big bad birtha's suggestion box 2: secret passions unveiled

[Doppleganger]

The more I read the more I feel really bad for Ainz, he's had a really tough life.

[deoxys]

Are the light novels officially translated or are they fanlations?


Little update on what I've been watching:

Re: Zero - I was not really into this show at all for the first few episodes but I kept going and wow, I am really into it now. It's gotten really good, my one gripe is that I really hope this show is ~24-26 episodes because it feels like, despite being 9 episodes in, there has been little progression made (for obvious plot reasons). I will be pretty disappointed if it they end it in the next 3-4 eps.

That being said Re: Zero has one of my all time favorite anime OPs. 'Redo' is such a good song.

Netoge - Watched episode three finally. It's an enjoyable show when you're bored and looking for something light-hearted but I'm considering dropping it. Haven't decided yet.

Kiznaiver - this show has exceeded all expectations so far. Trigger delivers yet another quality show.

Ace Attorney - Dear god, what a disaster.

[Lady Kuno]

Originally Posted by Crys

Am halfway through the first chapter of the first volume, and holy shit is this detailed. Getting a slight feeling of boredom from having seen a tiny bit of this prior, but am still enjoying it. Going to be up all night probably. Can someone by chance tell me which volume/chapter the anime ends, so i know how much content i can expect after that?

Anime ends at the end of Volume 3. Volume 10 just came out.

Originally Posted by deoxys

Are the light novels officially translated or are they fanlations?

Fan translations. It did get licensed, though.

Originally Posted by deoxys

Kiznaiver - this show has exceeded all expectations so far. Trigger delivers yet another quality show.

I hate this show and I don't know why I keep watching it every week.

[Crys]

Originally Posted by deoxys

Are the light novels officially translated or are they fanlations?


Little update on what I've been watching:

Re: Zero - I was not really into this show at all for the first few episodes but I kept going and wow, I am really into it now. It's gotten really good, my one gripe is that I really hope this show is ~24-26 episodes because it feels like, despite being 9 episodes in, there has been little progression made (for obvious plot reasons). I will be pretty disappointed if it they end it in the next 3-4 eps.

That being said Re: Zero has one of my all time favorite anime OPs. 'Redo' is such a good song.

Netoge - Watched episode three finally. It's an enjoyable show when you're bored and looking for something light-hearted but I'm considering dropping it. Haven't decided yet.

Kiznaiver - this show has exceeded all expectations so far. Trigger delivers yet another quality show.

Ace Attorney - Dear god, what a disaster.

Have been keeping current with Re: Zero as well, and to a lesser degree, Kiznaiver. I believe i'm a few episodes behind on that one. Really enjoying Re: Zero. The amount of fucking done to the protagonist is amusing. His personality bothers me, though.

The show is slated for twenty five episodes (not sure if this is factoring 1A / B as two or one though), and it seems to be fairly well received, so a second season might be certainly possible, though I am unaware of how much source material there is.

As for the Overlord LN, am about to start Volume 6 chapter 8. Yal were right, the anime did fuck all for justice on the source. Am currently suffering from a bit of reading fatigue, but after that passes I will return to finish volume 6.

[Doppleganger]

I wouldn't say "the anime didn't do justice". The anime was very good, so it feels like a slap in the face for Madhouse by implying the anime was lackluster. For an adaption, with limited time and budget constraints and stupid Kadokawa at the helm, they did a commendable job. It was fanservice for the LN fans and a solid, addicting introduction for the neophytes like myself.

Yes, the LN is better - but before saying things like "more detailed" or "more developed" the key is MORE. If Madhouse had a bigger budget, like anime 10 years ago where 24-26 episode cours were the norm, I'm sure with the level of talent they threw at Overlord they could have come closer to the LN's quality.

...

Someone convince me to watch Re-Zero. I read the brief plot synopsis and rolled my eyes. There's a cute girl who goes rape-oni in it but that's all I know. It isn't enough to pick it up.

[Crys]

Originally Posted by Doppleganger

Someone convince me to watch Re-Zero. I read the brief plot synopsis and rolled my eyes. There's a cute girl who goes rape-oni in it but that's all I know. It isn't enough to pick it up.

