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Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#201: Aug 10th 2011 at 2:44:48 PM

I suppose he could find out about the whole "my brother wants to bonk my sister" thing. I really doubt his reaction would be "Oh, well that's okay. Go for it bro! Deflower our precious sister!"

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#202: Aug 10th 2011 at 2:48:53 PM

^ He has dibs, after all.

edited 10th Aug '11 2:49:33 PM by RedSavant

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Drakyndra Her with the hat from Somewhere Since: Jan, 2001
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#203: Aug 10th 2011 at 3:17:40 PM

While that is a possibility (going by Utena, Ikuhara actually uses incest subtext for drama and conflict), I was thinking more along the lines of Kanba's willingness to do absolutely anything for Himari, no matter how morally dubious.

Shoma's a lot more hesitant about doing "wrong" things, and I can see him getting very conflicted if Kanba starts down the Well-Intentioned Extremist path.

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Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#204: Aug 10th 2011 at 6:18:37 PM

Kanba's already starting to get pretty disconcerting, if you ask me. His character arc cannot be headed anywhere good right now.

wanderingdreamer Dreamer from trapped under luggage Since: Jul, 2011
Dreamer
#205: Aug 10th 2011 at 8:29:38 PM

It comes to me that that teacher dude seemed pretty normal too, but being voiced by Akira Ishida immediately raises a "caution: probably a creep" alarm for me
I hear ya, it doesn't help that he also voiced the lavender haired villain in Star Driver (heck, lavender hair just seems to scream villain to me, Akio anyone?).

If it has a plot then I have something to say about it!
LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011
奇跡の魔女
#206: Aug 11th 2011 at 12:53:11 AM

in the same way a Toshihiko Seki character isn't a villain

Aleister Crowley begs to disagree.

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Jhiday (Don’t ask)
#207: Aug 11th 2011 at 1:56:23 AM

^ Oh, come on. Crowley revels in his sinister nature, and isn't even trying to hide it. Sure, he's vaguely on the same side as our heroes, but you just know he's up to no good.

I'm not saying Toshihiko Seki has never voiced a good guy (Isshin from Psychic Detective Yakumo would be the most recent example I can think of ; dude was a saint), it's just a very rare thing across the anime I've seen.

Signed Always Right Since: Dec, 2009
Always Right
#208: Aug 12th 2011 at 12:05:27 AM

I just noticed....whoever fansubbed this series...really likes to liberally add swear words into the dialogue. Swear words that obviously do not exist in japanese...

"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
KSPAM PARTY PARTY PARTY I WANNA HAVE A PARTY from PARTY ROCK Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#209: Aug 12th 2011 at 12:10:47 AM

Bah, who cares. It adds to the drama from time to time. Besides, we have FABULOUS MAX!

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Signed Always Right Since: Dec, 2009
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#210: Aug 12th 2011 at 12:13:27 AM

It felt so...forced and gratuitous this time. I'm referring to the part where Himari transforms and talks to that girl.

"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
SakurazakiSetsuna Together Forever... Since: Jun, 2010
Together Forever...
#211: Aug 12th 2011 at 12:31:15 AM

[up]

No, most of those insults were there. You can clearly hear her saying "Bitch" several times, and the rest of her dialog, while not an exact translation, was of the same level of insultingness.

LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011
奇跡の魔女
#212: Aug 12th 2011 at 3:36:59 AM

No Penguindrum this week. I am sad. sad

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Pokénatic from Neo-Venezia Since: Jul, 2010
#213: Aug 12th 2011 at 9:29:21 AM

[up]Aw, really? Oh yeah, the Bon festival, was it?

edited 12th Aug '11 9:29:30 AM by Pokénatic

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CeleS Eternal Dreamer from Germany Since: Sep, 2009
Eternal Dreamer
#214: Aug 13th 2011 at 12:08:18 PM

I decided to jump the Mawaru Penguindrum craze (...it's pretty popular on Pixiv at least). And I can't decide whether to shake my head or to laugh.

About. Everything.

