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symbolic posted:i don't think the premise needs to be original or break any new insightful ground, it's just exploring/will be exploring themes i like seeing in sci-fi stuff through the lens of medical practice which i find neat, atop of the world being mostly antithetical to, say, the Edgerunners world in that very little is sleek, chrome, and different compared to today's current world which i usually don't expect from this sorta stuff I think my biggest issue is that it seems like the show has already decided on the right answer to the questions it has brought up. I think the show wants to make it pretty clear a backup is not the same person. Works like SOMA and Ghost in the shell have more ambiguity, and there isn't a definitive correct answer. They let the player/viewer decide on their own what is the right answer. To be fair, there has only been one episode, so maybe it will change later.
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The Gene of AI's first episode had also somewhat flat direction and very clunky exposition. I like the idea of underground doctor as an excuse to show morale dilemmas in a scifi setting with AI, although for now the execution is mediocre and the concept unoriginal. Yeah, the whole point of doing a backup is to restore it later but... obviously when you restore something, or "someone", that original someone will subjectively feel as the self ceasing to exist, even if for outsiders feel the restore was perfect. It's still not very clear what's wrong with making copies of someone, how that can be used for crimes, I mean. I guess they can edit them when they restore them to change their personalities at will? But I'm not sure how that is that much different of making a new humanoid robot from zero where you program whatever you want, you know.
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so very happy that zom 100 as of ep 1 is getting a good treatment, that manga rocks (as far as I've read it)
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OK its really cool how they slowly blend the brighter colours into Zom 100 as the episode goes on.
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Sleng Teng posted:so very happy that zom 100 as of ep 1 is getting a good treatment, that manga rocks (as far as I've read it) well i'm glad to hear that the manga is also good, nice to know there's more than just insane spectacle to look forward to.
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Tales of Woe posted:another super cub moment i'm glad we live in an age where all modern anime pays homage to super cub
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Not interested in zombies Not interested in you.
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Big Leg posted:i'm glad we live in an age where all modern anime pays homage to super cub i too enjoy honda products
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Not interested in zombies same
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Southern Cassowary posted:i too enjoy honda products I should buy one.
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With so different youkais to pick in Japan, zombies are bottom tier
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I’m sad the new manga of the “hitori bocchi’s ____ life” author is zombie-based, I like them a lot as a mangaka but zombies just don’t do it for me
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Turin Turambar posted:The Gene of AI's first episode had also somewhat flat direction and very clunky exposition. I like the idea of underground doctor as an excuse to show morale dilemmas in a scifi setting with AI, although for now the execution is mediocre and the concept unoriginal. Yeah, the whole point of doing a backup is to restore it later but... obviously when you restore something, or "someone", that original someone will subjectively feel as the self ceasing to exist, even if for outsiders feel the restore was perfect. Secrets, it's all about secrets and identity theft. If you're a robot and a copy of you knows all your passwords and bank account information, they can be coerced into disclosing that information. There's also more mundane secrets or industrial secrets you could learn from a copy.
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dark gathering: this is like a horror-comedy where a guy who has minor ghost seeing powers gets roped into tutoring his friend's little cousin who has major ghost seeing powers. they're setting up a monster of the week thing. it kind of looks and feels kind of 2006 in a way that's a little fun but it's not good enough for me to be interested in continuing.
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Tales of Woe posted:zom100 isnt delayed, it had an early screening at anime expo and MAL always sets those as the show start date for some reason. same reason why it says dungeon meshi is already airing. It's because that lets early watchers add the show to their list as watching, so they move the date back to the regular one once it passes. A bandaid solution to a hurdle created by their own system.
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Doodles posted:Unlike My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, which I somehow powered through the first episode without becoming catatonic. Going back to backups again, this thing is a fifth generation copy of a sample isekai script that was burned onto low-grade CD-ROMs and now contains absolutely nothing of any unique identity. The manga is slightly better, but that's like saying a kick in the nads is slightly better than getting a tear in your rear end in a top hat. Not sure what else you were expecting, with a title like that.
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Doodles posted:My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1,.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39k0mmjlo0M
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drat, even i was getting exhausted during the first half of zom 100
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Silver2195 posted:Not sure what else you were expecting, with a title like that. As I've said before, I sometimes get lucky with these things. But I didn't think it'd be worse than the Vending Machine show. That much was a surprise.
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GateOfD posted:drat, even i was getting exhausted during the first half of zom 100 The first half can be a bit hard to watch if you've ever dealt with work-related stress or burnout. It's obviously exaggerated for comedic effect, but its depiction of the all-consuming, soul-crushing depression that can result from overwork honestly hit harder than most.
