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Nov 22, 2021 8:30 AM
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Deloking said:
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The wiki literally says "Armaments: none" can you even read?

That's not equipped on the vehicle.
Or so it seems, they foreshadowed for 3 seconds in the last episode
There is no bomb in the LN, if there is in the Anime then thats an anime only addition
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Can't we just enjoy both lmao.

It sucks that even the author behind MLA moped about the current adaptation, just hope it gets a reboot like fruits basket.
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My thoughts are based purely on the show.
I tried to Read the LN to understand better the way the author wanted to talk about a delicate Theme like racism, and I find out was the same thing of the show with a little bit more context so I dropped it.
But I mean, they are adapting 1 volume in 10 episodes so it was expected


So you didn't even make it to this part in the LN. But decided to say it "plagiarized" material from other series without looking at said things in the source material.

Sorry to say your argument was already weak from the beginning. Have a good day.

That's a Thread in the anime section. We're talking about the show not the LN. Your comment is out of place and unrequested
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tensai95 said:
Can't we just enjoy both lmao.

It sucks that even the author behind MLA moped about the current adaptation, just hope it gets a reboot like fruits basket.

I hope so but unlikely they'll adapt Extra and Unlimited
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Is this just a subtle way to promote Muv luv alternative?

The whole motive of the 86 and takeru to take the mission is already a night and day difference.

Also I thought muv luv alternative was mid while 86 is better. If you can't enjoy this show that on you. Don't blame it on "plagiarism".
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Gabriel_Gaming said:
Deloking said:

That's not equipped on the vehicle.
Or so it seems, they foreshadowed for 3 seconds in the last episode
There is no bomb in the LN, if there is in the Anime then thats an anime only addition


Man there's also no bomb in the anime nor foreshadowed
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I don’t care much about your opinion. It’s just your opinion, it’s not factual to say the least. However, don’t go around labeling people when you don’t know more than 1% of the fanbase. As for familiarity with genre, so what? What is this condescending dumb gatekeeping mentality? No one needs to watch your precious mecha shows to recognize quality in other shows or make their own judgements. People are humans just like you. They can make their own conclusions and judgements independently. They don’t need to rely on your standards to generate a thought. For God’s sake, it’s just anime, yet some treat it as some job that people need years of experience before they can have some sort relevant opinion or qualification.


Ok, I'm sorry if I offended you, that wasn't my intention, but it's very unfair that some series are overrated when others that did pretty much the same thing aren't known, especially in the case of 86 that deals with sensitive topics like racism, not in the best way


Massively disagree hear me I watched most of the Gundams, Macross series, Evangelion & The rebuilds, gurren lagan, fullmetal panic, code geass, Eureka, SSS gridman etc.... yeah I'm also a massive fan of the genre....

I thought they handled the racism very good and justified and i also think this is a genuinely good series so pls don't go just label people you obviously don't know
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Deloking said:
Just Finished Muv-Luv Alternative VN 2 weeks ago, one of the most heart touching experience I had with a Japanese media.
I had noticed that this last narrative arc has a lot of similarity with one of the most important arcs in Alternative : Cherry blossoms operation.
At first I thought was just a sane inspiration, but after the last episode I don't know more what to Think, they copied also some dialogues lines, over THE WHOLE OPERATION.
Tell me what you think about , maybe I'm a little bit biased on the topic so I care to hear the opinions of more people.


Eh I mean I love Muv and need to watch 86 eventually, but mecha as a whole has always been a genre that's semi plagarized off of each other. Series like Evangelion and Gurren Lagann are massive homages to older mecha media. It's fine though, good work inspires other good work that follows it. Just the nature of any type of storytelling.
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I will read MLA eventually, but unfortunately I'll have to read 50 hours of SOL romcom, which sounds pretty blegh in VN form. Also, the art has the nasty case of the uglies.
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teofilusSW said:
In Japanese pop culture, there must be various similarities in ideas and creative paths shared by various authors, considering that they live in the same way of thinking because they live in the same environment (they live in the same country, namely Japan with various trinkets of life).

At least this is not like the case of the isekai genre works or the "unique case of IDOLY PRIDE vs SELECTION PROJECT" which is currently being controversial in Japan, especially among fans of the idol genre.


Wait what's controversial with the whole 2 idol anime thing? Not familiar with what you're talking about.
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Deloking said:
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So you didn't even make it to this part in the LN. But decided to say it "plagiarized" material from other series without looking at said things in the source material.

Sorry to say your argument was already weak from the beginning. Have a good day.

That's a Thread in the anime section. We're talking about the show not the LN. Your comment is out of place and unrequested


No, not out of place at all since you are talking about a pretty faithful anime adaptation (that technically IMPROVED the source material in a sense with visualization).

You are literally trying to say a series plagiarized another series. In this case you CANNOT talk about one part of the series (the anime) without the other (the LN its adapted from).

Once again your argument is weak and you're steadily wasting your time trying to argue this. If you don't have the proper proof to back up your claims then I suggest you give up.
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Let me have comments regarding some of replies on this thread.

I actually don't understand where the racism part is in Eighty Six, because the opposition Alba vs Eighty-Sixers leads more to social segregation caused by geopolitical order (key words: Fort of the Republic and the boundary between the Republic and the Empire, as well as the position of the Eighty-Sixers between the fortress and the Empire-Republic border), So in my opinion, claims regarding the LN and anime themes, namely racism, are not strong enough.

In addition, for anime only viewers, it is important to note that some modern anime(s) has two sides to the narrative, which are explicit or on-screen and implicit or off-screen (many anime have used this method to build a media-mix franchise or indeed just to improve the quality of entertainment).
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Pyro81300 said:
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In Japanese pop culture, there must be various similarities in ideas and creative paths shared by various authors, considering that they live in the same way of thinking because they live in the same environment (they live in the same country, namely Japan with various trinkets of life).

At least this is not like the case of the isekai genre works or the "unique case of IDOLY PRIDE vs SELECTION PROJECT" which is currently being controversial in Japan, especially among fans of the idol genre.


Wait what's controversial with the whole 2 idol anime thing? Not familiar with what you're talking about.


