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Kado: The Right Answer |OT| The Arrival of Childhood's End: Anime Edition
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Admiral Woofington
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I think we should do our own recap up until this week.
Admiral Woofington
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Kado 07
"Humans spend a third of their day sleeping, if they didn't have to human productivity would go up by 1.5 times"
From which corner of your ass are you pulling this math mr government employee/author? Has there been a study done of people who don't need to sleep that showed productivity increase that much? Are we not sure that people as a whole might simply laze around more?
They're thinking this in a very Japanese fashion me thinks. Maybe in their extremely work centric culture it works. Closest to that is probably America, but you try telling employees that they not only now have to work for more than 8 hours a day, but also be more productive.
I will fucking riot.
"Humans spend a third of their day sleeping, if they didn't have to human productivity would go up by 1.5 times"
From which corner of your ass are you pulling this math mr government employee/author? Has there been a study done of people who don't need to sleep that showed productivity increase that much? Are we not sure that people as a whole might simply laze around more?
They're thinking this in a very Japanese fashion me thinks. Maybe in their extremely work centric culture it works. Closest to that is probably America, but you try telling employees that they not only now have to work for more than 8 hours a day, but also be more productive.
I will fucking riot.
Crimsonlink
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Pretty good so far Kado just don't fuck with reproduction and you will be OK.
Admiral Woofington
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I can't anymore.
This show started out as the hero. In less than a season it became the villain. Just once anime. Just once can you not?
This show started out as the hero. In less than a season it became the villain. Just once anime. Just once can you not?
KO Traveling Hobo
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How many episodes will this show have, and is it expected to end conclusively or will it be a "maybe you'll get another season someday (never) / read the source material" deal?
You sold me super hard with that OP and the first paragraph of Jarmel's post, but I avoid committing to shows that won't commit to an ending.
You sold me super hard with that OP and the first paragraph of Jarmel's post, but I avoid committing to shows that won't commit to an ending.
Admiral Woofington
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You're joining the show when later episodes have made most of us turn on it lol
KO Traveling Hobo
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I've got a higher tolerance for things that would make animeGAF turn on a show
As long as a show starts strong and has a proper ending, I'm usually happy.
dickroach
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I've got a higher tolerance for things that would make animeGAF turn on a show
it hasn't gotten bad, it's just taken on a really different tone with this past episode. it looks like it's heading towards a proper ending imo
Crimsonlink
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Waifu was the protector agent?!? Damn this is getting interesting. What happens now to beat evil dude ZaShunina?
Curious how he said 4 objects but only showed 3 all together. The Wam, Sansa and that new thing that I can't remember the name of.
Curious how he said 4 objects but only showed 3 all together. The Wam, Sansa and that new thing that I can't remember the name of.
Turin Turambar
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He only wants for humanity to produce information. He isn't that much evil.
Admiral Woofington
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yeah he's not evil as much as he doesn't understand human morals. In this case, he realized he fucked up and gave too much info to a key person he'll need for his goal.
The Kado itself counts too.
witchedwiz
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meh it's not a japanese anime unless a god that is portraied is somehow fucked in the head...
Crimsonlink
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Well he wants to commit genocide if it means humanity can finally join them in the higher planes. lol
Admiral Woofington
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Lmao perfect response to your own thread.
The Silver
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Never trust Duckroll
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I'm interested. Like Knights of Sidonia S2 weird? If so, I'm not interested.
Crimsonlink
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Reminder that Gargantia was a show about a stranded sci-fi dude who was eons ahead of the people he met and was pretty much a huge slice of life up until the fish sticks came back to change that up.
Same guy from Gargantia is now on this show. What were you expecting?
I'm on episode 11 right now, but I'll keep it brief:
The opening theme is dope.
The
was lame as shit. Really wish the show didn't go in that direction and also all the human characters are flat or uninteresting. The show looks so much better when it's 2d, though the 3D occasionally has some moments/models that have polish they really should've just stuck with one style.
Oh and episode 10 could've worked as a totally ballsy ending.
The opening theme is dope.
The
twist reveal of Saraka
Oh and episode 10 could've worked as a totally ballsy ending.
My question exactly. Childhood's End is a masterpiece.
That'd probably undermine Kado's strong points...
I did like how the guys from episode 0 were made relevant again for the build-up to the ending, considering they seemed to be there mostly to establish a tone and show off Shindo's mindset and skills.
But if the ending doesn't work out, maybe it's not too late to make a Re:Creators OT instead to make up for it.
Admiral Woofington
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I don't see the point of keeping around his office friends if they were going to have such a minimal impact. The office ladys whole role in the show besides as a background character was to have unrequited feelings for the protagonist as she tells what's his face that she isn't good enough for him.
Duckroll is right after the turn of events 2 episodes ago the only thing that can make up for it is a massive Anime battle so I can at least laugh.
