2012-05-22, 20:34 | Link #641 |
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^ Maybe they complement each other, a theme I see quite often in animes that I think is lacking in our western civilization, where all we are thinking is how hot she/he is without thinking her/his personality would be a good match for ours.
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I disagree with you all.
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2012-05-23, 02:08 | Link #644 |
Princess since baptism.
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I hardly see them being friendly. I just don't buy it at all. Not with her involved. Apparently all relationships are pretty much messed up in this show, his "friends" for example... So I'm not really trying to prove anything. It's just that I hate disrespectful young brats who are violent but oh so sensitive.
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2012-05-23, 09:31 | Link #646 | |
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As for me and my wife, we really do compliment each other. She's a bit of a hothead. I'm more calm and collected. I think I'm fairly funny. She doesn't get a lot of my jokes (our daughter laughs though). I like to go out and socialize. She doesn't want to meet anyone she doesn't have to. The list goes on. She really is the Yin to my Yang. Endless "Married... with Children" Soul
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It'd probably be better if she did give up on trying to date him since, yeah, it looks pretty hopeless. But I don't see it as an obligation, or her failure to do so as a sign she's evil. |
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2012-05-23, 15:00 | Link #648 |
Yuuki Aoi
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We know Ranko has no chance right now, but she has been Chihiro's closest friend for many years, and basically took an eventual boyfriend-girlfriend relationship for granted. His father clearly thought of her as his future daughter-in-law. Now we think she should just give up immediately? No way. In fact, she shows amazing strength to be able to give up to the extent she has, helping Chihiro get clothes, etc., for Rea.
Never mind, Ranko. Rea can't last forever.... I'm no fan of Ranko's wrestling holds on Chihiro, but the wrestling is probably unconsciously sublimated sexual feelings, so I can't exactly blame her.
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2012-05-23, 16:44 | Link #650 | |
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2012-05-23, 22:07 | Link #652 |
The Chaotic Dreamer
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The main reason why I brought Ranko's father up was because there the two times in the episode where he appeared (in the kitchen and in the car), and both of those times the camera zoomed into his face and lingered for just a moment too long to not suggest there was something more going on beneath the surface with him... But that's only a feeling I got. As I said, I could just be reading into it too much.
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2012-05-23, 22:22 | Link #653 |
formerly ogon bat
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^ Ranko's father could be a strong & silent father figure and/or Ranko's mom might be a bossy dominatrix that does *bleep* *bleep* *bleep* everynight when they are alone ... or I could be reading too much into it ^^;
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2012-05-23, 23:00 | Link #654 |
Megane girl fan
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He definitely gives the vibe of being ground down by marriage. Like I said in an earlier post, I've seen this actually happen. I still think we may see more of this in a future episode, however, then again there aren't that many episodes left.
Endless "Vibe" Soul
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2012-05-24, 07:04 | Link #655 |
Sayaka★Magica
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Ranko gets her time in the limelight, her very own 20+ minutes of fame. Took a little break from the source material to further develop Ranko's character, but it also managed to show some of Chihiro's backstory with it. Not such a bad thing, but it could mean that they're trying to fill in some gaps if they're planning to stop at a certain point that I'm thinking of.
Someone in this thread told me earlier that DEEN is one of the more sequel-friendly studios, and I can only hope it also applies to this adaptation. We're still in Volume 2, and the source is already past Volume 5. I'm not going to settle for an anime-original ending after the adaptation took so much care not to skip anything from the source. Gotta love those preview skits at the end by Mero/Yuka Iguchi. Looking forward to some more zombie moe next episode...
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2012-05-24, 23:47 | Link #659 |
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I LOLd so hard at Mero's two friends checking each other out at the sento as they were undressing.
Looks like we may finally get a Mero-centric episode next week - I hope so. I like her character way more than I should based on screen time.
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2012-05-24, 23:55 | Link #660 |
formerly ogon bat
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You were right Lord of Fire, that was a nice display of super-strength, although Rea is so nice and inoccent that none of the bums (I include Yasutaka) received what they so richly deserved >_<
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