It is about 12 schoolgirl assassins who are given the task of killing their bright, upbeat not-assassin classmate in order to gain their greatest desire. one of the assassins falls in lesbians with the girl and swears to defend her
from the description you'd think that it's a busy, campy murderfest thing, and it does start out that way before settling into being a quiet psychological drama with maybe a dash of intrigue. there's a lot of focus on the relationships between characters and their inner conflicts and all that good stuff. things are nicely paced and the characters are all distinct and most of them are fun, though a few of them are flat.
Also it leans on Utena some, what with the whole "lesbian fights classmates to defend the person she cares about who is hiding something" and also little visual flourishes here and there
The speech Rider gives to Lancer's Master was really badass. I like how the implication is that Rider sees something in Velvet that isn't readily apparent.
The speech Rider gives to Lancer's Master was really badass. I like how the implication is that Rider sees something in Velvet that isn't readily apparent.
fate/zero rider is the best servant in the entire fate franchise
The speech Rider gives to Lancer's Master was really badass. I like how the implication is that Rider sees something in Velvet that isn't readily apparent.
fate/zero rider is the best servant in the entire fate franchise
It is about 12 schoolgirl assassins who are given the task of killing their bright, upbeat not-assassin classmate in order to gain their greatest desire. one of the assassins falls in lesbians with the girl and swears to defend her
from the description you'd think that it's a busy, campy murderfest thing, and it does start out that way before settling into being a quiet psychological drama with maybe a dash of intrigue. there's a lot of focus on the relationships between characters and their inner conflicts and all that good stuff. things are nicely paced and the characters are all distinct and most of them are fun, though a few of them are flat.
Also it leans on Utena some, what with the whole "lesbian fights classmates to defend the person she cares about who is hiding something" and also little visual flourishes here and there
Im having a hard time pinning down why exactly I think you'd like it
I think it's because the action/humor balance reminds me of what I saw of cowboy bebop, and also there's the odd old jazz number in the soundtrack and i associate old jazz w/ you
and it's really gorgeous:
(*these are not the best bits mind these are just what i found when i took 5 seconds to google things*)
other selling points:
* the third episode mostly features one of the deuteragonist characters playing a very intense game of alien chess
* characters have names like Zapp Renfro, Leonardo Watch and Blitz T. Abrams
* it all takes place in a future new york that was fused with an alternate reality new york in some kinda weird incident thing and it's a really cool and memorable setting, especially when they get to the really weird parts that dont act like reality should
* also in addition to having cool names the characters are fun
Nah, I'd rather to go into the plot blind. Everything you posted about the show has seriously piqued my curiosity, so I'll give it a try when I have some free time.
I think PUNCH LINE might be like, a classic in the making?
I really have no idea where to begin describing why I think that because the show is so bizarre, but I should say that the jaunty, comedic theme tune is increasingly inappropriate.
I don't really get how Urobuchi is some weird, character-killing monster on the same level as GRRM. I mean, if you ask me, Gankutsuou was more fucked up than anything in Fate/Zero, although the latter probably had a bigger body count (if you count Caster's/Ryuunosuke's murders).
Yeah. I mean, the message of Fate/Zero is that the mindsets of nineties anti-heroes (even sympathetic ones like Kiritsugu) are unsustainable in the long run.
Nah. El-Melloi probably had it worse than Sola-Ui - guy was reduced from a powerful magus to a Viserys-esque figure who could only swear and curse at the only person who would still obey him.
(And if we go by what happened to Kayneth prior to his death, we also have to take Aoi into consideration. Also you can't realistically use "Oh, more guys died!" as a metric in the first place for a variety of reasons.)
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I don't know how to handle a show that tackles such serious questions in a way that's often so frivolous.
Thanks.
The series itself had some interesting touches and some relatable moments, but didn’t add up to an understandable whole to me.
End of Evangelion, however, is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
(The other Jane)
That's Taro Yoko.
Male deaths: Kayneth, Tokiomi, Kariya, Risei, Ryuunosuke, Norikata.
Female deaths: Sola-Ui, Shirley, Maiya, Natalia, Irie.
(And if we go by what happened to Kayneth prior to his death, we also have to take Aoi into consideration. Also you can't realistically use "Oh, more guys died!" as a metric in the first place for a variety of reasons.)