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RE: Anime/Manga General - K'dath - 10-01-2013

This is probably not 'appropriate' but seeing as it isn't explicit I thought I would share it, since it amused me.

One of my best friends is JET who recently got back to the States. She asked me if I wanted some manga she had acquired while over there since they reminded her of me and she didn't have room for all her stuff in her new apartment. I haven't really read any manga in a while sans Pokemon Special don't you fucking judge me so I was like, whatever, sure. I got the package today...

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She sent me a box of gay porn...


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RE: Anime/Manga General - Tobias Nightbringer - 10-01-2013

(10-01-2013, 02:54 PM)Naunet Wrote: This is a little off-topic, but jeezus what the frak is up with names for anime. xD So many just sound like a bunch of random words mushed together haha.

It's the curse of us Asians. ARRRR RROOOOKK SAME! ARRR SOUND SAME xD

(10-01-2013, 03:51 PM)X Wrote:
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Dat Yaoi though! Surprised there aren't any Free! Iwatobi (aka High Speed!) swag Tongue Ooooor I am just blind xD

RE: Anime/Manga General - K'dath - 10-01-2013

I gotta be honest. While I'm a pretty fabulous individual, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club makes me feel a little uncomfortable...

I watched a few episodes, but I got this unsettling feeling like there's a government van outside my house getting ready to take me away. So I stopped. I wonder if straight guys feel that way when watching every other anime ever? :b

RE: Anime/Manga General - Raccoon - 10-01-2013

(10-01-2013, 03:51 PM)Xchail Wrote:
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Ooh, your friend's got interesting tastes. LSD's got sadistic stuff, like BDSM and rape. Chi-Ran's stuff tends to lean that way too, though she does more than just BL.

(10-01-2013, 02:19 AM)ryanxwonbin Wrote: Any thoughts on shows from next season? I assume most people are going to try Kill la Kill, Log Horizon, and Kyoukai no Kanata while fans of Infinite Stratos and Valvrave the Liberator are picking the second season up. There's also the Blazblue one as well.

Eh, I wasn't thrilled with Infinite Stratos despite the mecha qualities. Too much emphasis on the harem aspect. But I'll probably watch it anyway. I'm definitely looking forward to Valvrave though. I'll keep on with Monogatari of course. Hm, I plan to look into Diabolik Lovers, Coppelion, Nagi no Asukara, Kyoukai no Kanata, Strike the Blood, Kill la Kill, Yuusha ni Narenakatta, Walkure Romanze, Unbreakable Machine Doll, Tokyo Ravens, Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova, Blazblue, and possibly Pupa. I wasn't too thrilled with the first Freezing, but I might look into the second season too.

Hm. Yes. I'll be busy, and that's assuming I'll drop half of them when they fail to keep me entertained.

Edit: Ooh, and I just wanted to mention that Free's not that bad. I don't think you can even claim any legitimate BL.

RE: Anime/Manga General - ryanxwonbin - 10-01-2013

Well... In the risk of possibly offending people, Free! isn't gay in the sense that it has actual gay character and BL, but it still definitely panders that message for the audience whom are females. Just like how a lot of cute girls SoL anime these days have female characters who aren't technically yuri for each other, but pander to the male audience because they want it.

I mean, when you have a guy leg locking on to the stomach of another guy, saying things like "I'll show you a sight you've never seen," etc etc, even though that isn't technically BL, it's a bit obvious what the show is trying to do. That said, I thought Free! was still a good show and surprisingly did the swimming sports thing well.

RE: Anime/Manga General - K'dath - 10-01-2013

(10-01-2013, 08:26 PM)ryanxwonbin Wrote: Well... In the risk of possibly offending people, Free! isn't gay in the sense that it has actual gay character and BL, but it still definitely panders that message for the audience whom are females. Just like how a lot of cute girls SoL anime these days have female characters who aren't technically yuri for each other, but pander to the male audience because they want it.

I mean, when you have a guy leg locking on to the stomach of another guy, saying things like "I'll show you a sight you've never seen," etc etc, even though that isn't technically BL, it's a bit obvious what the show is trying to do. That said, I thought Free! was still a good show and surprisingly did the swimming sports thing well.

Oh no, I didn't mean to imply that it was! Sorry if it came off as projecting, I know the difference between two. The implications just made me kinda uncomfortable, weird as that is to say. It was just the heavy, foreboding sense  of "You really shouldn't be watching this." I suppose it just seemed kinda voyeuristic to me.

That's not to imply it's not good! I'm sure it's fantastic. I've been told the source material is really solid. I just can't get over that 'creepy old guy' feeling watching it though. I've never been that way about any anime before, even other 'high school' settings type ones. I guess because they're young boys who have been sort of gratuitously sexualized and I'm officially in the age bracket where 'boy watching' IRL would get me put in jail for many years.

