You should still watch 13 though considering you're at 12.
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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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You should still watch 13 though considering you're at 12.
I'm at episode 19, haven't really been keeping up with the show regularly, since it wasn't really the most exciting thing, especially the second arc.
Would you say is it still worth it to finish the remaining episodes, and to get an ending, since i already invested quite a lot of time into it?
names2hard4you
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Would it be a definitive stop? I'm okay with where I am now, one episode after the send-off by the sea.
I think so. It has the fight against the Windermerians (conclusion included). It's pretty much the mid-season finale.
Sweetness and Lightning #12 END
Well that is it, and good enough way to end the series really, with everyone sitting together. It was a pretty cute show with some nice stuff about family, friendship, loss of a mother, etc sprinkled throughout. Maybe they could had push that more, but other it was enjoyable enough to come back seeing what they cook up next. And Tsumugi is a awesome child character who was very adorable and fun to see.
Well that is it, and good enough way to end the series really, with everyone sitting together. It was a pretty cute show with some nice stuff about family, friendship, loss of a mother, etc sprinkled throughout. Maybe they could had push that more, but other it was enjoyable enough to come back seeing what they cook up next. And Tsumugi is a awesome child character who was very adorable and fun to see.
names2hard4you
Member
I may just do that. I'm afraid curiosity will make me want to check out more after though lol...
Danganronpa 3: Future - 11
One episode to go and there are still quite a lot of issues to deal with (
). Want to know how will they answer these questions.
And
... You may have helped
but what you've done now was great. You were great.
Mob Psycho 100 - 11
I'm not ready for next week's episode. Nope, I'm definitely not.
One episode to go and there are still quite a lot of issues to deal with (
who is impersonating Tengan, was he really a Remnant of Despair, who produced that video, where is Togami and Hagakure, where is the 77th Class
And
Juzo
Junko by not telling Munakata she was the culprit
Mob Psycho 100 - 11
I'm not ready for next week's episode. Nope, I'm definitely not.
nintendoman58
Member
You could always watch the superior mecha show that you were watching before you picked up Delta instead you know!
Tell me, what's the better option? Continuing with a show based on impressions that you find are less than favorable? Or continuing with a show based on impressions that are more than favorable?
names2hard4you
Member
The best option is honestly Cold Steel II lol. Just got to ActYou could always watch the superior mecha show that you were watching before you picked up Delta instead you know!
Tell me, what's the better option? Continuing with a show based on impressions that you find are less than favorable? Or continuing with a show based on impressions that are more than favorable?
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TTGL however I think would win the vote here tbh. I liked Delta for the characters, not really the mecha action, or even the music. Which funnily enough are the two biggest things in this show along with the choreography lol.
phoenix296
Member
I fell asleep during the info dump episode (19?) and I haven't watched it since.
nintendoman58
Member
TTGL definitely wins in the characters, mecha action, and music compared to Delta.
Gainax went all out in it and stuff like episode 15 and 27 are regarded as some of the greatest highlights of mecha animation of all time.
And you've only heard a mere sample of TTGL's stupendous OST from the first three episodes. I can't wait until you hear Libera me From Hell in the show.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
What changed? I bailed when they tried to manipulate me with a cheap death and haven't really felt the need to engage with the show on a meaningful level since.
It's too bad because the first 8 episodes or so are great, and I still like that Ikenai Borderline song. It's just saddled with a terrible story that is centered around the worst villains I've seen in scifi since the Star Wars prequels.
This is just for me I guess, but did they ever deal with the fact that
the dad never told his daughter about her mom being dead?
Heartcatch! Precure - Ep. 31-34
These 4 episodes were quite the ride.
Both side got a power up,the true main villain is coming close and most importantly Cure Moonlight is back!
Not to mention the fight scene were fantastic. The ones that stand out the most were the precure vs random fabulous guy and Moonlight vs Dark.
Looks like the next episode is slower and without any fights, and I'm ok with a such an episode right now.
Monster - Ep. 45-48
There was a of of backstroy in these episode, all of it was intersting.
The anime also does a very good job at making me paranoid.
These 4 episodes were quite the ride.
Both side got a power up,the true main villain is coming close and most importantly Cure Moonlight is back!
Not to mention the fight scene were fantastic. The ones that stand out the most were the precure vs random fabulous guy and Moonlight vs Dark.
