He said Atomic in cursive Times New Roman. Also, what sells Cid to me, is that he is not a natural edgelord - he is trying to act like one intentionally. Every line he says is calculated by him to sound coolest and edgiest to fit the scenario he made up in his head, all to work towards embodying his ideal Shadowbroker image.
with just the right amount of left and right phase shifting to make it sound like it was whispered right in your ears. It even felt like it came almost behind.
This philosophy he had that he wondered how to beat a nuclear weapon. What to do in the face of overwhelming power. Well become atomic himself. I just love it so much.
I know we have to glaze the king, but he straight-up called it "nuke," not something fancy like "nuclear weaponry." Let's not misrepresent the king, please🤣
It actually does matter what his style is. Cid was not born with immense power in the isekai world. He was not handed a single iota of his strength. The reason he's so powerful is because of his extremely efficient use of the magic he does have. And part of that is his swordplay. While others put immense amounts of magic into their sword to boost their stats, Cid is good enough that he doesn't have to. He can use the minimum effort possible to block, evade, and redirect. If he wasn't so talented with the sword, that would be impossible.
Yeah. It's kinda the opposite of what SOS Bros said. It's everyone else's swordstyles that work only because they are extremely strong and fast. They never needed to refine it or apply deep tactics and philosophy, because their stats made it a competition of who is stronger. Cid can outsword them while using less strength and speed than they are, because he comes from a world without over the top superhumans and has deeper understanding of combat tactics thanks to that.
@@Carsu12 It's not just that, its also the fact that he's already studied all sorts of sword styles and amongst all of them, he's identified the common sword style as the most efficient, in that it may have no strengths, but it also holds no weaknesses in the hands of a master. It is the best swordstyle for fighting anything, like enemies you don't even know anything about. Like how the heavy sword has the built-in weakness for being slow but strong, the swift sword being fast but hits lightly compared to other swordstyles, and the illusion sword being strong against opponents that can't see through its tricks, but is easily dealt with by people who has the perception to break through it. The common sword is a balanced one that holds none of the strengths of these swords, but also none of their weaknesses, it can be faster, stronger and harder to deal with simply depending on the efforts of the wielder to sharpen it.
I blame this one on the bros for not putting one and one together. Cid being Chuuni, he trained his skills to perfection even before coming to this world which make him stand out among others isekais tropes. In the end of episode 1, he sort of hinted that he trained everyday every martial arts to hone his skills. Come on guys he even pick a fight against military guy
To be fair, they don't really cover it as well in the anime compared to the manga, where early on there's more scenes of his training, him thinking he's ordinary in class despite being crazy bulked up, etc etc. the comedic undertones can make it seem in the anime that he's just winging everything, at times.
@@wardenm also that yeah but come on even if this is a fantasy, there is no way a child is winning against a adult even worse, he is trained in military so he knows martial arts
@@deity0 I mean to be fair there it's not impossible for a kid to win against an adult in reality it's just very unlikely. People have died from unlikely good hits or sneaky hits before.
I guess they missed the locket? After Alpha defeated the being and reverted it back into a girl, the locket shown was the same as the guy from episode 2. Also another fun note, the pink haired girl at the end, she appeared in the background of episode 3 when Alexia was leaning towards Cid in the Library. (Also I am sure they figured it out by now, but the silver haired elf girl is Beta, people often get confused, mixing her and Delta, the wolf girl, up early on because Alpha saying Delta was in the area, and then Beta shows up later that night.)
5:38 It's kinda the opposite - He is that powerful precisely because of his skills. Cid has an extremely deep understanding of fighting styles and he utilizes the very core of those skills when he fights. I don't recall if its already stated or a little further ahead, but in this world people aren't very skilled (on average) and when they fight, the "bigger number" usually wins. Cid however, because he attempted to delve deep enough into all possible styles to be able to combat an Atomic Bomb of all things, is able to push all magic beyond its limits thus becoming such a powerful being, even though Alpha, for example, would surpass him in raw power (iirc)
TBF his power is also partially due to his equipment (made out of slime, a highly mana-conductive material, manipulated via mana to control the shape & hardness/sharpness etc), but fair enough. Also fair enough, as a male Cid is already at a disadvantage vs the descendants of the 3 Heroes, hell even Claire is pretty mid despite being female since humans are too short lifespan and thus their lineage purity will obviously get contaminated faster than therianthropes or elves
@@skebaba918 Yeah, but Cid is the one who engineered the slime equipment. Before him, the most magic conductive material was mithril, which is only like 51% conductive or something, compared to the slime's 99% conductiveness.
