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Malsangoroth posted:Well, I think I'm gonna give up on Moriarty. Not because of the gravity of the crimes -- that's A-OK -- but because it is just so lazily written. The fact that a noble might come to look upon high society with contempt and betray his family in the name of destroying it should have been an interesting premise, but what makes this particular noble think differently from all the rest? What life experiences shaped him to the point where not only would he reject a society that places him on a pedestal, but he would go as far as murdering his own family to do it? Without even shedding a tear? The anime doesn't even attempt to deliver any answers to these questions. So far, the show just assumes that he has the same perspective as a person raised in a 21st century 'enlightened' world where nobility is seen as a foolish relic of the past, despite him being raised in a setting where it isn't. And every single character's dialogue is so shallow and two-dimension that they may as well be screaming "This is my role in the story! That you are watching! On your computer!" The characters have all the depth and nuance of that "Haha they're poor!" British royalty meme. I might check out the manga because it sounds like the scenes had more weight and that maybe this was just a neutered adaptation. Maybe. When I feel like it. Well we do see that at the time there's a fad of the rich performing charity to make themselves look enlightened so it could be he started his charity work at the school for the reason and then was radicalised as he witnessed the sheer disparity between his life and the lower classes. Also his brother being a complete psychopath probably helped to really underline the point. But I mean, if thats the issue that breaks your immersion into "Moriarty as a pretty blonde anime Dexter" that's fair enough. I kind of got the impression the whole set up is just a way to justify them making his hot younger brother act like his Butler, which obviously would make zero sense if they were really upper class. Nephthys fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Oct 31, 2020 |
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If your complaint is that Albert is too anachronistic, then a better complaint of anachronism is that there is absolutely zero mention of Marx and Engels and socialism and the revolutions of '48 and these later developments in class solidarity and the political economy. Instead it is frozen in time from the French Revolution's simpler values of gently caress the ancien regime. But this story was written in 21st century Japan, by and for a society that has deliberately suppressed the left, and are clumsily grasping at metaphors to get across their dissatisfaction with the status quo. And 19th century British nobles are truly loathesome, which fits the metaphor. It is at least a start.
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FilthyImp posted:Wandering Witch is quickly becoming "Careless Traveller, poo poo-rear end places". It's just... mean spirited? It's like a cute-witch version of The Witcher. From what I gather it's just that they hosed it up from the original ln. but yeah. the episode with nino was a bit too much for me Acerbatus fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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FilthyImp posted:Wandering Witch is quickly becoming "Careless Traveller, poo poo-rear end places". It's just... mean spirited? It's like a cute-witch version of The Witcher. That'd be an interesting journey series; Just something like Kino's Journey, watching a protagonist travel from place-to-place as they see the sights and engage with the locals... and it's not until the end of each story you're made to remember they're actually a serial killer as someone gets Dexter'ed or just a straight tragic end for being around the protagonist when their hungry for stabbing.
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I think it was a bad idea to only have Yashahime be 24 episodes; it should be at least 52. I like the girls a lot, but I feel like we're missing conversations that we should be seeing (like Kohaku and Kaede wondering who Towa is once she arrives in the feudal era) because they don't have enough time to spend on it.
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Talentless Nana is already really starting to run into the problem that everyone has to be a complete idiot for the story not to end immediately.
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IShallRiseAgain posted:Talentless Nana is already really starting to run into the problem that everyone has to be a complete idiot for the story not to end immediately. To be somewhat fair. Kyoya is really suspicious of her, but has no proof or understanding why she would do this stuff. And the rest of the kids are just stupid kids.
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the characters are as stupid as they need to be for the narrative to function, thats how these shows work
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I can somewhat understand this latest one? Person sees the future, sees that he's attacked, and uses it to blackmail out of impulse. He thinks the future is absolute, so as long as he can defend against the attack that is going to happen, he's fine, and another picture proves it in his mind. Granted, it was an absolute stupid idea to sleep with her around, but he's just a teenage kid? I am rather creeped out by him though, and was rooting for Nana throughout. To date: Nanao - completely off guard, and first kill so didn't realize what's going on. Shibusawa - overconfident in his ability, and even me as the viewer didn't see the kill coming. Michiru - been bullied her entire life, Nana is the only one close to her, she has no reason to suspect anything. Kyouya - knows what's going on, but has no idea why it's going on, and no way to get evidence, because school is on Nana's side rather than his. Eeepies fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Willo567 posted:I think it was a bad idea to only have Yashahime be 24 episodes; it should be at least 52. I like the girls a lot, but I feel like we're missing conversations that we should be seeing (like Kohaku and Kaede wondering who Towa is once she arrives in the feudal era) because they don't have enough time to spend on it.
