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Shelf Life - Sword in the Stranger

SakechanBD wrote:

asimpson2006 wrote: That is too much rock for one Gundam. Him I see another show that I have an interest in and it's Izumo. I forget if it it's PJ or Blood- that always gets an interest in shows in the Perishable shelf. So it looks like I will have to rent this one to check it out. It's your lucky day! It's being streamed, so you can watch it right now.

I'll probably watch some of it tomorrow then.

You rated Aquarion way to highly

I mean has their been a more obnoxious female lead than the one from Aquarion.

Jackass? Check
Never shuts up? Check
Egotistical? Check
Wants to have sex with her own brother? Check

Add the utter pretentiousness of the series. Yes I saw Evangelion too, but the whole ripping off Abrahamic Religion got old. The least they could do is switch up the damn thing and not just rip off the same thing.

I know there is wierd fetishes in Japan, but that is SICK and absolutely disgusting for anyone to think that. There is nothing normal at all about that, nothing at all.

Lastly, I'm not one of those people who think that incest is just fine so long as you don't have children

Izumo: Takeki Tsuru no Senki, which is based on the eroge of the same name

asimpson2006 wrote:

I forget if it it's PJ or Blood- that always gets an interest in shows in the Perishable shelf.

That would be PJ who, on principle, decides that any show an ANN reviewer hates, he will love. I, on the other hand, take all reviews to be the gospel Troof.

Teriyaki Terrier wrote:

I know there is wierd fetishes in Japan, but that is SICK and absolutely disgusting for anyone to think that. There is nothing normal at all about that, nothing at all.

I'm assuming you're talking about the "loves her brother" thing? Well, for starters, it's rather shallow; her real love interest lies elsewhere, her feelings for her brother are immature and relatively nonsexual. She's very young (14, I think), and you get the feeling she uses it as a protective wall against growing up. Also her brother does not reciprocate the feelings, so this isn't Koi Kaze. Lastly, I'm not one of those people who think that incest is just fine so long as you don't have children (let's not get into that debate here, please!), but I think it's a little extreme to call anyone "disgusting" right off the bat, especially when they don't act on their feelings. If she were an older sibling molesting a younger sibling, it would be one thing, but it's a silly crush that she gets over as the series progresses. In her case, it's not "disgusting," it's just foolish and a character flaw - one that makes her annoying as heck, and drags out the fulfillment of the real romance much longer than necessary.

But clearly none of this is an endorsement of Aquarion. I consider it Perishable. It had a good premise, but in the end its only redeeming feature to me was the gorgeous operatic soundtrack by Youko Kanno.

Oh! Baccano is only 4 discs? Well, that'll make it easier to justify picking it up individually. Thanks for the reviews of it, Bamboo, I'm going to go add it to my Amazon shopping cart now.

Teriyaki Terrier wrote:

I know there is wierd fetishes in Japan, but that is SICK and absolutely disgusting for anyone to think that. There is nothing normal at all about that, nothing at all.

I'm assuming you're talking about the "loves her brother" thing? Well, for starters, it's rather shallow; her real love interest lies elsewhere, her feelings for her brother are immature and relatively nonsexual. She's very young (14, I think), and you get the feeling she uses it as a protective wall against growing up. Also her brother does not reciprocate the feelings, so this isn't Koi Kaze. Lastly, I'm not one of those people who think that incest is just fine so long as you don't have children (let's not get into that debate here, please!), but I think it's a little extreme to call anyone "disgusting" right off the bat, especially when they don't act on their feelings. If she were an older sibling molesting a younger sibling, it would be one thing, but it's a silly crush that she gets over as the series progresses. In her case, it's not "disgusting," it's just foolish and a character flaw - one that makes her annoying as heck, and drags out the fulfillment of the real romance much longer than necessary.

But clearly none of this is an endorsement of Aquarion. I consider it Perishable. It had a good premise, but in the end its only redeeming feature to me was the gorgeous operatic soundtrack by Youko Kanno.