It's actually a controversial thing in Japan now, especially on Twitter, and for some international idol anime fans, when you basically get the same story for 2 idol animes in only less than a year, with really same protagonists along with the characteristics, even the date of birth. just only having each different name, Kawasaki Sakura-Nagase Kotono-Nagase Mana for Idoly Pride and Miyama Suzune-Hananoi Rena-Amazawa Akari for Selection Project).

There is also a specific thread on MAL which is talking about this: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1972032
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teofilusSW said:
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Wait what's controversial with the whole 2 idol anime thing? Not familiar with what you're talking about.


It's actually a controversial thing in Japan now, especially on Twitter, and for some international idol anime fans, when you basically get the same story for 2 idol animes in only less than a year, with really same protagonists along with the characteristics, even the date of birth. just only having each different name, Kawasaki Sakura-Nagase Kotono-Nagase Mana for Idoly Pride and Miyama Suzune-Hananoi Rena-Amazawa Akari for Selection Project).

There is also a specific thread on MAL which is talking about this: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1972032


Oh huh, I see ty for the reply.
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teofilusSW said:
In Japanese pop culture, there must be various similarities in ideas and creative paths shared by various authors, considering that they live in the same way of thinking because they live in the same environment (they live in the same country, namely Japan with various trinkets of life).
"they live in the same country, so they obviously share the same ideas" ???? 0__0

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Pointless thread by minority
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That's not plagiarism and you didn't provide good examples.
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all the mecha anime of the last 15 years are either bad, mediocre or dull, 86 is no exception.

Code Geass was the beginning of the end.

Sad that the genre that introduced me to Japanese animation has become so bad lately.
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Tfw you have to throw labels at others and put words in their mouths to validate your opinion.



It’s okay OP. Maybe one day, Muv-Luv will get an adaptation that is of a high quality like 86. Until then, what can I say, you can cope I guess by asserting dominance over other shows if it makes you feel better.


Like you said, that's my opinion, but I'm not that wrong. There are more than 1500 mecha series, few people have seen 10 of them. Obviously, the greater your familiarity with the genre, the more a serie like 86 becomes average


It doesnt mean anything really, ive seen alot of mecha anime but I still love 86
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Some of you Muv-luv fanboys are downright hilarious. Straight up the FMA:B fanboys of the VN scene. Keep up the copium and enjoy the fact that your franchise got shafted probably forever.

It's so funny to see the same 10 people crying on every thread like this on how 86 is bad and overrated, fully ignoring the reality that there's like 10 of them. The best ones are the basement writing expert wannabes who are such frauds they don't even realize what makes good stories and keep trying to blindly evaluate everything only based on the writing habits they are fanboying, and push their bullshit on others like it's some objective truth.

Meanwhile, the numbers don't lie.
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Know difference between plagiarism and inspired.

By that logic you can call most of music that have been made until now is plagiarism from old songs.
Calling Toyota and Mercedez cars looks the same because they painted with same color
or even call all mechas are plagiarized from gundam series and all dark themed Mahou Shoujou are plagiarized from Madoka Magica


It's really clear that you're not from a creative industry or atleast trying to understand how it works.
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Something I want to mention about something I have seen again and again, also in this thread, is the claim that 86 "copied" aot especially in relation to its use of racism as a theme. This is compleatly impossible since 86 was submitted to the 24th Dengeki Novel Prize, which happend sometime in june 2016 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-06-06/the-best-light-novels-not-yet-in-english/.132523) while AOT didnt start with its whole Marley buisness until October 2016 (https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/That_Day_(Chapter_86)). Funny that its chapter 86 in which Marley got revealed.
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Gabriel_Gaming said:
Something I want to mention about something I have seen again and again, also in this thread, is the claim that 86 "copied" aot especially in relation to its use of racism as a theme. This is compleatly impossible since 86 was submitted to the 24th Dengeki Novel Prize, which happend sometime in june 2016 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-06-06/the-best-light-novels-not-yet-in-english/.132523) while AOT didnt start with its whole Marley buisness until October 2016 (https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/That_Day_(Chapter_86)). Funny that its chapter 86 in which Marley got revealed.


Whoaa hold on that's great haha
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removed-user said:
Shishou_23 said:


Tfw you have to throw labels at others and put words in their mouths to validate your opinion.



It’s okay OP. Maybe one day, Muv-Luv will get an adaptation that is of a high quality like 86. Until then, what can I say, you can cope I guess by asserting dominance over other shows if it makes you feel better.


Like you said, that's my opinion, but I'm not that wrong. There are more than 1500 mecha series, few people have seen 10 of them. Obviously, the greater your familiarity with the genre, the more a serie like 86 becomes average
This is an incorrect statment. I'm very familiar with mecha as its my favorite genre. Does it have similarities with Muv Luv Alternative? Yes it does. Does Muv Luv Alternative have an anime worth watching? No it doesn't. Until it gets one, well have to settle with 86.
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Like you said, that's my opinion, but I'm not that wrong. There are more than 1500 mecha series, few people have seen 10 of them. Obviously, the greater your familiarity with the genre, the more a serie like 86 becomes average
This is an incorrect statment. I'm very familiar with mecha as its my favorite genre. Does it have similarities with Muv Luv Alternative? Yes it does. Does Muv Luv Alternative have an anime worth watching? No it doesn't. Until it gets one, well have to settle with 86.


Me also a massive fan of the genre, i thought 86 it's one of the better series in this genre
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Gabriel_Gaming said:
Something I want to mention about something I have seen again and again, also in this thread, is the claim that 86 "copied" aot especially in relation to its use of racism as a theme. This is compleatly impossible since 86 was submitted to the 24th Dengeki Novel Prize, which happend sometime in june 2016 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-06-06/the-best-light-novels-not-yet-in-english/.132523) while AOT didnt start with its whole Marley buisness until October 2016 (https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/That_Day_(Chapter_86)). Funny that its chapter 86 in which Marley got revealed.


B-b-b-b-b-but Aot has Walls to protect the main country of the early seasons and so does San Magnolia.

