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LadyNightmare said: People who dropped it for Haruta being gay are homophobes. Yes, not everyone swings that way, hence not everyone will be happy with seeing gay people kissing/having sex. That's why they don't watch shounen-ai/yaoi anime. And that's fine. But this is a slice of life mystery anime about a musical band. We are not watching boys getting it on or exploring how Haruta gets a boner every time he sees sensei. Chika's and Haruta's love will never be requited because of it did, it'd be literally illegal, which means that there isn't even a point in rooting for any character to be with sensei. Just seeing a guy blushing when he sees another male from time to time should not stop anyone from liking or accepting a character for hundreds of other characteristics he has. 'Gay' is not a personality trait. And he could still be bisexual, who knows? It's called heuristic availability - people use intuitive thinking and recent memories (this being Haruta's confession of liking sensei) to judge something instead of being reflective and realizing truth, in this case that anime or any kind of story featuring a gay character doesn't mean we are going to see gay romance. In HaruChika, the love triangle is merely a subplot and an unrequited love that will never end up with any guy on girl or guy on guy action. Lastly, somehow people don't care about other high school student characters (Light, Lelouch) being incredibly smart, but Haruta being bright (but not genius as the mysteries are not that hard to work out) bothers them. Why? It's fine if you dislike Haruta for being blunt/arrogant/etc, but disliking him for being gay and smart baffles me. Homosexual people are no different from heterosexual people, so if you are not a homophobe then you should be able to watch this anime even if you don't enjoy seeing two guys or two girls kissing, since the likelihood of that happening is incredibly small for all the reasons I listed above. If you think this anime is bad and/or boring in general then fair enough, but Haruta's sexual orientation should have nothing to do with how good or bad this series is. Don't go around calling people homophobes. Homophobe is someone who hates homosexuals, who discriminate against them and hurt them. Not being interested in a romantic relationship between 2 males is a freedom of choice and expression. Calling someone a homophobe is extremely insulting. Don't spew words you have no awareness of their weight. I'm surprised the mods are leaving people insulting each other like that. |
JokerxHisoka said: straggy said: Maybe now people can stop trying to deny Haruta's gay after a confirmation that he's not interested in Chika at all. The puzzle was pretty neat too, even if I did go a lil "lol wtf" when he started painting the colours back on. Reminded me of taking the stickers off and sticking them back on as a kid. Having a gay character =/= yaoi. I'd recommend telling your 20+ friends they're homophobes instead. homophobe... Are you serious? No, I mean, whata fuck? because someone doesn't want to see homo relationships they are homophobes? Just, plz, try to refrain from posting this kind of bs. LMAO. Did you just read what you posted? Lemme just replace what you said with other situations... If you dropped a show just because a character was black, that'd be racist. If you dropped a show just because you didn't like it having female characters, you'd be sexist. If you drop a show for no reason other than that it has a gay character, my god are you definitely a homophobe. There's a reason you don't wanna see gay characters and it's because they make you uncomfortable, ie they disgust you and you don't want to acknowledge their existence. That's exactly what a homophobe is. |
| It was fine... a little slow though. |
straggy said: JokerxHisoka said: homophobe... Are you serious? No, I mean, whata fuck? because someone doesn't want to see homo relationships they are homophobes? Just, plz, try to refrain from posting this kind of bs. LMAO. Did you just read what you posted? Lemme just replace what you said with other situations... If you dropped a show just because a character was black, that'd be racist. If you dropped a show just because you didn't like it having female characters, you'd be sexist. If you drop a show for no reason other than that it has a gay character, my god are you definitely a homophobe. There's a reason you don't wanna see gay characters and it's because they make you uncomfortable, ie they disgust you and you don't want to acknowledge their existence. That's exactly what a homophobe is. orrrrrrrrr, in my free time i want to watch something else... or its something i dont want to watch... IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DONT LIKE GAYS.... So if you dont watch Mecha anime you're afraid or hate your microwave? |
| Like robots? Then watch getter robot :D |
