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general thread to discuss anime
thread #1
>>3894 No. 127841
>>127839Holy fuck I love this manga so much.
You’ve made my entire Valentines Day. I’m really happy.
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Does anyone know which anime this is from?
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>>128186please and thank you in advance.
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What the FUCK is going on with promised neverland season 2?
Seriously, what the fuck. It went from a horror anime to straight feels good piece. How did the kids seriously escape without a single death or injury… Then they just randomly did a timeskip? What a noticeable quality drop. Such a disappointment. Wondering if I should pick up the manga.
No. 128668
>>128661The manga is better when it comes to the pacing, I think
but then, the end happens and not in a darnit! I wanted more! way I feel like it kept the horror-like stuff.
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opinions on bokurano?
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>>129598Yeah, I follow it. It's like a mix of Yu-Yu-Hakusho(in spirit) and Bleach (in aesthetics+spirit). If you enjoy shounenshit, it's good, and it has a lot of pretty boys and good animation while almost no needless annoying fanservice gags.
>>129612I actually like the mangaka's rough, blocky style, but that's me. The anime looks too polished and pretty sometimes for this reason.
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Saged cause it's sorta a beaten horse rn but yashahime has lowered the bar of how stupid they can get even further
>It's now canon that after giving birth pretty much no one has given a shit about Rin
>she went missing shortly after birth still apparently living with Kaede further cementing that Sesshomaru wanted loli puss and dipped
>Kaede just kinda shrugged off her disappearance with 'Shit happens she's prob dead' this was said to the modern age daughter Towa who was pretty much the same and shrugged off the important information of her mother
>They brought back Shiori the bat half demon then immediately said her tan skin was demonic and her human night form is just Kagome with pale skin.
>Shiori is wearing the same sacrificial robe she was wearing in her debut they just sorta stretched her model and said "Yup that's an adult"
There's more but I guess they're banking on a season two to flesh out the plot? Which I don't see happening a recent interview even confirmed Takahashi never intended Sesshomaru to get with Rin.
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>>129930same fagging cause I'm a moron her model is pretty much just Kagome just pale skin being seen as human.
No. 130020
>>129981ew. in that case i think i will give the manga a pass then. i’m just hoping the anime doesn’t keep bringing up this plot point because it just makes me feel icky for want of a better word. i think i saw someone in another thread mention that the manga features
abusive tendencies from the couple so i’m hoping the anime doesn’t cover that. what we’ve seen so far is enough for me thank you
No. 130406
>>130020Potential spoilers but there's a semi important scene that revolves around the point of Hori wanting Miyamura to be rough/mean with her (I believe the anime will be covering up to ch 37ish but I forget what chapter this scene happens)
Miyamura gives in and yells and smacks something Hori is holding onto the ground and she's profusely apologizing, it's an important scene because students who bullied Miyamura in middle school witness this and they are terrified of Hori, so suddenly the food chain was Miyamura > Hori > Them and they question how frightening Miyamura must be now. It sort of sets up the stage for their interactions in the future or something My memory of the manga is a little fuzzy so I might be wrong, other anons please feel free to correct me lol.
No. 130452
>>129598It's good and entertaining, I recommend.
>>129815Me too anon. I prefer the manga art style compared to the anime, I feel like it matches the vibe of the series better.
No. 130467
>>130452It feels oriented towards women, or at least giving women equal consideration, which is great. The villain ripping his shirt off at pretty much every opportunity did make me laugh pretty hard though. The mc has lovable doofus qualities but not the insufferable doormat qualities that a lot of shonen and seinen protags are burdened with. The female characters are cool and varied and not designed as obnoxious waifu bait.
>>129815Also picrel is awesome. He has the best lines in the show. I can't believe people stan so hard for other male characters when he's around.
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>>130401I wouldn’t be so hard on the animation, Gokudolls has an ugly animation but it’s still one of the funniest anime I have ever watched. Comedy doesn’t get much funding anyways, not even a popular show like Gintama. The manga is super fun and the voice acting sounds good, I’m still excited for it.
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new episode of horimiya. so disappointing, weirdly paced and choppy. and the stupid “miyamura is the perfect boyfriend for hori because he’s willing to domestically abuse his girlfriend in public when she asks for it” plotline. oh god it makes me so mad. and the fact that miyamura brought this up with hori’s dad and they had this skeevy conversation about her ‘kink’. why the fuck would you talk about this with your gf’s dad. also hori’s dad kind of seems like a sex offender lol. i hate whichever man wrote this. like out of all the manga plot points they could bring up why do they have to do this for two episodes in a row. also i totally thought miyamura’s bully had a crush on him lol
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Anyone hyped for the last EVA movie?
No. 131164
>>131160this. the rebuilds are shit, i've lost all hope after i watched the3rd one
TV (including 25 and 26) + EoE will always be superior. Heck, even Sadamoto's manga is heaps better to Rebuilds. It was such a ride to read it throughout the years. Fuck rebuilds.
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>>131154I’ve never watched the Rebuilds (NGE and EoE only) but I saw this post on /cm/ and had to save it
No. 131235
>>131234Aww KawoShin is confirmed as
toxic? it was hard to keep up with spoilers yesterday so I gave up, just heard that last scene with Kaworu he is with some random other male character? (Kensuke or Kaji?)
Also if Shinji really
ends up with Mari imma just gonna react like that anon from your post, there are many bad things about the reboots but she is easily the worst addition.
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It all keeps tumbling down
No. 131242
>>131235Every ship in Evangelion is
toxic except some of the adult ones, lmao.( Not
toxic enough to not make sweet merch bux off of tho- pretty sure I saw official ShinjixKaworu dresses and stuff lol) Asuka and Shinji are radioactive levels of
toxic. Or how about the girl who is a partial clone of Shinji's dead mom. I mean Shinji kills Kaworu in the original series. Lol that is such a troll move, holy shit. Mari was such a rando addition. Anno's contempt for the fans really jumps out.
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>>131239Are these people new to the franchise? You just gotta roll with Anno being a cruel bastard my friends. Am I right to infer from this that the world doesn't end (again) in this one? Huh, that is surprising.
No. 131255
>>131235where was it confirmed as
toxic and where can i read all the spoilers?
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>>131255Rumours are flying all over Japanese twitter but a lot are trolls so it's hard to trust what is legit.
Apparently Kaworu says something like he was projecting his selfish desires on Shinji and didn't actually care about him at all. Also Kensuke ends up with Asuka? lol Article on how to avoid them but can actually help you find them:
https://www.dualshockers.com/evangelion-final-movie-spoilers-explained/ No. 131257
>>131242Hmm I remember the impression I had from wathing the NGE tv series was that Kaworu was the least
toxic relationship Shinji ever had; I'm not a shipper though and I hate unnecessary coupling in general so i honestly would prefer if no one ended up with anyone; but seems like literally everyone was paired up (unless spoilers were 4chan lies). Could have expected that since apparently point of reboots seemed to make Shinji-centered harem story though, as literally every girl is miraculously into him now.
I guess I'll watch this final movie and then proceed to remove every single memories of reboots from my mind. I saw 3.0 twice and remember almost nothing of it because it was so bad.
All that said, I'm still excited for more Shiro Sagisu music, I love the over the top epicness of it.
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>>131257Oh absolutely. But it's all degrees. Kaworu treated him the most tenderly, like a human being with agency, despite not being human himself. It still resulted in Shinji having to kill him though. Hence it not really being an idyllic relationship. Their reboot relationship takes that element away by having Misato kill Kaworu, after Kaworu facilitates it, which makes it more of a slap in the face to fans if the spoilers are true. Pretty cruel on Anno's part but exactly something he would do tbh. Anyone expecting picrel was delusional.
Sagisu is great and so is the music Utada Hikaru wrote for it. Beautiful Boy and One Last Kiss.
No. 131259
>>131256If this is true then they really pulled that shit out of their asses. While it's true that everything in NGE is
toxic, there was literally no sign of
Kaworu being selfish, projecting and not caring about Shinji prior to this movie. How can you see bad intentions and
toxic behaviour in anything that he does in 3.0? And apparently
fucking Mari is the next best candidate?
>>131246I get Anno's always been a troll, but at least deep down his decisions made some kind of sense. If 4chan's right then it looks like he just picked the ending casually for the shits and giggles. Or to purposely not please anyone.
No. 131260
>>131258>Sagisu is great and so is the music Utada Hikaru wrote for it. Beautiful Boy and One Last Kiss.I just listened to OLK and I'm so moved, against myself… that part when a bit of Beautiful World plays… it sure brings me back and hurts as fuck. I've been an evafag since I was younger than the children. It's been 16 years now. I remember when Rebuids were announced as NGE but easier to understand and people raged… I rememember waiting for each movie until I stopped giving a fuck after 3.0.
I did not want to get emotional about the Rebuilds yet here I am. FUCK. Though frankly, I'm more moved by the passage of time than the shitshow itself.
I'm glad that original NGE will always be around.
No. 131262
>>131259Agreed. If it's true, and I hope it's not, but from the Japanese tweets I am reading it appears so… It's the literal definition of a writer asspull and retrofitting. There is no way you can watch what he does for Shinji, go against his very nature and sacrifice his life because he actually totally doesn't give a shit about Shinji and is just being selfish, like what?
Apparentlty he can manipulate time and isn't really dead which changes the meaning of his sacrifice But this honestly just seems designed to hurt and piss off fans and wreck one of the few relationships that came close to wholesome that Shinji had. What the fuck.
No. 131265
>>131262That doesn't make sense still. Even without a true sacrifice, it was still a (relatively) good and happy relationship, platonic or not. It's obvious that they changed their minds after making 3.0, or (unlikely) the relationship was always meant to be
toxic but they didn't convey it well, which is sign of a very bad writer. Even if something happens afterwards in the movie, there would have been no foreshadowing. I can already see the coomers claiming that you had to have 500 IQ to get the hints and understand how totally
toxic the relationship was.
I stopped being an evafag years ago because I was tired of all the waiting, and even if now I don't care much about it, this still feels insulting kek
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>>131265someone on reddit claims the ending is
open-ended with strong asushin hints. See pic related. This does sound probable cause it's kinda like Sadamoto's manga ended. I remember bits of Sadamoto's narrative leaking to Rebuilds lmfao No. 131283
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>>131103>>131113Honestly, japanese women are just as likely to write something like that than japanese men. For example, Koi to Wobu ni Wa is an anime that is going to release this spring about a 27 yo Man straight up grooming a 17 yo that is high school friends with his little sister and the manga was written and drawn by a woman.
I looked it up a bit because I thought it was sort of going to subvert the trope a bit because the main character seems to, at first, be pretty aware of how disgusting it is but nope all of the mc's refusals just make him even more interested in pursuing her and it's even described that he sees it as an "act of love".
Sorry for the rant but ew, I'm so tired of anime like these.
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>>131277I'm reading everywhere that end game couples are Shinji/Mari (???) Asuka/Kensuke (??????) Kaworu/Rei (?????????)
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>>131413Bruh, people are going to be mad at you for not spoiler texting that. Anno just wanted to upset people.
the first two seem to be correct based on Japanese twitter but not the third No. 131422
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>>131417You guys are gonna get yelled at. I got yelled at for manga spoilers that ended in December, lol. Yeah it's so weird. I'm laughing just thinking about it. It almost seems like shipping siblings. Pretty sure it isn't true though.
Kaworu is time looping and becoming Commander Nagisa or some shit and retconning his feelings for Shinji and Rei dissapears apparently No. 131427
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>>131423Every ship anyone actually cared about BTFO by the creator. The minor character geek getting the ultimate tsundere waifu goddess Asuka has me rolling.
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>>131413>>131422Here's another spoiler movie summary from Reddit. It's pretty good in that it matches other spoilers while making the movie sound like at least it makes some sense (even though the plot still doesn't sound great to me).
>>131428>He is mentally ill, and I mean that quite literally so maybe we shouldn't try to judge his actions as merely being that of an obnoxious troll. Uhhh he seems to be in a much better place mentally though. I'm not even sure if he was trolling or trying to make happy NGE. Even the theory that
Mari is Moyocco Anno to Anno's Shinji makes sense to me than him trying to hurt fans this time.
The ships seem pretty open ended from what I read…
I don't know how to put it into words, but you blaming whatever issues with the plot of a movie that you haven't even seen yet on Anno's mental illness rubs me the wrong way. Especially since Anno was in a shit place when he made original NGE and it looks like he's enjoying himself now, making Godzilla movies and whatever.
The new movie seems chirpy compared to EoE. I don't feel like I really like it, but I wouldn't blame it on Anno's diagnosis.
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>>131430>Anno turns Eva into your generic shounenThe absolute madlad.
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>>131445What's even more crazy is that apparently the Japanese are loving it. Don't ask me to dig for source through pages and pages of the Evageeks spoiler thread, but apparently 3.0+1.0 is currently the highest rated NGE movie (including EoE somehow, which if I remember correctly, is rated lower than 1.0 and 2.0). I know the rating will most likely become lower with time, but still… what the fuck.
Also see pic related (source
https://soranews24.com/2021/03/09/final-evangelion-movie-is-finally-out-and-weve-seen-it-our-eva-fans-spoiler-free-impressions/ )
No. 131495
>>131494>The average audience don't want to sit through shinji and friends go through pure suffering for 3 movies, only for it to end with them getting tang'd or a bittersweet end with the world being saved but like 90% of the cast being dead or mentally fucked from the whole ordeal.Do they even like NGE then? Like what's the point?
There was hope in EoE, but you bad to find it. The movie wasn't blinding you with positivity. People could come back to life, after all - if they wanted to face reality
No. 131525
>>131495>Do they even like NGE? What's the point?No. I notice a lot of people who like the rebuild movies end up hating a lot of what makes NGE… NGE. I like the meme that these movies are just Hideki Anno spitting on us /a/utists but, to be honest, EoE and NGE feel like they came from special mental places he's moved on from.
We're probably not gonna get anything like EoE or NGE from Anno ever again. Plus, the man loves toku and mecha, so I'm not surprised these movies devolved into shounenshit.
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>>131525Neatly pairing off all the surviving characters, and having them skip off into the sunset is so funny. Most shounen don't even go that far. I'm trying to think of any. I guess we know who Rei was waiting for in that lipstick commercial now, lmao.
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>>131544Lol. Anno singlehandedly manage to put everyone from waifufags to fujos on suicide watch. I'm honestly a little excited for the salt to come when it releases in the west.
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>>131545And he killed off
Misato and Kaji the one ship that made sense. I would be mad if I cared about the reboots or had any expectation of Anno not being a troll. Personally I liked the original no ship endings. The salt will be bonkers. The Japanese fandom are always more subdued with their saltiness whereas the western fans go straight to death threats.
No. 131605
>>131547but at least they have a kid, right? So ship confirmed and at least it happened even more than in the original tv seriesI've said it somewhere else but
FUCK REI BECOMING A SIMPLE KUUDERE FARMER THAT'S NOT HER CHARACTER. And she deserves a better arc than dying so Shinji feels bad after accepting herself as fully human. WTF is this Pinocchio narrative. She didn't even get a specific name. What happened with Rei II anyway? Why did Shinji stop giving a fuck after going nuclear in 2.0 for her?
Also I'm not buying the happy normie Kaworei ending, even though at least they look cute as a couple and the idea kinda was hinted at in the pastOn another note - is Kara no Kyoukai actually good or only if you are a braindead weeb/coomer? I'm considering watching the movies but I don't like dipping my toes in new anime unless I'm sure it's worth it…
No. 131630
>>131430As a big fan of original Evangelion lore, this sucks shit. Though I didn't expect anything after awful crap that was 3.0.
how is Asuka an angel now???Though I kind of dig happy naruto ending. It fits Rebuild movies.
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I'm not sure if this belongs in this thread or the video game one, but I'm trying to play the Danganronpa VN (V2) and the characters are so annoying. I really enjoyed the story and the characters in the first game, they were just very charming to me, but this sequel is too painful to go through. All the female characters are just ecchi anime tropes personified. Does it get better? I'm only at the beginning.
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>>131630I'm in the same boat. I didn't expect anything, but damn. I'm just trying to laugh it off.
Lmao I forgot about Asuka being an angel because of all the other nonsense, wtf. He should have paired her with Kaworu if he really wanted people to go nuts. The two angels. I still think torpedoing the Kaworu and Shinji relationship is a huge fuck you to fans and kind of ruins the happy ending. People make fun of fujos but the franchise very deliberately crossed into yaoi baiting with Kaworu and Shinji multiple times. It was never going to go further but it was pretty aggressive. At least let them have the "I was born to meet you" intact.
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KawoRei scene at the end.
(Don't open if you hate spoilers)
No. 131819
>>131547Honestly, can we even consider it just Anno trolling us when it's just such a safe ending?? It's not like the argument that "well you wanted escapism so here it is, the whole trilogy is just that" when
>>131784 is the last thing fans in general would want.
It's not the ending people wanted and it's also the safest ending to give because everything ends on a happy note with everyone tied together, with all the possible hint of gayness from the story smothered. I know this whole movie trilogy was a cash grab from the get go but this makes me respect him less as a director because it feels very… corporate? Like, does he really have any right to criticizing such a culture when he's engaging on the worst parts of it willingly?
No. 131869
>>131819wtf are the japanese audiences not feeling trolled and instead are "yay, shinji got his happy ending, guess its time for me to be an adult too uwu"
Anno has completely lost his touch. Shocking to thing the same person hugely responsible for the original NGE and Shikijitsu (highly recommended to Eva fans, same style as the more introspective episodes) pulled this generic weebshit
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anyone else completely confused by otherside picnic? i started watching it because i heard it featured college aged women and yuri but i actually have no clue what is happening plot wise. i’m up to episode 7 but i’m thinking of dropping it
No. 131960
>>131926>>131930The manga's a little better but the anime's pretty terrible. Clearly had no budget (lots of wide shots with extremely shitty 3D models) and they've reordered a bunch of plot stuff in a way that doesn't really make sense and skipped over stuff as well.
I only watched up to episode 6, and the manga has been translated to about the end of the beach arc. Plot is basically just portals to another dimension and hunting down stuff that lives there. If you like japanese creepypasta I'd say it's worth checking out, but if you just want yuri it's very mild/only implied with stuff like "wahhh why do I feel jealous whenever she mentions this other woman???" and some handholding.
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Saging because nobody likely wants to talk about this annoying ass show but I'm blown away by all the people saying this anime taught them the true potential of literature and art. I thought they must all be 12 but many of them are fully developed adults. Have people never read books or watched movies or even esteemed manga or anime before? I'm losing it at the way people are throwing around genius and one of the greatest works of art ever made. The only beautiful thing is by association- that stunning end song, Shock by Yuko Ando.
Also lmao at Isayama not wanting me to root for Eren destroying everything even though he fails boo. You failed, bitch. Everyone else is so insufferable. This is giving me horrific Daenerys flashbacks.
No. 132050
>>132046Well, there are some pretty obvious allusions/parallels to WW2 and the holocaust. And the argument can be made that with the way the story plays out this basically casts some of the jews of the story as the bad guys for wanting revenge/annihilation of the nazis and germans. It could also be read as saying the allied forces should have just tried harder to be friends with the nazis, lol. Of course other people would say this is all nonsense and it's just fiction with no references to history.
I just think it's funny that people have apparently never read All Quiet on the Western Front or watched Come and See. Imagine thinking a mangaka in the 21st century invented the concept of "war is hell" and that war is bad and should be avoided, lmao.
No. 132071
>>132060>>132062Ok I kinda take it back. I thought you were pretentiously flexing your superior taste in media but I didn't know that AoT retards like that existed. Wow
I hope they are still like thirteen, but I know I am probably wrong…
Genuinely forgot that weebs love to claim that some shonenshit taught them the meaning of love, life and friendship aka things that children are taught about in kindergarten
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I finished the first season of Initial D and was pretty hyped but i'm watching the fourth one rn and it's so bad.
>Nakazato, aka the only endearing charater, get thrown away and never talked about (also Kyoko deserves better)
>Takumi NEVER loses, there 0 tension, the only time and doesn't win, his opponent says it doesn't count
>Ryosuke is supposed to be this OP driver but the only time he is seen in his car he FUCKING LOSES, why the fuck does Takami wants his approval ?
>Itsuki and his cringe romance makes me want to throw myself out of a window
Why can't anime be good more than 26 episodes ?
No. 132100
>>132099I was like 10 or 11 too when I watched it on TV
with the French dub, I loved NGE so much and didn't mind the last two episodes being weird, I was satisfied with the ending. Thank god I didn't watch EOE until much later I would have been traumatized.
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>>132090Lol yeah, gotta be chugging that titty anime to have your mind blown by AOT. Imagine thinking no anime has ever tried tackling morality or ethics before, lmao. Go watch Monster. Grave of the Fireflies is a beautiful anime about the cost of war (I imagine not "badass" enough for them), and there are others because it is one of the most popular subjects in art ever. Since AOT fans are so into violent euro war stuff I kind of want to make them watch Come and See (not an anime though) Clockwork Orange style. What that actor goes through in the course of that film feels like a war crime that should be tried at The Hague court. I have never seen an actor convey ptsd so convincingly on film.
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>>132115I don't really find Shinji to be the typical self insert idealized male protag. A lot of guys who have watched it call him a loser and a pussy because he isn't "based" or "badass". I disagree strongly that he is a whiny loser who sucks. He is a severely troubled 14 year old. As a young female viewer I could really relate to his self loathing, indecisiveness, parental issues. And before the reboots
he doesn't actually get any of the girls No. 132120
>>132117According to my girlfriend, the 2chan criteria for "harem" is that at least five girls must be attracted to the protagonist. (We had a long argument about harem anime this weekend, where she claimed that Code Geass is actually a harem series but NGE is not.) I haven't seen all the reboots but from what I recall, the only ones who are really into Shinji are Misato, Asuka and Kaworu. But the first 2 are also into Kaji, after all. Rei doesn't count as she's 100% into Gendo
and also Rei is basically Shinji's mother, wtf Anno.
Girlfriend and I are divided on NGE because she hates Shinji with a burning passion and I always felt he was relatable. Sure, he's a whiny passive-aggressive self-centered loser and general sack of shit
but so was I at that age. No. 132126
>>132120Lol yeah, I don't think it's a harem. To me a harem is virtually every "attractive" female character pursuing the protag. Asuka and Rei dabble in being interested in Shinji and he in them but it never becomes a big thing in the original series or movie. Kaworu and Shinji are definitely into each other no matter how Anno tried to rewrite it. As for Misato- I don't feel she is interested in him at all sexually or romantically except for that one infamous scene, which most people interpret as being part of her inability to connect with people without her sexuality and not genuine interest. I wasn't including the reboots in my feelings on EVA at all except to mention that
he apparently ends up with Mari as endgame.
