A show everybody should watch really.
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A show everybody should watch really.
Passive Assassin
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then they should watch victory next so they can experience the real tomino!
Dedication Through Light
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Baby Steps Episode 1
Pretty boring start for a sports series, or either the previous ones Ive watched have just had stronger starts. Could have used more tennis instead of classroom note stuff.
May drop if it is really focused on Natsu going pro and not on Eiichan.
Pretty boring start for a sports series, or either the previous ones Ive watched have just had stronger starts. Could have used more tennis instead of classroom note stuff.
May drop if it is really focused on Natsu going pro and not on Eiichan.
R_thanatos
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Cajun how many recommendations do you need ? Just watch yamato !
You should have watched it months ago during the AOTY debates like everyone.
This show is legit.
I'm really not eager to discuss the show at length, mainly because there is only one episode and any comments I make now could be wildly inaccurate in regards to tone, pacing, or what have you. The other issue is that I don't know the episode count such as whether it's going to be 13 episodes or 25/26. BONES has never done a 13 episode mecha show but the fact that the show is supposedly taking place all in one summer lends me to believe it's 13. I'll go with the assumption of 26 though.
Star Driver is the only one of the above where it didn't collapse because of the nonsensical writing. For the most part, the problem with the show is that of pacing and characters. The show never felt like it was going anywhere and instead just felt like we were watching Takuto wail on people for 25 episodes. It was a relatively simple MOTW show that didn't do anything like attach itself to a larger mythos, to be interesting. Heroman is actually a closer comparison rather than DTB2/E7:AO/Xam'd. Star Driver became stale precisely because it was too straight forward for the most part and the background scenario wasn't interesting enough to hold for 25 episodes. All the other recent shows definitely failed because the writers turned their plots into these big messes of shit and couldn't untangle themselves. AO especially because it threw an ungodly number of concepts at the audience and pretty much had to blue ball themselves in the most painful way possible, case in point being Elena.
I'll definitely agree that the breaking up of the episode could have been better in that they could have had one major flashback to that covers Daichi's introduction with Teppei(I have no clue if I'm spelling these characters' names correctly). Instead it's broken up into multiple segments. For example there are two major flashbacks, one is Daichi's introduction to Teppei and the other is him playing with Teppei. These two really could have been combined so that it played on Daichi's way to Tanegashima, instead of breaking it up. I'm actually glad though that the flashbacks are in the first episode, mainly because it explains why Daichi is going to Tanegashima in the first place instead of dragging it out and it also introduces Teppei instead of pushing that off until the 2nd episode. It's a little overindulgent but the director for the most part is trying to keep the audience on the same page as Daichi for the most part(at least for this segment).
I also agree with the father sequence mainly because it's 'quick and dirty'. It's there to explain what really happened to Daichi's dad and to introduce the concept of The Captain to the audience. That sequence probably should have been left out entirely as there was no way they could have done it just in that short a time frame(or probably in general). It's treated mostly as background info instead of the emotional event it should have been. The direction was really flat and you don't even get a great shot of Daichi's dad
I actually think it might have worked better as a prologue instead of Daichi just looking at the shuttle taking off. The pacing of the show is definitely on the faster side in that they're trying not to lord information over the audience's head and are seemingly not trying to make the show a mystery(like why and how did his father die).
Eureka Seven for the first half is a relatively slow show and it's been crucified for that. The pacing of the earlier episodes is, without a doubt, the biggest complaint I hear whenever people talk about the show. It seems like for better and worse, people in general want faster paced shows. CE 1 is much faster paced and is throwing much more information at you but I think it's pretty manageable for the most part as it's needed background info to justify why Daichi is doing what he's doing. Now they could have spaced it over two to three episodes but that might have started to drag. So it's a 'pick your poison' sort of scenario.
I disagree with your analysis on the first few minutes being dead time as they also do spent a lot of time fleshing out Daichi. We learn that he's not good at school but he seemingly does like learning and studying, just not the school material. He doesn't fit in and he knows this but rather than saying that he's the weird one, he rejects this and blames the school material. He's also good with racing/videogames which is probably going to be the justification as to why he's so good with the mech. Renton had surfing and my guess is that videogames is going to be the equivalent for Daichi. It ties into the counterculture element in E7, in that it's updated for modern times.
