2009-04-11, 12:53 | Link #62 |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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I liked ep1. But I loved ep2. The characters have depth and surprises. I am sometimes weirded out by the May-September thing in media, thinking of the wish-fulfilment of middle-aged male producers, but this made it seem reasonable to me: Nicoletta is capable, lost, bold, and Italian, not Japanese; and Claudio is an elegant gentleman. But I'm sure there are lots more surprises in store for us.
The one thing that will not be a surprise is when Nicoletta discovers she can sympathize with her mother -- and that she is like her. I enjoyed Nijuumensou no Musume, but that was just barely a romance. The young heroine was rescued by the older guy (maybe 30-35 at the time?) and grew to love him and want to always be with him, but the show scrupulously avoided even hinting at anything sexual.
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2009-04-11, 17:05 | Link #63 |
Clockwork
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Only had enough time to catch the first episode so far, but it was quite lovely for a first episode. Good music and great BG artwork...Also gotta love having some more mature characters for once.
Highschoolers can be fun to watch in all their immature awkwardness and all but its nice to have abit of change every now and again ya know.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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2009-04-12, 09:19 | Link #65 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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2009-04-12, 09:54 | Link #68 |
Dame Cheesie
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Join Date: May 2004
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What about Claudio and Nicoletta? A poster brought up an interesting point about Nicoletta mistaking her love for Claudio as her appreciation for his kindness, which is certainly legitimate. It'll be interesting if that were the case, although I certainly don't mind if they do end up together too!
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2009-04-12, 10:14 | Link #69 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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2009-04-17, 02:13 | Link #71 |
Illegal Additives
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Downloaded, watched both ep [several times each >_<] and came to 1 conclusion: when is the next ep?
Then I realised it came out in an hour block every fortnight What worked in this show? Orikasa Fumiko as Nicoletta. She's the one a production company will call on for a character who will do and say one thing, and yet feel and think in another manner. Perfect for the conflicted bundle of emotions that is the lead here. Her monologues are especially amusing, from dealing with a wayward mom to what sort of program was running when in manhunter mode. Imagine the hardware running on sex and the software registering nice, emphatic man to open up to. Italian speakers care to comment on her pronunciation? With that said, Olga crashing in on her daughter taking advantage of her personal harem was a moment in gold Older man younger woman theme IMO is actually incidental to the main thread of one lost and angry young woman facing her mom. Poor Claudio here is simply collateral damage to someone out for a measure of retribution. To me, this show is less about the romance than it is a character study- especially for 2 people who cannot possibly be more similar even if they were twins. Out of personal experience, I have members of the family not only marry late, their life partners have a big age gap- this is actually something that's pretty common to me. What theme IMO is even more common place? Children challenging their parents in their own game. I deal with people in survival mode because their own flesh and blood is out for their spot in the sun. Thoroughly unpleasant and even more dramatic than any possible large age gap romance can be. Likely because the parents tend to win the game and have their children resent them for it. Let's see if that can be avoided here |
2009-04-18, 21:38 | Link #72 |
Udon-YAAAAAAAA
Join Date: Jan 2008
Age: 35
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so, after watching this show upon the notion that it was an "Aria like show with romance," i've come to the conclusion that it is the ANTI Aria..
1. the age of the waiters. i would have assumed they were "older" and from reading the above posts, they are "much older." 2. the elder romance. its nothing i go for.. its a change from the high school/college stuff i normally watch, but its not a good change for me. 3. the preview for ep 2 was kind of iffy.. don't know why, but it made me afraid to watch it.. |
2009-04-19, 03:52 | Link #73 | |
Illegal Additives
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Seriously, the build towards that scene and the immediate aftermath was very well executed, voiced and raises some interesting questions on why Nicoletta would do something like that. If nothing else, what happens after that scene is both comedy and tragedy gold |
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2009-04-19, 05:54 | Link #74 | |
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 38
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It's basically a more mature Ouran then anything.
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2009-04-19, 10:51 | Link #75 |
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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I'm still undecided about this one - The opening made me think this may be a cross between The Bartender and Antique Bakery, and the music made me wonder if this was set in Rome or Neo-Venezia!
Then on the other hand, I find some of the 3D work horrible with scenes looking like they come out of a ten year old computer game, and there's something about the character design I don't like, maybe its the mouths or the eyes, or both. And seriously, - a bi-oji-san reverse harem? Who's the target audience, middle-aged Fujoshi? But I watched the second episode, and it's grown on me - and yes, Olga coming in at an inopportune moment was hilarious. |
2009-04-21, 03:52 | Link #78 | |
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
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