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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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Canis lupus
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Air episode 12 fin
This has to be the worst drama anime Ive seen.
2 or 3/10
This has to be the worst drama anime Ive seen.
2 or 3/10
yn-neko hates a cat
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So I started re-watching .Hack//Roots on Friday and thought I'd check in on some thoughts with impressions of episode 01 - 12.
My memories served correct in that it's no SAO sadly and while filled with many annoyances and questions, it's building up to what may be a satisfying second half though 1/2 the series to get there is a bit high of an asking price.
I found some general annoyances in what I can only sum up as failed attempts making unique character building mechanics. The way a scene will have a static close-up of a characters face for a few seconds followed by some standard grunt like sound that signifies "yes" (though hardly ever in a positive context) is highly annoying. It makes you think someone was trying to tighten that animation budget as this commonly happens a few times an episode.
Haseo, the main man of the story is a brat most of the time and his few shining moments almost always immediately fall flat as though his tsundre spirit has Tourette or something. Any moment of him looking awesome in combat is immediately followed by him being overpowered and/or saved by some else. He doesn't understand other peoples emotions and rarely shows any of his own aside from dejection and jealousy. He's no Kirito
The saving grace of the series as far as enjoyable characters is Tabby (and Ender to a much lesser extent).
My memories served correct in that it's no SAO sadly and while filled with many annoyances and questions, it's building up to what may be a satisfying second half though 1/2 the series to get there is a bit high of an asking price.
I found some general annoyances in what I can only sum up as failed attempts making unique character building mechanics. The way a scene will have a static close-up of a characters face for a few seconds followed by some standard grunt like sound that signifies "yes" (though hardly ever in a positive context) is highly annoying. It makes you think someone was trying to tighten that animation budget as this commonly happens a few times an episode.
Haseo, the main man of the story is a brat most of the time and his few shining moments almost always immediately fall flat as though his tsundre spirit has Tourette or something. Any moment of him looking awesome in combat is immediately followed by him being overpowered and/or saved by some else. He doesn't understand other peoples emotions and rarely shows any of his own aside from dejection and jealousy. He's no Kirito
The saving grace of the series as far as enjoyable characters is Tabby (and Ender to a much lesser extent).
yn-neko hates a cat
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You didn't cry at all?
I cried at how forgettable it was
KO Traveling Hobo
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That seems pretty memorable.
yn-neko hates a cat
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You have no heart you machine.
Granted, the story was incoherent and full of holes but surely the drama made you feel something? Granted, it no Petopeto but you must have felt something!
I cried because the end meant no more sloth and Potato antics.
Canis lupus
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Almost cried at how bad it was. :/
yn-neko hates a cat
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Is it clear what period(s) relative to the earthquake they'll be covering? I know they said aftermath but I can imagine things becoming dark depending on how they handle it which would be very uncharacteristic of the other amimes mentioned in this report.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Dang! You guys are ice cold! Not on my list of top anime (doesn't hold a candle to Clannad or Kanon) but I appreiciated it for it's characters even though the overall story wasn't that great.
see I dont even remember a sloth
KO Traveling Hobo
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RyougaSaotome
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The afterworld got sick of his bullshit and tossed him out, clearly.
yn-neko hates a cat
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My avatar name??? It's a secret I need to take to my grave
All’s I can say is that it's a bit of passive aggressiveness on my part.Edit:
Now I'm just confused.
What on Earth have you linked me to?
I'm not really into RP so I tend to ignore things like that, but there are a lot of cute pictures of Chitanda.
yn-neko hates a cat
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LOL... this is a thing?!
Better link.
I dont think anything it it is nsfw but fuck it, disclaimer anyway. Just in case.
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/misaki-sawakiguchi
I dont think anything it it is nsfw but fuck it, disclaimer anyway. Just in case.
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/misaki-sawakiguchi
KO Traveling Hobo
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I don't know, man. But there are like 70 entries in the archive.
Pictures are a dime a dozen. Madness is precious.
It's pretty shameless that whoever is doing PR for this new Wake up, Girls anime thing is trying so hard to associate it as a "reunion" of Lucky Star staff. Nothing wrong with leveraging on a director's past works, but when he got fired from the production after 4 episodes, I think the situation is different!
Yeah, internet roleplay as established characters is ridiculously popular with nutty fan communities. I guess people feel better when they're pretending to be a fictional character.
Tumblr is a weird place.
But Misaki Sawakiguchi madness is a special adorable kind of madness!
Oh, goody, another anime about girls who want to be idols.
They haven't even decided where they're going to set it or how many characters there are going to be! How cynical -_-
Keep aiming high, Japan!
What if I don't want to wake up? It feels like he's still trying to save something.
Canis lupus
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It had boring comedy, followed by poorly written tragedy. It tries way too hard to be deep and tragic. Definetly not ice cold, I love Clannad: AS.
Not that I want to come across as abrasive but your custom title should probably be revoked if you're going to have that attitude.
Well what else could a studio do?
yn-neko hates a cat
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I did more searching Anime RP and it's a universe I don't think I'm ready for. I can't even deal with general fan-fic let alone first person fan-fic. If it makes them happy then more power to them but man it seems a bit delusional to me :/
I don't get why people form up around her... she's a minor character that's barely been in four episodes. Is unkempt hair really that much of a turn on for people?
His career maybe!
yn-neko hates a cat
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It had boring comedy, followed by poorly written tragedy. It tries way too hard to be deep and tragic. Definetly not ice cold, I love Clannad: AS.
Did AS make you cry at least? Throw me a bone here. Restore my faith in the Turkish race
yn-neko hates a cat
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Wouldn't it be amazing if the opening theme was a cover of Chop Suey?
yn-neko hates a cat
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OH WOW! I couldn't even read what was on the page... that header was incredibly offensive
Canis lupus
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Did AS make you cry at least? Throw me a bone here. Restore my faith in the Turkish race
Yes kinda, the part with his father and daughter.
Misaki is just weird and super cute. She is awesome.
yn-neko hates a cat
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I could see her working as a character who aggressively persues Oreki as a love interest and has the wrong idea about his relationship with Ibara
...however, she's nothing then a walking gimmick like Oreki's red herring sister
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