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    Okay Peach Boy Riverside was way more entertaining than I expected.

    If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~

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    Better than Nexus for sure.
    But that princess gets on my nerves... enough to offset Frau's awesomness.

    All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    Okay Peach Boy Riverside was way more entertaining than I expected.
    How censored is this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu View Post
    How censored is this?
    What David said.

    I'm unfamiliar with the source material so I don't know if anything was artistically edited out, but there was enough blood and dismemberment there. Also no black/white bars or obvious coverups (eg wooden buckets in onsen scenes).

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    Kageki Shoujo had a very solid first episode. Well animated and brimming with energy. Some people are apparently put off by the art style, but in motion I honestly didn't even notice.

    It's pretty much exactly what I expected it to be so far, but there's just a lot of genki girl energy going on here, more than I expected. A little heavier on the humor than a lot of these Takarazuka Revue (but different so don't sue us!) inspired series tend to go.

    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    Okay Peach Boy Riverside was way more entertaining than I expected.
    I did watch the Momotaro gore series, and also liked it more than I was expecting to. The bunny girl and the hook at the end of the episode might have sold me on it.

    As for David's comment, I think the princess will get better with time to develop. It's a little weird considering we're seeing her after whatever happens in the flashback. She's already had some level of character development, the series just skipped over it.

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    I kind of hate Bokutachi no Remake.

    First episode spoilers below (not sure if I want to give this its own thread)




    It gives off the impression (until the last 10 minutes of the 50 minute eps) that he's going back to essentially leech off of the success of the Platinum Trio because he's failed so many times despite being so perfectly flawless at project management skills.

    It's at the last ten minutes that the series takes its own advice about character flaws and he makes the statement that despite his experience and so perfectly flawless project management skills where he's lacking in fundamental knowledge. Then in the last five minutes, the series squanders it all again with his reaction to the reveal that was telegraphed the whole time

    This whole attitude here of, "I can finally be successful if I had only chosen a different path, one that brings me into proximity of the most amazing artistic trio of my generation!" is really pretty disgusting. He was 28. Do it yourself if you're so great at organizational shit, time management, and managing the deadlines on creative talent. There's always time to start fresh. Find an artist, find a writer, make something small scale and strive for future successes. But nah, he needs to use others to achieve his own success.

    I immediately compare this to Shirobako, Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata, and Imouto sae Ireba Ii. All three series where creative talent or project management bust their ass to achieve their creative dreams. Shirobako shows all the struggles of anime. Saekano is exactly this, making a visual novel, and even with genius level talent, but working beyond exhaustion for perfection with an extremely small team while knowing he's borrowing their genius. And Imosae, where the whole group of them experience setbacks and writer's block, and though it is generally a more comedic tone, it cuts into some pretty deep topics for LN authors and the problems they encounter.

    This? This is just a loser who doesn't believe in himself, full of regret, but lacking any drive, desperately looking for a crutch. Maybe it turns itself around, but I really, really disliked this first double episode.

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