No.897835
The best worst series: Date A Live. Season 3 is out and I don't see a thread. I know there's really not a whole hell of a lot to discuss outside of the girls, but I think that's fine.
No.897848
On the plus side, I got to see the Yamai twins again.
On the negative side, there was Diva.
On the not sure side, there's Natsumi. Doesn't matter, I've been a Date A Live fan from the start. You're not alone OP.
No.897859
>>897848
I am here for Touka and Touka and Touka. All other girls are irrelevant.
No.897861
I have not watched the second season or the movie yet. Is it worth it? I thought the first season was okay, but never quite picked up the sequels. Are the light novels a good read?
No.897863
>>897861
>Movie
The movie is largely irrelevant. Second season cover volumes 5-7. Season 3 will likely consist of volumes 8-11 (hopefully).
>Are the light novels a good read?
There are some things in light novels that aren't done well in the anime, the one that particularly comes to mind is Shido's visit to Origami in volume 2. It's far funnier in the LN. The author has an annoying habit of reiterating in each novel who the characters are and their relation to Shido, albeit briefly, so it feels padded at times. Have low expectations for the writer and you should enjoy it.
No.897864
Should I re-watch the first two seasons to refresh my memory or should I just focus on my backlog?Pick up the novels maybe?
No.897866
>>897859
I was hoping for more Mayuri as well, who is part-Touka.
>>897861
>>897864
>second season
Starts well, but with a middle part full of Diva crap and girl-Shido.
>Kurumi OVA
Pretty good if you want to see some dere Kurumi.
>movie
Doesn't really add to an overall plot, just a big OVA really. They'll probably keep focusing on the new character this season, so do what you like since it's not like you'll miss any critical backstory.
No.897870
I was going to make a thread once I'd finished rewatching the first two seasons, since I couldn't for the life of me remember what happened since it's been a very long time, 5 years(!). It's nothing groundbreaking, but it's definitely fun, even when rewatching.
>>897861
If you didn't mind the first season then I'd suggest going on with the second. DAL if nothing else isn't something boring you have to force yourself to watch, once you decide to pick up the first episode it'll probably keep flowing naturally.
Kotori (black) still best girl.
No.897889
>>897864
It's basic haremshit so there isn't much to remember aside from the main premise of Shido dating spirits to keep them from killing everyone/getting slaughtered by the AST. Kinda happy to see something like this again because I actually miss battle harems and wish they weren't virtually wiped out by isekai.
No.897895
>>897889
>It's basic haremshit so there isn't much to remember aside from the main premise
Sorta, it does have a rolling plot as well (i.e. the Phantom spirit, Kurumi, the government contractor etc).
No.897904
I'm here for Kotori and the clock. The new girl, halloween or pumpkin or carnival or whatever she is isn't too bad. We already have split personality characters though.
No.897983
>>897864
It has its moments. Ultimately, it's just a dumb battle harem.
No.898826
I should watch this already.
No.898947
>Always been on backlog
>Expected stereotypical haremshit
>Show keeps making U-turns at serious gore moments to excel saga tier shenanigans
It actually cracked me up with its bizarro evangelion setting with a transforming city and the like and where you gotta dick the angels instead of fighting them. Sometimes clearing the backlog isn't so bad. A bit sad there aren't many who watch this here.
No.898949
>>898756
I hope we get that scene and Clock and Shirou going time travelling to fix Paper's autism in this season.
No.898962
>LNs up to 13 are translated
>any translations since are locked behind a closed facebook group
No.898969
>>898962
>LNs up to 13 are translated
No.898974
>>898969
Spoonfeed me faggot-senpai
No.898982
>>898974
As if! Who the fuck do you think you are? Coming on this glorious board and asking for things?
Got your hopes up.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/qp3n3zmzuybakg6/Date+a+live.7z Pass: tohkabestgirl
No.898983
>>898982
Much obliged.
Clock is best girl, but I respect your taste and preference.
No.898984
>>898982
My nigger and savior.
No.898985
>>898969
Actually up to 16.
No.898987
I watched the first two seasons of this but don't remember anything about them. Should I bother with this one?
No.898988
>>898987
Just read the LN's and shitpost about the quality of adaptation. Or just shitpost in general, it's a fun show.
No.898989
>>898985
Not like that much happened. Just skim the first two seasons over and it'll come back to you.
No.899014
>>898982
>tohkabestgirl
I was gonna call you a faggot for spoonfeeding until I saw this.
