Chat Thread XXVI: Jumping through the Secret Shortcut between the Colon and Uterus

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Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

the whole fake reboot/remake angle to the first half of it is just extremely stupid and viewer-antagonistic for no real payoff

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Elephant Parade: Jan 20, 2018

Endorph posted:

i mean that isnt really a fair summary of sotsu even with its many many issues. its focused on rika and satokos relationship so theyre the only characters who get any real focus or catharsis. thats like, fair. [...]

I think the issue is that it isn't actually focused on that until about a dozen episodes in. For the first few arcs, Satoko and Rika figure about as much as they did in those arcs of the VN: Demon-Deceiving Chapter is about Keiichi and Rena, Cotton-Deceiving Chapter is about Keiichi and the twins, and Curse-Deceiving Chapter is about Keiichi and Satoko. Rika gets little intermissions, but not enough for her to feel like the focus; Satoko gets even less. So it is a problem that Keiichi and co. don't get any development, especially since between Rena's madness being reality instead of a hallucination and Mion getting Hinamizawa Syndrome despite being specifically called out as too strong-willed and trusting to fall victim to it, it feels like it's tearing the original work's cast and conclusions down, even if those moments are clues to a larger mystery. I agree it isn't fair to characterize Sotsugyou entirely by those episodes; once it commits to Rika and Satoko as leads, that problem goes away. But it takes a very long time to get there.

Endorph posted:

the whole fake reboot/remake angle to the first half of it is just extremely stupid and viewer-antagonistic for no real payoff

so yeah, this

# ? Nov 11, 2021 01:57

Irony Be My Shield: Jul 29, 2012

IMO they should've advertised it as a sequel and done Village Destroying from Rika's perspective first. That would make more sense while still being hostile to the viewer for no reason

# ? Nov 11, 2021 01:58

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 10 years!; Melman v2

TV Zombie posted:

this cult anime is wild. all these angels with business suits. I will be disappointed if it's not revealed that Tesla is the one in hell given the presence of Edison in Heaven.

Finished the first video and now on to the second, and as insane as the first video's mashup of mythological figures was, the second video is kicking off with a BANG

https://i.imgur.com/AM1OSe9.mp4
Like I expected her to say "Hi I'm Aphrodite" based on the first video but NOPE

# ? Nov 11, 2021 02:26

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

i think its funny that lowtax died because im the joker

# ? Nov 11, 2021 04:17

Aurora: Jan 7, 2008

congrats

# ? Nov 11, 2021 04:21

Aurora: Jan 7, 2008

eagerly awaiting whatever post grouchio shits out about this lmao

# ? Nov 11, 2021 04:21

Brutal Garcon: Nov 2, 2014

sinky posted:

The Dagashi Kashi guys other work, Call of the Night is getting an anime.

Extremely misleading trailer, trying to portray Nazuna as a sexy dangerous vampire, rather than a goober on par with the cool beauty herself.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 04:24

Dangerous Person: Apr 4, 2011; Not dead yet

From Lowtax to Notax

# ? Nov 11, 2021 04:25

El Burbo: Oct 10, 2012

i have no strong feelings one way or the other

# ? Nov 11, 2021 04:57

Everything Burrito: Jun 2, 2011; I Failed At Anime 2022

El Burbo posted:

i have no strong feelings one way or the other

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dogsicle: Oct 23, 2012

i feel hungry

# ? Nov 11, 2021 05:20

Ibram Gaunt: Jul 22, 2009

Aurora posted:

eagerly awaiting whatever post grouchio shits out about this lmao

# ? Nov 11, 2021 05:27

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

dogsicle posted:

i feel hungry

have you considered a goldbelly subscription

# ? Nov 11, 2021 05:27

Coxswain Balls: Jun 4, 2001

I stopped following the new Higurashi because it was retreading so much old ground it was tedious to watch week-to-week. I figured it'd be better to watch all at once, does it not get any better?

# ? Nov 11, 2021 05:58

Feliday Melody: May 8, 2021

The United States posted:

Finished the first video and now on to the second, and as insane as the first video's mashup of mythological figures was, the second video is kicking off with a BANG

https://i.imgur.com/AM1OSe9.mp4
Like I expected her to say "Hi I'm Aphrodite" based on the first video but NOPE

That looks great!

# ? Nov 11, 2021 05:58

Grouchio: Aug 31, 2014

Stairmaster posted:

i think its funny that lowtax died because im the joker

I'll be right back

# ? Nov 11, 2021 06:06

Spiritus Nox: Sep 2, 2011

meh

# ? Nov 11, 2021 06:14

Elephant Parade: Jan 20, 2018

Coxswain Balls posted:

I stopped following the new Higurashi because it was retreading so much old ground it was tedious to watch week-to-week. I figured it'd be better to watch all at once, does it not get any better?

Eventually, yes. Twelve episodes in, Gou gets to its original content, which starts off a bit weak (lots of gore and misery porn) but gets stronger over time. Sotsu repeats Gou's sin by retreading (re-retreading?) Gou's arcs for all but the last two episodes of its run, but those final episodes are OK-to-good. Having seen it all, I wouldn't recommend forcing yourself through Sotsugyou if you weren't enjoying it�the good parts of the show could fit in a two-hour movie, and for a 39-episode anime that's the kiss of death

# ? Nov 11, 2021 06:15

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

sotsugyou's best parts are things i would love watching, in a decent ova, adapted by people who don't make insane changes that have a net negative effect on the script

then again higurashi rei was adapted in ova form and i feel like i have to read the original vn in a not-machine tled form at some point because some parts of it just are presented way too insane

# ? Nov 11, 2021 07:15

Coxswain Balls: Jun 4, 2001

It was the first season of the remake that I fell off from (Gou?) but it's disappointing to hear the second season is even worse about it.

I might be able to handle it if I'm marathoning the whole thing. It was really boring to watch the same thing as the previous series happen week after week except for the final episode of each arc, so I put it on hold to maybe watch it all at once to get the payoff without having to wait a month each time.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 07:16

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

see the thing it is not. a remake. it is explicitly a sequel. they just also decided to retread a bunch of arcs with the only major twists being that things actually are just arbitrarily hosed up now for no reason when the text of the original story is that everything that was happening had a hidden context. they just decided to market it as a remake for some insane reason.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 07:19

Coxswain Balls: Jun 4, 2001

Yeah, I knew from the second episode that it wasn't a remake but the changes were so minor until the arc climax that it was boring to watch, especially coming hot off of marathoning the entire original series last summer.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 07:22