I actually really like Shinji. He's a disturbed kid with a really shitty father who didn't ask for the situation he is in. The adults around him behave irresponsibly at best. Being self loathing and miserable and lashing out and running away never bothered me. I liked that he wasn't the angelic martyr doormat with the inevitable badass transformation arc. I feel like people hold him to the standards of like a 35 year old man, lol (not you, your comments are fair).
No. 132133
>>132118>he’s a scrote male gaze pseud Freudian fuck fest who has no depth>Shinji the mentally ill protoincel teen>a 'fuck fest'you okay there, anon?
>>132126>I don't feel she is interested in him at all sexually or romantically except for that one infamous scene, which most people interpret as being part of her inability to connect with people without her sexuality and not genuine interestthere is also the kiss, so two scenes (chair one at the end of TV + kiss in EoE). I agree 100% with you though.
I like that the show/EoE call Shinji out on his unhealthy sexual obsession with the women (girls) in his life and the entitlement that comes with it.
No. 132157
>>132151Completely believable for a self loathing, depressive 14 year old boy with abandonment issues. I'm an unapologetic Shinji stan. I convinced some guys in the military to change their minds on him.
I can't stand that there are basically two types of protags. The super genki, happy and brave protag who has an unfaltering desire to save everyone and apparently no fear. Or the meek doormat who nevertheless wants to martyr themselves for all of humanity (and usually goes about it in the most dumbass way possible) and inevitably goes through a transformation into a cool badass. So boring.
I was reading a manga recently that is fairly typical but subverted this a bit by having the normie protag falter when actually faced with horrible maiming and death and have a mental breakdown, not actually wanting to die. Completely doubting his decision to act like a hero and sacrifice himself. That was a bit better than the usual.
No. 132241
>>132140Just ignore vents then. EVA fans are at least defending the series but AOT fans aren't even trying.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I have, I was never a fan of the 'people with giant exacto knives with jet packs fighting giants' series to begin with. I have just kept up with updates because of the immense popularity (this site is built on hate watching so don't judge me). I'm not an Eren fan, lol. I'm a destroy the world fan. A ham-fisted and in my opinion failed attempt by an author to make their protagonist the very bad and evil villain makes me want to root for their goals. As for the rest of the cast-sorry you like them-but basically giving them all the same boring pacifist "forgiveness is always the answer" personality but still with the ability to be a violent badass on command is very have your cake and eat it too.
No. 132326
>>132324Tamako Market and then watch Tamako Love Story
Watch Card Captor Sakura too
No. 132341
>>132136>>132151>>132157I'm just rewatching NGE for the nth time so my bf can see it and I adore how well all the characters are written. Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Ritsuko and Misato… they are acting in a very human, consistent way. You can kinda tell what's going on in their heads and why they behave in a certain way, even when their actions suggest opposite. Like in the one episode the three stooges try to keep quiet not to wake up Misato and Asuka overhears and immediately steps in and screeches some bs. You just know she cannot stands the attention being on anyone else but her (even though she doesn't even care about Toji and Suzuhara). This is how all the main characters work, you can even sometimes tell how they are influenced by their relationships (I am sure Touji only knew that Misato got promotion from stripes on her collar because he's constantly hanging with Kensuke the military freak)
I love observing Ritsuko and Misato's friendship, it's fascinating as well.
TBH I'm not a fan of the fanservice, though I appreciate when those scenes at least say something about the characters. It does make me cringe a lot though.
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So, is wonder egg priority trannyshit? I havent seen any of the newer eps
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>>132376nvm I deleted my previous comment, pic is spoiler.
What is funny that episode where they vaguely mentionned that there's only suicided girls in the egg world, so kek No. 132403
>>132384She's just a girl who passes for a handsome guy too much, and makes all the girls turn lesbian around her.
>>132382Honestly this episode was kind of annoying to watch, since the main girl performed suicide because of getting pregnant via rape, and they focus on her rapist misgendering her. Like holy shit, get your priorities together girl>>132376Not really, this is the one episode that had a FtM character. But it is kind of all over the place since they're scrambling to actually explain the plot in these few episodes left.
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>>132403This really bummed me out but
things are pointing to her actually being trans considering this scene and when they uwu validate eachother by calling one another a pretty girl and brave boy, also the jacket is trans colored and momoe's bra seems to be too. The only thing that can say she's just a handsome girl would be that she went to an all girls school and ai pointing out she has no adam's apple No. 132411
>>132341I definitely did not care about anyone during my first watch through except for Kaworu. I decided to finally pick it up because of him but since he doesn't appear til the end, I didn't connect so much with the story or characters. I'm so happy I'm rewatching it, even is the twists and turns aren't as exciting as experiencing it for the first time, because I truly do enjoy each of the characters this time around. Actually, knowing their backstory and what happens might be why they're more enjoyable this time. Even during my first watch through as a teen, I would be like "ok, of course Shinji's being a little bitch, he's just 15" but now as an adult it really hits home that all of the pilots are
so young and have so many issues yet have to shoulder all of this shit. I can't believe I didn't love Ritsuko or Misato the first time around, they're fucking great- probably my favorite characters really.
The uncomfortably long pauses, repeating scenes, things I used to laugh and chalk up as "I bet they did this to save what little budget they had" really adds to the atmosphere and experience of the original series. I mostly watched the original so I could have some background when watching the rebuilds (which is what I really wanted to watch since they were coming out), but now I don't know if I'll enjoy the rebuilds as much because I finally get what people love about the original Eva series.
Also, I remember reading about episodes 17-19 during my first watch but it didn't really affect me when I saw it. This time, even though it's just grainy old anime gore, I felt really squicked out seeing all the blood. It really hit me this time how much Shinji was going through and how cruel and gruesome the the whole series is.
No. 132413
>>132409It just makes no sense to me
because of an episode pointing out that all the dead souls were girls and the fighters that the two shady dudes collect for their shady plan seem to be girls too. And they obviously didn't care about Kaoru's inner feeling when making her into an egg. And also what you said, Japan is not nearly progressive enough to have a male being admitted into a girls' school. But it'll probably never be outright stated or denied, and I'm not really feeling much for any of these characters, so it's whatever for me even if it's true.
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>>132384>>132403>>132409>>132413Alright watched the episode, it really felt clumsy overall not even talking about the tranny character but also the way the plot itself is going.
Momoe is indeed a girl (female) for her lack of adam apple pointed at in an episode and the fact that she goes to school in her girl uniform no problem in public. They really should've covered about her gender non confirmity by making Momoe points out that she likes dressing this way. So of course people thought she was a tranny since it was about misgendering, and the introduction of the new character didn't helped much. The way they handled it was really surface level and expeditive (
about the rape scene, showed part of it) it's as if the writer(s) just wanted to throw in some traumas and that's it.
Sperg aside the
kiss scene was just eh, so she doesn't like being hit by girls but a girl "who is a boy inside" is ok.The plot is becoming weirdly edgy too.
No. 132420
>>132417Samefag my writting is really weird but basically I felt the writer wanted the audience to relate so they tried a bunch of stuff while still being vague about them, the ennemies (Wonder Killer) are uncreative, trans character was handled badly imo, the only character whose thoughts and development was explicit was Rika, only 2 episodes left and unless they already have season 2 green lit how they can explain the plot properly we still barely know anything. I really liked the first half but it's going in a weird direction.
(sorry for rambling kek)
No. 132467
>>132126I like shinji too
I recently rewatched nge with my bf who watched it for the first time. My bf is kind of a smoothbrain when it comes to anime because he's a shonenfag and even though he liked eva he said he was weirded out and frustrated by how shinji never "gets better", he never becomes the amazing battle shonen protag you want him to be and it makes sense but it seems some men just can't deal with that kek
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>>132467>he never becomes the amazing battle shonen protag you want him to be Watching with my bf now and I have to keep biting myself in my tongue to not say
>Hey it's hilarious how the opening makes you think that Shinji will eventually ~become a legend~ and it literally never happens, it just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down. Based troll. Good thing I never wanted Shinji to become some badass McBoring Retard. Also really cool how the 'angel of the week' first half lulls you into a false sense of sequrity and completely pulls the rug out of a viewer that expects regular shonen bs. Must have been shocking as fuck back in the 90's. even though the second half is so superior to the first one, especially the early Asuka episodes it's not even funny No. 132496
>>131784Lol ive shipped kaworei for so long- finally patience pays off.
I know its a bit off a nonsense ship-i just think it has some neat possibilities. And they look good together.
Everything else about the new movie looks like garbage though. Rebuild fans get more of what they got before- absoloute dogshit.
TV and EoE will always be miles better than whatever Anno was trying to do with this.
No. 132511
>>132496My only question is…
Ritsumaya didn't kiss and that was a fake leak, right? Shame, even if that ship would be a pure fanservice and I liked the tragic dynamics from NGE TV/EoE. Gendo fucking sucks but Ritsuko's daddy issues broke my fucking heart
No. 132533
>>132511Oh does Ritsuko have daddy issues at all? I guess i paid too much attention to her mommy issues. I think that their dynamic is really interesting and messed up.
I haven't seen the ritsumaya leak- so i don't know about its legitimacy. I think their relationship is super cute!
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>>132409Momoe isn't trans, she's just a girl that dresses androgynous. Everything you see online is not true, judge it with your own brain.
>>132413All of them are girls indeed. There's no way around it.
Kaoru has the biological reality of being a woman, but in her mentally ill brain that commited suicide, she wants to be a boy, even if she got pregnant. "there's no way around it", like the show says.
>>132417This show is very feminist, I recommend it. Sadly it's a libfem perspective. I still like it though. But Kaoru is mentally ill and biologically female. We don't get a choice about being a woman.
Everyone who likes this show, just avoid /a/, twitter, and everywhere else. Because troons are flocking into it and it's going to be annoying. I fucking hate troons.
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>>132561Sorry, these scenes have been out in the manga for a while because Isayama is so damn slow that I genuinely forgot about anime only people. I will at least censor anything next time. Lol at EVA fans defending their anime but AOT fans just being like "leave AOT alone!" and then leaving though.
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>>132557You mean his
personal teenage girl clone collection made from his dead wife. So creepy. That scene in EOE where he gropes her breast and then puts his hand inside her abdomen while she's naked was so unsettling. Does it count as harem if it's the same girl 100 times over? Plus Ritsuko.
>>132496It has it's own logic, both of them being the outsider "not fully human" characters. It's way better than Shinji and Mari, ugh (why is she even here? Because Shinji can't endgame with Rei or Asuka? Feels like it). That's very manic pixie dreamgirl in a way. Depressive lost boy ends up with super positive and optimistic girl who loves life. I thought Shinji and Rei were an interesting and feasible pair even though he obviously had the most chemistry with Kaworu (thanks for nuking that Anno, you dick). But that's ruined by the fact that she's
genetically his mom. Not that Anno had problems with him being interested in her or falling onto her naked body before lol No. 132580
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>>132577I do not agree with this tumblrina on everything NGE (as far as I remember, she tried to turn Rei and Asuka into twans/nonbinary icons - disgusting), but I find this analysis spot on, especially in regards the glasses thing.
Link so you can see (?) the embedded pictures:
https://qmisato.tumblr.com/post/190612924044/this-post-will-discuss-sensitive-topics-please-be No. 132586
>>132535i hate anything that makes trans people happy so i’m kinda annoyed by this episode.
personally i don’t care about trans rep in anime. i saw some people hyping up this sports anime for lgbt rep and i assumed there was a gay character or relationship but it turned out one of the main characters identified as uwu non-binary and i lost interest.
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i remember watching elfen lied as a kid and I recently revisited it, I only skimmed because the gore was gruesome and unbearable at times, but I kind of like the female psychopath/monster archetype but these things always get handed to scrote characters or “yandere/tsundere” characters because they’re just too strong to admit their feelings for the boring male love interest
kind of disgusts me looking back but idk if anyone here even remembers this show
No. 132643
>>132496>Rebuild fans get more of what they got before- absoloute dogshit. Agree. They deserved it for liking a shit movie series that never had the charm and creativity the original TV Series&EoE (or even the manga) had. Even as a die-hard fujo I can't bring myself to be too mad over the ending because jesus what were you people expecting, Rebuild was pandering consoomer garbage from the beginning.
>>132090This. AoT is babby's first grimdark serious anime and the fans have standards corresponding to that.
No. 132648
>>132580I definitely agree with that take. I've seen this scene being called "fanservice" but I legitimately can't see how anyone can perceive it as such
maybe except some complete degenerate coomers considering how deeply uncomfortable and violating this whole encounter is.
No. 132649
>>132645I'm trying to find them, but it's kinda impossible since I THINK qmisato used to post as ritsumaya. She deleted the first blog and all the content with it. Not sure if she ever reuploaded the meta. Have a trans Shinji post though!
https://ritsumaya2.tumblr.com/post/145637474299/eva-analysis-shinji-ikari-as-transgenderIn the Rei post, she decided that Rei is nonbinary for some reason (even though Rei's entire character and arc is inherently tied to being a girl and the objectification it brings). In the Asuka one, she was rambling how Asuka hating having a period could mean she's a transgirl because apparently they can get those too.
Nevermind, found some of her bullshit. At some time, the blog title literally was 'Talk trans Eva to me'.
http://archive.is/t3CeMhttps://archive.is/vseq3Also I found a quality review of 3.0+1.0 by a Japanese film viewer:
https://pastebin.com/raw/K6t45GTG translated version
https://note.com/wakari_te/n/n0ba0c462e025 source if anyone cares
No. 132650
>>132381Gendo wasn't really a lolicon for Rei, she was literally a clone of his late wife he was obsessed with and only a tool to preserve her. The fact that Rei is a teenager is coincidental since the pilots have to be kids in order to pilot the EVAs what with the mother's soul shit and all. That's why they had a whole school made for scouting for suitable pilots.
>>132411I had a very similar experience, NGE isn't really for teenagers and resonates better with adults who can look at the main characters through an adult lense and realize just how young they actually are.
>>132493kek underrated post.
>Must have been shocking as fuck back in the 90's.This is exactly why they lost all their funding mid-series and the studio was struggling to make it to the finishing line. It wasn't a fun shonen series about piloting mechas, instead Anno's mental illness kicked in halfway through and the cruel reality of carrying all the responsibility fucking with alien lifeforms came into effect.
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>>132657Preying sexually on the teenage clones of your dead wife is predatory as hell, wtf is the other anon on about. Gendo is a horror of a character on so many levels. Picrel was satisfying.
No. 132675
>>132650>NGE isn't really for teenagers and resonates better with adultsI feel like it's going to resonate with people who watches NGE with no expectations whatsoever or who get ALL the mecha anime references and references to tropes and clichés the shows criticizes, no in-between. The other anons said it already, but whenever you see some guy complaining about Shinji being a pussy or not dating Rei or Asuka they're only familiar with basic bitch shonen anime
no, not even shonen manga, but the fucking anime adaptations to make it worse, they heard about the show being popular and just expect it to be about cool robot fights before watching the first episode.
And since a few anons, myself included, said we watched the show when we were kids, I wonder how many watched it when they weren't even teenagers yet and thought it was scary or just saw it for what it is.
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>>132586Are you talking about the soft tennis anime Sora something? Also got disappointed because it's from the creator of Vision of Escaflowne, but checking about the character in question the wiki he just seems to be gay and likes makeup
he himself even claimed that the term gender-x/nb still doesn't feel right to him kek. The writer could've explored something meaningful about self expression among boys but he went pandering route; an interview stated that he learned about LGBT cause from a friend 5 years ago and wanted to add the theme in one of his work ever since.
It really reminds me of this troon manga "Love me for who I am" where the main character is literally just a femboy but has an existential crisis because "boys wear ugly uniforms i don't wanna? but don't want boob either me not girl?" just accept your taste damn.
No. 132678
>>132677Let me guess the characters are close and smile at each other often and there’s the sweet music whenever they’re together and they’ve got moments but never actually
Kiss…
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>>132658When I was in sixth grade, I had a nightmare that Hideaki Anno sold out in order to make movies about rubber dinosaurs. I remember being devastated about it. 'But he was such an artist!'. IDK if I already knew about those Godzilla reboots being in plans but it's terrifying how prophetic that dream turned out to be.
>>132659Even though it makes me roll my eyes at Anno, I think it makes Moyocco even more based. Not only she writes one of a kind manga about the struggles women face, she has THE anime auteur completely wrapped around her finger. Like damn. What a woman. That pussy must be magical kek
Anyway I love how NGE subtly drops hints that shit is going on behind the scenes. You can appreciate this so much more when you know the whole story.
>In a mundane scene in episode 15, Gendo Ikari gives a few thoughts, which become vital to understanding the entire series later. As he is visiting the grave of his wife, Yui, Shinji's mother, he tells Shinji that the grave is ornamental, there's no body, that everything about Yui is in his heart, and that that's enough for now. I imagine someone watching the scene and thinking 'He's trying to hold on day after day without Yui until his grief lessens and allows him to move on'. If they are genre savvy, they may think "the fuck you mean ENOUGH FOR NOW? What's gonna happen later then???'. Either way, everything makes so much sense. The scene prepares the viewer for Gendo's ultimate plan and for that reason, gets even better on second viewing when you know what the skeevy bastard is up to. And I know someone may say 'that's how basic storytelling works, you dumbass'… and yet most anime is unable to execute this because the characters and/or plot have no depth whatsoever.
Poor Shinji, it breaks my heart when he desperately tries to connect with Gendo who has no fucks to give at the time No. 132680
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>>132679(samefag)
https://qmisato.tumblr.com/post/619308382661345281/just-a-smattering-of-references-in-the-evangelionNo wonder NGE is better than most anime since he was inspired by so many works outside the medium. Not 100% if all of those were conscious choices, but still.
No. 132686
>>132684Imagine coming to a thread where anon's been discussing how good original NGE is for days being like "it's literally trash" lol ok
>>132679>Even though it makes me roll my eyes at Anno, I think it makes Moyocco even more based.Same, ah to have a man that will go on and ruin the legacy of everyone's favorite franchise/characters just to show how much he owes you…
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>>132686Reminds me of this dumb tweet.
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Sukeban Deka is pretty dope.
It's an OVA from 1991 about a girl that beats up people with a yo yo and has to go to a school undercover to investigate a recent bus accident that killed a lot of students under suspicious circunstances.
The OVA is available on youtube (I was able to find english dub, english sub, and brasilian dub, probably there's even more)
Quick disclaimer, there's a girl that get's sexually harrassed but it's actually treated as a serious thing
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>>132827It's an adaptation of a manga, but the manga had multiple "missions" and the OVA only goes through one.
Technically it's two episodes each with about 40 minutes, so the whole thing is an hour and half. It's basically as if it were a movie.
Kenny Lauderdale actually made a video about it if you'd like to check that too first.
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Lol at the official Eva 3.0+1.0 poster spoiling final couples lmfao
No. 132860
>>132853But
Kensuke and Asuka aren't next to each other.
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Welp, Yashahime's "finale" is a wet fart and they've just announced a season two.
https://comicbook.com/anime/news/yashahime-princess-half-demon-inuyasha-season-2-confirmed/Also Goodsmile is making Yashahime figures. Does anyone even care about Sesshomaru's kids? They had no personality.
https://www.siliconera.com/pop-up-parade-yashahime-moroha-setsuna-and-towa-figures-revealed/ No. 132875
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>>132324Touken Ranbu Hanamaru
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
Aria
Bakumatsu Rock
Natsume Yuujinchou
There's politics in this one, but Turn A Gundam has a comfy atmosphere
I also want to recommend Digimon (mainly Adventure & Tamers) & Pretty Cure. They have serious moments and action, but since they're kids shows they're also uplifting. I enjoy them even as an adult.
>>132722Turn A Gundam for you too
Gundam in general honestly, the original, X, 00, etc.
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
Tiger & Bunny
If you can handle the fanservice, Brigadoon: Marin & Melan
If you can handle gore & rape, Berserk (manga > '97 anime > everything else)
Might remember more eventually.
No. 132884
>>132853>>132860honestly I remember looking at
Mari's character design and thinking wow she's got to be some Shinji/Asuka hybrid or their daughter or something it's an uncanny fusion but wow here we are
No. 132889
>>132887She was really angry and lashing out at Shinji for pretty much all of 3.0. (curse of EVA halting her aging, his
triggering of the impact, she ignores that he saved her life) But takes pity on him in the end in her usual harsh and taciturn kind of way.
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Is Bungou Stray Dogs ever getting a season 4? It's popular enough in Japan. I know the characters are amalgamations of the authors themselves and the author's characters and ideas, often quite loosely, but it makes me laugh imagining who would be the most pissed at their portrayal. Probably Dostoevsky, but the actual Dazai and Akutagawa would probably be close runners up.
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Everyone makes fun of fujos but anime fujo baits all the time and the official anime adaption of Jujutsu Kaisen just directly fujo baited two ships, lol. They threw in a straight ship for good measure.
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>>132903I know the Juju Stroll things are gags but nothing has really been out of character. So I guess the people on the show are aware of the yaoi doujin that have been furiously pumped out since the manga started. The most popular gay ship would be too out of character to work even in the gags though lol.
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>>132722Fumetsu no Anata E is one of my favourite manga. Large, diverse cast, spending time to flesh out each character and their world before moving on to the next. Super interesting fantasy/soft sci-fi universe. High stakes conflicts. Gorgeous art. It's from the same mangaka who drew Koe no Katachi., actually This one is even more dramatic and really tugs on the heartstrings. The first chapter alone had me sobbing. Also the female characters are really good! Like the rest of the world, they're developed with care and attention to detail.
No. 132975
>>132974Oh it's flopping? That's too bad.
It's super cheesy, but at least I enjoy it because of the nice animation quality, and I'm also thirsty for gay shit like that. There really aren't enough fujo pandering animes that are well done in both story and animation.
No. 132981
>>132974>I wish more effort was put into the characters and story of fujoshit anime in general,Ugh, yes. Or rather, I don't think 'fujo anime' needs to exist, we just need regular anime with m/m couples. The most popular ships are not even in specifically fujo oriented series, but they do tend to be in enjoyable series so the audience will get invested in the characters and their relationships whether they're canon or not.
The big winner would be a high quality series which is good in it's own right, with main male characters who have lots of chemistry, an interesting dynamic, and who have romantic development and end up together because it just makes sense from a narrative perspective.
No. 132984
>>132974what it’s so good tho… i really care about all the characters and i’m so happy the main ones are friends again. their reunion/confession scene at the end was so cute. it is a pretty cheesy anime but the character designs are nice and i am genuinely entertained with each new episode. i don’t think the production value is too bad either.
the western fandom is a bit too confident that there’s going to be a kiss between the male leads and that this isn’t fujobait. which is sad because it most definitely is.
