No. 6
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| Call me stupid, but I was completely caught by surprised with the yaoi shit. I was not expecting it any way. First anime I drop on the first episode. It's not something I like to do, nor something I'm proud of, but it leaves me little choice. |
"Tonight, I sit in the eye of the storm. As fire boils around me, I press forward, winds and lightning lashing my wings. I am no match for what I face. Yet I will not back down, and though fear may place it's stranglehold on my heart, courage will see me through. With tears in my eyes, I hit full throttle. My engines become an inferno, and my weapons light up, awaiting my command. If I die tonight, I will do so fighting for everything I believe in."  |
| BrickBreak, let me get this straight... you dropped an anime for no other reason than that it featured two 12yr olds - holding hands? Wat. I've heard that one of the two gets a girlfriend later. There goes the shonen-ai theory. |
| I do not know why. But I loved this anime. |
| They are just starting off slow on the first episode. His hair and everything will change in the next few episodes so just stay with it. Good series again by BONES. Great job. 4/5 8/10 so far. |
| And here I thought that the controversy would be over those Charlie Brown sweaters lol. Anyway, decent first episode. The preview looks really interesting. Plus, this is BONES we are talking about, so suffice it to say I'll keep watching awhile longer. |
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| I don't know how to score this one. Sure the bromance nagged at me for a bit, but I'm interested as to how they'll play out the next episodes. |
| "Isn't life, by nature, a contest decided by a single round? However trifling the matter, it's not possible to return to the last save point by pushing some reset button." - Kazuki Hoshino, Hakomari, Vol. 1 |
notsureifsrs said: This show is not shounen-ai. The romance (albeit slow) is between him and his childhood friend. Can two guys be really close bros and have everyone NOT calling it gay? I wouldn't even give a shit if it was gay. But people spouting shit about two guys being close friends makes themselves sound really insecure. EXACTLY. I am amazed on how people CANNOT understand the concept of FRIENDSHIP. I don't know which sad childhood these people lived to be so paranoid about two boys holding hands? They completely missed the fact that Shion's character was supposed to be like that. And no, this is NOT EVEN REMOTELY SHOUNEN-AI. These people should watch some real shounen-ai to see what it is all about. People calling this yaoi are just so ignorant that I cannot help myself to flame them. They must be trolling. |
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? |
| After seeing the illustrations on the novels, and then the first few chapters of the manga, the anime's art (the character's faces anyway... Safu and Shion looked different than I expected, but I guess that's my fault for that) was slightly disappointing. Though I really like the blue stuff LOL. That scenic bit at the end, those cool wrist/TV and wall-telephone-chat gadgets and such. And wth SHION'S ROOM IS SO BIG fkj;asldkfj;lskdjf;lsfdakj HE EVEN HAS AN UPSTAIRS ----- envy envy envy XD Actually I understand the bromance thing, the hints from the manga were really strong and I heard the novels were even more so, so it's almost natural for some of it to show up here... though it wasn't that much really. Not yet. Looking forward to seeing the characters when they're older. And the rest of this overall. <3 Edit: Oh and the ED was nice. :3 |
RukayexJul 8, 2011 8:56 PM
| i will try and continue to watch you and i really do but me no fan of Boy on boy. |
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| Nezumi was fucking cute. Definitely going to stick around to see more of him~ |
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| seems interesting, I hope this is not yaoi or i'll have to drop it X_X |
| This really did have a little feel of Fractale about it, and I liked that show. I have to disagree with those who have said if it were two girls holding hands then no one would cry "Yuri". From what I've seen in MAL, if you had two girl's named Flower and Mouse holding hands with the dialogue: "You're hot...", the yuri fanciers would be baying at the moon like a pack of wolves in heat. Now a number of posters have suggested that if it follows the novel arc, then we are going to see the romance develop between Shion and his childhood friend (Ms. "symbolic expression of the desire to reproduce"). That actually makes it more likely that I will continue to watch it, since I'm more interested in a male/female pairing than a male/male. Nothing against shounen-ai, or its fans--it's just not a draw for me. However, I would not automatically drop it simply because there is a shounen-ai element (or yuri, or incest, or loli for that matter). I'm willing to give this another couple of episodes and see just where we go with the plot and the setting. Judging an anime based on one episode--have we learned nothing from Madoka? |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| <3 I am really liking it. and that opening.. that opening was Really good. I love the antagonist, "killing" him with a spoon. He's sadistic and reminds me of Akito from Air Gear. :) . Anyway I'm excited to see the rest of this story. |
