EPTOn February 27 2013 21:04 Maxie wrote:
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Sorry for getting space sidetracked, gonna marathon Kaiji now. I hope you forgive me. 
You're DEAD to me. DEEEEEEAD!
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
You're DEAD to me. DEEEEEEAD! | ||
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solidbebe
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BlackMagister
United States5834 Posts
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
On February 28 2013 02:44 BlackMagister wrote: It takes a bit before Kaiji starts to get his gambling spirit in the second season, but when he does it's just as impressive as the first season. My biggest complaint is that the final game he beats takes a long time to payout literally and figuratively. I found myself fast forwarding many of the repetitive parts. ya, problem with Kaiji, no matter how awesome the series is, is that you really have to feel the pain and the suffering of the main character and if you don't it gets really boring really fast, I mean there isn't really much of a story at all if you can't connect to the character. EDIT: I thougth the second season was great though, a bit slow in the start but it caught up and at least I thought it was well worth the watch. | ||
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
On February 28 2013 02:37 solidbebe wrote: Regarding kaiji, I kinda sorta started the second season. Watched a few eps, it doesn't really look at that interesting though. I have the feeling it might've just been better to leave it at the first season. Is it worth watching the second? I felt that the first gameof the second season is the best, at least as a game. E-Card is better for a purely psychological enjoyment though. And I do agree on the part of that if you cannot feel with Kaiji and his "pals", it gets very hard. Also the last game is very very long but I can honestly say that I have never ever cared as much about balls than watching that. THe stuff they pull is pretty awesome. Not to mention that Ichijou is the most moe FKMT villain ever. And dat OP. @solidbebe I think if you do not watch the second season, the final part of S1 will lose a lot of its power. It is one of the strongest moments for sure, even including the "third" arc. | ||
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Elem
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
how kaiji regained his ear and fingers out of nowhere. How did he even have money for those operations? (it was even possible to reattach them which it problaby wasn't) And yeah the OP is terrible | ||
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BlackMagister
United States5834 Posts
was able to reattach his ear and fingers was explained at the start of season 2. He went further into debt when the mafia group reattached his ears and fingers for him. | ||
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
On February 28 2013 05:10 solidbebe wrote: Fair enough. I thought S2 might have lost some of the awesomeness of S1. One that set me off was+ Show Spoiler + how kaiji regained his ear and fingers out of nowhere. How did he even have money for those operations? (it was even possible to reattach them which it problaby wasn't) And yeah the OP is terrible DUDE The OP is soooooo gooood! Such a hater.  + Show Spoiler + Also if you consider they went straight to the hospital and kept the fingers and ears and kept them cold, it is not really that fucked up. | ||
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Maxie
Sweden2653 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + This drill. Ugh. | ||
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
[21:32:02] <Maxie> nails in higurashi was worse [21:32:05] <Maxie> but this is so extended [21:32:11] <Elem> you mean [21:32:14] <Maxie> never ends [21:32:15] <Elem> the nail in food? [21:32:26] <Maxie> not the needle in the rice balls lol [21:32:30] <Elem> o ok [21:32:34] <Maxie> though that was creepy [21:32:43] <Maxie> i mean tearing off nails torture style + Show Spoiler [s2 spoilers] + He will be so pleased with Ichijou stabbing into Kaiji's fingers with a needle. | ||
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ragz_gt
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On February 26 2013 10:27 Sentenal wrote: About to start streaming Gundam Unicorn. If you want to watch, here is the stream: http://www.justin.tv/sentenal edit: Stream over, willl do episode 4-5 on Wednesday, same time About to stream Gundam Unicorn episodes 4 and 5. Steam is same place as last time: http://www.twitch.tv/sentenal edit: stream over | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
Fuck, now I want to reread that series | ||
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ragz_gt
9172 Posts
Just so you know it's Nisekoi | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On February 28 2013 02:48 Integra wrote: ya, problem with Kaiji, no matter how awesome the series is, is that you really have to feel the pain and the suffering of the main character and if you don't it gets really boring really fast, I mean there isn't really much of a story at all if you can't connect to the character. EDIT: I thougth the second season was great though, a bit slow in the start but it caught up and at least I thought it was well worth the watch. Yep Kaiji is all about the epic psychological struggle of gambling, not really the "tricks". Two words: + Show Spoiler + zawa zawa | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
