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It is genuinely unreasonable how good Arcane is.
I went in thinking OK, this is an animated show based on League of Legends, it's gonna suck but at least the fight scenes will be fun, right?
Reader, I cried. You could teach classes on how good the writing in this show is. The last half hour of season one is, without question, one of the most perfect scenes in television history. A flawless masterclass in character development and believable conflict, paired with note perfect editing and some of the best animation you'll find outside of a Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon movie.
This show is based on a god damn MOBA. It had absolutely no right going this damn hard and I fucking love them for it.
And the soundtrack! Definitely among the best of the best. That's actually how I got into it - I was listening to a lot of Bones UK ever since Pretty Waste was featured in Pistol Whip and I absolutely loved Dirty Little Animals. From there I started listening to the whole OST and after a week or two I decided it's time to give the series itself a chance. I was blown away.
Speaking of, it's also pretty unreasonable how much awesome music is there around LoL. I was already a fan of KDA thanks to Beat Saber (what is it with VR games getting me into LoL music?), and turns out there's a ton of amazing music just because.
And that track from Sting. Fucking Sting! Absolutely kills me every time I hear it.
That was the only one I didn't like when I was listening to the OST. Then I watched the series and oh my god it hits hard when you know the context... It's amazing.
Yeah I went into it completely blind. Never played LoL but the animation style looked cool, so I'll just check an episode for the animation.
And damn it was a well written. The only flaws were scenes where suddenly a dude has a hammer weapon, and it was like "where did that come from... oh yeah this is based on a video game so that's probably his signature weapon in the game." So they had to put it in there. But there were only a couple of things like that and it's a really minor nitpick. And we can't expect them to make LoL show without throwing a few bones to LoL fans, right?
Yeah it really doesn't make sense how good that show is.
Yeah, they had to get in the obligatory scene of Jayce using the hammer just to keep up the pretence that this was in any way connected to LoL. Ditto Vi popping the bubble shield, IIRC.
On the other hand, the way they incorporated Jinx's ult? Oh my God. Chef's kiss. Flawless.
Arcane was such a an amazing show. Both because it was amazing on its own and because it made me go so crazy over show from a video game I care nothing for.
I've played 2 games of LOL in my life and I still loved Arcane to death. Season 2 can't come fast enough.