~Beyond the Border~ > Sara's Audio-Visual Import-Overflow Retail
What anime(s) and/or manga(s) are you watching/reading right now?
commandercool:
I finished Railgun last night and I'm not really sure why. I don't usually like "long form" anime that much. It was just weirdly watchable. Every episode was put together well enough that I wanted to watch the next one soon after, and the first season went down in like two weeks. Very uncommon for me. Wasn't great, but was fun to watch.
So this afternoon I decided to try Index. Finished the first two episodes and did not enjoy them at all. I have no interest in seeing any more of these. I might give it another try later, but I dropped it, watched the first episode of the second season of Railgun, and enjoyed the shit out of it for no clear reason. Not sure why I like one of these so much and the other so little. This is weird. Anime is weird.
Jq1790:
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Kanojo Flag/Gaworare: see below
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Still have to finish the last episode when it gets available for free people, but...this is so accurate it hurts.
Silent Harmony:
Add Koe no Katachi to my manga list. It's personally hard for me to follow sometimes Spoiler: since I was a victim of bullying growing up but it has it been an great, emotional read so far.
--- Quote from: BT on July 02, 2014, 08:44:44 AM ---Now I'm watching NHK, which has been... pretty unoriginal so far, except for the wacky comedy. Hoping it gets a lot better plot-wise.
EDIT: Fuck me, episode 13 made me cry. I'm pretty sure I wasn't even meant to. I don't remember the last anime that broke me like that. Where Grave of the Fireflies fails, Welcome to the NHK succeeds, apparently.
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NHK is one of the rare series that I successfully marathoned from beginning to end. When it's off, it's pretty slow. When it's on, it's pretty emotional.
That said, Spoiler: while I loved the humor, the story arcs in the second season were not as good as the first season in my opinion. That is until Spoiler: the final 4 episodes, which wrap everything up spectacularly in my opinion.
--- Quote from: Jq1790 on July 02, 2014, 01:02:28 AM ---Recently finished(not current):
-The Pet Girl of Sakurasou(I want more. Season two please?)
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To me a second season would kind of ruin it, especially since Spoiler: outside of Yūko I really didn't care about any of the new residents. In my opinion the series was simply above average until Spoiler: the graduation episode which pushed the emotions up to 11 and was one of the few times I've ever cried over an anime (to be fair I tend to avoid obviously depressing stuff).
KrackoCloud:
--- Quote from: commandercool on July 08, 2014, 01:24:28 AM ---I finished Railgun last night and I'm not really sure why. I don't usually like "long form" anime that much. It was just weirdly watchable. Every episode was put together well enough that I wanted to watch the next one soon after, and the first season went down in like two weeks. Very uncommon for me. Wasn't great, but was fun to watch.
So this afternoon I decided to try Index. Finished the first two episodes and did not enjoy them at all. I have no interest in seeing any more of these. I might give it another try later, but I dropped it, watched the first episode of the second season of Railgun, and enjoyed the shit out of it for no clear reason. Not sure why I like one of these so much and the other so little. This is weird. Anime is weird.
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Railgun is definitely better than Index. Magic just isn't as cool as all that physics-bending ESP. More importantly, Railgun isn't bogged down with a lame protagonist and shallow harem devices.
That said, Index gets way more Accelerator later on, which is fun.
As for me, I just started watching Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun! I'm a huge fan of the manga, and the first episode of the anime didn't disappoint. Really looking forward to following this show.
BT:
--- Quote from: Mimeslayer on July 08, 2014, 02:08:25 AM ---NHK is one of the rare series that I successfully marathoned from beginning to end. When it's off, it's pretty slow. When it's on, it's pretty emotional.
That said, Spoiler: while I loved the humor, the story arcs in the second season were not as good as the first season in my opinion. That is until Spoiler: the final 4 episodes, which wrap everything up spectacularly in my opinion.
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I kind of liked NHK in the end, but sometimes they went a bit too far with the absurdity. I realize it was meant to be realistic, but Spoiler: Sato's and Misaki's interactions throughout the second cour were a bit... dumb.
I wasn't able to marathon it, though. Took about 4 days, but sometimes I couldn't watch more than 2-3 episodes at a time, and not because of the themes. Because it was a little boring.
--- Quote from: Mimeslayer on July 08, 2014, 02:08:25 AM ---To me a second season would kind of ruin it, especially since Spoiler: outside of Yūko I really didn't care about any of the new residents. In my opinion the series was simply above average until Spoiler: the graduation episode which pushed the emotions up to 11 and was one of the few times I've ever cried over an anime (to be fair I tend to avoid obviously depressing stuff).
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Spoiler: I thought it was cringey as fuck. :( Which is sad, because the emotion was there as well. I was never a fan of the unrealistic wrap-up episodes. I thought the school ceremony hijack was bad in Persona 3 too.
I do appreciate Sakurasou for having a purpose and generally dealing well with drama. So, like, I forgave Spoiler: episode 22 undermining episode 21 with FRIENDSHIP because in the end it was just them exploring the pros and cons of chasing your dreams in the arts. Or something.
Oh, and I'm watching Baccano now. That first episode was a really extreme case of all over the place, but the rest of the show is already doing well to fill in the gaps, so I guess I'll let it slide. :derp: