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And now we see why everyone's kind of afraid of Elias. 
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Nov 18, 2017 20:14
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Sindai posted:And now we see why everyone's kind of afraid of Elias. I'm assuming the title for Episode 8 will be: Ohhhh now you hosed up!
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Nov 18, 2017 20:33
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I have a feeling this little poo poo wont be put underground until later, but I'm always down for some good "you hosed up" comeuppance. Also I liked how we saw how competent Chise is now.
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Nov 18, 2017 21:48
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Sindai posted:And now we see why everyone's kind of afraid of Elias.  Chaosfirev posted:I have a feeling this little poo poo wont be put underground until later, but I'm always down for some good "you hosed up" comeuppance. Accidentally made a too strong sleeping potion? Might as well bring it along. 
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Nov 18, 2017 22:19
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Chaosfirev posted:Also I liked how we saw how competent Chise is now. Competent and actually seeming hopeful and almost upbeat at points.
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Nov 19, 2017 02:16
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Poil posted:Yeah he reeks of recurring poo poo. Wasn't he the one in the cat past too?
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Nov 19, 2017 03:29
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Mokinokaro posted:Competent and actually seeming hopeful and almost upbeat at points. Having some sort of purpose can do wonders for depression.
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Nov 19, 2017 03:30
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Nov 25, 2017 20:22
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What if the solution to Wizard... .... Is a gun??????
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Nov 25, 2017 20:32
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Good boy acquired. 
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Nov 25, 2017 21:49
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Mighty Dicktron posted:What if the solution to Wizard... .... Is a gun?????? Magic Bullets!
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Nov 25, 2017 23:04
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I think of all music in this show so far, the "You're about to see some hosed-up poo poo" track with the horns is my favorite.
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Nov 26, 2017 01:37
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Mighty Dicktron posted:What if the solution to Wizard... .... Is a gun?????? worked in fate/zero!
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Nov 26, 2017 08:27
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Man Chise was getting ready to put the slay in Sleigh Beggy. The manga is probably still ongoing, so I doubt it, but is the anime ever going to depict her giving out some giant cosmic rear end whoopings?
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Nov 26, 2017 14:59
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Two things of which I will never tire: -Elias's transformations -Cartaphilius getting shot Also, Ruth.
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Nov 26, 2017 15:23
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BTW Ruth is a meaningful name, it means compassion and is the root of the word "Ruthless".
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Nov 26, 2017 15:36
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Neat. Wait, so that guy is a mage who's a sadistic rear end in a top hat torturing and hurting people for the sake of curiosity and, seemingly, amusement, so... Jesus cursed him to live forever? To bring extra suffering to the world? Are they sure it wasn't actually the devil behind it?
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Nov 26, 2017 23:11
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Poil posted:Neat. It's this guy, but with more magic rear end in a top hat.
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Nov 26, 2017 23:14
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Poil posted:Neat. Well, his current state of being is clearly hellish--his mind appears to slip from moment to moment and he's basically a living zombie.
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Nov 26, 2017 23:19
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Poil posted:Neat. If I remember correctly, while he's seemingly immortal he's in constant pain and is looking for a way to stop it
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Nov 26, 2017 23:20
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Poil posted:Neat. Well, if you know for a fact that Heaven is a real place that for sure actually exists, then people arbitrarily dying becomes significantly less horrible since they'll (hopefully) go to heaven. Whereas NEVER dying means you're doomed to exist in an eternally aging/decaying body while permanently barred from paradise, and also that you'll probably be alone literally forever. And you know, there's always the chance they could repent and live as a good person and have the curse undone. I'm told Jesus was real big on the whole forgiveness thing. But yeah pretty hosed up to stick everyone else with a pissed off sociopathic mage in the meantime.
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paragon1 posted:Well, if you know for a fact that Heaven is a real place that for sure actually exists, then people arbitrarily dying becomes significantly less horrible since they'll (hopefully) go to heaven. Whereas NEVER dying means you're doomed to exist in an eternally aging/decaying body while permanently barred from paradise, and also that you'll probably be alone literally forever.  Qwertycoatl posted:It's this guy, but with more magic rear end in a top hat.
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Nov 26, 2017 23:38
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Since Yahweh basically cursed Lucifer to cause pain and suffering in the world for all eternity I don't see how him doing it again to some random human would be THAT much more of a stretch. It is interesting how they incorporate Judeo-Christian myth into the more typical "fairytale" myth in the story. Then again, the first time I ever heard of the Wandering Jew was in Franken Fran, not any of the Western media I consume.
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Qwertycoatl posted:It's this guy, but with more magic rear end in a top hat. I've never bothered reading the Wikipedia article before, but quote:A variant of the Wandering Jew legend is recorded in the Flores Historiarum by Roger of Wendover around the year 1228.[15][16][17] An Armenian archbishop, then visiting England, was asked by the monks of St Albans Abbey about the celebrated Joseph of Arimathea, who had spoken to Jesus, and was reported to be still alive. The archbishop answered that he had himself seen such a man in Armenia, and that his name was Cartaphilus, a Jewish shoemaker, who, when Jesus stopped for a second to rest while carrying his cross, hit him, and told him "Go on quicker, Jesus! Go on quicker! Why dost Thou loiter?", to which Jesus, "with a stern countenance", is said to have replied: "I shall stand and rest, but thou shalt go on till the last day." The Armenian bishop also reported that Cartaphilus had since converted to Christianity and spent his wandering days proselytizing and leading a hermit's life. just cracks me up. "With a stern countenance," indeed.
