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HaruhiToy
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:01 pm
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walw6pK4Alo wrote: | Because if multiple girls are in a show it must obviously be a harem, even if only one of the girls has any romantic interest in the male protagonist. HaruhiToy and others were guilty of this line of thinking just earlier in this thread. I guess it's just a reflex now to label something a harem based on low information. |
I went back to look at all my posts to see where I said anything like that. I didn't.
What I did write it is that it seems inevitable that one or more (probably all) of the clownish "bad guy" witches to develop some sort of feelings for Takamiya. It is too soon to see if that prediction comes true or not but I am less certain of it than before. However they do have a written-in obsession for Takamiya and that will be the foundation.
If you did have to label this a harem at this point, it would be Kagari that would be the lead, not Takamiya. What foils that view is that all the admirers are background characters, not major or minor characters.
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Bango
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Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 12:32 am
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HaruhiToy wrote: | What I did write it is that it seems inevitable that one or more (probably all) of the clownish "bad guy" witches to develop some sort of feelings for Takamiya. It is too soon to see if that prediction comes true or not but I am less certain of it than before. |
I guess they're "part o' de family" now, so who knows. Maybe it'll actually happen. IMO it'd feel really pointless, but I've seen shows do dumber things.
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ookamigirl
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Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:49 pm
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#8
Kagari sure was clueless even though she's so unbelievably smart.
Guess this was an insight into her first days at school.
As time passed she became more and more popular.
She also kept on looking for him.
If only she'd known he'd come to her some day.
Their house sure became crowded recently LOL
Takamiya as student council president = serious problems.
Fun episode ^^"
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WhiteHairGirls
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Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:19 pm
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Kagari was so cute as a middle schooler. I liked how the 5 lovable losers appeared in random scenes in the flashback.
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Stark700
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Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:54 pm
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Idk, to me she seems to be cute but also a bit lifeless at times with the way she behaves around others. The episode was not bad though. I liked it for the humor part of it. Looks like the house is more lively now with some of the witches moving in!
Those delinquents picked the wrong fight at school...
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:41 am
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Episode 8
I could not help but notice the strange events that seem to be happening in the world that no one seems to take notice. But when they mentioned the bit about normal people not noticing the witches in robes, than it makes sense that many strange things are just invisible to normal people, like how all the rabbit robot things are wearing robes too. There also seems to have been multiple people with cat ears as I noticed a few with different hair colours. Their world might already be so weird that a couple things don't get a second glance, but it is a little hard to measure. There was a tank in their school.
With other shows being pretty nuts I am not having too much trouble at seeing the school suddenly turn into the state it did. Bear killer seems to be a witch based on that she could see the other witches, Kagari could hit her despite the apparent rules she can't harm normal people, and she now has a part in the ED. The ED has actually become quite crowded, I don't even remember that giant bird. And what is up with Kagari's friends, apparently both have stolen her underwear or something and she keeps them around. Although she did have that nurse scene, she is so robotic usually that it tends to be hard to spot her tells.
Not sure if I have said this yet, but I think that this and Golden Time together have made for one of my favourite release times from J.C. Staff, a rare case of both being good. I think that it may be that both are a little surprising. Golden Time has managed to avoid some clichés one would expect, and actually be rather mature. And Witch Craft Works has avoided becoming a harem, feeling of gender reversal or originally planned as yuri series in question. Although I have enjoyed the comedy in both and I feel a little spoiled.
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Blood-
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:38 pm
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Episode 8 was the first eppie that disappointed me. First, a good chunk of it is taken up with a sort of pointless flashback and then the actual plot was kind of a chaotic not terribly funny mess, imo. Oh well, they can't all be gems, I guess.
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getchman
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:48 pm
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this show doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but I honestly don't care. its fun to watch, and ep 8 did not disappoint
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DuskyPredator
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:45 am
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Episode 8
Honoka's familiar, a giant ice Kagari in a nurse outfit. Seems legit. He really must have liked what his mother lent her to wear.
She also seemed to start the combat training because she was kind of annoyed that he was spending so much time with his sister. She seemed a little aggressive to him.
New villain, Weekend, has a lizard on her shoulder in what appears to be winter clothes with the fluffy white stuff. For some reason that feels hilarious, there are some really interesting designs in this show for witches. And the poor Medusa's girls, they continue to fall, but entertainingly so.
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Stark700
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:58 am
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Episode 8:
I think that new girl, Weekend I believe is going to be a tough antagonist to beat, likely harder than Medusa. The magic training was kinda meh imo besides the giant nurse outfit statue with Kagari. The witches in the background are amusing though.
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ookamigirl
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:41 pm
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Kagari teaching Takamiya magic again.
He is totally useless...
It's nice to see he has the willpower to learn though.
Seems like trouble is piling up slowly.
It's about time this got more intense.
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WhiteHairGirls
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:03 pm
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So that is how there is never any human casualties when those gigantic bears and stuff kept destroying the city.
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HaruhiToy
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:41 pm
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WhiteHairGirls wrote: | So that is how there is never any human casualties when those gigantic bears and stuff kept destroying the city. |
Welcome to your very first anime.
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Blood-
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:28 pm
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Episode 9
Gee, I dunno ... if you want to hide somebody away from your enemies until you get your magic back, you *may* not want to choose a room that has an enormous metal grate in the ceiling. Jes' sayin'.
When are the Five Klueless Klutzes gonna get their own show?
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Stark700
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:29 pm
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Episode 9:
They need to watch out for that new girl tbh. I got a feeling she's a lot more dangerous than meets the eye. Oh well, at least Takamura gets more magic training..
A giant Kagari statue though?! Didn't see that coming.
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