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I kinda wanna stuff myself with everything possible, and anime is a good thing. I am on the edge of going with Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood or Kill La Kill. But Kill La Kill is shorter so I'd finish that up first. But meh

What do?
 
Both are good shows. Fmab is better as a story (everything else is better actually imo) but you won't go wrong either way. So I say, follow your heart, comrade. :^)
 
Watch both.


And we're all fujoshis on the inside, deroziochama! :O
 
I was wondering , Kurumi seem like the most popular girl in ''Date a Life'' !
But it was Kotori who won ''Heavenly Tiara'' in ISML.
Does this mean that Kotori is the prettiest girl in ''Date A Live'' ?
Also , Doesn't the PSP Game has a root for Kotori where Shidou marries her ? I like to see the Older version of Kotori.

derozio said:
Also, can't see any character grow up to be like wanko. Wanko is wanko. Best girl. Not everyone can become best grill.
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Except , Wanko got rejected as a side character for a Zombie girl !
So , If now Ash has a chance with a girl as or more prettier then Wanko then the anime should take it.

machomuu said:
Oh. Thought so.

In that case, nope. No way Serena's a C. B's more accurate.
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Still too big for a 10 year old !
It mean , She will be a "D" when she reach 13 and possibly become "F" when she reach 17.
One of reason behind me cursing Ash's Agelessness
 
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Famon said:
Still too big for a 10 year old !
It mean , She will be a "D" when she reach 13 and possibly become "F" when she reach 17.
One of reason behind me cursing Ash's Agelessness
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Not necessarily. She could be a B-Cup for her entire life.

After all, following that logic, fully matured A-Cups and B-Cups either would have had to start developing at around 18 or they just wouldn't exist at all.

And I'm pretty sure they exist.
 
Being a section predominantly being "regular"d by males...I'd say that's about normal. :p
 
^ That in mind, there's a shocking amount of aversion to yaoi. Not into it, myself, but it's actually kind of surprising.

derozio said:
Fmab is better as a story (everything else is better actually imo)
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I dunno about everything. Specifically, I'd say KirrlaKirr has the better soundtrack.

KirrlaKirr's a top...Idunno, 15er for me, above FMAB, but objectively there isn't really much I could say that it does better since the shows are almost too different, whereas FMAB goes for quality and KLK is just Trigger being Gainax being Trigger- which means it's going to be a lot more "your mileage may vary" versus FMAB's almost indomitable varied appeal. FMAB'd win out regardless, though they're both great shows.
 
I don't know, let's see here. When broken down into different sections, its like this for me:

Art - YMMV. I really, really love both the art styles. I like KlK's more, actually. But people generally prefer the more "anime"ish art style that FMAB possesses over KlK's "cartoonish" style. I've seen people on MAL do that, at least.
Soundtrack - While FMAB's didn't have standout tracks, what it had worked very impressively to go with the stuff that's going in the show. KlK may have had some really amazing tracks but they're not enough for me to completely just ignore how FMAB's tracks worked so well for it. Still, KlK is ahead of FMAB I guess in this regard.
Characters - Hands down, FMAB. No question about it. Fleshed out and they feel like they properly belong in that world - really well written. VS the mostly one-dimensional ones from KlK. Not that they didn't serve their purpose in KlK well, they definitely did for the kind of show it was, but I'd still say that characters in FMAB were objectively better written and had better stories going for 'em. And there were far too many of them but it still managed to weave an interesting tale with all of them.
Story - You'd only place KlK over FMAB here if you absolutely adore over-the-top shows and aren't a big fan of shows with serious plotlines. Otherwise, I personally think it is a no-brainer here that FMAB would win this one.
Animation - While I'm a BIG fan of how creatively KlK used its art style and scenes placements to cover up the lack of budget in a lot of scenes (it looks like a stylistic choice rather than lack of funds, tbh. And that's a great achievement!), it still doesn't excuse the fact that overall the shows had a huge difference when it comes to budgets. FMAB had a massive budget. And it shows. Animation is fluid as hell. Not so with KlK. Although KlK's animation had its own charm, tbh.
OP&EDs - Idk what more to consider so I'll consider something that I personally consider very important parts of any anime I watch. FMAB has, hands down, some of the best openings and ending songs I've ever heard in anime. KlK's, on the other hand, are just okay. So yeah.

So far, for me, it is 4 wins for FMAB, 1 for KlK and 1 YMMV (although you can count it as KlK's win I guess). That's my two cents on the shows.

Its just that, well, if I get a better and more engrossing story with better written characters with fluid animation...I'd generally prefer that over another series which is fun as hell and has a really great soundtrack. It is mostly preferences playing their part, tbh, and I agree that breaking these shows down into categories like these and comparing them is slightly wrong, but it is just that it is as close you can get as possible to an objective comparison between the shows in question.
 
Dero nailed my own opinion pretty hard there.

FMA:B to me is the pinnacle of shounen anime. I was absolutely hooked from YUI's first breath in the first OP to the very, very end. KlK was fun and hella stylistic, but in my world it's not that.

