Yeah, YuYuYu could've been done better, especially that last episode.
[sp]They should've tried harder to convince Tougou, maybe with that "look what you made Karin do" thing you said. And the healing process really should have taken a longer time. I know it's supposed to be several months, but in the show it's over 5 minutes. It makes Yuuna's coma seem a lot less serious when you see the other girls get better, because you know she'll get better.
Also, the last episode had the unintended message of "If you're disabled, you're just not trying hard enough!" And that newspaper with them in it was really cheesy, even if it's supposed to have that cheesy newspaper feeling to it.
On the other hand, I completely understand why they get the use of their body parts back story-wise: god was taking them, and then one of god's chosen heroes tried to actively destroy the world because of it, so god felt "oooookay so that didn't work out well, I guess I'll get sacrifices some other way".
By the way, there's something I don't get. One of Tougou's first squad died, right? How is that possible if heroes don't die?[/sp]
[QUOTE=Last or First;47344306]Yeah, YuYuYu could've been done better, especially that last episode.
[sp]They should've tried harder to convince Tougou, maybe with that "look what you made Karin do" thing you said. And the healing process really should have taken a longer time. I know it's supposed to be several months, but in the show it's over 5 minutes. It makes Yuuna's coma seem a lot less serious when you see the other girls get better, because you know she'll get better.
Also, the last episode had the unintended message of "If you're disabled, you're just not trying hard enough!" And that newspaper with them in it was really cheesy, even if it's supposed to have that cheesy newspaper feeling to it.
On the other hand, I completely understand why they get the use of their body parts back story-wise: god was taking them, and then one of god's chosen heroes tried to actively destroy the world because of it, so god felt "oooookay so that didn't work out well, I guess I'll get sacrifices some other way".
By the way, there's something I don't get. One of Tougou's first squad died, right? How is that possible if heroes don't die?[/sp][/QUOTE]
To speculate on your question [sp]Perhaps she sacrificed so much of herself to the Taisha that she died. Either that, or they can die when they're in the Forestized place thing.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Garlickeh;47343839]
[sp][and i dont get the ending either, why is it so "happily ever after"? sure it's hinted that something might still be wrong with Yuuna but considering the shitty situation they're in it's hard to believe that everything turned out alright
n[/sp][/QUOTE][sp]I don't get how anybody can think it's a "and then everything was forever fine, fin" ending. For me, it's a downer ending and, or, a bittersweet ending because nothing has changed, in the sense that they're still trapped in a tiny world surrounded by dozens of angry gods who still want them exterminated. One of the girls did say that their enemies will not attack anytime soon but that's still no guarantee that the situation could change. [/sp]
[QUOTE=kamikaze470;47344446][sp]I don't get how anybody can think it's a "and then everything was forever fine, fin" ending. For me, it's a downer ending and, or, a bittersweet ending because nothing has changed, in the sense that they're still trapped in a tiny world surrounded by dozens of angry gods who still want them exterminated. One of the girls did say that their enemies will not attack anytime soon but that's still no guarantee that the situation could change. [/sp][/QUOTE]
yuuna/madoka/psycho pass spoilers
[sp]
yes, it's obviously a downer ending but it was never reinforced as it should have been
for example in madoka, theres a twinge of sadness when madoka's family speaks with homura and the viewer finds out all memory of her is gone
in psycho pass, theres a same twinge of sadness when we see the final scene as akane takes on ginoza's old role and is a mirror image of ginoza in the first ep's opening sequence, and we see how her key unit members have been replaced but her life continues
in yuuna there's yuuna collapsing briefly but then everything's ok!
