Accel World (light novel)
| Who else thinks that Accel world has started to delve into the cliches a little too much instead of focusing on the story and the action. I loved the first 6-7 episodes but now it feels like they will keep adding more and more girls to turn this show into a harem. Also I have no problem with the MC but why is he so flaky? RAAAGEEE!!!! |
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| I don't really see it as harem. To be honest, there aren't that "many" girls. The main is still just Kuroyukihime. Even Chiyu didn't have that much screen time. Most Harem anime have a consistent 3+ girls all the time. It does focus on the story so far. If you think about it, there aren't that many "fight/action" scenes, and they are fairly short. If you're looking for action only, this is not the anime you want. As for cliche, you can say every anime is a cliche now. This anime follows the source light novels very closely instead of just an anime made up to follow cliches. |
| Kawahara Reki doesn't make harem stories. |
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| you have a point and no genre throws me off besides harems. I am still gonna stick with it since it its my policy to not drop an anime. |
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| And then, you, the OP, will finally check out what Harem means, and then you, OP, will come back and beg forgiveness... As mistaking genres, adding genres that would never fit but still being a sane, intelligent human being... Cannot be possible. |
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kaimax said: Kawahara Reki doesn't make harem stories. How wrong that post is, SAO and AW is full of harems... And I harem usually turn me off. |
ultimateninjax said: Who else thinks that Accel world has started to delve into the cliches a little too much instead of focusing on the story and the action. I loved the first 6-7 episodes but now it feels like they will keep adding more and more girls to turn this show into a harem. Also I have no problem with the MC but why is he so flaky? RAAAGEEE!!!! The truth is the action spreads in horizontal plane - we learn more about this world and in vertical plane (reaching heroes' aims) it goes slower. I agree, I wanted to see Radio's head were cut off, but is still interesting! About harem, it is so unobtrusive in AW... I like the way new girls appear, I like Niko's flirting. KYH should be bolder. |
| There are harem anime out there, and Accel World is nothing like those. I still don't see how you can see Accel World as a harem, other than being an anime with more than 1 girl character, which doesn't make an anime a harem. Unless people meant the doujinshis. If that's the case, well, what can I say... :D Even Taku is all over Haru. |
| If anymore beautiful girls become attracted to this fat blob from shin-chan i will cry. I have become to despise this protagonist. Or maybe this is backlash from Sword Art online, after seeing that anime and how strong willed and cool the protagonist is i cant view this the same anymore. It is upset too because Accel World was amazing at release in both story and sales. Now people are losing interest in this lukewarm series throwing a possible second season right out the window. Sorry if my post was a bit off-topic. |
Hunter2X2 said: It was harem show from the moment Scarlet Rain showed up. How? Just because a girl character is introduced doesn't make an anime harem. In the Harem genre, there is at least 3+ girls that are constant characters that are mooching over the mc. Not here. The main remains Kuroyukihime only. The love interest is only Kuroyukihime, with Chiyu as a childhood friend. |
| I think people are misunderstanding the term "harem" and just want to throw word out to feel they are cool. Well, stop trying. Accel World and SAO is far from a harem. So what? 2-3 girls like the main character. Key word, like. Like is broad. They can like him as a brother, they just.. like him. None of them really "love him" (accel world) The only one that really loves Haru is Hime. The only person Kirito loves is Asuna. Sure, haru gets a few delusions. He was once a lonely teenager where the only girl that would talk to him was his childhood friend Chiyuri. What's wrong in fantasizing? Kirito is devoted to one person and one person only. Asuna. Do you see a crowd of girls oogling over Haru and Kirito constantly? No. Not really. Harem? No. Far from it. Here's some harem series for you: Rosario + Vampire, High school DxD, Ouran Host Club, The World only God Knows (Manga), Sekirei and Sora no Otoshimono. Now tell me, does SAO and Accel World have anything in common with those above harem wise? Nope. |
Kan_BiiruJul 28, 2012 9:28 AM
