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[firehawk12]

Third and final, would be the cast. To be perfectly frank, I could not find it in myself to be attracted to Hotaro and Chitanda independently or as a unit. Hotaro felt entirely cliche to me, a stereotypical loner outcast disaffected youngster who just can't give a darn gosh dang it! The path of his growth I can comfortably admit, I suppose, inasmuch as it was "Hotaro slowly begins to open up and give a shit about solving these mysteries" but it wasn't anything new or engaging. It felt textbook. In fact, it was difficult to not see much of the show as the writers opening "High School Anime 101" and writing from there with plot points like hot springs trips and school wonders going on, but I digress.

I will say, the weakness of setting a Sherlock-esque character in Japan and more importantly, in high school, is that his flaws are just comparatively mundane. Oreki can't be an coke/heroine/drug addict or hooked on Vicodin because his leg is constantly in pain.

But his arc, up to the end of the film arc at least, is a deconstruction of his conceitedness. He "successfully" tricks Chitanda, then solves one of her big mysteries, and part of his reasons for wanting to expend less energy and disengage is because he feels it's a waste of his time. He's not necessarily disaffected, he is just bored. It takes his sister, through Irisu, to destroy that aspect of his character and allow him to grow into the character he becomes in the second half of the series.

You bring up Flowers of Evil at the end, but I think Kasuga and Oreki don't really have the same neurosis or share the same concerns and anxieties.

 

[JoeFu]

.... I'm sad I read that spoiler.


I'm going to pretend I never heard of the manga or asked any questions about it.

 

[cajunator]

Usagi Drop 1-11

All these feels

Speaking of soulfood anime..

 

[Gazoinks]

.... I'm sad I read that spoiler.

I warned you! I warned you with capslock!

 

[Vecks]

.... I'm sad I read that spoiler.

Now you share in the pain we have all suffered. You might as well read the manga now.

 

[Lurky]

.... I'm sad I read that spoiler.


I'm going to pretend I never heard of the manga or asked any questions about it.

Yeah, I just read it too.

I think I'm gonna go ly dow

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

The best way to avoid spoilers that ruin your dreams is to never ask about them to begin with.

 

[jman2050]

You people just had to mention the Usagi Drop manga, didn't you.

 

[Shengar]

.... I'm sad I read that spoiler.


I'm going to pretend I never heard of the manga or asked any questions about it.

Repeat after me
The (latter) manga didn't exist in this world

That supposed to make me feel better

 

[Gazoinks]

I'm going to pretend I never heard of the manga or asked any questions about it.

Just repeat the mantra: Usagi Drop is an anime original. Usagi Drop is an anime original.

 

[JoeFu]

Usagi Drop is an anime original

 

[cajunator]

There is no usagi drop manga. Da fuck yall on about?

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Usagi Drop the manga from existence please.

 

[Basileus777]

You people just had to mention the Usagi Drop manga, didn't you.

Hey, it's less disturbing than Kurenai's anime ending.

 

[Nordicus]

I'd never personally deny the existence of such an interesting read tbh.

Such lovely family bonding

 

[wonzo]

yeah seriously shut the fuck up about the manga

 

[Hitokage]

This thread has successfully made another time loop.

 

[Basileus777]

Nobunagun 5

Who knew Newton was a sexual predator?

 

[Gazoinks]

This thread has successfully made another time loop.

The eternal cycle.

Nobunagun 5

Who knew Newton was a sexual predator?

Everyone on this team is a sexual predator.

 

[Branduil]

Hey, it's less disturbing than Kurenai's anime ending.

I don't think that's exactly the same.

 

[jman2050]

This thread has successfully made another time loop.

This is the 15,584th time we've had this conversation.

Hey, it's less disturbing than Kurenai's anime ending.

Eh, that was more anti-climatic than anything else.

Spoiler

"I'll stay behind and my dad will make sure I don't become the family sex slave! Maybe. Possibly? Oh well I'm sure everything will work out."

 

[Basileus777]

I don't think that's exactly the same.

Different types of child abuse. But yeah, comparing them is dumb.

 

[Jarmel]

Nobunagun 5

Who knew Newton was a sexual predator?

Apparently astrologists are #thirsty.

 

[Gazoinks]

I don't think that's exactly the same.

This is only sort of related, but my mind was blown when I found out about the Zetsubou-sensei manga ending let me tell you.

 

[cajunator]

A reminder to watch Steins;Gate

 

[Gazoinks]

A reminder to watch Steins;Gate

Always a good reminder. I just thought of this when I went to watch another Princess Tutu because it showed an ad for Dr. Pepper.

Yeah watch Steins;Gate peeps.

 

[sonicmj1]

This thread has successfully made another time loop.

I think our AnimeGAF Bingo board is well out-of-date.

