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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo
This is certainly where we differ....
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We differ a lot, lol.
Negima, Madoka, SoreDemo and especially
Natsu no Arashi (and
Arakawa) are not among the Shinbou works I have most enjoyed. Those would be
Cossette, Tsukuyomi, Bakemonogatari, Vampire Bund, and this. To me, what you call "pretentiousness" is intelligence and art. Shinbou has clearly imbibed a lot of modern art, which elevates his work.
The visual techniques you and others dislike usually convey aesthetic, emotional and/or narrative meaning to me. Seeing only a bit of something, for example, can give a feeling of intimate presence in a scene. Seeing a character from an odd angle can convey the character's unsettled mood (e.g., Ryuuko on the steps at the beginning of ep6).
"Letting the material speak for itself" seems to me often to mean presenting it in a conventional and pedestrian way. As in
Cross Game,
Seirei no Moribito (which I did enjoy, despite that) and even to some extent
AnoHana (which I'm also enjoying).
It's great that we can differ so much and still enjoy some of the same shows.