And I don't get it. What the heck did I just watch? 8D

The Transformation Sequence looks both ridiculous and awesome...........can't describe it. It's just...both funny and sparkly. In a good and bad way.

B-but, cannot stop watching it, I am afraid. ...and these are juts the first two episodes I watched. Continuing later. Too bad there is no 6th episode already. And yes, I think I am contradicting myself a bit. IT'S THIS SERIES' FAULT.

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#215: Aug 13th 2011 at 3:59:43 PM

WELCOME TO THE PENGUINFUCK.

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CeleS Eternal Dreamer from Germany Since: Sep, 2009
Eternal Dreamer
#216: Aug 14th 2011 at 6:58:32 AM

I don't think I am getting out of this anymore, so...

Why, this is getting interesting, even. And I feel bad for missing the transformation of Himari when it didn't appear for a while...in the episode with Ringo and her Imagine Spot that really got on my nerves at some point...(Ringo is still kinda cool, I mean, she didn't drop down the hole like Shouma usually does xD)

Why, oh why are we always so drawn to crazy series?

edited 14th Aug '11 6:58:44 AM by CeleS

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LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011
奇跡の魔女
#217: Aug 14th 2011 at 7:16:36 AM

I got two (technically three) people watching this. For some reason, I feel so proud [lol]

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Risu Tempting Fate Since: Aug, 2011
#218: Aug 14th 2011 at 9:28:02 AM

I love this anime! It's one of the first that I started watching as soon as it was being aired. I didn't start doing this until the Winter '11 season at all, so it's still exciting for me!

The episode with Ringo's Imagine Spots was definitely the most annoying. I wouldn't have minded so much if there wasn't a gratuitous amount of *singing* in them.

I find it disturbing that I find myself relating to the shows that cause the most WTF reactions, especially since there's a Yandere Stalker with a Crush in this one.

edited 14th Aug '11 9:28:46 AM by Risu

CeleS Eternal Dreamer from Germany Since: Sep, 2009
Eternal Dreamer
#219: Aug 14th 2011 at 12:51:36 PM

I am kinda amused, though. In Durarara!!, which was, technically, set in 2010 (the anime, the novel was set in another time...2005 or so?), the cellphones were still those flat cell phones with buttons. (In the novel, one was an iPhone-lookalike, however.)

Now it's touch screen cell phone. And most likely android, too. It's getting popular in Japan now, I believe; the anime gives us a modern feeling 8D *proudly owns an android phone, not that anyone cares*. Also...Sony likes to add their two cents by often using their typical vibration sound whenever an sms arrives in the anime, no? At least I think that vobration tone is pretty characteristic for Sony cell phones...

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Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#220: Aug 18th 2011 at 7:59:36 PM

So, episode 6.

Somebody needs to get Ringo to a psychologist, and quickly.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#221: Aug 18th 2011 at 8:02:03 PM

It's amazing: she starts out as a creepy stalker, but she still manages to keep getting worse

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#222: Aug 18th 2011 at 11:58:07 PM

That bitch needs help.

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SakurazakiSetsuna Together Forever... Since: Jun, 2010
Together Forever...
#223: Aug 19th 2011 at 12:27:18 AM

As hilarious as Ringo's psycho-stalker act is, she really does need help.

Jhiday (Don’t ask)
#224: Aug 19th 2011 at 1:20:40 AM

Well, at least now we have an explanation for Ringo's behaviour, but... yeah. Still messed up as heck.

Although she's outcreeped by Redhead Mc Shooty. WTF ?

LORd Too Good For You Since: Aug, 2012
Too Good For You
#225: Aug 19th 2011 at 3:16:02 AM

Wow. Ringo's diary is spectacularly useless, though this episode left me thinking that it's not magical at all — just an ordinary diary about the ordinary things Momoka did with Tabuki while she was still alive that Ringo's turned into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy artifact in her crazy delusion. IIRC the only thing that really contradicts this is the bit about the woman with the red shoes, which is also vague enough to be just another coincidence, or alternatively the diary is just magical enough that our mystery woman is somehow and for some reason also trying to recreate some scenario described on its pages.

Please be gentle with me.

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