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Crescentinus
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I’m not sure if I can like SAO. Too much two-handed swords and I think that there’s a little too much fanservice in it.
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Lost_Wanderer
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SAO’s fanservice is actually just moderate (with the exception of one or two episodes). Believe me, I’ve seen worse.
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Crescentinus
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Good point. And yet, the fasnervice in there is not my taste.
Also, the two-handed sword designs there are very boring. Then again, I’m not a very big fan of two-handed swords. I do have certain exceptions to this, but those are exceptions.
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MrSylvester
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YOU MEAN LIKE THIS CLASSIC EXAMPLE!
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Sailor_Kenshin
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It’s just Zanbatou with more blood. Eck.
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Crescentinus
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At least that particular sword looks awesome, like Zanbato.
The typical two-handed swords now are boring. I am bored of those types of swords because I see two-handed swords being used EVERYWHERE. In shot, a little too mainstream.
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ironchapman
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Robotics;Notes is a great show. Really liking it. The story and characters are a lot of fun, and the art style is pretty.
Also, I’d like to see a real girl try out Akiho’s hairstyle. It’s amazing.
For that matter, both the main characters are amazing.
Also, I’d like to see a real girl try out Akiho’s hairstyle. It’s amazing.
For that matter, both the main characters are amazing.
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MrSylvester
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Have you seen Steins Gate? I hear robotics is a spiritual successor to that show which looks very good.
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MrSylvester
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DUUUUUUDDDEEEEE, you bet it’s awesome and why is it so awesome? Because of the guy who wields it. Guts kills demons with that sword which in story has no real cutting edge and is always called a big slab of iron by others; despite witnessing VERY horrible events like all his comrades getting killed, his lover getting violated in front of his eyes, all by what used to be his best friend, he enver gives up and when given the opportunity to become a better person, he takes it, oh gosh does he ever. He is in my opinion, the third greatest anime and manga character ever, behind Kenshin Himura and Kenzou Tenma. A man who lives life for life itself and who fights a selfish coward who uses others for his own wants and can enver be truly whole.At least that particular sword looks awesome, like Zanbato.
How awesome is Guts? Recently, he surfed through a lightning cloud on Zodd the Immortal, one of his biggest enemies. Seen here in all it’s glory: mangareader.net/96-1152-16/berserk/chapter-32.html
The music of Berserk is also very good. For the best ones, here are Sign from the 2004 video games: youtube.com/watch?v=AVvhihA9gRc, Forces youtube.com/watch?v=GlAa1A967FQ&feature=related, Forces II youtube.com/watch?v=RWXIQN7b9hw, Aria youtube.com/watch?v=IrOliVhbBo8&feature=related, Gut’s theme youtube.com/watch?v=rWt5WB7wtJ0 and my personal favorite and the one that makes me very sad, Blood and Guts: youtube.com/watch?v=W0ZhlVQ370c. Man, the last one is a masterpeice.
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AlieSmith
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I love anime, but only of a kind like “The Howl’s Moving Castle” is…
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Kamaduck
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You mean like the Miyazaki movies? Those are awesome, especially Princess Mononoke, but really almost all of them are good. I haven’t actually seen Howl’s Moving Castle, it’s on my to-watch list.
My tastes are sort of random, but they tend to be a little on the girly side and have a sci-fi or fantasy feel. I have a tendency to stop in the middle of things, too. Currently watching Haibane Renmei, hoping it’s short enough that I won’t lose steam halfway. So far I like it.
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MrSylvester
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I seldom skip anime epsiodes. The only anime that I ever skipped episodes of were Bleach (which I haven’t finishe dyet seeing as it is too long and even then, I only skipped filler episodes), School Days which was so awful and Cowboy Bebop. Yes, Cowboy Bebop. I skipped episodes 21 to 23 because I wanted to know what happened next in the story. Seriously, 26 episodes and you actually had filler?
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Paul1Up
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You skipped the episode with Cowboy Andy?! Tsk tsk, go back and watch at least that one.
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MrSylvester
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I actually watched that one later on but not the other 2. I just watched it to finish Bebop once and for all but, after watching that episode, I gave up on it. I hated Andy, and I mean hated him. I found him annoying and a huge jerk and not the type of lovable funny jerk like Niijima from Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple or Wataru from Hayate. The joke at the end wasn’t even that funny. Space Samurai, really?
I don’t know what was up with Bebop and all the filler. I’m actually one who likes filler as it can deviate from the plot, let it breathe and elt the audience experience the world the series takes place in. Some non-plot related episodes of Bebop, like episodes 1 and 2, the one with the eco-terrorist and some others did this excellently. Others like episode 19 which was very boring, episode 20 with Pierrot le Fou (really guys, an amusement park of doom? Do you know how much that has been overdone to death?) and mushroom samba (for a supposed funny episode, it surely lacked in laughs. Sad, because Bebop and Champloo had some otherwise excellent comedy) were done badly.
I didn’t get any more subtle hints showing the true character of these people, was just waiting at the episode to end in order to more on with the real story. Because when Bebop actually focuses on the plot, it gives a very good one. Ballad of Fallen Angels, Jupiter Jazz Parts 1 & 2 and the last three episodes were all excellent and if the rest of the series was more like these episodes, I’d have given it a 9 out of 10, maybe even a 10. Sadly, the rest was just boring, bland and clashed with the serious tone of the good episodes and this is why I give Bebop a 7. It’s fine, it can be good when it wants to be but it doesn’t unleash it’s full potential.
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ironchapman
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But of course! One of my top 3 or 4 all time right there.
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Lost_Wanderer
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Just for clarification, are you talking about Kirito’s or Asuna’s swords? Those actually do not qualify as two-handed.
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Crescentinus
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Then, what are those swords classified as, exactly? One-handed or two-handed? Most in the fanbase say that it’s two-handed. O:Just for clarification, are you talking about Kirito’s or Asuna’s swords? Those actually do not qualify as two-handed.
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Lost_Wanderer
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Whoever you’re referring as the fanbase either does not know basic sword classifications are just not among the more well-informed (don’t worry, every fanbase has 'em).
Technically, Kirito uses a one-handed sword and it has even been the subject of dialogue in both the novel and the anime. (In fact, further explanation will result in spoilers.)
Same with Asuna and her rapier. In the same, aforementioned dialogue, she even explains that the style works best one-handed because shields will affect attack speed.
I gotta say, talking about that right now just got my mind on how funky MMO-speak can be. I guess that’s another perk about SAO. It’s one of the few popular anime I’ve seen that makes heavy use of MMO and RPG tropes. People say the .hack series already did this but I think it’s better if more than one major anime had a monopoly in this type of genre.
Oh yeah that and now I’m imagining my own SAO OCs having the same dialogue. XD
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MrSylvester
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I don’t know but Gut’s Dragonslayer is a one-handed sword. In an early chapter of the manga, he even cut a monster wiht it using his teeth to hold his sword. And it worked!
Berserk: one of the few manga and anime that can instantly put hair on your chest even if you’re a baby.
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Crescentinus
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I know, right? They cannot tell a knightsword form a claymore. I kid you not, sir.
Wait, so those swords are one-handed!? I had no idea! O:
I too, am a gamer. It’s kinda sad that Western two-handed swords are very mainstream.
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