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View Poll Results: Aquarion EVOL - Episode 20 Rating
Perfect 10 7 18.92%
9 out of 10 : Excellent 7 18.92%
8 out of 10 : Very Good 12 32.43%
7 out of 10 : Good 5 13.51%
6 out of 10 : Average 4 10.81%
5 out of 10 : Below Average 0 0%
4 out of 10 : Poor 0 0%
3 out of 10 : Bad 0 0%
2 out of 10 : Very Bad 0 0%
1 out of 10 : Painful 2 5.41%
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Old 2012-05-13, 20:48   Link #21
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kuromitsu: yeah, looks like I caught you after you posted but before you posted your edit. Any clues on what show that is?
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Old 2012-05-13, 21:35   Link #22
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Liked how Yunoha's speech was changing. So Amata couldn't hear the last part about his father. Looks like Mix is lost forever for Andy. Next ep looks good though.
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Old 2012-05-13, 21:37   Link #23
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Amata is last puzzle piece to awaken the Solar Wings????

The curse of eve is where few strong Igura turn into men.....

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Old 2012-05-13, 21:46   Link #24
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eve story is from 24000 years ago or 12000 yrs? there is more to the apollonius-celiane story than we know of. if eve was celiane did she put that curse on altair or was eve touma

will we ever get any real back story of amata's mom and zessica's past? atleast zessica seems to know that mikage expects something in return for opening the gate. i hope she can resits whatever mind trolling he is going to do on her. i hope.

It would be something if mikono past life put the curse on altair that effects amata's mother and mix's present condition. As well as all women on altair that died.

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Old 2012-05-13, 23:04   Link #25
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idk if Alicia isn't the "rare igura" who decieded that there was this supposed "rare Igura" that could not be effected by the curse (probaly mykage). And since all the other girls who didn't die turned into men. So I'm speculating Alicia has an element power of her own so she isn't affected by the Curse but instead put into a Comma. Or I could be wrong but seems strange eh, why is she the one exception that didn't die or turn into a boy and its not a normal comma because she hasn't aged a single minute since she left Amata like 10 plus years previous.

I still have the opinion that Izumo is Amata's father because unless he isn't I don't see why the need for the dramatic cut off and if Izumo isn't obviously he isn't important to the story, only for background of Amata.
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Old 2012-05-13, 23:17   Link #26
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Well, besides the classic "I'm your father", I can guess 3 valid reasons for making a dramatic cut at that point:

- "Your father was an Altair girl that turned into a man."
- "Your father was the culprit who bring out the curse."
- "Your father died because "whatever".

And of course, it still can be:

- "Your father wasn't human" or something like that. "Your father was the Aquarion" could be hilarious.
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Old 2012-05-14, 00:42   Link #27
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Amata is last puzzle piece to awaken the Solar Wings????

The curse of eve is where few strong Igura turn into men.....
The last puzzle piece is the legendary aquarion, which hasn't been located yet.
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Old 2012-05-14, 00:47   Link #28
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What this about Zessica kissing Amata in the mext episode?

I saw in one of the post on page 1.
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Old 2012-05-14, 00:51   Link #29
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I think Mikage is Amata's farther...

I was right about Altair changing women into men...
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Old 2012-05-14, 00:57   Link #30
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I loved the boys gattai. The new move Shrade pulled off was pretty awesome. And I found it funny, seeing Yunoha talk like a guy.


Andy describing Mix was also pretty funny. "Big bangs" Haah. Good episode, but damn it I really wanted to see if I was right about Izumo being Amata's father. D:
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Old 2012-05-14, 01:28   Link #31
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Nothing interesting happened. I know it was needed. I only liked Yunoha talking like a man and the robot action.
Next episode I see Amata in the theatre from the 1-2 episodes and kiss obviously refers to Zessica's promise to Mykage, but I'm the most excited for Toma's Cherubim.
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Old 2012-05-14, 01:32   Link #32
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Liked the part where Yunoha started talking funny, kinda Ika musume feel, that's it.
At first I thought I was watching troll subs. So they did that to make her speech pattern seem cruder and more manly?
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Old 2012-05-14, 01:42   Link #33
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MIX is now a guy and from the looks of it will remain so for a while. =_= Honestly, I wasn't expecting that, but at least they treated the change with due seriousness. I actually kind of like the fact that it wasn't just a one episode thing, or else it makes the whole "curse" seem like a joke.

