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Dec 31, 2013 3:31 AM
#351
Welp, that ending was disappointing, but overall the entire series was good 9/10. I've corrected the ending for those interested. setsuna touma and haruki meet at the airport, they sit down for coffee with an hour before touma's flight, setsuna brings up the festival and what she did and starts to cry touma accepts her feelings and apologizes for the way she feels for haruki, but she cannot help it haruki stays quiet with his head down, and when asked what will he do he closes his eyes in desperation and says he wants to marry touma touma buys him a ticket and they fly to vienna together to get her mothers blessing END! |
Dec 31, 2013 4:27 AM
#352
xchee said: I knew from the start this wasn't going to end well. Yet the M in me kept me from dropping it. Story of a love triangle. Can't really put much of a spin there. There's always gonna be one who gets the short end of the stick. This time...well I don't know who did. Characters are flawed and that what makes them believable. I wouldn't say they're complex but I always try to remember they're supposed to be teenagers - they make small things seem complicated and complicated things MORE complicated. You know...like how you agonized over this one thing when you were 17 but now you're much older you're like "ok that was stupid lol." I don't like any of the characters. I feel no attachment to any of them. Well a bit for Touma I guess. But what little fondness I had for her just went bye-bye after seeing this episode. This isn't even an issue of "you don't do that to friends". Any woman would demand that you break it off with the other party. You know...that infamous "if you really love me, then..." line. I get that Haruki and Touma love each other but it's just...ugh..*head throbs*...you just don't do that >___< You break it off with the other party FIRST then go do whatever you want, have sex 24/7 or whatever. Life experiences taught me well. Some people say Setsuna deserved what happened since she was the one who stole Haruki first. She did get between them but I don't know...technically I wouldn't call it stealing because there was no formal relationship between the other two hence it was still free-for-all. So Setsuna went and swooped in (swooping is bad). I still can't say what she did was right but I can't blame her. She gambled and lost. Haruki is just a POS. Everything could have been easily resolved if you didn't hook up with someone you didn't love or break up with her before you hook up with someone else. "But he didn't want to hurt them!" He's not kind. He's a coward. And those types are the one who deserve to be forever alone. I haven't played the VN and from what I read in the previous pages, there's supposed to be a continuation? Let me predict what could happen: Some sort of time skip and they'll be much older now. Setsuna being the masochist that she is decides to stay with Haruki. Haruki being the POS that he is stays with Setsuna maybe will get married. Then Touma comes back. Haruki and Touma hooks up again. Touma doesn't care if she's hurting Setsuna. Haruki being the coward that he is keeps the affair hidden from Setsuna. Shit hits the fan and everyone finds out. Two things could happen: 1) Touma and Haruki says f*ck all and leaves everyone and everything behind. 2) Touma gets overcome with guilt and leaves. Setsuna forgives Haruki and takes him back. Am I close? Did I like it? I don't know. I watched all 13 episodes so I guess? Was it good? It was a good mess. But still good. Damn man...just damn you obviously understand the characters well if you could predict that much. Yes that's pretty much exactly what happens. number 1 and 2 are actually 2 different endings. Kazusa comes back and basically turns into a pure skank. Though even if number 1 happens, Setsuna still forgives them...go figure. There's also a number 3 which is a super happy go lucky ending where all 3 stay close friends and Haruki gets married. |
hyperknees91Dec 31, 2013 4:44 AM
Dec 31, 2013 6:04 AM
#353
Dec 31, 2013 8:47 AM
#354
Where is my School Days ending?! Anyway, this show was too predictable and hence - boring 5/10 |
Dec 31, 2013 9:22 AM
#355
hyperknees91 said: Damn man...just damn you obviously understand the characters well if you could predict that much. Yes that's pretty much exactly what happens. number 1 and 2 are actually 2 different endings. Kazusa comes back and basically turns into a pure skank. Though even if number 1 happens, Setsuna still forgives them...go figure. There's also a number 3 which is a super happy go lucky ending where all 3 stay close friends and Haruki gets married. I got it? Are you serious? XD Well thank you for confirming. Now I'm sure I'm not going to watch the next arc. |
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Dec 31, 2013 10:10 AM
#356
Setsuna's relationship with Haruki is one-sided, she loves him but he only cares about her at most. Touma reappearing in Haruki's life always makes him face that truth that he doesn't love Setsuna and never will. Even in Setsuna's true end, his condition to marry her revolves around Kazusa's happiness. I just don't understand why they kept going with the relationship even when both of them knew the truth |
