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May 28, 2009 11:42 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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"Mayday, Mayday - We're goin' down"...

Man, is this series ever going into crash-and-burn mode fast. Not only was episode 9 badly directed and poorly animated, they introduced yet another character for no good reason.

What a shame - the premise for the series seemed to have such good potential.

Oh well, only 4 episodes of pain left.
May 28, 2009 8:39 PM
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dbaranyi said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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"Mayday, Mayday - We're goin' down"...

Man, is this series ever going into crash-and-burn mode fast. Not only was episode 9 badly directed and poorly animated, they introduced yet another character for no good reason.

What a shame - the premise for the series seemed to have such good potential.

Oh well, only 4 episodes of pain left.

I totally agree.
Jun 5, 2009 3:23 PM
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" The Asura Cryin is an exception to the Laws of Nature" - 'Cause a big fkin mecha emerging from the shadows isn't..
Jun 5, 2009 4:25 PM
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dbaranyi said:
What a shame - the premise for the series seemed to have such good potential.

It had such potential I want to read the original novel now. But it's nowhere to be seen x_X
It's a pity anime sucks, I thought it could be one of the best shows this season when it was starting...
Jun 5, 2009 4:42 PM
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As long as I hear Takatsuki's odd voice, I'm content, but the episode was pretty boring to me. All I'm hoping for now is some sort of kiss, but I doubt that there will be one...
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Jun 5, 2009 4:43 PM
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I have to agree with the spiraling into a state of utter garbage. I thought maybe I was just being a bit too jaded with the show but I guess I'm not the only one that feels this way. Really there isn't much to be said that hasn't already in this topic... I feel that reading the manga/novel would be much better, so I'll probably start that soon.
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Jun 5, 2009 5:32 PM
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other den tomoharu's solo against Engrit nothing mch was interesting ohh well hope we get to see Nia's sister next

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Jun 5, 2009 6:24 PM
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dbaranyi said:

What a shame - the premise for the series seemed to have such good potential.

Oh well, only 4 episodes of pain left.


ya lolz to be honest i thought this would be a pretty good anime too from the op , but after 9 episodes i feel like i just wasted my time and should have watched another series XD

o wells 4 more episodes XD
Jun 5, 2009 6:46 PM
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well i was wondering where this plot was going, so now they explain what the asura cryin' thing is about; so will tomo get together with takatsuki?
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Jun 5, 2009 7:14 PM

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o_o well ... its an okay episode ... some funny parts only and the rest not so interesting


Jun 5, 2009 8:13 PM

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I agree with the consensus, but really...what is there in this show that would lead anyone to believe that the novels are any good? Especially since other people have come in and talked about the random time skips in the series being apart of the novels also.

But at least they manged to deifine Asura Cryin...3/4 of the way into the show.
Jun 5, 2009 8:52 PM
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Oh snap! a cliffhanger ending.
Jun 5, 2009 9:18 PM

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It was ok, all these characters are getting outta hand though. Soon Imma have to start looking over bios just to see who's who and their importance to the story.

4 epds left, doesn't look like this is gonna end on a high note but we'll see.
Jun 5, 2009 11:48 PM

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dbaranyi said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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"Mayday, Mayday - We're goin' down"...

Man, is this series ever going into crash-and-burn mode fast. Not only was episode 9 badly directed and poorly animated, they introduced yet another character for no good reason.

What a shame - the premise for the series seemed to have such good potential.

Oh well, only 4 episodes left.


I guess what you said, i have to agree 100%
i mean each episode dont link together, each one being completly random.
hopefully the last 4 episodes will be a bit better.
Jun 5, 2009 11:53 PM
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This is starting to suck ass lol. It's getting less interesting, messy, corny and stupid face guitar.
Jun 5, 2009 11:59 PM

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Maybe they assume that we the audience have already read the novels, so no need to explain anything clearly...

As to noteDhero's comment I've read chapter one that Chihiro translated and it seems alot more informative and I'm eager to read the next chapter...
Jun 6, 2009 7:05 AM

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I just like how random it is :p

Even the theme song which I love has lyrics talking about logic crumbling away.

It will probably be the wierdest anime I've ever watched.
Jun 6, 2009 9:00 AM

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One positive thing is the guitar song.
that caught my attention ^^
Jun 6, 2009 10:39 AM

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Ugh...yeah, another character pops into the series with no explanation...

This series is god awful. Where's the plot? Where the hell is it even going? I can't even follow its randomness. Thankfully only a few episodes of this is left.

