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[Regulus Tera]

Working Prime Exclamation Mark Exclamation Mark 01: Watching this immediately after the first season is a jarring experience. Everything moves around. Camera angles are a lot more varied as well, and not just "two people standing in front of the camera" like we had in the previous series. There's tons of little things being gleefully animated, from hand gestures, to curious blinks, to strands of hair blowing independently. Bloom aside, it's gorgeous to look at.

Too bad all this animation was used on the most boring Working episode yet. This opener is nothing but a retread of every character in order to, I suppose, bring new viewers up to speed and to remind the old ones of everyone. The downside to that is that there's no underlying theme underneath. Not like the first series was serial-heavy, but there was at least a sense of flow in every episode. This pilot is slice-of-life as fuck, but when dealing with issues like work in a restaurant, life tends to be pretty boring.

tl;dr Bring back the wacky hijinx, dammit.

 

[Dresden]

Episode two was less retreads and more Yamada doing Yamada things, which was welcome. I don't think I'll keep watching though.

 

[Jex]

Natsume's Book of Friends 12

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Oh Crunchyroll.[/QUOTE]
Will their reign of terror never end?

 

[wonzo]

Yamada makes everything better.

Persona 4 04

I can't get into this at all. Dropped

Guilty Crown 3

why noitamina why. this is even worse than fractale

 

[trejo]

This season has a lot more Yamada doing Yamada things per capita than the last one so I, for one, will keep watching.

Guilty Crown 3

They sure are throwing every cliché in the book at this, aren't they? Can't wait for the beach/onsen episode.

I'm having a tough time figuring out wether I like the music in the show or not.

 

[Jex]

I don't hate Nanami. She's quite a good character when they feel like making her into one. Around 31-32ish.

Nanami is always good, dammit!

 

[zeroshiki]

Guilty Crown 3

why noitamina why. this is even worse than fractale

Nothing is worse than Fractale episode 3.

Guilty Crown 3

They sure are throwing every cliché in the book at this, aren't they? Can't wait for the beach/onsen episode.

I'm having a tough time figuring out wether I like the music in the show or not.

The cliche overload was kinda overdone in the ep but I hope that with that out of the way they can focus on better stuff.

The music is awesome. Nothing to be confused about.

 

[Instro]

tl;dr Bring back the wacky hijinx, dammit.

Its been quite good since the weak first episode. Better than season 1 I think.

Episode two was less retreads and more Yamada doing Yamada things, which was welcome. I don't think I'll keep watching though.

You should continue with it, 3 & 4 were very funny.

 

[trejo]

why noitamina why. this is even worse than fractale

Woah there, son. Let's not get too crazy.

Having said that, I thought Fractale episode 7 was really well done. Oh what could have been.

 

[darkside31337]

Working Prime Exclamation Mark Exclamation Mark 01: Watching this immediately after the first season is a jarring experience. Everything moves around. Camera angles are a lot more varied as well, and not just "two people standing in front of the camera" like we had in the previous series. There's tons of little things being gleefully animated, from hand gestures, to curious blinks, to strands of hair blowing independently. Bloom aside, it's gorgeous to look at.

Too bad all this animation was used on the most boring Working episode yet. This opener is nothing but a retread of every character in order to, I suppose, bring new viewers up to speed and to remind the old ones of everyone. The downside to that is that there's no underlying theme underneath. Not like the first series was serial-heavy, but there was at least a sense of flow in every episode. This pilot is slice-of-life as fuck, but when dealing with issues like work in a restaurant, life tends to be pretty boring.

tl;dr Bring back the wacky hijinx, dammit.

Stick with it.

Episode 01 was boring. Incredibly boring.

But 2-4 is better than anything in S1 has to offer IMO. Much better.

 

[Jex]

Chihayafuru 4

It takes some real talent to make Karuta look as dynamic as they do and the lovely musics certainly help as well. There is definitely a disconnect though, when every character in the show who witnesses a game being played thinks it's the most amazing and fun thing ever I have to really suspend my disbelief.

I still feel that way, a little, but they are Karuta-heads. They're nuts for it, so of course it's exciting from their perspective.

I still wish it was something else, but there you go!

 

[Dresden]

Imagine if it was something manly like koi-koi.

 

[Haly]

Or texas hold'em.

 

[trejo]

Or Magic: The Gathering.

 

[darkside31337]

Or Magic: The Gathering.

God I wish.

 

[scy]

Boku wa Tomodachi 4 - Oh Rika. Oh you. The cast is pretty much assembled now and the antics should continue. I will say that the part of me that is hopeful for Yozora over Sena (based purely off normal harem etiquette of first girl we see wins) is squashed so often; Sena is just so much more interesting normally,

Spoiler

prior history be damned

. More episodes like this will make the decision harder :/

Spoiler

oh god choosing sides

Wonder how far down the harem rabbit hole this goes or if the rest of the cast really just serves as a catalyst of events / silly antics with just the two primary girls to care about for that role. Not sure which would make me happier...

