Current Events > Anime and Other Stuff General v162: "What's wrong with your face?"

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GiftedACIII posted...

I remember there was another daughter of one of taihei's coworkers that we didn't see in the first season. Hopefully she's in the second because she sounded sweet.

Nah, all she is is yet another girl on Taihei's nuts 24/7. Because we needed 3 of those. Doesn't really add anything to the show.
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ArthasReborn posted...

Calwings posted...

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-23/bang-dream-s-pastel-palettes-band-gets-anime/.130732

Neat, more BanG Dream on the way.

not Hello Happy World smh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbUd7JGXcAElLS5.jpg

rofl gay bird moment
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Spidey5 posted...

GiftedACIII posted...

I remember there was another daughter of one of taihei's coworkers that we didn't see in the first season. Hopefully she's in the second because she sounded sweet.

Nah, all she is is yet another girl on Taihei's nuts 24/7. Because we needed 3 of those. Doesn't really add anything to the show.

Taihei and the big breasted girl are the only good pair in the whole show
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Ebina is the best girl.
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shy shrimp girl is my favourite too
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GOLDEN KAMUY IS ON MONDAY'S!

For those who say nothing good is on, fucking GOLDEN KAMUY! Unless you want to argue that is like, late Sunday night? But no, it's FUCKING MONDAY!
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Huh, golden kamuy sounded like some kids show just going by the name, but just looked it up and the premise seems interesting, might give it a watch, maybe there will actually be something worthwhile on mondays.
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Cookie Bag posted...

maybe there will actually be something worthwhile on mondays.

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ProfessorKukui posted...

It's a metaphor for how she's gonna struggle to open legs for Taihei
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https://twitter.com/Spy_0taku/status/988550027516792832

It lives!
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Is that the anime that kinda just got canceled in the middle of its one season?
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I feel 0 desire to watch it after the trainwreck of a 10th episode.
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legendarylemur posted...

ProfessorKukui posted...

It's a metaphor for how she's gonna struggle to open legs for Taihei

At least they're persistent enough to finish it, but who wants it anymore lol.

@kirbymuncher i was listening to the OST for symphogear. You know, i never like, listened to just the soundtrack without the anime noises and stuff, this is pretty good stuff, the battle themes are already hype in the anime but as standalone songs they're pretty freaking cool.
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MJOLNRVII posted...

Is that the anime that kinda just got canceled in the middle of its one season?

Yep. Production hell, QUALITY, just a trainwreck in general.
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Spidey5 posted...

I feel 0 desire to watch it after the trainwreck of a 10th episode.

you think the 10th episode was the bad one? honestly I felt like things started coming back together sort of for that episode. somehow. like, there were some iffy spots in it sure (just like in every other episode) but it wasn't anywhere near the level of eps 8 or 9 which were just super ugly and messy almost the whole way through.

I'd watch ep 11 and 12, tbh. the setting has some ideas which are pretty cool and I personally have a big soft spot for stories / the idea of what a "story" is being used as allegories / stand-ins / sources of magic which si basically what this entire series is based on

Cookie Bag posted...

@kirbymuncher i was listening to the OST for symphogear. You know, i never like, listened to just the soundtrack without the anime noises and stuff, this is pretty good stuff, the battle themes are already hype in the anime but as standalone songs they're pretty freaking cool.

favourite battle song?
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kirbymuncher posted...

favourite battle song?

Going through this stuff, i'm not 100% if this was a battle song or not, though it does sound like it, and so far its the hypest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMPrVf_Lhqs" data-time="

Kinda reminds me to another song but i can't put my finger on it.
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That's probably a confrontation theme rather than a battle theme, since when I stopped and thoguht about it I realized basically all the battles have vocal songs on top of them (considering how the powers work this isn't surprising I dunno why I realized it only now <_<)

it's pretty sweet though
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kirbymuncher posted...

you think the 10th episode was the bad one? honestly I felt like things started coming back together sort of for that episode. somehow. like, there were some iffy spots in it sure (just like in every other episode) but it wasn't anywhere near the level of eps 8 or 9 which were just super ugly and messy almost the whole way through.

