2010-11-02, 09:20 | Link #1021 |
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Sorry, but I'm laughing way too hard at the people who aren't careful about who is nearby when they watch any 'choose the girl' based material... much less stuff rated 'adult' that came off of a pay-channel in Japan.
Moral: do your research, eh?
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2010-11-02, 11:38 | Link #1022 | ||
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The "toilet?" almost made me spit my drink, that line came out of nowhere and Haru looked so serious when he said it Things definitely moved at a lightning fast pace (the bath scene happened way too soon in my opinion, they should have kept it for the next episode) but the great directing made it work more or less fine. The soundtrack is so, so good. I can't help but relax when I hear those wonderful tunes. It adds a lot to the atmosphere of the anime. Another reason I loved this episode was that Sora got quite a bit of screentime. My heart melts everytime I see her. I'm dying to see her arc...
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2010-11-02, 13:51 | Link #1023 |
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Yep, as expected, enjoyed this episode more than the previous arc/girl. I think the fact that I like Akira better than Kazuha has something to do with it, although I agree that it's been way too fast. Not just the bath scene, but the inconsistency with how they go to festival straight away whereas we saw in Kazuha's arc that there's been quite some time between them. Would really like to see Akira to get 3 episodes for her arc, but alas...
Oh, but there's still the twist with who Akira's real mother is. It's possible that it's just someone we haven't seen before, but it being Kazuha's real mom (maybe this means that Kazuha is the bastard daughter?) is pretty likely as well. For a crazy, impossible theory, what if it's Haru's mother? After all, we'll get the incest end with Sora anyway, so why stop at one? Yeah, I'm completely kidding with the last one. Haha, yeah, I completely agree. I for one will never share an anime with my family until I finished watching all of them, who knows when a surprise can come up...I remember when Chobits starts off real cute and funny with Chii's antics, only to later takes a different turn In no way shape or form will I watch this with my parents, that's for sure.
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2010-11-02, 15:32 | Link #1026 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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In a way, "to be or not to be" between Kazuha and Haru is the main conflict of her arc, while for Akira it lies elsewhere - as evident from this episode, the focus is going to be on her own missing mother, the situation with Kazuha's mother, and the missing pendant. That is a lot of stuff to handle in 2 episodes. On the other hand, there is less to throw a wrench at the romance side. While the romance buildup suffers because of this, it can't really be helped and i understand why they made the choices they did - there is a lot to be done, and by largely "getting it over with" on the romance side gives them more time to do it. And adds an additional motivation boost for Haru to get involved on Akira's behalf. So ... yeah. Suffice to say, a lot needs to be sacrificed in order to cram it all in to 2 episodes, and Akira's arc may well be the least suited for such treatment. 2 episodes is what they have though, so nothing to be done there. It is a shame the relationship development gets to suffer because of it, but some sacrifices needed to be made if they actually want to cover everything they should in terms of plot, and it just so happens the romance aspect in this case is the easiest to "trim down", so to speak. That is not to say i am satisfied with the whole deal being crammed in such a small timeframe (goes for the anime as a whole), but i think the director is doing a credible job within the constraints he is forced to work with.
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2010-11-02, 15:36 | Link #1027 |
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Its quite sad that they can only have 2 episodes for each arc unlike Amagami with 4 episodes... It sorta speeds through the romance as you said Skyfall, trying to cram everything in there... The bath scene in fast pace seemed to be put well.. If it wasn't for the fact that it only had 2 episodes..
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2010-11-02, 16:00 | Link #1028 | |
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I think the pacing is fine. I mean, it's fast of course, but it's not too fast. To be honest the 4 episodes / 5 episodes each story thing is imo doing a better job than some OVAs having the same amount of episodes (though to be frank I can't think of examples right now) in terms of pacing, amount of events etc. __________ I can't imagine them doing more than 13 episodes with this kind of format either. Whether the pacing would be more favourable if it was 24~26 episodes is questionable but it would kinda make the resetting to a certain point a bit more difficuilt as there'd probably be more important things to remember, which isn't like eating candy considering it's 4 different stories. And only watching your favoured arc(s) isn't too good either since each story kinda sets the other stories up in regards to background info and such. edit: Actually, considering that Amagami has the same format (or so I heard since I don't watch it) my above comment was probably bullshit and might just refer to my personal position. <.< On another note, I actually have quite a few friends that would have liked the bathing scene to be more detailed and longer (and I personally wouldn't have minded it either). Yeah, uh... don't mind me.
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2010-11-02, 16:01 | Link #1029 | |
Kana Hanazawa ♥
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2010-11-02, 16:03 | Link #1030 |
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The problem is that you would need Kazuha as the romance interest in such case, and it will be a bit too jarring to merge Kazuha's deep guilt towards Akira, whereas you have to unfold what's up with Akira's past (which would contradict the reason for Kazuha's guilt with Haru).
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2010-11-02, 16:04 | Link #1031 |
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I was just amazed at how fast Akira takes things.. I mean she has been a friend of Haru for a loong time, even trusting him enough with her mother's pendant, even though she dint know much about her mother. She still gave it to him, and the "I love you" part where Haru went back to looking for the pendant was a fast part in my opinion.. Well the relationship with Akira is mostly based on the childhood memories, and the determination Haru is now showing.
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2010-11-02, 16:16 | Link #1032 | |
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2010-11-02, 16:20 | Link #1033 |
Lost in my dreams...
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I wouldn't say "such a minor role", just that there are a lot of other details that demand attention as well. I am not suggesting Akira's relationship with Haru is less meaningful to her than it was for Kazuha, just that there are many things on the plate this time besides the romance, so the focus needs to be spread around. Anyways, i guess i won't be elaborating further, as i am afraid i might slip beyond what can be considered an obvious implication by the episode. You can visit the game thread for more detailed answers, should you decide you want them
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2010-11-02, 16:31 | Link #1036 | |
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Thanks, maybe after the anime ends then. I don't want to get spoiled
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2010-11-02, 17:39 | Link #1037 | |
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2010-11-02, 21:31 | Link #1038 | ||
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Whoa. That was intense. So much emotion, positive and negative. Things are moving smoothly too. The hunt for the necklace was dumb though. There ain't no way it's still there, even if there was a landslide. The bath scene was good too. I am really liking how they aren't censoring anything, as in omitting the sex like in F/SN.
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