2011-04-29, 13:42 | Link #64 |
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It's possible to smile/smirk without any visible emotion. That said, the whole thing about unchanging facial expressions for the Incubators only applied to the anime; Kyubey had some facial expressions in the manga adaptation of the anime, too.
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2011-04-29, 13:48 | Link #65 |
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In the anime QB doesn't but in the manga version of Madoka Magica he does you sometimes really wish he didn't
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2011-04-29, 13:50 | Link #66 | |
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2011-04-29, 13:51 | Link #67 | |
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But that is kind of worse! Smiling without emotion is something even more complex. It means you are trying to force a smile to hide something, for example. Or, you don't feel like smiling but you feel that you should, to show a sign of appreciation, etc. Smiling and other facial expressions are important social behaviors. In the anime kyubee never smiles because he has no emotions and also he never feels he is doing something wrong or that he is deceiving... so why even smile? in the anime he even tells some outrageous things with the same tone and facial expression. Smiling, even without being happy, implies complex emotional processes... |
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2011-04-29, 13:55 | Link #68 | |
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2011-04-29, 14:01 | Link #69 | |
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2011-04-30, 12:22 | Link #70 |
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In the anime, Kyuubey's image is heavily complemented by his evenly nonchalant way of speaking and never moving a face muscle. In the manga, much of this impact is lost, in static pics he just looks like a cute plushie. The artist had to compensate somehow.
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2011-05-30, 10:42 | Link #77 |
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The biggest surprise I had this chapter was Kyubey confirmed as a player in the system. He's the one who turned Airi and Yuuri into MG's. In fact, Jyubey seems very different than Kyubey. He even rushed to purify Yuuri's Soul Gem (unfortunately he was too late and got hurt in the process).
I'm not exactly sympathetic about Airi/Yuuri's fate but it is tragic. This is definitely the equivalent of episode 3 in my eyes. There's some explaining to do though. Why did the Saints not want Kazumi to know about where Witches came from? Why is Jyubey different from Kyubey? Why didn't the Evil Nut work on Kazumi?
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2011-05-30, 15:11 | Link #78 |
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I think the reason why it didn't work is because technically, magical girls ARE witches, just immature. The evil nut seemed to have given Kazumi a power boost instead. But actually, Airi thought it didn't work it at first but for some reason she then stated it worked.
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2011-05-30, 23:00 | Link #79 |
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Kyuubey fills his quotas and Jyuubey fills his--maybe they're competing for the better quota methods--Kyuubey pits Magical Girls against each other, Jyuubey seems to think having them work together is a better idea?
Just a guess.
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2011-07-03, 14:08 | Link #80 |
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Chapter 6 has been scanlated. It's looks like the end of this story arc. Are we going to get plot development or episodic stories for this title?
On another matter, either Jyuubei doesn't know as much about the magical girl system or he's outright lying to the girls when he says "sometimes" magical girls turn into witches. |
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