2011-06-23, 22:32 | Link #984 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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While I thought alot of the build up was fun and enjoyed alot of the philosophy this series had, the ending was ..er....empty. It didn't even have that aura of futility. It felt rushed and didn't explain anything at all really. Unfortunate end to a nice series.
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2011-06-23, 23:31 | Link #989 |
Knowledge is the solution
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Age: 39
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So they went with the smoke screen and flashy lights strategy? Aw well, I guess there was no real way of salvaging the situation anyway, but I would have appreciated it if they had at least tried.
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2011-06-23, 23:43 | Link #990 |
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 32
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Oh this series.
Really, there was some interesting concepts in this show. I liked the ideas at play about putting the present or the future first, or how we strike a balance between the two. I liked the idea of exploring some economic ideas, especially the very concept of money and how what gives it value is trust. What happens when the trust breaks down? Where does the faith come form? Still, great concepts are indeed hurt by terrible execution. Ignoring the standard budgetary issues with animation and art quality, the biggest issue with this show is definitely the pacing. A bullet train it may be, you should still be able to understand the general story as you're going along, but it couldn't even do that. In the end, it seems it had a magnificent train wreck. Not only did I not understand a single thing that was happening in the last episode, but I didn't even get a general message form the show. Seriously, what the fuck just happened? This isn't the good type of wtf just happened like in NGE either. This is, "I can't understand a single fucking thing these characters are talking about or doing." The character development was rather poor for our main character. It's quite sad that Mikuni made a little more sense that he did. The assets seemed like rather pointless characters. The romance between Maysu and Kinnamaoru was just nonsense. Really. This anime desperately needed both more episodes, a way bigger budget. Also please fire the editor of this anime from the anime industry. Holy crap. I was entertained to the end at least, so overall 6/10 for the anime, 4/10 for the last episode.
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2011-06-24, 00:34 | Link #993 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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I'll just dump something from the last explanation posted (i.e. the explanation posted for the last episode, which is about the title 「C」). These explanations, which are about various terms used in the show, are written by Oosaka Naoki, the vice editor-in-chief of a weekly economics magazine known as "Toyo Keizai".
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Personally, I'm still not sure what to make of the ending. But the point about thinking about what 'money' means, yeah, I got that. Brings me back to an essay I wrote a few years ago about 'money' as a technology humans could not do without. But well, I think I might need to go through all the site materials properly... ------------ Or granddaughter.
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2011-06-24, 01:49 | Link #995 | |
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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So how did he end up with a kid? I have no idea what's going on now (not that I was able to follow it prior to the last episode). |
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2011-06-24, 02:10 | Link #996 |
just passing by
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Exia
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First let me say that the deal between Mikuni and Kimimaro was well done. Aside from the constant ideological babbling between the two during the fight there was a lot of sick animation going on so I couldn't complain. I lol'ed pretty hard when Mikuni went "sa warruuudo" on Kimimaro. Though parts of the deal were cliche, still enjoyable. It was the 2nd half of the show where I felt everything fell apart.
I'll have to agree that the ending is confusing though the themes are transparent. The theme of the show is that we should not tarnish our future just to maintain the present. This is something that has cropped up a lot in recent times. Quantitative easing aka printing money and bail outs are prime examples of this. To artificially preserve failing institutions in the present the federal reserve prints money and the government gives money to them to keep them alive instead of letting them fail naturally. This has the unintended consequence of inflating the money supply leading to inflation and even hyperinflation, higher taxes, and other problems (namely derivatives) I won't be able to discuss in this thread. So that is ONE of the major themes. They also talked about 信用 or trust/credibility/confidence in fiat. This is something they kept repeating to make us think about the nature of money. Where does our 信用 come from? How is it maintained and destroyed? As for the fallout, I'll have to concede that it was empty and made me feel like I consumed a super-sized McDonalds meal and then having buyer's remorse after. Jennifer Sato looks like she's lost her mind. Mikuni as far as I can see doesn't even exist and it's questionable whether Kimimaro is a ghost or it's just coincidence that people are not noticing him. The girl that some of you thought was Hanabi wasn't even Hanabi but a woman that strangely resembled her. Kimimaro definitely preserved a future for Japan but it feels so empty to the viewer because we honestly don't give 2 Midas coins about the welfare of Japan. We rather see Kimimaro living with his pregnant wife Hanabi, Jennifer walking her new pet dog Georges, and Mikuni rushing to the hospital and learning that his sister has come out of a coma. To the viewer, it's meaningless that Japan is spared if these central characters we actually care about don't make it through.
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2011-06-24, 02:31 | Link #998 |
Licensed Hunter-a-holic
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 35
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I actually thought for a second you were talking about Anime History, but I guess it's dead anyway ... *goes read*
My thoughts about episode 11 can be read here I'm not sure if I can collect my thoughts for the entire show. Really, there was an excellent show here, if only it wasn't noitaminA ...
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2011-06-24, 02:36 | Link #999 | |
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 32
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It did seriously feel like every single thing that could prevent this from being a good anime took place. It was comically bad.
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2011-06-24, 02:50 | Link #1000 |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Age: 38
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I kinda feel that Hanabi was Msyu all along as at the end Hanabi's voice sounded a hell lot like Msyu's. I really hate the 11 episode pattern though, this series could have been great if they have explained more things with a proper ending by having a proper 13 episode format.
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