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GasBandit

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Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist

This was a surprise find for me, and I've been enjoying it. Set in a Japan where censorship laws and personal control devices have banned anything indecent (meaning not only porn but even stuff like saying medical terms of genitalia), it follows a high school student who joined one the country's most moral schools because of his love for a girl, only to get roped into a revolutionary group fighting for the right to lewdness. The show does a good presentation of its lewdness, actually, generally using its erotic element more for character development or progressing the story rather than just as fanservice (though it also does a solid job with its dirty humor). It also does a good job telling a tale of the damage that can come from trying to control people and keep them ignorant for the sake of morality.

Watching Anna turn from a polite and pure (if ignorant) girl to a (still ignorant) yandere who's dripping like a leaky faucet has been one hell of a sight.
So I finally got around to watching Shimoneta, and everything all you guys said about it (3 years ago) is true. It's raunchy, it's obscene, it's hilariously good. This is lewd humor done right. I'm only disappointed there isn't more of it. I'm getting tired of shows that don't have a plot arc with an end. But apart from that, awesome.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
Seven Deadly Sins



13 episodes in. It's ok. It's not awful, but it seems pretty stock standard and unremarkable. Reminds me a lot of Hunter x Hunter. The artwork for Diane's face seems REALLY familiar but I can't place where I've seen it before. Probably some obscure hentai from 20+ years ago, if I am playing the odds.

My only really fervent gripe about it is the fucking pig is scrappy doo.

Finished 7 Deadly Sins season 1 yesterday.

Overall, I still say it was OK. The story gets a little more interesting as time goes on, but by and large I found more compelling characters among the Holy Knights than the titular protagonists. They were better fleshed out, had understandable motivations, conflicts of interest and conscience, etc... while the sins were just chuunibyou fodder. Oooh I'm cool and mysterious. Ooh I'm strong and invincible. Oooh I'm dull as fuck.

plot spoiler
And just when I thought they might redeem the pig-scrappy doo with a heroic sacrifice, they completely invalidate it with an immediate "nope I'm okay!" that let all the air out of the buildup. I hate that pig.

But I definitely like that they subverted expectations by
having the sin of lust be an androgynous, emotionless male rather than either the voluptuous Diane or the sexpot Merlin.
I'm not exactly clear on why season 2 is only airing on Japanese TV, when season 1 was a "netflix original." Maybe I'm misled on what that title actually means. But if it does ever come to netflix, I'll probably watch it.
 
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GasBandit

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And now a case of exactly NOT what it says on the tin:

"Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon?"



Genre: Harem, RPG, Sword'n'Sorcery, Action with comic relief
Fanservice: Heavy
Premise: At some point, all the gods of every faith decided they loved humanity so much that they would descend from heaven and seal away their powers to live among them and help them grow. They do this by recruiting adventurers, who they refer to as their "children," to be part of their house, or "Familia." By becoming the "child" of a god or goddess, you are bestowed with the ability to gain exp and levels, boost your stats, learn skills and magic, etc. Bell is one such adventurer, having been taken in by Hestia to become the only member of her Familia. He's rather pathetic, actually. As a rookie, he ventures into the dungeon a little too deeply, and is cornered by a minotaur much too tough for him. He's rescued by a beautiful and talented prodigy, which causes him to become the laughing stock of the adventurer community - and also causes him to fall obsessively in love with her. This translates into a burning compulsion to become stronger, so he can be worthwhile in her eyes. As luck would have it, the first skill he learns is a gamebreaker - it acts as a multiplier for all his abilities based upon the strength of his desires - IE, the more strongly he feels in his heart for something, the better he becomes at doing it. This, combined with his new drive to impress the swordsmistress who saved him, causes him to be able to take on monsters stronger than he should and gain experience at an unprecedented rate. Oh yeah, and every single woman he meets from that point on wants to bone him (including his patron Goddess), but he's a shy, flustered virgin who literally flees at the first sign of affection. Counter-intuitively, he is not a pickup artist in any sense of the word, spends exactly zero time trying to seduce anyone in-or-out of a dungeon, and instead is constantly beset (and fought over) by amorous women who won't leave him alone.

Verdict: It's watchable, but I'm not exactly waiting on tenterhooks for season 2.
 
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And now a case of exactly NOT what it says on the tin:

"Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon?"