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DarthVantos said: If anymore beautiful girls become attracted to this fat blob from shin-chan i will cry. Just because there are female characters that are happened to be part of the plot/storyline and are related to the main character in one form or another don't make an anime harem. Scarlet Rain and Sky Raker don't have love interest in Haru. Unless you are talking about the doujinshis. But sounds like you just don't like the protagonist, and that still doesn't make the anime harem. Let's pick another anime, eg. Kore wa Zombie desu ka. There are at least 3+ main female characters that are continuously showing affection on the mc. That's harem. Accel World is not. |
Teldara said: I think people are misunderstanding the term "harem" and just want to throw word out to feel they are cool. Well, stop trying. Accel World and SAO is far from a harem. So what? 2-3 girls like the main character. Key word, like. Like is broad. They can like him as a brother, they just.. like him. None of them really "love him" (accel world) The only one that really loves Haru is Hime. The only person Kirito loves is Asuna. Sure, haru gets a few delusions. He was once a lonely teenager where the only girl that would talk to him was his childhood friend Chiyuri. What's wrong in fantasizing? Kirito is devoted to one person and one person only. Asuna. Do you see a crowd of girls oogling over Haru and Kirito constantly? No. Not really. Harem? No. Far from it. Here's some harem series for you: Rosario + Vampire, High school DxD, Ouran Host Club, The World only God Knows (Manga), Sekirei and Sora no Otoshimono. Now tell me, does SAO and Accel World have anything in common with those above harem wise? Nope. ^This |
| I never claimed it was a harem, i feel as though to me there plenty of girls for harem canidates. But honestly most dont really seem to have a love interest in him. From what i can see he only has a love triangle it is not that hard to see. But the chances of it becoming a harem is possible it all depends on how the heroines feel. |
| so apparently harem means surrounded by women. I'm surrounded by women who hate me everyday. I guess I have a harem, can't wait to tell my friends. |
Z-flame said: "Accel World Turning into a Harem?" This show just keeps getting better and better. Though I disagree with Accel World turning into a harem (especially since some of the girls now in the episodes seem like only temporary characters not really that interested in Haru), I must also disagree with this. The last fight, the one against his kouhai was pure rubbish in my opinion. His kouhai (forgot the name) had only a fraction of his hitpoints left, and when he stole Haru's wings, Haru couldn't even finish him off, even though the guy kept on rambling and needed only a tiny hit to end up defeated... It's not as if a killer move is the only way to finish him... I found that a very weak thing to drive to plot forward, but I must admit that episode 16 made up for some of 15's faults. |
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Shaduge said: harem is an arabic word that means something like being surrounded by women and the MC is surrounded by women. You just changed the meaning of harem by looking at shows that are refered to as harems. It doesn't matter if it isn't as extreme as the others, it's still a harem and so is SAO Err... if you want to go that route, then you are incorrect either. The arabic word haram means forbidden. Nothing about being surrounded by women. Besides, we are talking in context of anime genre, not origin of the word. |
| Only 2 have confessed their love to Haru, but he does get a lot of attention from girls to my surprise. |
| A fag pig having a harem ?! They should add a fantasy tag in this series. |
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Shaduge said: haram and harem are different words, I can speak arabic so I know what I'm talking about. And you're changing the meaning of it by looking at famous harem animes that take it too far. Lots of women are interested in a particular man more than other men, that's what makes a show a harem. Accel world is even more than that, so far the MC has been getting some action with all of them. You are trying to justify your assumption that Accel World is a harem by using the etymology of the word harem, which if you look at it, it's not about "being surrounded by women." Those harem animes being pointed that you think took the genre too far are simply because they are in the actual harem genre. Accel World is not. You said lots of women are interested in the mc. There aren't lots of women in AW. So far, there are only 2 consistent female characters, Kuroyukihime and Chiyu, and Kuroyukihime being the main. Again, I don't see how this is harem. |
| Allright Guys let's not try to attack each and after all we all have our own bias. Also for the people who are saying I don't know what an harem is I just have to say I have been around long enough to know when an anime is turning into a harem. I am sure my support will be if you just look at my list. |
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| Also it was never an attack on harems; its not necessarily a bad thing just I prefer the MC to be serious maybe like the one from Hagure no yuusha |
