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EP. REVIEW: CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon

Discuss the show, your view of it and Theron's reviews. That's it.

So far most posts have been about the review/show with only two being tangentially about the flame wars.

Also, Key is a mod, should he not be allowed to mod his own thread, he is free to close/ban/call out anyone he finds bothersome to the discussion which, again, is only 2 pages long so far, too short to be derailed yet.

Yona of the Dawn, a pure fantasy story clearly made with female audiences in mind, takes the more romantic approach, with the princess being aided and protected by a powerful, dashing male warrior and eventually surrounded by a bevy of other male warriors. Even the usurper is a handsome guy who probably actually does love her, too, and apparently has very mixed feelings about getting her involved in his coup.

There is nothing standard about that exam. You can come up with sketchy plot justifications for a rape scene as not being a rape scene, but it was completely written like one, drawn as one, and even had lingering body with blood pooling under the lower torso on the floor after shot of one.

I usually find Theron's reviews informative and neutral (if this makes any sense), but I am disappointed that he is rationalizing the final scene of episode one as a standard procedure. I disagree with that assessment. That scene was intended to give a hard on to the intended audience (horny otakus).

You should also at least acknowledge the series blatant reuse of the esthetics of from sunrise anime gone by. I know that they are sunrises property and not plagiarism but man oh man it is baffling how few ideas this show even has.

I’ll jump into the fray once more with an observation from reading this thread. Interesting to notice that several people are glad that a somewhat positive review is finally made for it, like they needed it to somehow justify liking a controversial series.

He explains why people might be offended and why people might not be without jumping to an extreme. I don't need a review to tell me how I should feel about something because I can do that myself, but I do think covering potential issues that might put people off is important.

I thought she would've gained at least a shred of respect for fellow Normas after Coco tried her darndest to reach out to her. At that point shouldn't the writers be trying to make Ange sympathizable? I get she's been going through hell but it's kinda hard to feel for her when she remains so darn unlikeable. And it's not just that one scene. I also find it rather difficult to believe that she could live as long as she did without noticing she's a Norma. Did she not have even a lick of curiosity regarding mana?