_StillAlive_ said: LadyNightmare said: People who dropped it for Haruta being gay are homophobes. And where is problem? If people dropped this becouse MC is a gay that is their choise. We have freedom, yes? They don't want to see a gay, they dropped. Simple.. I don't think you read all of my post... And the problem is when they deny to be homophobes. Like, at least be honest with yourself. Xenlai said: Don't go around calling people homophobes. Homophobe is someone who hates homosexuals, who discriminate against them and hurt them. Not being interested in a romantic relationship between 2 males is a freedom of choice and expression. Calling someone a homophobe is extremely insulting. Don't spew words you have no awareness of their weight. I'm surprised the mods are leaving people insulting each other like that. But my whole point was that this anime is not about gay romance. I said clearly that if you do not want to see gay romance then just don't watch yaoi/shounen-ai. You're free to do that, and it does not make you a homophobe, you just don't swing that way. But this anime is not yaoi or shounen-ai, because the teacher and main characters can't be together for legal reasons. All this series has is just a homosexual character. Why would a person be uncomfortable with a male confessing their love for another male if they were okay with gays? It doesn't make sense. Homosexual males don't swing towards females either, but they easily accept a heterosexual person talking about their feelings. No one is telling you to watch two guys kissing because HaruChika will simply not have that kind of content in it. If you can't accept a character just because they're gay then you are a homophobe. And this is not by any means the same as not wanting to stare at homosexual males making out. Like, I would understand if people dropped this because of sudden male on male action, but nothing of that kind is happening or will happen. And the point about being insulting others is something I cannot comprehend. A lot of people in the thread of the first episode were openly hateful towards gays, but you're silencing people for calling them out on their hatred? Sheesh. : P |
LadyNightmareJan 15, 2016 5:39 AM
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| Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this episode. It was.... well.. boring. I literally had to force myself to watch the show. For the comment who said something about Generic Harem Bullshit, you see.. Just because it is overplayed or whatever doesn't mean that it actually sucks. One of these examples is the Grisaia Series which starts with your typical School Genre, but actually has a very interesting Plot-line (2nd and 3rd Season as well as VN). Another title is Walkure Romanze which has a horrible adaptation, but the Visual Novel is superb. There are a lot of good anime/manga/light novel/Visual Novels which feature this "Generic Harem Bullshit". I am pretty sure the ones that you are talking about are Nisekoi, DxD and etc. There are some rotten apples in the Genre, also the Japanese studios have exhausted almost all "unique" ideas, so you have to take that in mind too Anyways, back to Haruchika.. This isn't what I was looking for, and I will not force myself to watch and I will not rate it (Just like I haven't watched yet, I am not going to be like other assholes)... So see ya later guys, maybe in another thread |
| Finally, this is what i fells like "truly episode" Lilttle bit heartwarming but the other parts also not bad |
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OrangeJP said: He fucked up the color scheme   One of my other hobbies is speedcubing. The correct color scheme of a cube in counter clockwise order is red, green, orange, blue, yellow on top and white on bottom lol dang someone said it before me, one of my hobbies is also speedcubing so i also noticed this |
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dany565 said: straggy said: LMAO. Did you just read what you posted? Lemme just replace what you said with other situations... If you dropped a show just because a character was black, that'd be racist. If you dropped a show just because you didn't like it having female characters, you'd be sexist. If you drop a show for no reason other than that it has a gay character, my god are you definitely a homophobe. There's a reason you don't wanna see gay characters and it's because they make you uncomfortable, ie they disgust you and you don't want to acknowledge their existence. That's exactly what a homophobe is. orrrrrrrrr, in my free time i want to watch something else... or its something i dont want to watch... IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DONT LIKE GAYS.... So if you dont watch Mecha anime you're afraid or hate your microwave? That's not the point lmao, this isn't a gay romance. It's not a yaoi, everyone's already said that. Yaoi and mecha are genres. They encompass tropes and change the entire show. A mecha anime is gonna be about nothing but robots and then not liking robots would be a valid reason to not want to watch it. This show's genre? It's mystery. There's no yaoi at all. One character just happens to be gay, it's part of his identity, just like being black or female is part of someone's identity. If one character being gay (something that's had maybe 2 lines dedicated to it so far, too) makes you uncomfortable enough to drop the entire show then you must be pretty disgusted by the gay community and gay people as a whole, there's no other reason you'd do it. Literally none. |
