Scott Pilgrim Takes Off But Just Knives Chau 

Teenage crushes work like that. It wouldnt surprise me her losing Scott was exactly what she needed to take a good look at their "relationship" and realize he was kinda crummy and that she deserves better. Not to mention he budding talent as a musician and newfound friendship with SBO might have helped vent her feelings about him. The unfortunate truth about these narratives is that its easy to love everyone but you can out your attention on all of them at once or you lose the plot so things like Knives character arc could only be implied

​@@thehermit8618knives quite literally tells scott that him disappearing was what she needed

@@thoet7270 deadass

knives isn't in love with scott, she's in love with the idea of being in love with scott

@@junkmail2223 Huh?

That part was so adorable and I keep replaying that

Fucking true :3

Lil bro didn't read The comics

I did always feel bad for her in the movie. I think a lot of people forget that she is just a 17 year old kid.

@@kinguiz Knives’ character arc in a nutshell: -Dates Scott as an underage teen -Gets cheated on and then dumped by Scott in favor of Ramona -Gets angry and obsessed with Scott -Fights Ramona for dating Scott -Obsesses over Envy and gets beat up for it -Hangs out with the group and makes relationships with Kim and others -Turns 18 and finally moves on from Scott Her whole story is literally being the victim of unhealthy obsessions. Like my guy, what comic are you reading.

The further Knives development just more lampshades the whole why was she so obsessed with Scott problem. Fundamentally Kim, Envy, Knives and Ramona are still just created to inexplicably have Scott dripping in talented, beautiful women. You can have Knives grow out of that in the six minute video above but we don't understand whatever lack of confidence caused it.

And Steven STILL doesn't contribute anything meaningful

i bet it if it was Kim you would've said something different lol

@@TheEmperorRaidou ???

@@Miles-i1q my bad. I meant Kim

way better than them dating in the comic

@@grief8060 they nvr dated. Just hooked up once (while drunk)

The Japanese version gave her more of a typical young anime girl voice, which isn’t a bad thing, but the softer, slightly lispy voice Ellen does for her feels a little more uniquely fitting to her character.

Of course she always adorable and funny.

SHES A BABY 🥺

@@stoodmuffinpersonal3144Yeah. Scott’s a real jerk. Knives handled it pretty well though.

​@@mat7083Wow as if that wasn't the point that you weren't supposed to like him as the other characters in comics and movies called him out for it

Her role was not bigger here tbh

She did not have a bigger role here than in the comic lmao

I guess it wasn't a bigger role, but she's more of a character that stands on her own now for sure

@@igornascimm is some aspects yeah, but it did felt a bit rushed. A her change of look in the finale made barely any sense. Was more like fan service. Dont get me wrong tho, I binge watched the whole thing because it was really good but some characters for sure got the short end of the stick.

Way more screen time in the comic

late reply but AGREE ellen wong CARRIED i hope she gets more voice acting work in the future!

so true. whole cast did amazing. it’s so comforting hearing everyone talk it’s all so soft and calming

⁠@@jjschneider8566and I love the interviews where they talking about how much of a blast they had with the movie (I’m basing this only off of Cera and Evans, but I can imagine the rest of the cast sharing the sentiment)

Fr, her smile is contagious. I love her so much

If I remember correctly, Knives was Ellen Wong's first acting role, so it probably means a lot to her. But I agree, she gave 110% in this.

I loved it too. They're like eachother's found sibling

i agree

I ship them

​​@@christophercrossland7475she's 17 and he's 23. and gay. don't be gross

I really hope they do S2 that has a better dynamic with knives and Scott as band mates and friends.

She was already more than that. At the end in the books she becomes a mature young woman who knows her worth. She literally tells Scott that she's too good for him.

@@thehermit8618but that happened in the movie too anyway?

​@@henrydikes6704At the end, yeah. But throughout the movie, she was still obsessed with Scott

​@cranburrey The Movie & Comic are better than this pathetic excuse for an adaption.

@@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475 Cry about it

Didn't envy's drummer did that too

@@urbainleverrier1 if you’re talking about the movie, it was Todd (the bassist) who punched her; I haven’t read the comics yet so idk if anything similar happens there

​@@somerandomguy29bro did NOT read the comics 💀💀😘

@@spooked1938 Oh man, I completely forgot about the chick with the robot arm lol. I swear I remember it being todd who done it.

Oh my god you're right

for real

Too late she’s already in our sight

Can I just say that Knives actually joining Sex Bob-omb in the end was such a brilliant idea!

Someone who gets it.

There are already several arts of this Loli

Tell that to the lewd artist.

@@thefirstofthelastones8952 What lewd art?

@@multiverse_media2023 You know how these things work... A franchise gets popular and a bunch of low life losers like to draw erotic fan art of the female characters because like I said they're losers.

she is 17 dude not 7

​@@brezio5251But she's innocent and beautiful

It also makes a ton of sense for her character in the comics! It's pretty heavily implied throughout that a large part of why Knives liked Scott in the first place was because he introduced her to a music scene she had previously not known about; in the final chapter, she's still just watching them play, but rather than being enthusiastic, her response is a dubious 'you guys have so much potential!' It's pretty easy to read her as always having had the real ear for music, so it's nice that in this timeline she gets to do something with it.

