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Jan 10, 2013 2:10 AM

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So far, for me, this and Yama no Susume are the only shorts worth watching this season.

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Seems kinda like Ixion Saga lite.


Well put.
Jan 10, 2013 4:58 AM

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I was really looking forward to this, but I'm disappointed. Disappointed that this is only 5 minutes long. Why, oh why must this be 5 minutes long?

The comedy was pretty funny and the narration. Oh god, the narration totally killed me off. And the king was so damn random with picking the heroes. The ending was great too. 5/5 for the episode.
Jan 10, 2013 6:10 AM

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At least it doesn't take itself too seriously thus far. I hope.
Jan 10, 2013 3:12 PM

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I really lold when this griaffe thing appeared in pokemon fight like style, gave me a few grins here and there, so I will keep watching.This is by far the best 5 min anime I have seen.
Jan 10, 2013 9:58 PM

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Nachotee said:
Don't care abot your shitty opinion, this is definitely the best out of all the short comedies released this season. I don't even know how you can imply that mangirl or yama no susume which are both pretty bad as comedies, look better.
Mangirl and Yama no Susume easily beat the rest of short anime this season in terms of technical aspects like animation and sakuga. This is why I said they look better (and I stress the word "look" as visually they do look better and that is before we talk about its contents). And besides it just seems that you love bizarre nonsensical comedy like Senyu more than slice-of-life comedy like Mangirl and Yama. If my opinion is shitty, you just show yourself at least as shitty if not more showing your prejudice against slice-of-life comedy. To me Senyu's jokes are not that funny and its subpar animation (I would put it as the worst among the 6 short anime I have watched in this season) made it more difficult for me to enjoy the anime. It is this simple.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

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Jan 10, 2013 10:06 PM

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Dalek-baka said:
I wouldn't agree with part that it looks cheap - they change styles, are creative with them so it's not bad here.
But part about being not funny is thing I can agree with, but I will give some time to this series.
Well, they change style but are also very economical in its effort with it. I threw up my arms when they switched to still pictures for most of the last part in this short anime. I do not really find it to be too creative either. Just cheap. I just think that perhaps many western fans are used to cheap animation seen on TV so they find it easily more tolerable but what I see is the quality of animation for short anime is on the rise so the competition is going to get more fierce to keep people watching. So far yawning is what I heard most among Japanese fans in forum.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Jan 10, 2013 11:42 PM

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Cute pet-version of Ixion Saga AND Katsuragi Keima's VA as the Main character?
Well, my favorite show of the winter season is now a short.
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Jan 11, 2013 2:31 AM

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best 5 min series i watched soo far liked the jokes ros leveld up on him xD
hope it isnt too short on eps
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Jan 11, 2013 1:56 PM

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I had a feeling it would be worth the watch if Hiro Shimono was a lead role. Good to know my feeling was spot on.
Jan 11, 2013 3:43 PM

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I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the kid with the black hair looks a lot like Zack Fair !
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Jan 12, 2013 2:52 PM
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symbv said:
Nachotee said:
Don't care abot your shitty opinion, this is definitely the best out of all the short comedies released this season. I don't even know how you can imply that mangirl or yama no susume which are both pretty bad as comedies, look better.
Mangirl and Yama no Susume easily beat the rest of short anime this season in terms of technical aspects like animation and sakuga. This is why I said they look better (and I stress the word "look" as visually they do look better and that is before we talk about its contents). And besides it just seems that you love bizarre nonsensical comedy like Senyu more than slice-of-life comedy like Mangirl and Yama. If my opinion is shitty, you just show yourself at least as shitty if not more showing your prejudice against slice-of-life comedy. To me Senyu's jokes are not that funny and its subpar animation (I would put it as the worst among the 6 short anime I have watched in this season) made it more difficult for me to enjoy the anime. It is this simple.

Who gives a shit about animation in a comedy in the first place as long as it's decently animated?
But even putting that aside, you are obviously for some reason biased to not give this show a chance, the animation is just as good as many non-short shows airing, it's not terrific, but good enough. Do you even know in the first place what the style of the actual web-manga is? I only read the first chapter, but it's pretty messy, that's the style, it's supposed to look slightly amateurish, the comedy it proposes DOESN'T fit with high quality animation, it would feel weird. It's not like sharper more defined and detailed keyframes and smoother animation makes a show instantly better, you need to level the animation and the contents (which is why lots of gag manga have that sloppy art and style, like say Gag manga biyori).

