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Really looking forward to this one - it's the show I'm most anticipating this season. Here's hoping it's good!
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folgore posted:As a general question, do the Japanese often portray high school in an idyllic way? I've never read a manga before this one or watched a lot of anime. Sometimes it feels like Tomoko is loitering in front of the gates to a teenager-only paradise. You have no idea, man. As far as anime is concerned, your life ends somewhere around 20. After that, you're the grizzled authority figure. They idealize the poo poo out of High School in anime.
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Jul 5, 2013 11:32
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Painful social awkwardness is every bit as hilarious as I'd hoped.
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Jul 9, 2013 12:29
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This is easily my favorite show of the season, so far. Haven't laughed this hard since Daily Lives.
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Jul 17, 2013 23:14
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Her fantasizing in Gym class had me in stitches. (I love that even in her fantasies, she has the bruising under her eyes.)
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Jul 23, 2013 11:05
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Tenebrais posted:That's a big part of the appeal, really. She's not unpopular because of some cutesy-endearing awkwardness; she actually is an unpleasant person. You can sympathise with her crushing loneliness, but also laugh at things going badly for her, 'cause it has this slapstick quality. That's a great way of putting it, and yeah, you're absolutely right. If anything, I'm finding that it makes the character far more relateable than the typical, clumsy, 'quiet moe girl' that in other circumstances she'd probably be shoehorned into as a character. She's not endearing on every safe, fanservice-baiting level - she's legitimately insecure, socially broken, and selfish, which makes her infinitely more human. Character, not caricature. The result is that I'm rooting for this girl to succeed, even if I would have never been her friend if I met someone like her.
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Jul 23, 2013 23:20
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Or read it, if the anime's art-style doesn't agree with you. Its use of rotoscoping is pretty hit or miss.
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Jul 24, 2013 22:52
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Seriously, those loving tall chairs. Does anyone actually enjoy sitting in them?
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Aug 6, 2013 20:32
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Oh, she's not that bad. Girl just needs some human contact. I'm sure she'd mellow out after college.
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Aug 9, 2013 05:20
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Yeah, in spite of people warning that this show was going to be an artistic mess before the show aired, I've been pretty satisfied with the art direction. The many neat animation moments and well-accomplished visual flourishes have really elevated this show.
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Aug 13, 2013 14:54
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My stomach dropped when they showed the headphones in the wrong port. This was always teenage-me's worst nightmare when it came to porn browsing. Viva la USB. Harettazetta fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Aug 20, 2013 |
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Aug 20, 2013 21:14
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We're apparently watching the most mean-spirited anime ever.Kotaku: Richard Eisenbeis posted:It's just reveling in the pain of a mentally ill person—laughing at a girl who is even more awkward than they were in order to feel better about their own lives. 'Kay, Rich.
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Aug 21, 2013 14:31
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Another solid episode, but I dunno if I'm quite on the train to call it the pinnacle of even what they've shown so far. That said... The card game. Oh god. I love you, show. Don't ever change.
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Aug 28, 2013 06:16
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MadRhetoric posted:But hey, Tomoko's popular with little kids. The fact that was she was popular with anyone sorta melted my heart a little.  poo poo, I'm cheering for this idiotic sociopath. Edit: Also, looking back, this is the 'smith'iest thread.
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Shoo-in for my 2013 anime of the year, so far. I'll miss you, you crazy bastard of a show. Speaking of 'probably-never-getting-a-second-season', I've tried googling, but I've been unable to come up with a site that shows Blu-Ray sales figures for anime. Just how dire are we talking for Watamote's Blu-Ray preorders/sales?
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