Wednesday, December 20

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Shananana

Yeah, Shakugan no Shana sucked me right in too. Watched the whole thing in four days.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:04 AM | Comments (11) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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1 I put it on the list because of all the people who said that it's "like ZnT". That said, I know that they are more different than DBZ and Naruto. Still, this is the true story.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Wednesday, December 20 2006 12:09 AM (9imyF)

2 Hah.  I got the reverse of that.

There are some similarities, but SnS has a stronger plot and more fully realised characters.  And is rather darker - without being a gorefest like Elfen Lied appears to be.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, December 20 2006 12:42 AM (FRalS)

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Well, since I don't do fansubs, it means I'm going to be stuck waiting for months before the series ends.

The second DVD is out now, but I'm going to wait until the third DVD appears in late January and order them both.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Wednesday, December 20 2006 01:03 AM (+rSRq)

4 I think that's a good plan.  Certainly it would be a painful show to watch at one episode per week.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, December 20 2006 02:00 AM (FRalS)

5

It would deeply suck to watch SnS at an episode a week.  My wife and I watched the entire thing in two days -- and the only reason we didn't watch it all in one go was because it was midnight when we hit episode 10 and we had to be responsible adults and get some sleep.

I watched Elfen Leid a couple years ago in a single sitting  (http://fuzzygeek.com/index.cfm?AID=1739).  I really hesitate to recommend it to anyone; I think it's something people have to decide to watch for themselves.

Posted by: bkw at Thursday, December 28 2006 11:11 AM (h/KQ9)

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Also, if you haven't seen the Shakugan no Shanatan (where they parody various scenes with Shana or Hecate in chibi form), I can put them somewhere for you.

They're rather amusing.

Posted by: bkw at Thursday, December 28 2006 11:39 AM (h/KQ9)

7 Heh.  Yes, I've seen Shanatan. :)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Thursday, December 28 2006 06:01 PM (A9tur)

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I'll recommend Elfen Lied with the caveat that it IS messy, there ARE some fairly graphic scenes, but if you like horror, you'll like this.

I don't like horror... but I did like EL.  It's just that good.

Posted by: Wonderduck at Thursday, December 28 2006 10:03 PM (6YRS5)

9 I don't generally like horror, but I liked 3x3 Eyes a lot, so I might give Elfen Lied a try.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Friday, December 29 2006 12:13 AM (FRalS)

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I don't know if I'd consider EL "horror" per se.  Some pretty horrific things do happen, but the intent is not to frighten, nor to show gore for gore's sake (e.g. slasher flicks) -- but to make a point about a character, or the story.

There's context for pretty much everything that happens, which makes for a good internally consistent story.  The downside is that some of the stuff that happens is pretty ... horrific.  :)

Posted by: bkw at Friday, December 29 2006 02:37 AM (KhFAm)

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Also btw -- back to Shana.  Have you seen the Special -- "Love and Outdoor Hot Spring Tutorial!" ?

I have a raw cap of it, but unsubtitled, but (oddly) haven't seen a subbed version.

Posted by: bkw at Saturday, December 30 2006 02:35 AM (h/KQ9)

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