r/Suikoden

The day was October 10 7pm JST

Ever since i first played the game it was my dream to see an anime of it, and for the longest time i thought the suikogaiden cutscenes were the most we'd get in that regard. I'm so glad to be wrong. They did an admirable job moving the pace along in this episode ,considering its mostly gameplay with little story in this part of the game.

Riou is a lot less awkward speaking than i thought he'd be, and its also great to see him take a more active role*.* The added scenes of Agares and the war council makes me think they'll focus more on developing the Highland characters which is sorely needed.

All in all, this episode makes me very hopeful for the rest of the series, they seem to really want to do the games' story justice ( even including the ost!) and i can't wait to see the rest of them!

Will the Suikoden anime actually explore Luca Blight’s dark past including what happened to his mother, Queen Sara and the unfortunate circumstances surrounding Jillia’s conception? It’s one of the darkest parts of Suikoden II’s lore hidden because it is SA and I wonder how much of it the anime will be willing to show what caused the trauma of the Mad Prince.

It’s at a really bad 6.7, but the people here clearly liked it.

The more support the closer we get to Suikoden 6.

Selected flair doesn’t mean discussion has to revolved exclusively around S1.

I’ll say, I’m no authority on this series. I played S2 back in the early 2000s. Rented it multiple times from a Blockbuster shelf, and loved everything about it. Didn’t even realize the game has a save transfer gimmick from its first game until several years later and that gave me the S1 experience, which had a cool story, and gave some much needed story context about the reoccurring characters and wider world, but I enjoyed my time with less. Never played any of the other games in the series though.

S2 is in my JRPG Holy Trinity. I bought the remaster, loved it. I backed Eiyuden Chronicle, and while objectively I think that game was probably a 7, I’d give it at 8 all things considered, and absolutely loved the idea that it existed via crowdfunding. What I am currently, impatiently waiting for now is a Global Star Leap release. All those familiar characters, with these new flashy animations and attacks, battles with modernized gimmicks and system, but still feeling very Suikoden. Between Star Leap and Eiyuden, it really has me looking to the first game, wondering “what could be” if say, they chose to do Remakes of 1&2 that, keep the style and story of the original games, but really ramp up animations and effects of certain rune magic and attacks to feel be even more detailed and intricate.

Where are you guys at on this? Are the remasters enough? Would you prefer 3-5 get some love? Do you just want 6 at this point? Idk if I’m in the minority or not but I really do appreciate the sprite-style of the first two games. I remember seeing the change in design for S3 and just not…gravitating to it the same way. The fact that Eiyuden opted to be created in that style is a huge part of why I donated. There’s just something that feels so unique to Suikoden about that style, but it might just be my personal experience.

Given that we will only probably have 23 episodes, this is how I think the episodes will go.

I also listed the stars of destinies that will be recruited.

Two big assumptions:

1. The SOD's are the people included in the last frame of the ending credits

2. That the first cour (eps 1 to 11) will be until Greenhill, since Teresa and Shin are in the frame.

Major differences from the game

1. You heard it here first, Neclord will not be in the anime. And I like it to be that way. The Tinto arc was a major curveball and just out of place for me. We might still see a vampire in Sierra, but there won't be a vampire hunt arc. Kahn Marley is probably not an SOD. However, I will miss the Celestial Sword / Night Rune.

2. Pete, Pilika, and the four other flying squirrels will be SOD's, to replace others like Wakaba, Adlai, etc.

3. We'll have no zombieland arc in tinto, and most likely Jess and Hauser will join the group either during the fall of Muse, or that Jess's reconciliation with Riliu will happen during the South Window arc or after they win against Solon Jhee.

4. Since there's no Neclord, North Window is probably just a normal abandoned castle, and they will abandon Viktor's back story. Or use another reason why the place decayed

Notes:

1. The narrative seems tight since 23 episodes is a bit short. But I think by removing the Neclord-adjacent ones, the core emotional beats can still be covered while using narrative shortcuts to save time.

2. The total SOD's at this point in the anime is 58. At this point in the game, it should be around 64. So it's possible that some of the missing ones will appear in the second cour. My hunch is that the non-combatants like Hans, Hai Yo, and co. will appear when Luca is defeated and the lands feel "safer" for these civilians

3. Notable missing from the frame for me would be Clive, Hai Yo, and Huan