Considering the frequency with which it appears in fiction, I'd say quite a bit.
I don't think the problem with KLK is the lack of a theme or motive, it's that between all the rapid-fire jokes and general over the top nonsense, there hasn't been any time to develop it in a meaningful way. Episode 3 might change this.
Yeah I think this is a better wording of what I was trying to convey.
While KLK has been really enjoyable on a visual and comedic level (I guess YMMV for some...) I think this show has quite a lot more in store with how fast it's moving through things. I can't even imagine what the "bigger" picture ends up being by the end of the show and that makes me really excited for whats to come.
It's hilarious that a comment from her VA @ an bake anime promo thingy made Nisio turn her into this, I think it was something like
I want to play a villain for once
or something along those lines.
Only thing better is how this is resolved. Thank fuck they threw Hana into the bushes so we got it this year instead of waiting until who knows how long.
I started watching One Piece about week ago and oh-my-god do I love it ! I'm just pretty scared that I've already watched 40 episodes and thats like.. 1/20 of all the episodes :| It's gonna take ages to finish this
Oh man, I was almost tearing up after that match. Something about that Shimabukuro, a character who's basically only been in 2 episodes, is just so wonderful.
SO SIMPLE YET SO GEWD!
Edit: It seems as if the pace in this fight was massively rushed from the manga, which is a shame, but the end product here is still good. Believe me, this is no Zetman. Now *THAT* was rushed to the point of ruining the series
I started watching One Piece about week ago and oh-my-god do I love it ! I'm just pretty scared that I've already watched 40 episodes and thats like.. 1/20 of all the episodes :| It's gonna take ages to finish this
I started watching One Piece about week ago and oh-my-god do I love it ! I'm just pretty scared that I've already watched 40 episodes and thats like.. 1/20 of all the episodes :| It's gonna take ages to finish this
Oh I could. And I'll probably laugh. But I started/finished the anime this last summer so it's still relatively fresh in my mind. I'll wait a bit more.
I certainly don't. In fact, up until now, the longest show I've watched was Sket Dance at 77 episodes, and since Space Brothers just hit episode 77 this week, it's going to take the crown with the next episode.
For Raquel, isn't this literal puppy love? Seeing him get all flustered over one of the girls' classmates was fun to watch. Giving the fairies human forms make it easy for the audience to connect, and the stories are really universal. So he's a shota and a dog thing, she's someone who
already has a boyfriend
, it was never going to work out. But seeing Raquel put himself through the ringer like that was touching to watch. Rikka was barely in control of her own body during that fight scene... against a giant swan boat barfing out poison stuff. The usual Precure oddities are there, but around several episodes that focus on Ai, one with the fairies was a nice change of pace. Though if Raquel's crushing on Rikka now, she probably only sees him as a brother. It's already established she's Mana's wife.
Next week is an episode about Aguri hating carrots. But more importantly, it's about the
I really hope Samurai Flamenco improves when it gets going. I like the idea, but the first episode really didn't do much for me. Actually, I got a similar thing with Coppelion and Galilei Donna, so maybe it's this season in general.
White Album 2 #2 - I normally avoid music anime (mostly as its all idol stuff) but this with its title intrigued me. So despite thinking jumping into season 2 would be probably a bad idea I tried it out. Thankfully it is its own story (apparently set 10 years after S1), and I have to say after two episodes I am liking it. Even if it just looks like a soapy tale of a school band forming to play at a school festival, with I guess foreshadowing of one member becoming an idol. I think I might keep watching this, at least for a while.
I really hope Samurai Flamenco improves when it gets going. I like the idea, but the first episode really didn't do much for me. Actually, I got a similar thing with Coppelion and Galilei Donna, so maybe it's this season in general.
I enjoyed Coppelion's first episode way more than Samurai Flamenco. Possibly because things actually happened in the first episode of Coppelion and possibly because I'm just not a fan of Boys Love shows, which I wish someone had told me Samurai Flamenco was.
