04-16-2020, 04:40 AM | #7851 |
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Tower of God
This seems to be the big hype of the season and it's pretty MEH. I watched the Youjo Senki movie and it was eons more entertaining than this. It doesn't even feel Japanese. The script is delivered by Japanese actors but doesn't feel like it was originally written that way. It feels Korean in approach and premise, and I'm sure that's what it is.
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04-16-2020, 02:45 PM | #7852 |
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Kaguya-sama: Love is War
One year late to the party (again), but quarantine boredom is getting to me so decided to binge through this series after landing on a bunch of YT clips (led there from Gekkan Shoujo) and decided may as well just watch the whole thing at this point - especially since S2 apparently just started airing. (In that sense, it was nice to marathon right before since it picks up precisely where S1 left off.) It feels like a mix between Ouran, His & Her Circumstances, with a dash of School Rumble (misunderstandings/overly complex confession plans), and heck sometimes I'm simply in the mood for some silly stupid romcom antics. =P That said, what I was most pleasantly surprised by was Ishigami's character, who reminds me a lot of my own UPN Ronpa OC. o.O; I went ahead and read his sad backstory arc in the manga out of curiosity since I wasn't sure if S2 would adapt it... And then proceeded to catch up completely to see his whole progression so far. Whoops. ^^; Seriously tho Ishigami is best girl. <3
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04-17-2020, 08:05 AM | #7853 |
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That fella needs to up his game. A REAL man would say to the girl he likes, "For you, I won't wear anything at all".
... Lotso-Fuggin-Updates Tower of God I'm at episode 3 of this. I guess I should walk back a little of what I said before. It's not MEH, it's OKAY. What it is - essentially, the Trick Tower arc of Hunter x Hunter, expanded over a full anime season. The early HxH influences are clearly felt, with the Tower of God combining both Greed Island, the Hunter Exam and Kukuroo Mountain arcs into one. I can't say that these characters are as charismatic as HxH - far from it - but it's serviceable. A lot of people certainly felt like ideas raised in the early HxH manga got shafted as Togashi's interest shifted, and this seems like a response to that. Konosuba: Legend of the Crimson Devils This movie is pretty great, and services as a possible conclusion to the anime. That said, the last 15-20 minutes feels tacked on, and wasn't in the LN. I can understand its inclusion though to give the series closure. If there's a disappointment, it's that this arc in the light novel really cemented Megumin as the winning heroine in this story. Even though Konosuba is sometimes dismissed as a mere parody, the romance in the light novel is surprisingly well done, in spite of it being a "harem". That's because only two horses were ever in the race, Megumin and Darkness, and how Kazuma sorts out his feelings for them reflects something that I feel a lot of people crave out of real-life relationships: loving the real you. Not some idealized impression, or performance a person puts on: the real you, flaws and all. Since Megumin couldn't compete with Darkness in look, being younger and thinner, she made for a much more intimate companion and grew to love him for who he really was. That gave him the courage to try and put the moves on her - something he never did with anyone else, since his open perversion was often just an exaggerated charade. Ultimately, this treatment just makes it fun. But the original was fun and moving, and that's a shame. Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa Still workin on this. Luckily, I got some work-shifts so I still have plenty to read up. Shingeki no Kyojin I watched the whole anime and read the manga like 4 times. The final arc of this story is that godly that I can't stop thinking about it and want to talk about it. Though, I think I've already fully understood the trajectory of this story. I wonder how much Linked Horizon knew about the ending. Because the lyrics to "Guren no Yumiya" basically spell out the final act of the manga. It's really chilling.
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Spoiler: show Given I read S2 will only go up to the Cultural Festival arc (which is what I suspected), the above scene likely won't be animated, but at least this means we'll probably get his backstory since they already hinted at it in S1. ;(
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04-20-2020, 06:02 PM | #7855 |
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Tower of God at least has a legitimate chance of ending before the writer dies.
I am up to date with the webtoon release. It has it's moments where it is very fun to read, the fights especially tend to be pretty stylish. It is rarely better than just okay, but it has enough to keep me coming back to it every week. I'm interested to see if they actually maintain the adaptation of the entire thing though. It's coming up to 500 chapters in total. |
04-21-2020, 01:18 AM | #7856 | |
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I'm in the same boat of checking out the anime and then accidentally bingeing the whole manga. There's a few golden spin-off chapters where the author makes jabs at other romcoms/popular romcoms tropes which were hilarious. I'm also a huge sucker for RomCom, and will recommend people to check it out lmao. As for manga progression and what's being covered in S2 (kinda heavy manga spoilers) Spoiler: show Might check out Tower of God since it seems to be quite highly rated, but generally not a fan of action animes haha.
