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@AURON570 said:

Also, I'm curious, was there anything in particular in episode 9 that triggered this reaction? Did Kasuga do something extremely unreasonable? Sounds pretty serious if you were watching mid way, had to pause and post something in this thread.

It was where I realized he was your typical harem anime loser male lead that is more honorable than anyone I've ever met in the real world. My reaction was increased because despite the situations being crazy, people in the show usually react in ways I find believable. Everyone but Katsuga still does to me. His dealings with Saeki really baffle me. I can go back to 5th grade and find situations I've seen (two girls in 6th grade were a duo that gave people handjobs on school trips, middle/high school girls getting pregnant so obviously they're having sex, used condoms in the bathroom), heard about heard about (sex in locker rooms, sex in trailers, a girl at my church who got caught getting gangbanged in the school bathroom), or experienced (a friend asking if he can borrow my car because this girl wants to give him head but is scared of doing inside the school, having a church sleepover where everyone is making out, getting a handjob at a middle school party) that make that typical harem lead aversion of anything sexual completely unbelievable and just not how teens actually work. Like the previous thing, it's made worse by how believable everyone else is.

@AURON570 said:

I don't see how getting away with vandalism and stealing is something to be proud or relieved of.

That's an easy one. He did something wrong but something that he enjoyed and he got away without any type of punishment or repercussions at all. What's not to be relieved about? Who wouldn't be relieved if the shit was about to hit the fan but out of the blue they get a metaphorical get out of jail free card?

Episode 9

I'm only 6 minutes deep into this but I feel compelled to come and just voice how baffled I am by Kasuga. I just don't get him and why he is so down. Here's the positives:

• He stole some girl's swimsuit... and totally got away with it.
• He is friends with a girl who is a bit rough but seems like she's on some, "I'm hard on you because I have a crush on you."
• He's dating the hottest girl in school.
• The hottest girl in school wants to have sex with him.
• He totally trashed his classroom and completely got away with it scott free.
• His girlfriend knows that he trashed the classroom and probably thinks that he masturbated with her gym uniform... and she's totally cool with that, thinks it's awesome and wants to keep on dating him.

Like... why is he so damn down and depressed? Any of those other than the first one is something I would have killed for in high school. He's dating a complete freak and is good friends with a kinda attractive girl who is likely a freak as well. That is the ultimate high school experience that's probably better than what the captain of the basketball or football team are experiencing yet he's frickin Debbie Downer, ultra emo, woe is me all the time.

*watched the rest of the episode*

I love this series. I probably should have said that up front. Anyways, my god Kasuga is such a super punk. Everything is going bad because he won't just frickin chill out and accept all the good shit coming his way. One thing that did seem out of character to me was that he let Saeki scream all of that stuff outside of his window for the whole neighborhood to hear. I thought he would have gotten up and rushed to the window like, ok ok, I'm sorry for sending you off, let's talk inside.

I don't really have a favorite. If I had to say something, it would whatever style doesn't look like the typical generic art style you see in most anime. I think animation style/quality is significantly more important though. I'd rather something be well animated but generic looking rather than badly animated but a really awesome art style. If it all turns to crap once characters start moving, what's the point? It might as well as be manga if it's only good looking in still shots.

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I second this, assuming it's something Taka wants to add to his/her plate. FireFoxx may well be the only one keeping up with the Wiki moderating and I remember back in my early days of Wiki editing, it's super annoying when there aren't a lot of people around and able to approve your edits.

Consider this my official resignation from the post of AnimeVice Forum Mod.

Well first off, it's sad to see you go. Second though... good luck with that. Being an AV mod is like joining the Mafia, you're in it for life. I'm proof of what happens to your mod status after you try to resign.

Episode 8 That walk home was perhaps the longest boringest scene I've seen in anime. It was like 5 minutes of nothing. It reminded me of 2001 A Space Odyssey where they had a space ship landing on screen for like 10 minutes straight.

When it kicked off with Kasuga and Nakamura holding hands and walking all slow, I thought it was about to go down. Alas it didn't. Can't wait to see Saeki's reaction.

@Destinyheroknight said:

Wow, if I was in Kasuga shoes, I probably go crazy with guilt by now. Can't believe he can hold it together that long

He's not holding it together at all though. I know if I was in the situation and got a get out of jail free card like that I'd breath a long sigh of relief. He's been going crazy. That's him though. I don't why he ever took that swimsuit in the first place or didn't sneak it back into the school. But then, I guess it's the old horror movie thing. If nobody went to investigate the creepy shit, the movie would end up being a teen comedy or something.

