Because there arent 2 other angel beat threads.

>>34893706
I don't think you understand how we operate.

>>34893692
too much starcraft.

It was pretty good. Has both tearjerker, comedy, Brotonashi x Kanade HNGGG moments, and DAT CLIFFHANGER

it's weird having Tenshi and her SC replacement be bros with the Battlefront, but there needs to be an enemy, so one showed up at the end of the episode.

>>34893762
Did I say "both"? Fucking typos.

Kanade in sun hat.

HHHHNNNNGNGGGG

>>34893766

Befriend who they might, they'll never get away from having a villain.

I lol'd hard at the clothespin part

imo the first two angel beats were far superior in any of the rest, they seemed to have promised much more depth to the future of the series (Yuri's past and fighting against a heartless God). However now it really just seems even more like Haruhi V2

thought it was complete garbage at first, then realized oh wait somethings gotta happen to explain this stupid shit to make it less stupid.

it doesn't take itself too seriously, the comedy works, and the plot is.... ahh never mind about the plot - the rest works right?

Good episode IMO.

I guess SSS will start to hate Tenshi (this time may include Otonashi) again after her harmonic skill went haywire in the next episode.

>>34893975
at least this series has spawned some good gif's

The main villain is God.

Where is John Connor?

I thought Naoi's Heel Face Turn was a bit strange and rushed, but the scene with him and Hinata in the beginning was the best ever.

>>34896484
Otonashi's cock converted him.

>>34896484
His hypnotism is hax.

Am a Shadow. The true self.

>>34896897
YOU'RE NOT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

>>34893975
no, Otonashi is smarter than that, if anything he will be the only one to not go against her

Angel Beats is weird

I enjoy it, yes, but I can't tell if I think it's exactly good or not. One thing that particularly bothers me about it is how when people are getting hurt/killed it's either comical or SUPER SERIOUS, and it rarely works as comedy and never works as serious (because there's no sense of urgency).

I couldn't take Yuri crawling in seriously, nor the whole last part of episode 6, because I knew they'd be totally OK in a matter of hours, and they WERE.

Weird.

Didn't like it, but still love the show

Tenshi is Boo from DBZ, You know, when he spit out the evil part of him?

BOY, YOU IN TROUBLE.

>>34897064
yeah, wtf is with that. Sure, they can still feel pain, but then the go and stab each other or break someone's neck and it's all "lol, guys, isn't that funny"

After finishing episode 7, I've concluded that I share no desire to see this show through to the end.

Why?

This show is catered to 15 year olds : The premise is abysmal. The core cast is as flat and formulaic. The show's pacing screams "throw as much AWESOME into each episode as possible, show no moment of remorse for the touching story about her siblings".

The show also seems ambivalent on the issue of tone : Is it going for a 'sombre tone with little humour' or a 'parody of haruhi/evangelion with scattered melancholy'? It has completely failed to capture the perfect balance of the 'serious' and the 'not so serious', this same balance that blessed shows like Haruhi - 'LOL monologue' bouncing off 'LOL MIKU SO SILLY' brilliantly. The show too seems unable to decide on whether or not its 'cheesiness' should be laughed at or taken with a straight face.

Angel Beats also falls victim to deus ex machina, and ten-fold, not that this isn't blatantly obvious anyway.

There's absolutely no semblance of redeeming qualities, and therefore dropped. And before you note that 'there's only 7 episodes out', well, no shit. You don't need to perceive the entire series to recognize its shitness.

>>34897203
Angel Beats is anything but formulaic. Every time I think I figured out what they're going to do, they do something else.

The flash back was a copy of Ushio's death in Clannad.

I'm glad Kanade is part of the group now. But I wish to learn more about her and finally see her open up.

The twist at the end was excellent. I hope we'll get Kanade vs Tenshi action soon. I also hope they don't completely eliminate the threat in the next episode like with Naoe. She should stay a threat for the rest of the show.

>>34897224

>>34897224

>>34897201
PICK ONE

>>34897271
It's true.

Think Naoe will be the villain of the show. - Nope. He turns good in one episode.

Think Otonashi's lost memories will play a huge role in the plot. - Nope. They're just an ordinary sad one.

Think each episode will have someone disappearing until they all do. - Nope. Only one person has disappeared and the show fooled you by making you think Hinata and Naoe disappeared.

Angel Beats seems to be purposely misleading the viewer.

>>34897503

You're either really 15 or a troll.

I think it's aload of shit and predictable.

I ENJOY THIS CARTOON.

>>34897503
>>34897245

>>34897503

I agree to a certain extent. It's hard to predict what's going to happen in the next episode. However, the relationship between Otonashi and Kanade appears to be moving along nicely, so I won't be surprised if either both parties start to develop feeligns for each other.

Another reason why I'd like to see them being paired up in the end is because the quiet, emotionless girl is rarely chosen by the protagonist.

Unable to provide a rebuttal = you must be trolling.

As pathetic as ever, /a/

>>34897757
u mad?

Ep 7: *yawn*

>>34897757

Oh, please.

Breaking apart delusions of angel beats fans grew old around episode 3.

dat fish

>>34897203
Stale pasta is stale. You even updated the episode number to try to hide it.
>http://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/a/thread/33490128#p33490710

>>34893692
Yuzuru's story made me cry irl ;_;

>>34898035
It's not really sad.