I thought it was a way less uncomfortable version of the scene in book 4 where Knives and Kim, a minor and an adult respectively, make out! But I think I like this explanation way better! You do you, Knives! Show everybody that you're a strong, independent woman who don't need no man or… woman!

He does talk to her when trying to convince Scott to go to the battle of the bands.

Same as Gordon and Julie

Is Scott here, you know what, he just left

They had a great friendship in the comic- they were together so much Julie, Young Neil, and others like Scott thought they might be romantically attracted to each other in Volumes 3-6. They would always have fun hanging out together in parties, he would sneak her into bars etc. But it was more of a super fun brother sister dynamic that was nice to see, and they're just super close. It was implied he told her he was gay before anyone else, and he was the one who gave her the wake-up call that Scott ain't that great and cheating etc. Loved the added music dynamic the show added though, they already had so much fun chemistry and the music element added so much more to Knives's character and their relationship.

@@jeremygeller9145 that’s Wallace :b

She stole the opening credits when she pops out and waves for sure.

me

Best character than ramona or any of the other characters

and people still only want the original to be animated. Which it should, but it's kinda hard to have it stand while this exists too.

I'm re-reading the comics right now, they're good (better than a lot of people give them credit honestly) but they're definitely a product of the mid-2000s. I think the ship has sailed for a completely faithful adaptation, if it got adaptated I think there would definitely still be changes.

@@Electronica27Imagine people wanting the source material.

@@joefoto3243 yeah fucking boring lmfao, glad this is evolving and not rehashing the same shit.

The original comics do Knives extremely well, better than this series to be honest.

Stephen and Knives are close friends in the comics too, though we don't see as much of their interactions as in the anime. But they're close enough other characters suspected they were dating (they were not). I think the movie has everyone act more apathetic towards each other than the comics.

It’s been a joy ride seeing an expansion to the Exes and side characters, Roxy is my personal favorite development, but honestly I want more Scott.😢 But this doesn’t deter my excitement for season 2.

SONO CHI NO SADAME!!!! JOOOOOOOOOOOJO!!!!!!!!!!

@@Joe-ft4qm I think it's less lifeless and more not matching to the animation. Cause they gave the same performance as the movie imo.

Maybe you're right. I didn't watch enough of it to know exactly what was wrong with the VA. But, one episode is enough to know that something is very wrong with it. @@JD_and_Gaming

Same!!

Same.

shes like 17-18 not 10

@@brezio5251 I know, but I still see her like a little sister. Like Stephen and Knives.

@@brezio5251but compared to the rest of the cast and the show’s target audience she’s still pretty young and innocent

@@alexsiemers7898 shows target audience is 12+. you cant possibly tell me shes more innocent then a 12-13 yo lol

I do hope they do a s2 to develop her and Scott a bit better. The comics was a bit rough around the edges and there needed to be some things there but I do understand the sentiment.

Jokes on you, I'm aromantic.

I'm asexual

@@ChinoriDesu awesome

KNIVES to meet you. 🔪 Get it? 😂😂

@@marisethandrade4778 Lmao

i was waiting for young neil to say it 😭

I thought it was blood the whole time

CAN I GET A WITNESS🎶

@@grassysnowball *S T O P .*

he was in the wrong for dating her in the first place! cause yknow. hes 23. and shes 17. and shes young and impressionable and immature and

@@KIIROCORE yea true so in a way Scott was seeming like in that moment kinda creepy

@@KIIROCORE She wanted him, and she literally spent her time and days stalking this man until he gave in. Also 17 is old enough to know what you want so i could careless what the law is plus he never had bad intentions with any of the women he dated as much of an asshole he is, he respects all of their boundaries and decisions

​​@@TeaTimeTablehave you...read the comic? she didn't stalk him until after they already broke up he started dating her because he wanted something easy, he's a total scumbag who used knives

@@shelfenthusiast I did I finished it she stalked him before and after and Ramona as well, yeah he’s a scumbag. Knives was aiming her resentment at the wrong person literally. And I also hate when the narrative of 17 girl dates slightly older guy it’s viewed as creepy but the Persona 5 protagonist for example is a 17 year old guy who can date women between 20-32 make it make sense.

Older Scott, you are incorrigible.

Theyre actually besties in the comics too! They hang out a ton, and scott even thinks theyre together at one point (they arent, knives laughs at the accusations, stephen is gay). I was always bummed that their friendship wasnt shown in the movie, the show was so healing

How did he fit in ramonas purse?

I was waiting for them to make out.

I felt that too

@@SaiyanGamer95okay buddy slow down

​@@Miles-i1qi still ship kim and knives tho…

@@Miles-i1qit happens at one point

Yes at all costs

Maybe season 2 if it's ever a thing

And her sister.

