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Bless. I can deal with the shounen. I'll give the OVA a shot then.

 

Watched some more stuff finally.


Garo Honoo no Kokuin:
Still really like it. I'm having a hard time deciding if I like this better then No Game No Life just because of how cool it is and the fact that it's my favorite type of anime. It reminds me of why I started watching anime to begin with. Also the opening animation is f***ing awesome and the song is catchy.

Ore Twintail ni Narimasu:
So far it's very... strange and is had to describe how I feel about it. I do think it's mildly funny and like how it seems like a parody of Sentai, but at the same time I feel like if I watch too much of it it'll be draining on my mental health. The show is beyond stupid and makes no sense, but I like that about it. Imagine if it took itself seriously. It reminds me a lot of Daimidaler in that way. I get the feeling that if the show took itself too seriously, I would hate it. Anyway so far it seems okay.

Psycho-Pass 2:
It's just like the first season and I thought S1 was close to being, if not, perfect. Psycho Pass 2 honestly feels like S1 never ended. There have been a few more twists in this season so far, making me think it won't be as long as the first season. Also I noticed something about the opening in episodes 1 and 2 and how minor parts of it changed in 3 - 5, though TBH I don't wanna spoil it. I just hope it doesn't mean what I think it does.

 

So, Magic Kaito 1412 ep 6 & 7. I'll start in order but, I have both good reviews and bad reviews for them/ths series. Let's begin oh and @Supernatural-Knight & @Metazoxan you might want to be leary of the spoilers unless you've watched the eps but I'll refrain from saying too much but, there will be a BIG spoiler for ep 6 & 7 that I cannot avoid bringing up. I don't think it's that big of a deal but, ya never know. So, open at your own risk as they say.

ep 6, well, this I thought was going to be another dullish recap ep from the ova series, turns out, I was wrong and thankfully so. It was an entirely new story/ep altogether and practically the BEST ep from this new series so far. However, it did bring in one thing that has now made this new series difficult to match up with the actual OVA series and the actual Conan series and even ep 7 also did this but more on that ep later. The thing that makes it difficult to match up is that in the OVA KK series, the shrunken kid sized Conan is present in one scene in practically ALL the eps, 1st ep was a poster, 2nd ep was KK disquesed AS Conan and quoting his famous line (Which was awesome but looked weird btw) and the rest just had him (actual Conan) appear in the eps for same amount of time but he'd always have a cool/mysterious pose, turn body along with head, smile creepily (yet cool) and have his glasses be lit up by the light so u couldn't see his eyes which made the smile more creepy yet cool and that was it. ANyway, with this ep however, the reason it makes it difficult to link the two is because

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Jimmy Kudo, the adult sized version fyi was IN this ep, he played a HUGH role and well, I can't say much more without spoiling the ep but, well, simply put, ... because adult sized Jimmy was in this ep yet kid sized conan was in the ova and because the ova eps are linked to the Conan series from what I saw/heard/gathered, this means that this new KK series cannot be linked to the Conan series. Which upon further review, is prob a GOOD thing. -_-'

This of course is further proved by ep 7 but before that again, bestest ep so far! Loved it to bits!

ep 7, As u guessed, the above was the good review but this one is next to all bad. Ep 7 is essentially, ep 2 of the original KK OVA series. Yup, u read that right but, while I was SUPER HAPPY about this at 1st, that quickly changed after watching the ep. It also is further proof for why the 2 series cannot be linked by story/timeline anymore and while that's a bit upsetting (For some, not me upon further review), I don't much mind atm but, the biggest let down of them all was why I was so excited for this ep. It all hinged on the 1 super important detail that they left out in this series and that I thought was going to be ignored and why they chose to wait so long esp when the villains still haven't shown up again is beyond me but, what they left out was showing KK's disquise skill that he can essentially be ANYONE! Voice, looks, he can do it! Sure they touched on this a bit in this ep and some would say they pulled it off but, not really, no, not truly and the original ova did this a TON BETTER! Let me tell u what happened in the original during this 1-2 min scene.