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| Well... I am an anime addict who watches a lot of harem-themed anime shows, so I can recognize the genre when I see it. As a harem purist (is that even right? :D), I agree with those who say SAO isn't a harem show. Kirito is too committed to Asuna so any hints of reciprocal romance with the other female characters are squashed right from the start. However, in Accel World, Haru is not as committed to Kuroyukihime. So when you consider Niko's flirting, Blood Leopard giving Haru a ride and of course his closeness to Chiyuri, you don't really dismiss the possibilities outright. How many times have Haru and Chiyuri shared a close (almost touching and lying on the bed) cable link anyway? Do we see Haru saying NO? Do we see Haru saying NO even when her Taku was just sitting there with a meter long cable? I would have said, why don't I take the long cable while you share the short one with Taku. I think it says a lot really, about how the relationship sub-plot would pan out. Indecisiveness is an important element in harem stories. So until Haru makes a firm stand like Kirito did in SAO, I will keep on suspecting that AW is going down the harem road. Especially when Chiyuri is indecisive as hell as well! Right now, I can't tell who she friend-zoned. Taku or Haru. Signs indicate that Taku is friend-zoned atm, so that makes the harem sub-plot very possible. |
TeckmeisterJan 18, 2014 9:41 PM
| Are you kidding? Haru is just about as devoted to Kuroyukihime, as Kirito was to Asuna. There is a difference between close friendship, and romantic attachments. Chiyu may be open to the idea of Haru, at least awhile back she was. But she's with Taku now. She's only holding back from dating him again until Haru is firmly with Kuroyuki. She doesn't want to risk another breakup of the friendship trio. And Haru's firm stance came at the end. At the least, it should have been obvious then. It's just that, right now, he doesn't feel worthy of her. Not until he can stand as her equal. But to his own words, Kuroyuki saved him, and brought him out of the hell that was his life. |
kaimax said: Kawahara Reki doesn't make harem stories. Hahahhahahaha! Tis is so laughably inaccurate, it would make the world's most humorless man crap his pants with guffaws. Please tell me you're being sarcastic. Even with Accel World's potential, if Reki tries to shove any more love interests down our throats it will ruin everything. |
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| In my opinion this anime is on the verge of becoming a Harlem. Though it's not quite there yet. Haru has already decided who he likes and I see the other girls flirting as just them playing with his emotions. Hope fully season two reinforces harus love for Kuroyukihime. |
skullcruncher said: In my opinion this anime is on the verge of becoming a Harlem. Though it's not quite there yet. Haru has already decided who he likes and I see the other girls flirting as just them playing with his emotions. Hope fully season two reinforces harus love for Kuroyukihime. Is there a season 2? |
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| Lol so many accel world elitists here are still in denial. Accel world is definitely not a full-on harem nor it is marketed as one but it definitely has some harem stuff going on. I like to call these types of anime "harem in disguise". |
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issen-ken-taka said: Nope. Not yet. :(skullcruncher said: In my opinion this anime is on the verge of becoming a Harlem. Though it's not quite there yet. Haru has already decided who he likes and I see the other girls flirting as just them playing with his emotions. Hope fully season two reinforces harus love for Kuroyukihime. Is there a season 2? |
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issen-ken-taka said: Hey, guys, I found Haruyuki IRL! if that is Haru, where are his girls?    |
| Ehhhh... how about we take the word "harem" out of this discussion? Let's look at the facts: -There are only 3 confirmed male characters in the anime (Haru, Taku and that asshole Nouma). We can't say for sure that the other characters with male models in game are guys in real life. -Apart from these 3 males: -Haru has had up close and personal contact with pretty much every important girl in the series: Kuroyukihime, Chiyu, Scarlet Rain, Blood Leopard, heck he even copped a completely unnecessary feel of Aqua Current! (I hope Sky Raker stays away from him lol) Why did Kawahara Reki create such a shallow character pool? Why does Haru conveniently get into ecchi situations with most of the female cast? Why are there no strong, dependable men in this anime? And will there ever be? Since I doubt there will be a Season 2 for AW, at least until SAO is done and dead, I'm gonna go read the Light Novel. And I won't judge the book by its cover. I'll judge it by its contents. Judging by SAO, I'm expecting to be disappointed by the Author in AW. So, to get back to the question at hand: I don't think Haru will have a harem by the end. He will choose Kuroyukihime, but that won't stop him getting into ecchi situations with pretty much every other girl in the cast. SMH. |
