Anime Thigh Thread II

[Poppincaps]

Blue Exorcist was trash. Had such an interesting premise and then they dicked around for 15 episodes and then it ended.

[Millhi]

Shokugeki S2 - 01

Am I the only one who felt this episode was fast as fuck? How many chapters did they fly through?

6 chapters: 5 adapted, 1 skipped, also skipped the flashbacks.

[Radio]

ReLIFE 1-10 - I like it, a bit of the drama is a little annoying but for the most part they handle it healthily and show actual character development. Kariu worst girl. Hishiro best girl. An cutest girl.

[Suicidal Panda]

finished this week's wolf-girl economics with nothing specific to comment on that stands out. Bit of a light start for the series so far.

[Epuration]

Madoka magica 9 RIP best girl

[bals]

AoT s2 in spring 2017
Sounds like it gonna be fun.

until it's delayed again

[Epuration]

the red one? yeah easily the best girl

She was best girl from her first appearance all the way to the last.

[Millhi]

until it's delayed again

yeah but they gave more details now and actually put up the website for the second season.

[Yunru]

Tales of Zestiria the X----em...i have no idea what i just watched. Animation quality seems to go up and down a lot.

[Suicidal Panda]

Arslan S2 - a great start to this series again

[Epuration]

Madoka magica season 1 I don't know what to say. the OP was totally misleading. Red is best. kyubey is fucking great. time travel is OP.

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Also, the music is incredible.

[Pejo]

Re:Zero: Fuck that episode, fuck.

[Suicidal Panda]

Madoka magica season 1 I don't know what to say. the OP was totally misleading. Red is best. kyubey is fucking great. time travel is OP.

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Also, the music is incredible.

gogo with rebellion movie

[bals]

Madoka magica season 1 I don't know what to say. the OP was totally misleading. Red is best. kyubey is fucking great. time travel is OP.

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Also, the music is incredible.

Now watch the 3rd movie (which I still need to do)

[Epuration]

gogo with rebellion movie

Gotta watch re zero first, should I watch rebellion before s2?

[bals]

Gotta watch re zero first, should I watch rebellion before s2?

[Suicidal Panda]

Gotta watch re zero first, should I watch rebellion before s2?

There is no S2 for madoka, only the "recap" movies + rebellion movie

[Epuration]

There is no S2 for madoka, only the "recap" movies + rebellion movie

oh, I was watching it on CR and after episode 12 it showed there was episode 1, so I assumed that was a 2nd season..

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Re: zero fucckkkkk
I love this show.

[Neichus]

Well, I guess I'll kick off the Spice and Wolf rewatch discussion. I have seen this series before, and rewatched S1 in the last year or so with a friend, so these first episodes are fairly familiar to me.

S&W is one of the few series were most of the nudity doesn't bother me. I'm normally part of the Prude Police, but S&W just knows how to frame situations properly. A good demonstration of their conscious understanding of how to frame females is in the comparison between Chloe and Holo in the first episode. While Lawrence has no romantic inclinations toward Chloe, when she lies down on the hay and comments that she has grown up his eyes can't help but notice. The way they frame those shots and then cut to Lawrence's face clearly indicate that we're being treated to Lawrence's point of view, not just being given shots of a pretty girl for fan service reasons.

Later on when Holo is getting out of the cart she is stark naked but the way the situation is handled manages to keep it from feeling like it's just there for sex appeal. Her being naked is natural; she doesn't give a second thought to it and neither should we. The only compromising shot is yet another that is clearly from Lawrence's point of view: when she bends over to pick up the jerky and looking at her (nicely rounded) buttocks he notices that she has a tail. So the scene which could be a train wreck of bloody noses and shallow fan service manages to wordlessly demonstrate to us how Holo views her body and how we as the audience should as well.

One thing that is interesting to note is that later in the second episode when they are drying off in the inn Lawrence does become embarrassed at Holo being naked. At first I thought maybe this was inconsistent, since he didn't display any of this in episode one, but on further reflection I think it could be argued that he is becoming familiar with her as a person now. Even if she doesn't care, his maleness does.

Continuing on to Holo herself as a character, I've always had a very interesting time trying to pin her down. I know she is a fan favorite, but I don't think most people appreciate a simple fact that is stated in the first episode: Holo is Holo. She is her own personality that is not any particular trope and doesn't play to what people want. She is very old and experienced, despite appearances. However, she knows the effect her appearance has and smoothly abuses it to get what she wants. The only reason she isn't a villain is because what she wants is usually fairly basic (apples!) or more or less good-willed (helping Lawrence). In short, she is highly, but benignly, manipulative.

This is the reason that again, despite her popularity, I really don't think people appreciate how dangerous she is. Not in a "wolf eat you" way (although that is also true), but in the fact that in scene after scene she is content to play with Lawrence. To tease him, to excite his emotions, and then to stomp them. It's her pastime. This is somebody who is very adept at wearing a mask and only rarely lets what she thinks and feels through, instead pretending to be many different things and watching other people react. So in short, even though I admire Holo as a character I have never thought that she would be an amazing person to be with in real life.

To finish up, I have a question for people: where do you imagine S&W taking place? I've always imagined either southern Germany or northern Italy given the names, but never could quite decide on which.

[bals]

almost time for iceland-chan!