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[IronyOwl]

You mean it wasn't before?

Well little killer girls is a mysteriously common genre with oddly sexual overtones.

But I don't know if it has its own name yet and thus an official genre of anime/manga.

Hm, fair point. I guess it's more of a subgenre or flavor then.

[ToonyMan]

You mean it wasn't before?

Well little killer girls is a mysteriously common genre with oddly sexual overtones.
But I don't know if it has its own name yet and thus an official genre of anime/manga.

Hm, fair point. I guess it's more of a subgenre or flavor then.

It would be in a list like this.  It's more of a category than full fledged genre.  Man I could go through this whole list.

[Leafsnail]

Maybe you could make that category yourself, Neonivek.  Certainly I couldn't find an equivalent one on Higurashi or Rozen Maiden.

Incidentally, finished FZ volume 1 and my favourite bit was actually Urobuchi's epilogue.  Something about it was just amazing.

I am full of hatred towards men's so-called happiness, and had to push the characters I poured my heart out to create into the abyss of tragedy.

Nasu totally bases characters off him.

[Patchouli]

Finished Iroha. I liked it.

Pretty much agree with most of your observations, aside from the annoyance for some characters (I'm mainly indifferent to them...huh, getting some flashbacks of the army guests and their "operations"...weird). It wasn't all that deep or complicated or anything but it was a nice watch overall. Can be a recommendable slice-of-life thing.

Also just started watching Anohana...seems interesting. Hopefully nothing distracts me and leads my attention away......again...

Annoyed might be a strong word. None of them get too far past the point where a "please stop" would be too weak. Except maybe Minko.

Spoiler: Rewatching the first few episodes again with some thoughts. Spoilers. (click to show/hide)

Minko isn't madder than usual. I thought she was, but she handled the wild garlic fiasco the exact same way that she probably would later, except for the part where she might have told a potential customer to go die. I remember thinking she was sort of dumb for getting so mad at Ohana for trying to get on her side vs. Touru and just sort of forgot that scene, but now it's obvious it's because Minko likes Touru. Ohana making the breakfast because of Minko messing up adds fuel to the fire, because now Ohana is entering Minko's territory. It doesn't help that Touru playfully says that it might be better than Minko's cooking. Two episodes later, she doesn't really hate Ohana, and she talks like hardcore jerk, but she isn't much of one.

I thought the humor in the show was nice in that it didn't feel too exaggerated most of the time. Touru singing over Ohana made me smile. A nice detail was that the clouds actually shift to show Touru drifting out of the lane when Ohana tells him to die.

Also 80% of the "real" fanservice is in the first three episodes.

Ohana also mentioned the fairy-tale life she was expecting, but got shot down in a hurry. I guess it brings back some thoughts where the show is realistic in a way where not everyone has an extravagant romantic background, even if you are a ridiculous meanie. Minko is a unique character where she has no excuse for being a bitch 80% of the time. So many other shows will have a similar character, but then they get a backstory episode that reveals a tragic past that makes people say, "Oh, she truly led a sad life. I can see the source of her anger and I hope she will lead a clean life of warmth after."

Hanasaku Iroha says, "No, she stays a meanie, because she is."

People call her tsundere, but that doesn't seem right. She doesn't waver in her crush on Touru the whole way through. Being mean to Touru is unthinkable to her, which could be why she takes it out on Ohana. She hides lovey-dovey feelings, but she tends to hide her other feelings too. Her warm side can be described as lukewarm if anything.

All the way through, she's just an asshole to people she doesn't have respect for, and it doesn't take much to lose respect points for her.

It's oddly relaxing in how straightforward the people can be. It's also maybe why I like the Touru/Minko relationship that effectively went nowhere, as opposed to the Ohana/Kou relationship which was as saccharine as it could be. I can see why people absolutely hate Minko as an included character since she's mean, spiteful, seemingly selfish, and tends to drag others down to her level when she's in a bad mood.

I don't mind her though.

[Neonivek]

You mean it wasn't before?

Well little killer girls is a mysteriously common genre with oddly sexual overtones.

But I don't know if it has its own name yet and thus an official genre of anime/manga.

Hm, fair point. I guess it's more of a subgenre or flavor then.

Its really hard to say since there are what I call fine stroke genres and wide stroke genres.

for example "Magical Girl" is considered a genre of anime. Yet it can be a horror (Clocktower 3), comedy, action, or any other genre.

It is what I put under a fine stroke genre. It is just a description of several themes and conventions that an anime is using rather then a description of the overall feel or theme.

the issue with the term "Subgenre" comes more from the idea that subgenres are subsets of bigger genres. (For example Turn-Based being a subgenre of strategy). I am sure there is actually a better name for it.

Maybe you could make that category yourself, Neonivek

Honestly I am not that much of a fan myself. Mostly because I think they lose track of the idea that they are children or teens as well as the fact that people are not as pacified by them (AKA: Children with guns is bad!).

This is of course only refering to the genre at its best. At its worst is used either a depression generator, gorefest, or fetish peice that uses children as a way to jar the audiance (I think the "Fetish" part came from the anime where the girls were cyborgs. The fact that they were infertile was supposed to be a major plot point. Mind you I don't really think that anime makes sense from any standpoint)

That and I am also not an expert. I may know of several examples of animes of this genre (Bullet proof table!?!) but honestly Toonyman could probably actually give more names.

[Kobold Troubadour]

I think I've mentioned this before but a Koizumi villain would be terrifying.

He gets to unwind a bit in the 11th novel....explosions were involved.

We'll just have to see what happens then.