Daichi, up until the loli pops out, has a better grasp on things than most protagonists. He's going to Tanegashima to investigate the rainbow as it reminded him of something he saw as a kid and he's feeling trapped anyway. So the rainbow is partially an excuse he needed to get out of town for awhile. He then goes by the old area where he met Teppei, which is the logical place to look. As for the mech coming to Earth, it's pretty clear that he got some sort of vision, possibly from the loli, as to what is happening. Also when you get these sorts of visions, they're usually not good things. She teleports him in front of the mech because that's where he needed to be. I do agree that he should have asked more questions and whatnot but unless you're Shinji, at some point you gotta get in the cockpit. He did clarify that it was bad news and asked what he needed to do to prevent it.
They do explain some of the stuff like AEO being an acronym for Approaching-Earth Object. It's much less technobabble and closer to jargon that'll be filled in pretty quickly. A lot of this stuff will probably be explained in the next couple of episodes and honestly, it'll probably be pretty obvious. I already have a fairly good idea what all the jargon means and it's not like Gargantia where it's all technobabble. I'm guessing the Ark Faction plans on escaping the Earth(or some other nonsense) and the Intercept faction plans on intercepting the aliens. Even if it's not, it's at the tailend of the episode and is more a teaser than anything else. The Entangle Gate is probably something like a warphole.
The libido nonsense is probably just a throwaway reference to Star Driver.
I'm also being a bit weary as I've watched enough BONES shows to know what happens when the writers lose control of the plot. However so far, the writers have tried to keep the audience up to date for the most part despite how seemingly complex the narrative might be. I would say despite the fast pace of the pilot, it doesn't really affect the enjoyment of the show mainly because the plot doesn't linger on these elements and a lot of the information is seemingly going to be used later anyway.
I actually liked this as a lot of shuttle launches are filmed in the same way so I thought it looked more authentic.
[Captain Earth] - 1
I can't get into any kind of discussion about this first episode and my reaction to it without setting it in the wider context of what Studio BONES has produced over the last few years and how that compares with some of their more popular titles. You could argue that I'm not being entirely fair to the show as a result because I'm not judging it in a vacuum, but there's no point pretending that BONES haven't had a bad track record with these kinds of shows recently and as a person I am going to take that all into account when I watch a show by them.
As many of you are no doubt aware, BONES are a studio known for putting out a lot of high quality work whether it's FMA, RahXephon or Eureka 7 or Sword of the Stranger. However in recent years there output hasn't been particularly...stellar. I'm talking, specifically, about their 'Original' works that aren't based off of existing properties, stuff like Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor, Star Driver, Xam'd and Eureka Seven AO. Original works are, obviously, trickier to develop than straight forward manga adaptations because you have to create and write the whole thing.
This, I feel, is where the problem lies. Those original works have all, at some point or another, collapsed under the weight of their own nonsensical writing. Rather than making simple, solid and straightforward stories these writers for these shows decided to make incredibly convoluted stories that lack form and elegance. They seem to confuse having lots of characters, factions, buzzwords and twists for good storytelling and as a result they aren't satisfying or enjoyable to watch because the stories degrade into various degrees of nonsense. I know I'm generalising a little here but if you've watched some or all of these works I imagine you'll understand what I'm getting at. All these problems where at the back of my mind when I sat down to watch this episode and they certainly influenced my impressions.
Star Driver is the only one of the above where it didn't collapse because of the nonsensical writing. For the most part, the problem with the show is that of pacing and characters. The show never felt like it was going anywhere and instead just felt like we were watching Takuto wail on people for 25 episodes. It was a relatively simple MOTW show that didn't do anything like attach itself to a larger mythos, to be interesting. Heroman is actually a closer comparison rather than DTB2/E7:AO/Xam'd. Star Driver became stale precisely because it was too straight forward for the most part and the background scenario wasn't interesting enough to hold for 25 episodes. All the other recent shows definitely failed because the writers turned their plots into these big messes of shit and couldn't untangle themselves. AO especially because it threw an ungodly number of concepts at the audience and pretty much had to blue ball themselves in the most painful way possible, case in point being Elena.
