[D'rek]

LinearPhilosopher, on 13 September 2015 - 12:44 AM, said:

Rokka no yuusha

Loved the latest episode

So the real activation of the barrier has been revealed. This means a few things

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alibis pre fight don't mean anything anymore, so there goes much of my suspicion for maura. Her actions still scream scum to me however it could just be shes set in her ways.

Only other person i could see doing it would be Goldov. Spending time with the girl he likes. He also hasn't really demonstrated any abilities, likely trying to hide something. Hasn't said much, hasn't contributed anything. Hes the guy you'd lynch after a few days by default

Yes d'rek she did make that comment you almost convinced me, but flamie was around there. That could have just as easily been a lie

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After the latest episode, I am leaning towards Goldov, too. If Adlet was more or less entirely right (he's at least right about the Sun Saint part, so probably right about the other parts, too) then one of them needed to do something at the altar to activate the barrier. Goldov is the first one to do anything - he pulls the sword out of the altar. And he sort of asserts himself/steps in to do it, too.

If it's not him, then I still say none of them are the Seventh / the 7th doesn't know they are the 7th. An activation like pulling the sword out of the altar to try and disable the barrier (when it's really the activation sequence) would be common-sense enough that it's likely someone would try it even if none of them had sinister intent.

If it's not either of those, then maybe Nachetanya is better at faking her craziness than I give her credit for. She did destroy the altar's tablet when she went mad up there (she also knocked some paper instructions or something around... did that ever come up before? Seems like they were supposed to read that).

[D'rek]

Shokugeki is really going full-on ecchi this week. Obviously it is a bit of an in-between episode given the setup, but it was great seeing what Marui, Ibusaki and Ryoko's cooking skills, as those three have sort of been in main-cast-limbo for a while (as opposed to the two arguing guys who even though they are Polar Star have been confirmed side characters for a while).

Last week's episode was amazing, thoug! Megumi really brought out the feels and Hisako and Nao's segments was a great bit of conflict.

Holy crap, though, Hayama's dish looks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

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And I just finished watching Shimoneta... now THAT is going to be a boss battle to remember and/or have nightmares about!

[LinearPhilosopher]

i have to get around to watching that

I saw ep1 of canaan. Its promising, ill have to watch more of it to see if its any good

latest durarara episode

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around the 14 minute mark, why is ryugamine being stuffed into a trunk, then later in the episode hes just talking like nothings up

This post has been edited by LinearPhilosopher: 13 September 2015 - 04:36 AM

[D'rek]

LinearPhilosopher, on 13 September 2015 - 04:03 AM, said:

i have to get around to watching that

I saw ep1 of canaan. Its promising, ill have to watch more of it to see if its any good

latest durarara episode

Spoiler

around the 14 minute mark, why is ryugamine being stuffed into a trunk, then later in the episode hes just talking like nothings up

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Mikado and his blue squares were in a fight against some hoodlums. Mikado is a crappy fighter and got knocked unconscious by one of the hoodlums. After the fight, he's still passed out so his fellow blue squares are tossing him in the car (not so gently).

[LinearPhilosopher]

D, on 13 September 2015 - 05:04 AM, said:

LinearPhilosopher, on 13 September 2015 - 04:03 AM, said:

i have to get around to watching that

I saw ep1 of canaan. Its promising, ill have to watch more of it to see if its any good

latest durarara episode

Spoiler

around the 14 minute mark, why is ryugamine being stuffed into a trunk, then later in the episode hes just talking like nothings up

Spoiler

Mikado and his blue squares were in a fight against some hoodlums. Mikado is a crappy fighter and got knocked unconscious by one of the hoodlums. After the fight, he's still passed out so his fellow blue squares are tossing him in the car (not so gently).

that's an odd relationship if there ever was one

I swear the "normal ones" are the ones who are the most messed up

This post has been edited by LinearPhilosopher: 13 September 2015 - 01:45 PM

[D'rek]

Classroom Crisis has gotten SO DAMN GOOD. I would never, ever have expected that a classroom-and-boardroom drama could suck me in this much, but I am soooooo invested in these characters. (Arguably it took a little while to get there, but so worth it.) Not to mention the plot twists are fantastic, and the character relationships are some of the most genuine, un-tropey examples I've ever seen in anime. It is a real shame this show was sort of mis-advertised and didn't get the audience it deserves. Definitely my dark horse of the season candidate.

[Silencer]

Well, I guess that's being added to my "to try out" list. XD

[Dolmen 2.0]

D, on 13 September 2015 - 04:01 AM, said:

Shokugeki is really going full-on ecchi this week. Obviously it is a bit of an in-between episode given the setup, but it was great seeing what Marui, Ibusaki and Ryoko's cooking skills, as those three have sort of been in main-cast-limbo for a while (as opposed to the two arguing guys who even though they are Polar Star have been confirmed side characters for a while).

Last week's episode was amazing, thoug! Megumi really brought out the feels and Hisako and Nao's segments was a great bit of conflict.

Holy crap, though, Hayama's dish looks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

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And I just finished watching Shimoneta... now THAT is going to be a boss battle to remember and/or have nightmares about!