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Eeepies posted:I can somewhat understand this latest one? Person sees the future, sees that he's attacked, and uses it to blackmail out of impulse. He thinks the future is absolute, so as long as he can defend against the attack that is going to happen, he's fine, and another picture proves it in his mind. He also thought he was invincible until the events happened.
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So, I'm just getting whiplash from Majo no Tabitabi now. For this latest episode, I was half expecting Fran to give her a bouquet of flowers as she left only for the flowers to be her students or some hosed up poo poo. Instead, I get a rather mundane but overall entertaining student/teacher reunion. 
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yeah that was another Elaina episode I didn't really 'get', like there's a message in there about not considering certain jobs menial or looking down on them but it just kinda threw it out there toward the end rather than building around it. I don't think the show has a firm handle on meaningful episodic storytelling whether it's at the source material or adaptation level. kinda disappointing after the first couple episodes had clear messages that they delivered well, everything since has been clumsy in one way or another.
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Tales of Woe posted:kinda disappointing after the first couple episodes had clear messages that they delivered well, everything since has been clumsy in one way or another. Like the zombie flowers -- oh hey dude you look like you're infected and in pure agony. Guess I'll be on my merry while a loving apocalypse heads to town! Man the world is full of interesting things!" Or Yeah, guess this middle schooler is a slave and might at some point get sexually assaulted by the rich bastard owner... but boy is his son just over the moon for her! It'll all work out! *remembers a story where a similar person loving killed themselves out of despair* Tales of Woe posted:i don't think you're particularly supposed to sympathize with elaina, given that the main throughline of the series thus far is cautionary tales about privilege and pride Elaina's trip is like watching Kim Kardashian go "omg these poor chickens are fed until they explode and then the townspeople bathe in their remains, as is the local custom!" *gets in $200,000 EV Hummer and leaves* FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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i don't think you're particularly supposed to sympathize with elaina, given that the main throughline of the series thus far is cautionary tales about privilege and pride, and she represents those things. it's just not been very well executed on an episode by episode basis.
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yeah based on everything ive seen from the source novels this just seems like, an exceptionally poorly executed adaptation writing-wise since while the novels dont seem to be perfect they seem to at least address every criticism that is being made.
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I think changing the order so that having 3 of the darker stories back to back early on was probably a poor decision too. Cause outta vol 1, I think those are the darkest stories while the rest is more cheerful or light hearted, so now people are just gonna be primed in assuming another shoe is gonna drop for the upcoming countries she goes to now. Though to be fair, there's still countries with weird customs that end up having hosed up reasons, but sometimes countries just be weird.
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witches: no sense of right or wrong
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Eeepies posted:I can somewhat understand this latest one? Person sees the future, sees that he's attacked, and uses it to blackmail out of impulse. He thinks the future is absolute, so as long as he can defend against the attack that is going to happen, he's fine, and another picture proves it in his mind. I think the idea is that having his power prove (to him) that he lives in a reality of total pre-destination broke his brain. If his actions seem stupid and reckless it's cause he basically thinks his actions make no difference to his personal safety. Dumb, but makes sense from his perspective.
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Space Flower posted:witches: no sense of right or wrong
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It's really chilly outside. somebody defeat airman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opADNvgeZYY It's not like I MISS this sort of website being a dialup channel called "-telnippon" and only being able to talk with maybe 5 folks at once on a black and green screen but man out of any "japanese media" site this one still fits the bill perfectly. PS; Megaman cant aim up(maybe in some of the 3d games?) so I always considered it part of the story. He's a heroic robot, but as far as his heroic powers go, he really sucks! it inspired a lot of media including ZHP Unlosing Ranger. Insert a Name Here fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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was this post procedurally generated
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The Colonel posted:was this post procedurally generated I'm assuming they're a 'just bob' rereg until proven otherwise.
