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Artego32rus said: great animation, everything else is shit You must not be watching Upotte! |
| tfw no gf tfw i keep getting the banhammer on here tfw Koleare keeps banning me every other day tfw I'm misunderstood by le mod |
| Good start. Incredible animation. |
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Nasty001 said: Ok, so this anime is 21 episodes long, IMO I think it's too much for a simpleton anime like this. While I'd usually agree - I think that this will develop into quite a fascinating anime as it goes on. It was only one episode so far - not only is that too early to base such a claim on - but it is also ignoring the very fact that it is 21 episodes long. They would not plan it to be a full length of 21 episodes without knowing the story and path they wish to follow in advance. You may think that for a normal school anime, 21 episodes would be too large - but I have a feeling that this anime will grow to fit its own length. |
| "Evidently... There's no such thing as 'meaning' in this world. But that in itself is wonderful... isn't it? Since if there isn't a set meaning, then you can just find one on your own." - Filicia Heideman, So Ra No Wo To |
| I like the fact it's very dialogue based. I like the great animation. I like the soundtrack. Nice use of Air. Can anyone tell me what the cello piece at the end was? I definitely recognize it and I'm kicking myself for having forgotten. Looks like it will turn out to be a very nice Anime. |
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draker said: Artego32rus said: great animation, everything else is shit /thread /urdumb |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Artego32rus said: great animation, everything else is shit Oh god i hope this won't be a trend now just like it was with that one series that ended not to long ago lol.. |
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| Well, I for one friken enjoyed the first episode. My type of anime. Almost slice of life yet there is a plot. And the dialogue which they speak is fitting for me! Lol. For me at the moment its 9/10 but there will be a 10/10 if there is the correct amount of romance! |
Ajunky said: Scruff said: It's the prelude from Bach's Cello Suit no. 1.I like the soundtrack. Nice use of Air. Can anyone tell me what the cello piece at the end was? I definitely recognize it and I'm kicking myself for having forgotten. Thanks a lot. Appreciated. Also, reading this thread makes me wonder if the the MAL community is retarded. How can people hate on this after one episode and point out the Animation as it's only good quality. It's a lot better than anything this season (or last season) I've seen so far. |
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| great animation quality and I liked the male charas. We'll see if the lack of a central story can keep me interested since I am normally not into Slice of Life Animes.. |
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| Those purple eyes...I'll never forget those things. |
| love it very much its all about them eyes!!! |
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| This was awesome, much better than what I had expected. Both the art and animation were just great, and I am liking the characters so far. This is actually very interesting and enjoyable. Holy crap Houtarou sure is smart, lol and I love his attitude. Hes got a great motto and it sounds perfect for someone like me. Laziness and doing the least amount of work ftw. Eru is sooooo cute and nice. Goddamn her shining and curious eyes, its completely irresistible. Damn I love her already, and lol I can see why he just unconsciously hands over his form. |
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| Art and direction are magnificent truly, KyoAni outdid itself. The characters are kinda cool too (very reminiscent of previous KyoAni characters like Kyon etc... though) and the script has a lot of potential for development. That was a great first ep. |
 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
| Well...That was a slow and somewhat boring start. Animation is drool worthy though. |
| This show made me want to give myself mottos!! ...but then I realized I don't have any idea how to make one. People must be freaking lucky to be born with a big brain...like that one dude. I could totally relate to being the lonerr...not joining clubs~ blah blah blah I thought "things would change once he met a girl" which is half true, but he turns out to be a freaking genius. I'M NOT A GENIUS AND I'M ALL ALONE!!! GOSH DANGIT...WHY AM I SO STUPID?!? lol Maybe watching this make me an ounce of an inch smarter. (Note: I know that INCHES DON'T HAVE OUNCES...I just kind of did it to sound stupid...ahaha...get it? k. Don't hate, then.) |
| Impressive design, I love the characters too. :D I saw a slight resemblance between Eru and Mio Akiyama, so damn moe!!! |
