Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This

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Ano Hana 7 - 9

It got pretty boring at times, but it's not a bad watch so far. Menma can be so hhhnnng in some scenes :3

what the fuck is with yukiatsu trying to get with anaru. goddamn hate him.

Yeah menma is cute.
That show isnt the best but the subject matter is depressing as fuck.
Yukiatsu is a disturbing individual.
 
Agent Aika 5:

And now we return to the Super Pantsu Show.

This episode takes place at a beach hotel. Despite this, we still see many pantsu.

There is also a battle between two tanks in the hotel's lobby. Many pantsu are seen.

If there's one thing that really sets this show apart, besides the pantsu, and the boobs, it's the extremely well animated action set-pieces. They never skimp on the animation, especially during fights. They also never skimp on the pantsu. Because there are a lot of pantsu.
 
I would blame the bad writing and the accepted low expectations of it even if I agree.
Romance-centred plots work because of the chemistry between the individuals. The moment you introduce a bajillion vertices to the love polygon you have to focus almost exclusively on the sexual/superficial elements of the relationship. It comes across as artificial because of the bare-bones execution.

Somebody may have made it work before, but I certainly don't know of such instance.
This makes me realise, are G-strings taboo in Japan or something?
yes, I'm aware they are playing the innocence angle
 
Romance-centred plots work because of the chemistry between the individuals. The moment you introduce a bajillion vertices to the love polygon you have to focus almost exclusively on the sexual/superficial elements of the relationship.

Somebody may have made it work before, but I certainly don't know of such instance.
As I've said, the expectations are low and are accepted as is. Until there is a bigger demand for more than that, what you're witnessing is the acceptance of manufactured romance in what is already a very derivative genre.

In truth, what you've said becomes a bigger truth as the bigger fanbase is the comedy and fanservice offered. I just disagree those seeking romance are minuscule in comparison.
 
Romance-centred plots work because of the chemistry between the individuals. The moment you introduce a bajillion vertices to the love polygon you have to focus almost exclusively on the sexual/superficial elements of the relationship. It comes across as artificial because of the bare-bones execution.

Somebody may have made it work before, but I certainly don't know of such instance.

This makes me realise, are G-strings taboo in Japan or something?
yes, I'm aware they are playing the innocence angle

What about the crazy love quadrangle in D.N. Angel? Now theres a show nobody ever mentions
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Ano Hana 10

Menma when she says she'd be
Jintan's bride
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Fuck yukiatsu. That is all. Onto the last episode!
 
Seitokai no Ichizon 1-2 - Quite unlike Seitokai Yakuindomo, this student council series about a boy in a mostly-girls school is a harem series, and is insultingly stupid too. Basically, the concept is that the one guy is a perverted otaku who tells the girls that he likes them all, might want a harem, etc, and also does most of the work too -- the student council president is easily distracted and doesn't like doing actual work, so he ends up taking most of the work on himself. Somehow the show presents this as a positive thing -- "look at how useful and good he is" or something -- but in fact it's annoying sexism. I really dislike that.

Now, there is one semi-redeeming element to this show -- it does have some amusing comedy bits, particularly when it's parodying other shows. But I don't think that makes up for how bad and unlikable the elements I described above are. I doubt I'll be watching much, if any, more of this.
How was it sexist? Excuse my ignorance.
 
Seitokai no Ichizon isn't the least bit sexist. He'd know the reason why the MC joined the student council and takes up all the council work by himself if he actually finished the series.
 
Gintama 231

Trying to pretend this is going to be a "solemn and dignified affair" with a title like "When You Go to a Funeral for the First Time, You're Surprised by How Happy the People Are" ... yeah right. How is this airing on prime-time television?!
How indeed?

"There was a funeral scene in an anime and my child said he felt really awful after seeing this, and is scared even now. Dirty jokes which are too cruel and aberrant, sexual imagery, the act of slighting a dead person—these are all things I would not have thought would be included in an anime on at dinner time. Even as an adult I feel uncomfortable."
 
Ano Hana 7 - 9

It got pretty boring at times, but it's not a bad watch so far. Menma can be so hhhnnng in some scenes :3

what the fuck is with yukiatsu trying to get with anaru. goddamn hate him.

I think I had the same feelings during those episodes too but fortunately bored feelings didnt last long.

Yukiatsu ended up being my favorite character over time

Only person right for Anaru is Jintan.
 
Agent Aika 6:

In this show, every fight is a Bra and Panties fight. Nevertheless, the fights between Aika and Rie and the Commander were enjoyable, as was President Awesome's drunken karaoke brawl sequence.

The lack of bishie mad scientisto and his psycho imouto in this arc really hurts it story-wise. Yeah, there actually was something of a story in the first "season" of episodes 1-4. Without a story to balance out the shameless fanservice, the whole second "season" manages to feel rather desultory rather than glamorous. Well, I guess I'll finish off the original series at least.

After that, there's Aika R-16 Virgin Mission, which is 3 episodes when Aika was 16. The fanservice is just plain funny when Aika's supposed to be 26 years old. At 16, it's probably going to feel a bit dirty. Just a bit, not very much, I've been watching anime far too long to feel that dirty about that kind of thing anymore, especially since everyone always looks the same age in anime.

Then there's Aika Zero, which was made in 2009 and that I suspect will actually have a natively 16:9 aspect ratio and be in HD. I can enjoy my last round of shameless fanservice in 1080p. Hooray for technology's inexorable forward march!
 
Recommend me a good comedy GAF. My mood keeps sinking with the combination of
Menma's sweet parting
and me remembering that classes start again in two days.
 
Agent Aika 7 END:

Well, that's it I guess. There was some fighting, and Brown Aika came to kick some ass, and then I saw lots of pantsu. And boobs.

This whole thing started because you guys were trying to tell me that there was a lot of fanservice in Rinne no Lagrange. Well, now that I've seen The Original Super Pantsu Show, I can safely say that there isn't a lot of fanservice in RnL compared to this. The problem is, this show basically set the bar for maximum fanservice, if I actually counted the number of times I saw pantsu I would definitely easily double or triple the count of times I saw pantsu in Ikkitousen. That's a lot of pantsu.

Anyways, I saw lots of pantsu. I saw pantsu from almost every angle it is possible to see pantsu. I also saw boobs from many angles. It is possible that I will never again be able to say that a show has a lot of fanservice compared to Agent Aika, because there isn't one.

I need a break from seeing pantsu and boobs. Once you've seen this many, they tend to lose their enjoyment factor. I need to pace myself and watch fewer pantsu and boobs at once instead of marathoning my way through. I'll pick up Aika R-16 tomorrow I guess.
 
Is there any recent(2 or 3 years) romance story that doesn't leads to open end? I already watched Toradora and True tears and Amagami(Rihoko :( ).
 
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