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XenOmega
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada2822 Posts
October 27 2013 03:33 GMT
#64081
On October 27 2013 08:10 Maxie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 07:28 mofuli wrote:
I can see a Madoka S2 incoming...


Good, I prefer tv to movies.


Eh how's that possible? It would be hard to keep going after that ending
Emnjay808
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States10666 Posts
October 27 2013 03:46 GMT
#64082
Kaal, can you recommend me a good non-hentai NTR anime?
Skol
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
October 27 2013 04:08 GMT
#64083
Kaal obviously recommends White Album.
Writer
Ecael
Profile Joined February 2008
United States6703 Posts
October 27 2013 04:10 GMT
#64084
lol he hated WA anime with a passion because how much it sucked comparatively.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 05:26:22
October 27 2013 04:30 GMT
#64085

On October 27 2013 13:30 BigFan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.


Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 11:50 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 11:45 Nagisama wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.

And the completely retarded main character in WA1 that cheats on his girlfriend with just about everyone is so much better.

I liked him way way more Taiga, at least he didn't exist solely because someone needed to be paired with the male lead because the secondary characters were meaningless in the end. Also I don't think he cheated for cheating's sake, shit was complicated with Yuki and all that. So I won't crucify him like everyone else does, was more complicated than to cheat or not (I think). If Taiga had stayed as the little sister while Midori and the guy ended up together, or even Ami, I would have been a lot happier with Toradora.

This is funny. Not so much the comment but rather, I'm watching Toradora atm, only started 2 days ago and was coming here to post about how addicting the anime is and how much I like Taiga. I mean I can't place my finger on it. It's probably to do with her behaviour, basically how she acts like a child at times and is so pushy and since it's over the top and wouldn't work like that in real life makes it all the more bizzare and funny to me. The fact that he's really patient with her even though she's called him so many names and smacked him around for a bit only adds to it and unless I'm mistaken, it's common in a manga(naruto at least, dunno about rest).

+ Show Spoiler +

I will say this though. I can see why you might not like it. Since she is smaller than the other HS students and to Ryuji, it's almost like she's his younger sister. On top of that, she pretty much lives with them now and in a way, it seems like their relationship is sistery in nature. After all, who takes that much beatings and cursing and still feeds someone if it's not a family member or a significant other. Thing is and maybe you missed this part is that their relationship while was bizzare how it started in how she just asked for his help after trying to kill him lol, has been slowly moving towards the final stage of them being together so even though the start was odd, the progression seems almost natural. Almost since it was sped up a bit at the start etc...

From the 4th episode or so where Taiga confessed to Kitamura and was denied but didn't give up all the way to the cabin where they were plotting to get Ryuji closer to Minori and that didn't work etc... their relationship has been progressing to it. Infact, I think Taiga comes to realize much faster to Ryuji. She talks about how she can't bare to lose him(episode 8 with the swimming competition) and in the cabin, she was about to mention it(feel ok around you, nervous around kitamuru) but stopped and went to sleep. Even after the cabin, there are the hints that she realizes the fact but I guess she 'is stuck' in the past about Kitamuru. They are both still trying to get together with their original love so that adds on since it's not like they are focusing on each other all the time. Ami's introduction into the anime though was well timed and perfect. Added another layer especially that she was originally attached to Ryuji.

Wish we find out why Taiga likes Kitamuru in the first place if it has nothing to do with his own confession to her. Is it predictable? yes of course and I agree that it removes suspense but at the same time, if you don't mind this spoilage and mostly watch to enjoy the ride and see how things develop, it's really well done and funny I'm only halfway so far and will probably finish it within the next 2 days so I dunno what else happens in the next half of the show.

btw, TanKLoveR, I'm only writing my feelings about the show since I wanted to write them somewhere lol and not bashing your post or anything. I'll probably check out white album if it's as good as you say

Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Souma
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
October 27 2013 04:59 GMT
#64086
If you really like Taiga, you should check out Zero no Tsukaima, Shakugan no Shana, and Hayate no Gotoku (but maybe not if you aren't that well-versed in anime), >_>
Writer
TanKLoveR
Profile Joined August 2008
Venezuela838 Posts
October 27 2013 05:03 GMT
#64087
On October 27 2013 13:30 BigFan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.


Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 11:50 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 11:45 Nagisama wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.

And the completely retarded main character in WA1 that cheats on his girlfriend with just about everyone is so much better.

I liked him way way more Taiga, at least he didn't exist solely because someone needed to be paired with the male lead because the secondary characters were meaningless in the end. Also I don't think he cheated for cheating's sake, shit was complicated with Yuki and all that. So I won't crucify him like everyone else does, was more complicated than to cheat or not (I think). If Taiga had stayed as the little sister while Midori and the guy ended up together, or even Ami, I would have been a lot happier with Toradora.

