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Genshiken if you're into subtler forms (well... relative...) of comedy
KirbYuuYuu
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Shades of Makoto.
ITS ONLY OKAY IF YOU'RE CHEERING FOR SOMEONE TO CHOKE THEM BUT NOT WHEN ONE OF YOURS IS DOING IT!
See, that image and the suicidal image is what broke me out of my hiatus. That and the sudden influx of watchers.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
School Days is the Citizen Kane of anime.
Suicidal image?
School Days is the Oedipus Rex of anime.
Futari wa Precure Splash Star 21
Well, Michiru and Kaoru ran out of other villains to do their dirty work for them, so they've got to get out there and do active villaining now. Or they could join the Cures and friends for a stargazing party. That also works.
Kaoru seems extra dismissive of the funtime antics today. Her response to pretty much everything is like, "what's the point?" or "I don't care." At a glance, you'd think she was actually getting into her villainous role and looking down on the meaningless interests of mere human scum. But I know the real reason. She's just bitter that Minori wasn't invited to the party. I can understand this. Really, what is the point in anything without Minori?
Michiru seems a little more into it, but that's pretty understandable too, because she's crazy for Saki, not Minori. Can I just say "best sisters ever x most tsundere villains ever" is, like, the official pairing of this show at this point? Also Michiru is the moon villain and this is a stargazing party. You go figure.
But eventually, the Almighty Precure Law of One Monster Per Episode gets the better of our two tsundere villains, and they kind of float up to stand in front of the moon, where Michiru summons an Uzaina from a piece of space rock. The Precure are all like "oh no you didn't" (at no-one in particular because they haven't spotted who summoned the Uzaina) and then proceed to deliver a beatdown on grounds that DUDE WE'RE NOT LETTING YOU NEAR OUR FRIENDS. THAT MEANS MICHIRU AND KAORU. MICHIRU AND KAORU ARE OUR FRIENDS. HAVE WE TUGGED AT THE VILLAINS' HEARTSTRINGS ENOUGH TODAY YET?
So Michiru and Kaoru are all like omg they're fighting for us *SWOON* before reverting to i-it's not like we don't want to kill you or anything! baka!
And then at the end of the episode Mai spots a few key details, puts two and two and two together, and is all like "ohmygod I think Michiru and Kaoru might be the bad guys o.o" Man, on their first proper mission too. These villain girls just can't catch a break, can they?
Well, Michiru and Kaoru ran out of other villains to do their dirty work for them, so they've got to get out there and do active villaining now. Or they could join the Cures and friends for a stargazing party. That also works.
Kaoru seems extra dismissive of the funtime antics today. Her response to pretty much everything is like, "what's the point?" or "I don't care." At a glance, you'd think she was actually getting into her villainous role and looking down on the meaningless interests of mere human scum. But I know the real reason. She's just bitter that Minori wasn't invited to the party. I can understand this. Really, what is the point in anything without Minori?
Michiru seems a little more into it, but that's pretty understandable too, because she's crazy for Saki, not Minori. Can I just say "best sisters ever x most tsundere villains ever" is, like, the official pairing of this show at this point? Also Michiru is the moon villain and this is a stargazing party. You go figure.
But eventually, the Almighty Precure Law of One Monster Per Episode gets the better of our two tsundere villains, and they kind of float up to stand in front of the moon, where Michiru summons an Uzaina from a piece of space rock. The Precure are all like "oh no you didn't" (at no-one in particular because they haven't spotted who summoned the Uzaina) and then proceed to deliver a beatdown on grounds that DUDE WE'RE NOT LETTING YOU NEAR OUR FRIENDS. THAT MEANS MICHIRU AND KAORU. MICHIRU AND KAORU ARE OUR FRIENDS. HAVE WE TUGGED AT THE VILLAINS' HEARTSTRINGS ENOUGH TODAY YET?
So Michiru and Kaoru are all like omg they're fighting for us *SWOON* before reverting to i-it's not like we don't want to kill you or anything! baka!
And then at the end of the episode Mai spots a few key details, puts two and two and two together, and is all like "ohmygod I think Michiru and Kaoru might be the bad guys o.o" Man, on their first proper mission too. These villain girls just can't catch a break, can they?
peaceiscloser
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Okay that's probably a better comparison, judging from animegaf's reaction to school days lol (haven't seen it yet)
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Well, it's Sunday. You know what to do.
Those are bold words. As established here, I think Eva is pretty damn brilliant, mostly for the fan trolling and Anno's otaku hatred rather than any depth to the the story itself. If half you've said about Utena is true, you are going to be my best friend for recommending it.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Go to the church of Madoka?
