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| OmegaDog 507th Post
 
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|  "Saikano: Good or bad to show at anime club?"
, posted Thu 3 Apr 20:45
Yo folks -- a question about what to show for anime club next year:
The anime club vice president wants me to consider showing Saishuuheiki Kanojo (Saikano) to the local anime club for the next academic year. I've had some friends tell me, though, that it's a horrible idea; though they said the series was great, they also said that, given how depressing the series can become, it might be detrimental for perhaps more unstable members of the club to watch (if any in the club are). [One friend of mine described himself as being really emotionally callous, and said that the series drove him to tears; he said he really didn't want to think how other people at the other extreme end of emotions would react.]
However, upon taking the warnings to the anime club vice president, the vice president said that those warnings were horrid exaggerations -- he said it might be depressing along the lines of Grave of the Fireflies, but there was really nothing that should stop people from watching the series. The vice prez says he'll give me the 13 eps for me to watch; I'll probably sit down and watch it in mid-May after school and other extra-curricular activities are done for me.
In the meantime, though -- if you've seen it, what are your opinions of the series? And, would you think it'd be good to show to an anime club? I'm currently leaning toward the initial claims being exaggerations -- but I thought it'd be worthwhile to see what other people here think. (Just to note, we're also showing Wolf's Rain and Azumanga Daioh for the next academic school year, along with two other series on which we're undecided.)
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| Holiday 1672th Post
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| "Re(1):Saikano: Good or bad to show at anime c" , posted Thu 3 Apr 21:08
The art and colours are gorgeous in Saikano, and it tells its story really well.
It does have a sad story but it's nothing compared to the manga :)
I have to admit that it isn't the most audience friendly series around, but what is the aim of the club?
Is it showing anime purely to entertain, or to expose its members to new anime? So it depends on you really. To my experience, not everyone likes this series because:
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She's the ultimate weapon girlfriend, but you don't really see her fight - not enough action
The art turns some people off, especially the eyes :)
The story is too serious / slow
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Too many people die!
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By all means show it, unless your audience includes young kids. It has some pretty serious issues and stuff in it, and some +18 bits too.
Chiise: Ittaii~!
Stuff like that ^_^;;
If you really want to show a tearjerker, show Mahoromatic S2! Oh, what an ending...
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| OmegaDog 509th Post
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| "Re(2):Saikano: Good or bad to show at anime c" , posted Thu 3 Apr 21:51
Yup -- one of our aims is to be diverse with our club showings, so don't worry about us showing the same-old same-old. [Our main intent is to be able to show a lot of stuff that isn't yet available commercially in the states; we occasionally show classic movies or episodes of classic series on marathon sessions, though. We also occasionally get stuff from domestic licensors/distributors as part of special promotions.]
Also, our club is advertised as 18+, so, no worries there either. (More for violence and gore, as we don't show hentai -- though, of course, the occasional ecchi slips by. Aika, anyone...?)
So, given the descriptions of Saikano in this thread, it seems it would be okay to show at club.
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