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OPPRIME said: NoongaJuice said: 1)Why are there no strong, dependable men in this anime? And will there ever be? 2)Judging by SAO, I'm expecting to be disappointed by the Author in AW. 3)So, to get back to the question at hand: I don't think Haru will have a harem by the end. He will choose Kuroyukihime, but that won't stop him getting into ecchi situations with pretty much every other girl in the cast. SMH. 1)maybe because the author wants to show an emotionally broken character and not an ALPHA MALE that goes sayan on everyone just because he's the main dick in the story 2)actually AW is much better than SAO, and it just gets better and better as the story progress 3) 1. I'm fine with Haru's character, as long as he grows some balls soon. Being a man and being a dick are two different things. 3. |
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OPPRIME said: if that is Haru, where are his girls? I said Haru IRL. *angry look* Haru would not have a harem following IRL. OPPRIME said: 1)maybe because the author wants to show an emotionally broken character and not an ALPHA MALE that goes sayan on everyone just because he's the main dick in the story Then why in the name of sweet lasagna does he have the female following of a ALPHA MALE? If you wan't him to be a nerd, have him live the life of a nerd! Sure, that doesn't mean he'll be single forever, no, but he should have all the cast emotionally drool over him either! I read the novel and the thing is, unlike the anime, so far (only read the first 4 volumes), it's not suggested than anyone else but Kuroyuki seems to have romantic feelings for him. You could argue Chiyu, but that's arguable at best, and that's it. Don't know how things will evolve next, though. Hopefully, not towards the harem option. |
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OPPRIME said: because the girls in AW aren't NORMAL girls, they are players in a game where you can play it for years that would translate in months IRL, so the girls are more mature and are looking for more than physical appearance, who knows how old is Kuroyukihime, 900 years?? 1000 years?? Wrong! Wrong on so many levels! 1. She's not 900 years, probably around +5 to 10 years more than her biological age, at best. Just look at her behavior. Does she behave like a grown woman? No. Which means that she isn't that old, mentally. And any way, playing Brain burst for 1000 years won't make you mature. Wisdom and maturity come with age, sure, but you have to have gained some life experience, not just fight nonstop in a battle royal. But AGAIN, and I insist, there is no way she stood in that game 900 years, when she herself preached not to spend too much time in there. 2. Kuroyuki loves Haru because she's broken. I noticed this trend in anime. When they have an unlikable character with a super cool crush it's almost always explained by the fact that she's a broken bird someway. For example, Saber, from Fate/Stay Night. CASE IN POINT? That's how you get an awesome character fall for someone way below their league. Same with Kuroyuki. She's broken. Not completely sure why, though I have my theories (*cough*sister*cough*). 3. Rin is just a shy girl. She has low standards. Plausible crush. Kuroyukihime covered above. Everyone else? Not much of a plausible love interest. Chiyu would have definitely friend-zone him, and I think there's absolutely no problem in that. She makes a great couple with Taku. Amazing chemistry, for a screentime close to zero, that is. Scarlet Rain? Always thought she had something with Cherry Rook... also, please don't add lolicon, we already have enough. Pard? WHY??? Raker? WHY??? haven't met ardor maiden yet... Anyone else? Another interpretation would be that Kuroyuki is actually seducing and manipulating Haru into doing her bidding. And she's succeeding. That would be a lot more mature than falling in love with him. Downright dark and gritty. But i doubt that's the case. She's not TL;DR Other than Kuroyuki and Rin, no other plausible love interest exist. |
