Dedication Through Light
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Rage of Bahamuto Virgin Soul Episode 10
Im in tears. El!!!!1
Im in tears. El!!!!1
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NaDannMaGoGo
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That shit Rakugo pulled at the god damn very end of season 2 really put a damper on it for me. I can't help but view the entire series in a slightly different light.
That anime could've been legit my top anime series recommendation for people who are sceptical about anime. The very last episode changed that.
That anime could've been legit my top anime series recommendation for people who are sceptical about anime. The very last episode changed that.
Admiral Woofington
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I can't blame you, soured me as well on season 2 which I was actually enjoying more than season 1.
Don't know why you would include that.
Valdfellgar
Banned
I didn't have a problem, but I have been curious how my father will react to it as he loved season 1.
Meh, I never liked the whole implication I've been seemingly seeing from people that that reveal made the show go "full anime", that now it's ultimately different from all the stereotypical fanservice-laden shows and what not that people often deride. Feels very reductive.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
It didn't go "full anime". It went "full fujoshi", however, and had Kiku fuck with Konatsu so we can have Kiku and Sukeruko father their love child so to say. At the same time hand-waving how damaging this sexual and incestuous relationship between Kiku and his adopted daughter is. Konatsu just kinda laughs about that ordeal and the show itself didn't paint it in a particularly critical light either. We aren't supposed to be creeped out, it's merely a fujoshi fantasy! Oh if only they could've cut that crap from the adaption.
I mean
lady falls for her father figure
My issue with Rakugo S2's ending is not the ending per se, but the way it recontextualize their relationship and completely changes Kiku's character in my eyes.
It's like you are eating a delicious cake and when you are about to finish they tell you the cake is
a lie.
duckroll lied, people... died?
I don't know guys.
She doesn't strike me as the type of girl I could play Mario Party with...
I'd play the game for the hose. The red eyes though.
MikeHattsu
Member
Always thinking with your hose ;p
I guess the best recommendation to anyone would be "just stop watching after the 13-minute mark of the final episode. Trust me on this one".
And yeah, I agree that it's more of the fujoshi fantasy of giving us a character that was both Kiku and Sukeroku at once and really shakes up the way you were likely to interpret the interactions between Kiku and Chinatsu in, which is kind of similar in the whole "betrayal of expectations" issue most of us have with Kado, only Rakugo being an actually good series was a known quantity (unlike Kado, which was mostly whishful thinking) hurt that much more.
And yeah, I agree that it's more of the fujoshi fantasy of giving us a character that was both Kiku and Sukeroku at once and really shakes up the way you were likely to interpret the interactions between Kiku and Chinatsu in, which is kind of similar in the whole "betrayal of expectations" issue most of us have with Kado, only Rakugo being an actually good series was a known quantity (unlike Kado, which was mostly whishful thinking) hurt that much more.
These are fair critiques that I completely agree with, just didn't make the anime come off as stereotypical to me. Just very disappointing. That said, I'm admittedly not aware of how big the cliche may be (Though yes, a woman falling for a father figure is not a new concept)
No more Linkin Park please.
It didn't sour the series for me, but it does prevent me from recommending the series to anyone who would possibly enjoy a period piece.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Yeh I didn't mean to imply that Rakugo as a whole became particularly trope-ish or anything. Even season 2 which I wasn't quite as fond of to begin with I'd still rate like a 8/10. It is however extremely disappointing when one of my favorite shows ends up on a sour note, especially when I already thought it basically hit the mark on its finish. For the epilogue to reveal that kind of bomb...sigh.
Basically. But everyone knows that suggesting this is kinda dumb as there'd be hardly any viewer making it through and enjoying all of season 1 and 2 just to then not be curious as to how the last episode should better be (partially) skipped.
It doesn't sound exactly promising to say that to begin with.
hosannainexcelsis
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Eccentric Family S2 9
Man, Yasaburo pushed his luck a bit too far there. This whole season has been one humiliation after another for him, as he thinks he can comfortably go around manipulating people at his leisure and ends up in one mess after another. It'll be interesting to see what, if any, lessons he takes away from this.
Man, Yasaburo pushed his luck a bit too far there. This whole season has been one humiliation after another for him, as he thinks he can comfortably go around manipulating people at his leisure and ends up in one mess after another. It'll be interesting to see what, if any, lessons he takes away from this.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
It's called Kakegurui. I haven't read the manga but the gist I got from reading about it is she's supposed to be going to this school where the hierarchy of the student body is determined through gambling and she starts playing 4D chess on these fools.
I don't know guys.
She doesn't strike me as the type of girl I could play Mario Party with...
