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HitokiriShadow
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Yeah, I really need that dead zone. My Sunday is particularly packed with shows (3 from this season plus 5-6 from this one) and Saturday isn't much better. And I usually work both of those days, so I don't have much time for watching anime.
I'm not sure if the chart I used had times or not (it was the one from the AoD thread), but I just looked at the date since that was the part I was concerned about. I didn't actually look at the one Ryan posted.
No one was arguing about whether or not there was a reason for her character being established as pushy because that was, at best, very tangential to the actual thing that was being discussed. What was being argued was whether or not Konatsu had a reason for making the club, as someone was making factually incorrect statements about her goals. Konatsu's personality or whether she was likable wasn't the issue. |
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Key
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Concerning Tari Tari: Frankly, I think people are reaching to make the Wakana/Minchi comparison. She's not the same kind of character at all, and even her being standoffish to the heroine's initial overtures (which is where people seem to be drawing the comparison from) had a different tone to it and different motivations. I didn't once think of Minchi while watching her in this first episode.
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Fencedude5609
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Yeah, you've got to really stretch to make the comparison, but I do see why people do it (compulsive needs to compare shows that are visually similar, even if they share very little in common otherwise. See aslo: Kokoro Connect and K-On). I'm pretty interested in finding out what is up with Wakana, why she quit the music program, and why she's so angry. Anyway, my ultimate point re: Konatsu is that when the main character is set up with an obvious personality flaw like that, which is called out by another character in the very first episode, its probably going to be a major aspect of her character development. Its like the "they didn't explain everything!" complaints. Its the first episode. Things have to develop from here, of course things won't be explained, characters may not be 100% sympathetic, thats what makes stories, stories! |
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Key
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While it's not clearly alluded to in the first episode, I believe I saw somewhere a note that spoiler[her mother has recently died], which could easily explain her behavior, why she quit singing, and why the teacher was taking such concern with her. |
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superdry
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Ah, looking at the mod-edited post with the updated summer charts (links to charts from Cowboybebimbop) it does show the times in the funny way where 0100 is 2500. So, if a show airs pasts midnight, the days that listed make sense unless the Japanese don't follow that when it comes to TV scheduling. I do find it funny that it looks like the typos for when Hagare Yuusha no Estitica and Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai air are still there. 10:30AM and 11:00AM? Unless that is correct and the two shows do air in the late mornings on AT-X. Last edited by superdry on Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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4nBlue
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That is correct. AT-X will be airing both shows twice on friday. First airing will be late morning and second in the usual late night slot. Other stations will be airing both of them past midnight. |
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dandelion_rose
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I don't know about Chiaki Kon much, but I suspected as much -- anime adaptations of fangirl material are usually extremely bad. At least they had the decency to choose a female director (though it probably gave little effect), I find that many times what happens is that a fangirl franchise gets a male anime director who struggles to translate what made a character so appealing to female readers on to screen. I agree that Felicita is pretty badass. One of the things about manga or anime adaptations of otome / dating sim games is that the main character stops being 'you' and has to stand as a character on his / her own. Felicita is interesting enough to do that. |
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Shenl742
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Wow, Bamboo's review of that Tari show makes it sound rather...Stepfordesque
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dandelion_rose
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As someone who hasn't watched Tari Tari, it was a short and excellent preview. I know exactly what to expect should I watch it. |
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Vaisaga
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Actually you're one girl over. There's only three of them. You missed the two guys. Most "cute girls doing x" shows have no male characters (ie. K-ON) which is why yuri shipping is so prominent (there's literally no straight option). While there's nothing yet to suggest any sort of potential romance, Hanasaku Iroha did have a prominent romance subplot so Tari Tari could have one too. The ideallic mood is fine with me. I don't need constant reminders of how much life sucks 
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Fencedude5609
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Not that Tari Tari and Hanasaku have much staff in common other than PA Works itself. |
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Vaisaga
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Still, it's not very often that guys and girls are put together in a group and romance doesn't blossom *looks at Kokoro Connect*.
But if Tari Tari has the guys and girls stay completely as friends, then that alone is pretty noteworthy! Last edited by Vaisaga on Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Megiddo
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Shouldn't that be three girls? There's Konatsu, Wakana, and Sawa as far as I know. There wasn't really any other prominent female other than I guess the teacher and the old lady who directs the choir. And it's pretty obvious that both the Austrian guy and the Badminton guy will join the choral ensemble as well. |
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Fencedude5609
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Oh come on. Now you're just taunting me, aren't you? |
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giapet
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Does Bamboo's Tari Tari screencap look slightly as though the gal has a black eye to anyone else? Or is my contrast set too low?
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