Triage X fanservice review episode 01

Triage X - 01 (101)

Good story, good service, good action, good art.  Triage X is well on its way to being better than its Xebec predecessor, Maken-Ki! Two.

There are at least three scenes with censored nudity in the first episode.  As could be expected, two of them are shower scenes.

The series opens with a well executed action scene that pretty much sums up what Triage X is all about:  Action!  Fast rides!  Guns!  Killing bad guys!  Boobs!

 

Triage X - 01 (1) Triage X - 01 (2) Triage X - 01 (3) Triage X - 01 (4) Triage X - 01 (5) Triage X - 01 (6) Triage X - 01 (7) Triage X - 01 (8) Triage X - 01 (9) Triage X - 01 (10) Triage X - 01 (11) Triage X - 01 (12) Triage X - 01 (13) Triage X - 01 (14) Triage X - 01 (15)

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The first nude scene happens here, for a nameless call girl (at least I hope she’s a call girl).

 

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Triage X - 01 (16) Triage X - 01 (17) Triage X - 01 (18) Triage X - 01 (19) Triage X - 01 (20) Triage X - 01 (21) Triage X - 01 (22) Triage X - 01 (23) Triage X - 01 (24) Triage X - 01 (25) Triage X - 01 (26)

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After this action packed opening scene concludes, Triage X cuts to the OP.  This opening sequence is about as stylish and catchy as you will find in a Xebec anime.  The OP also manages a good amount of quality non-nude fanservice.

 

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Triage X - 01 (27) Triage X - 01 (28) Triage X - 01 (29) Triage X - 01 (30) Triage X - 01 (31) Triage X - 01 (32) Triage X - 01 (33) Triage X - 01 (34) Triage X - 01 (35) Triage X - 01 (36) Triage X - 01 (36a) Triage X - 01 (37) Triage X - 01 (38) Triage X - 01 (39) Triage X - 01 (40) Triage X - 01 (41)

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End of OP.  Get ready for nude scene #2!

 

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Triage X - 01 (42) Triage X - 01 (43) Triage X - 01 (44) Triage X - 01 (45) Triage X - 01 (46) Triage X - 01 (47) Triage X - 01 (48) Triage X - 01 (49) Triage X - 01 (50) Triage X - 01 (51)

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First off, I really love how they milked this scene.  A lot of other anime would have one or two boob shot angles and call it a day.  This one has five such shots that will show nipples, and mixed in a pair of ass shots for good measure.

Much like Maken-Ki! Two , the character design changes when the characters show their boobs, so it seems that once again Akio Takami is given a much bigger role during nude scenes.  Only this time the dropoff in art quality is much smaller, it’s really only the first shot where the difference is noticeable in a bad way.

Most of the scenes here look pretty good, in fact there are even a few moments when Takami’s style actually seems to help.

 

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Triage X - 01 (52) Triage X - 01 (53) Triage X - 01 (54) Triage X - 01 (55) Triage X - 01 (56) Triage X - 01 (57) Triage X - 01 (58) Triage X - 01 (59) Triage X - 01 (60) Triage X - 01 (61) Triage X - 01 (63a) Triage X - 01 (64) Triage X - 01 (65) Triage X - 01 (66) Triage X - 01 (67) Triage X - 01 (68) Triage X - 01 (69) Triage X - 01 (70) Triage X - 01 (71) Triage X - 01 (72) Triage X - 01 (73) Triage X - 01 (74) Triage X - 01 (75) Triage X - 01 (75a) Triage X - 01 (76) Triage X - 01 (77) Triage X - 01 (78) Triage X - 01 (79) Triage X - 01 (80) Triage X - 01 (81) Triage X - 01 (81b) Triage X - 01 (82)

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Nude scene #3.  This is the one you’ll probably remember as being the first nude scene from the manga.

 

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Triage X - 01 (83) Triage X - 01 (84) Triage X - 01 (85) Triage X - 01 (86) Triage X - 01 (87)Triage X - 01 (87a) Triage X - 01 (88)

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Again, surprisingly good art here.  We get the ED sequence next.

Like the OP, it’s quite stylish and also packs a good amount of quality service in there.

 

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Triage X - 01 (89) Triage X - 01 (90) Triage X - 01 (91) Triage X - 01 (92) Triage X - 01 (93) Triage X - 01 (93a) Triage X - 01 (94) Triage X - 01 (95) Triage X - 01 (96) Triage X - 01 (97) Triage X - 01 (98) Triage X - 01 (99) Triage X - 01 (100)

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A bit of a surprise!  Rather than end with a next episode trailer, we get a mini scene afterwords that offers some additional exposition and plot.

 

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Triage X - 01 (101) Triage X - 01 (102) Triage X - 01 (102a)

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Overall, I would say this was a very good first episode for Triage X.  The pacing was just right, the action was better quality than I was expecting, the art was also better than expected, and the amount of service and nudity was better and more frequent than Maken-Ki! Two’s first episode by a fairly wide margin.

Whereas Xebec did a lot of anime original stuff with Maken-Ki! Two, it seems they have wisely decided to adapt the Triage X manga faithfully.  The overall feel of this first episode stays true to the spirit the Triage X manga had, which is to say it knows exactly what it is.  The manga really does feel quite a lot like an American style action flick such as the recently opened blockbuster Furious 7 , as a random example. The anime has that sort of feel too, and even seems to borrow a few style points from Madhouse’s work on High School of the Dead.

There was a lot about this episode that was polished.  I liked that they made Oriha actually sound like a Japanese Idol.  I liked that they actually killed off bad guys rather than sugarcoating it the way some other violent manga adaptations might have.  Even the acting, which could be sorta rough in spots, actually kind of worked in the anime’s favor, a bit like one of those ‘it’s so bad it’s good’ dubs.

Oh and how could I forget- this anime has boob flopping sounds!  ~Ah yeah~

I will be crushed with disappointment if the BDs do not offer mini-OVA specials for these lovely ladies, though I think the odds are very high that they will, given Takami’s past history.  At the very least, it looks like the episodes themselves will pack quite a punch.