Passive Assassin
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Daughter of 20 Faces 1-4
It's alright so far.
It's alright so far.
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Fall 2013 Anime |OT2| The Rise and Fall of Kyoto
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KirbYuuYuu
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Doki Doki Precure 42
Apparently, hearing about Aguri being adopted on top of Makoto's parents being dead was enough for Mana to celebrate. Douchebag Mana is a thing!
"Why didn't you tell us she was adopted!?" BECAUSE PLOT, DUH!
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR DEAD PARENTS" Because it's not relevant to the plot, obviously.
Dream sequences return because foreshadowing! Aguri with the Screw Marriage! I rather be with grandma! Talk about awkward pairings! Regina still remembers being in bed with Mana while she read her a story! I was kind of dying over many things, but at least the show has stabilized for the most part. That being said, Rikka is still getting screwed over on this front. Aguri may not be doing much for Regina (considering how little time she has known her) but she's still getting focus as evidented by this episode and next week's episode.
You know, I still think it would be neat if there was a Precure episode that somehow managed to get away from Monster of the Week for at least one episode. DokiDoki I guess, isn't crashing hard in the last quarter of episodes like Suite did, although it kind of happened earlier, but more coherently I guess.
NEXT TIME, EXPOSED ON CAMERA! The shame! The SHAAAAME! Good thing Alice likes voyeur.
EDIT: Considering the last two episodes brought back side characters related to a specific character, why didn't they bring back Eru for this one? You know, it's a party and whatnot?
I think the way Regina reacted was obviously foreshadowing something!
Apparently, hearing about Aguri being adopted on top of Makoto's parents being dead was enough for Mana to celebrate. Douchebag Mana is a thing!
Not really but still!
"Why didn't you tell us she was adopted!?" BECAUSE PLOT, DUH!
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR DEAD PARENTS" Because it's not relevant to the plot, obviously.
Dream sequences return because foreshadowing! Aguri with the Screw Marriage! I rather be with grandma! Talk about awkward pairings! Regina still remembers being in bed with Mana while she read her a story! I was kind of dying over many things, but at least the show has stabilized for the most part. That being said, Rikka is still getting screwed over on this front. Aguri may not be doing much for Regina (considering how little time she has known her) but she's still getting focus as evidented by this episode and next week's episode.
You know, I still think it would be neat if there was a Precure episode that somehow managed to get away from Monster of the Week for at least one episode. DokiDoki I guess, isn't crashing hard in the last quarter of episodes like Suite did, although it kind of happened earlier, but more coherently I guess.
NEXT TIME, EXPOSED ON CAMERA! The shame! The SHAAAAME! Good thing Alice likes voyeur.
EDIT: Considering the last two episodes brought back side characters related to a specific character, why didn't they bring back Eru for this one? You know, it's a party and whatnot?
I don't judge people, just their stupid anime.
Oh... dear.
Man I like that show before suddenly became awful version of The Big O or something, yuck.
Admiral Woofington
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So Interstella 5555 never fails to make me cry. Jesus christ I cry over everything.
KirbYuuYuu
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*Reads some official Doki Doki Precure stuff for later goods*
Confirming there will in fact, be a sexual assault. Ooooh boy.
Confirming there will in fact, be a sexual assault. Ooooh boy.
Passive Assassin
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oh ... it's one of those shows. i'll try to make it past episode 7 unlike kamisama dolls.
yowamushi pedal - 09
So intense it hurts. Bulk of the episode was devoted to five hundred meters of distance on a bike, but as stretched out as the race might have been length-wise, it's so well paced that every moment, every reaction face, every dramatic still and every little bit of looped background animation feels just right.
^ my reactions, in sequence, to what happened on screen
So intense it hurts. Bulk of the episode was devoted to five hundred meters of distance on a bike, but as stretched out as the race might have been length-wise, it's so well paced that every moment, every reaction face, every dramatic still and every little bit of looped background animation feels just right.
^ my reactions, in sequence, to what happened on screen
Yozakura 1 - 5
Really enjoying this so far. The characters are all fun and the action is great. Yae is best girl. The panty shots are a bit strange, even with all the breast fondling going on they feel a bit out of place. Bit disappointed that it's only 13 episodes, hopefully this adaptation is successful and gets a sequel.
This is probably AOTS for me.
Really enjoying this so far. The characters are all fun and the action is great. Yae is best girl. The panty shots are a bit strange, even with all the breast fondling going on they feel a bit out of place. Bit disappointed that it's only 13 episodes, hopefully this adaptation is successful and gets a sequel.
This is probably AOTS for me.
Passive Assassin
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Daughter of 20 Faces 4
She just tiger kneed a dude. Awesome.
