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Acxelion said: So wait, can I get a bit of an explanation please. The "invisible storm" is what? What the F was that court thing? What was that flower-s3x scene? I NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT I JUST SAW! Just wait. Ikuhara loves to pull stuff like that. |
| what the hell even just happened ?? i mean i liked it, but, what ??? |
| wow gay |
| Loved the OP, the actual episode itself left me a little confused. I'm not sure if I'll like this but I think I'll watch the next couple of episodes then see if I'll drop it or not. |
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| What the fucking shit did I just watch?? I can't do it, not even for the Yui voice. Looks like some Shaft wannabe shit Welcome first dropped of the season. |
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noctaf said: That was pure genius. I Love you, Ikuhara. lucidbrandon said: Looks like some Shaft wannabe shit Looks like we're gonna have to deal with retarded uninformed comments like this for the rest of the season. Sadly some people cannot appreciate the greatness that is Ikuhara. |
| Haters gonna hate. |
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| lmao what the fuck is this 3rd rate anime? i just randomly clicked this on kissanime without seeing the cover, description or anything lol its a show that trying to be good yet so bad like sharknado lol the glasses main girl is ugly AF, "everything is gonna be daijobu" monokuma should come and butcher them all |
ninjastarforcexJan 6, 2015 12:11 AM
| That is some trippy dippy shit. lol Best part was Kureaha got eaten out by those 2 bears. =3 Gonna continue to follow this. |
| Ikuni is pandering to me and I'm loving every single minute of it. It's a damn shame this is only going to be one cour. lucidbrandon said: Looks like some Shaft wannabe shit  |
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| Gao gao~ I suddenly remembered Gaworare but oh well. |
| The world shall know the truth soon. |
ninjastarforcex said: lmao what the fuck is this 3rd rate anime? i just randomly clicked this on kissanime without seeing the cover, description or anything lol its a show that trying to be good yet so bad like sharknado lol the glasses main girl is ugly AF, "everything is gonna be daijobu" monokuma should come and butcher them all Perfect guide on how NOT to start shows by Ikuhara. |
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Solkiskey said: noctaf said: That was pure genius. I Love you, Ikuhara. Looks like we're gonna have to deal with retarded uninformed comments like this for the rest of the season. Sadly some people cannot appreciate the greatness that is Ikuhara. some people cannot appreciate trolling of Ikuhara sadly |
| I feel like one of those tsukkomi characters who gets so overworked he doesn't know where to start ranting. Seriously this was one of the strangest things I've seen in forever lol Also who the fuck came up with the brilliant idea of putting Ogura Yui's voice on a fkn glasses girl? Awful -.- |
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| Well, this is weird af, but I kind of mixed in here. Although I watched it with weird subs, I think I got the general understanding here. I'll watch it again when there are proper subs coming out. I pretty much like the art, character designs, and how it is both cute and dark at the same. Bears attacking people, that is pretty much a weird concept for a innocent cute show. Though I don't know what should I say in here. It's weird and ambiguous, but at the same time, I'm pretty intrigued. I just had this WTF face on that OP song, going Yuri to full extent. ED song was pretty normal. |
omega_d94 said: Asenshi has already subbed it, they're definitely legitWell, this is weird af, but I kind of mixed in here. Although I watched it with weird subs, I think I got the general understanding here. I'll watch it again when there are proper subs coming out. |
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| Wow, what was that. lol |
 Vengeance of everyone's grudge. "I didn't add it to my list so I forgot I was watching that." - lpf |
| I'm glad I took the time to watch Utena, before starting Yurikuma. Otherwise I'd have been extremely confused. But I really came to like Ikuhara's style while watching Utena, he directed one of my favourite Sailor Moon seasons and I assume that Utena wouldn't have been so subtle either, if it had been released in 2014. I have no idea where Yurikuma is going to take me, but I'm looking forward to this crazy ride. This is going to be one hell of a weird season with Binan Koukou Chikyuu starting tonight... :3 |
| Wtf?Ok...Yup...Got it... |