Hmm, there might be a miscommunication on my part. I don't mean it in the "he turns evil" way, but in the "he gets to be true to himself in front of someone else beside Kyon" way...which leads to esper power related explosion to a certain someone's face.

Just finished reading the light novel Our Journey to the End of the Ceasing World (Tabi ni Deyou, Horobiyuku Sekai no Hate Made). It was an interesting and nice read, though somewhat short being only 1 volume.

Then read some of the translated Baccano! novels...which led me to want another anime season yet again. The characters makes immortality seem really fun despite all the bumps along the way.

ToAru Index NT vol3 is almost fully translated, yay~ Gotta' love the guys at Baka-Tsuki...

[shadenight123]

want to waste an hour of time?
èread kokumin quiz.
all of it.
if you aren't by the end thinking that you just wasted an hour of time then...well...
explain why.

[Tellemurius]

Decided to watch Girls Bravo today as I never seen the series before....
WHAT THE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON

[ToonyMan]

Incidentally, finished FZ volume 1 and my favourite bit was actually Urobuchi's epilogue.  Something about it was just amazing.

I am full of hatred towards men's so-called happiness, and had to push the characters I poured my heart out to create into the abyss of tragedy.

Nasu totally bases characters off him.

Urobuchi hates his characters.  Everything I've read that he's written is full of tragedy although Madoka's ending was strange.

ToAru Index NT vol3 is almost fully translated, yay~ Gotta' love the guys at Baka-Tsuki...

You're not going to tell me you've actually...read all of Index are you?  I haven't even started that oh gog you're nuts
Is New Testament a direct continuation or does something weird happen?  Although it's not like I would even know for possibly years seriously my Index LN folder is 250MB of just WORDS (and illustrations).


Also I've been playing the hell out of Battle Moon Wars and it's getting pretty loopy thanks to the fact I'm up to Fate/hollow now.  Kotomine was finally mentioned by name, I wonder if I'll even see him.  It's crazy how in-depth they go for some of these plots for absolutely no reason.

Spoiler: Fate/hollow and BMW spoilers (click to show/hide)

Bazett was Lancer's Master in Fate/stay night, hopy shit.  Why didn't I realize this sooner it's so obvious.  Bazett couldn't accept her cheap death I'm guessing and somehow Avenger is with her to keep trying an impossible goal.  Lancer's earrings were just a hint for Bazett I'm guessing.

I can't wait for the new Fate/hollow patch now.  It's funny how cool Nasu's fan-discs are when usually those are suppose to be just jokes but Nasu is like NO WE HAVE TO SURPRISE EVERYBODY.

Also on chapter 3 of Intrigues which means nothing because there's like 7 chapters + the epilogue I've read almost 100 pages and that's not even half of it damn time travel shit.  Seriously Haruhi's plots always end up being Kyon figuring out how everything happens.

Spoiler: Intrigues spoilers (click to show/hide)

Koizumi popping out of the darkness was creepy as hell.  Stupid evil grin.  I wonder who the 20 something year old is?  Probably Kaji from NGE.

EDIT:
I use to talk crap about my Shirou because his was only good at soaking damage before dying, but now...now...

He's one of my best characters, I mean, after he learned

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Unlimited Blade Works (this is the Heaven's Feel Shirou so he never learned it UNTIL NOW)

he has become a killer god.  I started pumping stats into him and now he's just as competent if not more than the majority of my characters.  And his spell that instantly regens all of his HP for nothing at all is amazing.  He can't die and he kills everything.

[Patchouli]

Started Nichijou.

I think it's the Japanese version of Regular Show.

[ToonyMan]

Started Nichijou.
I think it's the Japanese version of Regular Show.

Taz linked me a scene, it was...strange.

EDIT:
Oh man, I completely forgot about the next batch of Carnival Phantasm OVAs.  Fuuuuuuuuck yeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssss
Tonight will be fun

Aw shit there's only RAWs still, I jumped the gun there.  Where are you UTW?!  Hmm...Illya's Castle Special and EX Season huh.

[tehc]

Aw shit there's only RAWs still, I jumped the gun there.  Where are you UTW?!

They've still got a while to go. Carnival Phantasm is really heavy with typesetting. __ar only just got the BDMV as well.

[quinnr]

Just watched all of Fate/stay night. It was wonderful and yet another anime to make me feel emotional. And more episodes of Mira

One question though...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Is Emiya a relative or something of Archer? They look similar and Emiya is WA too good/similar at fighting with those swords for it to be a coincidence. Never played the games so I may be missing something.

Now to watch Unlimited Blade Works and Fate/zero. And more Miraii Nikki. So much to watch!

Edit:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, why is Saber a female? I expected her to be Joan of Arc but then she turned into Arthur.

[Leafsnail]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Is Emiya a relative or something of Archer? They look similar and Emiya is WA too good/similar at fighting with those swords for it to be a coincidence. Never played the games so I may be missing something.

Watch UBW and it will tell you.  Although it is probably the most amazingly poorly paced movie I have ever seen so you might end up with more questions.

[Patchouli]

Finished Nichijou.

It was good fun. KyoAni's delicious animation.

My favorite scene was probably the joyless amusement park rides.

Quick thoughts:

• Great soundtrack. The OPs and EDs are great. Zzz is super catchy, and I love the version of Tsubasa wo Kudasai they had. Also, since I am alone, I participate in that silly little dance in the second half of the show's OP.
• Godly animation.
• Humor can be hit or miss, but it's so fast paced, it doesn't matter that much. When it's a hit, it's a HUGE hit. The range of humor is pretty wide.