EarlCiel said: This show made me want to give myself mottos!! ...but then I realized I don't have any idea how to make one. People must be freaking lucky to be born with a big brain...like that one dude. I could totally relate to being the lonerr...not joining clubs~ blah blah blah I thought "things would change once he met a girl" which is half true, but he turns out to be a freaking genius. I'M NOT A GENIUS AND I'M ALL ALONE!!! GOSH DANGIT...WHY AM I SO STUPID?!? lol Maybe watching this make me an ounce of an inch smarter. (Note: I know that INCHES DON'T HAVE OUNCES...I just kind of did it to sound stupid...ahaha...get it? k. Don't hate, then.) step 1:force yourself or get someone to force you to join a club/team/ect. step 2: meet person who can potentially change your life step 3: ??? step 4: PROFIT. |
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| It's shiny and the main character is interesting. Nothing else has grasped my attention yet, |
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| The classical music is so nice, it fits right on this anime. |
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| So they just make the girl interested in something every episode to avoid the main character from having to do extra? |
| gosh damn this thread got alot of comments quick. Taking another look at the message from the director I do agree that there will be a heartly does of slice of life in here. The MC (forgot his name sorry XD) Don't strike me as the kind of character these people will leave alone without something changing in him. Alot of critisim sofar comes from either boredom or haters of highshcool anime. I can get the boring aspect as whilI wasn't bored, I was a bit lost in the second half in my first viewing, but getting tired of x type of anime simply comes with getting older and seeing more anime. sometimes its slow sometimes its fast but we'll eventally get sick of something and claim that what we saw at the time was good and will deem everything else as shit, what I'm going to be interested in seeing is that when this whole generation of "the big three" and current HS-esct animes come to a end and be replaced by the newer ones that will probably be fairly identical is how many of us will become those people who bash the future stuff. Not saying I won't at some point in time, but I nontheless felt it would be nice if I tried to bring a perspective on this sort of thing. |
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| I just hope they don't tune down the mystery aspect. It's supposed be one of the selling point of the original novels along with the slice of life theme. I might be getting old because gosh I was bored by this episode. I think I'll read the original novels in Japanese instead. It might be faster. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Liked it, specially the dialogue between Satoshi and Hotaru and the second mystery, also how they portrayed how Hotaru was falling prey of Chitanda's charms, even if it was a bit weird. I didn't really find it boring, and as one of my most anticipated shows, it didn't really disappointed me. I love hoy fluid and clean it looks, but I think it will get good or at least fairly entertaining story-wise. |
hiromeeApr 23, 2012 7:50 PM
| I fucking love Bach's cello suites. |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
| closed room mistery? master keys? im the only one who thought about umineko? lol. i like the main character, kinda reminds me of myself in a way. |
VanisherApr 23, 2012 8:27 PM
| This is...so good. I swear, this season is looking better and better, with Tsuritama and now this show. |
zorapup said: Was hoping for a bit more development in story. Not sure whether animation and character development is enough for me to stay on this anime. Well, this is episode 1 so the best you can hope is the establishing of some parts of the story, certainly not development. Characters, art, animation etc.. can be judged after 1 episode (to a degree), story can't be. Plus I'm sure the storyline from the synopsis will kick in soon enough. Maybe one more introduction episode for the fourth main character, but I expect that we have an idea about the quality of the story after episode 3 or so. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Mystery 1: Why was I locked in the room? Solution: Janitor locked it. Mystery 2: Where would they post recruitment info for a secret club? Solution: ON the billboard with the most recruitment flyers. I don't mind mystery. In fact, I love a good mystery. The mystery itself already has nothing interesting about it... Add the fact that the reason or solution to the mystery is even MORE uneventful and banal, I hardly feel the mystery portion of me stir in this anime at all... I even started to skip ahead in the last 5 minutes because it just wanted to see the end... The second mystery had potential, but they didn't build on what made the secret club so mysterious, other than no one other than the members know about it... WHY IS IT SECRET? WHAT IS THE CODE BEHIND THE RECRUITMENT INFO? WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT? The mysterious aspects weren't even touched upon... So far the only good thing I like about this anime is Eru's mysterious power and her very innocent personality. I understand this is the first episode, but really... do you have to start the anime with such a terrible "mystery." But yes, as always, the animation and character designs from KyoAni are top notch. Next episode mystery: Where did I put my shoes? Solution: They were in the closet... TL:DR Very disappointed, but willing to give it a chance to improve. |