"Oh, boo hoo. His sister died. What a shame. Now he's becoming a doctor in her memory. Oh, wait. Train crash, he's dead."

AHH~! After 10000 hours (detention) I'm FREE! It's time to conquer school!

>>34898183
Hinata, Tenshi has escaped! Recruit a team of students, WITH ATTITUDE!

>>34898148
If the way it was narrated didn't make it sad for you...
You're a monster!

I'm enjoying it, but I'm glad I didn't know anything about the show going into it. If I had known Key was responsible for it, I would have avoided it like the plague.

>>34898236
It... honestly isn't that sad.

Can you point out HOW it's supposed to be sad? I really don't understand.

>>34898148
Opinions. Sad or not, it's definitely tragic. Being at the very brink of victory/success yet still managing to fail; making all you've done, all your determination ultimately useless... THAT is absolute despair.

>>34898148

There's just something so very obvious about they way the show's trying to manipulate your emotions.

It turns me off.

I've liked all of the episodes, with the exception of the filler baseball episode.

this

http://www.razerzone.com/getimba-share-n-win/uc1947r

>>34898313
If you ask me, Otonashi should've just offed himself after his sister died. It was obvious that he would never get anything done in his life.

>>34898402

Hindsight, man.

>>34898348
This. There's no subtlety.
They just force a drama scene down your throat.
Even worse: the dramatic background have no influence whatsoever on the actual story.
Does Otanashi behave diffeent? think different now? No. He just got an uguu~ sad background.

It's called bad writing in the west.

>>34898427
Just because somebody doesn't show it on the outside doesn't mean they're dying inside.

>>34898402
He'd probably from KEY aids anyway. He definetyl showed the symptoms.

Enjoyed the episode and it had a good twist can't wait to see what happens next hopefully nothing that the faggots here have already guessed.

>>34898453
This anime is just poorly written, there's not a single hint, thet there might be an deeper background.
It's just what you see, not more.

>>34898427

This. Every time a backstory comes up, it's ridiculously forced, they even made fun of it themselves in the baseball episode (kinda).

The worst offender was in episode 6's climax. EVERYONE'S ALL FUCKED UP, AAAAAH... but they'll be okay later, why am I taking this so seriously?

>>34898427

ignoring keyshit, it really can't be helped. they only have 13 episodes, to give the show credit it manages to jerk the heartstrings a bit while also keeping the humor and plot along

So let me get this straight.

Otonashi's amnesia really doesn't have anything to do with the plot, or anything?
WAT.

>>34898402
Not really. If you were in his shoes, and you killed yourself, then that means you're weaker than him. He's not emo. He knows he can make a difference. He took his past and made it his fuel for change and progress. The only problem is, luck wasn't on his side.

I believe this applies to everyone on that afterlife too. For example, Iwasawa. She was happy with her music, she managed to make a name for herself, and put her family problems behind. But then, a past injury had to resurface, taking her out at the peak of her short career.

Absolute despair. That's what's driving the SSS on their fight against God.

>>34897201
That's one weird harem.

None of them will have truly sad backstories.

It's orroight. It's mindless fun
I can't decide if it tries to hard to be deep
or doesn't try hard enough
at least we have a little bit of backstory
it's all style of course
but it is fun.
sense of comedic timing is present
/alcohol

so what's up with the end of ep7, there are TWO "angel"s now?!

>>34898533

Because Naoi's hypnosis actually threatened to make them disappear?

I enjoy it.

>>34898542

i figured it wouldn't. he's in the show to provide a perspective for the viewer, the kyon of angel beats

>>34898586

That isn't why Otonashi was freaking out, he was freaking out since they were all dead/dying.

Naoi said what he was doing after the BAAWWW.

>>34898525
Yeah, this bugged me during ep 6 too. What's the SSS's (lol, 4s) problem? They get gunned down because they don't want to defend against other immortals? Well, they all died numerous times before.

Tough shit, but against whom did they fight then? Where did all that gunfire and the HUGE explosions you heard come from?

>>34898524
Character masks. If you want to figure out something, you need to look deeper. Does Otonashi behave differently? Hard to tell. Why would he? Their conversation at the roof meant that he would still be pretty much his normal self pre-memory recovery. The only difference might be that he may have found a reason to hate the system now -- a reason to fight God. When will we see this? Wait for the next episodes.

>>34898661
They didn't want to kill the NPCs because it felt like they were killing real people.

The gunfire and explosions were the SSS members being slaughtered by Naoi and his minions.

>>34898666
Fight god because god did nothing to save his sister. God also gave her a miserable life where she was bed ridden.

>>34898666
>a reason to fight God

lulz

>>34893692
Whata twist

>>34898644
That's because he's ignorant of how gruesome battles in the afterlife may look like. See Hinata vs Shiina, for example. He's the new guy, after all. Did Hinata look surprised? Did Yuri look disgusted? Nope. They're used to massacre. None of the SSS even showed signs of crying.

>>34898644

Despite the fact that they would be fine afterwards, it would still be unnerving to see all of your friends dying/dead in pools of blood.

>>34898713
She wasn't miserable. She had Otonashi to make her happy.

