Oh I see. Me too then. I got pass the long string of notes once, but the double ladder killed me.

at B rank

Someone get me a bucket. I need a place to store all this salt.

Yes. But so far, no bears. She sticks largely (entirely?) to the Chinese zodiac.

My brain went on pause for a long while trying to remember if dogs were a part of the zodiac. And here I am, born on the year of the dog.

Is anyone else wildly confused? Did ran move out? I thought she was just visiting her parents? It seemed like she wasn't returning home so much as sleeping on an old roommate's couch.

32 happens after 22.5

@ telamon
Shima got a Smile UR :3 her ID no. is in the first post if you're interested. I only got one Cool UR and I never use it as my main.

I was stalking our song scores in hopes of toping yours. Now I know it's impossible. The legendary UR ~~

Why is the ranking so slow phased? It's really tempting for me to go for it. (/ _ ; ) But I need all the loveca that I can hoard. (~_~;)

Scores usually jump in the last 10 hours of an event. Even with the increased tiers, we're still ahead of Eli's and Honoka's events I'm ignoring the hell that was Umi's event. I'm thinking we might end up around the 30k mark, possibly even 31k so I say don't do it.

On a side note, looking at Honker's previous records, I really feel for her unpopularity.

Agreed that we should drop it here. My apologies, I shouldn't have said what I did. Sometimes I forget Dynasty forum isn't /a/.

Also, I don't think you really understood what I meant. I meant that, just because this series is, first and foremost, just one big metaphor, does not mean these characters do not matter at all.

Read again, I understood you just fine.

Penguindrum, a series I actually kinda liked

So if these characters do something that I think it is truly horrible, then I'm still not gonna like that character, aka Lulu (and the fact remains, that the most recent ep did change the motivation we had been told she had for doing this in earlier eps).

I bet you think the Child Broiler from Penguindrum were really physically breaking children into glass pieces.

I've been throwing points out the window playing the expert version.

It really is impossible for me to get higher than 285k on the event song. The down side of a perfect lock team.

Chapter 6 earned an audible gasp from me.

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I'm not talking about lel symbolism. Yes, it's part of it, but what I'm referring to is more in-line with how the story is presented. Dream-like sequences with excessive flasback scenes and overdramatic voice acting along with badly dressed theatric costumes. Half of the things you see happening aren't really physically happening, so it's only logical for me to question why you're taking everything at face value.

As for the characters, I personally am finding them more likable with every passing episode (more specifically Ginko and Lulu).

Everything in this paragraph will be extras, the for your information kind. Morishima Akiko really has nothing to do with the anime version of YKA. If you like her work, cut your expectations or wait for the manga scanlations. Ikuhara might be using it to tell his story, but at the core of it all, this is not a yuri anime. At least, not the kind you seem to be looking for. As for sales, that is the last thing Ikuhara is looking for. This is, afterall, his third series in 20 years. He's merely using this as a medium to say whatever the hell he wants to.

Also, the caps really does nothing for you.

That is literally the only reason I'm sticking with the anime too (well that and because it goes against my principles to drop a yuri series lol). Right now, I really fucking hate it. So much. Especially this last ep, not only did it kind of negate what little character development we had on Lulu, but it also made it seem like REPEATED ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN ADORABLE YOUNGER BROTHER WHO DID LESS THAN NOTHING WRONG is totes okay as long as you feel bad about it. And bullshit like that enrages me to no end. Regret does not make horrible crimes okay. Why some animes seem to think that is the case will never cease to piss me off.

I'm honestly baffled that this is how you saw the episode. If you want to even attempt to find any enjoyment in this show, you probably should stop taking everything that happens at face value. Otherwise, might as well just save yourself the trouble and drop it.

Okay so wait how many players are there supposed to be in the En Version? I thought it was 700,000 but I recall someone saying 300,000

There's over 500,000 download counts, but there's not that many actual players. Umi's Token Event had a little above 97,000 players so it's probably somewhere around there.

Oh you guys are just ...

So I rolled my first UR today and it wasn't the new Honoka. Not even sure if I should celebrate as I was aiming for the new set of cards. Afterthought, but maybe I should have used Umi's magic to call out the Honkers.

