Aria the Scarlet Ammo (Hidan no Aria) - Generic Discussion Thread

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Nera Sleith

You wouldn't know if you like or don't like someone's post until you read them.

This is true for this series. You wouldn't like it until you've seen what it really offers.

Seriously.....I mean it's like only the first episode....emphasis on "really"

[Kagayaki]

It's not a matter of real world vs. imaginary world.

In this imaginary world, people die when they get hit by gunshots.

In this imaginary world, people seem to have more or less standard human morality.

In this imaginary world, it's perfectly acceptable to shoot at your fellow classmates (Aria misses blonde twintail girl by about 20cm) because they were teasing you.

The last statement doesn't work, given the first two rules of this imaginary world.

Now I'm not going to say "No fun allowed, this series is ridiculous and I won't watch it." I'll probably keep watching it, in fact. But you guys have to recognize that there are plot holes here.

[Chiibi]

Originally Posted by Nera Sleith

You wouldn't know if you like or don't like someone's post until you read them.

Yes. THANK YOU.

I failed to mention this but I got pretty pissed when someone earlier said "Lolis shouldn't be heroines."

Why the hell not!?

As far as I'm concerned, that's complete discrimination. Looking much younger than you really are is a physical condition. (With being well into adulthood yet looking about 13, I'M LIVING PROOF). It's the same as saying "Really tall girls shouldn't be heroines" or "Girls in wheelchairs shouldn't be heroines".

It'd be ideal if such people would keep their close-minded comments to themselves. Because I was quite offended by that statement.

[Icy.Tear]

I just have one thing to say to everyone posting above.

This is not a real world.


And Haak:

Once again, using the real world as a basis. This is a partially-fictional world (parallel universe), so the author can play around with the mindsets of people and the characters as much as he likes as long as he does not make contradictions within his own logic.

Since the existence of Butei as a counter to rising crime rates is not contradictory, then everything still makes sense.

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

It's not a matter of real world vs. imaginary world.

In this imaginary world, people die when they get hit by gunshots.

In this imaginary world, people seem to have more or less standard human morality.

In this imaginary world, it's perfectly acceptable to shoot at your fellow classmates (Aria misses blonde twintail girl by about 20cm) because they were teasing you.

The last statement doesn't work, given the first two rules of this imaginary world.

Now I'm not going to say "No fun allowed, this series is ridiculous and I won't watch it." I'll probably keep watching it, in fact. But you guys have to recognize that there are plot holes here.

Your last statement is incorrect.

In this imaginary world, it's perfectly acceptable in Butei High to shoot at your fellow classmates as long as you don't kill them.

As stated by Butei Law article 9.

[Haak]

The basis itself is contradicting it's own logic. And External Consistency matters just as much as Internal Consistency in my book.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

It's not a matter of real world vs. imaginary world.

In this imaginary world, people die when they get hit by gunshots.

In this imaginary world, people seem to have more or less standard human morality.

In this imaginary world, it's perfectly acceptable to shoot at your fellow classmates (Aria misses blonde twintail girl by about 20cm) because they were teasing you.

The last statement doesn't work, given the first two rules of this imaginary world.

Now I'm not going to say "No fun allowed, this series is ridiculous and I won't watch it." I'll probably keep watching it, in fact. But you guys have to recognize that there are plot holes here.

That's not called a plot hole. That is called insertion of humor which may or may not fit your cup of tea. I admit this kind of stuff is YMMV but no, it's not supposed to be taken as a serious part of the story proper.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

Now I'm not going to say "No fun allowed, this series is ridiculous and I won't watch it." I'll probably keep watching it, in fact. But you guys have to recognize that there are plot holes here.

Eh, hate to break it to you, especially since you did such a great job setting up the punchline, but that's not what a plothole is.

You might be new to this concept, but violence in a comical, light hearted atmosphere and fashion, are just that- It's not suppose to be broken down and discuss in a big public morality committee whether or not the children should be exposed to this material.

