2013-01-26, 02:15 | Link #2541 |
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About aoki, i guess it depends whether youre calling able to say whatever on his mind as being smart. He's not stupid but just acts stupid and doesn't have taichi's self sacrificing personality.
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2013-01-28, 14:58 | Link #2542 |
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I say lots of dumb things yet I'm not an idiot, it is just a character trait. A protection mechanism to an extend as well.
Like with Inaba. She keeps cool and cold personality yet it does not mean that she is cold hearted and uncarrying. Same with Iori who keeps happy personality in return. All of those things are deceiving mechanisms which in all honesty don't mean much, you need to look deeper than that and that's what this show does. Aoki is the only one left in the dark.
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2013-12-19, 23:13 | Link #2544 | |
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Clearly, I'm not saying you have to enjoy it. In fact, given your expectations/desires, your lack of enjoyment was to be expected. It's not unfair to suggest that others with similar expectations may find those expectations disappointed, which was still your overall point. But I do think it helps to take a step further back and analyse your own reaction to start to understand the deeper meaning behind the story. If it existed for no other reason than as a mirror for our own proclivity to be emotionally manipulated even by the most blatant and obvious of instruments, then the author communicated successfully... but just wasn't saying exactly what you thought they were trying to say. (Even my own reaction was so predictable. We're all so simple... )
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2013-12-20, 14:29 | Link #2545 |
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The problem is, if this show was supposed to be some kind of jab at fans of Da Capo, Angel Beats!, ect., the storytelling is so blatant but the characters are so sincere it's like the show suffered an identity crisis. Maybe the characters can be more disrespectful next time a series like this comes up so it's clear it's making fun of us.
It's like two gears smoothly moving each other and drastically changing the tooth size of one gear without changing the tooth size of the other gear; it doesn't change the function, it just kinda makes it stop.
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2013-12-20, 23:12 | Link #2546 | |
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It's basically exposing our feeling for what they are in their most raw form: reactions to stimuli. It's twisted, but I also find it pretty fascinating, even as (especially as?) someone who loves the Da Capo/Angel Beats/etc. of the world.
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