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Summer Anime 2015 |OT| SharingMana
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Femmeworth
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You only had to watch part of the first season of Oreimo to see its intentions. Then again, a lot of people were in denial back then.
yeah it's only the title of the show *ignores all the dumb porny shit in s1*
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I don't get why the entire cast of KuroBasket isn't in the NBA.
I mean, fine, I don't think there's any incest or whatever in this show. I just think it has the same obnoxious characters that exist in the same obnoxious premise that makes the main character completely unsympathetic and unlikeable while also being tedious to watch because there's no one to root for or to feel happy about.
BUT NO INCEST
I was one of them.
Anyway, actually to the point of the intended argument. Umaru is selfish and spoiled, but she's not actually trying to be mean to her brother. It's pretty obvious just from the first episode that she actually cares about spending time with him and likes him. Kirino was outwardly antagonistic to her brother, including physical violence, in keeping with the tsundere trope.
Umaru basically wears herself out by playing perfect during the day and just wants to relax and chill out at home after school. Taihei's not really her servant or anything, honestly; he just kind of treats her like a petulant child he has a soft spot for, which is pretty much what she is. He can't complain too much because perfect grades, etc. But he does complain and try to change her unhealthy home lifestyle, including in episode one; he's not a complete doormat.
If she doesn't work for you, fine. But she's not Kirino.
KirbYuuYuu
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You're talking about a forum that makes drive by posts off of reading a headline, what the hell does context matter in this scenario? You realize we do have lurkers right?
Even if I acknowledged that she's an asshole (and she is), I wouldn't bother to compare those two together. Partly because I know better about both series, and because I'm aware of implications whether I intentionally implied it or not.
I still think it's a mistake to really use that mistake, when you could just simply compare the character themselves.
Admiral Woofington
Member
A better question is why hasn't there been some really stupid reason as to why like the best american players come to Japan, see them play and are all "shit son we gotta play you"
names2hard4you
Member
Prison School still hasn't dropped and we are only 1 week into the new season for the most part. Stay frosty, you never know.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Maybe in this world, American players are even better. They're 15 feet tall and have rubber arms that stretch across the court.
I can't judge what's not on screen though.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
My 30 minutes are up.
I'm not worked up anymore.
I should probably get around to posting my Precure impressions at some point.
I'm not worked up anymore.
I should probably get around to posting my Precure impressions at some point.
Think about what bullshit superpowers American basketball players have in the the world of Kurobasket. These are just Japanese kids, the Americans gotta have some real amazing bullshit. Kagami only spent his formative years in the states, imagine the shit NBA players are pulling if they have superpowers too!
I'm already on 3 backlog shows because nothing this season is grabbing me so far (and I'm even having doubts about my hyped show of the season i.e Prison School)
i'm just saying what ideally the anime should be aiming for. i can't watch until work is over, so *shrug*
names2hard4you
Member
I thought I wasn't going to be watching as much stuff as last season but that turned out to be wrong. I have something to watch Thursday to Sunday, if things stay the way they are. The fact that there are continuations of shows that I already watched, plus two shows that carried on to this season because they were 2-cours, I can't really complain.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, I think they're giant gummy people as I posted above. lol
Sure, and maybe the anime is made for people who have already read the manga so they are saving the "good stuff" for later. I have no idea. But it left a terrible first impression.
astrogamer
Member
Himouto 1
Absolutely adorable and somewhat funny. Definitely the weak part of the series until more of the cast comes in.
Absolutely adorable and somewhat funny. Definitely the weak part of the series until more of the cast comes in.
victreeb3l
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I'm just gonna read the LNs and draw fanfics. Thats how I'm gonna cope.
names2hard4you
Member
I never knew about the manga or show, and it wasn't until a few days ago that folks here told me what it was about. I thought I wasn't going to even give it a shot, but I caved in and enjoyed it for today. I may get bored of it, I don't even know if there is any kind of plot to this other than the sister being a lazy slob when no one is watching or even any kind of character progression.
May read the LNs too, specially after the announcement that they are being brought over.
Pretty sure its evil intentions were spelled out by the title!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Honestly in the same way that people hope that Monster Girls leads to other monster manga being adapted, I just hope that this is successful so that someone decides to make a Shinozaki-san Ki wo Ota Shika ni! anime.
Although I wonder if you can do a Precure parody in a show about a girl who has a crush on another girl and not get sued in some way. lol
names2hard4you
Member
I don't know if I'm the only one here who just doesn't find the whole girl/monster mesh super unattractive, it seems to be quite popular though. Like do folks just like the franchise for the smut in it or what, because my brain has trouble finding any of the monster girls "hot". Specially the spider one. Screw that one.
I hated Inami when I first started the show. Hated her. Found her insufferable.
Now she's my second favorite.
It just happens, you can't explain it.
