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There must be a ton of anime fans here. |
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Slice of life: Aria the Animation |
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I cannot get into Attack on Titan, at first I was completely hooked but ever since what's his face turned into a titan it's been bugging me with its slow pace and ample time given so that blond kid can fucking whine. God, he is so fucking annoying it's ruining the show for me right now. I'm stuck somewhere after dude turned into a titan to move the boulder and tried punching his adopted sister instead, and that blond kid like, stabbed him in the back and whined about shit to get him to wake up and escape. It's worse than Naruto in its pace and ample time given to flash-backs and tearful monologue. Please tell me it gets better. At first I thought it was awesome, but they slowed the pace down too much so practically nothing happens in each episode. |
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Last edited by Original Poster; 04-04-2014 at 04:27 AM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
NARUTOOOOOO |
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I was obsessed with Anime/Manga when I was younger, but nowadays, not so much. I do not dislike Anime, rather mine taste in Anime (and visual entertainment in general) has greatly narrowed over the years; I am extremely selective with anything I watch. |
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I am not sure how you can think Attack on Titan slowed down then list stuff like Death Note and Trigun which slow down far more. The entire second half of both of those shows really slow down and in my opinion are not as good as the first half(though death note does make up for it with a great ending). I would give Attack on Titan another try though, since the second half of it is even more intense and faster pace than the first. If it slows down at all it is only for an episode or two, and honestly I don't remember it slowing down at all(Then again I didnt hate that guy either). |
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Trigun grows more compelling, if you think the first half is better than the second half of Trigun, you and I have simply nothing more to talk about, ever. We may as well just ignore each other's posts from now on because we will never be able to find common ground about anything. In the infinity of existence as we experience every facet of possibility through multitudes of reincarnation until we've carried the perspective of every living and non-living being inside us and can connect with the greatness of Brahman, the sleeping, fractured Self, we will still not be able to see eye to eye about anything. I no longer respect your opinion and cannot even agree to disagree. If I am the Lord of Light, you are the Great Other whose name must not be spoken. I would say good day sir, but for all I know to wish you a good day means to wish you to have a midget assault your testicles with a cheese grater. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I can't even remember a lot of the second half, and I am not even sure if I watched all the episodes or not. It just became angst filled drama and super guns. |
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Sir, as I have mentioned in my first post in this thread, the story puts moral absolutism on trial as, in the first half, Vash is easily able to thwart any dilemma he comes across, typically with very little difficulty. Progressively, the apparently necessity of moral compromise increases, and yet still he and everybody else makes it out just fine. Little by little, it is revealed that not even Vash can save everyone, and this frustrates Wolfwood who knows you can't save the bad guys, too, but Vash refuses to hear it, either because of some greater wisdom or because of a character fault. Then, in the episode Rem Saverem, which comes directly after the big reveal of his "super gun" as you call it, it's shown how he inherited this character flaw from his guardian and greatest role-model, and his great dilemma is contrasted with his brother Knives, who saved the butterfly by killing the spider. Vash wanted to save both, which is logically impossible, yet even so he cannot let go of his desire to save both. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I don't think Trigun is bad or anything, and I do like it. That said, they kind of take things to an absurd level. Both in terms of the moral absolutism and the super guns. |
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I don't think anyone's mentioned Ergo Proxy yet, It's a gem in my eyes. Sword Art Online was also pretty great. Just finished Cowboy Bebop, spectacular. I have high hopes for the movie too, noting on what Original Poster said. |
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I'm into anime. I mean I haven't really had that much time to watch but I watch it sometimes. Something I don't think anyone mentioned here is Shinryaku! Ika Musume! It's not the best anime I've ever seen but for some reason it has a special place in my heart. |
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Last edited by Cookino; 04-05-2014 at 03:02 AM.
Moral absolutism is the entire theme of the show, you're basically saying you don't like it because of what it says about life. And the super guns are barely in it at all, they're only there in the very last episode and a couple of times before then, and only then just to plague Vash's mind and torture him with the fact that he's capable of mass destruction and all that immense power and still can't save both the spider and the butterfly. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
It isn't the theme but the execution. Like I said they take it to the absurd. Take the spider and the butterfly example you gave. Replace the butterfly with a baby and replace the spider with a human flesh eating monster that has machine guns for arms. Then the monster shoots fifty people and tries to eat the baby, do you still help the monster to live? |
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Don't you notice all the Christian symbolism throughout the story? It's never presented that Vash has the right way of thinking, if anything it's the opposite, he is forced to kill eventually. His moral absolutism falls apart. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I think I probably mentioned this sometimes earlier in the Anime/Manga thread but, |
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Last edited by acatalephobic; 04-06-2014 at 06:36 AM.
"you will not transform this house of prayer into a house of thieves"
Tenchi Muyo |
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" Hope is a waking Dream" - Aristotle
Just watched all the 25 Attack on Titan episodes during the weekend!! |
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I highly recommend TTGL (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) if you havent watched it already, no spoilers though. |
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Been previously known as Checker666
I like destruction and reality, and one invariably leads to the other.
'Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life?'
'We die to remember what we live to forget'
Steins;Gate and Black Rock Shooter are two of my absolute favorite animes and are definitely worth a look. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya is also (to me) a great anime and was entertaining to watch The light novel series it was based off of is also pretty good from what I've read so far. |
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I will make it quick: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/iHitokage |
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Now that its summer vacation for me I like to spend my summer nights watching anime...I recently finished Code Geass! LORD HAVE MERCY THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!! I try to stay away from the typical 'overrated anime' but I was SOO bored I watched it!!!! I got so into it I even LD/DC that I made out with the main character LMAO...TMI? before that though I saw Blue Exorcists (Pretty Good)... |
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One Piece |
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