Support NeoGAF

[7Th]

Did I mention that writing is more important than direction yet?

It's just hard to take such a statement seriously when it comes from someone that makes animal sacrifices to a Terrence Malick altar every day. And, seriously, why would anyone actually argue with joke posts? Let's reserve righteous rage to people that honestly compare cinematography to "the font in printed literature".

 

[scy]

Is it okay to cry about it?

Only on Tuesdays.

 

[cajunator]

Is it okay to cry about it?

If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you sooooo saaadddddd?

 

[Hitokage]

I acknowledged that men do cry, just not as often as women do.
Anyway, I don't want to dwell on this, because it's kind of a boring subject.

Yeah, you can go back to getting emotional over cute or moe characters.

 

[Regulus Tera]

If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you sooooo saaadddddd?

Happiness can be overwhelming.

I thought NTR was a fetish though?

Nothing gets me off like the lamentations of NTRés.

 

[RurouniZel]

my NFL team lost to a fucking winless team. Bloody hell. Although it isn't the first time that happened and wont be the last.

Sadly I had a feeling we were gonna lose to the Rams after the way we pounded the Colts last week. It just felt like a total trap game.

 

[zeroshiki]

It's just hard to take such a statement seriously when it comes from someone that makes animal sacrifices to a Terrence Malick altar every day. And, seriously, why would anyone actually argue with joke posts? Let's reserve righteous rage to people that honestly compare cinematography to "the font in printed literature".

Yes because that is completely within context and was serious.

 

[Regulus Tera]

It's just hard to take such a statement seriously when it comes from someone that makes animal sacrifices to a Terrence Malick altar every day. And, seriously, why would anyone actually argue with joke posts? Let's reserve righteous rage to people that honestly compare cinematography to "the font in printed literature".

Not sure if serious?

 

[firehawk12]

Yes because that is completely within context and was serious.

*imouto hug*

Only on Tuesdays.

If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you sooooo saaadddddd?

I'm so confused that I could cry, but I'm not allowed to.

Nothing gets me off like the lamentations of NTRés.

That's how it works!

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Happiness can be overwhelming.

I was happy once, it was terrible. Never again!

 

[Regulus Tera]

I was happy once, it was terrible. Never again!

This post made me sad.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

This post made me sad.

Then my work here is done.

 

[cajunator]

Yeah, you can go back to getting emotional over cute or moe characters.

I don't get very emotional over them. More like "holy shit that's cute and Im gonna buy that series". When I type "HNNG" it is more just saying "yeah I like that. Its really cute".
I suppose the context in which I post can be misinterpeted.

 

[PdotMichael]

We need the love and wisdom of Squid Girl more than ever.

but she is gone...

 

[cajunator]

Sadly I had a feeling we were gonna lose to the Rams after the way we pounded the Colts last week. It just felt like a total trap game.

You are a Saints fan?
We are like nakama!

 

[7Th]

Not sure if serious?

tl;dr version: firehawk needs new tricks

 

[cajunator]

I miss penguin drum already.
I would vote for Ringo in Saimoe.

 

[jman2050]

I miss penguin drum already.
I would vote for Ringo in Saimoe.

Shouma for saimoe 2012

 

[CornBurrito]

It would be funny if Mami ends up head of the class.

Hah! Head!

Us Madoka fans eh, us Madoka fans.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Aoi Bungaku 5-6 "In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms In Full Bloom"

This is... weird. Many of the directing choices feel off. Why are there goofy SD comedy sections that feel ripped out of another show? Why the headphones and cell phones suddenly thrown into an otherwise non-anachronistic historical period? Why the musical numbers? Why the

Spoiler

talking boar

? I understand that it's going for a surreal atmosphere, but I don't think it's consistently successful at executing that. The grotesque imagery is a bit overdone as well, but what can you expect from the director of Death Note?

