The Asterisk War Sucks [Part 1]

[@Kolbatsu]

Light novel guy is the Japanese equivalent of Young Adult novel girl.

[@sebsthexeno9460]

Kolbatsu Fucking. Yes. You hit the nail STRAIGHT on the head.

[@jayblade2000]

OMFG you are absolutely right

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

KIRITO IS BELLA, illuminati confirmed!

[@Joseph-xq5dh]

I need no channel youtube! More like the main girl in divergent

[@totallynameless8861]

For the love of god, someone write a fanfic like this.

[@Rannos22]

Starting to understand why the main girl is always the worst girl, because they're all the same character

[@purkle200]

Yet for some reason people like them why !?

[@Rannos22]

purkle200 Wish fulfillment I guess?

[@purkle200]

Rannos22 Most likely...

[@SteelOfLegend]

Wish fulfillment? That's not how you spell breasts or lack of breasts.

[@goldenlotus3598]

i always wondered why I hated them, now I understand

[@freeofkings]

"It looks like a plastic toy that's been possessed by a ghost." That'd be a fucking awesome weapon for a main character to use. Think of the possibilities.

[@CalamariMatoi]

The Real Jackalope jojo

[@ddshocktrooper5604]

See the issue here is it *looks* like a plastic toy possessed by a ghost. If it *were* a plastic toy possessed by a ghost they'd have a funky twist of an idea rather than generic crap.

[@fyrentenimar]

So, kinda like what the sword guy from the Scar organisation in Mob Psycho 100 uses?

[@abeyo2673]

Isn't that just Shaman King?

[@pandagamer-hg5be]

*_coughs in mob psycho_*

[@raulalvarez5021]

Sometimes when Im stressed or extremely bored Ill just re-watch this whole thing. There is something so cathartic about it

[@6eyed474]

Raul Alvarez i watched this like 4 times when i was overwhelmed at school and it was incredibly helpful

[@leonodonoghueburke4276]

I come back here every few years, never disappoints

[@Flowtail]

6:41 Gotta love how Digi actually ended up being kind of wrong about his assessment of their personalities... because they literally have no personalities.

[@Simpin4Robin]

*gasp* lord digi was wrong

[@odoloid]

3:37 I don't think any Japanese school has a uniform that includes a miniskirt, yet 99% of uniforms in high school anime have miniskirts. Not the girls intentionally rolling them up, but as if the school asked for the skirts to be DESIGNED to be so short. Why? I can't think of a single reason besides "fanservice".

[@Healermain15]

Pretty sure that's the reason. And possibly some lazy conventions.

[@juliacassiano4499]

Komatsuzaki I was in japan and I found it interesting how similar real school girl uniforms were to anime. of course the skirt wasnt super short but it wasnt that long either. I found the uniforms overall to be extremly cute and I even saw many sailor uniforms for my surprise.

[@jayblade2000]

One more reason "Japan"

[@Pxhyre]

anime is the opposite of japan

[@thedarklordx]

What do you think is more likely, a school that has mini skirt uniforms, or natural pink hair?

[@Tahmitron697]

Plx don't detract from my opinions; I'm not strong-willed enough to maintain them on my own. If you critique my favourite show... It will make me like it less because your reasoning is too solid and reasonable. And looking for a better show would be haaaard! - Honest fanboy

[@abdullahislam4830]

If only they were this honest...

[@defonoteleazar4998]

There's lots of good anime shows out there! You just have to expand your sights beyond "mainstream"/shounen - Veteran Honest Fanboy

[@HistoricaHungarica]

+Y u do dis it makes me feel kimchi. but i want to feel salat.

[@1krani]

+Tahmitron697 But is your horizon in the middle of nowhere? My sympathy and pity goes out to those of you who actually get the reference. I pity me for getting that reference.

[@1krani]

Robbin Jacob Then make it. You have issues with the show that go beyond personal taste? Criticize it. Lord knows I have more than enough issues with Attack on Titans to make a long analysis of all the ways it fails.

[@motherlove8366]

My history of watching Asterisk: -Looks at cover "I already know what the show is gonna be, skip" -Someone tells me it's pretty good -I download 2 episodes -10 minutes into episode 1, the most awful accidental groping occurs, me: "fuck this, I'll finish this episode and drop the series -Straight after, the "Happy big breasted side character" pops up -Stops the vid and deletes both episode

[@motherlove8366]

Thought I doubt it can get as bad and visually unappealing as comet lucifer.

[@Silvarret]

+TheDavoo Your comment suddenly makes me feel slightly bad for Digi.

[@BenXBlack93]

+Luc Hayward This happened to me but with rakudai cavalry, as soon i saw the cover i didn't even bother, but my best friend and her girlfriend told me to watch they said it's actually good i watched the first episode and dropped

[@motherlove8366]

Epic Shounen Guy Lol, as far as I know both theses shows are the same so I can relate to that.

[@romeb.1060]

+Luc Hayward What did you tell the guy who recommended it after?

[@savajho5468]

Digi's the type of person who'd be capable of writing a 500+ pages long essay in 4th grade about why tea > coffee

[@JovanaSanchez000]

Savajho If only I, a college student, can write even 5 paragraphs on why tea > coffee....

[@TheWoodenshark]

Why bother with long essays when you can just summarize it with one short sentence. "because I prefer it over the other". Unless we're going into full, hardcore, strictly dietary discussion in which case be sure to dish up compelling arguments based on empirical evidence and citations ;)

[@kyon2221]

That's why we love Digi!

[@firetarrasque4667]

He should run for President. I'm not saying that Trump did that, but it would at least be fun.

