2012-10-01, 15:25 | Link #2321 |
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I definitely don't recall there being that much drama during my highschool years. It was for the girls but us guys generally didn't "do" complicated emotions and talk about "feelings". We generally kept that crap to ourselves.
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2012-10-01, 15:29 | Link #2323 | |
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Like you've said, "We generally kept that crap to ourselves.", so what's so hard to imagine these characters never really talk to each other until they're forced to?
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2012-10-01, 16:16 | Link #2325 | |
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I see it as a problem when you have the potential to be something more and you constantly ignore that. We expect from each story to deliver what it promises to deliver. KC would start an arc great and promising, but always end badly and simplistically. Personally I can't see that as anything but a severe flaw in writing. Well, you do have a point, the signs were there the moment Taichi was given an unnecessary MC role that this show wouldn't do anything really out of the ordinary. I don't think that lets if off the hook though. Now, KC isn't a bad show by any means, I did look forward to each episode, heck, I even drew a piece of fan-art for it. But it constantly keeps shooting itself in the foot. One of its favorite ways of doing that is by having fake crises. The badly timed Iori's "death" was a prime example of this. We all knew she wasn't going to die, so the whole situation lacked the kind of emotional impact it would otherwise have. However, if she did die, it would've sent a huge chunk of the story in a completely different and irrelevant direction that would just be tiring to watch. It was a no-win situation the story dragged itself into. Heartseed's offer was another example. We knew Iori wouldn't take that offer and we knew why even without her telling us. Iori only had one episode to get from "I want to re-live my life" to accepting herself as it is. As usual, I did like the theme and find it very relatable (I'd take a chance to do my life over in a heartbeat) but its execution was too rushed for me to truly care beyond personal association. And as we've all mentioned already, the way the conflicts got resolved was almost comically mundane and always came as a stark contrast to the potential felt in the first episodes. The whole issue with an abusive father? Solved with a minute-long conversation and by a character that barely even appeared before the latter half of this episode. To make a finale so ridiculously simple and anti-climatic, that's just bad writing. It seems like the writer messed up the order of the story and put all the significant themes and excitement in the first episodes and then lost the ideas and wrote an excuse to finish the arc. This is the best analogy for this show I've seen. |
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2012-10-01, 16:20 | Link #2326 | |
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Actually, you did mention that in a post, I didn't read your blog so.
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Also, you cannot credit Shinbo for character design, since it isn't his job at all, and I honestly would rather forget anything related to Negima under Shaft label, considering the mess done. And frankly, while the consistency of KC art wasn't kept thoroughly during the series, no major fancy stuff is necessary. It isn't like this series needs anything flashy. What it needs is a proper flow and momentum for its story progression and arc conclusions, along with a convincing executions of the scene, which was the major flaw crippling the series.
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2012-10-01, 16:40 | Link #2327 | |
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2012-10-01, 16:40 | Link #2328 |
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How could there be a misunderstanding like that between Iori and her mother? I get that teenagers don't always talk things through with their parents, but really? I can see how Iori wouldn't say anything considering her adaptive personality, though honestly I thought she was supposed to be more perceptive than that. And her mother, I can't for the life of me understand how she'd think that getting together with an aggressive jerk again would be a good idea for her daughter. Actually, even if that would make her daughter happier it would be a dumb thing to do.
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2012-10-01, 16:47 | Link #2330 | |
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2012-10-01, 17:01 | Link #2331 | |
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2012-10-01, 17:07 | Link #2332 | |
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A lot of your other comments (6 episodes per novel, animation on par with Haruhi, etc.) would depend on this show getting a massive budget, and I think that's a bit unrealistic. This genre of human drama fills a useful niche, but doesn't really have a very good history in terms of sales. I mean, sure it'd be nice if every show could get that sort of budget, but the market has to be there to support it.
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2012-10-01, 17:22 | Link #2333 | |
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2012-10-01, 17:33 | Link #2334 | |
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Yes well, who wouldn't want more budget and manpower for their favorite shows, but money don't grow on trees... And technically it's not 17 episodes in one season, it's 13 episodes and 4 more some months down the road.
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2012-10-01, 17:40 | Link #2336 | |
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All this "season" talk is mostly semantics, but suffice it to say that the current anime production has 17 episodes; 13 aired on TV (already shown), and 4 to be aired/released later. I think you'll just confuse people if you start talking about "another season", as that really isn't the case either.
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2012-10-01, 17:49 | Link #2338 | |
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2012-10-01, 17:53 | Link #2339 | ||
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I wonder why she lost her keen powers of perception? Damn, Iori, you're getting OLD. Last edited by Blonto; 2012-10-01 at 18:01. Reason: Added another reply |
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2012-10-01, 18:06 | Link #2340 | |
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I see it as an odd ball case of a one cour show with 17 episodes instead of 13. Having found genuine friends from the CRC probably dulled her senses. |
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