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Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

AnacondaHL posted:

I hear ya. I should have qualified that with an "it's very likely she wants to be a caring older sister" since I'm only like 70% sure of that as part of her character. The latest episode (09) makes it seem more like she's really trying to get him to see or experience or understand that the absentminded stuff he does can negatively affect the relationships around him, notably and foremost, her. This could be a misguided attempt at helping or just a typical character flaw.

Yeah, I don't think that's what's going on. I think what you see as maybe wanting to be a caring older sister is actually just an attempt at using some hosed up emotional manipulation tactics to throw Rei off his game on the eve of an important match. It might have worked, too, if she hadn't miscalculated the personalities of both Rei and Matsunaga. She's basically the polar opposite of Harunobu.

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 02:39

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

I enjoy the extent to which this show appreciates cats.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2017 07:06

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# ¿ Feb 7, 2017 08:29

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

A good

close to the season, though it was severely deficient in Momo.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2017 20:38

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Susano-maku da! posted:

I�m so glad this warm blanket/sad poem of a show is back

It's so nice to see the dude just have a good day.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2017 16:59

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Yeah you don't have to know a ton about or even be particularly interested in shogi to appreciate the characters. Like, I know enough of the broad strokes to know that it sounds very like a very interesting game that I have no plans to dedicate the time to learn well enough to understand the significance of anything that might be happening on the board at any given time.

If you're already reasonably familiar with chess those broad strokes aren't too hard to grasp, though. Start with chess, but make it way more complex by allowing the redeployment of captured pieces, giving every piece a ton more mobility on the board, and allowing promotions of those pieces to versions with even more mobility.

I love these anime shogi dorks, but I am not one of them.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2017 19:41

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Akari's Mom-fu is very powerful.

Also :rip:

Takashi-sensei.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2017 06:22

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

nielsm posted:

Diabetes is the first thing that comes to mind. Except it doesn't really match up with the medications that were shown.

Nikaidou is based on a real player who suffered from a chronic kidney disorder.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2017 15:08

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Rei is a good friend. :unsmith:

# ¿ Dec 9, 2017 20:04

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Hey Shaft, can we just keep this show going forever? Okay thanks bye.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2017 19:17

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

I love how this show still manages to keep surprising me with just how loving good it is.

I also like the new OP and ED.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2018 19:17

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

You know he's the kind of dork that would wait.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2018 20:41

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Taking a break on a high note. The Kawamoto family is very powerful.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2018 20:01

Helter Skelter: Feb 10, 2004; BEARD OF HAVOC

Symbolic Butt posted:

I finally caught up, I'm not sure if it was intentional, Souya appearing to be child-like and autistic when actually he is just becoming deaf. The way he reacted (or actually didn't react) to the wine was a bit too much and didn't feel consistent with him just being deaf.

I feel like it was more that he just finds the media attention tiresome at this point, and just didn't really give a poo poo since people tend to think of him as pretty eccentric anyway and it got him out of the gaggle sooner.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2018 10:20