This is funny. Not so much the comment but rather, I'm watching Toradora atm, only started 2 days ago and was coming here to post about how addicting the anime is and how much I like Taiga. I mean I can't place my finger on it. It's probably to do with her behaviour, basically how she acts like a child at times and is so pushy and since it's over the top and wouldn't work like that in real life makes it all the more bizzare and funny to me. The fact that he's really patient with her even though she's called him so many names and smacked him around for a bit only adds to it and unless I'm mistaken, it's common in a manga(naruto at least, dunno about rest).

+ Show Spoiler +

I will say this though. I can see why you might not like it. Since she is smaller than the other HS students and to Ryuji, it's almost like she's his younger sister. On top of that, she pretty much lives with them now and in a way, it seems like their relationship is sistery in nature. After all, who takes that much beatings and cursing and still feeds someone if it's not a family member or a significant other. Thing is and maybe you missed this part is that their relationship while was bizzare how it started in how she just asked for his help after trying to kill him lol, has been slowly moving towards the final stage of them being together so even though the start was odd, the progression seems almost natural. Almost since it was sped up a bit at the start etc...

From the 4th episode or so where Taiga confessed to Kitamura and was denied but didn't give up all the way to the cabin where they were plotting to get Ryuji closer to Minori and that didn't work etc... their relationship has been progressing to it. Infact, I think Taiga comes to realize much faster to Ryuji. She talks about how she can't bare to lose him(episode 8 with the swimming competition) and in the cabin, she was about to mention it(feel ok around you, nervous around kitamuru) but stopped and went to sleep. Even after the cabin, there are the hints that she realizes the fact but I guess she 'is stuck' in the past about Kitamuru. They are both still trying to get together with their original love so that adds on since it's not like they are focusing on each other all the time. Ami's introduction into the anime though was well timed and perfect. Added another layer especially that she was originally attached to Ryuji.

Wish we find out why Taiga likes Kitamuru in the first place if it has nothing to do with his own confession to her. Is it predictable? yes of course and I agree that it removes suspense but at the same time, if you don't mind this spoilage and mostly watch to enjoy the ride and see how things develop, it's really well done and funny I'm only halfway so far and will probably finish it within the next 2 days so I dunno what else happens in the next half of the show.

btw, TanKLoveR, I'm only writing my feelings about the show since I wanted to write them somewhere lol and not bashing your post or anything. I'll probably check out white album if it's as good as you say


Nah it's okay, I get what you mean and I agree to some degree with what you said. Their relationship DID grow a lot and was very strong indeed, I just could never shake the feeling they were more like siblings than anything else, it seemed so weird to see them kiss later on... I was like that's so wrong (Kind of similar to how in Space brothers, idk if you watch that, they are pairing Hibito (30 yo) with this girl Olga(15 yo)) for me it's weird. I liked Ami SO much, she was the only honest person in the whole thing, at the same time she knew how lucky Taiga was and that she couldn't do anything about it which made it so frustrating. Midori was super nice and they were always dropping hints that she might end up with Ryuji but nope SIGH, I just felt teased ALL over the place and then the girl who yes had the strongest relationship with him but also felt more like a sister comes and steals him <.<. Felt like a waste to be honest, specially since it hooked me and I watched the whole thing in like 3 days SIGH.

I watched Honey and Clover afterwards and that was much better, no one ends up with someone else just because they spent 90% of the time on the show together like with Toradora. If they did that then you know what was going to happen for sure since episode 1, again like Toradora. It had a satisfying ending and I would recommend it if you like this type of romance animes.

White Album 2 is kind of like Honey but they are more direct about it, there's 2 girl leads 1 guy lead, you know they both will like him at some point, you know he's going to like only 1 and leave the other one hanging. But idk I just want to see how it all plays out, what does the other girl do? how does she "win him over", what if the other girl rejects him? (which is something they hint at sort of) so it's a lot less predictable than Toradora and even Honey to a degree, and I like that.

I guess recently I've been in a "Let's watch all the romantic triangle animes" phase, I remember loving anohana which wasn't necessarily romantic but just sad as fuck. So I like this genre, the less campy, less echi, harem etc etc dumb comedy stuff. Though I did watch Kare Kano the other day and that was great for a comedy/romance anime, shame the show didn't actually end correctly because there were problems with the production of the show :/. White Album 1 is good, it's less predictable but a lot of people hate the male lead so prepare for that, I liked it though but it's not connected to WA2 so you can skip it if you wish.
Moroshima Haruka, forever best girl. My dream is to die thinking "Wow, that was fun. I'm tired."
Ecael
Profile Joined February 2008
United States6703 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 05:09:50
October 27 2013 05:04 GMT
#64088
btw the girl's name is Minori.

