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[jonesy]

Been watching Claymore. It's a really interesting anime and I like the style and the setup. But for crying out loud, I'm only through the second episode and they've already gone through the whole 'Claymores themselves are half-monster' thing twenty times (and I'm not even exaggerating). I get it, shut up already. Not even werewolf stories spend this much time talking about the half-monster aspect.

 

[Scott DeWar]

What are we talking about? Nurses like knives?

naw, warning the nurses of the ornery critter known as David Johannes that uses the pseudonym Scott DeWar on En World. he is a bull headed stubborn old fart

 

[Relique du Madde]

Watamote... most cringe worthy anime in existence.

It's like watching a puppy play with a teddy bear on a side walk only realize that the side walk it is playing on is a rail crossing and two trains are about to collide head on into it.

 

[jonesy]

Tvtropes does classify it as Cringe Comedy. It could use a bit more comedy, though. If they're just doing commentary on the otaku culture it's fine, I suppose, but if they want to entertain too it needs more substance.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Grr... Stupid tappatalk. I typed a reply like 3 times and it kept saying I wasn't logged in so it wasn't allowing me to quick reply.

The gist of what I posted was that Watamote probably appeals to the audience's subconscious desire of utilizing a masochistic projection rooted in schadenfreude to make themselves feel good about their otaku-ness.

 

[jonesy]

Now that you mention it I can't think of an anime that relies as much on shadenfreude as Watamote does.

Edit: the closest anything is probably Meet The Parents.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Lol... My message was mangled. Damn you touch screen technology. Why must you fail.

On a random note, the ending of las week's SWA episode bothered me, not because Yura cheated but because the circumstances behind her cheating was so flimsy and unrealistic that in an actual paintball or airgun match she would have made her kill shot then been eliminated.

 

[jonesy]

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Fascinating...citizen.

 

[jonesy]

Hmm. A Paranoia campaign set in Mega City One. With the players not playing Judges or anyone connected to them. Might be even more brutal to the party than a normal Paranoia game. "The Hall of Justice is your friend, citizen."