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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- i've seen the first episode last night, and i'm surprised. this show seems to have a larger budget than vampire knight (yay). anyway, the plot seemed a bit rushed, but they have to make three quite long stories in only 24 episodes, so i don't really mind the pace. there were also some H scenes and they used the same style of censorship they used on the tv version of higurashi. i wonder if it'll go away with the dvd release? the art looks very good, i think it's the best way Nakamura-sensei's drawing style could be trasferred into an anime. what i don't understand are people hating BL (yaoi) and watching this. when i want to watch a new series, i at least check the genre and see some CMs or pictures before downloading the raw episode... oh well, i guess there are weird people everywhere lol... |
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| I was waiting for this show since there is so little BL anime, and the manga was quite funny. It seems to be following the manga precisely, and there is not too much censor (you can't cut H things in this anime since its part of character developpement). Usagi voice is great, the backgroung design is OK. I'm just not too fan of the character design, however it's tue its sticks to the author's work so I guess I can't really complain here. I didn't find it too rushed, since It's the same in the manga... Well, I enjoyed it, and I'm now waiting to see how they will deal with the other stories. |
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| aww you got me there ._. i read the first volume a couple of years ago and i didn't really remember how the beginning went, i thought the first episode covered two chapters but it actually was only one ^^" |
suusuuApr 11, 2008 7:50 AM
| The sex scenes |
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snoopygirl said: I was waiting for this show since there is so little BL anime, So little? There's one almost every season. A lot of them are just ignored by subbers, because most groups have taste. |
| Hm, the episode was cute, if a bit rushed. Better music than Monochrome Factor, LOL. The black haze censorship was amusing :) |
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| Well technically they don't show anything, there is a convenient black haze that obscures part of the screen, but it is fairly obvious what is happening ^^ |
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Asako said: So little? There's one almost every season. A lot of them are just ignored by subbers, because most groups have taste. the last BL tv series was gakuen heaven, aired 2 years ago. and not ignored by subbers because aarinfantasy subs all BL anime that's released, so, actually, your post has no sense. |
ephemeralM said: the last BL tv series was gakuen heaven, aired 2 years ago. and not ignored by subbers because aarinfantasy subs all BL anime that's released, so, actually, your post has no sense. Yeah, kind of my mistake, there are BL OVAs almost every season, not necessarily series. Still Shounen-Ai/Yaoi/BL stuff regardless. I daresay more BL than there is true shoujo-ai (though series with yuri-ish themes tend to be more common.) |
Asako said: Yeah, kind of my mistake, there are BL OVAs almost every season, not necessarily series. Still Shounen-Ai/Yaoi/BL stuff regardless. I daresay more BL than there is true shoujo-ai (though series with yuri-ish themes tend to be more common.) ok, you have a point there. actually most shojo-ai anime tend to be targeted at a male audience and are filled with fanservice, while the original genre was supposed to be targeted at a female audience. i guess there aren't many women who like the real shojo-ai or yuri and that may be the cause why there aren't many titles like that released. while i don't really like GL, i still think it's a bad thing, because everyone should be able to watch the genre they like. |
| Yeah, that's why I say yuri-ish themes. Most of those series are just fanservice for guys, not any kind of real love or worthwhile romance. I've yet to see a shoujo-ai that had a remotely decent story, not just rabid fanservice. But then I've never seen shounen-ai worth a damn either. |
| Ah yes, for some reason, only more trashy BL titles are made into anime (Gakuen heaven made my eyes bleed). Still, Junjou Romantica will propbably be one of the better ones... And don't forget Ai no Kusabi - the best BL title released (at least in my book) JR> The animation quality seems OK, I never liked the chara designs, but at least they stayed true to the original, other than that... well, there will be mansex a plenty... so I guess I should be optimistic. |
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Asako said: Yeah, that's why I say yuri-ish themes. Most of those series are just fanservice for guys, not any kind of real love or worthwhile romance. I've yet to see a shoujo-ai that had a remotely decent story, not just rabid fanservice. But then I've never seen shounen-ai worth a damn either. I notice that you have not seen Simoun... |
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| I’m a fangirl so I obviously enjoyed Junjo Romantica. Most of everything stayed the same.. just in anime form. If the anime follows the manga.. The second ep would be interesting. Then there’s also the possible h-scene! I'm looking forward to Sumi’s appearing :33 And yaay..It has one of the best OP I’ve heard. >3 |
| Very cute episode...but I really need subs T_T |
| Heh, that was cute. I could have done without the handjob, but otherwise I thought it was pretty sweet -- albeit fastpaced (they went through, what, 3 seasons in one episode?). I liked it better than some of the other spring romances out there anyway. |
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| I liked it very much ^.^ The beginning was quite funny. Luckily there are subs for the first episode since today. |
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| in my opinion, the first episode blew every other shounen ai out of the water...i was really sad for usagi until the points of tears, there was a lot of comedy that made me laugh, and all the steamy H stuff really turned me on. so much i've experienced in one episode! and i'm usually VERY critical of anime. although i LOVED the H stuff, i'm a little peeved that it's included because i wanted my straight male friends to watch it D: now they refuse to lol. i do find it hilarious that they look like they have a higher budget than VK lol.. oh yeah, i've never read the manga but i'd love to. anyone know where i can read it/download it? :] thanks!! |