To avoid this being too silly of an one-liner and because Monogatari finally got up to the point, let me find an old post...
On September 02 2013 00:01 Ecael wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2013 10:46 Toadesstern wrote:
Actual anime stuff and not just youtube vids incomming:

+ Show Spoiler [Monogatari S2 - 09] +
holy crap, shit just got real. I guess that explains the ending theme?
Shinobu as awesome as ever, story itself seems to be really awesome as well for a change and I can't wait to see the next episode again. I'm staying up until 3-4am to see it as soon as possible, okay it's Saturday but I'm not doing that for other shows. Got to be my #1 this season now

+ Show Spoiler [random guess] +
There has to be something else with Mayoi other than them going back and making things right again, right? If this whole story would be a Shinobu/Araragi thing (the way it is right now) I really don't think they'd make the current OP Mayoi only and the ED Shinobu/Mayoi mixed just because Mayoi innitiated the whole thing in 1/4 of an episode.

Or deliberate troll but naaaaah.

There is something but it is 95% Nishio being a troll. Yes, down to the part where Hachikuji announced her merry adventures with Araragi next time/book.

And that is also a troll in itself because fuck Nishio.

Tada
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
October 27 2013 05:12 GMT
#64089
On October 27 2013 14:04 Ecael wrote:
btw the girl's name is Minori.

To avoid this being too silly of an one-liner and because Monogatari finally got up to the point, let me find an old post...
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2013 00:01 Ecael wrote:
On September 01 2013 10:46 Toadesstern wrote:
Actual anime stuff and not just youtube vids incomming:

+ Show Spoiler [Monogatari S2 - 09] +
holy crap, shit just got real. I guess that explains the ending theme?
Shinobu as awesome as ever, story itself seems to be really awesome as well for a change and I can't wait to see the next episode again. I'm staying up until 3-4am to see it as soon as possible, okay it's Saturday but I'm not doing that for other shows. Got to be my #1 this season now

+ Show Spoiler [random guess] +
There has to be something else with Mayoi other than them going back and making things right again, right? If this whole story would be a Shinobu/Araragi thing (the way it is right now) I really don't think they'd make the current OP Mayoi only and the ED Shinobu/Mayoi mixed just because Mayoi innitiated the whole thing in 1/4 of an episode.

Or deliberate troll but naaaaah.

There is something but it is 95% Nishio being a troll. Yes, down to the part where Hachikuji announced her merry adventures with Araragi next time/book.

And that is also a troll in itself because fuck Nishio.

Tada


one liners are the best

On October 27 2013 12:46 Emnjay808 wrote:
Kaal, can you recommend me a good non-hentai NTR anime?


Sounds like an oxymoron but I don't know anything so w/e
/人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ Make a contract with me and join TLADT | Onodera isn't actually a girl, she's just a doormat you walk over to get to the girl. - Numy 2015
TanKLoveR
Profile Joined August 2008
Venezuela838 Posts
October 27 2013 05:16 GMT
#64090
On October 27 2013 14:04 Ecael wrote:
btw the girl's name is Minori.

To avoid this being too silly of an one-liner and because Monogatari finally got up to the point, let me find an old post...
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2013 00:01 Ecael wrote:
On September 01 2013 10:46 Toadesstern wrote:
Actual anime stuff and not just youtube vids incomming:

+ Show Spoiler [Monogatari S2 - 09] +
holy crap, shit just got real. I guess that explains the ending theme?
Shinobu as awesome as ever, story itself seems to be really awesome as well for a change and I can't wait to see the next episode again. I'm staying up until 3-4am to see it as soon as possible, okay it's Saturday but I'm not doing that for other shows. Got to be my #1 this season now

+ Show Spoiler [random guess] +
There has to be something else with Mayoi other than them going back and making things right again, right? If this whole story would be a Shinobu/Araragi thing (the way it is right now) I really don't think they'd make the current OP Mayoi only and the ED Shinobu/Mayoi mixed just because Mayoi innitiated the whole thing in 1/4 of an episode.

Or deliberate troll but naaaaah.

There is something but it is 95% Nishio being a troll. Yes, down to the part where Hachikuji announced her merry adventures with Araragi next time/book.

And that is also a troll in itself because fuck Nishio.

Tada

Haha I'm terrible with names, whatever she knows I like her better than Taiga . Taiga just sounds like tiger so it's hard to forget...
Moroshima Haruka, forever best girl. My dream is to die thinking "Wow, that was fun. I'm tired."
Emnjay808
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States10666 Posts
October 27 2013 05:18 GMT
#64091
I just want an NTR anime that explores the emotions/feelings of the characters involved. Maybe in a realistic/believable perspective? Kaze explained it pretty good in IRC when we touched on the subject before.
Skol
Dark_Chill
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada3353 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 05:22:50
October 27 2013 05:21 GMT
#64092
To the guy who recommended Shakugan no Shana... plz no. The main guy is way too useless and pretty bland, and Shana... well, worse than Taiga in pretty much every regard.
Also, the side characters were really meh or annoying in Shana (No, I don't need to hear Margery's name every second, please stop).
CUTE MAKES RIGHT
Ecael
Profile Joined February 2008
United States6703 Posts
October 27 2013 05:23 GMT
#64093
On October 27 2013 14:21 Dark_Chill wrote:
To the guy who recommended Shakugan no Shana... plz no. The main guy is way too useless and pretty bland, and Shana... well, worse than Taiga in pretty much every regard.
Also, the side characters were really meh or annoying in Shana (No, I don't need to hear Margery's name every second, please stop).

