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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- For some reason, I didn't feel too attached yet. It must just be the overall look of the anime, the art direction an all. The chibi parts look great though. Hopefully it'll get better as it goes on; well I liked how they didn't dawdle on the first rejection. I wasn't too much of a fan of the op and ed either... maybe I was placing my expectations too high for a first episode. Loved this part, made my heart leap out.  |
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| The art had a common look, didn't bother me too much but It seemed too slow and bore me a bit. I like It overall but I have several reasons to why I disliked certain parts of It. Cute stuff though. |
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| Pretty cute, really liking the art work especially the things they do with the glasses. |
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| Disliked it - one of the most boring animes I've seen. It'll be the first, and possibly only series I drop this season... Out of 13+ animes and counting. |
| First episode was alright, since I'm into these type of Drama. So yea, I'll carry on with this show,............for now =P |
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| I just realized that this is my first shoujo ai series. :O Hmm, it looks...cute enough. And I hear there's drama. I'm always up for some good drama, so I see no reason not to continue~ But, it kinda bored me a bit. So...I'll continue in hopes it gets less boring. |
| One of the few shows to come out this fall that i actually want to finish. Very good first episode. |
| hmmm...calm and basic. felt kinda like kashimashi...or started like it. the music wasn't bad either. this is a short one so i think i will watch it. |
| it was fairly clam and quiet for the plot it had. i thought it was pretty good, and it wasnt too predictable, although there might have been some forshadowing that hinted at how it may end if it goes the obvious way. |
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burntlettuce said: One of the few shows to come out this fall that i actually want to finish. Very good first episode. I second that. |
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| mmm not very interesting, at least this episode, but ill wacth some more, since there seems comedy is going to be included next epi |
| Being a fan is like having a penis. Its nice to be proud of it But don't pull it out in public and wave it in other's faces Kyurem Black. Kyurem White. Together they are Pretty Kyurem. |
| is it me, or is shoujo-ai themed anime, really popular, lately? The episode was pretty good, I'm probably going to follow it to the very end. |
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| I didn't expected the first ep to be so subdued? Its an interesting start. I love the background music, it really adds to the atmosphere beautifully. The Op was nice and I laughed a little too hard when I saw that that girl (Kiyori?) was holding a bun. |
| It was alright for the most part. Different from what I imagined though. I was hoping for a bit more energy and comedy like the manga. Brighter colors too, the pastel look is too subdued. I liked the comedy aspect of it from the manga. I really do hope that they keep it that way in the anime. Too much piano in that episode. |
| Meh. That's all I can say. Hopefully it picks up. |
| Everything about it felt generic and cliche or w/e, but it was okay. I might keep up with this. Anyways, Janet you're crazy! |
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| I actually liked it :] |
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| It was pretty good, the emotions are a bit more clear in this one than in such as Aoi Hana of last season. i hope it turns out to be one of the best of the season. |
| I liked it. It's been a while since I've seen such a drama filled first episode. I will continue watching. Also...I liked the vocal part for that song that was played right at the beginning. |
| Wow, this genre finally gets some more attention. After the excellent Aoi Hana we get this. Well, it's by no means a 2nd Aoi Hana, because those two are just like apple and banana, but this one also looks very good. We had a lot of emotion and quite a bit of development in this first episode. Actually this might have been one of the shows that I enjoyed most out of this new season's shows. But then again the next show I will watch is Kimi ni Todoke which is rumoured to be even better. Episode had some nice and fitting BGM tracks, the chibi parts were great and the two main characters plus the 3rd lunch girl are interesting characters. Especially the scene where the tall girl kicked away the box from the guy who loves her was nice. I am really looking forward to more. EDIT: I knew it. After watching Kimi ni Todoke I just have to say that Sasameki Koto is by no means as good. |
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| Hi, I am new and I decided to try this anime. I want to see mainly who is going to win: Boy/girl love or girl/girl love. There is no real girl/girl love in the farm lands of Marseille although there might be other weird things going on. There was good comedy like Kazama with her answer to all girls school with drama like in the beginning two girls kissing (never seen that yet in anime). Too bad I cannot write in French, it would be better for me. |
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| The episode was a bit mediocre. The OP was ok I guess, I liked the song, but the animation could have been better at some parts. And I didn't really liked how the whole cast suddenly appeared, a bit out of place imo. Doesn't Sumi remind you of someone? (Complete Fumi look-a-like with the long, black hair and glasses..) Probably a popular type for shoujo-ai? So far can't really judge the story, I'll keep watching for now. And oh, can you spot the trap? |
desolato said: The episode was a bit mediocre. The OP was ok I guess, I liked the song, but the animation could have been better at some parts. And I didn't really liked how the whole cast suddenly appeared, a bit out of place imo. Doesn't Sumi remind you of someone? (Complete Fumi look-a-like with the long, black hair and glasses..) Probably a popular type for shoujo-ai? So far can't really judge the story, I'll keep watching for now. And oh, can you spot the trap? What trap? |
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| Great atmosphere (largely due to an almost perfect direction and music for such a show) and very nice characters, so it seems I'll continue this yuri show a bit after all. It strongly makes me remind of Candy Boy, which is a good thing. Good watch for now, even if I know by experience that I will get bored by this show pretty soon. |