This is clear plagiarism!!!.

You know, if OP claimed that Asato "plagiarized" the ODM gear from AoT for the Feldreß's movement then I could see some logic in their words.

But even if it was true, mechas with ODM gear are so fucking cool, so who the fuck cares?
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Gabriel_Gaming said:
Something I want to mention about something I have seen again and again, also in this thread, is the claim that 86 "copied" aot especially in relation to its use of racism as a theme. This is compleatly impossible since 86 was submitted to the 24th Dengeki Novel Prize, which happend sometime in june 2016 (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-06-06/the-best-light-novels-not-yet-in-english/.132523) while AOT didnt start with its whole Marley buisness until October 2016 (https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/That_Day_(Chapter_86)). Funny that its chapter 86 in which Marley got revealed.


B-b-b-b-b-but Aot has Walls to protect the main country of the early seasons and so does San Magnolia.

This is clear plagiarism!!!.

You know, if OP claimed that Asato "plagiarized" the ODM gear from AoT for the Feldreß's movement then I could see some logic in their words.

But even if it was true, mechas with ODM gear are so fucking cool, so who the fuck cares?

Yea I know AOT basically invented the concept of walls and fortification in general. Sun Tzu was a big Isayama fan after all.
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Gabriel_Gaming said:
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B-b-b-b-b-but Aot has Walls to protect the main country of the early seasons and so does San Magnolia.

This is clear plagiarism!!!.

You know, if OP claimed that Asato "plagiarized" the ODM gear from AoT for the Feldreß's movement then I could see some logic in their words.

But even if it was true, mechas with ODM gear are so fucking cool, so who the fuck cares?

Yea I know AOT basically invented the concept of walls and fortification in general. Sun Tzu was a big Isayama fan after all.
You joke about that but some people actually do think that AoT used that concept first.
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Yea I know AOT basically invented the concept of walls and fortification in general. Sun Tzu was a big Isayama fan after all.
You joke about that but some people actually do think that AoT used that concept first.
I love AoT but I wonder, if its fans have ever read Claymore. Not only was it AoT before it did its thing, but it predates Muv Luv so no one can accuse it of copying that either.
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Heh, those just Grappling Hook with extra steps, why you keep saying dumb things like AoT invented it first.
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The difference between inspiration and plagiarism is in details. You can use the same idea and spin it differently. So Muv Luv Alternative used the idea introduced in All You Need Is Kill and expanded on it. Instead of a simple short light novel, it became an extremely complex story more than ten times longer. This is an expired concept. The same way a story about an academy where people learn magic can be inspired by Harry Potter.

But if you start to copy details, like let's say you write a story about a student in magic academy and you make him an orphan who lives with terrible people, he's also "marked" by the evil wizard and is the only one who can defeat him, and he also has a smart female friend and a foolish male friend, then it's already copy-pasting... And if you make your first volume about a magic stone and the second about a secret room then it's just obvious plagiarism.

So if 86 literally "borrowed" a whole story arc from MLA and even copied some of the dialogues then it's a definition of plagiarism. Only someone who've read both 86 and MLA can judge if how far this is to the truth. And so far those who've read/watched both say that this is blatant copy-pasting and the ones who disprove it haven't read MLA so they have no qualifications to argue.
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The difference between inspiration and plagiarism is in details. You can use the same idea and spin it differently. So Muv Luv Alternative used the idea introduced in All You Need Is Kill and expanded on it. Instead of a simple short light novel, it became an extremely complex story more than ten times longer. This is an expired concept. The same way a story about an academy where people learn magic can be inspired by Harry Potter.

But if you start to copy details, like let's say you write a story about a student in magic academy and you make him an orphan who lives with terrible people, he's also "marked" by the evil wizard and is the only one who can defeat him, and he also has a smart female friend and a foolish male friend, then it's already copy-pasting... And if you make your first volume about a magic stone and the second about a secret room then it's just obvious plagiarism.

So if 86 literally "borrowed" a whole story arc from MLA and even copied some of the dialogues then it's a definition of plagiarism. Only someone who've read both 86 and MLA can judge if how far this is to the truth. And so far those who've read/watched both say that this is blatant copy-pasting and the ones who disprove it haven't read MLA so they have no qualifications to argue.

I hope you know how "evidence" works in any civilized country. All i saw in this topic is brainless accusation and nothing else. Why don't you guys put some evidence forward like quotes or screenshots from plagarized chapter parts, or dialogues from both books and say which sentences are direct copies of another. Until you do this, it's just shit talking.
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UTMAN said:

I hope you know how "evidence" works in any civilized country. All i saw in this topic is brainless accusation and nothing else. Why don't you guys put some evidence forward like quotes or screenshots from plagarized chapter parts, or dialogues from both books and say which sentences are direct copies of another. Until you do this, it's just shit talking.


Why would anyone do all of this if someone who's interested enough to know if those accusations are true or not can just read MLA and decide for himself? It's objectively the most acclaimed visual novel, aka FMA:B of the visual novel media. There's no point in arguing with people who don't know what they are talking about. It's like trying to prove something to flat-earthers or creationists.
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UTMAN said:

I hope you know how "evidence" works in any civilized country. All i saw in this topic is brainless accusation and nothing else. Why don't you guys put some evidence forward like quotes or screenshots from plagarized chapter parts, or dialogues from both books and say which sentences are direct copies of another. Until you do this, it's just shit talking.


Why would anyone do all of this if someone who's interested enough to know if those accusations are true or not can just read MLA and decide for himself? It's objectively the most acclaimed visual novel, aka FMA:B of the visual novel media. There's no point in arguing with people who don't know what they are talking about. It's like trying to prove something to flat-earthers or creationists.