The funny thing is here in Durban Hayamas cooking style is kinda common and very popular. Spice mixing possibilities are infinite! Curry leafs grow all over the place and I often wonder if they are indigenous or just planted with enthusiasm.

I'd really like to try cook up some of his dishes, was searching around for Shoukugeki no Souma recipe list, was not disappointed. The trick is getting the wife to do the lions share...

The recent recipes look amazing, especially via anime. some of the dishes are pretty unusual for me though, the fermentation girl from the polar star holds the title for most unusual cook of all imho.

[D'rek]

Dolmen 2.0, on 15 September 2015 - 06:34 AM, said:

D, on 13 September 2015 - 04:01 AM, said:

Shokugeki is really going full-on ecchi this week. Obviously it is a bit of an in-between episode given the setup, but it was great seeing what Marui, Ibusaki and Ryoko's cooking skills, as those three have sort of been in main-cast-limbo for a while (as opposed to the two arguing guys who even though they are Polar Star have been confirmed side characters for a while).

Last week's episode was amazing, thoug! Megumi really brought out the feels and Hisako and Nao's segments was a great bit of conflict.

Holy crap, though, Hayama's dish looks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.

---

And I just finished watching Shimoneta... now THAT is going to be a boss battle to remember and/or have nightmares about!

The funny thing is here in Durban Hayamas cooking style is kinda common and very popular. Spice mixing possibilities are infinite! Curry leafs grow all over the place and I often wonder if they are indigenous or just planted with enthusiasm.

I'd really like to try cook up some of his dishes, was searching around for Shoukugeki no Souma recipe list, was not disappointed. The trick is getting the wife to do the lions share...

The recent recipes look amazing, especially via anime. some of the dishes are pretty unusual for me though, the fermentation girl from the polar star holds the title for most unusual cook of all imho.

It's probably a lot of work, but someday when I have the time/patience I really want to try Alice's magic milkshake-inside-an-egg concoction from the training camp episodes. That one blew my mind!

[D'rek]

Well, Castletown Dandelion ended and the ending was very satisfying. They showcased a bit of all nine siblings, wrapped up a couple side-plots, highlighted the main character's personal development from throughout the seres, and ended the election with intelligence and finality. Supposedly the manga is quite a bit more stretched out and goes on past this point, but the way they setup and ended this season it was really a complete package (unlike a lot of other adaptations that just cut-off with little to no proper ending).

Overall, it wasn't a masterpiece by any stretch, but it was nonetheless pretty good and there were some bits of fabulous comedy in there (more in the latter half, alas), plus it's tough to find such a genuinely warm big-family atmosphere elsewhere in anime!

[D'rek]

Rokka no Yuusha finale:

[LinearPhilosopher]

D, on 19 September 2015 - 10:12 PM, said:

Rokka no Yuusha finale:

this picture, my feelings, they match perfectly.

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was good up until that bullshit saint of blood showed up. And here i thought it wasn't nachetanya ffs, my buddy was right all along

[D'rek]

LinearPhilosopher, on 20 September 2015 - 12:31 PM, said:

D, on 19 September 2015 - 10:12 PM, said:

Rokka no Yuusha finale:

this picture, my feelings, they match perfectly.

Spoiler

was good up until that bullshit saint of blood showed up. And here i thought it wasn't nachetanya ffs, my buddy was right all along

I actually liked the approach they took (in all aspects), but only if they actually make a season 2!

[Dolmen 2.0]

So I suddenly found myself at season 3 of Bakuman. I'm in deep.

Theres alot about this anime that just draws you in, There have been threats of a live action adaptation but oddly enough in my mind this would work.

All the manga ideas they come up with are pretty damn interesting. Sometimes I wonder if I'd like the manga of the anime less than the manga they make up in the actual anime.

It gets pretty philosophical at that point, by then it's too late for you.



On another note, how many times did you do this as a kid with your best friend(s) or siblings?

I'm afraid the answer may reflect on you as a person. Prepare to be judged.

[LinearPhilosopher]

@dolmen, im sure i did that at least twice when i was in like 4-5th grade. Not quite sure how old that is.


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something funny i came across

D, on 20 September 2015 - 06:45 PM, said:

LinearPhilosopher, on 20 September 2015 - 12:31 PM, said:

D, on 19 September 2015 - 10:12 PM, said:

Rokka no Yuusha finale:

this picture, my feelings, they match perfectly.

Spoiler

was good up until that bullshit saint of blood showed up. And here i thought it wasn't nachetanya ffs, my buddy was right all along

I actually liked the approach they took (in all aspects), but only if they actually make a season 2!

Spoiler

What? you mean you actually like the fact we're getting a plot repeat for no good reason epcept that the creators decided to pull something out of their asses?

This post has been edited by LinearPhilosopher: 21 September 2015 - 11:16 AM

[D'rek]

LinearPhilosopher, on 21 September 2015 - 11:08 AM, said:

@dolmen, im sure i did that at least twice when i was in like 4-5th grade. Not quite sure how old that is.


anime baBY.jpg
something funny i came across

That's a classic! If you search for "Nope the anime" you can find several people's attempts at writing and/or storyboarding it.

