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we're obviously talking about bears right now

that and the first few posts do mention MHA

 

[firehawk12]

Wait so the whole point of Kumamiko is that the character doesn't grow and regresses at the end?

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Kumamiko's ending still isn't 1/10th as awful as Kurenai's pro-child abuse anime original ending. That's still the most infuriating/offensive thing I've ever seen animated.

That's not how I understood Kurenai's ending (as in I saw it as a repudiation of abuse), but I don't expect you to change your mind about that.

You know that you can enjoy an ending where bad things happen without thinking "yes, this is something that would be good to happen to a real person", right? I haven't watched the show (because it looks like a dull, by the numbers slice of life show), but I did watch a video of the ending and it looks like there's intentional dissonance going on there to me. Like it's going "hey, look how happy everyone is, isn't this just great?!" when it very very obviously is supposed to be bad.

I'll admit that I'm just going on second-hand reports and posted screenshots, so perhaps there is some context I am missing. But it sure sounds like the show, which appeared before it aired to be a pleasant relaxed show along the lines of Non Non Biyori, is endorsing the torture of young girls for the enjoyment of men. It seems to play right into all the worst stereotypes about what anime is.

Wait so the whole point of Kumamiko is that the character doesn't grow and regresses at the end?

If you want more details, see here.

 

[Quasar]

Wait so the whole point of Kumamiko is that the character doesn't grow and regresses at the end?

Well that's hard to answer given the anime got less than half way through the manga thats still ongoing.

 

[firehawk12]

If you want more details, see here.

Holy crap.

It's almost like Watamote if it ended on a bad ending... or wait, like that Fap Note manga where the girl ends up cutting her wrists because she can't deal with people instead of learning to integrate.

 

[blurr]

While we're reminiscing about the various stages of AnimeGAF, and in light of nintendoman's recent posts, I'll have to admit that a major motivation for my prolific outpouring of writing was because I cared too much about what other people thought.

I couldn't help myself. Whenever someone would make a thread or a post disparaging a cherished show I just had to jump down into the trenches to show how wrong they were for having a different opinion than me. How could they be so blind? Neon Genesis Evangelion is clearly a masterpiece and they're just too stupid to get it! If only they had the common sense to read my words and understand my beautiful argument they'd realise the error of their ways and then they could have the exact same experience that I had!

Now, there's obviously nothing wrong with arguing to defend a show that like. I do it all the time. It's just a question of where your reasoning to argue on a show's behalf is coming from. I (sometimes) used to argue because I felt the need for other's to see what I could to see, so that we could reach a consensus where my (correct) opinion would triumph. That's rarely a good reason to do anything, especially online where eventually you must come to realise that you can't magically change people's mind about a reaction they've had to a piece of art. That's futile and foolish.

Once you've been around the block enough times and argued in enough circles you should have picked up on something (which for many people is obvious) - everyone has their own reactions and their own opinions about a piece of art and that's fine. We won't all agree - but that's cool. I enjoy reading and considering the wide variety of reactions people have to an anime. It's interesting to observe the diversity.

So, what do I consider a healthier way to behave? Well, if you're looking to explain the reasons why you think a show succeeded (or failed) and you're willing and able to engage in a dialogue with people who agree (and disagree) with your reasons, that's fine.

For example, I don't share hosanna's opinion of the latter-half of Gundam Build Fighters. I really loved that entire series all the way through. In general, however, I can't say that his criticisms are somehow 'wrong'. He made a lot of good points. The things that bothered him didn't bother me - and that's fine. I'm not going to go through his review, point by point and try to 'rebut' his critique because that's not going to change his mind and bring him around to my view. That's now how people are.

Now, saying that, if someone makes an argument that I don't think is fair, well reasoned, or supported by the text I might look to take that apart. But that's a very different thing entirely.

