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LuckyTrouble said:
pokoko said:

Attacking people and using violence to force his way into private propery makes him pretty crappy as someone who is supposed to uphold justice.  I mean, seriously, that's awful.  Let's say he stabbed the guy.  Would that really have solved anything?  I can't imagine that it would have helped the situation a whole lot.  "I just stabbed one of your employees because I think it's terrible that you don't send your daughter to school!"

To be fair, the knight he attacks flat out tells him that what he was doing was not as a knight. I mean, the anime didn't condone his actions by any means, and he walks out of the office knowing he just messed up pretty badly. I think the show did a decent job covering the immaturity of his character despite holding the title of knight.

That's basically what I said--"And what's with a "white knight" resorting to violence like that?"  I don't think anything you've said invalidates my criticism of his actions.

I also don't believe he walked out of the office thinking he was wrong.  He was still arguing with the maid after that.  Her words might have made him think but we don't know that.  In fact, I'm guessing he won't understand until next episode.  I bet he even says, "I didn't realize ..."



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pokoko said:
LuckyTrouble said:
pokoko said:

Attacking people and using violence to force his way into private propery makes him pretty crappy as someone who is supposed to uphold justice.  I mean, seriously, that's awful.  Let's say he stabbed the guy.  Would that really have solved anything?  I can't imagine that it would have helped the situation a whole lot.  "I just stabbed one of your employees because I think it's terrible that you don't send your daughter to school!"

To be fair, the knight he attacks flat out tells him that what he was doing was not as a knight. I mean, the anime didn't condone his actions by any means, and he walks out of the office knowing he just messed up pretty badly. I think the show did a decent job covering the immaturity of his character despite holding the title of knight.

That's basically what I said--"And what's with a "white knight" resorting to violence like that?"  I don't think anything you've said invalidates my criticism of his actions.

I also don't believe he walked out of the office thinking he was wrong.  He was still arguing with the maid after that.  Her words might have made him think but we don't know that.  In fact, I'm guessing he won't understand until next episode.  I bet he even says, "I didn't realize ..."

The thing is, you're criticizing character development, which I find odd. It was an opportunity to weigh his claims against his actions, highlighting the fact that despite his title, he is still basically a kid with a lot to learn. Sure, it seems out of character at first, until you realize his character is still being actively developed and that he isn't just a one dimensional white knight.

I concede the second part though to a certain degree. I'm sure by next episode, as you said, he will either realize what he did wrong as a knight either at a crucial moment, or he'll say something like "when I fought so-and-so and was easily defeated, I realized..." etc., because what is an anime like this without some predictable character development.



 

Versus_Evil said:

Love, Chunibyo and other delusions season 2 finished, next up Overlord, what should i expect?

Slow start and not too much action until the end. Generally don't expect epic fantasy. It does things a bit differently.
Still good in its own way.



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LuckyTrouble said:
pokoko said:

That's basically what I said--"And what's with a "white knight" resorting to violence like that?"  I don't think anything you've said invalidates my criticism of his actions.

I also don't believe he walked out of the office thinking he was wrong.  He was still arguing with the maid after that.  Her words might have made him think but we don't know that.  In fact, I'm guessing he won't understand until next episode.  I bet he even says, "I didn't realize ..."

The thing is, you're criticizing character development, which I find odd. It was an opportunity to weigh his claims against his actions, highlighting the fact that despite his title, he is still basically a kid with a lot to learn. Sure, it seems out of character at first, until you realize his character is still being actively developed and that he isn't just a one dimensional white knight.

I concede the second part though to a certain degree. I'm sure by next episode, as you said, he will either realize what he did wrong as a knight either at a crucial moment, or he'll say something like "when I fought so-and-so and was easily defeated, I realized..." etc., because what is an anime like this without some predictable character development.

There was no character development.  He simply lost.  There might be character development in the next few episodes but that's only conjecture at this point.  There might also be nothing but pseudo-character development that changes nothing or even the mighty shounen "I'm never going to stop fighting for what I believe in" trope where he simply overcomes adversity by the old fashioned method of jumping several power levels after training really hard for a week.

I'm not going to not point out when a character does something stupid because of the chance they might change their minds about it in the future.  Especially with anime, where characters doing stupid things is often treated as a virtue.  



Versus_Evil said:
Also, im having chuunibyo withdrawals, i really need a season 3 :(

Have you seen Kotoura-san?  Not the same theme but it did have a similar kind of moe-goodness with some serious relationship stuff added.



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Looks like I found my Fall setup. 21 animes, 7 of which are shorts.

Also definitely not gonna miss the best OVA this Season.



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If you're interested. These are the ones I have with backlog. You can see that this season sucks because last one I had 27.

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/vivster&status=1&order=0



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I dont know if you guys know about it already that Season 3 of Tokyo Ghoul was announced in 2016! I also heard that it will be made by Madhouse (No game no life, Parasyte, One Punch Man)

http://when-will.net/anime/697-will-there-be-tokyo-ghoul-season-3-release-date-summer-2015.html

"UPDATED October 4, 2015: Great news! It has been confirmed that season 3 of Tokyo Ghoul will be released in 2016. Now, that the renewal of the anime series has been announced, the main question on everyone’s mind is whether the storyline of season 3 will stay true to the current running manga "Tokyo Ghoul: re." The main cause of concern is that "Tokyo Ghoul: re" only has 43 chapters which might not be enough material to produce a whole season’s worth of episodes. The producers are yet to schedule the exact release date for new episodes, so check back with us for the latest news, or subscribe to our notifications and get the premiere date of Tokyo Ghoul season 3 automatically sent to your inbox as soon as it is announced."

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Jranation said:
I dont know if you guys know about it already that Season 3 of Tokyo Ghoul was announced in 2016! I also heard that it will be made by Madhouse (No game no life, Parasyte, One Punch Man)

http://when-will.net/anime/697-will-there-be-tokyo-ghoul-season-3-release-date-summer-2015.html

"UPDATED October 4, 2015: Great news! It has been confirmed that season 3 of Tokyo Ghoul will be released in 2016. Now, that the renewal of the anime series has been announced, the main question on everyone’s mind is whether the storyline of season 3 will stay true to the current running manga "Tokyo Ghoul: re." The main cause of concern is that "Tokyo Ghoul: re" only has 43 chapters which might not be enough material to produce a whole season’s worth of episodes. The producers are yet to schedule the exact release date for new episodes, so check back with us for the latest news, or subscribe to our notifications and get the premiere date of Tokyo Ghoul season 3 automatically sent to your inbox as soon as it is announced."

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Oh a new studio is good news the animation for season 2 was really sub par compared to season 1.



 

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Versus_Evil said:
vivster said:

If you're interested. These are the ones I have with backlog. You can see that this season sucks because last one I had 27.

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/vivster&status=1&order=0


Im suprised you have nothing in your drop list.

I don't intend to have dropped animes in my list. They're useless and only crowd up the list.



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