Pretty much every fangirl i spoke with actually complained about how much Mahiro and Yoshiro are straight and "unshippable " and how much the show art is misleading. Considering the subject (2 pretty boys being buddy-buddy with each other and going on adventures), it is actually pretty incredible.
Fall of Anime 2012 |OT2| O cursed spite, that ever I was born to UUURRRRYYY!!
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So yeah, I was bored and decided to watch Sword Art Online, going in completely blind other than seeing the name a bunch and hearing that it was pretty popular.
And at first I loved it! A deconstruction of ever present MMO tropes with some "people die when they are killed" shenanigans to raise the stakes was a great premise, and I really enjoyed the first few episodes. It was a perfect whirlwind of enjoyable action scenes, nerdy in-jokes and perfect fodder for some "what if this happened for real?" navel-gazing.
Even when Asuna came back in the show and the relationship drama kicked into high gear, I was still really into it. It's only after they got 'married' that things started to turn sour. Something about those episodes sucked all the good feels out of the show and just left some melodramatic mess. The Game Clear out of nowhere didn't help either, leaving a bunch of in-game plot points hanging.
And this post-game arc sucks. A second game? A RESCUE ARC?! ugh...
I'll keep watching though, like the fool that I am.
And at first I loved it! A deconstruction of ever present MMO tropes with some "people die when they are killed" shenanigans to raise the stakes was a great premise, and I really enjoyed the first few episodes. It was a perfect whirlwind of enjoyable action scenes, nerdy in-jokes and perfect fodder for some "what if this happened for real?" navel-gazing.
Even when Asuna came back in the show and the relationship drama kicked into high gear, I was still really into it. It's only after they got 'married' that things started to turn sour. Something about those episodes sucked all the good feels out of the show and just left some melodramatic mess. The Game Clear out of nowhere didn't help either, leaving a bunch of in-game plot points hanging.
And this post-game arc sucks. A second game? A RESCUE ARC?! ugh...
I'll keep watching though, like the fool that I am.
fangirl fail
Two young men on screen = shippable no matter what. Tell them to turn their fujoshi cred in.
e: DtL showing those silly girls what's up.
This is getting adapted? Awesome.
dakkumauji
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Zetsuen no Tempest 04
What end of the world?
Good episode. Really developed the two characters personalities and their friendship as well. This would also probably be useful in future arcs due to some of their actions as the characters are more developed so we can understand why they did that instead of coming out of left field. That manservice helped as well, maybe.
What end of the world?
Good episode. Really developed the two characters personalities and their friendship as well. This would also probably be useful in future arcs due to some of their actions as the characters are more developed so we can understand why they did that instead of coming out of left field. That manservice helped as well, maybe.
Jex
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Yeah they were very open, very quick to respond and very quirk to alter their Kickstarter as required. From that end, at least, they did a great job.
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Accel World - 01
And you guys call SAO a wish fulfillment show? You people and your double standards.
Will continue to watch, though
And you guys call SAO a wish fulfillment show? You people and your double standards.
Will continue to watch, though
These tears, so delicious.
dakkumauji
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Eyecatches.
Well the intent was always there, conceptually it made perfect sense. It was certainly bearable, and lets be honest, the initial impressions were a little heavy on the hyperbole (myself included).
I just call both of them bad shows but that's just me.
dakkumauji
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No, you are not alone in that.
Jex
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Accel World - 01
And you guys call SAO a wish fulfillment show? You people and your double standards.
Will continue to watch, though
If you'd carefully read the content of any of the posts about Accel World you'd see that there aren't actually any double standards. Aceel World just happens to have better fight scenes than Sword Art Online.
Dedication Through Light
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The fight scenes, megane Taku,
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Hellsing321
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Accel World - 01
And you guys call SAO a wish fulfillment show? You people and your double standards.
Will continue to watch, though
We also call Accel World a wish fulfillment show. It just happens to be more entertaining than SAO.
I think a large part of why people are okay with AW is because it doesn't take itself as seriously as SAO.
dakkumauji
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Hellsing321
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This is just like skipping to the ending to School Days. Have you no shame, sir?!
Or a shounen filler-arc.
DING DING DING DING
But it's not unusual for the unintended viewing experience to be better. Why should I suffer through a worse experience, simply because it's "intended"?
Well, not all filler arcs are inherently bad. If I ever did start watching One Piece from the beginning again then I'd probably end up skipping the woeful Apis Arc though.
Dedication Through Light
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Yeah same, though Ive started to skip previews and stuff for anime, since they seem to be becoming more and more spoilery on plot points.
Would never skip a whole episode or skip through an episode, though I will say, I have dozed off during episodes when they were just really not good.
I skip previews. Usually because I'm marathoning.
Hm, being bound by canon inevitably undercuts any sort of tension for me. The Bleach bount-arc will always be the shining example for me, which was nothing but a ridiculously staggered series of fights that led nowhere.
Hilarious conclusion too, it's like they couldn't be bothered or something...
Hellsing321
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If something is so painfully bad that I can't get through it. I just drop the show right then and there. Much easier than trying to find the supposed good parts.
hosannainexcelsis
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If an episode is not enjoyable and is not important to an ongoing story arc, I'll be happy to skip it. It doesn't happen very often though.
Dedication Through Light
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That is the only flawed arc of the Bleach anime. If they had made it shorter or come at a different time, and didnt have the annoying Ririn. It had interesting names and such though and saying Zeige Dich was kind of addicting, and some Uryu development.
Accel World - 01
And you guys call SAO a wish fulfillment show? You people and your double standards.
Will continue to watch, though
What double standard? Both were called wish fulfillment.
Dedication Through Light
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You missed lots of good mini arcs and jutsus and a rather hilarious episode (Laughing Shino). Though I saw all of it in one go so I didnt have to wait weekly to see each of these filler episodes.
If anyone wanted to watch any of that arc, I would literally only recommend the Zaraki encounters. Most of the plot made little sense, the characters acted irrationally, not to mention that they were inexplicably weakened to suit the needs of the story. Those last points in particular became a prevailing theme after that point, and one of the reasons I eventually grew weary of the franchise.
darkside31337
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This show is so amazing. Just amazing. Legitimately the most enjoyable romcom I've ever watched at this point. Everything about this show is perfection. Now I'm gonna smash some god damn watermelons.
This show is so amazing. Just amazing. Legitimately the most enjoyable romcom I've ever watched at this point. Everything about this show is perfection. Now I'm gonna smash some god damn watermelons.
Dedication Through Light
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Funimation posted a 9 minute sneak peak of Mass Effect Paragon Lost.
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