Because you are the one making wild accusations. If I accuse you of rape/thievery/murder/ANY wort of crime I have to prove that you did it. It's not the other way around. That's how judiciary systems work everywhere around the world. where the accuser has to prove the crime, not the accused. The fact that none of you ever did that, just speaks volumes that you guys cannot provide any tangible evidence regarding your claims. Meaning: You are talking out of your ass. What you are doing here is baseless defamation claims and nothing more.I don't give a flying flamingo about MLA. If the plagiarism is so obvious that it's "copy-paste" as you said then I don't need to read it to notice that it's plagiarized or not if the evidence is provided.
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UTMAN said:

I hope you know how "evidence" works in any civilized country. All i saw in this topic is brainless accusation and nothing else. Why don't you guys put some evidence forward like quotes or screenshots from plagarized chapter parts, or dialogues from both books and say which sentences are direct copies of another. Until you do this, it's just shit talking.


Why would anyone do all of this if someone who's interested enough to know if those accusations are true or not can just read MLA and decide for himself? It's objectively the most acclaimed visual novel, aka FMA:B of the visual novel media. There's no point in arguing with people who don't know what they are talking about. It's like trying to prove something to flat-earthers or creationists.


Post proof.

I don't even get the thread to start with. What can you even compare with MLA and 86 right now? Not all the episodes of 86 are out so the only thing you can compare is the 2 operations general guideline. Isn't the most important thing how the operation will actually go? The operation isn't even plagiarized, they are just vaguely similar in the sense that there is a diversion and a fall off but that not even plagiarism.

Furthermore with this kind of answer, it proves that like I thought, this is just a way to promote Muv-luv alternative to people since it is necessary for you to have read it to argue about it apparently. Now, I did read it, can I get proof? I don't have the VN with me anymore so I'm counting on you guys. You can spoiler it if you deem it necessary.
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So if 86 literally "borrowed" a whole story arc from MLA and even copied some of the dialogues then it's a definition of plagiarism. Only someone who've read both 86 and MLA can judge if how far this is to the truth. And so far those who've read/watched both say that this is blatant copy-pasting and the ones who disprove it haven't read MLA so they have no qualifications to argue.


I've read Muvluv trilogy and finished reading 86 novels until recent volume, and what the OP accused for plagiarism is only boils down to "every army works together to create distraction so the MC team can fight the enemy boss unobstructed", which is not unique to Muvluv. Mass Effect 3 final mission used the same strategy, also LoTR3 final battle. I'm also pretty sure many war stories used this strategy as well, but I can't remember the detail that well to be used as an example.

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It’s a recurrent military tactic in several media outlets to lure the enemies from their positions to create vulnerabilities and gaps. What even. Muv-luv was not first, neither is 86, but it doesn’t matter.

I thought so until the last episode, When I saw the XG-70 wannabe I fucking slapped


About the plane, I've read the novel so I can say for sure that this plane don't have any weapons on board, and even if it has because for some stupid reason the anime needed to add them, it won't be used because
. So to compare it with XG70, which is basically a floating fortress with a Big Faqing Laser Gun and a goddamn barrier, and the main purpose in the narrative was the main weapon for defeating the boss, is too far fetched to say the least.

But if you're still not convinced, just wait until the next episode and you'll see.
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UTMAN said:

Because you are the one making wild accusations. If I accuse you of rape/thievery/murder/ANY wort of crime I have to prove that you did it. It's not the other way around. That's how judiciary systems work everywhere around the world. where the accuser has to prove the crime, not the accused. The fact that none of you ever did that, just speaks volumes that you guys cannot provide any tangible evidence regarding your claims. Meaning: You are talking out of your ass. What you are doing here is baseless defamation claims and nothing more.I don't give a flying flamingo about MLA. If the plagiarism is so obvious that it's "copy-paste" as you said then I don't need to read it to notice that it's plagiarized or not if the evidence is provided.


Lol, dude. Have you read the thread? I don't make any accusations, I'm not OP. I haven't even watched/read 86 yet, so I can't say for sure if it really has plagiarism. But the facts are - OP is the only one so far who've read/watched both series and he noticed copy-pasting so I believe him. And your opinion doesn't matter to me as you don't know what you're talking about. Have you read my post even? I even made an example of what counts as inspiration and what counts as plagiarism.

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I've read Muvluv trilogy and finished reading 86 novels until recent volume, and what the OP accused for plagiarism is only boils down to "every army works together to create distraction so the MC team can fight the enemy boss unobstructed", which is not unique to Muvluv.


Well, OP said that it copies the arc up to some dialogues. If actual events also repeat, i.e. distracting characters die in a similar order, then it's what you call copy-pasting.
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I've read Muvluv trilogy and finished reading 86 novels until recent volume, and what the OP accused for plagiarism is only boils down to "every army works together to create distraction so the MC team can fight the enemy boss unobstructed", which is not unique to Muvluv.


Well, OP said that it copies the arc up to some dialogues. If actual events also repeat, i.e. distracting characters die in a similar order, then it's what you call copy-pasting.


Hmm, no. The similarities between this arc and the arc in Muvluv was only just that, so it's hardly a plagiarism. Here, let me give you a brief summary of both arc, spoiler just in case. You can judge by yourself if this is really a plagiarism or not.

What OP claims this arc plagiarize is the Cherry Blossom arc, which is:


while this arc up until the last episode is basically:


That's the gist of it. The OP claims that this arc copies the whole operation of the Cherry Blossom arc in Muvluv, while this anime up to this point only shows the start of this arc, which as I already elaborate in the spoiler. So the similarities only boils down to what I said before. I think the OP also thought so, as seen with their post here:

Deloking said:
Gabriel_Gaming said:

It’s a recurrent military tactic in several media outlets to lure the enemies from their positions to create vulnerabilities and gaps. What even. Muv-luv was not first, neither is 86, but it doesn’t matter.

I thought so until the last episode, When I saw the XG-70 wannabe I fucking slapped


The OP said the show copied the XG70, which I think they meant the Nachzehrer. Again, not a plagiarism in the slightest, because:


For more info, here's the XG70:
https://muvluv.fandom.com/wiki/XG-70_Susanoo

and here's the Nachzerer:
https://86-eighty-six.fandom.com/wiki/XC-1_Nachzehrer

Both has a totally different purpose in the narrative, so if that's still counts as plagiarism, well...

