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#10251: Sep 2nd 2011 at 1:20:24 PM

So, I've just started watching Shion No Ou, because hey, "Tournament Arc + murder mystery" sounded fun (and I wondered how a mute main character would work).

First WTF moment : the OP. Hilariously over-the-top. (Was that a sad attempt to jump onto the Death Note bandwagon ?)

Second WTF moment : The Reveal about you-know-who, two thirds of the way through the first episode. That's a very ballsy move straight out of the gate, and proof that the writers weren't afraid of putting it some very stupid (but attention-grabbing) stuff. It worked, because I'm hooked now, despite knowing absolutely nothing about shogi.

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#10252: Sep 2nd 2011 at 7:02:04 PM

Ran across a few new(ly translated) manga and thought I would mention them.

Gangsta (oh hey someone not me made a wiki entry for this) involves a couple of hardcore mercenaries and a prostitute in an unknown country. It feels like what Dogs Bullets & Carnage could be if the artist actually bothered to draw backgrounds once in awhile.

Arachnid is the story of spider-girl...no wait, she's a girl, who gets trained by a spider-themed assassin. The first volume has an ending that I didn't think would happen for another ten chapters, but it came surprisingly fast. I guess it's a good thing the "origin" story's over, so we are in the "what now?" stage of the plot.

Absorb Ability (fuck you random semi-colon) involves a strain of influenza that can turn people into furries or bird-people. Except that there's one boy who fights them with a different strain of the different strain. And his friend is Made of Iron. So I guess it's a series of people who are Cursed with Awesome?

In any case, I like all three so far, and there's only a handful of chapters for each so you don't have to Archive Binge yet.

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#10253: Sep 2nd 2011 at 11:24:33 PM

The story revolves around a poor high school student named Yō Satō. Satō goes to the supermarket one day and discovers a bentō (boxed meal) on sale at half price. Just as he reaches to grab it, he ends up on the floor unconscious. Satō has just entered the fierce, no-holds-barred "supermarket survival battle" for half-price bentō.

Oh, Japan.

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#10254: Sep 2nd 2011 at 11:27:52 PM

[up]Given the injuries and fights I've heard about on Boxing Day sales, I don't think that's just a Japan thing. People go crazy for cheap shit.

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#10255: Sep 2nd 2011 at 11:31:52 PM

[up][up]Then what about the plot of "C"? Economics anime with mons! Anime is just ridiculously over-the-top

edited 2nd Sep '11 11:32:00 PM by djmaca

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#10256: Sep 2nd 2011 at 11:44:46 PM

[up][up]I think he just means only the Japanese would come up with a premise based around that.

edited 2nd Sep '11 11:45:00 PM by Sporkaganza

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#10258: Sep 3rd 2011 at 2:26:00 AM

Then what about the plot of "C"? Economics anime with mons! Anime is just ridiculously over-the-top

Even regular economics can be surprisingly awesome given the right atmosphere and characters.

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#10259: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:15:46 PM

Just started watching So Ra No Wo To. The OP is so obviously Kalafina. :3

Well, that was a pretty calming and amusing episode...

edited 3rd Sep '11 9:35:03 PM by LiberatedLiberater

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#10260: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:24:11 PM

I didn't even realize it.

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#10261: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:41:04 PM

[up][up] Is that anime any good? Never watched it.

Nasu Kinoko, exactly what kind of fetish is it that you have with eyeballs?

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#10262: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:42:23 PM

[up] I'm pretty sure whatever is, it wouldn't nearly as bad as ones from the fifth KNK movie.

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#10263: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:44:45 PM

[up][up] It's described as "K-On! in the military". But Commander Obvious says it's more than that, so I'm willing to watch it. I'm only on the first ep, so I can't really say.

Eyeball fetish? He doesn't use it as much as, say, seafood metaphors.

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#10264: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:47:26 PM

Weren't the seafood metaphors only in Tsukihime?

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#10265: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:48:56 PM

Blah, I'm not sure anymore. Nasu and his weirdly-written sex can go burn in a fire.

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#10266: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:49:09 PM

[up] Hey! Don't diss the Nasu!

I just keep wondering why almost everything he does is related to eyes. In Kn K and Tsukihime, we have the Mystic Eyes. In Canaan, Canaan's eyes change color nigh constantly, and probably tie into her powers somehow (still haven't finished it). Why the fascination with eyes? *

edited 3rd Sep '11 9:50:37 PM by KSPAM

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#10267: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:50:42 PM

Urgh, don't remind me...I actually had a misfortune of reading the sex scene part and..gah.

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#10268: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:50:55 PM

Well, the eyes, after all, are the windows to the soul. Woops [lol]

Well, it's true. Eyes are heavily tied to magic.

edited 3rd Sep '11 9:51:39 PM by LiberatedLiberater

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#10269: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:51:53 PM

... You got lucky.

Still, just to see it used so often by one author is a little strange. There is definitely some Author Appeal there, I just hope it's not the creepy kind.

Also, what sex scene now?

edited 3rd Sep '11 9:53:33 PM by KSPAM

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#10270: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:52:53 PM

[up][up] Which reminds me, the Mystic Eye of Death Perception is the coolest Evil Eye EVER. Sharingan and Geass can shove it. By the way, I'm the one who uploaded the picture in that page because...SO PRETTY!

edited 3rd Sep '11 9:53:40 PM by dRoy

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#10271: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:53:44 PM

[up] Totes.

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LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011
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#10272: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:53:47 PM

I find it amusing that the Nasuverse gets an entire folder in Evil Eye.

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#10273: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:54:14 PM

[up] I'm the one who folderized it. tongue

edited 3rd Sep '11 9:54:29 PM by dRoy

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#10274: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:56:03 PM

There's a lot of symbolism that's tied to the eyes. Sure, there's some author appeal, but I think I can share the sentiments of using eyes as an important part of magic. There's just something poetic or mystical about it.

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#10275: Sep 3rd 2011 at 9:56:56 PM

Balor, anyone?

edited 3rd Sep '11 9:57:34 PM by dRoy

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