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Monthly Marimite/Aria/Simoun thread

>> No.831771

Monthly sage

>> No.831772

Its that time again /jp/

>> No.831776

take it to /a/

>> No.831775

lulz

for a second there i thought this was /u/

>> No.831780

>>831775
it is, just look at all the touhou threads

>> No.831781
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>> No.831786

>>831781
Thus concludes the Aria topic.

Continue with: Marimite/Simoun

>> No.831787

>>831780
It's 80% /d/, 15% /u/ and 4% /h/

>> No.831782

>>831781

>> No.831783

>>831780
those would make it /d/, not /u/

>> No.831784

>>831781

RAGEEE

>> No.831789

>>831781

Awesome.

>> No.831792

>>831776
Figures and visual novels don't go on /a/.

>> No.831793

simoun: everyone is gay
marimite: everyone is gay + tea
aria: nice boats

>> No.831797

>>831781
MOOOOORE

>> No.831808

>>831781
what a waste, they didn't even rape them

>> No.831807

I've never seen the appeal of Aria; it's very generic in story.

If you want slice-of-life, go YKK or go home.

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>>831771
You surprise me, Kilgamayan.

Your rank on the Official Western Touhou Fandom has now dropped to fourth place. Enjoy being behind... ugh, Walfas.

>> No.831831

>>831815

Methinks you fell for it, then.

>> No.831836

obligatory /r/ for companion image

>> No.831842
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ITT AWESOME!

Must be posted in any Aria thread.

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>>831792

>> No.831855

>>831807
there is no story in Aria. It's called "healing type anime", and it's a product of an overstressed Japanese culture.

you sit and relax and absorb the happenings, atmosphere, and music. it's a uniquely Japanese genre, so it's not suprising that most westerners dislike it.

>> No.831865

>>831815
walfas is hilarious

>> No.831861

Aria is as relaxing slice of life as YKK.
Maybe it feels a bit more forced since they mention all the time they live just to enjoy the day, while Alpha just watches silently the scenery.

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>> No.831871

>>831855
So this is effectively BGV. Check.

Wish fans would stop shitting themselves over it already.

>> No.831876

>>831855

the is nothing offensive at all about your post, but for some reason I want to punch you in the face.

>> No.831881

>>831855
Considering most of its western fanbase absolutely lack any sort of significant stress, I fail to see why it's gotten popular.
"I want a show that I can watch without having to think. Just like the rest of my goddamn day..." just doesn't seem to swing it.

>> No.831891
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Everyday is Sunday for us NEETs in /jp/. We don't get stressed here.

>> No.831897

>>831881
Wtf, the fact that I am stressed is why I hate this show.

>> No.831894

>>831881
People like to think they're more stressed than they are.

>> No.831902

>>831891
Wouldn't that make Aria the most unpopular show among you, then?

>> No.831903

>>831855
It's not uniquely Japanese. Go look up a movie called 'Empire'. It's three hours of watching the Empire State Building. Nothing happens in it.

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831907

Monthly Simoun?
Suddenly, win.

>> No.831916

Screw you guys. I love me some boat rowing anime. It doesn't hurt that all the girls in it are hot, cute, moe, and/or all of the above.

>> No.831917

>>831903
I certainly hope that SOMETHING changes. otherwise it might as well be a still image.

>> No.831930

>>831916
If that's all the show has, I'll just go watch something that's a little less idle on the story burner.

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>> No.831924

>>831917

after two hours the lights should turn off

>> No.831925

>>831917
The position of shadows changes, and you see some people through the windows occasionally. That's about it.

>> No.831931
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831931

Can sketchbook join?

>> No.831932

>>831924

sorry should of put spoiler tags there

>> No.831939

>>831891

SEASON FOUR FUCKING WHERE?

>> No.831938
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>>831931

Of course. Kate is awesome.

>> No.831945

>>831930
It's a calming animu, that's about it. Everything in it is nice, and when there are negative things that happen they get sorted out is a nice manner quite swiftly.

It also has quite a large number of weird supernatural things happening in it. Time travel, ghosts, passages that loop on themselves, etc...

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>>831932
>should of

>> No.831948

>>831931
Sure, let's celebrate the manga being translated.

>> No.831950
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831950

I love you bug-tan~

>> No.831959

>>831945
That's really the entire point. It's something to relax with, nothing more. And it's great for that.

It's bad for marathoning.

>> No.831957
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831957

Not enough Marimite

>> No.831956

>>831931
Sketchbook > Hidamari Sketch?
Sketchbook < Hidamari Sketch?

>> No.831960
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>>831939
No one knows. It is a highly guarded Japanese secret.

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>> No.831969

>>831945
>It also has quite a large number of weird supernatural things happening in it. Time travel, ghosts, passages that loop on themselves, etc...
I do not remember any of this at all from ARIA. Then again, I only watched The Origination. And only recently started reading Aqua.

