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1idd0kun said: The director is trying way too hard to be KyoAni/PA Works with half-baked fanservice when the VN shows real ass and tits. Of course sales would flop, people doesn't want an inferior product. I hope this piece of shit of a director gets fired.Douchebag? Nah, he's a bro. A bit arrogant, sure, but Misaki is too. Also, the otaku aren't watching this show anymore. It's guaranteed to flop according to stalker points. At this point, the director can probably do whatever he wants because the show is beyond saving. If he ever tries to ship Misaki with Shindou I hope 2channel raids his ass. |
| I still hope the fat fuck gets fired. |
Netouyo said: I heard the scene in the bus is anime original. Misaki fells in love with the MC in the VN. The dumbass director enjoys NTR. I hope the Otakus puts a death threat to him if he ever attempts to ship Misaki with the douchebag Shindou. I'm more annoyed at Masaya not getting any attention. In the first episode, it was shown that he rarely flies if at all and I was curious to know why. However, he has been shoved to the background for several episodes. |
| this ep wanna make me kill either Masaya or Shindou or all of them i wanna kill them by firing squad! |
| The current game that i play: Azur Lane :3 |
| Guess I'll have to wait for the VN to get translated for some actual romance to happen. Today's ep was a little depressing :/ |
| Didn't even realize that this was supposed to bge a romance XD I can understand why Misaki's reactions throughout, but I still felt a little annoyed by her. I had a feeling that Shindou would be destroyed by Saki, wasnt really surprizing at all. I really like Asuka's positivity through this whole tournament. Although its fine to take a sport seriously, enjoying it should be the most important thing. |
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| Ok, this anime is getting dumber and dumber. At first Asuka was kinda fun to watch, but unfortunately studio responsible for this title tries to force her awesomeness right into viewers' throats, what made her probably the most annoying character of all animes in this season. And when they introduced "the forbidden technique", the anime reached boundary of stupidity. And why is Masaya even here? He basically did nothing through last 7 episodes. |
No wonder, dragon with no head must be retarded. |
1idd0kun said: You're not wrong though. The reason she thinks she doesn't enjoy the game is because she's too self-centered and used to win all the time. Now she realizes she's not the best (by a long shot) and that hurts. So of course, she's not enjoying the game right now. She's hurting. What she has to understand is that not being the best isn't the end of the world, and that she can enjoy the game regardless. Not really. If that really were the case she would have quit when she raced Shidou for the first time, did she show some signs of annoyance etc.? I think and am sure she did not. The same goes for her second match. She didnt SULK or though about it until Asukas match with him. I said this many times already, its because Shidou didnt take her seriously but he did for beginner. Even after that she tried to come to terms with it when Masaya spoke to her - 1 more push was needed. What made it worse was seeing Shindou loose to Saki - it showed Misaki that she doesnt really understand this sport in the end and dont enjoy it or analyze things like Asuka. How you came to this conclusion? Are we even watching the same show? Or are you to lazy to try understand her actions and decisions? End of reply to your post. I think I figured out why anime has more fans to unrealistic character like Asuka when VN readers in almost every other anime adapted from VN go for other/better and more realistic choices. Its because only ADULTS play them since VN are mostly +18 and anime all-ages so more children below 15 who prefer happy go lucky, main girls/first shown or the one who has the most screentime overall. 95% of anime are like that, opinions between LN/VN readers against anime watchers differs too much no matter how I look at it. |
ArreitFeb 23, 2016 4:30 AM
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animefan8800 said: Meh episode this week. First half was boring. I don't care about this Inui...yet anyway. I much prefer that woman she beat in the round before the finals. She's beautiful, with imo the best tits in the show. Wish she had more screen time, but oh well. Some decent fanservice made the second half a bit better, but not much. I definitely support Misaki. Her depression and whatnot is all due to poor writing, by which I mean Asuka's waaaaay too good waaaaay too quickly performance that continues to be obnoxious and drag this down. Sad to see next week'll probably just be her coming to terms with Asuka's superiority and coming back to the team, but I certainly hope I'm wrong. This was an okay episode. Melcookie96 said: Welp Main Guy just feels completely like a background character at this point :3 I seriously want to see him in a match. But looks like it isn't gonna happen anytime soon. |
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| Oh god, they completely screwed the quality. Was to be expected maybe. Misaki's mental issues are a bit better than the normal Aokana fare but they overcooked it a bit...it was grating towards the end |
