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RWBY:
The White Fang may also want to swap places with humanity, becoming the ruling race.

Adam's semblance is at play (or katanas are just the best weapons ever, but I'm going with the former), since we got the same special background as when he cut the giant robot in Blake's trailer. I thought he needed to absorb attacks on his blade to charge it, but maybe he just needs time to channel aura into his sword. It's hard to know since he was off-screen while Blake bought time for him in the trailer.

Yang doesn't focus on defense much since she relies on her semblance, expecting to overpower all challenges (like in her trailer). This was a humbling experience, you can't just charge a new opponent when you have no idea what semblance they have.


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RWBY:

Spoiler:
My issue isn't with the White Fang (Adam made it pretty clear he's perfectly happy to wipe out humanity for the sake of the Faunus) but what Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, Torchwick and the rest actually think they're accomplishing by letting the Grimm loose on humanity. Again, the White Fang got coerced into this by Cinder. While I can understand why they're happy to go along with murdering their way through humanity, this isn't their master plan, it's Cinder's (or whoever Cinder reports to).


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RWBY:
Though there's no evidence the Grimm aren't just as happy destroying Faunus as humans. Barring complete "Burn it all" madness on Adam's part, the White Fang has to have more of a plan than that.


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Huh, so Gate seems like it's skipping a bit from what's in the manga (which I presume is a reflection of what's in the novels).

Spoiler:
Specifically, they're moving directly onto Rondel, apparently bypassing the detour with the minotaur entirely.


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RWBY:

** spoiler omitted **

RWBY:
Torchwick's rant explains his motivation. He just wants to be on the winning side.

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RWBY Spoiler:
This weeks episode was crazy, can't wait till the teased Ozpin v. Cinder fight next time...but I'd be willing to bet it's a bait and switch


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Oh man the lateset Konosuba was just brilliant, from Aqua in a Cage, to the Duel to the return of the Dullahan. Laughing all the way through just brilliant


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I started watching Dimension W. It's really cool. And it's very refreshing to have a protagonist who isn't in high school for a change.

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! continues to be hilarious! I really love this silly anime! When I thought the fun was over, Dallahan shows up and make me laugh even harder! XD

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What service should I be watching this show on?


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Crunchyroll has it.

RPG Superstar 2011 Top 8

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No one's talking about the last episode of Gate?

Spoiler:
I quite enjoyed the battle with the dragon. The disposable elves getting eaten and breathed on, the wizard using magic to impale it with swords, and then blowing the whole thing up with C4!- reminded me a bit of Kingmaker campaign since introducing the Technology Guide.

Also, Crunchyroll guest passes (and watch Erased!)

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No one's talking about the last episode of Gate?

** spoiler omitted **

Also, Crunchyroll guest passes (and watch Erased!)

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Gah, I didn't realize you were an episode ahead when I read the spoiler, since I don't currently have a crunchyroll account I'm a week behind. Now I is sad :(


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Freehold DM wrote:
yes. More please.

That's about the limit for anime based on eroge that I'm personally familiar with. That's mostly due to happenstance, but also because the series that pull this off with the greatest success sometimes develop a body of work that can require some commitment to fully get through.

The best example of that is the Fate/Stay Night anime (the original work in what eventually became the entire "Fate/" series). Other notable titles include Koihime Musou, Comic Party, To Heart, and Da Capo.

Krensky wrote:

Muv Luv and Baldr Force come to mind.

Then there's Kanon.

Add A Bridge to the Stary Skies ("Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi") and The Fruit of Grisaia ("Grisaia no Kajitsu") to the list of anime based on eroge as well.

(For completeness' sake, Shuffle! and the original Utawarerumono were also noted in earlier posts.)

One more: Tsukihime ("Moon Princess" - released in America under the title "Tsukihime, Lunar Legend").


Alzrius wrote:
Alzrius wrote:
Alzrius wrote:
Freehold DM wrote:
yes. More please.

That's about the limit for anime based on eroge that I'm personally familiar with. That's mostly due to happenstance, but also because the series that pull this off with the greatest success sometimes develop a body of work that can require some commitment to fully get through.

The best example of that is the Fate/Stay Night anime (the original work in what eventually became the entire "Fate/" series). Other notable titles include Koihime Musou, Comic Party, To Heart, and Da Capo.