Most mangakas use SOL comedy as just a way to run away from real comedy. When an artist can't think of any good jokes, he justs inserts bland SOL segments with superficial romances or unnecesary fanservice, etc. There is a way to make good SOL comedy, like Azumanga, and minami-ke, and maybe even GJ-bu this season, but most fail miserably. A comedy should be comedy, the contents should serve so it can be funnier, the end of a joke should open the path for another joke.
Now, yama no susume is definitely going for a more defined approach in the art, which reflects on the animation, so yes, you might say "it looks better". But that doesn't make it any better as a show. In the first place it's not even close to senyuu in any regard, except the fact that they are both short anime, so it makes no sense to compare them in the first place, since one is a comedy, while the other one is a SOL drama.
About mangirl, opinions. I can't even remember if there was supposed to be a joke in the first two episodes I watched, I certainly don't think I 've laughed while watching it.

What I mean to say is, your opinion doesn't really make for a good OP post, not that it is particularly wrong.
Jan 13, 2013 9:51 AM

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I actually ... thought this was pretty hilarious LOL XD I wasn't expecting much, but the tongue-in-cheek humour is the kind of stuff I love ;P Pretty cute designs and animation as well. Really nice animation scenes sometimes (the dragons, ED sequence) and yeah, the ED was all right. I'll probably keep watching this because it's short and funny so far ;P
Jan 13, 2013 10:21 AM

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Nachotee said:
Who gives a shit about animation in a comedy in the first place as long as it's decently animated?
You don't give a shit maybe, but many do. Comedy still needs to be animated in an anime, remember. Besides, I won't call Senyu decently animated. Passably animated, maybe. Decently? No.

Nachotee said:
But even putting that aside, you are obviously for some reason biased to not give this show a chance, the animation is just as good as many non-short shows airing, it's not terrific, but good enough. Do you even know in the first place what the style of the actual web-manga is?
For me to give a chance to a show I need at least something that can appeal to me. OK, if the animation is not great, give me the humor. If the humor is not so good, I can do with decent animation. Sadly, Senyu has nothing for me in either case. There are at least three dozens of shows this season competing for my time. Why should I give it more chance if its first episode failed so utterly to appeal to me?

And as far as the actual web-manga goes, it may not fit with high quality animation and in fact I never expected it either. Still the quality of this animation is cheap compared to other short anime of this season, and the actual source material of many of those short anime does not have great art in it either.

Nachotee said:
Most mangakas use SOL comedy as just a way to run away from real comedy. When an artist can't think of any good jokes, he justs inserts bland SOL segments with superficial romances or unnecesary fanservice, etc. There is a way to make good SOL comedy, like Azumanga, and minami-ke, and maybe even GJ-bu this season, but most fail miserably. A comedy should be comedy, the contents should serve so it can be funnier, the end of a joke should open the path for another joke.
Well, to me I think this is not just for SOL. SOL has its kind of tropes and non-SOL comedy may just be using some other tropes to fill it for "real comedy", and here we have Senyu applying some common absurdist jokes drawn from game play or sex orientation etc, and to be honest I do not find it either fresh or funny.

Nachotee said:
Now, yama no susume is definitely going for a more defined approach in the art, which reflects on the animation, so yes, you might say "it looks better". But that doesn't make it any better as a show. In the first place it's not even close to senyuu in any regard, except the fact that they are both short anime, so it makes no sense to compare them in the first place, since one is a comedy, while the other one is a SOL drama.
About mangirl, opinions. I can't even remember if there was supposed to be a joke in the first two episodes I watched, I certainly don't think I 've laughed while watching it.
I always said that I compare Senyu with those two shows for its ANIMATION and this is where my comparison ends. However if you insist on comparing the humor in it, well I definitely find Yama no Susume to be a far superior show for short anime this season, be it on account of its warm and heartful humor and its contents or its physical production quality. As for Mangirl, at least I got some chuckles watching the show. All I got for Senyu were checking my watch and yawns.

