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Postby craner » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:10 am

Any reviews? I just started watching it and it seems pretty good.
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Postby jon_jinn » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:06 pm

well, i don't know about the anime but the manga is FILLED with fanservice so be warned...
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Postby craner » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:03 pm

Well i just watched the first episode on youtube and its alright. I was just seeing if anyone knew the anime well and had seen the season or whatever. Thanks though.
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Postby craner » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:19 pm

Hey i just finished watching all 26 episodes. Awesome anime! No nudity and very little sexual content. The manga is loaded with it but the anime is clean! It's pretty much just a romance so if your interested in that kind of thing it rules! I loved it and am sad it's over because they probably wont make another season.
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Postby Mangafanatic » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:53 pm

THEM seemed to think that there was a very fair amount of fanservice in the show, saying: "The amount of fanservice increases over the show's timeline, with later episodes causing bulging eyes from the sheer quantity of it. Definitely for those older than 13."
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Postby mitsuki lover » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:58 am

It depends probably on the definition of fanservice one uses.
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Postby Mithrandir » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:30 pm

*heroically restrains himself from making a "deffinition of the word is" reference*
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Postby craner » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:00 am

I thought it actually had less fanservice as the show went on. The first episode was the worst and it actually wasn't that bad. I don't know, maybe I'm too soft on my judgement?
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Postby Lady Macbeth » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:52 am

I just went and looked up the anime to have a look. It seems to be a typical boy-girl romance/comedy of errors. Having the female lead be a high-jump athelete is kind of a nice twist to the story. The nudity (and yes there is nudity in the first episode) is limited by proper hair arrangement and cropping. This series is probably aimed at teens, especially considering the high school setting.

I'm not big on this type of story, so I didn't watch much more of it to be able to comment on the rest of the series.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:02 pm

I take it this is a normal boy meets girl type of show and not one where the boy has some deep dark secret like he's really an alien or the girl's actually a robot or something else wierd like that.
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Postby Lady Macbeth » Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:00 pm

mitsuki lover wrote:I take it this is a normal boy meets girl type of show and not one where the boy has some deep dark secret like he's really an alien or the girl's actually a robot or something else wierd like that.


As far as I could tell, yes. The boy is a "typical high school boy" type - the same kind of lead male as seen in series like Ah! My Goddess and the like. Likeable, short dark hair, thoughtful but clumsy and prone to screwing up without intending to. He was (like in many series) the last picked from the waiting list for his new high school.

The lead girl is a high-jump athlete going to his high school because she was scouted for her athletic ability. There are expectations on her that she'll become an Olympic athlete for Japan.

The other characters (the boy's relatives, the classmates, etc) are fairly staple characters.
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Postby craner » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:12 pm

Yeah it was hard for me to get into at first because it did seem quite unoriginal. But I gave it a chance and I ended up being able to connect to the characters quite well and I did end up enjoying it. I'm not really a huge fan of that genre either but this one was good. I guess you have to be into that kind of thing though. Thanks for the comments.
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Postby Kadmos » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:31 pm

Fanservice occasionally happens in the manga.
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