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| commandercool:
I may not absolutely love Despair Arc yet, but there is one thing I love: Now that Gundam isn't just a series of character portraits they can dress up his hamsters Four Devas for every different context. :D --- Quote from: Matsuri on July 15, 2016, 08:10:17 AM ---Chiaki being a real person is really surprising to me on that note-- wasn't she created as an AI by Chihiro/Alter Ego? Or was that only in the digital world that DR2 takes place in? And we've no reason to believe that this is that digital world just yet, since this is supposed to take place before they fall to despair and the world goes to shit. --- End quote --- As far as we knew she was completely made up by Chihiro. But clearly that isn't the case now. She isn't part of Remnants of Despair though, so something's going to happen to her at some point I imagine. It's not impossible that she's still alive, but I don't think it's likely. --- Quote from: Matsuri on July 15, 2016, 08:10:17 AM ---Finally, apparently the Impostor is Mitarai, or is Mitarai the Impostor? At what point do they disguise as Togami? --- End quote --- I assume Impostor and Mitarai are different people, but it's not a sure thing. Impostor is probably my second-favorite character in Goodbye Despair so I'm pretty excited to see more from them. |
| Edible:
I got home from out of town and catching up on anime. I'm really impressed with both of these arcs! |
| MatsuriSakuragi:
Rewatching a little bit of Despair because something seemed... off. Did anyone else notice how Chiaki's personality is somewhat different? Sure, she's still pretty asocial and aloof-ish, but in the game at least, she seemed generally cheerful and optimistic when she wasn't nodding off to sleep. In her conversation with Hinata, she almost sounded kind of sad, saying that he has freedom to become whoever he wants to be, while all she has is games. Maybe being SHSL-anything isn't actually all it's cracked up to be. |
| commandercool:
--- Quote from: Matsuri on July 18, 2016, 02:52:27 AM ---Rewatching a little bit of Despair because something seemed... off. Did anyone else notice how Chiaki's personality is somewhat different? Sure, she's still pretty asocial and aloof-ish, but in the game at least, she seemed generally cheerful and optimistic when she wasn't nodding off to sleep. --- End quote --- Yeah, I definitely noticed that. Wasn't sure whether to chalk it up to the fact that I'm used to the English voice actress or not. My theory is that since Chihiro apparently based AI Chiaki on real Chiaki but as far as we know they weren't very close, he may not have actually known her that well. The Chiaki we know may be pretty different from the real one because the inspiration could be pretty loose. It's also interesting that while everyone else is the crudest possible cartoon version of themselves in this episode, we don't see Chiaki's characteristic narcolepsy. The episode seemed mostly interested with cramming as many "Remember when this happened?" moments in as possible, so I'm surprised we didn't see "Remember how Chiaki falls asleep a lot and is the world's easiest-to-murder person?". Or did she fall asleep and I just overlooked it? --- Quote from: Matsuri on July 18, 2016, 02:52:27 AM ---In her conversation with Hinata, she almost sounded kind of sad, saying that he has freedom to become whoever he wants to be, while all she has is games. Maybe being SHSL-anything isn't actually all it's cracked up to be. --- End quote --- My persistent frustration with Danganronpa has been that it's never fully fleshed out its themes regarding how being an ordinary person is okay and you don't need to be super special to make a difference. There are bits of that everywhere, but in the end it usually ends up being the special people who keep saving the day. This, along with Komaru, may end up being important pieces of that puzzle. I really hope I don't have to watch Chiaki die again. I was fucking traumatized for life last time. :( |
| Polaris:
Hmm, I honestly didn't think anime-Nanami was all that out of character compared to game-Nanami, since I always felt like she had a kind of melancholy air about her when it came to the whole being-an-AI thing. But of course the two Nanamis are entirely different beings, so it'll be interesting to see what kind of background and motivations anime-Nanami will show that will make her distinct from game-Nanami. Her line is pretty interesting because while the academy pretty much pushes the idea that talent = hope, Nanami saying that talent limits her possibilities implies the opposite. Yukizome also says later on something about how it's the bonds of friendship that will make their hope shine, not their talents. The difference in their ideals is an interesting contrast, and could potentially be a conflict later on (esp. with the Kamukura Izuru Project getting under way). Writing it out like this, I'm looking forward to the Despair arc a lot more, because it feels like it has a lot more potential. Although that might be because we know the general direction of where the Despair arc is headed, compared to the Future arc which can literally go anywhere at this point. |
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