| I can not well describe my feelings, but the episode though not so interesting, still managed to like it. The drawings are not bad, but it seems as if the PA Works, still has trouble making fluid movements of the latter, the sets are not bad, but they are less beautiful than I expected. |
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| Meh episode was predictable. Chika's eyes are beautiful. |
| Chika - u do a good job here - keep suporting next ep with your cuteness :3 |
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| I did like the episode... it was nice... but I'm having mixed feelings about Haruka knowing everything... How the heck did he know the author of the puzzles and his history... Usually the genius kids have some kind of short-coming like being isolated and spending a lot of time studying... or some kind of reason that helps to explain how they actually know a lot of things... He doesn't... Nor does he seems to have too many problems solving the mysteries... maybe that will be explained later... :/ |
| Another detective episode. I am not sure how to feel about it. |
| lol @ people being triggered by the gay this reminds me of when ep 8 of shinsekai yori aired Anyway, I liked this episode, but I don't see it as a mistery anime, for me it's more like slice of life, I think that's why I can enjoy it better And I like Chika, she's cute, def want more development for her. |
| Baby, daijobanai... |
| Above average so far, but kind of boring sometimes, so i'd say it is 6/10 up until now. I think Haruta is a little too smart, but I'm liking his character, as well as Chika. The mysteries have been good, at least the resolutions, but the buildup has been lacking IMO. At least there are no obnoxious characters so far :) Looking forward to next episode, but i do hope it picks up the pace a bit. |
refael9190Jan 15, 2016 12:07 PM
| "I don't mind gays but I don't want them in my anime" so, you're homophobic. It's simple as that. Get your ignorant ass out of here. This anime doesn't even focus on anyone being gay, it's all in your bigoted head. Anyways I thought this ep was quite fun. |
4061453 said: What happened to mystery/puzzle stories where the audience can realistically figure out the solutions? Now its all Sherlock Holmes kind of stuff where some "genius" MC pulls some the answer out of his ass. ^This right here is the best comment on this episode discussion! |
| You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me |
| oh shit she bitch slapped him she's homophobic |
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Aurorae said: "I don't mind gays but I don't want them in my anime" so, you're homophobic. It's simple as that. Get your ignorant ass out of here. This anime doesn't even focus on anyone being gay, it's all in your bigoted head. Yeah, tbh this show serves as yet another reminder of how close minded and problematic anime community can be. |
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| I don't understand why there are comments about homosexuality and homophobia in this thread again since this episode literally had nothing to do with romance. Nice episode, I think I liked it more than the previous one. I'm starting to like Haruta's character. |
| I'm really sad to see how many people are already fighting in this comment section x.x.. Like why is it such a big deal that Haru has a crunch on Sensei? This is no R18 anime which leads to gay steamy sex or sth it's quite the opposite tbh. On a side note.. does nobody even remember Cardcaptor Sakura anymore? Shaolan had a crush on Yukito for a very long time and nobody really hates or shits on CCS instead it is a widely loved anime which many of us grew up with. |
| This was a great episode. Very interesting and compelling, and manages to hit some pretty fantastic emotional notes. The scene where Haruta is painting over the cube, and they are having to restrain the girl as she was screaming, was completely visceral, and tugged at my heartstrings a bit. Which is something I haven't experienced for awhile. Definitely loving this show so far! |
| a pretty nice episode, and another interesting mystery. though i have to agree that it's kind of boring how haruta knows everything already. |
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| A better episode than the first, but still below mediocrity. |
