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[spindashing]

testosterone

AAAHHH!!! Fuck that scared me!

Oh you know....stuff.

 

[Ellis Kim]

I would have said no but the first costume attire is dubious. What is the girls role in the game?

I... what?

Stay home often? :/

 

[speedpop]

What the hell ... happened in here?

 

[alstein]

Most cons have at-door reg, so sex offenders if they were there could just do that.

The only practical step would be banning under-18's from cons period.

 

[Branduil]

I wouldn't. The thing about comedies is that they are supposed to have humor.

K-on isn't a comedy. The emotional reaction it's going for is moe rather than humor. The only thing the two have in common is some elements of mono no aware.

 

[tedtropy]

Link from that tumbler.

Work friendly indeed.....

http://tomopop.com/tomopop-review-orchid-seed-s-nanako-19545.phtml

Great, now I'm on some sort of database...

 

[flawfuls]

K-on isn't a comedy. The emotional reaction it's going for is moe rather than humor. The only thing the two have in common is some elements of mono no aware.

I don't think Azumanga had much of a mono no aware aspect. Yotsubato does though.

 

[Branduil]

I don't think Azumanga had much of a mono no aware aspect. Yotsubato does though.

It wasn't primary, but they definitely played it up in a couple of episodes and especially the ending.

 

[survivor]

Should I be ashamed that I watch anime and have no idea what mono no aware is?

 

[jman2050]

I was recommended K-On on the bases that it was a funny Azumanga Diaoh style high school comedy about a music club. If the show was less about being "Cute" for the purposes of selling $150 dollar statues of the characters and more about, I don't know, being funny or actually being based around music I wouldn't have the burning hatred of it that I do now.

You are my new favorite poster.

 

[Izayoi]

Great, now I'm on some sort of database...

Hahaha. If they put people into a database for something that tame I don't think they'd be able to buy hard drives fast enough to keep an accurate log.

Should I be ashamed that I watch anime and have no idea what mono no aware is?

Nah, only nerds know what it actually means.

 

[Dresden]

I blame Evangelion.

 

[Branduil]

I blame Evangelion.

This is always the right decision.

 

[hellclerk]

K-on isn't a comedy. The emotional reaction it's going for is moe rather than humor. The only thing the two have in common is some elements of mono no aware.

What the fuck are you talking about. K-On is Comedy. Period. Hell, it's just a different brand of sitcom. The comedy derives from their archetypical personalities experiencing normal high school rock band situations. It's especially amusing to me since I can relate alot of the gags to my experiences in a high school rock band.

But then, it appears that this thread has gotten off the topic, and now the main people contributing are from the usual anime thread. Anime-GAF unite!

 

[Mortrialus]

You are my new favorite poster.

Yeah I'm not a fan of K-On to say the least.

What the fuck are you talking about. K-On is Comedy. Period. Hell, it's just a different brand of sitcom. The comedy derives from their archetypical personalities experiencing normal high school rock band situations. It's especially amusing to me since I can relate alot of the gags to my experiences in a high school rock band.

But then, it appears that this thread has gotten off the topic, and now the main people contributing are from the usual anime thread. Anime-GAF unite!

Really? As a musician, I find it infuriating how many aspects of music it gets wrong. Feed back when unplugging the guitar is one, and strings rusting after a few months is another.

 

[iavi]

Should I be ashamed that I watch anime and have no idea what mono no aware is?

Don't feel bad. I only just learned what it was a little while ago.

 

[flawfuls]

Should I be ashamed that I watch anime and have no idea what mono no aware is?

It's more of an anime GAF word than anything.

 

[NewFresh]

I blame Evangelion.

you are just making them stronger

 

[Branduil]

What the fuck are you talking about. K-On is Comedy. Period. Hell, it's just a different brand of sitcom. The comedy derives from their archetypical personalities experiencing normal high school rock band situations. It's especially amusing to me since I can relate alot of the gags to my experiences in a high school rock band.

But then, it appears that this thread has gotten off the topic, and now the main people contributing are from the usual anime thread. Anime-GAF unite!

It's not a comedy because laughter is not its primary goal. Its main goal is to create a warm, fuzzy feeling of moe affection and nostalgia.

 

[jman2050]

Yeah I'm not a fan of K-On to say the least.

See now I don't have to waste as many words talking about the show, I could just link to this post and call it a day.

