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  1. Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime

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    Episode 11

    Episode 11

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    Episode 10

    Episode 10

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    Episode 9

    Episode 9

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    Episode 8

    Episode 8

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    Episode 6

    Episode 6

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  6. Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime

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    Hey everyone, sorry I've been MIA! I'll be catching up today and tomorrow, my sister got married over the weekend so I've been too busy to watch any of my shows. But now I'm back home and can't...

    Hey everyone, sorry I've been MIA! I'll be catching up today and tomorrow, my sister got married over the weekend so I've been too busy to watch any of my shows. But now I'm back home and can't wait to watch more of this.

    4 votes

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    Episode 5

    Episode 5

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    Episode 4

    Episode 4

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    Episode 3

    Episode 3

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  10. Comment on What are your favorite animes and what do you like about them? in ~anime

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    If it was a long time ago then it was probably the first movie, which threw out everything to do with the original series and was a completely new story with the same character designs. The...

    If it was a long time ago then it was probably the first movie, which threw out everything to do with the original series and was a completely new story with the same character designs. The characters have the same names, but some of them are wildly different than they were in the series. It's a complete alternate universe.

    Then they made a trilogy of movies a few years ago which are...weird. The first has a little bit of new animation at the beginning that completely rewrites how the "summer of love" tragedy happened in the show, but after that it was entirely recycled animation from the show with a new story and new voice acting. It was weird and got pretty poor reviews. I didn't bother with the second or third in the trilogy, but I heard that while they were decent movies on their own, they weren't at all what fans of Eureka Seven wanted. A leading theory in the fanbase is that the director is still bitter that his original ending for the series was rewritten, so every other piece of media he makes for the series continues the tragic tone of his original ending.

    I was actually a mod of the subreddit for the sequel series. We were all so hopeful and then we got...that lol. It started out so strong and then just got weird. The plot was all over the place and nothing made sense.

    I watched the original series when I was about 14 and seeing Renton mature over the course of the show just really clicked with me. I definitely have a biased view of the series, but everyone I've recommended it to has really enjoyed it once they get past the first 10-11 episodes. The "cave arc" is where it starts to pick up.

  11. Comment on What are your favorite animes and what do you like about them? in ~anime

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    Which movie did you watch? Because none of the movies have anything to do with the show, and in most fans' opinions the movies are all garbage. The sequel series was also a huge let down. Agreed...

    Which movie did you watch? Because none of the movies have anything to do with the show, and in most fans' opinions the movies are all garbage. The sequel series was also a huge let down.

    Agreed that the show is kind of weird at first. The first 10-11 episodes are much more childish, but they do let you get to know the characters. After that it really starts to get more mature and handle more serious themes. And all the OPs and EDs are bangers. The second ED and the 4th OP are my favorites as a whole, but the second OP song has lived on my Spotify playlist for a long time.

  12. Comment on Would anyone be interested in doing a community watchthrough of a show? in ~anime

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    That's kind of what I'm planning on for the next one, we'll do a poll of some sort. And after talking it through with a couple other users, I decided on 3 episodes per week for this first one. I...

    That's kind of what I'm planning on for the next one, we'll do a poll of some sort. And after talking it through with a couple other users, I decided on 3 episodes per week for this first one. I wanted to make it accessible for anyone, so the people who don't have a lot of time to watch anime can still follow along. We may change it for the future depending on the show.

    And feel free to join! Episode 2 discussion just went live yesterday.

    https://tildes.net/~anime/15zj/community_watchthrough_erased

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    Yokai basically means demon or spirit. Something supernatural. He's basically calling his mom a demon because of her freaky, supernatural sixth sense.

    or as the MC puts it himself, "yokai"

    Yokai basically means demon or spirit. Something supernatural. He's basically calling his mom a demon because of her freaky, supernatural sixth sense.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Would anyone be interested in doing a community watchthrough of a show? in ~anime

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    That's a good idea. I'll ask about that in a feedback post when people have spent more some time with the watchthrough.

    That's a good idea. I'll ask about that in a feedback post when people have spent more some time with the watchthrough.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on If you would like to add a feature to Tildes, what would you recommend? in ~tildes

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    After setting up the ~anime community watchthrough, I have a couple ideas. We currently have a "collapse replies" button, but it would be handy to have a "collapse all" button, like when things...

    After setting up the ~anime community watchthrough, I have a couple ideas.

    We currently have a "collapse replies" button, but it would be handy to have a "collapse all" button, like when things have been read and you reopen a post. This would allow people visiting the thread to only see the previews of top level comments, which in this specific case would be episode numbers for discussion. That way they can completely avoid spoilers by only opening comment chains for the episode they want to discuss.

    Going off of that, it would be nice if I, as the creator of the post, could toggle a setting for all comments to be collapsed by default. Again, this is all just for the specific use-case of these watchthrough posts, I'm not sure how much they would apply to the rest of the site.

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  17. Comment on Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted in ~tech

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    I've also seen squabbles.io, which looks pretty simple and easy to use.

    I've also seen squabbles.io, which looks pretty simple and easy to use.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime

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    I love how this show feels fairly real in how it treats his going back in time. Like when he has a split-second delay while trying to remember his friendys name, or not remembering where he sits...

    I love how this show feels fairly real in how it treats his going back in time. Like when he has a split-second delay while trying to remember his friendys name, or not remembering where he sits in class. I feel like in lesser series MC's have perfect memory. And the way he talks is a little different than when he was a kid. His Mom picks up on it at the dinner table but doesn't say anything. Also, I loved the look on his face when he walked into his childhood home. I can only imagine what that must have felt like.

    His chat with Kayo was interesting and fairly dark. I like when his inner thoughts and voice overlap, it's fairly comedic, but it's also a little reminder that he's not actually a young kid. Speaking of which, I'm enjoying how the kids are written in this series. They aren't written like bumbling idiots, and they also aren't written to be way too smart for their age. I don't see them getting on my nerves any time soon.

    And wow, this show is very cinematic. Some of the shots are so well composed, like that shot of Satoru's and his friend's feet walking down the hallway. The background artwork and lighting are fantastic as well.

    Alright, how did Kayo's essay not immediately alert the teacher that something was wrong with her home life? But I guess it is 1988 and CPS type organizations might not be as big of a thing, so maybe there wasn't anyone to call?

    I said it last episode and I'll say it again, Satoru's mom is great. I love that she picked up on him inviting Kayo.

    I completely forgot how much of a banger the ED is. The visuals are great.

    9 votes

  19. Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime

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    Episode 2

    Episode 2

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  20. Comment on Looking for suggestions for games that don't require hand eye coordination or fast twitch reflexes in ~games

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    Seconding Slay the Spire. I have so many hours in that game, it's great.

    Seconding Slay the Spire. I have so many hours in that game, it's great.

    4 votes