[@orcadillasutanna6305]

Long Live Haruhiism! prefer gigguk

[@MegaScytheman]

7 minutes in and we're still at the poster

[@CrystalRubyMoon]

Well, the poster/key visuals tell the viewers what the anime is about even before the anime starts airing, so analyzing and criticizing the poster matters.

[@Healermain15]

With his astounding powers of clairvoyance, Digi needs only a poster.

[@jakobtrangsrud8264]

The point of a poster is to clue you in to the show or movie. Sure, don't judge a book by its cover and not give it a chance, but you should be allowed to make guesses. If not then why make a poster at all.

[@uafkndummy1412]

That guy is an total idiot like why tf does his opinion matter anyway,he is just some fat dude sitting at home dont have anything to do like fuck that guy period

[@uafkndummy1412]

AmethystMoon you must be just as stupid u complete idiot😂

[@BattousaiHBr]

i lost it in your poster analysis when you said "this yellow thingy in the background doesnt look like an explosion nor a flame, just like someone went apeshit in photoshop"

[@Pxhyre]

its fucking flame magic not yellow orange apeshit

[@Pxhyre]

@Cocacolagua :Gat: you could atleast try to make something out of something that looks like flames

[@Gixwing]

0:40 "Some Silverlink show I don't care about" -Digibro You sneaky bastard... that's some clever foreshadowing if I've ever seen one

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Rakudai Kishi No Cavalry EPIC FORESHADOWING Why Did I Do That

[@tharunbala7783]

@@jaredjosephsongheng372 please explain

[@QueenCloveroftheice]

I'm pissing my pants with laughter at how accurate your descriptions of these generic characters are.

[@ddshocktrooper5604]

I can't tell if this is an insult or you're making a pun reference to Bleach and the fact their characters are equally obviously generic.

[@rubberglovesandwich9889]

dD ShockTrooper Its most likely the first one.

[@SummerSnowzy]

You know, Asterisk and Cavalry are both generic garbage that I am guilty of admitting that I enjoy. But when it gets down to it, Asterisk is the worse of the two. I've especially been feeling more this way with the recent episodes. People say Cavalry is more fan-service oriented, but they clearly haven't seen the last 3 episodes of Asterisk while Cavalry was focusing on actual plot even if it is cliche/generic. But in the end, no one cares because they're both bad.

[@Linkfan0001]

Cavalry is the better of the 2 shit shows lel...

[@FafliXx]

+WinterWind I like the protagonist of Asterisk more though. He is only 80% generic, and 20% "actually a nice guy I would like to talk to". Cavalry just pisses me of, while I kinda enjoy Asterisk.

[@pikamontr]

+WinterWind What's happening in asterisk recently that's so bad? Like, core issues, I'm curious. I'm mainly watching Cavalry because of the pretty cute relationship they got going in episode 4 (5), and the trans person (but not really trans? Heart of the maiden is very vague...)But regardless I auto resonate with her, kind of involuntary. Oh, and because _Stellas really hot_ ...aha, fanservice can get to the best of us sometimes . I could just watch Digibro's analysis of it but that'll take forever to watch and forever to come out. Plus I tend to get irritated and bored when he spends so much time on one specific negative thing. Not to say he's wrong (Cause he's probably not), but it just disinterests me when its not about the core issues with the series.

[@FafliXx]

pikamontr Sub plot with this super shy girl that gets beaten by her uncle and an evil other school that builds robots to fight the main characters. Pretty generic stuff.

[@Trollingtonsrus]

+WinterWind no one cares cause they're lazy clones of each other

[@Mariopwnzu]

"you saved me from hell" best comment ever

[@Rebellions]

"Some Silver link show I don't care about" How little he knew at the time, how much it would come into play.

[@irisofrosebloom8741]

It's called foreshadowing.

[@BrainWitchSiv]

What's 'silver link'?

[@AllAboutFaylan]

Are you something like... a god? Oh my god finally there is a person who really talks about anime from a critical point of view. Not like those freaks... (Not just weebs but also people beyond them) that take everything the anime industry shits into their faces and make an animeshrine out of it.

[@kiba000]

There are lots of critical thinking based anime channels on KZbin. GoatJesus, Uberhikari, BobSamurai, and ThatAnimeSnob might be people you want to check out also.

[@AllAboutFaylan]

Benjamin Allen Yeah of course. I will. Thank you :)

[@kiba000]

Morganshield I'll add Demolition D, Anime Addicts, and Cynic Clinic to the list as well.

[@lachlanmclean6322]

+Morganshield digi is like the anime version of jim sterling of video game industry

[@kiba000]

***** he did, but his old videos are still worth watching.

[@Daschla]

A better title "The Hexagon War Sucks"

[@TheSecondVersion]

Asterisk City = Hexagon design motif It's like a bunch of confused satanists worshipping inside the Pentagon

[@hasch5756]

The hexagon is arguable the most futuristic looking of all the shapes. Except pyramids, which are more of the 'sinister futuristic' variety.

[@TheSecondVersion]

"The Hex War" would have been a cooler anime

[@boxdog9474]

Don't you mean the Ass Bitch War?

[@thenabj5905]

Panzertank you mean "there is no war, just the asses" show?

[@LimeyLassen]

The way you pronounced "The Tsundere Archetype" at 7:03... I can't tell if that's smugness, or weariness, or what, but it's a beautiful thing.

[@DOCJuggernaut]

+Limey Lassen It sounds like the way a wine expert would present a wine's name to a layman. Crisp and precise.

