2012-08-06, 18:31 | Link #841 | |
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(a.) Romantically misleading previews. (b.) Romantically misleading early developments. I'd say we need to hold on to our Fedora folks!
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2012-08-06, 19:10 | Link #842 |
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Wow. This episode was quite perfect. The way how every character tried to help Wakana in their own way, each one in-character, faded into the backgrounds that they actually helped her, all together, and not just one white knight. And each one not overdoing it, but giving simply what they had to give. Konatsu as usual unintentionally broke the ice with a "wrong" question, but the way she put it right was adorable. Sawa was outstanding as always, I agree with ThereminVox, she read Wakana perfectly, she was leading the horse, but virtually she took her by hand and leaded her without her realizing it. But the hero has been her father, with no doubts. So caring. I knew that he hadn't given away the piano, I mean, really, he couldn't have done taht, and it was just so right. I liked even how subtlety they remarked that the piano (and everything that was related to her mother) was really important to him too. She was her mother, but even his wife.
Anyways the moment I started cracking was just after her mother made her "selfish" request to her husband and I was thinking that it really was a selfish request, but when she ended the sentence I realized she was right instead, how sad it would have been writing a sad song that would have always reminded of her in that last moments. Then his father started to cry and that was another hit. But the episode was permeated of a bittersweet feeling that never went too far. Oh, Konatsu was hilarious when trying to hide from Wakana's father and as always I love Sawa and Konatsu interactions. I keep not liking much the male cast, so I'm not sure if I want to see more about them, but anyways, not that I would really complain
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2012-08-06, 19:39 | Link #845 | |
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/me gets raised in celebration What's wrong with us rooting for a romantic pairing when it's pretty apparent? This is slice of life, it's bound to have some kind of romance. Now Pokemon, is different. Besides, the pokemon shippers are way more... radical... in their views, I'm just stating my theory of Batominton and Sawa. Cheers; Arturia
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2012-08-06, 20:59 | Link #846 | |
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As much as people say TT lacks ambition I'd say it'd be pretty ambitious to not play into people's expectation and have absolutely no romance. I'll maybe have to eat my words but I'm confident the males will be centered around at some point as well.
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2012-08-06, 21:25 | Link #847 |
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Hm... I want to believe that I'll be eating my words later on, but I'm going to throw this out.
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Just throwing this out there, I've gathered a bunch of hints from the 6 episodes that aired and I think that I can speculate on what COULD be a possible way for the anime to go in that way. Arturia
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2012-08-06, 21:27 | Link #848 | |
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Sorry, but I've seen too much anime to be confident in such an idea. And as I wrote before, if the price of getting the males focused on for a bit is romance then bring on the romance!
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2012-08-06, 22:25 | Link #850 | |
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As the pieces are set right now, I wouldn't be making any bets just yet. Can't see it?
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2012-08-06, 22:41 | Link #852 | |
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We're talking scraps here, Vena. It's really not much to put serious hope in after six episodes of an one cour anime. Sure, it's possible that this anime could put a focus on the male characters without bringing in romance, but it's hardly anything to be confident in. I think that people here are setting too high/specific expectations if they expect this anime to only be about friendship but also to give the male characters a fair shake relative to the female characters. And what's wrong with romance anyway?
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2012-08-06, 22:48 | Link #853 |
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Never said anything was wrong with it, I just like keeping an open mind to the possibilities. That said, this show seems to be about the girls but there are still plot threads being left unanswered and unresolved, particularly with Wien. Taichi they focused on for half an episode, gave him some solid development in character and goals, and have left it at that. We've more or less been given his whole back story, family, and motivations (in fact we have this for almost everyone), but Wien remains completely opaque. For this reason, I suspect some tomfoolery and trickery going on here... or maybe that s just me.
Heck, if Tai hi is simply a male-fill-in role, then his character arc is already over and his motivations and conflicts settled. But... that seems a little too easy, no?
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2012-08-06, 22:56 | Link #854 | |
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2012-08-06, 23:01 | Link #855 |
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Nothing per se , just that it'd feel like the show would tell me "the only way male characters can be interesting is if they're romantic interests".
But I'll be the first to tell you I enjoy a good burger so if the romance is executed as well as this episode was I'll have no issues whatsoever
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2012-08-06, 23:12 | Link #856 | ||
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But I would just caution people against getting their hopes up. That's all. I will also admit some bias on the romance front. Wien is a great guy, and it would honestly make me smile to see him end up in a nice romance. Quote:
And yeah, I'll be happy with just a good burger from Tari Tari. But if you and Vena are right and they manage to turn it into one of the best and most healthy burgers ever, then I'll make a point to recommend it to burger lovers everywhere.
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2012-08-06, 23:19 | Link #857 | |
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2012-08-06, 23:36 | Link #860 |
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I'm fairly sure the male characters will be developed. Remember the shorts before each episode. So far, they've been very relevant (Wakana playing with her mom, Konatsu dancing to the Condor Queens). We saw Tanaka's sister defending him and Wien's sister, so I'm sure the anime will follow through.
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