@@en4833 I think the cult should have at least known it's theoretically possible, since Nelson immediately guessed that his gear is made out of slime when he saw how the mana condensed etc even inside a mana absorption device range
@@skebaba918 Even if that was true, my point was that Cid created that equipment himself, so it's still in line with the "no borrowed power" sentiment.
@@skebaba918 They don't know that because: 1. They never needed that, they were already the most powerful organisation in the world 2. Ironically, they were not insane enough to attempt it. Basically a lot of methods Cid tried to grow stronger borders on suicide or insanity. IIRC he intentionally caused magic overloads within his body to enhance his capabilities. It's very likely slimes would just eat the fuck out of anyone normal who would try to tame them. 3. As You've described, "slime, a highly mana-conductive material, manipulated via mana to control the shape & hardness/sharpness etc"... This is a part of Cid's abilities. He hones magic control to levels unmatched by anyone else in the world, and the Cult didn't, because of 2 points above. Not needed due to being pinacle, and not insane enough to try.
It was stated earlier in the show that the fighting styles in this world are very unrefined and over-reliant on magic. CID was just using his style there, which happens to be similar to Alexia’s. His style is one that could outclass everyone else even if he wasn’t overpowered, just based on technique and mastery. He likes her style because it’s a good one that doesn’t fall into the common traps that everyone else has fallen into. She has unlimited room for growth while the others like her sister are limited by him much magic they can hit with.
Let’s not pretend power doesn’t matter. He himself said in the light novel that if he was faced with the ultimatum of “Power or technique, choose one,” he would choose power 10 times out of 10. “Technique with no power is worthless” -Cid Kagenou. He is way more than just a finesse guy or an unga bunga fighter.
"I am Atomic" was instantly iconic. I'm not sure whether to praise the voice actor or sound designers for that one. Sometimes, all you need to sell your cringe is *commit to the bit.*
You know, there are some lines in anime that really make you go "I really wish I was there to hear the Voice Director's thought process." This is one of those lines. Why have him whisper the last word? I genuinely want to hear the thought process behind that decision.
This show is just... fun. The light novels are even more fun mostly cause of the exposition which is somehow even more ridiculous than the show in some ways. God! I love this series so much.
The best part about this show is you can't tell if its a dumb show being written by a genius or a good show being written dumb on purpose and thats why its so good at both comedy and seriousness you come for the isekai tropes but its does them with more weight and proper pathos that events don't just happen, its not "and then this happened" its "this happened, so then this occured" and you see it best with once the arc ends, Alpha and the team are going over notes of a group using their teams name, this only happened because they've been doing this for the past 4 years since they left Cid that their name is known around outside of Midgar, and likewise because Zenon was found out to be a rat that Iris now changes the way info moves within her organization to keep things more tight lipped, everything actually has importance and events don't only happen when the MC is around but his actions cause ripples through out the world
Giga Chad Alexia : Sees the ultimate sword Technic "'I am Atomic'" --> goes "'I need to train my Swordsmanship; RIGHT NOW!'" grabs next best sword and goes at it.
It loops from cringe into cool just because he owns it 100% if this was an american made show he'd look deadass into the camera and say "or something like that"
It was a turning point for Alexia and her much stronger sister Iris. Alexia is starting to build confidence and gaining power by her own doing whereas Iris, after putting into place by Alpha, is slowly losing it from here on.