Dec 31, 2013 1:15 PM
#357
What a bad end for all 3 main characters. I give 8/10 After doing some searching, seems like this adaptation is just the ~Introductory chapter~ So, I hope there will be a season 2 for ~Closing chapter~ I wanna know what will happen to these 3. |
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Dec 31, 2013 1:18 PM
#358
dresdenfiles said: Setsuna's relationship with Haruki is one-sided, she loves him but he only cares about her at most. Touma reappearing in Haruki's life always makes him face that truth that he doesn't love Setsuna and never will. Even in Setsuna's true end, his condition to marry her revolves around Kazusa's happiness. I just don't understand why they kept going with the relationship even when both of them knew the truth Because Haruki is an indecisive submissive whimp and Setsuna is overly dependent coward. |
hyperknees91Dec 31, 2013 1:25 PM
Dec 31, 2013 1:33 PM
#359
Hey guys, shouldn't this be rated R? There's a sex scene... |
Dec 31, 2013 2:12 PM
#360
Am I the only one who find it weird he shouted TOUMAAA instead of KAZUSAA I mean u arent going to shout LAWRENCEEEEE when her name is Jennifer. |
Dec 31, 2013 2:14 PM
#361
Well to be fair, he still isn't used to calling her by that name. He only started calling her that just the night before so yeah. |
Dec 31, 2013 9:41 PM
#362
I rate this as a masterpiece. It's been a while since I have seen a romance drama anime that have left me an aching heart, I can almost not breathe. The animation was superb, the plot was laid out perfectly, the drama was consistent, the characters were well developed, and the OST matched very well. PS. I'm part of the minority that wants Haruki to end up with Setsuna. :) |
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Dec 31, 2013 11:38 PM
#363
skykh said: Am I the only one who find it weird he shouted TOUMAAA instead of KAZUSAA I mean u arent going to shout LAWRENCEEEEE when her name is Jennifer. That's a good point lol. Eh, some people are taking this too seriously. Nothing wrong with any of the characters IMO. They are all very realistic, and quite likable for me . It's simply human to make mistakes, to love and to give in to temptation. Anyway they are all so young, so they have plenty of time to make foolish mistakes and learn from them. It only appears so 'dramatic' because that's how all dramas go. The actual situation isn't really much of a big deal, if you think about it. Certainly not as crazy or unbelievable/contains as loathsome characters as School Days, for one. |
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Jan 1, 2014 12:29 AM
#364
Best ending possible. Wouldn't of written it any other way. Romance is my favorite genre. The directing, characters and portrayal of drama were all flawless in my opinion. I think the only thing that was wrong was that it was snowing at the end. |
ngubJan 1, 2014 12:33 AM
Jan 1, 2014 5:28 AM
#365
Dunno how to feel about this show. On one hand Haruki is a fricking indecisive prick, but on the other hand Setsuna is incredibly stupid to stick around with him... ugh, the show was all happy go lucky at first and this ending leaves a sour taste. |
Jan 1, 2014 6:22 AM
#366
Fuck, that was awesome. Time to play the VN. |
Jan 1, 2014 7:50 AM
#367
Bad romance is bad. That's what you get when you chase two rabbits at once. Jerk deserved it - the girls don't. |
Nope. |
Jan 1, 2014 8:14 AM
#368
Rated it as a masterpiece but that is just me being biased since its been a while since I last watch such a good drama. And that ending is probably the only best option and the only one that I will really prefer. |
Jan 1, 2014 8:22 AM
#369
-ZET- said: I have the feeling that people just wanted this to be the happily ever after(which i believe it will be, because this ain't the end yet)or a frigging harem...¬¬" Another thing, you guys are exacly like the characters in this anime, you can't decide what is better, few weeks ago people were going crazy with how Touma was been crushed with SetsunaxHaruki and now that she finally catch up, she is a bitch for having sex with him, really? All 3 characters have flaws but a lot of people don't want to realize this and just says the characters are horribly done, yeah like the forced characters from harem shows like IS(Infinite Stratos) are better than the realistic ones from this. Setsuna - SHE'S BEEN LITERALY SAYING THIS THE WHOLE FRIGGING SHOW, she knew that Haruki and Touma had feelings for each other for a long time, yet she jumped between them and took Haruki "away" from Touma, she even did that after watching Touma kissing Haruki while he was sleeping, she loved him so much that she couldn't control it anymore and ended up not caring for Touma at that time(though after that she realizes that what she did was wrong). Setsuna cares for her friends aswell, she felt guilty the entire time, but unlike Touma she took the other way, which was take the best for herself, she's a bitch for getting what she wanted? of course not, but the way she did was what screwed everything, at the end she just couldn't control(it happens a lot in real life, if you think about it). Touma - She had to endure the pain of having to watch her