TV Anime of Nonsense Comedy Manga 'Ai Mai Mi' Announced
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One of the chapters of Ai Mai Mi manga
Nonsense violent comedy. It's about a radical & extreme slice of life of four high school girls.
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i do agree about how they make the MC is bland as possible to easily self-insert yourself into it, but that just makes the girls less appealing and maybe even stupid for liking this almost literal nobody.
the MC will be there the whole anime, so why can't i ask for him to be more interesting? the MC is the reason why these girls are here in the 1st place, and he's the one that brings out the qualities that we see on the characters that we wouldnt see 1st hand.
having a more unique MC brings out other unique qualities from the other characters and make the girls much more dynamic. since their the "focus" of the show, atleast lets try to make them more appealing than just their looks
Nov 7, 2012 11:33 AM by supermegasonic
Nov 4, 2012 11:34 AM by MonokuroKinema
Nov 4, 2012 9:46 AM by symbv
Focusing time on the main character takes away time from the point of the show: The girls.
Nov 4, 2012 8:32 AM by RyanSaotome
The male lead of the -monogatari was one of the best things about it, so I don't see why they have to be bland. I don't see the point of self-inserting yourself in an anime.
Nov 4, 2012 8:13 AM by symbv
One thing I don't get are the people who complain about harem shows not having a good male character... why would you be watching those shows for the male character? He's just supposed to be bland as possible so you can self-insert easily. If you want some "alpha male" as the MC, go read an eroge or watch a hentai.
The male lead of the -monogatari was one of the best things about it, so I don't see why they have to be bland. I don't see the point of self-inserting yourself in an anime.
Nov 4, 2012 6:58 AM by rederoin
But then again I tend to try to know as little as possible and as much as needed about a series. Which for me amounts to only very basic things like genres, origin (Manga, Novel, VN, Game, etc) and maybe basic premise (and for some types of shows character designs). There have been many shows where I knew basically nothing about them except their genres and maybe a picture, but still was 99% sure I'd like them. And often it turned out that I'd love them, partly because I knew so little about them and could let them pleasantly surprise me.
Nov 4, 2012 4:43 AM by Alcoholicide
I still think the issues I'm talking about are more subtle than what you'd get from pre-airing promo material anyway.
Nov 4, 2012 2:55 AM by symbv
What would I do with the knowledge? Either 1) what I hear is so bad (extreme gore or sexual violence perhaps) that I don't even give the show a chance or 2) what I hear sounds mixed or good, and I need to watch and form my own opinion anyway.
I've found some hidden gems that way, that I might have skipped if I only stuck to the stuff that sounds the most to my tastes.
Nov 4, 2012 1:15 AM by symbv
Nov 3, 2012 2:17 PM by RyanSaotome
Nov 3, 2012 6:40 AM by KarmaPunkRocker
Besides my experience is that those information that helps me set expectation is usually not the type that would spoil big surprises or twists. Introductions released before an anime is aired usually sets the tone well (so I always make sure to check them) and it usually gives a preview of scenes to be shown anyway.
If we say that not even one single of a show should get spoiled, then we are talking about not going to check the official website or look at the PV before the show, as any show can just happen to be a "great show" so as to have "as little information as possible" coming to the show. Of course this is fine as it is -- it is just that I would say that it may be a bit too thorough (avoid any information that may spoil things) to my taste.
Nov 3, 2012 5:07 AM by symbv
"Setting expectations" is only useful for getting a very general sense of the anime. It will not tell you about execution, about precise balance of story elements, etc.
True, but this can still help a lot in terms of tuning how you can enjoy an anime.
Unless you actually read/play the original source material (or seek out very detailed summaries and reviews), which I do not do because this would completely spoil the anime and many times it's not translated anyway. Personally, I have little interest in manga or light novels or games so I wouldn't be interested in doing so anyway.
Admittedly I do not have that much aversion when it comes to spoiler, as long as I think it can significantly help me set the expectation - for example, SAO is not a serious death game but episodic accounts of Kirito interacting with people and gets his girl. Or Bake is not about solving mystery or action or romcom but the dialogues and aesthetics. I do not have that much time to go for all the source material or dig into all the spoilers, but a feeling of how a work is like usually helps set the expectation a lot.
That said, I always welcome the potential of being pleasantly surprised, and here the thrill provided by an original anime is incomparable -- the shock that Madoka gave me is just something that I will not be able to enjoy in an adaptation. Of course this also means the potential to underwhelm is there too, and disappointment can only be all too great if you realize you invested a lot of time to be disappointed (Guilty Crown came to mind). On balance personally I would prefer to set the right expectation and if needed I am prepared to be spoiled (not too much but sufficiently enough).
Nov 3, 2012 2:28 AM by symbv
I think where I start to feel a little put out is when shows I think have the potential to be more on → side of the spectrum rely more heavily than I would have liked on the ← side of the spectrum, and detract from the → elements that, sometimes, they actually do rather well. In almost all cases, whether or not I feel a sense of cognitive dissonance between →ness and the show's presentation comes down to how the male protagonist behaves.
(Disclaimer: Arrows are not meant to imply quality or legitimacy or whatever, rather just a general direction of tone and style.)
Just goes to show (again) how important setting and adjusting expectation is for decent enjoyment of an anime. ;-)
Nov 2, 2012 10:41 PM by symbv
Nov 2, 2012 7:13 PM by Mr_Gutts
Nov 2, 2012 7:13 PM by LoveMyAnime4Life
Its one of those 3 minute shows I'm guessing.
If it really is, I'm out~
Nov 2, 2012 2:40 PM by HauntingShock
Nonsense violent comedy. It's about a radical & extreme slice of life of four high school girls.
it seems like japan doesnt even care about male MC's anymore
Yeah, I agree. Either way, this might interesting.
Nov 2, 2012 1:51 PM by SilentTruth
Maybe it's just me making BS differentiations, but it works almost every time for me to know what I should/should not avoid and when to adjust expectations.
Nov 2, 2012 1:15 PM by symbv
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