Well, Nanoha isn’t a good series as such. It just has a couple of likable characters, lesbian subtext and a great concept in that the ten-year-old heroine has ungodly amounts of firepower and isn’t afraid to use it. Sailor Moon, Princess Tutu and Card Captor Sakura are all much better examples of the genre.
I liked the magitech. Far too many stories present magic as some kind of opposite to science without realizing that what they actually describe in text is just another subset of natural laws that can be studied and exploited.
But I am mostly familiar with Nanoha through fanfiction, so I can’t speak about the quality of the show itself.
I just know it from season one. It may have been the least satisfying show I’ve ever watch. There was literally not a thing I liked and it actually left my mysterified on what . I know it changes genre every season though.
I specify remember the action scenes in Card Captor being interesting. I would have thought Nohona could have done as well in that department.
A nice way to look at things. The funniest part is that, as far as I know, Gen Urobochi had no previous experience in making a Mahou Shoujo story, and yet he created something epic.
This picture actually gives a very nice crossover idea. It would be so ironic and poetic witnessing a conversation between Sayaka and Archer regarding her Seigi no Mikata speech which Archer knows so well. And then, watching Archer’s face as he sees Sayaka breaking down into a Witch due to the weight of her own idealism, with she realizing she’s been actually acting as a cleaner, destroying the ones who can no longer be saved (the lost souls of Magical Girls whose inevitable fate is to become a Witch), as she turns her face sideways, faces Archer, and then says: “I should’ve listened to you. I have saved a lot of people, yet sorrow and sadness have filled my heart. What do I even care about anymore?” At this point Archer’s eyes widen as he experiences a deja vu. The blue-haired girl lets out in a broken, ragged voice: “I’ve been… Such a fool…”, fresh tears undeniably and swiftly trickling down her cheeks. The world then reforms itself into an unsettling scenario of wheels, concert halls, a ghostly opera and a despair-filled song being played on the background, Oktavia von Seckendorff sitting amidst the chaos. The Witch summons inumerable wheels and launches them towards the red knight. Archer readies his beloved twin Chinese falchions and then says: “Man, that’s why those ideals are shit.”
After watching Madoka, any other Mahou Shoujo anime doesn’t feel that entertaining anymore.
Before watching Madoka, any other Mahou Shoujo anime didn’t feel entertaining at all.
This is because I don’t understand what’s so good about Nanoha that TV Tropes keeps referencing it.
Well, Nanoha isn’t a good series as such. It just has a couple of likable characters, lesbian subtext and a great concept in that the ten-year-old heroine has ungodly amounts of firepower and isn’t afraid to use it. Sailor Moon, Princess Tutu and Card Captor Sakura are all much better examples of the genre.
I liked the magitech. Far too many stories present magic as some kind of opposite to science without realizing that what they actually describe in text is just another subset of natural laws that can be studied and exploited.
But I am mostly familiar with Nanoha through fanfiction, so I can’t speak about the quality of the show itself.
I’m just reading Cardcaptor Sakura for the first time now and wow it’s some quality Clampy goodness. (Well, except for the whole pedophilia thing…)
I just know it from season one. It may have been the least satisfying show I’ve ever watch. There was literally not a thing I liked and it actually left my mysterified on what . I know it changes genre every season though.
I specify remember the action scenes in Card Captor being interesting. I would have thought Nohona could have done as well in that department.
A nice way to look at things. The funniest part is that, as far as I know, Gen Urobochi had no previous experience in making a Mahou Shoujo story, and yet he created something epic.
TvTropes should never, even be trusted.
You should read Shadowjack’s In Which I Watch threads on Sailor Moon. They are quite hilarious and at times dramatic.
Can be found here: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?468442-In-Which-I-Watch-Sailor-Moon
It’s preferable to read the whole thread instead of skipping to recaps themselves as there are a lot of inside jokes.
Going to check it further, and thanks for the recommendation :]
While I belong to the rival church of Nyarlathotep, any celebration is good celebration, so I approve of this post.
Happy Easter to you too, Farla! :-)
http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/d4bfa9837ee26ed16a82604234264f6c1363527305_full.jpg
Kind of amazing how memetic a crappy 80’s movie became, isn’t it?
Well, memes work best if you don’t care about the context, so perhaps people don’t want to chop out tiny bits of good movies as much.
Or perhaps bad movies just have a tendency to rely more on one-liners to cause an impact on the viewer (as opposed to actual good writing)?
Whoa, what’s with the Steven Universe screenshot? :D
There were no good Jesus/god themed macros for it is what. Fandom needs to get to work!
This picture actually gives a very nice crossover idea. It would be so ironic and poetic witnessing a conversation between Sayaka and Archer regarding her Seigi no Mikata speech which Archer knows so well. And then, watching Archer’s face as he sees Sayaka breaking down into a Witch due to the weight of her own idealism, with she realizing she’s been actually acting as a cleaner, destroying the ones who can no longer be saved (the lost souls of Magical Girls whose inevitable fate is to become a Witch), as she turns her face sideways, faces Archer, and then says: “I should’ve listened to you. I have saved a lot of people, yet sorrow and sadness have filled my heart. What do I even care about anymore?” At this point Archer’s eyes widen as he experiences a deja vu. The blue-haired girl lets out in a broken, ragged voice: “I’ve been… Such a fool…”, fresh tears undeniably and swiftly trickling down her cheeks. The world then reforms itself into an unsettling scenario of wheels, concert halls, a ghostly opera and a despair-filled song being played on the background, Oktavia von Seckendorff sitting amidst the chaos. The Witch summons inumerable wheels and launches them towards the red knight. Archer readies his beloved twin Chinese falchions and then says: “Man, that’s why those ideals are shit.”