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There’s also the plot holes in the series as well.
Why did the Coppellions go rogue?
If Coppelion are meant to be almost copies of their human counter-part, why does Aoi have supernatural powers?
Why is there a wind that can kill humans?
The problem is these cannot be left unanswered, they’re too important to the plot.

I can answer a few of these but not all. The coppelions went rogue because of who they were the clones of, the sisters were both the clones of an actress that was a serial killer. After learning what their fate was they cursed those that designed them with such a fault and wanted to kill them, and what is a better way to kill a large amount of people throughout Japan than widespread nuclear contamination caused by an explosion? Their goal is to kill of humans because of their fault which the idea stems from being a serial killers clone.
Aoi I can't explain, in one episode I hope something is given as an explanation but when even she can't remember it doesn't look too good.
The wind is a carrier of the nuclear contamination, it pushes the zones around. The zones are the highest level of contamination that causes death within a few minutes after being briefly exposed, it is the waste that is the killer but the wind is what makes it harder to deal with.



I agree. Episode 10 did up my opinion again. The human cast still feels either dull or glossed over but the fog fleet are all just getting better and better so it’s making up for that fault. I thought Takao’s actions were a tad unnecessary

The main character is okay, the cast is okay, EVERYTHING IS JUST OKAY! To someone who has already seen all this stuff there is barely a thing in sight to grab you. Tokyo Raven is a show that pretty much covers all the standards of it’s genera and uses them well enough. But overall I can’t really praise anything in particular about it. The loli girl showing back up in episode 10 was good for a couple laughs but that is probably going to get old fast and Tsundere Loli has been over done anyway. 


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The bland cast I've given up on having my opinion changed, but as long as the fog are this interesting I don't care about them very much at all. Obviously we need Gunzou but whatever, he can remain dull.
Arpeggio ep 10 info

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Takoa was a larger ship but lets face it with her irregularities it didn't matter if she continued to live or not as long as Gunzou lived. I agree that surely she could have kept her mental model but it was too good a scene to pick apart for what we don't like about unnecessary self sacrifice.

Arpeggio ep 11
[spoller]Well we got what we wanted, Takao lives as a hologram an can communicate with the crew. It is unfortunate no mental model but that is good enough for now, and the combined ship submarine looks completely bad arse. I like how they jested that  she was truly gone. I still for Maya as I liked the cheery personality she had but at the same time it did explain why she is so happy[/spoiler]
Now about something I read in a comment, apparently this show has gone anime original quite a few episodes ago. I saw some of the manga readers voice their concern over certain developments mainly concerning Maya, so while  like this I'm beginning to wonder how the original material went.

This part about tokyo ravens is exactly what I feel, when looked at individually it isn't too bad. The plot has some potential, the characters could be interesting, and the harem well I would just leave that out but when this amount of average uses are thrown into one show it makes for one bad watching experience. I would hope that they begin to rely more on fighting and supernatural elements instead of character interactions but I'm not going to bother getting my hopes up.





Now Nobunagun looks bad to me, I won't be watching it. The Nobunaga anime I'm watching from this season is Nobunaga the Fool, looks better, has an interesting cast and Sugita Tomokazu plays Da Vinci, now that is something I have to see. Meta this one might be one for you to check out as it revolves around mechs.

And I will be fighting that sakura kiss, I will do whatever it takes to destroy it. On the other hand at least the animation doesn't look too bad.

I also watched Kyousougiga, it was kind of average to me, I honestly preferred the shorter OVA, especially since a bunch of material was reused twice from the very original. However I did like the addition of the human kid's backstory, really it wasn't too bad but I dislike recaps so that lowered my opinion greatly for  the first  6 episodes at least.

 

Yeah I just saw that news again, went to check out its proper themes associated with the manga and saw both yuri and shojo ai. Not sure what to think about that for something that is classified as a seinen, I want my bloodthirsty anime labelled seinen not little girls, is that too much to ask for?

Anyway from Madhouse, I wouldn't mind as much if that was the one that everyone was saying that they'd want as an activity, at least the animation is guaranteed to be good for it. I'm still a little indifferent about the animation for sakura trick, it is better than I thought but something irks me a bit about it.

There are two ways to guarantee my support for a yuri anime, either be like RIN or be from PA Works otherwise I'm not that interested. And these two don't seem like they'll go anywhere near RIN's themes.

 

So good homosexual anime from DEEN due to story lines and characters but worse animation. It really is hard to decide upon what is better, obviously a good story is a must but if it was animated poorly then I don't think it is exactly a fair trade.
The only good thing about Madhouse doing this will be its animation, as for plot it is an adaptation so assuming that is good it shouldn't be too bad if they stick to the original storyline.

Yep that is why I would be interested if PA Works did one, their animation is spectacular for everything I've seen by them [almost everything now but a mech series I've never heard of and true tears] then their was their quirky anime Uchouten Kazoku which had more of a Shaft kind of feel to it. I am a big fan of how a series is animated which is why I'd watch it should they make one however farfetched the prospect sounds.

Since you mentioned it what was so bad with Nagi no Asukara? I'm enjoying it a lot for a slice of life romance story.

 

You talking about yaoi anime is very weird, whats going on Maddy?
I'd say this plot is simple to understand
"Normal appearance, normal intelligence, normal in arts and sports... just normal. This is the entirely normal 14-year-old, Naru Sekiya. While she admires "Heroines" she continues to live a normal life until one moonlit night she meets a fairy. This foreign girl then guides her into the extraordinary world of the yosakoi dance."

Normal girl meets a 'fairy', starts dancing. Due to themes I'd bet she calls her a fairy due to elegance or something like that, also she becomes infatuated as if she were 'magically' enchanted upon this meeting and the feelings build up. Doesn't sound like theres any reason to watch this unless you like yuri love stories, and with that I''m not interested.

Nagi no Asukara is a surprising series, it appears that those of us watching it here that do enjoy it aren't really a fan of these genres, while those that are fan of the genres find it lacking. For something with such a complex web of romantic links I'm enjoying it way more than I should be.