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Desertopa Not Actually Indie Since: Jan, 2001
Not Actually Indie
#176: Jan 1st 2012 at 5:01:50 AM

How much of the novels does the anime cover and how accurate is it in comparison? Baka-Tsuki only has Hitagi Crab fully translated and one of the other novels so...

The anime is so accurate to the light novels that I gave up reading the translations before I reached the last available chapters because it was as if someone had transcribed the anime.

...eventually, we will reach a maximum entropy state where nobody has their own socks or underwear, or knows who to ask to get them back.
Raso Cure Candy Since: Jul, 2009
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#177: Jan 1st 2012 at 5:04:14 AM

Yeah its very accurate, and with a good sub Freeze-Frame Bonus even gives his Novel thoughts in a single frame at times.

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Heatth (X-Troper) Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
#178: Jan 1st 2012 at 5:31:15 AM

[up][up][up]Oh, it is not like she is unlikable. Or even annoying. She is just creepy. But as fillerdude said, so are the other girls. Heck, personally, I find Mayoi to be the last unsettling of them all. And she is a freaking ghost!

Nadeko is still the number one in creepiness for me, though.

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#179: Jan 1st 2012 at 5:43:15 AM

I think its really the Florence Nightingale Effect at work for a lot of them especially Nadeko.

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Thrombin excellent Since: Jun, 2010
excellent
#180: Jan 1st 2012 at 10:05:52 AM

Subs for the new 60-second trailer by UTW.

Organics Toast Connoisseur from Hidden in that crate Since: Jan, 2011
Toast Connoisseur
#181: Jan 3rd 2012 at 8:22:42 PM

Honestly, one of the main appeals of all of the girls is that there's a creepy factor to all of them. Even the ones that aren't outright dangerous are untrustworthy at times, and are damaged to one degree or another. It makes them unpredictable. Kanbaru demonstrates quite effectively that love can make you volatile and dangerous, and that's part of what gives Nadeko's little crush teeth, even if she never really does anything to validate the creepy. It helps that she's just young enough — and like Heatth said, sensual enough — to make it uncomfortable.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#182: Jan 7th 2012 at 11:18:19 AM

Well, the episode is out now.

Tenzen12 Red Lagoon Since: Jul, 2011
Red Lagoon
#183: Jan 7th 2012 at 11:30:48 AM

Hilarious from begening to every end. I don't even know, what I should point out (except Araragi being total pedophile and massive Leaning on the Fourth Wall)

Anyway best anime of this season so far (I think chance for being better than these that have yet to come is pretty high as well)

edited 7th Jan '12 11:56:09 AM by Tenzen12

Thrombin excellent Since: Jun, 2010
excellent
#184: Jan 7th 2012 at 12:51:21 PM

Everything that made me a SHAFT fanboy is back in droves. I actually laughed out loud at the extremely silly courtroom dialogue.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#185: Jan 7th 2012 at 1:03:21 PM

Personally I was a bit underwhelmed, although I recognize that the pay-off for these conversations may not come for another few episodes.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#186: Jan 7th 2012 at 3:06:51 PM

Wait, did the first scene happen, or was that a metaphor for forcing Araragi to study?

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#187: Jan 7th 2012 at 3:33:46 PM

It happens on the 30th. The rest of the episode takes place on the 29th, so it's a flashback leading up to that.

LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011
奇跡の魔女
#188: Jan 7th 2012 at 8:33:11 PM

Hmm, did all of you watch it on Crunchyroll? If so, how are the subs?

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#189: Jan 7th 2012 at 8:48:07 PM

Decent at least. I didn't notice anything unusual about them, which is pretty high praise for a translation as far as I'm concerned.

UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#190: Jan 7th 2012 at 9:57:17 PM

So we did have a Kudere who liked to think of herself as a Tsundere, but now it's looking more like Yandere. Oh my.

While Araragi is hilariously like a tsundere lolicon (although that was carried on a bit too far this episode IMHO).

Of course it was interesting to find out something about Araragi's sisters.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#191: Jan 7th 2012 at 9:59:03 PM

No more need for spoilers. And Senjogahara has always had a yandere streak to her. It's one of the reasons she entertains people but no one would want to know her.

UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#192: Jan 7th 2012 at 10:07:48 PM

Well, I've never found her all that entertaining.

Perhaps because it's obvious from when you first meet her that she is this dangerous.

But I was lulled into a false sense of security by the end of last season.

Speaking of which, couldn't Shinobu help in this situation?

Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Pretty flower
#193: Jan 7th 2012 at 10:19:22 PM

Araragi would have to call her first. And that has the potential of being overkill.

edited 7th Jan '12 10:20:19 PM by Spirit

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NoirGrimoir Rabid Fujoshi from San Diego, CA Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Rabid Fujoshi
#194: Jan 7th 2012 at 11:07:56 PM

Holy shit, Senjougahara is even more yandere than usual in the first episode of Nise. And Koyomi is unexpectedly ripped. O_O

Otherwise though, not much actually happened int his episode. you know, even less than in most Bakemonogatari episodes.

edited 7th Jan '12 11:29:10 PM by NoirGrimoir

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#195: Jan 7th 2012 at 11:49:32 PM

Given that the arc takes up an entire volume, I'd expect the pacing to be slightly different from what we're used to in Bake. Karen Bee should be about 6 or 7 episodes compared to the rather brisk 2-3 episodes most arcs got in the first series.

edited 7th Jan '12 11:49:39 PM by Clarste

LiberatedLiberater 奇跡の魔女 from [DATA EXPUNGED] Since: Jun, 2011
奇跡の魔女
#196: Jan 8th 2012 at 11:01:47 AM

not much actually happened int his episode

Even so, it was the good/hilarious kind of nothing. And it's not exactly nothing — the serious conversation between Mayoi and Koyomi does highlight something important about their relationship.

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Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#197: Jan 8th 2012 at 1:57:47 PM

As some people pointed out in another board, maybe the episode was intended to be a bridge between Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari.

Anyways, I know speculating is useless since all the answers are out there in the light novels (which I havent read) but at the end of the episode I sort of thought it was hinted that Hachikuji would be leaving like Oshino did so maybe that was a goodbye.

Also, aparently he gets kidnapped the very same day the episode takes place. Could it be that Senjôgahara is upset at something, or is she afraid Araragi will try to save someone/be hunted down by something, and its just traying to protect him while teasing him? After all, he has shown to be quite willing to embark on suicide missions before. But maybe she is just doing it for the Lulz, since that is the sort of thing she would do, If I remember correctly she has warned Araragi before of ripping his skin off and that sort of thing so it isnt that surprising.

There is also the fact that, because he stayed behind to "play" with Hachikuji he sort of left Nadeko waiting for him. Add to that that Hanekawa is having some sort of trouble so... there ya go.

I also loved the quality...

But, even do it was awesome, what I want to see is more of the Araragi sisters. Someone above said that the mayor appeal of Koyomi´s "harem" was that they all were creepy some way or another. In one of the promos the Araragi sisters say "we are not making justice, we are justice"...

edited 8th Jan '12 2:03:13 PM by Baff

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#198: Jan 8th 2012 at 2:00:19 PM

I thought it was pretty clear that Senjougahara had an actual fear. Probably saving him from himself, to prevent a repeat of what happened in the Suruga Monkey arc. She doesn't seem like the type to do this for no good reason, even if she enjoys it a bit too much.

edited 8th Jan '12 2:00:35 PM by Clarste

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#199: Jan 8th 2012 at 2:14:40 PM

I thought the series was meta and Megaphone Hanging before but man they hit it out of the park there. wondering if we are going to dance in the ending.... Haha.

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Baff Since: Jul, 2011
#200: Jan 8th 2012 at 2:19:38 PM

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Well he specifically mentions that so that is probably the likeliest thing to happen.

Koyomi says something like "In this kind of situation Kanbaru would do that (feed him)" to which she replies "but what happened when I saw her with you?"

[up] And they didnt dance at the end sad

I also didnt get the Evangelion reference...

edited 8th Jan '12 2:20:32 PM by Baff

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