| New estimates for winter from stalker amazon. Konosuba saving winter. 23 Jan -> 14 feb. *2.2k -> *7.2k KonoSuba *2.8k -> *4.0k Prince of Stride *3.4k -> *2.8k Divine Gate *3.7k -> *2.5k Teekyuu S7 *2.6k -> *2.5k Phantom world *0.0k -> *2.3k Grimgar *2.2k -> *2.2k Shouwa Genroku *0.0k -> *2.0k Ass Class S2 *3.6k -> *1.8k PSO2 Below 2K, Ajin Dagashi Kashi Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Nurse Witch Active Raid Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Boku dake ga Inai Machi AssClass S2 Dimension W HaruChika Koukaku no Pandora Oshiete! Galko-chan Sekkou Boys Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desukara Norn9 Shoujo-tachi Anything I forgot to list. Netouyo said: Lizod said: I heard the scene in the bus is anime original. Misaki fells in love with the MC in the VN. The dumbass director enjoys NTR. I hope the Otakus puts a death threat to him if he ever attempts to ship Misaki with the douchebag Shindou.If they actually do Shindou X Misaki, I'll cry. If the studio is gonna put romance in the anime then do Masaya X Misaki!!! 😖😖 Perfect -. Masaya fucks all the girls -. HeicPy said: Please someone tell me that the MC male is going to play this if not im droping this anime probably because i watched 7episodes and still waiting for mc to show his skill and blow them all but if this aint gonna happen and it will continue with those girls im done. Masaya -. |
Tekken02Feb 23, 2016 10:38 AM
| Forbidden technique? Fucking hell, this show just gets dumber and dumber. I mean, what's wrong with Inui's tactics anyway? I'd actually say she's really clever to dominate Shindou like that to claim victory against him. Oh, and what's the point of Masaya being in this show? He's supposed to be the MC, and yet he's little more than a background character at this point. And please stop trying to force me to like Asuka. It just isn't going to happen. On the bright side, I didn't think the stuff with Misaki was too bad at all. At this point, I'd actually accept her having a romance with Shindou; anything that is different to the abject tedium that the FC is starting to become, and anything to have some kind of romance in this to even have the faintest chance of redemption. Not looking positive so far though, not with just 5 episodes left. |
| Asuka's admiration and Misaki's bewilderment of Saki vs Shindo indicates how different their mentalities are. how do you overcome adversity Shindo very well could've done the same as Misaki because they've both experienced their world of FC crumbling apart to the hands of *prodigies* (or beginners if you still really want to call Asuka and Saki that after their performances). Shindo discussed the fear of change with Misaki and they have differing opinions on that matter. Shindo is willing to continue forward and knows how to do so, while Misaki doesn't understand how and in a result feels lost. (no joke, but Asuka is serously unphased by adversity to the utmost extreme where it becomes weird) To the build-up of Misaki's resignation, it should first be noted that Misaki has done FC before (don't remember if mentioned in anime) and from the looks of it, she must've done well in the past. This results in a fairly high level of confidence. Add to the fact that she held the title of "Ace" for Kunahama and Mashiro's admiration. Misaki is holding a pretty good amount of expectation from everyone. Now enter Asuka and Saki. Asuka's hidden talent and sudden growth shocks Misaki and also shakes her confidence in her own ability and title of "Ace". how am I the "Ace" for Kunahama? To Misaki, her knowledge and understanding of the FC World was only up to the point where the greatest player was Shindo (to whom she admires for his abilities). Shindo was the final boss in her eyes, only to face difficulties against Asuka and get rekt by Saki. (Misaki clearly forgot about Disc 2 :^]) how could they truly challenge Shindo when I couldn't? how can there be people greater than Shindo? I don't understand... With the last nail in the coffin, Misaki's confidence and goal in FC was crushed leading to her resignation. Misaki is feeling lost and she needs a new goal and renewed confidence in order to enter FC again. I believe Masaya (he is the coach.) will be the one to do it because Asuka has very little chances, and Mashiro won't get the time of day to do it. |
KomomoFeb 23, 2016 10:00 AM
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Please put the pictures in a spoiler... no.. better double spoiler with warnings! people want to play the visual novel and see those. :'( ------ I don't want Shindou with Misaki. I ship her with Masaya (or any other girl with him) |
projectfear22Feb 23, 2016 10:08 AM
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| Im certainly hoping its a MisakixMasaya shipping at the end of the anime. Misaki really deserves the love tbh + Her and Masaya have been friends for awhile. Asuka.. is to weird and cheerful for me, + she's a RNG magnet. Misaki for best girl~ |
| Saki is just messing with him damn |