Kagura's appearance continues to confound me. He appears, disappears, kicks some ass, gets shot, and disappears again. Other than the bit of development he got in episode 15 I feel like for a main character he's really underdeveloped. Maybe we'll finally get more back story/development on him in the next episode because right now I don't have much feelings for his character and if they develop him any later I might never care about him as a character.
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Old 2012-05-14, 01:45   Link #34
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kuromitsu: yeah, looks like I caught you after you posted but before you posted your edit. Any clues on what show that is?
It's Jungle wa itsumo Hare nochi Guu. ^^;; One of my favorite shows.

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What this about Zessica kissing Amata in the mext episode?
Next episode is titled "kiss." Look at Zessica in the preview. Draw the conclusion. (It may have something to do with Mykage's kiss to her, but yeah, just look at her. And if she's kissing anyone it will most likely be Amata.)

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At first I thought I was watching troll subs. So they did that to make her speech pattern seem cruder and more manly?
I don't know about the subs but she did start using a male register. I guess it was meant to be moe, given that Zessica didn't do anything like that.
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Old 2012-05-14, 01:46   Link #35
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Spoiler for Episode 20:
I hate to say that I agree with this.

There is too much to be developed right now.

Spoiler for what to do...?:


Anyway, I had to get that out, hope ya'll didn't mind. It's been about three to five weeks since my last comment, possibly even a month or two...
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Old 2012-05-14, 02:48   Link #36
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<lots of stuff>
As much as I have big problems with the writing in this show, I don't think the situation is that bad... by which I mean, I still enjoy it, though they really need to get their act together if they want to make this worth my while.

As for the reincarnations, maybe it's just because I don't care about them, but I don't think not knowing them hinders the enjoyment of the show. I mean I thought trying to figure out who is who was supposed to be half the fun? In any case, as I've been saying from the beginning, the reincarnation identities is one of the biggest jokers in the writers' hands, they'd be stupid to play them too early instead of using it to confuse the viewers and make them watch the next episode to find out more.

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In the shadows that we don't see beyond those "boring romance moments" that seem flat, Mikono is developing feelings towards Amata. What the hell?
Why is that surprising? She's been developing feelings for him since episode 1. The only question ever was if Kagura would affect that in any way.

Anyway, I think all story and romance problems can be traced back to two simple issues called "DON'T IGNORE YOUR MAIN CHARACTERS" and "PACING AND PLANNING, EVER HEARD OF THOSE?" The first is something I see pretty often with anime/manga with a relatively large cast, where the writers want to develop everyone and get caught up in the secondary characters, to the point where they let the main characters be pushed in the background. (See the master: Kubo Tite, who at one point ignored his own main character for one and a half years.)

From this aspect Zessica is still the one doing the best out of the main characters, because she has received quite a lot of attention both while building up her character and her crush, and then in the recent episodes - of course it's up to debate whether that attention was good for her or not (or even enough since we still barely know anything about her aside of the fact that she loves Amata). Amata and Mikono have been getting flashes of importance that didn't seem to go anywhere - at least now Mikono is on the right way, but the writing still doesn't let Amata do anything which is getting ridiculous at this point (seriously, it's episode 20!). And Kagura... the less is said about him, the better. And obviously this affects the romance as well, because with the main characters out of focus it's just not getting the necessary amount of development and attention.

So basically, the writer doesn't seem to be able to handle so many characters and this is not a good thing for the story. (And it's not like this is a huge cast! Okada would have a heart attack if she was to tackle something like LoGH...)

And of course there's the other issue which doesn't need to be explained and is just plain bad writing.

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Old 2012-05-14, 03:24   Link #37
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Next comes the underdeveloped romance. It has fallen flat. So much that I have pulled away from all ships together with the exception of one that has already ended, Yunoha and Jin.

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My heart still goes out to Yunoha. She is faithful to Jin with all of her heart. It makes me so sad to see her still suffering over it inwardly. Her character is the only one in which has developed greatly. Whilst we rarely see her, when she is around, she is helpful if not brave, and going to Altair to assist in the rescue of MIX is proof. I love the romance that transpired between her and Jin. His character developed the romance quick yet smooth. I had no problem with them.
I feel the same way actually. The Amata/Mikono/Zessica/Kagura relationship never worked for me (too much pussyfooting around), but the Jin/Yunoha pairing got me hook-line-and-sinker ever since the balcony scene. I found myself smiling when Yunoha mentioned she wanted to see the place where Jin was born, followed by a silhouette of Jin in episode 19. It's sad and bittersweet, but I'm glad Kawamori hasn't completely sidelined Jin and Yunoha's relationship just because Jin's dead. And heck, this is the first time I've shipped a pairing where one of the two lovers is dead.