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shawnofthedeadz said: bastek66 said: NOOO! Not to pick on you Bastek, but people, this is probably one of the more important scenes to understand what is implied.Did she die?  OwaruSekai said: This is the biggest explanation and probably one of the better ones. In that scene Kureha was implied to have been EATEN. As Ginko and Lulu licked the Honey off the LILY (YURI- In Japanese which also has reference to Vagina in both English and Japanese) that was growing on Kureha (aka her own lily).A bit of "trivia" to help facilitate further interpretation. There are a lot of sexual innuendos being thrown around. Some less obvious than others. For example: 蜜/mitsu/honey, nectar - can refer to vaginal secretion. 蜜壷/mitsutsubo/honey jar - building upon your newly found knowledge - what could it possibly mean? (for the slightly mentally impaired - vagina). Also, "eating" in Japanese, like in English, can have a sexual connotation as well. Make of it what you will. The big plot twist of the episode, aka the hook (if you want the real literary term) came from the fact that Ginko and Lulu appeared to actually eat Izu. We don't know why yet, maybe they live off Yuri but still need to eat? Who knows, we will have to find out. Thought occured to me that the lily sprouted from her chest,which could symbolize her heart and the bears licked honey,which is something sweet and could stand for love for Sumiko,clean. They "ate" her love out of her and they ate Sumiko as well. |
| Typically Ikuhara, very playful albeit a lot more by the book than Penguindrumm by the looks of it. I wonder, though: Are most of you people here not able to understand basic symbolism? If so, I pity you. Nectar and eating are not that subtle... you might get problems if Ikuhara really starts incorporating a few more levels of content left for interpretation later on. |
NidhoeggrJan 6, 2015 3:05 AM
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| Well, we already know AOTY |
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| The rooftop, the poses, the stairs were Utena as fuck. So far Ikuhara symbolism has been a bit too blatant (Yuri vs. Lesbians?), but cosindering its lenght it might be necessary? Idk, hope there's more than meet the eyes - like Utena - and it'll manage to keep his stuff together - unlike Penguindrum. |
| I hoped for bears and lesbians and heavy symbolism. Ikuhara delivers. |
DeadIEnd said: what is ikuharaninjastarforcex said: lmao what the fuck is this 3rd rate anime? i just randomly clicked this on kissanime without seeing the cover, description or anything lol its a show that trying to be good yet so bad like sharknado lol the glasses main girl is ugly AF, "everything is gonna be daijobu" monokuma should come and butcher them all Perfect guide on how NOT to start shows by Ikuhara. |
ninjastarforcex said: DeadIEnd said: what is ikuharaPerfect guide on how NOT to start shows by Ikuhara. |
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| Such confusing awesomeness a very interesting start. |
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ninjastarforcex said: how come he directed both awesome nodame and this piece of weird shit?! He only did the opening to Nodame and it was quite in line with his usual aesthetics. |
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| awesome :D |
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| oh no Genres: Shoujo Ai |
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| Well, I was promised Yuri as well as Bears, and we got both. A bunch of yuri metaphors thrown in there. I guess I'll give this one a shot despite it being oddly weird and perhaps mildly entertaining, and watch the second episode when it comes out. |
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DejWoSWK said: shawnofthedeadz said: NOOO! Not to pick on you Bastek, but people, this is probably one of the more important scenes to understand what is implied. This is the biggest explanation and probably one of the better ones. In that scene Kureha was implied to have been EATEN. As Ginko and Lulu licked the Honey off the LILY (YURI- In Japanese which also has reference to Vagina in both English and Japanese) that was growing on Kureha (aka her own lily). The big plot twist of the episode, aka the hook (if you want the real literary term) came from the fact that Ginko and Lulu appeared to actually eat Izu. We don't know why yet, maybe they live off Yuri but still need to eat? Who knows, we will have to find out. Thought occured to me that the lily sprouted from her chest,which could symbolize her heart and the bears licked honey,which is something sweet and could stand for love for Sumiko,clean. They "ate" her love out of her and they ate Sumiko as well. If you add some western symbolism (ikuhara used them before) lilium could also represent virginity (Virgin Mary, see the stylized lilly in the OP). Lets wait and see... |
| Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? |
| With a name like Yuri Kuma Arashi i wasn't expecting much. And it seems my expectations where right this is one of the strangest things i have seen in a while. Last season we has Twintail Madness but this is a howl new level. It's just strange. |
| So much WTF with this first episode. Still fairly interesting for some reason. Especially with the second half. |
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| Lesbians vs bears; me vs confusion. |