Not caring about what other people are saying anymore has freed me from the urge to jump into every single Evangelion thread, which is great. However, there are downsides to being apathetic. When I cared, deeply, about this kind of thing I had a lot more energy and drive to write posts - which was very helpful. I can't reach for those same reserves now because my opinion of how online discourse works has changed so much in the last few years.

Great post. I feel the same and I think it's worth the effort to at least put your thoughts out regardless of them being convinced of your argument. Just don't count on it.

That being said, in my experience, taking other opinions into account has influenced my viewing experience to some degree which is good or bad depending on how you take it. For me it was in the instance that they make an undeniable argument and my own assessment on how it contrasts with mine. "My own assessment" is a bit vague but simply put it's whether the argument carries enough weight at a personal level.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Can't wait for food wars season 2 :3

 

[dimb]

This opinion is terrible. Pedestrian anime viewer only and terrible.

Is it really that hard to believe someone would find My Hero Academia to be pedestrian? Most of the main cast have special abilities that are simplistic interpretations of the oldest and most popular super hero stereotypes. Shooting electricity, having a tail (woo!), super speed, ice, fire/explosions, super strength, invisibility, animal communication/control, etc. This combined with the simplistic scenarios presented leave MHA as an action focused shounen without anything going for it in the way of creative battle scenarios. After twelve episodes the standout fight was between two beings with super strength and the winning move was to punch a lot very hard.

And what can be said about the setting that pushes it into being something that thinks outside the box? A world exists where people begin to mysteriously develop powers. Some of these people go on to be super heroes. One young boy scrapes through towards his dream of being a hero under the tutelage of his idol. His path? A school for heroes...(TM)(C)(Original work do not steal.)

 

[NCR Redslayer]

Wait so the whole point of Kumamiko is that the character doesn't grow and regresses at the end?

for an anime with a talking bear, that sounds like shit.

 

[firehawk12]

Well that's hard to answer given the anime got less than half way through the manga thats still ongoing.

What about that tweet Hosanna linked?

for an anime with a talking bear, that sounds like shit.

I guess in a way it's kind of ballsy, since it goes against pretty much every other anime/manga of this sort.

 

[Line_HTX]

*Looks at Kiritobread's list from his spreadsheet*

What the fuck, I got over 2,000 just starting from the end of September?

Though it could've been higher if I didn't go so hard during the NFL season, lolol

 

[zulux21]

Can't wait for food wars season 2 :3

it's gonna make me so hungry

 

[Wanderer5]

I just realize that Yuzuru Tachikawa is directing Mob Psycho 100. Being made by Bones, from the creator of One Punch Man, and Death Parade's creator being the director for it. Definitely excited for this anime heh.

 

[Jintor]

Is it really that hard to believe someone would find My Hero Academia to be pedestrian? Most of the main cast have special abilities that are simplistic interpretations of the oldest and most popular super hero stereotypes. Shooting electricity, having a tail (woo!), super speed, ice, fire/explosions, super strength, invisibility, animal communication/control, etc. This combined with the simplistic scenarios presented leave MHA as an action focused shounen without anything going for it in the way of creative battle scenarios. After twelve episodes the standout fight was between two beings with super strength and the winning move was to punch a lot very hard.

I see you left out "Navel laser", "Balls of really sticky stuff grown on head", "Turn off gravity on individual objects but cause nausea in user", "Shoots cellephone tape out of elbows". Hell, even Deku's super strength has the self-destructing blow-back part to it which is definitely not standard, and Bakugou's explosions are used in a more direct way than just flinging shoryukens at people. I'm not going to claim something like the anime so far has been the most creative thing around but it's early days.

 

[Thoraxes]

I haven't done this in a while but I was bored.
This weeks Blu-ray and DVD releases in the US for 06/21/16.
Blu-ray
DVD

I got And Yet the Town Moves a couple weeks back.

However today I got this:

 

[Taruranto]

for an anime with a talking bear, that sounds like shit.

I know right, talking bears have so much potential.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Future Boy Conan 10

I take back my earlier comments on there being a lack of competent adults. Both Lepka and Patch were shown in this episode to have good foresight and planning.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Whats with people and wideface.