Genre: Harem, RPG, Sword'n'Sorcery, Action with comic relief
Fanservice: Heavy
Premise: At some point, all the gods of every faith decided they loved humanity so much that they would descend from heaven and seal away their powers to live among them and help them grow. They do this by recruiting adventurers, who they refer to as their "children," to be part of their house, or "Familia." By becoming the "child" of a god or goddess, you are bestowed with the ability to gain exp and levels, boost your stats, learn skills and magic, etc. Bell is one such adventurer, having been taken in by Hestia to become the only member of her Familia. He's rather pathetic, actually. As a rookie, he ventures into the dungeon a little too deeply, and is cornered by a minotaur much too tough for him. He's rescued by a beautiful and talented prodigy, which causes him to become the laughing stock of the adventurer community - and also causes him to fall obsessively in love with her. This translates into a burning compulsion to become stronger, so he can be worthwhile in her eyes. As luck would have it, the first skill he learns is a gamebreaker - it acts as a multiplier for all his abilities based upon the strength of his desires - IE, the more strongly he feels in his heart for something, the better he becomes at doing it. This, combined with his new drive to impress the swordsmistress who saved him, causes him to be able to take on monsters stronger than he should and gain experience at an unprecedented rate. Oh yeah, and every single woman he meets from that point on wants to bone him (including his patron Goddess), but he's a shy, flustered virgin who literally flees at the first sign of affection. Counter-intuitively, he is not a pickup artist in any sense of the word, spends exactly zero time trying to seduce anyone in-or-out of a dungeon, and instead is constantly beset (and fought over) by amorous women who won't leave him alone.

Verdict: It's watchable, but I'm not exactly waiting on tenterhooks for season 2.
I honestly really enjoyed it, its fucking dumb, but its fun and it doesnt try to be anything but a goofy story about a dumb rookie becoming a legit adventurer that is loved by many beautiful women :p
 

GasBandit

Staff member
I honestly really enjoyed it, its fucking dumb, but its fun and it doesnt try to be anything but a goofy story about a dumb rookie becoming a legit adventurer that is loved by many beautiful women :p
If you're trying to make it sound LESS like basement-dweller wish-fulfillment/self-insertion, I don't think it worked ;) Voluptuous nubiles don't constantly fling themselves at socially awkward ninnies!

Though, really, it might also be that I get extremely annoyed with the oh-so-overused japanese "my feelings give me the power to do anything, ANYTHING!" trope. Screaming makes your mech's lasers do more damage! SHINING FINGER!!! :rolleyes:
 
If you're trying to make it sound LESS like basement-dweller wish-fulfillment/self-insertion, I don't think it worked ;) Voluptuous nubiles don't constantly fling themselves at socially awkward ninnies!

Though, really, it might also be that I get extremely annoyed with the oh-so-overused japanese "my feelings give me the power to do anything, ANYTHING!" trope. Screaming makes your mech's lasers do more damage! SHINING FINGER!!! :rolleyes:
Shining Finger made sense... the hands of the Shining/God Gundam had plasma vents, it just vented plasma/heat to do what it did. What was BULLSHIT was when suddenly the fucking Gundam was launching hadokens because it's pilot figured out how to do it, or that time they summoned the manifestation of the Original King of Hearts as part of a heart shaped fireball, despite not being in the cockpit (where the fucking suit reading sensors are!). Or the time the Shuffle Alliance launched hadokens, despite their mechs not having any sort of mechanism to do so!
 
Shining Finger made sense... the hands of the Shining/God Gundam had plasma vents, it just vented plasma/heat to do what it did. What was BULLSHIT was when suddenly the fucking Gundam was launching hadokens because it's pilot figured out how to do it, or that time they summoned the manifestation of the Original King of Hearts as part of a heart shaped fireball, despite not being in the cockpit (where the fucking suit reading sensors are!). Or the time the Shuffle Alliance launched hadokens, despite their mechs not having any sort of mechanism to do so!
to be fair this is also like the one gundam, where the hero LITERALLY SAVES HIS GF WITH THE POWER OF HIS HEART! -_-
 
Decided to watch some favourite shows of mine from my younger years. Watched 08th MS Team. Jesus, this show is fucking beautiful at times. That kind of hand-drawn craftsmanship you rarely see now.
 
Have you had a chance to check out Megalobox yet?
Here's the trailer. In terms of animation it's blowing everything else this year out of the water. They're also really committed to looking out of place. They went as far as downscaling the footage and then scaling it back to 720/1080 to give it the slightly grainy look of older shows.

 

GasBandit

Staff member
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid



Genre: Slice of life, Fish-out-of-water, rom-com
Fanservice: medium-to-mild
Premise: A tomboyish computer programmer named Kobayashi has a little too much to drink one night and ends up wandering the mountains outside the city, and somehow befriends a dragon, and drunkenly invites her to come live with her and be her maid. The dragon, Tohru, becomes infatuated with Kobayashi and accepts, assuming human form, and moves in. Hijinks ensue as more fantasy creatures follow after Tohru from "the other world," tangle Kobayashi up in their lives, and learn about human life and japanese culture.

Darn. I change my diet, I exercise, I lose all that weight, and then THIS SERIES had to go and give me diabetes anyway :p
In all seriousness, I mean, yeah, it's cute and it's got funny parts, but OH MY GOD ALL THE SACCHARINE.
 
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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Genre: Slice of life, Fish-out-of-water, rom-com
Fanservice: medium-to-mild
Premise: A tomboyish computer programmer named Kobayashi has a little too much to drink one night and ends up wandering the mountains outside the city, and somehow befriends a dragon, and drunkenly invites her to come live with her and be her maid. The dragon, Tohru, becomes infatuated with Kobayashi and accepts, assuming human form, and moves in. Hijinks ensue as more fantasy creatures follow after Tohru from "the other world," tangle Kobayashi up in their lives, and learn about human life and japanese culture.