I'd watch ep 11 and 12, tbh. the setting has some ideas which are pretty cool and I personally have a big soft spot for stories / the idea of what a "story" is being used as allegories / stand-ins / sources of magic which si basically what this entire series is based on

I don't mean the art quality. I mean the insult of a story they left off on.
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The whole series is a bit of an insult. They had such a neat concept, but they don't explain ANYTHING, we have no idea about the shadowy figures and what their deal is, and the series spent more time exploring nearly nude young girls than the cool idea of the story.
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kirbymuncher posted...

That's probably a confrontation theme rather than a battle theme, since when I stopped and thoguht about it I realized basically all the battles have vocal songs on top of them (considering how the powers work this isn't surprising I dunno why I realized it only now <_<)

it's pretty sweet though

Ill have to actually... acquire the full full ost with the vocals and all later i guess since i'm not seeing them :/
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I had no idea we would get a certain someone as a new servant for beating the Fate/Zero story event. Also, those new songs are sweet. Still got 40 missions left.
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Spidey5 posted...

I had no idea we would get a certain someone as a new servant for beating the Fate/Zero story event. Also, those new songs are sweet. Still got 40 missions left.

You mean mama grail?

Yeah i'm probably gonna get her and grail her, same for kuro and hopefully illya, then quit the game for good, apparently i'm gonna need like 9 grails total to get them all to 100

Just found out Darling is on hiatus for a week, fucking reeeee to no hell
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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

They had such a neat concept, but they don't explain ANYTHING

it felt to me like the kind of setup that's supposed to be starting with the "action" and introducing things later and/or gradually but instead with all the issues around both the anime (the mess this season was) and the LNs (the author being dead now) it will probably just forever be unclear

I can tolerate a fair bit of info left unsaid in this sort of thing since that's essentiallly how fairy tales work so it's a good tie between the content and the structure. this thing sorta pushes a little too far on that though at times. I did like the first arc though and I think the 2nd could have been alright if they actually concluded it instead of stopping just before the finals of the tournament arc lol
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It's kinda too bad cuz I really really like the character designer, but yeah the anime itself was just a very bland and basic battle anime
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Feels like ever since LN general disappeared, I haven't done a recommendation thing in a long long while

But if you're looking to see what the likes of edgy teens and Linkin Park listeners would totally be into, look no further than Nidome no Yuusha. A series so edgy that you'll get cut just reading it.

An isekai hero saves the world but is betrayed by his party member after he defeats the big bad. He swears revenge as he's dying, and the world informs him that that was just a fucking tutorial. Now it's basically his 3rd chance at life, and this time, he's out for revenge.

Cheesy as fuck and entertainingly violent. Only 3 chapters of it on manga form but I heard the LN is fairly far in, so it's something I'm definitely gonna have to see. I love a good edgy revenge story. It's sorta my kink
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well really, marchen madchen fit my #1 requirement for battle series which is having powers based on stuff. and I don't just mean saying someone who shoots fireballs has powers based on fire or something dumb like that. beeing based on stories is cool, being based on historic figures is cool, being based on mythological weapons is cool, etc etc. Basically, if the character announces their name / their weapon name and you pause the show, go look it up on wikipedia, and the info you find there is actually relevant to what their abilities and combat style are, that's good.

It also means you can have fun trying to guess what certain characters are based on, or try to predict possible parts of their powers they may be keeping hidden

(on a related note pls recommend me these)
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...but i like linkin park...

legendarylemur posted...

An isekai hero saves the world but is betrayed by his party member after he defeats the big bad. He swears revenge as he's dying, and the world informs him that that was just a fucking tutorial. Now it's basically his 3rd chance at life, and this time, he's out for revenge.

yeah a friend told me about this one and seems hilariously over the top edgy
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Yeah I don't mind that usually, where some similar series dedicate like more than half of their running time on purely explaining their powers and trying to figure out a way to counter it using their own set of limited powers. Even more bonus points when the main party is significantly outgunned and survives by using wit on top of their power.