Wideface is best face.

 

[Jintor]

throxas where's my bad 4koma

 

[Line_HTX]

Shabadadoo???

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Yuri Kuma warned us.

I hate bears.

I'll ruin bears.

 

[Haly]

gao gao

delicious smell

 

[Alastor3]

Can you guys recommend me an anime from this season that is finished and that is not based from a manga?

 

[Eumi]

Can you guys recommend me an anime from this season that is finished and that is not based from a manga?

Give it till Saturday and Kiznaiver will be done.

 

[Alastor3]

Give it till Saturday and Kiznaiver will be done.

hmm sounds interesting, thanks

 

[Mandelbo]

No, not at all. I should honestly post much less than I do and I was trending heavily that way until this past thread. Previously, I had been down to # 3-5 for a few OT's, lol.... it's boosting from last year and this past season. Metroid and Hosann had been taking the reigns for the past few months...


Actually, below is the top 75 from the past year:
(Sorry, I was working on a spreadsheet in the office and got side tracked for a moment, thus, the below was born)

(Spring 2015 OT1- Spring 2016 OT2<min of 100 post in at least 1 month required>)

1. Cornbread78 6258
2. MetroidPrimeRib 5022
3. Admiral Woofington 3832
4. Dedication Through Light 3494
5. hosannainexcelsis 3440
6. Narag 3209
7. names2hard4you 3127
8. cajunator 2681 permed
9. TUSR 2431
10. Jarmel 2326
11. nintendoman58 2269
12. AquaWateria 2142
13. Line_HTX 2091
14. Hellwarden 1901
15. duckroll 1876
16. phaze 1822
17. Puruzi 1707
18. Basileus777 1689
19. Shard 1636
20. firehawk12 1606
21. NaDannMaGoGo 1602
22. javac 1511
23. Qurupeke 1493
24. ibyea 1426
25. SliceSabre 1289
26. KenjiGlove 1275
27. MikeHattsu 1273
28. Jintor 1257
29. Quasar 1246
30. BGBW 1234
31. pbayne 1162
32. Ascheroth 1159
33. blurr 1025
34. wonzo 1013
35. Russ T 1004
36. Phatmac 1002
37. Mailbox 935
38. R_thanatos 913 won't come back in here
39. JulianImp 879
40. Theonik 847
41. Haly 837
42. Thoraxes 785
43. CheapJuice 782
44. kewlmyc 775
45. Maximilian Kolbe 774
46. Sölf 748
47. PdotMichael 734
48. effingvic 721
49. Arcadius 708 permed
50. ShinRPGamer 678
51. striferser 654
52. Jexhius 650
53. Defuser 647
54. John Blade 639
55. Clov 632
56. Angry Grimace 627
57. Joe Molotov 606
58. dimb 597
59. phoenix296 581
60. veloxStrix 576
61. Squishy3 569
62. Mature 556
63. e_i 538
64. Mandelbo 537
65. Midonin 528
66. ThatChairMan 527
67. cosmicblizzard 499 permed??
68. jbug617 495
69. Sterok 491
70. NCR Redslayer 477
71. sonicmj1 471
72. Envelope 457
73. Moaradin 445
74. jgminto 426
75. KuwabaraTheMan 420

Woah, I remember when I posted here really frequently - I think I got into the top ten in one of the OTs last year.

 

[Qurupeke]

Seems like I missed the Kuma Miko ending discussion. I'm behind a few episodes, but I watched the last one and, yes, that was depressing. I don't think it was really "shocking" though, unfortunately, the show already had quite a few situations where Machi was harassed, physically and mentally. In other words, I don't really think it's that different from the source material, supposing the first few episodes weren't anime originals. That said, it was still bad, it essentially defeated the purpose of the show and it certainly was disservice to the character.