[Captain Earth] - 1
So, onto the episode itself. It's essentially your classic first episode in any mecha series - we get introduced to the protagonist, his life, his backstory, and then an event happens which means he has to 'step up' and into a robot. There's nothing particularly fresh about this setup which is perhaps why it's partially told in a non-chronological order, to keep the viewer engaged. However this is where my problems with this episode start to manifest.
Firstly, all this cutting back and forth through time (and also between completely separate characters and groups) really destroys any kind of flow the story could be developing and it doesn't give the audience any time to get invested in what's going on because it's so piecemeal. Perhaps if the writing was really strong that could serve as an anchor to keep the viewer engaged with the material but sadly that isn't the case here. Yes, I know that the blue stone is there to help you keep track of time so you don't lose your way but that's more of a marker. The fundamental problem still remains - if you're only getting a scene that lasts thirty seconds that's no time at all for the viewer to get to know the characters or better understand the situation or develop any kind of emotional rapport with the text.
Here's one really key example, and I really hate when shows do this, it's the famousIt doesn't, and won't ever, work because we have no idea who these people are, what they are doing, or why. In the wider context of a series of scenes it's totally viable to do something like this but when you just flashback to a sequence without context and worse, have characters spew out unbelievable dribble, you can't expect anyone to care."introduce and kill off character and have them make heroic speech that sounds nothing like what any human being would ever say and expect you care anywhere" scene where we both meet and say goodbye to Captain Earth's father. Please, writers everywhere, you can't just drop in a 45 second heroic sacrifice out of nowhere and expect anyone to give a crap about the character that dies.
I'll definitely agree that the breaking up of the episode could have been better in that they could have had one major flashback to that covers Daichi's introduction with Teppei(I have no clue if I'm spelling these characters' names correctly). Instead it's broken up into multiple segments. For example there are two major flashbacks, one is Daichi's introduction to Teppei and the other is him playing with Teppei. These two really could have been combined so that it played on Daichi's way to Tanegashima, instead of breaking it up. I'm actually glad though that the flashbacks are in the first episode, mainly because it explains why Daichi is going to Tanegashima in the first place instead of dragging it out and it also introduces Teppei instead of pushing that off until the 2nd episode. It's a little overindulgent but the director for the most part is trying to keep the audience on the same page as Daichi for the most part(at least for this segment).
I also agree with the father sequence mainly because it's 'quick and dirty'. It's there to explain what really happened to Daichi's dad and to introduce the concept of The Captain to the audience. That sequence probably should have been left out entirely as there was no way they could have done it just in that short a time frame(or probably in general). It's treated mostly as background info instead of the emotional event it should have been. The direction was really flat and you don't even get a great shot of Daichi's dad
dying. I almost want to say there might be more to the event but I'll hold off on that.
Someone has already brought up the comparison with Eureka Seven's opening episode and that's really a master class in handling very similar plot points in a far better way. We spend a couple of minutes at the start of the episode introducing some people from Gekkostate and, perhaps more importantly, we get totally sweet mecha action (not just launch porn) within the very first scene of the episode as opposed to some cock-tease at the end. Then the entirety of the rest of the first episode is simply devoted to introducing Renton, the environment he lives in, his hopes, dreams, etc. That's a lot of time spent fleshing out the protagonist before the main plot really kicks into gear and that's important because if we don't care about our main character we won't care about what happens in the show and once everything starts to get crazy we've already been introduced to the main character in his normal life so when he changes and develops we've got a base line to measure his growth and development.