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04-21-2020, 08:59 AM | #7857 | |
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Are you talking about the official "doujinshi" that was published? Re: manga progression vs. animé Spoiler: show I do feel a bit bad binging through the manga now since I can spot little tidbits that got left out here and there, like Chika offering Shirogane flowers she just hurriedly picked outside for his Birthday in ep2. ='3 Expected it to be the eyecatch gag but I guess they wanted to keep the side "battle" between Kei and her brother for Kaguya's affections going in the background. ^^;
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I was thinking one of the side-chapters with the dream sequence where Shirogane became a RomCom protag, making fun of all the RomCom/harem protagonists. And also the one chapter they did it in 4-koma. Spoiler: show Yeah the manga has a lot of bright spots that sadly won't/don't make it to the anime (eyecatch gags being one). The story about how Koga Aoi (Kaguya's VA) and how landing the role as Kaguya's VA is really charming/sweet though.
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04-24-2020, 08:15 AM | #7860 |
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I've been collecting artwork for Kaguya without really realizing it. I just compulsively save any pictures I find cute/sexy, and some soul searching lately has had me thinking I should open my mind a bit and try it out.
I'm still taking baby steps though. I need to finish Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa (and then Onani Master Kurosawa) but I've been working 10 days straight! So I haven't done much except rewatch Shingeki no Kyojin as hype for the finale. I did, however, download the entirety of Kimetsu no Yaiba. I've been curious due to the massive sales it's been delivering since the anime began (something like 31 million/month) and I accidentally downloaded an episode close to a year ago. I'm a little turned off by it being stereotyped for "fujos", but I don't know what that means. Tower of God - 4 I thought this episode was really lame and highlights the problems I have with manhwa, I think. It was a bunch of mindless, no-risk action with very little of substance that wasn't already spelled out earlier. Heck, if we're going to continue with the HxH inspirations, this very segment sounds like it's ripped straight from the current HxH arc! A war of succession between princes and princesses, where have I heard that before? Buuuuuuut...butt. This is my new fetish. Or it could be an old fetish I never knew I had. Like what was the purpose of this shot? Seriously.
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Idk if you read our spoiler boxes, but I mentioned earlier Ishigami's arc rather reminds me of OMK in some ways, which is why I became so invested. FWIW S1 barely scratches the surface of it, and S2 will likely only cover the backstory portion. On the subject of manhwa, saw an ad for "My Deepest Secret" webtoon the other day, and remembering how good/suspenseful "Bastard" surprisingly turned out to be decided may as well check it out while I still have time to kill. It's basically about a girl who's dating a yandere without realizing it, which is kinda refreshing to see the "creepy/crazy jealous boyfriend" trope played straight rather than romanticized (*coughs at Twilight/Fifty Shades of Grey*). Even minus the extreme "psycho serial killer" stuff, it's an eerie warning example of how easy it is to become trapped in a manipulative relationship. =/ … How to get Yuki's attention: >Regular Romcom Meh. >throw in despair/angst/mystery/thriller elements owo
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Overall rating: 9/10 This show is what everyone remembers or imagined Inu-Yasha to be. A storm of solid, motivated characters and amazing art/animation. Even the CGI looks on-point and not awkward. I have to give a lot of credit to the "Tokyo arc" where Tanjiro challenges the final boss early. It was able to recontextualize this boss as a much more villainous character than a Naraku or similar antagonist. The boss is really hateful, which makes him effective. I want to give this 10/10 and call it a Masterpiece, but Zenitsu's whining was too much and too often for me. If he had toned down the theatrics I think the show would have been truly perfect. The massive sales are completely justified. Why isn't there more? Quote:
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...Yeah that's accurate. (Did you draw it yourself?)
That moment is part of what made Ishigami's arc remind me of OMK, though the situation's a little different (and the real "juicy" gut-punch scene likely won't make it into this season unfortunately).
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04-26-2020, 11:03 PM | #7866 |
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Yes, that is my work. I was unable to actually find the page through Google searching, so I had to recreate it.