[@-Gnarlemagne]

I really liked Shin Sekai Yori :c I thought it was all around extremely well done, and compared to the other complete trainwrecks by A1 made almost none of the common mistakes. Of course, no show's perfect, and the narrative was questionable at times, but I personally enjoyed it an enormous amount. ...Asterisk War? Huh? Is that what we're talking about? Sorry, I refuse to acknowledge the show even exists.

[@whitedrawf]

You are absolutely right Shin Sekai Yori was awesome! The narrative is just amazing and the world building was very good

[@VAB419]

+whitedrawf I was hoping people would be talking about this show in the comments :) I also think it was a fantastic series, one of the few shows where I was truly suspenseful/unsure of what could happen next. However I'm thinking Digibro disliked it for its character design, which admittedly look really doll-like and almost creepily dainty and perfect, or something? I didn't mind it but I can see how someone else might think it's just ugly and weird and unpleasant to look at, and that's what I think Digibro didn't like about it. It IS really hard to like a show when its art style is just shit in your opinion.

[@Shousaphine]

+Zren I wish I'd kept my notes on why I HATE Shin Sekai Yori *so super hard* per each episode, but here's a summary. The super "kawaii" large eye anime humans clash with the very cartoony and unrealistic animal creatures, which clash with the painting-like backgrounds. They just don't aesthetically fit together. The characters were so bland and personality-less that you could switch their names around and it wouldn't really make a difference. Whose name fits which personality? All of them. The music was unfitting. It tried to tell you which emotion to feel, but it contrasted to what I was seeing on screen. A sad scene happens, maybe the music was supposed to be sad? But it sounded "whimsical". At first the contrast had me laughing, but then I realised it's the same music for...everything. When kids, CHILDREN, died, it was hard for me to care. Again, because of their lack of personalities. "Which one was that again? Oh well, no big loss. It's not like s/he added anything anyone else can't do." Anything that could have been interesting in the plot was pretty watered down. Few and far-between. It was like you ordered coffee, and you get this glass of water. It's sort of coffee-tinted, and kinda smells like maybe someone put a drop of coffee in it, but it still tastes like water. They tease you with that smell of coffee, and that's all you get, coffee-tinted water throughout the entire thing. And of course stuff like time skips being annoying, nothing getting resolved, and no one to root for except maybe Squeakers or whatever the hell his name was. I AGREED with him, and maincharacter was like "He's wrong", so the anime decides "he's wrong". Incredibly black and white results, when really it should have been slathered in grey.

[@-Gnarlemagne]

I see where you're coming from, but Shinsekai Yori was a very unique show and to me, some of these factors were actually *good* things to me. And they really seem like they could only be bad things, which may make this surprising, and normally I'd hate that - but to me, Shinsekai Yori was not an anime about the characters. It was one about the world they were part of - and at first, while watching it, I didn't really realize, but eventually it kind of set in. This world they're a part of is completely different from our world, but it's fascinating because of the way it's presented - at first, it seems like an idyllic society with no flaws, and they show us characters who are more of symbols of what life is like for them. But these characters, although not particularly distinctive, have an impact on this world by accident - not because they're special anime characters with unique charismatic traits, but because they accidentally come across dark truths that set everything in motion. The first part of the show becomes about exposing the world, and I love it because it's extremely dark and unsettling in a way that really makes me respect the author. The deaths of the characters, while they could have afforded to make it more emotional, just go to show how this flawed system affects the people without names and faces, the common folk, the bystanders, despite those people technically being the main characters. Of course, it's not all about that, and other world building takes place - like with the karma demon arc. All of that only serves to make the world even more intriguing though. Eventually, the story reached a climax where this system is put under pressure and made to collapse and be rebuilt, with the exposure of some of the ultimate evil by the humans, and the most memorable character in all this was not the main character Saki, but Kiroumaru, who sacrifices himself for the cause. I realized that the reason I kept coming back for more, the reason I pulled an all-nighter to binge-watch the second half of the series, had nothing to do with the characters, but it was because I wanted to see what became of that world - and at the end of the series, I was not disappointed at all. All around I think this anime is incredible and the style, the narrative, and the story are all uncharacteristically mature, and the writing advanced for anime, and I absolutely love it. In an abstract way, it's almost like reading about huge scale historical wars, like the world wars - It's not about individual people for the most part, though there are some - but it doesn't need to be because the way the world is fundamentally changed by all the goings on is absolutely fascinating. Or I could be overthinking it, but I found the worldbuilding to be pretty much unparalleled, and that made the show completely magical for me.

[@Shousaphine]

Zren But part of the problem *was* that the world was kind of intriguing, and I wanted to know more, but they gave it in such short bursts that I stopped caring. I stopped wanting to know. I'd have shut it off around episode 5 if not for HOPING it would get better (and watching it at the request of someone else). I kinda figired that'd happen to Kiroumaru. "Oh, main character needs blah, so Leomon is going to bleh all for main character, and it's going to be tragic and whatever". Maybe I'm just too jaded. XD

[@RealParadoxBlues]

Let's say you want to do a big-dumb-battle intro. Let's also say, for argument's sake, that it's a fight in a gladiatorial arena. Start with the crowd. Have bookies yelling the odds for both sides (immediately establishing who's the underdog and who's the favorite, giving us some idea of relative skill). Have the audience trade gossip about the fighters; this gives us some idea of WHY they're fighting, and also clues us in to the nature of the society (for example, if one of the fighters is raising money to buy a relative medicine, having someone express sympathy tells us something completely different about the setting than having them express contempt). Show us how they dress, what they eat while they watch the fight, and how they react (horror? excitement? arousal?). Even a single minute of buildup before the fight itself starts would make everything in the arena meaningful.

