dakkumauji
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Not yet. There's this one scene where you just spins forward in a hallway that you must see before you can fully skip this episode.
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Not yet. There's this one scene where you just spins forward in a hallway that you must see before you can fully skip this episode.
chickdigger802
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You lot already talked me into watching My Little Ancient Evil Can't be this Lovecraftian. I've got enough on my plate as is.
R_thanatos
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Medaka Box 04
Boring shit.
Only reason to keep watching this stuff is for this.
It will pick up in the later arcs ... Everything is better in madoka starting the end of the "enforcer" arc ..Now the show is forced to introduce the characters and we are in a boring , prologue state ...
Ultimadrago
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I await the possibility of a Shiranui compilation video that some kind, generous, caring AnimeGaffer will make after Medaka Box is over...
Tsuritama 03
I really want to like this show, but it doesn't gel with me stylistically at all. The art bugs me. The design of characters and the way they act bugs me. The strange tone bugs me. Most of all the bluntness of characters bugs me. You can just see everything about them so plainly that things are just super boring. Multiple characters regularly have internal thoughts that fit into dialogue, which annoys me even more from an inconsistent perspective angle.
There is rarely any scene that doesn't slap you across the face with the emotional response you're supposed to be having, and I just find its lack of subtlety tiring and unevocative.
I really want to like this show, but it doesn't gel with me stylistically at all. The art bugs me. The design of characters and the way they act bugs me. The strange tone bugs me. Most of all the bluntness of characters bugs me. You can just see everything about them so plainly that things are just super boring. Multiple characters regularly have internal thoughts that fit into dialogue, which annoys me even more from an inconsistent perspective angle.
There is rarely any scene that doesn't slap you across the face with the emotional response you're supposed to be having, and I just find its lack of subtlety tiring and unevocative.
Mirai Nikki 19
Oh shit, Yuki! Is that really you?
They're really bent on luring in Death Note fans, huh.
*Points weapon* "We win" "No you don't" "Uh... Ok."
Wait... Wut.
Wow, Pangya's still around? Great game.
Oh shit, Yuki! Is that really you?
Your acting is a window to a world in which you're a good protagonist.
They're really bent on luring in Death Note fans, huh.
Poor Eighth.
*Points weapon* "We win" "No you don't" "Uh... Ok."
SHOOT JESUS CHRIST WTF
Wait... Wut.
Wow, Pangya's still around? Great game.
That shot of virtual golf pimp Araragi at the end.
tsuritama 3
The show continues to get better and better with each episode. It's nice to see them continue to gradually reveal what's going on.
ENOSHIMA BOWL!
The show continues to get better and better with each episode. It's nice to see them continue to gradually reveal what's going on.
Keito better not die. 
ENOSHIMA BOWL!
that's some pro trolling. well done
It means you're underrating Usagi Drop, Time of Eve, and The Tatami Galaxy.
chickdigger802
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Zombie trolls.
All the screencaps people are posting from this episode are confusing me. Is the show just a black splotch the entire time?
Dead just like the FMP franchise.
The post that leapt through time.
It's a very dark episode because of how much the shading is used, but this is more of a case of Fujiko's feminine wiles tricking viewers into taking screen caps that need context.
I liked 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Dedication Through Light
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tsuritama 3
That episode was actually impressive. Emotional intense and then all heartwarming there.
That episode was actually impressive. Emotional intense and then all heartwarming there.
Natsuki, Haru, and Yuki all working together, and then even Natsuki trying to cheer or get Yuki back up after the hospitalization was nice and then still watching him practice. Never a dull moment
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Sakamichi no Apollon Episode 3
I don't know, It could be because I watch a lot of dorama but the main conflict in this episode just didn't click with me. I got the whole youth in love thing but the pacing was just too breakneck so much so that I had a hard time buying into how much their relationships have developed that they'd feel love.
This does have one of my most favorite confession scenes ever though. I'll give it massive props for that. I think what would have been better was if:
Sakamichi no Apollon Episode 3
I don't know, It could be because I watch a lot of dorama but the main conflict in this episode just didn't click with me. I got the whole youth in love thing but the pacing was just too breakneck so much so that I had a hard time buying into how much their relationships have developed that they'd feel love.
This does have one of my most favorite confession scenes ever though. I'll give it massive props for that. I think what would have been better was if:
Kaoru says nothing and Ricchan figures it out just from the song and the performance
It should be a crime to censor Rick's Bread.
Someone always has to take things too far and ruin all the jokes.