See, it's iconic! There's no ambiguity with that spoiler, everyone recognizes it. I don't even know who the top characters are, but I know the spoiler. ... Kimetsu no Yaiba - manga I had to pick it up because I felt so unfulfilled after the anime ended. I think the manga is solid, but flawed. Some of that is due to the Jump formula, others is due to the general plot scheme and presentation of information. It's clear just how much the anime improved on the premise, and I'm really glad for it. My big beef is there's almost no humanity in the manga, or slice-of-life downtime chapters. I guess you could call it "filler". The manga is too lean and too compressed, so within the span of a year, we go from demons at their most powerful to being basically extinct. The basic flow of the story is like linear level progression in a video game: Spoiler: show What really drew me in to the first few arcs was the presentation of demons as folklore monsters, with a mysterious origin. Giving the demons a defined origin is the first make-or-break moment of the manga, similar to the revelation in SnK that Eren is a titan. What I'm sure annoys some people are the "dropped plotlines". Something is brought up earlier in the manga, but then a change in information and circumstance causes that earlier lead to simply disappear. Cases in point, Spoiler: show I wonder if this is an editorial flaw. If stuff wasn't portrayed as a singular option, I don't think deviating from those options would be so jarring.
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04-27-2020, 09:25 AM | #7867 |
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The Demon Slayer anime is basically a 101 in what makes Ufotable so great as a studio imo. I honestly think they're best in business for action right now.
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04-27-2020, 10:29 PM | #7868 |
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Only new series I'm watching is Kaguya-sama S2 for obvious reason. It's been pretty good. My backlog is pretty large and yet I never really find time to watch it despite all the free time I have lol.
Made in Abyss, Promised Neverland, never finished Magia Record, PSO2 Episode Oracle (more out of curiosity about the game rather than it being a good anime), a few others. Meanwhile, I did rewatch shows I know I like. Not very productive use of my time I guess. |
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Is Magia Record no good? I'm still a big fan of the franchise (even Rebellion, which I didn't like the first time I watched it, but liked it more every time I re-watched it), but I've put off watching it because the fact it's based off a freaking MOBILE GAME really turned me off.
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In the episodes I watched, it had an ever increasing number of plot lines and it just fell off my regular watching schedule. The stuff I saw wasn't bad IMO, just my idiot monkey brain not keeping with it.
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I'm only familiar with ufotable through the Fate etc. adaptions, but they're not that impressive. They're, at best, on par with the Shingeki no Kyojin adaptation as a more or less scene-for-scene adaptation. Very competent, but by the numbers. KnY actually elevates the material, to the point that the segment I stumbled on last year involving the Drum House felt like something out of Princess Mononoke or Kakurenbo Otokoyo. Stuff was added from supplementary materials, rearranged or drawn out for dramatic purposes. ... I'm finishing up Kurosawa (Strongest Man) and starting Made in Abyss. I'd formerly let MIB play out because I didn't want to follow it weekly. I'm considering dropping Tower of God because it's painful to watch after Kimetsu no Yaiba. It feels so surface level and by the numbers, without any of the heart or passion of the latter.
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Oh I was speaking specifically from the standpoint of the animation quality. I am a bit of an armchair watcher but their work on KnY and specifically the Heaven's Feel films strikes me as especially good animation, even for my generally limited knowledge. I'm not one to normally dig into an actual studio, for the most part I can only name a handful, but ufotable were one of the ones where I went out of my way to find out who actually animated the series because it was so striking to me.
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05-01-2020, 01:56 PM | #7873 |
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As it so happens, I did managed to find something of that caliber.
Made in Abyss RATING: 10/10 (Masterpiece) There's only one flaw to this anime. It's short and incomplete. But what was here was, pound for pound, among the best I've seen. It's a venus flytrap of an anime - something that ensares you and never lets go. I'm incensed that this wasn't at least 26 episodes, and there's no more in the pipeline. This aired almost three years ago and there's been no sequel. The artwork and animation are outstanding, it's almost 100% hand drawn. There are few CGI models but it's rare. I love how clean it is too. I wasn't interested in the original manga due to how amateurish it looks. The anime fixed all those problems and then some. Back to longing for good stuff I guess.
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05-02-2020, 05:58 AM | #7875 |
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I've caught up on the Made in Abyss manga.
The anime covers Layers 1-4, leaving off on a huge arc that takes place in Layer 5. The manga then continues on and is at the end of what I presume to be the arc of Layer 6. I'm half expecting that, once the party reaches Layer 7 or below, they'll explode if they so much as jump.
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