2016-03-27, 21:04 | Link #1441 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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That was a great end to a great show.
The last two episodes were a nice change of 'scene' so to speak. You felt like the world had gone on turning while he been in a coma (which was a narrative theme) and the fact his original love interest went off and had a happy life while he was out cold (a highly realistic, but often unused plot device) was cute, as was her adult characterization. The MC was clearly a important friend, but not her lover. And then the narrative lose end of pizza delivery girl being his true love...CUTE! In her episode focuses she acted like equal and partner despite the whole age gap thing. Nice to see her found her again after finding himself so to speak. Mum looked weird, but man she was well written. 9/10 |
2016-03-29, 06:21 | Link #1442 | |
magoi, magoi!
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I guess they could have added more to Airi's story if it was missing and go for another 3-4 episodes. In any case, given it's a short series I'll go and read the source material and enjoy that also. |
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2016-03-30, 07:07 | Link #1443 |
A Random Lurker
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Philippines
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Man I REALLY LOVE this series!!
It has a lot of suspense, the characters are awesome, and it wrapped up everything nicely!! Though I'm a bit curious on one thing: Did Nakanishi Aya end up with anyone in the group? Cuz I ship her hard with Kazu
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2016-03-30, 09:49 | Link #1445 |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Miami, FL
Age: 37
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So how would everyone rate the general VA work in the show? Aoi Yuuki knocked it out of the park as usual for me, but everyone's performance was at least 8/10. Chinatsu Akasaki was also great and hearing her again near the end was heartwarming. Shinnosuke Mitsushima took a little getting used to, but I grew to love that generally monotone voice lol. He had the least "anime" (read: exaggerated) voice, but I preferred that and it makes total sense considering the circumstances.
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2016-04-01, 13:02 | Link #1446 |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 43
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I wonder how many got the reference of the "pedestrian priority" sign that was shown in the early episodes of Bokumachi
There's actually a reason for this: it's an old Japanese urban legend that this sign was based on a photograph of a man trying to kidnap a little girl. Nothing substantiated, but it does look that way, with the eeriely waviness of the sign and the little girl seemingly being "pulled" into abduction against her will. |
2016-04-01, 15:55 | Link #1447 |
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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I was quite impressed with Takayama Minami who voiced Sachiko. Turns out she's best known for playing Conan.
I thought it a bit intrusive to list the details of her marriage and divorce at the top of that page though.
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2016-04-04, 10:55 | Link #1449 |
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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The greatest love story ever told.
On a more serious (not really) note: at the end of the day, this is a story about salvation. Satoru is a time-travelling Jesus who saves his friends and even erases (lol) the sins of his enemy, so that they never happened. |
2016-04-06, 17:25 | Link #1450 |
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The foreshadowing in episode 1 was too obvious to the point where the only real surprise is how far back in time Satoru goes, but not obvious enough to where it can hit harder for it. The foreshadowing and reveal on Yashiro is stuck in a similar situation, and Hiromi and Aya were easily saved to the point of superfluity. The brief shot of Kenya talking to Yashiro late night at the faculty office was also never addressed, but it's a good thing Kenya wasn't colluding with Yashiro since an obvious big bad and a traitor among the heroes is one cliche too many to take seriously
It's also a good thing the show never overextended itself to its side characters. ERASED is definitively Satoru's story and the juxtaposition of an older voice in a younger body and vice-verse does a great job of illustrating his thought process. Meanwhile the side characters have enough life in them to give them a pulse, but without the dramatic weight that would make anyone question "why care about them?" But the most impressive thing is how seamlessly the show blends mystery-thriller with slice of life, and not just a school club sleuthing for clues when they're not drinking tea. It's impossible to divorce Satoru's "normal" life from the mystery since he's essentially working undercover to unravel it, and it's futile to separate the mystery from his "normal" life because in pursuing this culprit, his outlook on life has to change to approach others more, to be more active, and so on. And the sentai hero appearing in a few scenes Marvelously reflects that change Another Marvelous thing about ERASED is the use of red. It symbolizes the pain Kayo is going through when the situation with her mother is revealed, it makes her design stand out, and it highlights someone's eyes when they're close close to the concept of "death." It's kind of morbidly cool how the brightest color in the show represents its darkest hour I'm going to give ERASED an A- Did I also mention ERASED is a superhero story in disguise?
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2016-04-09, 05:33 | Link #1452 |
¡Gracias Totales!
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Entre caníbales...
Age: 31
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Up to ep. 9, and, even having read the manga before watching, I still feel strongly about the characters, and feel fucking sad when watching Kayo's atruggle
That said, I still disagree (as I did when I read the same manga chapter with the same implicaction), with Kayo's mother being deserving of any amount(however small it may be) of sympathy from the viewer, since being a battered woman does not excuse her treatment of her daughter at any level, and does nothing to garner my sympathy, especially when she's portrayed a hateful bitch through and through, if anything makes my blood boil even more.
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