No. 133018
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Ugh, how are they even going to drag this aimless, soulless dreck on for god knows how long? I swear to fucking god that was 24 episodes of literally fucking nothing. Also way to go killing a main character and getting no reaction out of people because they're still a literally fucking who at the end of the show.
No. 133046
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Anyone else remember this strange anime Ghost Hound (Shinreigari) from around 2007?
I love occult-horror stuff and can only vaguely remember watching it the first time, I was really young. But I remember really liking some of the surreal imagery.
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>>133060I'm going to rewatch it after I finish rewatching Zankyou no Terror. I remember it having a lot to do with possession, death, yokai, borders between life and death. It was definitely unusual. The visuals really stuck with me.
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so close to watching peach girl
is it good or just a meme?
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>>133421I loved the manga, but I don't think the style of the manga really translated well for the anime, but I still enjoyed it.
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>>133421meme? Is that a recent thing? I didn’t think most people cared for it. The anime is laughably bad like
>>133425 said. Practically none of the manga translates well into the adaption with the exception of the clothes, but really because it’s nice to see them colored. The manga is fun with great drama though.
No. 133472
>>133262That's a hilarious complaint considering early anime took inspiration from disney and western animation, just look at tezuka ffs
It's so sad how sexy pedo pandering fan service and other annoying tropes became so synonymous with anime that anything more wholesome is considered disney.
No. 133480
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I've got meme'd into watching Wonder Egg Priority, so I'm going to finish it, but it's funny how it goes from wasting time to suddenly trying to explain the plot before the curtain rolls down. The whole female jealousy over male attention as the world's evil is so tired as an origin conflict for the villain too. "Demented little girl" is so overused of a trope too, it doesn't even shock or make it creepier anymore, they pretty much just made her a little girl so they could force in some physical abuse on a little girl looking AI as a shock factor.
No. 133506
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>>133501The only similarity that I see (as someone who hardly knows anything about AoT) is the nightmarish look of Titans and awakened Eva 01 in bandages. Bf hasn't seen much anime/read much manga so the comparison may be really off base. I need to see AoT so I can judge kek. Though NGL, I'm not very excited about it since it seems very 'shoneny' (if it makes sense) in comparison to NGE and stuff that I love in general. Hope there is something interesting in it for me.
No. 133513
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>>133495Tatami Galaxy maybe
No. 133529
>>133262>Miyasaki's movies don't feel like anime, they just feel like a disney movielol Disney movies wish they had the same amount of soul and a genuine sense of wonder to life and detail as anything Ghibli ever produced
>>133495I disagree, anon, I feel like usually animes that actually deal with these themes seriously tend to only look at it from a male perspective. You know, stuff like Mushishi, Flowers of Evil and even works that are initially written by women like Natsume Yuujinchou.
No. 133605
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>>133595It's just Madoka clone but with an electra complex thrown in and weird "women are so irrational" lines thrown in for no reason. The plot only starts happening in the last few episodes so the enemies are bland until the very end.
No. 133611
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does anyone know what anime this is from? i saw it on discord and it looks cute.
No. 133615
>>133605>enemies are blandNot at all, I disagree. They're literally battling with the abusers that made the girls kill themselves.
>women are irrationalThis is said, but it's implied that women are passionate instead. Don't take everything at face value.
>the plot only starts in the few episodesThe buildup is really worth it though. A nice exploration of women's issues.
>being uncuntrollable is the essence of femininityHell yeah I love being uncontrollable
I'm not here to argue though, your point of view is also very
valid.
No. 133622
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>>133605>The plot only starts happening in the last few episodes so the enemies are bland until the very end.do you even know what a plot is? the most recent episode only serves to 'reveal' the mechanisms behind the eggs/what the girls were fighting. and in hindsight there was a LOT of foreshadowing before this episode. speculation every week has been most of the fun out of this series, for me at least. it's an extremely unique original series, a rare find in a cesspool of shitty seasonal anime. pretty disingenuous to call it simply a madoka clone.
imo, with the way it's heading i'm thinking it'll turn out to be more of a Lain clone.
No. 133624
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I guess this isn't technically anime, but does anyone else here watch Thunderbolt Fantasy? Urobuchi is the writer, and S3 is going to start airing soon. There's also a manga apparently.
I've just gotten to S2, obsessed w/ the monk atm. It's on crunchyroll, highly recommend. lots of ikemens!!!!
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>>133495I think a lot of nonnies hate it due to the (sort of) manic pixie emogirl, but Flowers of Evil. I personally thought it was great, the show absolutely fucking oozed a depressive, ugly, "at the end of my rope" atmosphere. The manga has a totally different art style and personally I think the realism of the anime worked a lot better, but unfortunately they didn't finish the story. It still ends in a decent place though. Stuck with me for a long time.
No. 133635
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>>133506Does he mean the reveal that some of the titans have people inside and are basically piloted by them?
Most of the titans look goofy as hell though. If they weren't cramming people into their mouths they would just be funny. It's the contrast between the comical appearance and violent acts that make them creepy I guess. That cap from EVA is more traditional horror to me, idk. All post EVA anime is arguably indebted to EVA but I don't really get the comparison otherwise. The characters, themes, and worldviews put forth all seem really different to me. Personally I think that Isayama was heavily influenced by GOT, and not in a positive way.
No. 133639
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>>133493retarded scrote mcs but AoT has nge bodied because eren actually has a personality and character growth. Could also be “we were the monsters all along” with the retarded twists
angels being human and titans being people and the mcs both have crazy fathers and female characters with more dimension who pick up after them most of their lives/the duration of the series. Both are written by loser scrotes but aren’t bad as far as my deep dark twisted fantasy shonen anime series go. I’d say AoT is objectively more entertaining and easily digestible, but I also think NGE isn’t worth shit. You could watch Lain, Beastars, Utena, Sailor Moon and NHK and conflate the events and reoccurring themes between all three and get a better overall experience than sitting through every NGE episode and film. On top of that they all have priority female characters that don’t amount to scrote fodder circling around a single useless moid. NHK and Lain may not be best examples of this but at least they have personality and mean something outside of personal reinterpretations about a character that exists solely to be a female character anime trope.
>>133475agreed kek
>>133495That’s like every “deep” anime that doesn’t explicitly have a male protagonist, and by extension most seinen. Berserk does a really entertaining and indulging job at displaying scrote psyche. Last time I dunk on NGE I promise kek but Shinji and Kaworu are genuinely just watered down Guts and Griffith.
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>>133638nta Well said. I enjoyed and hated it for those same reasons, and the art style difference was honestly refreshing. I wish anime would deviate from the moe waifu shit more often. Ping Pong anime did that, but it’s not “at the end of my rope” and is actually quite hopeful. I’d recommend it if you want something to watch, because it is short.
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The reason I'm still watching AoT (manga spoilers but no plot)
No. 133647
>>133622>a rare find in a cesspool of shitty seasonal animeAGREED super hard
>and in hindsight there was a LOT of foreshadowing before this episodeoh anon, please share your thoughts!
>speculation every week has been most of the fun out of this series, for me at least.same here
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>>133644I was thinking about Ymir and Historia KEK but Hange and Annie have more substance than a good chunk of the male characters too.
No. 133658
>>133652This sent me too. I disagree with everything pretty much and that's fine. We already had the Shinji isn't a retarded scrote argument just a little ways upthread and I don't want to rehash it. Least of all with a sincere AoT fan. I will just say that because you dislike a character's personality doesn't mean they don't have one.
But, really? The only similarities between Guts/Griffith and Shinji/Kaworu are hair colour and the homoeroticism. And no NGE fan claims that Anno invented homoeroticism.
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>>133450I haven't yet, but I pulled it up online to start reading. fingers crossed that it's good.
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this explains so much
No. 133762
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>>133672So I'm not gonna spoiler anymore since I doubt anyone here gives about Yashahime but lemme give you a run down how just how utterly batshit this show is.
>Rin got preggers before Kagome implying Sesshomaru was diddling a teen before his brother had sex with his wife>The episode prior to the pedo ship reveal was about defeating a demon lusting after a 13 year old and how that's bad. But since Sesshomaru is hot it's okay the very next episode >Sesshomaru takes the girls immediately after birth doesn't acknowledge Rin and fucks off.>He seals his brother and Kagome in the black pearl and they've apparently just been in his pocket for the last 14 years. >Rin goes missing from Kaede's hut shortly after birth cause deadbeat apparently couldn't bother to come back after yeeting the kids to the forest.>Kaede doesn't even care she's missing shrugs it off with a "shit happens" type of speech>Towa gives her pearl to the villain guy and says the hug with him is 'different' from the ones from Papa Souta>Rin is attached to the new villain lady and if she dies Rin will wake up and die so Sesshomaru brings her back after the girls magically kill her first encounter>Then immediately says he will kill her regardless so ain't no one give a fuck about Rin's life>Sesshomaru's mother makes a based appearance to say she doesn't give a fuck about the twins or Rin>Apparently there's a magical pinwheel of time that can fix everything so the entire thing including the OG series was pointless>Setsuna dies Sesshomaru doesn't care and fucks off Oh and the pearls get thrown to the ends of the earth so the whole chasing them thing was pointless.It's been a motherfucking journey to watch.
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Years ago, I hate-watched Eromanga Sensei and it's just as terrible as expected. Boring, disgusting loli siscon garbage, but sometimes I wonder what it could have been if you took out the incest and actually developed the characters. Like, I know their parents are dead only to get them out of the way and facilitate the creepy incestuous flirting, but it's an interesting scenario to explore with the porn goggles off.
>two suddenly orphaned step siblings with no idea how to cope
>middle school age sister becomes a full blown hikikomori in her grief
>older sibling forced into a parental role despite being very young for the responsibility
>the lack of blood relation means they've also lost the main thing tethering them (i.e. married parents)
>sister's only social contact is through her art, obviously a very important coping mechanism for her
>especially since her late mother is the one who taught her to draw
>meanwhile the older sibling writes wish fulfilment isekai, likely a form of escapism
>the siblings reconnect and process their trauma through a shared creative project
>main plot focuses on coaxing the little sister out of her room and back into the real world
>some subplots could be: the older sibling's writing career
>the neighbours and relatives who support them through the tragedy
>homeschooling the little sibling, her school friends who miss her
>maybe there's some cultural/local event that reminds them both of their late parents
>the climax could be their joint attendance, a massive feat considering all they had to work through to get there
>bonus points if they showcase the project they created together
>overall a coming-of-age story for both a pubescent girl and a young adult entering the workforce
>healthy relationships, three dimensional characters, and a meaningful narrative
Honestly I've considered writing it myself. And for starters, I'd make it about two sisters, because opposite sex sibling relationships are hell. Just looking at that massive greentext, it's obvious I've given this a lot of thought lol… But can you imagine citing an ecchi anime as the inspiration for your heartfelt story about family and grief?
It's such a shame that I've gotten attached to this vapid scrotebait series. Probably because I too have been a shut-in, I felt so desperate for someone to actually help Sagiri heal… But instead of addressing her obvious mental illness, the narrative treats her (and all its characters) as low effort fap material. It's not as if I expected anything more, but I'm nonetheless disappointed.
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well sk8 the infinity will be coming to a close next week. i’m sad because it is a genuinely enjoyable anime. probably not one that needs multiple seasons but a fun ride nonetheless. the fandom is going to be pissed when reki and langa don’t get together though. i can see it so clearly already.
wanting a ship to be canon so you over analyze every interaction between the two characters with a microscope and fine toothed comb does not mean the writers are queerbaiting you.
sure i think they would be cute together but i also think they make great friends and i don’t think they need to go any further to make the story feel satisfying and well done.
No. 134026
>>133846Ooh, I've never seen any of the Digimon movies. I'll check this one out sometime.
>>134013Wow, that's so true! Totally forgot about those two. I really enjoyed their relationship and Futaba's character– or the concept of her, at least. Persona 5's writing was hit or miss a lot of the time.
>>133784>>133785>>133788>>133821Thank you all for encouraging me, it gives me a lot of confidence! I think I'd like to try writing it, if only to finally get the story out of my head. It's been swimming around in there for years now.
No. 134077
>>133678kek pls let's also add in killua and gon to the list since the requirements are one character having white hair and another being utterly deranged
>>134051Crybaby also seems to have been inspired by Anno too, unironically. to the point that at times it almost seems like kawoshin fanfiction. I personally liked it because, well, I like kawoshin and the themes it generally evokes in a story (a sort of
toxic, I'll destroy the world and everything in it for you love and specially how the consequences of such devotion are not overlooked and passed off as positive).
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Can anons recommend animes similar to Oshiete galko chan or any show that's about highschoolgirls life but without excessive male pandering?
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>>134109K-On, the original music is actually good too.
No. 134155
>>134109When I think about this anime (and no male characters) I think of Lucky Star, they are quite similar.
Nichijou is also very nice, I believe it's a SoL must watch. Shame it never gotten a second season.
No. 134185
>>134184Nayrt, but I personally Liked Azumanga during its time. But manga creator did not like it at all, which is why we will never see Yotsuba manga getting an anime adaptation.
Tbh I am only up for Yotsuba always staying as manga-only, it's too precious.
No. 134186
>>134077Lol, good point. Couldn't you take this and apply it to any dark haired x white haired (hell, widen the scope by going with light hair generally) male pairing in anime. Because it isn't uncommon at all, pretty popular actually.
True, the Crybaby update is kind of like an extreme KaworuShinji fic with a bad end.
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>>134190Def Shadow House, but beware the trailer spoils important plot points I'd rather recommend to read the manga first and watch the anime if you are a fan
I'm also hyped for Love Live Superstar No. 134201
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This just happened.
No. 134202
>>134201>We would like to report on the TV anime "Tokyo BABYLON 2021".
>After the discovery of "imitation plagiarism" by the animation production company, the Committee reviewed all products to ensure compliance and never again cause the same situation. As a result, unfortunately, in addition to the two costume settings of the characters that were pointed out, it was found that there were many cases of imitation plagiarism.
>The production committee deeply apologizes to the production company for any administrative delays.
>As a result of discussions within the production committee, we judged that it was impossible to continue production due to the lack of trust with the current production company, and the [Tokyo BABYLON 2021] project will be discontinued. On top of that, after discussions with CLAMP and the production committee, we will start again with a completely new production system.
>I would like to express my heartfelt apologies to CLAMP, everyone who loves the original "Tokyo BABYLON", everyone who is expecting and supporting "Tokyo BABYLON 2021", the cast members who appeared, and all those involved who are supporting this work.
>As a production committee, we will make every effort to deliver the important work called [Tokyo BABYLON] of CLAMP as soon as possible with a new system so that fans can enjoy it from the bottom of their hearts. We sincerely ask for your continued support. No. 134205
>>134202God fucking damn it
I laughed when that fujo in another thread said that women can't have anything in anime but she was right
No. 134219
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>>134215This one was from a k-pop group.
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>>134219And Subaru was copied from a BJD
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>>134226I hated the Seishiro in TB2021 so much. I know he was in his early twenties but he looked significantly older than Subaru. It really was fitting for their dynamic. If Seishiro doesn't look like a grownass man with yaoi shoulders… that's not the sick fuck that we know and love (to hate). The TB2021 Seishiro looks like an anime highschooler. Disgusting. Anyway apparently GoHands has a long history of fashion plagiarism. Since apparently the anime is not forever canceled, maybe we will get an adaptation that doesn't look like shit. I wish they would drop the 2021 setting and instead went for fullblown 90's nostalgia.
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>>134228Sorry for the salt but either his head is too big or his shoulders are too small. Or both. WTF are those proportions? The head and arms don't fit those longass legs.
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>>134219>>134220>>134228I mean sailor moon did the same thing. I don't get what the big deal is, it's just some clothes in an anime.
No. 134240
>>134238Aparently Volks is really
trigger happy when it comes to lawsuits
No. 134245
>>134229God his proportions are so off, he also looks like he has a hunched back. Which intern traced this off of some stock photo? Give him his dignified yaoi shoulders back, even the overexaggerated CLAMP proportions look better than this beta shit.
>>134236Unironically this.
>>134238I don't even care myself but the fashion brands will come after you like blood hounds. The only reason Takeuchi got away with it was that nobody ever made the connection until maybe the early 00's and the fashion had already passed by then, it would've been useless to build a case.
No. 134250
>>134238In Sailor Moon's case it's not like the internet was a huge thing when the manga was published and the anime was airing. Beside the Opium poster's model/Chibi Usa having the exact same pose the characters aren't doing the exact same poses as the models. And the model for the Opium perfume isn't wearing the same thing as Chibi Usa. I was reading Hana Yori Dango a few months ago and I was surprised by how often the characters would name drop brands and wear clothes with 100% accurate logos. Don't get me started on JJBA's covers being straight up copy pasted from fashion photoshoot published in magazines.
Nowadays as soon as something gets released and references or copies something else people will know and spread the info as much as possible.
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Is Wonder Eggs Priority really worth watching or is it just oberhyped by newbie weebs? I was excited about it until I kept hearing twitter saying that there is some trannie character. What is this fuss all about?
Also found out that the creator hates lesbians.
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>>134330I don't think it's bad, but I guess everyone has their own tolerances. Fwiw I have no idea about the creator's or fanbase's opinions and don't really care, this is just my own outlook as an anti-trans weeb. One of the main girls (Momoe) is androgynous looking and gets mistaken for a man often. Girls frequently hit on her and still want to be with her despite the fact she (seemingly) is straight, and this is often frustrating to her. She never identifies as a man, doesn't want to be a man, and just enjoys dressing in more masculine styles/wearing short hair. In episode 10 there is a female character that says she views herself as a boy despite her body (so, trans) and this was an eye roll moment for me, but the show also makes it pretty clear that this was likely due in part to trauma because
she goes to a kendo teacher for advice and he rapes her, she gets pregnant, then commits suicide. I know that sounds super dark and it is, but the show doesn't really
fixate on characters' trauma in the way that Madoka would spend like 10 minutes showing little girls having mental breaks and sobbing in the rain. It's more "this shit happened and it sucked and now they're going to try and process it." So for that reason I prefer it. I'm also hopeful the trans character will never get revisited due to her role and the fact the show is ending. Without getting too deep into the plot she's basically one of many damsels the main characters have to save. They all have bit parts and then typically don't ever return past the single episode they're in.
I like the show because the art style is pretty, action is decent, characters are engaging with unique personalities, deals with heavy topics without being torture porny, get to see the girls growing as individuals and overcoming trauma, positive focus on friendship. This last episode has really gone down the rabbit hole in terms of making the plot more complex than it probably needed to be but whatever, shows jumping the shark in their finale aren't really rare and I've had fun up until this point. It's not a masterpiece but for me it's still been enjoyable.
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>>134330The fans are happy because there's a confirmed trans character on a "pretty made" anime with an allusion to trans flag but they dont really see why her inclusion is awkward (to me and some) and actually doesn't really do them favor. Picrel is someone's review on the episode and there's some good points made about that (ie the Wonder World said to attract only girls so if the ftm is here, she is really just a girl after all kek).
No. 134339
>>134330The anime really does attract a ton of newfags, I was in a thread on /a/ where people didn't know about that handsome girl trope that's featured in most shojo anime and in weg momo is that type of character. Was kind of bizarre to see it firsthand.
That said the anime is decent, it's a shame it's so short because the ending will most likely be rushed. It's not deep at all but it's enjoyable. Also there's a tranny character (a girl that wants to be a boy) but the show is kind of based because only girls can show up in the dream world and she's there… which implies she is a girl after all kek
No. 134340
>>134339having seen monthly girls nozaki kun i was aware of the handsome girl trope and i think momo’s storyline had some potential to it but i think they missed that chance. i was lowkey hoping she would be a lesbian though but given these comments made by the creator i guess that was never going to happen.
also i totally didn’t realise that all that girls are only 14. for some reason i thought they were like 16/17
No. 134373
>>134330This is why girls' love is actual garbage as a genre, it's always written by a homophobic coomer scrote fantasizing about his perfect idealized waifus being cute together and then marrying all of them himself.
As for Wonder Egg Priority, to me it's more like a generic cute girls show with the most predictable edgyness thrown in. It's like someone wrote a Madoka AU fanfic but changed the names. I know people love to call Madoka scrote pandering garbage but it refrained from gross tropes and slice of life moe shit a fair amount and managed to keep a very eerie atmosphere and drove into the girls' psyche without sparing punches.
Also the girls in WEP really give me gross transbian kinnie vibes which made it really hard to take them seriously, and seeing this statement from the creator explains a lot.>>134334>I know that sounds super dark and it is, but the show doesn't really fixate on characters' trauma in the way that Madoka would spend like 10 minutes showing little girls having mental breaks and sobbing in the rain. It's more "this shit happened and it sucked and now they're going to try and process it."Well, the point is that in Madoka you get to see how traumatic the event was and how it's causing the girls make the messed up decisions they keep making. The way WEP can't decide if it's a drama with similar abstract visuals to Madoka or a cutesy show with slight edgyness thrown is too distracting to me and it ends up being neither. The animation is really pretty though and it pains me that it's so detailed in a show that doesn't benefit from it.
No. 134379
>>134373>in Madoka you get to see how traumatic the event was and how it's causing the girls make the messed up decisions they keep makingHave to agree to disagree on this one. I was able to understand the pain of Ai losing her best friend, Rika's complicated relationship with her mom, Neiru's sense of isolation and so on with the clean and neatly summarized attention they gave each of those issues. I don't need scenes where the girls
shoot each other, encourage mass suicide, have one of the girl's dads murder his family, constantly talk about how miserable the world is and how they're all doomed, etc. It's laughably edgy and depressive and leans into the melodrama hard. I was bummed when the most recent episode of WEP decided to show more gore and violence than it had in all the combined eps prior and started giving the girls TraumaGaze because I do agree it felt very out of left field.
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/a/ is braindead
No. 134572
>>134419>they're overplaying their "girliness" with weird commentsJapanese people have very traditional views of femininity, I didn't see it as awkward. My country is kinda like that too.
>>134407What's wrong with wombs now? Eggs are literal wombs you know
>>134373>or a cutesy show with slight edgyness thrownIdk, calling it a madoka clone is such a disservice, and I love madoka to hell and back. The way you're descriving it sounds more like you watched mahou shoujo raising project kek, now that's some bullshit to witness
>>134340>handsome girl tropeExactly, Momoe is that. It's like that girl in sailor moon. Trannies just jumped in and appropiated it.
>>134334>this is just my own outlook as an anti-trans weeb.Based, this is how you should watch WEG. In fact, this is the outlook you should have in life period.
