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[firehawk12]

Man, without the episodes on hand, I really can't find a good picture of Oreki's sister. lol

 

[duckroll]

I see hosodas influence has already spread to kyoani

The Hosodapocalypse cannot be stopped!

 

[Thoraxes]

Yuri subtext is classy.

Psh, subtext...

 

[Branduil]

The big reveal will be that Houtarou's sister actually has an Anthony Davis-esque unibrow.

 

[Chet Rippo]

MugiXMadoka is the only true ship. Accept no other substitutes.

I'll ship to that, but it's more fun if all three are together.

 

[Dresden]

I see hosodas influence has already spread to kyoani

The big reveal will be that Houtarou's sister actually has an Anthony Davis-esque unibrow.

fuck

FUCK

 

[dimb]

Imagine going through what Houtarou did in the previous arc, but every day instead of one time.

Fortunately I am not as naive as Houtarou. The Strength tarot card is an unlucky draw.

 

[Basileus777]

Yuri subtext is classy.

Subtext? We're talking about a show where they outright kiss each other.

 

[cajunator]

Wait I thought that was the loli basketball show. Why does she have balloon tits?

That girl apparently has grown quicker than the others. She's ashamed of her height.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Wait I thought that was the loli basketball show. Why does she have balloon tits?

I might have to watch this show now.

 

[wonzo]

MugiXMadoka is the only true ship. Accept no other substitutes.

sorry but this is wrong as hell

Spoiler

clearly it's a polyamorous lesbian threesome

 

[Instro]

Hyouka 14

Endless festival. This shit is so damn good.

 

[PdotMichael]

The MadokaXLan pairing is canon

deal with it

 

[cajunator]

The MadokaXLan pairing is canon

deal with it

SPOILERS!

 

[Uchip]

I might have to watch this show now.

doesnt eiken have something similar
that would be right up your alley

 

[Emitan]

doesnt eiken have something similar
that would be right up your alley

Is Eiken that show where all the girls have monstrous boobs?

 

[Chet Rippo]

doesnt eiken have something similar
that would be right up your alley

I've already watched Eiken. Considering theirs only 2 episodes, it's not hard.

Is Eiken that show where all the girls have monstrous boobs?

Most, not all.

 

[Extollere]

Kids on the Slope 1

Wow, that was super gay. I don't like how they draw faces at medium distance.

.... :/

..... T____T

I need a response gif someone help.

 

[wonzo]

Eiken

 

[Branduil]

Hyouka - Episode 14

This is fucking perfection. This arc. This animation. This art. This KyoAni. PERFECTION. WILD....... FIRE!!!!! This arc could last forever and I would be happy. So good. SO GOOD. The mystery they've been building up behind the scenes each week has been intriguing too. THIS IS THE BESTO EVAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told you my OTs were good luck.

 

[firehawk12]

.... :/

..... T____T

I need a response gif someone help.

It's more BL than that Tiger and Bunny show!

 

[cajunator]

Eiken

Isn't that what made your penguin cry for a long long time?

 

[Basileus777]

I told you my OTs were good luck.

You're not exactly working with a large sample size there. You need to put that theory to the test more.

 

[Narag]

Isn't that what made your penguin cry for a long long time?

I always assumed it was episode 9 for Arjuna.

 

[Soma]

Ehhh I kinda agree with the second part at least, regarding Kids On The Slope.

Something about the character designs in that show looked really off at times.

 

[firehawk12]

I told you my OTs were good luck.

Once the sakuga is gone, everyone will go back to hating it more than K-On. lol

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Once the sakuga is gone, everyone will go back to hating it more than K-On. lol

Who's "everyone"? The only people who really hate it are jman and darkside.

 

[duckroll]

I told you my OTs were good luck.

What OT?

 

[wonzo]

Kids on the Slope 1

Wow, that was super gay. I don't like how they draw faces at medium distance.

just feel the sexual tension

Isn't that what made your penguin cry for a long long time?

I always assumed it was episode 9 for Arjuna.

my penguin was always crying

 

[Soma]

Once the sakuga is gone, everyone will go back to hating it more than K-On. lol

While the rest of us who liked it since the beginning will have it on our top 10 list come AOTY voting time.

/hipster

 

[Branduil]

Once the sakuga is gone, everyone will go back to hating it more than K-On. lol

The sakuga has been in every episode. It's just much more blatant in this arc.

 

[firehawk12]

Who's "everyone"? The only people who really hate it are jman and darkside.

All the people who found it boring before the school festival arc. lol

 

[wonzo]

Once the sakuga is gone, everyone will go back to hating it more than K-On. lol

 

[Basileus777]

Hyouka started to get more interesting with the whole film arc. It was really only a few episodes where it was truly boring, like that awful one about the teacher's lesson plan.

