Really? No wonder SuperS is my least favorite Sailormoon season.
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Really? No wonder SuperS is my least favorite Sailormoon season.
Skin cancer is bad.
Toei basically felt that the audience that started with the original Sailor Moon had grown up and moved on and wanted to refocus on a new set. Ikuhara being Ikuhara, the show still featured a lot of rather adult imagery. It's basically the most Precure of the series and still features a bunch of top-notch episodes, although it's just those made by Ikuhara, Satou, and Igarashi for the most part.
Then they went mea culpa with Stars and went back to what they were doing before.
So.... Valvrave... LOL.
Suzaku looked good in comparison to Lelouch? Suzaku's character was always that of a scumbag.
Also, Suzaku's motivations and character is completely consistent.
He wants to liberate Japan first and foremost and felt at first that playing by the rules and changing Brittania from within was the best way to do this. But because of the shit he sees in the World of C and the thing with Euphemia he makes a logical change in path. His final objective remains the same he just chooses a different way to do it.
He wants to liberate Japan first and foremost and felt at first that playing by the rules and changing Brittania from within was the best way to do this. But because of the shit he sees in the World of C and the thing with Euphemia he makes a logical change in path. His final objective remains the same he just chooses a different way to do it.
Unknown Soldier
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Also, it's probably better to see the ending of CG before you can make a final judgment on the main characters.
Coldnoodle
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Kuroneko is da best.
hosannainexcelsis
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1) Valvrave has been clear from the beginning about being a silly comedy.
2) It is a split-cour show, and has been planned that way from the beginning. This isn't a case where it was only renewed for a second season after it became popular and then the writers had to scramble to figure out how to keep it going. It's more like one season with an airing break in the middle.
KirbYuuYuu
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Hataraku Maou-Sama 9
Ashiya has to be one of the biggest bros of this season. Another great episode overall.
Ashiya has to be one of the biggest bros of this season. Another great episode overall.
This is not encouraging in any way.
I spent two years in Brazil, I'm pretty sure I'm doomed anyway.
Have you met Lelouch? The sociopath who murders friends and family at the drop of the hat, laughs about it, then mind rapes school girls because he can? Suzaku is a goddamn saint compared to Lelouch.
I've seen 40 episodes of this goddamn show. If the last 5 episodes really alter my perception of 40 episodes of characterization that much, it's only further testament to the bullshit writing at work in them.
Well I was talking more in line with how Kagari mentioned Sunrise can't do S2's for shit. Even if it's a split cour I'd consider the latter half of Valvrave S2. If Sunrise tradition continues, I was just saying the insanity would be magnified in the latter half. It's more of a joke comment than anything really. lol.
His methods are so insanely counterproductive that his intentions hardly matter. If there is a character attached to the saying "The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions", his dumbass would be right there.
He was always upfront about his goals and the lengths he was going to go in regards to them. The difference between Lelouch and Suzaku is that Lelouch is actually smart about it for the most part.
Valvrave knows it's terrible.
Yu-Gi-Oh S0 2
Think I read the manga stories were rewritten and extended to last the length of an individual episode and it sure shows. Lots of fluff around the strong penalty game stuff.
Got some Nobuyuki Hiyama out of this though which pleased me. Really liked this bit in the manga and it was cool to see it animated even if
Kaiba next ep! DUEL MONSTERS!
Think I read the manga stories were rewritten and extended to last the length of an individual episode and it sure shows. Lots of fluff around the strong penalty game stuff.
Got some Nobuyuki Hiyama out of this though which pleased me. Really liked this bit in the manga and it was cool to see it animated even if
Yugi didn't brutally burn a man alive.
Kaiba next ep! DUEL MONSTERS!
Awful Falafel
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Hmm, I can't just sit by while CorvoSol drops Code Geass but I can't think of anything other than dropping hints at the ending to keep him watching. Do you think saying that
is a safe statement to make?
Suzaku has a better ending than Lelouch
Hey guys, think you could give me some recommendations? I watched all of Evangelion last winter without knowing anything about it and it instantly became my favorite series. I guess it comes down to me loving shows that have tons of mysteries, questions, mind fucks, and an all around general lack of clarity.
That isn't all I like though. I really enjoyed watching Mushi-shi and other quieter shows. Now, I've seen probably around 1/3rd of Monster and then I dropped it for no good reason, so I'm thinking I should probably watch that over again too, considering I thought it was pretty good.
That isn't all I like though. I really enjoyed watching Mushi-shi and other quieter shows. Now, I've seen probably around 1/3rd of Monster and then I dropped it for no good reason, so I'm thinking I should probably watch that over again too, considering I thought it was pretty good.
Which isn't really what is happening here, in my honest opinion, but I'll answer part of that below.
But that's the point...why do you think he's switching gears, from an in-universe perspective?
Lots of terrible things have happened to Suzaku, starting with how the first season ended, where he gave into his rage, even if it was for a good reason. This much had already begun to change his personality towards a less idealistic direction, even though he was still trying to uphold his beliefs in spite of that.
He still thought everything could be resolved through using the right methods, even if he was willing to try a few harsher and dirtier tricks around the edges. And now a huge massacre just happened.
His admirable ideals weren't enough to prevent it and he can't exactly pretend that he'll make up for it by striving even harder for them now. The scale of the tragedy overrules that line of thinking. He's not the only person to blame for it, since Lelouch clearly has his own hands dirty in this too, but again...Suzaku has already been established as a bit of a masochist, long before this turn of events. Do you really think he wouldn't blame himself?
