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[Haly]

This thread is also pretty cyclical. How many times have we returned to the tsundere discussion?

It's like endless eight in thread form but infinitely more entertaining.

(yes I know this comparison has been made before, SHIT BE CYCLICAL)
Also:
Kuragehime 3: Shu :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[jman2050]

This thread is also pretty cyclical. How many times have we returned to the tsundere discussion?

It's better than the moe discussion, that's for sure.

*ignores that tsunderes are a specific subset of moe*

 

[Lafiel]

There's not a single moe character that is as compelling as asuka from evangelion, so yeah.

 

[Erigu]

[The Five Star Stories]

I was just blown away by the insane amount of thought and effort that went into every useless detail. In the manga volumes there are just pages of timelines, tons of maps of planets and solar systems, ridiculously comprehensive analysis of random character's wardrobe, explications of certain jobs and positions including details about their wages and fucking pension plans and tons of other insane details that are too many to mention. And that was just the stuff packed into the manga itself, I shudder to think of what the artbooks are like. It's like the guy wanted to single handedly outdo the scope and intricacy of big popular sci-fi universes like Star Trek within his 12 volume manga.

If I remember well, the timeline was actually published before the series even began... That sure is an odd/interesting way to write such a series...

 

[zeroshiki]

There's not a single moe character that is as compelling as asuka from evangelion, so yeah.

*High-five*

moe used to be something that was IN shows. Not the sole reason for shows to exist.

 

[Dresden]

You guys ragging on moe better not be watching that squid girl show. That show is pointlessness personified.

If I remember well, the timeline was actually published before the series even began... That sure is an odd/interesting way to write such a series...

Quite a few fantasy authors seem to do that, actually. Most don't do it with the obsessive detail of FSS, but regardless, you'd be surprised to see how many charted out who won what mythical war 2,000 years before or after the setting of the story.

 

[jman2050]

You guys ragging on moe better not be watching that squid girl show. That show is pointlessness personified.

Oh you!

 

[firehawk12]

Oh you!

Now you know how it feels!

 

[DrForester]

Lets talk about something more productive.

Princess Tutu. It's been way too long.

 

[Haly]

Yay I can post this again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9197GTl1ASg

 

[jman2050]

Lets talk about something more productive.

Princess Tutu. It's been way too long.

Is it already time to repost this? Cause it owns. Princess Tutu owns and every pure red-blooded male should have more Princess Tutu in their lives.

EDIT - Damn, beaten :lol

 

[Vox-Pop]

This thread is also pretty cyclical. How many times have we returned to the tsundere discussion?

while at first I liked tsunderes, now I can't stand them. they get annoying after the tenth episode and sometimes it's just gets to the point of mean. Totally ruined haruhi and toradora for me, especially when watching a show from start to end straight.

 

[Dresden]

It's true that Haruhi and Taiga suck.

 

[InfiniteNine]

I haven't seen that same image reposted for a while~! Memories~!

It's true that Haruhi and Taiga suck.

Not really no.

 

[jman2050]

How do me and Vox/Dresden manage to coexist in this thread when our tastes are at polar opposites?

 

[Dresden]

Nah, Haruhi sucks. She's the second worst character in her own show. If time-tits didn't exist she'd be the worst, hands down. Kyon makes that show, he and Nagato.

As for Taiga, Minorin was a far more interesting character. I'm not going to go into "who deserved who" because that's fanboy shit, but as characters go Taiga was an abusive, violent bitch for whom I had no sympathy whatsoever.

 

[Lafiel]

How do me and Vox/Dresden manage to coexist in this thread when our tastes are at polar opposites?

If we all had the same taste this thread would be boring. The only thing that should remain the same is our love for asuka!

 

[Vox-Pop]

If we all had the same taste this thread would be boring. The only thing that should remain the same is our love for asuka!

booo. Any Rei fans here?

 

[jman2050]

As for Taiga, Minorin was a far more interesting character. I'm not going to go into "who deserved who" because that's fanboy shit, but as characters go Taiga was a ho.

As much as it pains me to say it, Minori, like Kitamura, was a walking plot device. A good and well-developed plot device, but one nonetheless!

Besides, everyone knows Ami is the best character.

 

[InfiniteNine]

booo. Any Rei fans here?

Maybe if someone likes people with the personality of a lamp.

 

[Lafiel]

booo. Any Rei fans here?

Asuka fans don't like emotionless robots.

 

[jman2050]

booo. Any Rei fans here?

Out of all the terrible things Eva unleashed to the anime world at large, Rei's character archetype is by far the worst.

 

[Dresden]

I always thought Sadamoto preferred Rei, judging by what he did with the manga. I don't have a problem with her.

Ritsuko and Misato > underage girls, anyways.

 

[Vox-Pop]

Maybe if someone likes people with the personality of a lamp.

QUOTE=Lafiel]Asuka fans don't like emotionless robots.[/QUOTE]
pfft. Blue > Red.

Man, they really mad them total opposites. I guess that was the point.

 

[DrForester]

It's true that Haruhi and Taiga suck.

Nothing wrong with bestHaruhi

Or Taiga (one of the few Tsunderes I actually liked)

 

[Crash Station]

How do me and Vox/Dresden manage to coexist in this thread when our tastes are at polar opposites?

There are people with bigger taste discrepancies then you and those guys. I could probably name a few in here that don't like a single show I like and vice-versa. That's much more significant than arguing which character in a single show is cuter.

 

[Haly]

Minori > Taiga

FACT.