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>> No.831968

>>831959
I watched it after particularly eventful eps of other animu, although sometimes I'd feel like a mini-marathon and would watch four or five eps in a row.

>> No.831975

>>831969
Then go back and watch the first two seasons, because you're missing awesome shit.

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Postcards/DVD covers torrent on TT.

Still can't find scans of the PS2 limited edition manga/artbook.

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>>831969

>> No.831988
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831988

I wish Maribato had netplay ;_;

>> No.831985

>>831956
Why choose? They're both extremely good. And while they seem exactly the same from concept, they're actually pretty different.

>> No.831989

I just watched eight episodes of Simoun in some primal masochistic ritual.
Please tell me it gets better, /jp/. I want to believe in yuri loli loev.

>> No.831992

>>831959
Is there some sort of relaxation disorder going around? I seem to recall being able to relax whenever I do something I enjoy; why the need for a specific genre of anime do do something you do naturally? Am I the only one who sees the commercialism in this bullshit?

>> No.831991

>>831969
Why would you only watch S3 of a show?

Time travel happens quite early, with Akari going back to the time the first canal in Neo-Venezia got flooded with water, and talking with some people.

Ghost ep was all about scary stories, and one that actually turned out to be true. Cait Sidhe is awesome in it. Which reminds me of another good Cait Sidhe episode with a flying train.

The looping passage was the three girls trying to follow President Aria to a meeting of cats and being stuck in a loop for a while.

>> No.831999

>>831988
Awesome game is awesome.

>>831989
It gets slightly better when their ship gets blown the fuck up, but it's still boring. I never managed to finish it.

>> No.832000

>>831945
>It also has quite a large number of weird supernatural things happening in it. Time travel, ghosts, passages that loop on themselves, etc...

You forgot to mention the most important one, the freaking big giant cat, Cait Sith. I'm kinda disappointed that furball didn't make any appearance in ORIGINATION.

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>> No.832003

>>831991
>Why would you only watch S3 of a show?
Because Aqua/Aria was never on my radar for a while. I heard of it and seen images and what not posted on /a/ before the split but I didn't think it was relevant to my interests. Then with a lack of any good shows that season, I watched The Origination along with some other stuff. So now I'm going back to download the first two seasons and reading the manga.

>> No.832010

>>831992
Yeah they kinda forget that different people relax in different ways.

>> No.832016

>>831992
You're entirely missing the point, so it would probably be lost on you anyway.

>> No.832017

>>831989
I think the beginning episodes are weak. They're basically 7-8 episodes of exposition. I can't stand the first episode.

The plot kicks in shortly after though. It really gets excellent and stays that way for the remainder of the series. Best series of 2006, along with Kemonozume.

>> No.832023

>>832000
He doesn't show up in S3? That blows. He was my favourite character, and towards the end of S2 he seemed to be becoming more important....

I'm still waiting for CrystalNova to finish subbing before I continue watching. I don't trust Hitode to do a decent job.

On a related note, the Arietta OVA is crap, avoid it if you haven't seen it. It's written by the Director not Amano, and has blatantly forced fanservicey scenes that don't fit the show at all.

>> No.832024

>>831938
>Kate is awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gzqGuJY3qc

>> No.832031

>>832000
I liked the one episode where they went to the Japanese shrine island and Akari met a procession of Japanese gods.

>> No.832032

>>832016
Please, enlighten me. I found no merit; what am I missing?

>> No.832040

>>832032
Many people find it hard to relax. Something like ARIA gives them the opportunity to do so easily.

>> No.832048

>>832017
I found it stayed boring even after the plot supposedly kicked it. Well, the boringness did change from "boring exposition" to "boring melodrama + exposition" I suppose.

>> No.832049

>>832031
Akari is definitely a magnet for mystical phenomenons, just like how Kindaichi and Conan are the magnets for murder cases.

>> No.832051

>>832017
>ZUN

This is how I know you're lying.

>> No.832052

>>832040
>relax

You mean, TAKE IT EASY?

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>>831988
>>I wish Maribato had netplay

It's on the list of "good things we can't have".

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>Postcards/DVD covers torrent on TT.
Oh Nice! New pictures.
>Still can't find scans of the PS2 limited edition manga/artbook.
What exactly was that manga? Is the cover like this: (it's off lilicious)

>> No.832056

>>832032
As I said, there's probably no way you would be able to see it, even if explained. People are just different like that.

There's really a difference between doing something you enjoy and doing something to relax.

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> You mean, TAKE IT EASY?
There was already that yukkuri censor on mamiina's breasts

>> No.832077

>>832056
How about you stop being an elitist douchebag and explain it properly? "You wouldn't understand it" is a goddamn cop-out and you know it.