crush dating her best friend she did that so her friendship with them wouldn't be destroyed, she sacrificed herself for the best of them, she could have started dating Haruki before knowing Setsuna but she's a tsundere so what to do....right? People blaming her from having sex with him straight away, honestly that was the only way I saw to balance with what Setsuna did, now they're even, I mean after all that suffer she had, just like Setsuna, she couldn't control it and did something selfish, which was to have sex with someone who's already dating(the reason why she was crushed while leaving his apartment) she felt guilty at the end, and just wanted to put an end to everything and leave the best for Setsuna, but they met again at the airport, and again couldn't control herself. Touma always sacrificed herself for them, she was always trying to evade contact with Haruki so he and Setsuna would have their time, even if she ended up hurt, she just wanted the best for them(gonna be honest here, I myself do that a lot, sacrificing myself for other people, at the end of most of the time I just have some rage attacks and crushed feelings but that's how I do things and IT CAN'T BE HELPED) Haruki - his flaw would be that he can't decide which one he wants, though you can clearly see that right now his feelings towards Touma are stronger. And that is pretty mean towards the girls, they don't know which one he wants, so they just have to jump over him to know what happens, AND to do that while they know thhe feelings of one another, it's even worst. Haruki is at fault, yes, but it can't be helped he just can't decide, maybe because he don't want to hurt their feelings, but he's definitely better than main male characters that can't even have a proper conversation with a girl without blushing every minute. So the only way I see people raging about the chacters is that: 1 - You wanted the three of them to be in a happily ever after; 2 - You just can't accept that they have flaws, you wanted them to be perfect; 3 - You're immature and just didn't figured out yet that you can enjoy more than one character(I myself like kuuderes, therefore I got some feelings for Touma, YET I still understand Setsuna and think she's great aswell). AND DON'T FORGET, THIS AIN'T OVER YET, THIS IS JUST THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER, WE STILL HAVE THE CLOSING CHAPTER AND CODA, so stop bitching that this didn't "ended" the way you wanted BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE END. 10/10 MASTERPIECE. That's how I saw this PART of the show, AMAZING, TRULLY AMAZING, it puts you with high expectations but at the same time it takes you down and this is just the introductory chapter, I can't wait to see what happens in the closing chapter(I haven't read the novel). Not to mention the characters are realistic, not your typical harem show where the male one is a bitch and the girls are all shy around him. I'm really sorry for the HUGE text wall and for my bad english, and if you managed to read till here, thank you very much. Remember this is only my opinion, you can like/dislike how much you want, just please be reasonable "There already was poison in the soup, why not eat it all up?" - is what Haruki would say. Thinking of this in a realistic standpoint (though of course WA2 is fictional), their "precious" memories/past is basically screwed up - wasted. Future undecided (what if a "closing chapter" was never made? Ofc all of us are left to fantasize about hat is to happen - which left me to my opinion). Friendship broken. So what did I just watch 13 episodes for? For their friendship to melt like snow. No one is perfect, thus, every character in a story HAS a FLAW - which comes to WA2's main flaw to itself, the characters (which I'm not going to elaborate more). No matter how well the script is written, how perfect the music is timed, when you've got an ending that will leave a bad taste to your mouth, it just is worth ranting about. Either way, if WA2 took the traditional road of "guy A ending up with girl A, leaving girl B alone", it still is NOT a happy ending, at least NOT AS WORST as what actually ended up happening. Honestly, I wouldn't mind it if Haruki ended up with either two of the girls. Hell, if it's possible, all three of them could've had a mutual love altogether - but then again, that's not realistically possible as far as I know. With all that said, WA2 is a great anime - great in a way how they portrayed the characters, how the plot developed and every other shenanigans needed for a romance genre. But how it ended is basically... meh. You have the characters for a flaw, who never bothered to fix themselves first, before fixing their relationship. I give this a 7/10 (a good ending is a must for a good romance anime - I mean, who can be so cruel to leave us broken hearted? *5 centimeter/second cough*). I feel sorry for 4 people - Haruki, Kazusa, Setsuna, and myself DAMMIT. |
w3b0shiJan 1, 2014 8:29 AM
Nope. |
Jan 1, 2014 8:43 AM
#370