OmniknightApr 24, 2012 5:55 AM
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Omniknight said: The second mystery had potential, but they didn't build on what made the secret club so mysterious, other than no one other than the members know about it... WHY IS IT SECRET? WHAT IS THE CODE BEHIND THE RECRUITMENT INFO? WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT? The mysterious aspects weren't even touched upon... . I want to believe that you understood that the second mystery was a lie, right? |
| Amazing animation and Chitandra is greatness. the episode itself was only decent. but ill be sticking with it for sure. |
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| Wow, I like the main character! He is good at logic that's why I like him. When he meet with the female, I'm PRAYING she won't act like HARUHI or I hope she IS NOT A FREAKING TSUNDERE! I was soooo nervous and to make it worse, that scene was slow motioned! I'm so relieved she is not a tsundere and not annoying like Haruhi! I do thought Hotaro is like Kyon a bit (Idk I just get the feeling), and Chitanda also resemble Haruhi a bit (The forcefulness and mysterious power), she wasn't my taste. I dislike forceful person. Oh, at her curiousity about mysteries, it reminds me of Mayura(Matantei Loki, and I dislike her). So, let see what will happen next! Oh yeah, I really like Hotaro's friend (Satoshi)! I hope there won't be any romance in this series... I don't know but I already dislike Hotaro and Chitanda pairing... Ah, and the OP song is great, the animation pretty good too.... I really hope some good mysteries, and some drama in later episodes... |
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Omniknight said: The second mystery had potential, but they didn't build on what made the secret club so mysterious, other than no one other than the members know about it... WHY IS IT SECRET? WHAT IS THE CODE BEHIND THE RECRUITMENT INFO? WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT? The mysterious aspects weren't even touched upon... Didn't Hotaro make everything up, from the club to the memo? I could be wrong, as I wasn't paying too much attention at the time. It's not as much a mystery as it was a trick to aid his efficiency, or so he thought. Oddly, this was the one part of the episode I liked. |
| I love the graphics, and its OP :) |
| I love the art & animation, the character design, and the story seems promising (well it's quite boring at some points). the atmosphere is relaxing yet intriguing... yes this is going to be one good series!!! |
milloApr 24, 2012 4:39 AM
| Like most people have stated here, great animation & designs. However the mysteries were non-interesting... I hope it's only the first episode. |
| beautiful animation, pleasant show - nothing too thrilling, but it feels like it has potential as a character driven romance/drama type thing... |
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MissileSoup said: Omniknight said: The second mystery had potential, but they didn't build on what made the secret club so mysterious, other than no one other than the members know about it... WHY IS IT SECRET? WHAT IS THE CODE BEHIND THE RECRUITMENT INFO? WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT? The mysterious aspects weren't even touched upon... Didn't Hotaro make everything up, from the club to the memo? I could be wrong, as I wasn't paying too much attention at the time. It's not as much a mystery as it was a trick to aid his efficiency, or so he thought. Oddly, this was the one part of the episode I liked. I thought that perhaps it may have been the case when he said something along the lines of "perfect timing" and had that smile, but the first mystery was so banal and there was no conclusion to the "joke" other than "Yay, we found it", that I honestly just took it as a serious attempt at mystery from the writers... That actually makes it even worse when a made a mystery made up by the protagonist is more interesting that the actual ones... Edit: Ya, it is obvious that it was a joke from the epilogue portion of the episode. I mentioned I skimmed the last portions of the episode because I was flat-lining from boredom. |
OmniknightApr 24, 2012 5:58 AM
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| Even if the mysteries are kinda dumb at the moment, KyoAni are known for their slice-of-life shows. And I believe that Hyouka gonna be another excellent slice-of-life anime. I don't mind if they cut all that mystery out, just let me observe this everyday's life of Eru and Houtarou, and i ll be more than pleased. IMO, this show has got a great potential,damn, it instantly became one of my favorite shows of this season. |
| I think its more like making Eru happy rather than solving mystery here.. kinda boring episode. zZZ |
| comments regarding how bad this show is so immature |
| Simplistic beauty can't be appreciated by someone who looks for something grand in everything he watch. |
| i found the flowers thing very cute. sort of like a metaphor to describe how houtarou finds chitanda intriguingly mysterious?????? (or pretty????). and it has become the planks that i will use to build my new ship. also, THAT ANIMATION. |
| don't save her, she don't wanna be saved. |
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