Basically, in order to prove Kaito's innocence that he isn't KK because the inspector (Aoko's father) saw his face, Aoko had Kaito go on a date with him, well, I won't spoil the whoe ep but, when Kaito finally creates one of his "illusions" and gets to be KK to do his heist which was happening on the same date and time as his date with Aoko, he gets there, is confronted by the Inspector and at that moment, the Ins (Ins= Inspector, remember this) pulls the mask/whatever off of Kaito Kid's face and then Kid turns his head slowly to reveal, he is in fact the very same ins who took the mask off! The real ins is shocked and speechless all the while Kid giving a cool speech saying he can be anyone and at the same time proving this by changing disguises right in front of him and his men and also the place where Aoko is is having a scene happen that also conincides and lines up with this one many times. (Fyi, in the 1412 it only lines up once or twice which further ruined the scene as it should've covered it all). KK goes from Ins, to random people to even the chars at the place where Aoko and Kaito are dating (As if taunting him which I loved) and then finally doing his last two best ones (Besides the ins) which were Conan and he says "There is only one truth!" and then changes some more and finally to the best char/disguise he could pull which was

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Aoko herself! The stunned, shocked & speecheeless ins says A o ko! while pointing his finger and mouth dropped and the thief and ins exchange words to confirm the Kaito face the ins saw wasn't actually Kid's real identity. The ins loses it and Kid vanishes in a puff of smoke while the ins called Kid a freak. This here is the last bit of the scene as I cannot find the ep or scene on YT but it will give u a better grasp however, please read the rest that's outside the spoiler before playing the vid.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSzs7-LVPE

This one scene has sooo much epiceness that words can't describe it and that vid in the spoiler doesn't do it justice but anyway, now u may click the vid and afterword's continue on. So what could they POSSIBLY DO to botch this? Plenty sadly, here is what happened in this remake ep in the new series. 1st, I'll start by saying they stuck mostly to the original material which was good and what they DID change was quite good/ok too but the biggest change is that scene which this is how they potched it up was NOT good at all. 1st, Jii-chan only helped in one scene of the ep (After the date/heist started) and he wasn't needed there. In the original, Jii-chan drove Kaito to/from the heist most of the way (Can't say without spoilers) yet because he stayed behind in this way, he couldn't have drove Kaito to/from the heist (I should note, this was the most Jii-chan ever did in the original ovas and then he suddenly disappeared) but anyway, they did change a "part" of Kaito's illusion to get time from Aoko to do the heist but I was ok with it really, just not the part Jii-chan did as it was baka and not needed) and now, the thing they botched. Simply put, the same scene as in the original begins to happen again (A bit differently though) and Kid is caught by the ins again, this time the monocle drops off and well, instead of the disguise change display we got last time, they drop the WHOLE THING and simply skip all the way to the last one which was

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Aoko

and drop lines too. Even gestures that made the whole thing in the original more epic! Plus, the ins doesn't show the same level of believable emotion/facial expressions as he did in the original and when Kid exists he drops a gesture which made it priceless in the original but not in this remake ep and he then disappears not in a puff of smoke this time but somehow, in a cool but less believable way, a cyclone. This one part of the whole damned thing was the ONLY PART I was freaking ok with at all! Just the disappear and nothing else for this scene and even then, the original was better because it was more believable! This whole scene which was in the original was cut too short, it didn't feel magical at all and felt rushed and some might say, well yeah, Aoko date, needs to get back in time but, if he had time in the original then he had time in this one. Oh, there was 1 last scene they changed. In this one, Kaito falls through the roof, but in the original he falls and suddenly says Jk and whips out a parachute and lands inside the building but in this new remake he crashes and somehow lives. Sorry, ruined and less believable compared to the original.

So, there ye have it folks! I can safely say that while they do make a few good/interesting changes here and there, the fact here is, they RUIN the original material from the OVAs because they change some of the key elements too much, don't do it as good (Such as expressions wise) and so on and oh, if I might say, the ep with the witch, I don't think I covered that but, 1st half was pretty good, 2nd half was not as good as the original and also, they made the witch look ugly compared to her beauty in the original. TOTS didn't appreciate that shit. >: ( You know what, I'll be sooo THANKFUL when they finally quit doing these blasted recap eps!

Final verdict:
The ova series is better and you're better off watching those eps in place of the remake eps in this series though u r welcome to watch both of course. As for ep 8, I'm looking forward to it as I can't recall if that's an ova ep or not but I don't think it is.

 

So I'm going to go over a few series that I'm watching:

Akame ga Kill!:
Still as good as it has been. I'm looking forward to see how it ends. I've read some places that it will get an "anime ending", which differs from the manga. I can't comment on this as I've not read the manga.

SAO II:
The Excalibur arc was okay, though a bit short compared to the other arcs. This one that just aired though made me very happy, and let me tell you why:
Yuuki (the new girl) replaced Kirito! Even in the OP.


I never liked Kirito and now he can be gone. Now if only Yuuki could steal Asuna for the yuri ending (hehe).

Celestial Method:
So far it's alright. Nothing crazy good, but not bad either. The animation is good though. Noel is also very cute. All I really want is for Nonaka and Shione to get over the past and move on. Neither one has explained why Nonaka left completly and it's just up in the air which is annoying me.