But once she died, Otonashi only had a dream to live for.

>>34898713
Yeh, I know, puberty all over the place, that doesn't help me to take the anime more serious too.
They're all fucking children and do yute things most of the time, the dramatic past is just not necessary.

They knew how many episodes they had, they should have focussed on a few persons and elaborated their psychology instead of throwing 5 minute explanations for everyone in.

>>34898696
Did they drop nukes? Otanashi and Tenshi even FELT the exlosions in their bunker.

>>34898773
>>34898775
Bullshit. They kill each other ALL THE FUCKING TIME! In rather HORRIBLE ways! The show just chooses when it wants death to be "haha" or ";_;" and that's stupid.

>>34898608
But what was the point of him having no memory to begin with?

It's like they were still trying to think of what kind of melodramatic KEY-esque background story to give him while the show already started airing and just made him an amnesiac to buy themselves some more time.

Well despite all it's flaws, Angel beats has still a very good and original opening

>>34898844
Could've been the Guild people, like the canon in ep 2

>>34898775
>it would still be unnerving to see all of your friends dying/dead in pools of blood

No, they don't care about such things. Remember the traps? They laughed about it. They even kill each other (rageguy killed Otanashi in ep 1 just for fun).

>>34898852
Dying to the traps in the underground was no problem because once they revived they could get out, but what about when you are facing an overwhelming opponent whom you cannot defend against and who is camping your bod?

>>34898887
The opening has nothing to do with this. I loved the Shuffle! OP, but despise the actual series.

>>34898895
Otonashi cares. He's a sissy, for pete's sake.

>>34897201
damn. iqdb failed me for a translated version

>>34898852
Nope. Only Noda does that. And that's quick and painless, though overkill. The other members don't kill each other at all. The only time they have killed each other was during recruitment, when the recruits say the SSS as enemies (see Chaa, Shiina).

>>34898844
RPGs. Matsushita's weapon of choice.

>>34898895
That's because they were killing each other.

When somebody outside of the group does it, it's bad.

It's a weird double standard.

>>34898913

Again, they kill themselves all the time, this is no "overwhelming opponent", it's forced fucking drama. The only real threat was hypnotism, which only showed up near the end. Till then, it was the fucking usual.

>>34898913
The admin bans these suckers -> problem solved.

That's how it works in other games (I didn't forget Tenshi's 0101010101-blades)

>>34898666
>The only difference might be that he may have found a reason to hate the system now -- a reason to fight God. When will we see this? Wait for the next episodes.

I hope they will at least include something like this in the future episodes so his backstory isn't entirely pointless, but the show has been pretty disappointing (disappointing for me, lolopinions) so far. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if his backstory ends up having nothing to to do with the rest of the show after all.

>>34898874
He came in as a blank slate (no memories) so that Kanade route will be opened up. If he came to with memories of failing his goal in life due to an unfortunate, completely avoidable train accident, he'd be all fanatical about fighting the system, much like most of the SSS guys. Kanade would never be befriended.

Needs more TK.

>>34898969
The opponents were normal students who were hypnotized, they couldn't lay a single finger on them and could only stand in place and get slaughtered.

>>34898941

Or when Yui got strangled

Or when Yuri shot them up into the roof.

Or Yuri's implied torture.

etc

>>34898969
They don't kill themselves all the time. See >>34898941

>>34898969

When is this "all the time" nonsense? Do you still mean episode 1?

Yes, they die all the time, but no one other than Tenshi has killed them before (and even then, it was just one little girl). Now they're facing a student council president who will not put up with their bullshit and will not doubt in slaughtering them.

>>34899013
It's a key anime. There won't be any further involvement of the dramatic pasts.

Don't expect anything, just enjoy Yui.

>>34899044

chop chop chop chop

Kanade = Canada?

we're through the looking glass here people

>>34899051
Yui strangled = her own fault

Yuri shot them up the roof = business (part of the mission)

Yuri's implied torture = again, business (motivation)

>>34899046
And? The problem?

They get slaughtered and what? Brush it off in two hours? What the f?

There. Is. No. Urgency.

yeah i basically skip the sad bits. they go on far too long and i don't care

>>34899102
There was urgency. How many times can you die in horrible ways, surrounded by the corpses of your friends, before you go completely fucking insane?

>>34899102
What would you do then? Go on a mindless killing spree and have an eternal grudge against Naoi? Quite useless in a world where death is meaningless. They'd eventually get tired of torturing him, and then he would be able to make his comeback. Think about it. Might as well assimilate the depowered enemy and use his assets to further the group's plans.

Haters gonna hate.
I like it, doesn't feel rushed to me.
The fast pace and silly to drama in a second keeps my interest :D
There's never a dull moment.

>>34899094
So what? It's just a random double standard. Not a basic difference.

>>34899102
Are you stupid ?
>They get slaughtered.
>Respawn at the same place.
>Get slaughtered again.
>Respawn
>Slaughetered again
>Respawn
>Again
>Respawn
>...
This is what could have happened if no help came.
They can't die but still feel pain so they can be tortured endlessly.

Another Tenshit thread...

>>34899189
Did you even read, faggot?

>>34899184
Distinguish between BUSINESS and LEISURE. There is quite a big difference.

>>34899171
Enjoy your show, but some of us have more refined tastes.

