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Jace911 "Reviews" Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Captain Orsai said:
Bunny Cat says. We've only got his word for that one, and he is a blatant and unrepentant liar.
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We have no evidence that he isn't telling the truth, and since there is nothing to contradict it, it should just be believed. Plus, it makes the Incubators more interesting, if they have a noble goal.
 
Mortifer said:
No No No.
Kyubey's species want to save the universe, even if their methods look cruel to us humans. Urobutcher's just in it for the suffering.
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...Pretty sure that's wrong.
Gen Urobuchi wants to write stories that can warm people's hearts.
Those who know about my creative history will probably furrow their brows and think this is a sick joke. Honestly, I have trouble believing it myself. For when I start typing out words on the keyboard, the stories my brain comes up with are always full of madness and despair.
The truth is, I haven't always been this way. I have often written pieces that didn't have a perfect ending, but by the last chapter the protagonist would still possess a belief that "Although there will be many hardships to come, I still have to hold on".
But ever since I don't know when, I can no longer write works like this.
I have nothing but contempt for the thing men call happiness, and have had to push the characters I poured my heart out to create into the abyss of tragedy.
For all things in the world, if they are just left alone and paid no attention, are bound to advance in a negative direction.
No matter what we do, we can't stop the universe from getting colder, either, and on the same principle. This world is only maintained in existence by a series of logical, common-sense processes; it can never escape the bondage of its physical laws.
Therefore, in order to write a perfect ending for a story you must possess the power to break the chain of cause and effect, invert black and white, and act in complete contradiction to the rules of the universe. Only a heavenly and chaste soul, a soul that resounds with genuine praise for humanity, can save the story; to write a story with a happy ending is a double challenge, to the author's body as well as the mind.
At some point, Gen Urobuchi lost that power. He still hasn't recovered. The "tragedy syndrome" is still continuing within me. Is this a terminal disease? Should I give up on the pure "warrior of love" that I have longed for? Or mount a pallid battle steed and reincarnate into a bearer of the plague... could it be that I can only create pieces that give men courage and hope in my next life? (When I wrote this, I accidentally wrote "courage" as "lingering ghosts". I guess that's what I get for using IME — Ah, I just wrote "IME" as "hatred"... is there no way out of this for me?)
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He is not F/SN Kirei.
 
Grue said:
...Pretty sure that's wrong.
He is not F/SN Kirei.
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What Urobutcher says and animates are two differnt things. :V

More seriously, people are making jokes about Urobutchers despair-creating ability. I'm aware of that quote.

Also, this is a bit off-topic. I propose dropping this line of conversation.
 
Mortifer said:


What Urobutcher says and animates are two differnt things. :V

More seriously, people are making jokes about Urobutchers despair-creating ability. I'm aware of that quote.

Also, this is a bit off-topic. I propose dropping this line of conversation.
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Rule One: Never assume everyone realises it's a joke.
Anyway, dropping.
 
Olive said:
But he never lies. People just never ask the questions.
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Nah, he kinda does lie, though he lies through parallel dimensions so it can be debated on whether or not it counts as a lie.

At the very least, he evidently lies about caring for humanity's survival, because that's a pretty blatant lie.
 
Mortifer said:
Also, this is a bit off-topic. I propose dropping this line of conversation.
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Grue said:
Anyway, dropping.
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Yeah, it was good of you to use spoiler boxes, but they still make it tempting for Jace to peek at them which is not chill, and until he's finished his review it's also kind of off-topic. So well done for taking the initiative to drop it, this is absolutely what we like to see!

*hands Mortifer and Grue a cookie*
 
Guderian2nd said:
Nah, he kinda does lie, though he lies through parallel dimensions so it can be debated on whether or not it counts as a lie.

At the very least, he evidently lies about caring for humanity's survival, because that's a pretty blatant lie.
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I disagree to a point but since a mod has said no spoiler'd discussions, I will wait until after Jace finishes to continue.
 
I've already seen Girls Und Panzer multiple times so a first reaction review of that is out (Although a traditional IWIW could work depending on interest) but I have yet to start JJBA so that remains a possibility.
 
I don't see why you would want to review JJBA. There isn't much to discuss, it's just a series of increasingly wacky and ridiculous things happening. It doesn't try to be anything more than it is at any point in time.
 
Zak757 said:
I don't see why you would want to review JJBA. There isn't much to discuss, it's just a series of increasingly wacky and ridiculous things happening. It doesn't try to be anything more than it is at any point in time.
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I'll probably come up with a list of potential candidates, do a test writeup for each one to see if they're suitable for this kind of "reviewing", and then put the ones that make the cut up for a vote.
 
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