You can consider him "derailed" but my argument is that a sufficiently horrible event can do that to a person, even if the specific event is implausible or exaggerated like these stupid twists. And again, Lelouch isn't exactly starting to behave like a saint with no blame or guilt who'd be morally "superior" to Suzaku as a result.
Why you saying R2 weren't?
Takeuchi given up when his idea for S2 rejected.
RahXephon.
hosannainexcelsis
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Am I the only one who sees Valvrave not as a "so bad it's good" show, but simply as a good show? In order for it to be the former it'd have to take itself seriously, but it doesn't.
Naw it still qualifies even if intentional.
No he isn't? This is the same sloppy Lelouch who, rather than make ANY smart decisions regarding Shirley, erased only her memories of him, drawing more attention than he deflected. The same Lelouch who abandons his plans at the drop of a hat without any contingency whatsoever. The same Lelouch who frequently wasted his one use Geass on key players for trivial commands.
Lelouch is staggeringly sloppy.
Awful Falafel
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Kino's Journey, Boogiepop Phantom, Shigofumi, and Haibane Renmei all come to mind as great slower paced and mysterious anime for you. Also did you see the End of Evangelion movie as well? If not you should fix that.
edit:Can't believe I forgot to toss in Paranoia Agent in there, definitely should watch that too.
Lelouch had a weak spot in regards to Shirley and it was noted multiple times. He actually can be sentimental towards multiple people in the show most of which he later regrets. If he was truly inhuman, Suzaku would have long been in the grave.
Quite literally anything other than Rah Xephon. It'd be like Evangelion reruns except worse in every way imaginable. Do yourself a favor and watch The Big O instead.
Having an in-universe explanation doesn't change what it is. They had an in-universe explanation for Ezelcant's Mustache Twirling Plan, too, and it was even thematically opposed to Flit's anti-Vegan rhetoric. You can dress up ruining a character for the sake of saving another any way you want, but it still is what it is.
He's never sentimental. This is the same guy who
MURDERS HIS SISTER
Joe Molotov
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Jewelpet Kira Deco 20
brb, posting this in the Oreimo thread.
But why does it only show up on certain anime?
hummingbird just had to chose the exact moment that I decided to finally upload a banner to shit itself. feels bad
I'm fully ready to acknowledge that I've vastly overhyped the show, so I offer preemptive apologies if you end up not experiencing the sort of constant euphoric incredulity that I experienced watching this. I appreciate the effort though :lol
I'm fully ready to acknowledge that I've vastly overhyped the show, so I offer preemptive apologies if you end up not experiencing the sort of constant euphoric incredulity that I experienced watching this. I appreciate the effort though :lol
The Gundam AGE I wish I had gotten now.
KirbYuuYuu
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Let him find out. We all did.
I will spell it Vegan for as long as I live.
Pretty sure its move up depend on where your cursor is, unless we're not talking about the same thing.
R_thanatos
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I think the word you're looking for is "hypocrite"
Well, I don't see where this is saving Lelouch at Suzaku's expense. Lelouch is already on the road to damnation, figuratively and not-so-figuratively speaking.
His attitude is all like "yes, I screwed up and lost all these people or things because I'm a liar and a shitty person....so fuck everything, I'm finishing this off" right now.
I don't see how that makes Suzaku worse than him. In fact, I'd consider Suzaku better than Lelouch in purely moral terms, despite this change.
The Emperor isn't exactly such a good guy that
it would make Suzaku's assassination attempt a bad thing.
hosannainexcelsis
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Boogiepop Phantom
Casshern Sins
From the New World
Kaiba
Mawaru Penguindrum
Mononoke (plus episodes 9-11 of Akayashi: Japanese Classic Horror)
Night on the Galactic Railroad
Noein
Serial Experiments Lain
Vampire Princess Miyu (TV)
Bunny Drop
Colorful (film)
Dennou Coil
Flowers of Evil
Haibane Renmei
Hotarubi no Mori e
Hyouka
Master Keaton
Natsume's Book of Friends
Wandering Son
Kaiba!!
It's just endlessly amusing to me to think Flit had a lifelong grudge against people that didn't eat meat.
Ano Hana is Mari Okada melodrama. Another is a Tsutomu Mizushima "horror" comedy with such horrible writing that you can't believe it's not Mari Okada.
darkside31337
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Let him drop it.
Some people don't deserve to experience greatness.
I honestly wish I could relive Geass once again fresh. Easily the most fun I've ever had watching anime. Fucking amazing franchise.
Nothing will ever come close to it. It's amazing how awfully wrong this place is sometimes.
The ending is terrible on all fronts. I didn't like it even if the character who I wanted to live on still did.
R_thanatos
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Wasn't a reedition ( hd remaster ) of scryed planned at some point ?
or was i dreaming ?
i would love to see this anime being redone ( or should i say polished ?)
He might as well have!
Watch Hyouka. Although it will ruin other shows for you.
nintendoman58
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He can't drop it! Not until he hears those three magic words!
You all know what I'm talking about.
Yeah, I saw it and loved the living hell out of it. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days man. I actually re-watched all of Evangelion only 2 months after the first time.
Thanks for all of the suggestions guys, you are damn fast!
Lelouch confessing his undying love to Suzaku?
Because really, that's where this is going. It's gonna be Gun x Sword's
I have nothing but love for you.
Or is it "Nina is dead"?
Yeeees I need his reaction to those magic and epic words
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