{"id":292,"date":"2009-03-20T22:46:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T05:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2009-03-20T22:46:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-21T05:46:13","slug":"judging-an-anime-by-a-random-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/judging-an-anime-by-a-random-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging an Anime by a Random Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a disclaimer: I’m pretty sick, so this’ll probably be the only post for the weekend, unless I find myself bored and un-sick.<\/p>\n

During my period of recuperation (via less exposure to the internet), I will be thinking on my final verdicts for Clannad ~After Story~<\/em>, that anime that caused so much bawww, and the anime that didn’t feature enough Mikoto<\/span>\u00a0To Aru Majutsu no Index<\/em>.<\/p>\n

EDIT: Scratch that. \u00a0There’s going to be an episode 24 for recapping Clannad? \u00a0I guess I’ll do my final verdict for that later.<\/p>\n

Also, courtesy of Hayate no Gotoku:<\/p>\n

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Well said, Wataru-kun!<\/p>\n

Honestly, I’m kind of sick and tired of people complaining about anime without even watching the series.
\nIt’s okay to bash the series after taking a look, but sometimes bashing a series without giving it a chance is just not a good idea!<\/p>\n

I myself bash Kurokami, etc. frequently, but I’m a certified asshole and I’ve had to sit through the episode, so it’s okay.<\/p>\n

A slightly modified post:<\/p>\n

i beleive is Skip Beat i cannot bring myself to watch this after reading the summery. is it really that good? i mean come on it seems like such a crappy anime idea i mean a singer? what could possibly happen Is this worth watching? everytime i think about just checking the first episode i look at the picture and just thing wow this is so (G@*) (dont want to offend any peeps\u00a0\"\"\u00a0) so help me out people did people actually watch this or was it some sick joke that everyone voted high on it<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If, by any chance, the person who posted this is reading this post and is offended, please notify me and I’ll type up a fake generic post saying basically the same thing. \u00a0Otherwise, NO U.<\/p>\n

The picture in question in the quote above is this one:<\/p>\n

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Although I’d have to agree that this picture is pretty nasty (shoujo and me usually don’t go together), it’s no valid reason to say “well, this anime must suck.”<\/p>\n

First of all, it’s obviously not a picture from the anime.
\nShoujo manga is often < Shoujo anime for me, so I personally wouldn’t base my assumptions around this picture.<\/p>\n

It simply shows a girl. \u00a0We aren’t given any information besides the fact that she looks like a typical guy in a shoujo manga, albeit with cut-off breasts.
\nThe\u00a0accompanying description is as follows:<\/p>\n

Kyoko has devoted her life to Shotaro. When Shotaro came to Tokyo to debut as a singer, she followed him and worked to provide for him. But one day, Kyoko overhears Shota telling his manager that Kyoko means nothing to him. She\u2019s just convenient, a housekeeper. This makes Kyoko furious, and she vows revenge on Shotaro. But Shotaro just laughs at her, saying she won\u2019t be able to touch him because he\u2019s now a popular singer and she\u2019s a nobody. So Kyoko decides to get into showbiz and become even more popular than Shotaro to humiliate him. Unfortunately, Shotaro has destroyed Kyoko\u2019s ability to love, and she discovers that it is a prerequisite for her to debut from her chosen company, LME. The president of LME puts her into a new section made for those who caught his eye but have something missing. It\u2019s name\u2026 Love Me Section. On her way to become a pro actress she\u2019s meeting new people like Kanae Kotonami, Maria Takarada, Yukihito Yashiro and the important person in this story – Ren Tsuruga.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite the horrifically vague last sentence, this description is quite a precise look into an anime.<\/p>\n

Any criticism of a preview like this other than “Holy crap, that last sentence is so vague and disgusting” or something along those lines is probably not very justifiable.<\/p>\n

To criticize this preview is basically to criticize the genre. \u00a0Calling this anime bad because it has a shoujo banner and what sounds like a shoujo storyline doesn’t really work in my book.<\/p>\n

I would probably say that this anime (protip: I’ve never watched Skip Beat!<\/em>, so this should be uninfluenced by actual viewing of the anime) has one vague, shoujoesque description that probably would turn me off. \u00a0Plus, that image… *shudder* \u00a0I wouldn’t push this further to describe how it’s a “sick joke” that its reviews\/rating is so high. \u00a0Besides, if it has a high rating, then that at least means that it’s a good shoujo anime, desho?<\/p>\n

\"SUPER<\/p>\n

I cannot believe how some people just take one look at an anime and blow it off. \u00a0In this case, I can’t believe how some people can take one look at a inaccurate image and bash the anime for having a “G@*” storyline just for veering towards shoujo.<\/p>\n

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As you may well have noticed by now, this post has almost nothing to do with the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but rather it focuses on something along the lines of “your views aren’t what everybody thinks, meglomaniac!”<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

I don’t even know what I’m talking about anymore (damn you, sickness!), so here’s a parting gift:
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HEHEH.<3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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