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Perfect 10 | 12 | 28.57% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 12 | 28.57% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 10 | 23.81% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 6 | 14.29% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 0 | 0% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 2 | 4.76% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2013-02-10, 08:22 | Link #61 | |
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They should be like giant versions of those hair accessories that Haruka and Kanata wear. Picture-perfect poetic justice.
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2013-02-10, 09:26 | Link #62 |
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Re: Sudden torrential rainstorms
Oh wow, suddenly the goofy weather kind of makes sense to me. As a VN, wouldn't all of the girls' routes happen over a similar timeline? Maybe the weather remains consistent in all routes, and that's why there's always a dramatic rainstorm just as things are getting heavy. Maybe it's the same storm! It's only because the anime is doing all routes in one shot that it seems so ridiculously contrived. |
2013-02-10, 10:46 | Link #63 | |
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2013-02-10, 11:45 | Link #64 |
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That was a very emotional episode. Great stuff. This anime has had its ups and downs, and for the first time I can say I'm glad I stuck with it.
In the end, I ended up liking Kanata a lot more than Haruka. Her personality appeals to me more than Haruka's and finding out she had always loved her sister and had suffered so much in order to protect her touched me. I even feel like she was the real heroine of the arc. There are a couple of things that confused me, hopefully somebody can clear that up: - Why did Kanata impersonate Haruka? I'm not sure what she was trying to pull here. Was she simply attempting to play the bad guy again? - How come the parents were never allowed to take custody of their daughters? It's not like they had done anything wrong. Was there really no way for them to take them back? I know the Saigusa family is supposed to be powerful but they're not above all laws, are they? - In relation to the above... how did Kanata manage to cut ties with the Saigusa family and go back to her parents so easily? I think that's about it. Mio's mysterious absence was very weird, especially since her arc is already done. I'm sure this is going to be relevant since they drew attention to it. Maybe it's related to the secret of the world?
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2013-02-10, 17:06 | Link #67 | |
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2013-02-10, 17:19 | Link #68 | ||
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I do note, though, that Japan's latitude is much closer to Newfoundland, Canada's than it is Florida, America's. But honestly, it's not that big a deal to me. It's not one of my main reasons for having issues with this episode. Quote:
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2013-02-10, 17:29 | Link #69 | |
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2013-02-10, 20:26 | Link #70 | |
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And yes it is that trope, but that doesn't make the weather unrealistic by default . And this is last post I've leave on the weather of it since this is getting a bit offtopic.
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2013-02-11, 05:49 | Link #71 | |
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Anyway, definitely rushed, but it can't be helped. Another version of "Alicemagic" (which is the original one) get!
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2013-02-11, 05:53 | Link #72 | |
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2013-02-11, 11:07 | Link #73 |
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Even though Haruka's arc got a happy ending, I still don't like Kanata for being uptight and a jerk too... not to mention a poser for Haruka and a liar.
But seriously, who would thought that their family is so screwed up that they want to keep the twins and drive their parents away! That's is so cruel! |
2013-02-11, 12:20 | Link #74 | |
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Going by all those mischievous grins she made over previous episodes, she seemed to enjoy playing the villain. Nonetheless, this episode alone would have you believe she thoroughly hated doing that and felt very sorry for it all. Of course, even the grins themselves could have been part of her act, but it's hard for me to swallow that someone could be that good of an actor while they're hating having to do "their performance". I think that Kanata is a good person at heart, but I think there's a reckless and whimsical side to her. She's definitely a bit of a ham. Perhaps that's fitting given what Haruka herself is like. Many people on this thread have compared Haruka unfavourably to her sister, but there is at least one strength Haruka has over her sister, imo. And that's Haruka is a very "what you see is what you get" kind of person. In real life, I'd probably be more comfortable around a very open person like Haruka than I would around the often faking it Kanata.
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2013-02-11, 12:21 | Link #75 | |
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True that Haruka is what you is what you get. But like again, she has the leisure to do so. But yeah that is something that is good about her. Also when you act evil for so long, it sometimrs feel like you are evil. Fortunately she no longer has to do so. From now on, she can be true to her heart.
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2013-02-11, 13:00 | Link #76 | |
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What else did you want her to do? Don't forget that she is a teenager, there isn't much she could do on her own except choosing to be a bad guy in order to protect her beloved sister from getting murdered. She took all the blame and pain upon herself, I really don't see how you can hate her. Now that she got a chance to escape from the family clutches, she told Haruka everything and is deeply sorry about hurting her. She couldn't forgive herself yet Haruka did. There is no reason for her to be mean anymore. Besides Kanata was always nice to Kud behind the doors what means she was never really bad and as a child she did tell Haruka that they'll have to pretend to hate each other but one day they will find their parents. She also lied about eggs so Haruka could feel happy about being superior at least in something. She also was against whole poster publication and tried to talk back to the family. In all honesty Kanata did quiet a lot to help Haruka in any way she could while being forced to be mean to her and suffering the beating up and isolation all this time while Haruka spent the last few years doing whatever she wanted.
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2013-02-11, 13:22 | Link #77 | |
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In this sense, it's a good thing that Riki showed up when he did. Kanata might have truly lost herself, in a very profound way, if Riki hadn't interjected into the situation when he did. I think he gave Kanata hope that things could be better, and that made Kanata decide that it was time to stop wearing the mask. In some ways, Kanata is like Akemi Homura from Madoka Magica. Hiding her true feelings in order to protect a loved one. And developing an entirely new persona based on that. To be fair, I do find Kanata a much more interesting character than Haruka. In fact, I find Kanata more interesting than most of the main cast of this show.
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I can't help but be underwhelmed how they simply cut so many things before and simply went their way out to the finish.
Truly a lackluster adaptation compared to Mio's arc. Really, the main point of Haruka's route was indeed to have Haruka realized the whole point of finding one's own place in life, instead of longing for someone's else position, arguably ignoring everything that dwells from it. The problem with the adaptation is how much they have cut so far, and I guess it is time to expose what was missing in this mess (a point that would answer a question ThereminVox and others had before and right now. Spoiler for Cut parts from Haruka's route:
What I disliked the most was how the pacing was all over the place, but also the weird music management of the episode. Particularly how Song for friends and Haruka Kanata were timed (especially the latter in the middle of Kanata's revelations, instead the moment Haruka's makes up with her). Quote:
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If you don't know, I suggest you to read my summary just above regarding Haruka's family situation as of now. As for Kanata, no she didn't leave the Saigusa/Futaki household (that declaration shocked me big time, since there is no way she could do that). Quote:
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It is implied that the family has political connections that would allow them to make the police "slide", or avoid complaints that they took custody of the twins. Quote:
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It was actually one of the gripes I had in episode 17... There was a lot of anime original in the anime adaption of Haruka's arc, which is fine, I'm not against such a thing. However, by "sticking in" Kanata impersonating Haruka without providing the build up and without using the clues given in the previous episodes, it makes Kanata's impersonating seem pointless. Spoiler for Kanata's reason for impersonating Haruka:
EDIT: lol Klash beat me and listed everything, oh well. It's actually quite irritating for me that the clues were given to set up the impersonation events (it happens more than once), but they were all completely ignored for the rushed conclusion. Sure it ended very similar to the source, but it wasn't very satisfying for me. This arc needed one more episode to really make it stand out. Although, I admit, Kanata's confession (which I think was partially anime original, I don't quite remember) was done quite nicely. Quote:
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