Ahaha, I've seen so many screenshots of Kemeko that I can't not watch it. Totally forgot to download the episodes until I lurked this thread.
And WHO CARES IF ELIZABETH IS A SPOILT PEACH. TAMURA YUKARI IS THE ONLY REASON I'M WATCHING THAT DAMN SHOW.
Seiyuupapayaism at its finest.
ChäoS;HEAd still bores me. I'm tempted to read the visual novel, but after experiencing Umineko no Naku Koro ni, it's kind of hard to get into any other novel that's of a similar genre.
Originally Posted by Salguod
Clannad After Story 6 - Great. I like this much better than the Mei episodes. The cat was pretty awesome. This is kind of like Fuko the second, but this is better and not as dragged out.
More like Makoto the [s]third or fourth[/s], but worse.
RAIZOO, read the Chaos;Head visual novel. The anime is absolute garbage full of QUALITY and plot-butchering. The visual novel is one of my all-time favorites. I've already read it through twice, and I'm still addicted. Maybe I'm a tad too into it...but, regardless, the visual novel is WAYYYY better than the anime crap.
raizoo and Zaotsu are too busy fawning over Umineko no Naku Koro ni to care about any other visual/sound/most light novels at the moment, especially when that and ChäoS;HEAd share some major similarities. I really need to start reading beyond the first volume of both NaruTaru and MariMite anyway.... And I still need to read NHK ni Youkoso! and finish Iono-sama Fanatics....
When the seagulls cry, no one survives.... And sound affects me more than visuals since I'm actually quite picky, especially when they're called visual novels. Hence, why I have difficulty reading Kanon/CLANNAD, yet breezed through planetarian, even if the latter is quite short....
Shugo Chara!! Doki 4/Shugo Chara! 55
That girl voiced by Kagamin was full of lole. If they ever release The Heartful Song as a single for Mizuki Nana, I will laugh quite hard. Most seiyuu can't even compare to Mizuki Nana when it comes to singing, hohohoh~ Nana-san's voice acting, on the other hand....
Still can't get over how Lulu = Ryou and with Ikuto = Tomoya. I get all the more confused.
nedz moar Tamura Yukari. fak, where is she this season? She better appear a lot in KuroKami.
Chaos;Head may be a visual novel, but it feels much more like sounds are its strong point at times. The music is very tense and creepy during several scenes, and it really creates an eerie feeling and amplifies the moment greatly. The visuals are absolutely amazing, but the sounds were definitely on the same level. Not only is there incredible music, the gore/murder sound effects are insane. Especially when...
Be careful, big spoiler to the plot is inside
Hazuki is carving her unborn fetus out of herself.
And many other very graphic times. :X
GAH. Just don't be lazy and stubborn and READ IT.
And now you've made me decide which one I'm targeting next. I better go get it.
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OH!
Casshern Sins ep6: Epic battle was epic.
Heck yes, crap is heating up.
ToraDora ep6: :O LOL Ami going berserk on that freakin' gay stalker = HECK YES, MOAR
;_; @ end, though
Chaos;Head ep5: No. Suck anime. FAIL ANIME. Screw you, Madhouse. Stop butchering the story and making everything with such QUALITY. The transparent Di-Swords especially piss me off. Frick. I am so tempted to drop this...but at the same time I want to see how much they can ruin it.
Gundam 00 S2 EP6
I didn't really like this episode, but it was interesting how everyone is connected
to each other. Oh and lol at Sergei when he saw Louise.
Kannagi 6: Hilarious episode. It's strange how I knew a lot of the stuff mentioned in this episode because I recently started watching NHK. This is one of the few times when I want the male lead to be with his childhood friend. It's a shame how Tsugumi is so neglected, even if she got more screen time this episode.
Soul Eater 31: I think Medusa became 10x as awesome after she came back. The new OP is pretty good, but I'm not sure if I like the way English is incorporated into the song, or the amount of it. Crona's clothes in this episode make a strong case for her being a guy. Did they really want to make it so ambiguous?
Chaos;Head ep6: GAHHLDKfjalkd GARGH I don't know if I can make it to the end!!!! WHY? WHY MUST YOU MAKE THE CHARACTERS LOOK SO UGLY? Whyyyyyyyyyyy??? I absolutely love the characters in Chaos;Head, but they're being drawn so QUALITY and butt-fugly in the anime that I can not take it!!!
;_; ;_; ;_;
ALSO:
Open at your OWN frickin' RISK!
