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| What many people forget is that their beloved Sion was captured like 10 seconds after his coworker died. And their beloved Nezumi escaped mainly, if not only, because Sion did help him. So pointing out that Safu is stupid or useless or whatever is quite pointless. Obviously Safu asking for Sion sperm or when she catches her classmate kissing her friend talking about "wanting to reproduce" is strange, but Safu is like that. They already did several jokes about it in the anime itself, like before class when they talked about the poem etc. It certainly would put most people off when they would get asked like that, but it's not like you would have to deal with it. And i think it makes an interesting character. She is not the damsel in distress (well, right now she might be, but generally), and shes not the tomboy who is bossing around the supposedly strong male main character either. She's also not just there for fanservice (Sion and Nezumi got that covered, for most people here at least..), shes not just there for political correctnes, she doesn't go around screaming pervert on every occasion (Like, if she would have talked with Sion there instead of with his mother, many anime girls would come back screaming hentai because they obviously made them forget their scarf, as a first step to undress them..might be exagerrated, but only a little..) She does look good, she is intelligent, she got more balls than Nezumi, who still is complaining about Sion being dellusional and whatever instead of getting the courage to tell him and letting Sion decide, she does chare for Sion and other people she knows etc. Her only fault would be being a bit too outspoken. And being in the way of Sion X Nezumi. Judging only from the anime, all three of them probably think more of Siion X Safu. Safu just expressed her love (again), Sion noticed something when she was screaming for him (you don't do that with people you don't care about, one way or the other. Not in real life, as far as this is possible, and even less in anime), he tried to avoid answering that one question because he did care and the girl was already jealous without knowing, and Nezumi feared that he would immediately run back to No. 6 if he heard about Safu, which is probably right. Right now, my biggest issue is Nezumi with his ranting, random violence against Sion etc. but not telling Sion anything, like pointed out above. Seriously, either he tells Sion everything, or he quits complaining. Or at least make him a bit sadistic, like "you don't know anything, and you will never know because i'm not gonna telling you haha!", but not like this. Thats just stupid. |
| I honestly feel like No. 6, instead of moving forward and building up towards a climax, is just meandering along. Things are happening but nothing's happening at the same time, if that makes any sense. We are no closer to learning about the wasps or what's up with No. 6 or what the hell Nezumi's problem is than the very beginning of the show. And we are now over halfway through the series? It doesn't feel like it. All we have so far is a developing relationship between Shion and Nezumi, and really, I don't care all that much about it. The characters so far feel tedious and repetitive - their conversations feel the same from one episode to the next, and like I said, I don't feel like we're building up to anything in particular. From what I was led to believe, this isn't primarily a romance story. Sure, the romantic element is there but the first episode made me think this would be an interesting dystopian story but as of yet, all I'm seeing is the romance plot. Or maybe my expectations were just wrong all along >_> |
Aeterna said: I honestly feel like No. 6, instead of moving forward and building up towards a climax, is just meandering along. Things are happening but nothing's happening at the same time, if that makes any sense. We are no closer to learning about the wasps or what's up with No. 6 or what the hell Nezumi's problem is than the very beginning of the show. And we are now over halfway through the series? It doesn't feel like it. All we have so far is a developing relationship between Shion and Nezumi, and really, I don't care all that much about it. The characters so far feel tedious and repetitive - their conversations feel the same from one episode to the next, and like I said, I don't feel like we're building up to anything in particular. From what I was led to believe, this isn't primarily a romance story. Sure, the romantic element is there but the first episode made me think this would be an interesting dystopian story but as of yet, all I'm seeing is the romance plot. Or maybe my expectations were just wrong all along >_> QFT. Your post wins so much ;A; They don't really have time to run in circles with the plot, we are almost at the end and nothing new about the city and the bees (MAIN THEME AM I CORRECT) has been told since what? episode 3? D: I guess they are just bringing in the fanservice so people read the novel and the manga. It's like "Here, eyecandy. Now go read a book for plot." |
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| I'm getting kind of disappointed in this series. Like Aeterna said, I feel like the plot's been meandering and the constant re-clash/rehash of Nezumi and Sion's viewpoints are getting rather tiring. I guess after the whole wasp infestation thing and getting out of No.6, I was expecting an awesome Utopian society series, which is something I don't see often, if at all, in this form of media. But it does look like the next few episodes will be more of what I'm looking for. |