Episode 8

I enjoyed this but it just delivered it's first descent into madness moment with Erin spawning out of a Titan's back. Maybe they will pull it off well but anime has a tendency to go bad shit stupid for no good reason. Evangelion did it, but they waited until most of the series was over before revealing that it wasn't aliens attacking Earth (that's way to simple), it's actually failed evolutions of mankind coming to attack the zombified souls of 3 people's mothers that have been placed in other failed evolution...

no no. I hope Titan went the complex route for a good purpose and not just to live up to the long lineage of anime going to stupid places for no good reason.

@jnw93: That fight was awesome. I get the feeling the more kick ass and well animated a fight is, the more you guys dislike it. That would certainly explain why any battle with Sasuke is mentioned up here. His battles are like the only ones where you can rest assured that the anime team isn't going to slack off and make the whole thing look like crap.

Most of those aren't scary. Let the Right One In is about vampires but it's more like a teen coming of age/romance where some people die throughout. Anyways, you solve the fear by walking through your house or outside in the dark. That should help you remember how silly it was to be scared of something you know is 100% fake.

They are like dumb popcorn movies. They probably aren't making your life any better they're fun to be on.

@Feral_Nova said:

I feel like they totally missed the gaming aspect of it, I mean, it's suppose to be a gaming console! >_< Wtf are they doing?

You seriously think it won't have games? That EA, Ubisoft, Square-Enix, Activision, Take 2, etc have completely abandoned Microsoft and the only games to ever be on the system are the ones at the press conference?

Geez, phone typing really messed up that quote.

Technically, I think everything about this chapter is ultra cheesy, facepalmy shounen but fuck yeah man, Team 7 is back. I've read like 500 chapters and watched about as many episodes waiting for the reunion. Now, I was hoping of course the reunion would be Sasuke putting a Chidori through Naruto or Sakura rather than best buds forever, but this will do for the fanboy in me.

One thing though about this war that's crazy to me is how it keeps swinging so wildly. An army of invincible god level zombie ninjas seemed like overkill, but then it turned into the entire ninja world vs only two people (again, overkill), they somehow flipped that to be the overkill ones, and now it's like the 5 best ninjas ever facing off against two dudes. One of them who will lose in a really close fight (Madara imo against Hashirama) and the other who got his ass kicked in literal seconds the last time he battled this opponent (Obito vs 4th). I wonder if this is the final overkill or if some even greater threat is going to pop up to swing things into overkill for the bad guys again.

I also want to know, wtf was Obito going to do without Kabuto? He was seriously ready to go to war with nothing but the Zetsus backing him at one point.

Also glad to see that Sakura in all likelihood is about to go Sage Mode. She was like a beast mode medic and hand-to-hand fighter early early early in the time skip days but then they made her a total and complete joke in like every way since then. To the point where I honestly think the writer just forgot about it or maybe wrote those old chapters while high and refuses to acknowledge anything in them as canon.

Pepsi. It's less sweet.

Does anyone else hate that the opening theme has episode spoilers/previews? I usually skip over the OPs but seeing actual episode bits always makes me think the episode has started and I end up spoiling a little bit for myself.

Episode 7

Really enjoyed that one. I usually hate when anime guys screw up a chance to bone, but this one felt right to me. He bungled it because he's a middle school kid with no experience rather than the usual anime thing of being afraid of girls and their bodies. I knew it wouldn't happen, but part of me kept hoping at some point the main dude would be like, "no it's ok. There's nothing to be ashamed of; I want to have sex with you too." but alas, it wasn't to be.

I'm really liking Nakamura more and more. She's a bitch sometimes and her actions are generally terrible, but things usually end up for the best somehow. I'm not sure which relationship I root for more. Saeki has potential to be a really plain, no personality Hinata type which I usually hate, but she's got a secret pervy/dark side that makes her interesting. Then you have Nakamura who seems like she wants to bully him one moment then wants penetration the next.

Anyways, last scene was a joy to watch. I hope this a sign of the main dude finally letting his freak flag fly but I doubt it. Oh, the one thing that made me sit up and really take notice and actually rewind during the episode... there's a shot of Nakamura's shoes in the dark. Holy crap, they were nice. I wonder if they modeled them after real sneakers or if it's an original design. I'd buy them if they were sold at a store.

Sadly in super ultra cheese. Sasuke returns to Konoha to fricking protect it. He and Naruto will team up to take down the ultimate baddie. Would shock me if we see Madara and Hashirama end up in friendly conversation before leaving.off to the sunset. All will be forgiven, Sasuke's crimes will be pardoned for his heroic acts, and the Third fades off see a reunited Team 7.