| Okay, I don't even know what is safe to post now a days with new mods, but the main purpose of this post is to learn what people find enjoyment from on slice of lifes. That is the purpose. So lots of people like hating on glasslip, it's like at that school days level of being made fun of. While I think that it deserves the hate I suppose, because nothing really happens and it's quite a boring watch. It doesn't seem any worse than any other lackluster slice of life. For example something I hear a lot about what makes someone like a slice of life is good characters right? That makes sense I suppose, if a show doesn't have a plot I would hope for interesting characters. But really a lot of slice of lifes (especially when it takes place in high school) just have a cast of typical cliche anime characters that never really develop at all throughout the story. I'm just going to use an example of a show I have finished completely that I feel is just as bad as glasslip. I feel hyouka falls for all the same issues that people make fun of glasslip for. You can watch episode 1, and then watch episode 21 and all the characters act the same, and interact with each other the exact same as well. The plot that happens doesn't have any lasting effect and is never referenced again. It's in the long run as meaningless as characters talking with each other in glasslip. If any potential character development occurred in hyouka it was pretend, 2 characters would fight or something along those lines, and the next episode they are back to normal pretending it never happened. Of corse all incomplete slice of lifes give you a random speed-up of romance progression and give you a little tease of what could have been. It feels forced and feels "hope you want to read the source material kind of ending" I am not trying to hate on hyouka or glasslip tbh. I just find it interesting that the same people who hate on one, and say it's bad because of "boring characters, nothing ever happens" like shows that are the exact same. So to put my question in direct words. What is it that other slice of lifes (set in high school [lets not include mushishi, nana or other slice of lifes that are obviously doing things differently]) doing better than glasslip. Is it the art? The one dimensional character has a personality you like, and don't want to change? Do you like cute characters just doing random stuff?XD Thank you for hopefully the serious answers to my serious question as I have always wondered what people see in slightly typical slice of lifes that aren't very different from many other shows out there. EDIT: I also used hyouka as an example because it is ranked much much higher http://myanimelist.net/anime/12189/Hyouka . People who say both shows are just as bad, I don't know if that is the case because if that was so wouldn't they be around the same rank? I mean I think they are just as bad, but I have to be missing something. |
Noxious_Jan 2, 2016 10:28 PM
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| good point tbh i watched hyouka and thought it was worse than glasslip i think people just jump on the bandwagon and glasslip is a meme thats why its cool to hate on glasslip while blindly liking a similar show i think its because of kyoani and that it triest to be really quirky and the mc is someone anime fans can identify with as he is a lazy cuck that thinks he is better than everyone else and the only one being aware how absurd all that is |
SuperiorRetrofanJan 2, 2016 9:48 PM
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Noxious_ said: I don't know what to say other than I actually think that Glasslip is a decent show but I stopped on episode 10 like a month ago or more and haven't restarted watching it yet.Okay, I don't even know what is safe to post now a days with new mods, but the main purpose of this post is to learn what people find enjoyment from on slice of lifes. That is the purpose. So lots of people like hating on glasslip, it's like at that school days level of being made fun of. While I think that it deserves the hate I suppose, because nothing really happens and it's quite a boring watch. It doesn't seem any worse than any other lackluster slice of life. For example something I hear a lot about what makes someone like a slice of life is good characters right? That makes sense I suppose, if a show doesn't have a plot I would hope for interesting characters. But really a lot of slice of lifes (especially when it takes place in high school) just have a cast of typical cliche anime characters that never really develop at all throughout the story. I'm just going to use an example of a show I have finished completely that I feel is just as bad as glasslip. I feel hyouka falls for all the same issues that people make fun of glasslip for. You can watch episode 1, and then watch episode 21 and all the characters act the same, and interact with each other the exact same as well. The plot that happens doesn't have any lasting effect and is never referenced again. It's in the long run as meaningless as characters talking with each other in glasslip. If any potential character development occurred in hyouka it was pretend, 2 characters would fight or something along those lines, and the next episode they are back to normal pretending it never happened. Of corse all incomplete slice of lifes give you a random speed-up of romance progression and give you a little tease of what could have been. It feels forced and feels "hope you want to read the source material kind of ending" I am not trying to hate on hyouka or glasslip tbh. I just find it interesting that the same people who hate on one, and say it's bad because of "boring characters, nothing ever happens" like shows that are the exact same. So to put my question in direct words. What is it that other slice of lifes (set in high school [lets not include mushishi, nana or other slice of lifes that are obviously doing things differently]) doing better than glasslip. Is it the art? The one dimensional character has a personality you like, and don't want to change? Do you like cute characters just doing random stuff?XD Thank you for hopefully the serious answers to my serious question as I have always wondered what people see in slightly typical slice of lifes that aren't very different from many other shows out there. |