On February 28 2013 00:48 Ecael wrote: Crest + Banner 1 and 3 lay the foundations for more warfare related stuff starting from 4. Then asshole takes a 9 year long break. Did I mention Crest itself was from like the late 80s? The series is a space drama with a focus on a few characters, they just happen to be important enough for you to get a glimpse of the universe. That said, the character interaction between Lafiel and Jinto has more or less finished developing by Banner 3 with Jinto now pretty much done. So with 4 we get one more view point and more things happening with the universe to shake things up a bit. Then you know, 9 year break. We'll see next month how the series develops. if by late 80s u mean 1996, then yes this eca real olde yeah a lot of character development has happened, now bak to the war | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
10:00 Caller yeah 10:00 Caller get the fuck out 10:00 Caller u old bastard 10:00 ecael given his pace 10:00 ecael I thought it was 80s! Let's be honest, can you imagine this guy pumping out 4 books in a year? | ||
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BlackMagister
United States5834 Posts
Noriko was able to help her onee-sama come to her senses during the climax when she used to cling to others like Smith. For some reason I expected Kazumi to be related to Coach instead of romantically involved and that she was just hiding the relationship. The series hints Noriko might have feelings for Coach too, but they are never expressed except in some reactions when Noriko is talking to Amano about Coach or maybe I'm just reading too much into it. It was really weird for the last episode to be in black and white, but I didn't mind too much. The ending where Noriko and Amano spent time equivalent to 12,000 years I'll just have to take the series word for that makes sense. It did make for another bitter sweet ending which seem to be more enjoyable than a pure happy ending. Some things still bother me about Gunbuster's universe like the standard mechs which are equipped with only metal rods? When they were introduced I thought they were just for training purposes like Amano's duel with Jung, but the mechs seem to have no projectile based weapons while Gunbuster is a flying arsenal. Started watching Gunbuster 2 and wow that series is a lot more moe than Gunbuster 1. Maid outfit, main character making cute expressions and attempting to work the nudity into the story. It also is pretty weird with the Nono and Onee-sama's abilities but I assume that will be explained. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On March 01 2013 00:11 BlackMagister wrote: Finished Gunbuster and did enjoy seeing Noriko fully matured as a character now. + Show Spoiler + Noriko was able to help her onee-sama come to her senses during the climax when she used to cling to others like Smith. For some reason I expected Kazumi to be related to Coach instead of romantically involved and that she was just hiding the relationship. The series hints Noriko might have feelings for Coach too, but they are never expressed except in some reactions when Noriko is talking to Amano about Coach or maybe I'm just reading too much into it. It was really weird for the last episode to be in black and white, but I didn't mind too much. The ending where Noriko and Amano spent time equivalent to 12,000 years I'll just have to take the series word for that makes sense. It did make for another bitter sweet ending which seem to be more enjoyable than a pure happy ending. Some things still bother me about Gunbuster's universe like the standard mechs which are equipped with only metal rods? When they were introduced I thought they were just for training purposes like Amano's duel with Jung, but the mechs seem to have no projectile based weapons while Gunbuster is a flying arsenal. Started watching Gunbuster 2 and wow that series is a lot more moe than Gunbuster 1. Maid outfit, main character making cute expressions and attempting to work the nudity into the story. It also is pretty weird with the Nono and Onee-sama's abilities but I assume that will be explained. The standard mech also have missiles (I think they were nuclear) equipped on them, IIRC. They were strapped to the mech's back in Episode 3. Their rods are miniature Buster Colliders, where they stab something and then electrocute whatever got stabbed (you see this in episode 4). I assume effective lasers are too big to equip on the smaller mechs, thus why they don't have any on them. + Show Spoiler + As for the ending, Time Dilation had been a major focus throughout the show, just taken to the logical extreme with what happened with the Black Hole Bomb. The "Welcome Home" was great, made me tear up a bit. Episode 6 being black and white was an artistic decision, although not sure why they went that way. And yeah, Diebuster is fairly different in style, alot of FLCL in it, which I guess can be explained due to the difference in time between the two series. Nono and Lal'C's abilities are explained, you will see. Its ending is great, though. I guess it is a lot more "moe" by modern conventions, lol. But back in the 80s, Gunbuster itself was considered that too. It was first anime to introduce bouncing breasts as a form of fan-service. Gainex gonna Gainex. | ||
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