Student Review: Monster

[animanic_critic]

NOTE: No intention of being a limelight hogger or anything, I'm only writing this review after just finished watching the entire series, which I greatly enjoyed. It would be a travesty if such a wonderful anime was to go "un-reviewed" until now. Feel free to bombard me with remarks on the review. So, here goes:
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"I see dead people..."

Title: Monster
Genre: Psychological Horror
Company: Madhouse Studios/NTV/Shogukukan Productions/VA
Format: 74 episodes
Dates: 06/04/2004 to 27/09/2005

Grade: 95%

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Summary:
Kenzo Tenma is a prominent Japanese neurosurgeon based in a German hospital in 1986. One day, a boy was shot in the head and rushed to the hospital where Tenma is working in. Transgressing against the hospital director's order to operate on another patient at that time, he decided to ahead with the boy instead. Little did he know that the boy is more than what he seems to be as he later discovered that his very action resulted in the revival of a "monster".

Highs: Riveting storyline, bountiful plot twists, brilliant secondary characters, large dose of Eastern European history
Lows: Occasional fillers, slow development, medical terminology issues
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After the critically-acclaimed Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, I was left with the urge to seek another such series that could instill the same amount of suspense that the above that done. Monster appeared before me, and I decidedly watch it to know what the title means. It turns out to be one of the best decisions I've made as far as anime is concerned.

Starting off with a cryptic passage taken from "The Revelation of St. John the Divine", the show kicked off with the protagonist Tenma as an illustrious doctor who was unfortunately caught in the web of hospital politics. It began as your typical hospital drama, but as I continued watching it gradually developed into a dark-themed story on whom or what is a monster.

The animation, though not breathtaking, is consistent and commendable. Moreover, the amount of CG used is flawless and well-timed to invoke the sense of suspense and high drama. The artwork on the characters in the show has been criticized for not being easy on the eyes, but I have to rebuke those claims because it actually served as an amazing form of realism that the series is trying to portray. The characters look so incredibly distinctive that one just can't forget how they look different from each other.

The storyline is the factor that takes the cake as it was one of the best I've ever seen, as it deals with psychology, brainwashing, vengeance and retribution. Brimmed with more plot twists than the holes in a Swiss cheese, the story grips one onto the edge of his seat as it is as predictable as pinpointing where lightning will strike during a thunderstorm. "What happened?", "What's going to happen?", and "So does that mean..." are some of the common questions that will pop in your head as the story unfolds right until the last episode. The story is also set during the mid-90s in Germany and Eastern European countries and incorporates their history into the show itself, which fits like a shoe. Plus, the show is accompanied by haunting music score that doesn't contain cheesy sing-along lyrics, and instead replaced with messages that invoke the mind.

The characters are undoubtedly the main highlight of the series. Tenma is the perfect instance of an intelligent protagonist that tries to analyze his surroundings, the people he interacts with and discover things with his brain. While he is the protagonist to the show, what's astounding is how the secondary characters always get to bask in the limelight without ever overwhelming each other's airing time. Each characters react to different situations differently and their responses are something that one can easily comprehend.

Just like Fullmetal Alchemist, characters do not come and go and each of them has a personal background that was greatly explored into. Instead of merely describing each characters, MONSTER goes one-level deeper and showed what made the characters into who they are, resulting in a multi-layered, well-constructed cast. One thing certain about the cast is that they are definitely more to them than meets the eye.

Just when the series couldn't go wrong, reality sets in. Being a lengthy series (74 episodes, to be specific), filler episodes are an aspect that almost all anime series face, and this is unfortunately no exception. Though highly poignant and only in the first half of the series, they didn't serve much to the plot as it progresses. Furthermore, the series develops very slowly at times where certain scenes were actually dragged on, slightly hampering the pace of the show. Plus, since Tenma is a foremost doctor, he tends to speak to himself through the diagnosis of each patient he encounters. One can't help but scratch his head upon hearing such medical complications such as subarachnoid hemorrhage and internal carotid artery occlusion (get the drift?).

MONSTER started out rather mundane but it slowly turns into one of the best thrillers you would ever see. Brushing aside slow pace issues and bewildering medical terms, if you're looking for a disturbing and surpassing title, look no further. This is your quintessential psychological horror anime which deserves some accolades. #

[Shadowmage]

Your review is a bit verbose. The length is good, but I think your writing could be a bit tighter. Try to express the most with the least amount of words. Getting rid of long explanations, asides, and other superfluous material will help you in the long run.

