2021-04-26, 05:52 | Link #22 |
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https://www.cbr.com/odd-taxi-episode...-girl-mystery/
CBR has an article that akins the anime to a noir show.
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2021-04-27, 00:15 | Link #23 |
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As someone who is currently playing two gacha games -- Fate/Grand Order and Arknights -- episode four resonates particularly strongly with me.
Arknights is very much kinder with its lottery rates than FGO, and has what appears to me to be a more ethical approach to its revenue model: It has a "pity" system that progressively increases the drop rate of rare characters if you go for a long enough spell without getting one. Arknights also appears to focus more on getting players to buy cosmetic "skins" for characters rather than tempting players to spend more and more actual money to acquire characters. FGO, on the other hand, literally mocks players for not spending more, via its spoof manga spinoff. Long story short, it can be a dangerously addictive game genre, and one has to exercise a good amount of discipline and self-control, or the spending will get completely out of hand. I'm of the opinion that some of these games are getting very close to requiring gambling regulations. Back on point, Odd Taxi continues to fascinate. Many have pointed to Durarara as an earlier example of a similar non-linear narrative structure -- I'm yet to watch that older show, though it's long been on my watch list. Non-linear narratives are relatively rare in anime, I gather, but they have a long pedigree in film, most recently in the movies made by Quentin Tarantino. So, Pulp Fiction is one of the first things that pop to mind when I watch Odd Taxi. It'll be very intriguing to see how everything ties together in the end. |
2021-04-27, 04:38 | Link #25 | |
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With regard to FGO, for example, there were reports of players spending over US$70,000 on the game, and there are many more anecdotal stories of people plonking over US$100,000. That is insane, in my opinion, but I've not come across a single article to date on what the publisher Sony/Aniplex and developer Delightworks have to say about this (they probably think, "More money for us, what's there to complain about?"). In my case, I make it a strict rule not to spend more than what I would for an annual subscription to an MMORPG like Final Fantasy XIV. Any more, and I would start questioning my grip on sanity. |
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2021-04-27, 06:16 | Link #26 |
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The Belgiam Gaming Commission said that gacha games sold in Belgium has parts that are consistent with gambling in violation of Belgiam gambling laws.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43906306 The BBC artilce has details on it.
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2021-04-27, 06:59 | Link #27 | |
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It seems to me the line was drawn because it was decided that the games were targeted at children.
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We are, each and every one of us, the protagonist in the "movie" of our lives. But life is not fair, and some stories will always be more interesting than others. How you go about making peace with yourself, for the mistakes you've made, and for the roads you've not travelled, is a large part of life itself. You can't control what life throws at you, but you can control your reaction to it. And for better or worse, your reaction will have an effect on others. Odd Taxi is doing a terrific job at drawing those connections together. |
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2021-04-27, 10:56 | Link #28 | ||
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Had Odd Taxi been set 50 years earlier, the exact same story could have been told with Tanaka becoming addicted to slots (or since it's Japan, probably pachinko). This episode was simply the life story of a gambling addict who loses everything. |
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2021-04-28, 09:11 | Link #30 | ||
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Well, another good episode. Certainly hope it has an ending in mind. Thanks to a certain January title, I can't rule out the possibility this title may have a decent journey but not know what it wanted to do in the end. PS. Eff gacha.
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2021-05-04, 08:56 | Link #33 |
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The writing in this show, even as expressed in Crunchyroll's translations, seems considerably above the norm for anime series. The dialogue is consistently witty. and there's so much of it. Nearly every line feels important to the development of the story.
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2021-05-06, 07:44 | Link #34 |
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Episode 5 was brilliant. Things are really beginning to come together. You get just enough answers but get new hypotheticals/threats to replace them. Anything else I watched in the last week had a very down episode. This, on the other hand, continues to rise. Even if this is the only title I see through this season, it's more than enough.
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2021-05-11, 04:24 | Link #37 |
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If anything she'd have just called him a horse than comment on his face. Odokawa not understanding why others would have trouble telling apart people in the crowd further cements the theory that it's easy for him because only he sees them as animals, hence making them easier to distinguish.
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