(L+CR) Punchline (Noitamina)

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by revive4563

But after all, if there weren't the male's crazy imaginations in the history of the romantic love between male and female,
maybe most of romantic love wouldn't been generated.

Because clearly men are the only gender interested in romance... I mean, come on, EVERY romantic story ever has always been seen as a "woman oriented" kind of work. Just look at shojo anime/manga . Men if anything stereotypically are the ones who only think of sex... which may not be entirely true, but it's not a bad approximation most of the time (said as a man) . It's just that some guys can get crazy possessive when they feel like they risk being left alone. It's not just men, there are simply different ways between men and women to manifest that but stalkers are a thing for both sexes... an abusive man may threaten physical violence whereas an abusive woman might exploit psychological means, like guilt-tripping the man into not leaving (to the point of threatening suicide and so on), but in the end it's the same drive that motivates both.

[DragoonKain3]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

I'm still having a hard time liking this show even after the highly-touted episode six.

To be quite honest though, episode six didn't have as much bang as it should've had. Telling us ahead of time to expect something to happen at a certain episode just ruined the surprise of it all.

I may finish this just to finish it, but it won't be making my top-ten noitaminA list.

Yeah, with the first half being so underwhelming, there's just no way for me to be average at best.

Which is quite sad for me, as the next one in noitaminA is a mystery story that I don't have any love for, while the one after, I have seen the TV drama adaptation that I tried so hard to like (Takei Emi <3) but I just can't. Like sure I'll give these things a try (I mean you never know when the next Tatami Galaxy comes along), but I personally just can't get hyped about them.

[Goty]

Originally Posted by revive4563

btw the teacher failed this time and actually he is a crazy stalker we can safely say that.
But after all, if there weren't the male's crazy imaginations in the history of the romantic love between male and female,
maybe most of romantic love wouldn't been generated.
Why is the romantic love for male so risky?

..you seriously believe only men have 'crazy imaginations" when it comes to love?
I mean, for real..?

Heck, even in this show we've just seen Rabura disregarding everything she had just learned, to the extent of going against her friends, to take the NSA guy for her. Try not to be too surprised, but things like that actually happen.

[Idealist 99]

Originally Posted by SinsI

Yuta being a girl was a bigger plot twist. The other one was predictable a month ago:

My brain can't accept this , I refuse to accept this !
I can't even imagine Yuta as a girl .

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

To be quite honest though, episode six didn't have as much bang as it should've had. Telling us ahead of time to expect something to happen at a certain episode just ruined the surprise of it all.

Personally, even without Uchikoshi's announcement the episode wasn't anything surprising. I know people are a fan of Ever17 and the Zero Escape series, but he tends to use time travel in all of his stories. Once you've seen one, you've seen them all.

As mentioned before, Yuta being a girl was more surprising than Kenji's identity.

[TJR]

Well, it was damage control. They were addressing the lukewarm response to the premiere, but you know that something is fishy if they're telling people to wait patiently for the halfway mark. It suggests an expectation that viewers will continue to be disappointed if they didn't like the tone, story structure, or overall style of the initial episodes.

I'm curious as to how they planned the script. While the guiding hand of the writer is evident, the show also seems like a mishmash of individual staff desires (for the sake of creative fulfillment) - i.e. throw in a joke that someone is dying to tell, add a scene that works in what an animator wants to draw, etc. Some of these are actually a lot of fun (and the visuals have generally been very good), but they hurt the cohesion and flow of the story.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by TJR

I'm curious as to how they planned the script. While the guiding hand of the writer is evident, the show also seems like a mishmash of individual staff desires (for the sake of creative fulfillment) - i.e. throw in a joke that someone is dying to tell, add a scene that works in what an animator wants to draw, etc. Some of these are actually a lot of fun (and the visuals have generally been very good), but they hurt the cohesion and flow of the story.

Yeah, you're probably onto something, it definitely has a patchwork-ey feeling. Personally I'm enjoying it because I'll take creative and imperfect over perfectly ordinary every day, but that's just me .