Jun 6, 2009 2:36 PM

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noteDhero said:
But at least they manged to deifine Asura Cryin...3/4 of the way into the show.


God, now that I'm this far, I might as well see it to the end. Such a terrible episode. Highly frustrating to watch. Tomoharu is pathetic.
Jun 7, 2009 7:40 AM
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who is thinking this show is crap this far in.
Jun 7, 2009 12:06 PM

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Glad to see I'm not the only one who is thinking this show is crap this far in.


yeah me2 =( I was hoping it would be good, but now most of the characters annoy me and the animation is weird, and the story doesn't make a lot of sense to me x_x
Jun 7, 2009 1:39 PM

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Dsrtstorm said:
Glad to see I'm not the only one who is thinking this show is crap this far in.


i'm rather close to wanting to drop this show, but since i've invested too much time already i figure i should stick it out.... god how i can't wait for this show to end
Jun 7, 2009 3:44 PM

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Nice episode, it's all starting to make some sense now, a little at least. They're are still some confusing things, like, what does the he-female that used to be Shuri's friend and whatever that thing that's with her is, have to do with all of it. But, It's actually seeming like they're could be a good ending out of it now, idk, just have to wait and see...Urahara Out!!
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Jun 7, 2009 6:37 PM

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dbaranyi said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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"Mayday, Mayday - We're goin' down"...

Man, is this series ever going into crash-and-burn mode fast. Not only was episode 9 badly directed and poorly animated, they introduced yet another character for no good reason.

What a shame - the premise for the series seemed to have such good potential.

Oh well, only 4 episodes of pain left.


I agree, it was pretty interesting and good intill like ep 6 or 7 it started to go bad, i really hate flashbacks. Soon after ep 7, 8, and 9.. were even worse than the last.
this anime isn't going to finish well, to be honest i think they just got lazy.
Jun 8, 2009 3:32 AM
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Feels like Kurokami all over again, but at least this show is half the amount of episodes so I will ride it out until the end. Kurokami had such a nice first episode then went downhill from there in my eyes.
Jun 8, 2009 4:29 AM

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What a bore... so much for the cliff-hunger from last episode. Tomo finally summoned Kurogane and it didn't do much :/

Jun 8, 2009 11:53 AM

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This series is going down like a crashing plane...damn that was a boring ep... i found myself skipping a few scenes, previous eps were better...also the story is soooo slow.... the writing in this ep is meh... it's not a habit of mine to drop a show but maybe..........

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Jun 8, 2009 4:42 PM
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noteDhero said:
I agree with the consensus, but really...what is there in this show that would lead anyone to believe that the novels are any good? Especially since other people have come in and talked about the random time skips in the series being apart of the novels also.

But at least they manged to deifine Asura Cryin...3/4 of the way into the show.

Yeah, we're finally getting something resembling a main plot thread.

A little into the episode I thought the handler of the Asura Cryin' was going to be Tomoharu's brother, but it turns out to be another new character. Reminds me of Spiral where you never see the older brother, but he's guiding him behind the scenes.
Jun 8, 2009 4:57 PM

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I was reminded of Spiral also...and I seem to be equally disappointed with the way this is turning out.
Jun 9, 2009 5:53 PM

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Why hasn't anyone died yet.
Jul 4, 2009 1:08 PM

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This shit is so bad that I have no idea why the hell I'm still watching it...

God.

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Jul 10, 2009 1:35 PM

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Asura Cryin, I finally understand what it is..



As the popular trend goes, the light-element guys are unpopular and are considered as hypocrites, while the dark-element guys are the heroes. Honestly, I think Reishirou would make a better protagonist but.. I guess people are most interested in the ecchi journey of Tomo-chan as opposed to the boring idealistic quest of the Holy Council exterminating evil which seems no more than the work of a typical hypocrite as that Reishirou also uses an Asura Machina.

There is going to be a second season? I am guessing that Naoto, the elder brother of Tomoharu will be making an appearance as another Handler, possibly an Asura Cryin. Looking forward to it..
Jul 25, 2009 6:17 AM

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was it really tht bad? i foudn it kinda interesting since they exlained what asura crying is. and so i suppose tomoharu will become one and fight with the other.


Jul 7, 2010 3:23 AM

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waaa~omoshiroi~.yep,yep*nods* its getting more interesthing with every ep. i think that its not confusing at all now.
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Pretty meh again, this anime sure develops quite weirdly..

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