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View Poll Results: Nanoha - StrikerS - Episode 24 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 25 | 41.67% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 11 | 18.33% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 9 | 15.00% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 7 | 11.67% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 2 | 3.33% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 2 | 3.33% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.67% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 1.67% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 2 | 3.33% | |
Voters: 60. You may not vote on this poll |
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2007-09-10, 08:39 | Link #183 | |
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But that's only for the early stages of the series, it's downright stupid to not see it through to the end now that you've already come this far.
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2007-09-10, 08:53 | Link #184 | |
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Me, I don't like it it but I watch hoping for some scene that could miraculously redeem the show. A white devil scene squared would do the trick, for example. I don't have much hopes. |
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2007-09-10, 09:05 | Link #185 | |
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If I'm buiding something, be it a piece of software or a piece of furniture, and you're near the end, of course you'll want to finish it, even if that turns out boring. Because when you've finished it, you'll have made something. You'll have both the satisfaction of having finished your work, and the piece of software or piece of furniture you've just made. But watching an anime doesn't give you anything. Anime is just a way of having fun for a moment. If you're not having fun with a series, watching it won't give you anything, and you won't lose anything by giving up. In fact, since I'm pretty sure you have some "pending" series waiting to be watched (We all have), you'd do yourself a favor giving up on the boring one and trying another one. Even if there's only two episodes left, that's still 45 minutes, in which time you may discover a gem. Watching an episode because you're having fun watching it, I understand. Watching an episode because you hope the next episode will be better, I can understand (But fast-forward is your friend). Watching an episode to come and bash it on animesuki, I can understand (But if you're good, you might be able to bash it without even watching it). Watching a bad episode because you know the torture won't last long now, instead of stopping it right now, that I don't understand. |
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2007-09-10, 09:10 | Link #187 | ||
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I'm pretty sure that if such a good scene appeared, you'd know it right away by reading the forum. |
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2007-09-10, 09:21 | Link #188 | |
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There is no mystical hidden logic and reasoning, it's that simple; I watch it to the end no matter how miserable because I want to know the whole picture- No, I MIGHT AS WELL know the whole story rather than leave blanks here and there. That's all there is to it. Chalk it under a habit, but I won't feel right if I just stop when the show is about to reach the finishing line.
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2007-09-10, 10:08 | Link #190 | |
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Not quite, I watch it to know what I'm talking about, because I want to know how it unfolds to the end. If it so happens that the serie is bash-worthy, so be it.
Beside, when I was negative about it around episode 10, I was told to shut up because the serie wasn't even finished, and I couldn't understand its greatness. So, it's damned if I do damned if I don't, just shut up? Quote:
Are you seriously blaming me for watching Nanoha and trying to find something to enjoy? Or is it because I am such a jerk for wanting first hand unbiased information? Beside, what makes you think that reading animesuki is more enjoyable than watching an episode of Strikers? |
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2007-09-10, 10:33 | Link #191 | |
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The lyrics of "Pray" describes a weak and fragile person on the verge of giving up but found strength to continue his/her struggle and to protect many many people he/she love. Originally I thought this would be more of a song for Subaru as that's what the character of Subaru is about all along StrikerS. Instead it turned into a song for Fate, when she was losing hope, believes and direction and was cheered on by her "children" Caro and Erio. It sort of paints Fate in a different light - as the grown up and composed image she had all along in StrikerS is really not quite true and that she's still the same fragile child and her past and origin contiues to haunts her. In the end though, the reason the impact was lessened I would chalk up with the pacing of the story (same old) - we really didn't get much of the "sibling time" between her and Caro/Erio, nor enough insight of Fate's fear of her past and the hopelessness of the current situation at hand to completely get the full impact of the songs implications, as most of the stuff is just thrown at the viewer in the last minutes of this episode without any sort of proper buildup.
