Well it depends on how critical the hitler comparisons are
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Well it depends on how critical the hitler comparisons are
SliceSabre
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Actually I should have said: But I love reading hyperbolic reviews of an entire anime series based on the first episode of the anime.
Oh that, like I said, it's fun to speculate!
your in hell confirmed.
BassForever
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If the star wars dump was 45 minutes explaining the events of episodes 1-3 before episode 4 started yes it'd be pretty god awful
MetroidPrimeRib
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No that would be preferable to the real thing
Admiral Woofington
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BassForever
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So if you watched 1 episode of a show, and then had it on hold for like 9 months would you rewatch the first episode or just say f it and continue from where you left off?
Nah.its the best part of the country.
Depends if I liked it or not and what type of show it was.
1 ep? rewatch. A few eps in? Pick up where I left off.
If it's just one ep, I'd say watch it again, unless it's still somehow incredibly vivid in your head. But chances are you're still missing stuff unless you rewatch it.
Those text dumps saved us all. SAVED US ALL I TELL YOU
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I will always rewatch a show from episode 1 if its been a few months. Find it way too jarring to jump into something midway unless the structure of the show is really episodic or its a sports anime or whatever.
SliceSabre
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Rewatch so I can get acclimated.
Basileus777
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This is why there are episode summaries on wikipedia.
I'd actually probably rewatch it or at least scrub through the first episode.
Just going to drop in real quick, and say it's obviously the novelist aka Blue Mountain Aoyama.
Hard for me to choose between Sharo and Cocoa. Life is tough ;_;
Oh oh, is this it? Are we at the tipping point?
Is Aldonah Zero the Francis Ferdinand of AnimeGAF?
KirbYuuYuu
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Not-Reika also had her moments.
It had its merits and drawbacks, the end result was a serviceable episode with interesting characters and plotting held back by lethargic pacing and unnecessary info dumping. However, as I argued back then, the episode worked for me on the strength of its material, atmosphere, and characters, all of which helped draw me into the show. While its by no means a great episode it does the job of setting up the show and providing a framework for future story threads.For me it was largely a success, but this was certainly an episode were I understood both point of views in terms of quality.
AquaWateria
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Akame Ga Kill 1
As edgy as this anime is I still enjoyed it. It seems all lighthearted but naw it's bloody as hell. But damn are some of the people corrupt as hell, torturing and killing people for the sake of having fun. This makes Black Bullet corrupted people seem like push overs. I mean this little psychotic brat tortured a girl because she had silky hair. And the mom fuckin wrote in her diary about these tortures. Damn so freakin sadistic. I also appreciated the MC Tatsumi for doing what he did, he maned up.
The OST is great and I also liked the cat eared assassin.
As edgy as this anime is I still enjoyed it. It seems all lighthearted but naw it's bloody as hell. But damn are some of the people corrupt as hell, torturing and killing people for the sake of having fun. This makes Black Bullet corrupted people seem like push overs. I mean this little psychotic brat tortured a girl because she had silky hair. And the mom fuckin wrote in her diary about these tortures. Damn so freakin sadistic. I also appreciated the MC Tatsumi for doing what he did, he maned up.
The OST is great and I also liked the cat eared assassin.
AmethystEnd
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The episode where Cocoa had a string of bad luck cemented my love for her. So I'mma say Cocoa.
I've been reading this manga since it first started being scanlated and I was rolling my eyes the entire first chapter thinking Tatsumi was gonna end up being this dude who was like "the heart" of a group of assassins and wouldn't kill or whatnot. Tatsumi killing that little girl made me love Akame ga Kill, as bad as that sounds.
ThreePiMatt
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I rewatched episode 1. At least, that's what I did with AKB0048. Then I realized why I only watched the first episode of AKB0048 the first time around and then dropped the show again.
Crash Station
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Dramatical Murder 1
Most I got out of this was Brain Nuts.
Dropped.
Most I got out of this was Brain Nuts.
Dropped.
lol. Yeah pretty much. I really like it.
AmethystEnd
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Agreed with these sentiments.
