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How every goddamn Slice-Of-Life anime nowadays involves some kind of club.

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-09-21 17:00:43 in General
[tɕagɛn]

I swear, I just noticed this.

Damn near every Slice-of-Life anime that's come out in the past 2 years has two main characters create a club for school and then the other characters join. I blame K-On!, but eh. I wish they would use something a little more different and original than that.

The only SoL Anime I'm gonna be watching this fall is Kimi to Boku.

Comments

  • DYREDYRE

    Nichijou.  A Channel.  Shinryaku! Ika Musume.  Working'!!.  A bunch of others that I didn't mention.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-09-21 17:06:25
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    You blame K-On!?

    Even though Haruhi did it first and is way more popular?

    Also, come to think of it, Haruhi and K-on are the only ones I've seen with clubs.

    So Ra No Wo To has a tank unit.... that's sort of a club...
  • DYREDYRE
    ^ Also that.
  • MoerinMoerin
    Bare in mind this is Chagen speaking, Malk.  >.>
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]

    "Also, come to think of it, Haruhi and K-on are the only ones I've seen with clubs"


    I'm pretty sure MM! has one. As will the about-to-air Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai.

  • MoerinMoerin
    So that's two that might have one.  Compared to the examples listed above that don't.

    ...A case of small reference pools, methinks. >.>
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    edited 2011-09-21 17:25:17
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Also, I don't see why having a club is such a bad thing. It's a good narrative tool for bringing a bunch of different people together. I've met loads of amusing weirdos thanks to clubs and even been one on occasion.
  • MoerinMoerin
    Also that.  Clubs are cool.  Why're you hating on clubs, man?  And it's not like they're all the same because they have a club.  There's so many types of clubs out there that there's room for countless different stories.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]

    "Also that.  Clubs are cool.  Why're you hating on clubs, man?"


    Cultural gap. The Japanese may be used to clubs, but I'm just more used to people chilling at someone's house, since...we do that in America.


    In that case, though, I shouldn't be bitching...>_>


    I'm still only watching Kimi to Boku, though. I hope there's some delicious Ho Yay~♥

  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-09-21 17:23:16
    Shinryaku!? Ika Musume is airing next season.  Since it's going to be the best show of the season (mostly because almost every other show next season is going to suck), you should probably be watching that.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I'd rather wait for when the first season is released on DVD so I can watch that. I know the show has basically no continuity at all, but I like to go in order, eh?
  • MoerinMoerin
    Hey, next season's going to have Fate/Zero, which is, like, going to be the first time I've tried to watch a series as it airs for a long time.

    ...I mean, I just can't say no to anyone as silly awesome as Zero!Rider~
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I'm excited for Future Diary (cue DYRE flipping out) and Persona the animation.

    Anybody got any further suggestions?
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    ^^ -brofist-
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I would watch Fate/Zero, but I've never played the original Fate/Stay Night or watched the anime.
  • MoerinMoerin
    edited 2011-09-21 17:33:51
    You don't need to watch it F/SN to understand Fate/Zero.  It's its own story, even if it is a prequel to F/SN.

    ...You should totally get around to reading F/SN at some point, though.  'Tis most awesome~  Other than the, uh, h-scenes, which are badly written, but hey, Nasu's never been good at writing sex, so yeah. >.>
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I want to see these Nasu H-Scenes just to see if they really are that bad/irrelvant to the story.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    I mostly just skipped past them and didn't really even look at the pictures, cuz I was reading it for the story and the badass.
  • MoerinMoerin
    edited 2011-09-21 17:35:17
    One word: Mollusks.

    Also hells yeah.  I'm here to see Saber break stuff, not, uh, Shirou's badly drawn/censored penis.  Shiki is hotter anyways Ahem. >.> <.<
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-09-21 18:58:46

    I have no interest in Fate/Zero.  Mostly since the only thing I've ever really heard about it is that Gen Urobuchi is involved, which does not seem to be a good thing.

    Anyway, I'll watch Persona 4 since I loved the game, but... I don't actually have any particularly high expectations for it.  Anyway, other than that and Ika Musume, there doesn't really seem to be anything else that doesn't look... extremely mediocre (or is a sequel to something I haven't seen yet).  Still, I'll probably be checking out some other shows anyway, since 2 shows is not nearly enough.

  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    Even Live Action TV is getting into the action.


  • NoimportaNoimporta
    edited 2011-09-21 19:27:19
    I have no interest in Fate/Zero.  Mostly since the only thing I've ever
    really heard about it is that Gen Urobuchi is involved, which does not
    seem to be a good thing.

    I'm hoping Nasu and Urobuchi nullify each other and the result ends up being good.
  • ViviVivi
    $80+ per session
    Um...America has a lot of clubs too Chagen.
  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    Moerin: However, F/Z has major spoilers for FSN.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^It's quite possible he goes to an American school that doesn't, however.
  • MoeDantesMoeDantes
    no longer cuddly, but still Edmond
    Didn't Clannad do the whole "club" thing before either Haruhi or K-On even existed?

    In Japan, schools practically run on clubs, so its no surprise they come up a lot in fiction. They even come up in the earlier (1980s) works of Rumiko Takahashi (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2).

    Could be worse.... they could be shillelaghs.
  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    And now I can't help but think of SEES/NAT from Persona 3.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    ^^Clannad's first premiere is in 2004, Haruhi's first story was in 2003.
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