Also the trauma about getting pregnant just adds to the fact biological reality > troon feelings kek.
No. 134573
>>134123k-on is male pandering to the max, only that the fanservice is girls looking cute and airheaded instead of sexy. Yes it is a fetish too.
Plus Digibro watched it and it was one of his main reasons to troon out.
No. 134591
>>134109Gochiusa is scrote bait but I unironically like it… I just find it really cute
Amanchu and Aria (the latter has high schoolers in its cast but school's not the main focus) were written by a woman and are both pretty good
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>>134379NTA (I don't care at all about WEP), but I do wonder how people come to this conclusion about Madoka. The story ends on a hopeful note— even the Rebellion twist ending can be considered bittersweet— and the the main moral is to remain optimistic, even when it feels like the whole world is against you, because you're stronger than you think. I'd argue that Rebellion's moral is to never give up, because your hard work will always pay off in the end. I agree that a lot of scenes are rather dark and the world building grim, but the story is overall very tight. It's barely one cours long, after all. No time to waste on unnecessary tragedy. Wouldn't it be weirder if they included the darker aspects but then didn't give them the proper narrative weight? On top of that, I think it helps that a lot of the scarier parts are illustrated in a surrealist or abstract fashion.
Of course, it's not a traditional magical girl show and that kind of story isn't for everyone— especially not someone expecting the lighthearted tropes typical to the genre. Honestly, I probably cape for it so hard because I watched it when I was an edgy teenager myself. I really love the character designs, their relationship dynamics, and the universe is so intriguing to me! Plus, Homura is one of my favourite characters of all time. Her character arc fascinates me even 5+ years later.
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I know I'm kinda late to the party but I started watching Berserk (the '97 anime) and after watching 12 episodes I've decided to drop it.
I get the appeal but it's so painful to watch at times, the worldbuilding and exposition are really clunky (literally a character would just explain a chunk of the plot to the viewer/someone else for no reason or a character would address themselves by their full name and occupation) and the characters sometimes do stupid shit or react in a really stupid way Casca yelling at Guts insisting that Nosferatu injured Griffith because of him or Guts not respecting Griffith's battle strategies ever and just winging it by himself with no repercussions whatsoever
The cherry on the top were episodes 11 and 12, which Covered Casca's backstory. There's a bunch of things that pissed me off, from nitpicky details like Guts doing cpr wrong on Casca during Medieval times, to bigger things like the unbearable way the characters act in these episodes. Casca is completely incapacitated by her period, Guts is being sexist for no reason (says she's not "fit for war" despite fighting along her side for the past 3 years and that she's "easily driven into a frenzy" even though the show is literally called Berserk because he's fucking angry all the time), sprinkled with the occasional pitiful "It must be hard to be a woman". I actually laughed my arse off at the shot with Guts standing in the cave, holding his sword in one hand and a naked Casca in the other while it was raining, it was so ridiculous.
The thing is I know it gets kinda better later on because I watched the movies a long time ago, I know they crank up the fantasy factor and it gets more interesting but at the moment it's so annoying that I have to drop it/take a break from it. I feel like the story might've been better had they not included Casca at all. She's badly written, we've never seen her fend for herself and becomes a damsel in distress when she loses her memory or whatever
Sorry anons I know this is the go-to edgy fantasy anime but I just can't watch it
No. 134691
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>>134634>says (…) she's "easily driven into a frenzy" even though the show is literally called Berserk because he's fucking angry all the timepeak scrote logic
>>134635I've always kinda wanted to read the manga but it's so fucking long and the beginning with the fairy Puck isn't that interesting. Is it possible to skip to the Golden Arc (or whatever it's called) and not miss out much? When does the manga get good?
No. 134693
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>>134634>Casca is completely incapacitated by her periodso am I so I'd say that one's subjective
No. 134696
>>134691It's probably not going to end so I don't know if I would advise you to get into it. The pain of perpetual hiatus/ a never finished series sucks ass (cries in ASOIAF reader).
>>134693Fair point. People forgot that there are women who are literally bedridden.
No. 134712
>>134693Ayrt, my periods are shit as well but the fact that Casca has never proven that she's a strong soldier and right when she was about to do so
she was saved by Guts and she fainted because of her period was bullshit. We only hear other characters talk about how strong she is but so far every time she fights a foe, either Griffith or Guts help her.
I'm not saying that bed riddening periods don't exist, but in this context I feel like it was just used to further show how frail, fragile and not-cut-for-war Casca is
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>>134691I forgot Puck was completely absent in the anime. I tend to think of that god awful Dreamcast game, with too realistic of sword physics, before the anime when I hear Berserk. Also, has anyone else played the PS2 game? iirc there is an English patched of the game if you can't read moon runes.
Animation and pan clangs aside, I liked the 2016 anime. The story was carried along well.
No. 134857
>>134712>in this context I feel like it was just used to further show how frail, fragile and not-cut-for-war Casca isAgree 100% with you. What matters is in what way something is portrayed/framed in a fictional story, and not if it happens to someone IRL or not. This:
>We only hear other characters talk about how strong she is but so far every time she fights a foe, either Griffith or Guts help heris classic scrote manga trope so that the male readers don't feel
triggered by female characters outstaging male heroes.
>>134833Sorry, I'm not the original Berserk OP, just kinda bandwagoning. Maybe I will give the 2016 anime a shot someday!
No. 134893
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The Mari Makinami = Moyoco Anno theory intensifies (if you cannot read the whole thing, skim the last two pages). Taken from Insufficient Direction manga by Moyoco. Absolutely based woman.
No. 134898
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>>134893>I feel like she has more talent than I doWhen will this crazy fanboy hire his wife to make some needlessly angsty josei anime with her? Bitch I'm waiting.
No. 134946
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well .. sk8 is over … i’m so sad .. i’ll miss this anime. it was cute and fun and enjoyable fujobait
No. 134957
>>134601nta but there are whole ass hentai tags about "womb tattoos" and honestly anything that Kunihiko Ikuhara touches (the Utena director/creator) usually also involves womb references.
I don't think exploring it in itself as a theme is necessarily bad because it really is a prevalent aspect of life in general for any woman in the world but the way it's done in media made by/for men is weird af and usually used to further objectify the characters like their reproductive abilities are one of their values and japanese men have this weird ass take on it like making a woman pregnant gives them some sort of ownership (ie "take responsability" shit).
Compare it to how pregnancy is dealt with in an anime like Nana, for example, and you see how it's a lot more thought out and even touching. Hachi is forced to make a very though choice that is implied to affect her safety and happiness forever just for the sake of her kid but the narrative never either judges or glorifies her choice.
No. 134961
>>134957"Returning to the womb" just means you want to return to a safe place before being alive and experiencing the world. It goes for men and women. It has nothing to do with the womb per se.
Now, about those womb tattoos, I do agree they're fucking creepy and whoever draws them is fucked in the head. But wombs themselves are not always sexual, it's just treated as something where humanity comes from. A natural thing.
No. 135001
>>134999Ohh nooo how could youuuuu!!!111!!!
Seriously I'm not taking your bait.
No. 135003
>>134999NTA, and kek. Imagine thinking Madoka is anything like pic related.
You disgust me. You can't discern between two complete oposites because of how much brainrot you have. You're a fucking gross braindead psycho, if you had said "made in abyss" I would had understand you.
Be grateful I chose a "normal" picture for you, because you really don't deserve much better.
No. 135009
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>>135003Imagine blowing your cover and revealing yourself as at least troon minded because a random retard on the internet said something negative about pwecious meguca
>Be grateful I chose a "normal" picture for you, because you really don't deserve much better.Next you will say I should be grateful you cannot rape me. Also, is that from your curated collection? Sure helps to prove people into madoka aren't into torture porn lmfao
No. 135013
>>135009I think that anon is gross but Madoka is still not for scrotes like
>>134627 says
Pepes are scrotey too anyways
No. 135028
>>135027I think anons got
triggered over it being called a male-fantasy fulfilment, not disliking it. I don't agree with this assesment, it's like calling MLP a scrote-gaze show just because they latched onto it. But I don't feel strongly about Madoka either way.
No. 135038
>>135032Same. I still enjoy this series, even though it should not have had a movie (even the author was kinda against it). But after they released a gacha, and then anime based off said gacha everything went downhill. Madoka Gacha tried too hard to be like FGO even in terms of gameplay, and it's story was horrible. The fact how they started actually trying to sexualize Mami in gacha spin-off made me feel happy that NA version of this game got cancelled after less than a year.
Tbh they should have only adaptated mangas about Sayaka arc and KyoukoMami ones, they were actually nice.
I do not have anything against Gen, I was in fact happy that anime adaptation gotten a nice and unique artstyle (thanks to a wonderful Ume Aoki, I loved her other anime Hidamari Sketch which is the comfiest and cutest slice of life ive ever seen).
No. 135046
Doubt anyone would care but one of my friends barely acknowledges anime and she was obsessed with Madoka. Even though a guy directed it I think having a few women doing the character designs kind of contributed to it being popular with both sexes.
>>135039AFAIK he just wrote the Fate Zero novel that got the anime adaptation.
No. 135051
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Horimiya ended and I'm super behind, but I didn't realize they were just going to do a one and done thing… I saw screenshots on twitter of the ending which has photos of chapters they skipped over, and I saw a screenshot of them with their diplomas. I thought we were going to at least get a season two or some shit but what the fuck. I thought the anime was kinda mediocre so maybe not the biggest loss, but I didn't expect them to wrap up the whole thing in one season lol.
No. 135062
>>135039I do not care too much about it. I liked Meguca, that's about it. Irc fate doesn't have lolicon (if u dont count a shitty spin-off written by other people), but to me fate/series is garbage so I do not bother looking at it.
>>135042Did not like the original manga, but its short stories about Mami and Kyouko were good and should have been made into anime, so we could actually have more character depth instead of getting a random cheese girl in a movie.
No. 135083
>>135039idk anything about Saya no Uta and it doesn't seem that appealing to me in the first place as I heard there's a lot of gore in it, on top of the rape scenes butttt Gen Urobochi is the guy that wrote Psycho-Pass, right?
I absolutely love that anime and I really can't see him being just your run of the mill degenerate scrote considering how much he criticizes that exact behaviour in Psycho-Pass. I can totally see a
valid argument in people saying he often uses violent deaths for women, specifically, as a plot device though.
>>135051Same, anon, I sort of dropped it around episode 7 and suddenly saw a YouTube video of them at graduation and was confused AF. I heard the manga ends this months too, tho, so I think the plan all along was to release both of them together as a sort of goodbye to the series? Kind of sad to see the series as a whole go but I would be lying if I said I did not think it overstayed it's welcome a bit, with a lot of the chapters close to ending of the manga feeling like they were fillers. I wish there was more plot to the ending of it and that we got to see a bit of a glampse of their adult lives but I'll remember it fondly.
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I tried to watch Koikimo who has a controversial couple age gap (17 & 27 years old) thinking it would be a nice romcom with some josei drama on the side because of the theme it has but holy crap it sucks, I gave up after one minute. The voice acting of the dude is so bad, and he turns out to be the bad boy sleeping around trope but it felt so try hard.
Too bad if you have any dotting male lead recommandation I will take it.
No. 135188
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>>135186I'd rather recommend checking anime called "After the rain" If you like shoujo/josei with age gaps.
No. 135215
>>135188i stopped reading the manga years ago and while i was wary with the age gap between the mcs, i enjoyed their dynamic. i was hoping that the girl realize that she fall for the guy because he didn't pity her injury when they first met and she was tired being seen as the fallen athlete. i was hoping that instead of a romance the manager ends up filling in as a father figure for her and the two strive to go back to their passion together (writing for the man while the girl is track and field).
i might read it again though since i really wanted to know more. i think i was at that chapter where the girl accidentally met the dude's ex-wife.
No. 135221
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i just want to be a pretty bishounen man. i hate my life.
i should stick to watching animes with ugly art styles and stop tormenting myself with this pathetic envy
No. 135329
>>135327Tons of anons defended Urobochi from that claim already,
nonny, no need to be so pissed. It's just natural to expect the worst from men in the anime industry, I think, specially after scandals like the dude who made Rurouni Kenshin being an actual real life pedo and some other people still working with him even after his trials.
No. 135367
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>>135327you are 2 days late
No. 135440
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>>135399Don't dig in too deep into the biblical stuff, pic related
Watch end of evangelion too. Honestly now that I rewatched eva as as a decade+ older person I mostly appreciated the characters and how they interacted in the show.
No. 135658
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Someone on 4chan dropped the NHK Hideaki Anno documentary with english subtitles. Download here:
https://mega.nz/file/Jf5ghJza#1kjp5r5vI9P4Mz1HpuM8g6h9EReF5bml8M6sVuJaHOgSource:
https://boards.4channel.org/a/thread/219625236#p219665246I'm more excited to watch this than 3.0+1.0. Of course Moyoco is in it and Anno has a picture drawn by her as a wallpaper. So cute!
>pic relatedbrave of Anno to say that when he made Rebuilds which are pandery as fuck when compared to the original NGE
No. 135660
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>>135658Shamelessly reposting a meme from the 4chan thread. Do not open if you care about 3.0+1.0 ending spoilers!
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>>135714Nevermind. Reading them now and laughing so hard. I knew it would be bad but Isayama really outdid himself. Even though I never liked this series and hated fans screeching at me for criticizing it in any way I feel a bit bad for them now. Every forum is like picrel right now.
No. 135805
>>135748Fuck I really want to read these but I'm going to stay patient because I've been an anime only fag since the anime started airing. I'm not even invested that much it's just fun to be a part of something for so long, since its inception kek
I hope it's going to be a clusterfuck
No. 135854
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Is Super Cab the new Yuru Camp, it is very slow paced but also calming.
No. 135944
>>135938> feels like a drama cdThat's what I thought too kek it would unironically be better dubbed over actual manga panels like on youtube. The "animation" lacks all the dramatic effects of the manga which totally ruined the gags…
I wish we got a legit show man wtf
No. 136439
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well
that was a good ride
No. 136866
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anyone going to watch this one? i saw some of the first episode on tiktok and it looks like the author has turned his fetish into a manga and now it’s an anime. plus i heard he draws lolicon so i don’t think i should support such a show
No. 136895
>>136866I know I definetely shouldn't watch this because I knowwww it's scrote fetish fodder but like, I want to see her bullying a nerdy scrote lol
So I'll watch it throughly and report back!
No. 136897
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>>136895Anon, save your nerves and watch a normal version. This one is a weird fetishy copy of a normal and cute anime called Takagi-san.
No. 136899
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Is anyone gonna watch Komi-san can't communicate next year?
No. 136903
>>136895>>136866I read the manga already so I can assure you it's a a waste of time because
the girl gets shy and submissive as the plot goes on because of her feelings for him and it turns into a harem at always where the girls are competing against each other. She isn't a bully it's just more of the usual scrotey 4chan version of gfdAnime always does this
No. 136907
>>136897Just came back from watching it and- wow, I actually don't hate it? I actually laughed
with Nagatoro a few times and the guy even if he's a dumb virgin he's kinda cute. I kinda wanna watch this for the potential romance lol
>>136903wow that's disappointing
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To Your Eternity starts today with Utada Hikaru doing the op.
No. 136915
>>136866IDGAF I actually like Nagatoro and I'm watching it.
>>136899Wait was this announced??? Link pls?
No. 136918
>>136913the negative reviews on MAL are annoying me. there are so many animes where the men act like
abusive pieces of shit and sexually assault women and children and that’s funny but suddenly all these men watching this show can’t handle the reverse??? literally soooo annoying and it’s clearly scrote fetish shit it’s not that deep. they’re supposed to relate to the mc
No. 136948
>>136941>i don’t think i will watch the rebuilds though.Absolulutely based decision. I wouldn't watch them if I hadn't been there from the start. I had no way to know that they would end up being a complete trainwreck, especially since the first movie is literally episodes 1-6 with some small changes.
Do read Sadamoto's manga though if you miss the characters! Also Tony Takezaki's Evangelion is a hilarious parody manga (100% based on anime), really recommend it
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>>136897Thanks I'm not that anon but I read the manga and I love them and I read another manga by the same author which was equally cute and they rode by on their bike, I was so happy to see them again
No. 137504
>>137486I enjoyed watching it
alongside the anons in the /toonami/ general threads. It made me wish that SAO was a buddy action show starring kittytoe and yugioh but alas that'll never be.
No. 137562
>>137486I watched SAO up until ALO arc (which is by far still its worst arc, but its much worse in light novel) and started reading the whole light novel instead. It's a trashfire writing-wise, sure, but over years it's writer actually started improving a lot, eg the recent arc is nice because it gives character development to background characters (even tho its 'plot twist' was shitty) and stuff. Anime-wise it's possibly one of the most normie anime, but it's not like as if it's horrible, just generic as hell. But I hate ALO arc with true passion, because it was full of nothing but retarded imouto shit 'wwah i love my onii-chan so much!!'. Suguha is the worst girl.
But i defo wouldnt recommend it to someone who _starts_ watching anime, there are much better titles out there, eg FMA.
No. 137638
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Anyone know where to watch it? It's been out in Japan for months but I can't find anything online.
No. 137649
>>137648i never heard of the hange gender issue on the dub anon, so i can't say for sure. i've never really delve into the dubbing scene that much. but at least to hange, the mangaka kind of said that hange's gender is up for interpretations, so hange could be a woman or man. doesn't mean the dub actor could just state that hange's genderless, that's really confusing. the sub actor for hange even discuss the gender issue on a radio but was never political about it or clearly stated that hange is this or that.
what's the drama around the sk8 line anon? i only recently discovered that the line (that i've been seeing on instagram stories from the people i follow) was from the sk8 dub.
No. 137650
>>137645Ewwww, they put this kind of shit in US dubs nowadays? Just more proof that subs will always be the superior way.
>>137649I never got the whole debacle about Hange's gender, she's so clearly a woman, why were people so confused over it that the author had to release a statement? This was in 2013, and while Tumblr SJW culture was at its peak, the gender trend hadn't reached public visibility yet.
No. 137653
>>137645All those genderspecials feeling represented not realizing that the original japanese dub doesn't have that phrase and the authors did not intend to make Adam say that.
Voice actors should just dub, if they want to say how they feel about a character they should clarify that it's their opinion and it's not canon. The roleplaying gets annoying.
No. 137655
>>137649basically this character is implied to be a bit of a predator and he has many questionable scenes with teenage characters. so basically the whole fandom hated him but now that the dub has this line that includes non binaries the fandom is being very quick to forgive this character and essentially praise the voice actor even though he refers to women as bitches ???
and then the english va went on twitter to say something like ‘aren’t we all non binary because gender is a social construct’ and he got attacked by the some people for like invalidating non binary identities. it’s just complete bullshit, you should never try to pander to queers because you’ll just get cancelled.
funnily enough no one seems to care that this character is very clearly a homophobic stereotype given that he’s flashy flamboyant and a child predator but oh well. they just continue to pretend that this anime is doing something for gay representation.
as for the english va for joe and the english va for cherry they have both respectively decided to play the interactions between the characters as gay and have stated that they believe the characters to be bi and gay respectively. i guess it’s okay to have that opinion but they have gotten the fandom’s hopes up for literally no reason. it makes me wonder exactly how much freedom dubs have. i wonder what the japanese studio think about all this
No. 137659
>>137650yeah, anon, hange is clearly a woman despite the supposed the open interpretation the mangaka has told his fans.
>>137652even though, i haven't the show, yelena is such a beautiful androgynous woman, i'd be pissed if fakebois claim her as non binary because of her clothes and hairstyle.
>>137655yeah, they are quick to change judgements on him after that line even though he almost, and kinda always, attempts to murder his rivals one way or another and have been sexual with one of the main characters who is clearly underage. he's also a corrupt politician in the show.
and what an ironic pandering, trying so hard but only ended up getting hated. he shouldn't have never tried or at the very least the dubbing company should have never wrote that line in the first place.
people are just desperate for representation in places that is unlikely to pander to them.
yeah, it's okay to have a headcannon on a character's sexuality but they are voice actors, they should be careful on what they say. and despite the speculations they have, they aren't the writers so their words shouldn't be seen as a source at all.
No. 137682
>>137626there are (almost) rapes in SAO? God, this braindead popcorn series has no business touching on such incredibly heavy topic. Oh wait, I bet those rapes are treated as fanservice and not even trashy drama. Disgusting.
>1000 years of sexWhat?
No. 137703
>>137645That makes me kek mainly bc Adam's english VA is such a fucking creep
he recorded a woman shitting in a woman's bathroom while he's giggling and laughing, but nooo he validated the genderspecials and that's what's ultimately important.
>>137682My bad it was
>"Two years worth of semen made a glopping noise as it flowed endlessly into asuna."From the infamous chapter 16.5, no idea where I got thousand years of sex from.
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started terror in resonance and picrel has been bothering me
why is his mouth like that?
also, it seems femc follows the miki makimura trope which is grating as fuck.
No. 137728
>>137181no need to apologize
nonnie, I genuinely enjoyed the manga too
No. 137891
>>137708 anon here.
reached episode six and I guess I am dropping this shit for good.
the op was great though, too bad it got wasted on this dumpster fire of a series.
No. 137917
Watching Attack on Titan for the first time, didn't read manga (but plan to catch up on the final chapters cuz I don't want to wait for the final season part two to know the whole story). I'm aware that the ending is GoT level retarded, but I'm gonna enjoy the ride. I'm still watching season 1, there are like 4 episodes left or something. Some of my thoughts so far:
>I didn't madly fall in love with any character so far, but I think that out of all the guys, Levi is the coolest and the most interesting. I thought he will be a major edgelord, but he can act compassionate sometimes… or just indifferent. I wonder why his eyes are like that and if there will ever be any explanation. Usually I don't like watching fights, so I keep away from shonen anime, but seeing him twirl around titans is a joy. also I'm not even into BL but the scene in which he kicks the shit out of Eren must have launched a thousand doujins. Holy shit that's some BDSM potential.
>Eren is a complete retard, though I'm glad that at least of the edgy variety and not a happy-go-lucky one.
>Mikasa is a controversial character AFAIK, but I enjoyed her so far! Her being the only Asian is a bit weird, but frankly that's not my problem. I like that she's stoic except for when Eren is in danger. Their dynamics are very cool… or would be if Eren was switched with Armin. I could see him appreciating his strong sister/waifu protecting him. I will say it once more: Eren is a complete retard and doesn't deserve Mikasa. Kinda shame that she imprinted on him, she deserves a better man (or a boy).
>Armin himself is a cutie, reminds me of a labrador puppy or something. I like that he is the 'smart but physically weak' one and not Mikasa. That was a great move on the author's part.