| I don't care if many people said this is an boring anime. After watching this episode i fell this is good anime. people think that haruchika is romcom poured with music, it's 100% false. This is mystery anime not romcom. Who care with triangle love and yaoi, that not added on main plot. 4/5 |
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| seeing the reactions of some people here about the homo stuff is kind of disturbing, speciallly since the series is actually good, i mean, come on that's a pretty stupid reason for disliking it. And about the mysteries, they are not that hard, the one in the first episode could have been resolved by any person who has studied music before, and that is not even the case in this episode. The mysteries are pretty simple while you know where to look, and that is what the series actually tries to do. |
error5000Jan 16, 2016 1:53 PM
Bakken said: Fai said: Why is this rated lower than kitschy kitsch like Phantom World? Because Phantom World is quite good and Haruchika is just garbage in comparison? >phantom World >quite good LOL yea because having gigantic cow boobs jumping here and there while trying to put up a cringe worthy fantasy setting it's 10/10 of course |
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| It seems in each episode a new character will be introduced and then finally a band will be put together |
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iracebetth said: Bakken said: Because Phantom World is quite good and Haruchika is just garbage in comparison? >phantom World >quite good LOL yea because having gigantic cow boobs jumping here and there while trying to put up a cringe worthy fantasy setting it's 10/10 of course Yeah, it's quite fan service heavy indeed :P But I think it's well done and works as good humor for my taste. I wouldn't say the setting is cringe worthy, but I'll agree that it's not exactly praise worthy either. I'm not saying Phantom World is really great or anything, but it definitely surpasses Haruchika on all points in my opinion (Yes, even the setting). I'm not looking for a fight (aggressive argument) or something, I'm just really frustrated about this show, which in my opinion is by far the worst show this season (of the shows I've seen anyway) and yet theres people claiming that it's really good? It bothers me. |
| You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me |
Bakken said: iracebetth said: >phantom World >quite good LOL yea because having gigantic cow boobs jumping here and there while trying to put up a cringe worthy fantasy setting it's 10/10 of course Yeah, it's quite fan service heavy indeed :P But I think it's well done and works as good humor for my taste. I wouldn't say the setting is cringe worthy, but I'll agree that it's not exactly praise worthy either. I'm not saying Phantom World is really great or anything, but it definitely surpasses Haruchika on all points in my opinion (Yes, even the setting). I'm not looking for a fight (aggressive argument) or something, I'm just really frustrated about this show, which in my opinion is by far the worst show this season (of the shows I've seen anyway) and yet theres people claiming that it's really good? It bothers me. I actually agree with Bakken, the fantasy setting on Phantom World isn't exactly what you would expect from a masterpiece but it's made up pretty well? The character's powers and skills, the monsters and their game on battle is actually very decent. Fanservice aside, it's a really entertaining watch! |
| still not the kind of mystery i wanna see, but at least it was better than the last episode. The story about the little boy that liked puzzles was the best part of the episode for me |
sun123Jan 17, 2016 3:01 PM
| maybe i sound nitpicking, but i found this episode even worse than before especialy the mystery cases. whole thing just unreasonable for me. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| I got a good laugh when sensei showed up near the beginning and both Haruta and Chika started blushing and playing with their hair in exactly the same way. |
| I feel a lot of Hyouka vibes! Haruta: "I have zero interest in you, FYI." ouch that hurts!...nyahaha!! Grerat ChouCho ED! 4/5. |
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Cookies said: Can't believe there's so much generic harem bullshit that gets rated far higher then this, the solution and the reason behind it was glorious and I love the eyes, the creative characters and the unique story, I've loved the puzzle-solving parts in both episodes. By far my favourite show of the season. YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Sherlupin said: so being smart is a bad thing according to you people... Apparently people in here doesn't like OP protagonist....... Then sees Dimension W score........ |