Overall, a good review. You did a nice job conveying what the show is about.

[animanic_critic]

Tone down on the verbosity, make use of the least of words. I assume you mean that I can be better if I use lesser words and/or break them up into shorter sentences. Okay, I'll work on that. Thanks for your two-cents :twocents: ...

I need more comments. Keep them flowing in, please...!

[Shadowmage]

...and/or break them up into shorter sentences.
Actually, it's better to use complex and/or compound sentences rather than short ones. Typically, the review flows better when you use these.

Anyways, what I meant was that you tend to make side notes that sound cool but add little to the overall piece. Keep only the best "fat" in your review so the meat doesn't become too thickly coated.

[Mumei]

Great review, and for my favorite series, too. ^_^

The only thing I disagree with is the filler criticism; there were only 2 or 3 episodes that could be construed as filler, really, and even then they were about Tenma moving to the next area, so it wasn't as though they weren't a part of the story - just that it could be possible to omit them.

Minor disagreement, though.

[animanic_critic]

Thanks.

There are very few fillers, I agree. The thing is, the series follows the manga very VERY closely, so the fillers were included too. Very emotional and entertaining, but fillers are fillers. Well, what're you gonna do... :D

[Mumei]

Well, it's more that you say "filler" and I say "not filler."

[NausicaaBoy]

personally I am in agreement with your written review; however I would only rate the anime 89 as it lacks the depth of something like GOTF .....however this is one mans opinion, and yours is as valid as mine.

[Grasshopper]

Good review. I have yet to see the show but your review has made me want to take a look. My only gripes would be that it was a bit too long and some of your analogies were a bit odd.

[Lupin the 3rd]

I enjoyed your review overall, the only thing i disagree with is how you said there are a few fillers that needed to be left. In all honesty, i didn't feel like there were fillers because t hey helped with the series plot, but that just my opinion! lol Everything you said you hit dead on about the series. It just one of the better anime to come out in the last few years.

[animanic_critic]

Thanks for the opinions, guys! Keep those critiques flowing in, because I need them for adjusting my approach in reviewing anime in the future.

Let me take this opportunity to clarify on why I said there are fillers in the series, just to clear up any curiosities. The reason why I said there are fillers is because the real bulk of the series focuses on Johan and everything around him. Because of this, any episode that doesn't involve Johan in any manner seems less important in comparison to the plot-driven ones, hence I used the word 'filler'. I never intended to use the word to express insignificance to them, because those episodes contributed alot to character development otherwise. Allow me to explain (I tagged the following in order to avoid spoiling those who haven't watch the series ;)):

Episode #09: This episode focuses on one of Tenma's accounts during his pursuit for Johan, not Johan himself. Tenma's benevolence and kind demeanor helped concile the soldier and little girl by introducing the chopsticks. I shed a few tears towards the end ;_;.

Episode #14: This episode focuses on Lunge and Eva's personal experiences only. They don't contribute anything much to Johan's development (apart from Eva not giving the police Johan's photos). However, they did justify their pursuit for Tenma.

Episode #18: One of Nina's accounts during her journey. Very touching, but never really touch on Johan's issues. Very entertaining nonetheless.

There are others, but I think you get the drift on what I'm implying. This is just my piece of mind, so I don't mind at all if anyone thinks my usage of the word filler is unsuitable. Nobody is obliged to agree to me anyway, so I understand perfectly. That's why I gave a high rating of 95% despite saying the fillers as one of its cons, because they're still entertaining and very marginal eventually. Thanks for reading my reviews; I truly appreciate it :hug2: .

[Niner]

Ugh, no clue why I'm bothering with this, but here goes.


Summary:
Kenzo Tenma is a prominent Japanese neurosurgeon based in a German hospital in 1986. One day, a boy was shot in the head and rushed to the hospital where Tenma is working in. Transgressing against the hospital director's order to operate on another patient at that time, he decided to ahead with the boy instead. Little did he know that the boy is more than what he seems to be as he later discovered that his very action resulted in the revival of a "monster".
- 1st sentence: Recommend "working at" or "based at".
- 2nd sentence: Pick a verb tense and stick with it. You can't go from the present tense to the past tense in the span of two sentences. Remove the word "in" from the end of the sentence, it serves no purpose.
- 3rd sentence: "Transgressing against" sounds awkward. Just say "Against the hospital director's orders". Remove "to operate on another patient at the time", it is extraneous. Once again, stay consistent with verb tense. Replace with "he decides to operate on the boy."
- 4th sentence: Ugh. Again with the verb tenses. That, and your sentence is very awkward and kind of a run-on. Rework it, I'm not going to fix that for you.

