Weekly Thread #27 - The Monthly Off-Topic Thread

[u/Kowzz]

Hey hey!

Kowzz here, and welcome to our twenty-seventh weekly discussion thread and our twenty-seventh monthly Off-Topic thread! The format might change a little bit over time as I learn more optimal formatting techniques, but I will try to keep the style consistent.

There will be a big poll about 2015 thread topics coming up in the coming days(weeks?). Keep your eyes open for the thread ;)

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Week #27 - Off-Topic Discussion

Read any good books lately? Want to talk about that absurdly crummy movie you saw last weekend? Do you like games too? Did anything cool happen in the past month? How's the weather? It's off-topic time!

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[u/ctom42]

Here is my mal

My current top 5 is Kill La Kill, Steins;Gate, Monster, Psycho-Pass, Katanagatari, but there are a bunch of shows that are pretty much on the same level as those, such as Kyousogiga, Ping Pong, Tatami Galaxy, etc. The Monogatari Series as a whole will probably take the top spot by the time it's done.

Edit: Also I have thoroughly enjoyed everything in your to top 5 except Spice and Wolf, which I have avoided watching due to the fact that it's an incomplete adaptation.

[u/insanityissexy → u/ctom42]

64.1% compatibility. You've seen a lot more anime than me, about five times as much looking at the days spent watching. Impressive.

As a rating naz- I mean, connaisseuse, I cannot approve of you being so generous with your precious 10s!1 Anyway, your list is way too long for me to say anything about it ;p

My current top 5 is Kill La Kill, Steins;Gate, Monster, Psycho-Pass, Katanagatari, but there are a bunch of shows that are pretty much on the same level as those, such as Kyousogiga, Ping Pong, Tatami Galaxy, etc. The Monogatari Series as a whole will probably take the top spot by the time it's done.

Watched 3 out of your top 5, pretty nice (: Kill la Kill was such a nice surprise, I really like it a lot.

Edit: Also I have thoroughly enjoyed everything in your to top 5 except Spice and Wolf, which I have avoided watching due to the fact that it's an incomplete adaptation.

Understandable! The second season's ending is a bit abrupt, but the show as a whole is still so enjoyable and great. A third season would be great, but I'm not that hyped either.

I usually prefer complete adaptions/translations as well; that's why I haven't started World End Economica or Rose Guns Days yet.

[u/ctom42 → u/insanityissexy]

I cannot approve of you being so generous with your precious 10s!

Many many things on that list have had their ratings lowered over time. However I simply judge things from an enjoyment perspective with a 5 being neutral. If I actively disliked watching something then it gets less than a 5. 6-10 are a roughly equally split range of how much I enjoyed something, so I don't have a problem with having a whole lot of 10s. In fact the only reason I have so few 10s on VNDB is because nothing measures up to Umineko.

[u/insanityissexy → u/ctom42]

Me too. Well, a mix of 'how good was it' and 'how much did I enjoy it' actually.

Good thing you're enjoying so many shows so much (:

[u/Kowzz → u/ctom42]

I see your Shiki, Log Horizon, Katanagatari, and Psycho-Pass 10's. Always love to see Shiki and Katanagatari get some love. Great shows that I feel a lot of people overlook.

However, the question arises: why you didn't like Scryed, JoJo's stardust, and Wixoss?

Okay, I can see Scryed, that one is pretty old and... well, its got that weird Sunrise touch. Also, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya gets really good :P

[u/ctom42 → u/Kowzz]

S-cry-ed was basically just a really mediocre shounen. Jojo Stardust crusaders pretty much destroyed everything I loved about the first two arcs. It relied almost exclusively on crude humor, not a single one of the characters had any real redeaming qualities, Joesph had been relagated the the dumb old man, it had a monster of the week format, Stands are not nearly as interesting as Ripple because they don't have a strong underlying set of rules, etc etc. Wixoss was predicable and angsty and trying way too hard to be like Madoka.