Implying that there is any difference between any of Kugumiya mains.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 05:26:10
October 27 2013 05:25 GMT
#64094
On October 27 2013 14:18 Emnjay808 wrote:
I just want an NTR anime that explores the emotions/feelings of the characters involved. Maybe in a realistic/believable perspective? Kaze explained it pretty good in IRC when we touched on the subject before.


I was joking. I really don't know anything about this topic so it's not like I'm going to mock things I have no clue about.

On October 27 2013 14:23 Ecael wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 14:21 Dark_Chill wrote:
To the guy who recommended Shakugan no Shana... plz no. The main guy is way too useless and pretty bland, and Shana... well, worse than Taiga in pretty much every regard.
Also, the side characters were really meh or annoying in Shana (No, I don't need to hear Margery's name every second, please stop).

Implying that there is any difference between any of Kugumiya mains.


Alphonse = Taiga.

jk don't hurt me
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 05:27:54
October 27 2013 05:26 GMT
#64095
On October 27 2013 14:03 TanKLoveR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 13:30 BigFan wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.


On October 27 2013 11:50 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 11:45 Nagisama wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.

And the completely retarded main character in WA1 that cheats on his girlfriend with just about everyone is so much better.

I liked him way way more Taiga, at least he didn't exist solely because someone needed to be paired with the male lead because the secondary characters were meaningless in the end. Also I don't think he cheated for cheating's sake, shit was complicated with Yuki and all that. So I won't crucify him like everyone else does, was more complicated than to cheat or not (I think). If Taiga had stayed as the little sister while Midori and the guy ended up together, or even Ami, I would have been a lot happier with Toradora.

This is funny. Not so much the comment but rather, I'm watching Toradora atm, only started 2 days ago and was coming here to post about how addicting the anime is and how much I like Taiga. I mean I can't place my finger on it. It's probably to do with her behaviour, basically how she acts like a child at times and is so pushy and since it's over the top and wouldn't work like that in real life makes it all the more bizzare and funny to me. The fact that he's really patient with her even though she's called him so many names and smacked him around for a bit only adds to it and unless I'm mistaken, it's common in a manga(naruto at least, dunno about rest).

+ Show Spoiler +

I will say this though. I can see why you might not like it. Since she is smaller than the other HS students and to Ryuji, it's almost like she's his younger sister. On top of that, she pretty much lives with them now and in a way, it seems like their relationship is sistery in nature. After all, who takes that much beatings and cursing and still feeds someone if it's not a family member or a significant other. Thing is and maybe you missed this part is that their relationship while was bizzare how it started in how she just asked for his help after trying to kill him lol, has been slowly moving towards the final stage of them being together so even though the start was odd, the progression seems almost natural. Almost since it was sped up a bit at the start etc...

From the 4th episode or so where Taiga confessed to Kitamura and was denied but didn't give up all the way to the cabin where they were plotting to get Ryuji closer to Minori and that didn't work etc... their relationship has been progressing to it. Infact, I think Taiga comes to realize much faster to Ryuji. She talks about how she can't bare to lose him(episode 8 with the swimming competition) and in the cabin, she was about to mention it(feel ok around you, nervous around kitamuru) but stopped and went to sleep. Even after the cabin, there are the hints that she realizes the fact but I guess she 'is stuck' in the past about Kitamuru. They are both still trying to get together with their original love so that adds on since it's not like they are focusing on each other all the time. Ami's introduction into the anime though was well timed and perfect. Added another layer especially that she was originally attached to Ryuji.

Wish we find out why Taiga likes Kitamuru in the first place if it has nothing to do with his own confession to her. Is it predictable? yes of course and I agree that it removes suspense but at the same time, if you don't mind this spoilage and mostly watch to enjoy the ride and see how things develop, it's really well done and funny I'm only halfway so far and will probably finish it within the next 2 days so I dunno what else happens in the next half of the show.

btw, TanKLoveR, I'm only writing my feelings about the show since I wanted to write them somewhere lol and not bashing your post or anything. I'll probably check out white album if it's as good as you say


Nah it's okay, I get what you mean and I agree to some degree with what you said. Their relationship DID grow a lot and was very strong indeed, I just could never shake the feeling they were more like siblings than anything else, it seemed so weird to see them kiss later on... I was like that's so wrong (Kind of similar to how in Space brothers, idk if you watch that, they are pairing Hibito (30 yo) with this girl Olga(15 yo)) for me it's weird. I liked Ami SO much, she was the only honest person in the whole thing, at the same time she knew how lucky Taiga was and that she couldn't do anything about it which made it so frustrating. Midori was super nice and they were always dropping hints that she might end up with Ryuji but nope SIGH, I just felt teased ALL over the place and then the girl who yes had the strongest relationship with him but also felt more like a sister comes and steals him <.<. Felt like a waste to be honest, specially since it hooked me and I watched the whole thing in like 3 days SIGH.