In Captain Earth they spend about two minutes trying to set up the main character and a lot of that time is spent with characters talking at the main character about stuff that isn't really relevant or interesting, it's effectively dead time that doesn't tell us anything about him. We learn that he looks out the window and plays vidoegames. As soon he sees the TV broadcast that brief period of time stops and we start to get into what I loosely call "weird shit" territory where our protagonist starts getting involved with weird shit that we can't really relate to anyway and which still fails to develop him because all we learn is that he can jump over fences and occasionally display human emotions but apparently this was mainly when he was a child. Still, most of the time our hero has a completely vacant expression on his face and displays all the charm and enthusiasm of a cabbage. Oh yes, and he also has this whiny teenage line about not liking his hometown, but it's never explained why he doesn't like his hometown. It's a hollow, empty line that serves to remind you of Renton's line from Eureka Seven except that in that show it's explicitly made clear why Renton doesn't like his hometown.
Compare and contrast with Renton from Eureka Seven. Renton has well defined hopes and ambitions even if they're really dorky and completely unrealistic his enthusiasm and excitement are thoroughly charming. You see how everything to do Gekkostate and riding waves brings him joy and excitement and as these important things are taken away from over the course of the episode (the old guy who repairs boards is leaving to go elsewhere, the military move into the spot where he wants to ride waves, his grandpa tries to take his board away) we feel his crushing disappointment and we understand why he dislikes his crummy town. He also explains that he's a kid who lacks the freedom of an adult, which is of course a very relatable situation, and that he's looking for adventure in his life. At school he's teased about his family and he responds with violence showing he has feelings, and he's even teased by girls because he's dorky. Then he meets a cute girl and we learn that he's understands the concept of romance and attraction to others humans, showing that once again he's a human being we can relate to. He tries to show off to impress her and ends up being clumsy but still kind of charming nevertheless. Finally at the end of the episode everything that we've learnt about him comes together to show both his determination and also his childlike naivety as he literally plunges into the unknown but importantly he's fully aware of everything he's doing and he moves and acts with full awareness of what he's doing.
As for Captain Earth kid, he has literally no idea what's going on, or why, so his choices and actions are meaningless and hold zero weight. He went down some stairs and met some little kid and rode a ghost elevator and then had a feeling that bad stuff was coming towards earth. Then he magically teleports around and he's next to a mecha. I guess he does what he does because...in the past he jumped over a fence and met some weird kids. Also some guy said something about his Dad being a good Captain? I have no idea. This is a real problem because a character that just reacts to events out of his understanding (and completely beyond our understanding) or control is pretty boring to watch, because nothing he does can possibly hope to have any weight or impact.
Eureka Seven for the first half is a relatively slow show and it's been crucified for that. The pacing of the earlier episodes is, without a doubt, the biggest complaint I hear whenever people talk about the show. It seems like for better and worse, people in general want faster paced shows. CE 1 is much faster paced and is throwing much more information at you but I think it's pretty manageable for the most part as it's needed background info to justify why Daichi is doing what he's doing. Now they could have spaced it over two to three episodes but that might have started to drag. So it's a 'pick your poison' sort of scenario.
I disagree with your analysis on the first few minutes being dead time as they also do spent a lot of time fleshing out Daichi. We learn that he's not good at school but he seemingly does like learning and studying, just not the school material. He doesn't fit in and he knows this but rather than saying that he's the weird one, he rejects this and blames the school material. He's also good with racing/videogames which is probably going to be the justification as to why he's so good with the mech. Renton had surfing and my guess is that videogames is going to be the equivalent for Daichi. It ties into the counterculture element in E7, in that it's updated for modern times.
Daichi, up until the loli pops out, has a better grasp on things than most protagonists. He's going to Tanegashima to investigate the rainbow as it reminded him of something he saw as a kid and he's feeling trapped anyway. So the rainbow is partially an excuse he needed to get out of town for awhile. He then goes by the old area where he met Teppei, which is the logical place to look. As for the mech coming to Earth, it's pretty clear that he got some sort of vision, possibly from the loli, as to what is happening. Also when you get these sorts of visions, they're usually not good things. She teleports him in front of the mech because that's where he needed to be. I do agree that he should have asked more questions and whatnot but unless you're Shinji, at some point you gotta get in the cockpit. He did clarify that it was bad news and asked what he needed to do to prevent it.
