best of 2009: #7
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#7: A Certain Scientific Railgun
“Onee-sama!!!!!”
Also wins for 2009:
- Best Female Bromance
- Best Useless Character(s)
- Most Electric
- Second Best Four Female Friend Ensemble Cast
I couldn’t stand Index. She was, by far, the weakest link of A Certain Scientific Index. She is the Christian Laettner of the 1992 Dream Team. Got rid of her (completely), focused more on Biribiri (who I enjoy) and Kuroko (who deserves her own spin-off) and toss in Uihara and Saten (both likable characters)… well… that’s a great four female friend ensemble cast. I feel like they should start a girls band and move into the Hidamari apartments. (Kuroko, of course, on keyboard.) I enjoyed their interaction, and I enjoyed all the silly little moments, from Kuroko’s affections for Mikoto to Saten’s Jessie Spano-like downward spirl from the Level Upper to Mikoto performing a duet with Nodame. This series also featured some of JC Staff’s best animation production work and had two awesome OPs from fripSide.
Railgun has been entertaining, and I enjoy how it deviates from Index‘s continual arc-after-arc style. It breaks up long arc with character stories, much like Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd Gig (which used the Individual Eleven to bookend stories about each Section 9 member), and makes situations where it’s not always black and white. The road to hell is paved with good intentions… and electric fields.
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“The road to hell is paved with good intentions… and electric fields.”
and brimstone so I’ve heard.
nice post ^_^ found the most useless award a bit harsh though hahaha.imo, Index just didn’t stand out as much as the awesome four female ensemble of Biri biri, Kuroko, Saten and Uihara
I was under the impression that a lot of people actually *disliked* Railgun after episode 12.
The amount of filler stuff after episode 12 was a little much, but the ending arc was definitely up to par. Might have been better as a 17-18 ep show or something.
Also the cast chemistry for Railgun is infinitely better than Index. Probably on account of it actually going through *buildup* and not just being dropped on you out of nowhere.
This wasn’t the best show of the year, but it might have been the show I enjoyed the most. I wonder what other show improved this much from the original to the sequel? I can’t think of one.
I did enjoy the first 13 eps.
No Beato emo distortion faces in this post makes me sad. They even got the mad cackle down!