I watched Honey and Clover afterwards and that was much better, no one ends up with someone else just because they spent 90% of the time on the show together like with Toradora. If they did that then you know what was going to happen for sure since episode 1, again like Toradora. It had a satisfying ending and I would recommend it if you like this type of romance animes.

White Album 2 is kind of like Honey but they are more direct about it, there's 2 girl leads 1 guy lead, you know they both will like him at some point, you know he's going to like only 1 and leave the other one hanging. But idk I just want to see how it all plays out, what does the other girl do? how does she "win him over", what if the other girl rejects him? (which is something they hint at sort of) so it's a lot less predictable than Toradora and even Honey to a degree, and I like that.

I guess recently I've been in a "Let's watch all the romantic triangle animes" phase, I remember loving anohana which wasn't necessarily romantic but just sad as fuck. So I like this genre, the less campy, less echi, harem etc etc dumb comedy stuff. Though I did watch Kare Kano the other day and that was great for a comedy/romance anime, shame the show didn't actually end correctly because there were problems with the production of the show :/. White Album 1 is good, it's less predictable but a lot of people hate the male lead so prepare for that, I liked it though but it's not connected to WA2 so you can skip it if you wish.

hmm while Amy is honest, at times, she was a prick XD Infact, just a bit before where I stopped halfway, it was like she was + Show Spoiler +
purposely going for Takashi just to piss off Taiga even though that wasn't necessarily the case.
Ya, I see the sistery angle as well but I'm not bothered by it because I still know that they are from different families. She just happens to be short lol. Minori is super nice, yes but I couldn't see her ending up with Takashi. Mostly since she's just way out for him and some of the stuff she said just didn't resonate with him at all. I guess you could say this about all of them but from all three, despite how Taiga behaves, I think she would've been the best fit. She's not as arrogant as Ami or far out as Minori. Mostly someone who felt abandoned and such. I think all their characters are well done and I like them all for the differences lol.

What's anohana? Ya, I heard of honey and clover, might give it a try after. BTW, I also am hooked on Todora so I share your 'pain' lol. Only difference is I don't have time to just watch it in a day or two, had to do it in 4 days XD
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Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
October 27 2013 05:31 GMT
#64096
On October 27 2013 14:26 BigFan wrote:
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On October 27 2013 14:03 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 13:30 BigFan wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.


On October 27 2013 11:50 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 11:45 Nagisama wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.

And the completely retarded main character in WA1 that cheats on his girlfriend with just about everyone is so much better.

I liked him way way more Taiga, at least he didn't exist solely because someone needed to be paired with the male lead because the secondary characters were meaningless in the end. Also I don't think he cheated for cheating's sake, shit was complicated with Yuki and all that. So I won't crucify him like everyone else does, was more complicated than to cheat or not (I think). If Taiga had stayed as the little sister while Midori and the guy ended up together, or even Ami, I would have been a lot happier with Toradora.

This is funny. Not so much the comment but rather, I'm watching Toradora atm, only started 2 days ago and was coming here to post about how addicting the anime is and how much I like Taiga. I mean I can't place my finger on it. It's probably to do with her behaviour, basically how she acts like a child at times and is so pushy and since it's over the top and wouldn't work like that in real life makes it all the more bizzare and funny to me. The fact that he's really patient with her even though she's called him so many names and smacked him around for a bit only adds to it and unless I'm mistaken, it's common in a manga(naruto at least, dunno about rest).

+ Show Spoiler +

I will say this though. I can see why you might not like it. Since she is smaller than the other HS students and to Ryuji, it's almost like she's his younger sister. On top of that, she pretty much lives with them now and in a way, it seems like their relationship is sistery in nature. After all, who takes that much beatings and cursing and still feeds someone if it's not a family member or a significant other. Thing is and maybe you missed this part is that their relationship while was bizzare how it started in how she just asked for his help after trying to kill him lol, has been slowly moving towards the final stage of them being together so even though the start was odd, the progression seems almost natural. Almost since it was sped up a bit at the start etc...