...anyway, I look forward to more of Rika's doujins. And animated Yukimura

Spoiler

makes me question how the hell that could ever be thought of as a guy. Like, seriously. Unless there's some triple layered reverse trap antics going on

.

Call me crazy but I rally like how GC's OP is structure. It's just like a crescendo of intensity. I like it. One of the more memorable OPs this year, heh.

I have a strange fascination with nice OP/EDs. To the point I've watched entire shows just because of it. I thoroughly enjoy [My Dearest]; even if Guilty Crown shits itself at some point, I'd continue it for the OP alone. I'm odd like that. I think most of my import collection is OSTs and singles rather than DVD/bru-rei.

 

[Articalys]

Or Magic: The Gathering.

Fun fact: apparently, in the earliest volumes of the original Duel Masters manga, they actually played MTG.

 

[Haly]

Or Magic: The Gathering.

I can see it now:

"Draw. Island. Go."
"Tap two fo--"
"Mana leak. Draw, Island, go."
"Tap thre--"
"Dissipate. Draw, Island, go."
"Thrun, and he's fucking uncounterable."
"End of turn, Tribute to Hunger."

 

[Jex]

Black Rock Shooter OVA

This was about three times longer than it needed to be.

At least the fighting was pretty awesome... when they get around to it that is.

Overall, a waste of time :/

The real problem is it's just boring.

It gets worse. YouTube'd PV. Witness nasty CG in all its "glory".

Owch. I'm so sorry.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Working Prime 2: Echoes 02: Now this is more like it. Most of the jokes weren't new, but they were good in the first place. There's definitely a different structure going on; it's less animu and more situation comedy. Paradoxically, I think the show is trying to do too much "cute" in lieu of the comedy, whereas the first series did comedy with cute off-shooting naturally from it. Maybe that's just the result of Poplar-overexposure?

She's still my favourite.

P.S. There's a saddening lack of Inami going around, though it might be understandable considering how central she was to the last arc of the first season. Her situation with Takanashi better be resolved, regardless.

P.P.S. Yamada is awesome, but she's no Poplar.

P.P.P.S. I hope I wasn't the only one who clapped along with Poplar!

 

[trejo]

The real problem is it's just boring.

Don't be a hipster.

 

[Defuser]

P.S. There's a saddening lack of Inami going around, though it might be understandable considering how central she was to the last arc of the first season. Her situation with Takanashi better be resolved, regardless.

People actually don't like it because A1 focus around her and Takanashi in S1 while the manga did not. S2 seems to improve by spreading the relations equally.

Spoiler

I like the focus on Inami too

 

[trejo]

Imouto > Yamada > Girl who never talks > Katana girl > Poplar > Inami > Everyone else.

 

[iavi]

Working Prime 2: Echoes 02:

P.S. There's a saddening lack of Inami going around, though it might be understandable considering how central she was to the last arc of the first season. Her situation with Takanashi better be resolved, regardless.

P.P.P.S. I hope I wasn't the only one who clapped along with Poplar!

You like poplar and think the lack of Inami is saddening...damn... That's like everything that I thought was wrong with the series.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Imouto > Yamada > Katana girl > Girl who never talks > Poplar > Inami > Everyone else.

infinitenine > unknown soldier > cosmicblizzard > icarus > icecream > darkside > drinky crow > trejo

You like poplar and think the lack of Inami is saddening...damn... That's like everything that I thought was wrong with the series.

infinitenine > unknown soldier > cosmicblizzard > icarus > icecream > darkside > drinky crow > trejo > miri

 

[dimb]

People actually don't like it because A1 focus around her and Takanashi in S1 while the manga did not. S2 seems to improve by spreading the relations equally.

Pretty sure Working'!! is just spinning its wheels rather than building anything of the relationships in the show. Unless you're the kind of person who thinks Poplar getting her hair mussed up again and Yamada being obnoxious, overbearing, and asking to be adopted every week progresses the characters in some meaningful way.

 

[Dresden]

Not liking Poplar should be a crime.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Not liking Poplar should be a crime.

punishable by DEATH

 

[Jex]

Don't be a hipster.

Boredom is neither hipster, nor non-hipster, it's me falling asleep to girls talking about nothing.

 

[darkside31337]

Inami gets enough focus time and

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she stops punching 15 times an episode too!

.

It's Poplar who loses the most time on screen thus far. Which is a good thing.

Inami > Yamada > Katana Girl > Nice Long Legs In Dat Skirt > Tall Imouto > Slutty Imouto > Business Imouto > NEET Imouto > Poplar

YEAH I SAID IT.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I guess I'm the only one who actually liked Working'!! episode 1? As a newcomer to the series, I thought it did a good job of introducing the characters and how they interact with each other, as well as getting me to like them all. I also liked the "day in the life" format - sometimes it's nice to see people just go about and live their lives. I was actually a little disappointed the series didn't continue in that format, since it's not something I've seen a lot of.