| subs i watched it with were shitty but i was able to understand it character designs are pretty meh overall style and symoblism is pretty interesting i guess but also strange the setting is quite unique dialogue is close to being cringe worthy though.. ed was pretty good yeahh... not sure yet probably not a series for me |
| This is just weird as fuck. |
| I could hear the director masturbating over his own work. |
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| Blubbering mess of ideas haphazardly thrown together. Ikuhara is trying too hard to be Ikuhara. He's more concerned with his own ego than he is with creating a genuinely interesting and cohesive story. I'm disappointed. Dropped. |
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| My head hurts. Not because of Ep 1, but because of this thread. This really wasn't that hard to get and compared to other Ikuni stuff, it's rather direct and obvious. The overall topic seems to be innocence of love vs. lust, or rather instinct(the loss of innocence while maturing) and individualism. Some info: In japan, lesbianism is often considered okay for younger girls, as long as it stops when they get older and enter the age for marriage. Basically, the narrative is "You can have your little puppy love as long as you're still an incomplete member of society, but an adult has to work exactly as it is expected. As a woman, you have to be a wife, not a lesbian."Yeah, individualism is viewed very negatively in japanese society and that's exactly the meaning of the invisible storm: It cuts the lesbianism(yuri=lily=lesbian) and makes you invisible, a part of the colorless mass of people that is society. The invisible storm is basically just growing up. and losing yourself in the process. It's Ikuni's favourite topic and he'll always insert it in one way or the other. To be honest, I'm not sure with everything: I don't know, who threw the stone, I get mixed impressions about the place of the bears in the overall story(the bears themselves are pretty obviously a representation of lust and instinct, i just don't know, what Ikuni wants to say with them, even though the court gave some impressions), but the topic and message itself is rather easy compared to Ikuhara's other stuff. But enough of that. Overall, i really liked the first episode, especially the visual direction. The tone of the show is great. It has an irreal feel to it, very dreamlike, far away from the stylized pseudo-realism of many other school anime. It feels more like very old shoujo anime, or maybe very elaborate picture books. (I read some posts that compared the visuals with shaft, but I would disagree with that.Team Shinbo aims for abstraction while Ikuni goes the opposite way.) I especially like the colour design, likely based on 60s/70s anime.The soundtrack is rather good, especially the opening song, but the Seiyuu are a mixed bag. Ogura Yui was annoying as hell(but that's nothing new. Her "cuteness" is remarkably unbelievable and artificial) and Yamane Nozomi is rather forgettable in this first episode, but the bear girls were entertaining and the Judgemens were fun. I really liked it and can't wait for next episode. |
| In 9/10 cases, the worst thing about an anime is its fandom. |
| As First episode, are satisfied and depressed at the same time as I saw it, my predictions have come true and now I just have to suffer all the time to try to understand what lies between the lines. Storytelling fun and creepy, I do not mind. Plot yet to be deciphered, we algi beginning. Drawings and animations fabulous, applause at Studio Silver Link! badwolf45f said: OKay I just watched it with subs and im still like wtf? is so confusing but I like it! With or without a sub, the situation does not change, it's not clear up the true meaning behind everything that you see, amen! |
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Veronin said: 2deep4uBlubbering mess of ideas haphazardly thrown together. Ikuhara is trying too hard to be Ikuhara. He's more concerned with his own ego than he is with creating a genuinely interesting and cohesive story. I'm disappointed. Dropped. |
ninjastarforcex said: lmfao this newfagDeadIEnd said: what is ikuharaPerfect guide on how NOT to start shows by Ikuhara. |
Nucksen said: That was very helpful. Thank you. |
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| I just... what? I read the summary and expected some kind of moe, lesbian cutesy anime, didn't realise it was from Ikuhara. (I loved Penguindrum <3) I just... I hate it, but it interests me so much that I want to see the rest of it as soon as possible, I couldn't get my eyes off the screen. Really interested to see what the story behind all of this is (Yes, I understood the symbolism behind 'eating' etc.), twelve episodes are not that long anyway. Nice voice actresses as well, although I don't like the one of the glasses girl but she looks dead now anyway. (LOOKS, no idea if she actually is...) |
| The op's actually catchy at least to me, can't wait for the full version to come. |
HachiKirraJan 6, 2015 7:02 AM
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