After the critically-acclaimed Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, I was left with the urge to seek another such series that could instill the same amount of suspense that the above that done. Monster appeared before me, and I decidedly watch it to know what the title means. It turns out to be one of the best decisions I've made as far as anime is concerned.
- 1st sentence: Your first phrase is hanging. After what? The rest of the sentence is incredibly awkward. Rework.
- 2nd sentence: Oh, so it just "appeared" before you. And you "decidedly" to watch it. Not to "know", but to "find out" what the title means.
- Paragraph as a whole: Nobody cares how you came across it or why. Just review the damn thing. We don't need to know your business. And you have really shitty verb choices.

Starting off with a cryptic passage taken from "The Revelation of St. John the Divine", the show kicked off with the protagonist Tenma as an illustrious doctor who was unfortunately caught in the web of hospital politics. It began as your typical hospital drama, but as I continued watching it gradually developed into a dark-themed story on whom or what is a monster.
- 1st sentence: You have two things "starting off/kicked off" the show. Split the sentence. Tenma is not playing an illustrious doctor, he *is* the illustrious doctor, therefore your putting "as" in there is erroneous and confusing. It is "who is unfortunately caught...etc". Watch your verb tenses, again.
- 2nd sentence: VERB TENSE. Take out "as I continued watching". Nobody cares. You are not telling a story. You are writing a literary review.

The animation, though not breathtaking, is consistent and commendable. Moreover, the amount of CG used is flawless and well-timed to invoke the sense of suspense and high drama. The artwork on the characters in the show has been criticized for not being easy on the eyes, but I have to rebuke those claims because it actually served as an amazing form of realism that the series is trying to portray. The characters look so incredibly distinctive that one just can't forget how they look different from each other.
- 2nd sentence: The "amount" is not "flawless and well-timed", the CG itself is. Rework the rest of the sentence, it's awkward.
- 3rd sentence: Replace "artwork on the characters" with "character artwork". Take out "in the show", we know what you're talking about. You are not rebuking the claims, you are disagreeing with them. Stop with the shitty verb choices. The artwork "served as an amazing form of realism that the series is trying to portray". Really. Listen to yourself. That phrase makes no sense.
- 4th sentence: This sentence is redundant. Rework. Better yet, remove it entirely.

The storyline is the factor that takes the cake as it was one of the best I've ever seen, as it deals with psychology, brainwashing, vengeance and retribution. Brimmed with more plot twists than the holes in a Swiss cheese, the story grips one onto the edge of his seat as it is as predictable as pinpointing where lightning will strike during a thunderstorm. "What happened?", "What's going to happen?", and "So does that mean..." are some of the common questions that will pop in your head as the story unfolds right until the last episode. The story is also set during the mid-90s in Germany and Eastern European countries and incorporates their history into the show itself, which fits like a shoe. Plus, the show is accompanied by haunting music score that doesn't contain cheesy sing-along lyrics, and instead replaced with messages that invoke the mind.
- 1st sentence: This is a run-on. You have two instances of "as it...etc." This is a no-no. Rework it.
- 2nd sentence: The holes in Swiss cheese have plot twists? If you're writing a review in this fashion, it is acceptable to use "you" instead of "one", since it can become cumbersome, as in your sentence.
- 3rd sentence: Okay, so why do you use "you" here when before you've said "one"? Be consistent.
- 4th sentence: "also" is useless. Should have "other" in front of "Eastern European countries" as you have already referenced Germany. What the hell does the end of the sentence mean? The story fits like a shoe? What?
- 5th sentence: "Plus" is useless. Missing "a" in front of "haunting music score". And why would a horror show contain cheesy sing-along lyrics? You cannot "replace" something that was never there. "Messages that invoke the mind"? What the **** does that even mean?

