Oh that thing someone else mentioned that was really awkward and dumb.
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Oh that thing someone else mentioned that was really awkward and dumb.
Weirdly enough, watching a bad show can create the same sort of feeling that you are invested as a good show can, and that if you stop watching it to the bitter end, that it will all have been for nothing.
This should not come as a surprise, I mean, it had "this is a shit show" written all over it even in its very first episode.
Ouch, longer than I expected.
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Somehow I got addicted to Haikyuu's 3rd ED.
KenjiGlove
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I once wrote a full page about Sword Art Online.
Then I deleted it because I realized I wrote a full page about Sword Art Online.
Then I deleted it because I realized I wrote a full page about Sword Art Online.
Well, no, not really. It was pretty fun in the first season, although very obviously some low-brow shit. It's not trying to do anything special, and that's okay. Doesn't make it bad.
What does make it bad is this elf girl. I hope she goes away. I know she won't.
Damn, I want to see.
Dedication Through Light
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Only post if its praise for kawahara or the humanity of Kirito please.
KenjiGlove
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I don't need much words to say that Kirito is the best "trapped in an MMO" protagonist.
Admiral Woofington
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The most fun I've had recently is discussing the rules/economy of Grimgar because jesus it feels like we're putting more thought than the author ever did.
Hellwarden
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The best trapped in an MMO protagonist is easily Ainz Ooal Gown.
HE'S A GIANT SKELETON!
HE'S A GIANT SKELETON!
that's one of the reasons that has held me back on large serious posts, wondering if we care more than the writer or how the material is presented in the medium.
Moral Panic
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Erased and Rakugo are so good.
I don't really think it matters if we care more or not. What's most important is what we get out of the medium, not what was strictly intended by the creator.
Towa no Quon-3
This was the only memorable part of the episode. The rest was fairly rote and wasn't really engrossing, partially because the audience knows it's a dream sequence but also because the pacing for events was either too abrupt or dragged out. The screenshots above weren't really built up to in a satisfactory manner and rather felt dumped inside the episode despite looking amazingly gorgeous due to the alternative art style. I'm also not really buying the whole Quon feels bad for killing people aspect, partially because those outsiders deserved it. Oh and,
that shouldn't work at all. They're already tracking you, not to mention your target would obviously be a false positive as a base can't be literally hopping across the world anyway. Wouldn't they just ignore your signal?
OniBarubary
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I love writing in depth analysis and examination of shit. I'm too vociferous for my own good, got drunk at a party and spoke for about 2 hours to a group of people about the thematic elements and musical strength of the last two pieces of boss music in Persona 4 and once wrote for a wrestling website where I wrote 3 pages about having sex with a wrestler that was an allegorical examination of their wrestling style.
The problem is that my taste is very counter to what is regularly seen in this thread so if I go on and on for paragraphs about Heavy Object no one is going to give a fuck except for DTL. So there's not much incentive for me to go all in on my examinations when people hate the shows I like anyways, and the ones I do like are talked about endlessly anyways. I'm not about to throw my stack of paper on the pile in regards to Tatami Galaxy or Trapeze. People have already said a lot of smart stuff about those shows that I don't feel any real need to repeat or give a slightly different insight.
Holla at me if you want me to write a diatribe about No Game No Life tho
The problem is that my taste is very counter to what is regularly seen in this thread so if I go on and on for paragraphs about Heavy Object no one is going to give a fuck except for DTL. So there's not much incentive for me to go all in on my examinations when people hate the shows I like anyways, and the ones I do like are talked about endlessly anyways. I'm not about to throw my stack of paper on the pile in regards to Tatami Galaxy or Trapeze. People have already said a lot of smart stuff about those shows that I don't feel any real need to repeat or give a slightly different insight.
Holla at me if you want me to write a diatribe about No Game No Life tho
Admiral Woofington
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Yeah if whether an author put a lot of effort into a particular aspect or not determined enjoyment then nobody could ever enjoy most time travel media because Primer is the golden standard.
Dedication Through Light
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World Trigger Episode 64
10 minutes of recap, but then we got quite a bit of Hyuse, was great.
The 100 facts was really hilarious, all the smug faces and SPOILER in the rad.
10 minutes of recap, but then we got quite a bit of Hyuse, was great.
The 100 facts was really hilarious, all the smug faces and SPOILER in the rad.
Anime is alive for once.
Thank you Deen/SAO director.
Something, something rock emotion.