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| Amazed at the number of homophobic comments. Some people should seriously grow up. Don't think it's even shounen-ai to begin with. They are freaking 12 years old. Two boys can hold hands without being gay and if you think they can't you're a seriously narrow minded person. That being said even if it was shounen-ai it shouldn't matter. If you don't like it then just don't watch, simple enough. Think it's actually shojo, though. As for the episode itself, thought it was great. Best new show I've seen this season. 5/5 |
| Reminded of Allan and Kanda too by the OP/ED. I really like Shion's room. |
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| wait... thats his ROOM? i thought he lived in a different house or something XD |
windy said: I was getting into the OP until she started singing... Got to agree with you there. First 15 secs sounded so promising. Anyway, it was a good start. I liked the pacing and the mysterious atmosphere. I really want to see more, it could to turn out to be a great show. And it was just a little innocent bromance guys lol |
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| haha ... Rainbow @ the ending made me Laugh out loud xD |
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Archie74 said: "On his twelfth birthday, he met a beautiful boy called "Nezumi,"" That description alone made me not want to watch it. I have NOTHING against people that enjoy the genre. I don't :(. The story looks interesting though, if you plan on watching it. watched the anime on a recommendation then read the plot... hope this isn't a homo story. I'll give episode 2 a shot, but if I sense yaoi I'm dropping it. :( |
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| So when it's lolicon 100% with 100% ecchi it's good and when it's just a little boy to boy relationship it's like gay sex ? wow ppl r soo lolicon lovers and shotacon haters. Go watch "YuriYuri" or something if u hate it haters !! I loved how it was shota. =D soo cute. Especially the main character how he says "Why are you doing something my mom does ?" and ignore the girl's kiss. And then blush so easily. Soo cute shota boy. <3 I hope this is shotacon. Seriously the anime world needs more shota. we already have 99% lolicon so at least 1% to shota pleasse ? |
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| This seaon's Fractale but without the fanservice, I'm calling it now. |
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| For +5 indignation from what the homophobes are writing, replace each instance of gay with "black guy" and homo with "nigger". Their arguments amount to the same sort of discrimination. |
| I liked it enough to want to see how it turns out. |
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Devastation said: xxSaspra said: please use a spoiler tag, your not suppose to talk beyond the anime...but honestly i think guys with colored contacts is just plain wrong in general if its not used for anytime of medical issueI shouldn't have read the manga just a few weeks before this aired. xD It just made me notice all the instances where the show just jumped from scene to scene without following the manga. I'd like to know why Shion eventually dyes his hair white, gets colored contacts (?), and a funky scar or tattoo or whatever that was. o _o Weirddd. Derp, I kind of liked the episode though, it was pretty easygoing and enjoyable. That wasnt even a spoiler. Shion is the white boy in the OP and on the images on the mal page...... |
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hoya said:   lol |
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| Looks rather promising. I hope it won't be rushed like Fractale (given that both series are 11 episodes long). |
pieceofshota said: So when it's lolicon 100% with 100% ecchi it's good and when it's just a little boy to boy relationship it's like gay sex ? wow ppl r soo lolicon lovers and shotacon haters. Go watch "YuriYuri" or something if u hate it haters !! I loved how it was shota. =D soo cute. Especially the main character how he says "Why are you doing something my mom does ?" and ignore the girl's kiss. And then blush so easily. Soo cute shota boy. <3 I hope this is shotacon. Seriously the anime world needs more shota. we already have 99% lolicon so at least 1% to shota pleasse ? Found a fujoushi. Which is OK, this is who this show was made for. Just dont' complain if nobody else likes it. |
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| Loved the ending, it's beautiful. First episode turned out to be more awesome than I expected. |
