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dont u guys love it when the MC phases out and stares at certain body parts of the girls while theyre rambling. I find it very humorous, haha. Its like: "ya dawg, thats exactly what i do irl too"
All this talk of bento is reminding me of when I dropped it. Read 2 vols and got bored because I don't give a damn beyond eyecandy (text equivalents, anyway), switched to Horizon, get plot, humor and eyecandy. Win.
dont u guys love it when the MC phases out and stares at certain body parts of the girls while theyre rambling. I find it very humorous, haha. Its like: "ya dawg, thats exactly what i do too irl"
Rofl yea. Such a nice cherry on top of the surprisingly good anime pie.
On October 31 2011 04:52 Ecael wrote: All this talk of bento is reminding me of when I dropped it. Read 2 vols and got bored because I don't give a damn beyond eyecandy (text equivalents, anyway), switched to Horizon, get plot, humor and eyecandy. Win.
Maybe you got it. It's hard to understand right now. ><
wow really liked this episode. Surprised to see all the servants gather together, except for caster who was too busy drooling over Saber. All the mini-battles were a nice tease to what is to come. I have a question though. I thought their real identities were pretty important to keep a secret, but Saber just casually told Rider who she was. Was that because it would be dishonorable to not introduce herself after he said his name? But it was more of a "screw you, I'm King Arthur," line than an introduction.
okay just making sure there wasn't anything I was missing. Already knew Gilgamesh was arrogant enough to not care about it, but I thought Saber would be level-headed and not do so. So it just slipped out in the heat of the moment then.
On October 31 2011 04:52 Ecael wrote: All this talk of bento is reminding me of when I dropped it. Read 2 vols and got bored because I don't give a damn beyond eyecandy (text equivalents, anyway), switched to Horizon, get plot, humor and eyecandy. Win.
For me, the difference between the two is more in character immersion.
I care about the characters in Ben-to (I don't know about manga or w/e, but when you have people play the characters well, they just become characters you want to see more of). Horizon I don't really feel that connection. Maybe it's because they throw so many characters at you from the start, or because the main character is so unlikeable.
I can see why people would shy away from a show about half priced lunch, but personally, I find the characters much more interesting than those of many other "comparable" shows.
On October 31 2011 06:50 OutlaW- wrote: i think ben-to isn't a show that's supposed to be analyzed very much, you either like it or you don't
On October 19 2011 03:45 Southlight wrote: What you didn't know... is that Ben-to is symbolic of the poverty-stricken countries. It takes place in a modern first-world setting to juxtapose "a world in which food is plentiful" with the grotesque side of man in which food is a life-or-death commodity, one in which people are more than willing to resort to violence to get. One in which connections, gender, and other such "civilized" social hierarchies don't matter. The main character is like a Peace Corps member who's been sent to China and wants to woo the love of his life with food, but because of his weak, mental and physical state from being pampered by a first-world society, cannot, and must train to become a real man before his courtship can continue.
Will he succeed? Will he become all that he can be?
On October 19 2011 03:45 Southlight wrote: What you didn't know... is that Ben-to is symbolic of the poverty-stricken countries. It takes place in a modern first-world setting to juxtapose "a world in which food is plentiful" with the grotesque side of man in which food is a life-or-death commodity, one in which people are more than willing to resort to violence to get. One in which connections, gender, and other such "civilized" social hierarchies don't matter. The main character is like a Peace Corps member who's been sent to China and wants to woo the love of his life with food, but because of his weak, mental and physical state from being pampered by a first-world society, cannot, and must train to become a real man before his courtship can continue.
On October 19 2011 03:45 Southlight wrote: What you didn't know... is that Ben-to is symbolic of the poverty-stricken countries. It takes place in a modern first-world setting to juxtapose "a world in which food is plentiful" with the grotesque side of man in which food is a life-or-death commodity, one in which people are more than willing to resort to violence to get. One in which connections, gender, and other such "civilized" social hierarchies don't matter. The main character is like a Peace Corps member who's been sent to China and wants to woo the love of his life with food, but because of his weak, mental and physical state from being pampered by a first-world society, cannot, and must train to become a real man before his courtship can continue.