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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 37
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Awesome, awesome, awesome. Okada never fails me, ever.
Nako is my favorite girl here. I loved her interactions with Minko and Ohana. And she's got the ZR too! I loved the ending though. So far, aside from episode three, we've ended with really powerful notes. The bird at the end was excellent and I love how the title is there at the end. And the OP has grown on me. It was a little too high pitched, but once you get used to it, it's great. Quote:
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We need a sub-forum with a speculation thread!
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2011-04-25, 23:58 | Link #1003 |
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
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The problem is that there is a lot of potential career advancement for him in that direction. For a chef to hook up with the heiress of the big resort could end up with him running that resort. So even if he doesn't have feelings for her, he could marry her for his own ends. If he's that kind of guy, which we don't know yet.
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2011-04-26, 00:39 | Link #1005 | ||
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But yea, I always thought each show had a "2 fail male character limit". Typically this consists of one guy who is hilariously inept at communication, usually with the other gender and a clown for comic relief. This is pretty standard and all, but here I just wish to slap most of them. Well, the old guy is funny. Quote:
So I do hope you are wrong, since I have to admit not being particular in to this kind of genre and I may not even make it to the end at this rate. The show is still watchable though, just disappointing to me regardless of metric. Currently the entire show to me is carried by the main character, if that can change, it'll be fine. Honestly, I think episode 3 has caused me to be very harsh on this anime, and I have to admit PA Works is not a "brand" I have that much umm... confidence in. But don't give up... yet.
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2011-04-26, 01:06 | Link #1006 |
Math Ninja
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ventura County CA
Age: 59
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My favorite character is the heron.
Okay, not really, but herons are cool. Every summer at my parents' lake house, I take my camera and go out on my parents' pedal boat to look for them. Spoiler for Gratuitous heron photography:
Those herons are blue, though, and the ones out here in Southern California are white. And none of them are as unafraid of people as the one in the anime. Anyway, on a more on-topic topic, I really like this show so far. Even Episode 3, which soured a lot of people, but the Japanese do that kind of deadpan absurdity really well. Count me among those who thought it was obvious from the first episode that Minko liked Tohru. I totally didn't see him going for Yuina, though. |
2011-04-26, 02:19 | Link #1008 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Inside of frog
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I like Yuina because I'm a guy but also I'm pretty sure that girls hate her usually.
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It's first time I learnt that there is an abbreviation named "ZR" (Zettai Ryouiki?) |
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2011-04-26, 03:13 | Link #1012 |
♪~ Daydreaming ~♪
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Administrator Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Italy
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Not in this series, not so far at least. There have been characters named Iroha in other series (first coming to mind are Sumomomo Momomo and Oniichan no Koto) but not in this one. It's not the first time I see Ohana being called Iroha either.
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2011-04-26, 03:28 | Link #1013 | |
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 37
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& that zettai ryouiki is godly.
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2011-04-26, 06:55 | Link #1017 |
Moving in circles
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 49
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So, as I've expected, Hanasaku Iroha gets its own sub-forum.
It's my sentimental favourite of the season so far. Unlike most other people, I had no problems even with Ep3, which I had a great kick watching. And I most certainly don't think the series has been "shifting in tone", as some claim. I find it ironic that some here insist that this show had actually set out to be "serious drama", when they criticise others of imposing predetermined opinions on how other shows are "supposed to develop". Double-standards much? All in all, I'm looking forward to further adventures with Ohana and friends. |
2011-04-26, 07:11 | Link #1018 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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I have to agree that, aside from episode three, I haven't noticed a huge shift. The only real source of "drama" that I can think of from episodes one and two were Ohana being introduced to the inn and her grandma, and I'm surprised that people were expecting Ohana to meet the same reception at school as she did in the inn or that it would somehow be amazingly dramatic. I like how it's going so far. Everyone's need to frame things under "drama" or "comedy" make me wonder if they're seriously expecting the anime to force itself to create melodrama. It's not like this is a story about Ohana's life as she suffers through the brutality of school and work. Of course school is going to be more lighthearted than work. I applaud this anime for trying to tell a story about its characters instead of trying to create a show where everything that happens is pigeon-holed under drama. Also, congratulations on the subforum. My first thought was to TinyRedLeaf's post, and here he is. |
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2011-04-26, 08:40 | Link #1019 |
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
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The constant calling of Jiromaru as a "fail writer" and wondering why they bothered to give him the time of day, while I can see where it's coming from (and he was kind of a jerk at first), episode 3 actually made me feel pretty sympathetic for him. After an incident in 2010 (that was admittedly something I did entirely of my own volition), to see a writer who wants to be successful but has to resort to doing something erotic just to get by - the situation of Jiromaru's fiction and that reality hit me pretty hard. That he was a bumbler beneath it all just further increased my opinion. When you can't even do wrong right, that incites pity, which incites sympathy.
And in the end, he's one guy with a dream that he wants to achieve. Rejecting him and treating him as subpar will only make the chance of that dream being achieved and him finding happiness even less. I can't claim to speak for all the writers of the world, but in the case of this particular writer, I will gladly speak up. |
2011-04-26, 08:55 | Link #1020 |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Inside of frog
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Then...why did he mention it here?
Well, actually Iroha is girl's name in Japan but heroine's name is Ohana. So, it's confusing the title of this series named "Hanasaku Iroha".(Blooming Iroha) Even if the word Iroha has meaning of "beginner" too as an archaic word but even in Japan, only few people know that. (possibly it's Ohana's nickname?) btw Congrats on the independence! |
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