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2011 Fall Anime Thread - Bad Shows & Self Hating Nerds
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darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Branduil said:
Well yeah. I've written my deep thoughts on why RKB is an enjoyable show and a refreshing change of pace from the usual sexism that plagues females in sports anime series.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, except that it fetishizes the very objects of empowerment.darkside31337 said:
Speaking of which, I think I'm going to bump everything to the backlog and putting Aim for the Ace! up on top of the queue.
My nakama agrees with me!duckroll said:Idlemasters ep12
Bad ep. Poorly paced, predictable, drawn out, uninteresting dialogue and conversation. Didn't enjoy it at all. But Chihaya, you go girl!
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KamiMemo 12: And speaking of predictable endings... I'm not sure how I feel about how they wrapped this all up. I wouldn't have minded the sentimental ending if they didn't tease a major game changer 2 episodes ago. It feels like the writer clawing back in order to give the people a happy ending instead of sticking to their guns with having something happen of consequence.
It's a weird tension between high stakes and knowing the exact outcome. Do it wrong and it becomes and intellectual exercise rather than an emotional one.
Crash Station
Member
Gintama 200-201
A story of dreams, Santas, fatal pie tossing wars in Vietnam, and cockroaches. Christmas sure is wonderful.
If I had watched these as they were coming out, I would be disappointed as hell these were the last episodes. But since there's more, this is just another funny arc.
Onto the 2nd series!
A story of dreams, Santas, fatal pie tossing wars in Vietnam, and cockroaches. Christmas sure is wonderful.
If I had watched these as they were coming out, I would be disappointed as hell these were the last episodes. But since there's more, this is just another funny arc.
Onto the 2nd series!
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
firehawk12 said:Well, except that it fetishizes the very objects of empowerment.
Speaking of which, I think I'm going to bump everything to the backlog and putting Aim for the Ace! up on top of the queue.
Hey it's anime. You win some, you lose some. It's a decent enough trade off.
Infinite Justice
Member
Dresden said:
In a way it was a ritualistic exploration of the interconnectedness of man. Memorable stuff.
now this is getting hilarious
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Naw, with anime, you almost always lose.darkside31337 said:
Infinite Justice
Member
darkside31337 said:
Nah.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I see that part-time soldier ran away with her group. Good, that's 2 for Hououin's Harem!
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Infinite Justice said:
Poor Ro Kyu Bu, always the target of all jokes. But I will defend this show.
The story of a young man who has loved basketball all his life only to seen it taken away from him because of the selfish actions of a captain, has made him reject the one true love of his life. It took family intervention to get him remind him of what he loves, and the pure smooth shooting stroke of a little girl to fully remember it. But now he's walking down the cruel, dangerous path that caused all his pain in the first place
And then there is the story of a girl who has loved basketball all her life only to reject it because of the pain it caused others around her, simply because she was too damn good. She is the Lebron James, the child prodigy nobody can understand, of her basketball world in that there simply weren't any girls good enough to hang with her on the court and for that all the girls hated her.
Yet she must also deal with the sexism within the country of Japan that refuses to allow her to be on the same level of her contemporaries, the boys. She cannot play with the girls because she is too good, yet cannot play with the boys merely because she is a girl. She is willing to give up basketball to keep her friends even if they are ingrates, and it takes the young man to make her realize she really plays basketball for the love of the game, not for winning or crushing the poor souls who dare step in front of her.
I love this show. Yes it may appear to be nothing but creepy loli basketball anime to you but in reality it's so much deeper than that.
The ending
is a sad one but it's a happy lets all come together moment too. Totally drawing inspiration from another basketball series. My Lebron James = Tomoka analogy was also unfortunately too apt.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Branduil said:
Well,
Her old team quit on basketball because she was so much better than they were. Then she quit on basketball because of the pain this caused her. Eventually she starts playing again because of her friends. She loses the last game in the series.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I'll check the last episode of it myself when I get home from work but I seriously doubt any girl replaces Mahiru. Mahiru is love. I love the
girls. Who doesn't?
batshit crazy
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Branduil said:
RKB Novel spoilers:
No, but
her dad (and mom) gives the thumbs up to Subaru to having a relationship with his own daughter.
Close enough?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The depth is an illusion to serve the concept though. Everything is okay if you make it sentimental.darkside31337 said:
Otherwise, Taishou Baseball Girls is the deepest feminist sports show ever made!
PdotMichael
Banned
Whats the deal with the grave holes?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
firehawk12 said:
You know it's sad when this is actually true
One of the things that annoyed me about Croisee is the fact that it had a bit of pro feminist in it, especially in regards to plot lines involving Alice and her sister yet they basically just dropped it midway through the series. Unfortunate really.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, that's because it's pure mono no aware. Unless she's Mary Wollstonecraft or someone like that, there was no escape. It was all about accepting the cage rather than resisting it.darkside31337 said:You know it's sad when this is actually true
One of the things that annoyed me about Croisee is the fact that it had a bit of pro feminist in it, especially in regards to plot lines involving Alice and her sister yet they basically just dropped it midway through the series. Unfortunate really.
In a way, it was almost destabilizing the Paris-porn for a while in order to make sure people remembered the context of 19th century France.
You know, there was that feminist anime I never got around to watching. Princess Arete or something like that... I'm sure there's that if one was looking for something to watch.
Where have you been?Sebulon3k said:
I'd have to disagree. The movie was bad even within the alloted time. It was somewhat sensible if you're familiar with the games and/or anime, but as a standalone movie, it was terrible. Even as a movie for the fans, it failed too.Marrshu said:
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
firehawk12 said:
Yeah. There was a part in the series where Alice
publicly questions the notion of forced arranged marriages based on status as opposed to actually loving somebody.
The show did a really good job at presenting 19th century France.
The part in the series where Yune
gets sick and collapses and Claude legitimately freaks the hell out thinking she's going to die (and the fact she could have something nobody knew anything about because she was Japanese), because back then chances were pretty decent you were going to die was a pretty nice touch.
I actually haven't watched Princess Arete either. Definitely need to get around to watching it.
PdotMichael
Banned
Dresden said:
After the first chapter, I am a believer!
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Dresden said:
Good lord this is awesome. I would attend a church that had this as their God.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hah, I actually found that to be the most cliche episode of the bunch. Even HanaIro did it, and if Okada can come up with the idea...darkside31337 said:
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
firehawk12 said:
Well it's certainly cliche in present day stories. In 19th century France it's less cliche and way more realistic. Although I'm not sure if they were thinking that hard while doing that scene.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Miri said:
They get around to talking about Yune and her sister. It's actually pretty sad.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, but it had no stakes. The point of that episode was to just bring people together around a single figure and remind the audience of that character's relationships with everyone else around them.darkside31337 said:
I don't remember that... what was that about again?Miri said:
Ohhhh, that.darkside31337 said:
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Miri said:
Hah, so cliche both shows did it.
Branduil said:
It's not at all. The episode was the
everybody caring for Yune bit but they did it really well
Alice comes running in with her servants running up the stairs with a huge gigantic ice bath. Of course Alice wanted Yune to get in the bath. Didn't happen of course.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ohhh, that one. Well, I mean, the anime only had one ending anyway, so I wouldn't call that foreshadowing and more driving home a point for the people that are too dense to get it.Miri said:
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Uchip said:
I already do. This doesn't happen liar. Maybe I should make it happen though.
PdotMichael
Banned
Uchip said:
instead of cute loli girls you will just get some crazy Naruto fangirls.
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