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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#176: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:03:47 PM

This is serious business. I am a victim of your vicious slander. I don't think I can allow this to pass unremarked.

Did you misread petty as pretty on purpose? Anyway, let's just drop it.

I hope the Mio arc doesn't take too long. She was one of the characters that bored me most in TWGOK.

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#177: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:06:37 PM

I was looking for the slightest window for a rant.

EHK Happy Christmas! from EAST ALWAYS EAST Since: Mar, 2010
Happy Christmas!
#178: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:09:54 PM

Me too Arha, Mio is forgettable and we know for certain she does not have a Goddess. It's like the author realized she is boring...

A friend is someone you trust to help you move. A best friend is someone you trust to hide the body.
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#179: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:12:13 PM

Personally, I think the first three captures are pretty terrible. Ayumi basically just introduces the premise, so I guess that's okay, but Mio's is just boring. A boring capture of a boring character. Kanon is sort of outrageous in a way that gives you the feeling that the author is turning up the dial once he realized that the initial premise wasn't enough to carry the series anymore. It feels a bit desperate. "Hey, idols! Magic! Stunguns! She's interesting, right?"

Starting with Shiori though, you get this nice balance of the absurd and the poignant. It's slow paced yet not boring and for the first time it feels like we're trying to understand someone rather than deceive them. It feels honestly sweet without sacrificing characterization or the humor. While the story goes up and down after this point, this is the point where I thought the series actually might live up to its potential.

edited 13th Oct '10 8:32:23 PM by Clarste

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#180: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:14:33 PM

Never really thought of that before, but I think you're right about the first three. Kind of surprising when you look at it like that; Why have Kanon be the vessel of a goddess when she had a rather boring arc?

edited 13th Oct '10 8:14:53 PM by Arha

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#181: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:21:07 PM

So he can reuse old characters. It is kind of tiresome to keep introducing new characters who you never see again. That's also one of the reasons I'm more forgiving of Ayumi: while her capture was rushed she's still gotten post-capture character development as one of Elsee's friends. I don't think it's implausible that Kanon could receive such a treatment.

edited 13th Oct '10 8:21:25 PM by Clarste

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#182: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:29:01 PM

Well, yes, but there were lots of characters to reuse. Why pick Kanon?

Sackett Since: Jan, 2001
#183: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:30:54 PM

Because Kanon remembering and loving him would cause the greatest trouble for Keima

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#184: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:32:36 PM

Now you're making me suspect the third goddess is in Jun. Causes problems, she hasn't shown up in ages and perhaps her 'fix stuff' personality will have something to do with a goddess like Kanon's singing getting linked to a muse?

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#185: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:37:09 PM

The next few will all be revealed at the same time though, right? So unless there's only one more it's inaccurate to label any as the third.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#186: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:39:16 PM

Well, it would be the third revealed. Also, I was under the impression that there were only three anyway.

AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#187: Oct 13th 2010 at 8:59:15 PM

Okay,I saw my first Shout-Out in the anime - the class all laugh at Keima in the style of Peanuts.grin

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Billabong from Australia Since: Apr, 2010
#188: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:11:37 PM

Also, Elsee's boss is chief Dokuro.

But, that ED. Foot Focus, Foot Focus everywhere.

edited 13th Oct '10 9:11:52 PM by Billabong

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#189: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:15:39 PM

Her boss was always called that. Doesn't Dokuro mean skull or something?

edited 14th Oct '10 11:29:28 AM by Arha

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#190: Oct 13th 2010 at 9:22:01 PM

To the dictionary!

Yes, it does mean skull.

Arilou Taller than Zim from Quasispace Since: Jan, 2001
Taller than Zim
#191: Oct 14th 2010 at 3:03:58 AM

Elsie's "reveal" was hilarious.

Also "My mom used to be in a biker gang."

"No, the Singularity will not happen. Computation is hard." -Happy Ent
LORd Too Good For You Since: Aug, 2012
Too Good For You
#192: Oct 14th 2010 at 11:20:56 AM

You know, I kinda like this sorta whiny, sorta pathetic new anime Keima. Unflappable Magnificent Bastard manga Keima is fine too, but there's a perverse sort of satisfaction to watching him constantly get dragged down from his high horse.

The bright colors of the artwork still make my head hurt, but I'll still probably watch this to the end, if only for the seriously boss OP and the pretty fancy ED.

Please be gentle with me.
EHK Happy Christmas! from EAST ALWAYS EAST Since: Mar, 2010
Happy Christmas!
#193: Oct 14th 2010 at 1:28:32 PM

The ED actually made me watch peoples feet. Normally I don't care but it was so bright an colorful....

A friend is someone you trust to help you move. A best friend is someone you trust to hide the body.
Customer Since: Sep, 2009
#194: Oct 14th 2010 at 1:54:47 PM

I'm not seeing how Anime!Keima is different from Manga!Keima at the moment, save for the anime having him be less of a jerk. This may or may not be due to Keima not having many internal monologues like he does in the manga.

Of course, I'm probably too busy being distracted by El and Keima's mother to notice.

ED is... cute, although I wonder how much of a hit it was with foot-lovers.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#195: Oct 14th 2010 at 2:10:53 PM

Rereading the manga from the start, I can't help but notice that Anime!Keima isn't that different from Manga!Keima at all. It looks like Manga!Keima's personality wasn't very definite yet during this time period, making him already look a bit softer when compared to his later incarnation.

I'd say that the Keima we know and love didn't actually appear untill the Kusunogi arc.

Joaqs Técnico Electromecánico from Argentina Since: Jul, 2009
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#197: Oct 14th 2010 at 5:11:40 PM

Oh, I thought that was obvious and sort of the point of the chapter.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#198: Oct 15th 2010 at 9:25:00 AM

Just noticed an interesting detail: Old-devil-girl-whose-name-I-keep-forgetting has the same sort of horn as Nora does.

EHK Happy Christmas! from EAST ALWAYS EAST Since: Mar, 2010
Happy Christmas!
#199: Oct 15th 2010 at 10:03:49 AM

That makes sense because, if I remember correctly, Nora claims to be descended from the Old Devils, and that's why her horns are like that. They would be more likely to rebel than just some random devil probable.

A friend is someone you trust to help you move. A best friend is someone you trust to hide the body.
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#200: Oct 15th 2010 at 10:11:49 AM

You would think they'd all be descended from the Old Devils considering the difference is cultural...


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