Comments on: ⑨ Moments of Anime #5: true tears ep 06

By: usagijen

usagijen — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:40:11 +0000

True Tears was awesome, and if I remember correctly, episode 6 was _the_ episode that compelled me to join its merry shipping/blogging bandwagon way back when it aired. Though, the sibling-ness of Shinichirou and Hiromi plot twist, or the issue with Nakagami-kaasan turned out rather... half-baked, because it wasn't fully explored. It seemed like a cheap trick to get people hanging at the edge of their seat, wondering whether or not they are siblings, or what exactly happened between Nakagami-tousan and Hiromi's mom. Or it's just expectations that I felt was a little betrayed. Other than that, well, it was a great series overall :) usagijens last blog post..Stabbing Bloggers Behind Their Backs, the Google Notes Way

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:59:50 +0000

Sorry, that was a bit of bad wording on my part: I did acknowledge that the original game was (evidently) different, as you can see in the first paragraph, but when I first watched the show I hadn’t yet gotten into the habit of frequenting the blogosphere. In other words, I didn’t know at the time just how different the anime was, so in my eyes the show started out on the same level as H2O – but, of course, ended completely differently.

@ omo: DC, really? I never looked at it that way before, but there might very well have been more than met the eye. I know I at least enjoyed Yume’s confession in the most recent season, as I mentioned in the first of my 12 Days posts.

@ Martin: I agree, the setup was so complicated that it would have been very easy for it all to simply fall apart. It didn’t, though, thankfully.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:23:15 +0000

Um, yeah, apart from the trivial detail about the series’ origins (a lot of people made the same mistake, believe me) this is a great post. I guess it’s just a good story, well told, pure and simple. I loved the nuances to the characters’ expressions and the pitch-perfect dialogue worked wonderfully. It was a nice change I suppose to watch something that featured ordinary people doing ordinary things, but made it feel fresh and special. The tangle of relationships was also handled better than any show I’ve seen in a fair while.

I’d also like to add that cats are cooler than dogs…they are like small, furry humans, except even more cute and devious. Definitely THE superior species.

By: omo

omo — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:15:48 +0000

Owen, grinding your axe here is less productive even when the errata is somewhat helpful. The distinction is meaningless anyways for this show. I didn't think True Tears was particularly groundbreaking in the exploration of romantic relationships. Shows like the Da Capo series actually do a good job with that, if much less artisan and generally of lower quality in construction. omos last blog post..Year in Review: I Can Fly

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By: Owen S

Owen S — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:17:09 +0000

Don't mind IcyStorm, he's that stray dog that follows me around from blog to blog begging for scraps of attention. Unfortunately, I've always been a cat person and think dogs are retarded. Owen Ss last blog post..Fate/stay night, Heaven’s Feel Route

By: IcyStorm

IcyStorm — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:01:36 +0000

Yeah, Owen’s right for once.

By: Owen S

Owen S — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:54:42 +0000

What? true tears the anime had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with true tears the VN, so I don’t know what you’re talking about when you say “mediocre VN adaptation”–they just borrowed the name for the anime. It’s entirely original. Might want to check your facts there.

By: maglor

maglor — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:51:11 +0000

Yes, The last scenes in this episode was one of most poignant moments I have ever seen in anime