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But with Sora no Woto, it tries to have a significant background which constantly clashes with it's more lighthearted feel. At least with Hidamari Sketch, you don't expect any more then just slice of life. So in short, the directors should have picked a direction and stuck with it from day one if they want to focus more on military fail moe for laughs because now they've also got an audience interested in their speculah. And above all for me, if it were a choice between moe comedy or post apocalptic and war themes I'd choose the latter. Quote:
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2010-02-24, 06:22 | Link #1042 |
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He mentions that he is returning tomorrow and has dropped by in the hope of meeting Rio.
The real beauty of this ep is how most of the action is in the back ground. Kanata and the kids are the only ones that doesn't feel anything wrong. The local community clearly does feel uneasy and requested Rio to give them a non PR sugar coated version of recent news as they regard her as one of the locals. I wouldn't be surprised in next ep if Krauss' mission to the fort is to escort Rio back to HQ. It actually reminds me of the build up part from 2012. |
2010-02-24, 08:43 | Link #1043 | |
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I give props to Kanata... she seems to be very dedicated to her duty, but maybe a bit too much, but I hardly call that moe, except the dress that Yumina dresses her in, something that comes out from a cosplay cafe. This make you wish there was such things as a cordless phone.
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2010-02-24, 09:19 | Link #1044 | |
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Kanata believed them, I guess. |
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2010-02-24, 11:31 | Link #1045 | |
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2010-02-24, 11:46 | Link #1047 |
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Each episode confirms for me that Noel is doing "something" other than her regular duties... Maybe she's the one who runs the distillery... during the night. Maybe she tastes a bit too much of it.... and then she has that iron trap memory for everything....
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2010-02-24, 12:31 | Link #1048 | ||
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2010-02-24, 12:45 | Link #1049 |
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It isn't unusual for even the most-loved and greatest anime to have a problematic episode (be it pacing, time budget, animation quality, etc). It is probably best to wait til series completion before either kicking or praising this episode too much.
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2010-02-24, 17:14 | Link #1051 |
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By the way, how come this is slice-of-life, I do not think that in life it is a common occurrence: "high school adolescents to have the mental capacity of pre-school kids at their best" ... and don't bash, I am sarcastic. On a more serious note, this show has a serious identity crisis, projected to its audience
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2010-02-24, 18:24 | Link #1054 |
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But that seems to be working in its favor. If it was a full on gritty war drama, the odds that I would've chosen to watch it are low. If it was a full throttle lighthearted cute girls show, the chance that you would be watching it is also low. The fusion of elements allows us to meet and have these ideological battles.
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2010-02-24, 19:19 | Link #1058 | |
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And what's so bad about war dramas? I think in the long run if it were a choice between war dramas and moe comedy I tend to pick the former. |
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2010-02-24, 19:30 | Link #1059 |
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Because believe it or not, I am the majority-minority. The rare idiot whose tastes seem to be the almost diametric opposite of most of the board, putting me more in line with the "otaku" that people like to blame across a language barrier and an ocean. I prefer comedy and various types of endings/openings/character songs over any attempts at "seriousness" or even shipping. I don't justify liking shows by saying they are a parody; I just prefer things to be exceptionally silly. And experimental. My ideal of a show is something with Shinbo's animation quirks and Keiichiro Kawaguchi's sense of humor. Most of the shows people list when talking about "serious" shows, I haven't watched the majority of. If I were to use comic books as an analogy, I would be a Silver Age fan.
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2010-02-24, 19:42 | Link #1060 | |
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