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On April 20 2013 23:52 InfusedTT.DaZe wrote: a quick question, do the movies from Kara no Kyoukai have a difficult story ? I was told by some one who wasn't familiar with the light novels or anything (like me) that he didn't want to go into it because it seemed to complicated, any toughts? Do the movies provide good and reasonable explanations?
It's not really that complicated, though I guess some of the lore/terminology they used I kind of didn't understand at times, but it really didn't affect my understanding that much. Think mostly everything is pretty straightforward.
On April 20 2013 23:52 InfusedTT.DaZe wrote: a quick question, do the movies from Kara no Kyoukai have a difficult story ? I was told by some one who wasn't familiar with the light novels or anything (like me) that he didn't want to go into it because it seemed to complicated, any toughts? Do the movies provide good and reasonable explanations?
Eh, some things might be slightly complicated if you have no experience at all with the Nasuverse, but it shouldn't be a problem as long as you pay attention.
On April 20 2013 23:52 InfusedTT.DaZe wrote: a quick question, do the movies from Kara no Kyoukai have a difficult story ? I was told by some one who wasn't familiar with the light novels or anything (like me) that he didn't want to go into it because it seemed to complicated, any toughts? Do the movies provide good and reasonable explanations?
I have zero experience with anything in the universe and I watched it and I thought it was fine.
Lol that song is exactly the same as Chocolate Rain wtf.
[15:11] <Emnjay808> im gonna have to ask eca a stupid question when he comes on
How did you come to the conclusion that she was Saori's sister wtf!? She's Saori's sister's friend. She was also briefly mentioned in season 1 when Saori gave Kirino doujinshi.
edit: Oh, you meant Kanako/Kanata being the sisters. Thought you meant Saori/Kanata being sisters. That would've been wtf...
You're right yeah, Kanako's sister. I thought the episode was ok, wasn't particularly good but I'm only here for the comedy and I don't like Saori very much. I don't dislike her, I just don't find her very interesting. It was good to find out about her backstory, or rather see it. It felt a bit rushed though considering it's a lot longer in the LNs. And the cosplay was just pictures in the ED
Below are spoilers for other shows incase you accidentally click one of these instead of Oreimo above: + Show Spoiler [Leviathan EP3] +
This show just gets better and better. I was wondering if they were going to put in some actual fighting scenes at the end of episode 2 but thankfully they didn't. Show is definitely much better than I thought it was going to be.
End of the episode was really sad though. Doesn't look like there's any way to make any of them happier with or without returning what the cat swapped. It'll be interesting to see how it ends, though I think it's pretty unlikely we'll find out in this series. I can't remember how long the manga is but we'll see.
Next episode better be funny and not soul destroying like the last minute of that episode
And now the long wait for new episodes. Has anyone been watching that Saki something by the way, the one that's airing? The anime about mahjong. I saw the ED for it on youtube (Futuristic Player) and I kept giggling at the explosions and things when they played.
You're right yeah, Kanako's sister. I thought the episode was ok, wasn't particularly good but I'm only here for the comedy and I don't like Saori very much. I don't dislike her, I just don't find her very interesting. It was good to find out about her backstory, or rather see it. It felt a bit rushed though considering it's a lot longer in the LNs. And the cosplay was just pictures in the ED
Below are spoilers for other shows incase you accidentally click one of these instead of Oreimo above: + Show Spoiler [Leviathan EP3] +
This show just gets better and better. I was wondering if they were going to put in some actual fighting scenes at the end of episode 2 but thankfully they didn't. Show is definitely much better than I thought it was going to be.
End of the episode was really sad though. Doesn't look like there's any way to make any of them happier with or without returning what the cat swapped. It'll be interesting to see how it ends, though I think it's pretty unlikely we'll find out in this series. I can't remember how long the manga is but we'll see.
Next episode better be funny and not soul destroying like the last minute of that episode
And now the long wait for new episodes. Has anyone been watching that Saki something by the way, the one that's airing? The anime about mahjong. I saw the ED for it on youtube (Futuristic Player) and I kept giggling at the explosions and things when they played.
On April 20 2013 23:52 InfusedTT.DaZe wrote: a quick question, do the movies from Kara no Kyoukai have a difficult story ? I was told by some one who wasn't familiar with the light novels or anything (like me) that he didn't want to go into it because it seemed to complicated, any toughts? Do the movies provide good and reasonable explanations?
