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Shelf Life - Modern Magica

Surrender Artist wrote:

I actually considered watching Inu X Boku SS because the premise was just odd enough to make me curious, but it seems like I was wise not to bother

I don't think you can go just on her review.

The show isn't a favorite of mine, but its very pleasantly amusing.

Needed more Riri/Karuta though.

I too hate midichlorians, but they were a silly and stupid sounding addition to a movie series that hard already clearly established the Force as a clearly mystical energy field. I don't really have an issue with "science" magic as long as it is handled well and a part of the core premise of the series, rather than a silly retcon. But to each their own I guess, and if that type of magic bothers you, it does.

If a show had done a "magic = cooking" premise, with "recipes" instead of programs, would you have rejected it as fanservice aimed at cooks and accused it of glorifying cooks as wizards?

Mad_Scientist wrote:

I too hate midichlorians, but they were a silly and stupid sounding addition to a movie series that hard already clearly established the Force as a clearly mystical energy field. I don't really have an issue with "science" magic as long as it is handled well and a part of the core premise of the series, rather than a silly retcon. But to each their own I guess, and if that type of magic bothers you, it does.

Now that you mention it, I hate the retcon more than the midichlorians themselves. That said, midichlorians are so egregious they may have soured me on all science-y magic.

Mad_Scientist wrote:

If a show had done a "magic = cooking" premise, with "recipes" instead of programs, would you have rejected it as fanservice aimed at cooks and accused it of glorifying cooks as wizards?

Hmmmm... I think I'll have to watch like 50 more episodes of Yumeiro Patissiere and get back to you Although that series is aimed at little girls, and not food industry professionals.

I think the problem with that comparison is that a lot of magic does cooking like things, also you still have to put in time and effort to cook versus launching a computer program.

Tanteikingdomkey wrote:

I think the problem with that comparison is that a lot of magic does cooking like things, also you still have to put in time and effort to cook versus launching a computer program.

Are you implying that cooking something takes more time and effort than writing a computer program?

configspace wrote:

Quote: I suspect the weird nipple shapes come straight from hentai doujinshi trends, but I'm not exactly an erotica expert. ahem, perky missile nipples can be found in real life too

Man, I knew someone would say that. I don't know, they're really freaky. It's not like I haven't seen a variety of nipples in my day. I've never seen an areola raised at like, a 45 degree angle between the skin and the nipple in real life or in a photograph or video before. I considered grabbing a screencap of Sekirei to illustrate my point but decided it would be too incriminating. Likewise, if such nipple shapes do exist, and you send me a link to a photo, it's going to be NSFW.

Erin, if you made it to episode 9 of Inu x Boku, it is well worth the effort to finish it off. It actually does come together at the end -- far more than one might expect!

That being said, I don't think any of your criticisms were wrong, and I really like the above commenters remark that they should have focussed so a tighter schedule (like a movie) would have actually been advantageous. They tried to stuff too much into this. There were far too many side characters that had nothing to do with the plot.

I did like it though. It was flawed, but I liked it.

I wanted to say you run a very good panel. You're comfortable speaking to a group, or at least seem that way, and you were properly prepared with your materials and didn't just repeat word for word what you had written in your powerpoint presentation. It's a shame that time was so constraining...

Freaky Nipples in Anime could be an ANN feature article, perhaps an over-eighteen subscriber exclusive for if they get desperate, or even a graduate thesis at the rate this is going.