2011-04-16, 21:05 | Link #204 |
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Saw em' at the Parco City Mall website. There's even more.
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But maybe those fans can't really be blamed because those are the type of characters that most writers create? But then again, writers need something that sells. So I guess such characters are created for so many times to satisfy the demand. *sigh* Quote:
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I don't see it possible though... I mean, someone picky on boyfriends would usually be picky with friends as well? And since she didn't mind a poor person for a friend, then money might not really matter to her. But then again, with this show's writer, I doubt any of the characters would be that predictable. Quote:
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2011-04-16, 23:02 | Link #206 |
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Hanabi definitely was setting him up. Objectively, such actions she took may be similar to how girls act towards friends in general, but the way in which she performed them were definitely leading him on, only to crush him with her announcement of a boyfriend.
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2011-04-17, 00:21 | Link #208 |
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The moral of the story is if you are a girl in anime, make sure to come clean and disclosure fully details about your social relationships, 3-side measurement and what not. Also, dont dare to be anywhere less than 200 meters from the protagonist must less talking to him and helping him if you are not free to fuck for the protagonist.if not, you will be perceived as a slut, manipulator and bitch.
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2011-04-17, 00:48 | Link #209 | |
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I have girls who are strictly friends, and I can tell the difference in attitudes when they're as friends, and when they're going for something more (to my amusement whenever we're out and I see them talk up guys that they're interested in). Hanabi definitely fits in the latter crowd, and it just wasn't cool for her to crush his hopes like that all of a sudden if all he really was to her was a friend and not a potential interest. |
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2011-04-17, 02:44 | Link #210 |
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I wonder what would many people say if they were to watch Utena.
Their heads would probably explode, haha. Anyway, I don't think Hanabi is that important. I think she's just a plot device, along with Kimimaro's father, and Kimimaro's lack of freedom due to budget constraints to make him do the deal with Masakaki. I really doubt there'll be any romance in this anime, and if there is, I think chances are higher it'll involve Mashu rather than Hanabi.
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2011-04-17, 09:57 | Link #211 |
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It's been a while since I've posted. I thought that the first episode was interesting and very watchable, although it does not have the allure that other series like Tatami Galaxy and Honey and Clover had for it even at its very first episode. I think the Yu-gi-oh-ish battle during the first part and the cards themselves eerily reminded me of a YGO-ripoff. I'm sure that while Kenji Kamiyama didn't have that in mind the similarities simply evinced themselves.
Masakaki is very interesting and I simply love Takahiro Sakurai in roles like that. That's why I argued that C is like the postmodern Mononoke, as there are obvious likenesses between Masakaki and Medicine Seller. The creepy vibe of the Financial District also seemed like one of Kusuri-iuri's exorcisms. It's just my two cents, though. I wrote more about the show's similarity with Eden of the East here. I hope it doesn't fizzle out like that show did.
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2011-04-17, 10:12 | Link #212 | |
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Even the food choices at lunch that they did were contrasting. She had the expensive main dish and side vegetables. He took the inexpensive lunch. And seating position is impt. Friends and future couples sit at the same table (beside or across from each other). She chose a position that forces him to look up to her which I thought was weird. Watched Utena a long time ago. I don't think it would hold up well nowadays which is prob why Nozomi is releasing it in the US. Otaku tastes have changed.
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To me Hanabi and Kiminaro seems just friends, unlike those other two guys, whom she seems to varily tolarelate. EDIT: How do you know it wasn't him who chose that position. Maybe it's him who purposely sits apart from her, and she doesn't get close because she respects his personal space.
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2011-04-17, 10:39 | Link #214 |
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No one's personal space extends that far in a lunchroom setting. If his space was that huge, he couldn't work in a fast food joint. And they had no problems standing close to each other when she was in a position to point out the existence of her rich boyfriend after texting on her cellphone.
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2011-04-17, 11:01 | Link #215 | |
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But later, when Hanabi goes out of her wait to help him, you can see that even though he always puts a barrier between them, he does want to get closer to her. But it's not her fault her boyfriend chose that moment to appear. To me, the surprised look on Hanabi's face when Kiminaro announces he's going with them to that drinking party or whatever speaks volumes. It's extremely rare for Kiminaro to socialize with them, and the seating position is a visual sign of that distance. I'm calling it now. Hanabi is a true friend, and wasn't leading him on, at least not consciously.
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2011-04-17, 11:10 | Link #216 | |
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As this is only the first ep., I'll wait for more info. Being anime, I suspect that his only "friend" is going to be Mashu as he climbs up the Financial District social ladder. Souichiro was going on a date with Q after all. I'm taking this as a hint as to what goes on there.
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2011-04-17, 11:14 | Link #217 | |
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You're too biased against her I think. At any rate, let's wait and see what happens.
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2011-04-17, 11:22 | Link #218 | |
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I'm willing to wait and see but this is an anime title. Real life things tend to be "messy". So with her inconsistencies, she's suspect from the start.
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2011-04-17, 11:30 | Link #219 | |
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I think Hanabi is a device to advance the plot. Kimimaro needs a reason to enter the financial district, Hanabi dating a rich guy is exactly that reason.
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btw, I would love to have Hanabi as a friend. She seems like a very nice person. She's willing to go to her friend in person to remind him about the test. Dating people with money is sadly a very realistic thing, the only reason people are shocked is because that anime is generally very "escapist" and presents an ideal where that doesn't happen. |
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2011-04-17, 11:31 | Link #220 | ||
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Like Kyubey, Masakaki is using semantics to manipulate. If he knew for a fact that was the reason Hanabi was dating that guy, he would say so, but instead he speaks in uncertain terms. So the true is that he doesn't know. And but the way, I don't think Hanabi is rich, and I don't think she ever claimed that either. She only said she was going to college on her family's money, but you don't need to be rich to pay college. So her clothes don't seem that important to me.
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