[@Zelkiiro]

You could also go the Berserk 1997 route and just have the opening action scene be dark and engrossing and easy to follow--guy busts up a bar demanding answers from thugs holding a girl captive. What's not to get?

[@Arcliff7]

Asterisk isn't even doing well in Japan. At least Rakudai's fight scenes are pretty solid.

[@spamking100]

+Arcliff7 Where did you get that info from? just asking.

[@Arcliff7]

noctis lucis caelum Even 2ch shits on it.

[@spamking100]

Arcliff7 link?

[@CabooseCore]

+Arcliff7 source? and btw asterisk is getting a second season

[@Arcliff7]

+Caboose Core well, here's the latest rankings posted on /a/. boards.4chan.org/a/thread/135029655/stalker-thread

[@shagadelic8680]

"The Absolute Zone"...I fucking DIED. Phenomenal cover art analysis, hilarious vid. Great job as always bro 11/10

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

"I can tell we're supposed to be rooting for the girl, because she actually has a face and a voice." Yeah, and MY GOD, does she have a voice. Anyone who's a fan of Higurashi or Clannad will immediately recognize her voice as that of Rena/Nagisa. I have no idea why they got such a high-grade voice actress for what's basically a cameo, but considering that they do it again to Tomokazu Sugita in the same show, it seems to be some kind of pattern with them.

[@theloca3209]

Sam Geuvenen NO JUST NO RENA I STILL HAVE TRAUMA FROM HIGUARASHI

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Ajder-Dokumentarne Emisije Honestly, Rena might've been her greatest role, her performance in Higurashi is the stuff of legend

[@rbck8826]

Higurashi had some of th best voice acting ever Period

[@PyryOikarinen]

This video was amazing. Your analysis from the poster was so good! I have to say I understand your disdain for these shows 100%. I'm also sad you didn't like Shinsekai Yori.

[@WastedMeerkat1]

+Pirita Oikarinen Eeeh, Shinsekai Yori was all over the place. I liked it for some of the stuff it did, like having the rat guys be the bad guy, but like... just the way it handled the characters' relationships and stuff, it just never felt natural to me. The whole randomly gay thing also seemed like shock tactics until they explained it way later, and the timeskips made the story feel so disjointed to me. Basically I had a hard time ever caring about any of the characters because they didn't really have much character, and before I could get to know them, there'd just be another time skip.

[@KaliceBrunel]

+WastedMeerkat Personally I wound up liking it a lot because the world actually felt rather unique to me. But I can definitely see why someone might be annoyed/turned away by what you said.

[@PyryOikarinen]

WastedMeerkat It's true that characters aren't Shinsekai yori's strong point. It just felt very unique and I also really liked the story.

[@hikari_no_yume]

+Pirita Oikarinen Well, as Digi notes, the art style was lacklustre at best. In some episodes particularly.

[@mutedajar9687]

So, is A-1 Pictures like the LJN of Anime? I haven't watched enough anime to really say. However, I am unfortunately accquainted with LJN, that studio of lackluster adaptation shovelware that plagues early game consoles.

[@matthewgladback8905]

In a sense, they are. You can make basic assumptions about A-1 shows the same way you can LJN shovelware. LJN was just a publisher, but they almost never funded any original work. Ditto for A-1, though they do mainly light novel adaptations instead of licensed games. A-1 pictures uses whatever animators and directors they can scrounge up, much the same way LJN used whatever devs would actually take up the soulless task of shoveling out licensed games. Licensed games are all about timing; they're released concurrent with a popularity craze among the source material. It's the same way for adapted anime. For both A-1 and LJN, quality production was basically an afterthought. If A-1 actually made anything good, it was because they happened to hire a decent director for once. But who would actually want to work for them, since they pick up all the projects the better-known studios don't want or simply don't have time for? For licensed games, who would want to develop games on such a strict schedule? I'm really just paraphrasing Digibro here. He made a video about A-1 on one of his channels.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

A1 is more like Activision or EA Sports, a company that shovels out tons and tons of low-effort cash grabs

[@mutedajar9687]

Sam Geuvenen So, LJN?

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

+MutedAjar Except, you know, with an actual budget and enough experience that they should know better. Hell, A1 used to be a decent studio, then had an unceremonious fall from grace, similar to what happened with EA and Activision around the turn of the millennium.

[@mutedajar9687]

Sam Geuvenen Hmm, touché.

[@Greyhound-]

The only problem I really have with this show is that it's incredibly generic.

[@nightowl9155]

+NGG Greyhound I'm almost finished with the second season of the Asterisk War. I personally liked it but I'll have to watch Chivalry of a Failed Knight to compare the two

[@benjaminrearden5724]

so how was chivalry of a failed Knight?

[@nightowl9155]

Ben2099-1​ I'm extremely busy with college Ben so I haven't had time but when I watch it I'll let you know my opinion of the anime

[@benjaminrearden5724]

Night Owl okay and same here

[@nightowl9155]

+Ben2099-1 Ben I'm sorry it took so long but here is my update. I watched Chivalry of a Failed Knight and I can honestly say that it is better than the Asterisk War. The main character is not scared to admit that he has feelings for a certain girl. The plot isn't bad and I really liked the music. Overall, it's definitely solid.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

That whole "inverting the morality of the entire human race" thing is what gets me. Really, if such a global mind-altering catastrophe happened, the resulting world would, without a doubt, be a Mad Max-style free-for-all. The fact that a gleaming city still exists proves that nothing of the sort happened (humans are perfectly capable of making beautiful and rotten-to-the-core cities already; see Las Vegas). Let me tell you, "Invertia" just reeks of the writers pre-emptively covering their asses. "Oh no, the villains aren't poorly-written, one-dimensional caricatures that would be laughably ineffective in any real-world scenario. They're just... um... the morality of the entire world is just reversed. Yeah."