My advice? Less books, more TV. Video games won't hurt either.

[Kagayaki]

Originally Posted by YoakeNoHikari

Your last statement is incorrect.

In this imaginary world, it's perfectly acceptable in Butei High to shoot at your fellow classmates as long as you don't kill them.

As stated by Butei Law article 9.

Yeah, and I'm saying that that rule makes no sense given the other rules of the world.

[Icy.Tear]

Originally Posted by Haak

The basis itself is contradicting it's own logic. And External Consistency matters just as much as Internal Consistency in my book.

...What? When you take a basis of a world, you don't automatically take all the logic rules with you. Akamatsu-sensei merely assimilated the logic of our world as applies to the normal populace, while giving different logic to those abnormal people in Butei High. (They're explicitly stated as abnormal.)

External Consistency as opposed to Internal Consistency is your own opinion.

Therefore you still can't say it doesn't make sense, which is the whole point of this argument in the first place.

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

Yeah, and I'm saying that that rule makes no sense given the other rules of the world.

The normal populace do not like Butei.

They see them as crazy gunslingers...Because they are, (in regards to Assault, at least.)

And once again, normal rules do not apply to Butei.

[Haak]

Originally Posted by YoakeNoHikari

...What? When you take a basis of a world, you don't automatically take all the logic rules with you. Akamatsu-sensei merely assimilated the logic of our world as applies to the normal populace, while giving different logic to those abnormal people in Butei High. (They're explicitly stated as abnormal.)

External Consistency as opposed to Internal Consistency is your own opinion.

Therefore you still can't say it doesn't make sense, which is the whole point of this argument in the first place.

First of all, you've defined what makes "sense" as entirely Internal Consistency without a second thought for other people's perspective. If I think External Consistency is important then the show doesn't make sense.

Secondly, you should take all the logic rules with you (unless it's for comedy or something similar) because otherwise it doesn't make sense.

[TJR]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

I don't even see any similarities of IS too. So I can't understand why Aria is the summer IS.

Don't think too deeply on the story or character details. The reason Aria is regarded as the new IS is:

a) it replaces Infinite Stratos on the same timeslot
b) it's an adaptation of another Media Factory light novel (new entry in a 3-part TBS x MF collaboration)
c) it's an equally vapid, poorly written, and soulless blend of popular fan elements

While point c) may be subjective, it's going to be a common opinion. You know what people think of most light novels, right? Basically, you have an unskilled, unimaginative author (who'd never get published anywhere else and knows it) throwing a bunch of otaku tropes into a blender and then dressing it up with some pretty pictures. The contents may be as appetizing as vomit to most onlookers, but a select group of people will happily eat it anyway.

As far as anime goes, these novels are adapted once the smallest of audiences has been established. Indeed, they're now created with anime in mind (purpose of making the source is to ride on the popularity of the successful franchises that hit it big with fandom; the general perception is that they're worse than the forerunners and only exist to exploit), which brings us to the recent crop of shows. In that regard, Hidan no Aria is part of the same wave as Infinite Stratos, hence the comparisons.

[Icy.Tear]

Originally Posted by Haak

First of all, you've defined what makes "sense" as entirely Internal Consistency without a second thought for other people's perspective. If I think External Consistency is important then the show doesn't make sense.

Secondly, you should take all the logic rules with you (unless it's for comedy or something similar) because otherwise it doesn't make sense.

All the logic rules are taken over from the real world in regards to the normal populace.

The series, standalone, makes sense. If you don't think it makes sense, that's fine by me. I'm not going to tell you what to think.

Originally Posted by TJR

While point c) may be subjective, it's going to be a common opinion. You know what people think of most light novels, right? Basically, you have an unskilled, unimaginative author (who'd never get published anywhere else and knows it) throwing a bunch of otaku tropes into a blender and then dressing it up with some pretty pictures. The contents may be as appetizing as vomit to most onlookers, but a select group of people will happily eat it anyway.

