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Summer 2012 Anime |OT| Goddesses, canines, and killer MMOs!

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Hunter x hunter 40

This eps had some sexy animation.
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Sending URL links by hawk. Now I've have seen everything! So did they 'modernize' this show somewhat? I assume Gon didn't have HDtv and some other stuff in the 90s.
 

Jarmel

Banned
The first episode opens with a guy who hates life wanting to escape into a video game. He ends that episode by deciding to go full loner, because he thinks other people are a burden.
Then in the second episode, be pulls the Lelouch/Dr. Manhattan/Batman gambit and becomes the hero that they deserve, just not the one they need right now.
Then in the third episode,
this is all justified by a convenient speech from a dead girl that tells him it's perfectly fine to do what he's been doing because it somehow gave her hope.

It just feels like as if someone decided to make a harem anime out of Katawa Shoujo but decided to skip the entire premise of the girls with disabilities and focus on accidental boob grabs and crotch falls (and whatever else happens in your standard harem anime) instead.

I think you're overblowing his character flaws. He's antisocial yes but nowhere near what you're painting him as. He's trying to connect with people but keeps on failing, partly due to the stupidity of the people around him and partly due to the inability to open his mouth at crucial periods. In the third episode,
I think that girl's present probably made things worse rather than helping him
. I'm also not exactly sure what you want out of this show or believe what the MC should be doing.
 

Firemind

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Wolf Kids is better than Summer Wars. Benefits of having a tighter cast and a more intimately focused plot.

I haven't seen any other Hosoda, though TGWLTT is high on my list of things to watch.

I forgot to mention that I love how the movie shows the passage of time. Lots of fantastic montage.

Now this I gotta see!
 

duckroll

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Sword Art Online - Episode 3

Lololol. This game must have the worst UI, and the players must be really dumb. I guess that makes sense, since in reality a lot of gamers are actually pretty bad and tolerate a lot of terrible UIs!
Kirito sure is suffering a lot of survivor guilt here. Lolz. I'm surprised there wasn't a sex scene after what I heard about the light novels! Boo! I can't believe that last guy killed himself. I was laughing so hard. Roflmao. At least she got a Christmas carol at the end!


AKB0048 - Episode 13 (Season 1 End)

Yay! Kawamori's gonna Kawamori! If you're stuck with the series up to the end, you'll probably enjoy the season finale. It's filled with some of the stuff which made the first episode enjoyable, and it serves as both a nice parallel to it, as well as some serious teasing about what is to come in season 2. Mmmmmmmmmm....
 

Ultimadrago

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Space Brothers 17


So Jennifer helped solve the case by spilling the beans, I guess. Though, I still found Fukuda's proposal strange. A hand shake for when he found the answer? Why? Is it to symbolize the acceptance of other's persistence within reaching the goals from the test or just a way to confirm that it wasn't out of bad intentions while not breaking the secret?

Also stomach growling is not "moe"! You must look elsewhere for love, Mutta.
 

-Minsc-

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Space Brothers 17



So Jennifer helped solve the case by spilling the beans, I guess. Though, I still found Fukuda's proposal strange. A hand shake for when he found the answer? Why? Is it to symbolize the acceptance of other's persistence within reaching the goals from the test or just a way to confirm that it wasn't out of bad intentions while not breaking the secret?

I'm thinking it was the latter.

Also stomach growling is not "moe"! You must look elsewhere for love, Mutta.

Since when was moe (atleast my understanding of moe) required for love?
 

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Accel World 15


Alright,
special ability
NTR is way too much even for me. My God, this arc is such a pain to watch. It'll only be redeemed if that little piece of shit ends up with his head ran over by an ugly CG truck.

At least Ash is awesome.
 

Firemind

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I'm also not exactly sure what you want out of this show or believe what the MC should be doing.

Grow some balls and use his brain during the critical moments.

Goes into a potentially dangerous dungeon without the guild leader: mistake number 1.
Idiot guild members open hidden door, does nothing: mistake number 2.
They go into the room and open the chest, does nothing: mistake number 3.
Let the girl step into the room: mistake number 4.
Have the girl standing next to you, then is nowhere near her when shit gets real: mistake number 5.