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2007-09-10, 10:42 | Link #192 | |
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In SS02. It painted an emotional light in Erio/Caro and Fate's relationship, touching on each of their own insecurities, Fate as a mother/sister-figure (( going around asking advices on how to be a good guardian )) along with Erio and Caro's self-reflection on their roles. Once again, I chalk this up to Vivio taking away the Fate time that could've been spent elsewhere. It's not like Fate has any real drama worth associating with Vivio. However, I do agree that the fear and distaste of Jail in the twisted kindred sense, was very loosely executed on a assume to believe basis. Although her hate of such criminals need not genuine development, we never really saw an proper insight on how she really thought about Jail along with his close links to Project F, that tied to her and Precia, along with other aspects of her 'chemistry' with Jail.
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2007-09-10, 10:48 | Link #193 |
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Sweet. But a SS does not really count, and you know it. A SS is a bonus, nothing more. Quite frankly, while the explanation of the lyrics (I can hear a fair bit of the anime, but lyrics are still beyond me) made it a little better, the whole thing was so ... uh, crude that I was literally convulsing by the end.
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2007-09-10, 10:51 | Link #194 | |
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The thing I found ironic is, thus far from what I've heard on the SS CDs (only SS01) it seems to have more "meat" to it than some of the damn training episodes, it sort of boggles my mind why they didn't swap the writings around - animate these mini-episodes from the drama and have the training talk on the CDs.
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2007-09-10, 10:56 | Link #195 | |
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Besides, to be fair, no one will buy CDs with training talk, so that's a no-go idea. Maybe it could have been offloaded onto the SS light novel, though. |
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2007-09-10, 11:02 | Link #196 | |
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But I agree somewhat on the meat thing. Parts of SS02 felt for one more 'impactful' than some of those 'plot/slow' episodes. The cross-talk on Fate/Lindy/Arf/Caro/Erio had more character substance for Fate,Erio and Caro since... forever. Well, at least it had more substance that Erio suddenly having flashbacks, or Fate going STFU at Numbers. Had it been actually animated, it'd make this episode look a lot better as well, since the dramatic touch was already there.
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2007-09-10, 11:40 | Link #197 | ||
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Spoiler for the end:
Nope. I'm not blaming anyone. I'm just trying to understand, and to exchange points of vue. No. If you think you might find something to enjoy in the second half of StrikerS, go ahead. Don't get your hopes too high though. If a poster starts insulting other posters, then the discussion ends -- what's left is just a meaningless flamewar. Quote:
But anyway, since you're reading the forum already, the choice is not reading-Animesuki vs watching-StrikerS, but watching StrikerS vs not watching it. |
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2007-09-10, 11:51 | Link #198 | |
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Galeon: Yes sir! Dr. Jail: *sweatdrops* Blade: DISAPPEAR FROM MY SIGHT Dr. JAIL ASTRAL BREAKER!!!!! *sends Dr. Jail to the underworld*
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2007-09-10, 12:02 | Link #199 | |||
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Indeed, I have a hard time understanding. But I do try.
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If, in a rather good series, and episode turns out bad, well, I just skip to the next. If the last few episodes of a nice series are rather bad (which happens quite often -- it's difficult to end a series properly), I just forget about it or fast-forward. Watching anime is meant to be fun; if an episode isn't good, there's no point in watching it. That seems like common sense to me. (Since you put an emphasis, let's answer this specific point) You might as well forget about it too. A short duration is not a good enough reason to do something. Quote:
Sometimes an author starts a story (anime, novel, fanfic, whatever), and doesn't know how to end it properly, or doesn't have enough time, or the editor doesn't agree with the proposed end. When that happens, either the story is halted (often seen in fanfics), or the author rushes an end as well as he can given the circumstances. The former is better (but usually impossible with a TV series), but anyway, watching or reading a painful end, without much explained, due to an author block, doesn't seem useful to me. Quote:
But then, I'm sure you'll understand that some people might have different points of vue. |
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