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| Maybe I'm too dumb to understand this show, but the plot to me seems terribly disorganized. There are still loose ends everywhere and I'm not sure with the current pace (it's episode 7 and it still doesn't feel like we've learned much) it will have a satisfactory ending. What is this show even trying to be about? --At first I thought it was going to be about Izumiko and the "princess." Now with the triplet the focus is all scattered. Don't get me wrong, I think this series is still worth following. I just think it was such a waste of potential with all this beating around the bush without any central plot to tie it together. |
| All this for a horse? Seriously? I really had no clue what's going on coz the main plot seems to be sidetracking. But thanks to SummerYoung, I understood it better. SummerYoung said: For anyone still confused about what the hell's happening, here's the easiest explanation for what's happening so far I found on Tumblr. We shouldn't be understanding the story through other viewers, but from the series, directly. Goes to show that this anime isn't as clear in storytelling. In spite this, it still has a good feel to it. |
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jbeat said: (shrug) If you don't empathize you don't empathize.All this for a horse? Seriously? jbeat said: I seem to be following it just fine. Everyone is different.Goes to show that this anime isn't as clear in storytelling. |
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| Thanks for the explanation, SummerYoung! Helped get a few things straight. I'm still not too sure what Izumiko being the Himegami has to do with Mayura and Takayanagi trying to get this elusive position, though. Looks like next episode should be good. |
jbeat said: All this for a horse? Seriously? People often get attached easily- depending on situations, personalities and so on. People often love their pets as if they were family. Once a bond is formed it's hard to let it go. And yes, I do consider a horse a pet- A lot of people think of them as stupid animals, but people also sometimes consider Dogs and Cats as being stupid as well. Their not. And it's each person's prerogative to feel how he or she wants towards any given pet. |
windeen-windyMay 6, 2013 5:54 PM
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| Well shit, drama just hit those three triplets hard. Preview's got some really interesting thing about Miyuki =o. |
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T3rm1n4t0r2 said: Blah. The contradiction between the first and second paragraph is strong. First you say that you drop these shows and that it was the right decision because people online essentially reinforced your decision by saying it's bad, boring, etc. Then in the 2nd paragraph, you tell people not to listen to others and instead draw their own conclusions. Um, okay. Right. Yeah. Lul. P.S. This anime is awesome. With each episode, I get blown away by its sheer awesomeness. Look at that amazing animation; listen to its soundtrack that makes Mozart sound as if it was written by a toddler; and check out the character development- like wow! 10/10. Masterpiece! |
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| I'm a fan of slice of life and mystery, but this show is goddamn boring ... P.A, I'm disappointed. |
Takana_no_Hana said: But then the story is not really a slice-of-life (at least it is not its main genre) and it is not a whodunnit mystery...I'm a fan of slice of life and mystery, but this show is goddamn boring ... Takana_no_Hana said: If it is the story itself, perhaps it has more to do with whether the original novel suits your taste? In which case it would have little to do with the anime studio...P.A, I'm disappointed. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| It's a bit tame so far and maybe till the end, but I like the modern Host/Magic Story |
| Keeping Masumi happy is the key I think. As we have learn so far from RDG(As well as a lot of Japanese spirit stories), spirits are generally not very... predictable. They can be protective, jealous, vengeful etc etc, all to a fault. The protective one can bring curses. The jealous ones can be like Wamiya The vengeful... Well, you guessed it. Human and spirit should not meddle with each others affair, as the 2 are not entities of the same realm. As we can see from Takayanagi, even though he "tamed/bind/enslave" a spirit, the spirit will in turn curse him if he's ever release without proper ritual. Masumi's spirit is on better terms with his living siblings, but regardless, he is still a spirit. He's very simple, and may be corrupted by even the littlest of things. "Keeping Masumi happy" is their general rule to follow. Manatsu is extremely depress at the lost of Tabi. Mayura wish to keep Masumi around, but Manatsu, unlike Mayura, believe that they should part-ways with Masumi. Masumi, while is their triplet, he's the embodiment of both their image of Masumi, and quite frankly, as they get older and becoming more distant, it's getting harder and harder to "keep" Masumi. Manatsu proposed that maybe he should "disappear" and become like Masumi, leaving Mayura alone, and in some way grant her the wish of keeping Masumi while still having him in spirit form. Mayura called her father saying that Masumi is taking Manatsu away. In other word, Masumi is going to cause Manatsu to be "Spirited away" Again, spirits are very unpredictable. (Yes, he's powerful enough to do that, it's especially evident when he kidnap Izumiko to another realm right under everyone's noses) I got a faint idea of what's going on, but until the triplet's story are concluded, I cannot draw a conclusion. The only thing I know is, Japanese spirits does not operate like "Casper the friendly ghost"... In some ways their's more like embodiment of belief, more like deities, or gods. |