What a wasted opportunity. Say what you want about 91 days, but at least the team kept the low key American style mafia story the whole run.
Duckroll is right after the turn of events 2 episodes ago the only thing that can make up for it is a massive Anime battle so I can at least laugh.
What a wasted opportunity. Say what you want about 91 days, but at least the team kept the low key American style mafia story the whole run.
Dude there was nothing low key about those crazy motherfuckers later in the series. Lol.
The Technomancer
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oh man reading through this thread...what the heck happened to this show?
Admiral Woofington
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Fango excluded. Fango was the anime character in an HBO series.
dickroach
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I didn't mind the last few episodes of this show
like, since the beginning, underneath the "how fast should humanity advance" layer, it was really about "what's zaShunina up to, and are they going to try and take him down if he's up to no good"
but I still don't get how Saraka turned out to be an anisotropic being when they clearly showed her backstory of being a little girl growing up in whatever small town
like, since the beginning, underneath the "how fast should humanity advance" layer, it was really about "what's zaShunina up to, and are they going to try and take him down if he's up to no good"
but I still don't get how Saraka turned out to be an anisotropic being when they clearly showed her backstory of being a little girl growing up in whatever small town
Didn't she basically encode her essence in an embryo or something to be able to live through a full human experience?
Admiral Woofington
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he finished it in the anime OT. It was just a bunch of gifs, seems to have implied he accepted it for what it was and was entertained at least.
I'm not recommending this show to anybody but I didn't hate my time with it.
Crimsonlink
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Well shit Shindo surprised me too. That image of ZaShunia being surprised was worth the entire show.
Napoleonthechimp
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Something like that. I'm still not sure how that can be passed on genetically though.
See, no words just gifs.
Admiral Woofington
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"this is a good show except for all of the bad writing"
And he isn't even discussing the turn into a battle Shonen in later episodes
Just finished the show. Felt like some really great ideas were derailed by established anime tropes, but ultimately the ending redeemed the show and made it worth watching.
First of all, I absolutely hate CG in anime and this show certainly didn't change my opinion on that. The characters are wooden and lifeless as hell. The switches between 2D and 3D are incredibly jarring, but ultimately the plot kept me interested enough to press on.
In my opinion the best part of the show was exploring how human society would react to the introduction of infinite free energy and other alien technology. The Wam was an absolutely fascinating plot device, and it felt realistic that major players on the world stage would react to it with hostility, even with all the good it could do.
What I didn't like however, was the way the plot deviated to an almost shounen style good vs evil, with the political intrigue and real world conflicts taking a back seat. I felt like the ideas of human institutions coping with alien concepts was interesting enough and could have carried the whole show. But since they decided to go in that direction, I feel like they left too many unanswered questions about what the hell Sayaka is now exactly. But all in all the ending took things so far and was so unexpected, that it left me with a good impression in the end.
6/10 ( Would be a 7 but minus a point because the CG is awful)
First of all, I absolutely hate CG in anime and this show certainly didn't change my opinion on that. The characters are wooden and lifeless as hell. The switches between 2D and 3D are incredibly jarring, but ultimately the plot kept me interested enough to press on.
In my opinion the best part of the show was exploring how human society would react to the introduction of infinite free energy and other alien technology. The Wam was an absolutely fascinating plot device, and it felt realistic that major players on the world stage would react to it with hostility, even with all the good it could do.
What I didn't like however, was the way the plot deviated to an almost shounen style good vs evil, with the political intrigue and real world conflicts taking a back seat. I felt like the ideas of human institutions coping with alien concepts was interesting enough and could have carried the whole show. But since they decided to go in that direction, I feel like they left too many unanswered questions about what the hell Sayaka is now exactly. But all in all the ending took things so far and was so unexpected, that it left me with a good impression in the end.
6/10 ( Would be a 7 but minus a point because the CG is awful)
4 is a cutie
Banned
Pros:
- Watching how humanity would handle working with an alien
Cons:
- Space sword
- Japan are the good guys
- Teen Gohan raised in hyperbolic time chamber
- 3D
- Not enough seeing the day-to-day effects of advanced alien tech in society
- Not enough actual romance as opposed to "waifu" stuff
Even with the sudden "shounen" vibe I still enjoyed watching it. The cons are things I think could've been addressed had the show had 20-something episodes instead of 13. Overall I'd give it a C
- Watching how humanity would handle working with an alien
Cons:
- Space sword
- Japan are the good guys
- Teen Gohan raised in hyperbolic time chamber
- 3D
- Not enough seeing the day-to-day effects of advanced alien tech in society
- Not enough actual romance as opposed to "waifu" stuff
Even with the sudden "shounen" vibe I still enjoyed watching it. The cons are things I think could've been addressed had the show had 20-something episodes instead of 13. Overall I'd give it a C
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