[@OmegaLittleBob]

+I'm Very Angry It's Not Better Or it would be cool if it was considered polite and gentlemanly to invade a girl's dorm and spy on them in their panties. BUT! It has to be accidental spying! I'd watch the hell out of a show with a world like that XD

[@Wickertop]

+I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter It's funny because the idea itself, while reeking of crappy writing, could have felt like a case study of our own morality as viewed from the opposite side if written well - kind of like culture shock. But it wasn't. It was bad.

[@hikari_no_yume]

+I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter Or if there is a city with an inexplicable high school, the students' social norms etc. will be very different.

[@ARandomGuy24]

+Wickertop Well it's a A1 light novel adaptation. Of course it would it be wasted potential.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

+I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter I'd actually go as far to say the world would be Worse than Mad Max in that scenario. Rape, Murder, and Pillaging EVERYWHERE. The Freaking Warhammer Chaos Gods would be impressed by the level of Carnage and Destruction.

[@dentaphon]

Wait..... Her hair is purple?

[@simomba8660]

FrozenEdges wait What... i thought it was pink

[@simomba8660]

FrozenEdges wait oops i thought you means julis

[@simomba8660]

But i still agree i thought harukas hair was Grey to

[@fairytail2484]

I thought it was green

[@softnoobgirl73]

I thought it was blue

[@mtp1213]

"Thanks for saving me from this cancer"

[@hanscarabonala2462]

I just realized that this is a young adult novel

[@Oddity_]

You profile pic suit your comment

[@TheBatbike]

That explains alot

[@R3GARnator]

For those wondering, that's Pabu from Legend of Korra.

[@insertcheesypunhere]

On a whim, I attempted the pose the chick does in the poster and...my god. I couldn't fully try it because my arm was too short to properly wrap around my head, and her hips twist at such a strange angle that there was no way I could properly replicate it. As soon as I puffed out my chest like she did my back began to hurt and I cracked up laughing because I knew I probably looked ridiculous. I kind of get the feeling that the poster was drawn by a bunch of dudes who don't entirely have a grasp on female anatomy (judging by the content of the anime, I'm fairly certain I'm far from incorrect). (Also, before people yell at me: no, I'm not a feminist. Just a chick who is really REALLY confused by this pose design).

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

thank you, we need more people like you

[@insertcheesypunhere]

R.A.F GattaiGuy You're welcome.

[@LeonheartDelta]

I'm a dude and tried to do this. I hurt my neck to the point where I gave myself a headache.

[@dustycrustyhomelessman1648]

has science gone too far?

[@kingofvoid007]

The power of marijuana

[@brooklynnhall6120]

Oh shit, another multiple-part series where Digi rips an A-1 Pictures light novel adaptation to shreds? This is the shit I live for.

[@Knetexh]

Now THIS made my Black Friday a good one, fuck yeah Digi!

[@Mito383]

Story: Kids are fighting because reasons, evil corporation I think. Long lost sister or something. Harem time! Action: pretty mediocre at best. Watching it anyway? Yep.

[@juliacassiano4499]

Elijah Moore y

[@malcolmlamb2191]

This video series brought me back to anime after 5 years off the wagon. I literally knew nothing about post-2010 anime, I had no context to understand this video, I didn't even know what SAO was, and was still totally fascinated by all these videos. Stuff of legend right here.

[@outofhere2534]

Jesus, you tore this show a new ass hole with just the poster. That is absolutely astounding!

[@meowspark9]

I'm not a huge fan of Digibro, but oh my god. I have watched this mini series and the Sword art videos too many times to count, shit's hilarious. Always makes me laugh at these shows.

[@maggotknight]

your description and differences between light novel guy and harem guy were so spot on that it physically hurt

[@EmSwaff2]

It's been almost five years and this is still worth re-watching again.

[@the_rose_garden01]

I hate the Asterisk War. It's a cheap version of Chivalry of a Failed Knight.

[@matyasofinvention6304]

DracoFlyer That's an understatement and a disservice to Chivalry of a Failed Knight.

[@warrxnt]

DracoFlyer eh I’ve watched both and they are essentially the same and ngl asterisk war did better since it got a second and soon a third season haha

[@RogueInfern0]

Warrxnt Only real similarities I noticed between the two are the lead girls, the first episode, and the tournament theme. Apart from that, they’re pretty different shows.

[@stellakurogane4095]

Ikr, and yet Ass wars gets a second season

[@shiroranmori5009]

Cheap version? You mean a bootleg version.

[@aozoraeyes8976]

Absolutely love it. Looking forwards to part 2.

[@gerardomiranda1491]

The absolute territory. Now that something that it will be stuck in my head

[@mixmastermind]

Gerardo Miranda the way he says that is basically art

[@TheMysterieRPGguy]

Lol I love the fact that this guy can take about 5 minutes to analyze a poster amazing.

[@kimoota-kun]

Dayum. You rip this studio to atomic levels, reassemble it back again only to destroy it to sub atomic levels. Props to man, props to you. Ps. I still like A-1 Picture shows and will continue to watch so.

[@itsacharcoalice]

Oh boy, I can't wait for Digibro's "Dummy's Guide to LN Battle School Anime"! I kinda like anti-magic 35 whatever though. I think it's cool, also the voice cast is unique, though the OP completely fails to sync up to its animation.