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| I think the hype killed it tbh P.A's previous work before that which was Nagi no Asukara was received by alot of people quite well, so they expected a good ore prob better anime than it. |
| Pretty fucking amazing achievement to get under 6 for a TV series on MAL. Even 'bad' shows are above 6. I never bothered with the series but there's definitely gotta be something major it did than just hype from NnA and PA Works. |
| There were some things about glasslilp that were alright actually. It was real but like, too real, if that makes sense. Way too serious way too much of the time. Which is different and probably not what a lot of average sol fans enjoy. They like the moe feelsy blah blahs and stuff. Also some of the dialogue specifically between friends just felt really stiff to me. Even watching it subbed i was like...you guys are suppose to be long time friends or what? There really isn't a school sol that I could fairly compare it to either. So it does have that going for it. I guess there was that show last season where *spoiler alert* they find that chick in the attic of the school * which felt vaguely similar and bad but like a 5 or 6 bad not a 4 or 5 bad because I actually kinda gave a shit what was gonna happen next in that show. |
| Because nothing really happen in Glasslip. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
Paul said: yeah and I have mediocre taste myself. Most of the time (not always) I like what the majority like, hate what the majority hate. So I'm not gonna bother with that show.Pretty fucking amazing achievement to get under 6 for a TV series on MAL. Even 'bad' shows are above 6. I never bothered with the series but there's definitely gotta be something major it did than just hype from NnA and PA Works. |
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| I have never seen Glasslip and have no idea what it's about but it's REALLY goddamn pretty. |
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Paul said: Oh wow...I haven't watched the show but I remember when it was airing and some people talking about how they didn't like it, but I didn't realize how low the score was now. Even the worst shows I have seen are well into the 6 range. I mean, this show can't be that bad right?Pretty fucking amazing achievement to get under 6 for a TV series on MAL. Even 'bad' shows are above 6. I never bothered with the series but there's definitely gotta be something major it did than just hype from NnA and PA Works. |
HikaruKaneko said: I watched until episode 10 its not that its bad its that its rather uneventful.Paul said: Oh wow...I haven't watched the show but I remember when it was airing and some people talking about how they didn't like it, but I didn't realize how low the score was now. Even the worst shows I have seen are well into the 6 range. I mean, this show can't be that bad right?Pretty fucking amazing achievement to get under 6 for a TV series on MAL. Even 'bad' shows are above 6. I never bothered with the series but there's definitely gotta be something major it did than just hype from NnA and PA Works. |
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| If it's avg score is under a 6 on MAL and isn't a gag anime, it probably deserves the hate. |
| I haven't seen hyouka so i can't really say for that comparison. However Glasslip was just disappointing and I went into the show immediately with caution. The main issues I had with Glasslip largely was just that it was a mixture of boring as well as just lazy. The characters had minimal personality, a lot of poorly explained situations and some completely random moments. A couple examples being one girl suddenly out of nowhere just suddenly becoming bisexual or a guy who is talking to three versions of himself with no context or reason as to why that was happening. Overall though the characters often came off as flat is at times some of the main cast just seemed to vanish for long periods of time, the drama and romances were forced, personality wise there was nothing noteworthy. The one part of the show that I thought would be interesting was the supernatural aspect; however, they never explained what caused the supernatural events, in fact they almost literally said "we have no idea what it is." Considering this series was an anime original unlike Hyouka though it can't play the "poor adaption" card. This was a work that was created directly by the animation studio, one that represents them, and it just was really disappointing almost enraging. |
GamerDLMJan 2, 2016 10:31 PM
| I haven't seen Hyouka but Glasslip's characters were so awful and the episodes were so boring. It was painful to sit through. Hyouka couldn't possibly be worse. |
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A_Little_Birdy said: Hyouka isn't a good series to begin with so comparing the two is rather pointless as far as seeing if Glasslip is good or not. i assume the thing op is trying to say is that the different receptions these two shows recieved is hypocritical considering that the popular argument against glasslip is also true for hyouka |
| divide et impera |
| Glasslip is the best psychological cartoon up to this day, heretic. Jonathan's character was very unique as he/she/it delivers the story at a focal point |
| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
| If Hyouka's main character has something more interesting to say than "EHHHHHHHHH", Hyouka is better than Glasslip. XD |
