2015-02-27, 13:11 | Link #5182 |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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And yet the Rom-Com is seriously failing. You yourself pointed out that they fall in love, do a 180, then it's the boot for them. Little to no development at all, and it doesn't make you feel emotionally invested in a girl t make you want to cheer for her.
The closest I got was Cecilia. Even though she felt pretty shallow at first. She got a bit better during cannonball fast. Sadly she reverted though so... DAMMIT IZURU! Rin during SIlver Gospel was also good. Houki developments are the exceptions as everything that is supposed to improve the general outlook on her feels really cheap and handed out, kinda like her IS
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2015-03-01, 09:49 | Link #5186 |
L'anticipation du pouvoir
Join Date: Jun 2013
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I wouldn't say he is the Academy's concious. The Harem does have values and morals, but their are sightly different from society's and easily twisted to achieve their goals. Like Houki, who would have let the illegal fishermen die to finish the fight with Silver Gospel.
In brief, Ichika is the normal one with the normal concious.
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2015-03-03, 17:36 | Link #5188 |
L'anticipation du pouvoir
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Nowhere and everywhere
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Not everyone. There's must be some normal people out there...
Yamada sensei is pretty much OK, though she'd follow Chifuyu to stop her from destroying the world. Because a world without Ichika is simply not the world at all.
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2015-03-08, 04:04 | Link #5190 |
~ Your Smile ~
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Chifuyu is strong because Ichika exists. Losing Ichika, causes her to lose her center, and that for a martial artist is equal to losing all your skill.
She'd be nothing, not even a dictator, if Ichika dies. Because unlike what comics teach you, you always become weaker to almost nothing in kung fu if you lose the foundation. |
2015-03-08, 13:00 | Link #5192 |
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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IS has two distinct weaknesses at a story. Many other minor ones but 2 distinct ones
1. Having a harem where there's literally zero indication or minimal indication of a "lead girl" or "end girl" is an absolutely foolish mistake especially when a harem ending is impossible because you get what you have which is a dense fool. 2. If you have number 1 you need to replace it with incredible action and a great storyline both of which IS has rather brilliantly failed to do.
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2015-03-08, 18:59 | Link #5194 | |
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1) First girl introduced, and also first girl to know Ichika in backstory - and LNs these days tend to have First Girl Win. 2) As shown in that VR arc, she knows Ichika better than others does (figuring out the fake). 2.5) Related, that is because Houki is portrayed in a way that she doesn't focus only on wanting Ichika to go all R18 on her *censored*. Look at the other girls' dreams such as Charlotte's for example >.> 3) She literally have the best support in getting Ichika out of all the girls, ie Tabane. A 4th Gen IS that's designed to be Ichika's best partner is miles ahead of what other girls can pull off as a country representative candidate, or in Tatenashi's case the actual country representative. But, well, given Ichika's denseness also extends to fighting to a extent so he doesn't choose Houki based on that, and Tabane isn't going to be able to help that. On the flipside, I disagree not having a clear end girl is the issue in a story, it's having the protagonist being incredibly dense like Ichika is. There are many other stories out there that have a end girl settled from Vol1, to the point the end result has to be shoehorned in ignoring things like logic, much to the detriment of story. Those of you who have read my posts about the last few volumes in the Hidan no Aria LN thread might know what I'm talking about. As for 'incredible action and a great storyline', well that's a given for most stories to be good No disagreement from me on this one.
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2015-03-09, 05:33 | Link #5195 | |
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blockhead protagonist, comparison, fanservice, harem, manga rebooted, mecha, not dense mc, seinen, shounen |
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