2013-02-04, 08:16 | Link #1241 |
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Well, this episode was good. I liked how they presented Gateway City.
-- On an off-topic issue, I spend so much time watching previous seasons (where most the threads are pretty dead already) and adapted material that I think I've forgotten how to do an anime-only discussion. So I'll leave my post on this.
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2013-02-04, 09:58 | Link #1242 |
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Hey, it's been ages since my last post here in the forum. Not that I ever was an avid poster, anyway. Well, I've been so busy lately that I don't have the time to slack around on the internet anymore.
I started watching this series last week, and found it better than the average, so I think I'll stick to it. Really liked the ED, I'll see if I can find it on iTunes. |
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Most of your complaints on the scenario fall moot because either 1) It's already been addressed in the show and you either missed or ignored the exposition (Why winning the war would be very bad for both sides). 2) It's a plot point (Why so much knowledge. With such a Mary Sue, there's no need for Hero). 3) Not true (No character development. Too much of fanservice) Still, it's understandable that you got here thinking like this. It was wrong to hype this show as S&W3.
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2013-02-05, 19:56 | Link #1245 | |
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2013-02-05, 20:23 | Link #1246 | |
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Even if you push aside the pacing issues, and the lack of explanation for her knowledge, this problem still persists.
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2013-02-05, 21:14 | Link #1248 | |
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Still, reading the rest of your comment it's pretty clear that you are not part of the target audience. You are asking stuff that's been explicitly shown in the early episodes and I'm not going to spell out every little detail of the world building here just because you don't feel like working out the show.
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2013-02-05, 21:22 | Link #1249 | ||
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PS: Anybody is welcomed to correct me if I'm wrong .
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2013-02-05, 21:36 | Link #1250 | ||
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A lot of the other details you're talking about though are not adequately addressed by the anime, so it's basically irrelevant to me. I imagine the source material is much more detailed, and perhaps this adaption is merely poor, but that is not what I'm evaluating here. Quote:
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2013-02-05, 21:49 | Link #1252 | |
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No. I was talking about the pacing and execution for each episode (which is the studio's call), not how much budget/episodes the studio get.
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2013-02-05, 22:38 | Link #1253 | |
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I think part of this series charm (even if I find myself not enjoying the show as a whole THAT much for other reasons) is showing that despite their differences, humans and demons aren't all that different. They're driven by the same goals and face the same issues as their human counterparts. So why are they at war? Why can't they co-exist ? |
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2013-02-05, 22:48 | Link #1254 |
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Reckoner: Again it's one of those things glossed on in the anime -- there are many different tribes of "demons" (humanity lumps all of them together apparently, INCLUDING fairies), and where there are those who are belligerent, there are also tribes who want to be left alone (the Maou's and Head Maid's tribe of origin).
Even not being familiar with the source material, you can see what we're getting at here: the production is doesn't seem to be executing properly what more than a few of us found so interesting about the world of Maouyuu. (See the part where they cut out a part of the story NONE of the manga adaptations -- and there are a lot of them -- skipped, even the comedy 4koma!)
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2013-02-06, 00:02 | Link #1256 | |
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2013-02-06, 00:15 | Link #1257 | |
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I just don't want too many people talking bad things about a particular series because it ruins the fun for most people, especially when those bad things come from overly high expectations or excessive comparisons to source material.
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2013-02-06, 00:35 | Link #1258 | |
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Well, I feel for you, but unfortunately, this thread is a place for discussion for those who’s watching Maoyuu anime. It’s unavoidable for people to write their opinions here. Plus, quite a number of members who posted negative things about this series are the dissatisfied-anime-only watchers who should be the ones who enjoy the anime the most. Many of those anime-only watchers use these words to describe Maoyuu anime: “boring”, “forgettable”, and “bland” among other things. They said that without doing any comparison with other sources or have high expectation of this anime. What do you say about that?
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2013-02-06, 00:46 | Link #1259 | |
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^ First of all, there are also people who continue to compare this with "Kotowaru!". (Let me get that off my chest.)
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I recommend those who would watch this series to space out watching each episode, probably doing an episode once every four days or so. The plot covers so much time that it would feel too fast in a marathon, but also has an overall mood that might make it a bad idea to watch an episode weekly. And holy cow, I think we're beginning to veer off-topic.
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2013-02-06, 00:59 | Link #1260 | |
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Nah, we're still talking about Maoyuu anime, so we're still on-topic imo.
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