The other thing that serves to keep viewers at arms length during these bite-sized Captain Earth scenes is all the nonsense that spews from people's mouths. Here's some examples:
Now, when people just spew a bunch of acronyms, technobabble and other assorted nonsense the viewer is left distanced from the text because they can't understand what's going on why they should care. What's worse is that if characters are only saying plot-related stuff we don't understand we can't get any kind of feeling for them as people and that's another turn-off because it makes the series appear like it's filled with completely untreatable characters. This is exactly the same problematic writing that appears in the Star Wars Prequels where no-one feels like a real person because there's nothing in their dialogue that has any authenticity to it. If everyone is speaking in babble or clichés then it's tough for the audience to care.
It's certainly right that some of this stuff is fairly clear code for easily explained concepts but then why is their this line drawn to pointlessly distance us from the story? In Eureka Seven's first episode the only piece of babble is LFO, a concept that's explained two scenes later in a classroom where a teacher explains the acronym, as well as the key concepts and history of the story in like three sentences. This very neatly tells us everything that's going on, and why. They even call the Air Force in that episode "The Air Force" - how novel! We don't really get that kind of explanation or clarity here.
Still, there can be perfectly reasonable times to for characters in a certain technical field to talk in a language only they'd understand - because they're talking between themselves and they wouldn't need to pointlessly exposit for the sake of the ignorant audience. Still, I think Infinite Ryvius is the only show that I can think of that got away with leaving the audience completely in the dark because a couple of episodes later they nearly explained everything and allowed us to get caught up. This may well happen here but it's part of the aforementioned worrying trend in BONES shows.
They do explain some of the stuff like AEO being an acronym for Approaching-Earth Object. It's much less technobabble and closer to jargon that'll be filled in pretty quickly. A lot of this stuff will probably be explained in the next couple of episodes and honestly, it'll probably be pretty obvious. I already have a fairly good idea what all the jargon means and it's not like Gargantia where it's all technobabble. I'm guessing the Ark Faction plans on escaping the Earth(or some other nonsense) and the Intercept faction plans on intercepting the aliens. Even if it's not, it's at the tailend of the episode and is more a teaser than anything else. The Entangle Gate is probably something like a warphole.
The libido nonsense is probably just a throwaway reference to Star Driver.
I'm also being a bit weary as I've watched enough BONES shows to know what happens when the writers lose control of the plot. However so far, the writers have tried to keep the audience up to date for the most part despite how seemingly complex the narrative might be. I would say despite the fast pace of the pilot, it doesn't really affect the enjoyment of the show mainly because the plot doesn't linger on these elements and a lot of the information is seemingly going to be used later anyway.
Here's some other random thoughts:
- Night launches are cool, shaky cam is not!
I actually liked this as a lot of shuttle launches are filmed in the same way so I thought it looked more authentic.
astrogamer
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Akuma no Riddle 1
Well this is full of interesting personalities. I'm expecting Haru to be significantly more than meets the eye
Well this is full of interesting personalities. I'm expecting Haru to be significantly more than meets the eye
Fantastic news!
Guess I'll give it a shot then.
You know what? I'll watch this show now that I know you are.
GuP mag spread
Scissoring
Because Im slooowly working my way through other things at the moment. Plus I kind of enjoy rewatching stuff too. It makes getting through backlog more difficult.
KillerMan91
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There is difference between showing the sex itself and therefore not being able to broadcast the show and implying that the couple has sex like billion real life dama shows do. In anime/manga it seems that it's pretty much hentai or nothing at all.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Brynhildr in the Darkness 01
Damn i can feel episode 1 is staff telling me "this is your last chance to drop this show",i mean i didn't read the manga but i know who's behind this,so ugh...not sure am i ready for this.
Damn i can feel episode 1 is staff telling me "this is your last chance to drop this show",i mean i didn't read the manga but i know who's behind this,so ugh...not sure am i ready for this.
Jex
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This is a super minor point, but the idea of shaky-cam and authenticity is a weird one to me as so much technology over the years has been developed for the express purpose of making filming smoother than ever! Even amateurs can film this stuff smoothly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcFD1CNPE4
Although, like I've said, it's a very minor stylistic choice and all the later space shots are buttery smooth.
