anime post: Toward the Terra

[annwyd]

Toward the Terra (Terra e...)
Good: For the most part, this show comes together remarkably well. Considering the number of timeskips, it's remarkably well-paced except for a short slow bit at the beginning. The characters are engaging; they're often fairly stock tropes, but treated in a more nuanced way than usual. The characters, plot, and themes

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[waaaaaaaaaaaarp]

CAPTAIN

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARP

[annwyd]

False advertising! Saiga Mitsuki doesn't drag it out that much. Mostly. Sometimes.

[ex_boudica]

♦ Want a series that conveys itself through character and action rather than philosophical speeches

This one single point is enough to convince me to watch this, if I get the time.

[annwyd]

NGL, there are a handful of philosophical speeches, but they're generally character-relevant rather than theme-explaining.

[ex_boudica]

Haha, I think I'd keel over from shock if I saw an anime that didn't do this even a little. But I'm almost done with FFXIII, which is sickeningly full of this crap, so it's almost bound to be an improvement!