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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby EvaFan » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:26 am

Spoiler :
The memories of her mom that she was trying to forget must of been a part of her personality make-up so to speak and by recovering them she is now her true self, that's just my guess though. I still hope she still retains some of her speech style from before she recovered her memories at the very least.


Pretty interesting episode overall. I hope there will be more character introductions with problems like these and the mysteries behind them.

A little romance would be nice too <= (TOTALLY NOT BIASED OR ANYTHING :uhoh:).
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby LeapofFate » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:38 am

Pas wrote:HHHHHNNNNGGGGGG).


That scene totally caught me off guard.

I'm really digging this series and I hope it doesn't fall apart in the end.
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby Otohiko » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:50 am

Finally managed to download this episode.

Wow, the first 1/3 of it or so was just like... soooo bad and yet soooo good. I mean holy crap. Way to be shameless. Way to be shameless. A panty shot or two I understand, but um... wow, obviously the animators are having fun. There wasn't anything in that part that was not a blatant sex tease. Not a damn thing, I swear. I think I came a little :amv:

Obviously not the title of choice for anyone who has a distaste for fanservice...





And yet I think my theory that this show is essentially a mix of Shinto-styled animism and Fruedian psychology is more or less true. And they're playing with that at every possible turn, as prominently and shamelessly as they can. Stapler sex just goes to prove my point :P

Awesome art yet again, excellent drama in the later part of the episode. They've really done some nice things character-wise for staplergirl. I'm impressed.
And yeah, I hope her character stays more human now but doesn't lose that edginess she had from the start. I have to say that in the mass-fanservice sequence, I was starting to get almost irritated by her being so unrealistically cold, but I get the feeling she's still going to keep the classic tsundere traits in this series. Her bluntness is kinda fun, and I think her last line in this episode proves that she's gonna keep that. That said, I'm ready to be surprised. I didn't think they'd be able to make such a key turn with her character and get into this amount of depth with her so quickly, but they pulled that off smoothly. I get the feeling that messing around with characters is going to be big in this series.

Will keep watching this hard. You know what I mean :amv:
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby Feta » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:37 pm

Otohiko wrote:Awesome art yet again, excellent drama in the later part of the episode. They've really done some nice things character-wise for staplergirl. I'm impressed.
And yeah, I hope her character stays more human now but doesn't lose that edginess she had from the start. I have to say that in the mass-fanservice sequence, I was starting to get almost irritated by her being so unrealistically cold, but I get the feeling she's still going to keep the classic tsundere traits in this series. Her bluntness is kinda fun, and I think her last line in this episode proves that she's gonna keep that. That said, I'm ready to be surprised. I didn't think they'd be able to make such a key turn with her character and get into this amount of depth with her so quickly, but they pulled that off smoothly. I get the feeling that messing around with characters is going to be big in this series.

Will keep watching this hard. You know what I mean :amv:


Awesomly stated. I totally agree. I like her bluntness but she was way too cold in the first episode.

I really like this anime because it seems really different from the others. I read the previous posts and I didn't see anyone mentioning the red outlines (maybe I missed it) Well, I think they were pretty cool, huh? The animation and the art are great too. This show has also unique camera angles. :o

Can't wait for episode 3 to be subbed. :)
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby kenisama » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:58 am

Wow, don't have much to add from what everyone has already said... BUT, this anime is a nice change of pace from what is usually pumped out. This is definitely an show you don't want to miss, a must see :up: :mrgreen:
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby Ishbalan » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:41 am

Episode 3 was lulzy out the ass. One epic conversation after another. I'm ready to declare best anime of the season.
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby Otohiko » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:52 pm

:up: :up: :up:

Episode delivered in a huge way. Awesome treatment of characters. Continued development regarding stationery girl, in a really fun and clever (and of course blatant) way = <3

And the obsession with weird architecture, not to mention managing to pull of a whole episode in a very small, minimalistic space and with limited visual language like that = ART.

This hasn't gotten worse, but only much better. So far.
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby mirkosp » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:58 pm

I'll have to mention it here too, but I think they followed the artistotelic units in the 3rd episode, which I found slightly amusing.
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby Pas » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:18 pm

Episode 3:

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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby Otohiko » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:37 am

Also, epic fight scene.
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby LeapofFate » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:42 am

Episode 3 :up: :up:

Development: Check
Fanservice: Check
Humor: Check
Epic Fight Scene: Check

I could not believe that I was actually entertained by an episode that centered on one conversation.

The ladder half actually made me laugh and I haven't laughed while watching an anime for a good while

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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby EvaFan » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:35 am

I get the feeling she's a runaway or something. This must be the next problem character. Not to mention the huge back pack.

As for the convo... Well it held my attention for its duration, kinda suprised when I noticed the episode was almost over. Had that screaming inward feeling the whole time though going: "JUST SAY YOU LIKE EACH OTHER ALREADY."

Now he ended up refusing probably cause he thought it was just a reward and not true feelings. Not a problem cause now the plot is setup for a epic confession later on down the road. Either way this and princess lover are the only 2 animes I'm still watching this season and were only on episode 3. I can't seem to break away from the nicely animated romance/drama animes regardless of what I do.

Might keep watching tokyo magnitude 8.0 just for its originality in hopes the plot becomes interesting.
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby lynit » Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:03 am

I just started watching the series today. So far, on episode two and HOLY CARP is Shaft doing some magic :up:
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby LivingFlame » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:37 pm

I finally sat down and watched the first 3 episodes of this last night. I have to say, both animation and artistic value are superb. The concept is rather intriguing in its own right as well. I look forward to seeing where this goes from here.

Eva-Fan wrote:As for the convo... Well it held my attention for its duration, kinda suprised when I noticed the episode was almost over. Had that screaming inward feeling the whole time though going: "JUST SAY YOU LIKE EACH OTHER ALREADY."

I felt the same way. :lol:
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Re: Bakemonogatari

Postby guy07 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:22 pm

Doesn't the animation style remind anyone of Soul Taker? It does for me ...

This series is fun stuff. :up:
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