From the 4th episode or so where Taiga confessed to Kitamura and was denied but didn't give up all the way to the cabin where they were plotting to get Ryuji closer to Minori and that didn't work etc... their relationship has been progressing to it. Infact, I think Taiga comes to realize much faster to Ryuji. She talks about how she can't bare to lose him(episode 8 with the swimming competition) and in the cabin, she was about to mention it(feel ok around you, nervous around kitamuru) but stopped and went to sleep. Even after the cabin, there are the hints that she realizes the fact but I guess she 'is stuck' in the past about Kitamuru. They are both still trying to get together with their original love so that adds on since it's not like they are focusing on each other all the time. Ami's introduction into the anime though was well timed and perfect. Added another layer especially that she was originally attached to Ryuji.

Wish we find out why Taiga likes Kitamuru in the first place if it has nothing to do with his own confession to her. Is it predictable? yes of course and I agree that it removes suspense but at the same time, if you don't mind this spoilage and mostly watch to enjoy the ride and see how things develop, it's really well done and funny I'm only halfway so far and will probably finish it within the next 2 days so I dunno what else happens in the next half of the show.

btw, TanKLoveR, I'm only writing my feelings about the show since I wanted to write them somewhere lol and not bashing your post or anything. I'll probably check out white album if it's as good as you say


Nah it's okay, I get what you mean and I agree to some degree with what you said. Their relationship DID grow a lot and was very strong indeed, I just could never shake the feeling they were more like siblings than anything else, it seemed so weird to see them kiss later on... I was like that's so wrong (Kind of similar to how in Space brothers, idk if you watch that, they are pairing Hibito (30 yo) with this girl Olga(15 yo)) for me it's weird. I liked Ami SO much, she was the only honest person in the whole thing, at the same time she knew how lucky Taiga was and that she couldn't do anything about it which made it so frustrating. Midori was super nice and they were always dropping hints that she might end up with Ryuji but nope SIGH, I just felt teased ALL over the place and then the girl who yes had the strongest relationship with him but also felt more like a sister comes and steals him <.<. Felt like a waste to be honest, specially since it hooked me and I watched the whole thing in like 3 days SIGH.

I watched Honey and Clover afterwards and that was much better, no one ends up with someone else just because they spent 90% of the time on the show together like with Toradora. If they did that then you know what was going to happen for sure since episode 1, again like Toradora. It had a satisfying ending and I would recommend it if you like this type of romance animes.

White Album 2 is kind of like Honey but they are more direct about it, there's 2 girl leads 1 guy lead, you know they both will like him at some point, you know he's going to like only 1 and leave the other one hanging. But idk I just want to see how it all plays out, what does the other girl do? how does she "win him over", what if the other girl rejects him? (which is something they hint at sort of) so it's a lot less predictable than Toradora and even Honey to a degree, and I like that.

I guess recently I've been in a "Let's watch all the romantic triangle animes" phase, I remember loving anohana which wasn't necessarily romantic but just sad as fuck. So I like this genre, the less campy, less echi, harem etc etc dumb comedy stuff. Though I did watch Kare Kano the other day and that was great for a comedy/romance anime, shame the show didn't actually end correctly because there were problems with the production of the show :/. White Album 1 is good, it's less predictable but a lot of people hate the male lead so prepare for that, I liked it though but it's not connected to WA2 so you can skip it if you wish.

hmm while Amy is honest, at times, she was a prick XD Infact, just a bit before where I stopped halfway, it was like she was + Show Spoiler +
purposely going for Takashi just to piss off Taiga even though that wasn't necessarily the case.
Ya, I see the sistery angle as well but I'm not bothered by it because I still know that they are from different families. She just happens to be short lol. Minori is super nice, yes but I couldn't see her ending up with Takashi. Mostly since she's just way out for him and some of the stuff she said just didn't resonate with him at all. I guess you could say this about all of them but from all three, despite how Taiga behaves, I think she would've been the best fit. She's not as arrogant as Ami or far out as Minori. Mostly someone who felt abandoned and such. I think all their characters are well done and I like them all for the differences lol.

What's anohana? Ya, I heard of honey and clover, might give it a try after. BTW, I also am hooked on Todora so I share your 'pain' lol. Only difference is I don't have time to just watch it in a day or two, had to do it in 4 days XD


It's about a dead girl.

http://myanimelist.net/anime/9989/Ano_Hi_Mita_Hana_no_Namae_wo_Bokutachi_wa_Mada_Shiranai.
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Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8036 Posts
October 27 2013 05:32 GMT
#64097
On October 27 2013 14:23 Ecael wrote:
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On October 27 2013 14:21 Dark_Chill wrote:
To the guy who recommended Shakugan no Shana... plz no. The main guy is way too useless and pretty bland, and Shana... well, worse than Taiga in pretty much every regard.
Also, the side characters were really meh or annoying in Shana (No, I don't need to hear Margery's name every second, please stop).

Implying that there is any difference between any of Kugumiya mains.