>>34899166
Yeah, like they included Tenshi into their brigade, right?

>>34893692
Fishing part was the only good part.

Also, Yui-nyan is love.

>>34899160
>>34899166
>>34899186

Nope, can't feed me that bullshit.

They die all the time, they're used to it, no matter how many times you say it, they die all the time. They won't go insane, they won't have to feel all sad, because they die all the time, and they play it for laughs.

Don't make excuses for what you know is inconsistent writing.

Tenshit is now a meme

>>34899241
>Also, Yui-nyan is love.

did anyone ever make a gif out of her saying that?

>>34899254
there you go

also, i think i'll pick up ab now that the semester's over

>>34899241
>Yui-nyan is love

This.

>>34899238
What are you talking about? They can't convince Kanade to join them. They were never able to connect to her before Otonashi came along. All Yuri's advances in trying to communicate with her were either met with blank stares, insufficient information, or wakarimasenlol. And they never managed to even dent her, and she never even tried for a compromise.

>>34899238
>refined tastes
oh ho ho, i do declare!

>>34899274
I have it somewhere in the depths of my sort me folder... I should sort it sometime...

>>34899301
that's a pretty bad kink in that wire there, i bet the microphone doesn't work properly because the cable's broken

I will just leave this here

>>34899301
Yui = love.

>>34899250
>Nope, can't feed me that bullshit.
More like LALALALALA I CANT HEAR YOU.

Seriously, we're trying to explain and all you do is disregard. All you other assumptions don't even take the big picture into account. How shallow-minded.

>>34899331
It broke when she strangled herself

Haruhi and Yuki copycat? sage

>>34899318
Proceed and declare then.

>>34899373
This.
No one forced you to watch the show in the first place, so if you feel it is so full of "bullshit" then go ahead and drop it. You can go back to watching K-ON!!

>>34899250
Sure is internet tough guy here.
So you're telling me that because you've died a dozen of times, you could bear with countless hours of torture?
"Dying" is way easier than withstanding torture you know: you just feel the pain for a short period of time then die.

>>34899373

No, dumbass, are you blind to what is clear media manipulation? And poor manipulation at that? All you see is what they feed you, some half assed "reason" for a dire atmosphere. The music, the exclamations, the flashbacks, the hug, all mindless and obvious drama manipulation, and you idiots eat it all up, you idiots defend it.

Don't take in the big picture? After 5 episodes of them dying and saying "lolol", you eat up something like this shit, and you defend it? Fucking hell, you're a tool.

>>34899329
oh well i just whipped up another one which turned out to be a waste of time but it was fun and that's all that matters

thanks anyway

>>34899373
There is no "big picture", just a terrible trainwreck of incoherent shit mixed with no informations available.

You overinterpret this. You think further than the fucking author.
This isn't NGE, you know? It's just moe action mystery drama anime no 2534.

ITT

>>34899484
>You think further than the fucking author.

Thank you, Anonymous. That shit pisses me off the most.

white red eyes > white yellow eyes > purple > * > pink

>>34899484
>incoherent shit
You should try to pay more attention then. Everything is fully understandable.

>>34899478
>>34899368
>>34899329
Great, now we have 3 of them. Lets collect some more and save them for future spamming needs.

>>34899516

It's more inconsistent than incoherent.

Is everyone alright?
I'm responding to a call about some serious butthurt in this thread.

>>34897546
Agree 100%, definitely couldn't have said it better.

>>34899474
Say that to yourself. All you see is the superficial. You don't try to piece together the information you gather, thus forming a better understanding of the whole thing. Not everything has to be force-fed all the time.

And, name-calling eh? Well then, time to put this to rest. Haters gonna hate.

<---
HHHHNNNNNNNNNGNGGGG sums up my reaction

>>34899558
Yes, that's a better word.

>>34899474
Oh wow, you really are an enlightened little bitch, aren't you.

Aren't we supposed to empathize with Otonashi here? Even if I knew they were going to be fine in a couple of minutes, I wouldn't be like "oh, ok, I'll just go back to screwing Tenshi". Before, they died because of themselves, or because it was required for their mission. Never had they faced an enemy who would kill all of them in cold blood, proclaiming to be God. Not only that, but wouldn't it just make you desperate to see that all of your friends died in a futile battle and that you were the only one left to face the bad guy?

Well fuck anon, sorry if that doesn't make me go "ololol" like before.

>>34899558
>>34899635
How is it inconsistent? I will try my best to explain.

>>34899474
>>34899250
>>34899102

>>34899609

No. What you call superficial IS what it IS. You are seeing what ISN'T THERE, and if you can't see the signs of forced dramatics, then you're a fool.

What you are "seeing" probably hasn't been thought of, your putting in pieces where there are none. If a show cannot defend itself, and needs people like you to put in meaning where the show so clearly left it out, that's bad writing, that's inconsistency, and that's you trying to make gold out of shit.

>>34899609
>You don't try to piece together the information you gather, thus forming a better understanding of the whole thing. Not everything has to be force-fed all the time.

Are you 15? This isn't rocket science, we who argue against you understand that show too. I dare to say we might understand it better, because we put the show itself in context with other similar shows. Therefore we are able to predict the depth of it and can predict it's developement to a certain degree.

