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Turns out you can be what in professional parlance is know as "kind of a loving dumbass" and still be more or less a functional/proficient on stuff you do for a living.
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Xelkelvos posted:Moroha has her mother's charisma but her dad's brains this is incredibly accurate
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Wark Say posted:Turns out you can be what in professional parlance is know as "kind of a loving dumbass" and still be more or less a functional/proficient on stuff you do for a living. You just described every single engineer across the planet.  Watched the first episode of Kuma Bear. Is there a prequel of some kind? I feel like I walked into a show halfway through its run since the main character is so stupidly powerful. Bear costume is amazing though.
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Oct 20, 2020 18:36
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i haven't watched it but from what i saw from people posting about it the first episode is entirely in medias res and wasn't very clear about that
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Oct 20, 2020 19:10
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The first episode is definitely in medias res, while the second episode goes more into how things got started in the first place. That said, it's not really convinced me to keep watching it - I'll see if episode 3 helps its case any, but I'm ready to drop it at any moment.
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Oct 20, 2020 20:25
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Second episode of ZUERST was good, though one of the MCs needs to grow some balls. That or go full-on corrupt.
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Mordja posted:Second episode of ZUERST was good, though one of the MCs needs to grow some balls. That or go full-on corrupt. Nah, I'm finding him way more interesting than the other characters because clearly he feels poo poo about being a coward but ends up making some "courageous" choices. More relatable a character than someone who's full on shounen and completely devoted to some ideal. Definitely seems like an intriguing show so far. Execution seems great too, feels like it has the potential for being my personal AOTY.
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Oct 20, 2020 23:53
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Is it me or is there a weird trend of shows starting Ep1 with a weirdo timeskip scene (Bookworm) that teases something later on? Like reminds me of that opening to Gurren Lagan. Also, I Stand on 1M Lives is pretty fun abusing the respawn.
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Oct 21, 2020 00:33
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it's not a weird trend, it's an ancient storytelling device that's widely used across all media
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starting in media res is a very deliberate decision by any storyteller and there is no reason to complain when it happens
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Phobophilia posted:starting in media res is a very deliberate decision by any storyteller and there is no reason to complain when it happens Ehh, in medias res openings are pointless 98% of the time.
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Oct 21, 2020 01:30
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they're used a lot in tv because you need to hook viewers in the first episode and not all stories have particularly exciting bits in the first 20 minutes worth of material, so you do it to show the eventual stakes or set up a little mystery as a hook
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Oct 21, 2020 01:36
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Mordja posted:Second episode of ZUERST was good, though one of the MCs needs to grow some balls. That or go full-on corrupt. Eh, I thought they both had their moments. Inumael did something extremely brave despite being dragged into an intensely traumatic conflict he had zero stake in and zero aptitude for, and Leocardio saw his best friend's killer free a crucial intelligence asset and chose not to speak out because it was the right thing to do.
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Oct 21, 2020 01:55
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I like in medias res openers
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Oct 21, 2020 02:18
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Darth Walrus posted:Eh, I thought they both had their moments. Inumael did something extremely brave despite being dragged into an intensely traumatic conflict he had zero stake in and zero aptitude for, and Leocardio saw his best friend's killer free a crucial intelligence asset and chose not to speak out because it was the right thing to do. I wasn't entirely clear that he did recognize it was him because, yeah, that would make all the difference.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38GhWY-cLtQ January 8th:  
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Phobophilia posted:starting in media res is a very deliberate decision by any storyteller and there is no reason to complain when it happens I mean the use of literally a scene in S2 E8 or whatever at the start of the first episode. Some bullshit like >Giant Dragon Lands, countryside is aflame> "Oh no, I'm out of MANA, I think this is--" "I WON'T LET YOU DESTROY MY FRIENDS.... AGAIN!" >smash to title card> Like the whole story just loops out of that to "Hey I'm some rear end in a top hat and OH poo poo I DIED?" and then picks up from there. I guess I'm just used to in media res then continuing from that point and the viewer picking things up as they go along.