That's saying something.
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Re: the romance...

Why is that surprising? She's been developing feelings for him since episode 1. The only question ever was if Kagura would affect that in any way.

Anyway, I think all story and romance problems can be traced back to two simple issues called "DON'T IGNORE YOUR MAIN CHARACTERS" and "PACING AND PLANNING, EVER HEARD OF THOSE?" The first is something I see pretty often with anime/manga with a relatively large cast, where the writers want to develop everyone and get caught up in the secondary characters, to the point where they let the main characters be pushed in the background. (See the master: Kubo Tite, who at one point ignored his own main character for one and a half years.)

From this aspect Zessica is still the one doing the best out of the main characters, because she has received quite a lot of attention both while building up her character and her crush, and then in the recent episodes - of course it's up to debate whether that attention was good for her or not (or even enough since we still barely know anything about her aside of the fact that she loves Amata). Amata and Mikono have been getting flashes of importance that didn't seem to go anywhere - at least now Mikono is on the right way, but the writing still doesn't let Amata do anything which is getting ridiculous at this point (seriously, it's episode 20!). And Kagura... the less is said about him, the better. And obviously this affects the romance as well, because with the main characters out of focus it's just not getting the necessary amount of development and attention.

So basically, the writer doesn't seem to be able to handle so many characters and this is not a good thing for the story. (And it's not like this is a huge cast! Okada would have a heart attack if she was to tackle something like LoGH...)

And of course there's the other issue which doesn't need to be explained and is just plain bad writing.

I think it has nothing to do with the focus on the side character.

They started the Mikono/Amata pairing strongly and instead of harmonuously developping the thing from there and furtherng their relationship little by little, they completelly held it back if not regressed it for the sake of them to only get together in an official romantic relationship at the end.

If they wanted to do that, they should have gone by the old I hate you at first formula. Not do it with people who gets along well (under normal circumstances) and have the opportunity to interact a lot with nothing in their ways. Chouchou is a joke of an obstacle, seriously. And all those misunderstandings used as a mean to drag it even more were not endearing at all. It just makes Mikono looks like a bit of a bitch and Amata like a bit of a doormat.


And how can they even present the whole thing as a love triangle when Kagura has only got one opportunity to interact with Mikono in 20 episodes. Let me laugh.

I won't feel bad at all when their romance is going to get its crap end, as the first ED promised.

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Old 2012-05-14, 04:05   Link #39
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I think it has nothing to do with the focus on the side character.
Actually, it has everything to do with the writing not focusing on the main characters and screwing up the pacing and planning. Putting the main characters being in a position to interact and then not having them interact in a significant way because that would hinder the plot is bad enough, but then pushing them into the background in order to focus on other characters (in this case Andy and Mix) is guaranteed to stifle their development, both on a characterization and romance level.

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I feel the same way actually. The Amata/Mikono/Zessica/Kagura relationship never worked for me (too much pussyfooting around), but the Jin/Yunoha pairing got me hook-line-and-sinker ever since the balcony scene.
It doesn't hurt that the Jin x Yunoha pairing received a more intense push that the "AMZK" quadrangle ever had, specifically because they wanted Jin's death to have a punch.
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Actually, it has everything to do with the writing not focusing on the main characters and screwing up the pacing and planning. Putting the main characters being in a position to interact and then not having them interact in a significant way because that would hinder the plot is bad enough, but then pushing them into the background in order to focus on other characters (in this case Andy and Mix) is guaranteed to stifle their development, both on a characterization and romance level.
In what we disagree. Maybe the lack of focus contributed to the lackluster relationship, but I still strongly think the chore of the problem is the fact the authors want them to hook up only at the very end , for whatever gain they think the story will get from it (more shipping, suspens, not spoiling an eventual reincarnation twist, whatever) and thus they are keeping them away in very artificial nerve-grating ways.

JinxYunoha was fine while getting a lot less focus.

The main problem is the dragging. More focus would mean the dragging being even more obnoxious and painful to the watcher.
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