Anime Discussion Thread - Page 4778

On April 11 2015 07:38 Emnjay808 wrote:
SAO is totally labeled as harem, CAAAHMMMONNNN NOOWWW

On April 11 2015 06:34 Miragee wrote:


:D I agree, CGI in KnK is done well for the most part. There are some sketchy scenes and scenes where it feels forced/unnecessary but as a whole it looks good.
I don't think the fifth movie is one of the best anime movies to date. Actually, I think it has a lot of glaring flaws that the previous movies didn't have, let alone other movies. Completely ruined flow of the story? Check. I have never encountered as many stupid flashbacks and flash-forwards as in this movie. Sometimes it was only flashes, literally. Stupid villians, with silly laughing and no arguments? Check. Stupid ass-pulls to turn around situations? Check (yeah you killed me, but I created a doll of myself that is exactly like me so here I am again, hue). Tying up plot point from previous movies where they would have been better off just leaving it as it was? Check. Tying previous "villians" into the magus plot as tools wasn't a great idea imho. It was still decent overall but I found myself being annoyed by the above mentioned stuff at times.
For the second and fourth movie: I thought Shiki's development was soooo freakingly well done. I loved it. Also Kokutou, what a boss. And yeah, Shiki is adorable, tsun done right (her development and backround probably plays a huge role here).

Sadly, I won't be able to watch all the remaining movies tomorrow and after that I have to wait a week until I have some time again. Still looking forward to it, I'm glad you suggested this to me.



The only thing I thought is that overall, Shigatsu would have been pretty shitty if it wasn't for the music that carried the show into mediocrity. Nodame is on my watch list as well. Dunno if the romance is more important here but I read it was more comedic and less melodramatic.



Probably the right way. I don't know yet whether I care enough about UBW to wait or just watch it weekly.

On April 11 2015 08:11 Slaughter wrote:
SAO isn't really a harem, its Asuna and then there is everyone else. The other girls at least have to have a chance in a true harem.

DanMachi is 2 episodes in and who knows who main girl is. Hestia seems more like a supporting heroine who loses in the end (like a childhood friend vibe). In fact I read the manga and still couldn't pin point it so I guess harem is a better for DanMachi.

In all fairness though neither are true "harem" shows like a RV, IS, DxD, or a Sekirei. Technically they meet the requirements but for me they really don't.

On April 11 2015 08:25 andyrau wrote:

it's really between ais and hestia, everyone else is just a fangirl
aizu is his inspiration and somewhat of a mentor
hestia fills something between a caring girlfriend and elder sister figure. sounds weird but you should get the idea.

On April 11 2015 08:11 Slaughter wrote:
SAO isn't really a harem, its Asuna and then there is everyone else. The other girls at least have to have a chance in a true harem.

DanMachi is 2 episodes in and who knows who main girl is. Hestia seems more like a supporting heroine who loses in the end (like a childhood friend vibe). In fact I read the manga and still couldn't pin point it so I guess harem is a better for DanMachi.

In all fairness though neither are true "harem" shows like a RV, IS, DxD, or a Sekirei. Technically they meet the requirements but for me they really don't.

On April 11 2015 08:11 Slaughter wrote:
SAO isn't really a harem, its Asuna and then there is everyone else. The other girls at least have to have a chance in a true harem.

DanMachi is 2 episodes in and who knows who main girl is. Hestia seems more like a supporting heroine who loses in the end (like a childhood friend vibe). In fact I read the manga and still couldn't pin point it so I guess harem is a better for DanMachi.

In all fairness though neither are true "harem" shows like a RV, IS, DxD, or a Sekirei. Technically they meet the requirements but for me they really don't.

On April 11 2015 08:36 WolfintheSheep wrote:


Lol, "have a chance".

Don't be silly. Harem is one girl who has a chance, a dozen who exist to be cock-blocks, and fans who convince themselves that the side characters are relevant.

Best you can hope for is that the first girl isn't the main girl, like Good Ending or something.

On April 11 2015 08:38 Slaughter wrote:


Out of the 4 I listed 2 are going to end with harem endings, one ended with 1 girl kinda winning, and the last one in its 2 seasons failed to establish any one girl as being ahead of the rest (dunno what happens in the novels). So not really, especially in fantasy/action harems.

On April 11 2015 08:41 WolfintheSheep wrote:


What do you mean "end with harem endings"? Like, actually getting with all of the girls, or ending with zero romantic closure? Because the latter isn't a harem ending.

On April 11 2015 08:49 Toadesstern wrote:
harem really isn't about wether girls have a chance or what the ending is about.

Harem means you have 3+ girls running after MC-kun for guys to watch it and go "aaaaw, if only I had that and this guy gets it while being completly stupid with girls... I'd be a thousand times better than him if only given the chance!"

*I did indeed misread that last part*

On April 11 2015 08:52 Slaughter wrote:


Using such a vague and wide definition of harem would put a large chunk of anime in the harem genre