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Winter 2014 Anime |OT2| Waiting for Sakamoto
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nintendoman58
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Clannad After Story Final Thoughts
And now it'll make me view most anime high school romance as crap that doesn't go anywhere.
Welcome to my world! Enjoy your stay!
To be fair, the SAO thread mostly just consisted of a back and forth between me and kayos.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Wow, I feel so old. I just found out about this whole Rog and Tyrone 4chan anime beef thing. It's amazing. lol
Just looked this up. Considering its from 2013 and most of the sane population of the web stopped posting on 4chan well before that it's not surprising to only just learn about it.
Dedication Through Light
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We need more flumpool.
Now if they would give some update to Terraformars.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The Persona one is linked in Gaming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nGWEb5QxGA
But this one Ultimadrago linked nearly killed me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjxTrrbjmx0
SEE EYE ESS FEMALE PIGDOGS
Both feature 4chan language, so watch at your own risk.
Here's that story about them:
http://www.japanator.com/rog-and-tyrone-the-inadvertent-spokespeople-of-anime-31332.phtml
NeonZ
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Nah, that's pretty much the last time it happens (for a good while at least). That arc also loses some punch if you aren't familiar with Gundam in general.
In every other series with "Newtypes", the hero is always a Newtype. And their ability to beat veteran pilots and such is justified due to that. This arc places Garrod in a position where he has to surpass a Newtype in order to win.
Log of Thrones Episode 24:
God damn it, this show should not be the good, could not be this good, but it is, it bloody well is. Maybe it is too early to say that it will be my AOTY for 2014 but at the very least I think it has a place on the short list come the end of the year. Anyway, that was a brilliant bit of warfare. Lord Marwes, or his mistress, this Coal Black Queen whose name I will not spoil even here. Thank you TV Tropes for doing that for me. Anyway, the opposition is a force that has tested even the mighty Shiroe and almost beat him using a Joker stratagem. Pure random chaos who overall point is to confuse and clog up the system. It doesn't need to be laid out point by point. Though I doubt even they could have predicted legions of fangirls being the solution to, well, any problem. Anyway, it looks like this grand encounter at The Scale Festiavle is going to be a world changing, season ending event. The way they were hyping it up, that is going to be the catalyst and the cliffhanger for Season 2. THERE HAD BETTER BE A SEASON 2 OR WE RIOT!
nintendoman58
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Well at least now things are moving forward a bit and Garrod is becoming less of an idiot.
After War Gundam X - 14
That is one weird-looking super weapon.
Weird boss design aside, this was actually kind of an awesome fight. Garrod was actually making smart combat moves on his own for once.
I have to say, I wasn't expecting that ending to this arc.
Like, given how I was told how these Gundam shows go down, I was expecting the heroes to be too late and for Carris' mind to be erased. Not that I didn't enjoy this ending, I just expected something a bit more tragic I guess. Aw well. I'm happy with what I got.
That's Toei, not Takeuchi. The PGSM edition of the manga is good too.
KOR starts and ends strong, but I wonder if you'll find the middle as tiresome as I did. The status quo is painfully strong there.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Dedication Through Light
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astrogamer
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Log Horizon 24
So the best way to solve their problems was to throw a harem at it lol
So the best way to solve their problems was to throw a harem at it lol
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Sakura Trick 10
Huh, some actual story progression (at least in the whole
thing). Other than that, pretty standard episode!
Huh, some actual story progression (at least in the whole
"people don't know Haruka and Yuu are totally in lesbians with each other"
Moral Panic
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YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
On the other hand. I Can't really say I agree with all these positive things being said about Clannad AS's ending. I thought that was a kick in the gut, which ruined a lot of what I liked about the show.
For me although Clannad is a harem-lite it doesn't have most of the damaging traits that they usually have. Okazaki has to work for everything he gets.
He doesn't sit around and get friends, he makes an active effort to get to know the girls in his harem. He isn't imbued with some natural skill which makes him better than everyone, instead his right arm is disabled and his family is broken, his dad is a drunkard. He isn't a genius or a paragon of good either, he regularly skips school and is a known delinquent.
But he works hard and gets a girlfriend and manages graduates HS.
He doesn't get to go to college, but he doesn't let that stop him. He strives to get a job, and even has to hide his disability in order to get it. He works really, really hard doing physical labour. And just when shit seems to be going his way, when it looks like his hard work is paying off and he will move far forward, his dad does something that causes him to lose that opportunity. Not him, not anyone he deals with or associates with, but his drunkard, disgrace of a father. He has no control over this event. And yet that doesn't destroy him. He picks himself up and marries his long term girlfriend, and they move in together.
