No.23171
>>23169Who are you quoting?
No.23173
>>23171Anon, are you okay?
No.23186
>>23173I will be once you divulge the whereabouts of the source from which you should've quoted.
No.23187
>>23171>>23186It's ironic that /jp/ doesn't want greentexting on their board because they think of it as some unwanted outsider meme, but then they go on other boards and expect people to abide by their own anti-greentexting meme.
No.23190
Also, this is a good show.
No.23191
>>23187>>23186But he used quotation function properly. Is this suppose to be a pretend?
No.23192
>>23187>>23188I come here to escape posts like these.
No.23193
>>23192What, do you want collectivist us vs them about 4chan meta on a site that has nothing to do with it?
No.23198
>>23190Now that's a pretty bold claim. What makes you say that?
No.23205
>>23198Not that guy butvany show that involves sex metaphors in mecha piloting is good.
No.23206
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No.23217
>>23198Even though there's a lot of cliche, I think it's fun to watch, as much as a buzzword that is. I could see how many anons think that it's trite, though.
No.23250
>>23247Hiro's okay too, but he's starting to suffer from MC syndrome. I was hoping he'd not go along with the asinine decisions the redhead and the other guy were pulling, but I guess it can't be helped. We'll likely have to wait another while for him to pilot again.
No.23257
>>23254A fair chunk of why I haven't dropped it yet is because I'm hoping to see his face get the thorough punching it deserves.
Also if they're supposed to be raising these kids specifically to sync with each other mentally and emotionally, they are doing a breathtakingly bad job of it.
No.23264
>>23250>startingHe's been almost insufferable from the beginning. I don't see a change.
No.23275
>>23187Proper greentexting isn't exclusive to /jp/ culture
No.23276
>>23254>>23257I think Miku and Dickfag are actually the cutest pair so far, at least it' the only one that's shown actual care for one another
>>23264I guess, but it wasn't as annoying at the start since I was giving the benefit of the doubt. He's running out of time.
No.23385
>>23384I don't think she could support my weight.
No.23390
>>23387I'm an obese loli.
No.23392
>>23386Yeah, that was a fucking great episode. I would have had this as episode 3 honestly, but I guess waiting a bit more made it more enjoyable.
No.23407
>>23401Yes, this is exactly what I wanted from this show.
No.23414
>>23407It's a shame (but unsurprising) that 002 is the focus of most of the fanart. The mechs are much cuter and dickable.
No.23424
Damn, where did this show and it's budget come from? I watched the first episode and it's been a while since I've seen a TV anime that was so consistently animated. I hope it keeps up.
No.23427
>>23424Oh, anon. Of course it doesn't.
No.23442
>>23401So would that be a foursome?
No.23581
>>2357917 more episode until it we reach the End of Evangelion.
No.23583
>>23581The way I see it, Darling in the Franxx exists to answer the question "has it been long enough that we can make an Eva ripoff and not give a shit when people point out it's an Eva ripoff?". The answer seems to be yes, and I'm enjoying the results.
>>23558Makes perfect sense as long as the tumors are either symbolism for or psychosomatically caused by self-doubt. Otherwise it's a case for a medical journal.
No.23589
>>23583>Makes perfect sense as long as the tumors are either symbolism for or psychosomatically caused by self-doubtThat's one hell of a psychosomatic effect. Hopefully they'll explain this later on.
No.23591
>>23589>>23583They enter each other's concious. And Zero Two has monster blood in her. Must be some sort of parasite or something, which eats away the a week-willed host, but got his shit together.
Basically he got AIDS from her.
No.23592
>>23591You still could be right about a parasite or whatever, but I'm pretty sure the tumors themselves are unique to Hiro.
>>23589>Hopefully they'll explain this later onConsidering it's trigger I've not exactly got my hopes up.
No.23593
>>23592>Considering it's triggerIsn't Trigger's involvement mostly with the battles?
No.23636
>>23630I opened this episode and then promptly closed it after hearing those words. Is it really just a beach episode?
No.23637
>>23636Are you really that much of a fag?
No.23638
>>23636It is a beach episode done right with some cool exploration.
No.23639
There are five different female swimsuit designs, despite clearly being uniform items.
I want to see more post-apocalyptic ghost towns.
No.23641
This whole rear-genital-outline-through-tight-clothes thing has always struck me as really weird in an all-audiences context. Like yeah, it's correct, but you don't just do it as a matter of course. You have to design the outfit, pose, and camera angle for it.
It's actually stuff like this that keeps me from recommending shows like Flip Flappers to everyone. Maybe in the context of this story/studio it fits better, and maybe it's just me not being Japanese, but when the point isn't sex, going out of your way to show a character's genitals (even if not directly) seems, for lack of a better word, inappropriate. No less so because they're explicitly underage.
