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10/06/11(Thu)05:37 No.55548834The
same thing happened with Star Driver. It spend a good amount of time
building up its story, but never just spoon fed you. It had a good
amount of depth and a lot of fabulous action as well. Hell, the play
episode was entirely exposition and meaning to the entire story of Star
Driver.
And people bitched at it for not making any sense,
failing to realize that it made perfect sense. The only difference was
that it wasn't a flash-back action scene involving giant robots and
explosions, but instead involved human characters in place of giant
robots and explosions. Further, there were many different types of
emotions backing that play, whereas giant robots and explosions
generally just give glee.
While glee isn't necessarily bad, using
simply glee to explain a flashback isn't really a good way to tell a
story; as it is a cop-out.
Star Driver's story is really
enjoyable if you let it unfold at its own pace, rather than bitch about
how its not being shoved down your throat.
Equally, that
principle applies to Horizon. I mean for fuck's sake, the first episode
of Star Driver had a massive battle with a giant robot, a cool as fuck
explosion; space-time manipulation gimmicks; AND A FABULOUS AS FUCK
GINGA BISHOUNEN transformation.
That said, Horizon more or less
did the exact same thing. Only difference is that there weren't really
fabulous transformations and giant robots exploding everywhere. Instead
we were introduced to all the prominent characters. We were shown where
they live and interact, were shown how they dress and also how they
fight.
On top of that, we were shown in a very simple way how the magic system works and to what degree.
And lastly; Nenji-kun, the blob. |