Anime Fights - Baccano Specials

Jul 31, 2015 2:46 PM

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Is Baccano Specials on par with the show? Or did they fall short of it? Feel free to post your arguments for either case, and I'll pick a winner next Sunday with the last arguments accepted at Saturday midnight CEST. Anyone is free to join in, but not after Tuesday midnight.

So, my ladies and gentlemen:

Is the Baccano specials on par with the show, or do they fall short of it?

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Aug 1, 2015 11:02 PM

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So this is easy.
Baccano! Specials are on par (arguably better) than the show.

For one it follows the same formula of the main show. Show random snipits of different story's and intertwine them to have a complete story as the outcome. This formula is very entertaining because it solves the mystery itself by filling in information that you want to know.
Another reason why it is great is because it expands and gives more depth to characters from the main show. Chane's story expands from the scene showed to us in the first episode, her showing up on a raft in the river. And it intertwines Chane's story with Jaccuzi's bunch. Claire Stanfield (Rail Tracer) also gets more depth to him with his story going into his love for Chane, and tracking her down. He also has an amazing showdown with Graham Specter (probably the best character from the specials) and makes you honestly wonder who would win?

The specials are icing ontop of the Baccano! Cake. They add more depth to the story as a whole, and other characters story's while wrapping it up where it began (with the director and carol talking about the art of story telling). The specials add so much to the show and i dont think someone can be a true fan of Baccano! without watching the specials

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Aug 4, 2015 10:07 PM

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Well for me it is simple, the specials are lackluster in comparison to the series. They go into a story of a superhuman one-dimensional character and his bland female assassin love interest.

We get another moment of Claire Stanfield being the one dimensional badass that he is as he fights the lesser Ladd or Graham Specter. We were already given the ending to the battle before the fight ever began. Graham, was defeated by Ladd Russo, and Ladd in the series was defeated by Claire hence there was no tension to this fight of theirs. Claire is still the crazy demi-god killer he was from the show and there is no sense of development from the series itself even with this love story, not even closure on the will they won’t they relationship of Chane and Claire. The series does so much better overall, where over a course of 13 episodes we get both a crazy ride and an intertwining plot of great characters. The specials try to do it in 3, and let’s be honest their focus wasn’t at all as interesting as the series. The series had the Flying Pussyfoot, mob wars, immortals, a great comedic duo and an intertwining plot that would make Tarrantino shed a tear of joy. The specials have a by the numbers love story, with a new character that needed more time to step out of the shadow of a psychopath much more interesting than himself.

The specials do add more to some characters I agree and if we were arguing these specials to other specials they would win. The thing is we are comparing them to the actual show, which in all due respect the show just completely knocks it out of the park. It underplays a lot of characters making them feel more like cameos than anything else. Where is the fun? I wanted to see Baccano in the specials not the Notebook’s estranged cousin in law. The series does show snippets of love stories, but they do not override the story. The special’s story is a lot more one note than you think in the essence of converging storylines. It is primarily about the story of Chane if anything and mostly everything involved plays into that fact except for the few random scenes. There was a lot of potential to this special to be something unique and a transitional period for a lot of moments, but it focused almost entirely on the love story with the ending fight being nothing short of a guy just flailing around his wrench for a minute than stopping. That fight is a perfect representation of how this entire special felt, a tease to the main course that has yet to come out onto the dining room floor. Trying to tie in so many aspects in the show actually made the final episode crowded and of course it left a lot of what will happen moments, but at the same time it needed to in order to be relevant to the series and not some run around lackluster love story.

Aug 5, 2015 11:27 AM

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You joined in a bit too late, so I'll extend the argument deadline to Sunday midnight (so by one day).

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Aug 10, 2015 11:13 PM

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You both did good, but I have to give the victory to Sean on this one, his argument of comparing the contents of the show plus pointing out how it felt underwhelming is what put his argument ever so slightly above duffy's.

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