Actually a cool detail here is that shadow never used magic until his "i am atomic", so he was actually just using "pure skill" to top a magic user, and thats why Alexia was so drawn to it
That’s something no reactor will ever notice, ’cause they fundamentally think that this show is the type where you shouldn’t pay any attention. How many times have you seen people tell others to turn their brain off while watching it? It’s really not helpful.
guess they either missed or chose not to comment on the tragedy in the ep that everyone else misses which is rather sad since it show just how fubar things are in 'the world'
Guys are so missing with their prognosis that I am really, really curious now how they will react when they actually get how this anime work, because for me it is 10000 x better then whatever they came about xD
At the least they're having fun (no matter how cringe and incel they think about the show), but the quote, "this show knows what it's about and owns it." still makes me ask, "Do you know what it's about?". Now, the girl's clothes coming off and other jokes you keep expecting to come makes me appreciate that the writer knows when to do jokes, fanservice, and consistent plot. Also, he's strong because he's a fencer ordinaire in everything he does, taking the essentials to the limit while ignoring everything else that's impractical. Which is why her admiring him does make sense, there are others who have more raw strength than him even among shadow garden, but because he was a have-not like Alexia, he became stronger and more skilled by making a perfect style to build himself up. Last thing that I think I can say without spoilers, calling him a good guy neet loser everyman protagonist when he's a literal subversion about that is weird, like he's actually strong, smart, competent, and knows, but is so insane that he pretends to be that type of loser on purpose then actually trying to be as scientifically edgy as he can be.
You're getting the shadow gardens mixed up. You've been calling Beta, Delta. Beta is the short white haired writer with the glasses while Delta is the long haired dog girl that goes berserk.
... So do these guys just NOT pay attention to what they are watching? I get having your own theories and head canons but they are missing so much stuff that the show is blatantly showing that its kinda killing the enjoyment ngl. Is this a norm for them or is this series an exception??
The "train to survive a nuclear explosion" thing works really well as a joke, but it also highlights just how much trauma the Japanese have from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. So I guess it's bittersweet laughter...? Eh well, they were demons during the war, so fuck em.😂
Borrowed strength does not beget true power.
Don't Claim to Know Almighty until you have Bared Witness to it
He said Atomic in cursive Times New Roman.
Also, what sells Cid to me, is that he is not a natural edgelord - he is trying to act like one intentionally. Every line he says is calculated by him to sound coolest and edgiest to fit the scenario he made up in his head, all to work towards embodying his ideal Shadowbroker image.
*_The Frenzy has begun_*
The moon is red!
We are out of time
Run if you value your life.
*The moment of awakening is near*
The whispered "Atomic" is the best part. It sends a chill down my spine every time.
with just the right amount of left and right phase shifting to make it sound like it was whispered right in your ears. It even felt like it came almost behind.
I AM 𝓐𝓽𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮
true bro like man genuinely spoke in ENGLISHᵀᴹ when he said 'Atomic' lol
I love that I can translate this to English.
@@Merilirem And it pretty much doesn't do anything, lol.
This philosophy he had that he wondered how to beat a nuclear weapon. What to do in the face of overwhelming power. Well become atomic himself. I just love it so much.
I know we have to glaze the king, but he straight-up called it "nuke," not something fancy like "nuclear weaponry." Let's not misrepresent the king, please🤣
It actually does matter what his style is. Cid was not born with immense power in the isekai world. He was not handed a single iota of his strength. The reason he's so powerful is because of his extremely efficient use of the magic he does have. And part of that is his swordplay. While others put immense amounts of magic into their sword to boost their stats, Cid is good enough that he doesn't have to. He can use the minimum effort possible to block, evade, and redirect. If he wasn't so talented with the sword, that would be impossible.
Yeah. It's kinda the opposite of what SOS Bros said. It's everyone else's swordstyles that work only because they are extremely strong and fast. They never needed to refine it or apply deep tactics and philosophy, because their stats made it a competition of who is stronger. Cid can outsword them while using less strength and speed than they are, because he comes from a world without over the top superhumans and has deeper understanding of combat tactics thanks to that.
