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Angel M Cazares
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I get what you are saying. I am not questioning people streaming mediocre anime; I am questioning those who can justify buying mediocre anime just because it is priced cheap. And about the bolded sentence. Maybe I am a very harsh critic, but when I want to watch anime, I pick up something that is at least Descent. And why kill my brain cells and eyes on crappy stuff? |
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MatrixGravity
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Guys when can we expect Index on bluray?
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getchman
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until funimation says anything, no one knows |
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loka
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Anyone saying Index is too wordy is watching the show with the wrong expectations.
Also, there are other anime that have both magic and a futuristic setting. |
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Taskforce
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Wow, I must be the exception, I really liked Index, but when it comes to Railgun, I couldn't finish it. I found Makoto just wasn't an interesting enough character to be the focus of her own show, as much as I liked her in Index. The supporting cast wasn't much help either. Kuroko's shtick gets tired enough in Index, and she never was that likable for me. Uiharu they tried too hard to make cute. (They did the same to index, but it worked to some extent for Index, it didn't for Uiharu.) The only interesting one beyond Makoto was Saten, but she just didn't get enough focus.
In the end, it just felt like a quirky tack-on spinoff that waited for cameos to spice it up and keep people watching because they knew it just didn't work on its own. And by the late teens, I was so bored with it, I just couldn't finish it. At some point I'm sure I'll go back and do so, only because it does go with Index which I do like. Maybe when the dub hits so I can pay less attention. I also found the information in Index was easy to follow and definitely not that wordy. If you think this show is hard to follow, watch Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and you'll appreciate how easy this one is to follow afterwords. (And I'm not bashing Horizon, I like it too.) But I also play many text heavy RPG's, maybe as was stated before, that helps. |
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PrecisionCrab
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And what expectations should we have already? The show is advertised as a hard-hitting action fantasy series, no matter where you look, what synopsis you read or what clip or ad you watch. Why the hell should anyone expect anything else? If I'm going into Die Hard, I'm not going to expect Cruel Intentions. If I go into Die Hard, and see Cruel Intentions then simply put that particular Die Hard failed utterly. I went into Index expecting what they wanted me to expect. What I got was a godamn visual novel. It failed. But at the very least, I can still admit I drained out some entertainment from it. But for the most part, it disappoints in what it sets out to do. It's just another case of fanbase > quality. And from what I saw, honestly, and not just here, Index's particular fanbase is hooked onto it solely because they want a cheap substitute to rile on shonen shows. "What? He watches Bleach? Pff! Peon. Me and my buddies, we watch Index yo! If you watch it, we'll let you hang with us." |
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Gon*Gon
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I loved this series for what it is. Would be nice to see others like it since I don't think there'll be a 3rd season anytime soon. The closest thing I could think of Zero no Tsukaima, where the entire world is magic, but objects from Saito's world constantly appears and contrasts with everything else. |
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Fencedude5609
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Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon veritably leaps to mind. |
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Taskforce
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There are a lot of arc oriented shounen that would fall into a similar category. Most of which you've probably seen. Fate/Stay Night and Zero Shana Tokyo Underground Rental Magica Kaze no Stigma Horizon Buso Renkin Blue Exorcist Kekkaishi Corpse Princess Needless Fairy Tail Rurouni Kenshin Yu Yu Hakusho And plenty more. (I don't think I have to mention Naruto, Bleach, Dragonball and One Piece do I?) |
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teferi
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Really? I mean if there's one show with worse writing than Index it's Horizon. Although I guess you're probably just trolling and recommending another mediocre title. |
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Fencedude5609
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No, Horizon is a well written, intelligently constructed story written by an author who is not, in fact, a hack. The fact that a large number of people on this site have latched onto the same opinion as a few of the staff (and most of those people have not in fact watched the show), does not change this in the slightest. Horizon actually is what most fans of shows like Index and SAO try to claim those shows are. |
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leeoflittlefaith
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Horizon's exposition is truly ridiculous, I stopped watching after about four episodes.
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getchman
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aww, right before it really got interesting
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BrandonL337
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I really like index, sure it has it problem, the stopp-start nature of an arc heavy serious can be a bit disorienting, and the dub, while overall quite good, has some line issues and i didn't much like kuroko's voice at all. Despite this I found the show to be a lot of fun, very exciting, and sometimes pretty damn funny as well. I personally liked the arc-based story-telling as it divided the show into chunks that made it really easy to watch over the course of a week which is exactly what i did. Hell, i was enjoying myself so much, i went out and bought part 2 from fry's only a couple days after buying part one.
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Key
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This was also my take on the first series. Watching it irritated me quite a bit on occasion but I didn't end up regretting having watched it. Unfortunately the problems that the first series has become even more pronounced in the second series. And I entirely disagree with any comments that put Horizon on a pedestal well above this one. It has a slightly more coherent overall plot but is no less of a jumbled mess otherwise and has the same issues with getting too talky. |
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