The plot feels drawn out sometimes, but I haven't been bored, so that's good. Looking forward to seeing more.
also would like to see a doujin in which Mikasa and Levi swap personalities or something so Mikasa femdoms/kicks the shit out of Eren and Levi fawns over him KEK
No. 137922
>>137921IDK about him being a Gary Stu, but so far, at least he's rather fun for me. I understood immediately why he has
many fangirls! Don't know much about his backstory yet. I'm planning to watch the Levi OAVs after the first season. Luckily, no character has been insufferable in my eyes. Eren (love how he screamed in despair that he will not be able to kill all the titans when he just failed to kill a single one) and Sasha are the closest to it.
No. 137991
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>>136912So what's the consensus? As someone who read the manga I think they're doing a good job! I enjoyed getting my heart broken over again. The Utada Hikaru song is great too.
Also, I want to protect him :(
No. 138013
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>>137991So far so good. Utada Hikaru is queen, always. Same, I enjoy wallowing in sadness. Yes, protect the extraterrestrial boy.
No. 138875
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It's time for me to recommend Bakuten, 3 episodes so far and the animation is still really good. Theme is a little bit niche but still enjoyable, and cute guys are always a good plus!
No. 138912
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Is Gundam Seed any good if you aren't into mecha? I really wanna watch it because I love the look of picrel, and as far as I understood you can watch it as a standalone, but the mecha kinda turns me off (though my only experience with mecha is through idol anime) lol
No. 138926
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>>138912IMO it's perfect if you're not into mecha. A lot of classic Gundam fans complain that it doesn't focus as much on politics and mech as much as past instilments in the franchise. Instead it tends to focus a lot on character relationship dynamic and drama. There is still SOME politics but it's pretty simplistic.
I highly recommend Gundam Seed…and then only if you enjoy it a lot would I even consider the sequel. Destiny is trashier.
No. 138972
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Farmers that have seen Black Lagoon; how good was it? I was thinking of reading the manga but there’s only 11 volumes, so the anime sounds like it might be a beneficiary adaption.
No. 139000
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>>138936I'm gay for both of them.
No. 139093
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>>138912yes 100%. the focus in SEED is mainly the character drama, the duo in your image specifically. but I'd argue most Gundam shows are focused on the character drama more so than the mecha anyway…
but yes SEED is definitely accessible to a newbie. if you like the aesthetic I also recommend checking out Fafner in the Azure, another mecha which heavily focuses on character drama/dynamics + same character designer.
No. 139115
>>138972I watched it a long time ago but I remember liking the first season and finding it entertaining. It's not too deep or anything so I watched it while exercising kek.
Second season villains kinda suck because they're this weird incestuous twins duo and rock starts getting more annoying in that season. Third season was the most meh out of all. Overall I was more interested in the main cast backstories but the anime basically had none of that
No. 139117
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>>138972both are good. watch it
No. 139135
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>>139117Revy and Balalaika made me discover my bisexuality as a child.
No. 139142
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I saw Mugen Train last night and it was pretty entertaining. The beginning of it was fine but in the last third everything, like the music and animation gets turned up to eleven. It was really cool to see in a theater.
No. 139164
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What are you watching this season nonas? I've been feeling like picking up more seasonal anime than usual and I heard this will be a good season.
I'm watching Fumetsu no Anata e, Odd Taxi, Shadows House, Pretty Boy Detective Club and Vivy.
Odd Taxi is my favorite so far and I might drop pretty boy detective club because it's so boring.
I used to love monogatari when I was a teen but this seems like such a downgrade and all the characters are so boring.
Shadows house is a bit too loli bait-y for me but I'll give it a chance.
Is anyone here watching super cub? I hear good opinions but I want to hear what people here think.
No. 139179
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>>139164this spring ive picked up the most seasonal anime ive watched probably since i was in middle school. i dunno what got into me all of a sudden but i'm watching:
>vivy>godzilla sp>thunderbolt fantasy>cardfight vanguard overdress>ssss.dynazenonenjoying all of them, there's a lot of great stuff this season. i also recently rewatched madoka for the 10th anniversary
No. 139230
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>>139142I JUST SAW MUGEN TRAIN IN THEATER. Oh my god the theater elevates the movie so much! Every clash i FELT the impact. The directing can only be appreciated to its fullest on a big screen. I can absolutely understand how this movie carried half of Japan’s economy when it got released during the pandemic. 10/10 no disagreement will be heard.
No. 139420
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>>139412>>139413Considering the franchise is about multiverse you can pretend Magia Record and the manga alternatives never happened just fine. I've read an interview that either the writer or the director consider the TV version and Movies as different. But god they're milking it
No. 139485
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>>139262>lolishe's actually genius grad student. that scene she's at a conference in dubai, blurting out a theory during the middle of the presentation. the show is fun but honestly sometimes i think i'm not smart enough for it. apparently it's written by some phd physics nerd.
No. 139555
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Shadows House is pretty interesting so far, but I cannot stand the stupid loli mc and her constant gasps and blushing
No. 139784
>>139692I was being a bit hyperbolic. I don’t dislike her completely, just the loli-pandery moments, though I might just switch to the manga so I at least don’t have to hear it.
I like the other characters enough and I’m interested in the story, so I don’t feel the need to entirely drop it as long as it stays nonsexual/creepy.
No. 140316
>>1396384th episode was really interesting although the fact that the cat lost the dodo bothers me a tad because these types of things should be stored server side the moment they happen but I'm not a gacha expert so I'm not sure
I love anime with a lot of characters and intertwining stories though, they're always fun to follow and watch them unfold. Reminds me of baccano and durarara
No. 140553
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>>140376nta but the only part that thoroughly pissed me off was the fact that it’s not over. I adored reading it. I find a lot of the enjoyment is based on solving mysteries and falling for the cast of characters as a reader. Not a content spoiler:
But it could have ended 2 chapters ago and instead we got a “wait, there’s more!” moment. This is likely the final arc, ending the series at around 25 volumes/250 chapters. Reasonably so, because there are unanswered questions. But it’s still slightly annoying. That’s really the most frustrating part about it.
But the ayrt may be referring to content spoiler
the fact that takemichy tells multiple people he can time travel, or his numerous failures feeling suffocating. I liked those parts though so I have no idea. At the rate the anime is going, this is going to happen in the second cour (it’s set for 2)
Either way you should read it. Watching the scenes get animated in tandem with reading what happens in the future actually doesn’t feel redundant for once. Maybe because doing it
mirrors takemichy’s time traveling? kek
And the characters look cooler in the manga but that’s just my opinion.
No. 140882
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anyone watching dynazenon? thoughts on today's ep? imo this is 100% bullying, bitches like this truly make me seethe.
No. 140979
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Just found out about pic related and I'm kinda shocked that this forgotten 90's franchise is getting rebooted. I remember reading a review of the original OAV and Tv series when I was a kid and kinda wanted to see it. I guess I still do, because I have soft spot for 90's anime and artwork. AFAIK it's one of those male-oriented series that features only female characters in main roles, there's also some shoujo-ai content. The fanservice is probably mild compared to what anime serves today. I think it will be interesting to see the 90's anime and this one (if I manage to get through it, I feel like it may be bad enough to drop it after one episode) and compare what has changed and what stayed the same.
Please note I absolutely do not recommend Battle Athletes to farmers unless they don't mind scrotey content lmfao. I think that especially the 2021 anime has high chance of being completely shit (the 90's one was considered fun, but mediocre or something). It's just a bit of a curiosity to me, especially since it's one of those series that probably were popular in Japan, but became completely forgotten. Are we gonna get Saber Marionette or Steel Angel Kurumi reboot next?
No. 140980
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>>140979that's probably just nostalgia, but I prefer the retarded 90's designs to current ones.
No. 141324
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just watched the most recent episode of fruits basket. i want to kill this man he’s sooooo toxic i hope he dies a painful death
No. 141372
>>141347Yeah I'm sure that's exactly why. It parodies many popular cliches from 90s shojo manga but they're also played straight at the same time, and while the fucked up family dynamic is what makes the manga's story unique the setting is still pretty normal. It gets very melodramatic at some point
then there's attempted murders and adultery and I feel like that's when most people who stop reading decide it's not what they expected or what they want to read, since it starts as a romcom.
No. 141470
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>>139485>written by a snobThat'd certainly explain why all the monsters are so undersized. Seriously, they're all downright puny compared to their tokusatsu counterparts, it's kinda offputting. Will say the easter eggs people have found so far are a treat though.
No. 141483
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Did any of you watch Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Ressha Hen yet? What did you think of it?
No. 141536
>>141483I'm really not that invested in kimetsu no yaiba so it was kind of boring to me
a bit sad at parts but i found some of the anime episodes to be more visually impressive and eye catching than this
No. 141570
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started watching keep your hands off eizouken and i did not expect to like it as much as i do
No. 141586
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was really enjoying this show until it turned into haremshit with a giant penis monster in s2. what the hell happened? unfortunate.
No. 141617
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yasuke was a disappointment to me, i assumed that it'd be more historical, which kinda did, but with the same vibe as afro samurai and samurai champloo. i couldn't stand the mecha element of the show, the cgi was also bad and the first scene on the first episode was all of it combined in a senseless and confusing fight with no context at all.
i don't know why yasuke was hyped up to be a telling of the historical figure's story when yasuke and everyone else in the series are strictly fictional. Oda was mentioned but then killed himself in the first episode and we were supposed to mourn for his death because it affected yasuke.
the story would be somewhat acceptable if the yasuke's story was retold multiple times. but he has not. also, the japanese dub of yasuke was kinda grating because the voice actor had a lisp. I dig deeper and found that the production team hired a half-black, half-japanese (i think) comedian to voice him. i wish they hired professional voice actors in the japanese dub since i'm sure people would actually choose that first instead of the eng dub which i think was the first to be made.
No. 141736
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Can someone spoonfeed me on Darling in the Franxx?I saw an anon mention it's babymaking propaganda on another thread and i got curious, I want to know specifically on how it's propaganda to meme the virgin japanese otakus into making babies. I don't know how they could do that with what it looks like generic mecha shit
I enjoyed the White Blood Cell- coomer edition because i was kekking so hard at the attempt to meme the incels into fucking
No. 141739
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>>141736Haven't watched it but it seems a big part of it is how they pilot the mechs: young (presumably fertile) men and women being put into sexually suggestive positions in order for it to function properly. Seems like it's more of a motif or an undertone than an overt theme.
No. 141756
>>141736The way mechs function is a clear reference to sex and gender roles in general (like
>>141739 said, the males "pilot" while the females are in a submissive position and are basically one with the mech, so the males are piloting the females, and for a lot of episodes it's a major plot point that the mechs cannot function in inverted positions or with two males or two females, 02 is seen as destructive because she can pilot one alone and take the dominant role), iirc the villains of the story want to keep everyone the same and genderless (and without specific roles), while the heroes are the ones wanting to fit into the traditional gender roles. Most of the anime is about shitty teenage love stories that set up the male/female couples and explores things like puberty and sexuality and petty drama. Two characters, who are barely teenagers, have sex and the girl gets pregnant, the evil guys try to erase her memories because she's not supposed to have sex and her wanting to instead keep and care for the baby while she and the other guy are still kids is not seen as
problematic at all (and the message that comes accross is "otakus make babies!! Love and family and traditional gender roles are good and wholesome!! Everything else doesn't "work").
I probably didn't summarize it very well but that's roughly what goes down.
No. 141818
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>>141570I loved this show, all the characters are so much fun! who's your favorite character?
No. 141819
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Anyone seen this shit firsthand? Saw a few reviews for it years back and they said it was a lot of neat worldbuilding with a bland story. Can anyone here attest to that?
No. 141913
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>>141818i really love all of them, but probably asakusa! she's such a weirdo and its great and i love how derpy all the characters are. refreshingly fun. the character designs are all really great and fun too, especially kanamori
No. 141939
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So, I'm looking for recs
I don't watch anime very often and the last ones I watched and enjoyed were Tiger and Bunny, FMA/B and Sword of the Stranger.
What these have in common, besides the action is the great adult characters. So are there any other anime like that? With adult characters that feel like people, and possibly parent like relationships but that don't get all boring slice of life?
No. 141957
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>>141939Seirei no Moribito, one of my favorite series of all time. The lead is a 30-year-old female bodyguard who has to care for a young prince. She's mature and an absolute badass but it's realistic despite the fantastical world. Like she can't own people 5v1 and has to use her brain. Don't go into it expecting a shounen, it's not fight of the week, but when they do happen the animation is beautiful and I was totally absorbed throughout.
No. 141959
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>>141939There's also Michiko and Hatchin. Michiko is 27 and definitely
not mature, it's the sort of "precocious child with irresponsible adult" trope, but as the series goes on she mellows somewhat and does start to genuinely care for Hatchin. Crazier action and drama but a fun story with two female leads. And there's Cowboy Bebop of course, all the characters are older and pretty much act it, though there isn't much of a parent/child relationship in that one. Maybe to some extent the crew towards Ed, but she definitely does her own thing.
No. 141981
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>>141939Blade of the Immortal. The 2019 adaption, not the older botched one. About a young girl named Rin who enlists the services of a reluctant practically immortal former samurai to avenge the death of her father and the rape and murder of her mother. She reminds him of his dead little sister and their relationship grows a lot. Rin is a really endearing character. A lot of different factions with different motives.
No. 141982
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>>141939There is Golden Kamuy. The anime isn't nearly as good as the manga, although the voice work is really good. You might find the mix of eccentric humour and serious human drama off-putting though. At it's heart is the close relationship between a lonely young girl who lost her father in terrible circumstances and a traumatized war veteran.
No. 141987
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>>141986Their relationship is extremely heartwarming. Some people get whiplash from the oddball humour combined with the extremely serious handling of dark human drama but I love it. I would rec the manga before the anime though.
No. 142035
>>141982>>141959>>141957>>141941Thanks, gonna check them all out.
>>141981I completely forgot about Blade of the Immortal. I had the manga but had no idea it had an anime.
No. 143349
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I’m looking for recommendations to build a list of anime movies to watch when I’m feeling particularly trapped and miserable with my life. I watched Wolf Children for the first time in a while the other night and it totally hit the spot. I think it had to do with the fact that the movie was pretty chill with a large focus on the characters interacting with their environment and living their day-to-day life (that isn’t mine). Fantasy elements are fun but I think I’m looking for movies that’s mostly grounded in setting. Any ideas? Obligatory “I’ve seen Ghibli” comment.
No. 143364
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>>143349Ah, if you liked Wolf Children, Mamoru Hosoda also has Toki wo Kakeru Shojo/The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Haven't watched a lot of anime movies but I remember liking Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda, Hotarubi no Mori e, aaand Okko's Inn.
I usually browse through MyAnimeList's user recs if I'm looking for similar movies/series to the ones I liked:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/12355/Ookami_Kodomo_no_Ame_to_Yuki/userrecsI hope you manage to cheer up anon. Take care.
No. 143389
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>>143349My Neighbors The Yamadas. The cat returns and howl, seconding anon rec okko’s in! I loved girl who lept through time and wolf children. I’d also recommend any doraemon movie for your purpose. Lu over the wall felt worrying at times, but it ended up being pretty nice. Mirai was wonderful. I need to watch Ride Your Wave but I think it might also be what you’re looking for. I think in general you can expect these type of peaceful anime film to be distributed by GKIDS. Children of the sea was really weird at times but I liked it and the promise it showed. But I’m biased as I really liked the manga in the past.
No. 143440
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unpopular opinion: i love boy lolita characters. not in a weird way i just think they’re adorable
No. 143445
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>>143349Paprika is pretty cool. It's definitely more surrealistic but it is set in the modern world and uplifting overall.
No. 143447
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>>143440based even if #they say you arent
No. 143448
>>143440I don't think anyone denies shotas are cute, that's the point, but it's dubious scenarios and characterization that can make them
problematic (in addition to perverted fans). Thankfully Fruits Basket is one of the cases where a character like this isn't sexualized in the story itself.
No. 143454
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>>143450Lmao, what prompted that dangerous decision anon? I love watching anime with my bestie when he's on shrooms or edibles. He almost died watching Golden Kamuy because he couldn't breathe.
No. 143523
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>>143440True. They are very cute~
No. 143556
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>>143551Then we'll report, whatevs
No. 143574
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>>143567Men are all over shota stuff too. Or maybe I just want to convince myself that the ones posting disgusting images and writing barely comprehensible erotica about shotas are not women.
No. 143581
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Make the shota thread nonettes even if it gets nuked day one
No. 143582
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>>143580that sounds like a you problem… uncultured swine!!
No. 143589
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>>143554i just used the word they described honey senpai with from the ouran english dub because i think it’s cute. somehow the word shota sounds more degenerate
No. 143592
>>143577This. I hate this mommy dom trend more than the loli one tbh
Not even a shota person, but I keep seeing these femdom X shota meme pictures and they look horrible.
No. 143595
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If Natsume from Gakuen Alice still makes my heart go doki doki am I shotacon nonnies?
No. 143599
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>>143574Only related to your pic and not your post, but HxH really should have just ended right after
Gon meets his father and parts ways with Killua (which made me tear up rip). I like Kurapika a lot, but he makes for a better supporting character than a lead, and the manga feels kind of meandering now that it's ostensibly about him.
Also it annoys me when people call him "blond Sasuke," first because HxH was written before Naruto, and second because the backstory and eyes thing is all the have in common. Kurapika is generally pretty kind and polite when he isn't dealing with something related to the Spiders or the Scarlet Eyes.
>>143589Honey isn't actually a shota, though. He's just a really short seventeen-year-old who acts childlike as part of his host gimmick. He gets married at the end of the manga.
No. 145663
>>145579ありがとう！
I will see if I can find any decent torrents from JP Netflix.
No. 146460
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who else is watching the new shaman king? jesus christ anna is so based
No. 146462
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wtf tranny flag in the new shaman king
No. 147085
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i just had a question about yuki and ayame from fruits basket.
i don’t know if i’m reading too much into this but is the joke supposed to be that ayame sounds kind of like incestuously in love with yuki. (not that he actually is because he’s dating that maid who works in his shop) but that in his attempts to get closer to his brother it just comes off as weird and incesty. idk. it’s a bit uncomfortable to watch but i don’t know if i’m misunderstanding it. or is my brain just perverted..
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i understand why this wasn’t the case but i feel like yuki should have been gay. or idk. it would have fit well with the story and his character arc
No. 148932
>>148898>Utena is an insufferable character who would h ave been a they/them/nb if the show came out today.In that case she would revert to being a woman by the end of the show. Did you miss the entire point of the prince/princess thing?
>She isn't even a lesbian since she sleeps with Akio in one of the episodes later on.And what's the problem with her being bisexual? You are also ignoring that she got groomed by Akio and uncomfortable as hell during the sex (talking about food and Anthy). The framing of the scene made it clear that something fucked up is going on.
No. 148960
>>146462>>146482Please anon you're being just as insufferable as sjw fags rn
Also it's night in the show so the colors are dulled, I imagine it would be red/blue/white in light
No. 150149
>>150147Yeah, tbh when I saw the leaks it felt weird to me and I was worried it was going to be like a lot of modern anime that put way too much filters and polishing and shine and whatnot that I personally feel is overused in a lot of anime and is visually boring to me (I kinda wanted them to try to go a bit experimental and try a bit of a sketchy style to make good use of the style of the manga) but it actually ended up looking better to me after I saw it in motion and I think it looks kinda cool.
Most of those scenes feel fast tho, so I'm still unsure how the animation would look in slower scenes.
Also anons on /a/ were tinfoiling that it might be preanimatedEither way, I guess we can't actually fully know until December.
No. 150151
>>149002thank you for saying that clearer than I did
>>148932. That was 100% rape, IDK why I didn't call it so.
No. 150153
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>>150147>spoilersI’ll let it slide because I thought they were really cute together in the manga. Looking forward to more shipping fanart
No. 150154
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>>150147That was a fantasy
nonnie, everything in the first moments was a dream where they were all alive and happy.
No. 150202
>>150199Adding to this because my list isn't complete
>Excel Saga>GTO>maybe Pokemon just for nostalgia. Now that I think about it the first game's adaptation was pretty good>Ranma 1/2 but it's not a omplete adapationI'll add more to the list if I can think of anything else.
No. 150236
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>>150154So many people sat through almost five hours of that MAPPA stage just for a 1 minute trailer, lol. Digging the music and some of the people working on the project. I will wait and see about changes because it was so damn short.
>Directing Chainsaw Man for Studio MAPPA is Ryu Nakamura (Black Clover, Jujutsu Kaisen Episode Director), while Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan's final season) will be writing the scripts for the series. Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) will be designing the characters and Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Devilman Crybaby) will be designing the devils themselves. Action direction will be overseen by Black Clover director Tatsuya Yoshihara, art direction will be handled by Vinland Saga's Yusuke Takeda, and Makoto Nakazono (Little Witch Academia) is serving as chief technical director.Rounding out these staff additions will be Kensuke Ushio (Devilman Crybaby, A Silent Voice), who will be composing the music.
No. 150238
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>>150236This sounds like a hotpot of shit flavored garbage. Those experience chops are not instilling confidence like they’re supposed to be.
>art direction will be handled by Vinland Saga's Yusuke TakedaThis is the only saving grace.
No. 150255
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I’ve never cared for Godzilla movies but Godzilla Singularity Point is fun. There isn’t a whole lot of kaijuu vs kaijuu action, but the battles are still enjoyable. I love the science fiction explained in depth in multiple episodes. The characters are nice, I hope they get a second season so the side ones can be fleshed out more. It’s only 13 episodes and left a lot of questions, the ending definitely hinting at a sequel. English sounded like the weakest dub, the jargon came out better in Spanish and German. The French was the best. The OST is very nice. I think they did put original Toho songs throughout the anime. The plot is interesting and I like what they did with the concept and regarding the series name; Singularity Point in reference to a point within another dimension colliding or continuing within “this” or their reality, Godzilla being the source of the dimensional anomaly/portal/gate/entry point as the singularity itself while the bones of another Godzilla from over 50 years ago are another singularity that is alerting of the current original disturbance. It’s also fucking cool that the bones become Mechagodzilla in the end. Mei and Li are based, Kai is annoying as fuck.
Picrel I want Pelops 2 nendroid.
No. 150297
>>150236
>So many people sat through almost five hours of that MAPPA stage just for a 1 minute trailerKEK for real, I was checking /a/ for the last bit of it (to check if anybody had updates) and someone made a thread maybe one or two hours in saying "CSM trailer in 15 minutes trust me" and for the next 4+ hours it was just CSM anons saying "JUST 5 MORE MINUTES". Retards should just had gone to sleep and watched it the next day.
