Professor Irony said:
AironicallyHuman said:
City Hunter is the greatest anime ever created.
This. It is effectively the anime equivalent of the A-Team.
Never watched A-Team. I have however watched Rocky 3 and know that the ULTIMATE trash-talking black guy villain is in both it and A-Team. Only a _____ could possibly dislike Rocky 1-3 and/or City Hunter... or a woman. One of the two. REAL men appreciate such manliness, without fail.
I'm ashamed of myself for not having watched City Hunter sooner; me being a huge GTO fanboy and all. Onizuka and Ryo are practically clones of each other--both managing to seduce countless ladies with their manliness, scaring away an equal amount with their perverted silliness, resisting the temptations of school girls, and always having a piercing stare/manly speech at the ready when the impossible needs doing in order to save the day.
CH's ONLY flaw, thus far, is how poorly the death of Ryo's partner was handled at the start; it being resolved - typically - in a single episode and never getting mentioned again--Ryo now getting the ecchi mallet/hammer treatment given to Akito from Sana in Kodocha by his otherwise worthless new lady partner.
Even at this early stage, I know I'm going to watch every CH offering and even start its spin-off, Angel Heart, afterward. It's THAT good. 26 episodic episodes in, and I'm still yet to be bored. I could sit and watch it for hours.
fabricatedlunatic said:
It never ceases to amaze me how anime fans manage to find gay/lesbian subtext in even the most innocent of relationships. Anyway, seeing as Christmas is supposed to be 12 or something, I'd say it's a good thing. But then I don't have Sana on my favourite character list...
It's a good show. I'm surprised I was the first to write a Kurau/Witchblade recommendation on MAL, so similar are the themes shared by the two. With you liking Witchblade, I'm not surprised that Kurau is also up your street.
I got the distinct impression Christmas was made so young in order to avoid people thinking the series promotes lesbianism. If they had been the same age, a closer than close relationship between a short-haired, useless in the kitchen tomboy and long-haired, feminine, domesticated lady would have automatically got the dirty thoughts flowing. But with them sharing a protective older sister/naive younger sister relationship, their love comes across far more purely, and there's been NOTHING whatsoever suggesting that cucumbers will be used, at a later date.
My mind is, and has been in the gutter for the longest time, yet not once have I thought, "Wow, I'm going to be able to go on e-hentai and masturbate over an older womanxinexperienced, younger girl doujin!11!" It isn't that kind of relationship. At all. I actually respect Bones' writers for not pandering to the 30-something perverts out there.
About Witchblade: when I glanced over the top two reviews on MAL, I instantly thought of it. Just like Witchblade, people go into it expecting mindless action with lots of sci-fi thrown in but, instead, get a story of love and family. In the case of Witchblade it was about the bond shared between mother and daughter, and in the case of Kurau it's the bond shared between sisters.
...in short, I agree with you comparing the two.
Rui said:
This is why these rating threads always bother me, and why I can't get along with something like MAL. Liking anime is a very personal thing, but as soon as someone seriously rates something popularly regarded as "uncool" high, or heaven forbid, does the opposite, they're jumped on. Maybe it's enjoyable to bicker about arbitrary numbers but I don't see the appeal.
I never "jumped" on Maes. If I did, I would've been far more aggressive, swore at him like a child in order to get a reaction, and not made it semi-clear I was too lazy for a discussion. I'd intended to reply to a post of his about Louise previously, neglected to do so, and thought I'd type a little when I updated my ratings.
And its popularity has nothing to do with my post. I'm kinda-sorta watching it at the mo. Maes made a lengthy review, which I skimmed through. Is that too difficult to understand?
You're being rather childish and annoying, lately. And I'm not typing that as playfully as I do when I try to annoy you by entering into message exchanges.
I understand what you're saying, and agree to a certain extent with your point, but your stance is - for want of a better word - cowardly. You can't defend your views, so rather than trying to argue, you opt to highlight the foolishness of arguing over opinion on the internet when everyone is different.
It's true, to a point, that taste makes it impossible for there to be clear 'winner' in internet arguments, and people will naturally sway towards the side their tastes are most similar to. However, when it's possible to be objective and rip a story to shreds like I could/did with Code Geass R2, then there's no denying it: it's poorly-written rubbish appreciated by the easily pleased, or those more fond of fan service and robots than anything below the surface. You can be offended by that if you wish but that's the truth. And my distaste for humanity only increases when I see plonkers 10/10ing it; ignoring ALL of its flaws.
The difference between you, me, Vivian and even Maes is the difference between this video reviewer and the average 10/10er:
http://www.redlettermedia.com/
Where as you, Roy, can no doubt sit through R2, TTGL, Gundam 00, or whatever and enjoy the spectacle, I - and, going on what I've read, Vivian - can't help but rip into titles that are generic, shallow, or just plain terribly written.
When I was watching episode 8 or whatever of Gundam 00, and the ever lifeless Setsuna JUST SO HAPPENED to bump into Marina in SCOTLAND after she saw his face going in a car in the opposite direction, had her driver turn her car around with no reason, saved him without knowing his identity, and then got told the top secret identity of Mr. Setsuna, like it was nothing, I couldn't help but think how absurdly forced it was. Maes, on the other-hand, referred to it as a series highlight, if I recall.
Does that make me a better person? Probably not when most others would see me as annoyingly picky to attack something, rather than enjoy it. Even I think that I'd have more fun if my brain could just... switch off. But God didn't make me that way and there's nothing I can do about that.
My biggest problem with 00, I'd say, is the lack of anything resembling decent characterization. I don't care about a story, no matter how interesting it is, unless the characters make me care about their struggles. Code Geass, which I clearly like comparing against 00, did this from the very beginning by explaining why Lelouch hates his father so much, how much he loves his disabled little sister, etc etc. But, in 13 episodes, all I know about Setsuna is that he was a child soldier and is stoic. This may all change later on, but the damage has been done: too much of the series has gone by, and too many characters have been introduced, for it to matter if, towards the end, I start feeling SOMETHING for the cast.
I mean, just look at the purple-haired ladyboy with glasses: he acts like a **** throughout, and the reason for his selfish ****ism probably won't be explained until S2. And by then, why should I give a damn? It'd be too little, too late.
PS: Why have I now got some Scottish fella attempting to copy me? Have I finally become an internet idol?...
