Yay, KyoAni finally does something WORTH WATCHING again. Something that can help cure the 8 years of Kyo-Disaster
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While I love the manga if you didnāt like Hibike youāre probably not gonna like this. Also 8 years? After Story, Nichjou, K-On, Chu-2, Hyouka, Free were all released less than 8 years ago.if you didnāt like any of those you are for sure not going to like A Silent Voice.
Oh, I liked Hibike. But most of the things after After Story were pretty average. Iāve watched K-On and Chuu and Free and Hyouka but for the most part, they were pretty much plotless and episodic. But this is having a movie adaption. KyoAniās series might not be as well, but their movie adaptions (not recap) are pretty good.
OK if it was the episodic nature youād probably be fine. Itās a teen drama with SoL elements which is similar to a lot of their shows which is why I thought you might not like it. Even if this was a TV series it probably wouldnāt be episodic anyway.
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Iām one of those people who enjoyed it a lot. I can see why you dropped it though, the characters may seem archetypal in the surface considering the plot-driven storytelling, but they actually have a lot of depth, and while the Arakawa manga did well to capture that (at the expense of a really, really slow pace, but it actually works for its kind of story), the anime kind of didnāt do it very well.
As an example, Silvermask might only begin having in-depth exploration of his character by Season 2, but there was already so much exploration to his character in the manga early on, especially considering how far the manga was left behind story-wise. :<
Iād actually like to recommend the manga if the story is your thing. It had better character interactions and exploration, and a more solid storytelling in general, but if you already found the pacing of the anime to be slow, I donāt know if the mangaās pacing will work for you though. Also the manga art was inconsistent at first, but itās actually improving (unlike the anime haha).
Fuck, I was so excited for it too.
CAN YOU FEEEL ZA RAAAAAAAAAAV TONAAAAAAAAAAAAIGHT
I guess I found my favorite show of this season
fuking Hikaru Midorikawa voicing perfect men
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You should mention the title of the anime so that we can find what youāre talking about 
just look at the subs in the pic, thats the name of the show !
Depends on why you didnāt like Hibike. If it was because you donāt like band club anime youāll be fine.
See the difference between all those examples you mentioned and Koe no Katachi is that it actually has substance
Hibike almost had substance. Aaaaaalmost. Theyāre getting there.
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If you mean that long list I was listing shows worth watching Kyoani made post-2008 not comparing to Koe no Katachi, if you just mean Hibike I think there was substance in its plot.
Hibike had a nice animation, it was rightfully anticipated and detailedā¦ Andā¦ Umā¦ (tries to think about other good things about the anime) There was that one BGM track I really likedā¦
In fact, it was the first KyoAni show I did not drop (tried Chuu2 but way too much comedy and Hyouka had its characters movements stupidly forced and an uninteresting story I couldn`t help but drop it in the 1st episode)
So all is not fine then. :komue:
What do you mean by substance?
Iām currently watching Barakamon, and Iām almost done with the series at this point so Iām pretty certain i can judge it.
God this series is fantastic. I know Iām a bit late on the hype train, but itās subject really got to me. I recommend it to anyone who wants to find an actually good slice of life anime. When I started, I expected stupid ācomedyā with few good moments, but the show totally surprised me with life lessons, feel good moments, unique and fun characters and a fantastic soundtrack. Honestly, itās worth a shot
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No, thereās a misunderstanding here; Iām saying that all those shows you listed arenāt worth watching
Oh except you put in After Story and Nichijou and I didnāt realize that, so thatās my mistake. But everything after those in the listā¦ wellā¦
I personally canāt talk about Hibike Euphonium because I never watched it butā¦ Why is it that people are constantly comparing Koe no Katachi to Hibike Euphonium? Plot-wise, I donāt see how theyāre any similar, and just comparing it to the genre (teen drama with SoL elements) then thereās a lot more to compare it with.
Decent character growth, for one? At least, the Koe no Katachi one-shot had a lot of then in a short period of time
really? I loved K-On and the first season of Chu-2.[quote=āPepe, post:387, topic:27ā]
Plot-wise, I donāt see how theyāre any similar, and just comparing it to the genre (teen drama with SoL elements) then thereās a lot more to compare it with.
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The main reason was @Totoro_Futaki said [quote=āTotoro_Futaki, post:369, topic:27ā]
Yay, KyoAni finally does something WORTH WATCHING again.
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which I took to mean he didnāt like anything theyāve made in 8 years, looking at what theyāve done almost everything is SoL (or has elements) and I couldnāt imagine it just being a coincidence he didnāt like 6 fairly popular shows so I tried finding something they had in common which would either be 1. drama (usually school-life/teen) with SoL elements (or no drama such as Nichijou and K-On) or 2. the episodic thing but since the original comment implies everything in 8 years that included Clannad After Story and Hibike which arenāt episodic. I brought it up saying KnK would be a teen drama with SoL elements and since Hibike is their newest show that fits that bill I just used it.[quote=āPepe, post:387, topic:27ā]
Decent character growth, for one?
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If youād like I can link someoneās ~80 min video (split in two parts) talking about why he loves K-On! including showing how Yui grows through the series despite being based off a gag manga. Chu-2 and Hibike also had character growth and since Free is a sports series Iād assume it does but I havenāt seen it.
Free is full of melodrama.
Only noticeable character growths would be Haru.
Everyone else either has no character growth, or very vague, or only 1 tiny character growth scene.
Of course, even with Haru, he doesnāt even change much from the beginning towards the ending.
Are we talking about character growth in terms of personality, or outlook on things ?
I donāt know if the āchildhoodā flashbacks are included, but Iām only speaking about episode 1 from their high school days - forward.
If childhood flashbacks are also included, the only other person to have a somewhat character growth would be Rin.