Kyousogiga~
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Ecael
Profile Joined February 2008
United States6703 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 05:34:53
October 27 2013 05:34 GMT
#64098
On October 27 2013 14:32 Spazer wrote:
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On October 27 2013 14:23 Ecael wrote:
On October 27 2013 14:21 Dark_Chill wrote:
To the guy who recommended Shakugan no Shana... plz no. The main guy is way too useless and pretty bland, and Shana... well, worse than Taiga in pretty much every regard.
Also, the side characters were really meh or annoying in Shana (No, I don't need to hear Margery's name every second, please stop).

Implying that there is any difference between any of Kugumiya mains.

Kyousogiga~

Touche, I forgot about Koto.
On October 27 2013 14:25 Zergneedsfood wrote:
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On October 27 2013 14:18 Emnjay808 wrote:
I just want an NTR anime that explores the emotions/feelings of the characters involved. Maybe in a realistic/believable perspective? Kaze explained it pretty good in IRC when we touched on the subject before.


I was joking. I really don't know anything about this topic so it's not like I'm going to mock things I have no clue about.

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On October 27 2013 14:23 Ecael wrote:
On October 27 2013 14:21 Dark_Chill wrote:
To the guy who recommended Shakugan no Shana... plz no. The main guy is way too useless and pretty bland, and Shana... well, worse than Taiga in pretty much every regard.
Also, the side characters were really meh or annoying in Shana (No, I don't need to hear Margery's name every second, please stop).

Implying that there is any difference between any of Kugumiya mains.


Alphonse = Taiga.

jk don't hurt me

This znf, imma sic cheep on you.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
October 27 2013 05:39 GMT
#64099
Please don't. He already bothers me enough when he feeds in Pokemon.
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TanKLoveR
Profile Joined August 2008
Venezuela838 Posts
October 27 2013 05:41 GMT
#64100
On October 27 2013 14:26 BigFan wrote:
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On October 27 2013 14:03 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 13:30 BigFan wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.


On October 27 2013 11:50 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 11:45 Nagisama wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:57 TanKLoveR wrote:
On October 27 2013 10:45 Kaal wrote:
On October 27 2013 09:59 TanKLoveR wrote:
Been watching White Album 2 this season and is quite great, seems like it has a good story that isn't the usual both main characters have to end up together because reasons like Toradora
(What a waste of time that was). This one has 3 characters so whoever and however anyone ends up with the other it should be fun to see.

Log horizon is pretty great I think, one thing I always hated about SAO is that the main character was some sort of god who could solo everything, this is a lot more mmo like in the way people need groups to go through "the game".

These 2 and Kill la Kill should keep me busy until the next season of Silver Spoon.


You're right, it's not the same as Toradora, it's worse. It's terrible, they're not even doing the NTR route which was WA2's only redeeming quality.

NTR? If you mean the game or whatever, I have no knowledge of the game, I don't know the story or the characters or anything. I recently watched WA1 and I liked it so I thought I would give WA2 a shot. So far I like it, regardless of how different it may be from the game or novel or whatever. I just hate when 2 characters just HAVE TO end up together excluding EVERYONE else like they did in Toradora, I freaking hated Taiga <.<.

And the completely retarded main character in WA1 that cheats on his girlfriend with just about everyone is so much better.

I liked him way way more Taiga, at least he didn't exist solely because someone needed to be paired with the male lead because the secondary characters were meaningless in the end. Also I don't think he cheated for cheating's sake, shit was complicated with Yuki and all that. So I won't crucify him like everyone else does, was more complicated than to cheat or not (I think). If Taiga had stayed as the little sister while Midori and the guy ended up together, or even Ami, I would have been a lot happier with Toradora.

This is funny. Not so much the comment but rather, I'm watching Toradora atm, only started 2 days ago and was coming here to post about how addicting the anime is and how much I like Taiga. I mean I can't place my finger on it. It's probably to do with her behaviour, basically how she acts like a child at times and is so pushy and since it's over the top and wouldn't work like that in real life makes it all the more bizzare and funny to me. The fact that he's really patient with her even though she's called him so many names and smacked him around for a bit only adds to it and unless I'm mistaken, it's common in a manga(naruto at least, dunno about rest).

+ Show Spoiler +

I will say this though. I can see why you might not like it. Since she is smaller than the other HS students and to Ryuji, it's almost like she's his younger sister. On top of that, she pretty much lives with them now and in a way, it seems like their relationship is sistery in nature. After all, who takes that much beatings and cursing and still feeds someone if it's not a family member or a significant other. Thing is and maybe you missed this part is that their relationship while was bizzare how it started in how she just asked for his help after trying to kill him lol, has been slowly moving towards the final stage of them being together so even though the start was odd, the progression seems almost natural. Almost since it was sped up a bit at the start etc...