As far as anime goes, these novels are adapted once the smallest of audiences has been established. Indeed, they're now created with anime in mind (purpose of making the source is to ride on the popularity of the successful franchises that hit it big with fandom; the general perception is that they're worse than the forerunners and only exist to exploit), which brings us to the recent crop of shows. In that regard, Hidan no Aria is part of the same wave as Infinite Stratos, hence the comparisons.

I see, you're one of those experts that thinks that a series is trash because it has large amounts of moe elements to cater to the demographic.

The reason it wouldn't be published anywhere else is not because it's bad, but because Media Factory keeps a tight-fisted hold on shounen harem.
Of course, whether these harems have a plot or not is dependent on the author.

[Haak]

Originally Posted by TJR

Don't think too deeply on the story or character details. The reason Aria is regarded as the new IS is:

a) it replaces Infinite Stratos on the same timeslot
b) it's an adaptation of another Media Factory light novel (new entry in a 3-part TBS x MF collaboration)
c) it's an equally vapid, poorly written, and soulless blend of popular fan elements

While point c) may be subjective, it's going to be a common opinion. You know what people think of most light novels, right? Basically, you have an unskilled, unimaginative author (who'd never get published anywhere else and knows it) throwing a bunch of otaku tropes into a blender and then dressing it up with some pretty pictures. The contents may be as appetizing as vomit to most onlookers, but a select group of people will happily eat it anyway.

As far as anime goes, these novels are adapted once the smallest of audiences has been established. Indeed, they're now created with anime in mind (purpose of making the source is to ride on the popularity of the successful franchises that hit it big with fandom; the general perception is that they're worse than the forerunners and only exist to exploit), which brings us to the recent crop of shows. In that regard, Hidan no Aria is part of the same wave as Infinite Stratos, hence the comparisons.

The other similarities include having an Academy based on something cool and a harem.

Originally Posted by YoakeNoHikari

All the logic rules are taken over from the real world in regards to the normal populace.

You don't think giving abnormal children guns to reduce crime rates is going to affect he normal populace? The effect on the normal populace is half the reason why it doesn't make sense...

Originally Posted by YoakeNoHikari

All the logic rules are taken over from the real world in regards to the normal populace.

You don't think giving abnormal children guns to reduce crime rates is going to affect he normal populace? The effect on the normal populace is half the reason why it doesn't make sense...

[Kagayaki]

Originally Posted by YoakeNoHikari

The normal populace do not like Butei.

They see them as crazy gunslingers...Because they are, (in regards to Assault, at least.)

And once again, normal rules do not apply to Butei.

Ok, well I haven't read the light novels, so I don't actually know the answers to these questions, but I'm curious (and this part doesn't make any sense to me right now), so please bear with me.

Who pays for the Butei? Who writes these Butei laws (and convinces the public to support their existence? If the public is opposed to their presence and this was a democracy, I'm guessing they wouldn't be publicly funded and there's no way their existence would be legal.

So is this world run by some oligarchy of the super-rich who hold very different views compared to the general public? I mean, someone other than the Butei are obviously in favor of their existence.

[Icy.Tear]

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

Ok, well I haven't read the light novels, so I don't actually know the answers to these questions, but I'm curious (and this part doesn't make any sense to me right now), so please bear with me.

Who pays for the Butei? Who writes these Butei laws (and convinces the public to support their existence? If the public is opposed to their presence and this was a democracy, I'm guessing they wouldn't be publicly funded and there's no way their existence would be legal.

So is this world run by some oligarchy of the super-rich who hold very different views compared to the general public? I mean, someone other than the Butei are obviously in favor of their existence.

The citizens aren't against their existence. They just don't like them.
In fact, the citizens themselves are the ones commissioning the Butei to do jobs for them.

Originally Posted by Haak

You don't think giving abnormal children guns to reduce crime rates is going to affect he normal populace? The effect on the normal populace is half the reason why it doesn't make sense...

