Bread is good.
Unfortunately, both sentences make sense in the context of this series.
EDIT: AHHHHHHH WHY DID I WATCH THIS SERIES ASDFJKL;
I kid you not, these scenes were within 3 seconds of each other.
Shining Hearts: ~Shiawase no Pan~ is one of those series that you think, "Wow. Did...did they really think this was a good series?" And the answer is, "No, but they made some money off of it I'm sure." Why? Because fuck, we were all lured into watching this shitty series in the hopes that it would turn itself around.
And no, I don't want to hear shit about how "oh the in-game story makes sense," because I'm not playing the game and I probably will never get to it. The adaptation is complete crap. Furthermore, why should I lower my standards for adaptations? Expecting adaptations to be watered-down in terms of quality is one thing, but that still doesn't mean that I won't hate on adaptations for not being on par with the original form of media. I destroyed TWGOK over this stupid nonsense (especially when they dragged it on for two seasons without getting to the major arc or to any of the good minor girls), and I have absolutely no qualms about doing so to the Shining Hearts adaptation. Shape up, SEGA. This is why you fucking suck balls now - lowering the quality of your shit until Yakuza is the only fucking game on the market that might even be worth buying. Screw you.
Production values were standard to mediocre - Sunrise Studios made Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon 720p look like 1080p with their usage of sharp lines + computer-assisted drawing and I don't see why Production I.G. can't do the same with their graphics. As mentioned before, the OP is mediocre and reminds me more of just a Tabi no Tochuu (Spice & Wolf OP) wannabe, while the bread-filled ED - despite being made by Hyadain and thus WILL get stuck in your head - could not be saved from the clutches of mediocrity, even by Hyadain. Sorry.
And no, I don't want to hear shit about how "oh the in-game story makes sense," because I'm not playing the game and I probably will never get to it. The adaptation is complete crap. Furthermore, why should I lower my standards for adaptations? Expecting adaptations to be watered-down in terms of quality is one thing, but that still doesn't mean that I won't hate on adaptations for not being on par with the original form of media. I destroyed TWGOK over this stupid nonsense (especially when they dragged it on for two seasons without getting to the major arc or to any of the good minor girls), and I have absolutely no qualms about doing so to the Shining Hearts adaptation. Shape up, SEGA. This is why you fucking suck balls now - lowering the quality of your shit until Yakuza is the only fucking game on the market that might even be worth buying. Screw you.
Production values were standard to mediocre - Sunrise Studios made Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon 720p look like 1080p with their usage of sharp lines + computer-assisted drawing and I don't see why Production I.G. can't do the same with their graphics. As mentioned before, the OP is mediocre and reminds me more of just a Tabi no Tochuu (Spice & Wolf OP) wannabe, while the bread-filled ED - despite being made by Hyadain and thus WILL get stuck in your head - could not be saved from the clutches of mediocrity, even by Hyadain. Sorry.
Pictured: aggressive marketing tactics
Let's get straight to the point: Shiawase no Pan simply has too many loose ends at the end. No, screw that - it has too many loose beginnings. I'm not worried about how the arc will wrap up; I'm frustrated because I have no idea of what the goddamn arc is. Forget my confusion after the ending; after episode 10, when the major "beginnings of bad shits" arc/prologue was laid down, I had more questions popping up than a Jeopardy board. Why is this happening in episode 10? What do the nobles of the castle have to do with anything relevant in the story other than providing cannon fodder for the heroes? Why is the old man obsessed with shinies? And what does the cat-eared and -tailed (WHY THE CAT-EARS?) thief-antique-shop-owner-chinese-why-is-she-chinese girl have to do with him, why do they team up, what relevance do they have to the story, and why does their side story consist of 148921171 rides on a scooter? Why are alligators on battleships appearing out of nowhere? Why are there snakes on this plane? Why pirates? Why pirates? Pirates or ninjas? All of these are valid questions...and none of them are answered in the series.
Meanwhile, the town is getting bombarded from sea by anthropomorphic alligators.
Of course, the biggest question is also never answered - what exactly does the conclusion conclude? SnP simply shrugs its shoulders. Ricky Rick grows wings and uses a sword to...shoot lasers and defeat the evil guys, or something (did that actually happen or did the boss alligator just go home b/c the episode was running out of time). Afterwards, everything just goes back to normal. That's it. One large engagement. Then bread. Elves smiling. Pain au chocolats being bitten into. Rick smiling. Church bells ringing. Seven swans a-swimming. Six geese a-laying. Five golden rings.
What the fuck is going on?!
If this was how an RPG was made, I would break the cartridge in half right there. Fuck you, I'm not buying any DLC for that shit.
And it's not like anything better happened in the episodes beforehand either. Oh no, we had all these fucking side stories, from boating out like we're playing Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker to making ice cream with Rie Kugimiya. And NOW we get hit with the major arc's...prologue? and it just concludes there? Fuck you.
Overall, you should watch it. Feel my pain.
Recommendation: See above.
You have like four fucking rooms! Does she suck it down her throat when y'all are too busy playing Pokemon or something?
Hey, Total War: Shogun 2 was by SEGA and that's pretty good. And is Yakuza even that good?
ReplyDeleteTotal War doesn't seem that bad, but if that's one of the only things that ppl can list...
ReplyDeleteAnd also, Yakuza is great. This is absolute.