Imo, recently, ironically the series that did it best is a non-fantasy one, which is Kaiji and the current One Poker Hen

But it just felt like something was missing when I was watching Marchen Madchen. The theme was pretty sweet, and I like the approach for the powers based on regional fables in the later tournament arc. But maybe their powers are a bit too simple? It rarely felt like they were specifically outwitting their opponents at several points.
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Cookie Bag posted...

...but i like linkin park...

legendarylemur posted...

An isekai hero saves the world but is betrayed by his party member after he defeats the big bad. He swears revenge as he's dying, and the world informs him that that was just a fucking tutorial. Now it's basically his 3rd chance at life, and this time, he's out for revenge.

yeah a friend told me about this one and seems hilariously over the top edgy

It's so edgy that I love it. But imo it's not super melodramatic so far, which is a point for the series. The main character is pretty focused on the revenge aspect and only tries to do stuff that contributes to his revenge. But I heard the manga cut out a superfluous torture scene that had nothing to do with his revenge, so maybe the manga is like a final draft, and the LN is melodramatic.

They introduced an edgy looking bunny chick tho. One of those "I recognized her eyes... they reminded them of mine" kinda situation
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legendarylemur posted...

Feels like ever since LN general disappeared, I haven't done a recommendation thing in a long long while

But if you're looking to see what the likes of edgy teens and Linkin Park listeners would totally be into, look no further than Nidome no Yuusha. A series so edgy that you'll get cut just reading it.

An isekai hero saves the world but is betrayed by his party member after he defeats the big bad. He swears revenge as he's dying, and the world informs him that that was just a fucking tutorial. Now it's basically his 3rd chance at life, and this time, he's out for revenge.

Cheesy as fuck and entertainingly violent. Only 3 chapters of it on manga form but I heard the LN is fairly far in, so it's something I'm definitely gonna have to see. I love a good edgy revenge story. It's sorta my kink

...
Hmmmm

battles being kinda meh isn't a big deal to me since it's not really about the battles themselves in my mind. I just like seeing how authors reinterpret whatever the original basis is into a set of powers that make sense in the setting and are usually totally different while also still being recognizable as the originals. the fights could all be onesided stomps for all I care
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kirbymuncher posted...

Basically, if the character announces their name / their weapon name and you pause the show, go look it up on wikipedia, and the info you find there is actually relevant to what their abilities and combat style are, that's good.

I totally agree with this, it's always nice seeing mythology and stuff used in a different way in literature.
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Anyone else watching Hisone to Maso-Tan? Such a crazy weird concept for an anime, but I'm digging it so far.
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legendarylemur posted...

Feels like ever since LN general disappeared, I haven't done a recommendation thing in a long long while

But if you're looking to see what the likes of edgy teens and Linkin Park listeners would totally be into, look no further than Nidome no Yuusha. A series so edgy that you'll get cut just reading it.

An isekai hero saves the world but is betrayed by his party member after he defeats the big bad. He swears revenge as he's dying, and the world informs him that that was just a fucking tutorial. Now it's basically his 3rd chance at life, and this time, he's out for revenge.

Cheesy as fuck and entertainingly violent. Only 3 chapters of it on manga form but I heard the LN is fairly far in, so it's something I'm definitely gonna have to see. I love a good edgy revenge story. It's sorta my kink

Hmm, been seeing the name around here and there, so I'll probably check it out.

On the other hand, I don't really have anything to recommend since most of the stuff I like aren't translated into English.

Been slowly making my way through MH World here, and while it's not as strong as an opening volume compared to Tamashii, it's great with its focus on the characters' interacting and adapting to environments they're not used to.

kirbymuncher posted...

well really, marchen madchen fit my #1 requirement for battle series which is having powers based on stuff. and I don't just mean saying someone who shoots fireballs has powers based on fire or something dumb like that. beeing based on stories is cool, being based on historic figures is cool, being based on mythological weapons is cool, etc etc. Basically, if the character announces their name / their weapon name and you pause the show, go look it up on wikipedia, and the info you find there is actually relevant to what their abilities and combat style are, that's good.

