2011-07-16, 15:26 | Link #163 | ||
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I want to know more about this village, about their Gods, about Aki, about the male lead, things of substance. I could do less with Utao training day at the park, and more with real substance.[/QUOTE] I didn't think this episode lacked substance. Unlike a lot of little sisters, I don't think that Utao will end up just being a side character, they seem to be setting her up as an active participant in the conflict. At the very least, she personalizes the conflict for Kyohei. This episode taught me about Utao's perspective on being a Seki - for her, it seems to be a matter of impressing her brother and getting to play around with the world's coolest RC toy. She certainly doesn't appear to have an awareness of the problems Kyohei and Aki perceive the village as having. I also learned that Kyohei once perceived Kukuri in much the same fashion Utao does, and that he was supposedly "fired" from being a Seki (I'm not sure I buy that). Oh, and Kukuri got seen by the mad scientist girl whose dad is a policeman. So it set another subplot in motion. Not bad for a calm before the storm type episode IMO. No info dumping, but I get the impression this series intends to trickle the info out anyway. Quote:
(This is why I'm being careful about complaining about, say, Hibino being a shallow love interest or Aki being a generic psychopath... we simply don't know much about them yet. And in Aki's case, I suspect he is going to get more interesting, not sure about Hibino though.)
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2011-07-16, 16:01 | Link #164 | |
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2011-07-16, 16:40 | Link #165 | ||
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I really don't get how one can hate Utao. She hasn't done anything wrong other than being what she is, a little sister. But for an imouto character I find her extremely well-behaved and likable. She doesn't talk much so she can't really grate on your ear. She's still a little girl but she always tries very hard and doesn’t neglect her study. She’s clumsy and tends to make mistakes but she doesn’t fret over it. I think she’s quite sensible and mature for a kid her age. What’s more can you ask from an imouto? And I’m not even talking about all the adorable little faces she makes, but that’s more a matter of taste I guess.
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Btw, if I’m not mistaken, Utao has a quirk that is calling her brother by name when there’s a third person, but changing to “onii-chan” when they’re all alone. That’s rather… cute, don’t you think? Showing her brocon side and her stubborn side both at the same time.
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2011-07-16, 19:24 | Link #166 |
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I don't like little sister characters in these kind of shows. I find them distracting, and completely unnecessary. You can try and sell to me what she brings to the show, but I would disagree.
If i wanted to see a show that contained little sisters as one of the main characters, I would watch one that catered that way. If this one keeps putting her on the front lines, I will end up dropping it before the end. |
2011-07-17, 03:22 | Link #167 |
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I never said one word about hating Utao. I said, I don't dislike her, she surely has her cute moments, but in my opinion she's annoying.
If you want me to like her, well....really, it's nice of you to show me all her good sides. But she has to turn into a cute lil' Nanako before I even start thinking about that. Nanako is by far the cutest Imouto out there, imo. If you don't think so, it's okay. But because of Nanako the level of cuteness an Imouto has to get to be likeable for me is pretty high, haha |
2011-07-17, 05:38 | Link #168 |
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I wasn't trying to force anyone into liking her though. I just thought it looked like everyone disliked her/found her annoying not because of her character but rather because of her defined role (an imouto). Why? I like her for what she is. If she suddenly stopped being an imouto, it wouldn't change anything for me at all.
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2011-07-17, 11:55 | Link #170 | |
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And also in Mayo Chiki, apparently. Disregard what I said then
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2011-07-17, 13:14 | Link #172 |
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I rather like Utou. She's cute, has some depth to her and gives the main lead more depth too (which he sorely needs because he really does seem like tool sometimes). I just want more plot advancement at this point. The comedy and the character interactions were pretty stale in episode 2.
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2011-07-18, 00:04 | Link #173 | ||||
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Hence, it's possible that control of Kukuri might end up back in Kyohei's hands at some point (its pictured with him in the OP, actually), in which case this show will probably end up being closer to something like Kurenai where the guy has to protect the loli character. I'd actually prefer to have Kukuri remain with Utao though. It puts an Kyohei in an interesting position - wanting to look out for Utao, but having limited ability to do so, especially relative to her own power. I can't think of another show that does that off the top of my head. Plus, Utao and Kukuri come across as almost like a girl and her dog... it would be sad to separate them. Quote:
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Comedy? Personally, I thought the playing PS2 with Kukuri scene was the series crowning moment of funny thus far.
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2011-07-18, 19:33 | Link #175 | |
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2011-07-19, 01:07 | Link #178 | |
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Do I like Utao? More so than most little sister characters. Is she one of the reasons I like the show? Most certainly, as I love the sibling relationship between her and Kyohei - much better than most in anime - and I'm excited to see how the two of them deal with the need to keep each other safe. So I'd likely still be watching the show, but probably not liking it as much. As it stands right now, I think the show would feel pretty generic without the sibling relationship. Upcoming plot points may change that impression though. Tuition too, since last I heard she was a university student.
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2011-07-19, 02:06 | Link #179 | ||||
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No offense, but I find it funny you would say this... Originally I would have said what 0utf0x said, but what have we here, I won't. Because it's what you said and followed by the next sentence (bolded) that amuses me. Did, Hibino's words truly not mean anything? Or was everyone just looking at her big ones In all seriousness though, you really missed everything about Utao's screen time in episode 2 to think she brings no substance to this series. I'm going to lay it down right here: this episode was all about... sorry, I know, awful habit, I forgot the protag's name and no I won't look it up, but yes this episode was about him. It was about how well he knows of the doll. It was about how well he was able to teach Utao (her infatuations aside), and the main message I, a non-manga reader got, was the big question of why he does not want to control the doll himself. All the scenes in this ep that showed Aki, and the protag with the doll, ending it with the doll running from him and going to where Utao was instead, that gives me a lot to think about, and anticipate about why he's even bothering with the village again, after he was so cast off from them. Surely that's substance enough, isn't it? Especially since, Quote:
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Speaking of the characters, just what is Kuuko doing with a gun? I know daddy's a detect and all, but this makes me interested even more. I mean.... maybe I should read the manga, but I'm getting that same feeling I've always gotten, give the shorter medium (the Anime) an original experience in it's own way, and not reading the manga... |
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