Forum - View topicREVIEW: Valvrave the Liberator Sub.Blu-Ray [2015-03-04]
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DmonHiro
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Story... B.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
That was a good one. The story is one of the worst train wrecks in recent history, with most of the characters carrying the idiot ball like it's some sort of life saving shield. The ending is especially insulting to the viewers and was probably written after an all night crack smoking session. |
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dtm42
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It does seem very generous. I dropped the show in disgust after the first season - and not because of the rape scene either, though that didn't help - so I'm not up with the play on what happened in season two. But from reading the review, the story certainly sounds awful. So a B is puzzling. |
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Cyclone1993
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A B sounds about right, I probably would have given it something a bit higher. I absolutely love this series, but there was one major issue in the second season that kind of lowered it a bit in my eyes. I was hoping they would fill in more details in the time skip gap, but that's pretty much my only complaint. Almost everything else worked out perfectly, and it's easily one of the best mecha series I've watched. I'd love to buy it someday...
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Zhou-BR
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For most of Valvrave's run, I was drinking its Kool-Aid really hard, no matter how silly and outrageous it got. It was poised to be one of my favorite shows of 2013, until I watched the wretched episode 21 (or episode 9 of season 2), which was like seeing the show self-destruct before my eyes.
In one fell swoop, that incredibly stupid script (credited to Psycho-Pass 2's Jun Kumagai, although I suppose Ichiro Okouchi deserves some of the blame since he supervised it and probably rewrote it) ruined most of the New JIOR characters to me and made me stop caring about Haruto and Shoko as a couple. After that, the show just went through the motions and ended in the most predictable way possible. |
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DmonHiro
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Predictable? I don't know about you but spoiler[ Shouko coming back in Haruto's suit to be met by some gelatinous space things with guns (?) for arms isn't something I would call predictable. I don't even know what those WERE. ]
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Cyclone1993
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You weren't supposed to know, spoiler[ they were an alien species that the people of New JIOR came into contact with. She was greeting them instead of chasing them away. While bringing up a line that Haruto would often use.] |
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GalicianNightmare
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I dislike how Valvrave wasn't dubbed. Aniplex makes the dumbest decisions on what not to dub. KNK, this, the Gurren Lagann movies(which is especially dumb, since Gurren Lagann was a hit in the US) and even making us wait a YEAR to get Fate/Zero dubbed, when it could have been dubbed back in mid 2012. Le sigh.
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sainta
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If there is a character I came to like is Audrey and ELISA (wait, singers don't count?)
Also, there were some dumb moments like when Shoko spoiler[betrays Haruto and gives him to the enemy alongside Eruerufu.] Then spoiler[the princess' death was so predictable and it made Eruerufu a worse character once he starts punching Haruto endlessly.] [/spoiler] |
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Kadmos1
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Besides the rape scene, what made the series controversial? If we go by how the series ended, you could say a lot of series are controversial in that aspect.
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Not all series even get anything resembling an ending either. Hello Venus Versus Virus or Claymore. At least Claymore has the manga. |
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Calculus20
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Also add on the fact that most anime script writers and mangaka don't even know how to make a good ending. |
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dtm42
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Your comment reminds me of Naruto, and how a manga that enjoyed sixteen years of serialisation ended in a rushed and disappointing way. All that time to prepare for the ending and Kishimoto still screwed it up. |
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SquadmemberRitsu
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DmonHiro
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Say what you will about Cross Ange, but at least I don't have to go "Why the hell are they doing/did they do that?" or "What the hell are they doing?". At least it's straightforward in its stupidity.
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Cyclone1993
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At least Cross Ange, and Valvrave aren't Buddy Complex. While people will complain about Valvrave and Cross Ange (and I like them both quite a bit) they are at least entertaining. Buddy Complex doesn't even really have that going for it, nor does Reconguista in G for that matter.
I have no problems with the narrative structure of Valvrave, (everything makes complete sense to me, but of course I'm weird) and while Cross Ange does have some moments that could be considered offensive, they are both watchable. |
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