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Jul 28, 2014 7:58 AM

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Sword Art Online. Interesting concept and first episode was cool, but it only went downhill. Still completed it, gave it a 7. Not sure if I should lower that to a 6 though.
Jul 28, 2014 8:10 AM

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KaniowskiKun101 said:
I feel like the only human being on this planet who didn't like No Game No Life. It was ok but I got sick of the concept of making every game a super-duper complex strategy battle with chances and percentages of loosing/winning. Plus the characters weren't even that cool...


No you are not. I'm on that boat too. Well, I gave it a 6/10, I didn't think it was horrible, just close to medoicre in my opinion. It wasn't anywhere near what people were saying about it for me. I don't like the main characters either, especially because its painfully obvious they will always outsmart every opponent and win every game.

There also wasn't anything about the story or any of the other characters that held my interest that much. I'd say its redeeming points were that some of the games were still fun to watch and sometimes the humor was actually funny.

Its a simular phenomenon with Baccano! and grave of the firefrlies for me. The vast majority of the anime fanbase love these, but I did not even come close to liking them that much.
Jul 28, 2014 8:12 AM

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Sword Art Online, Attack on Titan, Deadman Wonderland, Guilty Crown. Good start, but terrible endings.
Jul 28, 2014 8:16 AM

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Deadman Wonderland and Guilty Crown are two of the recent ones I can remember.

I just hope Tokyo Ghoul does not fall into that category with all the censoring going on >.<
Jul 28, 2014 8:24 AM

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midnightblade said:
KaniowskiKun101 said:
I feel like the only human being on this planet who didn't like No Game No Life. It was ok but I got sick of the concept of making every game a super-duper complex strategy battle with chances and percentages of loosing/winning. Plus the characters weren't even that cool...


No you are not. I'm on that boat too. Well, I gave it a 6/10, I didn't think it was horrible, just close to medoicre in my opinion. It wasn't anywhere near what people were saying about it for me. I don't like the main characters either, especially because its painfully obvious they will always outsmart every opponent and win every game.

There also wasn't anything about the story or any of the other characters that held my interest that much. I'd say its redeeming points were that some of the games were still fun to watch and sometimes the humor was actually funny.

Its a simular phenomenon with Baccano! and grave of the firefrlies for me. The vast majority of the anime fanbase love these, but I did not even come close to liking them that much.


I agree with you on Baccano! I don't hate it and I think it is a decent anime, I just fail to see how it's better than Durarara!!

Baccano is not a bad anime by any means, I just didn't see why people think it is so amazing.
Jul 28, 2014 8:27 AM
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Sword Art Online & Guilty Crown.
Jul 28, 2014 8:29 AM
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hemogobliin said:
This show has most definitely already been mentioned, but seeing as I've just finished it --

Shingeki no Kyojin.

I'll also throw in Elfen Lied, although the "beginning" is more like "the initial concept" seeing as it was pretty subpar from the onset.

Finally, Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu/LOGH.


Elfen Lied's plot was mere window dressing as the show was more about the gore that was suppose to shock the viewer. Legend of the Galactic heroes not reaching its potential? A ludicrous statement from someone who watched a fifth of the show and then proceeded to drop it. For legend of the galactic heroes to be mentioned in the same breathe as a mediocre shounen and inane gorefest to a political space opera lacks context.
Jul 28, 2014 8:31 AM

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Gintokyo said:
midnightblade said:


No you are not. I'm on that boat too. Well, I gave it a 6/10, I didn't think it was horrible, just close to medoicre in my opinion. It wasn't anywhere near what people were saying about it for me. I don't like the main characters either, especially because its painfully obvious they will always outsmart every opponent and win every game.

There also wasn't anything about the story or any of the other characters that held my interest that much. I'd say its redeeming points were that some of the games were still fun to watch and sometimes the humor was actually funny.

Its a simular phenomenon with Baccano! and grave of the firefrlies for me. The vast majority of the anime fanbase love these, but I did not even come close to liking them that much.


