So Endless Eight hits the top of the charts but Baccano! doesn't rate high enough for a second series?
Oh, Japan.
I'm watching this Baccano episode now on Hulu. I'm three episodes in and I'm about to give up on it - why the hell is the story jumping all over the place? They drank some magic wine, I get it, and now they're doing some schizzo mixed up storytelling to introduce the characters?
I don't blame Japan for losing patience in this show.
It has three or so main storylines in different time periods told in parallel, with a few jaunts into other times here and there. Once you get a bit into it it is pretty straightforward to figure out which is which when it switches between them. There's the story with the wine bottles, the story surrounding the train, and the story about the sister looking for her brother. They start to tie back together later on.
I'm still not entirely clear on the exact sequence of events. Some of it's obvious because of the big details
At the beginning when Firo and Luck get gunned down is obviously after Szilard dies since they're immortal.
Some it's more fuzzy to me, but that's probably something that would be more clear if I had watched it more than once. Like...
whether Isaac and Miria were already immortal before they got on the train.
I mean, IIRC the black suit guys were on the train because of the panacea (so it would be after the events), but I don't recall anything about it actually being put on the train in the first place. Explosives being on the train, sure, but not the panacea.
Isaac and Miria became immortal at the party Firo became immortal. They all drank the elixir, which Isaac and Miria handed out, thinking it was liquor. They were dressed like a priest and a nun.
I know that. I'm assuming that that particular story arc takes place both before and after the events of The Flying Pussyfoot.
It all happens before the train part. The people in the black suits were trying to hold the train hostage to free Huey Laforet. Their devotion to Huey was in hopes of achieving immortality but that was a longterm goal and not directly related to the Pussyfoot hijack.
It all happens before the train part. The people in the black suits were trying to hold the train hostage to free Huey Laforet. Their devotion to Huey was in hopes of achieving immortality but that was a longterm goal and not directly related to the Pussyfoot hijack.
Got it.
I had thought that they wanted to free Huey and get the stuff that might have been on the train. I don't know how much they knew about Chane but my original impression was that Huey would have told them to fuck their selves after they killed her. It wasn't until the extra backstory from episodes 14-16 that made me understand Huey and Chane's relationship better (him thinking of her as an experiment as opposed to a daughter).
Okay, anybody care to explain this Endless Eight business to me, as someone who watched the first season but not the second?
Some spoilers, but rather minor:
The club basically ends up repeating the summer vacation for a very long time...I think it was 500 something years when all was said and done. All because Haruhi didn't want it to end (she basically felt that something wasn't finished).
The episodes after the first Endless Eight were basically identical to the first except for one added scene. Everyone's memories except Yuki's were erased though the rest of the club had strange feelings of deja vu. KyoAni re-animated and re-voiced each episode, but it was essentially eight episodes of the same damned thing.
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Rollers are red, chargers are blue....omae wa mou shindeiru
It all happens before the train part. The people in the black suits were trying to hold the train hostage to free Huey Laforet. Their devotion to Huey was in hopes of achieving immortality but that was a longterm goal and not directly related to the Pussyfoot hijack.
Got it.
I had thought that they wanted to free Huey and get the stuff that might have been on the train. I don't know how much they knew about Chane but my original impression was that Huey would have told them to fuck their selves after they killed her. It wasn't until the extra backstory from episodes 14-16 that made me understand Huey and Chane's relationship better (him thinking of her as an experiment as opposed to a daughter).
Senator Beriam does have something very important on the train which I assumed is related to the immortals if he's willing to risk his family for it but I wasn't exactly sure if anything came of it or if anyone else knew about it. I just assume it went up in smoke with explosion anyways.
It all happens before the train part. The people in the black suits were trying to hold the train hostage to free Huey Laforet. Their devotion to Huey was in hopes of achieving immortality but that was a longterm goal and not directly related to the Pussyfoot hijack.
Got it.
I had thought that they wanted to free Huey and get the stuff that might have been on the train. I don't know how much they knew about Chane but my original impression was that Huey would have told them to fuck their selves after they killed her. It wasn't until the extra backstory from episodes 14-16 that made me understand Huey and Chane's relationship better (him thinking of her as an experiment as opposed to a daughter).
Senator Beriam does have something very important on the train which I assumed is related to the immortals if he's willing to risk his family for it but I wasn't exactly sure if anything came of it or if anyone else knew about it. I just assume it went up in smoke with explosion anyways.