That bummed me out, her dad was funny.

@@nicholasfarrell5981 that guy slice a bus in halve.

In the comics as well

Because she had more time away from Scott doing things for herself, the obsession most likely died. That along with figuring out on her own what Scott did.

Also the age gap between Kim and Knives is…. Yikes

It’s funny how she was mad at Ramona but didn’t care that Matthew was the one who actually killed Scott

Kim x Knives is a problematic ship though lmao

@@DarnHooligan Huh?

That did well but the comics do a lot more other things better

And it's Kim who gets her into the band. Let's not forget that.

Her dynamic with Stephen was in the comic as well, I’m super glad they continued their bond here and giving her the music element- it works perfectly! Even though Knives got the closure in the last Volume discovering herself and refused Scott’s advances the music thing made her so much more unique.

​@@flerken4233What? In the comics, Scott proposes to her, even after all the story? I haven't read it, please explain.

@@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ Volume 5, the second to last volume, ends with a cliffhanger with Ramona teleporting away leaving Scott no notes besides her goodbye words telling him it was fun(Scott assumes she went back to Gideon but she didn't in the comic) So Scott is super depressed over her leaving for several months in Volume 6. Wallace, just like the show, gives questionable advice to the dumb brained Scott, telling him he should casually sleep with people. So Scott idiotically and very awkwardly tries asking each of his exes for a casual fling. Knives spent Volumes 2-4 being kinda just a comedic side character who is obsessed with Scott, but when Scott goes to her in Volume 6 she has finally (through events of Volume 5) gotten over him and rejects him kindly, understanding he's not the ideal she envisioned and in a bad spot. Although she didn't mind a last minute make out with him before she left for university, which was a comedic page of them recoiling from the kiss with giant text on the page that said "BUT IT WAS HORRIBLE FOR EVERYONE. AND THAT INCLUDES YOU" Extra info on the Knives and Stephen friendship in the comics- Knives is closest to Stephen out of anyone in the entire series, from like Volume 3-6 she's hanging out and laughing with Stephen in most of her background appearances and he's the one who invites and sneaks her into parties and bars. He's also the one who broke the news to her in Volume 5 that it's not Ramona's meddling that stole Scott, Scott is just crappy. Both Julie and Young Neil suspect that they might have mutual romantic attraction in earlier volumes because they chill together so much, but Knives laughs that off in her early Volume 6 appearance that of course not- which why she found it so funny is later revealed at the end of the volume that Stephen is gay and dating another guy whose name I don't remember(He was a background character that had a couple blunt and dry comedic lines).

sus

​@@elderjose9662get out of youtube kid

I think her development in the comics is decent. It's a different path since she has to struggle a lot more with moving on (like she says in the anime, Scott being dead allowed her to self-reflect much faster).

Good sequel for good story;)😊

It is great. You will enjoy it.

It's basically a pseudo sequel to the movie more than anything, and I absolutely love that they take the themes of the movie and comic and actually embrace them in an absolute balls to the wall way

@@Kuzna22 Yeah it was! But I do feel like you absolutely need to know the source material to enjoy it! And not just the moves; some stuff feels like it's from the books only! But I do like that they really humanized the evil exes this time around! They did so in the comics: Only Todd was an absolute a**hole back then IMO, everyone else had a reason to have issues with Ramona. But this time they are more than even their Ramona issues; they're just people! Weird people, but people nonetheless! :p

@@ChevaliersEmeraude Yeah definitely. Having experienced all the media before this it was such a delight . I especially liked how Roxy was treated and teared up during that sequence.

@@Kuzna22 My favorite I think was Patel! Back in the comics and the movie he's basically just for exposition and then he loses the fight and that's it, but here since he "won", he got to stick around, fight Gideon, do his whole thing, and it was great! Good for him! I also like how Lucas called out how ridiculous it is the way he lost against Scott originally! :P Oh, and Todd getting obsessed over Wallace? That came out of left field, but in a good way! They were all great really! :)

She's an innocent high-school girl

It's because she's the youngest

Honestly wasn't subtle at all

I mean the comics, video game and the movie is it’s separate thing

@@keymango ye, but they all have the same general plot, which is why the twist thew me a bit off

@@johnathan1506 I think personally, the way the show is going it can be set up for MORE seasons! Considering maybe they’ll do the thing where each season revolves around a certain character?

​@@keymangothey said they only plan on 1. So yeah many are disappointed

​@@bryangarcia5207no

Maybe another AU? Maybe they *actually* use the subspace highway as a crazy cross-world thing

​@@reillymcwritingno none of the Scott Pilgrim Media continuity should ever collide and before you say that it's a sequel no it's not o mally already confirmed that the show was it's own thing and every Scott Pilgrim Media is is different universes

Sadly there’s little to no chance of a season 2, as it’s been confirmed.

@@FlickeringInTheGloom That’s not what Brian Lee O’Malley said, he said it was made to be one season in case it didn’t get picked up for a second.

Same!