Femmeworth
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Is there a hardness scale for sport series?
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Summer 2014 Anime |OT3| where everyone watches doremi for hito
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PshycoNinja
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firehawk12
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The best part of that show is the fact that the author is self-insert as the busty coach that the guys sorta-but-don't lust over.
Depends. If the point is an accurate representation of the sport, then most anime/manga would fail by virtue of the fact that every single protagonist is the best player in the world of their respective sport.
Soft -> Hard
Free (not about sports at all unless upper body is a sport) -> Prince of Tennis (some sports talk, but most of it is made up nonsense) -> Ping Pong (realistic treatment of athletes and their sport)
Free (not about sports at all unless upper body is a sport) -> Prince of Tennis (some sports talk, but most of it is made up nonsense) -> Ping Pong (realistic treatment of athletes and their sport)
I made this up on the spot.
firehawk12
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Free has actual swimming and swimming "tactics" though.
Boxing is more rigged than Wrestling, so...
Basileus777
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I don't think that's a meaningful distinction to make. Sports stories are inherently about the people who play them, this is true even for actual sports broadcasts. But certainly something like Ace of the Diamond is about actual baseball, it's not some character piece with a sports backdrop.
Femmeworth
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Obviously some works are more fantastical than others, I'm just curious if fans have come up with something equivalent to the science fiction hardness scale.
Tell you what, I'll punch you in the face, and you can tell me how hard it was on a scale of 1-10.
Does it?
Does it really?
I thought the only tactic in swimming is to just practice practice practice... You either have the potential and develop it, or you don't!
That already hurt.
Do it again!
firehawk12
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Not that I know anything about swimming, but they spent five minutes talking about how to do the perfect relay exchange. lol
MetroidPrimeRib
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That already hurt.
Do it again!
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Jex
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And to think G Gundam was long considered the worst Gundam for being too different, and 'stupid'.
Basileus777
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Now we just need more people to see the truth about Macross 7.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
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God just make them canon already why do you have to go through this resetting thing. ;_;
God just make them canon already why do you have to go through this resetting thing. ;_;
PshycoNinja
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- They have to put it all together on site, but they could've had the "lego blocks" ready to go in warehouses.
- They just talked about how Japan had an abundance of that material in the prior arc to the point of exporting it for favors.
- Yeah seen a few more eps so I see that.
- Of course, but it's still stupid lol.
firehawk12
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Isn't that basically all sports/physical activity?
Not in team-based sports, since the necessity of teamwork mitigates innate biological advantages.
No. Swimming is one of the sports where it's really pure physical potential down to the person alone + how the person trains to bring out that potential. There's no "tactics" or "strategy" involved really. Running is another one.
It's funny, I want to say that Oofuri doesn't do this, but then I remember that Mihashi, a first-year high school student whose only baseball experience is getting his ass kicked in middle school and practicing pitching at home, somehow has Greg Maddux-like command of five or six different pitches because reasons. Additionally, the team has another player who's very likely one of the top HS-level hitting prospects in the entire country also because reasons.
I guess there have to be some acceptable compromises made to hook the reader/viewer into whatever sport they're trying to portray!
For a pretty much new seiyuu she's knocked it out the park.
Aomine vs Kise at the end of s1 is pure piff, the peak of the series.
Marathons and Triathlons do tend to have some leeway for strategic conservation of energy, yeah. But in the end I think the bulk of it still comes down to natural endurance. Very individualistic.
yeh, free is off the charts.
i still can't tell if you are being serious. i don't think the person that wrote free has even visited a pool.
I dunno. There's some strategy with long distance swimming races. Same with marathons.
Well, I finished Log Horizon this afternoon before work. Quite enjoyed it, especially its focus on the characters and their condition, as well as the socioeconomic situation of the world they're living in and their quest to unravel the world's secrets. Now, it's not without its problems. The production values are lacking quite a lot of the time (so much :wonzo), I'm not really fond of the way they handled Akatsuki's character, and Shiroe, like so many protagonists in these types of shows, comes off as a bit of a Gary Stu. That said, I'm really looking forward to next season, with the chance of exploring more of the world and its mysteries. Just hoping they keep the romance in the background.
