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[Patchouli]

I want to see Angel Beats, since I hear a lot of good things about it, but I have such a hard time jiving with the whole look of the show.

[ToonyMan]

I want to see Angel Beats, since I hear a lot of good things about it, but I have such a hard time jiving with the whole look of the show.

Do it!  I loved Angel Beats and I don't normally like KEY stuff.

[Delta Foxtrot]

I liked the music and some of the characters in Angel Beats, but for the most part it was pretty 'meh'. Too much anime silliness for my tender tastes. Still seemed like a pretty well done for those who like that sort of stuff.

I need to watch something with a good storyline.

Any suggestions? I mean, it can be anything, just as long as it's not too heavy... or too silly. I'm really aching for something new to watch...

My apologies if I toss in some no-brainers, but here's a few that I've seen and would consider having a good storyline:

Baccano - Probation era US setting. It's pretty good. Somewhat serious from what I recall.
Princess Tutu - Lots of ballet, humans and anthropomorphic animals. Overall tone is serious enough but (un)fortunately it has your regular anime silliness here and there to cool things down.
Serial Experiments Lain - To be honest, it's been ages since I saw this but I remember it being quite interesting. Treks on the philosophical end of the Sci-Fi spectrum. Virtual reality and all that jazz. Reminds me of Blade Runner for some reason.

Out of those three, Princess Tutu is the silliest, but even then it's not that silly in the great scheme of things. For context, I've dropped at least one anime halfway through because I couldn't stand the infuriating silliness amidst superb, riveting and serious storytelling. Princess Tutu never got me even close to that threshold. And it's got a pretty good plot I assure you.

[Kobold Troubadour]

Anime with interesting stories eh?....Mmm, from the top of my head:

Monster for your drama, horror, mystery, & thriller needs.

Clannad + After Story has comedy, drama, romance and a pint supernatural stuff. One could liken it to a tapestry...all the pieces may seem different but in the end, it all comes together and became whole unto something wonderful.

Baccano stories that include the great depression, gangsters, train massacres, alchemy and immortals that's so spread out yet inevitably connected. There is no main character...
kinda/sorta' related:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

As always...forgetting more....but meh...

[JoshuaFH]

That's a great picture, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is a hellava show.

[quinnr]

Anime with interesting stories eh?....Mmm, from the top of my head:

Monster for your drama, horror, mystery, & thriller needs.

Clannad + After Story has comedy, drama, romance and a pint supernatural stuff. One could liken it to a tapestry...all the pieces may seem different but in the end, it all comes together and became whole unto something wonderful.

Baccano stories that include the great depression, gangsters, train massacres, alchemy and immortals that's so spread out yet inevitably connected. There is no main character...
kinda/sorta' related:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

As always...forgetting more....but meh...

I am watching Baccano now, finished first two episodes just yesterday. A bit confusing but it is interesting..

Spoiler: Baccano (click to show/hide)

I am sort of suspecting all the people on that train are immortal, at least what, a couple of them who were on it are incapable of dying when shot...

[ToonyMan]

More lovely dead ends.

Spoiler: Kara no Shoujo, again (click to show/hide)

On the night of April 12th you get to INFERENCE again.  I said there was multiple suspects and that it's because the disposal method is different, and then I clicked on Saito THE PHYSICIAN.  Just because that felt right.

Of course it wasn't.

On April 13th Nene the Nurse came over and brought me to an abandoned building where I was then drugged and knocked out.

Reiji wakes up gagged and bound to see Nene dead, yes she was double crossed BY A MAN.

Nene is most likely the Black Modanna while SAITO or KATSURAGI or SOMEBODY argh I have no idea is the male.

This means the male I haven't seen is probably the ringleader, with Kusaka and Nene his workers.  Kusaka was of course caught and Nene was then betrayed.

Reiji ends up starving to death next to Nene's corpse.

Screencaps:

YUKARI IS DEAD (no she isn't)
Also sleeping sleuth

:[  poor Reiji


GAME OVER

IT'S A CONSPIRACY GUYS (maybe)

This would be my third bad end.  No good ends in sight, ever.

EDIT:

Spoiler: more Kara no Shoujo despair (click to show/hide)

So picking Katsuragi gives a more detailed response.  But I still end up getting tricked by Nene, dammit.  Do I have to start from the beginning, AGAIN?  For some reason that doesn't sound like a good idea...

