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Don't want to even hint at things people don't know.:

 And I agree that Armin is the character with the highest growth potential.

Slarg232 wrote:

Don't want to even hint at things people don't know.:

Was gonna do your spoiler thing when I realized I had no potential spoilers this time, just trope and character analysis

Mikasa isn't exactly a badass normal though.  She's more of a Stoic Woobie.  At least within the context of the show's world, a badass normal would be someone who wasn't trained in the spiderman gear or a soldier at all, yet could take down a titan (extreme example, I know, but it works for the concept).  Even among the trained soldiers, Mikasa is considered pretty badass.

And what would you classify Eren as now?  I'm curious

To be frank?

Cliché

Spoiler:

has anyone seen My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute?

hey its andres wrote:has anyone seen My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute?

I have not. I remember reading a bit about it on one of my TV Tropes binges a while back, though I can't remember much about it.

It's not listed on my normal site with that name, either. Do you know the Japanese translation of the title?

Oreimo (I think)

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On another note, watch this. It's like an action packed Azumanga.

hey its andres wrote:Oreimo (I think)

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On another note, watch this. It's like an action packed Azumanga.
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I have a feeling Unused Character will be very important.

Top 5 Favorite anime list then. In no order.
Fate/Zero
Higurashi
Card Captor Sakura
Lyrical Nanoha (but only A's)
Kino No Tabi

Chobits.
I prefer the manga version though.

Soul of Stray Demon wrote:Top 5 Favorite anime list then. In no order.

I will say this is impossible for me. Give me some time and I could maybe have top 3's by genre, but an overall general "top 5" is something I can't do.

My Top 5 Series:

#1.  Berserk: The manga goes further and IMO is more interesting overall, but the anime is a good introduction even though it was made with a low budget.  The "party" in the part after the anime ends even manages to avoid a single character being too generic, with the main being the closest but still hardly your "typical" protagonist.

#2.  Hunter x Hunter:  Of all the series involving superpowers of any variety whatsoever, Hunter x Hunter has by far the most organized and "fair" mechanics I've ever seen, and character strategy in usage is often as much, if not more important than raw power.  Your typical "spikey haired protagonist" isn't so typical, either.  He's willing to resort to cheap tactics occasionally, and the show doesn't overdo his "invincible potential" like so many others might...in fact even the strongest characters in the series (which the protagonist isn't) are vulnerable and have to be vigilant.  This series was ahead of its time.  In many ways, it's ahead of the current time.

My only criticism is that the anime's pacing leading up to the hunter exam is slow, though I haven't seen the remake to see if they handled that differently.
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#3-#5.  Everything from Slayers (Lina is a great protagonist and her voice acting is done so well lol) to SAO 1st season to Higurashi to Death Note 1st season has some merit.  I liked Mirai Nikki.  Akumetsu is an interesting read (don't think it has an anime though).  I even enjoyed Bleach for a while.  There are lots of shows that do things well, but still have some holes.  I could make a top 10 or even 20 and there wouldn't be too much difference in my opinion between the upper and lower ends of the list.

So I know others here have seen it (since I decided to check it out after seeing some stuff about it here on the forums) so I'm not gonna drop alot of thoughts and I'm just gonna say...

Mirai Nikki

aka

Future Diary

HOLY CENSORED WORD.

lol, Mirai Nikki is great. I love how they make the art really light to reflect the face value of it and the fact it's pretty much about yuno and yukki but then it's got the really dark underside of the storylines and the premise of the future diaries. Great series.

Top 5 is very hard for me.. But I have to say the series that blew me away most was monster (manga), it's just so intricate and well paced it's my top manga.. Top (pure) anime that I've watched would have to be Bebop (would say Aoi Bungaku, but they're adapted famous japanese stories so can't justify it)

Serious_Much wrote:lol, Mirai Nikki is great. I love how they make the art really light to reflect the face value of it and the fact it's pretty much about yuno and yukki but then it's got the really dark underside of the storylines and the premise of the future diaries. Great series.

