Did I mention how awful Ghost in the Shell is?
Or how terribad Cowboy Bebop is?
F*ck... seriously, the worst manga ever obviously goes to Berserk.
He should get to them.
*hopes reversing things works.*
This has to be the most ignominious torture I've ever seen. Why would anyone watch these things? What's next in line, that Legend of Galactic Heroes monstrousity?
Have you no mercy???
Guest_simfamUP_*
This has to be the most ignominious torture I've ever seen. Why would anyone watch these things? What's next in line, that Legend of Galactic Heroes monstrosity?
Have you no mercy???
None at all!
Finished Fate route. Yeah, too lazy to post a rant about this route. So pleased that this wasn't turned into an anime by ufotable and I am glad that this is over. Now I can start to read some quality instead.
Guest_simfamUP_*
U
B
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
House told me about the scene with Rin without the H scene.
Then I played it.
It's far better.
Toggle off the h scene for UBW.
It's only that one anyway, and does nothing other than have Rin being f*cked hard by Shirou.
None at all!
Rawr!
I like it when you show no mercy to others!
Finished Fate route. Yeah, too lazy to post a rant about this route. So pleased that this wasn't turned into an anime by ufotable and I am glad that this is over. Now I can start to read some quality instead.
Rejoice, Chewin! The mediocrity is over! Now you can experience the pleasure that is UBW (and Rin's booty).
Guest_simfamUP_*
Rawr!
I like it when you show no mercy to others!
U
B
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
House told me about the scene with Rin without the H scene.
Then I played it.
It's far better.
Toggle off the h scene for UBW.
It's only that one anyway, and does nothing other than have Rin being f*cked hard by Shirou.
Yeah, might as well.
Rejoice, Chewin! The mediocrity is over! Now you can experience the pleasure that is UBW (and Rin's booty).
About time.
It's such a shame that Ouran never had a second season to cover the rest of the manga or at least more of it. This is a true tragedy! The manga is quite fantastic..
These twins are better than cake
Guest_simfamUP_*
It's such a shame that Ouran never had a second season to cover the rest of the manga or at least more of it. This is a true tragedy! The manga is quite fantastic..
These twins are better than cake
More people should watch/read Ouran.
More people should watch/read Ouran.
Indeed! They are missing out on something truly magical!
I am very excited for Tokyo Ghoul"!
Guest_simfamUP_*
Indeed! They are missing out on something truly magical!
Indeed they are.
It's confusing that they haven't.
I am very excited for Tokyo Ghoul"!
Oh no...
RUNN
I'll hold bro as best I can!
Guest_simfamUP_*
So I finished Arslan Senki. It being 6 episodes (the first two of which were an hour long) and me taking so long to finish should say enough about it.
The story has the potential to be absolutely f*cking amazing. Though it's no Legend of the Galactic Heroes in terms of its focus on politics, it does enough so that you don't feel underwhelmed.
In fact, if you could compare the politics of Arslan to anything it's ASOIAF. It doesn't reach the complexity of the subject, but neither does it fall short of anything below mediocre.
War (as in, strategy and tactics) is given more focus than politics, and you can definitely see the resemblance to LOTGH there. Overall though, it feels more like a heroic fantasy than a political drama with the main dudes taking out other dudes like they were weak-sh*t.
However... in everything else, the entire thing felt underdeveloped in key areas of development, pacing and characterisation. It gets far better as it goes along, but it never reaches that level of "wow" that LOTGH did.
Arslan himself feels like a less insane Danaerys as he wants to abolish slavery, but isn't such a compelling character. All I could get from the anime is that he's a "good guy," very idealistic and... hardly suffers the consequences. Sure, they do talk about how changing society will hurt him somehow, but unlike Dany, you never see any of it, hell, they don't even talk about it outside "ifs" and "maybes."
The rest of the characters are also... eh. I could rant on and on, but despite them not being terrible, they aren't exactly great either. The "bad guy" is obviously grey, but he's neither interesting or profound. He's a dude who's supposed to be the true heir to Arslan's throne and has an astute Hound-level fear of fire. There's also this chick that I have no idea why she's following Arslan so loyally... I mean, yeah, she could have become loyal to him after following him a while, but the series doesn't really do anything to show us.
All in all, it's a clumsy story. I think that's the best way to put it.
Of course, this is an adaptation of a series of novels that's still being written today. It's only 6 episodes and I'm sure there's a lot more to it than the old anime gives.
So for the sake of comparing material, I'll read the manga by Himoru and see where that goes.
What's nice about it though (and this is really cool imo because anime doesn't do this enough) is its Middle-Eastern setting. I read up of in and I think it's based off Persian Mythology. It's refreshing... kind of like JoJo. The Immortal Fairy Araki certainly knows his stuff.
So is it worth a watch? Yeah. It is... I suppose. If you have nothing else to watch.
I'll read the manga now and compare the material.
Guest_simfamUP_*
The above could also be an astute case of not paying attention closely enough.
You guys are gonna kill me with bashfulness. 
Thanks kindly for the faith in my taste too. 
I know I'm prone to making five hour speeches about what I like, I'm just happy the recommendations can be enjoyed. :3
But as Isi said, I apologize for not being around. That month without net lead me to having a loooooot of catching up to do in the newest expansion for WoW. Rah, I was Horde in all of vanilla. Didn't originally go Alliance til BC when they brought the Draenei in. Came back near the end of MoP to most of my friends running Alli so that's where I've stayed. 
But the pack is amazing~ Working each zone til completion and like Isi, I'm rolling through Talador right now. It's giving SMV a run for its money as far as favorite zones go and Blizz really is hitting that sweet spot for BC nostalgia. :')
I'm off-topic as hell. Managed to grab the full soundtrack for Psycho-Pass's season 1. 
Now I can listen to the first OP over and over.
Well Clones is gonna be in for a surprise when he wakes up.
Oh my. I like where this is going.
LiamXClones
Congratulations!
Nice post, Sim! Appreciate your impressions on it. Might take a look if I am in the mood (though most likely I'll just wait till the new adaptation drops by).
The story has the potential to be absolutely f*cking amazing. Though it's no Legend of the Galactic Heroes in terms of its focus on politics, it does enough so that you don't feel underwhelmed.
Take note that LOGH is not that political astute on every level. Aspects like socioeconomics, 'geo-politics' and proto-nationalism are quite superficial, even tough the show takes these up on several occasions.
The show relies heavily on the portrayal of state interests, power struggles, revolution and the workings of a governmental system for respective nation, when it comes to politics. At many cases, political aspects are used as set pieces for the narrative to flow into a direction that it wants it to go, but doesn't go into further depth than simply a "summary" of sorts.
Still, LOGH is without a doubt impressive on so many levels, but not a masterpiece.
I don't see how.Well Clones is gonna be in for a surprise when he wakes up.
Oh my. I like where this is going.
LiamXClones
*snip*
Congratulations!
That ship has been around for a long long time.
Guest_Puddi III_*
Scarlett Johansson at Motoko in live action Ghost in the Shell movie.
I will reserve judgments for now, I am sure it will be a Dragonball Evolution level masterpiece that will save anime.
That ship has been around for a long long time.
but has it sailed?
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