Looks like the next episode is slower and without any fights, and I'm ok with a such an episode right now.
Monster - Ep. 45-48
There was a of of backstroy in these episode, all of it was intersting.
The anime also does a very good job at making me paranoid.
Whenever I see Nina now I'm wondering if it's truely her and desperately waiting for some kind of confirmation
SliceSabre
Banned
Taboo Tattoo 12
I want my fucking money back. This episode resolved fucking nothing. Read the manga situation here but that story is too trash for me to bother.
Macross Delta 25
You know as long as Mirage and Heinz survive all this shit that's all that matters. Oh and Hayate's dad is still a shit and deserved the fate he got why they are trying to make him out to be some noble fuck is beyond me.
I hope the Windies kill everyone.
I want my fucking money back. This episode resolved fucking nothing. Read the manga situation here but that story is too trash for me to bother.
Macross Delta 25
You know as long as Mirage and Heinz survive all this shit that's all that matters. Oh and Hayate's dad is still a shit and deserved the fate he got why they are trying to make him out to be some noble fuck is beyond me.
Oh your actions only resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people in another city instead of the captial bravo!?
Basileus777
Member
You could always watch the superior mecha show that you were watching before you picked up Delta instead you know!
Delta isn't really even a mecha show. Pretty much all of the fighting has been done in airplane mode.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Wait, the whole thing began with the
Windamerians being responsible for using the WMD that fucked up their planet. They just retconned that?
SliceSabre
Banned
NUNs actually did it and controlled the media and stories around the incident to make it seem like the Windies did it to themselves. Windies know the truth which is why they are so royally pissed.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
LOLOLOL
Well, I expected that
they'd need to contrive a reason for the two sides to work with each other, but wow.
Is that supposed to justify their shitty pure Aryan race bullshit?
Basileus777
Member
This is like not even a thing in the show. I don't know why you are obsessed with equating them to nazis.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I just saw your edit.
That's even more aggravating because they show purposely tried to hide that fact from the audience...Although it was clear from the very beginning that they'd probably have to work together to "heal the rift" or whatever. I guess because they needed to have a stupid "dum dum duuuuum" twist near the end.
They literally go on and on about how they're the true inheritors of protoculture ala the big lizard guys from Halo.
Basileus777
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Because they're arrogant aliens. I don't know how you jumped from that to Nazis.
cj_iwakura
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Not quite.
Kirei gets his comeuppance in Fate, and even more than that in Heaven's Feel. HF isn't HALF as good as UBW, but it's worth seeing for that, and Rider going full badass. Not to mention... other insane things. Assassin is bound to the temple, and never leaves. You learn more about Assassin in HF.
UBW is all about Emiya, Rin, and Gilgamesh getting his dues, and it delivers on every front there.
SliceSabre
Banned
I wouldn't agree with saying they're on that Aryan race shit. They certainly are proud of their heritage and runes but I'm slow to say they're space nazies.
They're moreso "These people fucked us over as hard as they possibly could then lied about it so yea we're going to go scorched earth on their asses.
I mean in the latest episode NUNS tried to fucking glass their planet with a fleet carrying dimensional weapons and Windies song controlled the fleet into killing themselves with them. Which gives more air to their argument of "Look see!? They want to kill all of us! We have to do this!"
KillerMan91
Member
Has Delta been same quality or worse than Frontier? I still got some enjoyement out of Frontier so if it is not that much worse maybe I watch it during some day.
ThatChairMan
Member
I wouldn't say it was really trying very hard to hide it at all.
It was literally introduced as a "he said she said" event between both sides, and it's not like the NUNS side ever explicitly proved they didn't do it aside from some characters saying they didn't do it.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
When someone goes on and on about purity and having the only rightful claim to something based on their race, it's hard for me to ignore the subtext. lol
Any good action in this since ep 5?
Basileus777
Member
But they don't talk about purity. If they're Nazis then so is pretty much every villainous alien race.
SliceSabre
Banned
7 and 8 had a huge showdown between numerous tattoo users. 9 was ok too and that's about it.
Cornbread78
Member
Taboo Tattoo- End
The action scenes to close this out were actually pretty damn cool, but of course, the "power of asspull" saves the day. Does anyone care that this series will never get a season 2 (I really hope not since the offensive parties are still alive). Oh well, the beginning of the show and it's disgusting otaku pandering ruined it and better late episodes couldn't save it. Oh, and a story? There was none... go read the fucking manga bitches.