>>150257Sorry anon that wanted pink haired Power, but if we don't throw you into a volcano as sacrifice, the deity that protects us from "haha Power looks like that girl from franxx" memes would be very displeased, and we would be cursed with an even unfunnier (and possibly waifufaggy) CSM fandom forever
No. 150367
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So goddamn glad that Oddtaxi stuck its landing. Original anime doing well always is a treat to get.
No. 150378
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>>150297That was so funny. All of the Americans complaining about how they needed sleep and were dying but were sitting through idol anime, sports anime, and neverending SnK talks, lmao.
The best part was the voice actor for Megumi from JJK dunking on his character as usual. Mostly the va's are really respectful and careful when they talk about their characters but he calls him fugly and a retard basically??? Always makes me laugh.
I don't know how I feel about Powah having the same hair colour as Denji but yes thank you for the deliverance from the cursed Zero Two comparisons. Himeno and Aki looked good for the two seconds that I saw them. I hope they do justice to my man Kishibe as well (couldn't really see him). I hope they go for a male voice actor for Angel but probably not.
No. 150416
>>150408I’m already seeing wank about Himeno being a groomer on Twitter, I didn’t save it unfortunately but I even saw someone call out some other twitter fag as
problematic for A. being racist and B. liking Himeno.
No. 150437
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>>150416>problematic for liking HimenoWho the fuck is not
problematic in CSM? Also, accusing her of grooming in a manga with 2 very clear groomers (Makima and Santa) just shows illiteracy.
(please forgive the following exercice in autism while i try to dive into the mind of a twitter user)
>Denji: obsessed with sex and his coworkers breasts, sexual harassement in workplace over a minority underling (Power), violence towards minority underling (Beam)>Power: true and honest racist (does asking for favours in exchange of sexual acts make her a sex worker?)>Aki: is attracted to his boss (counts as workplace sexual harassement), also a racist (according to him, Denji and Power have no human rights, fucking /pol/)>Kishibe: workplace sexual harassement towards LGBT, violence agains minors from minority (fiends), also racist against Makima>Angel: vaguely racist>Kobeni: racist (?)>Quanxi: sexual abuse of FOUR LGBT minors, 2 of which can't give explicit consent, and all 4 are treated and viewed as her property (so slavery, and racism towards fiends, who also don't have human rights)>Pochita: kidnapping and sexual harassement of a woman>Makima: sexual harassement of minors, LGBT and minorities, sexual harassement in workplace (Aki, Denji, Prinzi, plus the simp squad), grooming of minors, plus countless deaths and conspiracy towards humankind or some shit>Santa: actual grooming of minors>all the private devil hunters and PSB(?): violence towards minorities and slave work, violation of human rights (ACAB)tl;dr CSM, all of Fujimoto's works and Fujimoto himself are intrinsecally
problematic and should be avoided by anyone who uses the word
problematic No. 150446
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>>150437Everyone who plans to watch this anime should guillotine themselves for extreme
problematic behaviour.
No. 150447
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>>150437Quanxi can violate my human rights tbh.
No. 150475
>>150437I don’t use the word
problematic but I fucking hate all of CSM (but Power) and can’t wait for it to be forgot (but Power) and I hope every fan commit sudoku (unless they are in for Power).
And I fucking hate every character but Power, Himeno and Kishibe. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
No. 150493
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>>150437That's why I can't wait for CSM anime to come out. Watching all of these people who shit up CSM community and twitter pisses me off. They don't even know what the manga is about nor they are willing to read it, but they assume that its their #1 anime ever.
I'd very much prefer for this anime to get 'cancelled' on eng social media rather than end up being heavily censored.
No. 150512
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>>150507Because it's a dumb scrote manga with great panneling about a guy who does ultraviolence so he can touch boobies, and through extensive character development, becomes a guy who does ultraviolence so he can fuck groupies. It's fun.
Also Power.
I really like Denji thou, i find him adorable, while unrefined and crass. No. 150519
>>150507It hits pretty much every trope guys obsess over in fiction
>everyone dies>cool old guy superior >slutty female superior that wants to fuck the MC>a lesbian but they’re hot and fuck all their girlfriends>dumb and cute female roommate that wants to fuck the MC>dominant attractive villainess superior that wants to fuck the MC>MC is overpowered orphan that has no goals besides fucking women and being violent, ends with him obtaining a loli/daughteruFire Punch is better but anyway I’m tired of seeing anything related to this mangaka
No. 150522
>>150519>dumb and cute female roommate that wants to fuck the MCPower doesn't want to fuck denji, it's pretty obviously meant to be a sibling type relationship (total lack of sexual tension when they bathed together, for example).
>dominant attractive villainess superior that wants to fuck the MCMakima doesn't want to fuck denji either, her flirting is solely to manipulate him.
>MC is overpowered orphan that has no goals besides fucking women and being violent, ends with him obtaining a loli/daughteruHis goals develop throughout the series, it's called character development
No. 150577
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>>150523people will worship bad guys anyway, either they are fujos or scrotes
No. 150626
>>150624>>150625A friend of mine is a huge Evangelion fan, and he has told me that it was only released in the cinemas, and they never even sold it in DVD, so nobody could put the movie online. The reason why some people talk as if they've seen it is because the script/screenplay of the movie got leaked.
Netflix and Funimation are currently in a battle for who gets the rights to sub, dub and stream it. I think technically nobody else is gonna see the movie until they finally decide that.
No. 150628
>>150626Thanks! That explains it. I've seen the leaked script on nyaa but I didn't want to spoil it for myself.
> Netflix and Funimation So, that's why. Fuck.
No. 150641
>>150446>>150447I just want to say that I love Quanxi.
>>150512I just want to say that I love Pochita.
Thank you all for your attention.
No. 150662
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>>150437Did you read the manga? Quanxi uses her "wish" to give them human rights and an education. Quanxi was a sweetheart, if she was a rapist she would have sexually assaulted Powa for fanservice points.
>>150648I love Makima too!
No. 150679
>>150662that post was not personal opinions, but how twitter crusaders may cancel eachother by a liking CSM character
kinda sad that some fandoms are overrun with this policing and cancelling, fandoms should be fun
No. 150745
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>>150507It was this shitty art cover that attracted all the braindead adhd scrotes which lead to them thinking they're reading something niche despite it being published in WEEKLY SHOUNEN JUMP kek. Denji is also very easy to self insert in without scrotes coming off as the average incel self inserter found among isekaifags.
It's a cool manga with cool ideas but execution past a certain point gets pretty bad. It's not hard to tell why it's popular though, doubt it would be as popular among otaku without all the female sex appeal.
No. 150759
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>>150745Good taste anon. I love Power, Kishibe, and Himeno. I am curious about their voice actors. I don't think hearing about Chainsaw Man would annoy me so much of it hadn't already accumulated one of the most annoying scrote fandoms possible.
No. 150811
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>>150624>>150626>Netflix and FunimationAmazon won kek. They also are gonna have the first three movies too.
No. 150812
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>>150811Also here's the article linked in the tweet.
No. 150834
>>150829I barely paid attention during my first watch of the original eva just so I could watch the rebuilds with some context, but I rewatched original eva recently so I'm excited to rewatch the first three rebuilds and see how my opinion of it's changed. I know lots of people don't like them but I didn't mind them, maybe because I didn't really appreciate and enjoy original eva as much as I do now.
I don't know how distribution rights work, but I hope someone will get the rights for a theatrical release, maybe GKIDS since they got a lot of Shinkai's movies and got the rights to sell BD of original eva series and movies. I really want to watch 3.0+1.0 on the big big screen.
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>>150859Devilman, but make it for zoomer coomers
No. 150877
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okay I'm too lazy to write something meaningful so:
1. WEP special episode wasn't a conclusion of the TV show, at all.
2. Vanitas is really good? Art direction & music is a reminiscence of Madoka, at least for the first episode
No. 150902
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>>150899I'm not particularly bothered by it. It goes pretty wrong for him in a myriad of ways and he doesn't have any success. Kobeni and Kishibe staring at him blankly when he's screaming he just wants to have sex lol. Male fans fighting over the best waifu are far more annoying than Denji being sex starved.
No. 150911
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>>150899i was worried about chainsaw man being a harem at first but seeing him fail again and again due to him thinking with his dick is kind of surprising.
No. 150914
>>150911Also in anime (shonen or harem shit) the girls simp for the worthless protag, even if tsun about it. Every single woman who shows interest in Denji is trying to use him and is sexually in charge. There are no acidental boob grabs or walking on someone naked.
I know that this is because the author is a huge femdom coomer, and femdom coomers are like that because they are lazy and coward. But i still like how it's done in csm.
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>>150811>Amazon has distribution of the rebuild moviesWould they eventually try and get distribution rights for the original eva
and it's dub?
Also would we ever get a cursed eva spin-off adaption and if so, which would you nonnies wanna see adapted?
No. 150991
>>150986possibly the biggest disappointment of 2021
3 months of abusing your animators and staff for 25 minutes of recap and a shit attempt to make it ~confusing~ and ~mysterious~ like NGE but instead make it retarded and meaningless.
Neru being made a robot was a last minute thing it HAD to be. Sensei being innocent is incel rhetoric, we all know he was initially a predator. all in all if they had a chance to make real commentary on how society treats girls but japanese men can't help jerking off to trauma porn while storyboarding.
episode 1-about 6? 7/10
The entire series is a 2/10 the 2 being for neru and ai.
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>>150986I was really impressed by it. It managed to turn a 9/10 anime into a 1/10 anime with a single episode/special.
I didn't hate Neiru being a robot like Frill, and I think it kinda helped connect their storylines into hers better, but literally, EVERYTHING was told through dialogue and the Madoka-style ending was absolutely just desperate baiting for a movie/second season, which will never fucking come. Also, wtf was with Ai abandoning Neiru initially because she was an AI? Just to then realize out of nowhere 'Nah I do wanna bring her back.' It was so rushed. Apparently, the writer is known for his well-written tv dramas, so I think it's like what
>>150991 said, pure time constraints that pushed out that contrive to end.
No. 151151
>>150991I knew it had to be bad when men were calling the
sensei reveal brave, based, and revelatory or whatever. Stupid underage girls trying to ruin men's lives! That's the real problem.
No. 151178
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i watched the 1st ep of kageki shoujo just now and i love it so far. mostly because blue haired girl is a man hating ex-idol and got canceled on the internet for it, now she's attending an all girls school to become a musical theater actress.
it has an all female cast and doesn't look scrotey so far so maybe some of you will like it.
No. 151185
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>>151178thank you nona for the rec! I was looking for an anime I could watch weekly and this one is perfect.
>it has an all female cast and doesn't look scrotey so farThe original manga was written by a shojo mangaka, so I think we are safe!
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Anyone watching Artiswitch? So far so good with beautiful CGI, the episodes are only 8 minutes each so it's a quick watch (it's also going to be 6 episodes in total). I'm only afraid if they're going to tackle tranny problems since the show is about girls struggling and "showing your true self within"
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>>151185>>151511glad i could help! i also really liked the 2nd episode, even though sarasa makes me cringe a bit with her overly loud personality.
does anyone know the difference between onnayaku and musumeyaku? i know that they're the female roles, but i couldn't find any clear definition. the context makes it sound like musumeyaku are like the pure, hyperfeminine female roles, while onnayaku are the more sexier/grown up/evil roles…?
No. 151962
>>135658>>134916This neckbeard literally loves Strike Witches, even the "masses" have better taste than him.
https://forum.evageeks.org/post/507708/Un-Monde-Manga-documentary/#507708Moyoco is a pathetic pickme for putting up with her pedophile husband buying cartoon child erotica.
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>>151861Oh, I think Sarasa is really cute, but I guess that's because I love genki characters. She's also a 15 year old, so I think it's normal for her to be cringe kek.
I found this wiki page about Takarazuka Revue (an irl all-female musical theater troupe) that says onnayaku is a term to refer to older actresses playing female roles:
https://www.takawiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=onnayakuI searched for Kurotokage (one of the examples listed by that character) and she's an antagonist, So I guess you're right and onnayaku are roles for grown-up women, since younger ones won't be able to pull up a villainous/mature façade.
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You know what, I think the deal with that one is that her secret is just being an alien or some sort. Supernatural is canon since day one with Maeda's butt beam alien and the latest chapters having 2 vampires (with one being in the freaking school). Or maybe they'll pull a Qatherine
also asobi asobase really funny want season 2
No. 152459
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i finally got over my anime fomo over the last two years and now i only watch stuff i enjoy and not stuff that i think i have to watch because everyone likes it. in a way, i got both more selective and less selective, if that makes sense. i don't have extremely long to watch lists anymore. i just browse streaming websites and mark down like five shows, then check them out. if they don't click with me immediately, i just drop them. that 3 episode rule is bs and it took me so long to realize that. it's almost embarrassing how serious i took this stupid hobby when it's just cartoons.
pic related, i just finished promised neverland s1 and i really enjoyed it. i read the manga years ago but i forgot many details so it was still very exciting to watch.
No. 152517
>>152469are you on social media/any fandom related spaces a lot? i quit twitter and even though i was only following old friends from tumblr and stuff, there still was some weird pressure to watch whatever they thought was popular and interesting. ever since i stopped using twitter, my only fandom related space is /m/ and it's much more freeing that way. i hope you can find a way to work through it though and find out what your real anime taste is like, nona.
>>152479i get what you mean, i just reached the episode where they meet norman again and was so confused because i remember that it took ages for them to be reunited in the manga?? i'm gonna re-read and finish the manga once i'm done with the anime, i think.
No. 152544
>>152517>>152479I've heard they skip
Goldie Pond so it's basically a no watch for me now. I heard they effed up Emma a bit but not 100% sure.
No. 152550
>>152459I want to watch Promised Neverland but it stresses me out too much. I basically only like SOL or have to spoil and read the whole plot before watching something because I don't like how nervous it makes me feel kek.
>>152469I used to always watch whatever was popular, and I have low standards so I usually liked it. At some point in college, I stopped watching popular anime out of spite towards an ex friend group who always picked up whatever was popular at the moment. Never looked back since then and I take my sweet time getting around to watching popular shows, usually years after the hype has died down. I don't engage in any fandom spaces and usually just yell into the void, and it's kind of lonely and sucks but I realized I don't like discussing anime anymore. Watching it with friends is okay, but full on discussions are weird for me.
No. 152557
>>152555Sometimes I just like trashy or boring things because I like trashy and boring things! I got tired of listening to people defend their tastes with convoluted reasoning (especially if they throw in some shit about how it changed their life and it's some stupid fucking 3deep5me show), and I got tired of trying to explain why I think a show is good other than "it fun watch"
>>152552>>152553I think I'll pick it up again at some point! I do want to watch and read it, but I'll probably read the entire wiki about it first lol.
No. 152646
>>152544Not only that but they round it all up in such a half assed way it makes me mad..
Tfw no yuugo
No. 152700
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I want to sex him so bad
No. 152789
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Episode 3 of Kageki Shoujo!! was painful to watch, but so good. I don't think there's anything I dislike about this anime tbh.
Btw, I really want to get into Re-Main, but sadly the amnesia trope reminds me a lot of that cow on /w/ (Mishkali/Nikki). I just can't watch it.
No. 152806
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>>152789Ep 3 almost gave me stomachache, poor little girl not feeling safe at home!
This is the first time I've seen an anime show male creepiness from a girl's perspective. The first time I've seen her fear, disgust and trauma taken seriously. Usually sexual harassment and assault is treated as jokes and fan service which is disgusting. A lot of girls go through this so I'm glad this anime shows the effects of men preying on little girls.
No. 153299
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What do you guys think of Sonny Boy so far?
No. 153309
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>>153299I liked it. I love the animation style and it was different than I imagined it would be. I'm looking forward to the series, especially with how the first episode ended.
Also I ended up reading The Drifting Classroom (manga from early 70s) because I read Sonny Boy might be loosely based on it and I had nothing better to do. Such a weird manga full of dumbass kids and worse adults but let me use this post to shout out to my boy Sho Takamatsu
No. 153419
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Kageki Shoujo is giving me emotional whiplash with these latest episodes, but man is it a fun ride.
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Is it worth watching or is it all just nice visuals?
No. 153550
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>>153419I'm so glad they made "Stalker-san" a sweet dude. It really reminded me of a non-fictional show I think on Amazon where they followed this young girl trying to make it initially as an idol then a stand-alone singer. She was having a rough go of it at first but tirelessly pursued her dreams. Along the way there were maybe like 3-4 guys who were her original fans and supported/followed her progress every step of the way. At one point she literally biked along the countryside to perform at different venues and they came along with her. For me, this would be unheard of in the U.S. and the guys would be guaranteed to be perverted freaks, but those men, they honestly were inspired by her persistence and didn't try anything. One who had been unemployed for a long time and just feeling lost in life even ended up getting a job because she gave him hope again. Basically exactly what happened in this anime. And she eventually got her solo debut and was successful. It was so wholesome.
I know a lot of idol fans
are creeps and you can never really be sure, but even so, it restored a bit of my faith in humanity.
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>>153550It was fun to see Mr Gross Stalker Otaku as a sort of hero in this ep. Sarasa is an interesting combo of very naive and tough. Poor girl vomiting up her food at the end though. I'm really curious about how these plotlines with MC's trauma and the girl with ED will end. I hope it's not just "think positively and you'll get over it
No. 153675
>>153642In regards to positive thinking and there being no easy solutions, I liked how when Ai approached Stalker-san she was like, "Thank you, I'm sorry but this is all I can manage right now." She made her peace with him and recognized her overreaction, but the show also acknowledged that she wasn't immediately going to be trauma free and be buddy-buddy with him forever after. Gives me hope that they won't sweep other issues under the rug either.
I'm really hating that devious blonde bitch who tried to get Sarasa in trouble by posting her picture and is trying to diminish the other girls. Since she's Ai's personal advisor I can tell that's going to be a big source of drama in the future.
No. 153676
>>153468Visuals are really good, music and atmosphere too. But don't force yourself if you're bored because it doesn't really get worse or better. The movie concluding this was shit tho, a character I won't spoil is such a retard Jesus…
That being said the other movie about the sisters (Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll) was really good and emotional to me, that's the only thing I would recommend.
No. 153816
>>153468I feel like since the tragedy I can't criticize kyoani works or I'll get assblasted.
Most of kyoani projects are beautifully animated but there's no story/plot/conflict. Pretty looking characters doing x.
No. 154560
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>>154511Yeah, that did wrap a little too neatly for my taste and I wonder if it will come up again. Ai trying her best with Sarasa is cute though
No. 155151
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Yes! Yes! Yes!
No. 155161
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>>155151I like the subdued green shade they went with for Jolyne's romper, but I won't forgive them for not going with this classic color scheme for her hair
No. 155162
>>155160>>155161I think Jolyne looks great, and she still got green in her hair. The others look more meh.
Can't wait for more animated bizarre adventures!
No. 155213
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>>155172He is showing a lot.
Truly great male character design.
No. 155240
>>155233Ermes is so cool, they made her justice (based on the trailer)
Anasui, I mean Anastasia, looks fucking great. Looking forward to all the male pantyshots.
No. 155280
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>>155224Aaaaaa I'm so excited!
And I finally get to watch my husband again, I love his midlife crisis outfit
No. 155365
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Kageki shoujo ep 6
So Sarasa's thing is to mimic others huh? And that's why the teacher said she will never be a top star. The girls really have some struggles ahead. Didn't expect Ai to not be able to read kanji!
No. 156071
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Has anyone watched 3.0+1.0 yet? Opinions? I binge watched all of the Rebuilds this past weekend, and I quite liked 3+1 as well as the rest of the rebuilds. I rewatched the original series this year and feared I might not like the rebuilds, but I like them as a standalone. At the same time, I feel like they might not hold up without having watched the original series for someone who just decides to only watch the rebuilds. I definitely have gripes about some things in the rebuild/3+1, but I though it was a nice though poignant way for Anno to finally put Eva to rest.
No. 156079
>>156071I'm rewatching Rebuilds (need to see 3.0 before 3.0+1.0) and seeing them is pure suffering. From one movie to another, I can exactly see what went wrong. I don't think that 3.0+1.0 will fix my low opinion on Rebuilds. Between the 3 versions of the story (NGE+EoE, Sadamoto's manga, nEw tHeAtRiCaL eDiTiOn), Rebuilds are the fucking worst. My early opinion on the whole mess is that it is like an anime take on what made Game of Thrones and the sequel trilogy of Star Wars awful. Every fucking movie is it's own thing, like the story concept has been changing inbetween movies. Even if some things were planned, it certainely doesn't feel like enough thinking went into it. Everything feels shallow and too much like regular mecha anime, where every other person wants to suck the protagonist's dick and piloting mecha is fun. I don't know, I fucking hate so many things about the Rebuilds and enjoy only a few original ideas. Sorry.
I will come back after seeing 3.0+1.0 to whine some more.
>>156073>>156076In 30-40 years we may see Evangelion Crybaby, directed by someone else and taylored to the tastes of zoomers' children.
No. 156081
>>156079I know a large majority of the fanbase doesn't like the rebuilds and I like reading why so please come back after you watch 3.0+1.0 kek. I think I'm just too much of a casual enjoyer to really hate it. I don't like Asuka's character (and to a lesser degree, Rei) in the rebuilds though, it really takes away from the impact she had in the original. At least Rei had more screen time but it sucks that the rebuilds didn't delve into Asuka as much because I really enjoyed her backstory and what it does for her. I think she's too uhh, I guess strong would be the best word to describe it.
My enjoyment of 3.0+1.0 comes a lot from feeling as though it is saying goodbye to the characters of the original series, and I feel like that is where most of the impact came from. On it's own, I don't think it would've felt as impactful.
The therapy session the end felt way too clean of an ending, but at the same time it felt as though to me that Shinji had finally grown up and instead of having others talk to him and help him through his problems, he is now helping others work through their problems for once. No. 156106
>>156081I sure will come back! NGE has always been so goddamn important to me (I got into it when I was 12), so it's been with me for the better part of my life. I used to rewatch it every few years (and did it this year as well), and like you, I noticed something new every time. I remember being so hyped about the first and second Rebuild (for some reason, I even liked You Can (Not) Advance when I watched it for the first time, I guess mostly because of the hype and the whole thing feeling more reishin than asushin), but my opinion changed after 3.0. The only good thing I can say about it (ATM, maybe I will like something else after rewatching) is that it gives us more Kaworu content.