Felt the same when I first started watching. Episode 1A is a pain in the ass, and the character is a real fucking shitstain, but once you get past a few episodes it starts to get good. Watching the main character die over and over from cruel and painful ways is always fun, too.

so er basically what i'm trying to convey is that while it looks retarded when you look at the plot, it's a decent show that you have to watch first hand to appreciate.

Don't know how convincing I made that sound, but w/e. It's pretty late and I honestly don't give a fuck about making a real arguement about watching it or not, especially since you likely already have your mind made up. If you got the time, watch it. If not, whatever.

[Chiko]

Will note that Re:Zero is a 25 episode anime which means that everyone's worries can be relieved.

I am absolutely in love with Re:Zero atm and how the characters are written, I may or may not have a spot for Rem. MC's deaths become more impacting as it goes on, at least they do for me, at this rate it may be the first anime which brings me to tears. That's saying a lot considering I was one who laughed when it came to Clannad After Story. >_>

[McSweeney]

I thought Clannad After's ending was dumb too, but did you at least get emotional during the wheat field scene?

[Talon87]

Mahoutsukai no Yoru came out over four years ago.

There is still no news regarding the second and third installments in the tale.

[deoxys]

Re Zero: I WILL PROTECT THIS SMILE FOREVER.

I didn't ask for more waifus. I have enough, dammit!

[Crys]

Originally Posted by deoxys

Re Zero: I WILL PROTECT THIS SMILE FOREVER.

I didn't ask for more waifus. I have enough, dammit!

I see your usertitle is accurate

But yeah the most recent episode was ok. Who would have possibly guess that [plot device] would be used as a [plot device]!

[Chiko]

Originally Posted by Mcsweeney

I thought Clannad After's ending was dumb too, but did you at least get emotional during the wheat field scene?

Yes but only like the tiniest bit emotional.

[Talon87]

Don't know what to say. I'd place that scene in my Top 5 Anime Scenes of All Time, not even restricting for genre or emotion conjured or what.

I give a lot of credit to music in visual novels. And it's credit well deserved: the right track, the one that perfectly suits a powerful moment in your game, can transcend it from striking to unforgettable. "The Place Where Wishes Come True", version 2, is one of those songs. Maeda Jun fucking nailed it out of the park -- nay, out of the parking lot -- with this one. Song on its own is good. Scene on its own is great. The two together are sublime. Perhaps a strange choice of word for a scene that is so sad and tearjerker-ey, but that scene really is something else. "Sublime."

"Gomen ne? Gomen ne?"

[big bad birtha]

I need to replay Clannad. I wonder if I can like it as much as I used to. That field scene got me in both anime and VN form.

I'm still waiting for a freaking translation for Mahoutsukai no Yoru. Supposedly chapters 1-5 are translated, but I'm not sure how much that covers.

Actually VN translations in general have almost died in the past couple of years. Not sure if it's because of a declining interest in VNs, or if translators don't want to do something so time intensive anymore (which is understandable). I miss the feeling of randomly going through a VN site to see a VN I forgot about, but was looking forward to being translated. Last year, I don't recall that happening once.

Sakamoto got me thinking about something. I wonder if there are any doujins about this attractive guy being raped or blackmailed by an ugly woman. The opposite is retardedly common, so I figure atleast a few fujoshi have to be into that. I tried looking for some, but came up dry.

Hoshii no Kirby
I'm surprised I actually made the time to watch this. For the most part, the show is a mess. The animation and writing are both fairly sloppy. The CGI for DDD and Escargon is pretty out of place sometimes (though it doesn't look too bad). I still enjoy the show, but that's simply because they made Kirby as adorable as possible. If it wasn't for that, I would be "meh" on the show. I forgot that Kirby says "poyo" instead of grunts, but I like it. Here's a nice example of how anything Kirby does can be cute. I'm hoping we'll atleast explore Metaknight a little. I don't consider this show to be canon to the games, but something about his true appearance would be nice.

[deoxys]

Do we have enough people watching Re: Zero right now to justify making a thread for it? Because I am totally on the verge of doing just that.

[Talon87]

Originally Posted by deoxys

Do we have enough people watching Re: Zero right now to justify making a thread for it? Because I am totally on the verge of doing just that.

In my experience, one person is enough. It's good advertising if nothing else. The suggestions box is ironically not always the best place to try and advertise shows. Recommendations can get lost in the noise. And pure text, especially foreign language pure text, leaves a much weaker impression on people than a striking image. Never underestimate the value of a good banner pic.