Another episode to just set things up. As expected, no permadeath, and that's fine with me because I didn't want another SAO. Less drama, more relaxed. Maybe we'll finally meet some new characters next ep.
I started watching One Piece about week ago and oh-my-god do I love it ! I'm just pretty scared that I've already watched 40 episodes and thats like.. 1/20 of all the episodes :| It's gonna take ages to finish this
I enjoyed Coppelion's first episode way more than Samurai Flamenco. Possibly because things actually happened in the first episode of Coppelion and possibly because I'm just not a fan of Boys Love shows, which I wish someone had told me Samurai Flamenco was.
I think Coppelion's actually annoyed me more because I liked it more. Samurai Flamenco was just sort of "Eeeh", and if it gets better that's great. I feel a little more invested in Coppelion, because I like what they're going for, but I feel like they're kind of coming up short.
I enjoyed Coppelion's first episode way more than Samurai Flamenco. Possibly because things actually happened in the first episode of Coppelion and possibly because I'm just not a fan of Boys Love shows, which I wish someone had told me Samurai Flamenco was.
I confess that I cannot sympathize with those who didn't like the first episode of Samurai Flamenco. The production values might be mediocre, but the direction is solid and the character writing is great. Both the leads are charming, and I'm really interested in seeing how their relationship develops. (It's unfortunate that it seems a lot of people throw friendship between two men into the "That's so gay!" pile.) It's also really funny - which is admittedly a very subjective assessment, but it hit all the right buttons for me, despite not being a tokusatsu fan. Either it or White Album 2 are my second-favorite openers of this season, with Kyousougiga of course being my favorite.
I confess that I cannot sympathize with those who didn't like the first episode of Samurai Flamenco. The production values might be mediocre, but the direction is solid and the character writing is great. Both the leads are charming, and I'm really interested in seeing how their relationship develops. (It's unfortunate that it seems a lot of people throw friendship between two men into the "That's so gay!" pile.) It's also really funny - which is admittedly a very subjective assessment, but it hit all the right buttons for me, despite not being a tokusatsu fan. Either it or White Album 2 are my second-favorite openers of this season, with Kyousougiga of course being my favorite.
Well I fully support the claim that I'm an unfeeling monster.
I don't know, it's hard to explain exactly why it left me cold. There's potential in the interaction between the two leads, and I'm hoping that's developed well, but right now it hasn't really captured me. Maybe I'm just a bit tired of the idealistic vs cynical duo? Humor didn't do much for me, really. I am legitimately curious where they'll take the story, though. Whether they'll keep it on the "mundane" level, so to speak, or whether it'll turn into an actual superhero show like in the OP.
Also Japanese middle schoolers are hella burly apparently.
For Raquel, isn't this literal puppy love? Seeing him get all flustered over one of the girls' classmates was fun to watch. Giving the fairies human forms make it easy for the audience to connect, and the stories are really universal. So he's a shota and a dog thing, she's someone who
already has a boyfriend
, it was never going to work out. But seeing Raquel put himself through the ringer like that was touching to watch. Rikka was barely in control of her own body during that fight scene... against a giant swan boat barfing out poison stuff. The usual Precure oddities are there, but around several episodes that focus on Ai, one with the fairies was a nice change of pace. Though if Raquel's crushing on Rikka now, she probably only sees him as a brother. It's already established she's Mana's wife.
Next week is an episode about Aguri hating carrots. But more importantly, it's about the
Pretty much used to hate One Piece due to the 4kids dub. Only forced myself to watch it in college cause my girlfriend at the time (now best friend) loved it, and I wanted to be able to hang with her while she was doing OP things.
And then it swallowed me alive and never let go. OTL.
I confess that I cannot sympathize with those who didn't like the first episode of Samurai Flamenco. The production values might be mediocre, but the direction is solid and the character writing is great. Both the leads are charming, and I'm really interested in seeing how their relationship develops. (It's unfortunate that it seems a lot of people throw friendship between two men into the "That's so gay!" pile.) It's also really funny - which is admittedly a very subjective assessment, but it hit all the right buttons for me, despite not being a tokusatsu fan. Either it or White Album 2 are my second-favorite openers of this season, with Kyousougiga of course being my favorite.