I agree with you on Baccano! I don't hate it and I think it is a decent anime, I just fail to see how it's better than Durarara!!

Baccano is not a bad anime by any means, I just didn't see why people think it is so amazing.


I gave baccano 6/10 I didn't hate it either. I thought it was okay. Personally I didn't really feel "connected" to most of the characters in that anime, a lot of it felt very jumbled as I watched the anime, and I never got interested in the mob families and stuff. I did like some of the action scenes, and watching how crazy Lad Russo and the Rail Tracer dude were. I felt like I wanted the anime to spend more time on fleshing out the characters to get me to care about them but did not do that.
Jul 28, 2014 8:44 AM

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midnightblade said:
Gintokyo said:


I agree with you on Baccano! I don't hate it and I think it is a decent anime, I just fail to see how it's better than Durarara!!

Baccano is not a bad anime by any means, I just didn't see why people think it is so amazing.


I gave baccano 6/10 I didn't hate it either. I thought it was okay. Personally I didn't really feel "connected" to most of the characters in that anime, a lot of it felt very jumbled as I watched the anime, and I never got interested in the mob families and stuff. I did like some of the action scenes, and watching how crazy Lad Russo and the Rail Tracer dude were. I felt like I wanted the anime to spend more time on fleshing out the characters to get me to care about them but did not do that.


The only things I really liked about Baccano! are Isaac and Miria and the opening.
Jul 28, 2014 8:50 AM

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Bleach
Jul 28, 2014 8:55 AM
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for me it was season 3 of shakugan no shana. loved the first 2 seasons then absolutely hated season 3.

aria the scarlet ammo first few episodes were amazing but the semi-harem route it took was the wrong way to continue the show.

and yes i love Rie's voice acting, she plays the leads in both of these anime.
Jul 28, 2014 9:20 AM

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Black Bullet: Post-apocalyptic future, interesting opening scene, zomg this anime has great potential and a minute later everything went downhill in a hurry.
Jul 28, 2014 10:34 AM

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I loved the concept of Sword Art Online and the first couple episodes were great but after a while it just got boring.
Jul 28, 2014 1:17 PM
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My very clear example is BLEACH!
The start is very promising and exciting and it went downhill after fillers after fillers and so on...

From that point, I promise myself not to watch something like that again, ever.
Jul 28, 2014 2:37 PM

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Code Geass seemed REALLY cool but then it just went kinda 'meh' for me. Not a terrible show but it an ok one imo.

Lanz16 said:
My very clear example is BLEACH!
The start is very promising and exciting and it went downhill after fillers after fillers and so on...

From that point, I promise myself not to watch something like that again, ever.


Fillers are so stupid. Never will watch filler arcs because they're so boring.
Jul 28, 2014 2:39 PM

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KaniowskiKun101 said:
I feel like the only human being on this planet who didn't like No Game No Life. It was ok but I got sick of the concept of making every game a super-duper complex strategy battle with chances and percentages of loosing/winning. Plus the characters weren't even that cool...


If you pay attention literally anytime NGNL comes up on this board you'll notice that you have more edgy keyboard warriors complaining about how overrated it is than people actually saying they enjoyed the anime
Aug 2, 2014 9:41 AM
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KaniowskiKun101 said:
Code Geass seemed REALLY cool but then it just went kinda 'meh' for me. Not a terrible show but it an ok one imo.

Lanz16 said:
My very clear example is BLEACH!
The start is very promising and exciting and it went downhill after fillers after fillers and so on...

From that point, I promise myself not to watch something like that again, ever.


Fillers are so stupid. Never will watch filler arcs because they're so boring.


Yep! Couldn't agree more of it! :)
Aug 2, 2014 10:58 AM

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Prequel said:
Zetsuen no Tempest.

First 7 eps were PERFECTION. Then it failed miserably.