ARGH

EDITX2:
Also, I found some background information on Shinji Matou on the Beast's Lair forums.
Contains spoilers for the Fate/stay night VN.

Spoiler: some select quotes I liked (click to show/hide)

"Nasu: Because he was called "useless" just for the body he was born with, becoming a Master was the best thing that ever happened to him. Leaving Sakura aside, maybe he seriously wanted to team up with Shirou. When Shinji says "I'll use you", it means he appreciates you."

"Nasu: I already said this, but he's a normal person who attained great power and ran wild. In a sense, he is the character in the closest position to the reader. I wanted to convey that. But it's not "true". In the world of Fate, "true evil" refers to people like Kotomine who were broken from the start."

Come on Fate/hollow 3.0 patch...

EDITX3:
Okay I read the first three volumes of Berserk.

Holy shit this is amazing.  I'm so disappointed in myself for saving this for later it must be NOW NOW NOW

[IronyOwl]

EDITX3:
Okay I read the first three volumes of Berserk.

Holy shit this is amazing.  I'm so disappointed in myself for saving this for later it must be NOW NOW NOW

Man. How could you read/watch/play EVERYTHING but not get around to Berserk? It's obviously not because you don't like spending thirty hours in a row watching everyone die.

Of course, that reminds me that I haven't read it in forever either.

[Meansdarling]

EDITX3:
Okay I read the first three volumes of Berserk.

Holy shit this is amazing.  I'm so disappointed in myself for saving this for later it must be NOW NOW NOW

Man. How could you read/watch/play EVERYTHING but not get around to Berserk? It's obviously not because you don't like spending thirty hours in a row watching everyone die.

Of course, that reminds me that I haven't read it in forever either.

I read Berserk kinda recently too.
I'd kept hearing the bad stuff. Like there was a lot of sex/horrible violence/crazy stuff.
No one told me that I would actually care about the characters and that it had a good story.
I've read all there is on Spectrum Nexus.
Is the anime of it good?

[Glowcat]

Decent, but they leave a lot out and it ends at the Eclipse.

[quinnr]

Spoiler: Baccano (click to show/hide)

If it weren't for Isaac and Miria, I would never ride a train in my life after watching this. But they were hilarious so it's okay now.

Not quite sure if learning the rail tracer's identify helps make him more or less scary..

Anyways, having to listen to my mother tell me that so much anime is super perverted and horrible every time I try to make any anime-related purchase is getting annoying. All I want is to buy Angel Beats (pretty innocent all things considered, except for the first episode stating a goal to kill God) and The Bible: A Manga Rendition (looks fun to read, Bible has some neat stories). It really makes me want to go buy one of those body pillows from the Chinatown and see what her reaction is.

[Leafsnail]

Spoiler: Baccano (click to show/hide)

If it weren't for Isaac and Miria, I would never ride a train in my life after watching this. But they were hilarious so it's okay now.

Not quite sure if learning the rail tracer's identify helps make him more or less scary..

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Don't worry man.  As far as I know he's still limited to fictional works, and doesn't seem to be able to escape into real life yet.

[ToonyMan]

I have taken a train one time in my life (well twice to get back) and all I had was some guy staring at me funny.

Disappointing!  I guess it needed a more hard-to-say-out-loud name.

[Hawkfrost]

Anyways, having to listen to my mother tell me that so much anime is super perverted and horrible every time I try to make any anime-related purchase is getting annoying. All I want is to buy Angel Beats (pretty innocent all things considered, except for the first episode stating a goal to kill God) and The Bible: A Manga Rendition (looks fun to read, Bible has some neat stories). It really makes me want to go buy one of those body pillows from the Chinatown and see what her reaction is.

Admittedly a fair amount of it is, but that's true of any other medium as well. Trying showing her some of a good show and see if it changes her mind?



Speaking of Berserk, I am waiting for someone to sub the movie that came out recently. Hopefully it will be good.

[Neonivek]

I have taken a train one time in my life (well twice to get back) and all I had was some guy staring at me funny.

Disappointing!  I guess it needed a more hard-to-say-out-loud name.

It is sort of the law that whatever the anime is about the main character will never get a break from it.

I mean... Does Detective Conan ever as much as go to the bathroom without a murder to solve?