As bad the slice of life crap is, there are in fact a lot of callbacks to it when the show gets good. It's not something they can really rush through.
Crash Station
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I wouldn't really call 6 or 7 episodes "rushing through", but then I remember the people around here are used to 11 episode shows, so yeah...
But that's the point.
Ritsuko can't figure it out because of her inferiority complex. I liked her line "this is your dress rehearsal," because it reveals her feelings about herself, in relation to others and especially Sentarou. She feels used and unappreciated.
Mirai Nikki 20
Did all the remaining players
I have a feeling I'll need to shut my brain off to enjoy these last episodes.
Yup.
Oh God, hahahaha.
Did all the remaining players
just part ways safely after being together like that?
I have a feeling I'll need to shut my brain off to enjoy these last episodes.
Yup.
Oh God, hahahaha.
The guy created the future diaries. Such a freaking fair game.
that would be understating it
Eureka Seven AO 3
So looks like they modified the OP. I wonder if that's a one time deal or ongoing, ala Bakemono.
That third episode rule. Damn that quality dropped and it dropped hard. So many off-character faces. They did atleast bother to explain some stuff. Seemed they toned back on the CG trapar effect. Ao is actually a very good character. Also lots of exposition lines. The whole episode felt off.
Bones is not above using CG cars too.
The ground has never looked so bland.
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Next episode is going to be nuts though. I'm guessing he's going to be leaving the island next episode too.
So looks like they modified the OP. I wonder if that's a one time deal or ongoing, ala Bakemono.
That third episode rule. Damn that quality dropped and it dropped hard. So many off-character faces. They did atleast bother to explain some stuff. Seemed they toned back on the CG trapar effect. Ao is actually a very good character. Also lots of exposition lines. The whole episode felt off.
Bones is not above using CG cars too.
The ground has never looked so bland.
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Next episode is going to be nuts though. I'm guessing he's going to be leaving the island next episode too.
K-On S1 FIN:
This show had only one near conflict the entire time, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It was nonstop fuwafuwa time.
Back when I had a herniated disc in my back, my orthopedist gave me enough Vicodin to put me in a stupor for weeks. I could have popped that stuff round the clock, but I knew the consequences of doing so. Since I am a very responsible human being, I was able to manage my use to minimal doses when needed. This show is an anime narcotic. There will be times when you really need a show like this, but definitely not all time. Otherwise, you'll end up tripping balls while comparing loli ahoge.
I enjoyed this and will watch S2 next. I would like to thank moéking zeroshiki for the suggestion to watch and 'pain is power' hitokage for the confidence to watch a voyeuristic view of high school girls socializing.
This show had only one near conflict the entire time, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It was nonstop fuwafuwa time.
Back when I had a herniated disc in my back, my orthopedist gave me enough Vicodin to put me in a stupor for weeks. I could have popped that stuff round the clock, but I knew the consequences of doing so. Since I am a very responsible human being, I was able to manage my use to minimal doses when needed. This show is an anime narcotic. There will be times when you really need a show like this, but definitely not all time. Otherwise, you'll end up tripping balls while comparing loli ahoge.
I enjoyed this and will watch S2 next. I would like to thank moéking zeroshiki for the suggestion to watch and 'pain is power' hitokage for the confidence to watch a voyeuristic view of high school girls socializing.
But that's not what the 3rd episode rule is!
Congratulations!
The second season is better than the first, you're in for a treat!
Friends don't let friends watch K-On
Someday you too will learn to love K-on, and post in the community thread for it.
There's nothing "pretentious" about 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I somewhat disagree.
You'd be wrong.
Not like I respect your opinion anyway but thanks.
R_thanatos
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i can't help but laugh
A Black Falcon
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Natsuiro Kiseki 1 - So apparently almost no one here likes this show. That's not necesisarily bad, but it's not the best sign either. Also, I had no clue what kind of show it was, apart from that it was about four girls. I thought there was more to it than that, but had no idea what.
Well, so I finally decided to give it a try... and it's good! Yeah, I liked episode one quite a bit. I'll be watching more of this show for certain. I can't say it's one of the best shows this season -- it isn't, not with how strong the competition is -- but it is pretty good.
So, what IS Natsuiro Kiseki, exactly? Well, it's about two things, really. First, it's about the relationships between a group of four 8th grade girls who have been friends for years, but now are drifting apart. Two of them in particular have a big fight in this episode when one of them, Saki, drops tennis club, even though the other had thought that they'd joined to go to nationals together. She does have a reason, though, but she hadn't wanted to tell her friends until the last minute just about...
