Light Novel 'Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?' Gets Anime Adaptation for Summer 2014 [Update 3/23]

kuuderes_shadow said:
I'm starting to think I'm the only person in the world who looked at that synopsis and genuinely thought to themself that it seemed an interesting and innovative concept (albeit built upon various cliches of course)...

Oh well, whatever.

Nidhoeggr said:
It's hard not getting frustrated after the countless repition of horrible shows we had in 2013.

Pet no Kanojo and Oregairu changed up a few things, so what? In the end, they still did the same as almost all of the other series we mentioned and criticized here.
And when we consider the Monogatari series we could say we have a fine franchise, but ultimately this one is also brought down by the premise of an harem - or rather being hung up on the tropes that come with it (think of Nise). Deconstruction, reconstruction, subversion, etc. - in the end it is still perceived as a harem as well and it really suffers from Araragi's antics when he acts like the typical protagonist.

And to be frank: After thousands of posts I don't give a fuck anymore. A lot of the people here are resistant to arguments anyway.
It's a shame the fandoms in Japan and the West are so similar in this case.

Zefyris said:

Pet na kanojo (at least where it stopped in the anime) isn't even an harem, it's a love triangle, the other girls are interested in other male characters rather than in the male lead. The fact that you're unable to see that pretty much show how much time to think you took before calling everything crap. So could you please stop trolling every single topic even when you don't know what you're talking about, thanks in advance.


About the news ~when I see the synopsis, I'm not fan either. Seems like another badly done harem to me. Although a ghost as the main heroine (I suppose she 's the main heroin?) could make some interesting developments. SO first impression is bad, but first impression isn't always right in the end ~

Nidhoeggr said:



Oh sorry, I dropped it early because I had enough of the edgy MC, the annoying main girl and the entire "look at me, the world doesn't understand my deep and complex teenage feels about the world, which totally sux" spiel that is just as tired, annoying and full of obvious escapism as harem shows. And judging from everyone in my friend list who completed it, it seems like my suspicions about its quality were justified.
I am just sick of all this obvious escapism; be it harem, gamer glorification or these edgy teens who hype up their loneliness and antisocial behaviour. And do you know why? Because in the end it almost always boils down to some sort of obvious (in)direct justification of the author's and the audience's own life circumstances that are projected onto these characters and whom I could care less about.
It's just a damn shame that a big part of the industry is based around pleasing the collector tendencies of a few guys with low self esteem and few friends instead of telling interesting stories that are more than just some sort of acknowledgement of certain lifestyles that are honestly only desirable if you give up on all goals in your personal life. Is it so hard to find a consumer group in Japan that doesn't only want a simple "your life as a loser has a purpose" message these days in most late-night slots?
Where are the heroic tales that don't rely on obvious escapism? Why are so many other genres neglected? When will we get a good SciFi anime again? This overly strong focus on these tired messages is a big problem and people who accept this state without trying to change it are part of the problem as well. This stagnation hurts in the long run and I am too much of a fan to just idle around while this happens.
So instead of accusing me of trolling buy more good anime instead. Or even better: Stop giving shows too much credit just because they are only 98% overdone and stale.

Andan210 said:


You are not alone, man. It's just that most harem fans don't leave comments in the news thread. Instead people that automatically thinks this show is shit because is a harem are really active here.

Andan210 said:


You are not alone, man. It's just that most harem fans don't leave comments in the news thread. Instead people that automatically thinks this show is shit because is a harem are really active here.

tsubasalover said:
Synopsis:
When he enters high-school, Koutarou Satomi begins living alone in a 6-tatami apartment for 5000 yen per month. After moving in, he realizes there are cute girls that claim to live in room 106 of "Corona-sou" who call themselves a ghost, a person living in the underworld, a person living in space, a magical girl, etc. The war begins.

Nidhoeggr said:


This.

Chuunishit, normal highschool MC, meh fantasy allusions thrown in.
Do we also get a childhood friend, a European beauty and an ojou-sama later on?

GuiltyKing said:
Oh please let this thread be open once the show starts airing, so all those defenders can realize it themselves and shut the fuck up.

GuiltyKing said:
Oh please let this thread be open once the show starts airing, so all those defenders can realize it themselves and shut the fuck up.

Nidhoeggr said:


I already heard people saying that the first six volumes are supposed to be rather weak.
Sounds apologetic to me, but whatever. If I watch it I'll make sure to lower my expectations according to their judgement. However, these days I hardly have expectations for these type of LN anymore. A shame, I've been asking myself why so many LN that have a good reputation like Zaregoto never get an adaption lately.

tsudecimo said:
Constant moaning and bitching in news thread, talking crap about stuff that you didn't even watch and a general sense of undeserved entitlement. How much worse can this community possibly get?

Disgusting.

Nidhoeggr said:


I already heard people saying that the first six volumes are supposed to be rather weak.
Sounds apologetic to me, but whatever. If I watch it I'll make sure to lower my expectations according to their judgement. However, these days I hardly have expectations for these type of LN anymore. A shame, I've been asking myself why so many LN that have a good reputation like Zaregoto never get an adaption lately.

Nidhoeggr said:


And Zaregoto is by Nisio, is there anything by him that didn't sell well?

tsudecimo said:
Constant moaning and bitching in news thread, talking crap about stuff that you didn't even watch and a general sense of undeserved entitlement. How much worse can this community possibly get?

Disgusting.

rederoin said:
Its ironic that the people who complain about the community are the same ones who do what you said.

FireHeart said:
Looks like a nice harem. I will probably check it out to see if it's any good.