John Blade
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OH MY GOD!!! I manage to finish Season 2 of Emma A Victorian Romance in one day marathon. I am crying and happy at the same time. So emotional and beautiful. I am in love now. For anyone who want a simple but well written romance show, go watch this show. They isn't much discussion about this show which is sad but people should watch this show as it's a well hidden romance gems which should be seen. I am now a fan of Kaoru Mori work and will go look in her manga. Wish her work did release onto Anime.
if we don't get a shinozaki san anime we riot
The same reason Mihashi from Oofuri isn't already being scouted by every baseball person in Japan if not the world as a result of displaying Greg Maddux-like command of five different pitches as a 16-year old.
veloxStrix
Banned
I went to a private school in North Dakota. Had all kinds (for a school with ~300 students, to be fair) of Japanese transfer students who did track really well. They exist. Sort of. xD
Captain Earth 7
Captain Earth 8
Captain Earth 9
Dog & Scissors 9
Sabagebu! 7
Episode was structured weird as in it was a bunch of exposition followed by a fight just because. Weirdly awesome.
Captain Earth 8
I'd forgotten this one had that hot set piece at the end between Daichi and Zimbolt in their mechs and how it delivered.
Captain Earth 9
Another member of the Planetary Gears found but probably all for naught since anitwitter informed me this plot thread is soon to be abandoned. :lol
Dog & Scissors 9
Let this be my humble submission to the pantheon of terribly composited anime screens such as that one Angel Beats! screen Branduil likes. Aside from the apparently rubber swords, we have the weird little chair things that don't look like they're part of the scene at all with the true highlight being the girl looking like she's some sort of amputee.
Sabagebu! 7
No long hair to frame her face leaves Miou looking like a really poorly drawn cyclops. A good fit for this season.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, some anime fans are post-human now!
Prepure life~
Well, Mihashi is completely broken psychologically. Imagine if your star pitcher cried after every game.
Basileus777
Member
He's also got a really weak arm even by Japanese highschool standards.
Teams have taken chances with worse! Also he's a teenager, and everyone in that show cried after every game!
Jex
Member
The first season no longer looks like that, sadly. It's all fixed.
Is this what it sounds like to the Japanese when western weeaboos try to speak their language?
Cornbread78
Member
Holy shit at these arguments. Why is it any time there is a little sister she is automatically screwing, or wants her older brother to screw her? Is this mindset really all Oreimo's fault?
Looked innocent to me, same for SNAFU and Charlotte. .. All innocent. .
Past my bedtime.
Looked innocent to me, same for SNAFU and Charlotte. .. All innocent. .
Past my bedtime.
I only have a very basic knowledge of Precure. Shinozaki-san is still absolutely amazing. Though the notes helped explain some basic stuff.
Jex
Member
I mean, they would have no reason to fix that. It's clearly as intended!
It's because we're all cultured Boku wa Imouto ni Koi o Suru fans that recognize its influence.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I honestly don't remember. lol
Also Japanese players are always a bust!
yes and no
this argument wasn't really about that, it was that comparing anything with oreimo just automatically brings up the incest thing because, well, that's what oreimo is about.
but yes any time there's a younger sister in anime BAD THINGS OCCUR is the general mindset and yeah I would probably blame oreimo for the recent spike in that specific kind of thinking.
Basileus777
Member
It seems like you didn't read the actual arguments that were being made.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
case in point
Himouto is not about leading some secret otaku life. It's about being lazy as fk while this girl is out of the public eye. OreImo is an incest first show about some dude's sister being a secret moe/lolicon fanatic. One is an adaptation of a light novel. The other is an adaptation of a manga that can have chapters that are only a few pages long. Really the comparison is just baseless and lazy. If people don't want to pay attention then fine, whatever, but some people here really enjoy posting about anime they haven't watched/know nothing about and the drone of it all is rather annoying.
You have excellent taste Arcy!
Yeah I think thats why I dont like her that much.
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions S2 ep. 1-6:
I let this one go for months and I ran into it again when I was going to start Wagnaria!, so I wanted to clear it outta my Crunchy queue. So far, it's not as funny or entertaining a S1 since it's not about dealing with Chunibyo and how to live with it or overcome it. Those crazy sections in S1 were fun. At times, there were really dramatic moments as well that are non-existing in S2. There is also nowhere near the embedded drama invilved. However, it's much deeper into the SoL aspect of their new living arrangements and their relationship in general which is entertaining in it's own way with the way it's progressing their relationship. Very cute and touching overall and I'm interested in how they work everything out over the final 6 episodes.
Season 2 is definitely not as good as the first but its passable. I mean Rikka and Dekomori are still in it.
Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan
This is like the opposite of TRU, but equally shit. Thanks anime!
I don't care about the dumb incest stuff, because whatever. She's just an annoying selfish protagonist with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Doubly so because they do the whole stupid "closet otaku" thing.
If this was a male character, people would hate his fucking guts.
Hmmm. I have never heard of this. When did it air?
Yeah I figured that out pretty early on because otherwise the name makes no sense.
it was just a small, superficial comparison. Chill out.
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