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Ibblebibble posted:I'm gonna let analogy chat run until next week, but considering that second-best girl Futaba's arc is next (I believe), I'm willing to lock the thread for a bit if things get too heated. It doesn’t look like this is gonna stop, and the arguments are only getting dumber. I think it maybe best to just lock the thread until the next episode, or at least give it a time out for a few days.
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Well, I still think the complaints aren't well founded, but I'm obviously not convincing anyone here so whatever. What's really getting my goat is describing a harmless genre convention as something as real world harmful as pseudoscience. You're obviously entitled to feel however you want to feel about how the show presents itself in whole and part.KomeradeCanadian posted:How about a better thought: do you think we're getting a third reality warper next arc? It is interesting to me that we've gone from having a phenomenon that seems to be externally imposed on a character (Mai's dropping out of the public perception in an extremely literal way) to one that's being imposed by a character in the rest of the world, or at least a perfect replacement of it. So I'm assuming what we see next won't match either of the first two, but be something altogether different.
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Clarste posted:I mean I get that she's a nerd who drinks out of beakers in the chemistry lab, so she wants to use sciency metaphors. But that makes her a dumb nerd misusing sciency metaphors, not someone explaining actually how the magic works. Her metaphors work as intended, providing a different viewpoint of what is going on that might help Sakuta and ultimately do help him in his situation. Metaphors aren't meant to be equations, just helpful tools for explaining something that may not be easily understood as-is. And her choice for scientific metaphors to use are on-point as each matches the situation at hand very well and can be understood on multiple levels, providing increased entertainment for people who think too literally to understand what she is going for. paragon1 posted:It is interesting to me that we've gone from having a phenomenon that seems to be externally imposed on a character (Mai's dropping out of the public perception in an extremely literal way) to one that's being imposed by a character in the rest of the world, or at least a perfect replacement of it. So I'm assuming what we see next won't match either of the first two, but be something altogether different. Mai's situation was self-imposed. She put herself in the Cat-Box because she no longer wanted to be observed. Also like a cat, she's too dumb to figure out how to get out of the box.
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paragon1 posted:Well, I still think the complaints aren't well founded, but I'm obviously not convincing anyone here so whatever. What's really getting my goat is describing a harmless genre convention as something as real world harmful as pseudoscience. You're obviously entitled to feel however you want to feel about how the show presents itself in whole and part. Personally I agree with you that these explanations are completely harmless and that some people are getting way too hung up on them, but the back and forth between both sides isn’t really getting anywhere.
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Hmm, that's a really good point. And then he resolves the situation by doing something to force Mai to be "observed" by the school and presumably thus the rest of the world. On a different note one thing that was really impressive to me was how the show managed to make Koga incredibly relatable in this arc. Like drat, my life is nothing like hers but I 100% get feeling the need to way way overthink an upcoming awkward social situation.
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So the whole bunnygirl thing was just her testing the limits of her in-perceptibility? I wouldn't call her dumb, her mother forgot she exists and her name was erased. I don't think there was anything she could do, maybe pay Sakuta to rent a billboard? Also, crazy prediction: one character will split into several to solve a love triangle. Scientific backing is none, but Doctor Manhattan did it and he's... quantum. KomeradeCanadian fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Nov 10, 2018 |
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Personally lookin forward to seeing the nonsense explanation for how the Shoko girl time travelled
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El Burbo posted:Personally lookin forward to seeing the nonsense explanation for how the Shoko girl time travelled After Sakuta and her parted ways, she became part of a harem anime, orbiting around a Harem Protagonist. Since Harem Protagonists are the densest things known to man, things orbiting around them experience extreme time dilation. In this manner, the laughable Shoko girl experienced time much more slowly compared to Sakuta and the others. This explains why she appears young compared to everyone else. It also provides an explanation for why nothing of consequence never seems to happen in a Harem anime; to us it may go on for years with no noticeable changes, but to the characters themselves only a day has passed while we observed them.
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boredsatellite posted:The pout game is strong It is, but consider:
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Ibblebibble posted:I'm gonna let analogy chat run until next week, but considering that second-best girl Futaba's arc is next (I believe), I'm willing to lock the thread for a bit if things get too heated.  " moment, since it felt like maybe it could've been done without feeling like an infodump of sorts, but I think that there's a purpose to the explanations, beyond Sakuta and Futaba's funny back and forth that often ensues as a result. It's less a "this is an absolutely proper scientific explanation, 100% solvable" and more of a "Sakuta goes to Futaba for advice, and Futaba gives her advice trying to frame it using things she's familiar with, based on how much or little she got out of what Sakuta told her".loving love Fiona Apple posted:
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The show's about weird supernatural things happening that seem to be driven by people's collective beliefs. The silly pseudoscience explanations turn out to be correct because they person observing the phenomena believes the explanations. there you go
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Yay ponytail Futaba time. Y'all with pseudoscience issues are going to have a loving conniption this episode.
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Ibblebibble posted:Yay ponytail Futaba time. You got me. I sort of zoned out there. But good ep overall. ponytail Futaba was good and Mai teasing her boyfriend was very good
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That one second frame of Kaede when Mai's phone rang gave me chills man. That's the face of a girl with PTSD. Anyway another week another great episode. We got more Mai/Sakuta which is always the highlight of the show for me. Futaba looks amazing with a ponytail. The direction and shot composition is on point. And the modified ED is great. Like how both Kunimi and Sakuta are there. Can't wait for next week.
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Yeah Kaede freaked me out there. I think this arc only has one more episode going for it sadly, because this might be my favourite version of the ED. Her mid-walk costume change is cool as hell. Also, updated the OP a bit with a good shot of our favourite logical witch. Ibblebibble fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Nov 14, 2018 |
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 Some real good cattes this episode Mai and Sakuta moments are also my favorite part of the show, so I'm glad this episode had a lot of them.
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Ibblebibble posted:Yeah Kaede freaked me out there. I think this arc only has one more episode going for it sadly, because this might be my favourite version of the ED. If we go off what the BD’s list, then this arc and the next one are only two episodes, while the last one is back to three.
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Ibblebibble posted:Yay ponytail Futaba time. Powerful.
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TheKingofSprings posted:All these comments and nobody posting screencaps Okay.  bunnygirlsenpai.jpg
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TheKingofSprings posted:All these comments and nobody posting screencaps    
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moshi-moshi! Cassandra desu 
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Oh also, girl broth This series is full of new kinda gross kinda cute euphenisms.
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Hahaha Mai didn't tell any of her showbiz people that she's dating someone. It's great because it's in character and hilarious.
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Nasuno has already hissed at Hayate the customary 437 times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Sn91t1V4g
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Yeah most cats adjust to kittens pretty quickly. I just acclimated a kitten to an adult cat and it took like, a day.
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Kwyndig posted:Yeah most cats adjust to kittens pretty quickly. I just acclimated a kitten to an adult cat and it took like, a day. This episode was okay. I'm guessing Futaba split into two versions because of her unrequited romantic tension? One version ignores the guy, the other openly pursues him?
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And his friend, the object of Futaba's lust is dating the angry ginger, right? edit: have you seen this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2dJQ_fgca4 KomeradeCanadian fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Nov 15, 2018 |
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KomeradeCanadian posted:Oh also, girl broth A lady's used bathwater is not a new concept in japan.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9ihd-d2UY These girls harmonise very well. Also, Futaba's little glasses push looks ridiculously cool. Ibblebibble fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Nov 15, 2018 |
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Ibblebibble posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9ihd-d2UY whoosh... i had no idea the intros were different That's gorgeous
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