About the dialogue, I can't exactly see what dialogue the OP claims this show copies from Operation Cherry Blossom, other than your typical military motivational speech from the leader of the nation/coalition/army/etc, or the standard "don't die/you must survive" dialogue, which is pretty much a norm in this type of story. Maybe until the OP elaborate more specifically what dialogue they thought was copied, this is the only things I can think of.

So, yeah. I still think calling this arc a plagiarism of Muvluv is too far fetched, to say the least.

EDIT: I can elaborate more as to what happened in the novel after the last episode, but that's beside the point because the OP's knowledge only from the anime, and what the anime has shown was only what I said above.
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MyOwnGod said:


Well, OP said that it copies the arc up to some dialogues. If actual events also repeat, i.e. distracting characters die in a similar order, then it's what you call copy-pasting.


Hmm, no. The similarities between this arc and the arc in Muvluv was only just that, so it's hardly a plagiarism. Here, let me give you a brief summary of both arc, spoiler just in case. You can judge by yourself if this is really a plagiarism or not.

What OP claims this arc plagiarize is the Cherry Blossom arc, which is:


while this arc up until the last episode is basically:


That's the gist of it. The OP claims that this arc copies the whole operation of the Cherry Blossom arc in Muvluv, while this anime up to this point only shows the start of this arc, which as I already elaborate in the spoiler. So the similarities only boils down to what I said before. I think the OP also thought so, as seen with their post here:

Deloking said:

I thought so until the last episode, When I saw the XG-70 wannabe I fucking slapped


The OP said the show copied the XG70, which I think they meant the Nachzehrer. Again, not a plagiarism in the slightest, because:


For more info, here's the XG70:
https://muvluv.fandom.com/wiki/XG-70_Susanoo

and here's the Nachzerer:
https://86-eighty-six.fandom.com/wiki/XC-1_Nachzehrer

Both has a totally different purpose in the narrative, so if that's still counts as plagiarism, well...

About the dialogue, I can't exactly see what dialogue the OP claims this show copies from Operation Cherry Blossom, other than your typical military motivational speech from the leader of the nation/coalition/army/etc, or the standard "don't die/you must survive" dialogue, which is pretty much a norm in this type of story. Maybe until the OP elaborate more specifically what dialogue they thought was copied, this is the only things I can think of.

So, yeah. I still think calling this arc a plagiarism of Muvluv is too far fetched, to say the least.

EDIT: I can elaborate more as to what happened in the novel after the last episode, but that's beside the point because the OP's knowledge only from the anime, and what the anime has shown was only what I said above.
Bruh they are nothing similar lmao. Idk what kind of weed I've to smoke to say these two illustrations are anything similar lol
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UTMAN said:

Because you are the one making wild accusations. If I accuse you of rape/thievery/murder/ANY wort of crime I have to prove that you did it. It's not the other way around. That's how judiciary systems work everywhere around the world. where the accuser has to prove the crime, not the accused. The fact that none of you ever did that, just speaks volumes that you guys cannot provide any tangible evidence regarding your claims. Meaning: You are talking out of your ass. What you are doing here is baseless defamation claims and nothing more.I don't give a flying flamingo about MLA. If the plagiarism is so obvious that it's "copy-paste" as you said then I don't need to read it to notice that it's plagiarized or not if the evidence is provided.


Lol, dude. Have you read the thread? I don't make any accusations, I'm not OP. I haven't even watched/read 86 yet, so I can't say for sure if it really has plagiarism. But the facts are - OP is the only one so far who've read/watched both series and he noticed copy-pasting so I believe him. And your opinion doesn't matter to me as you don't know what you're talking about. Have you read my post even? I even made an example of what counts as inspiration and what counts as plagiarism.

Udin554 said:

I've read Muvluv trilogy and finished reading 86 novels until recent volume, and what the OP accused for plagiarism is only boils down to "every army works together to create distraction so the MC team can fight the enemy boss unobstructed", which is not unique to Muvluv.


Well, OP said that it copies the arc up to some dialogues. If actual events also repeat, i.e. distracting characters die in a similar order, then it's what you call copy-pasting.


Once again, another defensive post where you cannot stand by what you are saying. And once again, just for you so you can get what I'm saying, it does not matter what OP says or whoever until they don't provide proof. Saying that someone has read both, and then talking BS out of their ass does not count as proof.

Also, you are so obviously bad faith in this, both OP and Udin allegedly have read both 86 and muv-luv, and one of them saying it's plagiarism, and the other one doesn't. Yet you believe only OP, even though Udin provides you more than enough details on why it's not a copy-paste.
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Deloking said:
Just Finished Muv-Luv Alternative VN 2 weeks ago, one of the most heart touching experience I had with a Japanese media.
I had noticed that this last narrative arc has a lot of similarity with one of the most important arcs in Alternative : Cherry blossoms operation.
At first I thought was just a sane inspiration, but after the last episode I don't know more what to Think, they copied also some dialogues lines, over THE WHOLE OPERATION.
Tell me what you think about , maybe I'm a little bit biased on the topic so I care to hear the opinions of more people.


How can a story be a copy when its story is miles better than its inspiration? Why is it every time I speak to a muv luv fan, they give me some BS about plagiarism or doing its "themes better" than the fiction its being compared to? MLA is pure and utter garbage. MLA tried being a Rom Com, a Coming of Age story and War Epic. And it did all three of those stories poorly. Everything in MLA was forced and unnatural such as Takeru's PTSD, beta rape scenes, his love for sumika, the political story in MLA was forced and added nothing to the plot, MLA underutilizes its characters like Sagiri and emperess yuuhi, the chomp scene was just shock value, everyone dying near the end, hayase, suzumiya, captain, etc were all cheap and had barely any screen time for emotional connections, etc. 86 has considerably better world building, Lena is a much more natural byproduct of her environment, unlike the self insert Shirogane Takeru. The relationship between Lena and Shin is natural, unlike Sumika x Takeru. MLA is one of the most mediocre visual novels i will ever read. Not even close to its peers such as Muramasa and Baldr Sky, let alone 86.

Thigh_Tide said:
Just like Tolkien said, the shadow can only mock, it cannot make.

