Hellsing321
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The amount of verbal diarrhea uttered in Un-Go is impressive.
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The amount of verbal diarrhea uttered in Un-Go is impressive.
Well, I'm sorry you can't appreciate the value of lighthearted entertainment.
Code Geass R2 8
Best keikaku yet.
That was... Interesting. But now the biggest question of the first season has escalated.
I somehow feel that this is a turning point. Stuff's about to go down.
Was this really necessary?
Best keikaku yet.
Z for Vendetta! Or some kind of Zero Sentai conference.
That was... Interesting. But now the biggest question of the first season has escalated.
Who made a million Zero uniforms? Well, I guess they are allied with the Chinese Federation, huh.
I somehow feel that this is a turning point. Stuff's about to go down.
Was this really necessary?
Ultimadrago
Member
Code Geass R2 8
This episode was brought to you by the letter
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Haha! No one got caught with a single item that was part of the keikaku?!
It's a million people!
Anyhow, Suzaku gets questioned by mecha loli about his motive for staying in a place he's hated, he doesn't say it aloud, but of course he does it
.
Keikaku up the wazoo in this one (one of the craziest in terms of "wut" factor), but the plan seems a bit too ideal...I mean
?
Quite the Titanic reference!
Two conflicting paths intersect again.
This episode was brought to you by the letter
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Haha! No one got caught with a single item that was part of the keikaku?!
It's a million people!
Anyhow, Suzaku gets questioned by mecha loli about his motive for staying in a place he's hated, he doesn't say it aloud, but of course he does it
all for Yuffie
Keikaku up the wazoo in this one (one of the craziest in terms of "wut" factor), but the plan seems a bit too ideal...I mean
an iceberg ship that's "indestructible"
Quite the Titanic reference!
Nippon Power!
Ultimadrago
Member
Best Hyouka gif.
Average, in a painful way.
Don't forget Singing Nen abilities.
Hellsing321
Member
Un-Go 3
What the fuck?
What the fuck?
It was just a robot all along? Come the fuck on.
And why the hell do they not show the thought process of the detective? I'd just like to know what tipped him that the dead dude was a robot, outside of course the family having a researcher who made an awesome AI. And speaking of that, AI isn't my area of expertie and I have yet to take a course on it, but I was under the impression that passing the Turing test had huge implications in the CS field. Why would the government just ban the entire thing.
And why the hell do they not show the thought process of the detective? I'd just like to know what tipped him that the dead dude was a robot, outside of course the family having a researcher who made an awesome AI. And speaking of that, AI isn't my area of expertie and I have yet to take a course on it, but I was under the impression that passing the Turing test had huge implications in the CS field. Why would the government just ban the entire thing.
Did you watch the movie before this? I might have missed a post... In fact, I think I missed your posts for ep5-6 too.
From my understanding, it is an adaptation on the game Monopoly but more importantly, a critique of capitalism and its values. The moniker "Go" as coined in the board game is indicative of the player's ability to move forward, progress and prosper in a free market society. This show however, intends to dispute that ideal in effort to emphasize just how backwards the middle class has gone, hence the "Un-Go."
Remember, Shinjuurou doesn't have to do any real detective work because he has his little pet PLOT HAX tagging along with him. The thought process behind his deductions isn't important to the show; what really matters is rushing through investigations quickly enough to get the weekly CAN I EAT HIS SOUL NOW, SHINJUUROU, actually explaining his thought processes be damned.
Also re AIs being banned, there are conflicting accounts given by different parties. The government claims that the androids were corrupting the public by being used for sex acts, Sasa claims that the government's explanation was an excuse to gain a monopoly over the production of AIs. The New Privacy Protection SOPA Act whatever blah blah was probably involved somehow, too. Keep in mind that the Japanese government is now corrupt and repressive as fuck so a scientific achievement like sentient AI isn't going to mean jack shit to them.
Also re AIs being banned, there are conflicting accounts given by different parties. The government claims that the androids were corrupting the public by being used for sex acts, Sasa claims that the government's explanation was an excuse to gain a monopoly over the production of AIs. The New Privacy Protection SOPA Act whatever blah blah was probably involved somehow, too. Keep in mind that the Japanese government is now corrupt and repressive as fuck so a scientific achievement like sentient AI isn't going to mean jack shit to them.
How friggin deep is their reference pool?