Also, just ignore the name calling.

Sure is 12 in here..

>>34899704

Okay.

>>34899686

Can you not read?

>>34899721
This, this, this.

Read it, understand it, reflect on it.

Why's everyone getting so worked up?

>>34899474
>>34899250
>>34899102
>>34898969
>>34898852

Holy shit, an Anon actually noticed that? I'd thought there was no hope for you buggers.

gg, mate, whoever you are, you're the man

in b4 I get called a samefag

>>34899857
Think it's just two people.

>>34899857
Because we discuss something we all like?

>>34899874
There are at least 3-4 guys who say it's poorly written.

Best episode yet.

>>34899721
I don't care about this "forced drama" buzzword, but I will put logic where it belongs. I don't care if the writing is shallow or w/e, but when you suggest that something that is so easily seen to be false or whatnot, then there is something wrong there. See, you don't even need to put much thought. The scale is different. The situation is different. It's like comparing a quick game of catch to major league baseball.

>>34899750
>I dare to say we might understand it better
Perhaps, but your views are clearly clouded by your preconceived notions of "forced drama" or w/e. See above.

>>34899933
Rain, dramatic music, yelling, blood, flashback, hug

You're right, it isn't forced at all!

>>34899870

Thanks, or something.

>>34899912
Make that 4-5. I'm not even trolling. This whole 'they-die-all-the-time-no-big-deal-OH-WAIT-NOW-IT-IS' thing's getting on my nerves.

Honestly? They've got no qualms about killing themselves or their teammates if need be, and all of a sudden, somebody gets worked up over someone being beaten up. Oh, boo-hoo. Otonashi is the worst case of this, and he's infecting Tenshi with his nonsensical moralfaggotry. "I HAVE TO SAVE THEM!" -- WHY?! THEY WON'T DIE! THEY DON'T EVEN CARE IF THEY 'DIE'! Oh, it's supposed to be symbolic? Signalise Tenshi's becoming good? It's still just shitty writing.

>>34899987
Well, it should have obviously been during a sunny day in a prairie! Why didn't they think of that before? It wouldn't have ruined the mood, no, not at all!

>>34899721
>>34899824
The fact that the authors didn't think about it doesn't make it any less logical you know?
>hurrdurr there is no urgency
"Oh wait, if I try to think about it more than a second even if the authors didn't explain it explicitly, if the whole team is engaged in a onesided battle, they might end up in a really bad stiaution since they can't die and will keep getting slaughetered over and over again."

>hurrdurr there is no urgency because there is no urgency although i can't bring any valable explanation to why there is none

>>34900025

Keep kidding yourself, it's fine.

I like the show either way, but at least I can tell when a director is trying to get a certain reaction out of me.

>>34900025

What mood? They were dying, yeah, but whaddaya know, they can't actually die. What was Otonashi's problem?

I want to hate Tenshi but I am growing onto her.

Can we just form an official definition of "forced drama" so everyone stops spamming the thing in inappropriate situations?

>>34899987
I'm not sure how it's possible for drama to be natural. Melodrama -- which is actually what we're discussing here -- is by definition over-the-top and "forced." Even regular drama doesn't highly resemble anything that happens in real life.

>>34899987
Huh? The flashback isn't even directly related to the massacre.

Anyway, let's try to imagine that same situation in a sunny flowerfield... Looks just as gruesome to me. What's the difference between getting repeatedly killed in broad daylight from being repeatedly killed on a rainy night?

>>34900086
"Forced drama" is a phrase anon uses because he is too fucking ignorant to know the word "melodrama."

>>34900049

We have, you can't read apparently.

Stop feeding the trolls. Those that say the show has shitty writing are grasping at straws HARD. Angel Beats is excellent and will get even better in the last episodes, like the other Key works

>>34900146
>we

>>34900025

Well, if they hadn't established that the main cast can't die even when they're killed, it would have been as dramatic to see them have their lives threatened on a sunny field as it would have been seen on a rainy night.

Thing is, they can't die, so there's no mood to speak of.

>>34900131

Forced drama has more of an edge to it, since melodramatic means "cheesy", rather.

>>34900122

see >>34900069
>I can tell when a director is trying to get a certain reaction out of me.

>>34900177

You're right, you've exposed me!

>>34900024
Okay, let me bring up relatable examples. Have you ever played an MMO? Have you ever experienced being corpse camped for half a day? It's the same thing, only you feel physical pain in addition to psychological frustration. Now, compare that to a one-time PvP encounter, or even duels.

>>34900131

mel·o·dra·ma /ˈmɛləˌdrɑmə, -ˌdræmə/ Show Spelled[mel-uh-drah-muh, -dram-uh] –noun

1.
a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.

melodrama = forced drama.
Forget the latter and proceed to use the first to sound less like a raging 12 year old.

>implying that immortals can't be tortured

>>34900146
Once again "they're used to die" isn't a reason.
They're used to die but they come back to life a short while after they die.
They still feel pain.
Let's throw you in fire and have you be unable to die or have you revive every 2 minutes to burn again for half an hour, forever, and we'll see if you don't find that kind of situation serious.

>>34900180
I thought there was one. There's a difference in mood between a comical death by trap and being executed repeatedly in a field.

