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| Of the shows I've watched NGNL and Knights of Sidonia have been the stand out shows this year, Mahouka has been bloody awful. |
Newhopes said: Of the one's I've watched NGNL and Knights of Sidonia have been the stand out shows this year, Mahouka has been bloody awful. Knights of Sidonia is the actual good show for me personally and definitely looking forward to the finale as well as the just announced second season. NGNL fascinates me more than I thought though given the show itself and what it is just because of it's fan base reactions to it. Honestly watching it's fanbases and trying to get into it's heads has made my time here more than worthwhile and probably made finishing the show the same as well. Botato said: Or because it's good. Which is far more likely. Not everyone has the same straight definition of good which is part of what I'm trying to reconcile here. I can only imagine an MAL community where more people realized this though, it'd probably be a lot more inviting and I'd actually get to talk with more people more than have to talk at them and vice versa. |
| MC and MC sis are NEET but yet they are smartest person in the game. Wonder why? |
Kaioshin_Sama said: Not when you keep ranting that this show is absolutely mediocre and decide for others that the only reason they like it is because of the fanservice and pandering.Newhopes said: Of the one's I've watched NGNL and Knights of Sidonia have been the stand out shows this year, Mahouka has been bloody awful. Knights of Sidonia is the actual good show for me personally and definitely looking forward to the finale as well as the just announced second season. NGNL fascinates me more than I thought though given the show itself and what it is just because of it's fan base reactions to it. Honestly watching it's fanbases and trying to get into it's heads has made my time here more than worthwhile and probably made finishing the show the same as well. Botato said: Or because it's good. Which is far more likely. Not everyone has the same straight definition of good which is part of what I'm trying to reconcile here. I can only imagine an MAL community where more people realized this though, it'd probably be a lot more inviting and I'd actually get to talk with more people more than have to talk at them and vice versa. |
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zetsubousei_hero said: MC and MC sis are NEET but yet they are smartest person in the game. Wonder why? What, you think they're too stupid to get a job or stay in school? It's the opposite. They're smart enough that they can live comfortable as NEETs as they can win money online whenever they have to. Things often balance out, so to pay for their superior intelligence they have social anxiety. Therefore they just stick to themselves. No one is entirely perfect. |
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zetsubousei_hero said: Are you implying these bland characters are self-insert power fantasies for actual otakus/hikikomoris?!MC and MC sis are NEET but yet they are smartest person in the game. Wonder why? NAAAHHH! They are just really really intelligent, like me! @Kaioshin_Sama That would suggest a smaller community where people actually know each other more or less, that is much more commonly seen there as you know. |
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Botato said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Not when you keep ranting that this show is absolutely mediocre and decide for others that the only reason they like it is because of the fanservice and pandering.Knights of Sidonia is the actual good show for me personally and definitely looking forward to the finale as well as the just announced second season. NGNL fascinates me more than I thought though given the show itself and what it is just because of it's fan base reactions to it. Honestly watching it's fanbases and trying to get into it's heads has made my time here more than worthwhile and probably made finishing the show the same as well. Not everyone has the same straight definition of good which is part of what I'm trying to reconcile here. I can only imagine an MAL community where more people realized this though, it'd probably be a lot more inviting and I'd actually get to talk with more people more than have to talk at them and vice versa. That's kind of fair. I mean I'll be the first to admit I'm completely out of touch with what general audiences find to be the pinnacle of anime these days and have a lot of trouble rationalizing what people really think about it outside of the hype factor. NGNL hype or rather the sheer intensity of on MAL in particular is just something I'll never fully grasp and it's not for a lack of enjoying just straight guilty pleasure shows, it just didn't do it for me like it did for others even in the heat of the moment. I wish it had lived up to the expectations I had for it (expected to be able to rate it 7/10 with no issues), but not much I can do about that. |