Edit: It's Rice's birthday today.

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Pretty spot on estimate if I do say so myself.

Anyone noticed the necklace that kureha's mom is wearing in the photograph?

Could someone explain me? For some reason I think I saw it somewhere before, but even after rechecking all episodes I don't understand why.

It's the same one Ginko is wearing.

Koufuku Graffiti: Lewd eating with Okada behind the wheels, so I'm expecting drama.
Kancolle: Generic genki girl MC trying to come between my OTP.
Junketsu no Maria: Looking good. The male love interest has already shown up, but if the ride is fun, I'm in.

Idolmaster Cinderella Girls... I honestly don't have much of an opinion on. It seems to be well enough made, at least

Rin looks to be version 2.0 Chihaya. The first episode of CG was better than the original season though, so that's a plus. Not that it's very hard to top the original's first episode.

Rolling Girls is batshit insane. It's quite pretty and has some clear yuri potential, though

Here's hoping the budget can keep up with the crazy rainbow vomit.

There's also five or so generic harem shows that I'm not even going to bother with.

^ that's totally her. XD

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Okay, this would be just me... But my rough estimate for tier 2 on Nico's event would be around 55,000 points. Unless those aggressive players starts to push it up way higher again. (ノ_＜)

No, at the rate it's going, it'll be at least 63k and most likely ends up being around 64k.

Corrections for the above spoilers because it's off.

I didn't want to say anything because reading speculations is interesting, but honestly, Saitou is getting too much hate. Saitou tells Isechi to give up because she knows that Sensei is so nice that she would let herself get dragged along (even after rejecting Saitou, Sensei was still looking out for her). Saitou is under the impression that Isechi will eventually fall out of the illusion of love (just like she did) and in the end, Sensei will be the one to get hurt.

When she was pregnant and met Sensei again, the conversation was Saitou's way of telling Sensei that she's moved on, she's fine now so Sensei shouldn't have to worry about her again. Isechi then swoops in to claim that neither of their love is an illusion, that she'd never give up on Sensei, and that she wants to believe Sensei did love Saitou and now does reciprocate Isechi's love.

Saitou then apologizes to Sensei, thanks her, and makes it known that she is indeed happy with her husband and child.

Left out some details, but that should clear things up.

Alright, the first day of Score Match 4 is over and here are some numbers:

Score Match 4: Nico - 9 days
T1: 17.49k
T2: 9.65k

and previous events for comparison (current - previous)

Score Match 3: Hanayo - 10 days
T1: 13.97k (3.53k)
T2: 7.98k (1.67k)

Score Match 2: Kotori - 9 days
T1: 15.16k (2.33k)
T2: 7.58k (2.07k)

Going to give KLab the benefit of the doubt and say they are using Nico's event to see if Umi's was a fluke or not. I'm probably not gonna go for T1/T2 until Rin or Maki's event. Hoping tiers will be increased by then.

But I smell yaoi to this BAKA TRIO (the 3 boys life sexy, cool & beauty) that made my eyes hurt, the hell with that poses??..(>.>)?

You just weren't SEXY enough to appreciate the fabulous max Love trio.

EN event tiers remain the same. Surprise, surprise.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm here to read about bears, and this "yuri" stuff just doesn't sit right with me.

This person's icon delivers. Can we hand them a medal?

Funimation has also announced that the first episode of YKA will be released on Wednesday and the following episodes will be simulcast 3 hours after the Japanese airtime.

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Since you're here Nez. Why was the KyouSaya thread deleted? This is under the assumption that it was deleted and by you.

If you want to see people paid for their work, then buy their books.

Pretty sure they're talking paypal donations. Honestly I'd prefer that too and/or digital copies. Having physical copies are really nice as I consider myself a collector, but shipping costs adds up like crazy. If shipping wasn't involved I'd be able to buy twice as many books as I have.

You're asking for '3D' characters on the first episode. What comes in the next 11? 4D?

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a school that is so SHAFT im surprised the school itself isn't head tilting.

Thanks for the laugh. I somehow missed it on my first readthrough.

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