FINALLY they make the Di-Swords NOT transparent. WTH? They are never transparent, even when they're delusions. GAH. Just because only giga-lo-maniacs can see them in delusion form, DOES NOT make them transparent!!! RAGE. At least they finally made them solid when she real-booted it. Gosh dang time.
And OH SNAPS, they already showed the 2nd Melt happening. It was pretty well-done in the anime, actually, but it was far too short and didn't leave me feeling like WHAT JUST HAPPENED? like the VN did. People didn't black out, they didn't focus on how the sky became solid white first, etc etc.
Why must you butcher one of my favorite stories of all time, WHY?!
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ToraDora ep7: ...............
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL'd
I D'AWWWWWWWWWWW'd
I RAAAAAAAGED'd
I WOOOOOOTED'd
Chaos;Head ep6: GAHHLDKfjalkd GARGH I don't know if I can make it to the end!!!! WHY? WHY MUST YOU MAKE THE CHARACTERS LOOK SO UGLY? Whyyyyyyyyyyy??? I absolutely love the characters in Chaos;Head, but they're being drawn so QUALITY and butt-fugly in the anime that I can not take it!!!
Is it really that much better? Anyway, I liked this episode. I chuckled when they showed a closeup of the Seira figure frowning. The only character I really dislike in this anime is Yua and his delusion of her towards the end was pretty creepy.
Toradora 7:
This is great. I laughed throughout and Minorin continues to be awesome.
Clannad After Story:
So boring D: Nice scene with Tomoyo at the end though.
Is it really that much better? Anyway, I liked this episode. I chuckled when they showed a closeup of the Seira figure frowning. The only character I really dislike in this anime is Yua and his delusion of her towards the end was pretty creepy.
Yes it is that much better. The anime has already butchered the story, and it's only gonna get worse. Everything I'm going to say from this point on is about the visual novel, so read at your own risk:
Yua:
Spoiler
I'll admit Yua's first arc is pretty annoying/boring, though it has some extremely creepy parts (srs gave me the heebie jeebies when she talks in her psycho tone and repeats things tons of times in different phrases *shudders*) and amusing parts. However, Yua's second arc makes her a much more likeable character. She teams up with Ban and Momo and helps them investigate. They let her in on their discovery about GE rates, and that Takumi couldn't have been the New Gen killer, like she suspected. She ends up feeling very remorseful towards Takumi because she truly does like him. Yua and Takumi's final discussion fixes the craziness she caused him earlier. They end on good terms, and she becomes an essential character to the ending (she is one of the giga-lo-maniacs, afterall).
For those of you who enjoy Chaos;Head (and don't mind being spoiled) and want to know the true story/what's really going on, I'll explain some of the most important things:
Spoiler
I'll reveal some mysterious characters' true identities/motives:
Shogun: Shogun is the real Takumi. When he was young (10-ish, I think), Takumi's condition began to worsen rapidly to the point where he had to live in a hospital. He has the special ability to bring delusions he creates to reality (called "real-booting"). He's the strongest giga-lo-maniac* in existence. He's the only one that can real-boot delusions without the use of a Di-Sword. He has extremely strong power over delusions. Realizing the danger the world is in (which I'll talk about in a bit), the real Takumi used his immense power to real-boot one last delusion: an alternate version of himself. This real-booted delusion becomes the Takumi that is the main character. Since the real Takumi's powers are so immense, he was able to create this new Takumi as a giga-lo-maniac himself. That is why the main Takumi can see delusions and Di-Swords.
However, by creating this new Takumi, he lessened his life span even farther. Every time the main Takumi creates a delusion, it hurts the real Takumi and shortens his life. If the main Takumi were to obtain his Di-Sword (referred to as "awakening"), it would probably kill the real Takumi due to the immense power. The real Takumi wants his alternate self to awaken, so that he is powerful enough to stop what is about to happen. Rimi, though, does not want him to awaken because she cares for the real Takumi a great deal (not gonna bother explaining why, unless someone is curious). In the end, Rimi goes off to try and stop what is going to happen (again, I'll explain in a bit) by herself, so that the main Takumi doesn't need to awaken. She is unable to, though... Long story short, the main Takumi obtains his Di-Sword (which is EPIC) and realizes what he must do.
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* Giga-lo-maniacs are people that have power over delusions (see and create them). They can see them even when they haven't been real-booted. Giga-lo-maniacs always end up obtaining a Di-Sword when they have to endure an extremely tragic event or prolonged torture/stress. It's only obtained once the giga-lo-maniac truly needs it. Once they have it, they can real-boot it whenever they want to use in reality (though they often choose to just leave it in delusion form). It becomes their strongest ability and their literal savior.