The action scenes to close this out were actually pretty damn cool, but of course, the "power of asspull" saves the day. Does anyone care that this series will never get a season 2 (I really hope not since the offensive parties are still alive). Oh well, the beginning of the show and it's disgusting otaku pandering ruined it and better late episodes couldn't save it. Oh, and a story? There was none... go read the fucking manga bitches.
StoneHeart
Member
Damn, would have voted for Ping Pong The Animation if I wasn't at work today.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yes, I compared them (at least on IRC anyway) to Dessler from the Yamato reboot. But at least up to the point before I bailed, there was very little subtlety to any of it. There was some conflict between the guy with the glasses and the other guy, but for me all of that was drowned out by the redhead guy who was basically a raging Trump supporter. #MakeWindamereGreatAgain
I think starting off with them seemingly indiscriminately invading a planet at the very beginning set expectations though. It's literally a girl who wants to be an idol, a happy go lucky pacifist pilot, and a bunch of evil aliens trying to kill civilians. At least in the first eight episodes or so, it didn't seem like the show was trying to set up the Windameres as necessarily sympathetic and justified in their acts of aggression. Needless to say, they made it very easy to believe that they were responsible for causing their own misfortune at that point.
The redhead basically calls Freyja a race-traitor though.
Having no context, I just assume
that the last twelve episodes are a serious of purposeful misunderstandings to set up the ending. I mean at the point where I stopped watching, the Windameres were poisoning people with apples in order to enslave the fathers of poor children while setting up a massive invasion force.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Danganronples Future 11
wtf how do they sum all this up with one episode left?
is the answer poorly?
wtf how do they sum all this up with one episode left?
is the answer poorly?
Basileus777
Member
I wonder if they'll use the last Despair episode as wrap-up of both.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Perhaps Kodaka and Uchikoshi have been having a competition to see who can come up with the worst conclusion to their story?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Im 90% sure the final despair episode is a voice actor special thing
they must have shared their mind hacc notes
Hellwarden
Member
Is the ending to Zero Escape that bad?
Because, fuck, I'm just about to sit down to play it.
names2hard4you
Member
It's fine.
Basileus777
Member
Yes, it is. The last 1/3 of Zero Time Dilemma is straight garbage.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
There should never have been a sequel to 999.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
its extremely unsatisfying and incomplete.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Yeah, pretty much.
It's a shame because around the 2/3rds mark of the story or so you get some really interesting stuff and some fantastic scenes that on their own are really excellent.
And then the ending actively destroys pretty much every moment of those, goes out of its way to ruin every bit of Virtue's Last Reward that it can, and basically just disappoints on every level.
Agreed.
I liked VLR at the time, but as I get further on I pretty much think that 999 should have never had a sequel. The ending to that game was so great, and everything Uchikoshi has done since has just made it worse.
cj_iwakura
Member
I like ZTD, but on this we agree 100%. Still, both the sequels had their moments.
names2hard4you
Member
999 is still the greatest thing ever made so it's all good. VLR was cool but not as good. ZTD was just ok for me. It's highs were high enough for me to consider the ending pleasing. I just wanted to see how he put an end to the story. Sort like with Danganronpa 3 now, although the two aren't really comparable since the latter has slipped into bad territory because of Despair.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
i still like dr3 and ztd more then apollo justice
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
ZTD had its moments, but those moments were all pretty much retroactively ruined by the ending.
It's a bit hard to have any feelings left for all of the Sigma/Diana/Phi stuff when Complex Motives reveals that he just set the whole thing up so that he and Phi could be conceived.
This is craziness. Apollo Justice's first case was fantastic, and even at its dumbest it wasn't going into the bullshit that ZTD was spewing out at the end.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
For those interested in animation technique, check out this fascinating article about how the Pokemon animation team at OLM have been working to incorporate digital animation (i.e., drawing on tablets instead of paper and pencil) into their working process. The animation staff talk about the difficulties of adapting Western software for use by Japanese animators, and some of the specific approaches they take to creating quality digital work. I think you can see the fruits of their labors in Sun and Moon.
Impossible. You must have missed the part where you watch this video 30 times.
I still think the game is decent.
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