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Spring 2011 Anime Thread PART TWO return of sex hair, ghosts, and ZAWA
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hosannainexcelsis said:
I see where you're going, but how long it has to run really doesn't have anything to do with how off-track it's already become. Sure, it has plenty of time to tighten up into a slightly flawed-masterpiece, but with the general direction they've chosen for the show, it doesn't look as if it's going to do that.
It almost feels as if they were told that they had a 26 episode block, after writing the show out, then said "OHH FUCK! EPISODES! WE NEED MORE EPISODES!" Because we'll get a good ep that's really damn good, then the one after it'll be some mundane, "Let's have her get sick for the whole episode, dream about her crush, then come to the random conclusion that nobody wants her around." Hell, her fondness for those feelings could even go on to play a major, and damn interesting, part in the story, but they way they presented them felt so contrived.
It's enjoyable, for the most part, don't get me wrong. I'm not dropping it. I just have a few nags.
Branduil said:
You know, I was going to counter you, but you're right. Anohana is a character piece that can't tell whether it wants to be a slice-of-life or a balls to the wall drama. Thought about it for a second.
Although with that said, I'd now say that both of the shows we're discussing are fighting for space on the same boat that's about to head headfirst off a waterfall. No one is doing much better than the other.
Anohana does feel a tad bit tighter due to the fact that the writers seem to know that they don't have as much time to present.
iroha 11
ehhh..Don't know what to call it, but my suspension of disbelief just won't let this slide *shake my head* kitchen boy and crew shows up out of nowhere in a different city on some random road in the middle of the night right when ohana needs them most.
Her mother being a bitch for the hell of it at this point, wonder how there going to explain that.
ehhh..Don't know what to call it, but my suspension of disbelief just won't let this slide *shake my head* kitchen boy and crew shows up out of nowhere in a different city on some random road in the middle of the night right when ohana needs them most.
Her mother being a bitch for the hell of it at this point, wonder how there going to explain that.
Jex
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I'm certain you're using Deus Ex Machina incorrectly. Their position was highly unlikely, but they didn't magically resolve a situation.Cwarrior said:
firehawk12 said:HanaIro 11: Funny, I was perfectly willing to accept genki Ohana as a reasonable character. In fact, I had no problem with her just randomly ditching work in order to find Tohru... but this episode was just idiotic. If this Ko thing doesn't come to a head next week - either way - then this show jumped the shark harder than AnoHana ever did.
I suppose if the point was to show how weak and pathetic Ohana really is and the show is moving into jdrama slit-your-wrist territory, it's fine. But they might as well have ended the episode with those two guys dragging her into their car at that point.
If I hadn't posted in so many of these threads I'd think you were some kind of elaborate stealth troll against the glorious winning team!firehawk12 said:
Hellsing321
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The only Team that hasn't fallen on its face yet is Team Tiger and Bunny. Still time to get on the winning team, guys.Articalys said:
Branduil said:
Holy shit. This must be the seething vitriol of TeamIroha that I'm witnessing, cause I really can. The show is entertaining, had some incredibly solid eps, and the characterization has aspired to be more than anything HanaIro has shown since the first ep. They're both sloppy, but jesus.
(I have not seen this latest ep though so... unless it changes a whole fuck ton this sticks)
I quietly hid my Team: C membership card as soon as I saw its OP.
Their incredibly obvious one-note personalities which haven't been developed at all, duh.Dresden said:
It's pretty sad when a character drama has such flat characters, but I guess that's what happens when you try to make it about six characters in eleven episodes, and spend most of the episodes on irrelevant plots.
Dresden said:
No particular mold. That's actually the best thing I can say about it. They all have archtypes they stray toward, but the show has since shown that not one of them are going to end this show as a one-trick pony. Besides, well, Menma. And fuck, big oversight, maybe even Jintan.
E: Branduil, I'm not inviting you to dinner.
hosannainexcelsis
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Pfft, every team is weaksauce compared to Team Kaiji.
Jexhius said:
This last ep was horrible, the one before it wasn't as bad as you guys wanted to make it seem. It finally revealed what we had been expecting them to all along, , yeah, but besides that it was competent.
e: had the wrong quote there.
survivor said:
He's in TeamGintama too?
Miri said:
The problem with episode 8 wasn't the ghost writer thing, it was the massive dosage of sudden melodrama concerning characters no one cares about.
The fact that episode 9 managed to introduce a completely NEW set of problems instead of just exacerbating the ones in episode 8 just made it worse.
hosannainexcelsis
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survivor said:
I'm pretty sure InfiniteNine will back me up on this one.
But I have the courage to stick to my opinions even if no one else agrees with me.
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