Should I be ashamed that I watch anime and have no idea what mono no aware is?

It's a dumb animu nerd way of saying a show plays on nostalgia.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I can't specifically judge the Rin character mentioned as I haven't seen or read Usagi Drop, however I very much do consider my analysis to be correct in regards to, say, K-On, a show I very much loath. Everything about that show strikes me as coldly calculated to pander to that specific segment of otakudom, especially the characters. The characters aren't even characters in the traditional sense. They're all designed to be as fetishy as possible. Especially the vulnerable one and the vulnerable one mark II. When you break things down, you have a harem without a main character and an ecchi that operates on Freudian psychology and created innocence instead of panty shots.

Your love of Freudian analysis of moe is appropriate considering that most of Freud's theories were built on fraud. Well, one of the Freud's theories was that all boys go through a phase of their lives where they want to fuck their mothers. So, since you seem to be an expert on Freud's theories, you tell me. You ever wanted to fuck your mother?

 

[Ellis Kim]

K-on isn't a comedy. The emotional reaction it's going for is moe rather than humor. The only thing the two have in common is some elements of mono no aware.

*googles*

huh.

 

[Cipherr]

FINALLY!

OMG this fucking killed me lol!

 

[NewFresh]

What the fuck are you talking about. K-On is Comedy. Period. Hell, it's just a different brand of sitcom. The comedy derives from their archetypical personalities experiencing normal high school rock band situations. It's especially amusing to me since I can relate alot of the gags to my experiences in a high school rock band.

But then, it appears that this thread has gotten off the topic, and now the main people contributing are from the usual anime thread. Anime-GAF unite!

K-On is 90% Moe 10% comedy

 

[Hellsing321]

It's more of an anime GAF word than anything.

Well it is an actual literary term. We just mostly use it to bust Firehawk's balls.

 

[survivor]

Well it is an actual literary term. We just mostly use it to bust Firehawk's balls.

Yeah apparently Norwegian Wood is mono no aware or something.

I still can't see myself using the term, but at least I will know WTF it means when I see it mentioned.

 

[Mortrialus]

Your love of Freudian analysis of moe is appropriate considering that most of Freud's theories were built on fraud. Well, one of the Freud's theories was that all boys go through a phase of their lives where they want to fuck their mothers. So, since you seem to be an expert on Freud's theories, you tell me. You ever wanted to fuck your mother?

Actually my usage of the word Freudian has less to do with Freud's theories and more to do with the definitions that arose from them:


1. Relating to or influenced by Sigmund Freud and his methods of psychoanalysis, esp. with reference to the importance of sexuality in human behavior

2. Susceptible to analysis in terms of unconscious desires


http://www.google.com/search?source...gc.r_pw.&fp=e7a0bbe362cc4009&biw=1600&bih=785

K-On is 90% Moe 10% comedy

I'd break it down as closer to 100% moe and 0% comedy.

 

[flawfuls]

Well it is an actual literary term. We just mostly use it to bust Firehawk's balls.

I know, but few people use it outside of GAF.

 

[hellclerk]

Really? As a musician, I find it infuriating how many aspects of music it gets wrong. Feed back when unplugging the guitar is one, and strings rusting after a few months is another.

It's not feedback, but that pop you get when you take the instrument cable out without turning your amp volume down can blow out a speaker. I've seen it done. Not pretty. It's also obnoxious. Really, the only mildly infuriating part of the show is that I'm not sure the Mustang parts were recorded on a mustang (or at the least it's on the most boring vanilla pickup settings) and that these girls' parents must be ridiculously rich to afford to get them half the crap they own.

The lack of any real exploration of their individual character is a bit obnoxious as it's blatantly clear that they're keeping these girls as chaste as possible so that the obsessive otaku crowd stops sending them bomb threats.

It's not a comedy because laughter is not its primary goal. Its main goal is to create a warm, fuzzy feeling of moe affection and nostalgia.

No, I'm pretty sure comedy is the goal, because you know, it's from a GAG COMIC. Just because it's not funny to you don't make it unfunny to others.

K-On is 90% Moe 10% comedy

These two terms are not mutually exclusive...

 

[duckroll]

Okay, since discussion about the actual topic has died down, and this is just Anime Thread #2, I think it's time to lock it up.


P.S. K-On sux.