a good ending is a must for a good romance anime Nah, not everything needs to be a good ending. Anime should stop dick riding "happy ever after" types of endings from time to time. White Album is a good example of that and it turns out to be something good. Maybe its just me but it didn't really leave something bad on me. I know I'll have a bad time sleeping tonight but that is a blame to me for watching a drama around this time. Either way, if WA2 took the traditional road of "guy A ending up with girl A, leaving girl B alone", it still is NOT a happy ending, at least NOT AS WORST as what actually ended up happening. If Haruki ended up with someone after all that tension.. my rating will probably fall around 6 or 7 cause that will really kill what made it good in my opinion. No one is perfect, thus, every character in a story HAS a FLAW - which comes to WA2's main flaw to itself, the characters (which I'm not going to elaborate more). Its really hard to argue with this if you'll not try to elaborate that statement but anyway I still think that WA 2's character is one of the better set of characters I've seen for a while, they're very realistic since i do have friends with personality like them and its not just the main characters but even the supporting cast too. So to me, they're really the type of characters that I can relate. I mean, who can be so cruel to leave us broken hearted. Life does. ;p I'm still wondering why I decided to talk about a series here on MAL, I'll usually just visit here and rate it then get over it. Maybe White Album 2 is really just some thing that I didn't expect this season. |
Jan 1, 2014 8:47 AM
#371
I just finished seeing the show and quite amazed on how the producers carry the bad ending ._. The moment i saw the 12th episode, i really don't like how Haruki acted. But at least he managed to make things out with Setsuna (or not?) in the last episode , even though it leads to a bad ending.... The musics are great, and i really enjoy hearing them. My impression is that WA2 is really great, simply because of it's story and how realistic it is. I would hope for the "closing chapter" to be animated ._. I give this... 8.5/10 (Q: So does Haruki still with Setsuna? I still don't get this part...) |
Jan 1, 2014 8:53 AM
#372
(Q: So does Haruki still with Setsuna? I still don't get this part...) With that kind of ending? If I'm on Haruki's position I'll prefer to breakup and move on. It will be a very awkward relationship if they continue seeing each other which suddenly reminds me that Haruki and Setsuna will go on the same university and the same course right? Right? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Fuck. That changed my views big time. EDIT: this is originally a game. so the ending depends on the choice of player. setsuna or touma, you chose Oh, thanks for saving this poor guy from going nuts. |
Jan 1, 2014 8:55 AM
#373
I give this a 7/10 (a good ending is a must for a good romance anime - I mean, who can be so cruel to leave us broken hearted? *5 centimeter/second cough*). I feel sorry for 4 people - Haruki, Kazusa, Setsuna, and myself DAMMIT. If it makes you feel better that's not actually the end. It's just a stopping place for the story. This is only 20% of the full story. I think the main thing that remains inconclusive is we never got to see Kazusa and Setsuna have a confrontation. Without that it truly feels inconclusive. (Q: So does Haruki still with Setsuna? I still don't get this part...) Kinda sorta. They are technically still together, but their relationship is meaningless. Yes they go to the same university. |
hyperknees91Jan 1, 2014 8:59 AM
Jan 1, 2014 9:20 AM
#374
SofJay said: a good ending is a must for a good romance anime Nah, not everything needs to be a good ending. Anime should stop dick riding "happy ever after" types of endings from time to time. White Album is a good example of that and it turns out to be something good. Maybe its just me but it didn't really leave something bad on me. I know I'll have a bad time sleeping tonight but that is a blame to me for watching a drama around this time. Either way, if WA2 took the traditional road of "guy A ending up with girl A, leaving girl B alone", it still is NOT a happy ending, at least NOT AS WORST as what actually ended up happening. If Haruki ended up with someone after all that tension.. my rating will probably fall around 6 or 7 cause that will really kill what made it good in my opinion. No one is perfect, thus, every character in a story HAS a FLAW - which comes to WA2's main flaw to itself, the characters (which I'm not going to elaborate more). Its really hard to argue with this if you'll not try to elaborate that statement but anyway I still think that WA 2's character is one of the better set of characters I've seen for a while, they're very realistic since i do have friends with personality like them and its not just the main characters but even the supporting cast too. So to me, they're really the type of characters that I can relate. I mean, who can be so cruel to leave us broken hearted. Life does. ;p I'm still wondering why I decided to talk about a series here on MAL, I'll usually just visit here and rate it then get over it. Maybe White Album 2 is really just some thing that I didn't expect this season. You do have a point. It will never be a masterpiece for me until the time that I accept something tragic like WA2 can happen(with the