This and breaking his magic pathways to have better output from his average magic pool + still training his skills even after starting his new life
@@Carsu12 It's not just that, its also the fact that he's already studied all sorts of sword styles and amongst all of them, he's identified the common sword style as the most efficient, in that it may have no strengths, but it also holds no weaknesses in the hands of a master. It is the best swordstyle for fighting anything, like enemies you don't even know anything about.
Like how the heavy sword has the built-in weakness for being slow but strong, the swift sword being fast but hits lightly compared to other swordstyles, and the illusion sword being strong against opponents that can't see through its tricks, but is easily dealt with by people who has the perception to break through it. The common sword is a balanced one that holds none of the strengths of these swords, but also none of their weaknesses, it can be faster, stronger and harder to deal with simply depending on the efforts of the wielder to sharpen it.
@@cirnotheicefairy3609 He's explained it in the novel. There is a system by which you can identify the meta in different fight styles.
This show toes the line of cool and cringe so so well. The author just gets it.
It's peak satire of isekai.
It plays jump rope with that line
shadow being such a psycho larper that just plays around makes it really fun
@@fettel1988 Peak satire is Konosuba
Do not kill the part of you that is cringe. Kill the part that cringes.
I blame this one on the bros for not putting one and one together. Cid being Chuuni, he trained his skills to perfection even before coming to this world which make him stand out among others isekais tropes. In the end of episode 1, he sort of hinted that he trained everyday every martial arts to hone his skills. Come on guys he even pick a fight against military guy
Yep, Cid is basically a Chuunibyou that actually has the power to back up his delusions
To be fair, they don't really cover it as well in the anime compared to the manga, where early on there's more scenes of his training, him thinking he's ordinary in class despite being crazy bulked up, etc etc. the comedic undertones can make it seem in the anime that he's just winging everything, at times.
@@wardenm also that yeah but come on even if this is a fantasy, there is no way a child is winning against a adult even worse, he is trained in military so he knows martial arts
@@deity0 I mean to be fair there it's not impossible for a kid to win against an adult in reality it's just very unlikely. People have died from unlikely good hits or sneaky hits before.
@@deity0 yeah, but hey we have ayanokouji that beats professionals in martial art when he was 9 y/o eventhough it doesnt make any f sense at all
I guess they missed the locket? After Alpha defeated the being and reverted it back into a girl, the locket shown was the same as the guy from episode 2. Also another fun note, the pink haired girl at the end, she appeared in the background of episode 3 when Alexia was leaning towards Cid in the Library. (Also I am sure they figured it out by now, but the silver haired elf girl is Beta, people often get confused, mixing her and Delta, the wolf girl, up early on because Alpha saying Delta was in the area, and then Beta shows up later that night.)
This show really is true PEAK for its genre. "I am Atomic."
the only show where an ignorant "dumb" MC isn't actually annoying but entertaining.
5:38 It's kinda the opposite - He is that powerful precisely because of his skills. Cid has an extremely deep understanding of fighting styles and he utilizes the very core of those skills when he fights.
I don't recall if its already stated or a little further ahead, but in this world people aren't very skilled (on average) and when they fight, the "bigger number" usually wins. Cid however, because he attempted to delve deep enough into all possible styles to be able to combat an Atomic Bomb of all things, is able to push all magic beyond its limits thus becoming such a powerful being, even though Alpha, for example, would surpass him in raw power (iirc)
TBF his power is also partially due to his equipment (made out of slime, a highly mana-conductive material, manipulated via mana to control the shape & hardness/sharpness etc), but fair enough. Also fair enough, as a male Cid is already at a disadvantage vs the descendants of the 3 Heroes, hell even Claire is pretty mid despite being female since humans are too short lifespan and thus their lineage purity will obviously get contaminated faster than therianthropes or elves
@@skebaba918 Yeah, but Cid is the one who engineered the slime equipment. Before him, the most magic conductive material was mithril, which is only like 51% conductive or something, compared to the slime's 99% conductiveness.
