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View Poll Results: Suisei no Gargantia - Episode 6 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 13 | 14.44% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 33 | 36.67% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 22 | 24.44% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 15 | 16.67% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 3.33% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.11% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 1 | 1.11% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 2 | 2.22% | |
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2013-05-12, 14:46 | Link #61 | |
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This show is weird. Why they do close-ups of some kids when there is Bellows in same room? That just doesn't make any sense!
But seriously even though I weren't originaly sure if I should ship, I can't help but find Ledo x Amy weird, she realy isn't much more than kid andI think he should be with someone more mature. If that someone happen to be Ceirtain Redhead I guess I wouldn't particulary mind (at least she would get more screentime). |
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2013-05-12, 14:53 | Link #67 |
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Fanservice in this episode was fine. And no, Amy does not look like she's 12, that's just what anime girls look like
On a more serious note, going by all the serious faces in the preview, either the creature really was a Hideauze, which strikes me as unlikely at this stage (although a genetic connection may exist), or Ledo seriously mucked something up during its accidental annihilation. Either way, looks like things are gonna get serious now that we are getting into the second half of the season. I was already having a bad premonition of "farewell" during Amy's private dance show but now I'm seriously worried about Amy and Ledo's future together |
2013-05-12, 14:54 | Link #68 |
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It's a real shame this series is so misunderstood.. I personally think the main character's development is very strong. Like I said, the series is addressing the issues it brought up in the first episode.. In that sense, Amy's "fanservice" isn't all that empty and meaningless..
I do not think that putting the 1 + 1 together is really that difficult. That's nice.. Perhaps you need to be sent to a devoid water planet, too.. Sitting here all day, I don't think you'll change much as an individual. |
2013-05-12, 14:56 | Link #69 |
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Can the belly dancing not just be both a cultural thing and a fan service thing cause I think it is. It's kind of like how the music video in Valvrave's recent episode was both a fundraising gambit for the newly independent colony and a way to send a message to the outside world that they're not all dead yet but also clearly fan service.
Personally I'm just glad that it looks like the story will be taking it's next step next episode. I feel I've gotten to know all I need to know about Amy and her friends and Ledo has had enough standing by and learning the ways of the Gargantia that it's a great time for further development of the shows overall core plot. |
2013-05-12, 14:58 | Link #72 | ||
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I am also not saying "belly dancing" can't be part of the characters culture. But the way it was animated (at least the first part) comes off as just adding more fan service. It's not the belly dancing itself is the problem to me. It's the way the camera pans to the girls boobs and behind that feels objectional to me. I admit it wasn't the worst thing ever (and I said as much in previous posts) but lets not kid ourselves that this scene was primarily meant to be fanservice not tell us anything important about Gargantia culture. Quote:
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2013-05-12, 15:02 | Link #74 | |
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Of course not. No need to be so defensive about your choice. My point is only that watching shounen anime and then complaining about fan service is like drinking a bottle of wine and then complaining about a hangover. When I make the decision to give a shounen anime a try, I'm going into it with the understanding that there is likely to be some degree of fan service, whether gratuitous or not. |
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2013-05-12, 15:03 | Link #75 | |
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I really liked this episode from start to end in my opinion it was really well executed.
This episode managed to have even more fan service than the plotwise "pointless" swimsuit episode that we have seen last time, but this time it actually makes sense and it is really well done. There's an enormous difference from fanservices where the girls just stick their bums in absolutely improbable and awkward positions for no reason and fanservices that are actually part of the plot. In this case the girls were performing dances that were clearly meant to show and exalt their young bodies. It's not just something done for the public behind the 4th wall, it's done for the characters in the stories, they aren't doing that for no reason. These dances had the twofold purpose of showing yet another bit of the culture of the Gargantians and Ledo's reaction to it. It was important that Ledo at this point would be mesmerized by both yet another cultural aspect that doesn't exist in his world and the sexuality inherent in Amy's dance which is also repressed where he always lived. And I sure enjoyed seeing Ledo's reaction as well as seeing the beginning of the romance between he and her. The fact that he felt embarrassed when he realized he was touching her is clear sing of this albeit a but clicheed and typical of the Japanese culture. Regarding the very last part, I'm also of the idea that the giant squid we have seen isn't a Hideauze coming from space but a close relative of them which are already known to exist by the Gargantians. Quote:
Let's disregard his quick reaction that could simply be conditioning, but he was sweating and breathing heavily. I loved Pinion hiding behind the table though XD
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Please note my original post about Otaku culture does not equal Japanese culture is because of someone saying our culture is so prude (I assumed this meant Western culture). This is what I was disagreeing with that people who are not fans of this type of fanservice are just prudes and don't understand that Japanese culture is different. That was my main objection when I said that fanservice is no way a representation of Japanese culture as a whole. And also although you personally weren't saying that the scenes were meant to be a representation of Gargantia culture, other people certainly were. Quote:
It doesn't ruin the anime for me by any means but it is a bit disappointing.
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It does make the point, but holding the scene for a moment longer or showing Ledo and Amy making eye contact then would have helped. The octopus horror moment is a good setup for the final scene, but during the actual restaurant scene it messed up my recollection of events enough that I barely remembered Ledo noticing the stage until I rewatched. Also, editing in T&A shots of the dancing girls while Ledo and Pinion were having their conversation actually made those events feel more separated instead of connected. |
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That being said, I know how to enjoy myself some delicious objectification. Omnomnom human meat market. |
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