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Hazuki: AKA = DEMON NURSE FROM HELL. She's the true New Gen murderer. Yeah, I'm frickin' serious. She carved her OWN unborn fetus from her womb and sewed it into that STILL living man. Holy frick that was disgusting, especially with the all-too-real sound effects. DANG. She is freakin' psycho. She committed the murders herself. She SCOUPED the BRAINS out of that doctor with a SPOON. I am not kidding. LOL I was like, ......SWEET MERCY! :O!!!!
Oh, and here's the best part: You know Takumi's online friend (that he chats with in IRC and plays Ensue with), Grim? Guess what? THAT'S HAZUKI! Ever wonder why Grim always knows about the New Gen murders like right after they happen? Ever wonder why he always has access to the links before others? CAUSE GRIM IS HAZUKI, AND SHE'S THE ONE COMMITTING THE MURDERS. I nearly crapped myself. If you were paying very close attention in the first chapter, they even foreshadow this. Grim says, "Yeah, the murders have all been happening in your neighborhood. lol" The thing is, Takumi's never told Grim where he lives. Takumi didn't even realize it until later, though. LOL Frickin' craziness.
You'll be happy to know Hazuki ends up gouging her own throat out when Takumi uses his mental powers to reveal to everyone her memories and thoughts of the murders. <3
Suwa: AKA = DEMON DETECTIVE FROM HELL. LOL. I never saw this coming, not from a mile away. DANG. Suwa is secretly working for NOZOMI and ends up revealing his true nature at the end. He shoots Ban to death (;_; ;_; ;_; ;_;), shoots and kills Sena's father and uses those same cross daggers (as seen in New Gen murder #3) to pin Takumi to the wall (BEST SCENE EVER). However, when he's just about to kill Takumi, Takumi uses his powers again to switch their bodies. Suwa ends up being the one with all the daggers in him. LOL He bleeds to death pinned to the wall. EPIC.
I CAN NEVER LOOK AT SUWA THE SAME. Everytime he smiles in the anime, I picture his EVIL smirk in the VN. ;_; ;_;
Norose: President of NOZOMI corp. AKA = the true villain of the series. Guess what? He also happens to be one of the strongest giga-lo-maniacs ever! HECK YES. His Di-Sword is a massive scissor-like cross blade (he crucifies Nanami and Rimi on it, even). Norose is using the NOZOMI corp to develop his ultimate machine, the NOAH II. It's a machine that basically has the power of God. He created it by using several "code" samples from giga-lo-maniacs, including Rimi, Yua and Ayase. To make it perfect, he needs a "code" sample from Takumi.
The first time he tested it, the 1st Melt occurred (the small earthquake that killed 8 people before the beginning of the series; it's only mentioned a few times). He tests it again later, causing the 2nd Melt. The 2nd Melt was a much larger earthquake that destroyed all electronic things (wipes all info from all computers in Shibuya) and kills over 300 people. At the end of Chapter 9, he uses it one last time in its near-perfect state and triggers the 3rd Melt. The 3rd Melt was the largest earthquake they have ever experienced. It destroys almost all of Shibuya and kills near 10,000 people (seriously). The NOAH II, if it were to reach its perfect state, would be able to control every single person on the world and rewrite what they see, feel, hear, etc. to anything Norose desires. He'd essentially become God.
The final fight between Norose and Takumi (epic beyond words) takes place in front of the NOAH II and is very, VERY bloody and full of delusions (the NOAH II creates them to defend itself like crazy). Norose is the only one who has control over it. He's raping Takumi silly until Takumi uses Norose himself to destroy the NOAH II (literally throws him into it lol). In the BAD end of Chaos;Head, the NOAH II's destruction causes the complete and total annihilation of everything, leaving only Takumi and Rimi. The BAD end ends with Rimi using her Di-Sword to kill Takumi. :x
Okay, so, I didn't even get close to explaining everything this incredible series has to offer. I merely gave most of the meaty chunks of deliciousness to get you insanely curious. :D I'd be happy to explain anything anyone wants, so feel free to ask for moar or explanations of parts. I'll end by leaving you with some of the CGs in the game from the CG Library (unlocked by completing the story). I'll give ya some of my very favorite scenes:
Let's start with a Di-Sword showcase + a few epic scenes:
Sena's Di-Sword
This CG is from the scene where Sena real-boots her Di-Sword and uses it destroy a porter's portable NOAH device.
