DangerMouse

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LOL they have one action music track haha

LOL real subtle cover dude

Broken as fuck lol

ROCK THAT GUITAR

And they've heard of each other! The first iconic showdown begins!

THERE HE IS Blum's amazing intro

Kakashi catching on

LOL Naruto

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LOL you don't even have a granddaughter

Headbanging OP begins

Frieza can't sense it

PRESSURE!

ROFL Frieza

LOL Goku

Now that I think about it, due to how incredibly early they started the adaptation it's also true they ran out of manga so early that when you think about it it's possible they also thought that filler would be difficult since they hadn't even reached the backstories for the other team members yet so it's not like they could easily do filler stories touching on the other characters yet either, since we're still getting to know them.

Yeah, probably a combination of both. I agree filler arcs would have made sense to me too, except they started the adaptation so early they caught up so fast (only 16 episodes into the show). Others have mentioned this was probably because the manga had gotten really big quickly and back then anime was often seen as advertisement for the manga. The big reason I'd guess was that (similar to original FMA) at the time we didn't really see ongoing shows take multi-year breaks for the manga to get ahead again between seasons like we do now (hence Naruto's infamous very long filler arcs for example) and there was supposedly only enough material for about another half season left that supposedly wouldn't have ended in a good place. So I think you're right that they probably assumed that they wouldn't make another season since they'd probably have to wait a few years for enough manga, and back then waits of a few years between seasons weren't really a thing.

Since we're at the spot where the divergence begins and there are already a few things in this ep (but especially starting the next) we'll have to remember don't happen when S2 starts this seems to be a good visual aid: https://imgur.com/a/ao-no-exorcist-s2-retcon-Y7Kfo

LOL

Damn

There's his dirty bullshit move