She just tiger kneed a dude. Awesome.
kill la kill - 09
Mako's family is always the best. Also lost it when Mako turned into part of the background here:
Enjoyed the episode, but the lack of a real impetus pushing Ryuko forward is starting to drag. The revenge story has lost all momentum and it's become so vague and distant an objective that the immediate story arc feels without direction. In its wake there's only the feeling of going through the motions, even as it remains clever and fun in the absence of a motive. I feel like we needed something like that by episode 7, and for it to be resolved now.
Gamagori's lines gives me some hope, though. Hope the show surprises me.
Mako's family is always the best. Also lost it when Mako turned into part of the background here:
Enjoyed the episode, but the lack of a real impetus pushing Ryuko forward is starting to drag. The revenge story has lost all momentum and it's become so vague and distant an objective that the immediate story arc feels without direction. In its wake there's only the feeling of going through the motions, even as it remains clever and fun in the absence of a motive. I feel like we needed something like that by episode 7, and for it to be resolved now.
Gamagori's lines gives me some hope, though. Hope the show surprises me.
hooooly shit!
That is a really classic film. I just recently acquired it actually. I dunno about a tearjerker though. Well theres that one part I suppose...
A Black Falcon
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It's a good series, really. It does get weird, though, for sure (
the fourth state of water!
The first test of whether you'll be able to stick with the show is coming right up, ep. 6 is the one which will finally explain why the OP/ED are what they are...
Theonik
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Good good.
When was the last time you walked on platforms whilst in a metal leotard? Yeah I thought so!
secret yandere
I feel really bad for dismissing this as CG Yaoi's before this season even started, especially after this amazing episode. How foolish was I
Theonik
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It's still kusomonogatari
1mil and still no kizumonogatari in sight. smh
Tokyo Ravens
Kon is awesome.
Excuse the shitty gif.
You see, this is why I can't stop watching Tokyo Ravens even though it keeps focusing on the goddamn action which is what it does worst. Fuck you Tokyo Ravens. DISCLAIMER: I haven't seen this week's episode yet, but it's probably boring.
I want to transplant Kon into a better show.
Or that, that would also work.
She's amazing. I would totally date her if I didn't feel certain she would cheat on me with a bicycle.
Oh yes, that was easily the greatest scene of the episode. Mako is so best even when she's not conscious.
With regard to
the scrapbook, I think that was just Takano deliberately feeding her a mixture of truth and lies in order to lead her off the right track, because of course all lies are more convincing if they contain an element of truth, and Takano knows all the truths.
That or she just likes crazy conspiracy theories. I seem to remember there was some stuff in the VNs about
her having numerous other notebooks full of different crazy conspiracy theory explanations of Hinamizawa's mysteries, and she'd actually used one of them to convince Ooishi at one point as well. But I can't recall whether that was actually in the original canon novels or one of the embellishments added for the PS2/DS versions.
As for
the Yamainu in the first arc, Keiichi didn't imagine them, they really were after him, at least at the end. I can't recall exactly, but I suspect someone had realised that he'd contracted the disease and the Yamainu were sent to retrieve him before he did anything stupid. That or they'd realised that he was snooping around and just plain wanted to eliminate him. (He was reporting all the suspicious activity in the village to Ooishi, after all.)
That's the nasty thing about Higurashi, it's not just the disease making people prone to paranoia, there's also enough legitimately suspicious activity going on just beneath the surface to fuel that paranoia, and enough obfuscation going on to send it off in wildly incorrect directions. Takano's deliberate obfuscation is one thing, but there's also Ooishi with his long-held grudge against the Sonozakis prowling around and trying to pin everything on them.
And then there's the Sonozakis themselves. I don't think the anime ever really went into this, but for a long time, the motto of the Sonozaki family head has been essentially "Pretend you're behind everything". Whenever anything happens that could in any way be seen as benefitting the Sonozakis, the family head puts on knowing airs whether she had anything to do it or not, and that's largely how the family built up its reputation as ruthless and incredibly powerful, because everyone believes they've been pulling strings whether they actually have or not.
The most obvious depiction of this in the series is the meeting Akasaka witnesses in Himatsubushi-hen, where Oryou makes everyone believe she was behind the kidnapping of the politician's child. Since the Yamainu were involved in that kidnapping, it must have actually been the work of Takano's organisation. It's also the reason why everyone believes the Sonozakis "eliminated" Satoshi because he was a nuisance to them, when actually of course he was just taken in by the Irie Institution due to contracting Hinamizawa Syndrome.
That's the nasty thing about Higurashi, it's not just the disease making people prone to paranoia, there's also enough legitimately suspicious activity going on just beneath the surface to fuel that paranoia, and enough obfuscation going on to send it off in wildly incorrect directions. Takano's deliberate obfuscation is one thing, but there's also Ooishi with his long-held grudge against the Sonozakis prowling around and trying to pin everything on them.
