I almost had to kill me a Best Buy employee
I heard the Anime World Order review of Baccano this past week, and it sounded pretty cool - an anime about 1930's gangsters, a disjointed story telling style that made your think about the story, plenty of unique and interesting characters, a HUUUUGE mystery, and the OH MY GOD NO WAY huge surprise.
I watched the first episode for free on the Funimation web site. And - OH MY GOD NO WAY (OMGNW)! It was cool, it was smart, the English voice acting was pretty good, I loved the style, the animation, the script - it was just all very cool stuff.
So I told My Lovely Wife (MLW) that I was going to buy this series and she would have to watch at least the first episode, because while she's not a big gangster fan, she is a fan of the OH MY GOD NO WAY surprise that should get her hooked into the rest of the show.
But there's a caveat: Evidently, the back of the DVD packaging reveals the OMGNW surprise - which means that the whole setup is ruined for you. Whatever you do, do *not* look at the back of the DVD box. Don't even read it.
I looked online, and found that the local Best Buy actually had a decent price on it. I go there, pick it up, stand in line, hand my purchase to the checker, who scans it in.
Then he turns it over, and starts reading the back. "Don't do that," I tell him. "Evidently, reading the back reveals the OMGNW surprise, and can ruin the show for you."
He looked up at me. "So - you haven't read this?"
"Nope. I saw the first episode online, liked it, and came down here to buy it. But the word on the Internet is, don't read the back until after you've read it so as not to ruin the OMGNW surprise moment."
He looks at the back again. "So what are these guys suppose to be - [SPOILER WORD]?"
My hand froze over the credit card reader. "What the hell are you doing, man? I just said, don't read the back!"
He pointed to the words. "But it says that -"
"Ack!"
"But -"
"Nyah!"
"I just - "
"Just ring me up! What are you trying to do, dude!"
I finished, and left before his words could poison me.
So I'm not sure who I'm more mad at - Funimation, for putting the spoiler on the back (which I still haven't looked at), the cashier, who wanted to share said spoiler, or Anime World Order, who may be playing the biggest prank on anime viewers of all. Maybe the back is just a recipe for strawberry shortcake - and now I have no way of knowing?
I watched the first episode for free on the Funimation web site. And - OH MY GOD NO WAY (OMGNW)! It was cool, it was smart, the English voice acting was pretty good, I loved the style, the animation, the script - it was just all very cool stuff.
So I told My Lovely Wife (MLW) that I was going to buy this series and she would have to watch at least the first episode, because while she's not a big gangster fan, she is a fan of the OH MY GOD NO WAY surprise that should get her hooked into the rest of the show.
But there's a caveat: Evidently, the back of the DVD packaging reveals the OMGNW surprise - which means that the whole setup is ruined for you. Whatever you do, do *not* look at the back of the DVD box. Don't even read it.
I looked online, and found that the local Best Buy actually had a decent price on it. I go there, pick it up, stand in line, hand my purchase to the checker, who scans it in.
Then he turns it over, and starts reading the back. "Don't do that," I tell him. "Evidently, reading the back reveals the OMGNW surprise, and can ruin the show for you."
He looked up at me. "So - you haven't read this?"
"Nope. I saw the first episode online, liked it, and came down here to buy it. But the word on the Internet is, don't read the back until after you've read it so as not to ruin the OMGNW surprise moment."
He looks at the back again. "So what are these guys suppose to be - [SPOILER WORD]?"
My hand froze over the credit card reader. "What the hell are you doing, man? I just said, don't read the back!"
He pointed to the words. "But it says that -"
"Ack!"
"But -"
"Nyah!"
"I just - "
"Just ring me up! What are you trying to do, dude!"
I finished, and left before his words could poison me.
So I'm not sure who I'm more mad at - Funimation, for putting the spoiler on the back (which I still haven't looked at), the cashier, who wanted to share said spoiler, or Anime World Order, who may be playing the biggest prank on anime viewers of all. Maybe the back is just a recipe for strawberry shortcake - and now I have no way of knowing?