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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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NaDannMaGoGo
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Soma S2 - 13
Solid ending and I liked Soma's 'shattering' sequence a lot.
On a whole though, this season was a notch or two below the first one. The power creep and the lack of internal consistency removes a lot of tension and genuine growth is downright impossible to come by at this point.
With how far ahead Soma is compared to the other Polar Star members (in his class anyways), even getting to the autumn finals, I find it hard to believe that he'd be pushed to his maximum in the Stagiaire, yet, those other guys are passing by just fine as well.
And foodgasms have become so meaningless. The food Soma presents provides Shinomiya with one of those and it's still not quite enough for the dish to be suitable.
One can make up explanations for that stuff, like, "everyone's training really hard and the rest of the Polar Star folks are actually very close to Soma in skill" and "Shinomiya just had that first impression but in the end sth was flawed with the dish after all!". But it all feels so unnatural by now that i'm not willing to make excuses.
Power creep issues tend to get more problematic in the long run and Soma is no different. They can make up for that by focusing on the characters but good characterization is only there in small bits. Shinomiya's relationship with his mother was quite appreciated this episode but even those instances are rarely build up to. Like, there was nothing about Shinomiya characterization hinting at something of the sort. It's just in this episode that we get to know that he pursued french cuisine because of his mother and then we get to see them meet, too.
Other potentially interesting backgrounds and characters like Soma's father's relationship with the Nakiri's but also his life in Tootsuki and his rivalry to Doujima only get touched upon slightly and then put away as this big thing you should be excited for in the future. And what's with Soma's mother? After that one statement his dad made I got curious about that. But do we get to see any about that? Nah, gotta tease and save for once they're out of ideas! :/
Solid ending and I liked Soma's 'shattering' sequence a lot.
On a whole though, this season was a notch or two below the first one. The power creep and the lack of internal consistency removes a lot of tension and genuine growth is downright impossible to come by at this point.
With how far ahead Soma is compared to the other Polar Star members (in his class anyways), even getting to the autumn finals, I find it hard to believe that he'd be pushed to his maximum in the Stagiaire, yet, those other guys are passing by just fine as well.
And foodgasms have become so meaningless. The food Soma presents provides Shinomiya with one of those and it's still not quite enough for the dish to be suitable.
One can make up explanations for that stuff, like, "everyone's training really hard and the rest of the Polar Star folks are actually very close to Soma in skill" and "Shinomiya just had that first impression but in the end sth was flawed with the dish after all!". But it all feels so unnatural by now that i'm not willing to make excuses.
Power creep issues tend to get more problematic in the long run and Soma is no different. They can make up for that by focusing on the characters but good characterization is only there in small bits. Shinomiya's relationship with his mother was quite appreciated this episode but even those instances are rarely build up to. Like, there was nothing about Shinomiya characterization hinting at something of the sort. It's just in this episode that we get to know that he pursued french cuisine because of his mother and then we get to see them meet, too.
Other potentially interesting backgrounds and characters like Soma's father's relationship with the Nakiri's but also his life in Tootsuki and his rivalry to Doujima only get touched upon slightly and then put away as this big thing you should be excited for in the future. And what's with Soma's mother? After that one statement his dad made I got curious about that. But do we get to see any about that? Nah, gotta tease and save for once they're out of ideas! :/
Not sure if we're even going to get that far, unless the second season is more than 2 cours.
I hope it was a Toad that told them "Thanks for saving me, but the truth is in another basememt".
It's joke!
Also, I think I liked AoT more, though I'm probably biased because of the manga.
[SNAFU]
I'm up to the third episode. Turns out I watched this one too. Did I really watch this whole show?
I'm not really feeling it so far but I'll at least watch until I reach an episode I don't remember watching.
EDIT:
Not really liking Yukino's character. She says the dumbest shit and treated like she's super smart and is seemingly great at everything. I'm sure that soon we'll find out more about her troubled past and how she's actually super flawed, but it still doesn't rectify this.
