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this stands for Guyscoal<\/p>\n

8\/10.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

That’s my score for the first episode of Guilty Crown. \u00a0In English, this means “Very good, probably because I haven’t seen a half-decent show ever since Nichijou ended.”<\/p>\n

6\/10.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

That’s my score for the entire series. \u00a0In English, this means “Predictable story is predictable, still has hope that main character will become Renton Thurston #2.”<\/p>\n

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On whiny MC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scamp<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I\u2019d take a\u00a0wimpy lead over Yuji Everylead the Bland any\u00adtime. I\u2019m the kind of crazy per\u00adson who loves char\u00adac\u00adters like [bad examples]. How\u00adever there\u2019s a\u00a0key dif\u00adfer\u00adence between the approach Future Diary took with its main char\u00adac\u00adter and what Guilty Crown did. Both series have wimpy male lead hav\u00ading a\u00a0girl fall into his meta\u00adphor\u00adical lap while being given a\u00a0magical power. But, while Guilty Crown plays with wish ful\u00adfill\u00adment totally straight, Future Diary pulls the \u2018be care\u00adful what you wish for\u2019 card and makes both the new girl\u00adfriend and the magical power just make his life infin\u00aditely worse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scamp makes a great point here (much better than trzr23<\/a>, at least). \u00a0However, I have yet to see Mirai Nikki (or “Future Diary” for you elitists) so I’m going to bring it to something I do know: Eureka Seven.<\/p>\n

In Eureka Seven, main character Renton Thurston is a whiny little bitch for half the series. \u00a0But what makes his growth as a character so fascinating is his utter disillusionment early on in the show – Gekkostate is nothing like the perfect world he imagined. \u00a0In contrast, Guilty Crown’s MC (who will henceforth be referred to as “GCMC”) has neither goals nor dreams, and his aimless thoughts are painful to put up with. \u00a0He activates godmode by the end of the first episode, whereas Renton had to struggle the entire way.<\/p>\n

But the flashbacks! \u00a0Oh, the flashbacks!<\/p>\n

They are our last sliver of hope in a sea of mediocrity!<\/p>\n

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Oh, so his name is Shu.<\/p>\n

On Anemone<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I signed up for the Guilty Crown hype bandwagon because Scamp said it was good. \u00a0I am staying because I think the series will turn into an alternate-reality Eureka Seven where Renton and Anemone get hitched.<\/p>\n

It’s always a little puzzling to me why people are so fixated on the male leads in anime. \u00a0It’s not like female characters have much more variation. \u00a0We’ve seen plenty of stereotypical female characters in anime this season (Chihayafuru and any other shoujo, all the friends in Boku no Harem, 4-girl 4-koma, etc.). \u00a0So why are you people whining about the whiny male lead? \u00a0We haven’t had one of those since forever!<\/p>\n

But wait – Anemone is both a childhood friend and<\/em>\u00a0a strange power-granting girl! \u00a0That’s like a C.allen!<\/p>\n

This could be the start of something beautiful.<\/p>\n

Like Kannagi.<\/p>\n

But really, when’s the last time we’ve seen a childhood friend turn out to be some crazy crime-fighting hero of justice and\/or singer rebel girl who holds a sword in her boobs? \u00a0Never! \u00a0You always have the contrast between the “ordinary” childhood friend path and the more crazy paths. \u00a0A big anime taboo is combining the childhood friend with another archetype. \u00a0They’re supposed to come in only two flavors: the big sister type and the outgoing sports type.<\/p>\n

But now the childhood friend has the power! \u00a0She has the strangeness to compete with Kirino, with pink hair and skimpy clothes to boot!<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I could be completely wrong and Anemone turns out to be just another strange girl.<\/p>\n

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On Transformation Sequences<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I’d rather not see this. \u00a0Why can’t we have our main character jump into a robot and beat the crap out of other robots? \u00a0We all know that that’s what we really want to see.<\/p>\n

Some people were arguing about the disadvantages of having remote-controlled robots. \u00a0There’s not much to argue. \u00a0Hero”one-button”man definitively proved that remote controlled robots are a terrible idea. \u00a0Maybe GCMC will hop into a robot and revolutionize the battlefield.<\/p>\n

But with the huge sword, I don’t think that’s likely. \u00a0In the worst-case scenario, GCMC will never get into a robot and beat the crap out of other robots. \u00a0Neither will Anemone. \u00a0That’s a pretty depressing idea.<\/p>\n

5\/10<\/strong><\/h1>\n

That’s my updated score. \u00a0In English, that means “Probably going to go even lower once this girl<\/a> gets more screentime”<\/p>\n

Further reading<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n