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(Five episodes watched): Knowing what I was getting into (since I had watched the first season) allowed me to adjust my expectations and as a result, I rather enjoyed this episode. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised and felt more entertained than I was by the opening episodes of either Toradora or Akane-iro, both of which I had expected would be much better. There was definitely at least one LOL joke (the scene where the two lovers are staring at each other through a pink haze and repeating each other's names). I would say that comedy is definitely the strong point of this series, since the "action" is lame. The OP/ED sequence, where the girls of the harem perform a sort of disco/idol singer act, was fun, too. All-in-all, not bad! Whereas the first episode of the first season struck me as "weak", I would say that this season gets off to a much better start. Likewise, episode two was a pleasant surprise. For a while, good jokes were actually outnumbering panty shots--who would have thought that was possible? In the end I think the ratio ended up at about 1:1, which is still a pretty good figure. I noticed several "4th wall" jokes in which the characters tacitly acknowledge their status in a harem anime. I thought the twist in which Kokoa adores her sister Moka in one of her personality modes and hates her in the other one was clever, and I'm looking forward to seeing what will be done with it. In short, this show is seeming a good deal funnier than during the first season. Damn, this show's pretty good! That's what I said to myself as I watched episode three. This one had me laughing even before the first panty was exposed (although it was only seconds behind). I think there's been a definite change of strategy within R+V since the last season, in that instead of stretching it's resources into attempts to be both a comedy and action show (and being at best modest at both), this season is concentrating on the humor and doing a much better job of it. This show is shamelessly perverted--it's revelling in it--but it's much funnier than first season, so I'm not offended. The panty flashing is more of a joke nowadays than a sleazy tactic to attract viewers. The show was even making fun of itself, as when the bat served as a sort of censor. I laughed so much during this episode (which involved "Family Day" at the academy) that I needed to wipe tears from my eyes. R+V Capu2 may well be the most reliably funny show I am watching this season. Episode four confirms these positive impressions. This show leaves me grinning and laughing right off the bat (sometimes literally). The station break seemed to come much too quickly, but the episode was in fact halfway over--a sure sign that it is holding my interest firmly. I liked the way a supporting character got the spotlight for an episode. The "bursting boobs" joke had me LOLing--it shows how absurd the huge breasts fetish is to begin with. I was surprised that this episode actually had a meaningful moral to it, i.e, the foolishness of betting one's self esteem on physical appearance alone. It was almost as if the series is doing a sort of pennance for all the cheap ecchi jokes of the first season. This is good fanservice, and this may well be the best Capu2 episode so far. I've seldom seen such a radical improvement in the second season of a series. Episode five wasn't up to the standards of the others of this season; it seemed like the overall quality was better suited to the first season. Not terrible, by any means, but the central joke was overplayed too many times and it didn't seem to have much of anything special about it. Mizore deserved better for her signature episode. My favorite line (so far): "He'll never leave you if he's frozen" --Mizore's mother Last updated Monday, November 10 2008. Created Monday, October 06 2008. | ||||||||
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Too Many Panty Shots!! Is this really an legitimate anime series or an animated ↗upskirt softporn series? ANN is reporting that two of the Japanese TV stations have taken to censoring this series. I think that I even saw a ↗camel toe in one of the shots.... YESH !!!!! Pointless ... really pointless... And what ticks me off the most is that they are not even clever in how they do it. Just how many ... ankle-knee-panty-ski Last updated Monday, October 06 2008. Created Sunday, October 05 2008. | ||||||||
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First Look: Well I lost count of the panty count at 100, but at least they learned that to not make the panties show when showing the 'face' of the girl. It was a good starting. Last updated Sunday, October 05 2008. Created Sunday, October 05 2008. | ||||||||
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After Rosario + Vampire, i'm pumped to see what else they can throw at me with this title. watching now... 7 eps watched... Typical Rosario + Vampire-like intro. We meet the gang again and nothing has changed (and thats a good thing). I saw so many different colored panties, that I thought I saw a rainbow (LOL). The panty shots are more painfully obvious this time around and the scenes are usually from the "bottom-of-the-scree The music/scenes is something that must have gotten everyone's attention I assume. It's terrible compared to last season! The ending in particular was just unforgivable but i'm starting to get used to it and its alright. As for the intro, I thought it was salvageable but more important then the music was the little dance thing they got the girls doing. After seeing how fluid the animation was and how realistic their dance steps were, I was like, "Take that Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu" (which had a realistic "dance off-like" end credits). I also said, "You go girls"! (Okay, someone deduct 1000 points off my man card and shoot me while your at it). LOL Ep 3: Kurumu's mom uses her "breast missile" attack (laser beams). Riiiiiight (>_>) LOL. Funny episode none the less. Ep 4: OK... Houston, we have a problem! The anime is not even trying anymore to surpass the prior season. This episode was nothing but fan-service and the usual crap. Yukari is jealous of the big-breasted harem cast and she gets her wish of a grown-up body with all the perks that come with it. The rinse and repeat cycle of the show makes another entry: 1) Some slight problem 2) Some funny giggles 3) A monster attacks 4) Transformation and resulting "butt kicking" 5) Capu Chuuuuu Rinse and repeat I tell you. It made it even worse that the bat coverings are actively blocking even more of the fan-service this time around. One-third of the episode was covered with those stupid bat sensors. As for the usual Moka transformation, they didn't even bother showing the fight this time. It was so routine, that they just gave us some text on the top of the screen that would tell of what was happening as we, the viewers, already know the drill. This anime better get it's act together soon... Ep 5: Website Glitch... V_V I had a detailed desciption of what is wrong so far with this anime but since there are other forces holding me back, I guess you'll have to watch for yourself and decide... Ep 6 is the real beginning of the series. After five eps of no story, we get how the anime should've started off. This ep had the usual funny/action/panty shots galore themes that put the original title on the map. After the "crap-tacular" first five eps, this series has finally begun to climb out of the hole it put itself in and has "leveled up" to Rosario + Vampire-status. Too bad it would've been much further along by now if they didn't waste all that time. Now that the series is being serious, we can see how this title became so popular in the first place. I only judge this anime so critically because I know how great it really is (especially last season) and if it was a bit less stupid and a bit more serious, it would be a masterpiece! Ep 7 is the perfect example of what i'm talking about. We have a simple episode of the main lead going home and the girls following him. The laughs were extreme in this ep as the mother gets to meet the girls and just how they all fight for the main lead's affection. I laughed with tears in my eyes as the cousin, Kyo, comes over and tries to judge them all to find the girl that is the right match for Tsukune and the misunderstandings get way out of hand. The fight between the girls gets serious and they take it outside (!) and fight for real! Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari lose themselves and fight with the intent to kill (the animation was crisp and clean, worthy of a perfect score) but the "newly determined" Moka puts some sense back into them. The talk the mother had with Moka was really something and Moka is more determined now about Tsukune then ever before. The bat even called Tsukune afterwards to give him the battle time for this weeks fight like usual - LOL. Genuinely funny episode and I laughed like it was a disease. This title is everything in one package and like i've been saying all along, it would be perfect if they toned down the slap-stick (just a little bit from the first half of eps) and focused more on the girls or the story. I still love this title regardless and can't wait for more laughs/story/romance Check out my award list to see some of the best anime titles in the world! Never forget Xenosaga. Last updated Monday, November 17 2008. Created Saturday, September 27 2008. | ||||||||
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Other Sites
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| Original Website (Japanese) | http://www.rosa-vam.com/ |
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