(Note that when it's something like Vividred Operation and underage genitals outlined through tight clothes from behind is in fact the entire raison d'être of the show, that's a different discussion entirely.)
No.23644
>>23641>It's actually stuff like this that keeps me from recommending shows like Flip Flappers to everyone.All's well that ends well then. If the result of this is that you refrain from hyping over-hyped shows and drawing people into a hobby they're not willing to learn to appreciate for what it is, I welcome it. You may think I'm being cynical, but I'm just echoing your words. You believe these people are better off not watching something they'd consider inappropriate, and I agree and merely add: so are the rest of us.
Sounds to me like your difficulties arise not from not being Japanese but from trying to force a particular set of values onto a work that wasn't built upon them. You postulate that late-night anime is an all-audiences medium, and that there should be a hard distinction between sex-is-the-point and sex-isn't-the-point works. Why? For the human mind sex is nearly always the point, and in fact if you were witnessing that scene from where the camera is you'd be checking out that dude's ass and balls just as I've been doing as I wrote this up. What is this composition and camera angle but an attempt to mimic that?
This isn't to say that sex shouldn't be the point of a show that's a running metaphor for sex. That'd be a valid point but it only applies to certain anime.
No.23655
>>23641>in an all-audiences context. Like yeah, it's correct, but you don't just do it as a matter of course.What kind of trolling is this? Is it supposed to be funny?
No.23700
>>23641If a show isn't good enough to stand on its own despite some "objectionable content" then it isn't worth recommending anyway.
In any case, you should be recommending the classics to people rather than seasonal shit like Flip Flappers, especially now that anime is becoming mainstream and people are more willing to give good shows a chance.
Also note that Western media also has an unhealthy obsession with sexuality. It's nothing new to anybody.
No.23720
This would be a lot better if there were more mecha scenes.
No.23744
>>23742I still do not understand who this person is and why she has any following.
No.23745
>>23742I am not going to bed happy tonight.
No.23746
>>23742I did not need to know this happened.
No.23765
>>23744did you try wikipedia
No.23801
>>23799Surely they won't keep this for much more. Something will probably happen until the end of the cour or in the beginning of the next and the real purpose of their team will come to light. Probably start moving towards the frontlines. Except if they think to have another season. Then, oh boy, get ready for some slow ass episodic dramas for weeks to come.
No.23807
I just want more mecha fanservice. (And I'm not just talking about ecchi.) Is that too much to ask for?
>>23799>I refuse to enjoy such an episode where the drama stems from an emergency escape system that only ejects one of the pilots. It was fucking retard. Surly the writers could've put more thought into this.
No.23809
>>23807Can you even call it a mecha? The robots move like humans. Even their faces. They are more like cosplay costumes.
No.23811
>the real purpose of their team will come to light
Doktor Franxx is competing against another designer whose mechs require only one pilot and run on spiral power.
No.24083
>>23809Mecha's pretty broad and can cover some ridiculous "robots." They're getting into cockpits to pilot huge bipedal weapons, not punching things with their own hands.
The spirit of mecha is to let a helpless, tiny flesh blob become awesome and powerful by piloting a superscience device, and this whole show is about that.
No.24335
>>24319So far that's keikaku doori for Ichigo. The problem is 02 shooting herself in the foot because she has to be a berserk monster for some reason. Hopefully they'll get that big battle started and shake everything up.
No.24669
>>24657I'm sure Dr. Franxx would enjoy the data from a high impact nines vs. babymakers mecha orgy. Both squads could really get into it.
No.24924
So I'm guessing humanity and the klaxosaurs will be teaming up to fight the space invaders.
At least we got some mecha ass.
>>24669I'd much prefer some data on our gloriously flat hime draining the semen out of pilots.
No.24962
Are people still actually watching this show or are they just 'watching' it in the sense of people watching re:creators?
No.24966
>>24962I don't think it is great or anything, but definitely better than RE:Creators.
No.24967
>>24966I dropped it after it went full trigger around episode 14-15
Did it regain its sanity?
No.24968
>>24962I dropped it on episode 14, it pretty much confirmed for me the show wasn't going in a direction I'm interested in.
No.24971
>>24968>it pretty much confirmed for me the show wasn't going in a direction I'm interested in.Did you want it to go in TLR direction because it literally went in TTGL direction.
No.24974
>>24971But I don't want to watch TTGL where all the characters are from some angsty romance show.
No.25010
>>24962I have a lot of free time, and I think the hime is cute.
No.25013
To me this is one of those kinds of shows that looks awful in every way but I would watch anyway just because a lot of other people are and I want to keep up with what's relevant in the anime fandom.
