2017-01-28, 19:12 | Link #141 | |
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I may not like Seiren now, but if I watch it multiple times I will probably like it a whole lot more. This arc did had a more realistic relationship, something that could happen in real life and not all fruity and happy ending all the time. Maybe the creators wanted to try something different for once? |
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2017-01-28, 19:33 | Link #142 | |
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2017-01-28, 19:51 | Link #143 |
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The way this arc developed actually felt much less likely to happen than the alternative scenarios. Consider the following:
1. A popular high school girl is stuck in summer boot camp with an average guy she has a (non-romantic) interest in. He is one of the few people she knows and one of the few who pay attention to her rather than have his head stuck in a book. They help each other. After summer camp is over, she returns to her circle of friends, and the girl and the guy become closer as platonic friends. 2. A popular high school girl is stuck in summer boot camp with an average guy she has a (non-romantic) interest in. He is one of the few people she knows and one of the few who pay attention to her rather than have his head stuck in a book. They help each other. Over the course of summer camp, they develop romantic feelings toward each other, and they start dating regularly. 3. A popular high school girl is stuck in summer boot camp with an average guy she has a (non-romantic) interest in. He is one of the few people she knows and one of the few who pay attention to her rather than have his head stuck in a book. They help each other. During camp, he inspires her to pursue a particular dream that she was in doubt about, and they develop romantic feelings toward each other. After camp, they share one wild, celibate evening together, then keep each other at arms' length so the girl can focus on pursuing her dream for the remaining 1.5 years of high school. Now, which of these sounds like something that you normally see happen in high school? It seems to me that the so called wish fulfillment scenario--scenario 2--is actually far more likely than what happened in this arc--scenario 3. If you want a humbling but realistic scenario, scenario 1 is still the far more likely than scenario 3. And frankly, scenario 1 follows the setup from the first 3 episodes of this arc much better than scenario 3. |
2017-01-28, 20:45 | Link #144 |
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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My main problem with this series is MC. MCs in Kimi Kiss were really decent and MC in Amagami too even if a bit less so. Heck, even FotoKano MC was better. I got that MC should be ultimately plain so male otakus can place thamself on his place but I thought this thing became outadated lately?
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2017-01-28, 21:49 | Link #145 |
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ugh... I can't stand someone like Tsuneki.. but what could you do when she kept seducing you like that?
I might give up pretty early like what MC did to be honest, starting from now, I think this is how everything would get better we'll see the true feeling of Tsuneki I'm not going to complain if it turned out that Tsuneki got NTR'd by her friend I think it would be a good time for MC to show something that bath scene is hilarious anyway |
2017-01-28, 22:54 | Link #146 | |
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interested in what this mc's careers might turn out to be depending on the girl.
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2017-01-28, 23:01 | Link #147 | |
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That aways will be my complain, which have "normal" guys aways will be too difficult and "non-otaku friend" since "normal guys are hated by otakus.
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2017-01-29, 03:03 | Link #148 |
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Kamita might not be the greatest MC ever, but at least he isn't scummy enough to blackmail a girl into posing for questionable photographs. There's a reason I quickly dropped PhotoKano.
I also appreciate that Kamita decided to go on the study trip out of a desire for self improvement. I wonder what would have happened if they'd made Ai's brother the MC. I guess he wasn't generic enough for the male lead in an omnibus romance series. |
2017-01-29, 08:07 | Link #152 |
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^ That's what I was thinking too
Not that it surprised me much, the first three episodes didn't impressed me at all, but the level of the comments saved me by watching the last episode. Speaking of the MC, well the impression I've got is that he is still a kid so Tsuneki was someone out of his league (but I feel it could be applied to any girl but his sister), and the ending kinda unwillingly confirmed this. So, well at least there's no need to reset anything.
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2017-01-29, 15:04 | Link #154 |
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So is this starting anew from the same day it started for the first girl or is it an ongiong story?
Would be a pain to have it stop now that Tsumeki stopped being an annoying b... Or will this be an in between those 5 years?
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2017-01-29, 15:41 | Link #157 |
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I have to say that was surprisingly a solid episode to end the arc on. I wasn't sure they could make the standard confession and such work....and in that sense it was true. They kind of touched on the budding feelings, but didn't actually go for the immediate payoff.
While I look forward to seeing an arc that is more about Shoichi himself developing, this isn't a bad first one. It really was more about Tsuneki herself growing and maturing. And through this arc she found what she wanted to do, stepped out of her comfort zone, and handled things pretty well. Didn't even let the thing with her friend blow up, but rather just wanted confirmation on things. The epilogue does help though . Allows a "ok, things will be fine with them" while giving them the time for development. Now that Tsuneki has made her round trip of culinary learning, maybe they can move ahead. Also gave time for Shoichi himself to mature a bit. Something that probably was needed for anything to seriously move forward for them. In the end I still liked Tsuneki's character as a whole.
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2017-01-29, 22:27 | Link #158 |
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The ending is a bummer.
Years later, the show is only memorable moment may be Shoichi's desk... The ending kind of reminds me about Kimagure Orange Road. After open to each other, the girl went aboard to cool off. This type of plot is begging for scandal ending in today's manga. I also wonder why Ikou seems so happy. Since the story is taking place at about same time as Kimkiss, he may refer to meeting that person. |
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