Also, constant reminder
it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy it's a guy
Did you watch the movie before this? I might have missed a post... In fact, I think I missed your posts for ep5-6 too.
Shit, I totally forgot about the movie. I suppose I'll just watch it after I've finished the series now.
My episode 5 post
My episode 6 post
I've come to terms with my masochistic ways.
Marathoning Infinite Stratos (+ the OVA episode) in under a day made me realize this.
Ultimadrago
Member
Code Geass R2 9
I demand more madness and
Bonus:
In the name of booty.
In the name of best girl.
Anyways, this episode pivots off a loli getting traded off and lolicons fighting over her.
Table-kun deserves better than crazy ass Nina!
I demand more madness and
end episode NTR!
Bonus:
Orange Boy retuuurns?!
Sweet! It seems I did read your ep5 impressions, I just forgot about it. About as noteworthy as the episode itself, lolz. Glad you liked Ep6! Best episode in the series. It made me think the series was turning a corner... which it was... but not in the way the phrase usually means! LOLOL!
chickdigger802
Banned
Because the whole show is Keikaku.
The answer is always yes.
I agree. The mysteries aren't generally mysterious, so the focus is on the interaction between the club members. You need to care about them and their relationships to invest yourself in the show.
For me, the incredibly strong direction in the first part of this episode got me invested, so even when the mystery was mundane later, I had more of an interest in how it played out. And the "crime scene" walkthrough was a nice touch.
Theonik
Member
man I just skimmed the episodes they have left to jog my memory.
Such fabulous Keikaku. Nothing can even compare.
Un-Go 4
See this is what I don't get, the government wants to ban theses robots cause of corrupting young minds or whatever, but are people really that stupid to buy that excuse? Just grant some special rights to these robots so you can't do whatever the fuck you want with them and problem solved. But seeing how Yuuki is being passed around as a smart detective, I have my doubts that the humans in this universe have any critical thinking
Code Geass R2 10
Huh. So apparently I care more about Kallen than I ever thought.
But we've finally crossed the line in terms of the action. Now we have a dying man born with super-human mech control abilities... And direct hyper beam confrontations. Next thing you know Ledouche will be asking CC what's that mech's power level, and she'll be all bald and angry.
It took a while, but Zero has been finally out-keikaku'ed. Well... Except that not really, because he now has
or whatever. Geez.
Huh. So apparently I care more about Kallen than I ever thought.
And so does Ledouche.
But we've finally crossed the line in terms of the action. Now we have a dying man born with super-human mech control abilities... And direct hyper beam confrontations. Next thing you know Ledouche will be asking CC what's that mech's power level, and she'll be all bald and angry.
It took a while, but Zero has been finally out-keikaku'ed. Well... Except that not really, because he now has
a clone
Un-Go 08:
Well, that was certainly a resolution.
All that I managed to take away from the episode is that
. Un-Go rushes through shit so quickly and can't seem to explain things any other way than for characters' heads to talk at each other endlessly; so much is lost this way and it's nowhere worth wasting extra time to go back and read things again.
It didn't help that this was the most convoluted, nebulous mystery in the show to date, and
is a really shitty payoff for two episodes' worth of not understanding anything when that's been how every mystery ends. I can't even wish for the show to actually advance the plot in a meaningful way now because there are only three episodes left.
Mysterious Android X
Well, that was certainly a resolution.
Kazamori hax, Bettennou hax, some simple deductions, and.........uhh...........I didn't really understand much more than that.
Crazy Guy was indeed crazy and Rinroku is an evil asshole as expected
It didn't help that this was the most convoluted, nebulous mystery in the show to date, and
KAISHOU RINROKU IS EVIL
Ultimadrago
Member
Code Geass R2 10
TouDou got some upgradin' to his samurai mechu! Chinese loli princess is getting the field trip of a lifetime. Kallen gets owned and
while Ledouche tries to not be a douche which ends up screwing over his plans.
Xing-ke has a "God" mech or some crap, but he didn't strike me as the super brainy type. Huh. Book covers and all that.
Anyways, more explosions and mechs and
!
The final scene though..........EXPLAIN Code Geass! EXPLAIN!
Power levels!
TouDou got some upgradin' to his samurai mechu! Chinese loli princess is getting the field trip of a lifetime. Kallen gets owned and
captured
Xing-ke has a "God" mech or some crap, but he didn't strike me as the super brainy type. Huh. Book covers and all that.