From the 4th episode or so where Taiga confessed to Kitamura and was denied but didn't give up all the way to the cabin where they were plotting to get Ryuji closer to Minori and that didn't work etc... their relationship has been progressing to it. Infact, I think Taiga comes to realize much faster to Ryuji. She talks about how she can't bare to lose him(episode 8 with the swimming competition) and in the cabin, she was about to mention it(feel ok around you, nervous around kitamuru) but stopped and went to sleep. Even after the cabin, there are the hints that she realizes the fact but I guess she 'is stuck' in the past about Kitamuru. They are both still trying to get together with their original love so that adds on since it's not like they are focusing on each other all the time. Ami's introduction into the anime though was well timed and perfect. Added another layer especially that she was originally attached to Ryuji.

Wish we find out why Taiga likes Kitamuru in the first place if it has nothing to do with his own confession to her. Is it predictable? yes of course and I agree that it removes suspense but at the same time, if you don't mind this spoilage and mostly watch to enjoy the ride and see how things develop, it's really well done and funny I'm only halfway so far and will probably finish it within the next 2 days so I dunno what else happens in the next half of the show.

btw, TanKLoveR, I'm only writing my feelings about the show since I wanted to write them somewhere lol and not bashing your post or anything. I'll probably check out white album if it's as good as you say


Nah it's okay, I get what you mean and I agree to some degree with what you said. Their relationship DID grow a lot and was very strong indeed, I just could never shake the feeling they were more like siblings than anything else, it seemed so weird to see them kiss later on... I was like that's so wrong (Kind of similar to how in Space brothers, idk if you watch that, they are pairing Hibito (30 yo) with this girl Olga(15 yo)) for me it's weird. I liked Ami SO much, she was the only honest person in the whole thing, at the same time she knew how lucky Taiga was and that she couldn't do anything about it which made it so frustrating. Midori was super nice and they were always dropping hints that she might end up with Ryuji but nope SIGH, I just felt teased ALL over the place and then the girl who yes had the strongest relationship with him but also felt more like a sister comes and steals him <.<. Felt like a waste to be honest, specially since it hooked me and I watched the whole thing in like 3 days SIGH.

I watched Honey and Clover afterwards and that was much better, no one ends up with someone else just because they spent 90% of the time on the show together like with Toradora. If they did that then you know what was going to happen for sure since episode 1, again like Toradora. It had a satisfying ending and I would recommend it if you like this type of romance animes.

White Album 2 is kind of like Honey but they are more direct about it, there's 2 girl leads 1 guy lead, you know they both will like him at some point, you know he's going to like only 1 and leave the other one hanging. But idk I just want to see how it all plays out, what does the other girl do? how does she "win him over", what if the other girl rejects him? (which is something they hint at sort of) so it's a lot less predictable than Toradora and even Honey to a degree, and I like that.

I guess recently I've been in a "Let's watch all the romantic triangle animes" phase, I remember loving anohana which wasn't necessarily romantic but just sad as fuck. So I like this genre, the less campy, less echi, harem etc etc dumb comedy stuff. Though I did watch Kare Kano the other day and that was great for a comedy/romance anime, shame the show didn't actually end correctly because there were problems with the production of the show :/. White Album 1 is good, it's less predictable but a lot of people hate the male lead so prepare for that, I liked it though but it's not connected to WA2 so you can skip it if you wish.

hmm while Amy is honest, at times, she was a prick XD Infact, just a bit before where I stopped halfway, it was like she was + Show Spoiler +
purposely going for Takashi just to piss off Taiga even though that wasn't necessarily the case.
Ya, I see the sistery angle as well but I'm not bothered by it because I still know that they are from different families. She just happens to be short lol. Minori is super nice, yes but I couldn't see her ending up with Takashi. Mostly since she's just way out for him and some of the stuff she said just didn't resonate with him at all. I guess you could say this about all of them but from all three, despite how Taiga behaves, I think she would've been the best fit. She's not as arrogant as Ami or far out as Minori. Mostly someone who felt abandoned and such. I think all their characters are well done and I like them all for the differences lol.

What's anohana? Ya, I heard of honey and clover, might give it a try after. BTW, I also am hooked on Todora so I share your 'pain' lol. Only difference is I don't have time to just watch it in a day or two, had to do it in 4 days XD


I see how you would have that opinion about Ami, since you haven't seen the whole thing I won't go into but she becomes her true self later on and is very nice to Ryuji almost exclusively but over all she got along with everyone perfectly. Which is why I liked her and felt so bad she just was never even looked at because Ryuji was so focused on Minori and then on Taiga so sad. Anohana is a drama, it's stupidly sad and YOU WILL cry watching it lol. It's really one of my favorites so you should watch it, it's only like 12-3 episodes so you should finish it rather quickly. And the reason I finished Toradora so quickly was because I slept less while I was watching it <.< lol so losing sleep over an ending I disliked so much was totally not worth it.
Moroshima Haruka, forever best girl. My dream is to die thinking "Wow, that was fun. I'm tired."
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