2012-10-13, 21:54 | Link #702 |
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I think it's official - it shows some links that aren't apparent in the show itself, such as
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Also I like the idea of Neko being the FINAL BOSS. She seemed so mysterious and "more than meets the eye" in the PVs, and she turns into fanservice girl in the anime itself, which is probably to make her seem insignificant. But she's clearly significant, somehow.
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2012-10-13, 22:38 | Link #704 |
Just... disturbed.
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Of course there's also the chance that a pink arrow doesn't mean romantic feelings specifically, just feelings of care that extends beyond normal friendship (which is shown as orange arrows, such as Kukuri's "interest" towards Shiro and her friendship with the random girl). If that's the case, then Neko's "suki" might not mean romantic liking, and Anna's arrow towards Mikoto may very well denote a familial relation, such as being his niece or something.
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2012-10-13, 23:37 | Link #706 |
Eaten by goats
Join Date: Dec 2011
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The second ep was okay. It's quite different from the first ep, which was all Serious Business, whereas this one was more comedic. I expected this ep to show whether the series is worth watching much more of, but it didn't. I'll have to watch ep 3 to find out.
The good: - Several of the jokes were funny, and some of the moments in the ep were very well timed (like the drawing on Kuro's eyelids - that was extremely well done). - Yashiro had enough of a brain to try tricking Kuro! Thank goodness. If he'd been telling the truth it would have been cliche city. - Kuro was amusing and brought comic relief where it was sorely needed. - I like the cleaning robots. The bad: - Neko. She has turned out to be all the dumb catgirl cliches I was hoping she wouldn't be. The writers will have to be very good if they want to salvage her. - The ending sequence is blatant creepy fanservice. Would a bit of subtlety have killed whoever thought that one up? - I think the direction in this series is hit and miss. It's spot on a little of the time, but the pace lags at others. I heard that the director is a first-time director, so maybe that is it. - The writers failed to show how it is that Yashiro, Neko and Kuro got from a life or death situation to being willing to stop for breakfast. It might be okay if the rest of the series is going to be silly nonsense and the first episode was a misleading anomaly, but right now I'm inclined to think it's just bad writing. The Bizarre: Some of the characters are acting in an incoherent way. As of yet I can't tell for certain whether this is all on purpose and is meant to illustrate their characters, or whether it's purely a bad characterisation issue. Time will tell. - Yashiro shows presence of mind and self-preservation when he tricks Kuro into letting him escape, and when he tricks Skateboard Guy into fighting Kuro. But later on when he's running for his life, he stops in a relaxed way to chat and help a girl pick things up. And he tries to persuade Neko to put clothes on as they run. - Kuro supposedly wants to kill Yashiro-the-crazy-evil-murderer, believes Yashiro to be that person, and on the face of it he's taking it very seriously. So why was he giving the guy he believes to be a crazy murderer hundreds of opportunities to kill him in return? And later on, why did he agree to stop to prepare breakfast? It's funny and all, but it doesn't make sense. |
2012-10-13, 23:42 | Link #707 |
Bury My Shell
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It's starting to feel like the story is going out window and instead focuses on the character development. I don't mind that as long as it is as entertaining as this episode was. I was completely lock on during every minute of it. I really enjoyed it though. With this high quality animation it feels like the world is brought to life.
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2012-10-14, 00:26 | Link #708 |
Just... disturbed.
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I actually prefer the seriousness of the first episode to this episode's sudden comedy genre whooplash. I agree that it makes no sense for Shiro to act so calmly over someone wanting to kill him and all that, but I guess I suppose the director realized that one entire episode of someone being after Shiro's blood in a srs bzn way will creep/bore out some people. I still kind of believe (or at least, hope to believe) that Shiro can probably save himself if he tried, like he actually has some kind of flashy magic defense capabilities that he's just reluctant to show, which is why he isn't really taking things seriously.
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2012-10-14, 02:16 | Link #712 |
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Kuro is an extremely good and smooth fighter, and he isn't dumb, per se.
But he's soooo very caught up in being the honorable samurai-esque warrior that it limits his thinking a bit. He's kind of the Japanese equivalent of a boy scout, so that means he's actually a generally good-natured guy, but he can be easy to trick.
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2012-10-14, 04:51 | Link #713 |
Just... disturbed.
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Okay, after looking through the 100 Visuals on Tumblr, I'm pretty positive Anna has a crush/liking/obsession on/with/for Mikoto. She says many things there like "Mikoto's red is the most beautiful red" and "I cannot live without red. I'll be distressed. You're my world's color." and all those things. I'm willing to bet that she becomes yandere.
And Neko's liking for Shiro may be romantic too, since she says many times there too that "I am Shiro's Neko, and Shiro is my Shiro" and "I hate clothes! I hate leeks! But I like Shiro!" etc.
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2012-10-14, 05:07 | Link #714 | ||
Me, An Intellectual
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With Looney Tunes it's a comedy all throughout. In this the Evil King case is going to remain a relatively serious issue so to suddenly rely on developments through Rule of Funny is definitely weird.
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2012-10-14, 06:02 | Link #715 | |
Just... disturbed.
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2012-10-14, 10:15 | Link #719 |
Romanticist
Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 33
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Shiro is quite the character, isn't he?
I didn't think he would be clever enough to nonchalantly trick his pursuers into going along with his pace. Aside from that initial lie he told, he even managed to turn two pursuers against each other with a few choice words. As such, I was mildly disappointed when he actually went back to his dormitory, the most obvious place to look, as if nothing happened. Well, to be fair, he didn't intend to leave behind his school pin in the first place, but the bounty should have already branded him as a marked man at that point. Or perhaps people don't take bounties from that particular gang all too seriously, I guess? Also, I'm not too sure how the katana guy went from wanting to kill him to eating a meal with them. Does he not take this task as seriously as he says? Well, it doesn't really matter much. It's pretty much established at this point that his behavior is guided by a specific code of ethics. This instance might just be another example of such ethic-bound behavior.
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2012-10-14, 10:35 | Link #720 | |
Waiting for more taiyuki!
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