Of course, I'm going to be trolled. Off to lunch.

>>34900188
>I can tell when a director is trying to get a certain reaction out of me.
So what? I can tell that all the time for everything I have watched, but that doesn't degrade its quality in the slightest. And that also doesn't mean that it's "forced drama" or w/e.

>>34900259
>Let's throw you in fire and have you be unable to die or have you revive every 2 minutes to burn again for half an hour, forever, and we'll see if you don't find that kind of situation serious.

I think it'd just get old after 5 episo-- I mean times. Old and boring.

>>34900252

Does my point stand or not? What exactly are you trying to do here?

>>34900269
The mood was completely artificial though, since it didn't rely on the actual plot, but solely on the athmosphere, created with music, darkness, rain etc.

>>34900259
Did he even threaten to do this? I don't think this was an option, but I don't really remember.

Bitches don't know about mah Endless Torture.

>>34900259
>they're used to die

>>34900373
I support your point by posting an official definition and advising anons to use to use the right word.

>>34900257
Hah. Show them how it's done, Rail Tracer!

Otonashi is in there, and he doesn't make any sound.

>>34900397
>They're used to dying.
Non anglofag here.

>>34900382
>Did he even threaten to do this?

He didn't, the counterargument here lies in people drawing implications from thin air, and making the writing better than it actually is.

>>34900382
No relation to the plot? What?? Have you been watching the same Angel Beats as me?

I mean, hasn't dethroning Tenshi and then having to deal with the consequences (READ: psycho student council president who will not let their bullshit go unnoticed) part of the plot?

>>34900458
Otonashi wasn't told what the fuck was happening so anything could have happened, he didn't state he wouldn't do it either and from what the situation looked like when Otonashi reached the scene with all his comrades 3 quarters dead it appears it's exactly what he was doing.

>>34900420

Okay then, just be okay with me using "forced drama" rather than "melodrama", there's such a thing as implications to a word as well, other than their definitions, it comes from vernacular, and is why synonyms exist.

>>34900458
So I guess everything has to be spelled out to be dramatical in any way. Naoi should have said "OK GAIZ ONCE YOU RESPAWN, FORM AN ORDERLY LINE SO I CAN TORTURE YOU". Perhaps that would have made it so much clearer and "better".

>>34900458
A show is always better for those who pay close attention.

>>34900462
My point is, that there was no real danger.
They just got killed because of their bullshit, like numerous times before. And yet it's all terrible and frightening now. Not because the actual content of the scene, but because of shiny effects.

>>34900562
See >>34900247

>>34900562
>>they got killed because of their bullshit

They got killed because Naoi wanted to murder them and rape the system to become God. If their bullshit was actually trying to solve this mess....

>>34900543
The problem is, that many /a/nons despise the phrasing "forced drama" and dismiss you just because you use it, dodging your argument and trying to look cool.

>>34900545
He didn't plan to spawncamp. He didn't imply it.
Otanashi didn't think he implied that. Otanashi didn't knwo what's going on.
Everything else is just your fantasy.
Don't try to make it canon.

>>34900545
>>34900560

Nothing ever said Naoi knew about respawning. For all intents and purposes, he didn't. He knew he lived forever, but he has never been killed before as far as we know, nor has he killed anyone else.

>>34900623
no they got killed because Naoi wanted to be good at his job, which is to get people to move on

>>34900572
see
>>34900458

>>34900647
>The problem is, that many /a/nons despise the phrasing "forced drama" and dismiss you just because you use it, dodging your argument and trying to look cool.

Good point, I forgot that.

>>34897064
>last part of episode 6

Uhhh, you know they were going to actually die that time right?

>>34900647
>He didn't plan to spawncamp. He didn't imply it.
Ha? The battle has been going on for a while. NPCs were guarding all their corpses. Anyone who got up and tried to fight back were shot to death.

>>34900661
Not really. His motives were to become "God", and remove all those who oppose him.

I'll watch it later.

My honest opinion of episode seven is that finally we get to see what Otonashi's past life was. His past life was a struggle, working multiple jobs just support himself and her sick sister. When her sick sister finally recovered, he has lost his purpose and has to find a new one.

It is hinted that in episode seven he wanted to be a doctor so he can save people, so he studied for his exams and finally got into university. But then fate changed and since entering purgatory he has lost his purpose in life.

But since he has recovered his memories and gotten used to life with the SSS, he has found a new purpose in the life before the afterlife

One of the major themes in Angel Beats is simply purpose? What does a person do when he lost purpose in life?

>>34900661
>Naoi wanted to be good at his job, which is to get people to move on

Where was it ever stated that the student council president's job is to get people to move on? Please point it out if I've missed it. Otherwise it's just speculation.

>>34900730

Looked more like they were aimed at the still living ones to myself.

>>34900719

You're a bit late, and I'm not going to direct you.

>>34900712
Where are you from? English doesn't seem to be your native language.

>>34900730
>Anyone who got up and tried to fight back were shot to death.

I don't recall ever seeing or hearing a single gunshot in that scene.

Also, it's 'was shot', not 'were shot'. 'Anyone' is a singular noun.

>>34900778
he's God. That's God's job, to get people to move on, accept things, and be happy.

>>34900773
recovered or died?