Darn. I change my diet, I exercise, I lose all that weight, and then THIS SERIES had to go and give me diabetes anyway :p
In all seriousness, I mean, yeah, it's cute and it's got funny parts, but OH MY GOD ALL THE SACCHARINE.
Like I said in the manga thread, this is the from the same author as Chichi Chichi. :)
 
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Genre: Slice of life, Fish-out-of-water, rom-com
Fanservice: medium-to-mild
Premise: A tomboyish computer programmer named Kobayashi has a little too much to drink one night and ends up wandering the mountains outside the city, and somehow befriends a dragon, and drunkenly invites her to come live with her and be her maid. The dragon, Tohru, becomes infatuated with Kobayashi and accepts, assuming human form, and moves in. Hijinks ensue as more fantasy creatures follow after Tohru from "the other world," tangle Kobayashi up in their lives, and learn about human life and japanese culture.

Darn. I change my diet, I exercise, I lose all that weight, and then THIS SERIES had to go and give me diabetes anyway :p
In all seriousness, I mean, yeah, it's cute and it's got funny parts, but OH MY GOD ALL THE SACCHARINE.
this is the best show ive seen all year, and as someone who has watched to much, me loving this is something you wont hear often...
 
I thought I left maintenance panic behind when I stopped playing WoW. /r/anime is deserting My Anime List like rats from a sinking ship.

First there was the API vulnerability, which resulted in everyone having to reset their passwords and third parties getting locked out from the API while it was shut off. Now the site is in it's second day of "extensive server maintenance of undetermined duration." Granted, the first day of that was Memorial Day, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

But really, the kids are twitching like junkies needing a fix because they can't get to their MAL accounts. Many are jumping to AniList instead. I've set up one myself, but only as a backup. MAL will be back whenever it's back. I think.
 
I thought I left maintenance panic behind when I stopped playing WoW. /r/anime is deserting My Anime List like rats from a sinking ship.

First there was the API vulnerability, which resulted in everyone having to reset their passwords and third parties getting locked out from the API while it was shut off. Now the site is in it's second day of "extensive server maintenance of undetermined duration." Granted, the first day of that was Memorial Day, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

But really, the kids are twitching like junkies needing a fix because they can't get to their MAL accounts. Many are jumping to AniList instead. I've set up one myself, but only as a backup. MAL will be back whenever it's back. I think.
you know Ive never used it, whats the angle? like why would I want to take the time to use it as a heavy collector?
 
you know Ive never used it, whats the angle? like why would I want to take the time to use it as a heavy collector?
It's a good place to track what you're watching, what you've finished, what you've paused, and what you plan to watch later. Not just to catalog, but to rate. Then there's a social aspect to compare your lists and ratings with others, known as "affinity." The individual show pages have all sorts of info, like cast, crew, OP and ED artist info, etc.

People will try to score fake internet points with "I've completed more shows than you" or even "I've dropped more shows than you."
 

GasBandit

Staff member
I Couldn't Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided To Get A Job (AKA "Yu-shibu")
Why are all these anime names so long? Sheesh.



Genre: Comedy, Harem, Ecchi
Fanservice: Constant and Shameless
Premise: When the Demon Lord is suddenly defeated, the Hero business collapses overnight. Countless heroes and heroes-in-training are thrust back into the mundane workforce in a world that no longer needs swords and spells to defend it from the darkest evil. Raul is one such hero, who passed his final exam at Hero Academy the very day the Demon Lord was slain. As the title explains, Raul unenthusiastically becomes a salesman in a home appliance store, and tries to forget the dream he had lost and dashed. Six months later, a brash kid is also hired on, and Raul must mentor the FNG and show 'em the ropes, so to speak - a task that becomes much more complicated when it is revealed that his new coworker is the heir to the slain Demon Lord, and has little to no grasp of human conventions and sensibilities. Also, there are forces at work in both the human and demon realms to set events in motion to try to force the dead father's legacy onto the dispossessed scion, and raise a new Demon Lord to replace the old.

Verdict: A pleasant story with charming characters, but REALLY (and I mean REALLY) heavy on the bouncing boobs, panty shots, and accidental nudity. From start to finish there is wobbling and bobbling to even the point where a Gainax animator might cry out for mercy. If you watch the Crunchyroll version, the most blatant nudity (and all the nipplage) is edited out with convenient wisps of steam, camera lens smudges/flares, and the ol' standby blur filter, but uncensored versions are out there, and they're just as relentless (but not NEARLY as problematic) as, say, Cross Ange. But putting that aside, it's a nice little 12-episode snack that, while not exactly must-see TV, won't leave you feeling like you wasted your time. I've seen many that were far less worthwhile.
 
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Hot Dance in Cherry Moon...

Dominion was a wild look at the future, where police in full on tanks patrol the streets without regard for life or property. Fast forward to the real 2018 and...

Holy shit, they were right.
 
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