Luckily enough, I first checked out Amagami SS when exactly four episodes had aired, so I managed to watch the first arc all at once. This time I waited a month for the next four episodes, and did the same for that arc as well. I’m still really enjoying this series at the end of episode 8, as the unusual structure gives me the feeling I’ve watched an entire series every four episodes, which is great since I just don’t have the motivation to start a bunch of new titles right now in any case. In that way, I suppose it’s similar to Higurashi. Perhaps this is the start of a new trend in anime? First we had mystery/horror, now a romance, maybe next will be an action show that rewinds and refreshes every four episodes? I can’t imagine how THAT will be any good, but then I don’t think I could’ve imagined these two titles being any good either before watching them. Might I add that I’m a huge fan of bishoujo games in general, and this style of storytelling based on a game is actually much preferable to the Key method that was used for Kanon and other titles they’ve turned into anime series. For those of you not following, the Key method is “release a few stand-alone episodes after a twenty-something ep title that shows alternate endings depending on the girl”. Since this one is built around the idea of alternate paths, rather than it being an afterthought, it’s much easier to take seriously. “Haruka path” for Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien is a little different too, since that was mostly made/released because of the outrage that me (and I’m sure a few others too ^_~) voiced toward the original choice to follow Mitsuki’s path in the anime despite Haruka’s obvious place as the ‘main girl’ in the game. But I digress… as I always digress. You should be used to it by now, right?

Luckily enough, I first checked out Amagami SS when exactly four episodes had aired, so I managed to watch the first arc all at once. This time I waited a month for the next four episodes, and did the same for that arc as well. I’m still really enjoying this series at the end of episode 8, as the unusual structure gives me the feeling I’ve watched an entire series every four episodes, which is great since I just don’t have the motivation to start a bunch of new titles right now in any case. In that way, I suppose it’s similar to Higurashi. Perhaps this is the start of a new trend in anime? First we had mystery/horror, now a romance, maybe next will be an action show that rewinds and refreshes every four episodes? I can’t imagine how THAT will be any good, but then I don’t think I could’ve imagined these two titles being any good either before watching them.

Might I add that I’m a huge fan of bishoujo games in general, and this style of storytelling based on a game is actually much preferable to the Key method that was used for Kanon and other titles they’ve turned into anime series. For those of you not following, the Key method is “release a few stand-alone episodes after a twenty-something ep title that shows alternate endings depending on the girl”. Since this one is built around the idea of alternate paths, rather than it being an afterthought, it’s much easier to take seriously. “Haruka path” for Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien is a little different too, since that was mostly made/released because of the outrage that me (and I’m sure a few others too ^_~) voiced toward the original choice to follow Mitsuki’s path in the anime despite Haruka’s obvious place as the ‘main girl’ in the game.

But I digress… as I always digress. You should be used to it by now, right?

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