Author Topic: Kotoura-san  (Read 3605 times)

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2013, 09:46:52 PM »
I'm seeing episodes 1 & 2 at Nyaa, with several subbers.
I started d/l the "AnimeNow" subs, then read in the comments that there are complaints, oh my!
Are the different subbers really THAT different? Should I scrub AnimeNow and d/l another?
Still a newbie in many ways...  ::)

It looks like Commie have started releasing it now. They're not great, but since there aren't any decent groups doing it, I'd recommend them. Horriblesubs are probably similar quality, but I prefer to avoid them on principle. I certainly wouldn't recommend Animenow, since they're not likely to be good.

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2013, 11:33:40 PM »
Thanks @Bob2004! It's funny, others have said Commie has poor quality, lolz!
Luckily I'm completely NON-Japanese fluent, so pretty much any subs work for me. It takes a glaring error to catch my attention.

Bi-polar anime of the year? YUP! There's quite a lot of that thus far, but the potential of this show is remarkable! It's not a "bad thing" at all, it's different, eh?
The writing is outstanding and every other part of it seems to "work" as well.
(I know bi-polar! And I know writing!)

Only two episodes in, but I for one am "hooked". Thanks to the OP for this!

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2013, 01:52:00 PM »
The drama is great, and the comedy is so-so.

One question that's been in the back of my mind since I've started watching this is:

Why hasn't she learned to keep her mouth shut over the years?

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2013, 02:12:33 PM »
The drama is great, and the comedy is so-so.

One question that's been in the back of my mind since I've started watching this is:

Why hasn't she learned to keep her mouth shut over the years?

Yeah, I've been wondering that. It looks to me as though she can't easily tell whether someone's saying something out loud or merely thinking it, so she responds because she thinks they actually said it out loud. But you'd think she'd have learnt to deal with that, by keeping an eye on their lips etc and being careful responding to anything that sounds like something they might not have wanted to say.

So yeah, it does feel like a bit of a glaring plothole. Hopefully it'll be addressed at some point, and everything will make sense.

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2013, 02:50:51 PM »
But you'd think she'd have learnt to deal with that, by keeping an eye on their lips etc and being careful responding to anything that sounds like something they might not have wanted to say.

So yeah, it does feel like a bit of a glaring plothole. Hopefully it'll be addressed at some point, and everything will make sense.

easily explainable btw. when she was young it was more of she just blurting it out innocently, like the child she was. later on tho it was simply because she can't look them in the eye due to shame or fear.
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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2013, 11:08:40 PM »

Why hasn't she learned to keep her mouth shut over the years?

A good question! Only 2 episodes in, I'd say it's because:
Would you hang out with people if you knew what horrible things they really thought? I guess she's never met anyone as nice as these kids before.
Plus even when she's trying to help others? They end up getting freaked and hating her.

Hope that's not too "spoiler" eh?

I like PK Dick's version of "ESP": It's a two-way street! I can read your thoughts? You can read mine too, just as easily. He used it in several stories & novels. Very interesting idea, eh?
(of course that wouldn't work here! lolz! I'm just saying...)

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #26 on: January 20, 2013, 01:43:16 AM »
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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2013, 03:05:30 AM »
Ah! True that @Grimpak! It seems stronger, or more accurate at least, when she's looking at someone. But she can do it "behind her back too" eh?

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Offline Xycolian2332

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #28 on: January 20, 2013, 01:31:30 PM »
Sure... they could play the "she was a child and didn't know any better" card, but that explanation would be unsatisfying and feel like a cop-out.

That explanation is also on thin ice because she's not a child anymore, yet she still seems to say whatever is on someone elses mind. Despite the fact that she's gone through so many horrible experiences that were a result of her power, it doesn't seem like she's learned anything. She just keeps repeating the same mistakes.

When I say "same mistakes" I'm referring to the class president/tennis club member conversation.
She goes to a new school for the umpteenth time, before doing the same thing that made her leave her other schools and caused her family to abandon her. Bwuh?