infinite number of timelines we have, of course it can!). It is a breath of fresh air from the typical happy-ever-after genre - and yet, it's hard to breath from the suffocation you have to endure from WA2. I do admit that WA2 is a great anime AND story, but the ending for me is... S^436du499cjdammitwhy98y6xh4yn since I really do feel pity for the 3 of them - which is probably the ONLY reason for my rants at the moment. hyperknees91 said: I give this a 7/10 (a good ending is a must for a good romance anime - I mean, who can be so cruel to leave us broken hearted? *5 centimeter/second cough*). I feel sorry for 4 people - Haruki, Kazusa, Setsuna, and myself DAMMIT. If it makes you feel better that's not actually the end. It's just a stopping place for the story. This is only 20% of the full story. I think the main thing that remains inconclusive is we never got to see Kazusa and Setsuna have a confrontation. Without that it truly feels inconclusive. (Q: So does Haruki still with Setsuna? I still don't get this part...) Kinda sorta. They are technically still together, but their relationship is meaningless. Yes they go to the same university. Well, I know that that's not all for WA2. Like what I stated before that, I took out the time to rant with the mindset of "what if there's no extra chapter?". With all that said, I do hope they animate this extra chapter to give my heart some peace. |
w3b0shiJan 1, 2014 9:29 AM
Nope. |
Jan 1, 2014 9:46 AM
#375
Great story, great character development. Though if there's something i can say, I still like True Tears better than this. I was expecting something much more from that ending. But then, as someone who didn't read the VN, i guess i may not know everything. Still, it was great for me. 7/10. |
Jan 1, 2014 11:42 AM
#376
This was great episode. 9/10 Now, I'm really looking forward to see season 2.(hopefully next year) But I think it is almost impossible to fit Closing Chapter and Coda in only 24 episodes. Maybe CC will next year, and coda gonna next next year on TV or could be a movie. |
Jan 1, 2014 12:44 PM
#377
sh_1990 said: This was great episode. 9/10 Now, I'm really looking forward to see season 2.(hopefully next year) But I think it is almost impossible to fit Closing Chapter and Coda in only 24 episodes. Maybe CC will next year, and coda gonna next next year on TV or could be a movie. Cut out the side heroines and it's easily possible. Remember WA2 is dragged out beyond belief and the majority of the conversations can be cut out completely. |
Jan 1, 2014 2:22 PM
#378
Haruki must've smashed Touma good, she couldn't walk straight afterwards. XD Jokes aside, I'm glad I gave WA2 a shot. Kinda overlooked it when it was airing.The love triangle was remarkably well done. I genuinely felt really bad for all three leads, especially Setsuna. And the music placement was godtier. Wouldn't mind seeing CC and Coda animated in the near future. |
Jan 1, 2014 2:52 PM
#379
wow i was afraid it will end up like schools day, thanks god it didn't |
Jan 1, 2014 6:45 PM
#380
tsuki-oniisan said: it's hard to breath from the suffocation you have to endure from WA2. I see that as a good thing tbh,shows that it really delivers big time on emotions. While some can claim that they wish for more romance anime this good, I think it's better if we don't get something like WA2 very often. Some of us would probably burn out and would just stop caring eventually. WA2 is my favorite anime of 2013 but I won't deny that's also because there's been a while since we've seen a romance-drama anime done right and some of us were really thirsting for one.IMO,it's a factor that made it special and I don't know about you guys but I like to have something special every once in a while. Personally,I'm now content with romance-drama anime of this caliber for quite a while -let's say until next fall/winter or so when I'd expect a season 2 to have a good chance of being out(in this case,I wouldn't mind it being out sooner either but I'd still rather have at least one season break). Heck,my enjoyment of Golden Time(which is a bit similar with it's love triangle & all) has dropped due to it airing in the same season as WA2. Even with WA2 being over, I'll still inevitably end up comparing the two,preventing me from enjoying GT as much as I would if it aired at least two seasons before or after WA2. |
ManlyTearJan 1, 2014 6:54 PM
Jan 1, 2014 7:09 PM
#381
MgMaster said: tsuki-oniisan said: it's hard to breath from the suffocation you have to endure from WA2. I see that as a good thing tbh,shows that it really delivers big time on emotions. While some can claim that they wish for more romance anime this good, I think it's better if we don't get something like WA2 very often. Some of us would probably burn out and would just stop caring eventually. WA2 is my favorite anime of 2013 but I won't deny that's also because there's been a while since we've seen a romance-drama anime done right and some of us were really thirsting for one.IMO,it's a factor that made it special and I don't know about you guys but I like to have something special every once in a while. Personally,I'm now content with romance-drama anime of this caliber for quite a while -let's say until next fall/winter or so when I'd expect a season 2 to have a good chance of being out(in this case,I wouldn't mind it being out sooner either but I'd still rather have at least one season break). Heck,my enjoyment of Golden Time(which is a bit similar with it's love triangle & all) has dropped due to it airing in the same season as WA2. Even with WA2 being over, I'll still inevitably end up comparing the two,preventing me from enjoying GT as much as I would if it aired at least two seasons before or after WA2. Might as well give NANA a watch if you want a good romance drama. It's pretty much the best one in terms of anime. |