>>34900790
English is my native language. I had to delete the post to fix the spoiler tags.

>>34900652
You mean, for all intents and purposes, he did. For example, he knows about NPCs, he knows about Kanade and her relationship with the SSS, he knows about the SSS's operations, etc. He has been there for a while, scheming to dethrone Kanade and make himself "God" of the afterlife.

>>34900827
Heil, mein Fuhrer, we shall cleanse this board from spelling- and grammatical mistakes!

>>34900855
they why do you refer to Otanashi as "her" systematic mistakes are alwas suspicious.

>>34900865
I bet he knew about respawning, but I'm sure he didn't plan to spawncamp.
There no hint he planned to do that in the anime, it's just fanwank.

>>34900784
>Looked more like they were aimed at the still living ones to myself.
You were saying?

>>34900937
On a second look, it looks like they just stand there idly, not aiming at anything.

>>34900937

Who's to say they are alive or dead? For POWs, it is the same.

>>34900937
With that QUALITY, those brown things could be piles of discarded, dirty toilet paper for all you know.

>>34900998
Wat? Are you an Imperial Japanese officer or something?

>>34900865

You're reaching, all he ever said was that he wanted to be God.

>>34901004
>piles of discarded, dirty toilet paper

Can't unsee.

>>34901026

That's common knowledge, dude. That's why they're prisoners, not dead people.

>>34900981
Because that's how you spawn-camp? Seriously, you don't get your gun pointed at their bodies all the time -- recovery takes time you know.

>>34900773
> What does a person do when he lost purpose in life?

Eat Mapo Tofu.

>>34901038
See pic. Also, refer to baseball ep.

>>34900846
Recovered from her illness I think.

>>34901038
Knowing about the SSS

Naoi was planning to hypnotize them into finding inner peace and disappearing.

>>34901076
Yeah, except they didn't spawncamp Sherlock.

>>34901076
>recovery takes time you know.

How the hell do you know that?

Am I late?

>>34901129
>Recovered from her illness I think.
Dude, she obviously died.

The ridiculous overly dramatic parts wouldn't be so bad if they didn't spend the other half of the episode making jokes. And that wouldn't be so bad on its own if they made a smooth transition between the two moods, but they don't. It just has bad writing.

>>34901165

But it still says nothing about knowing that people get back up after dying.

>>34901191

First episode.

>>34901177
Why wouldn't it be spawncamping? They revive, they get shot immediately. There's a bunch of NPCs with guns waiting around.

>>34900886

>>34901191
See episode 1. How the hell do you NOT know that?

>>34901177
Except they did.

>>34901229
More like cramped time. I'm sure that they had plans to smoothly transition between serious and non-serious, but with only a grand total of maybe 4-5 hours to tell an entire epic story, they have to cut some things.

>>34901225
Crap... that sucks. Then it makes a lot a sense why Otonashi wanted to be a doctor, to save people. If he was powerless to save his sister, by learning to become a doctor he can save others from the same fate

The SSS is clearly used to dying. To them, it's probably a natural part of that world and even though it's painful, they laugh it off just because it is painful. The best way to cope with anything is to make it funny. Deaths can still be pretty shocking though to the SSS, such as the case with the laser wall.

If there's anything that can be said, is that the leader, Yuri, and probably Hinata don't really mind if the people they hire were their enemies. They've done it multiple times, why would Naoi and Kanade be any different? They've probably have recruited multiple people who've attacked them brutally. After a bit, it's just water under the bridge.

Also, would anyone want to translate this comic?

>>34901302

Nope, no, no, no, nope. No excuse. >>34901229 even posted a pic of something that handled serious/comedy rightly, and there are plenty more examples. No excuse.

>>34901259

They really are just standing around...

You're argument is bad, dude.

>>34901352
It had 26 episodes to get its shit together.

>>34901231
>But it still says nothing about knowing that people get back up after dying.
Come on. You can't be that dense. He doesn't act surprised when Hinata revived, he knows how to make people disappear... You can't be that dense.

>>34901375
Sorry, finger slipped. Never mind what the fuck I just said.

>>34901375
26 more like 13

>>34901399

Was about to ask what the fuck you were talking about.

>>34901370
>You're argument is bad, dude.
I don't know about that man.

The NPCs were obviously camping the crap out of the SSS.

>>34901377
>when Hinata revived

Hinata was never dead, are you dense? If he was dead he wouldn't have gotten back up for a long while. Naoi never even killed anyone for all you know. You're drawing implications from nowhere.

>>34900784
did you really watch ep 6 ?
Naoi planned to force them disappear by his geass, and Otanoshi knew it .
Troll

>>34901471
They probably were. Naoi was going to get rid of Yuri first and then Hinata I bet.

>>34901494
>and Otanoshi knew it

No.

And you're right, I must be trolling because Otonashi went right for Hinata because he was being hypno- oh, wait a minute.

No.

It takes an undetermined amount of time to "respawn". We don't know how long the SSS had been dead there or had been fighting. After the rain, it had been dusk, and when Otonashi had taken Kanade to get food, it had been way before lunch. Plus a small nap, they could have been fighting for several hours.

>>34901493
I dunno, maybe you should watch the episode again?

>>34901567
We can assume respawning takes about as long as one trip to the guild+a bit more, but it can be a bit shorter than that.

