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| oh i saw it coming, i saw it... but i still hoped it's gonna be solved in better way and everything will be alright again. This was probably stockiest and most emotional 1st episode of anime that I've ever seen. When I consider how intensive 1 episode was, I just hope there will not be anything more like this later in show, once we get used to characters. |
( Currently interested in OP MC genre. Recommendations are welcomed, preferable those yet not on my list ) |
fanty said: That. I really didn't see it coming, so touching. It's really been a while since I've been surprised by a story like that.Whoa, now that ending sure surprised me... and was sad, too sad :/ (I feel I'm going to like this anime!) |
Apologies, I just can't avoid to rant. |
| the episode 1 is unexpected ... ~_~ |
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Yata-sama said: Wow after One Outs, Oofuri and Major finally baseball series with batter as main character. yFANTgirl said: Whoa, now that ending sure surprised me... and was sad, too sad :/ (I feel I'm going to like this anime!) For me this was expected and oblivious from the start. Yeah, it was so expected and they didn't build her up enough for me to feel bad. Meeeh... |
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| And here I thought I was getting into a baseball romance anime with a love triangle based on MyAnimeList's synopsis. This was totally unexpected. |
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| Holy crap, with the old fashioned childish art style, I really wasn't expecting them to pull out the death of a character right at the beginning. I can tell this is going to be good. |
| As always, today is the most enjoyable day. |
| Wow it stroked me hard after Ko started crying, with the song playing in the background, my eyes got teary.. *sob* |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| What did I just watch? In terms of a tragic childhood romance/drama story, this was everything Anohana should have been. Strong impact without it being forced or overdone. Such a quick and brilliant build up of the relationship with a good pay off. The music had such a strong effect. |
AzureBluesAug 3, 2012 4:43 AM
AzureBlues said: What did I just watch? In terms of a tragic childhood romance/drama story, this was everything Anohana should have been. Strong impact without it being forced or overdone. Such a quick and brilliant build up of the relationship with a good pay off. The music had such a strong effect. Oh yeah. This is Cross Game baby! This is the real deal. |
| The Art of Eight |
dankickyou said: Oh yeah. This is Cross Game baby! This is the real deal. For them to deliver such goodness on the first episode worries me that they won't be able to match that level of enjoyment until near the end. |
| That was actually... really good. o.o That ending really caught me off guard. |
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| Damn. These onions man. |
| Dermatitus have plagued men for millenia. Peace, THERE IS NO CURE. |
| Sorry, I think I have some dust in my eyes. |
| Epic... Sad... |
| Ok that's such a low blow having someone die right off the bat. First episode and i already feel an attachment to the anime. |
| Damn, that was a pretty good episode. Nice pitch and hit. HOME RUN~ Great atmosphere of the show so far. Kou is such a little kid getting not one but two cheek kisses this episode. Too bad about the ending. I didn't see that coming. :(... Sad but terrific episode. |
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| Well, it was really surprising and sad. However, the show looks very promising. |
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| What a powerful first episode. Damn.. |
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| I laughed slightly while seeing the comments in the first page.. Looks many of manga readers felt a quite dissapointment while this episode was airing ... In my opinion who didn't read the manga, feel this episode is quite powerful and mind-blowing instead, I didn't see those stuffs coming ... I think I can hope more and more of this series when I see the score of this anime that is quite high.. This anime quite 'bad' in the first episode, so I can assume that this anime will getting better ... lol |
Jim_HeartAug 4, 2013 10:20 PM
"The Slave is the have-not, the oppressed one with nothing to spare. But because the Slave is in that despairing situation, having nothing, it can kill the Emperor !" |
| When he was thinking about her while he was on the bath, I already have the feeling that the girl will probably die.. really surprising. |
| she can't get popular if die so fast ... |
| Reader: "Oh my god, they are so adorable. What a cute couple." Author: "So, you like that, do you? Reader: "Fuck yeah I am. Thank you for this innocent love story" Author: "Yeah.. Sure.." BAMM!!! Reader: "Whyy? Whyyyyy!? Author: "Because, Fuck you! That's why!" |
| "Burn the heretics" |
| I knew it was coming... damn, I should've prepared myself better. Uhhh... Awesome episode. It reminds me a lot of Major >__< |