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| I had to post this at the halfway point of watching this episode because I don't know if my rage will still be here after I finish the episode (though with this anime it most likely will). This anime is shit, complete and utter shit. The animation is terrible and this story is GOD awful. It's a fucking game where you race buoy to buoy trying to gain points, OR touching your opponents back. Apparently APPARENTLY though when Inui did was a sin originally crated by the Teacher way back in the day. Are you fucking kidding me? It's a flying game for Christs sake! Then all of a Sudden Asuka (Who is just the worst character in this anime) Just knows INSTANTLY that Inui is toying with Shindou, and she's just in Awe about what is happening...WHY IS SHE THIS GOOD IT MAKES ZERO SENSE. I'm almost terrified about whether or not I wanna finish this episode because I'd rather not get more angry then I already am. EDIT: Just finished this episode. I'm only staying for Misaki...she's the only reason why I'm going to continue to watch. |
SoraSenpaiFeb 23, 2016 11:17 AM
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SoraSenpai said: I had to post this at the halfway point of watching this episode because I don't know if my rage will still be here after I finish the episode (though with this anime it most likely will). This anime is shit, complete and utter shit. The animation is terrible and this story is GOD awful. It's a fucking game where you race buoy to buoy trying to gain points, OR touching your opponents back. Apparently APPARENTLY though when Inui did was a sin originally crated by the Teacher way back in the day. Are you fucking kidding me? It's a flying game for Christs sake! Then all of a Sudden Asuka (Who is just the worst character in this anime) Just knows INSTANTLY that Inui is toying with Shindou, and she's just in Awe about what is happening...WHY IS SHE THIS GOOD IT MAKES ZERO SENSE. I'm almost terrified about whether or not I wanna finish this episode because I'd rather not get more angry then I already am. EDIT: Just finished this episode. I'm only staying for Misaki...she's the only reason why I'm going to continue to watch. Welcome to my team then. Im also staying for the same reasons. If you also wish for MasayaxMisaki ship then I think it has low chances, since Asuka gets all the glory to herself. |
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| That fight was epic...destory everyone expectation lol. Misaki is being salty...love Asuka btw haha she is still funny as she use to. Let's see how the story progress. |
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| DRAMA INCOMING!!!!! XD Dat cliffhanger got me well. i didn't expect that. i thought she accepted what Shindou said, but wtf. seriously, wtf is her problem. she is so complicated imo...i really don't want to see her sad face like that because it's sad to see that. i agree with asuka about that battle. that was amazing imo. and i think there is nothing wrong with that tactics. just need to come up with a better tactics to fight it. Damn! Next episode will be full of drama obviously... this anime is basically this; LOL XD |
YizelTroFeb 23, 2016 1:31 PM
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Raisken said: DarcyD said: I can understand why Misaki feels the way she does, but I think she's just being a spoiled brat about it. Too much attention and praise from Mashiro and she think she's the shit, and now she's realizing that there are people out there whose talent outclasses her practice. But that really is the real world, sometimes it doesn't matter how hard you try and practice and study, there are always going to be people out there who are better than you just because they have the affinity for it. But it's kinda like what Shindou said, it doesn't really matter though because as long as you love it, you should never stop trying. I think Misaki never really loved FC the way Asuka does, she just loved being good at FC. Why spoiled brat that fast? How I see it she just wanted to give it a try and see if she really enjoyed it. Now she made a decision, so... 1 month to test things out - tournament a good solution to make sure. Its like watching anime first you try watching some episodes to check id you like it, do you not? 4 episodes = 1 month after that you mostly know if you truly enjoy it. If you drop it should I call you spoiled brat also? Doesnt make much sense to me. It's not "that fast" like I explained earlier had you read it Misaki is used to being the center of attention in her circle by the help of Mashiro and thought she could expand that circle into FC. She made a decision after she lost-- not during practices, not during summer training camp, not during her first two battles, after she LOST. She's a sore loser that's all. But no I'm not going to drop it because unlike you I have enough patience to read or watch something all the way through before acting crazy, and I'm not going to get all hung up over a Misaki stan like you. That's just my opinion on the episode. Don't take it so hard. |
| I can relate to Misaki so much. I get that same annoyingly grudging feeling whenever I'm outmatched in anything, and I just lose the joy I previously got from it. Then I just ditch it and move on to something else. So I assume she took Shindou's words to heart and quit because she's not finding the sport fun anymore. Well, that's what happens. The match was enjoyable to watch, but the fact that airhead #1 Asuka is most likely going to be the one to beat Inui aggravates me. By the way, "forbidden technique" and "sin"? Really? It's just a harmless sport, calm down. 4/5 |