>>34901654
When Otonashi was killed by Noda in ep1, it literally said "a few minutes later". The coming-back-together scene can be almost entirely dismissed as a "dramatic timing" event.

>>34901607

Oh yeah, thanks, I forgot people can lay down.

>>34901493
refer to this: >>34901691

i find it really ironic that episode 7's second most relevant plot device was a TRAIN WRECK.

>>34901709
Considering they were *covered* in blood and there were literal pools of the stuff (And since they had no visible wounds we can assume that they mostly respawned), they would have died from sheer bloodloss at the very least, or they were killed manually a time or two. Take your pick.

Also, there could be a timer or something.
Like, everybody respawns at the same time every 30 minutes...

>>34901302
If you know you have a certain amount of time to tell your story, you make it so that it can fit in that time span. It's not a fucking excuse.

>>34901779
Maybe the timer is how long it takes your body to reassemble. If you got lasered hallway'd to death, it probably takes more time to regenerate than if you got shot in the heart.

>>34901709
You really need to watch it again man. If you don't buy Hinata's death, see Yuri. Pic and: >>34901259

>>34901779
And then there were the rocket chairs which were deadly at the very least (Head trauma is very dangerous, they likely died), only to get up and bitch at Yuri a few seconds later. The amount of time it takes to respawn could be entirely based on how much outer damage you take (i.e. squished/split apart like TK/5dan takes longer than a spinal tap)

Everybody respawns when the plot requires.
Stop over analyzing this shit.

How can seeing this not be funny? After all, they're probably going to get gunned down a couple of more times after they finally wake up!

>>34901829
If there's anything I got from this, it's that Yuri was the first on Naoi's hit list and then Hinata. It's probably one of the few reasons why he let them live to the end of the massacre.

Who is subbing this?

Best group to go with?

Thanks in advance.

>>34901916
Stop being so shallow-minded.

>>34901931
See the patches of blood suggesting bullet wounds? Go from there.

>>34901968
Mazui.
Mazui.

>>34901968
Go with Mazui

>>34901993
>>34901990


Thanks. Downloading now.

Does anyone have the gif when the guy gets propelled to the roof? The last one wher he just seems so damn carefree and right up in the roof.

Dear god I lolled so hard.

>>34902111
How about all that blood on the floor, and the blood oozing from the head suggesting a headshot?

>>34902217
This one?

>>34902231
You didn't watch a lot of anime, huh?

>>34902231
For a heatshot, that's alot of fucking blood for just one blood puddle to just surround his body. The area that it's most bloody in points towards the waist, and if it really was a headshot, then I think the blood would be more concentrated near the head.

>>34902286
Perfect. Just love it, no care in the world then BAM.

why are you arguing about a headshot? nad what happened to the discussion?

>>34902324
Because being kicked around by Naoi wouldn't move his body around, and that it's RAINING so puddles will naturally form in different places, on top of the fact that it dilutes it to look like there's much more blood.

Doesn't this picture make you want to hug TK?

>>34902298
I did, but uh, what?

>>34902324
He was sprawling face-first to the ground before Naoi turned him over. It is entirely possible that he got killed much earlier (also, given his tendency to be Yuri's white knight) and the blood from the headshot had already flowed out (same with Noda vs Otonashi in ep 1).

>>34902401
I don't see TK anywhere.

>>34902401
>Chinese translated
GOD DAMMIT SOMEONE TRANSLATE THIS FOR ME so I can english-ify it.

>>34902401
Wrong one.

>>34902381
First: Chapter 7 discussion
Second: Chapter 6 was "forced action" discussion
Third: Naoi knew they were going to respawn discussion
Fourth: Yuri and Hinata were dead, then they were not discussion.
Fifth: Hinata got a headshot discussion.

And none of these were resolved.

>>34902456
Oh wow.

And the first page.

>>34902456
FUCK YEAH BREAKDANCAN

>>34902522
Get someone to translate this, fuck.

>>34902522
is the twin tails tenshi?

You know, I don't know if I actually hate TK or if I like him. His lines are fucking weird as hell, and if I met someone like that in rl i'd probably face palm..still there's something about him that makes him....likeable..im not sure what exactly.

>>34902561
He's dropped in a strange chink afterlife and doesn't afraid of anything.
>>34902558
No, that's Yusa

>>34902561
He's funny? I don't know, he's weird, but I would like to know more about his past.

2nd

Move to new thread >>34902661

3rd. What the hell happened to Katana guy?

>>34902683
FUCK YEAH KANADE

And the katana guy is still around. He just doesn't stand out much.

>>34902522

Title: The SSS is!

Left:
I'm Yuri,
Right:
the SSS's leader.

Top right:
Everyday I'm surrounds by idiots (she says "idiot companions", but I think just "idiot" will do?)
Bottom right:
idiots
Left:
and more idiots.

Right:
OTHER THAN IDIOTS
Left:
ARE THERE NO ONE ELSE??
(i.e. Is there anyone who isn't an idiot??)

Right:
His heart stopped.
Middle:
This time he was beaten to death.
Left:
It doesn't matter, since it's the afterlife.

Rough translation. Tried to make it less literal where ever I knew how to.

Seems like the post reached the bump limit though?