Still, it's an interesting story. Subverting the traditional image of cherry blossoms by using them as a symbol for madness and violence (and by extension the madness and violence of cultivated Japanese society) is an interesting choice and in spots effectively presented. Certainly a better adaptation of Ando Sakaguchi than UN-GO. I suppose all his writings are about the corruption inherent in Japanese society. I do hope all of the stories in Aoi Bungaku won't be as cynical as these first two are.

 

[Ryuukan]

I miss penguin drum already.
I would vote for Ringo in Saimoe.

A used condom is more moe than Ringo.

 

[darkside31337]

Nobody in Japan remembers about Penguindrum in 2011. Will be shocked if anybody cares about the series at all in 2012.

 

[dimb]

I'm really perplexed as to why PMMM is so popular. what's so special about it or the characters in it? I enjoyed the series, but it's not like those were the most likeable characters last season.

What was your old avatar again?

 

[Hellsing321]

The overwhelming desire for half-priced bento fuels his abilities; this is not a mere test of physical prowess but a measure of the very depths of ambition and the strength of his desires.

Plus, training montages would've totally broken the flow~!

Seriously though, yeah it was kind of weird that the day he steels his resolve is the same day he apparently becomes a brawling pro. I think I'm fine with it, though; I mean, a stupid and silly explanation wouldn't have sufficed and potentially done more harm than good and a series of training scenes (and/or episodes) would've served to stymie the pacing. It's not ideal but, hey, it saves us from being told that Virtua Fighter 2 trained him in combat and lets them focus on "training" being about the world of the fighting for bentos rather than a lesson on how to fight at all.

They'll probably touch on this later but here are some minor spoilers I read from the light novels.

Spoiler

His dad is in the military and trained him from an early age in CQC. In the first episode we saw a glimpse when the MC was talking about his life and he said he almost got blown up at his dad's workplace.

 

[darkside31337]

Working'!! 05:

Great stuff as usual. An episode mainly devoted to Kyoko and her endeavors as the great gluttonous pig. She might be a glutton but she is not one to

Spoiler

to steal sweets from a child.

The series is totally going to end with Takanashi landing himself in prison, with the rest of the cast working their way into the prison to break him out of it, wrapped up with Inami breaking down walls as the two reunite and finally confess their true feelings to one another.

 

[PdotMichael]

We know already, Ayase will win the Saimoe 2012

 

[Haly]

Dat foreshadowing.

Ben-to's writing leagues beyond Fate/Zero's, confirmed.

 

[cajunator]

What was your old avatar again?

Leave Homu out of this.
I like her the most of the Puella MAgi, but she's not my favorite animu character.
Actually, Misato Katsuragi still is.

 

[Reknoc]

Mirai Nikki - 4

The first half was pretty good thanks to Yuno constantly crazy eyeing Yukki. The second half was even better with Yuno going crazy mode and another bananas character being introduced.

 

[thetrin]

But it is already stupid.

I can get behind the protagonist being irritating, but I don't see how the show is any more stupid than anime in general.

 

[cajunator]

I love Pdotmichael's new avatar.
I seriously have not killed a single roach since I saw that manga.

 

[NewFresh]

I love Pdotmichael's new avatar.
I seriously have not killed a single roach since I saw that manga.

The Pro-Roach propaganda got to you.

 

[cajunator]

It changed my life.
If I delve more into the world of moe I may starve to death for fear of eating something cute.

 

[sonicmj1]

Ben-to 4

I don't like this episode as much as some of the others, and it makes me slightly concerned for the future. Still an overall positive, though.

My main issue is that Shaga's introduction really upped the explicit "ecchi" factor of the show, and that's not really what I'm there for. Some aspects of it were amusing, but some were more than I want out of my action-harem-comedy.

Oshiroi's story and the action sequences more than make up for it, though.

On a related note, I love what they're doing with the episode previews, and I wish more shows did them as obviously fourth-wall-breaking as this does, just as I wish that more shows had characters sing along with the OP like in Working!!.

