Anime Discussion Thread - Page 557

Keima's mom fainted over the cooking compliments. And all the teachers thought they were getting trolled xD

the scene where Megumi attacks Mutou? Up to this point I was like "ok it uses some cliche tactics but this is still fun if not creepy" (its hard for anime to be actually IRL SCARY, especially when hair is so colorful and gravity defying, [although I do appreciate the hair color as a way to present a large number of semi-complex characters with less confusion]).

I mean, maybe when there were 3 different parties slowly figuring it out it was still a horror (the kids, the doc, the young priest), but I mean, by the 6/7 episode we almost know everything. The horror is completely gone and it turns into a character driven/philosophical anime for the most part with a few great scenes (oh dear the operating room scene O_O)

In the beginning there was an actual sense of HORROR (Natsuno too freaked out to open the window, etc), but after we started seeing LONG exposes involving members of the shiki faction, it was hitting us over the head with weak philosophical bs when they really had some AMAZING SUSPENSE AND AMAZING MAIN CHARACTERS. Part of what makes it suspenseful is wanting to know more, but we know so much halfway through the series it just makes the second half seem like a long drawn out fight scene in some oldschool fighting tournament anime.

I REALLY REALLY liked the first half of the series, and in the beginning I was captivated and probably more creeped out than by any other animu. But does anyone else think they squandered the atmosphere of "horror" too early. Massive blood and guts does not really equal horror in my book, I want to be on pins and needles to see what happens next.

"Help me clean up this mess"

AND ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME? How can they kill the best character in the show 1/3 of the way in? Why was this even allowed to air? I have never felt worse about a plot shift in any anime/manga ever. This just ruined the anime for me and I never want to see it again. My friend who told me to watch it in the first place says it gets even better, but I can't believe that. Is it really any good after, or am I justified in dropping the series?
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I didn't like Kamina that much anyways. <_<

Everyone should like Kamina wtf

You are definitely NOT justified in dropping. Have you never watched an anime before where a good character died? Kamina was awesome and all, and his death was very sad, but dropping the show because of that is crazy.

Like Spazer said, you just have to endure a few episodes of all the characters doing the exact same thing you are doing right now (lol crying), and then they decide to man up and be awesome again (like what you should do). Stick with it!

Damn, I am amazed how well Reinhart handled this. While food is very important in any major invasion, I didn't see the scorched earth idea being used in LoGH. Well played, Empire.

I'm wondering how Phezzan is gonna affect this war now. They got enough wealth to sustain the alliance invasion? That's weird. It's a single planet. But I guess it's still possible.

Hahaha, loved that scene, that's why I used that quote in my top5 Probably my favourite of the entire show.

I think what you said makes sense. The show turned from Horror into something else in the second part. It really wasn't the same thing after. However, I did enjoy how it all blew up and everyone died. But I do not think the horror disappeared too early. I feel like the progression was great. In any case, I don't see how I would have done it better. It's true that massive gore does not equal horror, but I didn't watch the second part for this. I watched for all the characters dying/characters going crazy.