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firehawk12
Subete no aware
These retroactive add-ons are unexpected.
What turned into an Utena watchbet suddenly snowballed... but I'm with Utena, I'm also getting Theonik to actually watch Aria, so there's a little more of a fair trade there. lol
And I'm not going to watch 52 episodes of LOGH. Now if new four people combine to say 52 eps of LOGH, then I might consider it.
As someone who chases the new, cutting myself off from watching new anime is terrifying!
It's been a long while since I both read and watched the arc in question (back when it first aired in fact!) but I like both interpretations of the same event.
As you say, Yarei is the more atypical merchant betrayal against merchant which works out well but Chloe's tie in with the initial village and ultimately her callous rejection of Holo equally strikes a nerve. (I think the same point of her rejection is handled in the novel/manga but I can't remember how).
Additionally, in terms of Chloe's approach being one of sexuality, it works out better in this initial phase since Holo and Lawrence are both still relative strangers to each other at this point. The choice between the two with one being far more cut-throat is a quite enjoyable not to mention that if her character appeared later in the story when their relationship is more developed, it would perhaps be a source of wearisome drama.
Additionally, in terms of Chloe's approach being one of sexuality, it works out better in this initial phase since Holo and Lawrence are both still relative strangers to each other at this point. The choice between the two with one being far more cut-throat is a quite enjoyable not to mention that if her character appeared later in the story when their relationship is more developed, it would perhaps be a source of wearisome drama.
It's a shame there won't be a Season 3 but after reading the novel after the Season 2 anime ending, I can see why they're perhaps hesitant since the story begins to have a more solid focal point for the plot which isn't as easily stopped and started as the vague journey that the series begins with.
Turin Turambar
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That reminds me, one of these days I have to watch it. I got "stuck" before in the first Arc, the repetitiveness killed me. If I would endured two or three eps more, I think I would have reached the second Arc.
MikeHattsu
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M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane 6
something something
something something everyone being emotional wrecks something something more hopeless fighting against enemies we can't hope to understand.
I'm not entirely sure why I'm watching this when I could be playing Unlimited Blade Works instead.
Oh hey there Okada I almost didn't see you in there through all the bleh.
something something
one of the better characters is dead
I'm not entirely sure why I'm watching this when I could be playing Unlimited Blade Works instead.
Oh hey there Okada I almost didn't see you in there through all the bleh.
Ping Pong 7
Well can't argue with you there
This is Bass' stchik
#Kappa
- Peco on the road to not being a shit lord. Nice!
- I get bad vibes from Kazama's teammate :/ The whole masturbation scene from the previous episode didn't help
- Much Engrish, Such Words. Wow.
- So what happened with the coach seemed so forced. He could have easily just forfeited the game straight up and explained to his friend why. Or even if he subconsciously threw the game what exactly was stopping him from playing again in majors? I don't get it :/
- Panel effect continues to be abused
Well can't argue with you there
This is Bass' stchik
#Kappa
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That was a small part of why I stopped. I mean, I tried again when the BDs came out, but just got back into the groove of watching new stuff instead.
I don't even know then. Maybe I'm mashing up like five different Key shows. lolHm... There is a tree that's a part of the story in Kanon, but no twins though
How about watch Treme or get banned! She'd be behind that too.
Well, if you get hung up on the second arc it's kind of filler really. There's some important moments in it, and I still enjoyed it especially as that was a major step to it getting weirder and more surreal, but ultimately
it basically doesn't matter and gets promptly forgotten by everyone anyway.
Jex
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[Hunter x Hunter] - 131
A fantastic stand out episode in an otherwise rather tiresome arc. While this arc has arguably yielded some of the best episodes and most memorable moments in the entire series it's still never going to feel satisfying because of how bloated and meandering it is.
Which isn't to undermine this particular episode at all because it was handled superbly.
A fantastic stand out episode in an otherwise rather tiresome arc. While this arc has arguably yielded some of the best episodes and most memorable moments in the entire series it's still never going to feel satisfying because of how bloated and meandering it is.
Which isn't to undermine this particular episode at all because it was handled superbly.
Don't change the subject!How about watch Treme or get banned! She'd be behind that too.
Theonik
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strangedopamine
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Sailor Moon - Episode 3
Looks like Usagi has now started to have dreams about getting together with Tuxedo Mask. I have the feeling that if they were together their dates would be incredibly short. He'd only say one thing (probably about justice or something) to her, then leave.
Jadeite's plan to take over the radio station to get the energy wasn't that bad. The thing is
Looks like Usagi has now started to have dreams about getting together with Tuxedo Mask. I have the feeling that if they were together their dates would be incredibly short. He'd only say one thing (probably about justice or something) to her, then leave.
Jadeite's plan to take over the radio station to get the energy wasn't that bad. The thing is
he could've at least changed the radio schedule so that nobody would realise that his program didn't really exist. Luna notices this and it's all downhill from there.
MetroidPrimeRib
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That's what Chimaera Ant Arc is, I feel. Far better highs then Yorknew, but Yorknew is a more solid package.
Jex
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What you're trying to tell me is that you'd be making a noble sacrifice?
KillerMan91
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At least to me the biggest problem with this arc is the horrendously slow pacing. It feels like in some episodes pretty much nothing happened.