EDIT 2: I guess I also watched the fourth episode :|
EDIT 3: I'm up to episode six. I watched it before, too. I'm beginning to think I actually watched this whole thing. I was probably repressing it.
EDIT 4: I've seen episode seven before too, and it's a really bad episode at that-- perhaps this is where I quit?
NaDannMaGoGo
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SNAFU is garbage btw.
*runs for the hills*
Edit: lmao, looks like your brain did you a favor and suppressed all memories of SNAFU
*runs for the hills*
Edit: lmao, looks like your brain did you a favor and suppressed all memories of SNAFU
bad pacing so the last ep can end with levi kicking open the door
Admiral Woofington
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who would have guessed that the DnD show I always wanted would be a bunch of puppets.
I roll for backstab
I roll for backstab
It's very effective.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Puppet Tier Rankings of Summer 2016
1. Amanchu
2. Thunderbolt
1. Amanchu
2. Thunderbolt
SliceSabre
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But it does make sense. Shoma doing well at Stagiaire doesn't mean others can't.
Think about it this way. The NFL, NBA and NHL are the pro leagues right? Well you've got teams in those leagues that are leagues better than other teams. The Patriots(Shoma) are insanely better than other teams(Other Polar dorm students) out there. However the Patriots(Shoma) being insanely good and going to the playoffs(Autumn election) along with other teams(Rio, Akira) doesn't mean those other teams(Polar Students) can't possibly win either and even the worst of them are still pros.
So yea those other kids are still pros, they simply aren't as good as Shoma but that doesn't means they aren't good enough to win in certain events or don't have some talents. Except for the two stooges and the dude with glasses the rest of the Polar dorm have shown they have a particular talent. Also the Stagiaire never came across as some impossible thing in the first place in fact it seemed like some of the places they got sent were ran by incompetent people anyway. Whereas this most recent one Shoma went to was ran by one of the world's top chefs whom he butted heads with before which made his Stagiaire particularly hard.
Admiral Woofington
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Now the question is whether I prefer actually good puppet fights or the more hilarious team America style. Because as much as I love thunderbolt fantasy, I feel I'd enjoy it more if all of the special effects and explosions were made with the puppets simply slapping against each other.
Watching the first episode of Mushishi season one and I have a question. So
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Edit: Nevermind my question was answered. I just had to keep watching lol. But what a great first episode, this anime is very soothing. I don't think I've experienced that much from anime.
did the grandmother try to cross over into the Mushishi world as a child?
Is that why she has a child like appearance as a half mushishi?
Edit: Nevermind my question was answered. I just had to keep watching lol. But what a great first episode, this anime is very soothing. I don't think I've experienced that much from anime.
Pretty sure it was 8 when Biba finally appeared.
Did you just fucking compare the deplorable Pats to Soma?!
SNAFU - Episode 9
Holy shit! I haven't seen this one.
This episode fires up the melodrama, and man if it isn't cringeworthy. The "painful" event in everyone's past seems to be solely Yukino's driver almost hitting Yugihama's dog and hitting Hikky. Not really that serious and something everyone should be able to talk about easily.
Making all that melodrama about the lie is really stupid and highlights the issue with always setting these shows in highschool - the stakes are too low for people to act this way (not like they'll act this way in any setting, but at least it'll be more believable if more serious things actually happened).
Additionally, being aimed at teens/kids (especially Japanese ones) - you know you won't actually have any major issues (abuse, etc.) and the whole romance thing always goes nowhere which makes this particular episode almost entirely a waste since it focuses on Yugihama's feelings towards Hikky.
I guess I'll watch it since I'm almost at the end and I'm finally covering new ground, but it'll have to turn things around in the last few episodes to make me watch the second season.
How much material is ahead of where the anime ends?
Quite a bit actually.
Anime ends on Ch 117. SnS is currently on Ch 184
Cornbread78
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Souma S2-END
Good episode to close out the season. Soma has certainly grown as a chef through everything that happened. The theme music playing un the epilogue was pretty awesome as well. I guess ascan anime only wather that ending was kind of a kick to the nuts, since they make it clear that that was not the whole story, but I get it... Oh well, who knows how long it will be begore another season is made. I'm gonna miss watching this stupid fun anime each week.