So far my opinion on the movies is:
>1.11An okay movie, mostly follows the plot of the first 6 episodes except with some cuts and changes (like dropping information we only got at the end of the series, Misato and Ritsuko knowing more about Nerv's goals etc - should have been a warning sign). The tempo is really high, the original episodes allowed characters to breathe and just live in the moment. The viewer could get to know everyone, not so much here. Not a fan of the scene with Misato creepily holding Shinji's hand when they are riding an elevator. Impactful scenes often are cut and replaced with something boring. The movie uses extra budget for some machine/location shots, which feels like a waste. Any interesting shot present in 1.0 is sourced from the original NGE. Memorable scenes are sometimes replaced with something boring (a quick frame of Shinji sleeping on the street instead of him witnessing a couple at a cinema) or cut (Kensuke playing war).
>2.22Uhhh, there are some nice ideas, but most of this feels like standard shonen fare… Mari is horrible, same as Asuka acting like a basic waifu (and that awful, awful new plugsuit!). Her heart-to-heart with Misato before she took Toji's place was super unconvincing (even though she's not jealous of Kaji here, it still felt more like a scenario shortcut than something Shikinami would genuinely do). I used to like that Rei was more important, but she also felt too much like a moeblob
also it didn't end up THAT important after all?. I think manga did a better job of humanizing her while keeping what made her special in the first place. Really, really didn't like the love triangle between Shinji, Asuka and Rei (the more you cut your fingers, the more you love). The Bardiel scene was weak in comparison to the one in the series, even though Asuka is more important than Touji. The soundtrack choice was extremely on the nose (and I know it's a song played for graduation, it still doesn't work for me). I wish that new songs were commissioned like for EoE instead of using Japanese standards. Too much technobabble in the ending (but maybe that's for me, I was never that big on NGE's lore)! The biggest problem is that the movie feels generic to me and the characters are flat… I didn't feel anything. What was special about original NGE was how the science-fiction story highlighted the psychological issues of the main cast (the whole sekaikei thing). I feel like in 2.22 the sci-fi bs completely overshadowed the psychological side.
What I did like:
>foreshadowing of Touji not getting bardiel'd by him not winning an extra ice-cream >Shinji's walkman explained as belonging to Gendo - super clever solution to the technology being outdated>the design of Asuka's doll>a scene of sunny Tokyo-3 morning, featuring Maya>Pen-Pen meeting regular penguins in the zoo - cute and well-deserved after all these years!I mostly remember what I disliked about 3.33, so hopefully I discover something good to say about it.
>My enjoyment of 3.0+1.0 comes a lot from feeling as though it is saying goodbye to the characters of the original series, and I feel like that is where most of the impact came from. I understand as that's how I felt about the manga ending. I've been reading it for years, so it was special when it finally ended (and I liked the conclusion, even if the last pages felt a bit cliché). I feel like it did the series (and even EoE) justice, while putting Sadamoto's spin on the characters and story.
Sorry for the large sperg kek No. 156472
>>156071I absolutely hated it and I'm in utter disbelief that it's so highly praised. I've only seen people on /a/ shitting on it but everyone else seems to be eating Anno's garbage.
The nasty CGI, the plotholes, the elementary school level of writing, characters with lack of depth, the lame mecha fights. The list goes on and on. I expected nothing and still got disappointed.
No. 156746
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>>156106Okay, I've watched 3.0 and 3.0+1.0 today. What can I say… I have enjoyed 3.0 more than 1.0 and 2.0. Thrice Upon Time somehow made me shed a tear during Gendo's monologue (ooh I felt called out during it, and somehow ended up feeling bad for the bastard when
he was pathetically screaming Yui's name and she wasn't around. The voice actor did magnificent job!!!) and I enjoyed the final part with Mari (starting from the sketched sequence until the end). It was nice seeing adult Kensuke, he grew up to be a cool man
(what was his relationship with Asuka though? The bizzare shot of him in the doll's outfit suggests he was her father figure… or maybe like a big brother? IDK). Otherwise, I agree with
>>156472 (BTW, I've seen people on Evageeks criticize 3.0+1.0, so it's not only people on /a/ not being enamored by it). I think the biggest problem with the new movie series is that the mecha bullshit completely overtakes the plot and timescreen of the movie. I think only 1.0 evaded that by being a rethread of much better source material. The ending part of 3.0+1.0 is the only affecting part, but to reach it, you need to sit through a nonsensical 'sci-fi' fight, meaningless technobabble and bloated Evangelion terminology that is never even properly explained. I guess it's cool for spergs filling in the Evageek wiki, but I really don't care about this bullshit. It's meaningless window dressing. Sure, a bit of it sets the sci-fi, mysterious mood. The problem is that Rebuilds are swimming in it.
There are many things to criticize, but what personally infuriated me the most was Rei Q's fate.
I mean it's cool that she got to socialize with aunties, but that was the only good thing. I love original Rei, she's always been my favorite NGE character, followed by Ritsuko. In 3.0+1.0 ReiQ is insufferable. Her 'born sexy yesterday' act gets insufferable the moment she comes on screen. Oh my god, she literally became a moeblob whose only purpose in life is to be with the boy she loves. The constant 'what is this???' is just awful, not cute or heartwarming at all. Just stupid. The only thing wears is the constant throwbacks to the scenes signifying character development original Rei(s) went through in the original NGE. Instead of building meaning of them, the film only reminds you how much better things used to be. It's the same issue as with the Bardiel fight in 2.0. Anyway I hate that the Rei(s) of Rebuilds have been scrubbed of any sharp edges. She was such a tragic character, forever struggling with the role she was forced in by the men in her life… an unnatural existence that kept her wanting to die and being afraid of it. Now she's just reduced to a moeblob. And to add insult to the injury, after trying to become her own person, she gets stuck with the same'Rei Ayanami' name that she tried to escape from. Fucking thanks, Shinji. I hate that she didn't come up with anything on her own. Oh, and it's a problem that started with 2.0 but it annoys me how original Rei was reading books on quantum physics, and now she's reading children's picture books.The fanservice was also fucking disgusting. I especially hated the porny shots of Mari and Asuka (though the retarded catsuits of Wille were also awful, though at least men also were wearing a version of them). I'm not saying that the fanservice in the original series was fully justified, but at least it was saying something about the characters (in most cases). The movies just show how great are the tits, asses and crotches of the forever 14 heroines. Disgusting!!!
The CGI is already looking out of place, the movie is gonna get old quickly.
The giant Rei's head looks ugly as hell. Compare that to the imagery of EoE which is timeless! I liked the shot in pic related until I saw how poorly Rei's face was drawn. A shame.
I think Hideaki Anno should just stick with directing Gojilla movies from now on. He's clearly more interested in popcorn cinema than psychodrama. But no, even though 3.0+1.0 was supposed to be a final Eva movie, he's already threatening us with content explaining what happened between 2.0 and 3.0. LOL
Sidenote, but I tried to figure out which subtitles were a translation of Japanese track and not a dubbing transcription, so I put on English audio for a moment. My god, I cannot imagine watching NGE like that. The American dubbing is horrifyingly bad - and I was able to come to that conclusion from the recap voice clips (ie Rei sounded like zombie when she said 'you won't die cause i will protect you'). I am horrified to think how they butchered Shinji and Gendo's screams.
No. 156750
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>>156746>>156472>>156081>>156071TLDR my review of both 3.0+1.0 as well as entire Rebuild series can be summed up with pic related. It's sad to compare how the original NGE mastered the proportions of human drama mixed with the mecha fights. It was 50/50 and both aspects strengthened each other. Rebuilds are 80% CGI mecha fights and 20% drama.
No. 156760
>>156758> Everyone just ignores the fact that she got socked in the face by a grown ass man for breaking up with him and she actually gets made fun of about it for multiple episodesThat's shoujo for you, LMFAO. Or should I say, Japan. Which reminds me how something similar pissed me off when reading the manga Mars.
A love 'rival' (not really) harrasses the heroine because the school playboy gives her attention and doesn't just want sex from her. Eventually, the jealous bully and the heroine become best friends. They never discuss the bullying, it's just that suddenly they are besties. Maybe it would be less jarrying if the psycho 'friend' didn't threaten to damage heroine's hands so badly she can never paint again. The friend/rival only discusses the rivalry with heroine's unlucky childhood friend, and it's something like 'yeah, I'm gonna give up on getting the playboy and be cheerleader for his gf'. I love Mars overall, but that was a big WTF moment.
No. 156838
>>156828>Mari was always so out of place To be fair, that was her role. Anno mentioned how Mari's purpose is to 'destroy Evangelion', how she's an outsider in the story etc.
I think the theory that she ends up Shinji's girl exactly for that reason (not sharing trauma and emotional baggage) makes sense. I mean, as much sense as anything can in this movie. She's taking him to the world beyond NGE where Rei, Asuka and Kaworu dwell. I know that they are on the train station, but Shinji doesn't approach them, so… All of that doesn't justify her garbage writing.
>shinji-but-girl I think she's an opposite of Shinji.
She has her shit together, always has answers for everything, cheers everyone up including Asuka who she's besties with, conspires with Fuyutsuki and even introduced Gendo to Yui. Not to mention that she genuinely enjoys piloting Eva. She's truly a Mari Sue. If I had to compare her to any Eva character, that would be Mana Kirishima from a (thankfully forgotten) visual novel based on the TV series. She also was a 100% wish-fulfillment character, a perfect mix of Asuka and Rei (even in looks) that existed only so Shinji had someone to fall in love with and not get punched in the face with reality.
No. 157606
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>>156071I just watched the last rebuild. I agree with all the anons here when it comes to the characters, especially Rei.
Another thing I hate how is there's a million evas and mechas and robots and ships and weapons and it never ends, I would've preferred if this movie was just full of dialogue and characters sorting out their bullshit than this.
Ever since I watched evangelion more than a decade ago I loved the original eva designs, and they still stayed my favourite mecha-ish designs ever because they're so slim and slick. And then the rebuilds completely ruined it. The bulky brown monstrosity that was asuka's repaired eva made me weep a bit.
I like to think of the rebuild cast as a completely different cast of characters compared to the show, mostly because they all act like bad copies of the original characters. The rebuilds had nothing that I loved about the show which was the plot surrounding ritsuko and her mother and just in general more of the adult interactions, which I think made the show and eoe so special to me upon rewatch.
The part that I did like about the last movie was the village part which was cute, if only rei wasn't so childish though. Hearing Gendos internal thoughts for the first time was cathartic to me but I feel like it ended so abruptly, the ending should've focused more on Gendo and it shouldn't have been wrapped up so neatly. The brief section about asuka's past was unnecessary simply because her past wasn't mentioned once in the whole 4 movies so why mention it now? I'm completely lost about kaworu, aside from the fact that he pretty much confirmed rebuild was kind of a loop and a continuation after the original show + eoe.
No. 158352
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>>132915Late but kinda surprised no one else has been talking about Fumetsu no Anata e. I started watching recently and like it so far. As anon said, the female characters are great. There are women as both heroines and villains, and a little girl and old lady have been main characters too. I was intrigued by the concept. I'm sure this has been said before but it makes me think of The Thing, the horror movie, but if the creature wasn't an evil parasite and instead kind of like a sweet stupid (but powerful) baby. I'm only at ep 8/19 and have heard some people say it has weird tonal shifts in the second half, so hoping it doesn't diverge too much. It's gotten a little overdramatic at some points but I'm still invested. At the least, Fushi is super cute.
I also watched Odd Taxi and really liked it. Sharp, engaging storytelling and fun twists. Odokawa was so refreshing as a character, would love to see more jaded middle-aged loners as leads instead of all the genki high schoolers.
No. 158359
>>158352I think most fans have been keeping up with the manga so discussions have already been hashed out years ago. But I agree TYE is very good
But yes fushi is cute and would pummel 10/10
No. 158631
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>>158359I see, didn't know the manga was still being made. That's nice to hear though, hopefully they'll keep adapting more for the show.
>>158415Yeeaah so I'm through ep 15 now and I see what everyone was talking about. Wtf happened? Went from a show that felt pretty focused and balanced tension with moments of coziness to some ultra violent "gotta be the strongest" shounen bullshit with a whole ensemble cast. I hate the new girl too, she could not be more annoying. There is no sad backstory in the world that could convince me to tolerate her better. I can only hope she hugely develops as a character or else just dies. I'm still curious about what happens but I hope the whole thing doesn't devolve into fight of the week. I know combat has always been a part of it with the Nokkers but that was something that originally only happened once in a while with more development of Fushi's growth as a human in between. Also the hell was with them
killing Parona off screen and shunting that huge plot point into the background just so Fushi could get her form? I really liked her and was hoping she would come back, lord knows she's way better than this shifty bitch.
Side note: Mole form real cute tho
No. 159116
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i haven't been watching much anime lately but felt the urge to rewatch cowboy bebop. i never owned any anime physically, i'd always just watch it wherever i could find it, but i don't have a pc anymore and couldn't find anywhere i could stream to chromecast in good quality. then i realised that i could just buy it as blu ray and watch on my ps4 lol. never owned anything blu ray before and haven't been buying dvd's for so many years. and now i'm just feeling good. i used to love dvd shopping when i was a teen but as streaming became more popular, all the stores for dvd's would close. i didn't realise how much i missed the feeling of purchasing a show or movie i like or want to watch.
No. 159159
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>>158631Caught up with the latest episode now. Glad Tonari became less hyperactive, still not my favorite character but she's tolerable. Parona's fate got explained too. Was not really expecting that, and definitely not
Hayase becoming a yandere for Fushi. Worse still, I hate when protagonists feel they need to be the ~uwu bigger person~ and refuse to kill someone who straight up murdered a child and tortured/murdered another friend. Awesome. Sure she was stuck in a boat but he knew how determined and crazy she was. Of course she's going to go on to cause more trouble. I swear every death she causes after this is entirely on Fushi's head, which pisses me off to no end.Rant aside, after all the garbage on Jananda I was happy to have another episode with Pioran and go back to the more intimate style even though it was pretty short lived. Kind of torn on this show overall, it has its moments both good and bad.
No. 159167
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I'm watching Monster now since it's always praised to heavens when it gets mentioned. It's really hilarious how ugly the mangaka drew almost all of the germans with their big ass potato noses.
No. 159335
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I saw an ad for this anime and samurai pirates sound cool, but I have a feeling this is just some waifubait shit. Is it, anons? I don’t want to waste my time watching the first episode, just in case.
No. 159341
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one of my favourite things about anime (keep in mind i don’t watch much shonen shit or battle animes or anything with moe loli shit and ecchi) is the fact that often the casts of characters are not like .. best friends who are super sweet and caring all the time. it’s funny to see characters being thrown together due to circumstance and to see the petty arguments, bickering and insults. characters are not afraid to assert themselves and have strong enough egos generally to withstand this type of dynamic. i think these types of dynamics create some really funny humor that i don’t find in other forms of media.
picrel because i love them
No. 159363
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>>159341I get what you mean, anon. Even in a SOL setting characters can have dynamics that aren't strictly best friend or antagonist and interact in interesting and unique ways. I think the Baccano and Durarara! series are prime examples of this.
No. 159530
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Not seeing anything posted on it but like 2 weeks back the season 2 poster/trailer of Yashahime dropped.And they're sticking to their guns on turning Sesshomaru into a pedo. To the point Rin is wearing the kimono she got in the final act.
No. 159762
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I’m on episode 14 of Tokyo Revengers and I don’t get the hype. I really don’t understand why this is considered good? Like, the main character is annoying, the main girl is just the standard cardboard personality waifu. The time traveling aspect doesn’t make sense and the only redeeming factor are some of the side characters, but I think the overall plot is kind of fucking lame. Middle school gangs? Delinquents? Fucking lame. Does this shit get any better? Because, at this point, I’ve sunk a lot of time into it to still not care about the world or what happens to any of these characters.
No. 159765
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>>159762i'm watching because i really enjoyed the manga and i love the characters, but i agree with nona above, the anime is not as good. maybe look up the manga and see if you like it?
i can't get over the harem pants tho, they look so funky in the anime
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>>159762> Middle school gangs? Delinquents? Fucking lame.Middle schoolers in gangs were a thing in Japan. I haven’t read Tokyo Revengers yet, so I can tell, but if you want a realistic and good manga about bōsōzoku I suggest Detonation Island.
No. 160036
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What… the actual fuck. Ep 10 Kageki Shoujo is the first time I've felt an episode was written by a scrote. Why the hell would they make Sarasa suddenly express having some porn addict's dream of E cups so she could fill out a sexy bodysuit? The girl who's never expressed any interest in men or sexuality (even despite having a boyfriend), the girl who used to dream of being a poised kabuki actor, the girl who wants to play Lady Oscar which is a strong, more "masculine" presenting role? Bullshit.
No. 160038
>>160036Also I get what they were trying to do, but they could've broken the tension and added humor in a non-sexualized way. Her imaginary self could've been a cool super sentai hero, or a beloved mascot in an animal suit, or literally anything other than a gravure idol/big titty anime thot. She is fifteen. Aside from being gross it clashes with everything we've seen of her character until this point.
And they didn't even follow their own stupid plot point in the episode. Her imagining herself with big tits had zero bearing on the way she resolves her performance anxiety and saves the relay.
No. 160041
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>>159762I haven't watched the anime
cuz i don't like anime kek but the manga was a real page-turner for me, like one of the top 5 most addicting mangas I've read where I couldn't put it down. Now, key word is most addicting, not "best", but I enjoyed reading it. Either the anime just sucks, or maybe the story just isn't for you.
>>159770Seconding Detonation Island (picrel), although I think you'll have an easier time finding places to read it if you search using the romaji name "Bakuon Rettou", since I think it's more commonly known that way. It's very high quality. Tokyo revengers is a cartoony rendition of student gangs, Bakuon Rettou is a realistic take, bc yeah, they were a huge thing especially back in the day.
No. 160044
>>160038I feel you
nonnie. It was so unnecessary.
No. 160091
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>>160036fuck I left the episodes on watch because I haven't had time to sit down and enjoy them and this is fucking sad. Is this shit in the manga? Because I kind of skimmed through it and didn't see anything related to mecha-idol-big-boobies. I want to think this is a filler episode made by the scrote director.
No. 160281
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Anime is dead
No. 160465
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Is it worth it to continue Gangsta, or is it the same thing through the entire manga? I've only read up to vol 2.
No. 160479
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>>160465Not sure the content that volume one and two cover, but the story changes pretty drastically from them just being hired hands (hover over spoiler if your curious what's going on up to date with the story)
the current arc (and final arc most likely) is the war that breaks out between the families that want to help the Twilights and the ones that want them eradicated.I would recommend continuing, but I always loved the manga.
No. 160755
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I love Fullmetal Alchemist so much and I'm so grateful that it was my first introduction into manga rather than some weird sexual weeb shit. It's been so important to me for so long, especially the fact that it's written and illustrated by a woman. It's been such a huge inspiration for me, and it's going to be my favorite book series and anime series for my entire life. Also I love Greed.
No. 160760
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Do any anons here like Detective Conan? I know its so old but I've recently started watching it when I work and I fell in love!! its really reminds me of old murder mystery dramas I'd watch when I was younger
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There's a tranny theymie in Blue Period and it's bothering me, other than that the first episode was nice. I read people saying that facial expressions are what make the manga so good but as someone who've never read it I still felt it was enjoyable. sperg but it's such a pet peeve of mine when they make "my tastes don't reflect my gender uwu" character, they just appears to be really self conscious
Repost bc typos + sage now
No. 162588
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I just watched the last episode of Sonny Boy.
Easily one of my favourites this year along with Odd Taxi. I really liked it and there's so much sperging about muh romance and cucking on /a/ that I got reminded of why I don't go there anymore.
No. 162783
>>162588The finale was amazing, it got me bawling my eyes out for the whole Friday. I still cried about it a bit Saturday.
I'm so proud of Mizuho and Nagara, they really managed to grow up.
I wish we had seen Raj in the new world though.
No. 164294
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Twisted Wonderland got an anime announced today.
>jp twitter is all "ewwww hetero girls are icky, I want a male mc"
God, why do they hate themselves so much that the only mainstream media is scroteshit and homo scroteshit.
No. 164310
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Who else is watching Heike Monogatari? It's actually really nice. No overt sexual bullshit like most anime. Very good animation too (the mouths are animated!!!)
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>>164294aw, i'm kinda sad that they're not going to animate that surprisingly manly MC from one of the anthologies, but i don't care because, ultimately, i'll care more about seeing my faves animated. i hope the animation will look prettier than in the promo videos for the game, though.
No. 164351
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>>164294>>164307>>164311>>164315Wait where are you getting the confirmation on the MC being female? I'm fine with a male or female MC. I'd just be relieved to know they aren't using the manga MC, who I thought was ugly.
No. 164391
>>164351Anons are talking about the reactions on twitter, only this anon
>>164315 assumed it means mc is confirmed female.
>I'd just be relieved to know they aren't using the manga MC, who I thought was ugly.Same, he doesn't fit the designs at all.
No. 164400
>>164368I wish. We know nothing of the mc yet.
Reminds me of how a lot of Touken Ranbu adaptions like the ufotable movie has a male saniwa, although in the anime series it's hinted that it's an otaku girl kek.
I wish the game that's coming out would make the saniwa an old wise babushka. That would be awesome and fitting.
No. 164425
>>164368I'm genuinely curious about what gives more money to the bishie animes, if it's either yumejos or Fujos.
I suspect Fujos but that could be only my perception
No. 164453
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>>164425Did you ever see the huge yume shrines people post on birthdays? Go to an anime character's birthday tag and you'll find them, I think Jujutsu was insane this year. Pic related isn't even impressive, some yumes rent expensive hotel rooms and get fancy cakes to brag.
It's not really about who spends more, but lately it seems like all self-insert games are weak as fuck with pandering compared to a decade ago, because they don't want to offend either side. You have games with anime like enstars where the boys confess their love to the protagonist girl and vaguely hint at each other, but there is no romantic content other than that.
I miss the era of full on coomer BL content that degrades men, this era of softcore shipping and hating on hetero ships is the worst.
No. 164457
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>>164453Reminds me of this. Celebration of Hifumi from Hypmic at a host club.
I would love a new era of full on coomer hetero content that degrades men btw kek
No. 164462
>>164459Oh I totally agree. I don't get why this lady
>>164453 needs multiples of the same item. She looks like she in a shop. Meanwhile the anime industry is laughing all the way to the bank of course.
No. 164467
>>164465I won't derail this thread too much (then again it is weaboo and anime related and this thread has been dead for months), but the short answer is: lolno.
In my experience J-fashion people are oriented towards sustainability but otaku don't give a single shit. In recent years an even bigger plight popped up: Acrylic stands. They're cheap garbage with default art printed on them, but people buy like 10 pieces.
No. 164469
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>>164462I think it's fine if you're making an itabag, it's a fun hobby ngl
No. 164470
>>164467It's not derailing, it's still about anime.
