Comments on: Special A : It’s NOT like Ouran, Damnit!

By: sneezl

sneezl — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:09:00 +0000

Yeah, 2nd ep of SA developed nothing. You could swap the two SA episodes (other than the intro section When Rei Met Hikari) and it wouldn’t make any difference. And 2nd ep of InK drew me in a bit more even though Crossdressing-Bastard-san is still pretty irritating.

By: issa-sa

issa-sa — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:43:00 +0000

Hmm so far for me, one episode of Itazura > two episodes of S.A. Not looking too good for the anorexics ;P And that was before I realized Mizuki Nana is voicing Kotoko! (I need to clean out my ears more)

By: I hate Shoujo but...

I hate Shoujo but... — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:57:00 +0000

Of the two, I prefer Itazura, despite the art being poor, though it makes up for having a nicer plot. Nana Mizuki has nothing to do with me liking this. Honest.

By: issa-sa

issa-sa — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:05:00 +0000

LOL A for Anorexic, that’s a good one.

I think there’s enough of a shoujo fan in me to enjoy both S.A. and Itazura na Kiss this season. Now as for Vampire Knight… *goes to work on that post*

By: sneezl

sneezl — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:24:00 +0000

Ouran's success to me wasn't that it was an awesome shoujo series, rather it an awesomely hilarious comedy that managed to make fun of many things including its shoujo trappings

QFMFT

And speaking as someone whose favorite comedy of all time is Ouran, I don't see much resemblance between SA and Ouran either. Ouran's character designs may have been on the thin side, but I kept wanting to force-feed cans of Ensure to the people in Special A. I was sure that the "A" in "Special A" stood for "Anorexic."

I think I prefer SA over InK so far - the guy in InK is my least favorite main character this YEAR, not just this season. And InK feels like shoujo wish-fulfillment to me. Of course there's still plenty of time for either show to worsen/improve.