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| Already Addicted Safu Noooo :( shion is quite attractive O.o for a anime chara ;-) that white hair is awesome he looks better like that ( love his snake TaT BTW TOO :) Nezumi should tell him !!!!!!!! why the show had to come on at the end of the week >.< |
| Hmm~ How interesting~~ Has anyone noticed that...thing that's in the middle of the city with all the holes in it (In the first episode it howeled, and shion howled back rather stupidly) actually looks like a wasp's nest? What with all those holes in it o.o Maybe it's got something to do with it? If i remember correctly it doesn't "Howl" Often, so what if that's like a trigger for those wasps? i hope this anime doesn't get too gory. It's really good D: |
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tamachana said: Hmm~ How interesting~~ Has anyone noticed that...thing that's in the middle of the city with all the holes in it (In the first episode it howeled, and shion howled back rather stupidly) actually looks like a wasp's nest? What with all those holes in it o.o Maybe it's got something to do with it? If i remember correctly it doesn't "Howl" Often, so what if that's like a trigger for those wasps? This? It does look, good point. No.6 city seems so scary. >_> |
| Interesting episode. About Safu... I don't like her much but I really don't hate her though. Without her it would be a bit boring i guess :/ And omg the preview *_* |
| I admire Safu, glad to see she isn't a plain moe blob but a strong-willed character ... i wonder if they do actually save her... |
| I know it's going to sound strange, but when Safu said that she loves Shion, something inside just felt wrong. Like OH NO YOU AIN'T GONNA SCREW UP MY ANIME. It's bad enough to have to watch Mezumi and Shion do all these shounen-ai hints and know that nothing will ever happen. |
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| I really want to know what happened to Nezumi that makes him hate No.6, it must be more than what he claims (it is a parasite city, etc, etc...)he doesn't seem like the type that cares for the interest of others. I liked the episode. Poor Karan, she seemed happy to see Safu, and then.... |
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| I agree with Aeterna, completely. If they kiss then I won't know what to say about No.6 anymore. I'd like to assume that it'll just be like a friendly kiss on the cheek or something like that, despite the extreme bl fanservice in the show I wouldn't think that they'd have them kiss but then again, who knows. |
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| Bromance at its height so far... :))))) I seriously couldn't help laughing so much!!! HA!!! Dogkeeper is a guy???? O.o |
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RyuKirin said: lol omg I never knew I would end up actually seeing them kiss xD. Haha I wonder how I will react to my first ever sight of a yaoi kiss in an anime ._. :))) Same here!! |
| _____ _ _ ______ Within pain, there is desire. _____ _ _ ______ |
| Poor Safu her fate lays in Nesumi's hand her rival. |
| i want answers! >__> it's getting closer to the end and i still don't know what's Nezumi secrets and No.6..huh i love the bromance, but in this episode, the fight between Nezumi and Sion was intense and serious, it kills the bromance mood for me, it's scary.. i hope Nezumi's willing to spill the beans already, well at least one hint maybe.. but at the end, nothing huh |
| The thing about Safu having a "wind" is interesting. Since she came from a different city, I'm guessing that the wind she had could be thought of as pure while the wind inside No.6 is tainted. What a conspiracy. Preview looks like things will begin to show some rivalry. Were they about to kiss there? Seriously, I find it distracting with all the little shounen ai/Yaoi stuff between the two but oh well. |
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| It's funny how I don't give a fuck about Nezumi and Sion, their storyline is just fucking boring. The stuff that's going on inside No. 6 is way more interesting. I loved the Safu and Sion's mom parts in this episode, they were really interesting. But then Sion had to pop up again with his usual faggyness and Nezumi surprise-attacked him again and now I'm hearing shit about them kissing in the next episode. It's like they have a love-hate relationship. "YOU'RE SO STUPID, YOU'RE SO BLACK AND WHITE, BUT LET'S DANCE AND FUCK ANYWAY." etc |
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| Arf ! Die Safu ! don't come and don't disturb Shion & Nezumi ! |
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| love love love SAFU so much!! i hope next episode Shion will meet Safu, and they'll have a passionate make out session in front of nezumi... then nezumi will realize that he loves shion, but he cant do anything about it, so he ends up with the fugly yet smelly inusokoro/inushikaziki(whatever i mean the dogloan) poor youuu nezumii |