 

[duckroll]

Sakuga doesn't make anything less boring. It just makes stuff nicer to look at. Hyouka always had great animation and art. People like this arc because it's actually fun and exciting, instead of 4 people sitting in a room talking about what their math teacher might or might not be thinking.

 

[Branduil]

Hyouka started to get more interesting with the whole film arc. It was really only a few episodes where it was truly boring, like that awful one about the teacher's lesson plan.

Yes, that particular episode bordered on self-parody. I'd say episodes 3-5, and 7-current have all been great, with the current arc being the strongest.

 

[cajunator]

Hyouka is OK. I have enjoyed it (as far as Ive watched it, which is around episode 5 so far)

 

[duckroll]

Best Hyouka episodes: Ep12-14

Great Hyouka episodes: Ep4-5, 8, 11

Good Hyouka episodes: Ep7, 10

Okay Hyouka episodes: Ep1, 3, 9

Bad Hyouka episodes: Ep2, 6, 11.5

 

[Branduil]

duckroll is adjusting the truth.

11.5 is really only bad because of the quality.

 

[Uchip]

everything should be sakuga all the time

 

[duckroll]

duckroll is adjusting the truth.

I'm only editing because I confused ep2 and 3 with each other! It's been so long.

 

[Dresden]

'sakuga' isn't getting people so hyped about the Kanya Festa (hyouka has always had it) it's fun

and fun things are fun.

 

[Branduil]

I'm only editing because I confused ep2 and 3 with each other! It's been so long.

I was about to ask why you ranked 3 lower than the first two. It didn't make any sense.

 

[firehawk12]

Best Hyouka episodes: Ep12-14

Great Hyouka episodes: Ep4-5, 8, 11

Good Hyouka episodes: Ep7, 10

Okay Hyouka episodes: Ep1, 3, 9

Bad Hyouka episodes: Ep2, 6, 11.5

Heh.

 

[duckroll]

11.5 is really only bad because of the quality.

Nah I found the episode absolutely wretched in terms of writing. It was pointless and served only to hammer the audience on the head with the notion that Houtarou needed to "bounce back" after his set back in the arc. It left nothing to the imagination, the mystery was insipid and mundane, and there's really nothing in the episode at all which I found worthwhile of my time or attention.

Good thing it's just an optional episode. It would suck if it actually took up a week of broadcast.

 

[Branduil]

Hyouka scores:

Perfect 10: Episodes 12-14

Excellent 9: 5, 8, 11

Great 8: 4, 7, 9, 10

Lucky 7: 1, 3

Mixed 6: 2

Dry 5: 6

My eyes are bleeding and not in the good way: 11.5

 

[Lafiel]

Best Hyouka episodes: Ep12-14

Great Hyouka episodes: Ep4-5, 8, 11

Good Hyouka episodes: Ep7, 10

Okay Hyouka episodes: Ep1, 3, 9

Bad Hyouka episodes: Ep2, 6, 11.5

So the show is mostly good-to-great

 

[Crash Station]

I haven't kept up with or watched any of the summer anime this year, so what would you say are the shows worth watching so far?

Binbougami ga.

 

[Risette]

Tsuritama 2

It's so nice to have a show with a visual style that is so distinctive and colorful while remaining pleasing and cohesive rather than clashing and jumbled. What I'm saying is, it looks nice. Shaft, take note.

Indeed.

Tsuritama is what a true stylish anime looks like. Schizophrenic editing and jarring, random visual style shifts does not make stylish. It's just messy. SHAFT am cry.

Although that's not to say that one could not use deliberately disorienting editing (I mean, Tsuritama, which we are praising, and the other shows by the real Kenji Nakamura do this in particular often, but as a proper device of constructing the show rather than a cheap parlor trick gimmick) and visual style shifts as part of their style, but for the SHAFToids, it's nothing more than a crutch because most of them don't know how to make interesting things without them. It's like the anime equivalent of a dutch angle but worse because it encompasses multiple things.

 

[Uchip]

Indeed.

Tsuritama is what a true stylish anime looks like. Schizophrenic editing and jarring, random visual style shifts does not make stylish. It's just messy. SHAFT am cry.

Although that's not to say that one could not use deliberately disorienting editing (I mean, Tsuritama, which we are praising, and the other shows by the real Kenji Nakamura do this in particular often, but as a proper device of constructing the show rather than a cheap parlor trick gimmick) and visual style shifts as part of their style, but for the SHAFToids, it's nothing more than a crutch because most of them don't know how to make interesting things without them. It's like the anime equivalent of a dutch angle but worse because it encompasses multiple things.

are camera angles your nemesis?