| I have to say I didn't think much of this show when I first started it, agreeing with a lot of negative points some people here brought up. Basically the premise of having an introverted gamer transported in a world where he can indulge himself in his favorite activity all day long while forming relationships with a cute and sexy all-female cast is just blatant fan pandering. (seriously, have we ever seen a single important male character in this show besides Tet and that old Werebeast?). Luckily my negative opinion of the series lasted only a few moments as the show got better with each passing episode. Despite the flaws, the whole series was very well directed and while it did have those elements I dislike, it never overshadowed it's main appeal, the entertaining, albeit silly games between Blank and their opponents. I mean, while other series dedicate whole episodes showing all the female characters in revealing outfits, thew fanservice here was kept reasonably low and it never felt distasteful. The fantastic voice acting also played a big part in my enjoyment. The over the top, rapid fire dialogue during the less serious moments certainly gave a lot of personality to each character. 6/10, I don't think it will get a second season, considering the way Madhouse decided to end it, but hey you'll never know. |
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| Oh man, this was a PERFECT climax to this series. Loved it. I might, might have to bump this up to an 8... C'mon, season 2! And next time I want a two cour season! |
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xytech said: zetsubousei_hero said: MC and MC sis are NEET but yet they are smartest person in the game. Wonder why? What, you think they're too stupid to get a job or stay in school? It's the opposite. They're smart enough that they can live comfortable as NEETs as they can win money online whenever they have to. Things often balance out, so to pay for their superior intelligence they have social anxiety. Therefore they just stick to themselves. No one is entirely perfect. you must know them in real life. |
| I think at this point most of the 10's are just for fun. |
| 8.75/10 Very entertaining ride. |
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T3hSource said: zetsubousei_hero said: Are you implying these bland characters are self-insert power fantasies for actual otakus/hikikomoris?!MC and MC sis are NEET but yet they are smartest person in the game. Wonder why? NAAAHHH! They are just really really intelligent, like me! @Kaioshin_Sama That would suggest a smaller community where people actually know each other more or less, that is much more commonly seen there as you know. Great, I'll vote them for president/God right now. |
GreenBenjamin said: I think at this point most of the 10's are just for fun. For never has there been a tale of more fun then MAL and its NGNL. Shows over folks, we've hit peak fun, nothing else has or will ever come as close again. |
T3hSource said: zetsubousei_hero said: Are you implying these bland characters are self-insert power fantasies for actual otakus/hikikomoris?!MC and MC sis are NEET but yet they are smartest person in the game. Wonder why? Bland? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, you're serious? So I'll assume you haven't seen the show if you call them bland. |
| Splendid episode and ending! That war beast power... so fast O.O it was a great ride. Sora and Shiro just keeps surpassing everyone and everything, thinking.. okay now they have been beaten? Nope saw everything coming! Just give me the second season already ^^ |
Todd_ said: T3hSource said: Are you implying these bland characters are self-insert power fantasies for actual otakus/hikikomoris?! Bland? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, you're serious? So I'll assume you haven't seen the show if you call them bland. Being loud and obnoxious and trying to act desperately cool in terms of dialogue and poses all the time doesn't necessarily make a character better or have more depth and personality. If only more LN authors realized this. I mean I love Jojo's Bizarre Adventure as a guilty fun pleasure myself to cite an example, but I wouldn't say the characters are particularly deep. I feel like pulling the Red Letter Media test on this show and asking people to describe the characters, their personalities, and what they are about in this show without telling me what they look like and what their profession and/or role in the work is. matthew521 said: By that you must mean that the show was so fun and enjoyable, it earned thousands or even tens of thousands of 10s! Obviously that is what you meant, since it is just plain ludicrous to think that thousands or even tens of thousands of people are throwing 10s at a show because they don't really care... I don't think most people have thought about it that far, but yeah basically it implies the argument that this show is so fun and so by far and away the funnest any anime has ever been in history that it's on a metric of fun beyond measure and puts the show ahead of all but 15 anime productions in existence at least according to MAL users. |
PeacingOutJun 26, 2014 4:45 PM