narusasu1 said: T3rm1n4t0r2 said: narusasu1 said: Ok those who actually think there will be shionxsofu are gonna be mad but those in favor of shonen ai this is definately shonen ai and I have watched enough shonen ai and yaoi to know. I have seen shonen ai's that could of been labeled shonen as they had less in it then Naruto so trust me this is definately shonen ai. The comparison someone made earlier to this against naruto made me laugh as I am a narusasu fan lol. I do think they are gay and that is is canon. It being a shonen I doubt they will outright confirm it however. Apparently you havent watched as much as you thought because looking at it from the experienced viewer's eyes, it is actually possible that it wont be as you so strongly believe. Consider a head bump, whisper, stare, or maybe, even, a friendly kiss on the cheek. You Yaoi fan girls just love to go ahead and assume the world with out thinking things over at all, don't you? Haven't you heard the phrase "When you assume you're making an ass out of u and me"? It could go either way but it's probable that the producers showed that overrated clip in the preview on purpose. Theyre most likely milking as much out of the larger viewing audience as they can before Shonen Ai obsessors will realize what has been going on and drop the show. Real Shonen Ai animes are much more obvious then this one, am I right? Maybe because I know about the novel what Sofu will do (what will happen with her) and that are actually 2 kisses between these boys in the novel not just one. So I never make up relationships that are not there. I have watched tons of shonen ai and yao look at my list. I know exactly how they play out. One more thing shoujo has gay relationships as it is directed at females and look at the genre for this anime, it is shoujo or shojo go look it up on wikepedia! This adaption is NOT made to be shounen-ai regardless of what the original novel entails. It is a SF series with very slight shounen-ai elements, but it does NOT focus on clear-cut romance between the male protagonist. Only "hints" that can be interpreted differently. And no, kissing between males is not 100% guaranteed to be sexual. Maybe in some countries or culture, but definitely not in my dictionary. For a typical shounen-ai look at Seikai-ichi Hatsukoi. THAT's shounen-ai. This is not even close. It's like saying the original Guin Saga were yaoi, which is false. It sure contributed to the earliest version of what will eventually evolve into the modern yaoi. But it's not fitting in the modern definition of the word. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Okay I just forgot everything that happened in this episode except maybe Nezumi jumping on Shion when I heard about this kiss. Damn I really need to read the novels... |
| pretty good... the BEST scenes were with Safu... great scene with Shion's mother and her. |
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MusashiRose said: pretty good... the BEST scenes were with Safu... great scene with Shion's mother and her. Hope she's ok :( |
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narusasu1 said: This adaption is already turning shonen ai, go watch the 2 episodes of Switch that could of made a great shonen but it is listed as a shonen ai and there is nothing in it to even indicate shonen ai, it would of probably got a lot more views if they had not put that label on there. Seriously Naruto has more shonen ai then Switch. Switch is not shounen-ai. It's more a shounen. narusasu1 said: Then you got Betrayal knows my Name, it has insuation but you never even get a kiss scene. Also a shonen ai. Uraboku turned out to be part a bishounen series. It's not a proper shounen-ai per se. narusasu1 said: Monochrome Factor also shonen ai but mostly comical and has 2 kiss scenes kinda like this novel. The manga is just shonen interesting that. Again, borderline series. It like trying to see if Yosuga no Sora actually fits into the hentai genre. narusasu1 said: The point is if you can't see that their relationship is more then friendship you really are blind, then I say the same thing about Naruto. I started watching Naruto because of the relationship on there. When you are biased, you tend to see the world through tinted glasses. Love is never black and white. Friendship love and romantic love can often mix together. It's hard to distinguish them, especially when you are not used to see two guys being friendly. And again, Naruto is not a shounen-ai series. You may not have experienced a wide range of different genres but when you do, you'll notice the boundaries between genres are never as clear-cut. There are the archetype series, and then everything else that falls in between archetypes. narusasu1 said: I feel sorry for anyone expecting anything to happen with Shion and Sofu though. If you want things to be a suprise I suggest not looking at novel spoilers because the story seems to be following it. Clearly, Shion and Nezumi are going to stay together. Even if their relationship is romantic, the main focus of the series may not be shounen-ai. It's like saying Nanoha is mainly a shoujo-ai series when it isn't, no matter how much evidence points towards Nanoha and Fate's relationship. No.6 can be said to contain shounen-ai elements, but is not mainly shounen-ai. So for the same reasons Nanoha is not properly considered shoujo-ai, No. 6^, as it is right now, cannot be truly considered shounen-ai. Again, shounen-ai as "Westerners" use is slightly different from it's original Japanese usage, so let's not go into the semantics. Also, my advice: don't trust the MAL genre/theme description. You get really erroneous classification such as: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=1505 Apparently, the 9th movie of Detective Conan was shounen-ai.... |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Ach I don't get these