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Which anime series have you bailed out from and why?
buchno:
Death Note - I stopped at 25 because I heard the later episodes completely ruin the story.
Naruto - It advances so sloooowly.
Gantz - It advances so sloooowly (also, heard that the ending sucks, so I read the manga instead).
One Piece - It just never ends.
Code Geass - Not my genre.
Sword Art Online - Thought it would be good, but nope.
Top o Nerae 2 - It's nothing like the prequel.
zherok:
Grenadier and Girls Bravo. Ecchi for ecchi's sake bores the hell out of me, it turns out.
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro. A detective show that introduces the only person who could have possibly done it so obviously every episode, combined with the motive that they're batshit insane. Dumb.
Law of Ueki. Probably going to be joined by Hitman Reborn soon. I think I'm just not interested in longer shows in general, but shounan shows where everything happens so slowly in particular.
Kujibiki Unbalance. The Genshiken show within a show is a completely uninteresting shounan high school series it turns out.
Hokuto no Ken 2. Not sure how I managed to watch all 109 episodes of the first series, but didn't bother to watch the second. Deleted both for space.
Majo-kun:
--- Quote from: 5Cats on March 21, 2013, 05:14:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Hadouken on March 21, 2013, 03:26:57 PM ---Bakemonogatari - I was going to watch this and got past the 2nd episode, but then I read alot of peoples' comments saying it was a harem. Immediately dropped it.
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Those comments lied! It's NOT a harem! I know, I watch a lot of harem comedies :)
There's an underlying story that connects all the -monogatari series, which makes sense because that's how the novels were too. The female characters the MC Male encounters (including his own sisters!) are only secondary to his main love interest. Or Senjogahara would kill him! Or WORSE! lolz!
This gets explained as the plot moves along.
It's like a series of adventures, with characters moving in and out of the story.
I cannot recommend the series highly enough! It's the 2nd best anime I've ever seen! (Next to Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, of course...)
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Started watching it recently, now on episode 6.
From the point of view of someone who nothing knew about the series, it looks quite harem in he's own way, let me explain.
So far what i most get from the series is that it is going to be, all along, about girls falling in love for this one dude, one after the other. Tho it doesn't have much fan-service normally associated with harem for this is told more in he's perspective in a more introspective way. But so far I think that if someone doesn't want to see an anime about girls hitting on a guy this is not for them... I'll just keep watching to see if I'm wrong, there's only 15 eps anyway.
billlanam:
--- Quote from: Majo-kun on March 22, 2013, 12:45:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: 5Cats on March 21, 2013, 05:14:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Hadouken on March 21, 2013, 03:26:57 PM ---Bakemonogatari - I was going to watch this and got past the 2nd episode, but then I read alot of peoples' comments saying it was a harem. Immediately dropped it.
--- End quote ---
Those comments lied! It's NOT a harem! I know, I watch a lot of harem comedies :)
There's an underlying story that connects all the -monogatari series, which makes sense because that's how the novels were too. The female characters the MC Male encounters (including his own sisters!) are only secondary to his main love interest. Or Senjogahara would kill him! Or WORSE! lolz!
This gets explained as the plot moves along.
It's like a series of adventures, with characters moving in and out of the story.
I cannot recommend the series highly enough! It's the 2nd best anime I've ever seen! (Next to Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, of course...)
--- End quote ---
Started watching it recently, now on episode 6.
From the point of view of someone who nothing knew about the series, it looks quite harem in he's own way, let me explain.
So far what i most get from the series is that it is going to be, all along, about girls falling in love for this one dude, one after the other. Tho it doesn't have much fan-service normally associated with harem for this is told more in he's perspective in a more introspective way. But so far I think that if someone doesn't want to see an anime about girls hitting on a guy this is not for them... I'll just keep watching to see if I'm wrong, there's only 15 eps anyway.
--- End quote ---
It will only look like a harem if that is what you look for.
While the girls (other than his girl friend) like him, that only makes them treat him better than someone they're indifferent to or dislike, it is not a harem since the girls are not after him at all and he is not after them either.
5Cats:
--- Quote from: Majo-kun on March 22, 2013, 12:45:06 AM ---Started watching it recently, now on episode 6.
From the point of view of someone who nothing knew about the series, it looks quite harem in he's own way, let me explain.
So far what i most get from the series is that it is going to be, all along, about girls falling in love for this one dude, one after the other. Tho it doesn't have much fan-service normally associated with harem for this is told more in he's perspective in a more introspective way. But so far I think that if someone doesn't want to see an anime about girls hitting on a guy this is not for them... I'll just keep watching to see if I'm wrong, there's only 15 eps anyway.
--- End quote ---
Oh I agree: It LOOKS a little like a harem! Luckily there's TONS of plot and character development to make it a great show. The MC male is NOT a wimp! lolz!
If anything: it explores different relationships men and women can have. Love? Friends? There's more to it than those two choices, eh? Each "girl" he meets treats him differently, and his interactions change accordingly too. He only loves Senjogahara though. Good choice!
"Only 15 episodes" Well, the other two series, Nise- and Neko- are directly related, they continue to expose the wonderful continuity of the series. The movie (Kizu-) should be even better!
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