I can understand this in a way though, because if she had already learned to cope with her problems, then there wouldn't be much pretext for this anime to work off of. I.E no character development.

Actually, that's a lie.

A girl who has ESP is a great premise to make stories from. Depending on how they created her character and the setting, they could've made her grow in different ways besides making a series about her learning impulse control when it comes to opening her mouth. I think they just picked the easy way out as far as storycrafting goes.

Despite all that I've said, it's still too early to be judging the series this harshly. I'm just gonna keep watching and hope that they answer these questions, or maybe go in a direction that I'm not expecting it to go in.

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2013, 07:15:51 PM »
When I say "same mistakes" I'm referring to the class president/tennis club member conversation.

well maybe she just wanted to make it clear from the start?


meh, still poor explanation :-\. tbh it's still too early to know what really goes on her head. all we know is she's a mind reader and had a terrible childhood that made her extremely social awkward.

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #30 on: January 21, 2013, 12:36:04 AM »
Heck I'm just glad senpai got some sense slapped into her before things went irreparably bad.
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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #31 on: January 25, 2013, 09:47:39 PM »
Ep 3... Did not see that coming.

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #32 on: January 26, 2013, 02:06:47 AM »
Wha? It's over? Naw! It says # of episodes "unknown" not "3"...

Interseting to see how they (the writers) get out of THIS situation...

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Edit: haha! "spoilers" doesn't work for a "spoiler" (no "s")

VV @BronBron06: Well, that would make the next 6+ episodes mighty dull...  ::)

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #33 on: January 26, 2013, 02:16:53 AM »
its kinda impossible to find her now lol

probably hanged herself in some forest up the mountains
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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #34 on: January 26, 2013, 08:34:28 AM »
let me guess
A: he is going to think so hard of her she is going to hear him wherever she is, and she'll come back or something along those lines

B: the ESP society (joined by that bitch that had him beat up) will set out on an adventure to find Kotoura. . . she wants to apologize and will be the tusndere type in the group. . . while the sempai just wants her cause shes gonna turn out evil somehow, and the guy well he "loves" her and stuff

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #35 on: January 26, 2013, 04:03:39 PM »
She'll be back, Manabe will make sure of that. And I'm sure that, once he finds her, he'll make her known that he won't ever let her go again. Besides, what's a show without the main protagonist and titular character?  :)

And yes, the brown-haired chick will join the ESP club. Probably to make up for her previous treatment of Haruka and because she actually wants to know more about her (and her powers).

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #36 on: January 26, 2013, 04:35:38 PM »
Hiyori Moritani (the brown-haired one, lolz) will get her loyal dojo minions to find Haruka Kotoura as a way of proving how sorry she is for what she did.
We already know she joins because it's in the OP and ED...

We haven't met Osho yet, who may be Grandfather's Go-playing friend...

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They've packed a LOT of plot into 4 short episodes! I'm really impressed. And entertained too, I'm liking this a lot.
 
@Lord Of Fire: You said "titular" ...hee, hee hee, hee (it's a "cat thing"  ::) )
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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #37 on: February 09, 2013, 05:21:23 AM »
@Lord Of Fire: You said "titular" ...hee, hee hee, hee (it's a "cat thing"  ::) )

Harhar, I'm laughing, really I am. I take it you take equal pleasure in haring the words 'Titicaca' and 'Nefertiti', then? :P


Anyway, this week's episode was a welcome break from all the drama we've gotten in the past weeks. I doubt it will stay this way, but it was still good nonetheless.

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Re: Kotoura-san
« Reply #38 on: February 09, 2013, 03:45:35 PM »
@Lord Of Fire: You said "titular" ...hee, hee hee, hee (it's a "cat thing"  ::) )

Harhar, I'm laughing, really I am. I take it you take equal pleasure in haring the words 'Titicaca' and 'Nefertiti', then? :P

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« Reply #39 on: February 10, 2013, 08:48:52 AM »
I saw a blue footed booby today. Ice Age 4.

huh, the show is fine, but not much to write about.
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