Krensky wrote:

Muv Luv and Baldr Force come to mind.

Then there's Kanon.

Add A Bridge to the Stary Skies ("Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi") and The Fruit of Grisaia ("Grisaia no Kajitsu") to the list of anime based on eroge as well.

(For completeness' sake, Shuffle! and the original Utawarerumono were also noted in earlier posts.)

One more: Tsukihime ("Moon Princess" - released in America under the title "Tsukihime, Lunar Legend").

Thats one of the few series I can honestly say the show was significantly better than the h-game


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Another in a series of web novels that's being translated by the fan community is Master of Monsters. While it's not a reincarnation story like the last few I've mentioned, the greater difference is the story's tone.

I should mention up front that not very much of this particular story has been translated. While I've read that there are four web-novels of this particular story written so far (with no light novel or manga adaptation that I've been able to find, let alone an anime), less than two full volumes (of just under twenty chapters apiece) have been currently translated into English. If you hate not being able to finish a story that you've started, be warned.

The premise behind Master of Monsters is that, for unknown circumstances, an entire high school's worth of students have been transported en masse to an alternate world. In a twist from how such stories usually go, they find themselves in the middle of a dense forest, where there's nothing but trees and dangerous monsters in ever direction.

More notable is that a large segment - though not all - of the students have gained special powers as a result of the transfer. After making a provisional camp, most of the students with powers set out in an expedition to try and find some signs of civilization, while the remainder stay behind to watch over the students without powers.

However, the "stay home" group quickly devolves into Lord of the Flies. At some point, the remaining students with powers begin to openly terrorize their fellows, descending into an orgy of violence and murder, at which point the entire camp collapses as the remaining students flee for their lives into the wilderness. One of those students is Takahiro Mashima, who hides in a cave, only to find himself about to be eaten by a slime. Just as he loses consciousness, however, he realizes that he has a power after all: to bind monsters to himself as servants.

That's where the story begins.

I mentioned before that what sets Master of Monsters apart from other stories in this vein is its tone. Specifically, the story is far more interested in psychological drama among its main cast than it is in action or adventure. The actual plot, which involves Takahiro slowly building up a stable of monsters, figuring out where the expeditionary group went, and getting out of the forest, is quite clearly secondary to how the characters relate, not just to each other, but also to their present circumstances.

A large part of this is focused on the nature of Takahiro's relationships with the monsters he tames. In each case, they were creatures that were barely sentient before, but as a result of his power have been imbued with not only human-level intelligence, but have undergone a sort of psychic imprinting to feel deep, quasi-romantic affection for him. Between that, and that the monsters are all identifiably female with at least some humanoid characteristics, you'd expect this to be a typical harem setup. However, the story shies away from clichés in favor of expounding heavily on the characters' mentalities...usually in the form of quiet desperation, if not anguish.

Takahiro, for instance, is heavily traumatized by what happened at the camp, to the point where even imagining being vulnerable around another human causes crippling anxiety. Lily, the slime-girl, desperately wants to ease Takahiro's pain but has no idea how. Rose, a "wood doll" monster, is determined to stand between Takahiro and danger, even as she's convinced that her wooden body makes her unfit for any kind of deeper relationship, etc. The entire story is one of broken individuals, relying on each other to not only survive, but remain stable.

The result of this is that the story is one that's, while not quite "dark" per se, does have a far more grim presentation than stories with a similar premise. At the same time, however, the characters feel far and away more substantive, since we spend a considerable amount of time going over why they do what they do. I personally found that to be a very refreshing change of pace.

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Alzrius wrote:
One more: Tsukihime ("Moon Princess" - released in America under the title "Tsukihime, Lunar Legend").
Thats one of the few series I can honestly say the show was significantly better than the h-game

There was no Tsukihime anime, I don't know what you're talking about.


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Another in a series of web novels that's being translated by the fan community is Master of Monsters. While it's not a reincarnation story like the last few I've mentioned, the greater difference is the story's tone.

I should mention up front that not very much of this particular story has been translated. While I've read that there are four web-novels of this particular story written so far (with no light novel or manga adaptation that I've been able to find, let alone an anime), less than two full volumes (of just under twenty chapters apiece) have been currently translated into English. If you hate not being able to finish a story that you've started, be warned.