It's one of only three series in recent memory that left me with what I like to call "the void."  Basically when a show is so good that you can't bring yourself to watch anything else for a while after it's done.  I'm gonna have to spend a few days processing all the stuff it left me thinking about.  Even through the end of the series I still didn't know who to root for because I equally loved and hated everyone

Spoiler:

and so I don't know if I should be happy or scared of the implications of the post-credits scene of the last episode.

EDIT:  Just found out there's an OVA.  Hopefully it answers more questions than it raises (don't you usually think that during the middle of a series and not after it's over?).

EDIT 2: Answered more than raised. Though I'm still not entirely sure what to think

And if you're curious (and also as a way to praise them some more), Clannad: After Story and Spice and Wolf, with Clannad leaving the biggest void by far, lasting about 2 weeks.

Oh god...I found this again .
I have to watch it again sometime, that feeling is too much .
I need to see these curved fields again !

Just going to leave this here for everyone who's seen Future Diary. I've posted this before, but for those who haven't seen it...

Something I just realized...

How you know a series is good:  You get mad at the opening for interrupting the transition between the prologue and main story.

How you know an opening is good:  You watch it anyway.

I watch the opening anyway, I find it more of a hassle to skip it.

OK I'm posting here because making a new thread to ask one thing is kind of annoying, so sorry about this not being strictly on-topic, but...

I was wondering if any of you guys know the name of this comic/graphic novel I read a long time ago.
The general plot was about these Kaiju monsters appearing all over the world, and this half-kaiju protagonist going around killing them all. The only specifics I can remember where that he had a sidekick of sorts, this human woman and a katana made out of one of the monsters fangs named Kiba...

Really want to find the name so I can get it again, it was really good. Also, while the art style seemed japanese to me, it was printed in the western manner (read front to back) not like a manga. I'm not sure if this was just the copy I read or what but yeah...

Thanks in advance if anyone knows what I'm talkin about.

Korean comics (manhwa or some such) are read left-to-right.  There are some good ones out there, too.

Soul of Stray Demon wrote:I watch the opening anyway, I find it more of a hassle to skip it.

I only watch the opening if it is a good one, if the intro of an anime is bad i will only watch the opening for the 1st episode, good intros i like are Seitokai no Ichizon, 11 eyes, or a more common one angel beats.

hey its andres wrote:has anyone seen My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute?

I have now.

Decided to take a break from this psychological mystery/thriller spree I've been on.  I rather enjoyed it.  A few of the situations, especially ones with the family when it comes to having doubts about the hobbies actually hit home a lot more personally than I thought they would.  It's also refreshing to see a standard VNA setup without a standard VNA ending.  That said though, the ending did feel kind of unresolved.

EDIT: Just found out it was a light novel an not a VNA. Oopsies. Though the story structure is quite similar.

Further thoughts on the ending.  As in, the actual details of the final scenes of the show.  If you've not seen the show then clicking this spoiler will tell you exactly how things end as well as spoiling one of the biggest mid-show plot developments, so if you have any thoughts of watching this for yourself don't even think about clicking.  The only reason I'm typing it is because I want to get these thoughts that have been bugging me off my chest:

All in all though, good watch.  Tons of cute and funny moments and can be surprisingly relatable at times.  Keeps just enough drama to not detract from the comedy, but knows when to pull back on the comedy for good character moments.

Just how horrible this is.

Soul of Stray Demon wrote:


Just how horrible this is.

Ahh...the only time subs are worse than dubs...when the Japanese try to pretend to be American.

Grumble mumble fumble bumble...:

Reaperfan wrote:

Soul of Stray Demon wrote:


Just how horrible this is.

Ahh...the only time subs are worse than dubs...when the Japanese try to pretend to be American.

Grumble mumble fumble bumble...:

Then this is really horrible.