| Just as planned : The Animation. 7/10, it was a very fun ride, despite the overall silliness of the games and a not-so-likable cast: Steph was mostly a fan service doll treated like shit, Jibril a less fan service-y doll with significantly more agency and a few good lines, Shiro a perfect loli-imouto whose intelligence is paid a lot more lip service than it's actually put to actual use (aside from conveniently solving an unsolvable situation, like the whole planning to a millimeter where Steph would blindly shoot to get Izuna ofc). Kurami was okay Sora was a bit obnoxious and Tet was definitely not there enough. The humour was very hit or miss but I still had a lot of fun watching the games. My only BIG problem is the loli-service: pure nope. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: I don't think most people have thought about it that far, but yeah basically it implies the argument that this show is so fun and so by far and away the funnest any anime has ever been in history that it's on a metric of fun beyond measure and puts the show ahead of all but 15 anime productions in existence at least according to MAL users. MAL is not a single entity, and a 10 has never ment its the best show ever. |
| Great series :) I press "Continue" |
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| Why exactly would the Warbeasts care about the Elves invading? Since they literally can't do anything unless they accept a challenge, just don't except and they can't do anything. That entire coin toss game was completely useless, the Warbeasts had no reason to challenge them again so quickly. All they had to do was not accept any challenges by the Elves or the Flugel's and they'd have had as much time as they needed to come up with a way to beat Imanity. Pretty entertaining series but definitely nowhere near deserving of it's current rank or score. |
| 7/10 |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: Todd_ said: Bland? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, you're serious? So I'll assume you haven't seen the show if you call them bland. Being loud and obnoxious and trying to act desperately cool in terms of dialogue and poses all the time doesn't necessarily make a character better or have more depth and personality. If only more LN authors realized this. I mean I love Jojo's Bizarre Adventure as a guilty fun pleasure myself to cite an example, but I wouldn't say the characters are particularly deep. I feel like pulling the Red Letter Media test on this show and asking people to describe the characters, their personalities, and what they are about in this show without telling me what they look like and what their profession and/or role in the work is. Acting desperately cool? I think by nature, these two are just confident in themselves. An element we seldom see in Main Characters today. What does the word "bland" really mean? "lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting." Well, that certainly is the opposite for both Sora and Shiro. Their wit and superior intellect definitely stands out as their most prominent features. That feature alone makes a character genuinely interesting, since most characters today are just given something, they don't really do anything to earn it. It just happens. That also includes things later on, things just "work out for them". For Sora and Shiro however, they earn everything they get. They outsmart their opponents and strategically plan all of their possible moves. Now what's also interesting about these characters is how they became in such a sorry state in the real world in the first place. For such gifted individuals, what happened to them that made them shut themselves out from the world? Obviously hints are dropped every now and then throughout the series and Shiro's was, for the most part, explained. But we still do not have a full understanding of their past. And that mysterious element keeps you attached and invested in these characters, not only because of their past, but because of what they wish to achieve now. If you want to talk about bland characters, think of Kirito or Eren Jaeger. Sora and Shiro are the very opposite of them, in every way. |
| probably best anime in 2014 (so far) 10/10 |
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xytech said: zetsubousei_hero said: MC and MC sis are NEET but yet they are smartest person in the game. Wonder why? What, you think they're too stupid to get a job or stay in school? It's the opposite. They're smart enough that they can live comfortable as NEETs as they can win money online whenever they have to. Things often balance out, so to pay for their superior intelligence they have social anxiety. Therefore they just stick to themselves. No one is entirely perfect. This genuinely made me laugh. Seriously now. |
IZEROIIJun 26, 2014 6:30 PM
| Well, what a fun ride NGNL was. I didn't expected that when I saw the PV, ended up being more than a pleasant surprise. One of its great quality was his animation. Nothing to say on that other that it was really incredible in every fucking scene. The colors palette gave the show that great fantasy/ecchi/comedy feeling. The character were really great. There is pratically no character devellopment, but Sora and Shiro are so OP that they didn't really needed character devellopment. The OST was really great. That mix of techno and more ambiant music was good and of course, the OP was amazing. The episode was really great. I expected Steph to end the game, because of that order, but not that way! That was such a Steph way to win a game. Of course, Sora is no dictator and continue to be fair play. That ending was such a cliffhanger though, really make me want another season... |