@@en4833 I think the cult should have at least known it's theoretically possible, since Nelson immediately guessed that his gear is made out of slime when he saw how the mana condensed etc even inside a mana absorption device range
@@skebaba918 Even if that was true, my point was that Cid created that equipment himself, so it's still in line with the "no borrowed power" sentiment.
@@skebaba918 They don't know that because:
1. They never needed that, they were already the most powerful organisation in the world
2. Ironically, they were not insane enough to attempt it. Basically a lot of methods Cid tried to grow stronger borders on suicide or insanity. IIRC he intentionally caused magic overloads within his body to enhance his capabilities. It's very likely slimes would just eat the fuck out of anyone normal who would try to tame them.
3. As You've described, "slime, a highly mana-conductive material, manipulated via mana to control the shape & hardness/sharpness etc"... This is a part of Cid's abilities. He hones magic control to levels unmatched by anyone else in the world, and the Cult didn't, because of 2 points above. Not needed due to being pinacle, and not insane enough to try.
He’s cannot be defeated by borrowed strength.
In his real life he worked his ass off to become strong. That's why he hate it if you borrow power instead of earning it by your own hard work.
It was stated earlier in the show that the fighting styles in this world are very unrefined and over-reliant on magic. CID was just using his style there, which happens to be similar to Alexia’s. His style is one that could outclass everyone else even if he wasn’t overpowered, just based on technique and mastery. He likes her style because it’s a good one that doesn’t fall into the common traps that everyone else has fallen into. She has unlimited room for growth while the others like her sister are limited by him much magic they can hit with.
Let’s not pretend power doesn’t matter. He himself said in the light novel that if he was faced with the ultimatum of “Power or technique, choose one,” he would choose power 10 times out of 10.
“Technique with no power is worthless”
-Cid Kagenou.
He is way more than just a finesse guy or an unga bunga fighter.
Cid is fighting in a modern sword style for him this noble like sword style is the ordinary way
"I am Atomic" was instantly iconic. I'm not sure whether to praise the voice actor or sound designers for that one.
Sometimes, all you need to sell your cringe is *commit to the bit.*
Caleb is wilding for that intro and im all for it.
You know, there are some lines in anime that really make you go "I really wish I was there to hear the Voice Director's thought process."
This is one of those lines. Why have him whisper the last word? I genuinely want to hear the thought process behind that decision.
This show is just... fun. The light novels are even more fun mostly cause of the exposition which is somehow even more ridiculous than the show in some ways. God! I love this series so much.
Yeah, I love how in the LN Cid is sure that Alexia is a serial killer after she viciously attacked him.
The best part about this show is you can't tell if its a dumb show being written by a genius or a good show being written dumb on purpose and thats why its so good at both comedy and seriousness
you come for the isekai tropes but its does them with more weight and proper pathos that events don't just happen, its not "and then this happened" its "this happened, so then this occured" and you see it best with once the arc ends, Alpha and the team are going over notes of a group using their teams name, this only happened because they've been doing this for the past 4 years since they left Cid that their name is known around outside of Midgar, and likewise because Zenon was found out to be a rat that Iris now changes the way info moves within her organization to keep things more tight lipped, everything actually has importance and events don't only happen when the MC is around but his actions cause ripples through out the world
Cid: Are you okay?
Me: No, are *YOU* OKAY?!
This is truly... Atomic
Giga Chad Alexia : Sees the ultimate sword Technic "'I am Atomic'" --> goes "'I need to train my Swordsmanship; RIGHT NOW!'" grabs next best sword and goes at it.
There are absolutely times where Cid gets cooking so hard that he spits entire buildings, instead of just bars
It loops from cringe into cool just because he owns it 100%
if this was an american made show he'd look deadass into the camera and say "or something like that"
I like it when cid said “it’s atomic’ing time” and atomiced all over the place
It was a turning point for Alexia and her much stronger sister Iris. Alexia is starting to build confidence and gaining power by her own doing whereas Iris, after putting into place by Alpha, is slowly losing it from here on.
''I am Atomic'' is defo top 10 anime quotes
Is this what was promised when they said we'd edge together?