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| I watched it before it became a meme for hate (or whatever you call it) and it seriously almost put me in a coma at the end it was so bad |
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| They don't understand the literary elements incorporated into Glasslip. It's minimalist story telling technique severed to further characterize the cast, allowing us to get in tough with their human side. The glass was an extended metaphor for the lack of transparency of the cast. They are unable to communicate with each other honestly and openly. The chicken character, Jonathan, was symbolic of the main girl's inability to achieve her dreams and get in touch with her true feelings. Honestly, people don't understand so they hate. I am sure Nietzche and Schopenhauer would understand. |
PoeticJusticeJan 2, 2016 10:23 PM
| Kind of hard to answer because iirc Glasslip had a lot of romance and forced drama. It tried to make stuff happen, but did so in a way that was rushed and awkward, which made the characters and their interactions feel unnatural. None of the SoL stuff I like had this problem. |
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PoeticJustice said: Honestly, people don't understand so they hate. I am sure Nietzche and Schopenhauer would understand. No, really, I hated it because the characters sucked. And it's REALLY REALLY easy for me to like characters. I have low standards for them. If I think they suck, they suck pretty hard. I was not able to like Touko no matter how hard I tried. XD |
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Chiibi said: PoeticJustice said: Honestly, people don't understand so they hate. I am sure Nietzche and Schopenhauer would understand. No, really, I hated it because the characters sucked. And it's REALLY REALLY easy for me to like characters. I have low standards for them. If I think they suck, they suck pretty hard. I was not able to like Touko no matter how hard I tried. XD You are supposed to empathize with her. She is a conduit for the modern day teenage girl who can't express herself. She was a delicate maiden, lost for words in a world so wrought with emotional pornography and haphazard confessions. |
| I editied the description http://myanimelist.net/anime/12189/Hyouka I used hyouka as an example because it is ranked so much higher. If they are both just as bad why is 1 ranked so much higher what am I missing? Thanks for the replies so far! :D |
| Brace yourself. Soon as LotGH 2017 comes out. The anime community is going to become so cancerous you will need to take cover and hide. |
Retroalwayswins said: A_Little_Birdy said: Hyouka isn't a good series to begin with so comparing the two is rather pointless as far as seeing if Glasslip is good or not. i assume the thing op is trying to say is that the different receptions these two shows recieved is hypocritical considering that the popular argument against glasslip is also true for hyouka Yes thank you, you are correct in assuming what I was trying to say. |
| Brace yourself. Soon as LotGH 2017 comes out. The anime community is going to become so cancerous you will need to take cover and hide. |
| It's a mediocre show that aired right after something Nagi no Asaukara, which many people praised as a good show. People were expecting Glasslip to be on par with NagiAsu, but it just fell apart into literally nothing happening. |
| Slice of life ≠ no plot. You can have SoL with plot and Glasslip was supposed to have the god damn plot, yet it hasn't. (Maybe it has later on? I don't know, I dropped at episode 6). Glasslip was set up to have plot with it, with supernatural, romance and stuffs, just that the storytelling was very poor that it completely and literally shown zero progression at all. I dropped the show at episode 6 and I don't know what happened after that. But from what I have seen in the 6 episodes : It was supposed to have that "future-seeing" things - nothing explained so far It was supposed to have romance - all we got was "XX love YY", no development whatsoever It was supposed to have drama from that romance - I had no idea what the heck is going on between characters. Compare to other slice of life, since I can't really remember Hyouka, let's say Hanasaku Iroha, we got the real development on characters, interaction between them, their back story, their conflict, what do they want, and what do they become. Glasslip, on the other hand, just throw some characters around and have them do some random things. |
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| hyouka doing good in their mystery, glasslip not doing good in their SOL. it's pretty understable. |
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| This post has inspired me to watch glasslip. Kk gonna watch it now. If something bad happens to me, it's because of op. |
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| 1. Nothing happens whatsoever. 2. Very unlikable characters 3. The characters are as fake and flat as press-on nails. Watching that show was a chore to me than any else. It really tested my patience. At the end, it was a complete waste of time. Granted, if you want to learn more about it, I'd suggest reading the analysis rather than watching the show. You'll get more out of that than the show would ever give you. |
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| Plot makes no sense and everyone wanted to kill the main character and schizophrenic kid |
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| Long story short: it wasn't great, so nobody could justify opposing the hate-wagon. But in a realistic sense, it was just mediocre; not trash, and not enough to bump it up too much. |
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| Cause its trash and disappointing compared to Nagi no Asukara |
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