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Don't sell yourself short, you have some great series under your belt and some seminal films too. Having 200 series watched on MAL doesn't mean much if they're nothing of worth.
I noticed you liked Jin-Roh and Ghost in the Shell. Jin-Roh was written by Mamoru Oshii and Ghost in the Shell was directed by him. You should consider checking out either of the two Patlabor films whom Oshii directed. The TV Series and OVA Series are also worth checking out for that matter.
How did you get into watching this show of all things?
R_thanatos
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Not sure if you wanna know the truth .
already read the spoiler above lol
Not sure if you wanna know the truth .
The ears are cake is a lie
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Pitou a shit
Admiral Woofington
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Chaika the Coffin Princess 4
You can add another similarity to Scrapped Princess in this episode with
. Jesus the guy that wrote this really just wanted to write a moe version of Scrapped Princess.
As to the episode, the battle was pretty sweet if I do say so myself. They were fighting as good assassins and using
to their advantage only solidified their standing as great leads. As to the incest side of things some folk here were against of
. I wish chaika wasn't so moe blob-ish. She has a use, but her speech pattern and attitude make me so iffy of liking her as a character.
You can add another similarity to Scrapped Princess in this episode with
the lead getting a dragoon ally that he doesn't get along with terribly well at first but probably ends up working really well together later down the line
As to the episode, the battle was pretty sweet if I do say so myself. They were fighting as good assassins and using
poison
seems like they aren't blood related, but it looks like it won't get serious outside of kuudere humor like the 'somebody precious somebody precious' scene so I wouldn't worry too much about it
it's nice to see the dragoon joining them though. She's the second dragon loli this season I guess, but at least she's dressing like a human being and won't be used for fan service. Looks like she'll probably act a tad bit tsundere towards Toru next episode
Deputy Dangle
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WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
No wonder nobody talks about this when the Patlabor series is brought up. Not only is this an excruciatingly average monster movie, but the SV2 unit were relegated to borderline cameos! And having watched it, I'm glad they had as little a role in this as they did.
So the story follows these two detectives (one older, one younger) as they are investigating the cause of some destroyed labors and other machinery that have been occurring near the Tokyo coastline recently. One thing leads to another, there's a giant fish monster, some drama pops up between the monster and its creator, and you can get an idea of where it goes next. It's fairly typical monster movie fare that sadly has a director on autopilot and a script concerningly eager with getting to the next plot point at the expense of any sort of characterization.
Whereas Oshii's take on the Patlabor universe was emotive, tense, and filled with atmosphere, WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 is emotionally soulless and lacking in any sort of atmosphere. It gets from Point A to Point B without any care or thought put into how to form well-realized characters or pacing itself appropriately to what a given scene is attempting to set up. The pacing was especially egregious to me during the big reveal of the monster fairly early on because it jumped the gun so quickly. It was as if it didn't have the patience to linger on a scene before moving to the next plot point.
I was originally dead set on simply calling this film average for a good chunk of its dull run time. However, its rather empty, haphazardly executed finale really soured the whole thing for me. Why does this even exist? Ugh.
One of the rare highlights in this whole thing.
No wonder nobody talks about this when the Patlabor series is brought up. Not only is this an excruciatingly average monster movie, but the SV2 unit were relegated to borderline cameos! And having watched it, I'm glad they had as little a role in this as they did.
So the story follows these two detectives (one older, one younger) as they are investigating the cause of some destroyed labors and other machinery that have been occurring near the Tokyo coastline recently. One thing leads to another, there's a giant fish monster, some drama pops up between the monster and its creator, and you can get an idea of where it goes next. It's fairly typical monster movie fare that sadly has a director on autopilot and a script concerningly eager with getting to the next plot point at the expense of any sort of characterization.
Whereas Oshii's take on the Patlabor universe was emotive, tense, and filled with atmosphere, WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 is emotionally soulless and lacking in any sort of atmosphere. It gets from Point A to Point B without any care or thought put into how to form well-realized characters or pacing itself appropriately to what a given scene is attempting to set up. The pacing was especially egregious to me during the big reveal of the monster fairly early on because it jumped the gun so quickly. It was as if it didn't have the patience to linger on a scene before moving to the next plot point.
I was originally dead set on simply calling this film average for a good chunk of its dull run time. However, its rather empty, haphazardly executed finale really soured the whole thing for me. Why does this even exist? Ugh.
Turin Turambar
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Would be really defending "humanity" if doing that you have to sacrifice your friend and master in doing so? No! We are better than them! /shounen trope
Joking!
Yeah, psychologically speaking he wasn't prepared for the mission. The kind of guy that could risk his live for the mission, but not the lives of others.
Yeah, psychologically speaking he wasn't prepared for the mission. The kind of guy that could risk his live for the mission, but not the lives of others.
Scrapped Princess was super moe. what do you mean?
Admiral Woofington
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This is shonen action, don't know why you expected any different lol
Even more moe than scrapped princess. The character designs and wardrobes, especially of the people chasing them and their ages and the blushed cheeks and even bigger eyes. And the fact the titular character acts super moe. And now we have a
semi tsundere loli
Turin Turambar
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A friend of mine always said "eeeeeviiiil cat" every time she appeared on screen, since Kaito's beheading. Mmm she stopped doing it since she's healing Komugi...
edit: also calls "Chihaya" to Komgui. No joke
Jex
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Honestly, it's one of the most annoying 'heroic' tropes in any work of fiction. You know, when the hero has a choice between saving the world and saving an important person to them and they chose the person? No one person's life will ever be worth the lives of millions of people and 'heroes' who chose incorrectly under those circumstances are idiots.