I mean, Asato Asato can't do characters, or plot, or theme, of course that extends to having ideas too.


Yoshimune cant do characters, nor plot and his world building is shit in MLA. He writes generic harem rom coms that dont fit the narrative, and he writes edgy tentacle rape scenes that dont add anything to the story. His harem character are awful, kei, sakaki, marimo, meiya, sumika and tamse are all generic and badly written characters. The worst one is Takeru, who plays the role of a solder stricken with PTSD horribly, he's outclassed by Shinei Nouzen, Shirou Emiya and Hibiki Tatsunami in the PTSD department, because they are naturals. Takeru is a horribly inconsistent character. And MLA has no consistent themes, it wants to be a rom-com, coming of age and epic war story even though it fails to balance it out, and build on it. Everything just comes out of nowhere. Not to mention the way MLA conveys dialogue is horrible, the metaphors they come up to dumb down the technobabble is ineffective and unnecessary, it fails to create solid comparisons everytime yuuko brings up a discussion relating to its in-universe science. The dialogue is just bloated, and bad. Eighty Six handles all of this with care instead. Asato relies heavily on characterization and advancement of technology (way better than total eclipse). The operations and dialogue is handled with care and is presented well.

Deloking said:
CovilEvil said:

Looks like a plagiarism of Code Geass Akito the exiled too. There are elements from Gundam IBO and Valkyria 3 as well... I particularly find 86 overrated because I've seen those animes which makes 86 seem redundant and even boring sometimes because it became predicable, but anyone who has never seen then must think 86 is super innovative.
What bothers me the most in 86 is the narrative of the white savior, very common in Hollywood when it comes to storyes about racism, being racist.

IMHO the racism in 86 is pictured in a very poor way. It lacks of social and storical elements, the author should take on example what Isayama did with the Eldians


Why would asato learn anything from Hajime, "I dont want any other man to love mikasa" Isayama? Makes no sense. Isayama is a hack and cant write for shit. 86 is a more in depth version of IBO, done way better, and the politics are considerably better than Aot, Code Geass and Chapter 6 MLA, all of which handled politics badly unlike 86. If anything, Sunrise, Yoshimune and Isayama should LEARN from Asato (author of 86)

Deloking said:
Gabriel_Gaming said:

Even Cherry blossom and by extension the whole alternative 4 stuff isnt original. Charging the enyemys base for a last chance at victory is such a general concept that claiming plagarism is bullshit. Also i would like to see some proof for your "copied dialoge lines" because I also read muvluv (although its been some time) and didnt notice anything.

>Charging the enemy base with a sofisticated airplane while all Humas nations attacks the legion to bait them while the MCs are in charge of Main target's destruction.
This entire operation is premised by the chiefs Briefing on Legion's warfare that has many lines copied by Isumi's briefings


Except Isumi was a generic plot device that added nothing to the story. Whereas 86 builds on its impactful moments.

Deloking said:
Gabriel_Gaming said:
So you admit that its not plagarism?

No
The author copied Cherry Blossom and I'm pretty sure about that.
You can nitpick the details but it's the same thing in so many aspects.
That's not a negative Thing forse, is a good thing that the author took inspiration from MLA (and SNK) but it's written way worse.
I can't rid the feeling that I'm watching a cheap copy paste of various good shows


LOL no, MLA and AOT are written horribly, they have some of the worst endings in the history of fiction. Their politics and psychology are very surface level. 86 and TDA go much deeper into it.
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Deloking said:
Just Finished Muv-Luv Alternative VN 2 weeks ago, one of the most heart touching experience I had with a Japanese media.
I had noticed that this last narrative arc has a lot of similarity with one of the most important arcs in Alternative : Cherry blossoms operation.
At first I thought was just a sane inspiration, but after the last episode I don't know more what to Think, they copied also some dialogues lines, over THE WHOLE OPERATION.
Tell me what you think about , maybe I'm a little bit biased on the topic so I care to hear the opinions of more people.


How can a story be a copy when its story is miles better than its inspiration? Why is it every time I speak to a muv luv fan, they give me some BS about plagiarism or doing its "themes better" than the fiction its being compared to? MLA is pure and utter garbage. MLA tried being a Rom Com, a Coming of Age story and War Epic. And it did all three of those stories poorly. Everything in MLA was forced and unnatural such as Takeru's PTSD, beta rape scenes, his love for sumika, the political story in MLA was forced and added nothing to the plot, MLA underutilizes its characters like Sagiri and emperess yuuhi, the chomp scene was just shock value, everyone dying near the end, hayase, suzumiya, captain, etc were all cheap and had barely any screen time for emotional connections, etc. 86 has considerably better world building, Lena is a much more natural byproduct of her environment, unlike the self insert Shirogane Takeru. The relationship between Lena and Shin is natural, unlike Sumika x Takeru. MLA is one of the most mediocre visual novels i will ever read. Not even close to its peers such as Muramasa and Baldr Sky, let alone 86.

Thigh_Tide said:
Just like Tolkien said, the shadow can only mock, it cannot make.

I mean, Asato Asato can't do characters, or plot, or theme, of course that extends to having ideas too.


Yoshimune cant do characters, nor plot and his world building is shit in MLA. He writes generic harem rom coms that dont fit the narrative, and he writes edgy tentacle rape scenes that dont add anything to the story. His harem character are awful, kei, sakaki, marimo, meiya, sumika and tamse are all generic and badly written characters. The worst one is Takeru, who plays the role of a solder stricken with PTSD horribly, he's outclassed by Shinei Nouzen, Shirou Emiya and Hibiki Tatsunami in the PTSD department, because they are naturals. Takeru is a horribly inconsistent character. And MLA has no consistent themes, it wants to be a rom-com, coming of age and epic war story even though it fails to balance it out, and build on it. Everything just comes out of nowhere. Not to mention the way MLA conveys dialogue is horrible, the metaphors they come up to dumb down the technobabble is ineffective and unnecessary, it fails to create solid comparisons everytime yuuko brings up a discussion relating to its in-universe science. The dialogue is just bloated, and bad. Eighty Six handles all of this with care instead. Asato relies heavily on characterization and advancement of technology (way better than total eclipse). The operations and dialogue is handled with care and is presented well.