The characters are undoubtedly the main highlight of the series. Tenma is the perfect instance of an intelligent protagonist that tries to analyze his surroundings, the people he interacts with and discover things with his brain. While he is the protagonist to the show, what's astounding is how the secondary characters always get to bask in the limelight without ever overwhelming each other's airing time. Each characters react to different situations differently and their responses are something that one can easily comprehend.
- 2nd sentence: Instance refers to a point in time. A person cannot be a point in time. Should be "protagonist whowho tries to...etc." You never use "that" when referencing a person. Should be "analyze his surroundings and the people he interacts with..." Take out "discover things with his brain." It sounds stupid and serves no purpose.
- 3rd sentence: Replace the first phrase with "While he is the show's protagonist". Take out "what's astounding is how". Rework the rest of the sentence, it's awkward.
- 4th sentence: Your choice of words continues to prove piss-poor. Should be "Each character reacts". And wow, "different situations differently." Just...wow. Once again, your use of "one can...etc." is stylistically bad.

Just like Fullmetal Alchemist, characters do not come and go and each of them has a personal background that was greatly explored into. Instead of merely describing each characters, MONSTER goes one-level deeper and showed what made the characters into who they are, resulting in a multi-layered, well-constructed cast. One thing certain about the cast is that they are definitely more to them than meets the eye.
- 1st sentence: Split it in two by removing the "and". Remove "into" from the end, it is useless and wrong.
- 2nd sentence: Should be "each character". No hyphen between "one" and "level". And once again, with the verb tenses. You simply cannot say "goes one level deeper and showed..." Just...no.
- 3rd sentence: Take out "One thing certain about", it is extraneous. Take out "is that they are", it is extraneous. Should be "definitely has more to...etc."

Just when the series couldn't go wrong, reality sets in. Being a lengthy series (74 episodes, to be specific), filler episodes are an aspect that almost all anime series face, and this is unfortunately no exception. Though highly poignant and only in the first half of the series, they didn't serve much to the plot as it progresses. Furthermore, the series develops very slowly at times where certain scenes were actually dragged on, slightly hampering the pace of the show. Plus, since Tenma is a foremost doctor, he tends to speak to himself through the diagnosis of each patient he encounters. One can't help but scratch his head upon hearing such medical complications such as subarachnoid hemorrhage and internal carotid artery occlusion (get the drift?).
- 2nd sentence: By God, I'm sick and tired of your shitty sentence structure. Read this one out loud to yourself and see if it makes sense to you. It sure as hell doesn't make sense to me.
- 3rd sentence: I'm assuming you're talking about fillers here. Don't make me assume. And I thought, by definition, filler isn't supposed to advance the plot, so why are you complaining about it?
- 4th sentence: What do you mean "where certain scenes were actually dragged on"? You took the scenes and drag raced on them? What?
- 5th sentence: Take out "a foremost", it is extraneous and erroneous. The rest of the sentence makes no sense. Read it out loud.
- 6th sentence: Again with the use of "one". Replace "complications" with "terminology".

MONSTER started out rather mundane but it slowly turns into one of the best thrillers you would ever see. Brushing aside slow pace issues and bewildering medical terms, if you're looking for a disturbing and surpassing title, look no further. This is your quintessential psychological horror anime which deserves some accolades. #
- 1st sentence: VERB TENSES MOTHER****ER. DO YOU SPEAK IT?
- 2nd sentence: What exactly is a "surpassing title"?
- 3rd sentence: Take out "deserves some accolades", it is extraneous.

Good God, you've got some of the shittiest writing mechanics I've ever come across. Verb tenses, POV, preposition usage...ugh. Complete and utter shit. Your writing also needs a lot of work stylistically, as you tend to repeat yourself over and over again. You also add an assload of useless words and phrases that just clutter up your already lackluster writing. I'm just going to trust that you know what you're talking about content-wise since I've not actually seen the series myself, but ****damn, learn to write better. Find yourself a copy of this (http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style/dp/1594200696/sr=8-2/qid=1156960254/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-7874245-2691948?ie=UTF8), for the love of sanity and good writing. Please do not write another review without it, for all our sakes.

[soundchazer]

Ugh, no clue why I'm bothering with this, but here goes.

Then you shouldn't. Not if you are going to crap all over him because he surely is not at your intellectual level.

Niner, you should know better. Cut it out with the insults.

[Dirty Harry]

Then you shouldn't. Not if you are going to crap all over him because he surely is not at your intellectual level.

Niner, you should know better. Cut it out with the insults.


I see no insults! Niner was just trying to help the guy along. I think you're taking things way too seriously, SC. AC hasn't had any problem with the post.

[soundchazer]

I see no insults! Niner was just trying to help the guy along. I think you're taking things way too seriously, SC. AC hasn't had any problem with the post.

- 2nd sentence: By God, I'm sick and tired of your shitty sentence structure.