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DarcyD said: It's not "that fast" like I explained earlier had you read it Misaki is used to being the center of attention in her circle by the help of Mashiro and thought she could expand that circle into FC. She made a decision after she lost-- not during practices, not during summer training camp, not during her first two battles, after she LOST. She's a sore loser that's all. But no I'm not going to drop it because unlike you I have enough patience to read or watch something all the way through before acting crazy, and I'm not going to get all hung up over a Misaki stan like you. That's just my opinion on the episode. Don't take it so hard. I never took it hard, well whatever. I can tell already you never played this VN and are just stating your opinion how you see it, though bad, but still. Just to clarify some things. She isnt seeking attention like you said by forming a circle, yes she does feel jealous of her friend, its human nature after all. Dont tell me you have never been jealous of someone, cause I wont believe. But take into consideration her actions regarding it. Most people would either steal, backstab you by saying bad things about you when you arent aware of it, break friendship etc. Depends on situation. What Misaki did here? She chose to leave the team, so her feelings wouldnt get better of her and make some mistake and destroy their friendship. Thats called reality and moving on, Mashiro had similar experience did she not? She was inferior to both of them, but came to terms with it in rather a light way unlike Misaki. I advise you to read VN if you would like clear view of her decision. Its practically the same reason why Masaya stopped doing FC. |
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antonn said: Who's Masaya? Isn't Asuka the MC?  Madoka said: I'm taking over as main heroine! main heroine with female protagonist? The anime itself call Asuka of main heroine. |
Cr7_vi_BritanniaFeb 23, 2016 8:38 PM
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| It was obvious Shindou was gonna lose. |
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| The worst anime adaptation of VN ever ... Meanwhile at VN's Asuka route. Dropped this show.. Really disappointed for the adaptation.. Consider the VN itself is an anime.. This just really bad... Ignored the original source.... |
Luxury_vpvFeb 24, 2016 12:32 AM
vipervoid1 said: The worst anime adaptation of VN ever ... Meanwhile at VN's Asuka route. Dropped this show.. Really disappointed for the adaptation.. Consider the VN itself is an anime.. This just really bad... Ignored the original source.... you can't necessarily count that out just yet. There's still 5 episodes left. I'll be so pissed if they really don't do Asuka or Misaki. (unless they can provide something greater....) |
KomomoFeb 24, 2016 7:56 AM
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| I'm laughing at the rage on these posters because I can feel them. Except that I'm not raging on this anime. Still, fuck this shit. The protagonist isn't trying to be a protagonist. What the fuck am I watching? I've seen a lot of harem/almost harem anime that the protagonist is generic as fuck but this, he's now literally a background character. I bet the protagonist will make a move on the next episode to Misaki's decision since they're now on the same boat, or that's what I hope. Even if I'm kinda cursing a lot now, I'm still not raging, yet. Given that this anime is shit and boring so I dunno if I'll watch this until the end aside, I can relate to Misaki's dilemma that whenever you never find it fun anymore because someone underestimates you or whatever(I can't put it in words honestly), you should just quit. |
TennoujiFeb 24, 2016 8:15 AM
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Komomo said: vipervoid1 said: The worst anime adaptation of VN ever ... Meanwhile at VN's Asuka route. Dropped this show.. Really disappointed for the adaptation.. Consider the VN itself is an anime.. This just really bad... Ignored the original source.... you can't necessarily count that out just yet. There's still 5 episodes left. I'll be so pissed if they really don't do Asuka or Misaki. (unless they can provide something greater....) I dont really mind that they adapt one of misaki or asuka route.. I am really disappointed that they trying to make both at the same time.... It is not like Koi Senkyo like Sprite previous work that is fine on that way... But not this.... Because the whole tournament lineup is different at the autumn tournament for both route.. |
| Inui going to be the final opponent for Asuka and the others?? OMG Misaki NOOOO T__T |
| I'm gonna ruin AoKana's popularity by using people power revolution and anyway guys it is today was the anniversary of the historical day in my country (philippines!) |
| The current game that i play: Azur Lane :3 |
| I feel sorry for Shindou and he looks a whole different person in normal daily life. with the flying circus outfit he looked mean and proud but I like him |
