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Afterwards I tried to get into Fooly Cooly and High school of the dead, and neither appealed to me. However, I am loving One Piece.

Go back to Fooly Cooly. This will be you for almost all of it:

"What... why... this doesn't... huh?"

And then you with watch the end. And you will be glad.

I'm looking for an anime that features an American foreign exchange student to japan. Does one exist? no idea.

Wasn't there one that was like Gens... G.. something. It's a school club and there's this American girl that supposedly only talks in anime quotes or something.

Ai Yori Aoshi has an American exchange student in its main cast.

Code Geass... hehehe. Totally counts, right?

Soul Eater

Love Hina sort-of-but-not-really has one. He's not really a student any more.

I can't think of many others at the moment, but I feel like there are more.



As for the spoilers discussion, I share MrWiggles's opinion on them as they apply to myself for the most part, but I can see how it detracts from the experience of others. When I was younger, I actually quite often spoiled things for my peers as I simply didn't understand at the time that it was poor etiquette to do so. Afterwards I didn't really understand the reasoning behind it, but I've come to acknowledge it.

I agree with MrWiggles that the story needs to hold up on its own, that it's about the entire story and not just about the big reveal at the end that needs to hold your attention. If story is completely worthless after being told the ending, then the story itself is completely poor.

That said, there is a certain enjoyment in being surprised by things, and of having your own guesses as to what the future might be and then told that you were not so clever as you thought. Case in point, I recently watched The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and on numerous occasions I thought "I totally see where this is going. This is going to be important later, I just know it." Then the show proved to be better than that and kept me thinking. In the end, most of my predictions were wrong because it suddenly shifted from setting up a cliche to telling a good story. I thought that was quite clever, to encourage the audience to tunnel-vision the ending and then surprise them pleasantly. Of course, my experience probably isn't the only one, but I'm just saying that if it were spoiled to me, I wouldn't have been as happy with the outcome.

Similarly, not having a series spoiled gives you a lot more in rewatchability (if the media itself is worthy of a reread to begin with). If you finish a series and then reread from the beginning, often times you'll see something you missed: little details of no real importance but might be symbolic or foreshadowing when see them the second time. If the ending is spoiled, then one would be on the watch for hints at the end from the very start (and not having a very clear picture of the ending, this process is often clumsy and ends up in misinterpretations). This may go so far as one not really enjoying the media and instead trying to scrutinize everything, similar to watching a film when the viewer knows they are taking a memory test involving what they watch.

I've enjoyed quite a few series without them being spoiled, and I've enjoyed quite a few with them being spoiled. Some I definitely know I wouldn't have enjoyed as much if they had been spoiled, and others it didn't really matter. The best series, in my opinion, are those in which the story is very well made to keep the audience entertained as they skillfully manipulate the assumptions of the audience into creating their own surprise. Such series wouldn't be ruined by spoiling them, but doing so would rob the audience of the full experience. That, at least, should be respected.

Both are fanservice. It's simply the sexual kind people are obsessed with complaining about.

Well, if it didn't outright ruin some anime... (I'm looking at you, Rosario + Vampire)

what is a good netflixable anime to watch? (I know I asked this before).

Darker Than Black is on there, really enjoyed the first season, I'm going to start the second someday soon.

(japanese have no self defense force per the loss of ww2 right?)

No, they have a self defense force, but that's all they have. They do not have any standing military to be used for offense, just enough to defend their own homeland (with the help of US forces stationed there).

Ahhh, okay, gotcha. Also, I'm really glad you meant "stoop", because my brain wanted to invert itself in horror.

However, the thing with that gif could be fine with it being in Naruto if it is actually a popular martial arts kata, and not just ripped from film. Bruce Lee also founded his own school (and style) of martial arts, which borrows heavily on other martial arts. Just Saiyan.

An Occupy tentground just popped up at my university. Seems like they are pretty serious about it, which is good. I hope they generate a bit more discussion on the movement.

Quote from: Hawkfrost on March 13, 2012, 02:04:41 am

I think next I'll check out Cowboy Bebop or Black Lagoon after all these silly shows I've watched recently, my mind craves something with a bit more action and focus.

Samurai Champloo would also be good for that.

That's silly action though. Sounds like he wants something more serious. If that is the case, then Cowboy Bebop and Black Lagoon are good choices.

I just finished watching Black Lagoon: Second Barrage. There's very few shows that capture my attention such that the moment I finish an ep, I immediately start up the next one. Any show like that immediately earns an automatic recommendation.

I mean, I kind of want to see what happens next. The ending is good and all, but it's really obvious that there's alot more development that the characters can receive.

Well, as far as I'm aware, the manga isn't finished. Apparently, the rest of the anime is being completed in a set of OVAs, so you might find what you want there.

Been reading Ai Yori Aoshi. I think I like Umi no Misaki more overall, but we'll see where this goes.

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