KirbYuuYuu
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Forgot what it was, but it looked depressing. I think it was from the beginning of Sharp
This small arc makes me sad.
peaceiscloser
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aww yiss church
i can probably marathon school days tonight. what say ye, animegaf
Jex
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Well, while the work often titled in the west as "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife" certainly pre-dates all of anime I doubt that's the root cause. The laws that censored explicit drawings of genitalia didn't come around until one hundred years later which then, it is argued, forced those creating pornography to use items such as tentacles because those didn't fall foul of the censorship regime.
Moreover, Urotsukidōji, known in the west as Legend of the Overfiend, predates La Blue Girl by some years and is by far the most famous and influential work to feature tentacle pornography.
I'd be totally down for watching someone new watch School Days. Watching that show has been one of the favorite AnimeGaf experiences I've had. Right up there with marathoning Blood-C.
This was my initial impression of Madoka when it first aired. I couldn't understand why anyone would want faces that looked so weird and wide.
By the end of the series, I loved the designs. Now I'm watching Hidamari for the delicious Ume characters and swooning over Yuno. (Or at least I would be if Precure wasn't taking up all of my backlog attention.)
I wonder if you'll come round like I did.
Jex
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I wouldn't last very long in the Recon Corp. Or any Corp.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The post is half in jest because they are very different shows, but I think Utena's "goodness" can be explained without having to resort to the realm of "meta", and that ultimately makes it the more complete experience.
peaceiscloser
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Edit: I'm an idiot
Thank you based Crunchyroll
Thank you based Crunchyroll
Don't forget there's that thing this afternoon.
Attack on Titan 12
How to do nothing for 4 episodes in a row.
I Just cannot believe the way this show has crashed and burned after its stellar beginning.
Evangelion's quality goes beyond the "meta"; it's a genuinely great show. Utena is, too; but it's not like Evangelion itself is an incomplete experience or anything of the stort. There is no need to think about the context to understand what makes the original Evangelion so excellent.
peaceiscloser
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worldwide announcement something something right
I'm relying on my roommates to drag me off the couch for that
Jex
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The writing has been on the wall for a long time.
I think Eva is in fact great, but the meta ends up far outstripping the basic quality of the show. Also, the fanbase over analyzing the plot and acting like it's way more amazing and has far more depth than it does is annoying and plays right into Anno's point. That's not saying a straight, non-meta reading of Eva doesn't have thematic depth. It certainly does. It just doesn't have the depth most super fans who take it straight like to claim it does.
They both peaked in the 90's.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Jex
Member
This is also the correct answer whenever someone brings up a manga they'd like to see animated which has already had a TV series made of it.
KirbYuuYuu
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Pssh, everyone knows that the moment some form of complexion is there, it gets overblown to bits.
Hellsing321
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What are you doing with your life!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Elder-Sister companionships. It's gonna be big.
I kinda picked the show up late, though, so that wall is somewhat compressed to me. Crashing into it hurts no less, though.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Not up with that hip young lingo are we?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
All shoujo manga then. lol
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From Honey & Honey, I thought someone might find this interesting:
Using the family register to screw the system is an inventive way to get around the problem.
Also, lesbians trolling SDBurton:
lol
Hito's an old man. He must be like, 25 by now.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
At least Ikuhara isn't living off his past glories!
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Bury him now
Be glad you're not inside my mind.
A lot of misinterpretation comes from people looking too deep for the answer and yet are refusing to see the obvious reading of the endings.
Jex
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It's nearly entirely window dressing but some elements are important.
Jex
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peaceiscloser
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Warning the post below is meta
My roommate calls BS.
But my roommate is also what some might call "Molly"
Incidentally I think that would be incredibly cool what you mentioned if it's true, because I'm planning on leaving for my mission in a handful of months here.
Also sorry, I'm not coming back for Fall Semester Corvo ):
My roommate calls BS.
But my roommate is also what some might call "Molly"
Incidentally I think that would be incredibly cool what you mentioned if it's true, because I'm planning on leaving for my mission in a handful of months here.
Also sorry, I'm not coming back for Fall Semester Corvo ):
Rebuild is far weaker, just because a straight interpretation is boring, depthless and confusing as all hell.
As a meta piece where Anno is just screwing with people, I still adore it and find it a joy to watch. It's far weaker because it's not a good show in and of itself like the original, but it's still damn fun.
Same artist. But I can't find a reference to the case, just that he did it to circumvent obscenity laws.
Jex
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He's certainly not called the Tentacle Master for nothing. If you follow him on twitter all he seems to do is talk about his cats.
Today is a bad day for The Garden if true.
What about Transformers and GI Joe? And why does this feel familiar?
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