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Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince
As someone who doesn't know anything or care about shogi at all, the first half of this episode was starting to push me away a bit.

The second half dragged me right back in though. God drat these characters just feel so good. I don't know anything about the manga but I hope that this is a story about Rei learning how to stop suppressing his emotions all the time.

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Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince

Captain Invictus posted:

There is a shitload of shogi, just fair warning, as it's his profession. In the manga I just skip past it, and it's perfectly serviceable without the shogi stuff, though if you enjoy that stuff I hear it's great.

Yeah, I can't really fault the anime about shogi for being about shogi. So long as the rest of the show continues being this good, I can deal with the parts I don't particularly care about.

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince

Srice posted:

All of the "I don't like (sport) but I like this anime!" posts are a p common sports anime experience, you don't need to preface your enjoyment with it!

This and Yuri On Ice don't have all those positive posts 'round here because ADTRW is full of shogi players and ice skaters, that's for sure.

I think the difference is that even without any knowledge of figure skating, I can appreciate how pretty the routines are in that show. With Shogi I honestly can't tell what's going on when they're showing the game being played. It's all completely meaningless to me. So it's harder for this show to reach me, and the fact that it does so is very impressive.

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince

StandardVC10 posted:

Man, Kyouko is kinda scary.

she is the only character i really don't like and i don't want to see her.

rei has enough problems without this cruel girl coming by to stick a knife in him just for the fun of it.

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince
ngl i got some satisfaction out of rei calling her and telling her that guy wasn't going to retire then hanging up

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince
I'm going to wait for the anime to finish, but once it does I'm definitely picking up the manga. This is too precious to ignore.

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince


now full fluffy

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Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince

AnacondaHL posted:

Episode 11.5, worth or skip?

i started watching it just to see if it had a neat framing device


it doesn't have a framing device at all

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