The premise behind Master of Monsters is that, for unknown circumstances, an entire high school's worth of students have been transported en masse to an alternate world. In a twist from how such stories usually go, they find themselves in the middle of a dense forest, where there's nothing but trees and dangerous monsters in ever direction.

More notable is that a large segment - though not all - of the students have gained special powers as a result of the transfer. After making a provisional camp, most of the students with powers set out in an expedition to try and find some signs of civilization, while the remainder stay behind to watch over the students without powers.

However, the "stay home" group quickly devolves into Lord of the Flies. At some point, the remaining students with powers begin to openly terrorize their fellows, descending into an orgy of violence and murder, at which point the entire camp collapses as the remaining students flee for their lives into the wilderness. One of those students is Takahiro Mashima, who hides in a cave, only to find himself about to be eaten by a slime. Just as he loses consciousness, however, he realizes that he has a power after all: to bind monsters to himself as servants.

That's where the story begins.

I mentioned before that what sets Master of Monsters apart...

I have to check this out. It's a novel only?


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I have to check this out. It's a novel only?

Insofar as I'm aware, yes. There doesn't seem to even be a manga adaptation, let alone an anime. (I say that based on some quick Googling.)


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In these cases, it's a fairly straightforward progression.

The series start as web novels. If they're popular enough - or the author gets lucky when submitting - they get published as light novels, usually after a pretty thorough editing process. Ones the publishers like might have a manga produced (often only covering the first volume or two), acting as promotional material to showcase the series. REALLY popular ones get animated for basically the same reason.

I don't think most of the series get novelized until there's at least 2-3 volumes worth of material, and from there, it can take a bit to actually get everything negotiated and in order. ^^ I'd be surprised if Master of Monsters didn't at least get to the point of having a manga (I'm doubtful on an anime, but I'd take it as a long-shot bet that's not totally out of the question).


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Alzrius wrote:
Another in a series of web novels that's being translated by the fan community is Master of Monsters.

How embarrassing. I forgot to parenthetically note the title's original Japanese name: ("Monster no Goshujin-sama").

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So I noticed that nobody's been talking about the anime Ajin: Demi-Human...

For those that don't know, in the series, Ajin are immortal beings that only learn that they are what they are by dying for the first time. Think Highlanders, but without the Quickening. Ajin are considered criminals so that they can be captured and used for cruel experimentation procedures by the government in an attempt to reproduce their abilities. This has the effect making the other Ajin very cold and almost unfeeling. I say other because the main character, Nagai Kei, is just a kid caught up in all of this after discovering he's an Ajin when he's hit by a truck on his way back to school. He just wants to be a decent human being that's quickly discovering the all too dark side of humanity.

And I haven't even discussed the the black ghosts, or IBMs (Invisible Black Matter) as the Americans call them, that only other Ajin can see.

It's been a pretty cool series with some heavy psychological themes that doesn't hold back on the level of violence that occurs. They're only up to five episodes currently, and I'm eagerly awaiting episode 6.

I highly recommend this series.


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For adventure anime set in a fantasy world, you don't always need to have the main character start in the real world. A recent good example of this is Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? ("Danjon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka"), a thirteen-episode anime that I looked at based purely on the "WTF factor" of its name. I'm slightly chagrined to admit that I almost judged the anime by its title; I'm glad I didn't, because I confess that I found the series to be quite a bit of fun.

Before I go any further, I have to take a moment to talk about the series' name. I read Japanese moderately well, and so I couldn't help but notice that whenever I saw the title in its original language (ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか), that the kanji for "girls" wasn't present. That's because the whole "try to pick up girls" part of the title ("deai o motomeru") is literally translated as "want to have an encounter." Were I translating this into English, as a compromise between accuracy and localization, I'd have called the series "Is It Wrong to Try and Get a Date While in a Dungeon?"

Leaving the semantics aside, Danmachi (as it's known in Japan) is the story of a young adventurer named Bell Cranel. Having come to the city of Orario, where the infamous Labyrinth - a dungeon of unknown depths that continuously spawns monsters - is located, Bell is keen to follow the words of his late grandfather and become a successful adventurer for that most important of reasons: to gain a harem!