Show never had "Huge potential". It was good from the beginning with an interesting premise but yes, they did screw up with the time travel shit. I thought it was good at the end cause it actually had a good ending.
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Aug 2, 2014 12:36 PM

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Nagi no Asukara

Talk about squandering an interesting setting. The world of Nagi no Asukara wasn't as complex, but I thought it had the potential to be something similar to Shinsekai Yori. By that I mean when it comes to exploring the world and how the peoples interact with it and each other. It was explored a bit during the 1st half with the racism plot, but was quickly dropped in favor of the ridiculously tangled love web of a bunch of 14 year olds. Then again, maybe I'm just barking up the wrong tree.
Aug 2, 2014 1:54 PM

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like many said "Guilty Crown"
Aug 2, 2014 1:55 PM

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Bleach
Aug 2, 2014 1:58 PM

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Sword Art Online
Angel Beats
Shingeki no Kyojin
Tokyo Ghoul due to the fact it's being rushed so this is might end up being a trainwreck.
Aug 2, 2014 2:05 PM
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Mirai Nikki

better plot device than death note and they managed to butch it up horribly

its an average anime with a lot of writing mistakes that could have been one of the GOAT if it was executed properly.
Aug 2, 2014 2:13 PM

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Gonna go with Mirai Nikki and Sword Art Online.

Have not seen Guilty Crown, but heard the same.

Aug 2, 2014 5:15 PM

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Ok just put some random anime and there's no explanation
Aug 2, 2014 5:32 PM

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KingKongShrest said:
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Zetsuen no Tempest.

First 7 eps were PERFECTION. Then it failed miserably.

Show never had "Huge potential". It was good from the beginning with an interesting premise but yes, they did screw up with the time travel shit. I thought it was good at the end cause it actually had a good ending.

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Aug 2, 2014 5:58 PM

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Oreimo

Worst failure in the history of existence
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Aug 2, 2014 6:08 PM

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mayukachan said:
KingKongShrest said:

Show never had "Huge potential". It was good from the beginning with an interesting premise but yes, they did screw up with the time travel shit. I thought it was good at the end cause it actually had a good ending.

^

Imo it peaked at ep 12 then after that it was a disaster.
Laughable 2nd half
Oct 6, 2014 5:11 AM

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Skip Beat - I feel like it could've gone even farther considering the manga's popularity and even with 24 or 25 eps, it was decent, but it failed to tie up any of the loose ends at the end. The first eps were hilarious though!

Guilty Crown - This anime had everything! Great publicity, fantastic music, the art was great even by today's standards, and the first few episodes were actually amazing, but it totally fell short after the whole transition.

Tokyo Ghoul - Great story and plot but during the middle, it grew very boring, but eventually redeemed itself with the last episode. Didn't fail at the end, but definitely lost a lot of its potential quality.
Oct 6, 2014 5:16 AM
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ffs. didn't i make a same thread?
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Oct 6, 2014 5:21 AM

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The last one for me was Zankyou no terror

had a nice art

awesome music

more or less charming characters

interesting plot


and than five was introduced...
Oct 6, 2014 5:26 AM
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Naruto , Bleach , Death Note , Inazuma Eleven , Magi
Oct 6, 2014 11:52 AM

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Oreimo

Worst failure in the history of existence


Do you know how freakin' mad I was...ugh I swear, but yer couldn't agree more.

Also Watamote, first EP was SO FREAKIN' BEAST and then the rest of the anime was like meh.
Oct 6, 2014 11:54 AM

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DerpHole said:
Oreimo

Worst failure in the history of existence


"IM SORRY BEST GIRL, I HAVE TO REJECT YOU, GTFO YOU ALL GIRLS, IM GOING TO GET MARRIED WITH MY SISTER.... AND THEN DIVORCE HER TO BECOME NORMAL SIBLING AGAIN"
ROFLMAO WTF
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Oct 6, 2014 11:55 AM

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Chaos Head :(
Oct 6, 2014 12:09 PM

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ninjastarforcex said:
DerpHole said:
Oreimo

