Basileus777
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How are you defining "winner" here? If anything, most harem shows are inconclusive and have noncommittal endings.
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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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How are you defining "winner" here? If anything, most harem shows are inconclusive and have noncommittal endings.
AnathemicOne
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So I finally watched it split between 2 days and I enjoyed it.
Now from what I understand before watching it was either a love or hate relationship of it on both GAF and other sources online. I do agree that it had alot of wasted potential and the second half (ALO) was sort of a drag but I still kept through it.
The first half (SAO) I found superior to the second but it did have its faults (timeskips) but I feel the whole "Death Game" theme to it really pushed itself out there to be unique (I assume this is where all the original hype came from) and I would personally be happy if they ended it at episode 14.
Overall I'd give it a 7.5/10, ALO was interesting and Suguha was a great main heroine however it lost the "Death Game" theme to it and didn't give the same drive to keep watching. I was driven to watch every episode of SAO as it was built off survival and a wonder on whose going to bite the dust next.
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In other news, Railgun season 2 in a few days, woot woot.
So I finally watched it split between 2 days and I enjoyed it.
Now from what I understand before watching it was either a love or hate relationship of it on both GAF and other sources online. I do agree that it had alot of wasted potential and the second half (ALO) was sort of a drag but I still kept through it.
The first half (SAO) I found superior to the second but it did have its faults (timeskips) but I feel the whole "Death Game" theme to it really pushed itself out there to be unique (I assume this is where all the original hype came from) and I would personally be happy if they ended it at episode 14.
Overall I'd give it a 7.5/10, ALO was interesting and Suguha was a great main heroine however it lost the "Death Game" theme to it and didn't give the same drive to keep watching. I was driven to watch every episode of SAO as it was built off survival and a wonder on whose going to bite the dust next.
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In other news, Railgun season 2 in a few days, woot woot.
I wish Mr. Ōbari just worked on his own desired KANTAM ROBOT OP adaptation instead (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46887163&postcount=3508).
In that case whoever got the viewer to watch it won.
Chet Rippo
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Is School Rumble really a harem though? That said I haven't seen the second season yet.
Ok, you got me there, but I don't really remember much of Tenchi.
Bad end.
RurouniZel
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The manga is pretty conclusive.
Not in a sense of having a "winner"
Dedication Through Light
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Valvrave and Majestic Prince.
RurouniZel
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I suppose. It's just not open-ended.
I don't remember, but did you watch Gargantia? Also, are you gonna watch GSD HD?
The winner is you.
Mayoi Neko Overrun ended up with no winner, talking about the books since there will never be a second season.
Be careful! The following video contains spoilers for Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (and a bit for Evangelion: 3.0, I suppose), but it is so cool:
エヴァQ The Anthemでナディア 万能戦艦N-ノーチラス号を置換えてみた - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fezXmCtoaZM
And I still love the music on the film's scene, but definitely loved it more 'sound only' after seeing the actual scene with the AAA Wunder in action... that, well... is, something...
エヴァQ The Anthemでナディア 万能戦艦N-ノーチラス号を置換えてみた - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fezXmCtoaZM
And I still love the music on the film's scene, but definitely loved it more 'sound only' after seeing the actual scene with the AAA Wunder in action... that, well... is, something...
ZachDeKoromaru
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Isn't School Days the very definition of a harem show?
hahahaHAHAHAHAHA
Just because he has sex with everyone doesn't mean they love Makoto romantically.
I would consider School Days to be something else other than harem. It gives harem a bad name. =(
Dedication Through Light
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When a harem goes wrong.
RurouniZel
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It transcends a mere harem and becomes something else entirely.
It only gets worse in the subsequent games I hear.
Well I don't think much more needs to be said.
According to 7th's post, your bolded part doesn't really have relevance to what I just said.
Sorry.... You want me to spoiler tag that?
ZachDeKoromaru
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That is literally a harem!
Having sex with everyone? So it's no longer just about romantic interest now. It's all about sex. I feel like yall are just using the term harem just to meet yall's needs.
Chet Rippo
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The leading lady that shows up first that usually isn't the childhood friend. I guess I was a little dramatic there, but those girls are usually the winner or get a lot more attention devoted to them.
That's the definition on the genre, the actual dictionary meaning is:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/harem
ZachDeKoromaru
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A harem is a group of sexual partners whether it involves love or not. Hell, livestock have harems too.
Ultimadrago
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I'll give those two shows a try. But your dislike of Eureka 7 and enjoyment of AO scares me and makes me skeptical of your mecha taste.
Let's see how those two shows turn out!
Theonik
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Episode 11: "Everyone's Makoto"
Chet Rippo
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When did we say it was only romantic interest?
So SAO isn't a harem.
EDIT: Nvm.
You didn't. That's why I was asking to clarify.
Why are you acting like one show could give the harem genre a worse name than it already has?
Touche.
R_thanatos
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except that zero no tsukaima
-has an harem ending ( lns )
-have girls that continues their direct approch ( siesta for example ) despite louise.
SAO is different.
The couple is done. when the other girls know about the couple they back off and remain friends ( suguha,lizbeth, silica )
and the lns have no ambiguity what so ever on this part .
This isn't even like oreimo when you have 3 girls that are lusting about the main character in different ways .. in Sao everything is set in stone from the start.heck even kirito is unfased 95% of the time if asuna is not involved.
RurouniZel
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Dedication Through Light
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S1 of Clannad, but not After Story?
R_thanatos
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The problem is not whenever the main couple is set in stone ..it's if it's there ( main couple ) that is sufficient to stop the other girls . Bakemonogatari says "no", SAO says "yes".
In Sao , the only time where a girl is intrested in kirito , it's because she doesn't know about asuna yet. Once they all know about her , they "remain friends" or go elsewhere. In "harem shows" , the couple is not enough because the other girls will go on mistress or concubines route or try to steal the Mc anyway .
For example bakemonogatari has kanbaru that is in this role or the white cat.
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