The Anime/manga thread (+ recommendations!)
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View Profile That sounds great. I immediately wanted to pull out when I read that the source material isn't finished yet (still have PTSD with SNAFU) but it's fun enough that I still kind of want to see what happens anyway.
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View Profile Did anyone watch the Akame ga Kill anime?
Like, I see people harping on why the anime was so much worse than the manga, but to be perfectly honest I think the anime was just about as good as the manga. In that they're both pretty mediocre/bad.
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View Profile I watched it. I don't really have any strong opinions about it. I honestly kind of enjoyed it tbh :/ I mean, I thought it was pretty fucking stupid but it was a good time-killer.
I don't remember much of it lmao. All I remember about it is that there's a lot of asspulls, to the point where a literal ass pull from a character would sit comfortably with the rest of the asspulls.
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View Profile Just watched ep 1 of Overlord. Bit of weird fanservice, but I like it so far. Excited to see what future episodes hold.
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View Profile Did anyone watch the Akame ga Kill anime?
Like, I see people harping on why the anime was so much worse than the manga, but to be perfectly honest I think the anime was just about as good as the manga. In that they're both pretty mediocre/bad.
I saw it and there was one thing that upset me about it
The main character straight up dies and they treat it as if nothing happened!
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View Profile Just watched ep 1 of Overlord. Bit of weird fanservice, but I like it so far. Excited to see what future episodes hold.
don't worry, the series isn't very heavy on fanservice
groping an NPC is a pretty good way of testing reality though lol
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View Profile I saw it and there was one thing that upset me about it
The main character straight up dies and they treat it as if nothing happened!
They handled the MCs death fine. Esdeath kills herself with Tastumi, the leader of Night Raid is like "well shit," and Akame gets depressed. And everyone else who knew about Tatsumi is dead. So the death that he had was fairly realistic in terms of reactions. I honestly don't know what you mean by "they treat it as if nothing happened." In fact, I thought they handled the ending very well, and it seemed to be something that would actually happen in the Akame universe.
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View Profile They handled the MCs death fine. Esdeath kills herself with Tastumi, the leader of Night Raid is like "well shit," and Akame gets depressed. And everyone else who knew about Tatsumi is dead. So the death that he had was fairly realistic in terms of reactions. I honestly don't know what you mean by "they treat it as if nothing happened." In fact, I thought they handled the ending very well, and it seemed to be something that would actually happen in the Akame universe.
wait is this the anime ending or the manga ending? Or are they actually the same?
I think what he means by
"treated it as if nothing happened" is the fact that Tatsumi's death isn't in the ending, and the fact that it's been his show up to that point kind of makes it feel cheap to some. Like, Akame fighting the final fight is like a last minute attempt to make the title "Akame ga Kill" justifiable by making the anime to actually be about Akame. So the "they" are the makers of the anime.
That's what I've read about it, anyway.
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View Profile oh lol I didn't know anything about the mango
I guess my memory about the ending was dodgy but still I think that's what PitchEnder meant.
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View Profile wait is this the anime ending or the manga ending? Or are they actually the same?
I think what he means by
"treated it as if nothing happened" is the fact that Tatsumi's death isn't in the ending, and the fact that it's been his show up to that point kind of makes it feel cheap to some. Like, Akame fighting the final fight is like a last minute attempt to make the title "Akame ga Kill" justifiable by making the anime to actually be about Akame. So the "they" are the makers of the anime.
That's what I've read about it, anyway.
Even then I'd still disagree. I still think you can make a perfect legitimate argument that Akame is in fact the main character or at least alongside Tatsumi in both the manga and the anime. The author uses Akame as a plot device to appeal to readers who like OP characters while using Tatsumi as a crutch to appeal to readers who like character/power development. The manga/anime always focuses on both equally; in fact, a huge part of the plot is the parallel between Akame and her sister. Akame even has a spin-off comic exclusive to her.
Either way Tatsumi still participates in the last battle in the anime anyways, so I don't buy that argument.
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View Profile Even then I'd still disagree. I still think you can make a perfect legitimate argument that Akame is in fact the main character or at least alongside Tatsumi in both the manga and the anime. The author uses Akame as a plot device to appeal to readers who like OP characters while using Tatsumi as a crutch to appeal to readers who like character/power development. The manga/anime always focuses on both equally; in fact, a huge part of the plot is the parallel between Akame and her sister. Akame even has a spin-off comic exclusive to her.
Either way Tatsumi still participates in the last battle in the anime anyways, so I don't buy that argument.
but then Akame doesn't really do much in the actual anime, and most of the spotlight has been on Tatsumi. In terms of appeal then yeah you might be right, but with the involvement to the plot and screen time, Tatsumi definitely has been more present. Dealing with Esdeath and Sheele and that Metro-macho guy's deaths were Tatsumi's show. The part with Akame and her sister has been there, but it wasn't really that big a chunk of the plot compared to everything else that Tatsumi has been involved in.
Tatsumi did participate but he died on like the second to the last episode, and the final push was by Akame.
But I'm really just a messenger and as I said before I don't have any personal strong opinions about it. This is just what I think the people who have a problem with the ending were saying.
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View Profile but then Akame doesn't really do much in the actual anime, and most of the spotlight has been on Tatsumi. In terms of appeal then yeah you might be right, but with the involvement to the plot and screen time, Tatsumi definitely has been more present. Dealing with Esdeath and Sheele and that Metro-macho guy's deaths were Tatsumi's show. The part with Akame and her sister has been there, but it wasn't really that big a chunk of the plot compared to everything else that Tatsumi has been involved in.
Tatsumi did participate but he died on like the second to the last episode, and the final push was by Akame.
But I'm really just a messenger and as I said before I don't have any personal strong opinions about it. This is just what I think the people who have a problem with the ending were saying.
Tbh, in the anime, Akame doesn't really feel like a main character, it's main focus was about Tatsumi. Well sure, there's Akama and Kurome but still, Tatsumi feels like the main main. However in the manga, they feel like both are equally the main character.
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View Profile Tbh, in the anime, Akame doesn't really feel like a main character, it's main focus was about Tatsumi. Well sure, there's Akama and Kurome but still, Tatsumi feels like the main main. However in the manga, they feel like both are equally the main character.
I don't really understand that since the manga and the anime are pretty much the exact same
except for the last two or three episodes.
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View Profile some one told me about vampire knight on netflix, its really good
manga all i have heard of is peach girl series, i enjoyed it when i was younger
and looking to explore some new options.