Guilty Crown

[AsukaYui]

Watched up to EP 6 so far

Spoiler:

What's the point of Gai shooting Kyo?
Gai used his Plot Armor (that was a large crater from the Satellite cannon but ended up surviving alone)

Edit:

I've watched up to EP 16

Spoiler:

This is becoming a Bloodshed already even without GHQ Interfering

Voids are that fragile that it can break easily?

Gai?! How?!

[myskaros]

Sci-fi anime has sci-fi tropes. SO SURPRISED! </sarcasm>

Spoiler:

In all seriousness, I'm still very interested. You don't often see anime that tries to portray normal people in extraordinary circumstances. All Shu has is his power, he's not very special otherwise. I think his actions are quite believable. As opposed to, say, Code Geass or Full Metal Alchemist, where the main characters are all prodigies with ridiculous circumstances. Unless we find out that Kurosu was actually like an alien prince or something. Then I cheerfully retract my praise for GC ^_^

Sure, it's easier to like a protagonist who displays integrity and morality, but it's easier to sympathize with one who succumbs to weakness, since it's much more cathartic to see them overcome that weakness. Ones with both kind of follow the "calculated hero" trope à la Luke Skywalker or Frodo Baggins, where the layout is just so perfect that it circles back to unbelievable. Maybe Guilty Crown is impeding upon the latter's territory, but it's been hidden well enough for me :X

[vampko]

It's just boring to me. The series is nearing its end, and they pull the same bleagh they pulled at the beginning. Well, I can't say for certain cause I"m just going off of read spoilers and such, but basically it's just Shu reverting. That, and it just seems like the show got way too dark and bleagh. They had a lot of potential to have something really amazing, but they turned it into yet another dramafest.

[myskaros]

It's just boring to me. The series is nearing its end, and they pull the same bleagh they pulled at the beginning. Well, I can't say for certain cause I"m just going off of read spoilers and such, but basically it's just Shu reverting. That, and it just seems like the show got way too dark and bleagh. They had a lot of potential to have something really amazing, but they turned it into yet another dramafest.

Well, you can't like 'em all. I mean, you could, but life needs things you don't like in order to make the things you do that much better

At least Nisemonogatari is kind of a unanimous win for this board

[Obake]

Shu's waffling earlier in the series got pretty old, but the show's doing quite well now.

Spoiler:

Trusting Yahiro isn't exactly a smart move given his history, but I can easily see how Shu would do as he's done out of perceived necessity. And now he knows he has power over life and death, and already indirectly caused 2 deaths, he's becoming completely corrupted by it. Redemption stories are always fun to watch.

Oh, and Mana's coming back through Inori. I expect her to proposition Shu again, but the way he is now I think he'll accept this time.

[AsukaYui]

Should I still continue watching this?

Ep 17

Spoiler:

Rumor spreads and all of them have a rebellion against Shu

What's the point of using other students as cannon fodder, Shu can just mad rush with inori's void
and he is shown wielding two Voids at once why not do it with her and the one he needed to take down the tower.

In the end Shu ended up being discarded and at the same time received a fatal injury

CG R2?

[Rydux]

Spoiler:

God, the Director really loves fucking with Shu...
This crap has Lord of the Flies vibe all over...

[LAMV]

Should I still continue watching this?

Ep 17

Spoiler:

Rumor spreads and all of them have a rebellion against Shu

What's the point of using other students as cannon fodder, Shu can just mad rush with inori's void
and he is shown wielding two Voids at once why not do it with her and the one he needed to take down the tower.

In the end Shu ended up being discarded and at the same time received a fatal injury

CG R2?

Spoiler:

The "cannon fodder" distracted the majority of the mecha. If Shu went out on his own he would have had to deal with all 100 or so of them. Even Shu isn't godly.

[myskaros]

The story is interesting enough that I want to see how it resolves, but you won't hear me singing praises for this show. I personally don't feel it's doing anything wrong in particular, but... it's just wasted potential in my mind, now. They could have capitalized on so many different plot directions, but chose one that I find less interesting.

[Obake]

I really like the way the show has gone, but at the same time it is quite a downer. As it is, I probably won't want to watch it again for a long time if ever, but definitely glad to have seen it. Kind like Infinite Ryvius in that way.

If it took a more pleasant route it'd be something I could watch again and again, but it also wouldn't stand out from the crowd.

[AsukaYui]

Spoiler:

The "cannon fodder" distracted the majority of the mecha. If Shu went out on his own he would have had to deal with all 100 or so of them. Even Shu isn't godly.

Spoiler:

He can one hit kill them literally and his wave slash attack has an auto-target and chain feature from what I saw from the previous episodes.

Inori's void is broken

and can't he just draw his own void?

[leinaud]

Spoiler:

The "cannon fodder" distracted the majority of the mecha. If Shu went out on his own he would have had to deal with all 100 or so of them. Even Shu isn't godly.

Spoiler:

He can one hit kill them literally and his wave slash attack has an auto-target and chain feature from what I saw from the previous episodes.

Inori's void is broken

and can't he just draw his own void?

Well not any more

[myskaros]

Well not any more

Spoiler:

Now he might need

/shades

a helping hand.

[Rydux]

Well not any more

Spoiler:

Now he might need

/shades

a helping hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o

[LAMV]

Well not any more

Spoiler:

Now he might need

/shades

a helping hand.