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| So I was about to come in here and ask if anyone could clarify what precisely was going on, but it looks like AirStyles already covered it. Thanks. |
| This episode disappointed me but I really don't know why. So many issues in this episode or is it just me? Come on, get better already. This show can do much better... |
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| WTF is that in the end? sorry I don't get a hang of it -_- |
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| It makes sense, well partly thanks to the explanations above but all this plot with the triplets is starting to kind of bore me. I found the whole idea of the student council being one of the judges of the fight for candidacy pretty good but we haven't even seen that Takayanagi guy since he got his ass handed to him like three episodes ago. I'm interested to see how a fitting conclusion will pop up. |
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| This show is so confusing I am almost thinking about dropping it now. So many similiar names (Miyuki, Masumi, Manatsu, Mayura), too many similiar character designs, weird dialogues about even weirder things, real intentions of many characters are unclear, no rules for supernatural (things are happening just for the sake of scene). And story is moving nowhere - we find out almost nothing about main heroine and so on. This show fails strongly to deliver its message. |
| I kind of actually liked this episode, unlike a few of the others in the past. I'm still a little confused with everybody's role and the spirits, but this one was great to watch. |
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symbv said: Takana_no_Hana said: But then the story is not really a slice-of-life (at least it is not its main genre) and it is not a whodunnit mystery...I'm a fan of slice of life and mystery, but this show is goddamn boring ... Takana_no_Hana said: If it is the story itself, perhaps it has more to do with whether the original novel suits your taste? In which case it would have little to do with the anime studio...P.A, I'm disappointed. So what do I suppose to look at? Not even a specific genre? It DOES look like a slice of life show combines with a little bit of mystery/supernatural to me. I doubt I'm wrong since P.A has been doing them for years(slice of life show) and my experience of watching more than 400+ ani shows. It's also part of the studio fault for bad directing, script writing and a lot more. Mich666 said: This show is so confusing I am almost thinking about dropping it now. So many similiar names (Miyuki, Masumi, Manatsu, Mayura), too many similiar character designs, weird dialogues about even weirder things, real intentions of many characters are unclear, no rules for supernatural (things are happening just for the sake of scene). And story is moving nowhere - we find out almost nothing about main heroine and so on. This show fails strongly to deliver its message. Agreed, whatever it might be, or how good is the origin, I couldn't find any merits in this show. |
Takana_no_HanaMay 22, 2013 9:50 PM
Takuan_Soho said: Triskel said: The characters interactions are weird (« Let's test your skills...sorry, you really are just weak ») Part of the problem is cultural. Shrine Maidens being possessed by a "god" are not unusual in Japan, so the show didn't need to explain that part. As such that Izumiko is a "vessel" of a god isn't that special to the rest of the students. What makes Izumiko special is who she is channeling, not that she can channel. When Izumiko showed that she could spot Takayanagi's familiar people started to take notice that there was something strange with her and started testing both her and Miyuki in an attempt to figure out what exactly they are. Remember that Takayanagi thought she was a spirit and tried to exorcise her. Izumiko seemed naive and weak to Mayura, so she is focusing on Miyuki to see if he is actually the one controlling Izumiko. That was what that confrontation was about. The dance by the Student President was also another confrontation in an attempt to figure out who Izumiko is. You've been saying this stuff a lot but honestly it really isn't all this cultural stuff you are trying to throw. And this things you say are not what confuses us at all. What is confusing is completely different things in the plot like the whole school struggle what the hell is going on with those triplets(or not) and so on. Izumiko right now may be from the less torturous things for our