Well, they would be, except in most cases the author bales them out anyway so they get to have their cake and eat it too.
Well, they would be, except in most cases the author bales them out anyway so they get to have their cake and eat it too.
Admiral Woofington
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Hence why Fate Zero is so great. If not depressing.
Pacifica was super hnnng. That hair <3
Pitou
isnt a girl though
Turin Turambar
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I always disliked the final Fate Zero's argument that try to show how the reasoning was "wrong", putting an impossible hypothetical scenario where there is no good choices.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Pitou's a girl in the 2011 anime. Before she was just an unspecified gender. Togashi needs to stop doing that, I've lost track of how many "unspecified gender" characters there are. Some people still think Kurapika's a girl too
chickdigger802
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The author or the hero's future self, anyway.
Admiral Woofington
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I don't think it was necessarily solely to prove the reasoning was wrong, but also a kind of mean spirited
torture of Kiritsugu and his ideals to break him down and show him that his ideals in places would only cause suffering. What we're left with at the end is a broken man who saves a little boy, raises him for a bit and then dies with regrets. All thanks to this war
I only watched the 98 pilot episode and was left wondering just that when I finished. lol
ZachDeKoromaru
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What if they have to choose between saying the world and a bowl of Crunchy Nut Granola?
victreeb3l
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Chaika 4
Nice, we got
. A nice way to build the harem I suppose.
Nice, we got
a loli dragon chick thats also a cat
This is anime. The choice would be between saving the world and touching senpai's breast.
Theonik
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You should just accept the Cuilan future.
This sounds so very promising.
Yeah, they'd be choosing the option that "sympathetic" villains often take.
Which makes it honestly a bit funny.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I absolutely agree on that. That's why I say that it is terrible when it starts to influence storytelling in any way. The problem arrives largely based on amateur writers who care far too much about the power level angle and decide to craft their stories around that.
Joe Molotov
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The truth is whatever you make it. You just have to believe hard enough.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
At least the narration acknowledges how it's a bad choice in this case.
I think it's established pretty early on with Knuckle that he's more likely to save those in front of him than the unseen billions, so I wouldn't call it unbelievable at least. He just happened to be less qualified for the mission than his superiors thought.
victreeb3l
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Yeah dude shes adorable. Best girl so far
SHES GOING ON MY LIST OF ADORABLES
Perhaps the point is that the gender doesn't matter?
Turin Turambar
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I feel there is more to say about the issue, but well, let's wait until Jexhius finishes with the hxh backlog!
R_thanatos
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Puchimas!! - 25
You're doing No damage !
Puchimas!! - 26
Best use of an helicopter + gasoline !
You're doing No damage !
Puchimas!! - 26
Best use of an helicopter + gasoline !
This also relates to the old superhero trope of sending supervillains to Arkham/jail/wherever and then they promptly escape to murder more people. And superhero can't just kill the villain because then he'd be just as "bad" as the supervillain even though his inability to kill ends up costing far more lives.
Well, I highly doubt anyone will ever be as strong as Meruem again. If later people are or are stronger, that'd be some insane power creeping.
Hold on. Komugi…and Cheetu…have the same intelligence?
My brain just exploded.
Komugi doesn't deserve that. Nobody deserves that.
i see you saw the sentai tweet too
R_thanatos
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No Game NO life - 04
Excellent episode
The speech delivery was just like i wanted after reading it.
Episode was godly Can't wait to see the next arc .
I knew it , those hours playing "Civilisation" will definitly help when i'll travel to another world.
Excellent episode
The speech delivery was just like i wanted after reading it.
Kudos for the phoenix wright exchange.
I lost it , right here !
Episode was godly Can't wait to see the next arc .
I knew it , those hours playing "Civilisation" will definitly help when i'll travel to another world.
I should note my granola reference earlier had nothing to do with this and is a complete coincidence.
Love Live S2 - 4
Nice episode about Nico. Laughed when she said her siblings that all the other girls are Backstage.
Dragon Ball Kai - 102
That punching machine. It is so nice to relieve all these old memories. And finally I'm getting more familiar with Goku, Gohan and Goten voice.
Mangaka San - 4
Really would love to have this with 20 minutes each episode. Feels too short. Anyways, laughed when Aito and Miharu met in high school. Poor Miharu, she wouldn't imagine that polite boy was quite a pervert.
Soredemo Sekai - 4
Dunno what to think about this one yet. Don't like so much the King but really like Nike. Also, I noticed they are adding plots and other stuff.
Nice episode about Nico. Laughed when she said her siblings that all the other girls are Backstage.
Dragon Ball Kai - 102
That punching machine. It is so nice to relieve all these old memories. And finally I'm getting more familiar with Goku, Gohan and Goten voice.
Mangaka San - 4
Really would love to have this with 20 minutes each episode. Feels too short. Anyways, laughed when Aito and Miharu met in high school. Poor Miharu, she wouldn't imagine that polite boy was quite a pervert.
Soredemo Sekai - 4
Dunno what to think about this one yet. Don't like so much the King but really like Nike. Also, I noticed they are adding plots and other stuff.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
So what's your verdict for all the people reluctant to start the series?
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