Actually a cool detail here is that shadow never used magic until his "i am atomic", so he was actually just using "pure skill" to top a magic user, and thats why Alexia was so drawn to it
That’s something no reactor will ever notice, ’cause they fundamentally think that this show is the type where you shouldn’t pay any attention.
How many times have you seen people tell others to turn their brain off while watching it? It’s really not helpful.
It's this "atomic" that kinda tingels your brain the right way, isn't it?
"I'm containing the destruction I'm about to unleash."
Yeah about thaaaat....
Alexia actually pocketed one of Zenon’s pills, figuring she may need it later
That intro is fucking riciculous and I love it lol.
This episode was when I realized I was watching PEAK Isekai
Domain Expansion: Oppengamer
oh no he's in his villain arc
guess they either missed or chose not to comment on the tragedy in the ep that everyone else misses which is rather sad since it show just how fubar things are in 'the world'
最初から遊び心全開で好きwww
Guys are so missing with their prognosis that I am really, really curious now how they will react when they actually get how this anime work, because for me it is 10000 x better then whatever they came about xD
That line made me burst out laughing.
THIS SHOW IS SO GOOD! you should watch the new sound design for the "Atomic" scene!
You will see 'Excalibur" In the next 5-6 eps
He's got that walking dead rizz.
Btw, same soundtrack composer as Fire Force (and Undead Unluck).
At the least they're having fun (no matter how cringe and incel they think about the show), but the quote, "this show knows what it's about and owns it." still makes me ask, "Do you know what it's about?". Now, the girl's clothes coming off and other jokes you keep expecting to come makes me appreciate that the writer knows when to do jokes, fanservice, and consistent plot. Also, he's strong because he's a fencer ordinaire in everything he does, taking the essentials to the limit while ignoring everything else that's impractical. Which is why her admiring him does make sense, there are others who have more raw strength than him even among shadow garden, but because he was a have-not like Alexia, he became stronger and more skilled by making a perfect style to build himself up. Last thing that I think I can say without spoilers, calling him a good guy neet loser everyman protagonist when he's a literal subversion about that is weird, like he's actually strong, smart, competent, and knows, but is so insane that he pretends to be that type of loser on purpose then actually trying to be as scientifically edgy as he can be.
this is the one episode of this anime I have seen.
Bro legit spoke in
ITALIC
15:54 P.A.H. iykyk, rofl
I am Atomic has to be my favourite move from an isekai.
Also Caleb’s edgy voice is a bit too perfect
"I am Atomico" Delta besto waifu 😍
You're getting the shadow gardens mixed up. You've been calling Beta, Delta. Beta is the short white haired writer with the glasses while Delta is the long haired dog girl that goes berserk.
1:30 You're thinking of Beta.
... So do these guys just NOT pay attention to what they are watching? I get having your own theories and head canons but they are missing so much stuff that the show is blatantly showing that its kinda killing the enjoyment ngl. Is this a norm for them or is this series an exception??
With Shogun almost over I hope you do my lvl999 love with Yamada!
Zenon w/o pills is about equal to Iris according to Alexia
I AM *ATOMIC* ~🗣️📢🔥☢️⚛️
but i eat oatmeal with milk every morning
wanna throw hands then? 😤
I love this episode so much
最初のスターウォーズのシスに見えた笑
More Power!!!
関係ないけど、ずっと思ってたことがあるの
Jのカップでかくね？www
Beast titan and zeke react to eminence in shadow
My favourite moment was when shadow said "Its atomic time" and atomiced all over the place.
Did they know that the va of Cid and Lelouch is the same
not cid, its the other one in s2
I was the 666 upvote. Yeah it means nothing but, sweet.
i am ａｔｏｍｉｃ
The "train to survive a nuclear explosion" thing works really well as a joke, but it also highlights just how much trauma the Japanese have from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. So I guess it's bittersweet laughter...?
Eh well, they were demons during the war, so fuck em.😂
It's cringe that's what makes it funny.
As another commenter said, the cringe goes past its number limit and becomes cool.
The novels are so perfect lol I'm glad the anime held up on the tone well enough. 🍻