One thing I don't think people bring up often enough is the concept of anime's entertainment value being vastly different based on what you've watched before. Taking Madoka as an easy example; there are fans who tell their less initiated friends to watch Madoka, because they think it's a masterpiece. However, watching Madoka without prior experience with mahou shoujo shows tends to not work out as well. The recommending fans have disregarded the effect context had on them. With this in mind, FMA:B works fine on its own. In my opinion its experience is heightened by having seen at least the first fifteen or so episodes of the 2003 series first, but that's just to flesh out the first or so arc. The context is not as vital. When it comes to KlK, I believe it does. While not exactly satire, it heavily builds upon the tropes and style of (especially Gainax') over-the-top shounen anime. I would argue that KlK, optimally, "should" be seen after having experienced something of the style it is emulating, like FLCL, or Gurren Lagann, first. This way the viewer can fully appreciate the context.


...There, that's today's attempt at pretending to be intellectual.
 
I can't much disagree, after all, as I said above, I do feel in a lot of ways FMA:B is objectively better- well, about as objective you can get about something like this (since at the end of the day it's really all subjective).

But I really feel that I like KlK's one of my favorites because it doesn't have the indomitably varied appeal of FMA:B. Don't get me wrong, I think Brotherhood's fantastic, but you really are a lot more likely to find something that's made just for you when something is...niche, I'll say for the sake of this. For me, KlK strikes a lot good chords for me: themes of family and familial relationships are present throughout and at the forefront (and I hope you guys know how much I love that in an anime), it's OST is fun, it does pretty much whatever it wants in terms of animation, a host of female characters that are strong (physically and/or personality-wise) on their own merits and it isn't constantly spotlighted, and when it's over-the-top, it hits me (something a lot of Shounen try to do but is only a varied some actually do effectively). Plus it has a song by Garnidelia. Ambiguous, I mean c'mon. C'MON.

I'll say Brotherhood has the better characters, story, openings and endings (though, as I said, to me Ambiguous is God-tier, but Sirius and its endings I usually skipped so I couldn't really justify that), and the better overall quality. That has never been nor ever will be in question. But I also think that, and this might sound a bit off, but if KlK had a better story and characters, and better consistent quality, it wouldn't be Kill la Kill. I really do think Pokestick hit the nail on the head with his assessment about how prior experiences affect these specific anime, and its really in knowing Trigger-as-Gainax that this deal about Kill la Kill having those better assets is supported.

Because Kill la Kill was never intended to be a deep show with deep characters- it was meant to be a fight manga, and in a lot of was its framework is very classic and campy shounen- it knows this. This isn't to say that its story's bad- far from it. It would be a lot harder for me to name characters I didn't like in KlK than those that I did, and the story certainly had its twists and hard-hitting moments. But this really all brings it all full circle.

Essentially what I'm trying to say here is that all things considered, Brotherhood and Kill la Kill are both exactly what they want to be. Brotherhood's a fantastic show, and I really think Kill la Kill is, too- but for vastly different reasons, and if you're going to say which is better as an anime, I'd definitely go with Brotherhood. It's a good watch for even non-anime fans, has a great focus on story and character, and it's just all-around quality. That said, Kill la Kill knows what it wants to be and it will really resonate with those that it's for; it's definitely the type of show that should be taken for what it is rather than held up to a general standard.
 
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Pokestick said:
...There, that's today's attempt at pretending to be intellectual.
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You pulled it off really well, I'd say. Especially thought the bit about agreeing with the derozio chap was highly intellectual. gg

No, but seriously, I actually agree with what you say. FMAB, overall, just is much more refined and complete a package. It doesn't need the viewers to have seen other shows to appreciate it to a very high degree while I'd definitely say that watching Madoka after having seen other magical girl shows, like you said, does tend to have an enhanced effect on the appeal of the show for the viewer in question. Same goes for Kill la Kill & Gainax shows.

I don't think I'm disagreeing with you people at all haha. Kill la Kill definitely was a very good show - you can see from my posts in the thread it had that I was damn excited the whole way through for it. It is probably my first show that I followed on a weekly basis (apart from never-ending shounen like One Piece, I guess?). It does what it sets out to do very well. Same holds true for brotherhood.

But that's what it is - if you wish to compare and say which anime might be a better experience, you need to posses a yardstick to place them somewhere relatively - you know, just in case someone asks you which anime you think among the two is better. And since taste in anime is extremely subjective and varies very much with the individual in question, you need to generalize things and go with categorizations in order to come to some sort of a conclusion that would be acceptable generally. Otherwise it just becomes impossible to do so. And that's precisely what I did. :)

Bottom line -
Kill la Kill = Watch if you appreciate over-the-top storytelling with stylish visuals and creative art + animation combo along with a terrific OST and decent characters.
FMAB = Watch it if you are into shounen. Full. Stop. Also, add in excellent storytelling, characters, great art and animation as well as amazing OPs + EDs into the mix.
 
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That's about what I expected your reaction to be. :b I was surprised to find that they did that too. Still yet to see the first episode but I've read about it.

Anyway. Might probably start Valverave today. Because I heard it is ridiculous beyond anything else. Also, Nana Mizuki has some performances in there I heard. She's awesome. Big Nana Mizuki fan here. <3;
 
Famon said:
I was wondering , Kurumi seem like the most popular girl in ''Date a Life'' !
But it was Kotori who won ''Heavenly Tiara'' in ISML.
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Kotori = moe
Kurumi = cute

machomuu said:
...We really do talk about cup size here a lot.
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Seriously, you boob lovers...

derozio said:
Anyway. Might probably start Valverave today. Because I heard it is ridiculous beyond anything else. Also, Nana Mizuki has some performances in there I heard. She's awesome. Big Nana Mizuki fan here. <3;
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Go for it, Valrape is definitely worthy :P
 
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