yes, you'd have to be retarded to not notice that they're still living in a shitty world and nothing has changed, but that point is not hammered home in the ending sequence, it's brushed up into a "happy ever after" style ending
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[QUOTE=Garlickeh;47344518]yuuna/madoka/psycho pass spoilers
[sp]
yes, it's obviously a downer ending but it was never reinforced as it should have been
for example in madoka, theres a twinge of sadness when madoka's family speaks with homura and the viewer finds out all memory of her is gone
[/sp][/QUOTE]
Didn't that (Meguka) [sp]not happen until Rebellion, which ended completely different from the main series anyway? The end of the main series is bittersweet because we see that even though there's no more witches, they're still fighting something until they die, and then they simply disappear, which means Madoka kinda sacrificed herself for nothing, since nothing's really changed other than she's not there.[/sp]
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;47344573]Didn't that (Meguka) [sp]not happen until Rebellion, which ended completely different from the main series anyway? The end of the main series is bittersweet because we see that even though there's no more witches, they're still fighting something until they die, and then they simply disappear, which means Madoka kinda sacrificed herself for nothing, since nothing's really changed other than she's not there.[/sp][/QUOTE]
no its in the tv series, along with [sp]homura fighting the cube zombies[/sp]
[editline]18th March 2015[/editline]
remember that ribbon scene
[QUOTE=Garlickeh;47344593]no its in the tv series, along with [sp]homura fighting the cube zombies[/sp][/QUOTE]
Oh shit you're right, I just remembered [sp]that in the start of Rebellion, Meguka had suddenly showed back up for some inexplicable reason that they explained later. I guess I thought Rebellion was longer than it actually was.[/sp]
is that parasyte anime worth a watch
i always wondered
why is it that in every anime, when a girl is throwing herself at a guy, even though throughout the show he's popping boners left and right over her, he acts all stupid and rejects her like he's some kind of prude
like, if you got a grill throwing hot premium beef in your direction, you eat that shit up, you don't let it spoil, that's just wasteful
this is what i think about at 4 in the morning apparently
while we're on existential topics concerning anime
why is it that every time a character says anything cheesy or "moving" there's guaranteed to be some wannabe-boy or cute girl who just wistfully looks at him and repeats his name softly
[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;47345856]i always wondered
why is it that in every anime, when a girl is throwing herself at a guy, even though throughout the show he's popping boners left and right over her, he acts all stupid and rejects her like he's some kind of prude
like, if you got a grill throwing hot premium beef in your direction, you eat that shit up, you don't let it spoil, that's just wasteful
this is what i think about at 4 in the morning apparently[/QUOTE]
Because anime protagonists are denser than a black hole and because writers apparently only know how to express romantic intentions by having the girl crawl over his dick constantly, so it's the only way to drag it out for 12-25 episodes.
[QUOTE=Reds;47345866]Because anime protagonists are denser than a black hole and because writers apparently only know how to express romantic intentions by having the girl crawl over his dick constantly, so it's the only way to drag it out for 12-25 episodes.[/QUOTE]
I guess if the guy just said "okay sure" that's how hentai are born.
[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;47345856]i always wondered
why is it that in every anime, when a girl is throwing herself at a guy, even though throughout the show he's popping boners left and right over her, he acts all stupid and rejects her like he's some kind of prude
like, if you got a grill throwing hot premium beef in your direction, you eat that shit up, you don't let it spoil, that's just wasteful
this is what i think about at 4 in the morning apparently[/QUOTE]
It's supposed to appeal to otaku who don't know how to react in any situation involving a girl
[QUOTE=NotAName;47345880]It's supposed to appeal to otaku who don't know how to react in any situation involving a girl[/QUOTE]
You'd think they'd try to appeal to otaku [I]fantasies [/I]instead. If a character is too relatable, some people end up getting weirded out.
See: Watamote
[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;47345906]You'd think they'd try to appeal to otaku [I]fantasies [/I]instead. If a character is too relatable, some people end up getting weirded out.
See: Watamote[/QUOTE]
Can you realistically put "fantasy" and "Watamote" in the same sentence like that?
[img]https://33.media.tumblr.com/7f6ab5ec8004f7c84d3c5eb85356faa2/tumblr_ninl2zobcg1t5oqd4o1_500.gif[/img]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXPmqMKUa0[/media]
fuck off japan
[QUOTE=Shadow187(FP);47345994]Can you realistically put "fantasy" and "Watamote" in the same sentence like that?