D-tard was right about not sacrificing resources in a needless battle, but..."dat ass"! The harem would never be the same were she dead!
Anyways, more explosions and mechs and
stalker pictures of bewbies
The final scene though..........EXPLAIN Code Geass! EXPLAIN!
That's actually a very good reason for doing something, why can't Kanade understand that.
This was the best episode yet, some nice animation,
yuri~
Though Ban-kun still has the best mom.
Hibiki and Kanade volunteer to help be reporters for a day and show off their town. It was fun seeing how their personalities clash (and occasionally combine) while they point out the highlights of their town.
(there's actually one highlight though, which is that music is everywhere.)
Toei really goes out of their way to prevent any panty shots in this, how far they've fallen since Sailor Moon.
JUST FUCKING DIE ALREADY ARIA THE MINOR
*ahem*
There was actually a really cool bit of animation when Hibiki was making her instant ramen.
Hibiki > Kanade
It really captured just how people do carry stuff filled to the brim with hot liquids.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Eh? I would say the opposite is true. Pretty much every episode has been jam packed with developments among the characters, and it's only Episode 4. It's almost nothing but stuff happening.
Oh snap.
These are all valid questions and it's really the fault of the show for being so uneven in what aspects that it chooses to depict of this futuristic post-war Japan. We know absolutely nothing of the circumstances of the war, why it began, why Japan lost, why there was domestic terrorism, why Japan has a repressive government hell-bent on censoring everything it can, why Kaishou Rinroku has so much power, what his objectives are, etc. We don't know if AIs were successfully banned because Japan is in a state of hyper-patriotism after its sovereignty was threatened and everyone trusts the government implicitly, or if the government can do this regardless of the will of the people because it can back up its repression with force, etc. We really don't know anything.
Un-Go is so frustrating in part because it drops little crumbs of this enormously fascinating political and societal upheaval but won't even establish very basic facts about the world if it's not immediately relevant to the week's mystery. We have all of these bits and pieces everywhere but they're never connected and we're just expected to accept basic facts like Japan being in a state of ruin the government being all-powerful without ever needing to know why. Hell, we're not even treated to basic pieces of knowledge about the identities of the characters. They're impossible to identify with because they're all just talking heads that exist in a vacuum. This isn't how good storytelling works. An entire world is reduced to a handful of recurring plot devices and a faceless, ambiguous mechanism by which mysteries are created. The wasted potential in this show is enormous.
Un-Go is so frustrating in part because it drops little crumbs of this enormously fascinating political and societal upheaval but won't even establish very basic facts about the world if it's not immediately relevant to the week's mystery. We have all of these bits and pieces everywhere but they're never connected and we're just expected to accept basic facts like Japan being in a state of ruin the government being all-powerful without ever needing to know why. Hell, we're not even treated to basic pieces of knowledge about the identities of the characters. They're impossible to identify with because they're all just talking heads that exist in a vacuum. This isn't how good storytelling works. An entire world is reduced to a handful of recurring plot devices and a faceless, ambiguous mechanism by which mysteries are created. The wasted potential in this show is enormous.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Essentially this is how I feel about it. Really the only point of the "mysteries" is the show that while he keeps trying to deny that he's special by avoiding to act at every opportunity, he's a very observant, bright person. In a way, he's being portrayed as the over-achiever who can't be bothered, if that makes any sense.
You have his main bunny who's trying to get him to stop being so apathetic without trying to be overly-pushy (more like gentle nudges), Eru who's now seen his ability and refuses to let him go back completely, and the other girl who likes the buddy but seems to have taken an interest in what Oreki is truly capable of when he actually puts out a minimal effort.
Actually, I think that might be very well why the show's mysteries have been so "tame" to this point. I think it's because we're being shown what Oreki can do at the most basic, minimum effort possible. While I don't know if this will be the case, it'd be cool if this meant that later mysteries will be a bit more involved and require more effort from Oreki and further draw him out of his shell.
Crash Station
Member
Master Keaton 31
Urasawa really needs to stop
It isn't nice.
Master Keaton 32
Speaking of which, Tasuke is the best character in the show.
Master Keaton 33
Makster Keaton 34
I wish I had a drunk bus driver friend like that when I was growing up.
Master Keaton 35
Apparently tying a fish flag to a church is how you get the attention of an entire town.
Urasawa really needs to stop
killing dogs.
Master Keaton 32
Speaking of which, Tasuke is the best character in the show.