And then there's the Sonozakis themselves. I don't think the anime ever really went into this, but for a long time, the motto of the Sonozaki family head has been essentially "Pretend you're behind everything". Whenever anything happens that could in any way be seen as benefitting the Sonozakis, the family head puts on knowing airs whether she had anything to do it or not, and that's largely how the family built up its reputation as ruthless and incredibly powerful, because everyone believes they've been pulling strings whether they actually have or not.
The most obvious depiction of this in the series is the meeting Akasaka witnesses in Himatsubushi-hen, where Oryou makes everyone believe she was behind the kidnapping of the politician's child. Since the Yamainu were involved in that kidnapping, it must have actually been the work of Takano's organisation. It's also the reason why everyone believes the Sonozakis "eliminated" Satoshi because he was a nuisance to them, when actually of course he was just taken in by the Irie Institution due to contracting Hinamizawa Syndrome.
PdotMichael
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based on the Oricon data.
The real total sales are even higher.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-25/1+million-bakemonogatari/nisemonogatari-dvd/bds-sold
Before Nekomonogatari (Black) and Monogatari S2.
Passive Assassin
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... If I can't hack it, I'll go back to watching lain or haibane.
Ep 6
That was so ... terrible.
R_thanatos
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DO post your impressions for the later episodes
Great idea.
ClariS doing Nisekoi OP it seems
ClariS is on a roll recently.
Chet Rippo
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They literally skip nothing from the manga. The pacing of the second season is slower than the first because the manga's pacing also slows down. Coincidentally, the manga also gets better in the later volumes.
The anime works as a triumph of KyoAni taking what they can, and then going from there. I honestly thing the manga pales in comparison. And for all the potential clamoring for a followup - I've always held trepidation towards the idea, precisely because the continuation of the manga (college & high-school) were so weak.
Chet Rippo
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I'm saying there's a reason K-ON!! worked while their own original shows like Tamako didn't, not that the manga is amazing by any stretch.
Joe Molotov
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Why don't the cops ever get called to the scene of a Precure battle?
Thats not how magical girls roll.
R_thanatos
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Same reason why every building and every damage is corrected/negated once the battle ends.
You sure those aren't doujins you're reading?
Chet Rippo
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Police can't compete with magical girls.
Yeah. Theres a reason the girls are magical. Only their magic can defeat the enemy. Otherwise the city would just send in the SWAT.
Chet Rippo
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Plus magical girls do it for free.
Joe Molotov
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Someone should make an anime/manga similar to the Gotham Central comic, about the lives of police officers in a city where there's magical girls.
Samurai Flamenco at this point isn't that far off from what you've just described.
In Pretty Sammy they try sending in the military.
Hhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggg! Where's that from?
darkblade77
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They're a state secret, so the cops are busy arresting everyone who happens to see it.
nintendoman58
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You know what I would like to see? Magical girls in a setting with mecha warfare.
Hozuki no Reitetsu ED is performed by Uesaka Sumire
http://www.hozukino-reitetsu.com/music/
Starts on January 9th on Animeism.
Also a better copy of the key visual for Gokukoku no Brynhildr came with the official PR: http://natalie.mu/comic/news/104967
To recap, it's manga by Okamoto Lynn, Elfen Lied's author. TV anime starts in April on Tokyo MX and other channels, directed by Kenichi Imaizumi at ARMS, script by Yukinori Kitajima, character designs adapted by Hiroaki Karasu who's also the chief AD.
http://www.hozukino-reitetsu.com/music/
Starts on January 9th on Animeism.
Also a better copy of the key visual for Gokukoku no Brynhildr came with the official PR: http://natalie.mu/comic/news/104967
To recap, it's manga by Okamoto Lynn, Elfen Lied's author. TV anime starts in April on Tokyo MX and other channels, directed by Kenichi Imaizumi at ARMS, script by Yukinori Kitajima, character designs adapted by Hiroaki Karasu who's also the chief AD.
Dedication Through Light
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Tokyo Ravens Episode 9 cHImAirA DanCE -Purification-
Everyone is really friendly in this, Tenma joining in on it too for Touji and the typical Touji and Bakatora stuff going on. Its always so touching to see in the face of such intense Chimaira 01.
Everyone is really friendly in this, Tenma joining in on it too for Touji and the typical Touji and Bakatora stuff going on. Its always so touching to see in the face of such intense Chimaira 01.
Touji's ogre ability form is actually really cool outfit wise
Joe Molotov
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The first Precure series I watched was Smile, and they handled it in a somewhat clever way of having everyone fall into a sadness coma or whatever, but then in Dokidoki you got civilians just running around everywhere (although maybe the Precure magic that repairs everything after the battle erases people's memories too). I went back and watched some Heartcatch and it's the same thing.
Pretty much thats how most magical girl shows do it. Even Madoka Magica conveniently has battles take place where the normal world cannot be affected
(except in one very significant instance)
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