RE: Anime/Manga General - TheLastCandle - 10-01-2013

Caught up on Silver Spoon today. I like it a lot; like Space Brothers, it's just very down to earth and generally a "feel good" watch for me. Although.. Space Brothers is getting pretty depressing lately. :/

RE: Anime/Manga General - Tobias Nightbringer - 10-03-2013

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I can see where you're coming from with this. I think you're having such a problem with it now because the 'C.O.G. Syndrome' (I made an acronym! Yay!) is more or less desensitized and/or completely absent for the men who are attracted to the opposite gender due to the over sexualization of most female characters that are damn near CONSTANTLY present in most Animes. So I guess, for better or worse, we're kind of use to it? You know, the whole moe thing and girls that look way older than they really are and vice versa.

People could argue that, "But they are 17 in the Anime! That is TOTALLY legal in Japan!" but that is a topic in a very grey area that I won't bother getting into. Again, totally see where you are coming from. Hell, even when I'm talking to 18, 19, and even certain 20 year olds, I have a little bit of reservation if we start flirting.

In the end, if you can enjoy it for what it is (which is NOT Yaoi xD), it is actually quite a fun series. Making fun of how they take off their shirts as if they were unsheathing Samurai swords might detract you enough to laugh at the ridiculousness of it all.

RE: Anime/Manga General - Reginald - 10-03-2013

Anime:

Currently waiting for Valvrave Season 2. Not watching anything at the moment since a lot of the good ones just ended. Some of the recent ones I enjoyed were: Hataraku Maou-sama! (I really loved this one), Majestic Prince, Symphogear G, Sword Art Online, Suisei no Gargantia, Eureka Seven: AO, and Zetsuen no Tempest. Also watched the latest DBZ movie.

Manga:

I'm currently reading Magi (gosh, the last page of chapter 199 probably contains the biggest surprise in the whole manga), Naruto (it's about to end, I think), Bleach (really bored with this but it's the final arc so might as well finish it), Fairy Tail, Claymore, Rosario to Vampire II, HSD Kenichi, Zettai Karen Children, and Haikyu!!. My friends keep trying to get me into One Piece but I just...can't for some reason.

RE: Anime/Manga General - K'dath - 10-03-2013

(10-03-2013, 01:01 AM)Tobias Nightbringer Wrote:
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I think that sold me on giving it another try.

I will report back with results.

RE: Anime/Manga General - Cato - 10-03-2013

I've never really been big on anime or manga, but I did go through Battle Royale after being given it by a friend after we watched the movie and I'd read the original novel. It was pretty good, if very awkward to go through in parts due to some of the...uh...adult themes presented within. It was a bit of a culture shock, really!

RE: Anime/Manga General - Dogberry - 10-03-2013

(10-01-2013, 04:24 PM)X Wrote: I gotta be honest. While I'm a pretty fabulous individual, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club makes me feel a little uncomfortable...

I watched a few episodes, but I got this unsettling feeling like there's a government van outside my house getting ready to take me away. So I stopped. I wonder if straight guys feel that way when watching every other anime ever? :b

Yes, it is.

Source: I watched an episode of Strike Witches.

RE: Anime/Manga General - chevrefoil - 10-03-2013

I really need to get back into watching more anime.

I'm waiting patiently for the all new Sailormoon - which is going to stream worldwide!

I used to read manga in French to improve my french reading skills :3 Read Basara like that and a few volumes of Fushigi Yuugi and some short story collection.

Anyone else a big fan of J-drama? ;p or K-Drama, for that matter! It's sorta supplanted anime in my viewing selections XD

RE: Anime/Manga General - Getsuya - 10-03-2013

I watched Wolf Children Rain and Snow (Snow and Rain?) last night. It made me feel all the feels. All the feels forever. I had to watch a few episodes of The Wire just to calm myself down emotionally enough that I could sleep afterwards. It's just... powerful. And beautiful. I mean it's not for everyone... there's no action and it's mostly just about a single mother trying to raise two kids (that happen to be werewolves) but if you can stomach slice-of-life family dramas then this is the best of them. Bar none, hands down this movie will make you feel more feels than any anime ever has before.

RE: Anime/Manga General - Torvhan - 10-04-2013

(10-03-2013, 11:33 AM)Dogberry Wrote:
(10-01-2013, 04:24 PM)X Wrote: I gotta be honest. While I'm a pretty fabulous individual, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club makes me feel a little uncomfortable...

I watched a few episodes, but I got this unsettling feeling like there's a government van outside my house getting ready to take me away. So I stopped. I wonder if straight guys feel that way when watching every other anime ever? :b

Yes, it is.

Source: I watched an episode of Strike Witches.

Haha, I'm a pretty big fan of the cute girls doing cute things in anime group, but I must admit first time I picked up Strike Witches I dropped if before finishing the first episode (back when it started airing.) Thinking wellllll that was weird.

After the show was almost done with season one, and AMV's started popping up with action scenes from the series I went back and finished it, there was a weird rational behind them not wearing pants, but its just silly cause Saya wears a skirt...just leaves me thinking why they all don't. (I know the META reason of course cause: fanservice.)

Also....how did I miss the news of a new sailormoon coming out o.O!? Man I am slipping.

Might as well leave this here:
http://www.anime-planet.com/users/fallendrgmaster