 

[iavi]

I guess I'm the only one who actually liked Working'!! episode 1? As a newcomer to the series, I thought it did a good job of introducing the characters and how they interact with each other, as well as getting me to like them all. I also liked the "day in the life" format - sometimes it's nice to see people just go about and live their lives. I was actually a little disappointed the series didn't continue in that format, since it's not something I've seen a lot of.

Not at all. I enjoyed quite a bit, myself. Though, the series really hasn't shifted from the format introduced in ep 1 of this second season? Not that I've noticed anyway.

 

[darkside31337]

I guess I'm the only one who actually liked Working'!! episode 1? As a newcomer to the series, I thought it did a good job of introducing the characters and how they interact with each other, as well as getting me to like them all. I also liked the "day in the life" format - sometimes it's nice to see people just go about and live their lives. I was actually a little disappointed the series didn't continue in that format, since it's not something I've seen a lot of.

Honestly it felt like an introduction episode more than anything.

If you went from S1 into S2's first episode it really was jarring. Everything feels completely different, it's essentially a completely different show.

 

[trejo]

Boredom is neither hipster, nor non-hipster, it's me falling asleep to girls talking about nothing.

What a hipster thing to say. Besides, don't you like K-on?

punishable by DEATH

Who gets to carry out the sentence?

 

[Regulus Tera]

This thread is suddenly reminding me of PonyGAF with all the lists.

 

[trejo]

Inami gets enough focus time and

Spoiler

she stops punching 15 times an episode too!

.

It's Poplar who loses the most time on screen thus far. Which is a good thing.

Inami > Yamada > Katana Girl > Nice Long Legs In Dat Skirt > Tall Imouto > Slutty Imouto > Business Imouto > NEET Imouto > Poplar

YEAH I SAID IT.

Slutty, Business and NEET aren't imoutos, though.

 

[Dresden]

This thread is suddenly reminding me of PonyGAF with all the lists.

Yeah, let's ban lists.

A list of other things to ban -

Poplar hate
Bokutomo screencaps
more lists

 

[darkside31337]

Slutty, Business and NEET aren't imoutos, though.

God dammit.

You. On the bottom of my list.

 

[Instro]

I guess I'm the only one who actually liked Working'!! episode 1? As a newcomer to the series, I thought it did a good job of introducing the characters and how they interact with each other, as well as getting me to like them all. I also liked the "day in the life" format - sometimes it's nice to see people just go about and live their lives. I was actually a little disappointed the series didn't continue in that format, since it's not something I've seen a lot of.

Well yes, that's why you would have liked it. However if you've already seen S1 then its not very interesting. Not particularly bad, since as a intro episode it does its job very well, but it was a bit annoying.

I don't think the format has changed significantly btw, what makes you say that?

 

[trejo]

This thread is suddenly reminding me of PonyGAF with all the lists.

Fluttershy > *

No need for lists.

 

[duckroll]

Fluttershy > *

No need for lists.

Fact.

 

[scy]

This thread is suddenly reminding me of PonyGAF with all the lists.

Lists are life.

 

[dimb]

Inami gets enough focus time and

Spoiler

she stops punching 15 times an episode too!

.

It's Poplar who loses the most time on screen thus far. Which is a good thing.

Inami > Yamada > Katana Girl > Nice Long Legs In Dat Skirt > Tall Imouto > Slutty Imouto > Business Imouto > NEET Imouto > Poplar

YEAH I SAID IT.

Takanashi should be way lower on the list. Dude is awful.

 

[airmangataosenai]

That whole sequence with Rika's delusion at the end was pretty great, the voice actress nailed it... so to speak.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Not at all. I enjoyed quite a bit, myself. Though, the series really hasn't shifted from the format introduced in ep 1 of this second season? Not that I've noticed anyway.

The first episode established the tone for the season, but later episodes have moved away from the precise chronological structure of following one day from beginning to end at Wagnaria as the various employees bump into each other. Not that I mind, since later episodes have been well structured in their own way, I just was expecting something a little different from the first episode and partially the second episode.

Well yes, that's why you would have liked it. However if you've already seen S1 then its not very interesting. Not particularly bad, since as a intro episode it does its job very well, but it was a bit annoying.

Perhaps. I'm just glad I don't have to bother with watching S1.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Fluttershy > *

No need for lists.

I'm okay with this, but Pinkie Pie is a close second.

Nice Long Legs In Dat Skirt

She eats like a fucking whale; she would be humongous were it not for animu's unwritten rule to not draw any main female characters fat.

 

[darkside31337]

Takanashi should be way lower on the list. Dude is awful.

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Takanashi's feminine alter ego has not shown up thus far

 

[Jex]

What a hipster thing to say. Besides, don't you like K-on?

You realise things can be done well and things can be done badly, right? You could say Code Geass and Guilty Crown take some similar elements but one really isn't as good as the other.

 

[zeroshiki]

The man hater is the worst part of Working and actually made me drop the show.

I mean, the restaurant would have been sued multiple times if this was at all realistic.

 

[Jex]

Yeah, let's ban lists.

A list of other things to ban -

Poplar hate
Bokutomo screencaps
more lists

You forgot puns in all their forms.