[15:11] <Emnjay808> im gonna have to ask eca a stupid question when he comes on
How did you come to the conclusion that she was Saori's sister wtf!? She's Saori's sister's friend. She was also briefly mentioned in season 1 when Saori gave Kirino doujinshi.
edit: Oh, you meant Kanako/Kanata being the sisters. Thought you meant Saori/Kanata being sisters. That would've been wtf...
Cmon Nagi. You have to give me more credit than that.
You're right yeah, Kanako's sister. I thought the episode was ok, wasn't particularly good but I'm only here for the comedy and I don't like Saori very much. I don't dislike her, I just don't find her very interesting. It was good to find out about her backstory, or rather see it. It felt a bit rushed though considering it's a lot longer in the LNs. And the cosplay was just pictures in the ED
Below are spoilers for other shows incase you accidentally click one of these instead of Oreimo above: + Show Spoiler [Leviathan EP3] +
This show just gets better and better. I was wondering if they were going to put in some actual fighting scenes at the end of episode 2 but thankfully they didn't. Show is definitely much better than I thought it was going to be.
End of the episode was really sad though. Doesn't look like there's any way to make any of them happier with or without returning what the cat swapped. It'll be interesting to see how it ends, though I think it's pretty unlikely we'll find out in this series. I can't remember how long the manga is but we'll see.
Next episode better be funny and not soul destroying like the last minute of that episode
And now the long wait for new episodes. Has anyone been watching that Saki something by the way, the one that's airing? The anime about mahjong. I saw the ED for it on youtube (Futuristic Player) and I kept giggling at the explosions and things when they played.
Achiga-hen is an abomination. I like it better when it was about Teru crushing noobs.
[15:11] <Emnjay808> im gonna have to ask eca a stupid question when he comes on
How did you come to the conclusion that she was Saori's sister wtf!? She's Saori's sister's friend. She was also briefly mentioned in season 1 when Saori gave Kirino doujinshi.
edit: Oh, you meant Kanako/Kanata being the sisters. Thought you meant Saori/Kanata being sisters. That would've been wtf...
Cmon Nagi. You have to give me more credit than that.
It's really hard to give you too much credit. I think you've said stupider in the past.
Pardon me asking, but how does Umineko work with regards to routes? And is it full of bad ends or not (I like knowing if I should be paranoid about saving)?
On April 21 2013 09:06 Maxie wrote: Pardon me asking, but how does Umineko work with regards to routes? And is it full of bad ends or not (I like knowing if I should be paranoid about saving)?
There are no choices until Episode 8. In Episode 8 there are choices, but only 1 at the very end decide which ending you get, and its pretty obvious about what it is.
On April 21 2013 09:06 Maxie wrote: Pardon me asking, but how does Umineko work with regards to routes? And is it full of bad ends or not (I like knowing if I should be paranoid about saving)?
There are no choices until Episode 8. In Episode 8 there are choices, but only 1 at the very end decide which ending you get, and its pretty obvious about what it is.
Holy shit, potato girl is fucking hilarious. I havent laughed this hard in so long. XD
On a more serious note: Why did that one dude wipe his hand on the BakaToTest's back and say that he was "wiping off the faith of humanity"?
So far, from what I understand: He liked Mikasa's hair, saying it was the most beautiful hes ever seen. Then when Eren nonchalantly tells her to cut her hair, she agrees with just as much emotion. And since he "shook" hands with Eren earlier, he wanted to wipe off the "faith in humanity". The faith being that people like Eren and Mikasa could actually save humanity? So the reason for him wiping it off was because he was scared to carry the same sort of conviction Eren and Mikasa had? He didnt want to lose his, for lack of a better word, humanity? He didnt want to sacrifice the simple joyful appreciative stuff in life?
Am I going in too deep? My brain is starting to hurt.
Holy shit, potato girl is fucking hilarious. I havent laughed this hard in so long. XD
On a more serious note: Why did that one dude wipe his hand on the BakaToTest's back and say that he was "wiping off the faith of humanity"?