Worst failure in the history of existence


"IM SORRY BEST GIRL, I HAVE TO REJECT YOU, GTFO YOU ALL GIRLS, IM GOING TO GET MARRIED WITH MY SISTER.... AND THEN DIVORCE HER TO BECOME NORMAL SIBLING AGAIN"
ROFLMAO WTF


Divorce? o.o did he actually say that lol wdf
Oct 6, 2014 12:17 PM

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IHAFUF said:
ninjastarforcex said:


"IM SORRY BEST GIRL, I HAVE TO REJECT YOU, GTFO YOU ALL GIRLS, IM GOING TO GET MARRIED WITH MY SISTER.... AND THEN DIVORCE HER TO BECOME NORMAL SIBLING AGAIN"
ROFLMAO WTF


Divorce? o.o did he actually say that lol wdf
i dont know who cares
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Oct 6, 2014 12:18 PM

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ninjastarforcex said:
IHAFUF said:


Divorce? o.o did he actually say that lol wdf
i dont know who cares


True, fk dat shit
Oct 6, 2014 12:27 PM

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blessofcurse said:
mayukachan said:

^

Imo it peaked at ep 12 then after that it was a disaster.
Laughable 2nd half

Yeah, middle parts (like that girl falling in love with Yoshino) was rather weak compared to the mind battles before.
Oct 6, 2014 1:57 PM

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Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo. It started out great, but got worse around halfway thanks to all that Shiina is in love sht. The ending was pretty decent (nothing really great though) but damn there were some terrible episodes in the middle...
Oct 6, 2014 1:59 PM

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chuunibyo had a great comedy anime potential but they changed it into romance moe shit.
what da fak
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Oct 6, 2014 2:48 PM

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Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo. It started out great, but got worse around halfway thanks to all that Shiina is in love sht. The ending was pretty decent (nothing really great though) but damn there were some terrible episodes in the middle...

The first episode was shit, and then it got better, and then it got slightly worse...Ended on a good note.

ninjastarforcex said:
chuunibyo had a great comedy anime potential but they changed it into romance moe shit.
what da fak

It was never good, but the drama subplot in s1 made it a lot better than it was.
Oct 6, 2014 3:03 PM

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Black Lagoon. Ok i know is a action show but i would be happy if it has themes like the descrimination, the trubbles of poor people that have to live like Revy, etc and of course the romance, i still wait for me Revy x Rock :p.
Oct 6, 2014 3:13 PM

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By far Chaos;Head
The first half of this show was so freaking good, the psychological elements were very well done, it was creepy as hell, but the second half where they introduced the swords, it just got stupid as hell. If they stayed on the horror/psychological side for the entire show I would have given it a 8/10, but since it didn't 6/10
Oct 6, 2014 3:19 PM

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Paranoia Agent
- Started out with mystery and suspense, and ended up being The Matrix high on acid. Arguably the worst of the late Satoshi Kon's titles since it didn't stick to what Kon was good at: editing.

AnoHana
- At the end you realize all the bullshet you just watched could have been done in 6 episodes or less. The awful D-movie they released made the series even more awful.

Another
- Smh
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Oct 6, 2014 3:24 PM

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Another or Guilty Crown
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Oct 6, 2014 3:31 PM
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Glasslip - I actually loved the first 2 episodes and then it went and did a Glasslip. :/
Oct 6, 2014 4:36 PM

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Kind of Guilty Crown although I did enjoy the anime.
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Oct 6, 2014 4:41 PM

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crosx said:
Black Lagoon. Ok i know is a action show but i would be happy if it has themes like the descrimination, the trubbles of poor people that have to live like Revy, etc and of course the romance, i still wait for me Revy x Rock :p.
you know what the author make besides black lagoon :3 lets just say their being very tame with the whole revy x rock thing


Chrome Shelled Regios then they added the whatever the hell that was in the middle of episodes making the entire story so confusing
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Berserk. That awful ending.
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