I hate the hell out of shaky cams in fight sequences and when it's overdone. It's just with rocket launches, I, personally anyway, associate them with handheld cameras.
I think it might be due to the acceleration and the actual force, but I think the filming would be too sterile if it was completely steady the entire time.
Brynhildr 01
From the author of Elfen Lied, huh. I've never seen that show, but it was one of the more talked about ones in the anime fandom in the period before I really got involved. The first episode does a good job at establishing the mysteries we'll be dealing with, and some weird outbursts from Ryota. ("Let me see your armpits!"). He's scientifically minded, I'll give him that. It has me interested, so I'll see where they want to go with this. This is the first show I can think of for a long time that doesn't have a vocal opening theme, merely an instrumental one. Like the ED.
From the author of Elfen Lied, huh. I've never seen that show, but it was one of the more talked about ones in the anime fandom in the period before I really got involved. The first episode does a good job at establishing the mysteries we'll be dealing with, and some weird outbursts from Ryota. ("Let me see your armpits!"). He's scientifically minded, I'll give him that. It has me interested, so I'll see where they want to go with this. This is the first show I can think of for a long time that doesn't have a vocal opening theme, merely an instrumental one. Like the ED.
I miss the space shuttle already
Still got my lego space shuttle assembled in the closet somewhere. Atlantis was my favorite one.
Basileus777
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Brynhildr in the Darkness 1
Well it definitely feels like something the author of Elfen Lied would write. I'm not sure I even need to say more than that. But it takes itself so seriously with its melodrama that I was laughing before the OP even hit. It might be worth a laugh, but I wouldn't recommend it otherwise.
Well it definitely feels like something the author of Elfen Lied would write. I'm not sure I even need to say more than that. But it takes itself so seriously with its melodrama that I was laughing before the OP even hit. It might be worth a laugh, but I wouldn't recommend it otherwise.
Good news. The first season had some nice episodes, I just hope they get their priorities right for the second season.
Koi Kaze 4
Things are not going well for Koshiro. His co-worker Kaname is slowly connecting the dots of his awkward, dazed behavior, and just for a short moment he thought he might have a chance at a one-night stand or a renewed relationship with his ex.
It's been 3 months since he last had sex and he's getting more and more sexually frustrated. That still does not justify sniffing his sister's bra in the laundry basket, but I think Koshiro is beating himself over that way harder than anyone else could. He knows he dun fucked up, especially since Hanoka kinda caught him redhanded. However, Hanoka was looking at Koshiro's boxers (as he was half-naked) more than what he had in his hand, or that's at least how it was in the manga. I remember things getting way more awkward between them than this, they might've changed this "arc" to be a bit shorter but I'll need to see the next episode to make sure.
Edit: yeap, it continues to next episode
That scene where Koshiro threw his furniture around in anger after a wank was really short but effective. Flash of light and burst of violent emotions.
Things are not going well for Koshiro. His co-worker Kaname is slowly connecting the dots of his awkward, dazed behavior, and just for a short moment he thought he might have a chance at a one-night stand or a renewed relationship with his ex.
It's been 3 months since he last had sex and he's getting more and more sexually frustrated. That still does not justify sniffing his sister's bra in the laundry basket, but I think Koshiro is beating himself over that way harder than anyone else could. He knows he dun fucked up, especially since Hanoka kinda caught him redhanded. However, Hanoka was looking at Koshiro's boxers (as he was half-naked) more than what he had in his hand, or that's at least how it was in the manga. I remember things getting way more awkward between them than this, they might've changed this "arc" to be a bit shorter but I'll need to see the next episode to make sure.
Edit: yeap, it continues to next episode
That scene where Koshiro threw his furniture around in anger after a wank was really short but effective. Flash of light and burst of violent emotions.
That's still on my short list. Never enough time etc.
Haikyu! - 01
At first I wasn't even going to bother with this show as I thought it was going to be fujoshi bait garbage, but after Duckroll's post saying otherwise I decided to give it a shot. Pretty solid all around, will stick with it to see how it progresses.
