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Acknowledged. The two art forms are very different and rarely does one translate into a good version of the other. Basically you choose heroines sequentially in most VNs, and unless you choose only one true route for anime, or do "alternate universes" as some anime have done, then you can't really give it the same attention - instead you end up with a "status quo is god" http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StatusQuoIsGod harem where no heroine wins, and the hero remains a virgin for all eternity... and I'm so sick of that formula that I can barely watch anything like that any more. Conversely one route anime doesn't translate into multi-route VNs. To heart 2 is my staple since I translated it, and it has 9 routes as a VN but an eternal-virgin in anime form...

My bad. It was probably unnecessary but I do think you haven't seen enough good anime if you put those shows on a pedestal.

I must be odd. My 2D taste is identical to my 3D taste.

You guys haven't watched enough good anime if you're looking for a VN for charlotte which was shit and Hyouka which was yawnworthy.

You won't be disappointed as the standard does not change throughout. Some people found the second last episode hard going but I thought it fit in perfectly with the conclusion after that. Your enthusiasm for it has made me decide to rewatch it from scratch myself again... which must make this the 4th time for me.

Disjointed, rushed, bare pass that's okay to watch to the end but if you already hate it, you know what to do.

Odd, looking for a visual novel about debating. Normally we'd be debating about visual novels.

Rakudai was a real breath of fresh air and still strokes my gonads when I rewatch it today. It reminded me continually of what annoyed me about most other anime when it just basically did every trope right. I agree, it was everything that Asterisk wasn't - and the stories are close to identical so it's a great pity that Asterisk was the one to score two seasons straight up. Given how good Rakudai was, there's no reason there couldn't be a second season but the 1 season had quite the closure to it so I wouldn't feel so bad if they never make another. I find myself rewatching the final episode of Rakudai sometimes when I get pissed off at other anime.

Blinking eyes and expressions changing continuously instead of static sprites for each text click. It makes the characters seem so much more alive.

Active raid dropped - what is this shit? Prince of stride dropped - couldn't care less about the characters, even with Kana Hanazawa as a VA for the main heroine Kouya wo mezasu - finally a good episode (8) though I suspect it will go back to being plain the rest of the series

I wasn't implying Heart De Roommate was awesome. It's just that Private nurse was shithouse.

I can save you the trouble. Private nurse was terrible, so don't waste your time. If you're going to read anything (old) by the same game maker then go play Heart De Roommate instead.

Can't say I agree with you there. I thought Hestia was just a silly counterpoint to the story itself which is about the whole hero development which I quite enjoyed, along with the obvious kuudere love interest. I mostly ignored Hestia even though others may well have gotten off on the whole loli boob thing. Presumably you didn't like it because she annoyed you.

Same. First index was good but second seemed to ramble on without any direction and almost no reference to the index itself. I suspect both series were popular enough to get a third season though so (y)our wishes will be granted. I still want to see biribiri be the one to elevate to level 5

Always a good thread to bump anyway.

To Heart 2 - infamous compared to the original To Heart. On the other hand, the further sequel To Heart 2 Another Days was mostly crap.

I really enjoyed this series but I thought the ending to this was quite conclusive.

Every single anime ever created with a hint of romance that never completed said romantic interest needs to be finished. Final season, OVA, shorts, anything dammit, just freaking finish them instead of leaving us hanging forever.

Yeah I watched it but thought it was only okay - though I'm pretty fussy. It suffered from try-hard syndrome. It tried hard to be massive and overwhelming and over the top.

I had exactly the same experience with Ponyo. It was the most beautiful rendition of the little mermaid ever - a story I otherwise couldn't care less about.

Thanks. I've avoided the manga like the plague though since waiting for one more endless romantic comedy in manga form to eventuate would likely kill me (I scanlated negima for something like 100 chapters and have yet to recover from that fail). So while the anime is a lesser adaptation of the original source material (and well duh how rare is it for an adaptation to equal or surpass the original source), I'll stick to that till they get off their sorry arses and finish the freaking story with another season or 2.

Thanks. I still enjoyed Nisekoi but I get really annoyed at lack of conclusions in shows and Nisekoi was no exception though evolution does happen... at an excruciatingly slow pace but there's no end in sight for the anime so far... and in fact was about to start writing a thread about something along those lines.

Screening the following shows now that I haven't seen that may make it to the wife-watch list. Natsume Yuujinchou Seto no Hanayome Bamboo Blade Usagi Drop Shirobako Haikyuu Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou EDIT: I should make a list of what has been successful to watch with my wife already.

Accel world.

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood - masterpiece Cancel that, I see you say you've seen super popular stuff.