2013-02-18, 00:05 | Link #24121 |
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Oh, sorry, didn't know. Well, at least the movie won't follow the usual formula that closely.
That kind of works against him. His harem is so awesome they completely overshadow him. Touma is crazy enough and has enough cool moments to balance it out, but no such luck for Slave (Not that he doesn't have cool moments, just not enough to counter his girls') |
2013-02-18, 00:24 | Link #24123 |
Death to the infidels!
Join Date: Oct 2011
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I think the difficult moment that Hamazura is going to be comparable to a young man who was well known for his virility, but after marriage that lasted several years and the difficulties of a life full of responsibility, he lost it, but that rebounded after finding a lover with half the age of his wife. I believe that soon the Hamazura will also recover what he lost.
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2013-02-18, 00:34 | Link #24124 |
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Hamazura has a wife and 2 mistress (and a kid). the only difficulty in his life is he need to survive from his own harem. He is the toughest man alive in the series, he was pursued by one of his yandere mistress since volume 15 and made up with her in the end of the first series. Just getting hit in the groin won't hurt him that much, except his pride I salute you!
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2013-02-18, 00:38 | Link #24125 | |
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This I understand and agree with, if by "what he lost" you mean "the threat of someone trying to off his girlfriend" |
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2013-02-23, 15:55 | Link #24127 |
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Being person who reads books faster than libraries stock them (and being picky about books i read on top of it), i have ended up trying to read To Are Majutsu no Index to satisfy my thirst for written stories.
However, i can't really bring myself to loving it. I can't really understand why the MC insists on keeping his amnesia a secret, yes, Index would cry, but after first few strange happenings and weird people coming up and just chatting with him, i would have thought it would be clear that this course is pretty suicidal, he needs information he does not have (and often would not have, but he does not know that). The cosmology/mythology confuses me (why is all magic somehow religious in nature? why do supposedly christian characters use magic of "heathen" faiths? does the writer have a nun fetish?). Why are the magicians trying to keep people in the dark about the existence of magic? Why do the magicians hate science? I could understand different faiths, or even different sects of same faith, hating each other, but i don't get the whole hate of technology/science. Also, what's with the whole Roman Catholic hate? I don't like religions, and i hate Roman Catholic church for lot of the stuff they have done, but even i can't but go WTF, lay of already, about how Roman Catholics are portrayed in the series. Ok, going of tangent here. Anyway, having read to the point where Vento (Femto?) of the Front first appears (early book 13), with all the issues i have with the series, is it worth it to keep reading further or should i just give up? First books were decent, and i loved the taking down of that alchemist (nothing has really topped that part of the series since really), and there was something really satisfying about taking down Accelerator (hate the guy, and more i read about him, more i hate him). But after a while they just seem less interesting, so the question is, do they get better? or, more accurately, do they become as good as the early books again? And does the author ever get over his nun fetish and/or Roman Catholicism hate? |
2013-02-23, 16:04 | Link #24128 | |
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2) Why is magic related to religion? Where else do you hear crazy stories of people doing supernatural things. And you realized that Christianity isn't very 'original' itself? They have borrowed ideas from other religions before. 3) Do you see any reason to reveal magic to the world? 4) Political differences. Funny thing is, I'm pretty certain most of these are covered in the books itself, you might wanna slow down on that speed reading... Quote:
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2013-02-24, 01:03 | Link #24132 | ||||||
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And personally (and i admit i may be wrong), it feels like even for the usual catholic bashing, this guy seems to go over and beyond the usual fanaticism shown in LN/Anime/Manga Especially jarring was when they saved the nuns from those ships, and they seemed to have done a total 180 from who they had been, and only real explanation i could come up for it was that i guess i'm supposed to be sympathetic to them now for some reason. Quote:
2. Christianity is not very original yes, but they do usually wrap all the heathen practices in some kind of bs explanation to make it more christian (ie. christmas). 3. when you seem to be struggling with science over who gets to rule over the world, and keep complaining about all these technological things, it might be advisable to inform people that there are other options (also, it's less about why reveal, and more about why go for all the trouble to actively conceal it). 4. Yes, but why? what? how did it come to be? Personal quibble i admit, but i just feel that for so central a part of the plot, it has not been explained adequately in the first 12 books. The guy who signed kill order on Touma? Guess i'll give it another go after i'm done with the Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance updates. |
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2013-02-24, 01:10 | Link #24133 |
一刀繚乱
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Let's put it this way, the story up until the 13th volume is like Midgar, sealed up. Once you survive it, you get access to the world map that lasts until the end of the first series. And when you get to New Testament, it's like getting the Highwind where you have faster access. This story takes time to develop, and honestly, it's not something for the impatient readers who want to start off with something new, because the story doesn't really pick up with 2 seasons of anime. You actually have to wait for a 3rd season.
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Kamijou himself is not the type to hesitate or ponder about his problems, that is to say if nothing can be done about it then he's not going to worry too much about it. Quote:
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With the advancement of science, people are less incline to believe the word of Religion. The Pope isn't all-knowing, as far as he's been told, he signed a kill order against the enemy of his faction and the one in the center of all the chaos.
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2013-02-24, 01:45 | Link #24135 | ||
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@ Teh_ping-senpai why can't they give the anime a decent budget for the third season? Is ASCII that poor?
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How they do this? Does any old ritual found in mythology work?... All of that is explained in a Railgun SS. Just like how an esper alter reality with their mind using formula and calculation, Magic uses "belief" ; anything can work as long as the subject believe in it enough to be able to refine his/her mana ... in fact even a mere urban legend would work. Who came up with them first? ... who knows. Quote:
The difference there is between magic side and science side are just merely a USA-USSR like difference, they're basically trying to achieve more or less the same stuffs while maintaining their own policies ... aside from the fact magicians and espers aren't compatible of course. Nope, it's a legitimate excuse and it's called "cliché" However you're gravely mistaking if you think RCC is portrayed as anywhere near as "bad guys" in this series. Churchill was a smoking drunkard that approved the sending of millions of Britannic soldiers to their death ... does that make him a monster? Meh, we shouldn't really do this though, since 75% of what count as plot holes from the previous volumes are covered later.
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2013-02-24, 02:34 | Link #24137 | |
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Some unaffiliated groups may not wish to be their target so they are discreet. Others may simply prefer being in the shadows for their own purposes. And others don't really care about whether they are discovered or not, but those don't usually last long . Though not explicitly said (iirc), it's implied that the churches also do damage control to keep any leeks in check. This doesn't mean the churches are evil (though are some evil people within them), magic can be extremely powerful and dangerous. From their point of view they keep the world safe by controlling the knowledge of magic. By the way, just to be clear, by churches I mean Christian branches. They are separate powers but have come to an understanding so they don't (normally) attack each other. There's no mention so far about other big religions. |
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2013-02-24, 03:01 | Link #24138 |
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Theoretically, if magic did get out then it would triumph over Science to an extent. Why go through the permanent brain alterations of becoming an esper when success can be found easier?
However, it would also give rise to more crimes committed via magic. While lives could be saved by the medical healing of it, an equal amount could be taken by the destructive aspects. In other words, it would be a box cutter: A beneficial tool or a weapon depending on the owner.
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If anything it's just as dangerous because one wrong spell, one wrong mixture of magic, and you explode from the inside.
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For some reason, the guy's mind has become more and more screwed up and perverted as time goes on ... I felt like reading a non-tragic Saya no Uta with NT6 >.> ... <.<
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