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I said "literature" though. I wouldn't be surprised if Back to the Future was based on a book but it doesn't seem to be. And I've never heard of Dog of Flanders, so there you go.
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Makatka posted:I said "literature" though. I wouldn't be surprised if Back to the Future was based on a book but it doesn't seem to be. And I've never heard of Dog of Flanders, so there you go. Back to the Future isn't, but it does have an amazing novelization. On topic, apparently the Moomin books are popular. Japan's got a lot of foreign literature in circulation.
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Sep 2, 2019 21:04
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Omg, the Moomin  The anime adaptation hosed me up so hard when I was a kid
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Sep 2, 2019 21:20
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This ep was pretty heavy, usually there's more comedy to break up the drama.
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Droyer posted:This ep was pretty heavy, usually there's more comedy to break up the drama. I dunno, Milo choosing the shittiest, cheapest love hotel was a pretty solid powermove. And in the end he won with the strongest technique of all that Hongo never accounted for.
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Was Jujou the gyaru? <-- bad with names
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Sep 7, 2019 04:22
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Yeah. I guess student privacy isn't really a thing in Japan? The teacher going "she dropped out 'cause she got knocked up" was kinda messed up to me and would never fly here.
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Minors are covered under Japan's privacy laws, but that poor girl's run afoul of Social Harmony and deserves to have her dirty laundry aired to keep the other kids in line. They're pretty sure she's too busy being a disgrace to her family to take them to court(Her parents would say it serves her right anyway). The law's the law, but culture is culture. Are you ready for the School-wide morality crackdown? I know I'm...not. ¥2500 Rest. Milo is a savage. Kazusa's panties arc was gripping.  Had about enough of your poo poo, Niina.  Be strong, Momo.
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Paracelsus posted:Was Jujou the gyaru? Yep. Also, if I was paying attention correctly at the start of the episode (which I might not have been), she was also the writer of the book that beat Hongo to market. Makes sense since the editor they were looking for someone experienced in, well, loving, over literary style.
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When did I get that av? I went over a decade without one, so it's strange to suddenly appear.
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Paracelsus posted:When did I get that av? I went over a decade without one, so it's strange to suddenly appear. It's probably a gift from permabanned user DILBERT AS gently caress.
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Makatka posted:If there's one thing this series makes me certain of is that we are in desperate need of obligatory sex-ed classes. Japanese sexual repression ain't great.
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Sep 9, 2019 06:02
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Eagerly awaiting seeing Milo covered in hot dogs next episode.
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Of all the ways I was anticipating this show to end, I gotta say a hostage situation wasn't one of them. Sonezaki and Amagi continue to be the best, and having them of all people end up as scapegoats is a brilliant way to spur things towards the climax. I'm really happy she's grown as a person so as to understand the way Jujou is being treated is bullshit.
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Shyrka posted:Eagerly awaiting seeing Milo covered in hot dogs next episode. Poor Milo. Right after he testified to defend his students, too. If his suffering wasn't so funny, I'd really feel bad for him.
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Man, that last plot development is really, really dumb. And there's about six other interesting storylines I'd prefer they wrap up in the next 24 minutes. 
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Yeah, I'm not thrilled with how this episode went. I've been in love with this show all throughout but it feels like it's taken a really questionable turn here. With only one episode remaining it's going to be hard to wrap things up in a satisfying way for all the girls' arcs while also dealing with the new developments from this week that have taken focus.
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Believe in Mari Okada. Believe in your feelings getting punched in the crotch. With Brass knuckles.
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Sep 14, 2019 17:45
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All I want to know is who's gonna commit suicide
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Sep 14, 2019 17:55
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Best option would be Saegusa, but from reading the room it seems like Okada doesn't do endings that are completely satisfying for our protagonists.
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esselfortium posted:Yeah, I'm not thrilled with how this episode went. I've been in love with this show all throughout but it feels like it's taken a really questionable turn here. With only one episode remaining it's going to be hard to wrap things up in a satisfying way for all the girls' arcs while also dealing with the new developments from this week that have taken focus. The show hasn't been bad, but it never fully lived up to the level of expectation set by the first episode.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Best option would be Saegusa, but from reading the room it seems like Okada doesn't do endings that are completely satisfying for our protagonists. Was it The Virgin Suicides where the whole female cast killed themselves in the end?
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Coxswain Balls posted:Best option would be Saegusa, but from reading the room it seems like Okada doesn't do endings that are completely satisfying for our protagonists. I wouldn't say that. She definitely does emotional endings, but I can think of a bunch of shows right off the top of my head that were overall satisfying. Anohana had Menma's ghost moved on, which is sad, but also what ghosts are meant to do, and she did it after helping her family and friends recover from the tragedy of her death. Hisone and Masotan had everybody live, and the main breakup get fixed, even if Hisone's survival was only revealed in the last shot. And in IBO, she was the one arguing for the ending we got... which was considerably happier than the alternatives on the table. She's got a deserved rep for tearjerkers, but she doesn't just do tragedy for tragedy's sake in the endgame.
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Paracelsus posted:The show hasn't been bad, but it never fully lived up to the level of expectation set by the first episode. I'd amend that to the first 2-3 episodes, but yeah. It's a tough genre, to be fair. I hope they can stick the landing...
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I did not expect this to turn into a student occupation, but now I'm wondering if Hongo is a deliberate reference to the Todai Riots.
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I think that hostage situation twist isn't that bad. There is some bad air between them, so thanks to teamwork and newly acquired powers of sex they will (hopefully) resolve their problems while freeing Sonezaki. It's definitely more of a grand finale than I expected, but the show was getting a bit stale and hopeless lately, so that's a welcome change. But yeah, the ending probably will be a bit underwhelming (I just hope Momo'll be okay  )
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The literature club resorting to hostage-taking was clearly foreshadowed by them using blackmail to get a club advisor. Fearsome juvenile crime syndicate
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chiasaur11 posted:And in IBO, she was the one arguing for the ending we got... which was considerably happier than the alternatives on the table.
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Wark Say posted:TBF, the ending we got still felt like they got off light. While Orga was often good at thinking on his feet and making the most as he went, the fact that some of the crew of Tekkadan + Kudelia survived after he sided with Macky still feels like a dadgum miracle, because Rustal was a ruthless (if somewhat pragmatic) mo'fo. Yeah, the last five episodes were heavily revised after discussion between Okada and the director (her longtime collaborator Tatsuyki Nagai). In the original version, everybody died. Presumably, Orga's "Change our names, fake our deaths, move to Canada until this blows over" plan wasn't how he'd originally react to disaster.
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And we're done. (Well, there was apparently an epilogue chapter of the manga, so we might get something in OVA form, but I wouldn't bet on it.) Surprisingly solid ending considering how much it needed to wrap up. And of course It fit.
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Somehow the funniest part of this episode was the school staff showing up, briefly confronting the Literature Club, then... just deciding it wasn't really worth the effort to deal with right now and leaving.
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Yeah, there were some good gags here, and I 100% appreciate them ending on a sex joke, but I don’t think it holds together well. It was worth watching but (in my mind anyway) totally didn’t live up to the promise of the first three eps or so.
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I quite enjoyed the show overall but I don't think it'll stay with me for long. It really had a lot of potential though
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