Log Horizon II:
The different animation is still bothering me; Marielle especially over anyone else. The story though, it's alright and I just hope it doesn't fall flat.

Yuki Yuna is a Hero:
Fun and all, but it almost feels like the show wants to go in a darker direction, but then chooses not to. Some aspects seem grim, like in the latest episode where those that used Manki lost something, but then there's things like birthday parties.

When Supernatural Battles became Commonplace:
So far an enjoyable series, but surly a much 'calmer' work by Trigger. I find each episode fun even though they are not fighting anyone and just hanging out with supernatural powers. The only real question I'd like to know is how they got their powers.

Psycho Pass:

I am Maddy and I'm enjoying it like the first season. I will say the plot is similar as the main bad guy is outside the Syllabus system, but it's still a great watch.

 

*Random*

Choose one.

 

Okay since it's been a few episodes might as well update my opinion a bit.

• Amagi Brilliant Park -First of all I'm like to make clear that this actually isn't a harem series despite it kind of looking like one at first. The MC has maybe one or two girls interested in him but neither appear even close to admitting it yet. Rather than focusing on Ecchi this show is actually very strong on comedy which can just be completely hilarious at times. The characters all work well off each other and the show just gets so ridiculous at times you can't help but laugh. If you wrote this series off as a stupid harem or ecchi show I encourage you to give it a shot because it's not actually and if romance plays any part in it we'll have a love triangle at the very most. So seriously if you are looking for a laugh check this show out. It starts out a little slow the first episode or two as they have to spend time setting things up but even those had some fun moments to them. But the show really starts to pick up once they get passed that. I'm probably going to put this as my hidden Gem of the season. If you still aren't convinced let me say this. This series was written by the same guy who made Full Metal Panic! and even if you didn't like FMP overall you have to admit it had some hilarious moments and ABP also has good comedy.
• Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu- Nothing too new to say about this one. If you like power ranger -esque shows then this show will probably be a lot of fun for you because it parodies a lot of those kinda of shows while still being it's own thing.
  
  
• Hitsugi no Chaika: Avenging Battle -They revealed a lot of the mysteries surrounding Chaika and I still can't completely tell what the hell is going on. I have some ideas but I can't tell for sure. This show really is good at keeping itself properly mysterious but not really confusing.
  
  
  
• Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de -Definitely not as actiony as I had hoped (as in not at all) but it's still fun. What makes this show stand out though is how seriously it handles itself where it counts. Missunderstandings are actually confronted and properly cleared up quickly instead of it being used as comedy material for several episodes and the characters personal issues are actually approached seriously as well. Of course the show is mostly a comedy so it still makes jokes where it can but the way it handles things properly in the end really stands out and catches you off guard. I won't say this is a must watch but it's definitely worth checking out so if you don't have time for it now at least put it on your to watch list.
  
  
• Log Horizon 2-I'm still feeling like I liked season 1 better. Not because this season is bad at all because it's still good. But somehow I just felt a bit more invested in season 1. But again overall it's not bad and it feels like a worthy continuation of season 1. So I still recommend it and I'm still hopeful that something will suck me in more later.
  
  
• Sword Art Online II -Okay so instead of doing two arcs in one season like before they apparently decided on one arc for the first half and two smaller ones for the second half. The second arc of season 2 was fun enough and the third arc of the season is looking decent. But it's also kind of dull. There is no action or anything and the second arc of this season almost felt more like filler because of how little it really affected anything in the end.
  
  
• World Trigger -Honestly it feels pretty average overall. The animation isn't horrible but not at all special (especially that cheap transformation sequence) and the plot seems fine but so far nothing new at all. If you like shonen series it's worth a shot but if not this won't really provide you with anything new.

• Akatsuki no Yona -Yona is awesome. She isn't some spoiled princess she is legitimately kind and thoughtful and she's alrady getting over her "The guy I loved tried killed my father, tried to kill me, and stole the throne" trauma and is showing she means business. If you like adventure type stories at all then you might like this. Although it does take a few episodes to get to the adventuring part.

• Gundam: G no Reconguista -This series isn't bad but it's just kind of dull. We've seen two characters die (While we didn't know them much they were important people to other characters) but I felt nothing watching their deaths. It was just boom, dead, watch characters cry for a bit, move on. The mecha fights themselves lack a feeling of battle or impact at all. Overall there is nothing specifically wrong with it and major Gundam fans will probably find it worth watching but it's just so lacking in real drama and energy that it's kind of dull. The only interesting thing about it is the animation feels VERY old school. So Super try giving the first episode or two a shot because I know you like different animation styles so you might want to at least look at it.