discussions if they are gay, bi or just friends. Who the fuck cares anyway. If you read the novel you will know how the whole thing turns out. If I would be a bad girl I would spoiler now without putting it into spoiler marks who dies but oh well many people here already know this without saying it...but for that TROLL's sake it would feel awesome to spoiler..lol :( In the end a kiss doesn't even mean LOVE in this kind of shounen ai/yaoi way..I mean I don't wanna know how many teenage girls kiss each other although they are just friends in real life. But did anyone who saw you kissing your female friend, ask you if you are lesbian just because you gave her a "hello" or "bye bye" chuu? Naaah..right... Abyway, guess it's this sort of anime and novel which you can interprete as you like. Everything is vague in here...but everyone who trolls around like "THEY ARE NOT GAY" is just...uuh...who cares..we all know that they love each other..in whatever way. that's enough I think. To force your very very subjective opinion on someone is very annoying. Well I am not talking to a certain person here..I think there are many people out there ... |
docilein said: Ach I don't get these discussions if they are gay, bi or just friends. Who the fuck cares anyway. If you read the novel you will know how the whole thing turns out. Exactly. I don't. But apparently most people here do. Well, they can think whatever they like. docilein said: If I would be a bad girl I would spoiler now without putting it into spoiler marks who dies but oh well many people here already know this without saying it...but for that TROLL's sake it would feel awesome to spoiler..lol :( Death flag is written all over the place on **** lol. docilein said: In the end a kiss doesn't even mean LOVE in this kind of shounen ai/yaoi way..I mean I don't wanna know how many teenage girls kiss each other although they are just friends in real life. But did anyone who saw you kissing your female friend, ask you if you are lesbian just because you gave her a "hello" or "bye bye" chuu? Naaah..right... This is what I pointed out right in the first episode. People are waaay overreacting. docilein said: Abyway, guess it's this sort of anime and novel which you can interprete as you like. Everything is vague in here...but everyone who trolls around like "THEY ARE NOT GAY" is just...uuh...who cares..we all know that they love each other..in whatever way. that's enough I think. To force your very very subjective opinion on someone is very annoying. Well I am not talking to a certain person here..I think there are many people out there ... It doesn't matter if they are a homosexual couple or not. It still doesn't mean that it's going to be a shounen-ai. The whole terminology of "shounen-ai" is quite vague and often misused. Therefore, it turns out to be pointless to argue over this. Gray zone stuffs. I got a bit agitated due to semantics issues. Personal interpretation is key. Now, let's all concentrate on what we are watching this series for: for the BL enthusiasts, the upcoming romance, for fellow SF fans, the truth behind No. 6. Again, everyone has their own reasons to watch this and it's meaningless to impose their personal reasons on others. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Oh, well way to spoil it for me -_- even just saying that should have had a spoiler thing. |
| What I don't understand is that lot of people who watched this episode made them hate Safu even more. Well for me I just fall even more in love with Safu. I glad Safu and Shion's mom have more screentiming. I like how Safu notice something not right in No.6, but I wish she thought of plan to see Shion. : btw I kinda shipped safu x nezumi and safu x shion >_>, and yes I do like shion x nezumi. About the kiss: |
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| I really loved this episode~ The relationship between Nezumi and Shion is developing beautifully, but I can't help but root for Safu anyway, lol. She might even be my favorite character. At the beginning, I really liked Nezumi, but after this episode, I kinda wanna bash his head in with a noodle :P I hope he tells Shion about Safu. It's already established that Shion sees Safu as a best friend, not a love interest, so I'd rather see her rescued than dead. |
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| Hahaa. I love this anime. It's really interesting and SO yaoi :3. I usually HATE stuff like thatt, but in this anime, idk but its awesome. I wonder if Safu would be jealous xD. It's kinda like Sasuke and Naruto. And Izaya and Shizuo ;p. I wanna see Nezumi save Safuu. |
| oh the UST.....NO. 6 taking bromance to the next level! |
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| I like Safu... |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| Sigh...... We can never, NEVER escape from forums being filled by 99% relationship discussions, huh? You guys... there are things more important than the struggles of love, really. I like this anime for its beauty and story. Be the next kiss in the cheek or lips or no kiss at all since maybe it was just a tease, I'd still watch this. I do wish they'd pick up the pacing real quick, only a few episodes remains but I still can gloriously say I know very little of both the characters and the setting, not enough to make me love them wholly. |
| This episode... I love Safu so much, she is my favorite character to now. She is so inspiring me, I just cant stand her... |
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