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Strange Quark posted:Ditching my flight to Tokyo last minute to run outside and see my friend again and declare that yes, I will be there for her as her big sister. Not only that she gave up her chance at a movie to be Kukuru's sister! Like not only was she ungayed she had her whole character arc sacrificed for Kukuru's
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That makes me think of Friends season seven and now I can’t stop thinking of American tv shows as actually just anime.
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Sep 27, 2021 01:11
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the power of shipping cannot be constrained
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Everything Burrito posted:the power of shipping cannot be constrained It's actually remarkably easy if you just block the Suez canal.
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But is the Suez Canal a top or a bottom?
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SatoshiMiwa posted:But is the Suez Canal a top or a bottom? If you're on the bottom of the Suez Canal, it's usually safe to assume that something has gone terribly wrong.
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Aquatope is boring I'm usually a fan of shows where "nothing happens" but this here this is a show where loving nothing happens Like it's hard to even get that upset about the ungaying thing because the two girls don't actually have any real chemistry so it's hard to feel like there's even that much being lost. I'm not sure they literally ever even hung out on-screen outside of a work context
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Sep 27, 2021 01:34
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At least it's a very pretty show.
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Yeah but Precure even beat that with the visually stunning episode 29 Tropical Rouge Precure, the better anime with an Aquarium airing this cour
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Sep 27, 2021 02:05
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RIP PAWorks
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Sep 27, 2021 02:22
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finally pa works has achieved the heights of c-tier kyoani show
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the real question is why expect much from PA Works in the first place, their originals have always been inconsistent
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Sep 27, 2021 02:50
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appare-ranman was pretty enjoyable imo they really want to catch that hanasaku iroha lightning in a bottle again though and it doesn't really work without a writer as sharp and funny as okada.
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dogsicle posted:the real question is why expect much from PA Works in the first place, their originals have always been inconsistent the uma musume anime got 10x better when it stopped being by them. coincidence?
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Tales of Woe posted:appare-ranman was pretty enjoyable imo however, it was coming off the heels of Fairy Gone
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Sep 27, 2021 02:52
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Maybe I'm biased. I liked Sakura Quest.
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Sep 27, 2021 03:57
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Sakura Quest had rough spots especially in the first cour but the second cour was great and it a really good ending
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Agreed. I will say that I did not care for cour 2's OP at all, though. Hopefully Aquatope's second cour will work out decently too.
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Is Sakura quest the one that turns into Scooby Doo halfway through? Like the kids get held hostage by a displaced co-op and there’s a murder mystery?
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kater posted:Is Sakura quest the one that turns into Scooby Doo halfway through? Like the kids get held hostage by a displaced co-op and there’s a murder mystery? No, the protagonists aren't kids and it's just about reinvigorating a dying town in the japanese countryside.
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A hostage thing technically did happen, but it wasn't a real hostage situation. I don't remember any murder mysteries. Do you think Koharu will get a cameo in Aquatope? She did go to Okinawa at the end...
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There was a dead body in the lake maybe? I unno. It was a weird show and I had to force myself to watch the second half cuz I was losing interest.Droyer posted:No, the protagonists aren't kids and it's just about reinvigorating a dying town in the japanese countryside. Them youngins all runnin about being all energetic. I don’t hate Aquatope. I think it portrayed someone aimless after failure pretty nicely. For a single episode.
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Sep 27, 2021 10:42
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So what do you do with a show you like and a couple you pair together and it's obvious they're gay for each other, then the show tries to ungay them with a male character? Do you just drop the show then and there, or do you still watch it until the end, just being incredibly disappointed?
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Willo567 posted:So what do you do with a show you like and a couple you pair together and it's obvious they're gay for each other, then the show tries to ungay them with a male character? Do you just drop the show then and there, or do you still watch it until the end, just being incredibly disappointed? idk it depends how much im enjoying the rest of the show and how much of the show is resting on the relationship between the two female characters, and whether or not the male character is likable at all
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Sep 27, 2021 14:15
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my solution, watch a good show like Vanitas
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i'm asking because in zls, i really like to pair ai and junko together even though it's not a critical part of the show due to the amount of ship tease they got in season two. then i looked at another one of the writers shows (gymnastic samurai) and it has a homophobic character in it. doesn't help that they made saki fall for a guy much older than him when she's perfect with sakura. part of me still really enjoys the show while another part of me is bothered by it. am i overthinking things
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Sep 27, 2021 14:31
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I've held my tongue so far but I can't bear it anymore! It's spelled Uruguay.
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Sep 27, 2021 14:42
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i'm gonna be honest i am having a hard time even figuring out where the logic here pairs up beyond these two different shows produced under different circumstances sharing one writer
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Sep 27, 2021 14:43
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The Colonel posted:i'm gonna be honest i am having a hard time even figuring out where the logic here pairs up beyond these two different shows produced under different circumstances sharing one writer why would i support a show that has ship teasing between two characters while it shares a main writer with another show that has a homophobic character
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Sep 27, 2021 14:46
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because you don't have to care about that frankly if all he did was write a lame character in a different show and hasn't like actively espoused weird views or anything that already keeps him from being the weirdest guy involved with a bushiroad property by default The Colonel fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Sep 27, 2021 |
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Sep 27, 2021 14:47
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I will be honest, the only career anime writer I can name is Okada.
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Sep 27, 2021 15:18
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The Colonel posted:because you don't have to care about that he's the head writer for both zls and gymnastics samurai. i'm sorry if i'm acting like a weirdo over this, i just don't know how i should feel about someone who potentially creates a harmful gay stereotype - i know people still like imaishi even with a character like leeron, so maybe i'm really overthinking this poo poo
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Sep 27, 2021 15:28
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you are heavily overthinking this
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Sep 27, 2021 16:02
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i think with original anime you should pin stuff like that on the director unless you know enough about the writer to have reason to believe it was their decision. the director is ultimately responsible for all high-level creative decisions like what the characters are like and how the story plays out.
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Sep 27, 2021 16:07
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Droyer posted:I've held my tongue so far but I can't bear it anymore!
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Sep 27, 2021 16:10
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okay, so just for shits and giggles i decided to skim through all 11 episodes of gymnastics samurai. other than the design, the only other offensive thing with the gay character is that he grabs a guys rear end in his introduction, but other than that, he's an very minor character and when he does show up afterwards, he doesn't do crap like that again and nobody feels uncomfortable around him. so honestly while it's still a little offensive it's hardly the most homophobic thing i've seen in an anime. sorry thread
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Sep 27, 2021 16:15
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the acupuncturist is not a big or offensive enough part of Taisou Zamurai to warrant this e ah I was late
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Sep 27, 2021 16:15
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It sucks whenever (one of) the creator(s) of something you like turns out to be a shithead or worse, but you don't really have to beat yourself up for enjoying it.
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dogsicle posted:the acupuncturist is not a big or offensive enough part of Taisou Zamurai to warrant this i just skimmed through the series, is the rear end grab the only offensive thing he does
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i mean even beyond that if you start worrying about whether you can morally support something you like because one single person involved with it has done something mildly weird, you've got a lot more to worry about than one writer on a bushiroad anime who wrote a completely unrelated show with a gay stereotype once. viewing collaborative art through that lens gets a loooooot more complicated and personally i'd only make a major note if someone key involved with a show has notably done something like, indefensibly bad or expressed extremely weird views openly before that are relevant to how the text of the work comes off. this, is not really that kind of situation e; lol
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