Anime/Manga NP: The Theory of Slice of Life

[TwilightBlade]

Nobunaga the Fool - Nope, I haven't started this one, but I want to when time permits.

Psycho Pass - Yes! I was legitimately empty-feeling when it was all over. It had great drama and sci-fi action, but it was thought-provoking and never dull. The main girl gets some hate, but she is designed to be painfully average, in a way. She has to work with criminals to do her job. A second season is underway, so I'm game.

 

[Taemin]

I need to watch Psycho Pass. Never gave it much though, what with Kuroko, Noragami, Kill la Kill, Pandora Hearts, and Kagerou Project already taking up my free time. xD; Though, even a coworker of mine asked me yesterday if I had ever heard of it. I think this might be the point where I give in and watch it.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Second the Nagi no Asukara rec but... you better wait for it to be complete... week waiting for each episode is a torture.

As for Psycho Pass. Imo after Madoka (nothing can beat this), Urobuchi's best work. Surely a must-watch.
I was following it when it was airing and those 2 weeks of break were too damn hard to survive.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

But his best work is Requiem for the Phantom, the rest are really average.

 

[derozio]

I'll give Noragami and Kyoukai no Kanata a shot, I guess. Uchouten and Gin no Saji along with Kyousougiga were already on my list, though. All seem like cool shows. The latter three were recommended by my close friends. :D And yes, that did help, thanks, onee-sama! <3;

I haven't seen anything else apart from Psycho Pass, Madoka and Fate Zero from Urobuchi. Psycho Pass & Fate Zero were both better than Madoka in my eyes.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

You'll like Phantom, I'm sure.



#yolo

 

[Raine]

Second the Nagi no Asukara rec but... you better wait for it to be complete... week waiting for each episode is a torture.

As for Psycho Pass. Imo after Madoka (nothing can beat this), Urobuchi's best work. Surely a must-watch.
I was following it when it was airing and those 2 weeks of break were too damn hard to survive.

Each week I think everyone's just waiting for their shippings to be confirmed or not XD I've watched up until episode 10 and then stopped for unknown reasons, but I've been reading summaries and interpretations of each episode. To be honest, I was on the Manaka x Tsumugu ship, but looks like that won't be happening :(

 

[Ozymandias]

But his best work is Requiem for the Phantom, the rest are really average.

Agh... I really don't want to say anything cause everyones got their own opinion and arguments are stupid...
*goes back to riding Fate/Zero's metaphorical pepe*

but just finished Psycho Pass and it was alright. If I were to rate it, it would probably earn a 7 maybe 8/10
I had high hopes, but it only actually gets anywhere around episode 10 (a la Steins Gate)
It did make me think and even made me wonder which side I actually should be rooting for, but the two main leads were rather bland and the rest of the cast got little development/screen time.
Pretty smart show and it's better than a lot of stuff that's coming out these days and it ended fairly well which suprised me considering how badly the past couple anime i've seen did.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

But his best work is Requiem for the Phantom, the rest are really average.

I know it's considered to be his best but I just don't think so.
I still believe in Madoka =)

 

[Weeaboo Name]

I thought Madoka was considered his best work, it is surely the moat popular.

I'm not really an Urobuchi fan though.

 

[Sir Codin]

Just finished watching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Definitely ranks as my favorite Gainax work.

 

[Super Bling]

i'm not a weeaboo buuuuuutt...
I recommend to all people the Monogotari Series (Nisemonogatari, Bakemonogatari, Nekomonogatari (or whatever) and the Second Season). This anime is extremely bright in colors and has amazing animation. It's based off the main character who all of his female friends are somewhat monsters and want to kill him (to an extent). He's half vampire though so he can practically be a rag doll so the anime can be pretty gory at some points.

I recommend Project K, NIsekoi, Sengoku Basara...and of course, the almighty Kuroko's Basketball. There are a few others but they're not on my tongue at the moment. Oh yeah Ace of Diamond is good too.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

i'm not a weeaboo buuuuuutt...

What's wrong with being called "weeaboo"?

 

[derozio]

^ weeaboo is actually a word with purely negative connotations. It is meant only as an insult and doesn't sound nice at all. I even find Otaku bearable. Even though "Otakus" are so looked down upon in Japanese society. The word doesn't really carry the kind of weight it does in Japan, though, and that's why I guess I'm fine with people referring to anime fans as Otaku in the west. Weeaboo, on the other hand, is used for people who try to hard to seem like jap even though they're not - using jap words and all without much knowledge (or knowledge based on the anime watched by them) just to seem cool or whatever.

Either way, I do not like the word. At all.

Also, yeah, Psycho Pass was good. I personally gave it an 8 or 9 too, iirc. The story's good even though the characters themselves do not get a lot of development. Better than a lot of stuff I've seen in 2013. That said, Madoka definitely is his most famous work. But I do not like it as much.

As for Monogatari series and the rest you mentioned, Super Bling, they're on my list. Kuroko's I've seen already. Good series.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

^ weeaboo is actually a word with purely negative connotations. It is meant only as an insult and doesn't sound nice at all.

Exactly the reason why no one should care about it =)
It's an insult just like any other ;) In most cases used just by those "Me coolzzz u not" =D

 

[derozio]

Well, you probably didn't pay attention to the "doesn't sound nice at all" part :p I'm not bothered by the fact that it is an insult as much as the fact that the word just sounds horrible lmao. Hence I just don't like it. =p

Either way, I watched one episode of Kyoukai no Kanata today. The show has some really good animation. Then again, as expected of KyoAni. And the heroine is pretty cute too. Her voice actress' work reminds me of Fuko's from Clannad.

 

[Aethera]

So I recently read a manga called "One-Punch Man" and it's freaking hilarious XD

Well-drawn, intricate villains getting whooped into sweeny todd's meatpies really made me laugh.

 

[Spinosaurus]

Finally decided to give Touch a watch.

3 episodes in, and there's no mistake this is by the same guy who made Cross Game. The subtlety and sense of humor is there, but it's still very distinct and very much its own thing. Frankly, I didn't think of Cross Game much at all watching these three episodes. Character designs are very bland though, that's definitely one thing Adachi improved on in Cross Game.

Looking forward to watching the later episodes.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

I didn't really like Mirai and the main dude that much in KnK. Thought the siblings were pretty funny though. Pretty indifferent to the anime though.

Will eventually get around to Touch, along with a lot of other classics. I did start watching Urusei Yatsura though, which easily fits into the classic category.

 

[ZetaZaku]

I recommend Project K, NIsekoi, Sengoku Basara...and of course, the almighty Kuroko's Basketball. There are a few others but they're not on my tongue at the moment. Oh yeah Ace of Diamond is good too.

When an anime is kinda bad, but I still want to finish it, I start playing Pokemon while watching it. It's really helpful now that I'm working on my Pokedex in Pokemon X. However, Project K was actually that bad that it bothered me while playing Pokemon. I ended up turning it off midway and just grinding without anything in the background haha.

But yeah, it's kinda a bad version of Durarara. They didn't know which group they wanted to pander the most, the otaku, with the stupid cat girl that spent 24/7 naked, or fujoshi, with the bishonens and homoerotic tensions between Black and White. I only managed to complete six episodes, three episodes back when it was airing, three episodes few weeks ago. I've seen some terrible anime, both boring bad, and offending bad, and I this is kinda a mix of both haha.

Started watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes the other day. Eleven episodes into it, and it's already one of the best anime I've seen.