Good episode to close out the season. Soma has certainly grown as a chef through everything that happened. The theme music playing un the epilogue was pretty awesome as well. I guess ascan anime only wather that ending was kind of a kick to the nuts, since they make it clear that that was not the whole story, but I get it... Oh well, who knows how long it will be begore another season is made. I'm gonna miss watching this stupid fun anime each week.
Next arc is very good. Later stuff though, I agree. There isn't really a good place to stop in another season too.
Anime friends, I'm dead set on not having to spend January vetting stuff for AOTY so I'm making a list of shows from this season to see what I should check out yet (or finish) for these purposes. I don't care to hear about what I shouldn't watch and am far more interested in what I might be missing. Shounen S2s need not apply. Nor should Euphonium S2 since I haven't watched the first. I'll fit movies in later too.
Winter
Plan on watching:
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Winter
Plan on watching:
- Konosuba
- Rakugo
- Sekkou Boys
- Teekyu S7
- Erased
- Phantom World
- Dagashi Kashi
- Yamishibai S3
Plan on watching:
- Kuromukuro
[*]Re:Zero
- Flying Witch
- Flying Witch Petit
- Gyakuten Saiban
- Hundred
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Dimaond is Unbreakable
- Joker Game
- Kiznaiver
- Macross Δ
- Sakamoto
- Bungou Stray Dogs
- Concrete Revolution: The Last Song
- Kabaneri
- Kagewani: Shou
- Luluco
- Mayoiga
- My Hero Academia
- Seisen Cerberus
Plan on watching:
- Battery
- 91 Days
- Amanchu!
- Mob Psycho 100
- New Game
- ReLife
- Show by Rock!! Short
- Berserk
Plan on watching:
- 3gatsu
[*]Brave Witches
[*]Bungou Stray Dogs 2
[*]Izetta
[*]Show by Rock!! s2
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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You must watch Keijo!!!! Narag, you haven't lived until you've seen Hips of Babylon or One Inch Boob Slam animated!
Konosuba and Luluco are what I forgot to add. I knew I missed something.
Thanks!
Sell me on it. It was really divisive from what I read in here but those that liked it really seemed to.
GoldCrusader
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Ajin? Or are you against CG?
I'm not. I'll think about it since I pay for netflix but don't use it!!
It's a show that really has a lot of fun with the concepts of magical girls and idols in a way that feels modern and reflective without veering off into being cynical and sneering. With this tone of knowing positivity it works itself through well known conventions with small but amusing twists that create an atmosphere of absurdity that always feels appropriately built to. Its interpretation of this material feels uniquely subtle in the space of Japanese anime comedy that is often boisterously loud and blunt with its humor.
Sounds good to me. I'll give it a shot.
It has ShinganCrimsonZ.
It's about a girl that gets transported into a fantasy world where music = power and joins a newcomer band there. Lots of songs, performances, different bands with different styles and very cool CG action, with some good comedy and drama inbetween. It's also one of the few anime that does CG right.
GoldCrusader
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Also I just though of Gundam Iron blooded orphans.
hosannainexcelsis
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In addition to what you have listed, I would also recommend Sansha Sanyou, Shounen Maid, and Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou.
names2hard4you
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Digimon Adventure tri Movie 03
Still watching these for the nostalgia I guess. Wasn't bad, but it also wasn't particularly remarkable either. Like the previous two, it ends on a cliffhanger type of situation, which sucks since we gotta wait a good handful of months.
Still watching these for the nostalgia I guess. Wasn't bad, but it also wasn't particularly remarkable either. Like the previous two, it ends on a cliffhanger type of situation, which sucks since we gotta wait a good handful of months.
Tonkatsu DJ was another I forgot to list. Will check out the other two.
hosannainexcelsis
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You can. It's a follow up to the narrative in the OVAs, so you won't get everything, but you'll have enough to follow what's going on.
nintendoman58
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Flip Flappers.
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