[img]https://33.media.tumblr.com/7f6ab5ec8004f7c84d3c5eb85356faa2/tumblr_ninl2zobcg1t5oqd4o1_500.gif[/img][/QUOTE]
I wasn't calling Watamote an example of otaku fantasies, I was calling it [I]too[/I] relatable to awkward otakus.
[editline]18th March 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=ashxu;47346028][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXPmqMKUa0[/media]
fuck off japan[/QUOTE]
I CAN'T BREATHE
[QUOTE=ashxu;47346028][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXPmqMKUa0[/media]
fuck off japan[/QUOTE]
My Refrigerator can't be this cute
[QUOTE=Shadow187(FP);47308630]The show was good but so damn repetitive. KIDNAP INDEX. VILLAIN "KNOWS" ABOUT IMAGINE BREAKER. VILLAIN GETS PUNCHED ANYWAYS.[/QUOTE]
One thing you have to remember about the Index universe is that everyone is retarded, and never actually expects Touma (who has fair strength considering the amount of times he's had to punch stuff) to just punch the shit out of them.
In other words, if anyone actually expected Touma to right hook them, he'd be fucked.
[QUOTE=Taggart;47346246]One thing you have to remember about the Index universe is that everyone is retarded, and never actually expects Touma (who has fair strength considering the amount of times he's had to punch stuff) to just punch the shit out of them.
In other words, if anyone actually expected Touma to right hook them, he'd be fucked.[/QUOTE]
Case in point: When he fights [sp]Tsuchimikado who has shitty magical powers and a level 0 esper power, but actually knows how to fight.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Max;47346111]My Refrigerator can't be this cute[/QUOTE]
probably because it isn't cute
The worst part of post-Kancolle moe anthropomorphism is that they aren't personifying shit, they're competely unrelated desgns and outfits with random bullshit literally strapped onto them.
[QUOTE=GURREN LAGANN;47345793]is that parasyte anime worth a watch[/QUOTE]
I'm gonna go ahead and say I'm actually pretty let down by it
I don't know, maybe I appreciated the manga a lot more back then because I was new to all this anime stuff, or because I've been reading some really great manga that managed to outshine Parasyte and make it seem pretty mediocre
still worth a watch I guess
[QUOTE=Reds;47346333]probably because it isn't cute
The worst part of post-Kancolle moe anthropomorphism is that they aren't personifying shit, they're competely unrelated desgns and outfits with random bullshit literally strapped onto them.[/QUOTE]
there's also that anime next season where they're making girls out of train stations...
[QUOTE=Garlickeh;47343839]i finished yuuki yuuna
[sp]
after hearing all about how it has the same pretense as madoka i gave it a shot
and im going to compare it to madoka because every mahou shoujo deconstruction these days is
i liked the premise, it had some real potential for internal and character vs. character struggle, moral and ethical depth "how far would you sacrifice yourself or your friends to protect complete strangers", while pushing that cliche but workable strong message of friendship and love
but then they fukked it up
pacing was all over the place, and the "darkness" is revealed at the end of ep 8, leaving only 4 episodes to go venture into anything remotely interesting regarding the world they live in/its dark reality
plot reveals were done terribly. literally having one person show up and say "THE TRUTH IS" is not very interesting
tougou's flip back to protecting the world was literally "I WON'T FORGET YOU", "ok then"
the attempt at extracting emotional sympathy was done through Itsuki, her giving up on her dream, her older sister's rage at finding out the truth, but that was a poor choice, no one in the club really had a debilitating handicap, a backstory into tougou and that other girl's former relationship wouldve been much more interesting
tougou's character development was a huge disappointment, she had the most potential and yet nothing is really said, her "betrayal" lasted about one episode, her "i'm doing this to save YOU" reasoning was shallow as fuck, for example they could've gone into how her betrayal led to Karin's loss of hearing/sight/arm/leg and how that would affect her mentally but that's just kind of glossed over (partly because this was like at the end of episode 11)
and i dont get the ending either, why is it so "happily ever after"? sure it's hinted that something might still be wrong with Yuuna but considering the shitty situation they're in it's hard to believe that everything turned out alright
and i was really looking forward to how the show would handle that question "how far would you sacrifice yourself or your friends to protect complete strangers" and it's never asked
all the girls use their bloom ability without any hesitation whatsoever, the so called side effects are so minor in the first few cases there's no "weight" in making the decision, and their subsequent healing makes the seriousness of using the bloom ability even lighter than it already is
"i sacrificed hearing in one ear to save the world, i regained my hearing in a few days"
not a very weighty sacrifice is it
madoka did everything better
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an 8/10 story potential with 6/10 execution[/QUOTE]
yuuki + madoka sperlers
[sp]I think it's unfair to directly compare them.
