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Quark
 Posts: 710 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Bamboo, you just don't get Shuffle! What is up with Anime News Network and their bias against psychotic girls and people who can't crack eggs? I found Sia's inability to crack eggs charming, and I will not rest until a reviewer is found for this site who can appreciate incredibly bland, yet somehow broken, characters in their anime. My fandom will not be dragged through the mud any longer.
Power to the psychotic, bland, obsessive, incompetent, large breasted people! Also, tell your unwanted guests that you've come down with horrible diarrhea or vomiting. Or, that you're trying out a new recipe, but are having a really hard time figuring out how to crack the eggs that it calls for, but you'll let them know when you get the hang of it. |
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Youkai Warrior
 Posts: 505 Location: Sarayashiki |
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I'm just like this week's shelf-obsessed, Gina. I too only buy anime that I really really like. I'm not like those other fans who have to buy anything that looks or plays like anime. It's nice to know there are others who purchase anime wisely.
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DuelLadyS
 Posts: 1705 Location: WA state |
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I agree with this: "Oh hey, what's up? Why, I'd love it if you came over- I need to get dinner groceries, you can pick 'em up for me! What's that? Pay you back? Ah, c'mon, I'm cooking, you can least pay for the food!" Be insistent until they agree (free dinner) or give up (no unwanted dinner guest). I only watched one episode of Moribito when it was on AS, and it didn't really grab me... but perhaps I should give it another go. I do rather like the art... |
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ikillchicken
 Posts: 7272 Location: Vancouver |
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My personal favorite way is to tell people that you've recently chosen to follow in the footsteps of Gandhi and therefore you've gotten rid of all your food and are fasting until you achieve independence from Britain. See, your problem is that you're just making temporary excuses. You need to find ways to get rid of these people long term. Another good way is to tell them they're welcome to come for dinner but then ask if they would be willing to pick you up some rat poison on their way over. Don't elaborate. Just tell them it's very very important. If all else fails you can just tell them you've become intimately involved with their significant other and you don't think it would be appropriate for you to be hanging out anymore. |
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Shale
Posts: 337 Location: The Middle of Nowhere, DE |
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Have you tried simply reciprocating with a suggestion of dinner at their place sometime soon? If they insist on eating your food and won't feed you in return, call them out for the moochers they are.
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Quark
Posts: 710 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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We actually do this with a friend of ours who always wants treats. When he asks to come over, he'll sometimes get instructed to go pick some butter or chocolate chips on the way over. It works very well, because if he doesn't pick up the stuff, then he won't get to eat homemade treats. We basically have an open invitation with our friends to raid the fridge and cupboard, but basically if someone is mooching too much, of if they've gone a while without bringing stuff over, then they just get asked to bring some drinks or snacks over next time. It really is a better approach than to simply lie, but it's a lot easier to ask close friends to do this, than to ask someone you don't know as well. |
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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Oh really? That's good to hear. I guess the last time I checked in on it, it was still in limbo and with all the other stuff I am collecting I just forgot about it. Fearing the worst no less. Either way, it's good to know it's back on track. |
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britannicamoore
 Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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LOL. I didn't hate the show, but Kaede was hilarious. spoiler[Me and my friend had thought she killed Lime Green (we didn't remember their names) and we laughed because he knew something was off about her but he had no idea what. I on the other hand, didn't see Kaede's-crazy-psycho-tossing-knives-down-the-stairs-where-the-hell-is-your father- type so i was shocked. ] we laughed for a long time. As for D.grayman I'm enjoying it. I do have to say that somethings confuse me- why can they jump so high and run so fast? And if they can then how come Toto can do it too? He doesn't have powers right? I thought the episode with the kid was heartbreaking. I enjoyed it though, and got to learn a bit about Allen. spoiler[ When that Akuma started screaming at him it scared me. The movements they make are so....awkward. ] |
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agstar
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After reading this weeks shelf life I felt move to Join and post on this column. Was I alone, in hearing bamboo yelling as she wrote the review of Shuffle, It was filled with such a passionate disdain. The series really started off trying to get you to like it. But, it really seamed to rip the rug out from under you, maybe there is a hidden message that we should take to heart. That in truth the women that you would find in one of these harem situations would would be damaged in someway.
Aside from that send the uninvited guess on a beverage run. make the uninvited a lackey, they get the measure, at worse you get something done with then. |
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rabrek
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I stalk several "just in" listings and I can confirm that Moribito v3 was supposed to be out a while ago, but only hit retailers last week. From what I've read, future releases have been rescheduled further apart than originally planned as well. |
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Richard J.
 Posts: 3367 Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis. |
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The_Libertarian_Otaku
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With that said, I honestly don't understand why Bamboo hates Shuffle so much. What did that show ever do to her? Did it steal her boyfriend? Did it cast her out with a bad haircut and force her to race quads in Florida? Do any of these reviewers actually WATCH the shows they review before shooting their damn mouths? Just because they review anime doesn't make them right. |
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vashfanatic
 Posts: 3489 Location: Back stateside |
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Um, yes. They'd be fired if they didn't. Go take a walk, cool off, not everybody likes the same shows you do. |
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maaya
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Really. Before you start fanboying all over, you should actually read what Bamboo wrote:
She doesn't claim to "be right". Reviews are always subjective, she explains her opinion and that's all. Nobody forces you to agree with her, nor to even read it. As she states herself -_-;;
I'm pretty sure there are some. Higurashi gets good reviews, so do some of the other harem shows like Kanon ... and Baccano as well  It just depends if those characters are "well portrayed" or not, in the opinion of the reviewer. Unfortunately for Shuffle they all seem to be in agreement with this:
Also to me there is a difference between "somehow broken" and incredibly stupid and incompetent, which seems to be the main problem for Bamboo ^^;; |
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vashfanatic
Posts: 3489 Location: Back stateside |
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How is Baccano a harem show????? |
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