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| Heh, I read the first book yesterday, glad to see the anime follow the manga closely (except for the H scenes, but it's a TV show after all, and I don't mind that much, as I'm a straight guy :p). Looking forward to the rest of this, it looks promising. |
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| OH OH OH WHERE CAN I FIND THE MANGA?! *pounce* |
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| As long as they keep this light and fluffy and don't try to put in serious drama I'll keep watching... |
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chryseis said: OH OH OH WHERE CAN I FIND THE MANGA?! *pounce* http://www.junjou.info/2008/01/06/junjou-romantica-manga-01-09/#more-44 You can also find a soft subbed of episode 2 and the op/ed song there. Probably better off using aarinfantasy but if you're in a rush, might aswell try it. ----------------------- I liked the show. It stay true to the manga and pretty fast paced. My only complaint would be not enough background music. |
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| Okay so the highlight of this episode for me was Misaki saying "blah blah IU NA!!!" Yuuri anyone? :D I thought this was cuter than it was cliche so I'm definitely going to keep watching. Love the animation and the voice acting especially. |
| From the opening scene I felt I wasn't going to like it... then when it started I suddenly remembered I read that manga and dropped it... (for the same reason I felt I wasn't going to like it... I'm so consistant! xD) anyway at the end it wasn't so bad.. but I'll be waiting for the other stories and hope I'll like them better... I didn't get that far in the manga... I wish they animated more BL mangas... especially ones that I love T_T |
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windy said: Okay so the highlight of this episode for me was Misaki saying "blah blah IU NA!!!" Yuuri anyone? :D I totally kept thinking about Yuuri the entire ep... Sakupyon is using the same voice! (his uke voice? lol) But then Misaki put hair clips and looked like Azuma Kazuma from Yakitate Japan.. that was a littlllllle freaky xD; |
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| I love it. That was actually adorable especially the last scene. This > Monochrome Factor |
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| really looking forward this anime :D the 1st ep was just ... PERFECT ! |
| Great start, looks like this is going to be good =p |
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| This was indeed very similar to the manga, which is a bad thing for me since I can't say I like the characters, the story goes way too fast, and all of this molestation-turns-to-love stuff in yaoi really needs to go die. I might keep watching this just to boost my yaoi street creed, though. |
| It was cute~ I like characters, art and story as well. I hope that following series will not disappoint me ^__^ |
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| This anime is cute <3 After watching the first episode, I was hooked <3 |
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| AWW, i was like 'KYAA' the whole ep. xD great start ~ |
| The anime is much less hardcore than the manga....great series to introduce noobs to the BL genre..... The manga is a classic.....now the anime just became a classic too.... |
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| Aw, the first episode was so cute. =3 A bit rushed, but as Pieta pointed out, it was obvious they would get together. I'm looking forward to the rest! |
| wow those voices were not what I expected x33 having read the manga first I'm finding it a little difficult to judge the anime but I think they did a really good job with the art style so thumbs up all round!!! and I ADORE that start sequence~~ x33 |
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Asako said: Yeah, that's why I say yuri-ish themes. Most of those series are just fanservice for guys, not any kind of real love or worthwhile romance. I've yet to see a shoujo-ai that had a remotely decent story, not just rabid fanservice. But then I've never seen shounen-ai worth a damn either. Sadly, series that are worth a damn tend to not get a anime adaptation, like I would love to see Strawberry Shake Sweet into a WELL made anime. Also, I found Iono-sama Fanatics to be quite amusing as well. And I guess many others have that "yuri-ish themes" you mentioned, like Kashimashi (though I'd like to see that series as a love is love no matter the gender type of story). Now with that aside, I would like to say I downloaded this knowing it was a BL, but also reading that it was made well. And I was very pleased with it. It seems to be treated with an air of "yes this is BL, but it's also romance" and I think that's how GL and BL should be handled as love stories. I was pained to see Usagi-san get hurt over being introduced to his crush's to be wife as I would be if he was a she. But I'm also a sap for romance stories. ^_^ |
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| It seemed like everything moved waaay too fast. I didn't really like it |
| Okay, so... This was like my first yaoi (I wanted to go with the best ranked one since otherwise I'll probably have a horrible impression of shonen-ai) and it went something like this. "Oh, that boy's cute! ^^ But that guy's like.. .old.... ^^; " "Wait a second, he's... what? No way! What'd he do? Am I a pervert? WAHHH!!" "Oh my God, can this get any worse. Too... fluffy.... most... have...het.." -stares unsympathically as Nii-chan announces his engagement- "This is the first time I've experienced hotness without meaning.. :/" Okay, I have no idea what to make of it. Reads off like a semi-bad fanfiction, eh. The sight of two.. men kissing is just so weird.. I can hardly wrap my head around the idea. (Seriously, though.. what'd Usami do to Misaki in the beginning part? I'm not getting it. Probably not there, right?) If it wasn't for the good music and art, I would probably drop this RIGHT NOW >< |
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| i got recommended this. . . . . ummm hehe i guess its good so far X3 but ur heart starts beating when ur family gets home XD |
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| i like shounen-ai, but this is definitely yaoi. i watched it and i was like "a kiss already? wow..." |
| Tbh this is my first yaoi. Me likey what I see XD |
| This is such a great first episode <3 :D!!! Comedy, mixed with plenty of Yaoi xDDD I think the pacing was alright, the most important details were there! |
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