hosannainexcelsis
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Spring Anime 2013 l OT One l All roads lead to this
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Theonik
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I'll script this on my first login of each day. Genius.
peaceiscloser
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PorcellainThrill
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Happy birthday bear.
PorcellainThrill
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He gotta be pretty old by now.
Theonik
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Didn't that dorm building burn?
Shhh!
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
No one could possibly mind a butt avatar.
I really don't care for the vast majority of dubs myself, the only time I can easily adapt is in JRPGs where I sometimes don't have the choice.
It's better than talking to most people!
I am inclined to agree.
Happy birthday duder, you're the only one who shares my Kugiloli love (disregard this if that wasn't you).
Good, good. You're going to have to share your favorite witch once you're done.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
He has to go back inside his mom? Gross.
June birthdays are the best growing up. Equal distance with Christmas for optimal distribution of presents.So many June birthdays!. Happy birthday!
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
how do y'all know each other's birthdays?
Happy birthday, birthdayers.
(nsfw?) I suppose I should ask you henneko watchers this - why is she handcuffed, and why is she being tortured? This is one step away from waterboarding.
(nsfw?) I suppose I should ask you henneko watchers this - why is she handcuffed, and why is she being tortured? This is one step away from waterboarding.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
We ask Nafe.
Mainly MAL stalking I'd imagine*. Or if you're Nafe, by cataloging everyone's posts for future use.
*Small list of MALs/Humminbird accounts here (quote to see)
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure] (1993) 4
FUCK YOU
FUCK YOU VANILLA ICE
FUCK YOU
Theonik
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A marriage built on lies is like a fleet built of glass.
KirbYuuYuu
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Theonik
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She likes the MC but he's the typical MC moron so she wished to an omnipotent cat for the MC to play with her bellybutton. And the cat compelled him to do so and bound her.
peaceiscloser
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She got everything she ever wanted.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Happy birthday Thoraxes! Happy birthday Syrinx! Happy birthday cajunator! Happy birthday pizzaroll! Happy birthday Chet! Happy birthday whoever I'm missing!
If you want to watch 30 minutes of nothing happening then that's your call. Me, I have places to go and people to see.
And better shows to watch.
KirbYuuYuu
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Is one of those places/people/shows me?
Save 'N Quit
Banned
If only this really happened...
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East 12
I never really cared about the woman or her backstory. Thought it was a waste of time but at least her final moment was nice.
Disappointed Shino went back to being a kid, should have at least stayed as an adult until the season ended.
And I didn't realize there's 13 episodes instead of 12. Wonder if they'll actually have something important happen in the end.
Futari wa Precure Splash Star 14
Okay, now this series is getting interesting. It suddenly threw an interesting new element in the works that I can't say I was expecting at all, in the form of two new transfer students called Kaoru and Michiru.
And man, these two girls are pretty creepy. Initially I wasn't quite sure quite how to describe their particular brand of creepiness, but I guess "like robots" or "like aliens" both cover it pretty well. For a start, they're both completely expressionless to a fault. They don't seem to know anything about life in general, but they pick things up scarily fast given the opportunity. (For instance, they didn't know anything about algebra, but were able to solve the teacher's problem instantly after reading an example in the textbook. Similarly, they didn't know anything about volleyball, but as soon as the rules were explained to them they were playing better than anyone.)
Perhaps most offputting, though, is their failure to understand basic human interaction. They clearly do have feelings and opinions of their own, so they're not completely robotic, but the basics of social interaction, things like the concepts of friendship and goodwill, seem to be completely alien to them. It doesn't seem like they're averse to learning about such things, so perhaps they'll pick them up fairly quickly as they have with everything else. Human emotion is a little more complicated than volleyball, though.
Perhaps the most interesting part of these new girls' introduction, though, was the fact that, for most of the episode, it wasn't at all clear who or what they really were. Enemies seemed like the most likely option, of course, since anything remotely supernatural that happens near the Cures tends to be the work of malevolent forces, but it seemed quite possible that they were something else entirely.
The end of the episode, though, puts paid to that, revealing (to the viewers, not the Cures) that these two are indeed members of Dark Fall and keepers of two of the stolen fountains. Unlike the latest standard villain, Dorondoron (who is, incidentally, such a weirdo, and also Spiderman), though, they're not here under Akudaikaan's orders; they're acting of their own accord.
Thinking about it now, the parallels with Kiriya from the original series are pretty obvious. Just like him, they're human-looking members of the villainous group who transferred into the Cures' school at the same time as the third main villain started attacking, and just like him they're not very familiar with human behaviour but willing to learn. In fact, the parallel is so close that I'm amazed their appearance managed to come as so much of a surprise to me at all. I suppose it's a combination of the fact that I was lulled into a false sense of monotony by the latter half of the original series and all of Max Heart, neither of which did anything interesting like this with their villains at all, and the fact that these girls' introduction was handled slightly differently from Kiriya in that their identities weren't revealed until after their undercover introductions.
