eblf2013 wrote:

Patatitta wrote:

Jun: Shoutarou no Fantasy World, 6/10: I actually was waiting for someone to write in this thread so I could make another post and be happy with it

this is a 2 volume manga, kinda like an anthology, very abstract, amazing panel play, however, this manga feels very arrogant, sometimes it feels abstract just because the mangaka wanted to, even if the story of message didn't require such abstraction, and it actually deducted from the value of the art piece rather than increasing it


I have another manga i'm about to finish so please someone post in this thread too thx

Heh, I'm feeling good that you read it. It's one of my only "three" (so far) fav "manga" (Well, Haruhi is a Light Novel tho but anyway).

Personally I think it was great, to me it was more like a lesson of art or something to inspire people when in an art block. In my opinion it's a great work of art (or rather, metaart) whose view can change depending on the viewer. I personally found it relatable and I even cried in one chapter or two, really.

Ah also, I liked that it barely had dialogue. My attention span really thanked it. I could just let myself look at it.

I was about to give it a 10 but... I felt like it had too many chapters and was getting bored by second volume. Volume 1 was great but... I felt like Volume 2 wasn't really needed.

Ta fuerte el sake

Stomiks wrote:

School Days 1/10

Very heated notes

What the fucks with this show? Every single one of these characters are so horrible and they're becoming even more shittier as each episode goes on. Every piece of dialouge is so awkward and watching them interact with eachother is so fucking horrible to watch through, especially itou. He is actually the worst character I've ever came across in fiction. This asshole can't just stop pulling his dick out and somehow every girl still wants to fuck him despite being known as the biggest piece of shit in that school. And when this fucker's sins finally catches up to him he has the gall to say it's not his fault? Fuck youuuuu. I hated him so much I kept punching the screen everytime he appears.

Good thing that fucker dies in the boat scene, together with sekai too. Did you know how happy I was when both of them died? I was screaming death and murder so loudly my neighbors got suspicious. It's a bit of a shame that katsura and everyone else didn't die, but at least they got two of the biggest piece of shits I've ever seen go to hell.

I have officially found the worst anime I've ever watched. When I initially went into this show, I thought it'd be just some bad slice of life anime but I didn't know it was gonna be a cesspoll filled with burning shit. I've never felt this much mental pain watching a show. Who thought it was a good idea to air this anime? Who thought it was a good idea to write something this horrible? Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be watching youtube videos of people reviewing this show while sharing the same sentiment I feel about it.

MyAnimeList wrote:

The demon king has been defeated, and the victorious hero party returns home before disbanding. The four—mage Frieren, hero Himmel, priest Heiter, and warrior Eisen—reminisce about their decade-long journey as the moment to bid each other farewell arrives. But the passing of time is different for elves, thus Frieren witnesses her companions slowly pass away one by one.

Before his death, Heiter manages to foist a young human apprentice called Fern onto Frieren. Driven by the elf's passion for collecting a myriad of magic spells, the pair embarks on a seemingly aimless journey, revisiting the places that the heroes of yore had visited. Along their travels, Frieren slowly confronts her regrets of missed opportunities to form deeper bonds with her now-deceased comrades.

eblf2013 wrote:

Patatitta wrote:

Serial Experiments Lain: 7/10: Found that there was a spanish dub so I watched it.

Lain has a very dedicated fanbase, I cant just go on , give it a 7, and move on with my life, so, I will explain what do I enjoy exactly about anbime, and why I don't think that lain is THAT good

Lain is an anime mainly known for it's very complicated plot, and the way that the anime obtains this complexity is by purpousely abstracting information to the watcher, so things happen, and there really isn't an explanation to the viewer, the actual plot when you write it down isn't really that out of the ordinary, but the way it's presented is the more original part

Thing is, the reason I like lain is not exactly because of the plot, anmd mainly because of the atmosphere and the themes it covers, however, the fact that the story is so abstracted, kinda limits it IMO, there is a very important plot pont that you can realize it's happening on chapter 3 but they dont confirm until chapter 8, the actual story content is very limited as that content then has to be presented in a very specific way

I've already said this to someone and they were like "Oh you just dont like thinking while watching anime", but that is just not true, thing is, I dont want for the actual story content and themes to be limited by the fact I have to think a lot about it, my favourite manga is shimeji simulation, and that one has two storylines basically, the one you read, and then the one you understand, which is isnsanely more complicated, I just like that approach a lot more

I still think that Lain is pretty good, but I just didn't really enjoy it that much personally

I'd recommend watching Haibane Renmei, I think it's way better executed than Lain. Pretty slow paced like the former tho.

Quoting from my MAL recommendation: You could consider Haibane Renmei and Serial Experiments Lain as sister anime, due to both being about existentialism, the protagonists are very similar in appearance and personality, there's a heavy psychological element and both also deal with sensitive topics like death or suicide. They're done by the same author as well.

Both anime have opposite characteristics as well: Serial Experiments Lain feels like the darker sister, taking place in a dystopian cybernetic world where everything is connected, while Haibane Renmei is the lighter sister which takes place in a peaceful village, isolated from the rest of the world. Serial Experiments Lain is a very complex anime, while Haibane Renmei is simple and straightforward. One rarely sees two anime complement and relate so well to each other actually.