• Trinity Seven -Overall it's a pretty standard harem except most of the girls and the MC are strangely blunt. Like in one scene one of the main girls walks in on the MC with two girls having snuck into his bed. What does he do? Invites her to join in! What does the innocent looking girl say to the girl calling herself the MC's wife? "I don't mind being a mistress" and the "wife" is okay with that. So while the plot itself and character types are pretty standard of a harem series the strange bluntness of the characters gives the series a somewhat unique feel. Not enough of one to make people who don't like harem series like this one but enough of one to where those who have seen a lot of harem series might find this one slightly refreshing in a way.

 

Alright, Nanatsu no Taizai is just getting better, just look at this moment:

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lol'ed at the last part, will be skipping Akame ga Kill for a while since I've heard a few things about the latest episode, Twintails is just getting more interesting every time, somehow get the feeling that Yuuki Yuuna will have some kind of tragedy (just a hunch), Amagi Brilliant Park is still very funny, will say my opinions about Shirobako on the correct thread, now it's battle time on Log Horizon

 

The recent episode of Log Horizon was just awesome. We finally get some serious action and Akatsuki is done self reflecting finally. In fact this was more intense action than just about anything from season 1 besides maybe the Goblin War. Plus with the magic circle down we'll be seeing a lot more crazy shit happening in town from now on. So I think season 2 might finally be proving itself.

 

@Supernatural-Knight Np, I did say be leary but as for KK1412, don't be fooled by my posts about it. The only reason why I've been giving it so much hate is because of how the show took many eps from the OVA eps and altered them in ways that I feel ruined it, any new material ep however has been great so far and hey, ep 8 is up now, tonight I plan to watch it. (Please be new material, PLEASE! lol) Anyway, I guarantee you, if it's a new ep you'll see less hate from me unless of course they botch it and even then, one thing I do want to say about KK1412 is, as long as u don't compare it to the OVAs, it's a GREAT SHOW! Meta has said he felt like magic was happening or something to that affect from time to time and I know how he feels. (With the OVAs) Besides, it is still too early to give a final judgment on the over all show, esp when there's only 7 I've watched so far and there are 24 eps and thus, at least 12 or more eps worth of new material.

@Metazoxan I forgot but, lemme ask u, how does it feel to have them introduce the villains in ep 2 of this series yet here we are, ep 8, doesn't look like they're in this ep either? Do u think now they shoulda just of waited? (fyi, in the ovas KK woulda already encountered them 2-3 times all together)

 

@Supernatural-Knight I agree that something does feel lacking, but as for the dark part, when you compare it to something like Super Sentai or Power Rangers, it is a lot more dark and adult (like the demons and Leon's father being a man whore as well as a couple of other things). Granted, it's not as dark as I like, but coming from a Sentai/Power Rangers fanboy, I am really, really enjoying this show. Hell, Masaaki Endoh (it says JAM Project but he's a part of the group), the guy who does a few of the Super Sentai openings as well as other super hero shows/super hero anime openings, does the opening for Garo so that enough was to get me to fanboy. I dunno, maybe I have my kid glasses on or something since this is the kind of stuff I dreamed about as a kid (a dark Power Rangers was something I had always wanted) but personally I think it's amazing as a dark Sentai/Power Rangers and as an anime.

 

I'm late to this but you know I have to go for Kashima.
Cause totally not being biased here at all. *cough*

Also Cross Ange has taken a hold of me, I've dropped Akame ga Kill (kill me favourite characters 3 times we have a problem) and it's hindered my enjoyment of most anime to the point where I have to put them on hold now.

 

Maybe I should have mentioned "Don't get attached to anyone" when telling people how brutal AGK could be.

 

Try The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones then. That'll get you over things killing of your favorite characters .

 

It's hard when they're perfection.

 

Magic Kaito 1412 ep 8 (No spoilers)
Ok, this one was unique. The 1st half was new material (Centered around school at night & a ghost) and was alright and funny at times too, then the 2nd half... was old material they cut out from the original OVA that introduces the witch when they redid the intro for the witch in this ver. I bet u r sayin oh no, here comes the hate again, well, you'd be wrong. It started out bad and while I'm not lying when I saw the way they handled this one for a few of the changes was bad compared to how good it was executed in the original, the only reason this panned out and made it mostly ok, maybe good was because this old material was done later on separate from the original content, thus less to get upset about and thus less to connect it to story wise for this ver. (As in, it went well with the flow of the story thus I can over look it this time)

I already forget what ep 9 will be but, should be out today/tomorrow.

 

This week on Cross Ange...

Hilda and Ange got #rekt hard.
Also lots of suffering and I cried a tiny bit.

 

So for the hell of it I watched Girl friend Beta.


I don't even want to kill myself right now.