Animu/Mango General

[nin10mode]

TWGOK vol. 25 confirmed last volume.

Sad to see such an amazing series go, but all good things come to an end. Fingers crossed for that Chihiro ending.
CHAPTER 263 THOUGH

[AlucardX60]

Hi guys.

[nin10mode]

That looks like Wake Up! Girls. What did you think of it? I never watched it, but I have low expectations.

Anyway, ♥♥♥♥ yes http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... 2nd-season

Since I feel like I'm the only one that watched Non Non Biyori, I'll try and sell what I loved about it.

At first I thought it would be very much like A-Channel, with tropes abused to hell and no character depth (which I didn't mind), but it really is great. The characters are definitely tropes, but they aren't controlled by their tropes. Renge, Hotaru, Komari and Natsumi are all adorable (not in the moe, vulnerable sense, more their interactions with each other), and the other secondaries are interesting as well. Hotaru is on the lower end of the creativity spectrum(tall, well endowed fifth grader that's yuri for one of the other girls), but even then she has her moments. The story is very real and relaxing (as far as comedy gets), and that makes sense given the setting and premise. Small rural town, no form of media entertainment other than TV for miles, small class of five with mixed grade levels. I think it mixes comedy and character development well for such a simple premise. A lot of the jokes are reused, but not to the extent that it becomes annoying. The art is astounding as well (thanks Silver Link). In a place without access to magazines and video games and such, and the 'norms' of society -- but fully aware they exist -- they both yearn for a city life and enjoy the peace of nature, and the art conveys the latter action very well.

Give it a watch and see if you agree. Then hype with me about the next season.

[brandoprojectm]

WHAT

THE

♥♥♥♥

HOLY ♥♥♥♥ WHAT

TWGOK SPOILERS NIN AND ALUCARD DON'T OPEN UNTIL YOU'VE READ THE NEWEST CHAPTER

Spoiler: show

DID CHIHIRO ACTUALLY WIN?

♥♥♥♥ HOW

[nin10mode]

Spoiler: show

SO MUCH OF A SINGLE EMOTION FLOWED INTO MY HOPEFUL HEART WHEN I READ THAT

G ♥♥♥♥ G WAKAKI




AND ELSIE

♥♥♥♥ HOW, ELSIE

EDIT: My original shipper happiness is calm. I typed an analysis before but my damn browser refreshed and I lost it, so bear with me if things are unclear.

Spoiler: show

I get why people are upset, for the most part. The Chihiro ending(though technically not an ending yet, and has a very small chance to get flipped around next week) was most plausible though, and I don't see eye-to-eye with other shippers. I'll leave out any conquests with no further connection to Keima, including goddess hosts.
I saw Tsukiyo ships, Nikaido ships, hell I saw a Lune ship and an Akari/Rimyuel ship. It should be obvious how these were improbable.

Ayumi: The main argument I see supporting her ship is that she is the first girl, so she must be the last. That's a logical fallacy. But does it fit the theme of the series? Just how well do they click? It's obvious that everyone Keima courted fell in love with him, so she doesn't really have merit there. She was clearly the most upset in the Jupiter Arc, and she even walked away from the circle. She doesn't really have any greater relationship with Keima aside from the proposal which was staged to get her goddess out.
Kanon: Past the Goddess Arc, Kanon has no shot. In it, she was stabbed, so she definitely played a part in developing Keima as a character that must accept his connection to reality and its people, but as far as their relationship goes, she was just a princess waiting to be saved.
Tenri: She definitely had the best chances after Chihiro, considered the last (two?) Arcs revolved around her. But, it's a one-sided relationship. Keima doesn't react to her presence any more differently than with the other goddess hosts. At most, he thinks of her as a friend.

In fact, almost the entirety of the Future Arc are one-sided relationships while Keima's maturing more as a real person. The goddesses are taking care of Keima, but it's the younger version of him in there. Keima's too worried about connecting the dots to reciprocate any real love.

Elsie: This chapter and the last confirmed it; she loved Keima as a brother and nothing more. She's certainly had her strong moments, but ultimately she never showed any signs of the romantic kind of love, nor him to her. Nothing more needs to be said, I believe.
Haqua: Again, past the Goddess Arc, she has no role. Now she's worried about Hell and how she and Nora plan on restoring it. I certainly don't see any lingering thoughts of Keima (but who knows, maybe that's part of the memory wipe).


The Chihiro end makes sense thematically to me. She and Keima are foils of each other; Keima the gamer and Chihiro the most real girl in the series. If the theme is accepting real life, by choosing Chihiro, his is quite literally accepting the real world as his partner, no asking for it to be. Then there's the fact that she loved him or at least had an interest in him before her actual conquest, how real Keima himself was DURING her first conquest, and then the whole ending of the Goddess Arc, where they are the most open they ever have been with each other. Keima cried for what I remember as the first time in the whole manga, then there's that whole line, "I'm sorry Chihiro, that isn't what I meant," which is when SS Chihiro really went full sail.

