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| I gave it a 3/5. It was watchable and a way to kill 20 or so minutes. It's nothing amazing and had some fairly wtf moments, but I kinda liked it. |
| I downloaded because it had a nice name....i wasn't expecting that tbh. Anyway, errrrrm there's not a lot to say about that really. No plot and lots of fanservice. Ok i guess. |
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| hentai?...wait; what!?...tv!?! hmm...they should just slap a hentai tag on it, and the series will fulfill its purpose. I mean the damn thing looks like a combo between Cafe Junkie and Ryoujoku Famiresu Choukyou Menu. with Rio being a short haired version of Ayase (famiresu menu) |
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| LOL, Am Queen Killah and imma show 'ya what am made of. Well anyway, lolplot isn't that bad, i always liked absurd comedies. But what's the most important, Rio is hawt as hell! ヽ( °٢° )ﾉ |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
Inarius said: hentai?...wait; what!?...tv!?! hmm...they should just slap a hentai tag on it, and the series will fulfill its purpose. What were you watching? There's no sex in it. |
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| I do not like gambling in general in real life, but for some reason I enjoy the theme of gambling in anime. I don't mind that it has no plot (for now, at least), and it did get a few chuckles out of me with the "wtf" moments, so I think I'll stick with it and see. I LOL'd and facepalmed when they found out that the bear was Made in China... Being a collectible hunter it's happened to me quite a few times. |
| well, i'll watch it for now, if too many other series end up on my list this'll probably be put on hold, but i enjoyed the first ep |
shizu_bara said: Best part of this ep, yeah...... I wont be watching any more of this series. I'm not really sure what possessed me to watch the first episode since I knew it wasn't something I'd like. pretty much my thoughts on this, i also wont be watching anymore of this series. |
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| lol can't stop giggling all throughout the show because of the ridiculousness of it.. might give it a chance just for the weird lols I got from it.. and wouldn't Rio be fired under normal circumstances if she brings luck to the customers?? I mean that casino would go bankrupt in no time if she keeps making customers win bigtime.. |
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extatix said: Inarius said: hentai?...wait; what!?...tv!?! hmm...they should just slap a hentai tag on it, and the series will fulfill its purpose. What were you watching? There's no sex in it. the atmosphere dude...the atmosphere the show gave. |
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| I thought the bear would be filled with cash disappointing.. |
| haha yeah i laughed my ass off xD i mean saki was ok but this one....^^; |
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| Dropped. |
Inarius said: You haven't watched much hentai then. Some pantsu and a minor side-boob doesn't make it hentai. The atmosphere neither.extatix said: Inarius said: hentai?...wait; what!?...tv!?! hmm...they should just slap a hentai tag on it, and the series will fulfill its purpose. What were you watching? There's no sex in it. the atmosphere dude...the atmosphere the show gave. |
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Nachotee said: This isn't Slice of Life.There were always and will always be, fanservice and slice of life animes. Slice of Life tends to have realism a plot and a story line, something this Anime was obviously lacking. Blackbird said: I didn't mention anything about hating gambling.Everyone here seem to hate Gambling, you can't said you hate it before watching more than 5 episodes. I just mentioned that i have no interest in it. And watching this Anime doesn't have anything to do with liking or disliking gambling. But more with the fact whether you like this Anime or not. Tho this Anime is trying to promote gambling it fails terribly at promoting anything besides fan service, and even at that it's doing a lousy job. Blackbird said: I never played Poker but many of my friends like to play it and they seemed to enjoy it.I play Poker myself and quite enjoyable. Like i said i have no interest in gambling but i don't mind it when people are gambling. |
| I was going to come up with something witty to say about this anime, but that would require too much effort so i leave this with a 2/5 and hope it gets better. |
| I am the light and the darkness tossed away by fate. I am hope and despair needed by all and to none. I am CuresDestiny. Fear me or Not it is all the same to me. <insert maniacal laughter here>  |
extatix said: To be honest the art and the atmosphere where very similar to some of the Anime from producer Suzuki Mirano.Inarius said: You haven't watched much hentai then. Some pantsu and a minor side-boob doesn't make it hentai. The atmosphere neither.extatix said: Inarius said: hentai?...wait; what!?...tv!?! hmm...they should just slap a hentai tag on it, and the series will fulfill its purpose. What were you watching? There's no sex in it. the atmosphere dude...the atmosphere the show gave. And i would not be surprised if both the director and character designer came from them. |
| When I was watching the show, I wasn't really that interested. Maybe I will like watching some of the future episodes, too early to drop it. |
| Lol at anti-gambling semantics in this thread. Still not sure what to make of this show just yet. It's obvious that this is going to be nothing more than fanservice shit, but maybe it'll pull out an interesting twist or two... which I highly doubt. Aversa said: Slice of Life tends to have realism a plot and a story line, something this Anime was obviously lacking. Pretty sure K-ON or Lucky Star didn't have any plot to them. |
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| weird anime -.- |
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| The fact that Rio is actually from Dead or Alive has me sold on this show. |
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| .. what just happened... 0_o |
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| I didn't think it was terrible. It manged to keep me entertained at least. The fan service was below par though. |
| I can't say much about this 1st episode since we don't know much anyway, but from what I've seen, this anime will be just for the lulz even though I didn't laugh once. Also seeing a little girl in a casino was just.... |
| <img src="http://enema27.host22.com/sigs/frosti/sig.php" border="0" /> |
| this is so... disturbing... |