Nagisa gets pregnant but we know that due to her poor health it will be a difficult delivery. And just on the day that she is due to give birth the snowfall means she is unable to go to the hospital. She dies giving birth to heir daughter. And here we have a person destroyed by events so, so far out of his control. He breaks down and is unable to be a real father to his daughter.
5 year time skip. He is given a the chance and manages to pick himself up and re-establish a relationship with his daughter. He can talk with her about the mother she never knew. He can comfort her from crying when she is sad. He also manages to forgive his father for all that had occurred and he is able to meet his granddaughter. He can finally pick up his daughter from school and they can go home together and be a real family.
He doesn't get to go to college, but he doesn't let that stop him. He strives to get a job, and even has to hide his disability in order to get it. He works really, really hard doing physical labour. And just when shit seems to be going his way, when it looks like his hard work is paying off and he will move far forward, his dad does something that causes him to lose that opportunity. Not him, not anyone he deals with or associates with, but his drunkard, disgrace of a father. He has no control over this event. And yet that doesn't destroy him. He picks himself up and marries his long term girlfriend, and they move in together.
Nagisa gets pregnant but we know that due to her poor health it will be a difficult delivery. And just on the day that she is due to give birth the snowfall means she is unable to go to the hospital. She dies giving birth to heir daughter. And here we have a person destroyed by events so, so far out of his control. He breaks down and is unable to be a real father to his daughter.
5 year time skip. He is given a the chance and manages to pick himself up and re-establish a relationship with his daughter. He can talk with her about the mother she never knew. He can comfort her from crying when she is sad. He also manages to forgive his father for all that had occurred and he is able to meet his granddaughter. He can finally pick up his daughter from school and they can go home together and be a real family.
SO WHY THE F**K DID THEY DECIDE TO MESS WITH THIS PERFECT ENDING AND ADD
NONSENSE REVIVALS/GO BACK IN TIME/DUEX EX BULLSHIT? THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE DEAD TO NOT STAY DEAD
I'm not even going to lie and say I understood the whole meaning of why
she was able to be revived
I didn't start by wanting to do a full transcript of the show but goddamn I wish all shows had characters that suffer and traverse hardships as much as Okazaki does in Clannad/AS. Hate that they decided to trivialise all that just so it could have a "happy ending". Screw that shit.
dakkumauji
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PuPiPo! 13
I actually wonder if the big reveal is ever going to happen now. Though I guess we got enough episodes for that left to go.
I actually wonder if the big reveal is ever going to happen now. Though I guess we got enough episodes for that left to go.
Re: Kawamoto/Yoshida from the Made in Asia convention
https://twitter.com/Tetho_mig/status/444855059898441728
https://twitter.com/Tetho_mig/status/444855059898441728
Might have something to do with a lack of Tomino.
Totally valid, I can definitely see where you're coming from. That being said,
the cosmic retcon isn't completely out of nowhere. They probably could have established it more clearly, but it happened because the balls of light Tomoya had been collecting by making people happy had granted his wish. If anything, I'd call it a kind of awkward adaptation of a very gamey concept (I assume in the VN you got a ball for completing a route and had to complete every route to see the true end). It's still kind of a hand-wave, but it's not totally unearned at least.
Honestly, before Ushio's death I would've been fine with After Story ending as it went. Adding that in felt like a little too much to me.
Honestly, before Ushio's death I would've been fine with After Story ending as it went. Adding that in felt like a little too much to me.
PdotMichael
Banned
Reaction image gold mine!
Probably time for more Tomino.
I'm like totally biased towards A-tan but the golden week arc was too good to not get animated.... especially considering what we got instead. If it had stopped after the JC Staff season, fair enough. But to get that crappy filler season, movie and cuties... smfh.
Is A-tan still "nerfed" in the manga?
Moral Panic
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This what I thought. But it doesn't make sense why no one else is allowed to retcon their lives. Are there no other good people in the town/world?
I was actually just looking at this on the internet to make sure my assumption was correct.
So apparently what happened is that once Ushio and Tomoya died they went to that other world as the girl and robot, where their role was to gather balls of light to help out the retconning effort. So that's why Tomoya specifically was able to grant his wish.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Sekai Seifuku 10
What Link Man said.
What Link Man said.
nintendoman58
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Well I guess I can expect more of that given that the Gundams I plan on watching before moving on to Build Fighters apparently don't have Tomino involved.
strangedopamine
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Ojamajo Doremi Dokkann - Episodes 21-24
Didn't think that out of this group of episodes that the Oyajide episode wouldn't be my favourite one but it happened because Episode 24 was the funniest Doremi has been since Episode 9 of Na-i-sho.
