Arararraragi-kun said:Kaioshin_Sama said: One kind of not shitty episode and this instantly jumps into top seller position for this season. Absolutely and utterly disgusting. And people like symbv still claim there isn't a contingent that won't always support Kyoani no matter how mediocre their shows are. Sigh.....such a joke.
Why are you always so butt-hurt?
You always have some, in whatever, and I mean WHATEVER show. Even the the most popular or good or intriguing or crappy anime show, and you ALWAYS have some who elect 'hate it' at some point, and some who click on 'loved it'. On itself, it doesn't mean anything, really. I've often thought, to get a better impression of how well received it is, one would do better to use a z-score, instead of a plain average. Let's face it, you'll always have 10% who will find whatever they see either the best thing since sliced bread, or the worst crap ever. Those extremes influence the general appreciation too much. One should ignore the top ten and bottom low 10%. Basically, you will always have a set of whiners and fanboys: you have to filter those out.
That said, for those really don't liking the series: then just drop it. Seriously.
Now, the series uses many, many clichés. And yes, I'm getting tired of them as well. More and more I'm liking those that really do something original, use new viewpoints, or at least new executions of established pathways. There are just too many anime-tropes being used in the new series of this season; it really gets annoying. This series is no exception, and I would agree the sis-complex, the whining of a protagonist about a misdeed in the past - in as far as it was a misdeed, and not something that one would consider self-defence, the 13-in-a-dozen rather lame jokes, the 'angst' and anguish theme....sigh. It's becoming real old fashioned really fast, and none of it is particularly portrayed in an original way neither in this series.
Yet, for all it's not-too-superb clichés and tropes, it also has some good elements in it. The action-scenes were really high quality and engaging, and relatively original. The twist of him getting out of control, and the way they tried to contain it, was fairly well done. The shojo-parts, like the emo-stuff and relationship-thingy are sometimes emphatically interesting and captivating too, when they don't fall in the trope-sphere. The story and plot itself seemed a bit thin as of yet, but at least there is some mystery being introduced in this episode as well, apart from some good action (and reasonable character-development, if she isn't going to be so whiny and self-pitying/complaining anymore in the future). So maybe it will improve as well on this front.
So all in all; it isn't the best anime out there, granted, but it's far from being the worst neither. It was his weak points (clichés, tropes, not too original setting) but as indicated, it has also some good points. At least it has potential, I think. It will depend on how they will proceed, but if they really lay some effort in it and reduce the tropes, it could actually become a very good anime. If they go the other way, it will be the so-many-est trope-ridden mediocre anime with nothing outstanding to show for. Obviously, I'm rooting for the former, especially since there aren't many good new series in this season, I find.
You have the second season of Magi, which isn't quite 'new' - who will hopefully live up to the excellent standards of the manga. And you have machine-doll, which is sick in the same bed as this series: a lot of potential, some great scenes with suspense...but a whole boatload of tropes, which sometimes even undermine the internal consistency and believability of the world they want to portray. I wish they got rid of the superficial catering to the masses - effort. I know not all anime can have a meticulous created and compelling world and be story driven with layers of of thought-provoking concepts, like Shin Sekai yori or psycho-pass, or have the raunchy impact of fate zero, but that's not the point. Every anime can have it's niche, as long as it fulfils it's niche in a clever, original, captivating way. And yes, 'freezing' may have it's 'specific appeal' ;-) as well now and then, but let's face it: it's not 'great' anime. This goes for shounen too. A manga as Magi is a hundred fold better than Bleach, at least if one is interested in going *outside* the downtrodden pathways of a typical shounen and a plethora of too-often-used tropes.
It's still a bit early to tell about these new series, but frankly, there aren't that many that even have potential this season. And this at least is one of them. |