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| Sorry. I must have confused you. I apologize. I am trying to prove that Haru SHOULDN'T have a harem. Momentarily, it's arguable whether he HAS or NOT. The author seems to suggest it, but it's not that obvious. I was trying to prove you wrong about the plausibility of Haru's harem by disproving your reasons. Although I got lost in all the writing. Sorry. :P So I DON'T KNOW! I hope he doesn't, but for now, while arguable, the possibility exists. And that possibility infuriates me. It's Reki's novel, but I really hope he won't go the way most authors go and turn it into a harem. I understand how Japan thinks nowadays and their bizarre obsessions, but the industry has to grow up. It will, sooner of later, but I prefer if that happened sooner. Also, I'm not saying that Kuroyuki couldn't have stayed for a millennium in that world, I'm saying that even if she could, she probably didn't. It's irrelevant how much time passes while your in. Just think of it this way, she could have spent a couple of hours per week to do the necessary fights, with the occasional exceptions for training. Regardless of how much time that means in 1x, at 1000x she's at most invested 10 hours per week. So she's probably spent less effective time in that world than I have in my game worlds. On top of that, she and most experienced burst linkers (I'm not Noumi, I'll just call them that) preach not to let the accelerated world take priority over the real one, especially Kuroyukihime. I doubt she goes against her own beliefs. |
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OPPRIME said: 1)i think the anime has proven itself that it's not shaped by the industry, being the only anime with a fat-short-whiny main character that gets the girls 2)i agree, a normal BurstBrain player will have that playtime but that it's not the case, she's a King, one of the only 7/ ex 8 kings out of thousands of players 3)that was more of an advice for Haru not a rule of herself 1. Frankly, I don't mind the wish fulfillment characters so long they're plausible. I'm just very, very annoyed by the implausibilities in anime. It's probably just me, but I just can't enjoy something that forces me to suspend my disbelief too much. To me, Haru would have been a much more likable character if he actually had more plausible relationships. KYH was enough of a love interest, no need to try and make others. Again, it hasn't been confirmed that anyone else except KYH and Rin are romantically interested in him, so my hopes are still up, but knowing the tendencies of Japanese authors, I'm also scared. Reki also made SAO, after all. 2. I give up. In the end there isn't any real proof of how much she spent in there, so unless we get an answer in a book or interview, arguing is pointless. But my point that you don't grow up emotionally by playing Mortal Combat for 1000 years still stands. Then again, Brain Burst is a bit more complex than Mortal Combat, and *does* include a social interactive part. Arguably. |
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issen-ken-taka said: 2. Kuroyuki loves Haru because she's broken. I noticed this trend in anime. When they have an unlikable character with a super cool crush it's almost always explained by the fact that she's a broken bird someway. For example, Saber, from Fate/Stay Night. CASE IN POINT? That's how you get an awesome character fall for someone way below their league. Same with Kuroyuki. She's broken. Not completely sure why, though I have my theories (*cough*sister*cough*). I laffed at your FSN rant. It was cool. Too bad there's no +1 on MAL. |
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NoongaJuice said: I laffed at your FSN rant. It was cool. Too bad there's no +1 on MAL. Glad someone found it funny/enjoyable :D |
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Kan_Biiru said: I think people are misunderstanding the term "harem" and just want to throw word out to feel they are cool. Well, stop trying. Accel World and SAO is far from a harem. So what? 2-3 girls like the main character. Key word, like. Like is broad. They can like him as a brother, they just.. like him. None of them really "love him" (accel world) The only one that really loves Haru is Hime. The only person Kirito loves is Asuna. Sure, haru gets a few delusions. He was once a lonely teenager where the only girl that would talk to him was his childhood friend Chiyuri. What's wrong in fantasizing? Kirito is devoted to one person and one person only. Asuna. Do you see a crowd of girls oogling over Haru and Kirito constantly? No. Not really. Harem? No. Far from it. Here's some harem series for you: Rosario + Vampire, High school DxD, Ouran Host Club, The World only God Knows (Manga), Sekirei and Sora no Otoshimono. Now tell me, does SAO and Accel World have anything in common with those above harem wise? Nope. I don't know. I may be wrong but all this time, I thought you could say a story is harem if there is one protagonist and he is surrounded by girls whether they all like him, love him or not. Or whether the guy loves just one girl or not. But maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, I thought that it was going down to that path since many girls became involve with MC. I mean, why not replace some of the female characters with male characters? Do they all have to be female? (May be quite off topic but...) One question please, OHSHC is a reverse harem but I don't remember that all of the guys love Haruhi nor Haruhi loves any of the guys more than friends. So haw was it categorized as harem? |
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