- 4th sentence: Your choice of words continues to prove piss-poor. Should be "Each character reacts". And wow, "different situations differently." Just...wow. Once again, your use of "one can...etc." is stylistically bad.

- 1st sentence: VERB TENSES MOTHER****ER. DO YOU SPEAK IT?

Good God, you've got some of the shittiest writing mechanics I've ever come across.


I know that Niner has a very vast vocabulary, and he can do the same (really good) review of the review, without coming across like a dick.

[Niner]

Pfft, I tell it like it is. To hell with sugarcoating.

Anyway, it's animanic_critic's work being reviewed, not mine. So let's just let sleeping dogs lie where they may and get back on track.

[Liegenschonheit]

Okay. Here goes nothing.

Niner, not cool. Your criticism was well thought out and helpful on some levels, but the personal insults were way out of line. In fact, I've rarely seen you be this intentionally cruel, and it is a bit troubling. You know I <3 you, but this was too much. This whole flaming/trolling thing is so not you.

DH, this is a pretty serious thing. Remember back in the days when you were new, how would you have reacted if someone as well known and liked as Niner had personally insulted you, ripped you to shreds, and told you to never write again. Like utter shit.

AC, this wasn't a bad review. There are problems, and Niner really did give some great analysis if you ignore the parts where he starts spewing vitriol and personal attacks. Watch the verb tenses, try to edit your review down to something more concise.

[Roark]

It's ok to point out someone's flaws in a semihumourous manner, e.g., taking a picture of a passed out drunk friend at a party.

It's not ok to take a sock of pennies, knock the guy out, then take a picture of him with your dick in his mouth. That's what Niner did there.

[animanic_critic]

Oh, boy...

Niner's post may be the most detailed criticism I've ever had so far, and to tell everyone the truth, I'm very grateful he pointed out my grammatical errors. It's just one of my bad traits in the English Language, and I'm constantly trying to improve it as time goes by. English is not my first language (it's my second) and I welcome anyone who can correct me when I make mistakes. MONSTER was my first ever review and I knew I was bound to make errors, let alone grammatical ones. However, I can tell everyone honestly that I did put all my darnest efforts into it... seriously.

I'll still thank him for actually taking the time to actually analyze my review that closely. Concerning the personal attacks, I'll just brush them aside - I'm not affected by them whatsoever, since they're irrelevant to me anyway.

Professor Liegy: Thank you so much for your advice - I'll take them into serious consideration. I'll keep my eye on my grammar and verb tenses :)

[Emeraldas]

I think you guys are overreacting. There was nothing "personal" about what Niner wrote. All of his criticism was directed at the writing, not the writer. Harsh as it was, it was all very detailed, helpful and true.

...and told you to never write again.

Find yourself a copy of this, for the love of sanity and good writing. Please do not write another review without it, for all our sakes.

A_C, you seem like a pretty intelligent guy and I think your writing could come along really nicely-- I don't think Niner would have bothered if he thought you were a hopeless newb.

[kLaUS]

I understand what anime-critic is saying. English is not my first languaje, so is normal to have gramatical mistakes all the time (at least for me). But he still have the right to do a review without been insulted...

In terms of the review itself, it was pretty good, but a lot like the other reviews that i have seen. I mean, its great when a professor have a personal touch in the review or comments and not when is only so technical.

Anyway, about niner, SC is right, i dont really know him, but after his comment , i dont think he was trying to help, i think he was triying to look better (or smarter) that him, so yeah, he looked like a dick...

[Emeraldas]

I understand what anime-critic is saying. English is not my first languaje, so is normal to have gramatical mistakes all the time (at least for me). But he still have the right to do a review without been insulted...

Niner didn't insult anyone (though you did insult Niner by calling him a dick :) ). He insulted his grammatical choices (but also told him how to fix them), which were indeed poor. I've seen other AA members react just as harshly to a poster's grammar in the other forum sections.

[kLaUS]

Originally Posted by soundchazer

Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
I see no insults! Niner was just trying to help the guy along. I think you're taking things way too seriously, SC. AC hasn't had any problem with the post.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Niner
- 2nd sentence: By God, I'm sick and tired of your shitty sentence structure.

- 4th sentence: Your choice of words continues to prove piss-poor. Should be "Each character reacts". And wow, "different situations differently." Just...wow. Once again, your use of "one can...etc." is stylistically bad.

- 1st sentence: VERB TENSES MOTHER****ER. DO YOU SPEAK IT?

Good God, you've got some of the shittiest writing mechanics I've ever come across.