[@Rycluse]

"Some Silver Link show I don't care about" THE UNINTENTIONAL FORESHADOWING GOD DAMN

[@Hokaru11792]

*grabs popcorn* dis gon b gud

[@sarim9531]

8:02 EXACTLY! That's the worst way to start up the first freaking episode

[@WelshDdraig]

While I don't agree that this series sucks - in fact I think its one of my favourites from the season, I have to say that your opinions and views are fair enough and point out stuff that I missed. I understand not everything is for everyone and seeing this from the views of someone who dislikes it, but who is also critical about it and not just hating on it for no reason, is refreshing. Your honest about how you feel about the series - which I quite like about you it seems like your impartial but offering a fair opinion. For that reason alone, you have earned my subscription. But going back to the first sentence in this comment - I don't agree with you that the series sucks (not that you don't have any valid points), that's the great thing about opinions - everyone has a different one. Good job on the video.

[@xhydrox]

Alexp10v2 agreed, it might not be that good if you have a checklist of expectations, but it certainly is an enjoyable anime.

[@calvinfeisalfatwanirwana9389]

"...........it looks like a plastic toy that has been possessed by a ghost." OMG XD

[@shiroranmori5009]

A toy that isn't properly adjusted (calibration) did R&D didn't even tested it before being distributed to wielders?

[@engineerxero7767]

"some Silver Link show I don't care about." *Foreshadowing*

[@derpymcsquire5426]

I found out today that fairytale was created by A1, I FUCKING KNEW IT

[@redwinter2244]

I can testify as a person whos school uniform was an incredibly tight miniskirt, that it is extremely hard to sit down, stand up or walk without it riding up or ripping in the ass area.

[@bamby7766]

What kind of school you went to?

[@SummerSnowzy]

2:54 oh Digi, I love your honesty.

[@TengokuEXE]

Hey Digi, your 4 hour complete edition got taken down. Gonna upload it anywhere else? Decided to watch it here. Part two here is taken down though, so here's an alt: f84Yamy5qvM

[@sosanimereview1071]

I wish I could explain myself and understand what I see in anime the way digibro does x.x How do I learn this stuff??

[@LimeyLassen]

+MUSTARDMACDADDY Watch a fuckton of anime. Like, an unquestionably unhealthy quantity of Japanese cartoons.

[@denpakinyonez3659]

+MUSTARDMACDADDY write about your opinions for ten years. then you will be as good at writing about your opinions as digibro was 10 years after he started writing about his opinions.

[@Terenin]

+Limey Lassen This pretty much. You start seeing the patterns and the tropes really quickly. Having actually gone and checked the descriptions of said tropes while your at it helps a lot, but TVTropes will eat your soul. You have been warned.

[@sosanimereview1071]

+Limey Lassen well I've done that my whole life since I was 7 and I'm 23 now and anime is all I watch so yeah XD

[@slinkycc.]

+TheDavoo Watch all of podtaku.

[@katharinamuller3850]

These little drawings were hilarious, very simple but effective. By the way, why do light novel adaptions suck so often? The only anime I like that are based on LNs would be Drrr!!, Baccano! and the Monogatari series. Have not seen Log Horizon and Spice and Wolf and there might be more good ones I missed but I get the feeling that in comparison to anime originals or manga adaptations they are a lot more generic and boring (I am looking at you, Sakurakos Investigation).

[@digidoesanime4466]

+V1C V1C Actually funnily enough, there was a long period of time where the majority of anime that I liked was from light novels... but light novels were more interesting in general back then.

[@katharinamuller3850]

+Digi Does Anime Senpai noticed me! ;D Would you share some of these older titles? I guess you are talking about something like Boogiepop and Kino no Tabi?

[@digidoesanime4466]

+V1C V1C Yeah, those are two of them. I'm also into Bakemonogatari, Toradora, Haruhi, Kara no Kyoukai, Humanity Has Declined... I'm sure I could come up with more.

[@katharinamuller3850]

+Digi Does Anime Although I have watched or plan to watch all of the anime you mentioned I did not know they are based on LNs. Interesting. Reminds me that I really should give Kara no Kyoukai a second chance...

[@Apfelmelonenmann]

+V1C V1C because most source material is garbage to begin with especially LNs, because it basically takes no effort to write them

[@Liliputian07]

Watching these on 2x speed - Get it done faster - Makes it funnier - Gives me a general recap of how art works because my memory sucks

[@Delimon007]

You have literally described what I see in 5-10 seconds of an animes cover art that makes me not watch it just from the cover art alone lol

[@destroyerinazuma96]

Whoever's watching this: happy 2020 and I hope that you will have a good weekend :) Also Claudia best gril and if you look at her tvtropes page it makes the LN look a lot better than it actually is. Honestly she might have made a great YA book protagonist provided execution and worldbuilding followed.

[@TheFirehands150]

Yo Digi, I'm rewatching this series for the 5th time because it's so good. Wheres season 2? (by this series I mean the Asterick Wars Sucks season 1)

[@Emily-pq6zd]

Digi, I have a request. Please talk about Tokyo Ghoul. Because that shit was awful

[@qweqtqtweghtjrtzjr]

+Quentin Michaelis We need more shitstorms from shounentards

[@Emily-pq6zd]

+MegaToxan I don't follow

[@qweqtqtweghtjrtzjr]

+Quentin Michaelis Shounentards love Tokyo Ghoul

[@Emily-pq6zd]

+MegaToxan >slaps self for failure to comprehend the simplest of statements< Right. I do want him to rip TG a new one, tho

[@Carks32]

+MegaToxan But TG is published on a Seinen magazine. i think? i think it's published on young jump or something, i forgot

[@td23asus]

I finally found the guy who shares my disgust for shitty light novel anime/anything

[@LettersofSky]

I love this series of videos, they're such a great thing to listen to when I've got work to do and need something on in the background. Thank you so much for making them!

