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[ToonyMan]

You mean you never have?  Wait I'm starting to remember a distinct lack of respect.

[CJ1145]

Shut up I'm watching it now.

EDIT: WOW, episode 1 is awesome!

[Euld]

Well the first one was filler, completley random as expected, but this one was more coherent, it made sense to a certain extent, i just can't place the damn thing, is it after Aizen, before, or during?

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After the end of the Aizen arc I think, since two of the Espada were involved.

I gotta say, the new filler arc is already annoying me.  Same archetype, same matchup of villians, over and over and over...

So basically Bleach is becoming Inuyasha

The main nearly invincible villain goes around gets all his previous minions killed... Then goes and gets new ones?

Actually, Aizen has absolutely nothing to do with this new filler.  I think.  We went from Climactic Showdown Episode #50 to Random Filler #1 and now Random Filler Arc #1.  New villain with new henchmen... and the villain is already offing his underlings for being too weak o_O

[Boksi]

I have to say, the robot animations in SROGIN, but it's obvious they're skimping on character animation to conserve budget.

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[Neonivek]

I have to say, the robot animations in SROGIN, but it's obvious they're skimping on character animation to conserve budget

You sure it isn't forshadowing?

[Boksi]

I have to say, the robot animations in SROGIN are great, but it's obvious they're skimping on character animation to conserve budget

You sure it isn't forshadowing?

At first I was confused at that comment, then I realized I had forgotten to write a part of my message. Added them there. I'm talking about the giant robots.

[CJ1145]

I just finished episode three of Gurren Lagann. HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO AWESOME I AM PRACTICALLY GIDDY.

[ToonyMan]

Rollercoaster ride of emotion.

[Boksi]

Gurren Lagann is a pretty great show, yeah. It doesn't do anything original, really, but everything it does is done very well. They turn the super robot up to and above eleven, to the point where the knob simply breaks off. Then they turn it up some more.

One of my favorite moments has to be the off-screen Giga Drill Breaker in the first post-timeskip episode. It amused me greatly.

[ToonyMan]

Read through some more Volume 6 of Mirai Nikki.

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I think I'm getting to the point where Yuki isn't dealing with Yuno's shit anymore.  And I don't fucking blame him.  We start this volume with him and Yuno completely missing so Asuke decides to go out searching for those two with the help of three other school friends  and some small help from 4th's assistant guy.  When they find their location Yuno takes one hostage and starts dumping concrete on the other three.  We finally get to see Yuki strapped to a chair by chains.  If the time stamps are correct he has been stuck there for a whole fucking week with forced regular food, water, and you know by Yuno.  This is probably the biggest change I've seen in Yuki because he looks totally sullen and silent.  One of the kids manges to escape the concrete prison SHININGLY I might add.  Never thought I would like the bully character but I totally do now because he ain't a coward when he's SHINING.  Nevertheless, he confronts Yuno (who I might add probably has the highest kill count in this whole series so far), but he is totally tricked and almost killed by a crossbow at point blank.  Yuno shot a freakin crossbow at Yuki's school friend.  Let me set the picture here.  Yuno has one friend bonded and lying on the floor nearby, two others (M-something and Asuke) are almost covered pass the neck in wet concrete and now she just shot Yuki's savior in the shoulder (lucky it wasn't the chest).

Yuki ain't taking this shit anymore.

He manages to get the bonded friend to get the key for his chains to free him.

The first things he does?  He slaps that bitch.  He just walks up (yanks the crossbow from her hands) and slaps her.

As he carries his wounded friend away with the help of the post-bonded friend, Yuno tries to convince Yuki to come back.  That's when she says she wants to see the stars with him.

You can see Asuke running up to see what's up.  The SHINING bully guy did manage to free the two from their wet concrete grave, which is awesome.

Hell yeah.

[fqllve]

Oh yeah, that's a great volume.

You're right at where Yuki starts to grow the beard (finally).

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Yes, that means he gets better.

[FuzzyZergling]

I just finished episode three of Gurren Lagann. HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO AWESOME I AM PRACTICALLY GIDDY.

That means the off-model episode is next.
Listen, do not get discouraged, it gets better again!

[Neonivek]

Yumeiro Patissiere (Don't watch it BTW... I like it but I doubt anyone else would be) I am sort of convinced one character is the villain:

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Henry Sensei just seems to be the continuous villain manipulating everyone and ruining lives so he can achieve his goal of reviving the golden era of sweets.

Otherwise after an EXTREMELY rocky start the show picks up and it does what cooking animes do best which is actually highlighting the food. Which a lot of cooking shows seem to forget, especially a lot of competative cooking shows, and the ones that do remember, Ace of Cakes for example, forget that food is FOOD which is meant to be eaten. (Honestly the vast majority of Ace of Cakes Cake would taste HORRIBLE... and that is excluding the number of them that REALLY push what a cake really is when they put wood in it). Freekishly despite seemingly like she would be a Mary Sue, Ichigo's inexperience is a genuin fault and it never magically goes away. I've never seen a character be set up as a mary sue more then she did and not become one.

As much as I like to rave on Cooking Master Boy for basically having a non-sense plot with the BIGGEST Non-fanfiction Mary Sue EVER... They also did this right, though it was so culturally drenched that my own personal tastes prevented me from really getting into a lot of the dishes (for example... I don't like fish or Tofu... Guess what are the two most common dishes in that anime are? I do wish I could have some plain steam buns... Those can be delicious... Honestly my favorite flavor is plain), but they still focused on the food and its prep.

I should try to find another cooking anime, I am kinda being pulled in. I like detective animes and all but they somehow gotten to the point where the fall into this rather steep "Didn't we do this already" slump or nothing actually happens.

[Sowelu]

I request recommendations!:

I liked Death Note a ton for its sheer Xanatosity, but I thought Monster was a bit too dry (also, the guy with the air-typing schtick lost me in the first episode).
Seriously loved Wolf's Rain for that solitude+freedom thing it had going on.
Adored Hellsing (the good one), liked FMA alright.
I couldn't get into Serial Experiments Lain, which surprised me!  Got like ten episodes in but it kept not gripping me, over and over.  Liked what I saw of GitS at least, plan to see more of that.
Shaman King was a guilty pleasure and I watched all its seasons over the course of two days in college.

Any particular ones I should go after?  :D  I mean...There's a few I've been avoiding (Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece spring to mind) because they seem really fluffy and non-plot-advancey, but then I've never seen more than an episode or two of 'em.  And while I really kinda like the older classic ones with princesses and fighting dolls and angels (not Angels), I've found that the appropriate use of those animes is to watch them with a pretty girl who uses you as a footrest in the process.  So, for those times when I am not a footrest, what's good anime?

[Neonivek]

Sounds like you like animes that are a bit dark but that don't sacrifice their pacing in persuit of their vision.

Afterall Full Metal Alchemist was dark but extremely slow.

Unfortunately I tend to shy away from dark animes...

Would you like Soul Eater?

Soul Eater seems right up your alle. It is dark, quite a bit like Shamman King, and it never sacrifices pacing for plot. I also hope that is its proper name.

So yeah my suggestion is: Soul Eater

If your asking though, no I never watched it. I don't tend to watch darker animes (though I have seen some) and Soul Eater is drenched in fanservice at times which also annoys me.