With the new season inundating me with a ridiculous number of shows to watch and write first impressions for, most pretty bad, I haven’t had much of a chance to make a Top 5 list for my favorite anime of the Winter Season. In order to put off Medaka Box as long as possible, I’ll [...]
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Its no stretch to say that Nisemonogatari is crawling at a snail's place plot progression wise. Not that that's a bad thing, as this is a series that, more or less, focuses on character interactions and dialogue more so than fast pace thriller esque entertainment.
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Episode 05 - …Yea, this is starting to get a bit too ridiculous. What was a huge strength to Bakemonogatari, this series’ predecessor, was how it had conflicts condensed into short 2-3 episode segments. Thus, a lot of the superfluous information was condensed, and there was an overall streamlined plot. Nisemonogatari, however, only has two [...]
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Not bad, Nisemonogatari. You have made me completely hate a character and for that I applaud you slowly and dramatically. They quality of this episode is great as usual and although there is hardly any storyline progression, I enjoyed seeing the characters talk. My dear Araragi Koyomi, it seems like being branded a lolicon is [...]
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Not bad, Nisemonogatari. You have made me completely hate a character and for that I applaud you slowly and dramatically. They quality of this episode is great as usual and although there is hardly any storyline progression, I enjoyed seeing the characters talk. My dear Araragi Koyomi, it seems like being branded a lolicon is [...]
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First we have the banter between Tsukihi and Koyomi. I said it once, and i’ll say this again: Tsukihi and Koyomi are really similar in terms of personality. I don’t know whether or not Nisio Isin meant to do that but I’m getting this vibe and now I can’t help but notice it.There’s really a [...]
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First we have the banter between Tsukihi and Koyomi. I said it once, and i’ll say this again: Tsukihi and Koyomi are really similar in terms of personality. I don’t know whether or not Nisio Isin meant to do that but I’m getting this vibe and now I can’t help but notice it.There’s really a [...]
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Although it depends on each specific character and varies on a case-by-case basis, I tend to like antagonists in anime.  Generally speaking, what fascinates me about villains or adversaries are not that they’re commonly portrayed as wicked, evil, or used in a negative manner but rather for the rationale for why they are a villain [...]
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