the requestors. Anyway, I am a stranger, so my request, though sincere, would require way more proof. I do acknowledge my blessings, thank you for the reminder. Regardless, I hope you continue to use your status to help at risk populations through individual contributions, trusted organizations, and other means. I am happy to assist with researching such organizations :)

​@@slylover123dude just stop

So you're saying it's a ploy to lure innocent new souls to be consumed by LoL? They are so evil and it's working!

I agree, but even that was the bare minimum of establishing motivation, so I feel my point still stands. Thanks for your comment!

@@FallenGale I'd argue the bigger driving factor for her is the frustration she's repeatedly shown at not having any agency in her own life. She's shown multiple times trying to break out from the shadow of her parents. Her taking a job "below her station", refusing a ceremonial position in Jayce's staff to stay in the field, being influenced by Grayson's comments on civil service, getting visibly upset by her parents interfering with her career, taking it upon herself to pursue what turned out to be the Silco case. Her story is essentially an idealistic, highly empathetic but also extremely sheltered person, whos frustrated by the gilded cage shes living in, trying to take control of her own life and actually do something good in the world while also slowly having her eyes opened to the reality that life is messier than she thinks it is. There's no denying her personal arc is a secondary plot line in S1, it's not the focus. But its still there and I don't think it was meant to be S1's focus. I suspect that her and Vi are going to be a central story pillar for next season. Vi's own trauma isn't really delved into this season all that much, the hell she went through in prison and the aftermath of everything S1 did to her emotionally. Likewise Cait's not yet finished becoming the person she wants to be. Much like how S1 explored Silco/Jinx and Viktor/Jayce, I imagine S2 will explore Caitlyn/Vi and Heimerdinger/Ekko. I could be wrong, but this show absolutely loves its narrative parallels and these character pairings share thematic similarities.

@@troikas3353 I agree with everything. Especially the motivation to become a respectable enforcer. It just take your idol to say something and you take it as a motivation to become like your idol. We see it nowadays IRL.

I think Gale's point was that we didnt NEED Caitlyn to say why she joined the police force, we didnt need an Episode 3 character arc for her, because the show does so much with so little. The ironic part is people see that as a flaw, that EVERYTHING in the show isnt fleshed out as much as the rest. I see it as being very efficient.

what do you think anime means?