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paragon1 posted:Well, if you know for a fact that Heaven is a real place that for sure actually exists, then people arbitrarily dying becomes significantly less horrible since they'll (hopefully) go to heaven. Whereas NEVER dying means you're doomed to exist in an eternally aging/decaying body while permanently barred from paradise, and also that you'll probably be alone literally forever. TBH growing up I thought heaven was similar to Halloween and Santa so I'm not completely sold on the eternal happiness deal. I confess it feels like he's bored of living and everything vs just being alone forever since deep down aren't we all alone right now? I mean, the thorn mage is alone too since he's the only creature with the same appearance.
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Nov 27, 2017 01:33
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Nov 27, 2017 02:03
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Yeah, Joseph is literally the Wandering Jew, only he learned magic to find a way to free himself from the curse. Guess Jesus didn’t reckon he’d be able to keep himself sane enough for long enough to make himself a serious threat to others. It’s weirdly admirable, in a way.
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Nov 27, 2017 03:11
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Nov 27, 2017 03:21
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I will say that I thought the direction wasn’t great this episode. The choreography was sloppy, and the tonal shifts were very oddly-placed. It kind of felt like they were copying a bunch of manga panels without looking at how they felt as a unified whole.
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Darth Walrus posted:I will say that I thought the direction wasn’t great this episode. The choreography was sloppy, and the tonal shifts were very oddly-placed. It kind of felt like they were copying a bunch of manga panels without looking at how they felt as a unified whole. Yeah, I had the same experience, the little chibi moments felt out of place considering how serious everything else was.
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Labes for days posted:It is interesting how they incorporate Judeo-Christian myth into the more typical "fairytale" myth in the story. Then again, the first time I ever heard of the Wandering Jew was in Franken Fran, not any of the Western media I consume. AVeryLargeRadish posted:Yeah, I had the same experience, the little chibi moments felt out of place considering how serious everything else was.
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The thing is that things like that work far better in a manga format, which while I think this is a pretty solid adaptation overall, I think that the manga's the better way to experience Ancient Magus' Bride so far.
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Mordja posted:I mean, most of the "fairytale" mythology in this is heavily Celtic/Nordic, and the OVA is Japanese so I guess it presuposes that all fables are true in some way. That’s exactly the problem, though. A good adaptation takes into account the differences between the media, conveying the general experience in different ways with a different toolkit. Manga-to-anime comic timing tends to be particularly hurt by this - a one-panel joke can be a funny and incisive detail on a page, but an obnoxious distraction when you add sound and colour and make it take up the whole screen for several seconds while the voice actors say the lines. Good adaptations either cut that stuff out, leaving the comedy to more overtly comic scenes where it won’t damage the tone, or find some other, less jarring way to lighten the atmosphere. Similarly, the panel-to-panel style of direction hurt the action here - characters would teleport around and jump between situations without a clear sense of flow or place. Animation brings a touch of the third dimension to a scene, and they’re not taking advantage of it. Compare how, say, Blood Blockade Battlefront adopts its action from page to screen, and you’ll see what I mean.
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Yeah, I'm just saying don't expect it to change.
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Alder posted:TBH growing up I thought heaven was similar to Halloween and Santa so I'm not completely sold on the eternal happiness deal. I confess it feels like he's bored of living and everything vs just being alone forever since deep down aren't we all alone right now? The whole idea is premised on Cartaphilus (and Jesus I suppose) believing that heaven is real as premise for the logic of why they might have done what they did, so you not believing in heaven isn't an issue. I'm not sure why you bring it up? You should probably talk to someone about that whole feeling alone all the time thing. StandardVC10 posted:I want my own sheeperpillar to test potions on 
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Yeah, I had the same experience, the little chibi moments felt out of place considering how serious everything else was. The whole series has been like this, but this episode was definitely worse than the usual. I don't know anything done by director before this, but I'd argue he's definitely the wrong choice for the show.
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paragon1 posted:The whole idea is premised on Cartaphilus (and Jesus I suppose) believing that heaven is real as premise for the logic of why they might have done what they did, so you not believing in heaven isn't an issue. I'm not sure why you bring it up? Because I don't understand why it's terrible to wander forever? I read the wiki but other than his physical problems I don't get it. Is the legend about a deeper meaning that I missed due to my secular upbringing?
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Alder posted:Because I don't understand why it's terrible to wander forever? I read the wiki but other than his physical problems I don't get it. Is the legend about a deeper meaning that I missed due to my secular upbringing? You are forever denied paradise and must instead suffer to decay for eternity, physically and mentally. Pretty sure someone else said those exact words, and if you dont get why that sounds awful I don't know what I can say to you.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:You are forever denied paradise and must instead suffer to decay for eternity, physically and mentally. Pretty sure someone else said those exact words, and if you dont get why that sounds awful I don't know what I can say to you. Sorry, google told me immortality would be cool.
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