| I'm not a baseball fan so this series was never on my radar. However, this thread made me curious so I checked it out. I recognized the Adachi Mitsuru art so I thought it would be a light-hearted sports comedy. Then that segment came and I found myself saying "no no no..." I'm depressed now :| |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| Wow. Impressive beginning episode. So many feels. |
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| Haven't seen anything special about this anime. Watched 3 eps and dropped it because there does not seem anything compelling enough about it. Too kiddy for me. |
| whelp that was the fastest character death ever. Not enough of a buildup for me to feel overly sad to be honest nice insert song |
| My God that took me by surprise. |
| Never before has an anime series made me get teary eyed on the FIRST episode.. How is it even possible to get that attached to a character that you've only seen for 20 minutes? Wow. |
| What the fuck is this? Why are you doing me this? Why all those feels? I expected a love triangle, what I got was feels, lots of feels... I tried. I really tried to hold it back. I ended up sobbing like a bitch. Fuuuuck, that was sad. The ending with all the montage of hold memories, like if they were fading away. That first episode remind me a lot of AnoHana, with the drowning of a loved one. All those feels right now, I'm confused. That show will be fucking hard to watch, especially since we'll see that girl each OP, ED and probably other scene. Fuck my life, me who wanted to start a sport/romance anime, I should have checked more xD Uber_Dewber said: Never before has an anime series made me get teary eyed on the FIRST episode.. How is it even possible to get that attached to a character that you've only seen for 20 minutes? Wow. Exactly, how is it even possible. Fuuuuuu Anyway, it has a really interresting art style for a 2009 anime. The character look really 80's/90's, but with an higher definition. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| It set itself up SO WELL where i loved the atmosphere, the characters, Everything was absolutely cute, light-hearted. And beautiful. I loved the Little Competition and the HomeRun at the Beginning and the absolutely adorable relationship between Akane and Kou.-sigh- then that ending happened... Uber_Dewber said: Never before has an anime series made me get teary eyed on the FIRST episode.. How is it even possible to get that attached to a character that you've only seen for 20 minutes? Wow. This, THIS is my exact thought's. i'm extremely impressed with how little time it took for me to fall in love with the characters so fast. God...WE'll have to see where this goes from here on then. |
| Argue? Nah Too lazy For That... Are You Ready!~Gulcasa |
| That was so shocking and unexpected...is what I want to say, but after seeing people constantly hail episode 1 as tragic, I saw it a mile away. Nevertheless, it still was very compelling especially with the lighthearted build up of the first portion of the show. I think the emotional response would have been stronger if I had gone into this blind but I'm still satisfied with how this managed to bring out polar opposite emotions of happiness and cute hilarity to feeling empty as the ending song started playing during the funeral in its first episode. I think the part that hit me the hardest was when Kou says "What should I do? It's simple, I should cry." With that said though the lighthearted atmosphere prior to that heavily reminded me of the simple fun that came with Major S1. |
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| Good lord....that started off depressing....fuck me..... |
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| WHY THE FUCK I DIDN'T READ ANY REVIEWS BEFORE WATCHING IT? I was there... All cool and happy... "Nice, another rom-com anime", I thought. THEN THAT HAPPENED. OMG, OMG, WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW? NOW I'M ALREADY EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THIS! SOMEBODY HELP ME! |
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| Was that supposed to be sad? How am I supposed to feel anything after that death in 1 measly episode? If you're going to make a character driven story, spend more time fleshing out the characters you spanner director. |
| Must all baseball animes start off with such tragedy? That was sad indeed. |
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| A very boring and weak first episode that was saved because of a strong, sad ending. I also really dislike the art, the characters are just plain ugly. I'll watch a few more episodes though before deciding whether to drop it or not. It can't have such a good score for no reason. Might as well give it a try, who knows, maybe it'll pick up fast and i'll really like it. |
| I didn't expect that, I thought that girl was the one on the cover. Wow, emotional ending. Great start, the animation is surprisingly good. |
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| This episode felt more like a season finale rather than a first episode. Good episode though. The only thing I don't like are the ears, but I'll get used to it soon. |
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| Not really a fan of tragic 1st episodes in general but this was pretty tactful so I have no complaints |
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