It also means you can have fun trying to guess what certain characters are based on, or try to predict possible parts of their powers they may be keeping hidden

(on a related note pls recommend me these)

You know, now that I think about it, the Monster Hunter novels also do that to an extent with the characters' weapons and armor of choice.
Not based on other pre-existing stuff, but on the stuff contained within the games and/or spawned by the player base.

Been listening to old stuff and youtube took me to a song i haven't heard in years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrRz6KCrcM8" data-time="

And then tried to actually look for a song, and only found it on soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/jakazid/stargazer-jakazid-remix

i'm not sure if i posted this one already or not, i've had this song on loop for several hours now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-HsQZ99UeA" data-time="

This last one i tried to look up if it was from some VN or something, because the first song in the same album called HEARTBEAT seems to be from an VN called Love Potion Sixty Nine, so i just was wondering if this one was also from a VN.
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The Danmachi mobile game is doing a Kino's Journey collab so do I fall for the marketing scheme and check that series out?
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ArthasReborn posted...

The Danmachi mobile game is doing a Kino's Journey collab so do I fall for the marketing scheme and check that series out?

Definitely do give it a try. It's currently my favorite light novel series.

Edit: Hah, they paired DanMachi's Hermes (spelled he-ru-me-su in JP) with Kino's Hermes (spelled e-ru-me-su). Definitely saw it coming.
https://imgur.com/a/9DpTD

If you're familiar with both the LN and the anime, do you have any comparisons?
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I think barnnn himself did a few sample translations on it
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ArthasReborn posted...

If you're familiar with both the LN and the anime, do you have any comparisons?

Well, it's pretty complicated, to be honest. The novels are like collections of short stories with each chapter being standalone, and the anime series chooses a few chapters to adapt.
It's also worth noting that three key stories included in the 2003 version was adapted again in the 2017 version, two of them due to being crucial to the main characters' origins.

The 2003 anime version cuts out a fair amount of details from individual stories but includes more of them by splicing stories with similar themes together in some episodes. Three of the stories were changed significantly, two for the better and one for worse.
I personally don't prefer how Kino is portrayed in this series though. Only shows the character's neutral, detached side for most of the time because of the chapters chosen, and Hermes isn't given as much attention as I'd like.

The 2017 anime is mostly a faithful adaptation, but two stories in particular are heavily abridged due to their length in the novel. The art style is more simple compared to the 2003 series, and the CG can be a bit jarring in some scenes (especially two particular shots in the first episode).
The stories included here shows the main characters in numerous different angles and doesn't shy away from showing their less sympathetic sides, which I really liked.

The other characters in the collab (Tiffana, Photo & Sou) only appear in the novel and the 2017 anime, so there's also that to consider.

And yeah, I've translated some of the LN. The first half of volume 1, two of the visual books, and a special chapter of the manga.
http://barnnn.blogspot.com/p/kinos-journey.html

Hey guys, sayori did a thing

http://store.steampowered.com/app/533540/MONMUSU/
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>developer: tentacle games
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a dev i can get behind

Nightmare_Luna posted...

>developer: tentacle games

Just looked it up and the only 2 games they've developed is this and tropical liquor, and they're both designed by sayori afaik.

Both are small games too, tropical liquor seems to be a puzzle game, this one is a clicker.
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barnnn posted...

This was extremely informative, thank you. I'll probably watch the 2017 anime then, and then maybe check out the LN later on.

Cookie Bag posted...

Hey guys, sayori did a thing

http://store.steampowered.com/app/533540/MONMUSU/

I think my Steam games list has gone past the point of shame so I'll look at it later today >_>
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ArthasReborn posted...

barnnn posted...

This was extremely informative, thank you. I'll probably watch the 2017 anime then, and then maybe check out the LN later on.

You're welcome. Hope you have fun with it.

Also, I forgot to mention that most people actually prefer the 2003 version over the 2017 version. Maybe give that one a try too if you end up not liking the 2017 version.

ArthasReborn posted...

I think my Steam games list has gone past the point of shame so I'll look at it later today >_>

Doesn't seem to be out yet, neither the R18 patch
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