LinearPhilosopher, on 21 September 2015 - 11:08 AM, said:

D, on 20 September 2015 - 06:45 PM, said:

LinearPhilosopher, on 20 September 2015 - 12:31 PM, said:

D, on 19 September 2015 - 10:12 PM, said:

Rokka no Yuusha finale:

this picture, my feelings, they match perfectly.

Spoiler

was good up until that bullshit saint of blood showed up. And here i thought it wasn't nachetanya ffs, my buddy was right all along

I actually liked the approach they took (in all aspects), but only if they actually make a season 2!

Spoiler

What? you mean you actually like the fact we're getting a plot repeat for no good reason epcept that the creators decided to pull something out of their asses?

Spoiler

It doesn't in any way give a satisfying conclusion to this cour, hence if this is all there is it is a bad ending (another one of those "go buy the LNs suckers!").

But if it continues, I like it. Imagine this show being 3 or 4 cours long, and each cour has a new mystery. There was still resolution to the mystery of this season, Rolonia is just setup for next season's mystery. And meanwhile, the plot of the war against the demon lord keeps moving forward throughout each cour, too. Everything can then keep building upon itself, getting more and more tense and adding more and more challenges to the protagonists until the climax.

Conjecture here, but I imagine something like this:


Cour 1
Plot - The Braves gather in the west. They seek to activate a mist barrier that will seal the land against fiends while they attack the demon lands, but it is a trap and the fiends activate it first. They must break the barrier, reactivate it and escape into the demon lands.
Mystery - There are 7 braves instead of 6. They eventually uncover that the 7th is Nachetanya, and she is revealed to be a rogue element. They try to kill her but she escapes.

Cour 2
Plot - The Braves travel across the demon lands towards the demon king's resurrection site, fighting many battles and running into many traps laid by the Fiend Generals along the way. Nachetanya also re-appears as an occasional thorn in their side. In the end, they reach the Demon King's temple and fight a climactic battle with one of the Fiend Generals, killing him, but Goldov dies in the battle.
Mystery - A new 7th Brave, Rolonia, appeared, claiming she was blocked outside the mist barrier while it was active. The group must once again uncover who the extraneous Brave is. This is revealed at the end when Goldov dies and not everyone's crest is affected.

Cour 3
Plot - The Braves enter the temple but are forcibly split by several traps. They end up in different parts of a labyrinth and must fight their way through fiends and traps to gather back together just before the central altar room. They eventually all make it there (possibly with some suspicious losses), have a climactic battle with Nachetanya and the Eighth, then finally defeat/prevent the Demon King in the resurrection room.
Mystery - Upon Goldov's death, rather than all but one of the Braves' crests been altered and revealing the Seventh, three of them show no alteration. Either there were two missing Braves and four extras all along, or some other force is at work. The three who's crests did not change all swear they had no idea of any such thing, and surely if they were evil they'd have found a way to modify their fake crests, right? When they are split into smaller groups, they have major trust issues and even fight each other a bunch. This resolves in tandem with revealing who the Eighth is at the penultimate battle with some satisfactory explanation.




So yeah, IF this gets more seasons I could see this being a sort of repeating structure within an advancing plot that works really well overall.

But if they don't make more seasons, it's just an asspull ending and very unsatisfying. (And ideally, either way they should've shown Rolonia in the Adlet flashbacks so she didn't come quite as out of nowhere.)

[LinearPhilosopher]

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I see where you're going with this d'rek. While you do paint a grand tableau, the issue is that the latest development feels forced and comes out of nowhere with 0 justification. As in hey we just solved the big issue. Let's just do it all over again cause we lack creativity.Now if this is but a part of a greater whole, then yes it fits, but as it stands it came out of nowhere and seems like a trite plot device.

[Andorion]

Quick question: If I wanted to start watch Naruto should I watch from the first or from Naruto Shippuden

[LinearPhilosopher]

Andorion, on 21 September 2015 - 05:43 PM, said:

Quick question: If I wanted to start watch Naruto should I watch from the first or from Naruto Shippuden

better question: why the hell would you want to waste your time with that crap. Watching paint dry is a better use of your time than watching naruto

also 3 episodes into canaan. Pretty entertaining thus. Also i nominate this guy as best taxi driver to appear in any medium

[LinearPhilosopher]

Andorion, on 21 September 2015 - 05:43 PM, said:

Quick question: If I wanted to start watch Naruto should I watch from the first or from Naruto Shippuden

better question: why the hell would you want to waste your time with that crap. Watching paint dry is a better use of your time than watching naruto. As to where, most people say the "naruto" series has a lot less filler content with shippuden which had the frequent problem of "OH SHIT THE ANIME IS CATCHING UP TO THE MANGA AGAIN WHAT DO WE DO?"

also 3 episodes into canaan. Pretty entertaining thus. Also i nominate this guy as best taxi driver to appear in any medium


admitedly he is voiced by this guy so that never hurts
http://myanimelist.n...91/Jouji_Nakata

This post has been edited by LinearPhilosopher: 21 September 2015 - 07:24 PM