I agree with you on that, when it comes to writing and anything that only involves the mind, I don't believe in a limit too how good you can write. Honestly, there are many people that go into their 70's and 80's that can still write an amazing story. In the end it's subjective, you'll enjoy some works more than others and it'll all depend on the individual.

As for the DVD's, I already bought my subs a while back. I might buy the dubs once the prices go down

Ah, I thought you were referring to me I apologize then

Although I did expect a lot of people to react negatively because of the standards that Kanon and Clannad set, I didn't expect the extreme Haruhi comparisons. If there are Key fans that set their expectations too high, I'd figure it's their fault because this is a first for Maeda. It's not his typical genre style so it's out of his comfort zone. With those facts, my expectations weren't high at all

I guess a lot of people only set themselves up to be disappointed but even so, there is no reason to be disappointed yet. We're at episode 1, is there any reason to be disappointed? (rhetorical question )

I don't believe I ever said Clannad was perfect but I do hold it as the best in it's genre (I.e. - In regards to Romance/Drama) but that's only a matter of opinion for me personally.

I'm not sure what Kanon or Clannad have to do with Angel Beats but that's a discussion for a different time. But for the majority of reactions, I've only seen extremely negative comments without merit (and with Haruhi comparisons thrown in.) Naturally there were others that said the show was amazing which I disagree with just as much but there is nothing annoying about that when most of the negative comments seem to involve Haruhi.

It's grating to constantly hear people whining about the comparison from an entirely different show when it's only the first episode, and we have no idea how each individual character will play out. How do we know Yuri will still be the same person in episode 13? Nobody knows what's in between. This is what I'm getting at.

There are way too many people jumping the gun for no apparent reason, whether it be a good or bad reaction but from what I've seen, it mostly involves the extreme negative Haruhi comparison reactions. It would be one thing to joke about it but it seems like a lot of people are taking it seriously.

Yeah, I kind of had to change my sig and avatar so I put it back to Clannad

As for Angel Beats, well I actually enjoyed it. I mean it wasn't amazing but it was enjoyable, at least for me. I'm actually starting to get annoyed by all the Haruhi comparison. Granted, Yuri is similar in some aspects but for the most part there are differences (and not just physically.) I think a lot of the rage stems from this fact so it's annoying when all the Haruhi fans come in and start whining about it.

Nobody has any idea on how the plot will turn out or how Yuri will develop so they need to save their complaints for later. It's irritating how many people are bashing this series on the first episode, it makes no sense to criticize something off the beginning. Sorry for ranting there but as you see, it's extremely frustrating to me.

It was kinda crummy. A lot of the first half was H, and the second half seemed coincidental.



In any case, the bits after that were pure Jun Maeda tear jerkin, but still, the whole premise seemed a little...off.

No key yet and I'm kinda swamped with stuff at the moment anyway. ^^;;

Heh heh heh, thanks joining, and posting a discussion. I'm making a Yu Yu Hakusho group, any fans who join would really be appreciated.

Thanks for the support.

Yeah, I was mainly intending to just throw the idea out there, since I felt it was worth discussing.

I don't expect the neg rep aspect of the rep system to go away, but I don't see any harm in simply discussing if it's worth it or not.

An idea that's recently gained some traction on that thread is the idea of getting rid of anonymous reps. Now that I really like, and I'm very cautiously optimistic that this idea might go somewhere, lol.

Sigh. Well, I won't spoil anything for you. Trust me, Sasuke isn't going to be your favorite character.

Speaking of Sasuke, how up-to-date on the manga are you? I can't complain to the fullest if you haven't seen how stupid he's been lately.