Master Keaton 33
MacGyver as fuck.
Makster Keaton 34
I wish I had a drunk bus driver friend like that when I was growing up.
Master Keaton 35
Apparently tying a fish flag to a church is how you get the attention of an entire town.
You see? Un-Go is a deep and provocative commentary on modern Japan and the state of the media!! Roffles.
Un-Go 5
I just realized something.
I just realized something.
why doesn't Inga ask each person how they committed the crime. If they didn't, they will answer no or I have no idea, if they did, they will talk in details how they did it.
Do they even have any evidence to arrest the girl? He said they can't even figure out the time of death and they have nothing to make the connection to her.
Do they even have any evidence to arrest the girl? He said they can't even figure out the time of death and they have nothing to make the connection to her.
I feel like the anime would have benefited from a having 24 episodes instead so they can flesh things out more without having to resort to Yuuki spouting random nonsense at the end of each episode. But I have no trust in anyone involved in this anime to do anything logical.
That's actually a very good reason for doing something, why can't Kanade understand that.
Indeed, you guys don't know what I would be willing to do for unlimited free pizza. Justice and Righteousness cannot give you unlimited free pizza. I care nothing for them. If that means I must stain my hands with every evil in the world, I don't care. If that will get me unlimited free pizza, I do it gladly.
I kind of get the feeling that 24 episodes would just double the number of mysteries rather than double the amount of time given to each mystery. With the show's total disregard for exposition it's a lose-lose situation
I am the crust of my slice.
Cheese is my body, and sauce is my blood.
I have baked over a thousand pizzas
Unknown to delivery, Nor known to carry-out,
Have withstood pain to create many pizzas.
Yet those hands will never be greasy.
So as I bake,
UNLIMITED PIZZA WORKS
Ultimadrago
Member
That sounds like an awesome idea.
If I was around when it aired, I would have loved to do this
and have a lil' Cheese-Kun sitting with me.
Code Geass R2 11
antics. Cheapest keikaku trick in the book.
And so, after 36 episodes, Ledouche decides to
, only to find out a couple of minutes later that the only true power in the world is the power of the heart.
And vector cannons.
And then,
Sunrise has absolutely no shame whatsoever.
We're almost halfway through this, so I guess I'll make some considerations about what I've seen of R2 so far.
The first two episodes were pretty terrible in terms of pacing - and I'm saying that while considering the already absurdly quick Geass' usual rhythm as acceptable. Since then, though (the exception being episode 8) the transitions stopped being as frenetic and confusing. Meanwhile, the action up to this point doesn't seem as compelling as the first season's - maybe because the mech combat has switched gears and now it's more beam/superpower-focused, and physical combat has been tossed to the sidelines. The strategic aspect of the battles remains as interesting as ever, though.
Strangely enough, apart from Kallen, who kicks the asses, none of the girls have been relevant up to this point. CC only shows up when Ledouche needs to explain something to the viewers, Kaguya is just there, and Shirley thankfully disappeared (although it seems that'll change now). And Zero seems... Fragile, somehow. It's weird. Maybe it's because he isn't
Rolo's useless.
Oh, and the show suddenly became obsessed with lolis.
Mission: Impossibe
And so, after 36 episodes, Ledouche decides to
join the fray. I was already starting to wonder where that mech was
And vector cannons.
And then,
BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN KIDS! WITH MORE KIDS!
We're almost halfway through this, so I guess I'll make some considerations about what I've seen of R2 so far.
The first two episodes were pretty terrible in terms of pacing - and I'm saying that while considering the already absurdly quick Geass' usual rhythm as acceptable. Since then, though (the exception being episode 8) the transitions stopped being as frenetic and confusing. Meanwhile, the action up to this point doesn't seem as compelling as the first season's - maybe because the mech combat has switched gears and now it's more beam/superpower-focused, and physical combat has been tossed to the sidelines. The strategic aspect of the battles remains as interesting as ever, though.
Strangely enough, apart from Kallen, who kicks the asses, none of the girls have been relevant up to this point. CC only shows up when Ledouche needs to explain something to the viewers, Kaguya is just there, and Shirley thankfully disappeared (although it seems that'll change now). And Zero seems... Fragile, somehow. It's weird. Maybe it's because he isn't
using his Geass at all.
Rolo's useless.
Oh, and the show suddenly became obsessed with lolis.
Tell me more of this Eater class
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