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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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I disagree with your writeup of Gunbuster, but I probably couldn't rebut it as clearly without watching it again.
I don't think you're entirely off-base in some respects. The scope and ambition of the project expands massively as it progresses, going from "Aim for the Ace parody with robots" to an epic galactic fight for mankind's survival spanning centuries in just six episodes. Certain characters suffer in order for that to work. I don't think anyone really remembers Smith as anything but a device for Noriko's development.
But for me, I think Gunbuster is a much cleaner story thematically, and I found Noriko and Kazumi to be both more likable and much more coherent than any of the characters in Diebuster. I enjoyed following their arcs across the course of the show, and my connection to them made the mecha action even more meaningful. Moreover, Gunbuster bears a sincere, optimistic worldview when it comes to science fiction, proud and triumphant about the ability of mankind to work together to overcome any problem and build a better world in the face of adversity. It's a hallmark of the Gainax works of that era (even, in a way, going back to Daicon IV), and I dearly miss it.
Diebuster is still very strong, but contrary to Gunbuster, I found myself unable to follow the motivations of the characters, and I thought it was a lot more messy thematically. I guess I had the complete opposite reaction to you: where you found Diebuster more fleshed-out and rich, I found it overstuffed and confused compared to its predecessor's straightforward clarity. I might owe it a rewatch, since I may have been comparing it too much with Gunbuster my first time through. Nono really rubbed me the wrong way.
It's sort of weird to think of these shows as exemplifying "modernity" or being "antiquated". They're just different approaches to telling a story. I think that (to pick something relatively contemporary to Gunbuster) Akira has a similar kind of density to Diebuster, for instance.
Genos barely appears in the first episode though.
I also don't think he's a dull character but it takes more than just one episode to give characters a proper development. and again as far as the first episode goes, Saitama simply had the only main role hence more/all the screen time.Amaama to Inazuma 02
This episode was great too. It's a little sad seeing how isolated Kotori is - we haven't seen her with any friends yet, and given that she was eating away from everyone else, she may not really have any. Her reaction to being shown the knife was a little extreme though.
I wonder if we'll ever actually see Kotori's mother? Despite Kotori giving "proof" that her mother was there at some point, like the thumbprint and the recipe, could she just be lying to distract from a bigger problem? She could easily have forged the thumbprint since Kouhei has no way of knowing if it's genuine, and she could have already known the recipe - but that might be stretching it a little. Hopefully the show expands on this a bit.
Only the highest of praise from Tsumugi.
This episode was great too. It's a little sad seeing how isolated Kotori is - we haven't seen her with any friends yet, and given that she was eating away from everyone else, she may not really have any. Her reaction to being shown the knife was a little extreme though.
I wonder if we'll ever actually see Kotori's mother? Despite Kotori giving "proof" that her mother was there at some point, like the thumbprint and the recipe, could she just be lying to distract from a bigger problem? She could easily have forged the thumbprint since Kouhei has no way of knowing if it's genuine, and she could have already known the recipe - but that might be stretching it a little. Hopefully the show expands on this a bit.
He's obviously going to date the student. Come on man.
Admiral Woofington
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Amaatozuma 2
Episode is sweet, and now they've made it fairly clear she wasn't blushing on the first episode due to anything more than embarrassment. I'm glad the show didn't feel the need to insert a teacher crush, more often than not it's the case. When the daughter was posing awkwardly and attempting to wink/smile I had a sensible chuckle. Good show continues to be good.
Episode is sweet, and now they've made it fairly clear she wasn't blushing on the first episode due to anything more than embarrassment. I'm glad the show didn't feel the need to insert a teacher crush, more often than not it's the case. When the daughter was posing awkwardly and attempting to wink/smile I had a sensible chuckle. Good show continues to be good.
Baroquemantic
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Mob Psycho 100 - 1
Well that was amazing. I need to see the rest, stat.
Well that was amazing. I need to see the rest, stat.
Admiral Woofington
Member
It's also top 5 how do I love two boys at the same time
That list is clogged up by DTL shows.