No.899088
>>898947
I hate how she turned into a braindead parody of a girl after that scene.
No.899187
>>898987
Just skip through the first two seasons, you'll remember pretty quickly what's up.
No.899243
>>898826
>>898988
I've been a little curious about this series Definitely shows that it's Tsunako designing the characters though, they even look like bootleg Neptunia girls when in battle mode. If I like that series am I likely to enjoy this though.
No.899275
>Origami becomes Spirit this season
This is going to be best season.
No.899277
>>899243
>bootleg Neptunia girls
Thats what happens when you ask someone to draw a bunch of characters at once. The first nep game through to victory came from 2010 to 2012 and DAL was first published in early 2011. Without a doubt Tsunako designed all the Neps and DALs at the same time and mixed ideas together. Kotori's body is far better than Noire's.
No.899285
>>899275
That's great, she can finally take revenge on the spirits by killing herself.
No.899297
>>899279
https://danbooru.donmai.us/artists/9703
Indeed. Not that I'm complaining as such because beautiful girls is what to expect.
No.899306
So which one is the culprit /a/?
No.899337
>>899306
>To make MC suffer
It changes everyday and the girl who disappears that day is the one Natsumi was impersonating. Discovering this at the climax would make MC realize he doesnt know any of the girls that closely.
>Realistically
The one he dates last. Probably Origami. If the author thinks they are smart they will use Origami's picture. All of the others are close up portraits or side views where a lot of detail is shown. Only Origami's picture has her back toward the camera and the camera is quite far away. It would be easiest for an imposter to pull off such a picture.
No.899339
>>899337
I actually wonder why didn't they run to Origami first. With her autism she'd notice if someone behaves abnormally, and it would be easy to find out if she is the one being impersonated. MC just has to ask her to strip in the middle of the street, and if she hesitates even for a split second, then it's not her.
No.899463
The second episode was a little disappointing compared to the LN. The Tohka date wasn't as funny as it was in the LN, nor was Yuzuru's as touching.
>>899337
It's not the one he dates last.
No.899486
Finally caught up to date with LN's. The story just stops giving a damn about the characters past a certain point, it's a complete trainwreck.
No.899514
>>897866
If Mayuri made another appearance, it would be difficult to remove the smile from my face.
I do hope they get this arc done with in the next 2 eps though. Can't wait for Natusmie's reveal. Tohka's still loveable, but as smart as a bag of gravel. But at least we got Yamai twins tonight.
Couldn't decide whether to put pics related in this thread or the "protect this smile" thread. This one won.
Plus, I need to update my rankings-personal preference, please: Twins>Clock>Fire Imouto>Paper>Natume(?)>Tohka>Yoshino>2/3 of the "extra" girls>Diva>"Gross/Lame" girl. She gets the raging hatefuck
No.899526
>>899514
Touka that low? Gonna have to beat you up, anon.
No.899535
>>899514
>Twins............."Gross/Lame" girl. She gets the raging hatefuck
Majiskuwa. Putting anyone above Kurumi and Kotori is wrong.
No.901449
>Her secret is that she is a little girl
>Makes everyone else of value into little girls after losing her game
Best antagonist yet. Keep the rest of the series this way.
No.901452
>>901449
I'm such an idiot. I didn't even realise she had turned them all into little girls. I thought they were just sitting on the floor or something.
No.901613
>>901452
>>901449
The next episode is going to be some fun if they adapt the volume right, unlike how they handled the first episode.
>>899514
As it looks currently, it'll be another two episodes at most. Five episodes with some cuts translate into about two volumes.
>"Gross/Lame" girl. She gets the raging hatefuck
>Fuck her so hard she screams out "That's so lame" and squirts all over you.
No.901858
>>901452
Bite size loli spirits. Life could be worse.
We screencapped the same. Imagine that.
>>901613
I saw that, and had a long-ass fanfic in my head that would get me banned from the internets and possibly arrested.
Thanks for the ideas.
No.901859
>>901858
>banned from the internets and possibly arrested.
Do your duty and post it
No.901870
>>901859
Let me figure out how to spoiler. Right now, I am far too hammered to eb anywhere near coherent.
No.903572
Okay, you mean nobody was disappointed that we didn't get a Loli Clock in this arc? Disappoint, I am. Time for a paper heel turn?
No.903574
>>901870
Don't drink and /a/. Might end up hurting someone.