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desolato said: And oh, can you spot the trap? I was thinking the vice class rep might really be a chick. That's a reverse trap, isn't it? |
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| Slow paced, but i liked it a lot. This type of anime is probably one of my favourites. |
krjmiismOct 8, 2009 6:28 AM
desolato said: Doesn't Sumi remind you of someone? (Complete Fumi look-a-like with the long, black hair and glasses..) Probably a popular type for shoujo-ai? So far can't really judge the story, I'll keep watching for now. Really, imo Fumi and Sumi are really similar and gyya, Aoi Hana and Sasameki Koto are really similar. But this episode was okay. The animation was cute and the BGM was really nice ! But I'm not that into the characters and the plot is not my faves either. But I'm waiting forward how this will turn out since it's only 12 episodes |
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Forever said: I knew it. After watching Kimi ni Todoke I just have to say that Sasameki Koto is by no means as good. I love Sasameki Koto, but Kimi ni Todoke will always be superior, mostly cos of Sawako :D As for me, I liked the first ep, although at first I thought it lacked the comedy, that I'm already used cos of the manga, but after re-reading the first chapter I realised that there really wasn't much comedy in there XD Anyways, after getting used to the voices (Sumika's voice in my head always will be Satsuki Yukino), I started liking it, especially Sumika's reactions. Hope they will speed up a bit, so that the series won't be filled with just angst and emo :) |
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| I really liked this episode. This is going to be my first shoujo-ai series, so it'll be nice to knock that off the list. It seems like this will be pretty good. |
HawthorneKitty said: For some reason, I didn't feel too attached yet. This.... :/ |
deadoptimist said: Though I think shit-flinging should also have standards - no personal, no behind the scenes. |
| So much drama. It was hard to keep from laughing. I really dislike Kazama but I like the other girl. I guess I will keep watching |
| Loved the first episode, can't wait for the next one. :) |
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| I think I liked it. Visuals were nothing special. I haven't seen much shoujo-ai anime so I'm going to keep watching it. |
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| It seems rather more melancholy than the manga. I hope that they make it more of a romantic comedy by the end. |
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| That was a ton more serious than I expected. The pacing also felt kind of weird in the second half but I can't quite put my finger on it. I hope this lightens up as it goes on or I might end up dropping it. |
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tehnominator said: Forever said: I knew it. After watching Kimi ni Todoke I just have to say that Sasameki Koto is by no means as good. You shouldn't really even be comparing the two. That's like comparing an Olympic sprinter with the captain of your high school track team. It's not advisable to compare yuri with heterosexual romances, at least not in this generation. Heterosexual romance in anime has been around since anime was pretty much conceived. It has had time to grow, time to evolve. The writers know what the usual tropes are, know how to work around them, and know how to put out an interesting or involving story that puts spins on the traditions. Yuri is a developing genre. It started back in the 70s, and it was extremely controversial, barely printed, and had no niche market. It never really was a genre back then, actually, just an element of other genres. In the 80s, you had it as side elements, in the 90s, it was again mostly a side element that made up the bigger part of an anime's genre. Like Sailor Moon. It was a mahou shoujo/romance/fantasy. But it had SOME yuri in it. It's only really in the 2000s that yuri itself became an actual genre where entire anime could be based around girls who love girls and they don't just do it for fanservice or comic relief. Nor did all the girls who like girls have to be perverts or deviants or miserable psychos. It's the same for yaoi. I'd never compare a yaoi anime to a het romance, because if I did, all yaoi would then by default be the worst shit ever and get scores under 5. I wouldn't compare Junjou Romantica with Clannad, nor would I even compare it to Marimite. That's like comparing Rosario + Vampire to Ichigo Mashimaro. Wtf would I do that for? It makes no sense to. You can say that SK and KnT are both romances, but you need to understand that yuri romance is light years behind heterosexual romance because yuri is now taking baby steps. Yuri stories hardly ever get picked up for anime adaptations or they are extremely short because a lot of magazines get no profit from lesbian manga. Who is the primary audience of anime on the whole? Young men. What will sell more? A sweet little romance about two lesbians or a sweet little romance between a guy and a girl? (Please don't think I'm bashing anything here, I'm just pointing out some facts. I do intend to watch Kimi etc. myself since it looks exactly like the type of anime I like. And even if you want further supplementation--none of my favourite anime are even yuri anime, so my defence of Sasameki Koto is not a blind over zealous yuri fan rant.) It's only recently that anime have even started not treating yuri as a gag or service. Actually, Aoi Hana is the ONLY anime out where the character is in fact a lesbian and not some sort of "girl who likes girls because..." (Strawberry Panic doesn't count, since that is a fantasy la la land where men nor common sense seem to exist; Marimite doesn't count either, since none of the girls are lesbians except for Sei). So right, look at that. Aoi Hana: 2009. First case of a legitimate girl who really does like girls actually being a protagonist in an anime. When has that ever happened before? So comparing a yuri anime with a het romance anime is particularly inadvisable. Compare it with other yuri anime. I'd like to think that some day, yuri will grow as a genre so that yes, we would be able to compare it with het romance which has had infinitely more time to develop as a medium. tl;dr: Yuri is still taking baby steps. Don't throw the newbie into the ring with the veteran. Very interesting facts. Here where I am lots of society itself rejects the yuri concepts of girl/girl love. Blame society would be a good reason and not enough acceptance. Thanks for info, maybe check out some animes you mentioned. |
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| the brown haired chick looks like a proper size Millay from code geass.. the glasses girl is likeable too. guess yuri anime not as explicit as yaoi |
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