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Southlight

United States11768 Posts

October 09 2010 22:56 GMT

#8421

On October 10 2010 07:26 Ecael wrote:
EDIT - though OP looks promising in terms of where first half of season could get to, if they skip Kuroko's vol then this can be a decent season.

NSFW: http://www109.sakura.ne.jp/~saz/cg/datenshi_ero_meido.jpg

Zing!

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 09 2010 23:04 GMT

#8422

Itsuwa's competition is way more interesting than anything Kanzaki can ever field. Then again, she is one of the most boring index characters to me

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

October 09 2010 23:45 GMT

#8423

I actually don't think there're any complex characters except for Accelerator, which is a bit weird when you consider the length of the series :x

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 10 2010 00:47 GMT

#8424

I rather like how simple Index is in general as a series, I guess too many people botch up trying to make main characters complex. It was kind of a welcome change to have simple main characters and a set of decent 黒幕 with better complexity. But yeah, the only 'complex' character of a main character status is Accelerator, though Tsuchimikado and Laura are both quite decent supports.

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

October 10 2010 00:52 GMT

#8425

I'm not limiting it to just main characters, I just think the characters in Index are really single-tracked and feel more like plot devices, which for the most part they are (not a whole lot of re-appearances). You get the two primarily manipulators (Laura and Crowley) and everyone else is pretty static from appearance to the current point. The only character that really exhibits any change and behavioral complexity is Accelerator, as he treads the line between hero and villain. That's really weird when you think about how many characters are in the series, how long the series is, and how many areas of "gray ground" the series really opens itself up to.

LeaD

Canada464 Posts

October 10 2010 02:12 GMT

#8426

On October 10 2010 09:52 Southlight wrote:
I'm not limiting it to just main characters, I just think the characters in Index are really single-tracked and feel more like plot devices, which for the most part they are (not a whole lot of re-appearances). You get the two primarily manipulators (Laura and Crowley) and everyone else is pretty static from appearance to the current point. The only character that really exhibits any change and behavioral complexity is Accelerator, as he treads the line between hero and villain. That's really weird when you think about how many characters are in the series, how long the series is, and how many areas of "gray ground" the series really opens itself up to.

Agree, but I think Mikoto shows plenty of development throughout the series. However, the rest of the characters are static in their development.

aers

United States1210 Posts

October 10 2010 03:08 GMT

#8427

Redline was pretty decent, just realize the plot isn't that important.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

October 10 2010 04:03 GMT

#8428

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Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 10 2010 04:13 GMT

#8429

What was so moe about the OreImo manga? I thought the manga was supposed to follow LN pretty accurately.

Misaka development is more like from Tsundere to awesome Tsundere, but yeah Index characters aren't exactly what we can call developed at all lol. Though it really isn't surprising considering that the real start of any 'series' like action didn't happen till well into vol 10, everything before that is pretty much fluff and backstory.

Spazer

Canada8031 Posts

October 10 2010 04:46 GMT

#8430

Of all the references I expected to see in P&S, the last one I would have expected was 2001: A Space Odyssey. I suppose it is Gainax though.

Look guys, it's the Eden system! :O

zoogaezee

United States16 Posts

October 10 2010 04:57 GMT

#8431

COWBOY BEBOP IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST ANIME EVER MADE , FUCKING EPIC CLASSIC

dronebabo

10866 Posts

October 10 2010 06:47 GMT

#8432

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Spazer

Canada8031 Posts

October 10 2010 06:59 GMT

#8433

The first ep covered about three chapters of the manga and was pretty much exactly the same. I only saw one major difference in presentation. Just give it some time. The anime's gotta live up to it's name, after all.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

October 10 2010 07:32 GMT

#8434

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Spazer

Canada8031 Posts

October 10 2010 08:49 GMT

#8435

The moe is there, it's just more subtle I guess. More tsun tsun~

+ Show Spoiler +

The dad is fucking Gendo.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

October 10 2010 09:39 GMT

#8436

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Spazer

Canada8031 Posts

October 10 2010 09:49 GMT

#8437

I dunno. I guess it still qualifies as tsundere, but there's just more dere in the manga.

Yeah, Kirino doesn't sound like Azusa at all. Threw me for a loop when I first found out.

Edit: Bakuman is surprisingly loyal to the source material. Maybe JC Staff won't fuck this up after all.

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 10 2010 19:22 GMT

#8438

I am pretty sure the idea is that whenever she actually gets the responses she wants during her consultations with Kyosuke she is in full dere mode.

Also people subbing fast lol, I haven't even gotten the chance to download and watch raw ep2 yet

aers

United States1210 Posts

October 10 2010 19:38 GMT

#8439

The episode 2 raw got leaked 20hr before it aired, which is why the subs were so fast.

Spazer

Canada8031 Posts

October 10 2010 19:39 GMT

#8440

Well, Mazui subbed the shareraw that got leaked. Hard to beat the sub when it comes out before the show airs in Japan, lol.

Edit: Damnit aers