At first I wasn't even going to bother with this show as I thought it was going to be fujoshi bait garbage, but after Duckroll's post saying otherwise I decided to give it a shot. Pretty solid all around, will stick with it to see how it progresses.
Drop all of your shows and watch it.
Negative, have other commitments beyond animu that are interfering.
please stop doing this animegaf thx
Admiral Woofington
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I'm caught up with the manga. The show will go full shojo from here on out. Basically it'll revolve around Nike (just do it) getting closer with the kid king throughout the episodes as they fall in love. If you've ever seen one of those 'girl starts dating somebody higher up in class and the issues that develop' shows/movies, this is similar in the most basic set-up. There's also fairly standard shojo issues such as a romantic rival every now and again and society not approving at first.
What surprised me in the manga is how fairly fast the character's relationship moves where it doesn't fall into typical shojo trap of them hating each other at first and not really getting serious till the end of the show/manga. Well at least it doesn't do it for fairly long. If you have more specific questions I can answer them, this was just to give you a not so spoilery idea about what to expect.
hosannainexcelsis
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Come on.
The manga was only ever supposed to be a one-shot story - the first one ended up being popular enough that she did nother, and then it suddenly ended up becoming a running series. This would potentially explain the relative haste that the relationship moves at!
Basileus777
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Thanks. That's pretty much all I needed to know, and it's enough to keep me watching. It's good to hear that is doesn't suffer from the typical shoujo pacing problems.
PhillipCostigan
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Mikakunin 1-4
Man this show is pretty adorable. Benio is amazing.
While I like cute girls doing cute things, some more plot progression and romance would be nice.
Yay plot/romance progression! That run he did was pretty weird though.
Mikakunin 5
d'aaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
This show is so adorable it's killing me. loli mom is pretty cool too-----
waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait
WHAT
WHAT.
Man this show is pretty adorable. Benio is amazing.
While I like cute girls doing cute things, some more plot progression and romance would be nice.
Yay plot/romance progression! That run he did was pretty weird though.
Mikakunin 5
d'aaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
This show is so adorable it's killing me. loli mom is pretty cool too-----
waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait
WHAT
WHAT.
Hyouka 8
:lol @ the guy in the tanktop shouting his lines. unstable camera, constant refocusing, long takes, and it adjusting to lighting changes seems like a lot of unnecessary wok put in for the sake of authenticity that most shows wouldn't even attempt to bother with. really neat stuff.
mystery rule mention has given me some reading material for later today too.
Am I being misled? Is Nafe really Irisu?!
:lol @ the guy in the tanktop shouting his lines. unstable camera, constant refocusing, long takes, and it adjusting to lighting changes seems like a lot of unnecessary wok put in for the sake of authenticity that most shows wouldn't even attempt to bother with. really neat stuff.
mystery rule mention has given me some reading material for later today too.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
A mofuwa voiced by Miyukichi cancels out everything shitty about the show.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Re-posted in the OT.
Turin Turambar
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Congrats, the Void will be with you always now.
A mofuwa voiced by Miyukichi cancels out everything shitty about the show.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Why is this girl have permanent :< expression
What you want to watch in this case is BONES' Life's Best Ten short.
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Jex
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It's truly the worst tradition of this thread!
Basileus777
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Especially when googling it doesn't even give you hits related to the actual show in question.
Koi Kaze 5
In which Koshiro is a massive cowardly asshole.
So, countinuing from last episode where Koshiro sniffed Nanoka's bra, he is continually paranoid that Nanoka knows what he did and is silently judging him. He turns straight up hostile when he finds out that his waste basket has been emptied, which had the tissue he just used to masturbate yesterday. Nanoka had in fact been the one to empty it, and Koshiro's afraid that she's figured his perversion out already and is just bullying him by keeping quiet and playing like nothing's happened.
At school, Nanoka talks about her brother's angry behaviour and outrage over entering his room, and her friends correctly guess he has something to hide, while get something else wrong and think he's just hiding her birthday present in there.
I know it wasn't their intention, but way to get her hopes up so they can be crushed, girls.