minds in this point. AnimeFan500 said: AlexTheRiot said: ^Not quite. What I understood about Manatsu saying Masumi can take his place was that he would die and become a spirit like Masumi, which would allow Masumi to maintain a constant presence around others. In that case, he wouldn't have to constantly rely on Mayura on Manatsu seeing him the same way to be able to keep his form, instead Mayura will be able to see them both the way she wants. I don't think there would be a ''living" Manatsu, rather two spirits, one acting as the living Manatsu. At least I would prefer it that way lol I was wondering why the two of them couldn't both act as Manatsu in spirit form, but I guess that's because Mayura will surely see them differently which would change their appearance. Also Masumi is probably a stronger spirit than Manatsu would be..I'm sure they'll explain it next ep. Oh!! That makes a lot sense. I think actually there never was a third one. The mother who isn't affected by this crazy shit just knows two children. I think there always where two children and the third one may be something created by the boys imagination. I mean we saw a horse being created just now. What the hell is that? There never was any mention that he could do such a thing. So if he can create a horse why can't he create an alter ego? |
| all that masumi, mayura, manatsu, confuses me @.@ |
Takana_no_Hana said: I won't even call it a slice of life show. Most of the story in it is linked to the adventure or mystery faced by the main characters. If it is slice of life, I would imagine more like little things that happen in their daily life that do not really bring much of consequence at the end. The thing that you see in shows like Yuyushiki or Aiura for example. Counting the number of ani shows you watch does not make your more credible. If anything I have been watching anime for > 3 decades and I could not even count how many shows I have watched (must be in the thousand digit). But so what? I never use the number of shows I watched to burnish my view about anime. So what do I suppose to look at? Not even a specific genre? It DOES look like a slice of life show combines with a little bit of mystery/supernatural to me. I doubt I'm wrong since P.A has been doing them for years(slice of life show) and my experience of watching more than 400+ ani shows. It's also part of the studio fault for bad directing, script writing and a lot more. |
symbvMay 27, 2013 11:09 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| So, Miyuki doesn't really have hidden powers. Shame. Noo, Tabi! Even though you're just a horse, you're still a living thing. Or at least you were a living thing. So, is Masumi bad? I am a bit confused, but I hope the next episode will explain. |
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tingy said: Takuan_Soho said: As for the whole Tabi episode, perhaps a foreshadow of the "choice" that Izumiko has to make: is it time to put the human race out of its misery? As we cut ourselves off from the natural world, will we become like a horse who cannot walk, crushing our internal organs and necrotizing ourselves? Interesting analysis, I like how you connected it to the Tabi's death. I still don't really understand what Manatsu means or why he's doing what he's doing. But anyhow, this just got really serious. Nothing against the Souda triplets, though I do like them and their story is interesting, but we still don't know much regarding Izumiko and the Himegami, and also of Miyuki's role. So many questions and we're already a little more than half way through the anime! Well about Manatus and the horse I believe Manatsu still can't accept the Tabi is dead. Manatsu probably wanted to spend more time with Tabi so he chose to revive him and run away. On the other hand the other Souda twin is happy to be spending time with his sister, but she is sad for Manatsu. Mixed emotions much. Good episode and the cliff hanger is just awesome. |
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| I don't understand the story anymore :P This episode, it's all about Tabi... hahaha.. wtf with this series.. but I'm still not dropping this one.. |
| Man after this episode, you just have to ship the Souda's siblings! Dat feelings :) |
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| well in the beginning it is kind of awesome.. and that red mask kind of cool for me :3 so... in the end miyuki doesn't has any hidden power hmm? oh! izumiko look cute like always in this episode :p in the end.. shit just getting serious again.. manatsu trying to dead just because of horse? hmm... |
| An unexpected development! Although sometimes the story line is hard to follow, this is an interesting development. I still can't understand why this is rated so low. |
| Not such an interesting episode this time. It felt bad how Izumiko interfered with Myuki's fight instead of letting him show what's he actually able to do. |
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| A rather slow paced episode this time but well the ending was rather interesting, lets see what's next! |
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| An episode about horse. |
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