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opening in the middle of a story and continuing from there is in media res. opening in the middle of a story and then going back to the start is better defined as prolepsis. they're both very common storytelling devices. cowboy bebop is an example of the former (spike and vicious's story has basically already 90% happened and the viewer is left to pick up on those details as it reaches its conclusion). gurren lagann is an example of the latter. (it starts at the antispiral war and then flashes back to how they got there, without ever flashing back to the antispiral war until the plot reaches it). something that jumps back and forth is a non-linear narrative. like concrete revolutio.
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Oct 21, 2020 03:36
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Are they making another season after this?
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Oct 21, 2020 03:39
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Has anybody posted translations of the opening and closing themes to "Sleepy Princess?"
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Oct 21, 2020 03:58
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Even Demon King is scared of lewding the sleepy princess. 
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Mordja posted:I wasn't entirely clear that he did recognize it was him because, yeah, that would make all the difference. He glared at him and then followed his squad leader without saying anything. I think he knew who he was.
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In medias res is really cool when done rigjt but can sorta feel "draggy" if you lean to much inti it.
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Yeah, I think the big problem is when they throw information at you before they give you a reason to care. Or the too-common approach of starting with a fight scene which has zero tension because I have no idea who anyone is or what the stakes are e: that said, still better than the non-in-media-res stuff that opens with a lecture about the political geography of the fantasy world
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a good in media res opening is ff7 because they give you an idea of the situation (these are ecoterrorists bombing a factory of an evil corporation, the protag is a mercenary they hired, he has a childhood connection to one of the terrorists) quickly and then actually use the fact that the story started a bit of the way in to play with your expectations and assumptions.
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Oct 21, 2020 12:30
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Qwertycoatl posted:Yeah, I think the big problem is when they throw information at you before they give you a reason to care. starting with a fight scene works when it is a really good fight scene
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Oct 21, 2020 12:40
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Oh crap, my sugar levels.
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Oct 21, 2020 12:46
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One thing I do enjoy about Magatsu is that it's basically just Code Geass if both Lelouch and Suzaku were ordinary working-class teenagers rather than brilliant aristocratic ubermensch.
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Oct 21, 2020 15:10
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Mordja posted:Are they making another season after this? The manga's been finished for a while, so there's not really any material or reason for making another season.
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Also the movie should be covering the last of the material too.
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Oct 21, 2020 16:38
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Yeah. Gintama is actually over. For real this time. Know that's hard to believe, but.
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I sincerely wonder if Sorachi's wish came true and he finally achieved his final form.
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his final form is still a gorilla
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Oct 21, 2020 18:19
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You all need to be watching Talentless Nana. This show rules, and it is absolutely not the generic MHA ripoff it seems to be for most of the first episode.
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Maxwell Adams posted:You all need to be watching Talentless Nana. This show rules, and it is absolutely not the generic MHA ripoff it seems to be for most of the first episode. Eh, I really didn't like the second episode. They spent all of like 5 seconds on the kill and it just left me confused as to what actually happened there. If you've ever had to give a speech that's timed and you realize that you're running out of time and have to wrap up the speech and end up giving a sloppy and rushed conclusion. That's what the second episode felt like. Haven't even bothered to watch after that. Nitrousoxide fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Oct 21, 2020 |
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Arist posted:Ehh, in medias res openings are pointless 98% of the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ-Z_DW0AuE&t=47s
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:his final form is still a gorilla 
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Talentless Nana dangled out a bait in episode 1, and snagged me in 2. Episode 2 was so goddamn chilling, i actually shivered at the end. drat. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Nitrousoxide posted:Eh, I really didn't like the second episode. They spent all of like 5 seconds on the kill and it just left me confused as to what actually happened there. Nana used dirt to cover up part of the frozen lake. The time traveller warped back onto the same location, before it was covered with ice and soil, fell into the water, and drowned. I think it's a fun show. There's a word Nana is using to describe Kyoya which they're translating as fuccboi, ora-tsute. The heck is up with that word?
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D4DJ First Mix aired its first episode online as a "preview" today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkRrkmdZ7Mk (turn on CC for subtitles) I've never seen a female protagonist as full of dumb energy as Rinku. Usually they have at least some thought processes running.
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