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Find it to be completely overrated tbh. The fact that it's premise causes it to be a series in which everything can be fixed with time resets is a definite turn off. The show tries to subvert this, but the fact that the ending is just a time reset with little loss makes the events seem pointless. It doesn't help that the only character that really develops is Okabe, and that isn't entirely so when he's simply fixing what went wrong rather than dealing with the consequences. It also doesn't help that he had ridiculous plot armour due to the SERN agents who constantly captured him having SW Stormtrooper tier incompetence. If things were even slightly realistic, he'd have been shot dead after his first attempt to save Mayuri.Mirai SSJ said:
I would've been able to view it as at least a decent rule of cool show had it not been for the several episodes before episode 21 or so turning into a typical dating sim, making me lose interest in the series completely. That was only the tip of the iceberg as far as it's otaku pandering goes as well, which comes off purely as self-indulgence rather than a critique of it like Welcome to the NHK was.
Overall, Noein was a better time travel anime, mainly due to not wasting time with dating sim shennanigans.
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Good series overall. It's easily the best school series due to not being some harem or one revolving around petty things. GTO is both a good study and the psychology of some students and an entertaining, wild ride with one of the most entertaining and likeable protagonists around. I found it did start to lose some steam towards the end of both the anime and manga, since the manga ended up getting repetitive at times, especially with the gag of Uchiyamada's cresta being overused to the Nth degree, whilst the anime had a very unsatisfying ending. They're otherwise both good though, although I wouldn't tout them as amongst the best anime/manga of all time, at least not top 10 material or anything like that.
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Was an excellent psychological thriller with a good use of mind games and twists. Some of the exaggerated, slightly campy scenes could be immersion breaking, such as the Potato Chip one, and the characters aren't as layered as in thrillers such as Monster or 20th Century Boys, nor subversive Shonen such as Hunter X Hunter, but overall it was still a great thriller. It also helps that it could even be seen as making bad tropes good, such as how it wove such a cheap trope as amnesia into a good strategy. The L and Higuchi Arcs were some of the best in Shonen, though it's a shame that the ending for Part 1 wasn't solid enough for me to ignore Part 2 in my evaluation of the series as a whole like I can Hokuto no Ken (which had just as bad a drop in quality as Part 2 DN, if not worse).
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Kiseijuu's another good series. The execution of it's ideas with the psychology of the parasytes and the introspection of humanity's value were very well executed. Despite being a Seinen, it could also be considered more of a subversion or critique of battle Shonen with the execution of it's action scenes and a more heavy reliance on tactics to win battles. It's plot did somewhat hinder it's characters though, since it had a tendency to kill off the most interesting ones and it is a series that people generally won't like if they don't like the themes. I do like the themes very much so, however, so I find it to be a good manga I'd put on the same level as GTO, probably a few places above it.
Not a fan of the anime though due to the modernised designs and the modern setting causing a large plot hole in how the Parasytes didn't get immediately exposed in a world filled with social media.
Not a fan of the anime though due to the modernised designs and the modern setting causing a large plot hole in how the Parasytes didn't get immediately exposed in a world filled with social media.
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I'd honestly say the Youtuber MistareFusion's analysis is better, as well as for most DB Arcs in general. Wouldn't have even considered a few of the positives it had if not for his reviews.ahill1 said:
Very much so, though not as much as repeating previous plot lines for arcs such as Fishman Island or Dressrosa, nor the lack of long-term character development for most of the main cast.
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I was the one that first mentioned that in this thread. :'( :'( :'(ahill1 said:
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Why did you choose Captain Cadaver as your username?
Was it your original username?
Was it your original username?
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Because his family name is Cadaver and he's the captain of his school foot-ball team. Duh.Jeff Styles said:
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Read that, meng. That's one of the greatest mangas ever. The anime was facking gr9 too. Even-though I have no room to talk, since I left off at like episode 20 something and thought to myself I get to it later but kept pushing it off which is a problem with a series like this because even small details become important later-on and I won't remember that.SuperSaiyan2 said:
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Mainly for alliteration.Jeff Styles said:
Original username on here, at least.
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One of the best Shonen out there, I'd say second best after Ashita no Joe. The series overall can be considered to be one of the only series to be consistently good throughout, having a little bit of everything to have a lot of qualities of an ideal fictional series. It also has perhaps the best kind of power balancing out of any kind of superpower system in Shonen, as it's roots in chemistry and equivalent exchange help it avoid heavy asspulls, which even some of the more interesting and detailed power systems like Nen from Hunter X Hunter can't avoid. The characters aren't the absolute best of Shonen, but are a good deal more consistent and developed than most other series out there, particularly Scar, Bradley and Greed. The only shortcomings I'd say the series has are it's chibi comedy being immersion breaking and the world building not being as vast as it could be, such as Drachma not getting explored at all.Keedounan said:
Don't really care to check out the 2003 Anime, since I know it falls to shit when going into anime exclusive territory, such as creating more plot holes and ruining Al's character.
Manga/FMA:B Anime - 8/10