I don't see you liking where this show goes.
Dedication Through Light
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You should do it anyway because Heavy Object is one of the best LN shows in years. The kingdom warfare, the heavy objects and the ethics surrounding them, and the man vs machine idea is so compelling and refreshing.
I can't really remember exactly, but I think the idea is that she planted signals as she moved so they would keep getting false positives as they tried to trace. Or... something. Idk, anime tech.
Right but the last one was that she was going to activate it and carry it literally on her and keep on running. Wouldn't they just note it as "B1" and ignore it?
KirbYuuYuu
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Go! Princess Precure 50 END
We have confirmed that Precures in fact, do age, showing off where they are in their future in the post ending, but before that, a scene in where Kanata leaves and Haruka cries in the final scene as everyone goes their seperate ways to accomplish their dreams.
The wrongs of giving pinks the only super form was fixed last episode, and a demonstration of wiles from the likes of Lock and Shut (Stop and Freeze are dead, fuck them, the blight on this season). An initial mixed feelings in regards to our villains slowly turned to love and even cheering for something they did that was damn cool.
Some aspects were iffy, even having a rather infuriating episode where Kirara was utterly incompetent to make Haruka look good, but I will say this season was handled much better than last season, where crucial moments were given the love and care that they deserved, and even giving us a keyblade battle for the last two fights, a rather poetic and fitting end.
I think this last episode has definitely set this ending in the upper echelons of Precure endings, and as such, this season deserves to be in the upper echelon for Precure seasons (5th out of 12 at the very least). Go! Princess Precure may had Haruka chasing what may be considered an impossible dream, but it did give us moments in the show where we initially deemed impossible to happen.
A worthy send off to one of the few animes I bothered to watch in the past year, and it's time to send them off for our next season, MahoGirls Precure
We have confirmed that Precures in fact, do age, showing off where they are in their future in the post ending, but before that, a scene in where Kanata leaves and Haruka cries in the final scene as everyone goes their seperate ways to accomplish their dreams.
The wrongs of giving pinks the only super form was fixed last episode, and a demonstration of wiles from the likes of Lock and Shut (Stop and Freeze are dead, fuck them, the blight on this season). An initial mixed feelings in regards to our villains slowly turned to love and even cheering for something they did that was damn cool.
Some aspects were iffy, even having a rather infuriating episode where Kirara was utterly incompetent to make Haruka look good, but I will say this season was handled much better than last season, where crucial moments were given the love and care that they deserved, and even giving us a keyblade battle for the last two fights, a rather poetic and fitting end.
I think this last episode has definitely set this ending in the upper echelons of Precure endings, and as such, this season deserves to be in the upper echelon for Precure seasons (5th out of 12 at the very least). Go! Princess Precure may had Haruka chasing what may be considered an impossible dream, but it did give us moments in the show where we initially deemed impossible to happen.
A worthy send off to one of the few animes I bothered to watch in the past year, and it's time to send them off for our next season, MahoGirls Precure
hosannainexcelsis
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I liked the idea of Towa no Quon 3 but the direction was just not strong enough to make it effective.
Honestly I'm not a big fan of dream sequences unless they go all out.
hosannainexcelsis
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I'm a fan of dream sequences since they provide so much fodder for imagination - see the looping mansion in GitS 2 Innocence, or Yuno's fever dream in Hidamari Sketch S1, or Kasuga's mournful dream in Flowers of Evil 11. The problem with the dream part of Towa no Quon 3 is that it wasn't treated with enough creativity to successfully sell it as a dream; the attempts towards surrealism were half-hearted. Similarily, the long-distance battle between the two organizations wasn't given enough tension to be compelling.
Admiral Woofington
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Advice not meant for sex
While Innocence isn't my favorite Oshii film, that mansion sequence was pretty fantastic. The scene itself is definitely up there when I think of my favorite scenes from his films.
How were those live action Patlabor films he worked on supposed to be? I haven't heard much about them. I really do wish he'd work on another anime, but maybe he's just not interested anymore.
How were those live action Patlabor films he worked on supposed to be? I haven't heard much about them. I really do wish he'd work on another anime, but maybe he's just not interested anymore.
But if I receive no validation from others, is there even any point to living?
OniBarubary
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We're in a very lonely circle, dude.
No one writes elongated, well-thought out and passionate posts and posts them on a public location solely for themselves. If you put it out there you want people to read it and perhaps derive some enjoyment or entertainment out of it or make them want to engage in a dialogue with you. If no one responds or cares it's not a particularly good feeling you want to try and repeat.
