EPTAnime Discussion Thread - Page 2986
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Ushio
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Emnjay808
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maru~
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On July 17 2013 09:39 himurakenshin wrote: Hey, this question probably has been asked before, so i apologize for that, but does anyone know any series similar to Welcome to the NHK? I suppose i'm looking for an anime series which is as realistic as possible, without the typical anime cliche stuff. Watamote. | ||
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
On July 17 2013 06:52 OutlaW- wrote: In the 1st and 2nd seasons, two or three. Some arcs are shorter than others. There's also fairly frequent side stories. The first season has 4 girls (not counting elucia) and so does the second season (counting Haqua because her story is basically an arc) Since I'm already talking about this, my favorite animated arc so far is library girl (first season) and teacher girl (second season - this one especially stands out). Kanon's was good, too. Just wanted to say that the story is linear and that there's even *gasp* character development True thing. I loved that one as well, probably my overall favorite if you ignore Haqua for being Haqua, which obviously is out of everyone elses league. About the character development... well kind of but not really. He does care for the girls and always has just not in that sense, so that's not a change in the first place. There have been other examples for that. + Show Spoiler [yet to come] + the chihiro-one stands out as something where you clearly see him suffer under the conditions. Yeah he carries through but it's not like he's "lol who cares, here's my goal and nothing else matters". It does get to him. Now that I think about it, the first chihiro encouter could be mentioned here as well, couldn't it? He completly hates her for being that unreasonable sidegirl and completly refuses to conquer her (btw ignoring the collar, argueing that one or two missed spirits apparently don't matter, as seen in haqua "arc", so I wouldn't bring that up at all). Until he starts to feel sorry for her. TL;dr: He probably cares for them like someone cares for a loved animal. You get mad when they're hurt and want to help but you don't consider them your equal or a potential partner. If anything you could argue that they got upgraded from being treated like loved animals you care for to being treated alike friends from time to time. On July 17 2013 09:01 killa_robot wrote: Unless this was introduced sometime in-between the second and third season (that we didn't see), he hasn't been doing it because of this, since he hasn't been made aware of it yet. + Show Spoiler + Not that I'm shocked the author would make such a cop-out. 10,000 is an insane number to catch. Pretty sure he was made aware of the number in s2 without being told that it could work again. That should have been the Haqua episode if I'm not mistaken, at least that's when he asks how many spirits get caught per month and realizes that the usual way isn't feasable. + Show Spoiler + Tenri told him later on that they could do the same thing again if the 6 of them are combined again. Should have happened (as in: it did not) in ep02 this season if I'm not mistaken. She DID tell him that they sealed them but did not point out that they could do it again. It was a big thing in the manga though. Again haven't looked it up but I think it happened before Kanon got stabbed and Keima agreed or at least thought about finding the sisters even before Kanon happened. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On July 17 2013 11:09 ragz_gt wrote: Exactly, that's what we have SRW for. Macross and Golion aren't out of place in SRW, but having a cross over between them as Robotech and Golion, and just those two, seems silly. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
On July 17 2013 12:10 Zergneedsfood wrote: Tatami Galaxy. Edit: The two aren't that similar but I reckon if you like one that you'll probably like the other. It's just kind of hard to find a suitable rec for anyone who liked Welcome to the NHK because it's just kind of....different I guess. If you go here you'll see that the recs just aren't very good. I thought they were super similar. In fact when I finally watched Tatami Galaxy I was surprised that I've never heard of it mentioned when talking about NHK. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On July 17 2013 23:34 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I thought they were super similar. In fact when I finally watched Tatami Galaxy I was surprised that I've never heard of it mentioned when talking about NHK. Really? Those two went like...hand in hand with every conversation I had about one or the other. Edit: Then again, I didn't watch it until like....my 200th anime or something and I watched Welcome to the NHK as like....#20 or something so maybe you're right. | ||
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Maxie
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Elem
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On July 17 2013 23:34 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I thought they were super similar. In fact when I finally watched Tatami Galaxy I was surprised that I've never heard of it mentioned when talking about NHK. Eh... I find them frequently linked to eachother. o.O | ||
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ragz_gt
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On July 18 2013 04:45 ragz_gt wrote: If you guys love Tatami Galaxy so much you have to watch Uchouten Kazoku then I am. | ||
Souma
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
On July 17 2013 09:39 himurakenshin wrote: Hey, this question probably has been asked before, so i apologize for that, but does anyone know any series similar to Welcome to the NHK? I suppose i'm looking for an anime series which is as realistic as possible, without the typical anime cliche stuff. I wouldn't call it 'as realistic as possible,' and you're not gonna find an anime without any 'typical anime cliche stuff' (NHK included), but Chobits is kind of similar iirc. | ||
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Phemtos
Canada163 Posts
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Ushio
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On July 18 2013 09:09 Ushio wrote: That texhnolyze picture is so accurate hahaha I didn't cry at the end iirc, just felt empty inside. Finished Saya no Uta yesterday (babby's first VN). It was an interesting experience to say the least. + Show Spoiler + Seems like Gen could go all out on this one compared to most of his other stuff. It's a beautiful love story and an insight into human psyche. No matter how fucked up it was, their emotions were just all too human. As for the storytelling, I enjoyed the foreshadowing and different perspectives (though it was somewhat predictable at times I guess). Song of Saya I & II from the OST are great and contributed a lot to the atmosphere. | ||
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ragz_gt
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On July 18 2013 21:12 maru~ wrote: I didn't cry at the end iirc, just felt empty inside. Finished Saya no Uta yesterday (babby's first VN). It was an interesting experience to say the least. + Show Spoiler + Seems like Gen could go all out on this one compared to most of his other stuff. It's a beautiful love story and an insight into human psyche. No matter how fucked up it was, their emotions were just all too human. As for the storytelling, I enjoyed the foreshadowing and different perspectives (though it was somewhat predictable at times I guess). Song of Saya I & II from the OST are great and contributed a lot to the atmosphere. Time to move on to Kara no Shoujo, which is more powerful imo because how Saya no Uta seems unreal, in the sense that it is foreign. | ||
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maru~
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On July 18 2013 23:02 ragz_gt wrote: Time to move on to Kara no Shoujo, which is more powerful imo because how Saya no Uta seems unreal, in the sense that it is foreign. + Show Spoiler + Are you referring to the crazy condition of the MC and Saya being a Lovecraftian monster? Just a matter of immersion I guess. I liked the contrast of unrealness/craziness and "real", human emotion. Unless you meant something else? Kara no Shoujo is on my list, but I don't know when I'll get to read it. Don't have too much time nowadays. I thought about playing some shorter ones first (e.g. Planetarian). | ||
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Elem
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Maxie
Sweden2653 Posts
On July 18 2013 21:12 maru~ wrote: I didn't cry at the end iirc, just felt empty inside. Finished Saya no Uta yesterday (babby's first VN). It was an interesting experience to say the least. + Show Spoiler + Seems like Gen could go all out on this one compared to most of his other stuff. It's a beautiful love story and an insight into human psyche. No matter how fucked up it was, their emotions were just all too human. As for the storytelling, I enjoyed the foreshadowing and different perspectives (though it was somewhat predictable at times I guess). Song of Saya I & II from the OST are great and contributed a lot to the atmosphere. If you want more fucked up Gen you could read Kikokugai. It's linear and pretty short. | ||
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