Jan 1, 2014 7:17 PM
#382
i liked this anime when it was focused on the music...this romance getting outve hand |
Jan 1, 2014 7:56 PM
#383
hyperknees91 said: MgMaster said: tsuki-oniisan said: it's hard to breath from the suffocation you have to endure from WA2. I see that as a good thing tbh,shows that it really delivers big time on emotions. While some can claim that they wish for more romance anime this good, I think it's better if we don't get something like WA2 very often. Some of us would probably burn out and would just stop caring eventually. WA2 is my favorite anime of 2013 but I won't deny that's also because there's been a while since we've seen a romance-drama anime done right and some of us were really thirsting for one.IMO,it's a factor that made it special and I don't know about you guys but I like to have something special every once in a while. Personally,I'm now content with romance-drama anime of this caliber for quite a while -let's say until next fall/winter or so when I'd expect a season 2 to have a good chance of being out(in this case,I wouldn't mind it being out sooner either but I'd still rather have at least one season break). Heck,my enjoyment of Golden Time(which is a bit similar with it's love triangle & all) has dropped due to it airing in the same season as WA2. Even with WA2 being over, I'll still inevitably end up comparing the two,preventing me from enjoying GT as much as I would if it aired at least two seasons before or after WA2. Might as well give NANA a watch if you want a good romance drama. It's pretty much the best one in terms of anime. That's definitely on my watchlist,eventually...Definitely not anytime soon as like I said,another good-romance drama is what I DON'T need right now :P |
Jan 2, 2014 1:12 AM
#384
does anybody have the uncut version of episode 13 plz |
Jan 2, 2014 2:46 AM
#385
i just love it when a show makes me feel.. even if that feeling hurts me and enrages me inside and makes my breathing harder and yet still make me want to watch it more.. i get that with White Album and the second story to get that title is even more sinister at making me feel all these.. we ended with a 3-way bad end halfway mark and again, we're most likely gonna have another season to wrap it up.. so.. when's the next serious romance anime? |
Jan 2, 2014 3:48 AM
#386
AlexGK said: gochinboy said: -ZET- said: I have the feeling that people just wanted this to be the happily ever after(which i believe it will be, because this ain't the end yet)or a frigging harem...¬¬" Another thing, you guys are exacly like the characters in this anime, you can't decide what is better, few weeks ago people were going crazy with how Touma was been crushed with SetsunaxHaruki and now that she finally catch up, she is a bitch for having sex with him, really? All 3 characters have flaws but a lot of people don't want to realize this and just says the characters are horribly done, yeah like the forced characters from harem shows like IS(Infinite Stratos) are better than the realistic ones from this. Setsuna - SHE'S BEEN LITERALY SAYING THIS THE WHOLE FRIGGING SHOW, she knew that Haruki and Touma had feelings for each other for a long time, yet she jumped between them and took Haruki "away" from Touma, she even did that after watching Touma kissing Haruki while he was sleeping, she loved him so much that she couldn't control it anymore and ended up not caring for Touma at that time(though after that she realizes that what she did was wrong). Setsuna cares for her friends aswell, she felt guilty the entire time, but unlike Touma she took the other way, which was take the best for herself, she's a bitch for getting what she wanted? of course not, but the way she did was what screwed everything, at the end she just couldn't control(it happens a lot in real life, if you think about it). Touma - She had to endure the pain of having to watch her crush dating her best friend she did that so her friendship with them wouldn't be destroyed, she sacrificed herself for the best of them, she could have started dating Haruki before knowing Setsuna but she's a tsundere so what to do....right? People blaming her from having sex with him straight away, honestly that was the only way I saw to balance with what Setsuna did, now they're even, I mean after all that suffer she had, just like Setsuna, she couldn't control it and did something selfish, which was to have sex with someone who's already dating(the reason why she was crushed while leaving his apartment) she felt guilty at the end, and just wanted to put an end to everything and leave the best for Setsuna, but