Koshiro is not aware of her birthday being tomorrow, in fact he manages to break Nanoka's "favorite" bowl, not apologize even when she's right there, and then give her a completely unnecessary and intimidating stare. Quotation marks because I think Nanoka was just trying to guilt him a bit. At this point Nanoka is finally proper angry with Koshiro.
Next day, Koshiro actually manages to act smart and somewhat un-fuck their situation. Finally being told that it is her birthday, Koshiro gets his shit together and uses this chance to apologize for how he's been acting lately. He gets her a bowl that she likes as a present as well. Nanoka says that she was worried Koshiro was angry because he was seen in his boxers. Obviously not the case (I don't think there are any men who'd be gravely offended by being seen in their boxers tbh), and she let's a sigh of relief.
However...
...WHY did she not inquire any further? Being seen half naked was not the cause of Koshiro's hostility, so clearly, there had to be another reason. Were I in Hanoka's position, I would have demanded an explanation. Probably wouldn't have been given a decent answer, but asking for it is the main point here.
In which Koshiro is a massive cowardly asshole.
So, countinuing from last episode where Koshiro sniffed Nanoka's bra, he is continually paranoid that Nanoka knows what he did and is silently judging him. He turns straight up hostile when he finds out that his waste basket has been emptied, which had the tissue he just used to masturbate yesterday. Nanoka had in fact been the one to empty it, and Koshiro's afraid that she's figured his perversion out already and is just bullying him by keeping quiet and playing like nothing's happened.
At school, Nanoka talks about her brother's angry behaviour and outrage over entering his room, and her friends correctly guess he has something to hide, while get something else wrong and think he's just hiding her birthday present in there.
I know it wasn't their intention, but way to get her hopes up so they can be crushed, girls.
Koshiro is not aware of her birthday being tomorrow, in fact he manages to break Nanoka's "favorite" bowl, not apologize even when she's right there, and then give her a completely unnecessary and intimidating stare. Quotation marks because I think Nanoka was just trying to guilt him a bit. At this point Nanoka is finally proper angry with Koshiro.
Next day, Koshiro actually manages to act smart and somewhat un-fuck their situation. Finally being told that it is her birthday, Koshiro gets his shit together and uses this chance to apologize for how he's been acting lately. He gets her a bowl that she likes as a present as well. Nanoka says that she was worried Koshiro was angry because he was seen in his boxers. Obviously not the case (I don't think there are any men who'd be gravely offended by being seen in their boxers tbh), and she let's a sigh of relief.
However...
...WHY did she not inquire any further? Being seen half naked was not the cause of Koshiro's hostility, so clearly, there had to be another reason. Were I in Hanoka's position, I would have demanded an explanation. Probably wouldn't have been given a decent answer, but asking for it is the main point here.
I thought watching bad stuff was.
gashikunFLCL
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Baby Steps - 01
This was pretty nice, really looking foward to more based on some posts by envelap.
Ace of Diamond - 26
Just waiting for Sawamura to take the mound and pitch...because I already forgot how this match ended. Haha.
Haikyuu!! - 01
If there's a thing I like about watching volleyball is the jump to spike, and the animation for this is great, let's see how they do the quick ball odd strike.
There were lots of nice little touches with Kageyama, the sometimes robe appearing. Hinata actions and voice were pretty good too.
But they took out the Bernardinho quote, it was in the beginning of the manga, right?
Note: Sumo was delayed until they get actual sumo.
Baby Steps - 01
This was pretty nice, really looking foward to more based on some posts by envelap.
Ace of Diamond - 26
Just waiting for Sawamura to take the mound and pitch...because I already forgot how this match ended. Haha.
Haikyuu!! - 01
I'm impressed how good the character desing translated from the manga, it's really good.
If there's a thing I like about watching volleyball is the jump to spike, and the animation for this is great, let's see how they do the quick ball odd strike.
There were lots of nice little touches with Kageyama, the sometimes robe appearing. Hinata actions and voice were pretty good too.
But they took out the Bernardinho quote, it was in the beginning of the manga, right?
Note: Sumo was delayed until they get actual sumo.
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