 

[RurouniZel]

You are a Saints fan?
We are like nakama!

(=´∀&#65344人(´∀｀=)

I should post in NFL-GAF more often, but sadly I usually watch the games with my old man, who likes to wait a half an hour and catch up via DVR so we can skip the commercials. If I go there during the game I'm guaranteed to spoil the score. ;_;

 

[NewFresh]

tl;dr version: firehawk needs new tricks

He was joking. But at this point it may be three layers of sarcasm too deep for me to comprehend.

 

[PdotMichael]

I love Pdotmichael's new avatar.
I seriously have not killed a single roach since I saw that manga.

like me

I quit my job as space debris collector after I read Orbital Pretty !

 

[GaimeGuy]

I think that's where Madoka's appeal comes from, she watches all the other girls get the shit trolled out of them before her eyes, while being the catalyst to Kyubei being the magnificent bastard that he is.

I can't help but feel Mami will take this so she can hold her head up high in victory.

the "appeal" is that her name is in the title of one of the best selling anime.

The real stars of the show are Homura and Sayaka.

 

[Dresden]

They'll probably touch on this later but here are some minor spoilers I read from the light novels.

Spoiler

His dad is in the military and trained him from an early age in CQC. In the first episode we saw a glimpse when the MC was talking about his life and he said he almost got blown up at his dad's workplace.

:bow

Ben-to

:bow

 

[PdotMichael]

Squid Girl 5

oh god, the tanabata sequence!

<3

 

[Steroyd]

It changed my life.
If I delve more into the world of moe I may starve to death for fear of eating something cute.

The more I read your posts, the more convinced I am that you're Takanashi from working.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

We know already, Ayase will win the Saimoe 2012

Saimoe 2012 will be a bloodbath, seeing as how it will have at 14 or 15 entrants alone from one show.

 

[Reknoc]

Pie Brain's Music - 5

Not as good as it has been.

For a series about puzzles and geniuses it sure is dumb! But in a good way, gotta love drama that revolves around puzzles, we even got a look at Kaito's TRAGIC PAST!

Spoiler

it involves puzzles

Gammon is the best character.

 

[cajunator]

The more I read your posts, the more convinced I am that you're Takanashi from working.

What are you trying to insinuate here?

 

[scy]

Saimoe 2012 will be a bloodbath, seeing as how it will have at 14 or 15 entrants alone from one show.

At least it'll be a very adorable bloodbath.

 

[Jex]

Aoi Bungaku 5-6 "In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms In Full Bloom"...
I do hope all of the stories in Aoi Bungaku won't be as cynical as these first two are.

Perhaps that just says something about famous Japanese literature?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Pie Brain's Music - 5

Not as good as it has been.

For a series about puzzles and geniuses it sure is dumb! But in a good way, gotta love drama that revolves around puzzles, we even got a look at Kaito's TRAGIC PAST!

Spoiler

it involves puzzles

Gammon is the best character.

I often find him annoying since he consistently takes away the solving of the puzzles from Kaito.

 

[Reknoc]

Man what's with Guilty Crowns music, it keeps sounding like it wants to break out into full on Deep Forest, but it never does and I get disappointed.

I often find him annoying since he consistently takes away the solving of the puzzles from Kaito.

Kaito's never going to do it because

Spoiler

he acts like puzzles killed his family... oh wait lol!

Also Gammon is bursting with charisma.

 

[PdotMichael]

It changed my life.
If I delve more into the world of moe I may starve to death for fear of eating something cute.

so do you know "Twilight of the Cockroaches"?

a old half-anime/half-real movie about cockroaches in Tokyo?

You can call it the japanese version of Watership Down, not very moeish but it was very mind fucking back in the 90s for me.

---

And no one watched Squid Girl here?

 

[Akainu]

I miss penguin drum already.
I would vote for Ringo in Saimoe.

Is this some contest for potential rapists?