they met again at the airport, and again couldn't control herself. Touma always sacrificed herself for them, she was always trying to evade contact with Haruki so he and Setsuna would have their time, even if she ended up hurt, she just wanted the best for them(gonna be honest here, I myself do that a lot, sacrificing myself for other people, at the end of most of the time I just have some rage attacks and crushed feelings but that's how I do things and IT CAN'T BE HELPED) Haruki - his flaw would be that he can't decide which one he wants, though you can clearly see that right now his feelings towards Touma are stronger. And that is pretty mean towards the girls, they don't know which one he wants, so they just have to jump over him to know what happens, AND to do that while they know thhe feelings of one another, it's even worst. Haruki is at fault, yes, but it can't be helped he just can't decide, maybe because he don't want to hurt their feelings, but he's definitely better than main male characters that can't even have a proper conversation with a girl without blushing every minute. So the only way I see people raging about the chacters is that: 1 - You wanted the three of them to be in a happily ever after; 2 - You just can't accept that they have flaws, you wanted them to be perfect; 3 - You're immature and just didn't figured out yet that you can enjoy more than one character(I myself like kuuderes, therefore I got some feelings for Touma, YET I still understand Setsuna and think she's great aswell). AND DON'T FORGET, THIS AIN'T OVER YET, THIS IS JUST THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER, WE STILL HAVE THE CLOSING CHAPTER AND CODA, so stop bitching that this didn't "ended" the way you wanted BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE END. 10/10 MASTERPIECE. That's how I saw this PART of the show, AMAZING, TRULLY AMAZING, it puts you with high expectations but at the same time it takes you down and this is just the introductory chapter, I can't wait to see what happens in the closing chapter(I haven't read the novel). Not to mention the characters are realistic, not your typical harem show where the male one is a bitch and the girls are all shy around him. I'm really sorry for the HUGE text wall and for my bad english, and if you managed to read till here, thank you very much. Remember this is only my opinion, you can like/dislike how much you want, just please be reasonable. I like your opinion.. your explanation is more reasonable.. #thumbs.up for you zet.. ^_^ You really need to go watch True Tears if you think this crap is anything even near masterpiece level. Its way better and even so I wont consider it masterpiece. Now if you watch Toradora too, that might be a closer one. Hell even the underrated Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is a masterpiece compared to this nonsense cliche shit. WA2 is much, much better than Toradora or True Tears because it's realistic, great writing and characterizations. |
Jan 2, 2014 4:37 AM
#387
WA2 is much, much better than Toradora or True Tears because it's realistic, great writing and characterizations. Well it's all about preference. Toradora has more likable characters, True Tears has characters you can sympathize with more. |
Jan 2, 2014 4:53 AM
#388
Kaioshin_Sama said: The only good romance anime I've watched in years, possibly decades. Not sure why more can't be like this. I'd say this if I had watched many romance anime - or if I had watched many anime full stop. But if the norm is Torashit ... well ... Aaaah, the sex at the beginning. 。◕ ∀ ◕。 So the scene which was foreshadowed in the first ep. was Setsuna letting Haruki make out with Touma? It definitely came out as a surprise, I thought she would just find out and slap Haruki or something. Really, Setsuna is a man, a true bro. She was the one I disliked the most, but this final episode made me realize how much of a complex character she is. Like everyone else. It was all very complicated without having to rely on melodrama. Only complain I have is the animation – or lack of thereof – and the ugly anatomy. Not so terrible as other anime, but it could have focused less on the character’s legs and more on them playing their instruments. The music was goooood. 8/10. I’ll ditch Rose Guns Days 2nd season – the first one was pretty shitty anyway – and start this right away. |
Jan 2, 2014 8:00 AM
#389
Wow, what an ending. Damn... this is how School Days should of been. (don't spoil yourself if you haven't watched that anime yourself). I really couldn't ship for either girls. I liked both of them but eventually my heart sank a bit with what Setsuna said but glad she made amends and accepted the consequences. But Touma... *shakes head* nothing more to say then that. There's gotta be a S2 soon, not sure when but I really cannot wait if this pic is true: http://i.imgur.com/tE3ghRz.jpg |
Feeling Down? Healing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXr0L4pOnV8 Soothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3o_BBH61c Interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UpZnSjMko4 Female? Gotcha covered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8cOqzku9zA ...yeah |
Jan 2, 2014 8:04 AM