 

[Dresden]

Nothing wrong with bestHaruhi

http://i51.tinypic.com/30u3h1f.jpg[/img]

Nothing wrong with Fujioka. We're talking about Suzumiya, anyways.

I don't like Taiga. Never will. Maybe some of it is my reflexive dislike for almost anything tsundere.

Minori > Taiga

FACT.

I like the way you roll, good sir.

 

[zoku88]

Minori > Taiga

FACT.

Minori... that is Kushieda right?

If so, you are very correct, sir!

 

[Lafiel]

Ritsuko and Misato > underage girls, anyways.

Crap, my obsession with asuka is actually very creepy considering she's like 14.:/ (and I'm 19). I'd imagine it's even creepier for I9.:lol

 

[Vox-Pop]

Taiga had her moments, for example when she to copy Ryu's cooking or when she went to live with her father because Ryu told her so. It was obvious she listened/admired Ryu. 95% percent of the other time she was just annoying.

 

[Nonoriri]

Toradora sucks.

 

[Vox-Pop]

The worst character was Kita, when he dyed his hair and tried to rebel, I just gave up on the series.

 

[zoku88]

Crap, my obsession with asuka is actually very creepy considering she's like 14.:/ (and I'm 19). I'd imagine it's even creepier for I9.:lol

It's anime. Age doesn't matter. They would be exactly the same whether they were 14 or 18.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Crap, my obsession with asuka is actually very creepy considering she's like 14.:/ (and I'm 19). I'd imagine it's even creepier for I9.:lol

I was 13 when I started liking her so as far as I'm concerned it's okay. I don't need old ladies with crippling personalities due to past trauma.

 

[jman2050]

I can't in good conscious find Taiga terribly annoying overall because A) she was actually well-written for being the stock tsundere lead and B) having suffered through Louise, Shana, and now Kirino just makes her seem that much of a better character by comparison.

Could also help that Novel Taiga > Anime Taiga, but that's another argument!

 

[Erigu]

Quite a few fantasy authors seem to do that, actually.

They publish the entire timeline before the first episode, really? ^_^;

 

[Vox-Pop]

My first anime love/crush was Haruko.

 

[Dresden]

I don't need old ladies with crippling personalities due to past trauma.

You'd rather deal with crippling trauma+puberty?

I have to admit that I thought Maya Ibuki was cute.

They publish the entire timeline before the first episode, really? ^_^;

Oh, he published it before it even came out? Now that certainly is odd.

 

[7Th]

...Numata brawling...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNIB248mco#t=21s

Represent, yo.

 

[DrForester]

I can't in good conscious find Taiga terribly annoying overall because A) she was actually well-written for being the stock tsundere lead and B) having suffered through Louise, Shana, and now Kirino just makes her seem that much of a better character by comparison.

Could also help that Novel Taiga > Anime Taiga, but that's another argument!

Really didn't like Familiar of Zero. I liked Shana as a show, thought it had a neat, and decently executed concept, even if I wasn't a big fan of Shana herself (though she was miles better than Louise), and I'd put Taiga way above them both.

 

[InfiniteNine]

You'd rather deal with crippling trauma+puberty?

I have to admit that I thought Maya Ibuki was cute.

It can still be alleviated quite a bit at their age before some nasty habits develop to cope by being in a somewhat healthy relationship. Ritsuko and Misato already found their outlets through copious amount of sex and throwing themselves into their work. Plus Asuka talking to the puppet is cute.

 

[firehawk12]

I was 13 when I started liking her so as far as I'm concerned it's okay. I don't need old ladies with crippling personalities due to past trauma.

You just need 14 year olds with crippling personalities.

 

[InfiniteNine]

You just need 14 year olds with crippling personalities.

As I said they have yet to ingrain themselves with unhealthy coping mechanisms. ;P It's easier to get lessen these problems if they haven't been broken for so long.

 

[Erigu]

Oh, he published it before it even came out? Now that certainly is odd.

Yeah, it's a bit like he's thinking "hey, they make WWII movies despite the fact we know how it went down, who won in the end and what the aftermath was, so why not?" Which... Yeah, I guess that's true... but still...? ^^;
'Sounds like an interesting experiment, anyway... Not my cup of tea, personally, but...

 

[firehawk12]

As I said they have yet to ingrain themselves with unhealthy coping mechanisms. ;P It's easier to get lessen these problems if they haven't been broken for so long.

Except that never happens in the show... :lol

 

[jman2050]

Really didn't like Familiar of Zero. I liked Shana as a show, thought it had a neat, and decently executed concept, even if I wasn't a big fan of Shana herself (though she was miles better than Louise), and I'd put Taiga way above them both.

My biggest problem with Shana (the show) is that if you asked me to describe every central character's personality in one sentence or more I wouldn't be able to do it. Well, except for Yoshida, which is unfortunate because she's the worst character in the show by several thousand light-years.

Unfortunate, because the premise was interesting, the story has some compelling elements, and the action is just downright fantastic, it's just that it's all tied together by precisely zilch.

 

[Dresden]

I thought the action in Shana was horrible. It just looks flat and lacks energy.

I think I would've enjoyed Zero something something if Louise didn't exist. The dude didn't seem too bad--certainly not the doormat that Yuji was in Shana.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Except that never happens in the show... :lol

Actually they showed a future in while Shinji didn't exist and Asuka took up the same sex for validation Misato did.

 

[Haly]

As I said they have yet to ingrain themselves with unhealthy coping mechanisms. ;P It's easier to get lessen these problems if they haven't been broken for so long.

"There's no such thing as a bad heroine. There are only bad games. Heroines are always waiting for someone to save them!"