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but it was my understanding that the Senator's wife and daughter were on the train. Wasn't that the little girl Czeslaw made friends with?
Okay, anybody care to explain this Endless Eight business to me, as someone who watched the first season but not the second?
Some spoilers, but rather minor:
The club basically ends up repeating the summer vacation for a very long time...I think it was 500 something years when all was said and done. All because Haruhi didn't want it to end (she basically felt that something wasn't finished).
The episodes after the first Endless Eight were basically identical to the first except for one added scene. Everyone's memories except Yuki's were erased though the rest of the club had strange feelings of deja vu. KyoAni re-animated and re-voiced each episode, but it was essentially eight episodes of the same damned thing.
It all happens before the train part. The people in the black suits were trying to hold the train hostage to free Huey Laforet. Their devotion to Huey was in hopes of achieving immortality but that was a longterm goal and not directly related to the Pussyfoot hijack.
Got it.
I had thought that they wanted to free Huey and get the stuff that might have been on the train. I don't know how much they knew about Chane but my original impression was that Huey would have told them to fuck their selves after they killed her. It wasn't until the extra backstory from episodes 14-16 that made me understand Huey and Chane's relationship better (him thinking of her as an experiment as opposed to a daughter).
Senator Beriam does have something very important on the train which I assumed is related to the immortals if he's willing to risk his family for it but I wasn't exactly sure if anything came of it or if anyone else knew about it. I just assume it went up in smoke with explosion anyways.
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but it was my understanding that the Senator's wife and daughter were on the train. Wasn't that the little girl Czeslaw made friends with?
His family is on the train but he's willing to sacrifice them for whatever else he had riding on that train
Okay, anybody care to explain this Endless Eight business to me, as someone who watched the first season but not the second?
Some spoilers, but rather minor:
The club basically ends up repeating the summer vacation for a very long time...I think it was 500 something years when all was said and done. All because Haruhi didn't want it to end (she basically felt that something wasn't finished).
The episodes after the first Endless Eight were basically identical to the first except for one added scene. Everyone's memories except Yuki's were erased though the rest of the club had strange feelings of deja vu. KyoAni re-animated and re-voiced each episode, but it was essentially eight episodes of the same damned thing.
Wow, that's pretty retarded.
The rest of the season was fine. The first episode was off to a really good start, but Endless Eight dragged on too long. After Endless Eight you get to see the making of the school movie. Oh, how I wished Itsuki didn't hold Kyon back.
Endless Eight did make me feel sorry for Yuki. All the repetition:
Ninja contractor fight FUCK YEAH!
Magician's fucking AWESOME!
Magician's dead FUCK NO, he better come back.
Accidental groping!
Yin is dead or something? FUUUUUUU
Kick ass.
Kimi ni Todoke 3:
Pedro Martinez!
Heh, "zashiki warashi". Where have I heard that before? :P
Oh, son of a bitch.
Between these two shows, and a continuing show or two, I'm set for this anime season.
Ninja contractor fight FUCK YEAH!
Magician's fucking AWESOME!
Magician's dead FUCK NO, he better come back.
Accidental groping!
Yin is dead or something? FUUUUUUU
Kick ass.
Pretty sure Magician isn't dead. Hei just shocked him unconscious and was going to finish things with the knife when the trap went off.
Bakuman this week:
Nakai continues to be slightly less creepy than Aoki's manager.
Hiramaru's editor continues to keep him mired in debt to keep him writing. And that he's drawing pictures of girls he wants his editor to find for him to date.
The smug look on Miyoshi and Takagi's face after Miyoshi reads out the SMS.
Miura finally pulls ass into gear before fucking things up spectacularly at the end.
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Indeed. Now I'm thinking that the Ten genre shift plan is back on the table, though I am not quite sure how that will happen. But my predictions have been wrong in most previous weeks, and I don't expect to be right this week either.
From the way Yamahisa was talking about presentation to Aoki, you can kind of see his editorial qualities. Of course, it comes out the wrong way and he still comes across as quite creepy and scheming. I don't know if I'm going to like how the Aoki-Nakai-Kato-etc. side story is going to come out...
Indeed. Now I'm thinking that the Ten genre shift plan is back on the table, though I am not quite sure how that will happen. But my predictions have been wrong in most previous weeks, and I don't expect to be right this week either.
