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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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KO Traveling Hobo
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I feel like I already have.
Dedication Through Light
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This makes it look interesting, but then watching girls waste time playing Monopoly? what even? The one interesting character looks like they probably get barely any screentime.
This makes it look interesting, but then watching girls waste time playing Monopoly? what even? The one interesting character looks like they probably get barely any screentime.
Which character do you think looks interesting?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yuru Yuri 11
Wow, I think I actually enjoyed that episode. They even had some sakuga in the beginning for no reason other than to show off that they can put money into the show if they wanted to. lol
The use of the
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Wow, I think I actually enjoyed that episode. They even had some sakuga in the beginning for no reason other than to show off that they can put money into the show if they wanted to. lol
The use of the
first OP was pretty cute too
Thats Branduils intention. Don't fall for it!!
Chet Rippo
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I'm pretty sure they have the same voices as they do in the games.
Does the "burst" in the title mean what I think it does?
Dedication Through Light
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PorcellainThrill
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That depends entirely on how deep into the abyss your penguinmind can dive.
That's why I said she is miscast. Yuu's voice is not very genki in a girly way.
Chet Rippo
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Maybe?
Oh and this is the source of the butt bumping gif.
Senran Kagura Burst Game OP
I just meant that you could see how well or not her voice fits her by checking out clips from the game.
Hellsing321
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KO Traveling Hobo
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DTL's dreams crushed.
chickdigger802
Banned
Totally not.
why is she blushing?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
UtaKoi 11
BLUSHING KOBAYASHI MOE.
Ahem. Wow, so all of these episodes have had a feminist slant, but even still most of those stories involved women giving up something in order to advance up the social ladder.
That's not to say this week's episode wasn't equally tragic, but it had a much clearly objective in terms of showing a woman trying to not only working for someone else, but perhaps on behalf of her entire gender. Indeed, they have her say that she's writing her book to show a "graceful strength" that a woman possesses.
(I also still love that anime does the transparent hair thing for the eyes. I don't know why, but it's both charming and unique)
I just wonder how much of this is romanticized retconning and how much is true, genuine resistance to a patriarchal society. Like, some people have made feminist readings of Shakespeare and Chaucer, showing that they were trying to write about progressive women at times, but there's always the question of how much contemporary baggage is being ascribed to various historical figures in order to fit a particular narrative.
I mean, based on UtaKoi, they even say that a lot of the women's names weren't known back then because their role as authors or poets was simply not as important as a male poet, so there's a tacit admission that even historically, male writers were more important than the female ones (who were poets presumably because they were idle and needed things to do).
That said, I almost want to believe that there was a group of women who suffered and tried to resist being defined by their gender. At the very least, it makes you think better of the world even in a small, minor way.
Oh, just to make this a little less serious because this is an anime thread full of gifs and whatnot, there's some :sdburton in this episode too:
Anyhow, I can't believe UtaKoi is my surprise hit of the season. I knew nothing about it, I couldn't be the furthest person from their target demographic, since I a) don't care about medieval literature and b) don't care about poetry and yet, here I am because of how they decided to frame all of these stories.
It almost makes me wish that someone could make a Jane Austen anime or at least a female writers of the English canon anime and show their struggles at being both idly educated and being expected to marry a man because a woman is essentially nothing on her own.
BLUSHING KOBAYASHI MOE.
Ahem. Wow, so all of these episodes have had a feminist slant, but even still most of those stories involved women giving up something in order to advance up the social ladder.
That's not to say this week's episode wasn't equally tragic, but it had a much clearly objective in terms of showing a woman trying to not only working for someone else, but perhaps on behalf of her entire gender. Indeed, they have her say that she's writing her book to show a "graceful strength" that a woman possesses.
(I also still love that anime does the transparent hair thing for the eyes. I don't know why, but it's both charming and unique)
I just wonder how much of this is romanticized retconning and how much is true, genuine resistance to a patriarchal society. Like, some people have made feminist readings of Shakespeare and Chaucer, showing that they were trying to write about progressive women at times, but there's always the question of how much contemporary baggage is being ascribed to various historical figures in order to fit a particular narrative.