[@masterplusmargarita]

Made the mistake of watching this show in order to better understand this series, which I've re-watched 3 or 4 times at this point. It doesn't prepare you for the level of garbage that The Asterisk War is. I'm 5 episodes in and I'm actually going insane.

[@GippyHappy]

Digi: "But not so much that you can't tell her hair is supposed to be-" Me: blue Digi: "-purple" Me: oh

[@zemidamebris8845]

It's the fifth time i'm rewatchin this video series again and I have no amount of words to tell you how much I appreciate this series of yours and this alone is imo worth all the patreon money.

[@TheFrostedfirefly]

How did anyone watch the 1st episode and beyond? No seriously, I don't usually do this with anime but I literally quit watching before the 1st episode even ended, like I usually give stuff a chance.

[@simomba8660]

Same

[@simomba8660]

Gennylia Dalien im a bit confused here because on Netflix it’s 1 season

[@thejoker5755]

Chivalry of a Failed Knight was better

[@Bung-ms9jc]

@@thejoker5755 much much better.

[@CloudCuckooCountry]

It's always a blast to listen to how a show is absolute shit.

[@t.vnicol8423]

Decided to check this out finally. Starting this journey with Digibro, already love the Light Novel Default breakdown that was great

[@MrN0Nam3Us3r]

This Anime has absolutely no depth, the characters are pretty much shallow and you can easily predict what will happen next, the protagonist ayato is like any clichée harem protagonist and the harem candidates are all pretty much one-dimensional either tsundere or moe except Claudia, which is pure Fanservice. The Plot leaves no room for foreshadowing or mystery since pretty much everything is being straight up explained, we even see Ayato's sister die in the very first episode and even after a couple episodes you get the feeling that the end of the anime is going to be a complete cheese. I'm still at episode 6 from the first Season and I get the feeling that Claudia, which is the most mysterious woman in the whole plot, is an old childhood friend of sayato or/ and connected to his sister, because why would she suddenly hug him with a sad face saying she'd missed him before trying to cover it up with a "I'm joking". I'll finish watching this anime in the hopes that there is something interesting but so far everything is filled with cheese and makes me feel like a child watching some kidshow with fanservice for pedophiles and young teenagers.

[@shiroranmori5009]

Not just Ayato but also 3 dumb protagonists as well. These are: Kirito (SAO) Takayama (Rail Wars) Ichika (Infinite Stratos)

[@nomysonisalsonamedbort]

God damn it, you ruined like 40 shows for me with this video... and like 3 games...

[@gundabadman]

good

[@1krani]

+Don Jido If this video ruined that many shows for you then you've been watching all the wrong anime, sir.

[@summ.3433]

+Ikrani That's such an elitist thing to say. To each their own.

[@1krani]

Sumsore Musakheel Well, my rule of liking stuff is that you can like whatever the Hell you want as long as you're aware of its flaws. If this person had this many anime ruined for them because being made aware of their flaws stopped them from liking said anime, then they've been watching shows that they didn't actually like. They've been watching shows that they only _thought_ that they liked. They liked only what they saw on the surface, not the entire layered narrative or lack thereof. Me? I like dumb stuff. I like Big Trouble in Little China. I like Ninja Turtles 2: Secret of the Ooze. I like Bayformers 4. I like Call of Duty: Zombies. I'm fully aware of all of their faults so I'm under no delusions about what they really are. That's why no amount of criticism aimed at them will stop me from liking them. That's what it means to truly like something.

[@a0zuniverse]

+Ikrani Touch&#233;. Good point. But your previous quote was still elitist. You should've pasted ^ as the initial response.

[@treehann]

LOL this is hilarious and I've never heard of nor seen this show. Your description of the characters outright missing each other with their sword swings is having me in tears.

[@kahrkunne3960]

Do you seriously think our time is worth so little that we're going to sit down and watch a long, multi-episode series about how you don't like X studio? I mean I really hate spaghetti but you don't see me making a 2 hour documentary of me eating spaghetti and saying how horrible it is. I mean I could... Do people pay for that shit?

[@digidoesanime4466]

+Kahr Kunne I don't see how the reasons to watch this would be any different from the reasons to watch anything else I make--to understand why anime makes me (and others) feel the way that they do.

[@kahrkunne3960]

+Kahr Kunne Oh right it's an opportunity for you to advertise crunchyroll and get money. Gotcha. Though I would prefer if you advertised something at least somewhat consumer-friendly and not a shitty streaming site with crippling drm, ads, back video quality, bad subtitles and so forth which advertises itself as an opportunity to give back to the creators of anime while actually pocketing the vast majority of the money.

[@daisukedoi9284]

+Kahr Kunne Dude, stop. People like these videos. Digibro is just doing what he wants, he's just advertising

[@SurrealKeenan]

+Kahr Kunne are you new here, or what? this kind of stuff is actually my jam.

[@Ponina7]

+Digi Does Anime You make this for really dumb people that just recently started to watch anime but because I knew this was gonna be awful and I´m remotely smart I didn´t watch this show. Everyone knows this show is awful Digibro you dont need to waste your time telling us.

