Jex
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Firehawk12 has no sympathy for other human beings who have suffered trauma.
Hey, it's a story to tell your kids about! Shounen grape picking.
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Firehawk12 has no sympathy for other human beings who have suffered trauma.
Hey, it's a story to tell your kids about! Shounen grape picking.
Jex
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So this was what you meant a few days ago about being a bad poster!
You know me well enough to know that I have two modes: "repressed trauma" and "Hidamari".
So you're like the personification of Madoka, then.
Jex
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There's some garbage tier characters on both lists, especially the female one. By which I mean, anyone from Guilty Crown.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Male individuals voting for the best/cutest/most fappable female characters tends to result in very disheartening lists.
Crash Station
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Just saying, there should be some expectations when you watch a reboot of an established franchise. People should have some idea about a show beyond the staff and whether or not it will appeal to them.
Basileus777
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Tsuritama 1
This was a great looking, well made episode that I did not enjoy. The characters did nothing but mildly annoy me and the way the main character's social anxiety was portrayed was really heavy handed, and already felt repetitive in just one episode.
This was a great looking, well made episode that I did not enjoy. The characters did nothing but mildly annoy me and the way the main character's social anxiety was portrayed was really heavy handed, and already felt repetitive in just one episode.
Gundam 00 S2 13-16
The new OP is mostly everyone naked, trans-am is breaking everything, the ejection seat abuse is now comical, and :lol @
. Maybe going to shit was the real secret of Aeolia Schenberg's plan.
The new OP is mostly everyone naked, trans-am is breaking everything, the ejection seat abuse is now comical, and :lol @
that stupid Gundam face on Tiere's machine turning into Gundam itself. And oh hey, what's better than one super weapon? Another one!
Possibly the ugliest Haros I've ever seen. said:
I need to watch some Oreimo to cleanse myself of this filth.I think the nose cones are pointed in different directions... said:
I don't see why or even how I could have expectations about a franchise I've never watched.
Jex
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Sure sounds like Season 2 to me! Ah such sweet suffering...
Gundam 00 S2 13-16
I need to watch some Oreimo to cleanse myself of this filth.
This is what happens when no one can draw mechanical objects any more.
chickdigger802
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Basileus777
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And I thought Jormungand's CG plane was bad.
You are a villain. That font is so bad.
Jex
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I...don't know. 2007 was the best year in anime for the last decade, but I don't know if any particular season was as jam packed as this one. Spring 2007 did have:
Darker than Black
Dennou Coil
Gurren Lagann
Oh! Edo-Rocket
Moribito
To Terra
Emma S2
The Skullman
That's a very strong list.
Aquarion Evol 16
Ok, we're more than halfway through the show. It's time to stop teasing and explain wtf is going on with how everything relates to the original Aquarion show. It's just hurting the show at this point and keeping it from being satisfying. If they make you wait until the final ep where they explain everything and then try to have a quick finale, the next 8 eps or so are going to be grrrr
Ok, we're more than halfway through the show. It's time to stop teasing and explain wtf is going on with how everything relates to the original Aquarion show. It's just hurting the show at this point and keeping it from being satisfying. If they make you wait until the final ep where they explain everything and then try to have a quick finale, the next 8 eps or so are going to be grrrr
what the fuck
Coming this fall to your Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Jex
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So this is one of those times where we can legitimately say that the anime is an improved adaptation, rather than just an animated version of the same material?
Kimi ni Todoke S2 12 FINAL
Man, this was a roller coaster. This season was definitely not as cheerful as the 1st for sure. The constant run around of
made this 2-3 episodes longer than it had to be (which could've been used to give Yano her personal arc). That may be unfair to say though since I have yet to read the manga and have no clue on how far it runs until it reaches her arc (if she even has one).
That said I'm glad I stuck with it. I developed a new found respect for
. She's still a bitch, but she can respect others who put their mind to it.. Not to mention
As others mentioned before Yano and Yoshida are the best. When I do read the manga, it will be because I want to see further developments with them.
Man, this was a roller coaster. This season was definitely not as cheerful as the 1st for sure. The constant run around of
misunderstandings and lack of clarification between the two leads
That said I'm glad I stuck with it. I developed a new found respect for
Kurumi
seeing her stand up for Sawako against the Kazehaya fangirls from the 1st season was a pretty awesome sight.
As others mentioned before Yano and Yoshida are the best. When I do read the manga, it will be because I want to see further developments with them.
Seeing Ryu tell Yoshida that he liked her was nice, but I was hoping for something more dramatic/intimate. Dammit!