Compare "Uchuu Kyoudai" with "Space Brothers" with .

Compare "Genshiken" with "SocStudModVisCul" with

If you treat an anime thread like a chat room or instant messaging client, then I'm sure there are many people who are annoyed by the prospect of a member talking all by himself, in a lonely room of one, posting hourly, daily, or weekly with updates of the newest episodes he's seen while no one else so much as peeps.

But if you treat an anime thread like a journal, then there can at least be some merit in logging your thoughts and feelings even when you've no one else to talk to. Because you are talking to someone else. Somewhere else, somewhen else. It might be years before somebody reads your posts and replies. And hell, they might never hit that reply button. ("Maybe I shouldn't bump this ... ") But you can bank on the hope, the possibility, that someone some day is going to read what you had to say and is going to feel like you're a pen pal reaching out to them across time and space. You might feel lonely now, but they won't feel lonely then.

[deoxys]

Originally Posted by Talon87

But if you treat an anime thread like a journal, then there can at least be some merit in logging your thoughts and feelings even when you've no one else to talk to. Because you are talking to someone else. Somewhere else, somewhen else. It might be years before somebody reads your posts and replies. And hell, they might never hit that reply button. ("Maybe I shouldn't bump this ... ") But you can bank on the hope, the possibility, that someone some day is going to read what you had to say and is going to feel like you're a pen pal reaching out to them across time and space. You might feel lonely now, but they won't feel lonely then.

That is a seriously beautiful perspective to have. I really mean that.

[Doppleganger]

Make that Re:Zero thread and I'll ask questions in it. Cause I'm super interested and why that show is getting hyped.

[Crys]

Originally Posted by Doppleganger

Make that Re:Zero thread and I'll ask questions in it.

I would also like a thread to discuss it in! That's like three people deo, imo make it =]

[KamenAeons]

Supporting that someone make a Re:Zero thread.

In other news, I'm watching Kiznaiver among other things and like the concept. Feels a little jumbled but that might just be me.

[big bad birtha]

Hoshii no Kirby
Halfway through this. Remember when I called this show a mess? I take that back. I'm starting to really enjoy this show. One of the biggest flaws of the early bits of this show is how they have to shove too much content into one episode. Later on, they start doing 2 part episodes, so that flaw is gone. It's still a kid's show, so you have things that don't make sense. I'd still say this is good for a kid's anime. It's especially good for a videogame based kid's anime. There's just so many little moments that I can't help but smile at. I'm also glad I got my Waddle Dee episode. If I were to mention one thing that bothers me, it's how dumb the townspeople are. They fall for the same shit over and over again. I guess that's what you should expect from a town full of haniwa. Hopefully they'll explain why Fumu's family and Kawasaki aren't haniwa.

[Doppleganger]

So apparently Kuma Miko's trainwreck ended in a nightmare of a final episode. Can anyone confirm the horror?

[Talon87]

Originally Posted by Doppleganger

So apparently Kuma Miko's trainwreck ended in a nightmare of a final episode. Can anyone confirm the horror?

I'm severely behind. I think I last saw 06 or 07. Need to catch up. First I've heard of anything Kuma Miko-related since last I watched.

[Doppleganger]

I've heard some nasty things about the manga, as viewed through the lens of an anime watcher.

Box'd to contain the cruelty (ending spoilers):

Spoiler: show

The crux of the commentary is that the manga, while allegedly light-hearted, does so by ruthlessly bullying and making fun of Machi. This might not sound like much, but to draw a comparison it's similar to Sengoku Rance with its rampant raping and pillaging used a comedy point. Rance makes rape hilarious and fun, even though, you know, in the real world it's pretty terrible.

The anime dramatizes the scenes in the manga in a way that downplays the comedy and emphasizes the social anxiety aspect, and this comes to a boiling point in the final episode where Machi is quite literally mindbroken, losing all will to try and grow up/mature and becoming the country bumpkin stereotype she feared she would become for all time.

Here's the scene, which allegedly comes after a traumatizing idol show staged by Yoshio that ends up as the straw that broke the camel's back.

She's mentally regressed all the way back to a 5-year old farmgirl. Brutal.

[Crys]

So Shokugeki no Souma is back for another season.

Like I needed more food porn.

also there's something related to D-Gray man idk I didn't watch the first one