From the way Yamahisa was talking about presentation to Aoki, you can kind of see his editorial qualities. Of course, it comes out the wrong way and he still comes across as quite creepy and scheming. I don't know if I'm going to like how the Aoki-Nakai-Kato-etc. side story is going to come out...
I'm just hoping they get Hattori back.
Edit: Maybe I just missed reading it but I sort of made Kato out to like mid 20s tops.
Edit: Maybe I just missed reading it but I sort of made Kato out to like mid 20s tops.
Ah, but getting Hattori back as their editor would be too easy, now wouldn't it! Gotta have some character development in there eventually as we are all hoping. I'm sure that Miura and Hattori will have a talky chapter at some point (perhaps in the next two issues) that will get Miura and Ashirogi seeing eye-to-eye. Or at least moreso.
As for Kato... I did a skim back to earlier chapters; when she's introduced, it's mentioned that she's had two years experience as a manga assistant (c.36), and she mentions herself that she's about eight years older than the pair (c.44). That would put her at about 26 to 28, for our protagonists of age 18-19 in the first part of their freshman year of college. I would chalk it up to a small bit of time stretching, and if you fudge the numbers a little bit, you can make it sort of work out by assuming that Kato's currently 28, she will turn 29 later in the year, and that she will be 30 the year afterward.
Shana S and Shana-Tan revenge were pretty good. It's been awhile since I've heard Satoshi Hino and Rie Kugimiya in a cutesy exchange.
Sasameki Koto 3: That was a lot more impressive than I expected. The sunset kiss was .
I'm really loving the Sasameki Koto anime. The presentation of the kiss in particular was not only cute, but the best animated scene in the episode, and also emphasizes Sumika's desperation and longing. So while it was very heartwarming, it was also bitter-sweet.
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Got it.
Some spoilers, but rather minor:
The episodes after the first Endless Eight were basically identical to the first except for one added scene. Everyone's memories except Yuki's were erased though the rest of the club had strange feelings of deja vu. KyoAni re-animated and re-voiced each episode, but it was essentially eight episodes of the same damned thing.
Wow, that's pretty retarded.
The rest of the season was fine. The first episode was off to a really good start, but Endless Eight dragged on too long. After Endless Eight you get to see the making of the school movie. Oh, how I wished Itsuki didn't hold Kyon back.
Endless Eight did make me feel sorry for Yuki. All the repetition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAEd17Tdro
Magician's fucking AWESOME!
Magician's dead FUCK NO, he better come back.
Accidental groping!
Yin is dead or something? FUUUUUUU
Kimi ni Todoke 3:
Heh, "zashiki warashi". Where have I heard that before? :P
Oh, son of a bitch.
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Sasameki Koto 3: That was a lot more impressive than I expected. The sunset kiss was
I also took a look at Wolf Guy. That is pretty smug.
Bakuman this week:
Hiramaru's editor continues to keep him mired in debt to keep him writing. And that he's drawing pictures of girls he wants his editor to find for him to date.
The smug look on Miyoshi and Takagi's face after Miyoshi reads out the SMS.
Miura finally pulls ass into gear before fucking things up spectacularly at the end.
In a way, it shows how little Miura knows them.
From the way Yamahisa was talking about presentation to Aoki, you can kind of see his editorial qualities. Of course, it comes out the wrong way and he still comes across as quite creepy and scheming. I don't know if I'm going to like how the Aoki-Nakai-Kato-etc. side story is going to come out...
Edit: Maybe I just missed reading it but I sort of made Kato out to like mid 20s tops.
As for Kato... I did a skim back to earlier chapters; when she's introduced, it's mentioned that she's had two years experience as a manga assistant (c.36), and she mentions herself that she's about eight years older than the pair (c.44). That would put her at about 26 to 28, for our protagonists of age 18-19 in the first part of their freshman year of college. I would chalk it up to a small bit of time stretching, and if you fudge the numbers a little bit, you can make it sort of work out by assuming that Kato's currently 28, she will turn 29 later in the year, and that she will be 30 the year afterward.
I'm really loving the Sasameki Koto anime. The presentation of the kiss in particular was not only cute, but the best animated scene in the episode, and also emphasizes Sumika's desperation and longing. So while it was very heartwarming, it was also bitter-sweet.
ehhh
if he could have just acted like an adult and not blown his top as usual he could have pointed out that artist-kid was acting like a stubborn brat
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