| «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 |
Todd_ said: If you want to talk about bland characters, think of Kirito or Eren Jaeger. Sora and Shiro are the very opposite of them, in every way. Afaik Shiro hasn't proved to be anything but a somewhat very insipid character in a way more colorful cast (regardless of whether or not one liked the cast). And say whatever you want about Eren, but being an big ball of rage does not by definition go hand in hand with blandness (there again, regardless of whether or not one liked the character). ps: yep, Mahouka would've been a better example. |
SapewlothJun 27, 2014 12:30 PM
| Proud founder of The Official Anti-Ging Freecss Fan Club Join now! Kellhus said: GuusWayne said: there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat. |
| Typical Blank, once they've beat the huge East Federation they move right on to an even more challenging opponent. Loved how they ended it like that, even if it was a cliffhanger :) |
| AHHH, this show is just too good OMG.. Second season please |
| ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ "There is something in this world that no one has ever seen before. It is gentle and sweet. Maybe if it could be seen, everyone would fight over it. That is why the world hid it, so that no one could get their hands on it so easily. However, someday, someone will find it. The person who deserves it the most will definitely find it. " — Aisaka Taiga and Takasu Ryuuji |
| Yeah, I liked it....8/10 |
| Superb series...but man what a cliffhanger. All in all...one of my favourites from the spring season 9/10. |
| Awesome stuff.... Need S2 NOW..... Final Episode - 5/5 Series - 8/10 |
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| Sora is generous. About all that this episode showed :P Fun episode, but overthinking never does good. (Wait let me think about that...Infinitives are usually bad so....) ^ etcetera. |
| A great protagonist once said, "It's only overpowered if you can't return the favor!" |
| I think Miko is not a Old Deus but a medium because she is a shrine priestess. |
| A drama has a progressive thought, an emotional climax and a resolution, but our lives aren't like that. All we get day after day, are a bunch of vague anxieties that are never really resolved. - Yamazaki Kaoru (Welcome to the N.H.K) |
gamer5 said: I will not bother to read up all the 30+ pages posted before this one so I will just say: It was everything that I excepted from NGNL's anime adaptation last episode, I hope they make a S2 but if they don't I still have the LNs... Oh my... Come now really? Redundant posts are redundant. |
| A great protagonist once said, "It's only overpowered if you can't return the favor!" |
| Dayuuuum! They really think waaaay ahead of everyone! |
You can just be yourself. Do things your own way, one step at a time. You'll get there. Just be yourself, you'll be fine." ~Fruit Basket |
| One thing that amazes me is the constant attacks on characters, mainly Sora and Shiro for being "bland". As for Sora being "loud and obnoxious", there are two factors why does he behave like that despite being hikikomori etc.: one, they're in the new world, which means no one knows them and nobody will judge them for their intellect. Even better, new people they met until now have accepted them for who they are, which means they can open a little to the world. Two... that new world is game by design, with last boss being Tet. Sora and Shiro are gamers and very confident in their abilities (to the point of Sora displaying arrogance), and Tet has (not directly) challenged them. And come on. It's just the beginning of the story, what do you expect of characters, to completely change themselves right at the start? Out of 16 races, only 2 have united, which means 14 more until Tet can be challenged. There's plenty of time for character development. As for the episode, I don't have much to say: amazing as always, but I have 2 quirks with it. 1) Throne room scene has been removed (time constraint, again). While important plot elements have been moved to bathroom scene (which was shortened), result was messy enough for me to ask "wait what?" 2) Revelation of Old Deus (a.k.a. Volume 6 spoiler). While it was awesome and has pumped me up for S2, I have to side with people who are concerned about it damaging the continuity of the anime. |
astroprogs said: If HF ended up being a single movie, what would it need to do so it can get a high score from all of you? Not air. |
| 5/5 Episode interesting. Under the point of view of the plot was very interesting anime. Narration perhaps a little too full of humor, but now this is the tendency of all series of the 21st century, this may also be a point in its favor because many users prefer also a component very moe and full of fanservice. Drawings and animations good, Madhouse has maintained a fairly decent level, in light of his past works. Lively colors, although a bit annoying. all in all a aserie it deserves, but I also Aspetos the second season. Final rating of 8/10! |
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