Admiral Woofington
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*two men enter the scene together and talk to each other*
*immediately added to DTL's top 10 ships*
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Yo, Mob Psycho was super fun. The animation and the psychedelic art was great. Pretty excited it crushed my expectations. Should be an awesome show.
Some sort of bechdel test variation huh
Star Driver 25: The Radiance of Bones END
Someone direct me to the nearest shrine of my newfound Bones overlords. I've got an offering to make.
Aw yiss. Star Driver bros 4 life!
Sweetness and Lightning is definitely my soul cleaning show of the season, it's so fluffy and pleasant.
Ep 1 of Mob Psycho 100 was great but that wasn't very surprising after watching the trailers.
Bananya seems like a bad short two episodes in. Aside from the concept of cat bananas, nothing interesting has happened.
Ep 1 of Mob Psycho 100 was great but that wasn't very surprising after watching the trailers.
Bananya seems like a bad short two episodes in. Aside from the concept of cat bananas, nothing interesting has happened.
Baroquemantic
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Tried watching the new D. Gray, but was lost as hell. Gonna have to rewatch and probably reread the anime/manga because I've forgotten so much.
Uh oh well, steady now. ep 25 bros for sure though.
This will surely go well.
Yeah, I think I can agree.
Also, nice use of tags lol.
Sensei nearly sliced his hand open.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about cooking (I'm an expert), but knife safety and sanitation are huge parts of it. It's not like Dragon's Crown where you can be successful by dragging ingredients to a pot. If you don't respect the dangers of your tools, you bring shame to Chairman Kaga, and the only way to get rid of that shame is by reading SeriousEats.
Do not split your bread with a Chef's knife and certainly do not cut towards your palm!!!
SliceSabre
Banned
Star Driver was a bad monster of the week anime that fools people into thinking it is good with sexy girls, pretty bishounen boys, nice looking robots and pretty colors.
Probably the worst monster of the week anime I've ever seen. Let's not forget the utter and complete lack of dramatic tension because you knew the MC was going to win EVERY battle because it was riding on a completely trashy and nonsensical story as well.
Probably the worst monster of the week anime I've ever seen. Let's not forget the utter and complete lack of dramatic tension because you knew the MC was going to win EVERY battle because it was riding on a completely trashy and nonsensical story as well.
Basileus777
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Star Driver is the definition of a "watch some clips on youtube" anime.
Admiral Woofington
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a complete amateur who lets eggs get slightly burnt. Give sensei a break.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Just rewatched episode 15 of ReZero and I think I liked it better than the first go around. The entire episode was seriously master class.
What I really like about this show vs others in the same redo time scenario is the realism. By that I mean, even though he gets a reset, that shit that he went through before really happened. He went through it and carries those emotional scars every single loop.
I seriously can't wait until next week.
What I really like about this show vs others in the same redo time scenario is the realism. By that I mean, even though he gets a reset, that shit that he went through before really happened. He went through it and carries those emotional scars every single loop.
I seriously can't wait until next week.
Sensei nearly sliced his hand open.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about cooking (I'm an expert), but knife safety and sanitation are huge parts of it. It's not like Dragon's Crown where you can be successful by dragging ingredients to a pot. If you don't respect the dangers of your tools, you bring shame to Chairman Kaga, and the only way to get rid of that shame is by reading SeriousEats.
Do not split your bread with a Chef's knife and certainly do not cut towards your palm!!!
Oh god no, you certainly don't do that with that kind of knife.
SliceSabre
Banned
I usa a knife like that all the time and I know I'm tempting fate every time I do it.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Serrated knives for bread pls
Don't cut your wrists!
Instead of a clean cut, you now have a saw wound. Congratulations!
hosannainexcelsis
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Is it hard to put the bread down on a counter?
Cornbread78
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Y'all need some culinary classes, lol
SliceSabre
Banned
Its more like I'm just mindlessly doing it.
Trojita
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I just watched three great episodes in a row
Re Zero Episode 15
Mob Psycho 100 Episode 1
and Taboo Tattoo Episode 2 now.