Nachotee said:
What I mean to say is, your opinion doesn't really make for a good OP post, not that it is particularly wrong.
Yeah, it is not always a fan who started an episode discussion thread, is it? Personally I always try to see if I can enjoy a show from different angles or level, but I was really underwhelmed by this one. So underwhelmed that I just had to write about it right after I watched it. Shrug.
symbvJan 15, 2013 11:02 PM
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Jan 15, 2013 11:28 AM

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Nachotee said:
symbv said:

Err... What are you doing, Yamakan? You were the director and the storyboardist, no?

Compared to other 5 min anime currently shown in abundance this season like Yama no Susume or Mangirl, this one looks so cheap cheap cheap. And the jokes are not so funny either. Do they really think this can help the sale of the manga, which has only 1 volume published so far (back in Dec) ?

Don't care abot your shitty opinion, this is definitely the best out of all the short comedies released this season. I don't even know how you can imply that mangirl or yama no susume which are both pretty bad as comedies, look better.

Yama no Susume is not a comedy,

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Jan 15, 2013 6:40 PM

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This is really interesting so far for a short series lol.
Jan 15, 2013 10:59 PM

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rederoin said:

Yama no Susume is not a comedy,
I don't see why it is not a comedy. It has other elements, but it also has a strong element of comedy too.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Jan 16, 2013 10:34 AM

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symbv said:
rederoin said:

Yama no Susume is not a comedy,
I don't see why it is not a comedy. It has other elements, but it also has a strong element of comedy too.

But its not the genre is belong too.

Its like criticizing Aria or Hidamari sketch for its lack of comedy. Its just not that type of anime.

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Jan 18, 2013 6:19 AM

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I don't usually go for shorts but this was pretty funny. I think I will continue to watch this show.
Jan 30, 2013 10:41 PM

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Wooser reference... this bodes. Whether it bodes well or poorly, we shall see.
Feb 27, 2013 8:19 PM

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"Slime fetish" LOL

Also, I saw a Kamisama no Iutoori reference in there. Anyways, meh episode with shitty animation so far.
Apr 1, 2013 9:53 PM

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Good for a short duration show. And, Ross reminds me so much of Cloud.
Jul 12, 2013 9:26 PM

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OP here :)
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Jul 19, 2013 9:30 AM
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The jokes were a little forced, idk. It does an average job for a 5 min anime.
Sep 24, 2013 1:49 AM

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I picked this show out random but it was OK for a first episode besides it's only less than 5 minutes. ^.^
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Nov 11, 2013 5:33 PM
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Oh not, a wild slime has appeared. Alba likes slime viscosity, lol.
Dec 29, 2013 3:03 PM

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I actually quite enjoyed this, hope the comedy keeps up for the next 25 episodes

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

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Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Aug 2, 2014 12:21 PM

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LOL Well that sure is a long time ago that I actually laughed out loud :p pretty hilarious start with also one epic OP! Let's see what this series has to offer us!
Sep 26, 2014 6:32 PM

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Hmm, it's like 3:30 of animation without OP and ED? It's like nothing happened.
I'm not hooked on, though I'm not dropping this just yet.
Let's hope this will be funnier in next parts.
Oct 23, 2014 1:06 AM

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Alba and Ross sound familar. I looked it up ad yeah! Alba is Keima from TWGOK and Ross is Gray from Fairy Tail! I llove it! It's hilarious!
Jul 8, 2017 2:25 PM

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this was great :).
Jul 12, 2017 10:00 PM

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Not bad. He looks like Cloud, ha.
Nov 22, 2017 1:58 PM

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A 3 minute comedy fantasy show that breaks the fourth wall!!?? Count me the FUCK in!!!
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Wtf was that lmao, i want to see more of this
Oct 15, 2019 1:12 AM

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this is great =) i'm really enjoying this kind of short series
Nov 20, 2019 10:23 AM

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I was passing by and noticed that Ross looks just like Ash from Phantom Brave
Feb 20, 2020 4:18 PM
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Not bad lol. Definitely gonna binge watch all the episodes
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That was wacky and random.
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can watch some episodes i guess
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