I mean, based on UtaKoi, they even say that a lot of the women's names weren't known back then because their role as authors or poets was simply not as important as a male poet, so there's a tacit admission that even historically, male writers were more important than the female ones (who were poets presumably because they were idle and needed things to do).
That said, I almost want to believe that there was a group of women who suffered and tried to resist being defined by their gender. At the very least, it makes you think better of the world even in a small, minor way.
Oh, just to make this a little less serious because this is an anime thread full of gifs and whatnot, there's some :sdburton in this episode too:
Anyhow, I can't believe UtaKoi is my surprise hit of the season. I knew nothing about it, I couldn't be the furthest person from their target demographic, since I a) don't care about medieval literature and b) don't care about poetry and yet, here I am because of how they decided to frame all of these stories.
It almost makes me wish that someone could make a Jane Austen anime or at least a female writers of the English canon anime and show their struggles at being both idly educated and being expected to marry a man because a woman is essentially nothing on her own.
Why is her nose in the wrong place?
Joe Molotov
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Why does she have a nose?
Chet Rippo
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I guess I completely misinterpreted what you were saying back there then.
What are those grotesque growths spilling forth from her chest?
chickdigger802
Banned
nipples?
Chet Rippo
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She's fine the way she is! Marry her damn it!
How much yuri is in this show? Should I be watching it?
I guess I could have phrased it better.
Yuu Kobayashi is the Chiaki Omigawa of low-pitched voices. Nothing personal, but dang she has the most unerotic voice.
Wow you're just making enemies all over the place today.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That was about as yuri as it gets (un)fortunately.
lolKO Traveling Hobo
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The penis-stick seems a bit out of place in an otaku dessert.Marshmallows
He certainly chose the right username.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's still good though, but I know, this is anime. lolAh damn it. Nevermind then.
yn-neko hates a cat
Banned
That's like saying the model-T was a better car than the Toyota Corola because it was more important in history.
KO Traveling Hobo
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The model-T was pretty bangin. I'd take that over a Corolla any day.
Chet Rippo
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Rinne no Lagrange 13
Mostly just a reintroduction episode. At least they didn't resort to too many flashbacks. The reused animation is left for the OP.
The OP isn't that bad, but it's no where near as good as the first season's. I like the ED a lot, even if it reuses the same chair motif.
Looks like Lagrange. I guess things have happened behind the scenes as Lan and Mugi are fighting I guess.
wan
Mostly just a reintroduction episode. At least they didn't resort to too many flashbacks. The reused animation is left for the OP.
The OP isn't that bad, but it's no where near as good as the first season's. I like the ED a lot, even if it reuses the same chair motif.
Marshmallows
I said wow.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yuru Yuri 11
Absolutely fabulous "final" episode for the series. The
an episode after the
of the last episode was pretty neat.
This episode managed to capture the fun and lighthearted essence that is Yuru Yuri, the scenes between Akari and her sister were great but what made the episode really awesome was the sentimentality. Akari coming to the realization that she wouldn't change anything and the levels of affection between the characters coming to the forefront, which is nice because that gets lost at times thanks to shenanigans of the show.
Sad that theres only one episode to go. I will really miss this show.
Absolutely fabulous "final" episode for the series. The
time travel shenanigans
time paradoxes
This episode managed to capture the fun and lighthearted essence that is Yuru Yuri, the scenes between Akari and her sister were great but what made the episode really awesome was the sentimentality. Akari coming to the realization that she wouldn't change anything and the levels of affection between the characters coming to the forefront, which is nice because that gets lost at times thanks to shenanigans of the show.
Sad that theres only one episode to go. I will really miss this show.
That's got some p. nice animation in it. Found a better quality one here and made an even better buttslapkuga gif:
Chet Rippo
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There we go.
They're scroll-sticks not penis-sticks, jeez.
Get your mind out of the gutter.
They're scroll-sticks not penis-sticks, jeez.
Get your mind out of the gutter.
yn-neko hates a cat
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It's like the Moe Queen's Blade set in modern times that no one asked for :lol
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