Deloking said:

IMHO the racism in 86 is pictured in a very poor way. It lacks of social and storical elements, the author should take on example what Isayama did with the Eldians


Why would asato learn anything from Hajime, "I dont want any other man to love mikasa" Isayama? Makes no sense. Isayama is a hack and cant write for shit. 86 is a more in depth version of IBO, done way better, and the politics are considerably better than Aot, Code Geass and Chapter 6 MLA, all of which handled politics badly unlike 86. If anything, Sunrise, Yoshimune and Isayama should LEARN from Asato (author of 86)

Deloking said:

>Charging the enemy base with a sofisticated airplane while all Humas nations attacks the legion to bait them while the MCs are in charge of Main target's destruction.
This entire operation is premised by the chiefs Briefing on Legion's warfare that has many lines copied by Isumi's briefings


Except Isumi was a generic plot device that added nothing to the story. Whereas 86 builds on its impactful moments.

Deloking said:

No
The author copied Cherry Blossom and I'm pretty sure about that.
You can nitpick the details but it's the same thing in so many aspects.
That's not a negative Thing forse, is a good thing that the author took inspiration from MLA (and SNK) but it's written way worse.
I can't rid the feeling that I'm watching a cheap copy paste of various good shows


LOL no, MLA and AOT are written horribly, they have some of the worst endings in the history of fiction. Their politics and psychology are very surface level. 86 and TDA go much deeper into it.

Yikes,I was planning to play Muv Luv. This doesn't sound any good. Anyway, agree with AoT. What was done in AoT was very much half-baked. And after that dogshit ending, nothing in AoT can be taken seriously tbh.
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@Sb98

hold that thought for a second,

while I do think MLA is horrible, alongside MLE and MLU being horrible as well, I still think the ML franchise still has something to offer. The Day After, Schwarzesmarken and Total Eclipse are entries worth looking into. Muv-Luv Resonative is the sequel to The Day After and Muv-Luv Integrate is a sequel to MLA, though MLR and MLI havent released yet, I have no doubt they are going to be really good, especially MLR.

I just recently played The Day After and dear god, it's miles above MLA, way above, and it's not even close. Total Eclipse is also good too, due to its complex MC, yuuya bridges, who comes off as an asshole but an interesting one, however the ending is horrible and its VN isnt going to release soon until winter 2022.

The Day After also has an interesting MC, Hibiki Tatsunami and he has a chance to be as complex and developed as Shirou Emiya from FSN and Amuro Ray from Gundam, which is a killer combo in my eyes. They're also some of my favourite characters, I hope MLR does Hibiki justice.

Schwarzesmarken have the most interesting Heroines, the MC, he's kinda eh, but still ok, better than takeru atleast. It hasnt been translated yet nor are the LNs.

Unfortunately though, you'll have to complete the main trilogy before you can get into these entries. MLE, MLU and MLA, is the main trilogy. And this is the part of of the ML franchise that I despise. Is it worth playing 100 hours of the main trilogy to get into the good VNs? I would say either way is fine, its difficult because 100 hours is so long, but who knows maybe youll like the main trilogy, since most people do. Also keep in mind I am strict rater, my MAL average is like a 3.9 and my VNDB average is like a 4.8, both very low marks.

here are my personal ratings for each entry ive played

MLE 2/10
MLU 2/10
MLA 3/10
Total Eclipse Anime 7/10
Schwarzemarken Anime 7/10
The Day After 8.5/10

The other VNs are not released or translated yet.
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@Sb98

hold that thought for a second,

while I do think MLA is horrible, alongside MLE and MLU being horrible as well, I still think the ML franchise still has something to offer. The Day After, Schwarzesmarken and Total Eclipse are entries worth looking into. Muv-Luv Resonative is the sequel to The Day After and Muv-Luv Integrate is a sequel to MLA, though MLR and MLI havent released yet, I have no doubt they are going to be really good, especially MLR.

I just recently played The Day After and dear god, it's miles above MLA, way above, and it's not even close. Total Eclipse is also good too, due to its complex MC, yuuya bridges, who comes off as an asshole but an interesting one, however the ending is horrible and its VN isnt going to release soon until winter 2022.

The Day After also has an interesting MC, Hibiki Tatsunami and he has a chance to be as complex and developed as Shirou Emiya from FSN and Amuro Ray from Gundam, which is a killer combo in my eyes. They're also some of my favourite characters, I hope MLR does Hibiki justice.

Schwarzesmarken have the most interesting Heroines, the MC, he's kinda eh, but still ok, better than takeru atleast. It hasnt been translated yet nor are the LNs.

Unfortunately though, you'll have to complete the main trilogy before you can get into these entries. MLE, MLU and MLA, is the main trilogy. And this is the part of of the ML franchise that I despise. Is it worth playing 100 hours of the main trilogy to get into the good VNs? I would say either way is fine, its difficult because 100 hours is so long, but who knows maybe youll like the main trilogy, since most people do. Also keep in mind I am strict rater, my MAL average is like a 3.9 and my VNDB average is like a 4.8, both very low marks.

here are my personal ratings for each entry ive played

MLE 2/10
MLU 2/10
MLA 3/10
Total Eclipse Anime 7/10
Schwarzemarken Anime 7/10
The Day After 8.5/10

The other VNs are not released or translated yet.
Okk thnx. Will keep this in mind.
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DeltaF-x said:
@Sb98

hold that thought for a second,

while I do think MLA is horrible, alongside MLE and MLU being horrible as well, I still think the ML franchise still has something to offer. The Day After, Schwarzesmarken and Total Eclipse are entries worth looking into. Muv-Luv Resonative is the sequel to The Day After and Muv-Luv Integrate is a sequel to MLA, though MLR and MLI havent released yet, I have no doubt they are going to be really good, especially MLR.

I just recently played The Day After and dear god, it's miles above MLA, way above, and it's not even close. Total Eclipse is also good too, due to its complex MC, yuuya bridges, who comes off as an asshole but an interesting one, however the ending is horrible and its VN isnt going to release soon until winter 2022.