[Patriot's Blade]

Yuta: "i 'm actually a girl"

Luke: "NOOOOO....wait"

now for the mystery on who is Yuta's sister, is she even Yuta's real sister?

[bastek66]

Chart made by anon portraying theory I mentioned earlier

Spoiler for big pic:

[dearfuture]

Let me guess what happens exactly in every loop (a loop ends when the "current Yuta" possesses the "next Yuta") :

Chiranosuke lies to both two "Yuta"s. Chiranosuke makes them think they failes to save the world(Bad Ending), but actually they success finally(Good Ending). In other words, the "Yuta" who pretends to be "Miyazawa Kenji" will see the "Good Ending" after the other "Yuta" comes back to the past to possesses the "next Yuta".

It it to handle the Time Paradox. Chiranosuke gives orders to two "Yuta"s to save the world but makes them think they are failed. You can find many similar tricks in Uchikoshi Koutarou's games.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by dearfuture

Let me guess what happens exactly in every loop (a loop ends when the "current Yuta" possesses the "next Yuta") :

Chiranosuke lies to both two "Yuta"s. Chiranosuke makes them think they failes to save the world(Bad Ending), but actually they success finally(Good Ending). In other words, the "Yuta" who pretends to be "Miyazawa Kenji" will see the "Good Ending" after the other "Yuta" comes back to the past to possesses the "next Yuta".

It it to handle the Time Paradox. Chiranosuke gives orders to two "Yuta"s to save the world but makes them think they are failed. You can find many similar tricks in Uchikoshi Koutarou's games.

A stable time loop, huh? That would take care of the "two Yutas" problem. A definite possibility.

[Iby]

But that would make the 2nd half really boring... I hope Uchikoshi still have something in his sleeves to actually surprise me in the further episodes.

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

To be quite honest though, episode six didn't have as much bang as it should've had. Telling us ahead of time to expect something to happen at a certain episode just ruined the surprise of it all.


Yeah, with the first half being so underwhelming, there's just no way for me to be average at best.

Which is quite sad for me, as the next one in noitaminA is a mystery story that I don't have any love for, while the one after, I have seen the TV drama adaptation that I tried so hard to like (Takei Emi <3) but I just can't. Like sure I'll give these things a try (I mean you never know when the next Tatami Galaxy comes along), but I personally just can't get hyped about them.

On a positive note, Kotetsujou no Cabaneli will be the show you're been looking for (too bad that it won't come out until next winter) as the Death Note/Code Geass's respective director/scriptwriter is working on it.

[Iby]

Originally Posted by MisaoFan

Death Note/Code Geass's respective director/scriptwriter is working on it.

Also Guilty Crown's respective director/assistant series composer (and Valvrave writer), yeah.

[Nvis]

If they are all body-swapped, why don't they recognize each other?

[jeroz]

Can someone please find me the actually evident that the creator/writer/studio actually say something about the ep6?

To my understanding it's just a hint left in the seiyuu interview that somehow got blown up by the watchers.

[Iby]

Uchikoshi interview, here is the quick summary from /a/ :
-There's a game being released in tandem
-There's a twist
-It starts out mosly as a comedy, and gets serious later
-There are 5 insert songs by Komuro Tetsuya, one of them is "Enka-like"
-Apparently they said to keep watching at least until episode 6.

This was posted before the start of the series somewhere around there.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by Nvis

If they are all body-swapped, why don't they recognize each other?

Memory editing? Dunno.

[bastek66]

I love when speculah is confirmed

Bodyswitch of trio of kids confirmed. Yuuta is Pine etc

[dearfuture]

Originally Posted by bastek66

I love when speculah is confirmed

Bodyswitch of trio of kids confirmed. Yuuta is Pine etc

Well, there are too many hints before and it is also very hard to find a different explanation.

But the eyebrow is illusive and interesting. It seems that the eyebrow indicates the soul and would be replaced too.