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The Colonel posted:was this post procedurally generated It obviously wasn't Julias posted:I'm assuming they're a 'just bob' rereg until proven otherwise. I'm of the theory that a FYAD account thats been blasted doesnt have the same re-reg rules as a normal one, which is what I plan to do with this one. I'm writing that because youre a moderator, and there is confusion about the rules but bascially FYAD is where accounts go to die so someone can pay "something awful llc" another 10 dollars to go back to normal and reset their regdate and username. As long as I'm not getting a negative postcount in the 'Yad, I'm just gonna follow regular goon rules. I did check the updated ones. Insert a Name Here fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Nov 2, 2020 |
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not funny enough to have had a negative post count imo
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Man I love Dai no Daibouken so far. Kinda wish DQ didn't decide on sound effects for spell names because the action scenes looks kinda silly when the spells are literally called "KABOOM" and "SIZZLE", but I know that is an unpopular opinion.
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Wark Say posted:Maybe it's going to be like a modern adaptation of ongoing big manga in that it doesn't need to go on forever and might just work on doing 2 cours every year/year and a half, like MHA or Haikyuu. The pacing of the show thus far makes me think that they AREN'T planning another two cours after this
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pretty rare for anything to get more than 2 cours greenlit at a time these days, especially original anime where theres no source material it needs to get through
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Hey. https://twitter.com/getterrobot_arc/status/1323097536064712704?s=20 New Getter Robo. E: New New Getter Robo, that is E2: This is actually apparently a pretty loving huge deal because this is an adaptation of a notoriously incomplete manga that ended on a massive cliffhanger. Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Nov 2, 2020 |
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If I'm parsing the machine TL correctly they have Kawagoe and the animation looks nice.....but the CG doesn't.  I'm not even anti-CG mecha, but late-stage getter isn't a great fit for it as it exists now imo to begin with, and it looks kinda cheap even by that standard.
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Tales of Woe posted:pretty rare for anything to get more than 2 cours greenlit at a time these days, especially original anime where theres no source material it needs to get through Just for argument's sake, it could be a soft launch to see if people actually want an Inuyasha sequel rather than going all-in and having a financial dud on their hands.
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Getter Robo, as penned by Ishikawa, the original mangaka, consists of five arcs. Getter Robo Getter Robo G Shin Getter Robo Getter Robo Go Getter Robo Arc Getter Robo Arc ended when the magazine it was running in went defunct in 2002. Ishikawa intended to get back to it, but he passed away in 2006. Spoilers for Arc and, presumably, the anime: To make a long story short, the Getter Robo series is basically the struggles of humanity and the Getter Team against a variety of alien and non-human threats. Getter Robo Arc concerns the Andromeda Country, a large time-traveling race of insectoid aliens with technology far beyond that of even the Getters. (Since, you know, time travel.) Arc's ending involves a teammate betraying the Getter team, reviving one of their previous antagonists, and launching an assault on the world. The Getter is destroyed, but the Shin Getter from, well, Shin Getter, which was sacrificed to defeat the antagonists of that series, rises out of its years long slumber in one last gasp - And then the manga ends on that forever. Barring some massive twist Ishikawa had in mind it's not too hard to speculate where things probably would have gone, the narrative throughline from there is mostly clear and its just a matter of if you want a 'heroic sacrifice' type ending or a 'and the day was saved' type ending, and whether or not the guy who betrayed them gets redeemed (and given Ishikawa's writing tendencies you can stab at 'sacrifice' and 'he redeems himself through some kind of noble sacrifice') but yeah, it's a pretyt huge cliffhanger.
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Waffleman_ posted:Hey. Holy poo poo. This can be added to my extremely short list of good things that happened in 2020
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The cg is a bummer but it's more Kawagoe Getter which to be honest I never thought I'd see again. Not sure how to feel really :/
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GorfZaplen posted:The cg is a bummer but it's more Kawagoe Getter which to be honest I never thought I'd see again. Not sure how to feel really :/ I just want new Getter content and SRW to stop using Armagaeddon al the time
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A lot of the appeal of later getter stuff is the very intense and detailed art which the older ovas captured by being well animated in general. Like can you imagine this scene being done in anime cgi and being anything other than goofy? 
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i can’t picture that scene being done in modern anime in any way to be honest
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Davincie posted:i can’t picture that scene being done in modern anime in any way to be honest It was perfected years ago  
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secret santa is here with new rules!! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3946474
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