It's a believable, and well-done, comedy/friendship drama episode, and I'd keep watching the show if that was all the show is.
However, Natsuiro has another surprise in store -- it's not just comedy/relationship drama. It's also something else.
:lol I had some suspicions that something might happen --
Well, so I finally decided to give it a try... and it's good! Yeah, I liked episode one quite a bit. I'll be watching more of this show for certain. I can't say it's one of the best shows this season -- it isn't, not with how strong the competition is -- but it is pretty good.
So, what IS Natsuiro Kiseki, exactly? Well, it's about two things, really. First, it's about the relationships between a group of four 8th grade girls who have been friends for years, but now are drifting apart. Two of them in particular have a big fight in this episode when one of them, Saki, drops tennis club, even though the other had thought that they'd joined to go to nationals together. She does have a reason, though, but she hadn't wanted to tell her friends until the last minute just about...
She's moving, a good distance away, soon. She obviously doesn't want to go, but doesn't have a choice, and has reacted by trying to put off thinking of it until the end, essentially... which angers her friend, for understandable reasons.
However, Natsuiro has another surprise in store -- it's not just comedy/relationship drama. It's also something else.
Specifically, it's also about magic. You see, these four girls have, several different times, made wishes around a large rock in town that's at a shrine or something like that. There's a rumor that if four people all make the same wish while touching the stone, it'll come true. They, and Saki in particular, think that it's just superstition, of course, but try again anyway, at the prodding of the other two.
And... they float up into the sky, at their unconscious wish after looking at the clouds! Woah, the magic is real! Episode over.
And... they float up into the sky, at their unconscious wish after looking at the clouds! Woah, the magic is real! Episode over.
:lol I had some suspicions that something might happen --
that sound that the rock made, in the backstory parts about when they'd made their wish to win the singing talent show four years earlier, for instance, was suspicious
-- but still, it was a nice surprise. Based on the first episode, Natsuiro Kiseki is a pretty good show. It's well produced, with nice visuals, a good story, and solid writing, the two main characters are both well thought through, and it's just all-around good. Why exactly do most of the few people here who watched it dislike it, again? Are there reasons? I quite disagree!
I don't know about best, but cutest... yes. No contest at all. Polar Bear Cafe is insanely adorable stuff.
Because it makes for funnier-sounding Engrish than the word "vanilla"? I don't know either, I'd rather have vanilla ice cream too.
Some people obviously disagree, but I at least would rather watch any of those than the two shows you dropped.
I don't know about best, but cutest... yes. No contest at all. Polar Bear Cafe is insanely adorable stuff.
Because it makes for funnier-sounding Engrish than the word "vanilla"? I don't know either, I'd rather have vanilla ice cream too.
Some people obviously disagree, but I at least would rather watch any of those than the two shows you dropped.
You should watch it. You're not guaranteed to like it, but you should watch it (and I liked it, at least).
I don't know if it's so good that it's worth pushing other shows aside or not, but it is a good show.
I thought it stayed solid throughout, apart from a few occasional not-as-good episodes.
Well that was uncalled for.
Mirai Nikki 21
Minene. Best character. What a boss.
Watch episodes 2 and 3 and then come back.
Minene. Best character. What a boss.
Eleventh dying like a little shit. Feels good.
And Yuno is clearly the biggest crime mastermind in history. I'm looking forward to the reveal of her intentions.
And Yuno is clearly the biggest crime mastermind in history. I'm looking forward to the reveal of her intentions.
Watch episodes 2 and 3 and then come back.
What more needs to be discussed? You think I'm wrong and I think you're wrong. Pretentious is a subjective term and I don't agree with your stances on other things so why should I care about your stance on this?
Ultimadrago
Member
I like Lucy better from this angle.
I like Lucy from all the angles.
Lucy, Erza, and
Wendy
Well you're hurting my feelings.
Well, caring, agreeing, and respecting are all different things. It would be rude to not respect his opinions, but you can disagree with them all you like.
Femmeworth
Banned
Poor touchscreen.
Good.
chickdigger802
Banned
Shame they don't have the budget for boob bounce.
AO 3
finally normal anime budget! Still have no fucking clue what this has to do with the first season besides familiar terms and names.
Like the new mechas this season.
The man already flat out told me I was wrong with my opinion. Why should I be reserved in my response back to him?
When did I become moeking -_-
S2 is quite a bit better than S1 although S2 does have actual conflicts (nominatively)
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