Do you think the reason no one cares about plastic junk in this specific group is because otakus are such shut-ins? But even then they must have seen something about enviromental destruction online or something.
No. 164499
>>164471What sort of cold-blooded person puts their ex-husbando in the recycling bin? Also plastic is actually really tricky to recycle. Sigh.
What if they made small-scale wood carvings of anime characters instead. That would be cool.
No. 164519
>>164518I just bang him for free in my dreams
nonnie.
No. 164544
>>164457>I would love a new era of full on coomer hetero content that degrades men btw kekMe too. The current Otoges I've seen feel way too safe in terms of fanservice. Maybe a more risque title would put off the people from Twitter that deem everything to be
problematic kek
No. 164565
>>164499call me cold-blooded but i'm thinking of just tossing my merch collection (like one of those ikea cube-like shelf inserts full of stuff) into the plastic garbage because i can't find anyone who wants to take it.
anime merch is so useless and i'm glad i left twitter because seeing cute merch pics or giant merch collections only served to create a need for something i have no use for.
No. 164589
>>164565put it on ebay and get paid at least lol. If putting them individually is too much work, just sell them as a bundle. I made a couple grand getting rid of my collection.
>>164575tbh i havent had the wild obsession with characters since entering a normal relationship. I still enjoy anime/games and appreciate certain characters like gilgamesh/edgeworth etc but thats the extent of it.
it also helps my husband likes anime too, but in a healthy "i think this character is cool" way.
No. 164609
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>>164589i've had it on ebay and another selling website for over 6 months now and nobody wants that stuff. i sold a lot of other stuff (including acrylic stands, not exactly the ones in picrel but same show, and bnha mochimochis) and my dazai and chuuya nendos for like double the price they were when i bought them from amiami years ago. at this point i'm willing to tell myself i would have gotten the same amount of money for all the stuff including the things i still have, had i not ripped people off a little. i'm meeting some friends of an irl friend soon though, they're both weebs so i'm checking to see if they want it. maybe i can make some local weebs happy, kek. for context, they're two tourabu nendos (kuri-chan and yamanbagiri)
has anyone else completely grown out of wanting to display their weebness? i still have a box full of anime son merch (atsushi bsd) and i'm keeping it under my bed and not thinking about throwing it away soon. maybe one day i'll put up my shrine again when i have a different apartment and more space. get him one of those ikea display cabinets dedicated to the fine china and one anime boy.
No. 164626
>>164565>anime merch is so useless and i'm glad i left twitter because seeing cute merch pics or giant merch collections only served to create a need for something i have no use for.I agree it's useless. If you really like a show/character just print out a cool image from the net and put it on your wall.
Having a room full of anime merch is like a symptom of mental illness. This is what really pays in the industry these days: Pandering to those with mental illness.
No. 164630
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>>164626>Having a room full of anime merch is like a symptom of mental illness. Makes sense, buying that much merch must be a way to fill an emotional hole, whether it's lack of friends of a relationship, so you put the money you would spend going out or doing some other hobbies into your waifu obsession.
Also, this topic made me google about fictophilia, found r/waifuism and now I regret everything
No. 164633
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>>164632There are more options in life than minimalism and a room like this.
No. 164639
>>164633>>164638One post I responded to literally said
>it's useless. If you really like a show/character just print out a cool image from the net and put it on your wall.That'sa fucking extreme and looks awful, kek.
No. 164643
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>>164633Nta but yeah, I get buying like, something really, really, utterly extremely cute that is also useful like those Sakura card captors’ phone chargers or a cute notebook.
But buying posters, figures, random plushies of a waifu of the week and those
>it’s a life sized ship from my favorite mecha series!!!!Is kind of retarded, you can’t even play with them, they’re just posed there to look at you.
Hell, I even understand body pillows because you can literally just take the cover off and put something different on for when you don’t feel lonely, but those things that are just sitting there collecting dust forever are dumb.
No. 164646
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>>164639That's extreme but
>>164633>>164453 aren't? Come on.
>>164643I really wanted some Supergroupies items, like a cute bag, but they're so expensive for what you get. Like 14000 yen for a bag made of plastic.
No. 164649
>>164294I guess we're never getting a proper end for Black Butler then. Rip.
>>164453>>164457That reminds me of these girls in front of Ikebukuro's Animate trying to get the goodies they want for their husbandos and trading with each other. They had some really intense looking itabags.
>>164467To be "fair" if you hoard that much shit, you'd have to spend a shit ton of money of all this stuff all at once. Most otaku who spend that much money on merchs for their waifu or hubando tend to not see things long term, I doubt most of them would even know about sustainability. btw in Japan stores are trying to care more about sustainability, last year a lot of supermarkets and Animate made plastic bas cost a few yens to encourage people to come with reusable bags.
No. 164660
>>164469Oh shit i thought this was my Ichimatsu itabag for a second
(Sage for no contribution)
No. 164866
>>164856No, the manga seemed like it was gonna end because there was a bunch of old mysteries that were solved, but then Toboso added a shit ton of cliffhangers and useless flashbacks so we're still waiting. Her shitposting about Edward and the Undertaker mysteriously looking like each other on twitter once made the story advance way more than the last 50 chapters. All because she's a Disney fangirl. At this point I'm going to group Twisted Wonderland and Kingdom Hearts fangirls together because they have the same mental illness.
>>164865The manga is 15 years old. It started in 2006 iirc.
No. 164875
>>164869Yeah, not only are her new chapters short but they end with cliffhangers and then in the next chapter you see the previous scene but from a different angle for continuity, and then you have flashbacks that already happened ten volumes ago except you learn one or two new things about the servants and it's sooo slow. I don't give a shit that
Baldroy or however it's spelled was married and his son and wife got killed in front of him because I'm too focused on the actual mystery and we already knew that
he had a soft spot for Ciel and sees him as a kid first and not just his boss anyway.
No. 164936
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was I the only one who was obsessed with nozoki ana
No. 164970
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>>164960That's very good insight. Thanks for sharing that story anon!
As for why I would like to know the ending to loveless, I dunno. It's one of those shows where I just can't watch nowadays and be like "this is okay!" because ritsuka being anywhere near soubi creeps me out. I watched loveless when I was in middle school and back then I didn't see anything wrong with it but now I do.
I love ritsuka though. I think he as a character helped me out process some trauma going on with my life. And I still think he's cute and I want him to be happy. But I also just don't want him to end up with Soubi.
Another thing I loved about loveless was the cat ear situation. This whole "cat ears = virginity" and secret society where you can fight with the power of love mesmerized me. And everyone gets a mark to symbolize who they pair with. I found it very cool, I have no idea how to explain this. All in all I wish I was the one who came out with this kind of setting and made my own manga or something because this shit is slow and obviously a waste of an interesting setting if she's never doing anything with it. I just want to know how it ends. Also the music in this anime is unreal, very cool.
No. 164978
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Is anyone willing to recommend me a manga that's worth picking up just for the A E S T H E T I C?
No. 164982
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>>164978Toilet bound hanako is pretty a e s t e t h i q u e.
No. 165007
>>165002I will be honest, I didn’t notice the whole sexualization thing until anons started talking about it in here, and I honestly can’t really see it.
But I already want to finish reading the manga because I think the story is nice, so I won’t stop.
No. 165143
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Just finished watching Bishounen Tanteidan and it was a fucking feast for the eyes. Absolutely stunning and I really grew to love the MC & her dynamic with the cast. My retarded brain usually zones out when characters talk too long but I was completely focused with this one– the final arc was especially my favorite. Banger OP. We need more anime that target female otaku that are this quality instead of shounenshit and famous isekai LNs hogging all the talent. I can't decide between Blue or Red as best boy.
I hope the To be Continued isn't just bait, I really want a season 2.
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I just finished Erased and I don't get why people think the ending sucked. I thought it was very sweet. Also this character was such a cute kid.
No. 165293
>>165153I just remember the
last confrontation on the roof and the wheelchaired fall "prank" were pretty stupid in the end, that impression stayed with me even though I don't even remember the details clearly anymore
No. 166022
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>>165168The anime finale was super bland and the relationship between Kayo and Satoru was creepy when he went back in time tho
No. 166072
>>166070lol me too(I'm op)
so glad this was in my recs it was such a refreshing watch
and thankfully it didn't go as anon
>>151502 said in the spoiler
No. 166082
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Watching Madoka, what is the point of this teacher? I feel like the dialogue is always trying to make her sound like a crazy old bat using scrote humour. Is it supposed to be funny? I'm enjoying the rest of the show but getting pissed off whenever she comes up.
No. 166095
>>166082She shows us how scrotes are nothing and how we should just keep watching the rest of the magical girls show.
But seriously, I think she was some sort of “anchorage” or “gate” between magical girls and the real world. I guess, I just wanted to watch the magical girls and didn’t pay much attention to the teacher.
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>>167928You speak the truth.
I watched like 10 min of Yurikuma and it's gross. Whoever worked with him on Utena really saved that show.
No. 168116
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This garbage scrote self-insert shit only has 500k manga copies in circulation and it's getting an anime adaptation, meanwhile josei/shoujo anime adaptations are getting even more scarce by the year. It's so tiresome liking a moid's hobby. Especially when you know there's a sizeable female audience but no one gives a shit enough to make things exciting for them.
No. 168121
>>168118Someone can cmiiw but it's in SJ+ which is online only so there's no magazine printing/ink cost.
Still don't know how it hadn't been axed when producing the volumes probably cost more than whatever it's making though. It's complete now but 12 volumes and 500k copies… pathetic. It also has a live action for some reason. I wouldn't be surprised if the author knew people in the industry because there's been plenty of other scrote shit in SJ get axed for not selling well.
No. 168619
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Is there a haremshit/SI MC that you surprisingly liked? Confess your sins now.
Mine is Fuutarou from 5toubun. I really loved him and I don't know why, maybe because he felt less spergy and pathetic? I liked his background and how he acted around the female leads too. The manga is long over but I still think about him sometimes.
No. 168626
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>>168619Is Sankarea harem shit? I watched it in middle school so I don't know how well he holds up, but I remember finding Chihiro cute compared to the other harem protagonists I knew. I think how he was shown to be a bit cat-like played a role in it too, since I had a thing for Shugo Chara's Ikuto and Heart no kuni no Alice's Boris and even drew my own catboy-ish manga at the time kek. I think Chobits' Hideki is a bit better than your average harem protagonist too, at least the manga version. I personally don't like him, but I feel like he had a bit more depth than other MCs.
No. 168716
Makoto from School Days. I liked him as in he was fun to watch, not like I would husbando him. He's the lowest trash, but very entertaining in the context of an uwu harem anime going wrong. Need more shit like that
>>168713I liked the Kanon dude too, he was the first of this type of protagonist in Key vn/anime. I think.
No. 168746
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>>168619Yamada from Yamada-kun to 7-nin no majo. I don't remember much from the anime but I do remember liking him. He was retarded in an endearing way.
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>>168619I remember liking the guy from Shuffle in middle school and thinking he was a nice guy. Can't remember entirely why but it had something to do with the fact that he let his murderous childhood friend bully him for years.
No. 168816
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>>166082Finished Madoka, It was fantastic. I cried a lot towards the end. I love Homura. Sayaka a shit. Lots of violent thoughts about skinning Kyubey alive.
I know it's supposed to be bittersweet, but I still feel bad for Homura since it feels like she did all that mind-numbing rewinding just to not get what she wanted. She's still fighting alone and doesn't even have the goal of saving Madoka to push her forward anymore. You could argue that maintaining this 'hopeful world' or whatever Madoka created is her new motivation but I don't know… also I'm assuming she still remembers her so that feels like salt in the wound. Feels like forgetting her would be less painful for her.
I know I'm centuries late to watching this but I wanted to put my immediate thoughts down. Are the movies canon/must-watch or just fapbait money grabbing trash?
No. 168886
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>>168834it's ecchi shit which is my guilty pleasure kek so if you don't mind ecchi shit I would totally give it a try, anon! Mari is pretty based I originally started it just for her but stayed for the drama kek
No. 168892
>>168857The only thing I knew beforehand was that time-looping was somehow involved. No specifics or anything else. I don't know how I managed to avoid spoilers after watching anime for all these years tbh
>>168817>>168833>>168839I just finished it. Did being apart from Madoka really mindbreak Homura that much? I'm assuming the conversation they had on the field, where Madoka said she would never do something like what she did in the anime timeline, is what solidified Homura's decision but I'm still in shock lmao that switch-up was out of left field. What is she even trying to achieve with this world? Letting Madoka live normally? In a way I like Homura's world because the magical girls don't have to die young like they did in Madoka's world, but I'm conflicted since I dunno how Madoka would feel about being kept ignorant. But then again… did Homura
really cause any serious harm in the end? Isn't it okay for her to be a little selfish after everything she's endured? What do you guys think? My brain is going back and forth. I like the turn this took.
Another thing I have to clarify: at the end, are they still inside Homura's soul gem or is this the new universe? Because Sayaka/Mami/Kyouko are still alive and it looked like they were in the fake Mitakihara.
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manga expressions like these give me some sort of visceral disgust
maybe it's the big mouth
No. 169138
>>168892The flower field scene was a major turning point in Homura's character because she critically misunderstood Madoka (it's the lines at 1:04:00) She thought, from this amnesiac Madoka's words, that Madoka would've never chosen to ascend to Godhood if she knew it would take her away from her friends.
Homura was ultimately trying to keep Madoka in a guilded cage by the ending, yet again trying to protect her from her ultimate fate (but I also think that desire is at least partly selfish). They aren't in Homura's soul gem anymore because it was crushed in her mouth and then she reforged herself with the power of Love to become the Devil to Madoka's God and reset the universe (or made a new one) again. She doesn't want Madoka to be sad so that's why she kept their friends around but surpresses all of their memories to sustain her new status quo. So the new world is fake in the sense that it's Homura's construct.
> did Homura really cause any serious harm in the endBy styling herself as the literal Devil (her self hatred must be off the charts)m wiping their memories, and saying to Madoka that "one day, you too will be my enemy", it indicates she knows Madoka and by extension all of their friends oppose what she's doing.
Personally Homu is my fave and I think she deserves to be happy but she never will be by demonizing herself and it's tragic that her new world is probably futile becuse Madoka almost remembered everything and went back to square 1 within minutes.
No. 169156
>>168895What's even worse is tiktok zoomers trying to mimic them
It fills me with animal aggression
No. 169166
>>169138>>169140all this mess could have been avoided if someone dropped the truth bomb on Homura:
>lmfao Madoka will not fuck you, girl know when to move onHomura would find herself an actual lesbian girlfriend to obsess over rather than try to get with an oblivious bihet.
No. 169167
>>169166Idk,
nonnie, I think Madoka just wasn’t interested in absolutely anyone, she was a girlboss who just wanted to be like her mom and she also wanted to drink whisky like her.
Homura should’ve just gotten a girlfriend other than Madoka, and Madoka should’ve just either become a nun or waited until she fell for some guy or girl.
I like to think that after a long time away from each other, grown up Madoka and grown up Homura meet again and finally get to understand each other by talking like normal people.
Then a few years pass by and they become best friends but like, without obsessing over each other, and by the time they’re around 35 years old, Madoka and Homura accept their love for each other and stay together in a cozy apartment.
No. 169168
>>169167I genuinely love your vision, and the ending gives me serious Utena vibes (in the best way). It's a very popular headcanon that I subscribe to.
Totally forgot about the whisky thing, Maroka was more based than I remember (basically a female Shinji, except less fucked in the head)
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>>168931it's pretty funny, despite contributing to mari's hatred for men, her dad has the funniest scenes and is pretty retarded. Mari has a funny running gag too.
No. 169292
>>169231That sounds pretty boring.
>>169267Nta, but I guess it is over as a story, but they still can keep making products/expansions on the future.
Even if the Rebuilds aren't particulary good, I'm okay with them being the end, but that's it, I really don't want anything new after that No. 169304
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>>169231I get that Evangelion gave them a bunch of money, but it’s time to let it go, it has become the fairy odd parents of anime, worse than dragon ball, like, it was nice at first but now it’s just too much.
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>>169304>worse than dragon ballClose, but not there yet, just look at Dragon Ball Heroes and that new 3D movie…
No. 169320
>>169318Okay, so I kind of just picked that image because it basically ilustrates my idea that Dragon Ball has been dragged to a dead point, but now that you mention it, the thin line between a canon screenshot and those clickbaity edits from years ago is getting blurrier.
I don't know if it's a leak or an edit, but when I digged deeper it appeared as a new fussion soon to come between Goku Blue and Goku Xeno SSJ4 (Some multiverse thing I guess? Some anon who's more invested in the DB lore please explain this)
I also liked the Broly movie, but what's even going on with the series? This is more confussing than Eva.
No. 169338
>>169305This looks like an OC donut steel made by shonen manga obsessed guys from the 2000s.
>>169320>a new fussion soon to come between Goku Blue and Goku Xeno SSJ4 (Some multiverse thing I guess? Some anon who's more invested in the DB lore please explain this)Remember when Dragon Ball was just a funny kung fu movie parody that's vaguely based on that one chinese legend about a monkey god doing stupid shit? Me neither.
No. 169380
>>169318>>169338Anons, you're not even the wrong. The plot is literally some OC character creating a battle royale between DBZ characters and multiple gokus (but they're a different super saiyan type). There is even a character called "Evil Saiyan".
You can't make this shit up. You know Toriyama finally stopped giving a fuck when he's allowing his fans to start producing the garbage they've been begging for years.
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Not sure if this is more anime thread or TV thread but
>‘One Piece’: Iñaki Godoy To Star As Monkey D. Luffy In Netflix Live-Action Series; Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson & Taz Skylar Board Cast
I like the casting so far, I've never seen that Inaki kid in anything but based on his insta he kinda has Luffy energy? And Zoro and Sanji's actors are good looking, thank god. I'm just completely pessimistic about the entire concept of a live action One Piece, seems impossible to pull off with a massive budget and I barely see the point in an adaption that covers 0.1% of a series.
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>>169305I don't care what anyone says, I will always think that GT was better than whatever Super or Heroes are doing. At least we had fun space adventures with idiots in GT, and at least there was a
fucking closure. And monke.
>>169318I also really enjoyed the Broly movie but I feel like the original handled some aspects better and more seriously. The new one's ending felt too good and positive, like "everything's solved and we're all friends now" but I understand that the target audience is young boys so yeah.
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>watching the first episode
>mc instantly goes " i'm an ordinary dude "
Bye. I'm sick of self-insert fantasy stories for autistic people. Give me interesting characters and relationships. Is this shit worth to watch/read?
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>>171407>ordinary male mc for self-insertion with the most beautiful girl in school and students hate him for it>beautiful girl can't communicate since a child bs>wants to make 100 friends even though people admire her and considering her as a god>genderqueer/possibly trap character with generic outgoing personality>crazy yandere bitch that's willing to kill male mc for being with beautiful girl but ends up being friends with her>weird shy glasses girl is a masochist for beautiful girlYeah I lost interest in this anime and definitely going to drop it. It's one of those seasonal popular anime mostly popularized by scrotes along with their new waifu of this season.
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I miss the fansubbing era, especially gg's shenanigans.
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Any anime/manga recommendations where it's clear the MC isn't supposed to be a self-insert?
Or ones where we see the perspective of the antagonist mostly?
I think one of the reason why I enjoy Death Note so much (pls no bully) is because it's clear Light isn't supposed to be a self insert and his perspective is interesting - he is not a 'good' person.
I swear, everything is much more interesting when it's clear no character is supposed to be a self insert.
No. 171595
>>171562Just in case, what do you mean by self-insert? Any type of self-insert or just the most common type, high school boys with short black hair narrating the story and being like "I'm just an ordinary, normal guy"? I'm trying to find suggestions but most of what I watched and read counts has having a self insert as the MC if we use the first definition I guess.
Just on top of my head for anime there's:
>Slayers, Lina Inverse is great and the anime managed to parody classic JRPGs like Dragon Quest without being a worthless isekai like what we have now>Ranma 1/2, notable because it's a romcom where everyone wants to fuck the male main character but he's his own person instead of a self insert>Most CLAMP manga and anime that aren't Chobits or Angelic Layer I guess, I'm more familar with the older manga though>most shojo manga with a male protagonist like Angel Sanctuary (or even just stuff by Kaori Yuki), Otomen, Mirai no Utena, X1999 and Tokyo Baylon (see above for these last two), etc. I guess they're meant to be relatable in some ways but also attractive to the teenage Japanese girls reading that stuff in the 90s and 2000s so it cancels things out>Black Butler is a good example compared to Death Note since Ciel is nearly as much of a piece of shit as his enemies and he's competent. Technically not a shojo manga but it might as well be, see above. Same for Vanitas no Carte I guess but it's been a while since I read it>was going to say Nana but Hachiko is kind of a self-insert because she basically narrates the whole story and she's a total normie compared to the rest of the cast just so you can relate to her more easily. It counts if you think the other Nana is the main protag but it's more like 50/50>Gunnm, but avoid Gunnm Last Order though it's hot garbage and turns into a stupid fighting tournament with more gore than usual pretty fast>a few long running shonen manga, City Hunter, Gintama and JJBA for example, just on top of my head. If the main character is an adult and/or more pragmatic than the average Shonen Jump protag he's way less likely to be a self insert>avoid video game adaptations, especially JRPGs with silent playable characters No. 171625
>>171562Odd Taxi
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken
Dennou Coil
Kaiba
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Afro Samurai
Princess Tutu
Darker then Black
Aria the animation
Nikuiyo! Galbi-kun: Kemuri ga Me ni Shimiru
Black Lagoon
Ergo Proxy
Eden of the East
Kinos Journey
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
GANTZ
Kids on the Slope
Asobi Asobase
Ouran High School Host Club
Kyousougiga (2011)
And there's more where that came from!! It's a mix of genres, hmu if you want what each is about
nonny No. 171668
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My Senpai is Annoying started off cringe and has gotten better. Latest episode is so heartwarming. Also, Ranking of Kings is the best airing anime right now. I recommend everyone watch it. I tried to read ahead in the manga, like I usually do when I find a new series I like, but was disappointed to see how little has been translated. Weirdly people seem divided on the art style but I think it's so unique.
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>>171533I've seen it all over the place even before the anime adaptation, it's just "reaction images: the manga". It has cute moments, but I wouldn't even say the gags are great, all the characters are intentional parodies even down to their names. Also I hate the anime trope where the mother is just her daughter's design, but with a slightly different hairdo which this anime also does. Komi-san could be a really cute manga if only the mangaka was a bit smarter and creative.
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>>171794Jolyne is so beautiful. Hype!
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Is anyone watching Platinum End? Is it any good? I remember when it was announced a lot of people talking about how it ripped off a bunch of other anime plots and such.