No.903583
>Binge first season
>It's funny, charming and has a good pacing and adapts the novels quite well
>Second season
>Can't shake the feeling something is wrong
>Pacing feels weird
>Comedy isn't there
>Characters aren't as charming
>Animation isn't as good
I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Maybe I should just stick to the novels.
No.903626
>>903583
Season 2, once you hit Miku phase, it's time to skip to ep 10.. They had to get threir moneys worth out of Minori Chihara.
Don't do the manga-not much of it.
>>903574
Not drinking on a Friday night watching /a/ (thought I got my wrasslin show on tonight too).
I've never hurt anyone yet. And I've dontated Platelets. Yes. I've shared my lolis.
No.903643
N-natsumi stop, my heart can't take it.
No.903662
>>903643
Natsumi could've been one of the best "antagonists" ever, just a low self-esteem little girl who pulls harmless pranks and turns other girls into lolis. This should have been the entire season, dammit. Putting makeup on her was distasteful, as well.
No.903681
No.903732
>>903662
They cut her hair which was the worst part. Why do best girls always get their hair cut and suffer a level down?
No.903854
>>903643
That scene was great. Its a shame the whole Natsumi arc is not just having a little harem. If the author was a self respecting lolicon there would have been no need to put Natsumi in make up and such. Shido alone could have seduced her in that room, which he was about 30 percent doing anyways.
No.903881
>>903871
It's been a while.
No.903887
>>903871
That takes me back, never thought I'd see it again.
No.903913
This season has been particularly trashy and low budget. Sort of amazing they surpassed season 2 in that regard.
No.903916
>>903913
Such anime are good only because they are trash. It's genre law.
No.904154
>>903916
This one in particular should excel in the "so bad it's good" category.
No.904157
>>903913
Season 2 had far more QUALITY.
No.904250
>>904157
I don't know about that. I remember it was noteworthy for being a step down from season 1, though I don't recall it looking as cheap as this new season. Though to be fair, I don't really remember since it was years ago.
No.904948
>>904157
It was mostly fixed in the BD release as I recall (also had about 5 mins extra content per episode).
No.905086
>Fight scenes that look like they were made in powerpoint
>Quality everywhere
>Characters consistently off-model
J.C. Staff you wonderful bastards. I cannot wait for the tears from One Punch Man fans next season.
No.905088
>>905086
It was better than attempting to animate and making it look worse. Natsumi is a good addition to the harem behind Kotori. Now its time for Origami's arc.
No.905181
Where is clock? How the hell am I supposed to tell the time?
No.905207
>>905086
>Fight scenes that look like they were made in powerpoint
Welcome to 2010's anime.
No.905436
That was some shit tier animation for the battle, and hopefully they put the budget in this half of the season. Overall, I'd give the adaptation of Natsumi's arc 5/10.
>>905181
You'll see her coming up and an even hotter version too.
No.905438
>>905436
>flash pan is open
>hammer is cocked
On an unrelated note, I hope that in the anime they will shrink her udders to a more appealing size.
No.905445
>>905436
>Overall, I'd give the adaptation of Natsumi's arc 5/10.
Wow a whole 50 percent? Thats better than the Index adaptation by at least a factor of 10.
>>905438
>hammer
Its magic, get out of this story with your logic.
No.905479
I love this show, even with all the quality moments, and have faithfully watched every episode multiple times over the yesrs. So, will someone please tell me when Blue started actually having the bunny ears attached to her head instead of her battle suit? I'm just autistic enough to let this bug me. I see it doesn't affect Tohka in this scene, but as pretty as Tohka is, she's still as intelligent as a lead sinker.
No.905485
>>905479
Isn't the limited transformation part of their sealed/conquered form? Originally the ears were part of her jacket or monster spirit animal thing. Now she doesn't have that much power so they stick to her head because its cute.
No.908055
And now paper is a spirit likely to die at midnight or something cinderella like given her spirit design. But more importantly the clock is back.
No.908069
>>905445
You should be happy that I didn't mention how she's holding a left-handed pistol in her right hand.
No.908177
The sad thing I assumed it was just the standard QUALITY rather than deliberate static frames.
No.908216
>>908177
>The sad thing I assumed it was just the standard QUALITY rather than deliberate static frames.
Me too.
No.910262
I am beginning to understand that the Origami hate might not have just been idle shitposting.
No.910375
>>910262
She's certainly doing her best to screw everything up ain't she?