Specifically, Bell is intent on rescuing a female adventurer from the clutches of imminent peril, which will - according to his grandfather's wisdom - make her fall hopelessly in love with him. The irony here is that, at the very beginning of the series, Bell immediately charges into the dungeon, immediately gets in over his head, and is saved by a beautiful female adventurer named Aiz Wallenstein, for whom Bell immediately falls head-over-heels. From that point on, Bell has eyes for no other girl, instead being intent on improving himself so that he can be recognized by Aiz. (Of course, this doesn't mean that no other girls have their eyes on him...)

A brief series, Danmachi is fun because of how it's earnest without losing its comparative lightheartedness. The show's tenor is set by its main character, who never loses his fundamentally optimistic outlook; in contrast to this, the series isn't afraid to challenge that outlook of his, putting Bell in situations where he has to overcome fear, shame, and betrayals in order to gain power without losing his innocence in the process. That he's able to do so is what makes his story interesting to read.

Danmachi began as a light novel series, which is currently being officially translated into English, and also has a manga adaptation which is similarly being officially released as well. Like the manga, the anime is based directly on the light novels, with each medium telling the same story.

...except that there's another story, connected to but separate from the main Danmachi series. Sword Oratoria is a spin-off light novel series (licensed for official English release, but with no volumes released so far), with a manga adaptation (with English translations by the fan community), that tells the story of the same sequence of events, but focusing on Aiz Wallenstein rather than Bell.

I need to take a moment to impress that, if you're a fan of Danmachi, you owe it to yourself to read Sword Oratoria. Not only does this series reveal more to Aiz's character (such as why she seems drawn to Bell in the first place), but also shows a great deal of "behind the scenes" machinations going on during Bell's adventures. For example, during the main series there's a very brief, almost throwaway, line about...

Spoiler:
Aiz reaching level 6.

By contrast, this is a fairly major plot point in Sword Oratoria, with a lot of build-up leading to the event in question, followed by a fair amount of resolution leading off from this. We also get quite a few new insights into things like who runs the adventurer's guild, how magic works in that world, new enemies, and quite a bit more. It's also quite interesting to see where it connects to the main series, since we get several instances of "while that was happening over there, this was happening over here."

Insofar as fantasy adventure series go, both Danmachi and Sword Oratoria are very much worth checking out.


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RWBY:

I kind of figured it was coming, but

season finale:
Pyrrah's death still hurts. She was my favorite character, and while her fight with Cinder was sufficiently badass, I was still hoping Ruby would be able to save her, somehow.

Not sure I feel about Ruby having some special mysterious nuke power. My guess is it's a variation on her speed from her Semblance. Instead of accelerating herself, she can slow/stop time for others, which explains the frozen dragon. No clue what happened to Cinder, though.


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Didn't we already talk about is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon in this thread? We had to, this was how I heard about it.

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RWBY:
I thought Ruby was going to awaken maiden powers, but this is something else apparently. Interesting.

The series went full GRRM in the last 5 or so episodes. Arkos was the one true ship, and now it went the way of the Titanic.

At least it looks like JNR got upgraded to main characters, for the time being!

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Talk about Danmachi MORE!


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Didn't we already talk about is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon in this thread? We had to, this was how I heard about it.

I suspect we might have, since the anime premiered something like six months ago, and so was likely mentioned here then. That said, I felt it was worth mentioning again (and certainly the Sword Oratoria spin-off deserved a shout-out!).


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RWBY

Spoiler:
So all this seems to be about a bad break up between Ozpin and Mystery Lady (Salem?)

oh.....could Cinder be the daughter of Ozpin and Salem?


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RWBY:
I really liked the season finale... As heart-wrenching as it was... Only thing I didn't care for was Ruby Deux Ex Machina power surge... I'm just so tired of this trope... I was hoping this series wouldn't fall into the old "the protagonist has a super sspecial secret inner power that she can't control, but unleashes upon seeing a friend die" tale.

Other than that... A great episode.


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RWBY:
I'm not sure how I feel about the last episode, it was both awesome And somehow dull. I'm a bit miffed about Pyrrha dying, also the arc they set up between Blake and Yang felt a little forced to me. But the fights between Cinder and ozpin and cinder and Pyrrha were epic. Overall season three was a great ride and I'll be back for season 4 I hope that can resolve the threads they have set up successfully

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Yeah, I'm a little pissed about the RWBY finale.