It's a shame, the series had potential to be funny, but the show was getting worse and worse in every episode and it had its fair share of unsettling scenes. I compared Kuma Miko and Flying Witch once, saying how much better the former was, but Kuma Miko managed to betray my expectations quickly and the ending just made it even worse. So I guess Flying Witch is a better show. I haven't caught up with both of these shows though, so it's not like I'm very fond of Flying Witch, either...

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Perhaps the unsettling dark tone of the bear show is intended? I'm kind of interested now.

 

[Qurupeke]

Perhaps the unsettling dark tone of the bear show is intended? I'm kind of interested now.

Unsettling dark tone? Not really. They just play for laughs some serious situations. There are plenty of bad jokes in it.

 

[PdotMichael]

In my opinion is telling bad jokes an art form.

That's the reason why Nichijou and Kill me Baby are works of art.

 

[Sölf]

Man. Person of Interest just ende.

 

[blurr]

Man. Person of Interest just ende.

heard this anime is good

 

[Sölf]

heard this anime is good

It's really good.

 

[striferser]

Central Intelligence
That was fun movie. Dwayne Johnson as the Boke and Hart as his Tsukkomi partner was entertaining. The action scene was eh, but the comedy was hilarious. Seeing the rock play as an awkward/obnoxious super agent was really cool, while Hart play as the straight guy instead of the usual jokester.

 

[ibyea]

Man. Person of Interest just ende.

It was one of the awesomest final episode I have seen. Now there is a deep gaping hole in my soul. ;_;

 

[ibyea]

Saw you guys talking about Kuma Miko, I was wondering what the hell happened, read about it. Holy shit guys.

 

[Eumi]

Can someone summarise this bear thing that's got people riled uo? I want in on the bear thing but I don't wanna watch the bear thing.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Can someone summarise this bear thing that's got people riled uo? I want in on the bear thing but I don't wanna watch the bear thing.

Think there's a summary a few pages back.

 

[Eumi]

Alright, found it.

Yeah what the fuck.

 

[Jintor]

Yama no Susume s1

Just realised Crunchy got the rights back for a bit so I shotgunned it. This is what I originally signed up for Crunchy for now that I think about it, since they were playing 40 second ads before 2-minute episodes and that was pissing me the fuck off.

I was hoping I could watch without subs but since it's a two minute anime they speak a touch faster than I'd like and there's a lot of mountaineering vocab I don't understand

maybe after JLPT3 I'll come back to study these eps

light and fluffy and reminds me I want to go do a bit of walkabout before I head home.

 

[Branduil]

I got And Yet the Town Moves a couple weeks back.

However today I got this:

Isn't it illegal to send people nuclear refuse through the mail?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Can you guys recommend me an anime from this season that is finished and that is not based from a manga?

Cerberus
The Lost Village
kabaneri

 

[Dedication Through Light]

I just realize that Yuzuru Tachikawa is directing Mob Psycho 100. Being made by Bones, from the creator of One Punch Man, and Death Parade's creator being the director for it. Definitely excited for this anime heh.

Too bad the source material is really dull even 40 chapters in.

 

[Moaradin]

Too bad the source material is really dull even 40 chapters in.

Not a Reigen fan?

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

You know what else I feel will be a disappointment this season. Kizniaver.

 

[jgminto]

They would have flub the landing incredibly hard to make Kiznaiver a disappointment. A relatively weak ending shouldn't ruin an overly strong show.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I know right, talking bears have so much potential.

You wear a disguise to look like human guys but you're not a man you're a beariboo

 

[Qurupeke]

You know what else I feel will be a disappointment this season. Kizniaver.

The only disappointing development that might happen is Chidori ending up alone.

 

[Cornbread78]

The only disappointing development that might happen is Chidori ending up alone.

Sorry bruh, she had "childhood friend" stamped on her forehead since day 1... She will forever be alone..

 

[Qurupeke]

Sorry bruh, she had "childhood friend" stamped on her forehead since day 1... She will forever be alone..

But Sonozaki is the childhood friend.