Kozue's Di-Sword
This CG is from a flashback when Kozue used her Di-Sword to threaten an old man (Sena's father).
Nanami's Di-Sword
This CG is from the scene where Norose has crucified Nanami, pushing her through intense physical and mental stress. This is the scene where she obtains her Di-Sword. It's so sexy; one of my favorites. <3
Ayase's Di-Sword
This CG is from a bad delusion of Takumi's where Ayase real-booted her Di-Sword and started cutting apart Daisuke. Poor womanizer. ;_; lol
Rimi's Di-Sword
This is a CG from the scene where Sena tried killing Takumi, once she realizes he's the one behind the beginning of all this tragedy (he really is, btw). Rimi reveals her Di-Sword for the first time and defends Takumi. Sadly there isn't really any good CG of Rimi's dual Di-Swords, but they are like two circular handles (one in each hand) with wing-like blades on them.
Yua's Di-Sword
This CG is from the scene where Yua finally obtains her Di-Sword. Norose sent a porter equipped with a portable NOAH device and created the delusion of her dead twin sister trying to kill her. Yua overcame it and kills the porter with her Di-Sword. Again, there is very little CG of Yua's Di-Sword, but it's a very long black, almost scythe-like blade with an intricate handle.
Takumi's Di-Sword
This CG is from the scene where Takumi finally realizes his true power and destiny and obtains his Di-Sword to defeat Hazuki and the other porters in the area. Truly amazing scene. Gives me goosebumps thinking about it. <3 Such a gay looking Di-Sword, though. rofl
Slightly graphic images follow, open at your own risk:
Norose
This CG is from the insanely epic final fight between Norose and Takumi. There is tragically no good CG of Norose's full Di-Sword, but I will go back to Chapter 10 and get a good picture of it if someone really wants to see it (trust me it's godly).
Hazuki
This CG is from the memory of Hazuki as she is carving her unborn fetus from her very own womb. She takes great pleasure in it and even laughs during the process.
.............yeah.
Suwa
This CG is from one of the most twisted and EPIC scenes where Suwa is throwing dagger after dagger into Takumi, torturing him and enjoying every moment of it. I can still remember the sound as each dagger pierces Takumi's flesh.
Those CG's look pretty good and not nearly as graphic as I thought they'd be (unless these are the mild ones? Hopefully not because I'm not a fan of gore). I prefer no spoilers so I'd probably just give it a try. It seems pretty long though, so I'd have to make time for it.
Also, I think I understand why you said there's story butchering, since the anime is halfway done and I don't think they have even given a hint about those bad guys yet.
Those CG's look pretty good and not nearly as graphic as I thought they'd be (unless these are the mild ones? Hopefully not because I'm not a fan of gore). I prefer no spoilers so I'd probably just give it a try. It seems pretty long though, so I'd have to make time for it.
Also, I think I understand why you said there's story butchering, since the anime is halfway done and I don't think they have even given a hint about those bad guys yet.
:X
Open only if you like gory and grotesque imagery; you've been warned
And keep in mind I've only been sharing the CGs from the game. :x Most of the imagery takes place above the text, as the story is going on. The music + sound effects for this game are definitely not for the weak of heart. They are highly graphic and very realistic.
Spoiler
I'm not kidding. I'm talking scenes as gruesome as a mother (Sena's mother) eating her rotting fetus. A mother (Hazuki) gouging her unborn fetus from her very womb. Five people jumping from a building and exploding into a mass of blood and gore so thick, you can't tell them apart. Etc, etc...
Yeah, the anime has done MASSIVE butchering already. They mainly highlight only the biggest stuff. They shave off a LOT of explanation, backstory, character building and entire events altogether. And worse than that, they've already changed a few things, too. Another bad thing is that the anime only shows either the good or the bad delusion (and often skips over those scenes completely). The only way you get to see all the good + bad delusions Takumi has is to play the VN through twice.
It is very long, think of it as no different than reading a very long novel. It took me about 15 hours, and I'm a pretty fast and well-practiced reader, to read through it once. It's gonna take you around 30 if you want to read through it twice (which I highly recommend), so that you can see all the differences between the good and bad delusions, plus the different endings.
Gundam 00 S2 EP7
I love everybody's reaction when they find Allelujah with Marie, absolutely hilarious. Cherudim Gundam has a kickass gun, a sniper rifle that can turn into a beam rifle.
Originally Posted by Salguod
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