  “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” ― Agatha Christie |
Wasabi said: Pretty sure K-ON or Lucky Star didn't have any plot to them. They also weren't mind bogglingly boring to fans of the genres they occupied. I really love Xebec. I wish they didn't accept the money they were paid for this project (which was probably a lot) and instead did ... another season of To Love-Ru! *grin* |
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| i don"t excpact much from this anime ,, but i"ll give it a shot anyway =/ Though the character design was really good .. First episode rating 6/10 => |
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| well.. should've been more ok if there weren't any of those surreal stuff in gambling which somehow doesn't fit for me.. meh.. as long as we're out of the Japan and schools setting, it's all good to me.. |
Miss-Looolz said: i don"t excpact much from this anime ,, but i"ll give it a shot anyway =/ Though the character design was really good .. First episode rating 6/10 => ^^basically how i felt I'll keep watching it just to see how it goes. It truely wasn't that bad. |
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| Started out great, loved the fight scene. Rio is smoking hawt, perfect seiyu! Fagglasses is a douche! Hope he's not a main/supporting character :/ Moeblob is cute, but I could see her getting annoying. Then we get to the long, extended, drawn-out transformation, or whatever the hell that was? WTF was with the wedding dress? Poker game was a cool concept, but needs work. Overall I'll give the first ep a 6.5/10. After ten minutes I was like, definitely watching, after twenty I was like, :/ And know I'll give it another ep and see where it's going. Urahara Out!! |
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| I don't know, I think everyone is being a little too hard on this show. I mean this WAS the first episode, and even the description was pretty vague. If you actually read the official site, NOT the animelist and various other descriptions on sites, it gave you a tiny bit more of an idea of what it's going to be about and other information about the characters and such. It may have given you a better idea of what you were getting into. You have to start from somewhere right? 7/10 Loved the art, loved the music definitely, Loved Rio of course, good beginning episode to an original series. |
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| Wasn't putting many hopes on this one, and I'm gladly that I did that because is just 5/10 this first ep. Continue to see but just because I like poker. Let's see if this get's better... |
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| This had the most surreal game of cards ever! But I really can't say how I feel about it... |
| If you have too much time you better go to sleep instead of watching this show. |
 "A Legend is but a tale of a beautiful lie." |
| Fun stuff 8/10~ Garterbelt? xD Epic hand motions too lol |
A2ZOMG said: I'm gonna go on a limb and say this show is going to be like Sora no Otoshimono, and basically is going to prove to be better than its initial impressions imply. Eh. The difference is that I was into Sora no Otoshimono from episode 1 (not to mention I laughed at it a lot). This just didn't give me a lot of incentive to continue. |
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| (-)So there was a little too much fanservice, and (-) there doesn't seem to be a plot.(-) Nor is this funny in any way. The proposal thing was so sad it was funny. (-) The gambling duel was horrible. Actually the only redeeming quality was (+) chip, and the (+) VA. Random ending by ultra-prisim too o.O (-) Apparently the new things is to steal teddy bears from small children too. (2/10) |
| it kinda disappoints me..bt i guess i'll still check the next episode out |
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| I can only see fanservice. The gambling?? I don't even. Not that I have a little knowledge about poker but how did Rio did it. The surreal transformation scene was just ugh. Anyway, I'll treat this as a time killer and see things more clearly. |
helur said: (-)So there was a little too much fanservice, and (-) there doesn't seem to be a plot.(-) Nor is this funny in any way. The proposal thing was so sad it was funny. (-) The gambling duel was horrible. Actually the only redeeming quality was (+) chip, and the (+) VA. Random ending by ultra-prisim too o.O (-) Apparently the new things is to steal teddy bears from small children too. (2/10) I agree. They should have gone more all out with the fanservice. That was all this show could even have going for it. |
| Not the best start, but it is far away from being a train wreck. |
| Crappiest anime I've seen in years. |
| Oh my god....If the episodes continue like this, this crap is going to my dropped list. |
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| Yeeeek, can't be bothered with a show like this atm. |
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| Fanservice.... I'll watch it. Haha, it is definitely something unique, sort of. |
| Must every new anime I encounter and end up watching them have to have fanservice. The episode, pretty decent I guess since I'm like interested in casinos. (now that I'm legal to play the slot machines) But I'm not gonna drop this series. |
| Wow this was REALLY bad... this anime dont even deserves to be in my dropped list. 1/5 but after i heard the ED I give this 0/5 ! |
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Hoppy said: A2ZOMG said: I just realized that Rio is in fact from that series Dead or Alive. Which I'm pretty sure everyone should be aware was THE ultimate fanservice video game. Now I'm tempted to get some of my friends to watch it, they loved Dead or Alive for the women. A2ZOMG said: Nah, this show can't possibly be worse than Ore no Imouto or The Sacred Blacksmith. Stuff like that is what's killing anime. Definitely nowhere near The Sacred Blacksmith and unlike Oreimo this most likely will get a conclusive or a hilarious ending which Oreimo didn't get. Well, actually, Rio got her start in Pachinko-style slot machines (back in 2001, IIRC), and graduated to Black Jack and other gambling games. These were also produced by Tecmo, and her appearance in DOA Paradise was merely a crossover thown in due to the fact that Zack runs a casino. And yeah, this is about what I was expecting - I'm hardly surprised at all the hate since most viewers had little clue as to what was coming other than the nice artwork. As I said, I'm fine as long as the artwork is close enough to my Rio de Channel art books. I never expected much more anyway. |
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