Well, you're right about humor being subjective. I didn't find it terribly funny, and the aforementioned mediocre production value didn't help either. I didn't find the storyboarding very interesting, either, and the music was just plain bad.
Except for one caveat that it was not particularly good looking at all. The exchanges between the two main characters might've been well done and all but neither of them made themselves out to be interesting to me.
I confess that I cannot sympathize with those who didn't like the first episode of Samurai Flamenco. The production values might be mediocre, but the direction is solid and the character writing is great. Both the leads are charming, and I'm really interested in seeing how their relationship develops. (It's unfortunate that it seems a lot of people throw friendship between two men into the "That's so gay!" pile.) It's also really funny - which is admittedly a very subjective assessment, but it hit all the right buttons for me, despite not being a tokusatsu fan. Either it or White Album 2 are my second-favorite openers of this season, with Kyousougiga of course being my favorite.
Except for one caveat that it was not particularly good looking at all. The exchanges between the two main characters might've been well done and all but neither of them made themselves out to be interesting to me.
Well I fully support the claim that I'm an unfeeling monster.
I don't know, it's hard to explain exactly why it left me cold. There's potential in the interaction between the two leads, and I'm hoping that's developed well, but right now it hasn't really captured me. Maybe I'm just a bit tired of the idealistic vs cynical duo?
Goto isn't particularly cynical though. He's grounded in reality, certainly as compared to Masayoshi's fantasies, but he doesn't come off as jaded or bitter or anything like that. He humors Masayoshi's activities and has sympathy for him, even as he's somewhat bemused by him. They're both good-natured, likable people. A lot of comparisons have been made between this and Tiger and Bunny, but from the one episode of Tiger and Bunny I saw (admittedly a small sample) I like the duo here a lot more - Barnaby was a real jerk.
Humor didn't do much for me, really. I am legitimately curious where they'll take the story, though. Whether they'll keep it on the "mundane" level, so to speak, or whether it'll turn into an actual superhero show like in the OP.
I'm hoping it'll be kept mundane. (And note that the superhero portion of the OP is all Masayoshi's fantasy!) It'd spoil what I like about the setting if Masayoshi became a "real" toku hero by some fantastic means.
Really disliked the model guy, don't find anything charming about preening self-absorption. Pretty much my only sticking point with the first episode, although as he's the title character it's a bit of a big one.
I think Coppelion's actually annoyed me more because I liked it more. Samurai Flamenco was just sort of "Eeeh", and if it gets better that's great. I feel a little more invested in Coppelion, because I like what they're going for, but I feel like they're kind of coming up short.
I confess that I cannot sympathize with those who didn't like the first episode of Samurai Flamenco. The production values might be mediocre, but the direction is solid and the character writing is great. Both the leads are charming, and I'm really interested in seeing how their relationship develops. (It's unfortunate that it seems a lot of people throw friendship between two men into the "That's so gay!" pile.) It's also really funny - which is admittedly a very subjective assessment, but it hit all the right buttons for me, despite not being a tokusatsu fan. Either it or White Album 2 are my second-favorite openers of this season, with Kyousougiga of course being my favorite.
Really disliked the model guy, don't find anything charming about preening self-absorption. Pretty much my only sticking point with the first episode, although as he's the title character it's a bit of a big one.
I can see how people would assess Masayoshi as having delusions of grandeur, but I don't think he's particularly self-absorbed - quite the opposite. If he was self-absorbed he wouldn't be trying to make the world a better place as Samurai Flamenco - admittedly his attempts are ineffectual and somewhat misguided, but his heart is in the right place, as his monologue towards the end of the episode shows.
! I'm just pretty scared that I've already watched 40 episodes and thats like.. 1/20 of all the episodes :| It's gonna take ages to finish this