Pleasure brings contentment, which generally spurs relaxation; the key I'm missing is the connection of Aria to "pleasure"... IS there an answer here that isn't "I just enjoy it."?

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>>831781

SUP JANITORS. GOOD WORK, HAVE THIS

>> No.832079

>>832056
I'll try to put it into words, if I can.

Twenty minutes of excitement obviously doesn't relax you. Twenty minutes of literally nothing happening doesn't relax you either, since it's very easy for the mind to wander by itself. ARIA has enough going on that your mind stays focused, but without actually stimulating it. Thus allowing it to relax.

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So how does this game play? The TRPG part looks kind of crappy.

>> No.832086

Cait Sith is awesome in the manga.
The whole effect every time he lifts his hat. You know it's just a huge cat, but it feels like you have stumbled upon something forbidden.
But they just pat you in the head, give you a cookie, and send you home.


Also, I gasped when he was first revealed. It's a huge cat, and he just gives you a sort of acknowledgment, a wink.

Screw it, I'm going to re-read the cat cafe chapter.

>> No.832090

>>832077
I'll add to >>832079 with:
I find the world of ARIA to be quite aesthetically pleasing, myself. Not just the characters, but the entire setting is very nice to look at.

>> No.832091
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>>831978
these? the books that came with the ps2 game?

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>>832058
Some comedy/silly one. It isn't the one you posted.

>>832091
Is it? Here's a low quality sample page. Been looking for it for translation purposes.

>> No.832105

>>832077
But it's not something that can be explained. That's what I'm really trying to say. If you don't see anything in it, that's fine, because like I said, people are different, but there's really nothing I can say to make you see it.

>> No.832116

>>832085

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqb1s_z9oAE

>> No.832128

>>832085
if you liked the Utawarerumono game, then you'll like that

>> No.832142

>>832079
So it's visual marijuana. Check.

Forgive the dickery, but this show always and without fail throws me for a loop. To me, it appears like the barest minimum of effort on the creator's part and he's being rewarded for it; I find certain things with no "story content" relaxing, (Pythagoras Switch comes to mind) but put it in a vehicle created for telling story, be it anime or manga, and I lose the point.

>> No.832143

>>832102
that's from the one on the left. I'm borrowing them from a friend though, so if I can scan it without hurting it, I'll do it... otherwise it's not really my call. Either way it won't be today, but if I'm able to scan it then I will upload it to rapidshit or something for you.

>> No.832160

>>832142
What >>832079 is saying here is that Aria is a way for people with no interests outside of anime to relax. Most of us do something else; basement-level otaku watch Aria.

>> No.832181

>>832143
There are no scans of it on Share or Winny, so you'd be doing the internet a service.

But yeah like you said, don't bother if you gotta damage it in order to scan it. Thanks Anon.

>> No.832204

>>832160
>>basement-level otaku post on /jp/

we're living the dream

>> No.832221

>>832204
Gah; perish the thought. if I still lived with my family, you'd all be reading about their unnecessarily brutal murder on the news in short order. Congrats on the "easy life," but I find living on EASY MODO is not for me.

>> No.832236

>>832142
This is why I said the point would be lost on you no matter what. I wasn't trying to be an ass, it's just how these things work.

>> No.832253

>>832236
Yes, the major issue here is I find letting my mind wander relaxing, so I'm better off with nothing.

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>> No.832302

>>832085
Oh wow, Aaeru's face is so kinda yaranaika like

>> No.832310

>>831787
And 1% is what?
Expoosure from Tiberium?

>> No.832322

>>831792
diabeetus in 3D form.

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>simoun: everyone is gay
>marimite: everyone is gay + tea
>aria: nice boats
Any moment now, Nice gay tea....
*rule 34s this*

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>>832322
They come with the limited edition of the PS2 game being released later this month.

http://www.alchemist-net.co.jp/products/ARIA_The_Origination/tokuten.html

>> No.832374

touhou: everyone is gay + tea

>> No.832393

>>832374
I thought it was "everyone is futa with silly hats."

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>> No.832408

>>832393
It better be, those are my fetishes

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>> No.832429
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MISAO HIJACK!

/MISAO HIJACK because I only have one SFW picture

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S4 when?

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Touhou: everyone is futa with silly hats while drinking tea.

>>832434
/jp/ will fansub the series just like old /a/ did, right?

>> No.832497

>>832457
time will tell.

>> No.832503

> Touhou: everyone is futa with silly hats while drinking tea.
Kaguya doesn't have a hat :(

>> No.832511

>>832457
>東方三月精07_15
what's that say? can you post link?

tl;dr: source.

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This game is kinda creepy.

>> No.832546

>>832511
The best official Touhou manga:

http://gallery.gensokyo.org/index.php?cat=97

>> No.832569

>>832503 :(
Get the fuck out faggot

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