DmonHiro said: Found a fujoushi. Which is OK, this is who this show was made for. Just dont' complain if nobody else likes it. Most anti 6 replies I saw were "I'd watch this show if it weren't for the scary, scary gay." I don't mind people who complain about the storytelling, art, dialogue or any other thing. But saying things like 'I wish the main character would be straight" as if that's the sole deciding factor... On one hand, it's incredibly hurtful. On the other hand, it's like dismissing Steins;Gate and Clannad because they're zomg harems, Madoka because it's yuri, or one of the better Gundams or Star Driver because it's mecha. ...but it's all beside the point, because nowhere does it state that No. 6 is BL. Know what else isn't BL? X, where Fuuma kept fondling and licking Kamui every chance he got and Subaru and Seishiro were an established couple; Cardcaptor Sakura, where Yukito and Touya were boning behind the scenes; Star Driver, where Sugata, Takuto and Wako had equally much sexual tension in all directions; Gundam 00, where Tieria was in love with Lockon and Ribbons was sleeping with Alejandro; Gankutsuou, where Albert saved the Count... with a kiss; Naruto, where Naruto and Sasuke kissed in the first episode and spent the rest of the series obsessing over each other; Peacemaker Kurogane, where pretty much everyone was at least very blatantly bisexual; Utena, where everyone had or wanted to have sex with eveyone; Simoun, that had that kiss around episode 24; Evangelion, with that bath scene - and lot more if I spend some time going through a list. Nobody is complaining that people stay away from Junjou Romantica or other BL romances. Our hackles are raised because people are scared away from a non-BL show just because of the possibility that it have gay down the line - despite the fact that one of them, as far as I've heard, even gets a girlfriend. Nobody advertises, say - Gankutsuou by its climax scene (or even by the mecha episode), and I haven't met anyone bothered by them either. And, hoya said: ... ugh, they're, like, 12, dude... |
Kiraly said: Gundam 00, where Tieria was in love with Lockon I'm glad that this is now widely accepted as canon. I think we can be friends. |
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fantastic said: Kiraly said: Gundam 00, where Tieria was in love with Lockon I'm glad that this is now widely accepted as canon. I think we can be friends. I thought it was accepted even back then? XD Otherwise Tieria's development in S2 makes a lot less sense. But- 319 Shared Anime 70.8% Sure! |
| This looks pretty cool so far! The opening song was kinda annoying in my opinion, but I love the ending song. ^_^ |
ItsSoPringles said: zjz05 said: thats BS, there is nothing shojo about it, the show gets kinda violent at times and the show is throughout ver very dark with people dieing left and right, there is a romanc ein the show but its so slow moving and proboly wont get a conclusion(shion and his childhood freind gril cant remember her name)No.6 (Manga) Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Shoujo You're so right, we should disqualify Angel Sanctuary, God Child, X, Cantarella and Yami no Matsuei for being violent having a too low romance content. (Before you say anything, Setsuna and Sara were together for like 3 volumes out of 20) |
| Well towards the end with the closeness and the hand holding and all that...>u> I see gayvibes. Not saying this is a yaoi or shonen-ai or anything of the sort, but in a matter of days there will be fan art of this pairing, and i have no problem with it. 83 |
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| Good, it hooked me up and I can see it has certain potential to become one of the best series of this season (not that it actually means anything, but still). But I can't understand people who say that there was anything gay or yaoi-related in this. It just shows how bloody immature you people are - seeing overtones in everything... He held the hand of another guy - so what? They are both 12 y/o, and it was to emphasize the lack of closeness between people in this utopian city. I'm seriously tired of this common viewpoint that everything is gay if it is between two guys - soon enough I won't be able to go for a beer with my friends since it will be regarded as gay, huh? Geez, steam off a bit people and learn to perceive things as they are. |
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| Wow why is everyone like; this show is gay o.o" I think those people are over reacting I mean the boy is 12 -_-" And it's perfectly normal to put your forehead on that of someone else to measure his/her temperature in Japan... I liked it a lot, it was a nice first episode ^^ Nice OP/ED :) The character design reminded me of Darker than Black, especially those from the second season :) I think this anime might become one of my fav summer ones, too bad it'll be only 11 episodes :( The only thing I don't understand is why Shions hair is brown... The MAL picture shows him with white hair... I guess it'll turn white from a shocking event later on?... |
| Don't have anything against it but I didn't think this was for me. It felt just awkward seeing two guy's who barely know each other get so close in their first encounter. Rushed maybe? Will try another episode but if it stays like this, looks like a drop for me. Shame, since I was quite curious about the city/sci fi story. |
| Anime fans confuse me. Incest is alright, pedophilia is fine, yuri is awesome, but when two little boys hold hands, people get into such a tizzy and cry "get the gay away, it's all in my face." If Nezumi were a girl holding Shion's hand, then no one would think anything of this. Truly sad to see some of the reactions to this anime. |
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