So far, from what I understand: He liked Mikasa's hair, saying it was the most beautiful hes ever seen. Then when Eren nonchalantly tells her to cut her hair, she agrees with just as much emotion. And since he "shook" hands with Eren earlier, he wanted to wipe off the "faith in humanity". The faith being that people like Eren and Mikasa could actually save humanity? So the reason for him wiping it off was because he was scared to carry the same sort of conviction Eren and Mikasa had? He didnt want to lose his, for lack of a better word, humanity? He didnt want to sacrifice the simple joyful appreciative stuff in life?
Am I going in too deep? My brain is starting to hurt.
On April 21 2013 15:28 aers wrote: Whats wrong with Achiga-hen? Are you one of those people freaking out because the title characters won in a manga/anime? Oh no, what a disaster.
Of course they won. Everyone knew they'd win. What I didn't like was the way they got there. Let's recap.
Reforming the club was fine. Regional qualifiers were basically skipped, but since it's all noob stomping, it doesn't really matter.
The quarterfinals I actually thought were pretty good. Toki rapes Kuro. Yuu has an ok run. Arata and Ako do nothing interesting. Shizu does some never give up thing that was actually fairly well executed.
Next we get a training arc as a kind of break. And then semifinals start, which is where things start going awry.
The vanguard round is dominated by Teru. This makes sense, as she's been established as a powerhouse in the main series. Her position as a monster is basically confirmed by this point. What's strange is that the Toki becomes the focal point of the round. Kuro is completely ignored. And then, at the end of the round Toki gifts a win to Kuro. Congratulations Kuro, you're as likeable as Bundou.
The sergeant match is a travesty. Here, we see Yuu trash Sumire because the coach says Sumire has a tell. Let me go on a tangent here. Saki is basically a sports manga, and the whole point of a sports manga is to showcase how far much the main characters have developed since the start of the series, and their struggles along the way. Having the coach announce that Sumire has a tell bypasses all of that, and in general, is just pretty fucking weak. I honestly don't know why this got written in. Sumire also mentions at the end of Achiga-hen that she'd fix the tell, so chances are good that it won't even show up in the main series. This part begins and ends within 50 pages, far less than any other round.
Again, Arata and Ako have fairly pedestrian rounds. Both were decent, but neither was particularly memorable.
And then we get to the captain's round. Here, we finally see Awai, who has been hyped up for ages in the main series (being a monster alongside Teru), play for the first time. She wins a bunch, and then Shizu pulls out her King of the Mountain stuff. Her power is basically to nullify other powers, which is fine, if a bit on the boring side. The real problem with this round lies in the fact that they don't even detail how the hands are played! All they did was show random one tile discards and the resulting ron. Yes, all the strategy and thought is superficial, but if I didn't care about the details, I might as well flip to the end of the chapter and read the end result. Besides, a large part of why I read Saki in the first place is to see the silly implications of how superpowers affect normal play. It's novel stuff to think about. The Vanguard, Lieutenant, and Vice-Captain matches all showcased this kind of play, so why did things change for the penultimate round? Shizu's original trait of perseverance also never showed up because of the mountain shit. All in all, it was just a baffling way to write the climax.
In terms of character development, Achiga wasn't really fleshed out too well either. Kuro is developed as a punching bag. Yuu is mostly ignored. Ako is as notable as Mako. Arata actually got some decent characterization. And finally, all we really know about Shizu is that she likes to play and lusts after Nodoka. Senriyama arguably got more development than they did (especially Toki, and to a lesser extent, Ryuuka).
In short, I didn't like it because the writing got lazy.
Holy shit, potato girl is fucking hilarious. I havent laughed this hard in so long. XD
On a more serious note: Why did that one dude wipe his hand on the BakaToTest's back and say that he was "wiping off the faith of humanity"?
So far, from what I understand: He liked Mikasa's hair, saying it was the most beautiful hes ever seen. Then when Eren nonchalantly tells her to cut her hair, she agrees with just as much emotion. And since he "shook" hands with Eren earlier, he wanted to wipe off the "faith in humanity". The faith being that people like Eren and Mikasa could actually save humanity? So the reason for him wiping it off was because he was scared to carry the same sort of conviction Eren and Mikasa had? He didnt want to lose his, for lack of a better word, humanity? He didnt want to sacrifice the simple joyful appreciative stuff in life?
Am I going in too deep? My brain is starting to hurt.
I don't know why... but that scene where the guy said he "lost faith in humanity" made me think something along the lines of "this anime is trying too hard to be serious"
EPT
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Best girl gets better. 
