2012-08-12, 03:42 | Link #1142 |
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What made that scene weird for me is that after puncing Taichi (I swear I heard something break), Inaba then decides to tell everyone what happened anyways. I guess she wanted to be the one to say it, but it just makes the punch so meaningless.
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2012-08-12, 03:51 | Link #1146 | ||
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As for Taichi getting hit, I dunno, seems like you're putting too much into those scenes. Especially when he kicked his own balls and the fact that Yui's problem was a physical one. Seems like it's just simple mechanics to show personalities. Although why Taichi is called 'selfless freak' is beyond me. He's not doing anything especially awesome. More like being a normal friend. The others seem to be more dumb-clueless as how to help others. Nothing was stopping Aoki from helping Yui, or Inaba to help Iori in the first arc. They were just clueless it seems.
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2012-08-12, 04:08 | Link #1148 | ||
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Note: It’s Taichi himself that decide to kick his own balls to help his friend in need .
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2012-08-12, 04:10 | Link #1149 | ||
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It's not about Taichi helping his friends, it's about Taichi willing to sacrifice himself every time in order to help others that is the issue.
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2012-08-12, 04:15 | Link #1150 | |
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2012-08-12, 04:23 | Link #1152 |
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IMHO Heartseed is both a blessing and a curse on the main characters. Something akin to a chaotic neutral demi-god as it were. As he stated at the end of the first arc -- we aren't aware of the full extent of his powers, but if we take him at his word ... he doesn't want to kill them, or overtly damage their belongings (he set the phone aside remember).
He sees them as a group of emotionally ... I don't want to say damaged ... but extremely "human" people. And through the events he puts in motion, he's not only able to appease his boredom, but even admits that the outcome isn't entirely bad for them either, as they are learning more about themselves and working out their problems. (And he could be lying about being bored even) So while it's easy to consider Heartseed a right bastard -- I can't help but wonder if this is his plan all along -- to place them into situations that force them to understand and overcome their personal problems. I guess we'll see by the third arc if the story is progressing the way I imagine it. IE: Arc1 identifies the problems, Arc2 will have a cathartic affect on Inaba and therapeutic on Iori, Arc3 will be cathartic or therapeutic for other chars, etc. PS: I do think they need to actually do something with Aoki though. He seems to be the "A Channel Nagi" or "True Tears Aiko" character -- one they put in the show, but ends up never really utilized much. |
2012-08-12, 04:26 | Link #1154 | |
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Like someone else said, Inaba pushing Iori and Taichi together is more sacrificial than anything Taichi has done (if that is what she is doing).
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But really that's not really a "cliche" that I particularly mind if it's executed well. What I do hate is the constant use of physical abuse that male characters get from its female counterparts whilst some male characters are just "there" for comedic purposes. It's almost reverse sexism because if you switched the genders around there will be an outcry . Alas, I will stop here because I don't want to get into a debate of double standards etc. etc. Quote:
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2012-08-12, 04:31 | Link #1156 |
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Another thing I thought about -- Heartseed didn't technically hurt Iori in Arc1 either -- since he took control before throwing her off the bridge, and she didn't wake up in her body until after the doctors had looked at her. And we don't even know what the doctors were even doing ... ie: if it even involved surgery or not.
So from her POV she didn't feel any pain, and it's presumed that she made a full recovery with no ill effects. |
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2012-08-12, 04:39 | Link #1158 | |
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