No.910478
>>910375
Classic "the one you want to kill is yourself" story. Out of all the spirit arcs, she is the most boring but its wrong to expect much from paper. At this point Kurumi only has to best Natsumi to win best story this season. The real tough choice will be selecting best girl (this season). Kurumi has fashion and style covered but Natsumi looks so good as a little girl.
No.910512
>>910262
Paper really dropped the ball during her arc. And after the time travelling shenanigans, she loses her autism which was what got her few fans
No.910608
>>910512
>spoiler
But...but that was the one fun thing about her!
No.910617
>>910512
Thats a fate worse than death for her character
No.910631
>>910512
She doesn't lose her autism. Stop lying to the secondaries.
No.911255
>>910478
>Kurumi has fashion and style covered
Will we learn why her taste turned to shit? 5-years-ago-o'clock looks so much better than Current Time. And she was downright erotic in S1 as a schoolgirl. Did someone prank her into dressing like a failed member of Babymetal?
No.911321
Does anyone really care about the show at this point? Look how awful this third season has been.
>>911255
>Kurumi is a failed member of Babymetal
You made me laugh anon.
No.911389
>>911321
>Look how awful this third season has been.
It could be Index.
>>911255
Old and current Kurumi fashion look good. Which one is better depends on your preference in design.
No.911398
>>911389
>It could be Index.
It could be Full Metal Panic.
No.911410
>>911321
I've been enjoying it just fine.
No.911561
>>911321
>Does anyone really care about the show at this point?
I am watching purely for Kurumi. I don't care about it otherwise.
No.913033
Maybe it was different in the LN, but Paper seems to be very autistic, just in an incredibly cute way. My heart started to melt during her scenes. And we also got a reminder that Clock should be in a school uniform all the time.
No.913084
Paper is still a spirit but only subconsciously. Her usual blunt force autism was better than this generic JK act she has now. I want the old one back. Kurumi doing Kurumi things as usual. MC needs to get ice water in his veins. Instead of freaking out when waking up to a Kurumi hizamakura he needs to relax and realize shes the only one who understands his situation. If she wanted him dead or harmed, he would have died in his sleep right there.
No.914671
I'm glad lewd Origami is back.
No.914768
>>914671
Saving grace of this story. We are left with some questions though.
World 1 - Paper's parents get killed. MC goes back in time.
World 2 - MC fails to save Paper's parents but gives her the hero talk. MC goes back in time again thanks to 5 years ago Kurumi.
World 3 - MC saved Paper's parents but dies at the hands of Inverted Paper then wakes up in "present". MC saves Paper again like we saw.
What happened to the cast after MC went back in time in the first two worlds? In World 1, MC just disappeared and left Inverted Paper to destroy and kill everyone. In World 2 the same thing happened. Kurumi is such a funny/cute creature she could probably fufufu~ through time and universes.
No.914861
>>910262
It's easy to hate on Paper this season, she's had so much emphasis on her arc like Diva did in S2.I'd love to see Paper kick Diva's ass though, Diva's annoying. Has anyone here backed Diva up?
This ep was a good ending to Paper's arc though. We had ingorant cluess Paper, we had Spirit Paper, and finally, we got the autistic horny Paper back. So much Paper though.
With 1 ep left, I am wondering this this goes S4 or we get a movie to figure out who the not-Mayuri does. Next week is going to be quality stoopid. I look forward to it.
As much as Fire was never hotter than this ep, there are a few cuts where it looks like she grew up. She aged well!
No.916806
Maybe no one wants to admit it to themselves, that Date A Live S3 is done. As I said above, I had a feeling the last ep was going to be stupid, but flipping roles was kind of fun. Of course, Clock was way under used. But it was a fun stupid, like the OVA (not the Kurumi one). But looks like it's done.
Until-
OVA/Movie?maybe S4? There has to be a story/conclusion to mystery girl who is the last to be shown in the OP sequence, showing off each caracter/ This show isn't over yet. It's got a niche fanbase who puts up with all it's faults and enjoys the same. With the merch this series puts out, it will be interesting to see the sales. I'll re-watch this as much as the other seasons/ovas/movie.
No.916981
>>916806
It was a fun final episode with the usual stuff. At some point it turned into a competition of who could be lewdest and not most romantic. Yoshino won the lewd by a landslide. If a 4th season came no one would complain that hasn't already complained and left.
No.917714
>>916806
My only complaint is that Natsumi's kiss was run and done real quick like. Though the "indirect kiss" after was cute, hope that spawns some Natsumi doujins.
No.920561
>>897864
I would watch other shows.