#390
Jan 2, 2014 10:56 PM
#391
Well my thoughts in this anime is that is brilliant. The producers didn't play with let's get happy forever. It was appropiate with the characters years and the moments they were going throught. Also that they were characterized very well in the sense of reality. Yes everyone makes mistakes and can do this enormous problem. That's what I liked about this show. It was very very sincere with the reality. At the end everyone made huge mistakes that demostrated that if you don't think and say what you are doing you will have a bad time. So they got what they deserved. I like how it ended but I am hearing there could be a sequel. Well if they keep on with the track like this it will be totally awesome. For me 10/10. Although I was with team Ogiso but dammit Touma really had big points. Also what a way to start 2014. :D I hope I can watch more good anime this year. |
Jan 2, 2014 11:43 PM
#392
Boy, this reminds so much about School Days without the stabbing and slicing. The romance here is very nice though not a very big fan of love triangles. "Love that cannot be". That's a very perfect title for those three. It's a good thing they were able to sort this out though not perfectly. I give 8/10 for this. |
Jan 3, 2014 4:09 AM
#393
Just got done watching White Album 2. Man, what a feel trip. I saw the original White Album, so I knew what I was going into. I knew there was going to be sex scenes in White Album 2, but still it hit me right in the feels. In the original White Album, the male protagonist has sex with his girlfriend's secretary (I believe she was her secretary). It was solely about the sex. But with White Album 2, you're very emotionally attached the characters. Overall, I give the final episode a 9/10 and the whole thing a 8.5/10. Ugh, gotta watch a comedy anime so I can calm myself down... |
Jan 3, 2014 5:05 AM
#394
It's great to see all these differing and similar opinions. I"m curious about whether or not the anime ending on an original note or are we on track with the VN. Info would be greatly appreciated! |
Jan 3, 2014 5:08 AM
#395
Angel_Beats said: It's great to see all these differing and similar opinions. I"m curious about whether or not the anime ending on an original note or are we on track with the VN. Info would be greatly appreciated! it's the same ending with VN's IC part |
Jan 3, 2014 5:51 AM
#396
MgMaster said: tsuki-oniisan said: it's hard to breath from the suffocation you have to endure from WA2. I see that as a good thing tbh,shows that it really delivers big time on emotions. While some can claim that they wish for more romance anime this good, I think it's better if we don't get something like WA2 very often. Some of us would probably burn out and would just stop caring eventually. WA2 is my favorite anime of 2013 but I won't deny that's also because there's been a while since we've seen a romance-drama anime done right and some of us were really thirsting for one.IMO,it's a factor that made it special and I don't know about you guys but I like to have something special every once in a while. Personally,I'm now content with romance-drama anime of this caliber for quite a while -let's say until next fall/winter or so when I'd expect a season 2 to have a good chance of being out(in this case,I wouldn't mind it being out sooner either but I'd still rather have at least one season break). Heck,my enjoyment of Golden Time(which is a bit similar with it's love triangle & all) has dropped due to it airing in the same season as WA2. Even with WA2 being over, I'll still inevitably end up comparing the two,preventing me from enjoying GT as much as I would if it aired at least two seasons before or after WA2. Pretty much what happened to me when I finished the VN but I guess I had it harder. I had difficulty watching other animes. I unconsciously compared it to the anime I am watching and found those stories' very unbelievable and got disgusted by it as I expected the level of character development WA2 as well as how realistic it was. Took me weeks to recover..... Watched the last episode and I didn't expect the tragedy and the sadness to hit me again...... My heart sank when they had sex...... |
Jan 3, 2014 6:12 AM
#397
Can't stop the feels. The characters in the story is great theres a bit of flaws but it still has the slice of life so yep its ok for me. Poor Setsuna I feel bad for her pushing too far and Touma leaving? man that ending was sad. I dont think Setsuna and Kitahara will go out again/ 8/10 |
Tch. |
Jan 3, 2014 6:17 AM
#398
radle said: There's gotta be a S2 soon, not sure when but I really cannot wait if this pic is true: http://i.imgur.com/tE3ghRz.jpg Whats this image all about? A sketch of Touma? |
Tch. |
Jan 3, 2014 6:20 AM
#399
Jan 3, 2014 6:30 AM
#400
sweetsymphony said: radle said: There's gotta be a S2 soon, not sure when but I really cannot wait if this pic is true: http://i.imgur.com/tE3ghRz.jpg Whats this image all about? A sketch of Touma? It's how she looks in the final arc in the visual novel. It was tweeted by the satelight animator, so more then likely they have confirmed they are doing Coda (maybe they'll just skip CC haha). |
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