All that aside, yeah the plot holes are glaringly obvious. No background on Hell or the Algemachina or the war, everyone's memory might be wiped, the letter is left unopened, Lune hasn't showed up at all since she was revealed to avoid being arrested and a part of Satyr, the battle with Elsie was glossed over (there is a theory that by having Keima as a partner, the never even happened and Elsie stopped because she found happiness [basically, Dokuro set it up this way so Elsie wouldn't destroy the world]. I don't this all too plausible) and no reason was given for her disappearance from the past, Keichi hasn't appeared at all (though at this point, it's really meaningless if he never does and remains a simple plot device), etc.
The manga was originally supposed to be 27 volumes, and I definitely hoped the author would have stuck with that regardless of editor decisions, but damn. Hopefully there will be some sort of spinoff that fills in the gaps, heh. At the very least, next chapter is apparently longer than normal, which means at least some things will hopefully be briefly explained in a somewhat cohesive way.

[*Emelia K. Fletcher]

May as well bump this topic full of ♥♥♥♥ weeaboos

Currently watching No Game No Life, Black Bullet and Akuma no Riddle this season - kinda just fell behind on Mahouka and dropped Kanojo ga Flag
No Game No Life AotY

[Rizumu Tenshi]

May as well bump this topic full of ♥♥♥♥ weeaboos

You're not alone. Sadly... Sure some MAY be weeaboos (including me), but if you want a real weeaboo, well long story...and off-topic...

Can anyone tell me if I should REALLY watch Love Live! School Idol Project 2? warning: idol Anime There seems to be TWO of THAT season and I dunno what's what...
Oh and anyone with at least one Anime at 1080p? I know I'm that many years late and I'm aware of it but I choose the Anime to watch from ALL the Anime that was aired, according to the amount of fanservices, and I could only grab Love Live! School Idol Project 1080p. Anyway, who watches Anime at 1080p? And if you have 1080p, is one of what you have a native 1080p?

Oh and something I believe I MUST ask: What Anime have you watched the MOST times and how many times did you watch/re-watch it? Entering the 6th time for Acchi Kocchi...

I know I repeated 1080p many times but (off-topic) if you look at the Samsung Curved UHD TV you'll get why: UHD Upscaling--enjoy 4K Anime without wasting an extra byte with your available 1080p Anime

[AlucardX60]

Started Reading Berserk last week. I was looking for something to be on the same level of Hellsing for a while and while my answer was Drifters, Berserk is a close second.

If you like Dark Souls' world then you'll probably like Berserk and all of it's mammoth sized demon fights. Though it diffidently goes in the 18+ tag, and not because people are being cut in half.

And BT I have Hellsing Ultimate downloaded in 1080p for no reason, and I also have Vol. 4-8 in bluray. Though I usually just get 720p because my screen resolution is only a little bit bigger than that so 720p looks identical to 1080p. Also I've watched Clannad 3 times and will again this year. Once every year since I first watched. Still gets me man.

[Rizumu Tenshi]

Started Reading Berserk last week. I was looking for something to be on the same level of Hellsing for a while and while my answer was Drifters, Berserk is a close second.

If you like Dark Souls' world then you'll probably like Berserk and all of it's mammoth sized demon fights. Though it diffidently goes in the 18+ tag, and not because people are being cut in half.

And BT I have Hellsing Ultimate downloaded in 1080p for no reason, and I also have Vol. 4-8 in bluray. Though I usually just get 720p because my screen resolution is only a little bit bigger than that so 720p looks identical to 1080p. Also I've watched Clannad 3 times and will again this year. Once every year since I first watched. Still gets me man.

Before anything, 1080p on 1366x768 is possible and Anime like Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is a NATIVE 1080p...and I highly bet Love Live! School Idol Project, the only 1080p I'm downloading, is also one. I tell you and will guarantee it once I grab Love Live! 1080p (Blu-ray) and watch WITHOUT MY HDMI CABLE, for some players will downscale the whole video to YOUR resolution e.g. 1080p will be 1366x768 when THAT is your res. Same applies to 1600x900.

Anyway, 3 ti--wait, CLANNAD?!?! I forgot to continue streaming it BEFORE I download it!!! I really forgot that I'm watching it to test my dead steel heart!!!
May God show Japan who's steel...even though my heart is also sensitive

[Ridder]

soh I heard that Akame Ga Kill thing has anime now
time for people dying in glorious HD glory
and maybe a hurt feels or two along the way