2012-10-21, 17:42 | Link #641 |
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It has also censored gore, and while it wasn't a big deal until now... the removal of both elements has become annoying in the 4th episode (even confusing to some).
EDIT: But let's see how it proceeds, I understand that they change episode directors, so it might not be as bad later. |
2012-10-21, 17:52 | Link #643 | |
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2012-10-21, 18:25 | Link #644 | ||
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2012-10-21, 18:32 | Link #645 | |
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For all the talk of sex being toned down or not shown and how important it is, I should note that there were images of "intimate" scenes in the promotional material (not overly graphic, but the intent of the scene was crystal clear). You can still show importance from those scenes without displaying them in all their manga glory - which from what I've heard has taken its own license of liberty from the novel. I'm a little worried that people are focusing on this too much. It's four episodes in, we just got a huge info dump, and we simply don't know what the anime will throw at us next. Maybe we'll get those "deleted" sex scenes, maybe not. It's two cour, remember? Four episodes is nothing when you're looking at another twenty before it's done. Either way, let's not get bogged down too much in comparisons, especially since most of us lack the language understanding to discern their context in the overall story. Let's just focus on the anime and what it gives us - this is the anime thread, after all.
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2012-10-21, 18:39 | Link #646 | |
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If they were trying to subtly show a promiscuous society, they chose a really crappy way of doing it. I can think of several ways they could've done that better without being explicit. Last edited by Blonto; 2012-10-21 at 18:49. Reason: reworded |
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2012-10-21, 18:51 | Link #647 |
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Hmmm so the kids screw like rabbits right? Ummm ok another WTF moment there for me as anime only watcher. I'm gonna check the vol 1 manga raw just to see how bad it is.
The series still stay really good and really shitty for me. It just balances on the fine line between the "I really like it" and "I don't give a crap".
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2012-10-21, 19:01 | Link #648 | |
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2012-10-21, 19:31 | Link #650 |
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Mhmm so I watched the vol1 raw of manga. Besides plot being almost completely different with stiches here and there.
There's a lot of skinship between girls (naked plays in bath and outside of it)but thats about it at least in vol 1 ^^. What I saw is that anime doesn't even stand against manga character designs. I don't know which adaptation went more different way, but manga characters are more sexy and developed, while anime feels like middle schoolers playing around. Not to mention that manga suits are most of the time super revealing ^^. Main character girl running around in cowboy pants over her panties where its all shown @_@, it reminded me of Jamie Bergman playboy shoot. Will give this show another 3 eps and see how it develops.
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2012-10-21, 19:39 | Link #651 | |
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2012-10-21, 19:41 | Link #652 |
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Well without revealing too much, the manga takes huge deviations from the novel - it's sexploitation, not adaptation. The fanservice in the manga is strictly that; the story takes a backseat to frequent yuri antics. The anime is much truer to the novel, and neither are nothing like the manga.
Sex does play an important role in the story, but the manga is basically To-Luv-Ru levels of ridiculous. There's barely any plot, and the character designs could fit Lala and Rito in any scene without most people noticing.
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2012-10-21, 19:44 | Link #653 |
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Didn't the manga have the To Love Ru character designs (See what their priorities are...)?
But anyways, this is indeed the anime thread so lets get away from that. So far the show is incredibly engaging IMO, and I think they instilled enough confidence in me to say that they know what they're doing.
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2012-10-21, 20:18 | Link #655 |
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I've read the spoilers from people who have read the novel (sadly I even know how the story will end). Sex does happen, it's not particularly graphic, and it's only relevant in context, not in depiction. Novel readers have stated that the manga doesn't share many similarities at all, beyond the superficial aspects of the characters and plot. It takes tremendous license with the property and expands heavily on the fanservice.
And since I have seen the manga, I can agree. The novel won the Nihon SF Taisho Award....does the manga resemble anything you could say was derived from award winning material? The publishers of it took a completely different path from the novel than the anime has - so focus on what will happen in the anime, and not what has happened in the manga. It's completely irrelevant to any discussion here. As for Novel/Manga threads - they don't exist. Please feel free to make them if anyone wishes to discuss them. Just understand that since neither are translated yet, so there won't be much to discuss.
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2012-10-21, 20:28 | Link #656 |
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Kinda funny is the novel business. So here you have kids screwing around, and in super ecchi titles that resolve around boobs/ass and sex drive, you don't even have much of kissing. Those age ratings and titles made around them are really funny, not to mention the restrictions made on artists ...
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2012-10-21, 20:31 | Link #657 |
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LOL, if they will follow the novel (and they will) then don't except for a lot of yuri.
In the novel there's only one scene like that and there's not much in it. Last edited by Solace; 2012-10-21 at 20:33. Reason: Let's not mention too many specifics.... |
2012-10-21, 20:37 | Link #659 | |
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"Let's not mention too many specifics...." Right, sorry. But wait, if you can talk so openly about yuri and the Saki-Maria relationship without spoiler tag, why can't I talk about "You know what?" Last edited by Solace; 2012-10-21 at 20:42. Reason: Indeed. Just playing it safe. |
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Which is why I finished my post with a request to drop discussion of the novel and manga.
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