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vipervoid1 said: Komomo said: you can't necessarily count that out just yet. There's still 5 episodes left. I'll be so pissed if they really don't do Asuka or Misaki. (unless they can provide something greater....) I dont really mind that they adapt one of misaki or asuka route.. I am really disappointed that they trying to make both at the same time.... It is not like Koi Senkyo like Sprite previous work that is fine on that way... But not this.... Because the whole tournament lineup is different at the autumn tournament for both route.. I see two possibilities for the ending of the anime: 1) Misaki and Saki are on the same block. Misaki loses but she's not sore about it because she has learned to enjoy the game regardless like Shindou does. The final is Asuka vs Saki. 2) Asuka and Saki are on the same block. Asuka beats her, and goes on to face Misaki in the final. Asuka wins the final, but Misaki isn't sore about it because she has learned to enjoy the game regardless like Shindou does. |
1idd0kunFeb 27, 2016 4:25 AM
| the beach scene in this anime is just awful! |
| The current game that i play: Azur Lane :3 |
| Shindo lost for once, he was totally trapped by Inui. Nice episode, I hope Mitsuki will still support them. |
| Overall, the episode is not boring, the story manages to be interesting without being addictive. Funny gags, unfortunately the quality of the drawings has decreased a lot, the FC information nonexistent, what a pity! Not bad the final twist. Oh well! Let's enjoy the presence of Mami Kawada, I saw about to give up his job. |
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| Welp, we got a quality drop. The face Misaki was making when stunned at Asuka's way-too-fucking-happy-attitude-that's-being-forced-down-my-throat hurt my eyes. Though it looked like it was hurting Misaki just as much, lol. Anyways, this anime is turning into something else entirely from what I was expecting of a VN, harem-esque anime adaptation. Main dude that supposedly was a great FC-er becomes nonexistent and his past is thrown into the oblivion. Main heroine gets her face smashed into the screen every 30 seconds, while throwing her super happy, airhead attitude at us. The FC sport itself is starting to go stale. Not seeing anything new in the sport besides different zip-zap effects. Teacher's past is also thrown into the oblivion called plot-holes. They'll probably just keep hinting at stupid bullshit but never actually go into details of it. From what I see, this is going to become a friendship/rivalry anime between Asuka and Misaki. I wouldn't mind if Asuka wasn't in our faces every 30 seconds. |
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| I really disliked the part where Misaki was all gloomy and shit but oh well still decent episode. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)  |
| Another great episode! OMG Misaki quits FC! But Damn on the 1st part! Inui really dominated the match with Shindou. This is because Kairyo Team was inspired by former Sensei FC legend Kagami Aoi! Anyways Misaki's totally broke/wrecked/trashed this time. 5/5! |
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AthrunZ29 said: Welp, we got a quality drop. The face Misaki was making when stunned at Asuka's way-too-fucking-happy-attitude-that's-being-forced-down-my-throat hurt my eyes. Though it looked like it was hurting Misaki just as much, lol. Anyways, this anime is turning into something else entirely from what I was expecting of a VN, harem-esque anime adaptation. Main dude that supposedly was a great FC-er becomes nonexistent and his past is thrown into the oblivion. Main heroine gets her face smashed into the screen every 30 seconds, while throwing her super happy, airhead attitude at us. The FC sport itself is starting to go stale. Not seeing anything new in the sport besides different zip-zap effects. Teacher's past is also thrown into the oblivion called plot-holes. They'll probably just keep hinting at stupid bullshit but never actually go into details of it. From what I see, this is going to become a friendship/rivalry anime between Asuka and Misaki. I wouldn't mind if Asuka wasn't in our faces every 30 seconds. Hmmm I don't know that, but this series has no development between MC and the heroine |
| Ignoring the quality drops (I knew it couldn't just be my eyes lol), I actually thought this episode was pretty good. New girl and her "tactics" were interesting (though IDK how they could be "forbidden", what the heck?) and that led to a pretty good conversation between Misaki and Shindou later on. He's actually a pretty OK guy huh? What he said about the sport evolving and how he'd quit if he ever stopped finding it fun ... that seems to have hit Misaki pretty hard. I wonder if they're hinting towards those two? :O Anyway, didn't expect Misaki to drop FC altogether! That was quite the surprise ... I'm kinda surprised though, but I'm interested to see where this is going! |
| I can't find an answer anywhere so I'm asking here but..what is that weird brown "mascot" that keeps appearing? Like on Misaki's cellphone messages and the thing she bought.. |
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| This anime literally has no main character to be honest. We're at episode seven, where the hell is his character development? Why the hell did he stop doing flying circus? Thanks for following the source, Gonzo. >.> |
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