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RWBY: We've had our Empire Strikes Back. Now I want my Return of the Jedi.


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RWBY

Spoiler:
Blake and Yang didn't bother me. Blake herself has admitted before that he first instinct in any given situation is to run. Yang got seriously hurt because of her and she feels incredibly guilty about it, so she's doing what she always does: running away. Yang, meanwhile, being incredibly bitter about losing her arm and then Blake disappearing afterwards makes perfect sense. At some point someone will probably tell Yang that Blake got her to safety despite being grievously wounded and they'll be able to patch things up, but right now the team is shattered just like the human nations are shattered. I imagine Season 4 will be about trying to put the pieces back together.


Pandora in the Crimson Shell is starting to make it's Tone shift. Main villain is making more visible moves and we had a nice (but brief) staredown between his giant invisible bodyguard and Clarion

Clarion has got one heck of a nice Death Stare.

also got some suggestions that the physical power of Nene's body may be dramatically higher then we have seen so far. It is simply being regulated to keep her at the level of a normal girl her age. From what the doctor was saying it's a mental regulator not a physical one, they want to allow her to be able to extert greater strength in times of emergency similar to how normal humans can


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RWBY

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RWBY:
Agreed. The one thing I would like to add though is that Blake didn't necessarily run away. She ran from her friends, but based off of where we see her she is determined to do something about what happened. I think it is a newer determination that we will see in her next season, despite the fact that she can't face her friends.
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Still waiting on episode six of Ajin: Demihuman, so I sat down to catch episode 6 of Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash). I get what Mary's deal is when it comes to healing the party and I'm more sympathetic to her than I was before. That said, I still don't like her, but maybe she'll grow on me. And it was fun watching the thief take those tentative steps to becoming the leader of the party.

Also caught the new episode of GATE... well, that wasn't expected. I'm really beginning to despise the bunny-queen.

I still need to process the events of RWBY's season finale, so no comments from me about that, other than... Yikes!


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It was a predictable, though enjoyable Hai to Gensou no Grimgar episode... Did anyone have any doubts about what had happened to Mary in the past? Or that she'll gradually warm up to the party?

Still, I very much like seeing the characters interact and evolve.

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I wouldn't say that she's warmed up to them yet. She's getting there, though. I'd say she's in the process of lowering her guard where the group is concerned, because her whole thing is that she doesn't want to get too attached to them like she did with her last party. I am thinking that the thief will be wanting to go after a certain kobold though. How Mary reacts to that will be interesting if he brings it up.


Well... I did say she will gradually warm up to the party... Not that she's already done it.

They'll likely go after the Kobold... And she'll overcome her trauma and start trully trusting the party during the battle against it. I knew what her character arc would be thd moment she joined the party.

I'll be very pleasantly surprised if they avoid the cliche.


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So I just realized that Gate is about to break new ground.

What I mean by that is that the next episode of the anime will advance the story past the point where (the English translations of) the light novels and the manga have reached.

Having read all of the Gate materials I could find after the first cour of the anime ended, I really didn't think that the second cour would have anything new. That I'm wrong in that regard is a very pleasant surprise!


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Alzrius wrote:

So I just realized that Gate is about to break new ground.

What I mean by that is that the next episode of the anime will advance the story past the point where (the English translations of) the light novels and the manga have reached.

Having read all of the Gate materials I could find after the first cour of the anime ended, I really didn't think that the second cour would have anything new. That I'm wrong in that regard is a very pleasant surprise!

The first anime versions of Hellsing and Fullmetal Alchemist managed to go past the Japanese manga they were based on.


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The first anime versions of Hellsing and Fullmetal Alchemist managed to go past the Japanese manga they were based on.

That's true, but in doing so they ended up moving off into original material. That's not uncommon, since an anime will usually have a shorter run than the series it's based on, and will often need to bring things to a close when its source material is still ongoing; with no new material to draw upon, there's little that can be done but to make something new.

I'm not entirely sure that's the case for Gate, however, since it's possible (though I can't confirm it) that there's further light novels that simply haven't been translated yet, meaning that the anime would have new materials to be based on. As such, the Gate anime might go the other route that an anime can take when it ends while its source material is ongoing: faithfully finishing up the current story arc and then simply ceasing to continue.