I'm going to be so salty of Amazon Strike ends up picking this up lol
Actually, seems like it will be a Netflix show.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Damn, that's kind of worse actually since Netflix won't upload the episodes for God knows how long...
hosannainexcelsis
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I would still recommend it. I'm certainly not fond of that one scene either, but I'm not going to let 5 minutes which are not referenced either before or after get in the way of appreciating the excellence of the rest of the series. Nothing is perfect, after all.
Lion #20
Honestly, this character sorta annoys me. The show has a lot of humor, but, other than that, I would consider the characters kinda grounded... and then you have Arima from Tokyo Ghoul.
I can't even tell if he's an actual albino in the show universe or it's just anime hairs.
Honestly, this character sorta annoys me. The show has a lot of humor, but, other than that, I would consider the characters kinda grounded... and then you have Arima from Tokyo Ghoul.
I can't even tell if he's an actual albino in the show universe or it's just anime hairs.
SliceSabre
Banned
You mean her redesign for the TurkeyHandle remake that is never coming out?
Netflix? Fucking shit, why...
The Silver
Member
lol I just heard about that Kado twist, looks like it gone and went full anime, shame, got no desire to watch it anymore.
Joe Molotov
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I don't know guys.
She doesn't strike me as the type of girl I could play Mario Party with...
I'd play Splatoon with her.
RedHoodedOwl
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Sin Nanatsu No Taizai doesn't look like an appealing ecchi series.
PshycoNinja
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I wanna watch it because I hear that it was a great manga that I was thinking about picking up to read. Seems like a mix of Death Note craziness and No Game No Life, which I am all about those two things.
So it's the thing I am most excited about next season.
Which means it'll be on Anime Strike. Which will drive me up the wall...
I still think it's a good show too, I just know recommending it to a casual fan would have them probably not liking it just for that 5 minutes, even though the rest of the series is great. Take this thread alone as example of that.
Hellwarden
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Now I'll admit I wasn't exactly sure what color to expect regarding Grunbeld's apostle form...
...but this isn't quite it.
...but this isn't quite it.
Cornbread78
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Genshiken ep.4-5
Well, this is definitely otaku nerd; the anime, lol. The "girlfriend" is definitely the best character (and most socially adjusted.) Good stuff.
-Minsc-
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Time to cleanse myself by watching Texhnolyze.
Cornbread78
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Tsuki ga kirei ep.9
Damn, not looking good for our cute and pure duo. They are voing to have to break up before high school now..
Dedication Through Light
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100% Teacher Pascal Episode 9
Class seating is serious was the best of the parts in this anime so far, and poor Kanemori Steeeve again, everytime he said Pascal after getting a bad seat, lol. I wish this was 22 minutes, not 12.
Class seating is serious was the best of the parts in this anime so far, and poor Kanemori Steeeve again, everytime he said Pascal after getting a bad seat, lol. I wish this was 22 minutes, not 12.
godisntheradio
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i watched an unholy amount of monogatari these past 4 months and it was pretty good, the only ones left to watch is koyomonogatari and the movies. I didn't watch koyomimonogatari because it sounded like a lot of unrelated non important stories so i went straight into owarimonogatari, i'll be watching it today i think
i also made this gif, which is very important
i also made this gif, which is very important
Koyomimonogatari is the bridge between the two seasons of Owarimonogatari.
It is
Crimson_Echidna
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Dedication Through Light
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hosannainexcelsis
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Planetes 23
The conflict between the Space Defense Front and INTO is one where I can't really root for either side.
The conflict between the Space Defense Front and INTO is one where I can't really root for either side.
The politics got too real.
Admiral Woofington
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Kado 9
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It's time
It's not your fault Kado
For you are anime
.......
It's time
It's not your fault Kado
For you are anime
ThatChairMan
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Kado 9
How do we even know that zaShunina hasn't already been
up until this episode? Also, that's an easy solution to the "everyone loves Shido" harem right there as well.
How do we even know that zaShunina hasn't already been
killing and cloning Shido whenever he disobeyed
My interpretation of the paranormal elements in the second half of Lain was that they did not actually exist. Yet despite not being physically tangible the ideas themselves had a psychological influence that was accelerated in direct proportion to communication speed enabled through the Wired.
I thought the reveal was that
there wasn't actually a conspiracy? Just one guy gone rogue and his former company aware of this and trying to take advantage, right? Knights of the Eastern Calculus we're like a proto-Anonymous, empowered by the Wired and their manipulation of it yet powerless without it and without actual direction.
I think I might rewatch it, perhaps my own philosophy colored my perception of the way events unfolded the first time I watched.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Shrines go both ways I guess. lol
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