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Originally Posted by Sorrow-K
Why do shounen action series tend to be so ridiculously shallow and inane? I mean, they spend the majority of the episode fighting and talking at each other (I rue to call it "dialogue" since they weren't so much communicating as they were spouting words at each other and the audience). BFD. *Yawn* Wake me up when the characters aren't completely one-dimensional or the fight scenes don't resemble the ones from Shakugan no Shana that no one was interested in anyway.
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A pretty silly way to summarize the episode, sorry. Have to disagree entirely. The talk before the fight was quite relevant in explaining several issues (origin of Index and her abilities, reasong why she is hunted). During the fight itself there was almost no typical shounen boasting, rather Index's computerized explanation of Stiyl's powers (also relevant). There was a proper explanation on why the fight ended the way it did other than the typical-shounen mystical powerup. Post-fight, we got more explanations about the differences between magic and esper abilities. And where you have the so-called "shallowness" is a mystery to me too - since it's already clear that Stiyl isn't a run-the-mill badguy at all.
I mean, I know that you have the tendency to go a bit overboard when feel like dissing, but this time I'd say you're simply factually off. I for one have to say that I can remember no show in this season with higher production values - and Shakugan no Shana's fighting scenes were probably among the most popular and watched (and downloaded) shows of their respective seasons. So that's not too bad in my book
In a nutshell, Index is no shounen action. Treating it as such is oversimplifying things tremensously.