What a time to be an anime watcher.
What kind of name is Bluesy Fruesy? lol. The occasional english and foreigner accent are making me laugh my ass off.
I'm not sure if it was just the translation or something was lost in translation but I'm confused now about Bluesy and Tom.
Re Zero Episode 15
Mob Psycho 100 Episode 1
and Taboo Tattoo Episode 2 now.
What a time to be an anime watcher.
What kind of name is Bluesy Fruesy? lol. The occasional english and foreigner accent are making me laugh my ass off.
I'm not sure if it was just the translation or something was lost in translation but I'm confused now about Bluesy and Tom.
She mentioned that if they notified HQ that they would be brought home as well as the MC being studied upon. She immediately then stated that She can't hand over MC to the kingdom. Are they really part of the US Army or are they with the Kingdom? The ending of the episode didn't seem to really clear this up either.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Yeah, Star Driver was pretty much complete trash. Every episode was pretty much exactly the same but with a different personalitiless antagonist to be unceremoniously defeated after a sudden reversal that came out of nowhere.
I regret the fact that it took me like 18 episodes before I finally dropped it.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Re:Zero 1A/1B-03
It seems alright. It's closer to Log Horizon then to SAO so thats good, but the repeating stuff is already getting kind of old for me and I can smell the harem hijinx coming. I'm glad the gut slashing girl is down because I was going to drop the show if Subaru seriously died from that magical cut that only started bleeding when he noticed it minutes later. I can see where the despair comes in already but this isn't my first time loop rodeo.
Subaru really seems to be taking this pretty well. Like weirdly well. In SAO or Log Horizon the goal is to get out and in No Game No Life the goal is to win the "game" but Subaru doesn't seem to give a shit, nor does he openly welcome this change. I'm glad that he dropped the "dur-hur since this is an alternate world LN story you'd expect THIS trope so I better say it out loud and then be shocked when it doesn't happen" because that's not clever or funny but I'm not exactly sure what Subaru is trying to do here.
But I really don't understand how the looping works in this. What are the rules? Are they Zero Escape rules? Undertale rules? Groundhog's Day rules? I don't understand. Certain things tend to stay like the shopkeep remembering Subaru helped his daughter (which he doesn't even question why he remembered that???) and the ice girl getting the flower but she doesn't remember Subaru but Puck does? What the hell. Please tell me that the answer isn't that it works via whatever the writer wants at that time and there is no rhyme or reason.
I'll keep watching but its around the same tier as KonoSuba for me right now of "This is alright for one of these alt world shows I guess"
Bananya 02
I don't know what the fuck the point of this show is but it sucks.
It seems alright. It's closer to Log Horizon then to SAO so thats good, but the repeating stuff is already getting kind of old for me and I can smell the harem hijinx coming. I'm glad the gut slashing girl is down because I was going to drop the show if Subaru seriously died from that magical cut that only started bleeding when he noticed it minutes later. I can see where the despair comes in already but this isn't my first time loop rodeo.
Subaru really seems to be taking this pretty well. Like weirdly well. In SAO or Log Horizon the goal is to get out and in No Game No Life the goal is to win the "game" but Subaru doesn't seem to give a shit, nor does he openly welcome this change. I'm glad that he dropped the "dur-hur since this is an alternate world LN story you'd expect THIS trope so I better say it out loud and then be shocked when it doesn't happen" because that's not clever or funny but I'm not exactly sure what Subaru is trying to do here.
But I really don't understand how the looping works in this. What are the rules? Are they Zero Escape rules? Undertale rules? Groundhog's Day rules? I don't understand. Certain things tend to stay like the shopkeep remembering Subaru helped his daughter (which he doesn't even question why he remembered that???) and the ice girl getting the flower but she doesn't remember Subaru but Puck does? What the hell. Please tell me that the answer isn't that it works via whatever the writer wants at that time and there is no rhyme or reason.
I'll keep watching but its around the same tier as KonoSuba for me right now of "This is alright for one of these alt world shows I guess"
Bananya 02
I don't know what the fuck the point of this show is but it sucks.
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