I'll get to that later because the other 3 episodes were also great too!
[Episode 21] The aformentioned Oyajide episode which was great simply because it had Oyajide in it. He has such great chemistry with Hana and they play off each other well. Loved the bit when she first sees him and decides to ride him like a horse.
[Episode 22] Kimitaka was so cute when
Hana causing more mischief again by helping the Sonatine kids protect Kimitaka from the teachers. I know she means well but summoning a group of angry sheep is not a good way to stop people!
[Episode 23] Orehime decides to crash at the Maho-dou because she's pissed with Hikoboshi. Of course slowly the drinking escalates from Oh! Cola to sake but that's going to happen when you're becoming drinking buddies with Majo Rika.
[Episode 24] I couldn't stop laughing watching this. Hana finding out about Tokusatsu and then just rolling with it. Perfection.
Didn't think that out of this group of episodes that the Oyajide episode wouldn't be my favourite one but it happened because Episode 24 was the funniest Doremi has been since Episode 9 of Na-i-sho.
I'll get to that later because the other 3 episodes were also great too!
[Episode 21] The aformentioned Oyajide episode which was great simply because it had Oyajide in it. He has such great chemistry with Hana and they play off each other well. Loved the bit when she first sees him and decides to ride him like a horse.
[Episode 22] Kimitaka was so cute when
he confessed to Pop. Her reaction was priceless as well.
[Episode 23] Orehime decides to crash at the Maho-dou because she's pissed with Hikoboshi. Of course slowly the drinking escalates from Oh! Cola to sake but that's going to happen when you're becoming drinking buddies with Majo Rika.
[Episode 24] I couldn't stop laughing watching this. Hana finding out about Tokusatsu and then just rolling with it. Perfection.
Nisekoi 10
Chitoge as a ghost that's scared of her own shadow was adorable. The relationships keep spinning in circles, but the way everyone keeps pushing for Onodera even when they think Chitoge is "official" is amusing. Not much scaring in this test of courage - the test itself barely got any screentime. Still love Shaft animation.
Chitoge as a ghost that's scared of her own shadow was adorable. The relationships keep spinning in circles, but the way everyone keeps pushing for Onodera even when they think Chitoge is "official" is amusing. Not much scaring in this test of courage - the test itself barely got any screentime. Still love Shaft animation.
The first sentence is unfortunately true, the last sentence is fortunately true.
It's an astoundingly fruitless endeavor. It's annoying enough when you have cases like this where the MC keeps pining for his childhood crush even when the "winning" girl is someone he obviously has better chemistry with, but the length to which this series in particular draws it out is teeth-grindingly bad.
Not here apparently.
Are you at least going to post here when Sailor Moon Crystal is airing?
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Yeah...honestly I think Sekai Seifuku is turning out to be a way darker/more serious show than any of us had anticipated.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
World Conquest 10
You do realize this means war. So much stuff hinted at (like why Asuta ran away, and Kate's
line) that leave me hungering for next week. The sudden tonal shift was being hinted at for some time, and now that it's at the forefront... ooh boy. Things are going down.
You do realize this means war. So much stuff hinted at (like why Asuta ran away, and Kate's
"It's not like I chose to be a kid"
AnathemicOne
Banned
Log Horizon - 24
Shit is going dooooooown. So when encountered with a troublesome problem
Shit is going dooooooown. So when encountered with a troublesome problem
the solution is to throw a harem at it lol.
Can't wait to see how Shiroe handles this in the finale/last episode. As for the Coal Black Queen in the previews, doesn't she look like the one girl from Shiroe's flashbacks in getting him to join the Tea Party?
Zvezda 10
Well that escalated quickly...
Nisekoi 10
I'm starting feel bad for Onodera but she's just too boring and very difficult to root for. Chitoge on the other hand continues to be the best girl.
Well that escalated quickly...
the soldiers kicking Roboko was cringeworthy, I really hope she's still functional
Nisekoi 10
I'm starting feel bad for Onodera but she's just too boring and very difficult to root for. Chitoge on the other hand continues to be the best girl.
Tsugumi x Ruri
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I'm glad we don't have KLK discussions here. The sooner I forget about that disappointment the better.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Log Horizon Episode 24
Dat funny slight yaoi teasing
The actual power of fangirls is a scary thing and if crusty was at that banquet, I would be worried for that nobleman.
Dat funny slight yaoi teasing
The actual power of fangirls is a scary thing and if crusty was at that banquet, I would be worried for that nobleman.
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