ZachDeKoromaru
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I would but:
a) I joined in before watchbetting occured (because I actually think it'd be really cool!!)
b) I think firehawk already watched Strike Witches anyway
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Indeed!
I remember broomsticks going into weird places and the movie. lol
victreeb3l
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Wagnaria!! Episode 11
Awesome episode. I laughed heartily. Yamada is really growing on me.
Awesome episode. I laughed heartily. Yamada is really growing on me.
There were kickstarters for worse.
darkblade77
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That would be a worthy endeavor, but I think a commissioned ARIA poster is a really cool thing and I want one.
Admiral Woofington
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aaaaaaaaaaand I dropped M3. I just can't give a flying fuck about this 2edgy4me grimdark wannabe plot or its characters. I'm done.
I'm fucking done. I'm done. I don't need to deal with shitty anime. I could be using that time to watch better western shows.
So now my anime days grow one day shorter.
I'm fucking done. I'm done. I don't need to deal with shitty anime. I could be using that time to watch better western shows.
So now my anime days grow one day shorter.
Finally, you've freed up enough time to watch The Voice.
It plays more or less the same, although with an added emphasis on sociocultural evolution; I mean, being Chloe a possible lover probably undermines what was Yarei's powerful (or arrogant) message of self-sufficiency (a false sense of it, clearly) and overall modern progress for his Pasloe village (attained as means of deprecating and not-acknowledging the old deities and believes that sustained them before) making it seem like revenge or jealously also could have played a part of it all, and kind of cheapening the effect (even if it probably wasn't a intended subtext either).
Yeah, I agree it is interesting to see such conflict more times than not, but I also think this possible early "confrontation" of love interests interferes with what I think is a preciously represented initial progression of the Lawrence-Holo relationship as seen on the light novels. Their duality seems so well balanced in it that by the time they meet someone like Norah, Holo's worries and her testing of Lawrence's true commitment to their adventure brings a more mature back-and-forth than the habitual just playful banter, that I think makes more sense in that said progression than any forced conflict or drama even at the beginning and which wouldn't be so much justified between the still strangers that they were early on.
I think that, ultimately, it is a question of what my own preferences are after all, of course... or maybe to what I accustomed myself to at the beginning through the graphical novel before the animated series commenced, as I'm not disregarding one or the other approaches as more valid or not.
MetroidPrimeRib
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aaaaaaaaaaand I dropped M3. I just can't give a flying fuck about this 2edgy4me grimdark wannabe plot or its characters. I'm done.
I'm fucking done. I'm done. I don't need to deal with shitty anime. I could be using that time to watch better western shows.
So now my anime days grow one day shorter.
Be content you lasted one episode longer then me.
Dedication Through Light
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Yugioh Arc V Episode 7
Such a great duelist in action. Really enjoyed the duel even if short. Was pleased that some really gen 1 cards showed up (Mystical Space Typhoon, Mobius the Frost Monarch, etc).
Such a great duelist in action. Really enjoyed the duel even if short. Was pleased that some really gen 1 cards showed up (Mystical Space Typhoon, Mobius the Frost Monarch, etc).
But wow at the twist, I hadnt even been able to tell that he seemed to look like Yuuya from some alternate reality, maybe it has something to do with the Academia group, and Reiji?
Admiral Woofington
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Hey Sheldon. Dew or Dew not there is no try
*audience laughter*
ALL NEW IN CBFOXBC
eww.
Admiral Woofington
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Strike the Blood starts out ok. But do me a favor Dresden everytime the main girl:
1. Gets mad at senpai
2. Calls senpai a pervert for doing something to her or another girl purely by mistake or by her misunderstanding
3. Says "No senpai, this is our fight"
Take a shot.
1. Gets mad at senpai
2. Calls senpai a pervert for doing something to her or another girl purely by mistake or by her misunderstanding
3. Says "No senpai, this is our fight"
Take a shot.
Doesn't that happens all the episodes?
call it unmei
dunno if i'm going to last that long.
some weirdly nice effects though.
Admiral Woofington
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We're gonna need more than one Chris Hansen to handle all that :cnet.
We need an army of them.
We need an army of them.
Dedication Through Light
Member
M3 Episode 6
Heito gets to me a lot.
Heito gets to me a lot.
teared up at his breakdown scene in the classroom and with the other one in the tunnel and through Emiru's death scene. He was so attached and just looked so terribly anguished in it . Im glad he had someone with him that understands him. I think he will improve in the future from here
. Im glad he had someone with him that understands him. I think he will improve in the future from hereKillerMan91
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Movie based on real historical period of Japan? Sub.
Mostly because the brightness levels on their simulcasts are always messed up.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
You picked a pretty good batch of episodes to do that with
I have not watched this movie, but I can agree on this being a logical reason to watch it subbed.
R_thanatos
Member
SEMPAI SEMPAI SEMPAI SEMPAI SEMPAI.m'hands
dunno why i'm watching strike the blood. it was just... there.
and i don't hate strike the blood but it's very average in his execution.
SEMPAI
Not sure i agree.
Not sure lina inverse herself agrees.
She doesn't want to be one, so the fact that she is is a sore point for her! Also how Gourry treated her like a small child for a long time.
the only keyshit people shoud be paid to watch is kanon 2002
so am i. lets get this logh episode/movie chunk stretch goal rolling folks
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