I can go on if you'd like.
 

Ultimadrago

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Since when was moe (at least my understanding of moe) required for love?

Well, he has commented on other traits of Serika, I'm just saying that's a minus for Serika's list (though he's unaware of it thus far). Plus, he seems to have more of an infatuation, which can relate to "moe". In his eyes, it's love.
 
Kokoro Connect 3



This is getting more and more interesting very quickly. First it seemed like it was just a little game, then we got the proof of some kind of alien influence, and now there's Inaba suddenly laying the truth bare. Shit's gonna get serious real soon.

3 episodes rule test passed with honors. If you like K-On! character designs, this is the show to watch.

What are the chances someone
stays swapped
at the end?
considering its more of a drama, im expecting it.
 

Jarmel

Banned
Grow some balls and use his brain during the critical moments.

Goes into a potentially dangerous dungeon without the guild leader: mistake number 1.
Idiot guild members open hidden door, does nothing: mistake number 2.
They go into the room and open the chest, does nothing: mistake number 3.
Let the girl step into the room: mistake number 4.
Have the girl standing next to you, then is nowhere near her when shit gets real: mistake number 5.

I can go on if you'd like.

1. Was not an inherent mistake.
He definitely should have spoken up but he is relatively shy and is pretty antisocial. The other guild members were the idiots as anyone with an IQ above 100 or even played MMOs or RPGs before should have known that was a trap. Besides that has less to do with inherent personality flaws and more to do with intellect. So you wouldn't mind if he was Batman as long as he was smart?
 

Firemind

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What does Batman have to do with this?

So you agree
it's his fault the girl died? He was with her and could have stretched his arm to prevent her from going in, but apparently his brain freezes up when the going gets tough.
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
Natsuyuki T. Rendezvous 03

God this show is so good, I absolutely love it. It has the atmosphere of Kimi ni Todoke replacing the bratty obnoxious high school kids with a more complex mature cast of characters, yet its one that maintains enough lightheartedness to not get completely bogged down in its dorama.

The revelations in this episode were pretty interesting. I don't mind the
telekinesis shit because hey this is a show with a GHOST as one of the main characters, I just hope it doesn't go too far down that road. The ending to this episode was pretty crazy too.
 
Rinne no Lagrange s2 ep 15
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I like that they are already getting way more screentime then they had last season. Pretty nice scenes especially with Array not in the maid outfit no more. Otherwise the episode, once it finally got going (well ignoring that really awkward moment
regarding her body and sex life and kisses?
, finally delivered somewhat of what I wanted in the visuals and action department.

All that stuff in space with the woman, the vox particiles at an all time higher, the flowers again, and just those enemy mechs was cool. Hopefully we get much insight into Rin-ne and the opening of it as it leads to planetary destruction
.
 

Dresden

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jinrui wa suitai shimashita - 04

This was good. Metasatire of manga with a good sense and usage of space.

  • why is Y so fixated on manzines? she should just draw MANzines.
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Prison Musical Escape Milky Holmes II 03

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Milky Holmes as guys is fine too.

Easily one of the best episodes yet. This episode had it all. Sea cucumbers out the wazoo, nipple whipping action, a musical act about collecting sea cucumbers, the transformation of flat chest to big boobs, comedy everywhere and everything was decently paced as well.

Good job show.
 

BluWacky

Member
And liked them! I think.
Even if true (too early?) that's two episodes more of quality, or even tolerability, than AB! ever managed. Which was my point.

Bear in mind that when Lafiel posted that only one more episode had aired.

Haven't watched episode 4 yet, hopefully impressions above are similar to mine!
 

Sophia

Member
Grow some balls and use his brain during the critical moments.

Goes into a potentially dangerous dungeon without the guild leader: mistake number 1.
Idiot guild members open hidden door, does nothing: mistake number 2.
They go into the room and open the chest, does nothing: mistake number 3.
Let the girl step into the room: mistake number 4.
Have the girl standing next to you, then is nowhere near her when shit gets real: mistake number 5.

I can go on if you'd like.

#2, #3, and #5 are all largely mistakes of the adaptation. #5 is hilarious bad because it means the animation team might not give a shit. =P
 
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