Writing for yourself and loving it is a worthwhile endeavor and I certainly know what that feels like but once it goes into the public air it changes. I don't want to become an author to write whatever and not care what people think about my books; I want people to like them I want people to enjoy reading them and get something from them and say "Hey that was neat" or "Hey, that character was such a badass". Otherwise why am I giving them to other people to read? Why am I posting if not for other people to react to those posts?
I guess it's possible Satoshi Kon spoiled me on this front as I've always liked how Paranoia Agent and Paprika handled surreal elements like this. Yamato 2199's dream episode for example didn't evoke a particularly strong reaction out of me, although I will admit I liked the movie more despite it utilizing a similar approach.
Hellwarden
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I was validated once.
It was okay.
Also it dawned on me that I never finished Shomin Sample.
Guess I'll do that now.
hosannainexcelsis
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I'm not a big fan of Innocence either - mostly it just makes me wish Kazunori Ito hadn't stopped writing Oshii's films in favor of .hack - but the mansion sequence is a neat idea and has the atmosphere you'd want from Oshii. As far as his live action Patlabor goes I've heard mildly positive things but haven't probed into them too closely. Though I do find it amusing that the live action series is supposed to be a "New Generation" of Patlabor, but all the "new" characters are copies of the old characters.
And yeah, I'm pretty sure Oshii has no more interest in animation. He was originally supposed to direct 009 Re:Cyborg - Kamiyama wrote the script with him in mind - but procrastinated and eventually turned it down.
OniBarubary
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It's alright. They really amped up the fan-service and wasted their budget on glistening boobs and thighs but they eventually get the humor in the manga right as the show goes on. Manga is a better read than anime is a watch but the anime is still entertaining enough. Surprisingly funny given the butt-stupid premise.
Crash Station
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Bukkake Bank 4
One on one fights? Now it's a party!
I mean... it wasn't exactly one on one this time which kind of makes Kogane out to be not super useful, but ah well. Fun stuff happened regardless.
One on one fights? Now it's a party!
I mean... it wasn't exactly one on one this time which kind of makes Kogane out to be not super useful, but ah well. Fun stuff happened regardless.
I'll definitely check them out at some point, I've missed watching his films. I'm not as big of a fan of his live action work though, so it might not be quite the same.
When I have a lot more free time, I'll be giving the Urusei Yatsura TV series a try. That ought to be fun!
I used to write posts about most of the episodes of shows I watched, but then at some point I realized it didn't matter if I failed to write about something, so now I pretty much don't bother unless I feel like I'm going to contribute something unique or it's a show I'm enjoying that people aren't really discussing.
It takes a lot of time to write a worthwhile post, and I don't have as much spare time as I'd like.
It takes a lot of time to write a worthwhile post, and I don't have as much spare time as I'd like.
Nurse Witch Komugi 4
Hope they keep a kind of cardcaptor running gimmick of different outfits every week, ninja outfit was pretty cute. Impressed how they actually managed to incorporate the seemingly pointless comedic segments at the start into Komugi's training and the story.
Still massively enjoyable, like for me nothing else comes close this season in terms of pure enjoyment. Hyped as hell for sleepover episode, possibly furthering Tsukasa and Komugi's bro's relationship.
P.S Of all the references to pull, Samurai Pizza cats? Really? Who even remembers that show?
Hope they keep a kind of cardcaptor running gimmick of different outfits every week, ninja outfit was pretty cute. Impressed how they actually managed to incorporate the seemingly pointless comedic segments at the start into Komugi's training and the story.
Still massively enjoyable, like for me nothing else comes close this season in terms of pure enjoyment. Hyped as hell for sleepover episode, possibly furthering Tsukasa and Komugi's bro's relationship.
P.S Of all the references to pull, Samurai Pizza cats? Really? Who even remembers that show?
MikeHattsu
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Deadman Wonderland
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John Blade
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What a very shallow, and stupid show but man...it was a fun ride to watch this wacky comedy (?) show. Also, watch the OVA in Eng dub based on people who already watch it. Nothing special to say about the show to tell the truth. The story is meh and the character development is two dimensional at best. But the random comedy make up of it and it was a fun 50 minutes of me laughing at the stupid joke. Would recommend anyone to watch this if they want some randomness stuff once a while or a break from watching something serious in anime (like I am right now).
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