I like the fact that they didn't shy away from
killing any of the main characters, or even building a nice, relatable back story for a character, and have them killed a few chapters later
Admiral Woofington
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AquaWateria
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I was hasta la vista bitch, so happy. At least I know now that Tatsumi isn't a goody two shoes.
AmethystEnd
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To be honest,
it's time to start getting worried about a character BECAUSE they started giving them a back story / making them likeable, lol. Schere's death hurt me a lot. Each one after that didn't hurt quite as much, thankfully. Except for the assassin who could disguise themselves as other people/animals. I really loved her. ;________;
Rail Wars 01
Tries to do too much at once, and doesn't succeed at anything as a result. Not enough fighting for an action show, not enough goofy hijinks for a slice of life show, not trashy enough for a fanservice show (I've got no problems with trashy fanservice if the show's upfront about it; I'm damn sure watching the next Highschool DxD season).
Maybe it has enough train jargon and trivia to satisfy that particular brand of nerd, but I wouldn't know. Dropped.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Goddammit. Caught this on a whim even though I'm watching too many shows already, and it turns out to be the most promising new romantic comedy since Ouran Host Club.
Can't very well ignore it now.
Tries to do too much at once, and doesn't succeed at anything as a result. Not enough fighting for an action show, not enough goofy hijinks for a slice of life show, not trashy enough for a fanservice show (I've got no problems with trashy fanservice if the show's upfront about it; I'm damn sure watching the next Highschool DxD season).
Maybe it has enough train jargon and trivia to satisfy that particular brand of nerd, but I wouldn't know. Dropped.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Goddammit. Caught this on a whim even though I'm watching too many shows already, and it turns out to be the most promising new romantic comedy since Ouran Host Club.
Can't very well ignore it now.
InsaneZero
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The LACC is fine. They have a LOT of room that they're currently not using for anything but stuffing people who wanted to get a premiere badge for 2015 for four hours in.
I need to start catching up on the new summer series that I missed out on.
I don't like most anime nowadays, unfortunately. It's like I've grown an aversion to anime. An animephobia if you will. Perhaps it's because of the desensitization over the years. Shows try to derive their jokes from the same material: sight gags, double acts, puns, misunderstandings, blushing, lewd acts. I haven't seen a clever comedy since Tatami Galaxy. Or a so-dumb-it's-actually-funny since Milky Holmes S1. It's like Japanese writers think comedy should adhere to a formula. There is no definite formula to make people laugh. You're either funny or you're not. This is why stand-up comedians have one of the toughest jobs in the world. Ask Jerry Seinfeld.
This is why I post here.
Mine's
confession raised all sort of death flags for me, I daren't read past that chapter yet, lol.
No it's not. The hallways are too narrow.
killer rin
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Funimation, you may be right, and that may be a cow, but can you please let me watch more than 13 seconds of Space Dandy so I can hear Dandy's explanation to why this cow is so special.
... Why do I even pay for this service again. Crunchyroll gives me less problems, and they have apps I can use to boot.
... Why do I even pay for this service again. Crunchyroll gives me less problems, and they have apps I can use to boot.
Note to self, buy popcorn
Definitely rewatch the first episode.. or at least the first 5 minutes of it to see if any of it comes back.
KuwabaraTheMan
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I usually just continue from where I left off (but I've done this even when it's been like 2-3 years after watching the first two or three episodes and saying "I'll watch the next one tomorrow"). But I tend to have a really good memory for those sorts of things, so I never really have any trouble picking something back up in the middle.
Dedication Through Light
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CR was pretty terrible yesterday.
i know. It really is.
That episode worked for me. I like expositional episodes though. It really helped to understand who the players were.
Thats pretty much the direct opposite of me. I tend to steer way clear of even supposedly good action/shonen shows as I tend to not like them (such as with Attack on Titan...though I did like Knights of Sidonia), whilst I more likely to enjoy most romance/comedy/sliceoflife/shojou anime. Which I guess explains my hummingbird summary.
Of course part of it is also the silliness of genre classifications of anime sites.
SliceSabre
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They are all equal.
CornBurrito
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How? There's no little sister character (yet) that can ruin everything with really creepy incest plotlines.
Also Log Horizon was awful. Really juvenile humor, and fuck that subplot with little girl
wanting Shiroe to ram his dick into her.
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