 

[Hitokage]

I think our AnimeGAF Bingo board is well out-of-date.

It always is.

 

[jman2050]

This is only sort of related, but my mind was blown when I found out about the Zetsubou-sensei manga ending let me tell you.

I found it somewhat interesting I guess (scroll down to #6287 and beyond)

(Shaft not adapting the end to SZS remains one of the biggest anime-related travesties to date)

 

[Branduil]

This is only sort of related, but my mind was blown when I found out about the Zetsubou-sensei manga ending let me tell you.

The truly mindblowing thing is that SHAFT knew all along.

 

[Gazoinks]

I found it somewhat interesting I guess (scroll down to #6287 and beyond)

It's kind of insane how much it was foreshadowed considering how completely crazy it is!

The truly mindblowing thing is that SHAFT knew all along.

I can't handle this

 

[Dresden]

 

[Basileus777]

It's kind of insane how much it was foreshadowed considering how completely crazy it is!



I can't handle this

What's with the penis avatar?

 

[zeroshiki]

Speaking of Hyouka, was there ever confirmation that Yonezawa is scripting Amagi Brilliant Park? I read somewhere that he's listed on the drama CDs, or something, and I was wondering if there was confirmation.

Nopes. Nothing. KyoAni will probably have another one of their Nico live announcements to confirm the staff eventually. There's really no reason for it to be Yonezawa and not Gatoh since its Gatoh's own damn LN that's being adapted.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Everytime somebody mentions they finished the Usagi Drop anime we all pretend we want to warn that person to not read the manga. But in reality we want to tell them the spoilers and 99% of people read it out of curiosity. Then get their dreams crushed.

We are cynical pieces of shit.

http://i.imgur.com/bVZrqCp.png

Please tell me this was actually made a while back and that we're THAT predictable

 

[Hitokage]

It would have been funnier if Usagi Drop was fixed in the middle spot.

 

[Gazoinks]

What's with the penis avatar?

What no now I can't unsee it.

 

[Branduil]

It's kind of insane how much it was foreshadowed considering how completely crazy it is!



I can't handle this

 

[cajunator]

Needs a bit of work. The old ones were awesome

 

[zeroshiki]

.... I'm sad I read that spoiler.


I'm going to pretend I never heard of the manga or asked any questions about it.

Death of the author etc etc

If you look for the anime OT, there is actually a big warning that anime is anime and manga is manga and they don't cross.

 

[Shengar]

What no now I can't unsee it.

I though you use that avatar for that reason. My life is a lie.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Everytime somebody mentions they finished the Usagi Drop anime we all pretend we want to warn that person to not read the manga. But in reality we want to tell them the spoilers and 99% of people read it out of curiosity. Then get their dreams crushed.

We are cynical pieces of shit.

Who is this "we"?

 

[Hattori]

"Hyouka sucks" has 1 more space, Dresden hates Hyouka

Edit: nvm
I apparently can't count anymore, I'm going to sleep

 

[Branduil]

It's kind of insane how much it was foreshadowed considering how completely crazy it is!

Like I said when that was revealed:

I like how a gag manga has a better-planned ending than a lot of long-running plot-heavy series.

 

[Basileus777]

What no now I can't unsee it.

It's either a penis or a wrestling ring turnbuckle pad.

 

[jman2050]

It's kind of insane how much it was foreshadowed considering how completely crazy it is!



I can't handle this

Kumetaaaaaaaaa

Manga
Written by Kōji Kumeta
Published by Kodansha
English publisher Canada United States Kodansha Comics USA
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run April 27, 2005 – June 13, 2012
Volumes 30 (List of volumes)

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Oh were you guys talking about the huge Zetsubou Sensei reveal near the end of the show? If so, yeah it was amazing how much it was foreshadowed. Yet I never guessed it. That's twist done right. Like all the time traveling nods in earlier episodes of Steins;Gate

 

[Gazoinks]

Death of the author etc etc

If you look for the anime OT, there is actually a big warning that anime is anime and manga is manga and they don't cross.

Yeah. Honestly, the manga isn't a big deal for me. Like, I don't like the ending, but the manga is the manga and it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the anime.

I though you use that avatar for that reason. My life is a lie.

It's either a penis or a wrestling ring turnbuckle pad.

I was planning on changing it soon anyway, but...

 

[zeroshiki]

This thread has successfully made another time loop.

We were arguing about 2012 AOTY earlier. Now we've moved up to the 2011 AOTY runner-up.

 

[Jarmel]

Nopes. Nothing. KyoAni will probably have another one of their Nico live announcements to confirm the staff eventually. There's really no reason for it to be Yonezawa and not Gatoh since its Gatoh's own damn LN that's being adapted.

I would honestly like to see Yonezawa take a crack at it. Would be sort of interesting to see the outcome.