[@phalanxs90]

Oh, oh, I know, I know what the orange stuff is! Clearly, they're farting fire.

[@fameasser123]

So this was the first video to pop up when typing asterisk war. Guess that means this vid is more popular than the actual clips from the show lol.

[@judeengland1389]

This is fucking comedy gold

[@shototodoroki9870]

4:10 Literally the skirt in my school.

[@ninavale.]

I have to agree on Black Rock Shooter death scene looks much cooler, it's like she and the part of the battlefield are becoming one and melting as they get destroyed. Here it's just...pool of over-saturated blood. I mean the artsy thing they tried to go through seems like someone watched Sin City and liked it but didn't think about why and how.

[@01animeking]

watching you rip apart this anime is so entertaining

[@JonathanChenentercreativeurl]

Ayy my comment was chosen to prove a point I feel special

[@Arclight641]

I have to admit, that clip with the table flip definitely got a good chuckle out of me.

[@Alik_Odess]

Well let's what this show is about. ( Droped it 15 minutes in)

[@mybloodismadeofteaitreally4080]

Haha xD

[@DampBridge]

omg, "The absolute territory" is still making me laugh.

[@Evnyofdeath]

Coming back to this after so long it's kinda funny to see clips and screeshots from Chivalry of a Failed Knight, considering he spends the last two episodes of this series holding it up as a success story.

[@joelsolomoneight]

I like the show and this guy raises some points I should reflect on. And that's in the first 7 minutes! I got bored so I'm going to go over and finally start watching One Punch Man, toodles.

[@vandagylon2885]

joelsolomoneight Ok Goenitz

[@ExatedWarrior]

At first glance I thought the poster was decent at first. There are a few things that I could pick at it but nothing that tells me it's terrible aside from the fan service and the overdone background (I also didn't see half of what you did there). Then I realized that guy was holding what was supposed to be a sword and I vomited.

[@yfnratchet]

In regards to the fight choreography: Their wrists should be fucking broken, the way they swing that shit around implies it's a longsword type of weapon, but they twist and slash with it like a goddamn broom. Neither of the characters carry the weight of their weapons (which is stupid to someone who hasn't even touched a sword), and the "sister" isn't even trying. None of it is even close. A turn-based rpg has better active fighting than this shit. Plus, if they're exhausted, shouldn't they show signs of wear and injury?

[@ImortalZeus13]

I can't tell if your totally accurate description of the typical Light Novel Guy/Girl is impressive, sad, or both.

[@acezero5705]

magi the latherin of magic is the only a1 pictures I love

[@acezero5705]

and can you review it to

[@Korokorokorokoro4662]

Yeah it's amazing

[@aubreykosch4227]

You should do this more often. I love the level of detail you put into this, it's amazing. your ability to put abstract hatred into coherent words is beautiful.

[@rxzero00]

A-1 pictures RUIN Phoenix Wright or Ace Attorney or Gyakuen Saiban series for me. It's just done so wrong compared to the actual game series.

[@ImranAhmad-rz5oz]

To be honest most vn to anime adaptations turn out atrocious. Clannad lost some of the most relatable character moments, ef lost the story of one of the main characters, fate route anime does not exist, little busters lost half the charm, and got WTF DID THEY DO TO MY GRSAIA. They turned my favorite VN, the vn I can easilly put on my top 10 favorite games of all time into an utter train wreck of an anime. Also for bonus points the blaze blue anime has fight scenes which look worse than watching a noob play the game for the first time.

[@rxzero00]

I'm mad at A1 Pictures because they went on a very cheap development route. They crammed in some of the important cases by cutting parts out of it; and some of those parts were very interesting in the games. I mean the relation between the second case and the very good fourth case was cut out. They also did not put enough budget/effort in the animation. They made the anime even more cheesy than the game to the point that it is not funny. The characters are not well design. They have generic voices. Maya became more of a generic character (well I can argue for Phoenix being made more generic as well but I rather cut to the chase). They even added UGLY CGI people which were atrocious. I rather have them sort of blur out the crowd like in the games instead of the horrendous CGI. The opening and ending songs suck as they are more generic stuff that does not suit the series. I rather that this anime was produce by Production I.G. since they handled the excellent anime cutscenes in Ace Attorney Dual Destinies and the upcoming game and also because Production I.G. is a way better company in general.

[@warman13x]

Really?? I thought I heard it got better around the time they did the Steel Samurai or Edgeworth case. I could be wrong though.

[@Joseph-xq5dh]

rxzero00 i thought it was bones who make them

[@Joseph-xq5dh]

rxzero00 they also did it with persona 4 and 5

[@liesjeeer]

Time to rewatch this series for the nth time 🙌

[@cozycr8485]

same

[@suiken3149]

OMG! You just hit the nail on the spot. I cracked every time you point out cliches on LN/Harem and Shonen tropes.

[@anton-pavlov-guitar-cs]

Dude, this is gold

[@CharinVZain]

They Just removed the 4h versión =(

[@Shadic6098]

5:51 Anyone where this girl is from? I feel like I've seen the anime before, but I can't remember the name.

[@Cranefeathers]

Misaka Mikoto breaks all those "Light novel girl look" rules She has short hair, small breasts, realistic (non-candy) hair colour, and although her skirt is really short, it's not skin-tight, and she wears a short pants underneath Yet she is one of (if not) the most popular light novel girls of all time These LN character designers should take a note or two

[@llamasarethesuperiorspecie2681]

Now that I look at the similarities asterisk war and Tomas dragons are thicc af they’re pretty similar

[@Naddy4747]

did he not like seven deadly sins ahhhh now i am sad 😥