2012-09-23, 03:06 | Link #2182 | |
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2012-09-23, 03:09 | Link #2183 | |
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The BD episodes are a different arc altogether.... And that's all I'm allow to say
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2012-09-23, 03:14 | Link #2184 |
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You know, I've tended to either really love an episode of this series or be roundly irritated by it - but this was the first time I've basically been ambivalent. It was fine, but nothing really made any impact. I think Aoik and Yui have been so flat for 11 episodes that despite having wanted an episode that really gave them focus (especially Aoki) in the end it felt very mechanical to me.
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2012-09-23, 05:28 | Link #2185 |
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Come to think of it, I'm not sure why Taichi's favourite wrestler is the Undertaker. Considering his mindset of being partial to the one who can bear the most pain, I would have thought that Mankind/Mick Foley would be the best personification of that concept.
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2012-09-23, 05:34 | Link #2186 | |
Otoshi-gami in training
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This was quite decent character development, nicely build up over the last 11 episodes, and one of the episodes in which Kokoro Connect was able to show everything what makes it worthwhile. Also, that 'new' ED is awesome.
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2012-09-23, 05:59 | Link #2187 | |||
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I think it's obvious Taichi was only there because he's the MC. Can you honestly imagine that scene without him? I can't. Actually, have we seen a single scene with Aoki without Taichi? Aoki definitively lacks the kind of autonomy others (more precisely the girls) have. I also agree that not showing Yui's fight was a bad idea. I don't see why they had to cut that out, aside from laziness. A bit of action would've been great to see. Quote:
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If you ask me, chances are like 90% she'll lose. Inaba is much more developed for the role of a girlfriend both emotionally and sexually, it's obvious the writer is doing that for a reason. And as it is, yes, it'd be better if Taichi just got with Inaba since she definitively seems to care more about dating him than Iori. Well, personally I don't care much about who gets with whom, as long as it's done slightly convincingly. I was leaning more towards Inaba, but she did some things in the last couple of episodes that made me like her less. Honestly I like Yui and Aoki more, their relationship just seems more interesting. It has some conflict that's not just whiny drama. But maybe I'm just biased against love triangles |
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2012-09-23, 06:12 | Link #2188 | |
Otoshi-gami in training
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Also I don't get how anyone could classify Inaba as the better suited candidate for a relationship, honestly I'm still asking myself if you didn't just mix up the names. Inaba is just as developed as Iori from a sexual stand, and while both have some emotional quirks, I don't think anyone would disagree that Inaba is far more screwed up.. That doesn't mean that a relationship with her would be impossible or anything, but in what world is she better developed for that role? That being said, I don't think we're gonna get a proper conclusion at all.
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2012-09-23, 06:12 | Link #2189 |
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You've probably seen too many bad ones, like I have .
But occasionally, there's gems. Honey and Clover, Bokura ga Ita, True Tears and ef tale of memories to name a few. It's also incredibly hard to do romantic drama without some kind of rival, unless you want to avoid that genre altogether. I think Spice and Wolf is one of the few romance centric series that didn't dwell into a love triangle whatsoever and kept the same couple from the first episode of the anime to whatever it is up to in the novels. On a related note I would say Kokoro Connect has an above-average one. It's one of the better ones I've seen but it does suffer from clumsy presentation and directions at times like the one from this episode and most particularly from that finale ep of the desire unleash arc. |
2012-09-23, 06:12 | Link #2190 |
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The problem with Iori goes back to the original premise of her problem: Who is the real Iori? As long as that particular problem is unresolved, whatever feelings Iori have for Taichi might, in the extreme case, not be real in the first place, but is based on the expectations she feels upon herself due to Taichi liking Iori in the first place. As we shall with her 14 year old self, Iori had unusually sharp senses as to a person's preference, and that could mean she had sensed Taichi's feelings for her and that in turn made her feel the expectations for her liking him back.
Basically, Iori's feelings are fundamentally based on potentially non-existent grounds, which leads back to the general weakness in Iori's dealings with Inaba when it comes to the supposed love triangle. |
2012-09-23, 06:34 | Link #2191 | |
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That and I'm probably biased since I find the Taichi-Inaba pairing better.
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2012-09-23, 07:21 | Link #2193 | ||||||
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That being said, there's the old saying of "bros before hoes", and it's not hard to think that close female friends might have an equivalent to it. I think that Iori views Inaba as her dearest friend, so she just can't bring herself to firmly stand in the way of Inaba's romantic desires. Maybe if Iori and Taichi were already actively dating when Inaba's Taichi-crush came out it would be different, but as is I can kind of roll with what the narrative is doing here. Don't get me wrong, though - It's not my first choice. I'd honestly much prefer a nice, heavy drama cat fight. This is one anime that I actually wish Mari Okada was writing. But at least the anime has used the romance triangle for some really good comedy. I honestly find Taichi's extreme exasperation over it all to be hilarious. For some reason, I just find that KC nails this much better than most harem anime do. Also, I think that Iori's decision to give Inaba a real shot like this is based in part on how Iori isn't all THAT emotionally investment in being with Taichi. I think that Taichi and Iori like the idea of them in a romance more than they have any actual passion for each other. In other words, I think that Iori just calmly thinks "Taichi is a nice guy that cares about me and I trust him and he's not bad-looking. He'd make a nice boyfriend for me, and my mom would probably agree. I'm not madly in love with him or anything like that, but he'd be a good, practical, romantic partner for me." And Taichi thinks much the same of Iori. There's worse reasons for two people to be together, but it also means the relationship lacks a certain spark and isn't going to stand up to challenges as well as, say, Kirito-Asuna over in SAO would. IOW, I really don't get that sense of Taichi and Iori having deep passionate desire for one another. Taichi and Inaba have way more sexual chemistry between them than what Taichi and Iori have, and I just think that Inaba wants Taichi more than Iori does. Maybe Iori herself senses this, and hence is almost letting Inaba take Taichi away from her. Quote:
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2012-09-23, 07:45 | Link #2195 | |
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That's not a lot of time to clue up the love triangle and also let the Heartseed Bros. do their thing. But hey, if the love triangle gets settled next episode, that's fine with me. I'm just not getting my hopes up, lol.
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2012-09-23, 08:13 | Link #2196 |
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So this arc will be resolved next episode? That's pretty meh. I think this episode is pretty decent but i think it's pretty rushed how aoki resolved his problem.
Honestly, i don't like the fact that they will sell the last four episodes. It really gives me a "somewhat DLC" vibe. But i do feel that they will extend the length of the bluray episodes which will probably do justice. |
2012-09-23, 08:20 | Link #2197 | |
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Not at all, personally it would have been painful to see them drag the issue for another episode.
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2012-09-23, 09:57 | Link #2200 |
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I'm glad Aoki finally received some characterization, but I'm afraid this is pretty much it for him. There doesn't seem to be much to do with his character. He's too "normal" and balanced compared to everybody else. His issue in this arc wasn't even all that interesting.
He should have been the one chosen by HeartSeed to oversee the whole thing. At least he'd have a clear-cut role to play this way.
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