2017-10-15, 15:40 | Link #301 |
Snobby Gentleman
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Eromanga-sensei. Thoughts
Over three months ago I finished Eromanga-sensei, and I came back to revive this thread for the ocassion on shedding my personal thoughts for this show.
What can I say? Back at the start of the spring season, I picked-up Eromanga-sensei due to having some expectations with the anime while never read the light novel source material before. Let's be honest here. The plot and narrative only worked for me whenever Masamune interacted with his fellow, rival authors mainly Elf Yamada and Muramasa. I don't know which to pair with Masamune: 1. Elf Yamada. She sports this enthusiastic personality that easily rubs on the viewer, and her chemistry with Masamune flows so spontaneously and natural when being together on screen that would be hard for me to cope if Masamune rejects her when she someday truly decides to confess to him. 2. Muramasa. Being a tsundere dressing in traditional attire, she's a win for me wanting to get paired to Masamune. Her personality is nuanced which makes her all the more interesting at geniunely care for Masamune. The other female characters to me ranged from lukewarm to downright uncomfortable. Megumi Jinno, put me off with her casual and nonchalant way at referencing adult situations or adult terminology in her conversations with Masamune, and should not be a surprise to me given that she's in middle school undergoing puberty, but the manner how the anime presents her as this seemingly innocent and pure girl makes me to react so more off-putting for the reasons mentioned above. Tomoe Takasago, my thoughts on her are neutral or lukewarm since she isn't interesting enough to warrant my attention. Sagiri, Masamune's sister (or stepsister) and the eponymous Eromanga Sensei. Whether be Masamune fantasizing about her or her holding her feelings to her onii-chan (Masamune), at the best scenario, turned sour to me, and, at the worst scenario, both creeped me out and made me feel utterly uncomfortable. It doesn't help much either that throughout the years that the two of them got to live under the same roof Masamune constantly spoiled her by doing nothing at all to fix her hikikomori lifestyle and caving in to her whims every time that she pouted, started a racket, opened the door, or behaved cute to win her onii-chan's attention. |
2017-10-16, 07:50 | Link #302 | |
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2017-10-17, 02:35 | Link #304 | |
Snobby Gentleman
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Besides, I do not want to start an argument over a show that I've almost forgotten and could not care very much over the female protagonist with social anxiety and trauma or not. In my post I fundamentally emphasized that Masamune's perceived siscon or whatever for Sagiri made me felt uncomfortable, and the show worked for me only when he was interacting with either Elf Yamada or Muramasa or both. Lastly, never read the light novel, and I'm not intending to in any foreseeable future. |
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2017-10-17, 10:28 | Link #305 | |
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Sagiri's the same way really. She's established at the end to have fallen for Masamune the web writer back when he was still himself in grade school, and gradually grown from a minor crush back then to a much stronger bond by the time she became his illustrator. It was never about family to her and she rejected the idea of "family" a few times in the series, including when he declared his intent to abandon the idea of romance in favor of a simple sibling relationship. Ultimately neither one of them fell in love with their sibling. They fell in love with someone who was thrust into a sibling relationship with them, and they struggle with the conflict between the relationship that was thrust on them and remains the only thing tying them together and the relationship they truly want. Of course, this is just a matter of perspective, but this perspective changes the dynamics and the appearance of the relationships significantly. And to me, it transforms a twisted and perverse relationship into a confusing, conflicted one full of uncertainty and fear as well as commitment, which I find interesting. |
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2018-11-30, 08:48 | Link #307 |
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Bringing back this old forum to just say...
YEAH!!! BEST GIRL YAMADA ELF WILL HAVE HER OWN OVA!! https://dai.ly/x6xzt4y https://dai.ly/x6xzt6c |
2019-01-22, 18:54 | Link #309 |
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Kind of decided to watch this just because I see references to it everywhere.
The gimmick was interesting at first, but they pushed it too far. Muramasa and Yamada were the stars of the show, while the main heroine is a walking disaster. I'm amazed someone can even stay alive while living in the same room for so long. Was expecting some more given how recognized the show is, but seems it's just the "look how terrible and spoiled my sister is" trope. I don't really mind the trope, but it kind of works better when it's more of a full blown comedy if you're just going to do circular plot. Main pro of the show: the gimmick and premise Main con of the show: nobody gets any significant character development
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the good thing for me is that there are no hate-able character.. all of them are good |
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2019-01-23, 19:28 | Link #311 | |
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Okey let me explain. Recently I also rewatched Toradora. I've been mulling it in my head why, even though they're kind of similar (not exactly similar, but lots of parallels in the formula--it's scary how many parallels there are ), one is clearly so much better then the other. I'm kind of interesting on what's the essence of something that pushes over the edge. My off-hand observations,
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2019-01-23, 20:01 | Link #312 |
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ToraDora stays as my all-time favorite romcom anime...
I haven't found any romcom anime that could match them yeah... Eromanga sensei put several complex plots together so sometimes it feels like watching several different anime in one series |
2019-01-23, 20:07 | Link #313 | |
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But there's at least some tie-in between the plots, and it's a lot more then just "the same characters are involved" By that I mean things like consequences to the other plots.
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