As I understand Gate, there are ten volumes comprising five story arcs (each with a first and second half). I'm not sure where exactly the anime is at, but I think the current season is covering the second arc, and possibly some of the third. They could almost certainly animate straight to the end if they wanted to, but since many anime are basically advertisements for the source material, they might figure enough is enough. XD;


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As I understand Gate, there are ten volumes comprising five story arcs (each with a first and second half).

I hadn't heard that, but it matches completely with what I've seen; of the four novels that have been fan-translated into English, they've been titled "Contact (first half)," "Contact (second half)," "Flame Dragon (first half)," and "Flame Dragon (second half)."


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So on a whim I rewatched a good chunk of RWBY after the finale. Is it just me or does all of team JNPR have massive death flags?

All are named after heroes/heroines who had tragic and/or self sacrificial fates.
Jean Arc - Jeanne D'arc Heroine of the 100 years war burned at the stake for witchcraft/heresy.
Pyrrha Nikos- just a slight change from Pyrrhic Victory in greek. Also the name that Achilles took when disguising himself. Later killed by Paris with an arrow to the heel.
Nora Valkyrie - Thor who dies to slay Jörmungandr during Ragnarok
Lie Rin- Hau Mulan who commits suicide after her father's death and upon her impending marriage to the Khan.

They fall into archetypes who tend to end up as fodder for big bads to chew through and give the protagonists a reason to avenge them.
Jean- Lucky loser/plucky comic relief with a noble heart
Pyrrha- Nobel, self sacrificing person who "just wants to be accepted for myself"
Nora- Goofy Comic relief who has ridiculous power and a heart of gold and a hidden soft side for a childhood friend.
Rin- Oblivious(?) childhood friend who's goal seems to be making the world a better place(his dream was to go to apprentice to the Marshall)

All have potentially tragic backstories that we only get small glimpses of
Jean- ran away from home to become a warrior
Pyrrah- her fame has suffocated her
Nora and Rin- apparently orphans who only had each other growing up.

And now that Pyrrah has met her end in a manner much liker her namesake I just can't help but wonder if the days are numbered for the rest of their team.

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So remember when I said that Leilei was one crafty customer...?

Gate:

She sure proved it during today's episode. Thanks to their encounters, Itami is at worst in a relationship with or engaged to her, and, at best, her husband. That didn't go over too well with the other ladies (Rory especially). And I loved how quick she was to dismiss Tuka's marriage claim, due to her being insane at the time.

Also the duel between her and Arpeggio was pretty cool, though Rory's rules laid out in the beginning as she officiated had me busting a gut. Figured it would end in a draw. And that guy had Leilei dead bang. I thought she was a goner for sure. But it just reinforces one thing for me...

I really hate the bunny queen.


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You know... Hai to Gensou no Grimgar is turning into one of my favorite animes. I enjoyed the first two episodes, but didn't expect to like the series this much. Now, every episode ends with me wanting more! The only anime that has me more hooked up is Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!.

It's amazing how these two shows can have almost identical premises, but completely different tones and characters! And both are just incredibly fun (for completely different reasons)!

Konosuba is freaking hilarious! One of the very few anime that makes me literally LOL! I can't help but laugh when they shout the anime's name in a tone that matches the current scene... Aqua screaming "Konosuba" with a desperate voice while crocodiles try to eat her made me lose it! XD

Grimgar is an amazing depiction of a low-level D&D party and, more importantly, has good pacing, beautiful art, likable characters and great character development. It's more of a slice of life/drama story in a fantasy setting. The action scenes are very fluid and fun, but they never overshadow the main focus of the show: the personal growth of our young heroes.


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http://gematsu.com/2016/02/ibm-japan-announces-sword-art-online-virtual-rea lity-project

..that's both awesome and squeakily terrifying

edit: strange for some reason the forum is putting a space between the a and the l of reality get rid of that and you get the aritcle.

Long story short: IBM japan is making a VRMMO based and Sword arts online and wants testers

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I think we should all take a second as well and appreciate the craziness which is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.


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I think we should all take a second as well and appreciate the craziness which is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

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