It's like comparing nanoha to madoka because they both have magi-science-tech style stuff, it just doesn't compute that way and makes no fucking sense.
Yuuki yuuna wasn't the same as madoka, every fucking mahou shoujo that does any darkness immediately gets compared to madoka which is BS, it plays out very differently to madoka. There are parallels but I really saw yuuki yuuna as more of a mahou shoujo with lovecraft horror undertones (that definitely wasnt done as well as it could have been) whereas madoka is much more about the personal struggles of the characters and their clashing ideals etc.
Ex. in madoka we see sayaka crack because of her justice ideals not being compatible with soul gems.
kyouko, sayaka and homura have lots of conflict because of how they see their situation and how to play it out
the reveals have a significant effect on the characters and their outlooks, whereas in yuuki they kinda just deal with it. Honestly madoka is a lot better but I dont think they were doing the same thing. Yuuki yuuna is honestly just a standard mahou shoujo storyline, especially towards the end where the power of friendship overcomes everything and saves the day. I think they have an awesome setting but they really fumbled on what they wanted to do with it.
Also the final episode was fucking retarded and unnecessary, having a character sacrifice everything to save her friends is a beautiful ending and EVERY FUCKING TIME the writers always seem to think that people won't accept such an ending, so they pull some fucking bullshit deus ex machina shit. Yuuki should have stayed comatose. Imo all the characters shouldn't have recovered from their blooming, but that final recovery from the coma just fucking pissed me off.
Anyway I agree with you in some ways and disagree with you in others. It was a good show and I think comparing it to madoka is unfair because that's like comparing every single gundam series to evangelion which makes no fucking sense either.[/sp]
It was a fun ride, shame they fucked it up at the end. I dunno who decides on endings but clearly it's not the fucking writers. Network executives need to be executed.
YYY edge lords please go.
[sp]YYY was a fun ride that ended up with an ending that a lot of madoka fans didn't expect to happen[/sp]
[QUOTE=GURREN LAGANN;47345793]is that parasyte anime worth a watch[/QUOTE]
I watched the first several episodes but after that I stopped.
I haven't seen the movie so I don't know about that.
[QUOTE=GURREN LAGANN;47345793]is that parasyte anime worth a watch[/QUOTE]
Have you read the manga? If yes, they you'll probably find it dull and slow.
However, if you haven't read the manga you'll probably enjoy it a great deal.
[QUOTE=Bryceanater;47346885]YYY edge lords please go.
[sp]YYY was a fun ride that ended up with an ending that a lot of madoka fans didn't expect to happen[/sp][/QUOTE]
[sp]setting up a sacrifice mechanic in your story and turning it upside down at the last minute is retarded.
it's like if you were watching a cop show and the main character gets shot in the fucking face, but through the power of friendship he comes back to life in the final episode. along with his dead sidekick and the murder victim[/sp]
Wanting consequences in your stories is not being an edgelord, it's expecting writers to do their fucking jobs.
[QUOTE=ashxu;47346028][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXPmqMKUa0[/media]
fuck off japan[/QUOTE]
Toaster girl really got me laughing.
And the SCARY BOOMBOX GIRL! KYAAAAA~
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;47347032]Have you read the manga? If yes, they you'll probably find it dull and slow.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry what
how could an adaptation that has sped the plot up by removing useless filler be dull and slow compared to the manga?
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