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vashfanatic
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 Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:20 pm |
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| Quote: | | The series has basically two moods—sad and silly—and first-time anime composer Shigeomi Hasumi handles both, and several gradations between the two, with a smooth deference that belies his inexperience. Highly enjoyable and surprisingly sensitive, it heightens feelings and subtly bolsters humor without ever drawing undue attention to itself. As good a start to an anime music career as one could want. |
Really? Really?
First of all, I'm just going to say I found the first episode and a half really boring. The revelation that this was a one-shot turned into a serial does not surprise me. The plot had the feel of a Yuri-Hime one shot, i.e. not that good.
But even beyond that, in the first episode the music was just... chintzy. I really hated it. That you brought it out as a good point astounds me because I'd blogged on it as a weak point.
Ah well. Sasameki Koto wasn't for me, I guess, but it is nice to see more serious yuri series getting streamed. |
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darkchibi07
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| Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:06 am |
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| Well the music did start to complement well around Episode 4 with the obviousness of Tomoe and Miyako spicing the series up a bit. Maybe you can give it another shot? |
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lhernan02
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| Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:41 pm |
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I have to agree with Carl, after the first episode they just look like they are phoning it in. It degenerates into a standard high-school rom-com only with lesbians. Ushio is the boy while Sumika is the girl/childhood friend, the remaining characters can stay as-is. This does not mean it is a bad show, for what it is (standard rom-com) it is better than most of the rom-coms that have come out for the past few seasons.
In my case, I did not pick it up more because I did not feel like picking up a standard (yuri) rom-com after the top notch Aoi Hana than for any flaws the show may have. So I would recommend this show to anyone in the mood for a standard rom-com with a yuri bend, I was just hoping for more and didn't feel like settling. |
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TheBigN
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| Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:50 am |
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That being said, I want to know what people who don't like how things progressed wanted the show to be compared to what it is.  |
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lhernan02
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| Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:20 pm |
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| TheBigN wrote: | | That being said, I want to know what people who don't like how things progressed wanted the show to be compared to what it is. |
I personally was hoping for something more along the lines of a drama than a rom-com. There is enough meat for that in the first episode. Yet by the third ep (when I dropped it), you already had a trap, a "secret" lesbian couple, and the beginnings of "oops" fanservice moments. For that, I'll watch Purezza, all the hijinks, more fanservice, and none of the thinking. |
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darkchibi07
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| Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:58 pm |
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| To be honest, this series does employ a number of tropes found in a lot of yuri series up to this present time (which unfortunately includes cross-dressing/gender-bending), and pretty much plays them up and subverts them (the setting is in a CO-ED school for starters and the cross-dresser Masaki being the utter butt-monkey than another part of a love triangle) in a number of amusing comedic moments. That's one of the reason why other people find this enjoyable considering there hasn't been other yuri romantic comedy series quite like this. |
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vashfanatic
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| Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:59 pm |
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| darkchibi07 wrote: | | Well the music did start to complement well around Episode 4 with the obviousness of Tomoe and Miyako spicing the series up a bit. Maybe you can give it another shot? |
Eh, maybe. Right now I've got a lot on my plate because I'd started going back to watch older series I've missed. Maybe once I finish a few I'll take another look.
I did like that this has a co-ed setting. Most of what's considered yuri actually falls into "romantic friendships" rather than actual lesbian romance since they take place in schools where there are no boys around. But I think Aoi Hana does a wonderful job showing the opposite side of that, where a girl who really is lesbian will have her heart broken a lot in that situation. |
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darkchibi07
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| Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:24 pm |
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| vashfanatic wrote: |
I did like that this has a co-ed setting. Most of what's considered yuri actually falls into "romantic friendships" rather than actual lesbian romance since they take place in schools where there are no boys around. |
It REALLY peeves me how the whole "romantic friendship" gets too easily equated with yuri which leads to unfortunate people checking out series like Marimite expecting lesbian relationships all over the place. I'm all up for slashed-pairings to fuel our imaginations (it's a rather fun angle to play with when watching certain shows), but we need to keep in the back of our minds that they're not yuri series.
In a way, I'm pretty much banking on Sasameki Koto to be one of the yuri series that'll start popularizing the clear-cut definition of yuri among the otaku community without all the usual vagueness of "romantic friendships", and then in turn becomes a more profitable genre to consider. |
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HaruhiToy
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I just finished the first three episodes and I don't know if I can handle the frustration of watching the remainder of it.
There is a lot to like about this but I am really tired of romantic "comedies" where the main plot device is the lead players total and incomplete ability to advance their own agenda. Sumi is totally choked on the prospect of saying even one word to her friend about how she feels and odds are she will stay that way.
We've seen it too much before. What about Kei from Goddess? Or Keitaru from Hina? Or Harima from Rumble? The list goes on. The problem isn't that it happens -- it happens endlessly.
Look at how much better a story you get when the character manages to overcome himself or herself. Like Yukino from His & Her. Or Nana from Nana.
Oh, well. Maybe there is hope here. I really do like the artwork with its dreamy quality I guess I will watch it for that. |
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