I-it's not like I want you to worry about my little sister or something!
(I am so so SO going to pull a Sae-style "I know everything" and then dive into my own little shell as soon as someone contradicts it. It's different from Madoka in that I pretend to know what's going on, just like I pretend to take my coffee black only when I'm meeting with someone.)
The representation of the main character's anxiety is pretty on the nose, but it's well executed -- very expressive and gets the point across in a visually exciting way, and fits in with the context of the show. I think dismissing it because it's heavy handed (it is) is really... missing the point.
It's not like some other show that showcases a character's anxiety through angsty narration and repetitive ominous sounds.
Listen, if not for me and my sacrifice you wouldn't have Shin Mazinger at -all-. Can you imagine doing that weekly, while doing ZSZS, while doing Bake?
Jex
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I know, right. It's full of books. Books are cool. It's so exciting that over 26,000 have watched it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jD2qG_JWj8
Crash Station
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I would call it more of a different adaptation rather than an improved one. The tone really alters the meaning of certain things. Just a different interpretation of the source material really.
Based on my reading of the first chapter, the first episode of the anime improved it dramatically. And not just by changing the tone, but by adding original material that supports the much more serious direction they're taking the story.
Jex
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Just wait till the second half becomes a space opera a la Star Trek.
Hey, not my fault you chained yourself to frustrating-to-do bad SHAFT shows. You should've learned after the first or second! It's like touching a hot surface.
Puritan or Myriad Pro Light, best sub fonts y/n
Jex
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Black bars are the real crime and you know it!
Lol, guilty as charged. I do plan to revisit it, however, when I'm not so drained. I felt like it did a few interesting things, a few odd things, and a few very bad things; all deserving a something of some kind of substance.
Crash Station
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And that "serious" direction is why I'm saying it's different rather than improved. I wouldn't say that inherently makes it better.
Jex
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I can only hope you don't dislike the excellent music!
Well, to be fair, this season has been particularly outstanding. Everyone is watching a high number of titles this time around but not every season is like that.
Of course, some people watch every show anyway, but they're crazy.
Kimi ni Todoke S2 12 FINAL
Man, this was a roller coaster. This season was definitely not as cheerful as the 1st for sure. The constant run around ofmade this 2-3 episodes longer than it had to be (which could've been used to give Yano her personal arc). That may be unfair to say though since I have yet to read the manga and have no clue on how far it runs until it reaches her arc (if she even has one).misunderstandings and lack of clarification between the two leads
The manga has been giving a lot of time to the other characters in the material that follows where the show leaves off, its quite good really.
You wouldn't, but I and other people would and will.
Jex
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what the fuck
I like the fact that your descent into confusion and insanity is so pronounced that you can no longer label your screenshots. I only know where that's from because I, too, have walked the path you walk today.
Stay strong.
You're nearly at the halfway point.
We are all here to enable you.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I hope that by "black bars" you mean the censoring in h-manga, but knowing you, I doubt it.
Crash Station
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So serious is always better than light-hearted/not serious? Good to know.
If that's the case then I'll definitely check it out.
Next on my list is Lovely Complex, which I'll start watching Sat morning.
The International Saimoe League has finally completed their needlessly complex preliminary rounds and narrowed things down to a list of 72 characters. Look upon their works and despair.
Shin Mazinger wasn't bad!
just everything else I touched that season
blame zorak, he was a massive cocksucker and prevented you from getting CDA until my real job meant it was off limits
You can also blame CC, she has really serious issues and thinks I take internet people as seriously as she does, and she's really bad at actually editing thirty chapters worth of scripts
blame zorak, he was a massive cocksucker and prevented you from getting CDA until my real job meant it was off limits
You can also blame CC, she has really serious issues and thinks I take internet people as seriously as she does, and she's really bad at actually editing thirty chapters worth of scripts
No, what I'm saying is the first episode of the anime is definitively superior to the first chapter of the manga because the anime has a consistent tone and executes it well, while the manga has a bizarre, inconsistent tone, and is nowhere near as interesting visually, nor is the character development as strong due to the anime having additional scenes for that purpose.
Regulus Tera
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Taiga will win it again. Fuck yeah.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Anybody but Taiga.
You can put black bars and use subtle cropping on anything and it automatically becomes sexual.
It's amazing how this tournament always manages to be more worthless than the real one already is. At least the actual saimoe limits it to characters that appeared that year so that it doesn't just devolve into a bad Newtype Magazine poll with the same characters every time.
Some BS K-On character or that white-haired cardboard cutout from Angel Whatever will win and the world will go on as before.
Go Taiga!
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