2006-04-27, 06:25 | Link #341 |
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Err, sorry, i've just finished watching Da Capo, first and second season and am totally hyped ^^. I totally loved the ending, i'm a real fan of the "everyone is happy" type endings.
So.. Can someone fill me into the status of this seemingly off-topic thread? ^^. Da Capo 2? Well, i'm not the least bit interested in any of those games, just any upcoming animes. But then again, if it doesn't have any ecchi(Fat chance?) and is also in english(Even fatter chance? trying my best to put time aside to learn it, but i'm always procrastinating :$), then why not. |
2006-04-27, 07:34 | Link #342 |
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Put it simply, Date Sim games have a very very slim chance of making it over to American shores. Da Capo itself does have 2 PS2 games that are non-ecchi, but translation for text and finding voice actors to recapture the feeling will be a chore.
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2006-04-27, 08:29 | Link #343 | |
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Oh btw, what's with Da Capo 2? Does jun'ichi die or something?(If i'm not mistaken. Just quickly read through b4). I mean i'm not a great fan of his(Nemu roks ^^), but i just can't accept characters in any story being "killed-off", it just makes me so furious >.< and sad :'(. Spoiler:
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2006-04-27, 13:30 | Link #344 |
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Da Capo 2 takes place some 62 years later after the original. Junichi and Sakura are confirmed mentions/returns. It's a whole new cast of characters for another re-enactment as Sakurai Yoshiyuki finds himself in the same position of Asakura Junichi.
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2006-04-27, 13:35 | Link #345 | |
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2006-04-27, 15:08 | Link #347 | |
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Anyway, the discussion is going to keep shifting... should we create a new thread for the game? Maybe, if someone creates a thread, a mod can move the game-related posts there? |
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2006-04-27, 16:27 | Link #348 |
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Wow, so that's how it is. I guess i'll be waiting anxiously for this anime then.'gonna be so cool to be able to see what has happened in the years that have past. I wonder when it'll be out, well, at any rate, hope it's as good/better than it's predecessor.
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2006-04-27, 16:46 | Link #349 | |
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2006-05-06, 22:18 | Link #351 |
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Did anyone here besides me watch those little omake skits of DCSS? The ones they did with puppetry and simple animation with the VA voicing over?
I really like the fourth one, really really funny, hilarious to see Tamaki go completely nuts.
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2006-05-06, 22:21 | Link #352 |
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Yeah, i've been watching the Omake's - its good that the Da Capo spirit lives on.
I really couldn't say which one's my fav' - each one of them as a great story. ^^;;
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2006-05-22, 17:25 | Link #353 |
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Well, finally finished both seasons, and here it is.
YES, I LIKED NEMU And yes, I liked both seasons. The endings made me feel warm inside, although the second was a bit... well... somewhat bitter. Anyway, I can't understand where the hate for Nemu stems from. I mean... Damn, I wish I had a girlfriend like Nemu. Having said that, all girls in DC/DCSS were like my dreams come true. I could pick ANY girl and still be happy. Ok, I'll admit Aisia and Kotori made the greatest impression to me, and the new wiser Sakura was also pretty good, not to mention Moe... always a favorite. But other than that, DC was pretty much the story of a specific couple. They were meant for each other. I mean, I got angry with Juni some points, but I never felt Nemu did something wrong. Sure I sympathized with Kotori (damn, I sympathized with everyone in this anime), but Nemu and Juni were meant for each other from the very first DC episode. Well, you can call me a Nemu fanboy, for all I care. I just liked every girl, but I still think that any hate towards Nemu is baseless. Although just how happy can the other girls be is beyond my comprehension. It's also beyond my comprehension how Sakura managed to kill the tree in the first DC. Oh well... If I have a really favorite character though... I'd say it's probably Aisia, with Kotori pretty close. I just loved her blind idealism. But Nemu was certainly not bad at all. If they told me I could only have Nemu, no one will ever hear me complain Ah... well... Aisia rules Just for the record, I'm an anime-only watcher.
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2006-05-22, 19:19 | Link #357 |
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I think a lot of the "Nemu hate" comes from the fact that Kotori suffered as an indirect result of Nemu's return. It's one of those "it's *your* fault that I'm like this!" sort of things. Some probably imagine that "if only Nemu had just stayed away, Kotori could have stayed happy". Of course, that's in complete opposition to the whole "unrequited love = suffering" theme of both Da Capo anime series (Rhetorical question: Was Kotori really happy with the way things were in episode 1? For the answer, watch the episode again. See also Episode 25, and the first D.C.S.S. Drama CD.). There's also the whole "if she loved him so much, why did she run away in the first place?" angle, which the show also addressed (to a degree). All in all, I think it's, at least in part, a backlash to the fact that Nemu was the "destined girl" from the very start, and the anime never took steps to change that (as Xellos-_^ pointed out, some were hoping for the proverbial "boxcutter"). Compound that with the fact that Nemu's got a bit of an attitude even though she 'got the guy' (compared to an "angel" like Kotori), and there's the hate train forming...
I have to also say, though, I still think it all fit in to the goals of the show. The "bittersweet" resolution is exactly what the show was about - and some people tasted the "bitter" part right away. All in all, though, I thought the sequel really built on the overall theme, and proved a worthy companion piece to the first season. I'm looking forward to seeing how they continue to build on that theme in the new game (and inevitable anime adaptation). |
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You've pretty much nailed - when it comes to the female cast of the Da Capo series, Nemu's probably the main one people go for.. maybe its just the fact that she's in love with her brother that does it for everyone.. ^^; She's a sweet character, and she does deserve all this fan-love - but imo each female character from the series also should be allowed to have the same.
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But no matter how many times I see it happen, I still find it puzzling how many people who watch this type of a series will actively dislike one of the girls just because they really like one of the others. I can understand having favorites, and wanting them to be happy and get what they want in the end, because I certainly do that. I can also understand disliking a character because of their traits or behavior - Nemu's "attitude" and jealousy for example - but the idea that "I like Girl A, therefore I hate Girl B" is really foreign to me. And when it takes the form of "it is the law: everyone who likes Girl A must also hate Girl B", I find it to be foreign and extremely annoying to boot. Maybe I'm the odd duck for feeling this way, but the fact that I found Nemu to be my personal favorite did not make me dislike Kotori or any of the other girls from D.C. or D.C.S.S. I happen to adore Nerine from Shuffle!, but that does not force me to trash the other four girls, nor would doing so make Nerine look any better. And in Canvas 2 I did not feel any animosity for Kiri or Elis because Hagino was my favorite character (and she was never even a serious contender, for heaven's sake). Just my opinion and outlook on life as reflected in romance and/or harem anime - everyone may feel free to consider it to be as profound or as moronic as you see fit... |
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