Whether they'll ultimately follow the same path as Kiriya, though, is difficult to say. They certainly seem more confident in their own villainous identities than he ever did, but their desire to learn about things like friendship is the same, and who knows what effects that learning process could have? Either way, it's certainly nice to have this kind of ambiguous villain in the series again.
One last thing that I found myself wondering about with relation to these two - if they're guardians of stolen fountains, that means they must each have their own nature theme. Names are usually a giveaway in this sort of thing, and sure enough, "Kaoru" means "scent", so she's probably guarding a Fountain of Air or perhaps Wind. As for "Michiru", that's a little less clear, but one key meaning it has is "to wax", as in phases of the moon, so perhaps a Fountain of Moon? We know there's a Fountain of Sun, after all.
...And it wasn't until I'd gone through that whole thought process that I remembered one of the few things I knew about this series going in - that
. That can't be a coincidence. Curiouser and curiouser...
Okay, now this series is getting interesting. It suddenly threw an interesting new element in the works that I can't say I was expecting at all, in the form of two new transfer students called Kaoru and Michiru.
And man, these two girls are pretty creepy. Initially I wasn't quite sure quite how to describe their particular brand of creepiness, but I guess "like robots" or "like aliens" both cover it pretty well. For a start, they're both completely expressionless to a fault. They don't seem to know anything about life in general, but they pick things up scarily fast given the opportunity. (For instance, they didn't know anything about algebra, but were able to solve the teacher's problem instantly after reading an example in the textbook. Similarly, they didn't know anything about volleyball, but as soon as the rules were explained to them they were playing better than anyone.)
Perhaps most offputting, though, is their failure to understand basic human interaction. They clearly do have feelings and opinions of their own, so they're not completely robotic, but the basics of social interaction, things like the concepts of friendship and goodwill, seem to be completely alien to them. It doesn't seem like they're averse to learning about such things, so perhaps they'll pick them up fairly quickly as they have with everything else. Human emotion is a little more complicated than volleyball, though.
Perhaps the most interesting part of these new girls' introduction, though, was the fact that, for most of the episode, it wasn't at all clear who or what they really were. Enemies seemed like the most likely option, of course, since anything remotely supernatural that happens near the Cures tends to be the work of malevolent forces, but it seemed quite possible that they were something else entirely.
The end of the episode, though, puts paid to that, revealing (to the viewers, not the Cures) that these two are indeed members of Dark Fall and keepers of two of the stolen fountains. Unlike the latest standard villain, Dorondoron (who is, incidentally, such a weirdo, and also Spiderman), though, they're not here under Akudaikaan's orders; they're acting of their own accord.
Thinking about it now, the parallels with Kiriya from the original series are pretty obvious. Just like him, they're human-looking members of the villainous group who transferred into the Cures' school at the same time as the third main villain started attacking, and just like him they're not very familiar with human behaviour but willing to learn. In fact, the parallel is so close that I'm amazed their appearance managed to come as so much of a surprise to me at all. I suppose it's a combination of the fact that I was lulled into a false sense of monotony by the latter half of the original series and all of Max Heart, neither of which did anything interesting like this with their villains at all, and the fact that these girls' introduction was handled slightly differently from Kiriya in that their identities weren't revealed until after their undercover introductions.
Whether they'll ultimately follow the same path as Kiriya, though, is difficult to say. They certainly seem more confident in their own villainous identities than he ever did, but their desire to learn about things like friendship is the same, and who knows what effects that learning process could have? Either way, it's certainly nice to have this kind of ambiguous villain in the series again.
One last thing that I found myself wondering about with relation to these two - if they're guardians of stolen fountains, that means they must each have their own nature theme. Names are usually a giveaway in this sort of thing, and sure enough, "Kaoru" means "scent", so she's probably guarding a Fountain of Air or perhaps Wind. As for "Michiru", that's a little less clear, but one key meaning it has is "to wax", as in phases of the moon, so perhaps a Fountain of Moon? We know there's a Fountain of Sun, after all.
...And it wasn't until I'd gone through that whole thought process that I remembered one of the few things I knew about this series going in - that
the Cures get upgraded later on to become "Cure Windy" and "Cure Bright", with their themes being "wind" and "moon" respectively
Let's Play! Suite Precure: 06
I don't know who you are yet, little girl, but you're on my nerves already! Respect your elders if you don't want a fist to the face!
So, we get our first new toy for the season, and a way to finish off the Negatones that doesn't require both Precure. Cool.
I don't know who you are yet, little girl, but you're on my nerves already! Respect your elders if you don't want a fist to the face!
So, we get our first new toy for the season, and a way to finish off the Negatones that doesn't require both Precure. Cool.
Theonik
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All will be done in time! First I have to catch up with this week's yuyushiki then I'll watch more Witches.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Is it wrong to enjoy The Pet Girl of Sakurasou this much
Past episode twelve or thirteen yeah, probably.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Annnnnnd i'm on 13. Thanks Gaf.
Chet Rippo
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Then why is it me supplying the gifts?
Tails are good. I like tails!!
Theonik
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Edited sir!
dakkumauji
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KirbYuuYuu
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Don't expect her to be less terrible.
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