But I stopped watching shows like that in 2014, when I decided that SAO II wasn't really worth it.
No.25016
>>24962It may be ridiculous, but it's interesting and the technical production is pretty good. Annihilating everything from space is the ideal solution to having too much personal romance angst.
No.25020
RIP DR FRANXX
No.25037
>>24962I watched it up to episode 8 and still wasn't seeing anything appealing about it outside of 02 being cute and the robots being fuckable, and fan artists have greatly disappointed me in regards to the latter.
I don't see where all the hype for this comes from beyond it having Trigger's name attached to it nor do I see any reason to keep watching.
No.25040
>>25037I dropped it for a few weeks around that point, then caught up one day in a fit of uncharacteristic boredom. It does get better, but I can totally understand not wanting to give it the time.
No.25321
How can a show, whose characters end up in outer space, feel so small?
No.25322
>>25321Well did they make space really feel vast? Not really. Forget about that. There wasn't much of a meaningful build to it, nor meaningful time spend on it. It was all about the characters themselves and their masturbation over their rediscovery of humanity. The setting didn't matter.
Think about it, even TTGL. Not that I remember it that good, but I am pretty sure it had a little more of a build up to them going to space, though it was still kind of a sudden thing after the time skip. That said the "Earth" arc of it got a satisfying ending. In FranXX they didn't really achieve much of anything on Earth. They didn't win against anything. They didn't wage a war against the adults. Nothing of the sort. Things just changed and the characters, had little to no input on it.
What about the space arc of TTGL? I don't remember how long it was, but if I remember correctly that they didn't spend more than 2-3 episodes on Earth after the time skip, therefore most of the second half of the anime was in space. That's why it was a 3-cour anime. It wouldn't have worked otherwise. And it was a long, hard struggle to get to where they went. They had to suffer a lot, experience even more losses. With a journey of war and survival. In FranXX? One episode in Mars where the characters (mostly Zero Two and Hiro) fap to each other and then another episode of the same. They warped somewhere closer, though it still wasn't close enough. Regardless of that, it was only the two of them. Not much of a story to tell. Not much of a sacrifice to tell, other than just theirs. But they didn't even make it feel as they sacrificed themselves. Everyone believed everything is going to work out just fine anyway, even for the two of them. And it did. What about (TTGL spoilers, in case someone hasn't seen it)
Simon and Nia? Or even to go further back, Kamina and Yoko? Even the rest of the cast. In FranXX the space was time skip after time skip. I mean, it made sense considering the plot, but the plot wasn't good to begin with. There was a lot of human fapping, but no real human drama. The suffering of the human struggle to exist. What we as humans might really see as what it is to be actually human, probably rightfully so, and relate the most to. In FranXX the characters were victories, but it doesn't feel like they won against anything. In TTGL they suffered and suffered and only then won. They won by losing the reasons they had for living. They won, yet the main characters remained living in suffering. Tragic heroes through and through.
So ultimately, in FranXX there was almost nothing to relate to, so it felt small and pointless.
No.25340
>>25322I'm awful at articulating the reasons why I (dis)like something, and you explained every problem I have with the show. So thank you, anon!
Throughout the entirety of the show, I only felt emotionally invested once, and that was the little oni episode. Your comparison with TTGL is apt; the former's portrayal of conflict was done so much better than Franxx's depiction of war. There was too much space where I felt that little progression was occurring, and when it did occur, it wasn't compelling, and the subsequent moments felt disconnected.
I try to enjoy a show for what it is, and I really wanted to enjoy Franxx, but in the end, I felt like I wasted a bit of my time watching this series.
No.25365
>>25322>One episode in Mars where the characters (mostly Zero Two and Hiro) fap to each other>There was a lot of human fappingI'm not sure if you're being literal or figurative. I hope it's literal.
No.25393
I feel like people took this shit way too seriously, I thought it was just an entertaining mech show angsty teen drama. The TTGL shit at the end was just an extra fun bonus.
No.25397
>>25393I'm sure some people did, but Franxx repeatedly fell below my threshold for entertainment of any kind. Hell, even the "twist" was boring to me.
I'm not picky; I just want something to entertain me so that I can forget about my shit life.
No.25463
>>25322>>25340Space ended up being a honeymoon like they suggested: the climax of the story had already passed before they went to space, and it just physically represented their conclusions. You're right that a third cours would've been needed to flesh it out into a proper arc.
As for things to relate to and "winning" on Earth, it was characters vs. the environment with winning being producing the next generation. Not everyone will relate to that and it was absurdly rushed.
At least they made the ending look pretty, so I'm not exactly disappointed.