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Caphi posted:Gene of AI reminded me of the short story Lena, which is a really well done piece in its own right. Basically every sentence has the implication of a horrific future history and how a horrific future society looks at that history crammed into it, baby-shoes-never-worn style. I just want to point out that anyone who wants to think a bit about the implications of a backup brain might want to check out the link in the above quoted post. Not the same universe but it’s one way of hitting the relevant beats and considerations. And it’s very well written. tldr: what would a future look like if you could turn a brain backup into a perfect research subject to explore the limits of human cognition or for an industrialized information process like a knowledge worker? kind of reminds me of that 2009 sci-fi movie Moon, or the real-world immortality of Henrietta Lacks, but with brains
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although one big change between the world of the Lena short story and the world of Gene is that brain backup and restore can happen within a humanoid (Gene) and not some sort of virtualized brain (Lena) so the implications can be far more insidious in Gene if a malicious corporation decides to exploit a backup
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Classroom for Heroes looks like a better adaptation than I expected, might see if it keeps up. Shame that Earnest has her hair down now to show character growth, her initial hairstyle was better.
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I think my biggest issue is that it seems like the show has already decided on the right answer to the questions it has brought up. I think the show wants to make it pretty clear a backup is not the same person. Works like SOMA and Ghost in the shell have more ambiguity, and there isn't a definitive correct answer. They let the player/viewer decide on their own what is the right answer. no, the episode makes it clear that the "answer" is dependent on the person, which is why its hosed. to you, someone rewinding back a week is the same person, but to them its suicide. and its hard to communicate that to your loved ones. copies are only ever "the same person" to people who aren't the original or the copy. SOMA is similarly not ambiguous about this imo the episode was a fun sci fi story. not sure where it goes from the first ep but i might watch more
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Caphi posted:Gene of AI reminded me of the short story Lena, which is a really well done piece in its own right. that was a great read
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marumaru posted:that was a great read The follow up in the book makes it even more bleak.
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sb hermit posted:I just want to point out that anyone who wants to think a bit about the implications of a backup brain might want to check out the link in the above quoted post. Not the same universe but it’s one way of hitting the relevant beats and considerations. And it’s very well written. Its a good read for sure.
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yep, still enjoying the jokes and gags in Lv1 Maou, One Room Yuusha also, good Mushoku Tensei episode. Dark Gathering is pretty wild. Has a bunch of character quirk. Then suddenly throws a scary creepy twist in the middle of it all. Reminds me a bit of the other supernatural show with the girl that has spirit sight eyes. GateOfD fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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synduality noir: mech show focusing on post-apocalyptic scavengers. looks nice but didn't really do anything for me otherwise.
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Now that everything I was planning to check out has been released: Gene of AI - It has a strong first episode with the conflict but I'm a bit concerned at how much else they can get out of the premise purely because that already seems like the best plot you can get out of this. The stinger at the end and the story about the crying man gave me some Ghost in the Shell vibes though, so I'm definitely hoping that I'm dead wrong to be cautious. Reign of the Seven Spellblades - Like a lot of other people have said in the thread, it's not spectacular but it does have some promise to it. The fantasy world is actually interesting and imaginative instead of the usual generic poo poo and they've put some effort into the characters which is important in this kind of story. Speaking of the story, I got a huge Talentless Nana vibe from the main character at the end. If it turns out that he's secretly trying to destroy the school from the inside the story suddenly gets a lot more interesting. Zom 100 - Yep, it's good. Pretty much everyone saw it coming. The animation is smooth, the story has a good hook and the direction is very well done. I'm interested to see where the story will go after the first episode. The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen - Pretty okay. There was some obvious effort put into this and I really appreciate that they tried to make the story more dramatic by making the villainess character genuinely evil and not shying away from showing it. However, it does commit the sin of starting the reincarnation before any of the bad poo poo happens so the main character can just solve everything by being nice instead and fix everything with her future knowledge. The villainess scenes are just from the game. Which is much less interesting than having the main character actually have something to be guilty about and have to reverse or her actually acting like a villainess which is something the whole genre seems to have missed is part of the appeal. If you're a fan of the genre and of reverse harems this will likely be good but I got bored of Bakarina and could easily see myself dropping this. Undead Murder Farce - I found out after watching the episode that it's made by the same director as Kaguya-Sama, which definitely explains it. Absolute best first episode of the season hands down. The plot and worldbuilding is great, the animation is on point and the characters all seem really fun. Really excited for more. Nephthys fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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I thought the zom 100 premiere was really good outside of the scene where the explain the visual metaphor the first half of the ep was building up dawg, have some confidence, you were doing great
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Lamo the reason Yohane did a big sentai episode is cause Dia's Seiyuu was in Go Busters
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