And with that out of the way, I can start on my next backlog show: Hayate the Combat Butler. But first Nozaki-kun.
And with that out of the way, I can start on my next backlog show: Hayate the Combat Butler. But first Nozaki-kun.
Yes, "natural". Definitely 100% dependent on personal body chemistry. And nothing else!
I'd watch an anime about the success and perils of abusing PEDs in sports like running. Could be interesting!
Crash Station
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For me, it's pretty much the only good arc in the series.
It also made Ciel A LOT less sympathetic for me, which inevitably lead to me dropping it a few arcs later (also it got boring).
firehawk12
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Yeah, Mihashi had not only a command of all the pitches, but the ability to throw in any of the nine sections of the strike zone. Basically the best pitcher to come out of Japan, if not the world. lol
But that's the thing, to appeal to the boys who are reading this stuff, the point is to show the extraordinary. That makes perfect sense, even if it's not realistic.
Well, I mean, Ping Pong basically had a guy who knew he couldn't compete with the best of the best because he's not talented enough, no matter how hard he tried. Dude basically realized the inevitable and quit the sport.
I assume all things being equal, tactics will win the day. But a "dumb" gifted player will presumably be able to beat the "smart" average player all the time?
Extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem
Where's the double team?! Trap his ass.
Also glasses dude needs to learn how to take charges.
phoenix296
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ftfy
Holy crap, Chiyo's VA is relatively new?
Damn.
says the fake sports fan
Those dudes were clearly moving faster than the eye could follow.
I kinda wanna watch this show now.
PshycoNinja
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Those dudes were clearly moving faster than the eye could follow.
Not gonna lie, I kinda want to watch this show now.
firehawk12
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Well what exactly are we talking about here? Ping Pong as a sport? Team sports? Individual sports?
If we're talking about Ping Pong in real life, the question is whether you're the China national team or not. If you are, you'll win. If you're not, you won't win. On the international or regional levels, that's basically all there is to it.
If we're talking about full team sports in real life, there's no such thing as "dumb" gifted player or "smart" average player. That's all reductionist entertainment crap. You can have very talented players on your team, really good management, great tactics, and still lose to some scrub team if it's a bad day. Tons of factors apply - availability of players due to injury, morale, luck, etc. In many cases, what matters most for a team is not winning or losing a game, but rather consistency. Leagues are more common and regular than knock-out tournaments for that reason.
Don't fall for the lie! I think those gifs might be the only exciting moments in the show!*
*Disclaimer - I don't watch Kurobas.
PshycoNinja
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Oh crap. I didn't catch that until just now. :O
Record of Lodoss War 3
Let's track how many times Parn gets owned in this episode:
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Man, don't these writers know anything about anime? The main character is supposed to be flawless in every way and never fail at anything he attempts unless it's on purpose as part of a larger scheme.
Vast improvement over the previous episode. Lots of stuff happening, much better storyboarding and direction, Deedlit. The characters and story are still very archetypal, but it's far better executed this time. And this episode shows how the series can really look great at times, especially in HD:
http://sakuga.yshi.org/data/86fbe4965a7551cdac8ee21458c94d24.webm
Let's track how many times Parn gets owned in this episode:
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Man, don't these writers know anything about anime? The main character is supposed to be flawless in every way and never fail at anything he attempts unless it's on purpose as part of a larger scheme.
Vast improvement over the previous episode. Lots of stuff happening, much better storyboarding and direction, Deedlit. The characters and story are still very archetypal, but it's far better executed this time. And this episode shows how the series can really look great at times, especially in HD:
http://sakuga.yshi.org/data/86fbe4965a7551cdac8ee21458c94d24.webm
Antiwhippy
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For all intents and purposes, with the way glass mask presents the acting it might as well be a sport.
So in that sense glass mask is the best sports show/manga.
So in that sense glass mask is the best sports show/manga.
It's so dumb. I'm going to spoil you but words don't do it justice. The last play of the anime was main character pulling a Blake Griffin Non-dunk dunk. It was so freaking stupid.
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