Of course it will affect the normal populace...By decreasing the rate of crime.

These children are abnormal, which is why they keep their own world, even having a whole artificial island to themselves. They hang around with other Butei most of the time, so they aren't affecting the normal populace that way.

Originally Posted by Haak

The other similarities include having an Academy based on something cool and a harem.

One of them is a genre, and the other is an extremely used setting. Therefore there will be repeats. Thousands of them.

Before someone says "I don't like it because it's not original," then I can safely tell you that there isn't much in the world that hasn't been done before.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by TJR

Don't think too deeply on the story or character details. The reason Aria is regarded as the new IS is:

a) it replaces Infinite Stratos on the same timeslot
b) it's an adaptation of another Media Factory light novel (new entry in a 3-part TBS x MF collaboration)
c) it's an equally vapid, poorly written, and soulless blend of popular fan elements

While point c) may be subjective, it's going to be a common opinion. You know what people think of most light novels, right? Basically, you have an unskilled, unimaginative author (who'd never get published anywhere else and knows it) throwing a bunch of otaku tropes into a blender and then dressing it up with some pretty pictures. The contents may be as appetizing as vomit to most onlookers, but a select group of people will happily eat it anyway.

As far as anime goes, these novels are adapted once the smallest of audiences has been established. Indeed, they're now created with anime in mind (purpose of making the source is to ride on the popularity of the successful franchises that hit it big with fandom; the general perception is that they're worse than the forerunners and only exist to exploit), which brings us to the recent crop of shows. In that regard, Hidan no Aria is part of the same wave as Infinite Stratos, hence the comparisons.

...............What.........3 years without an anime adaptation.....and it's doing relatively well before this.

Clearly you have no idea about the LN industry...

If anything, it's anime studios looking for something new to turn into shows that go to the LN publishers. Not the other way round.

Also, Kamachi Kazuma and the pile of cash he's sitting on now laughs at your baseless assumption that LN authors are wash-outs.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

My advice? Less books, more TV. Video games won't hurt either.

That's terrible advice and you should be ashamed of yourself.

[tsunade666]

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

Who pays for the Butei? Who writes these Butei laws (and convinces the public to support their existence? If the public is opposed to their presence and this was a democracy, I'm guessing they wouldn't be publicly funded and there's no way their existence would be legal.

So is this world run by some oligarchy of the super-rich who hold very different views compared to the general public? I mean, someone other than the Butei are obviously in favor of their existence.

The public or the government. Most people who don't trust the police or something with their works. When the crime rates increase the people despite having problems with some of the butei still clings to them. But since they are just mercenaries. If they fail everyone will criticize them but if they succeed few will only knew. The client and the one who is doing the job.

The government establish the butei system because they can't deal with bigger problems so they are the mostly the one who puts the job or bounty. The bounty is put and the butei will work. But for high school butei. More like school credits are the reward.

[winkel]

You know what people think of most light novels, right? Basically, you have an unskilled, unimaginative author (who'd never get published anywhere else and knows it) throwing a bunch of otaku tropes into a blender and then dressing it up with some pretty pictures. The contents may be as appetizing as vomit to most onlookers, but a select group of people will happily eat it anyway.

What? That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard. You might as well say that about the entire anime/manga/light novel industry: full of hacks who couldn't make it in the real world and are now stuck making kiddy animated/drawn stuff for nerds and 10-year olds.

Believe it or not, some people actually do these kinds of things for a living because they enjoy it. Strange concept, no?

[Haak]

Originally Posted by YoakeNoHikari

Of course it will affect the normal populace...By decreasing the rate of crime.

These children are abnormal, which is why they keep their own world, even having a whole artificial island to themselves. They hang around with other Butei most of the time, so they aren't affecting the normal populace that way.

So what happens when one abnormal teenager with lots and lots of guns decides they wants to do something...not quite right...

As if that can't possibly happen.