The Day After also has an interesting MC, Hibiki Tatsunami and he has a chance to be as complex and developed as Shirou Emiya from FSN and Amuro Ray from Gundam, which is a killer combo in my eyes. They're also some of my favourite characters, I hope MLR does Hibiki justice.

Schwarzesmarken have the most interesting Heroines, the MC, he's kinda eh, but still ok, better than takeru atleast. It hasnt been translated yet nor are the LNs.

Unfortunately though, you'll have to complete the main trilogy before you can get into these entries. MLE, MLU and MLA, is the main trilogy. And this is the part of of the ML franchise that I despise. Is it worth playing 100 hours of the main trilogy to get into the good VNs? I would say either way is fine, its difficult because 100 hours is so long, but who knows maybe youll like the main trilogy, since most people do. Also keep in mind I am strict rater, my MAL average is like a 3.9 and my VNDB average is like a 4.8, both very low marks.

here are my personal ratings for each entry ive played

MLE 2/10
MLU 2/10
MLA 3/10
Total Eclipse Anime 7/10
Schwarzemarken Anime 7/10
The Day After 8.5/10

The other VNs are not released or translated yet.
Wasnt Schwarzesmarken the pretty trashy show where the dude fucks his own sister and then executes her?

Lets all pray one day the MuvLuv franchise gets an anime adaption half as good as 86
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I've also been watching 86, and also happened to recently play through the Muv Luv main trilogy (between the cours of 86, pretty much) and enjoy them. I feel the need to comment on this.

Short version: No, 86 didn't plagiarize MLA.

Longer version: You can say 86 "Plagiarized" MLA (and a bunch of other things) if you also say MLA plagiarized StarCraft (and a bunch of other things) which plagiarized Warhammer 40k (and... okay, not that much else this time) which plagiarized Starship Troopers (and, say it with me, a bunch of other things). There are certainly similarities, but if you work within a genre you are going to see similarities, both in broad strokes and sometimes in specific lines; that's not how Plagiarism actually works. Plagiarism is when a writer doesn't actually do their own work. They take something written before, more or less wholecloth, MAYBE doctor it a little, and then falsely present it as their own.

A good example of what's not plagiarism comes with The Lord of the Rings... and its many, many imitators. The most egregious of these imitators, at least that I had the (mis)fortune to personally encounter, would be The Sword of Shannara (by Terry Brooks) and The Iron Tower (by Dennis L McKiernan). Both of these pretty much lift LotR note for note, at least in their first book/trilogy even if the author went on to do more unique things with the setting. We're talking a wise old magic man visits a peaceful agrarian society (possibly of little people) to recruit an earnest person of good heart, sends them on through a perilous journey to a land of elves where the decision is made to involve this earnest person in a quest to deal with a mystical artifact in order to defeat a re-awakening supernatural dark overlord, and the journey from there takes them on a detour through an abandoned dwarven mine where lurks great evil. After they emerge the team breaks up with the hero from the agrarian society and their closest companion(s) entering the blighted realm of the evil overlord while others gird the remaining good societies of the world for (continued) war, ultimately leading to the fairly mystical defeat of the evil overlord by the agrarian hero with the artifact somehow involved.

It's pretty bloody specific. It's also fairly total. It's also not plagiarism. However technically, these stories were about their own characters in their own worlds written in their own words, even if the entire bloody storyline is note for note the freaking same.

So, how about 86 and MLA? Well, both feature a circumstance where the surviving world powers commit militarily to an offensive against a foe with overwhelming numbers and cited air denial capabilities in order to allow a deep strike team to achieve some objective deep in enemy turf. You can certainly see shades of one in the other, but I would say that the setup is at least moderately generic. I'd expect to see it in potentially any Bug War scenario, and could see something like it in just about any war story where we follow a small band of frontline heroes. 86 and MLA are closer in genre (both being ground-based military scifi bug wars) which means the resemblance is going to be closer, but something with that general outlay.

Why? Because there are infinite ways to tell a story poorly, but only so many ways to tell it well. Good stories based around similar premises are going to have some similar beats and setups. You hope that not all of them are going to be similar, especially not similar-to-the-point-of-lifted (like the Tolkien ripoffs mentioned earlier), but when you see a thing that's like some other thing, and the two things have closely related genres and tones, there's a good chance that there's some degree of convergent evolution.

But what about specific lines? That would seem to be a murkier case since, if a large chunk of text is the exact same, that would be literally copying and therefore potentially plagiarism. Well, first of all, I don't know to what lines the OP refers. Again, I've played MLA pretty recently, so recently that at the climax I caught myself thinking "Shin would have resolved this in about two lines." (another point of critical difference -- different characters with different emotional arcs) but I don't recall anything more than maybe some incidental stock phrases being too heavily similar, much less the same. Again, briefings between the two situations are trying to get across the same ideas, and there are only so many ways you can put things if you're not including the proper nouns involved

And in any case, not even every COPIED line would count as plagiarism. If someone in a movie were to utter the phrase "Never tell me the odds!" we'd know that the line came from Empire Strikes Back. Depending on the context this could be a lot of things. Convergent evolution is one, but it could also be an intentional reference. Call it an homage or an allusion if you want, but this kind of thing is done. A lot. People call back to common cultural context, grounding their work in the body of work that contains both it and its predecessors. You'd have to go a lot farther than a few lines to reach plagiarism.

With that in mind, there are no grounds to say that there's plagiarism going on. Sure, MLA called to mind 86 for me once or twice, and then the latest movements in 86 called to mind MLA (particularly the love of introducing a new supersciency prototype for the issue and focus on feelings and briefings rather than cutting to the fighting), but they're not the same thing. I'd probably recommend one to people who enjoy the other, but they're not the same, nor is there plagiarism afoot.

And look on the bright side! Say you love MLA, and you also feel that 86 is just too darn similar, like it's the same thing in different clothes. I don't agree, but if you feel that way, then should the aggregate ratings be believed, that means there's actually a good MLA anime!
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It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
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