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OrangeJP said: Doesn't matter, it's supposed to be her own colours.He fucked up the color scheme One of my other hobbies is speedcubing. The correct color scheme of a cube in counter clockwise order is red, green, orange, blue, yellow on top and white on bottom That was a very heartwarming episode. |
❀桜舞う空〜 Cute is Power. 🔗CosmoGenesis Project “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” “A truth seeker has no patience for BS.” I seek only to improve myself and others. |
| Well yeah didn't particularly care for this one. The MC is basically a jerk who thinks he can go around messing with people in grief just so he can give his band a boost. You aren't saving the world you jerk, leave people be. And yeah the mystery wasn't great. It would have been fine if it was set as a puzzle that the girl could have solved, but just refused to really try to. Instead of a ridiculous puzzle that the brother would have known his sister would never have been able to solve. GenesisAria said: OrangeJP said: Doesn't matter, it's supposed to be her own colours.He fucked up the color scheme One of my other hobbies is speedcubing. The correct color scheme of a cube in counter clockwise order is red, green, orange, blue, yellow on top and white on bottom That was a very heartwarming episode. But...it's not in her colours. Haruta is the one who painted it. |
FlareKnight said: XD, i know right? Irony. But it's okay that she got help from (friends), as long as she could move on as otouto wished.But...it's not in her colours. Haruta is the one who painted it. |
| ❀桜舞う空〜 Cute is Power. 🔗CosmoGenesis Project “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” “A truth seeker has no patience for BS.” I seek only to improve myself and others. |
| Gee P.A Works went from immensely unpopular show to show watched by just about everyone and and intensely praised at least early on to immensely unpopular show nobody is apparently really watching and is still scored low in the span of a calendar year. I can hardly gather why that could possibly be and figure it couldn't conceivably have anything to do with the names attached to the projects. Couldn't possibly at all lol. But seriously it really seems like unless you have the right names nowadays just why even bother? Jun Maeda isn't working on a P.A Works original project anymore so it just absolutely craters in viewership and reception even if in the end it turns out better than what he brought to the table script wise. Tough break but that's how it is with the anime scene nowadays, unless you have one of maybe 5-10 popular names like Butch, Sawano, Maeda, Sawano, Kajiura, Yuki Aoi, Shinbo, Okada attached to your project now and 5.5 or so popular producers like Shaft, Kyoani, A-1/Aniplex, ufoTABLE, Madhouse and sometimes maybe Bandai Visual nowadays literally why even fucking bother no matter how decent your show is or not. It's no wonder those names are so sought after, coveted and heavily promoted ahead of all others even in terms of what you'd expect to be normal production tier listings now cause god help you if you don't get them for your project you're probably not getting an audience or anything but instant scorn or at best tepid reception to start. Get those names though and it's instant praise and adulation and the show blows up into "AOTS". It's just such an overriding factor that just why even bother...why even bother.... The sad thing is too when was the last time a new name was added to that magic list. Certainly not since the very start of this decade at the very least. It wouldn't even be a big issue if new names were joining those ones, but they just plain aren't that's for sure. Anyway P.A Works new Kuromukoro mecha (an absolutely detested genre nowadays barring again a big name attached like A/Z had) project thing they have coming up for their 15th anniversary is beyond dead as shit unless they can land a big name for it. Better hope that Gen Urobuchi's new project thing turns out to be affiliated with that or something otherwise it's going to be a total embarrassment for them unfortunately and again why should they even bother. |
PeacingOutJan 18, 2016 8:09 PM
| They went above and beyond trying to get that poor girl to join, not a super bad ep, it was watchable. Haru getting slapped was also kinda funny! Looking forward to episode 3. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: I agree about the big names, whether studio, staff, or even VA. I don't know much about the industry as much as you do, but what about Production IG? Would they not make that list? And some studios get projects that are rather successful even if it's not all the time, like Silver Link. Bones usually seem to break even at least. More importantly, what is your opinion on this episode, or this show so far? I think it'd be interesting to know what you think of HaruChika rather than the industry :) |
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