I know that Niner has a very vast vocabulary, and he can do the same (really good) review of the review, without coming across like a dick.

Again, i dont know if he is a dick or not, but he surely look like one...

[Roark]

Niner didn't insult anyone (though you did insult Niner by calling him a dick :) ). He insulted his grammatical choices (but also told him how to fix them), which were indeed poor. I've seen other AA members react just as harshly to a poster's grammar in the other forum sections.
That's a piss-poor excuse for Niner and you know it. Stop pretending that Niner was doing a favor here, or that his lengthy diatrabe was anything BUT a thinly veiled "LOL PWNZORED!" You can give detailed, sweeping critiques of grammar without sounding like an ass. Generally, one does this by NOT saying "this is the shittiest writing" and NOT using Internet memes.

Niner's a cool guy in person. And yeah, I've taken snipes at people's grammar before, especially against bad poetry writers. I stopped short of profanity, and tried to make it the same kind of comments I gave to students when I TA'd.

That, and Niner was wrong about some of those grammar points.

EDIT: Oh yeah, this discussion is over. Back to the review itself, if you please.

[criticofcritics]

This Niner guy is one rotten person. Check out his previous posts, particularly his own reviews. He starts by saying "critiques welcomed" but ends up arguing every critique that comes his way!

And here he's letting his humungous ego get the better of this forum.


- 2nd sentence: ... Remove the word "in" from the end of the sentence, it serves no purpose.

That advice is flawed. "Is working" needs to be changed to "worked", if "in" is removed.


- 3rd sentence: "Transgressing against" sounds awkward. Just say "Against the hospital director's orders". Remove "to operate on another patient at the time", it is extraneous. Once again, stay consistent with verb tense. Replace with "he decides to operate on the boy."

It probably sounded awkward because you didn't know what "transgressing" means. Removing the word "against" here would have done the trick, instead of forcing someone to write like you do.


- 4th sentence: Ugh. Again with the verb tenses. That, and your sentence is very awkward and kind of a run-on. Rework it, I'm not going to fix that for you.

Maybe that's because he was trying to write in past tense, and you were trying to read it as present tense!


- 1st sentence: Your first phrase is hanging. After what? The rest of the sentence is incredibly awkward. Rework.
- 2nd sentence: Oh, so it just "appeared" before you. And you "decidedly" to watch it. Not to "know", but to "find out" what the title means.
- Paragraph as a whole: Nobody cares how you came across it or why. Just review the damn thing. We don't need to know your business. And you have really shitty verb choices.

Speak for yourself. "Nobody" here equates to you, yourself, and your "shitty" self.


- 1st sentence: You have two things "starting off/kicked off" the show. Split the sentence. Tenma is not playing an illustrious doctor, he *is* the illustrious doctor, therefore your putting "as" in there is erroneous and confusing. It is "who is unfortunately caught...etc". Watch your verb tenses, again.
- 2nd sentence: VERB TENSE. Take out "as I continued watching". Nobody cares. You are not telling a story. You are writing a literary review.

Again, you're trying to convert his verb tense for him. Can't you read in past tense, you idiot. Oh, and once again no one cares that you don't care, so keep it to yourself.


- 2nd sentence: The "amount" is not "flawless and well-timed", the CG itself is. Rework the rest of the sentence, it's awkward.

- 2nd sentence: What made you think that the writer was referring to the actual CG? I mean, HE ACTUALLY WROTE THAT IT WAS THE AMOUNT OF CG USED AND HOW IT WAS TIMED THAT HE LIKED. Was that clear enough for you to read, or is your ego still blinding you?

There's more but i'm getting tired of this. You can feel this guy's self-gratification just reading the stuff he writes.

Good luck to this forum as long this Niner guy's around.

Cheers.

[Niner]

I just came while reading that. http://9.echonetwork.net/Crap/Oh_Internet/emot-fappery.gif

Anonymous personal attacks make me so hot. :3

[Emeraldas]

Anonymous personal attacks make me so hot. :3

I bet you a dollar it's A_C or a friend of A_C's.

[animanic_critic]

Personally, I can't believe that my review has caused so much tension among people... even after all this time :eek5:

[Grasshopper]

I bet you a dollar it's A_C or a friend of A_C's.

How absurd... Can I have that dollar though? I need it for pop-tarts tomorrow.

[mamimi_kawaii]

Hahaha. I would like a dollar too. But aside from our monetary problems, I think Niner is just a realist. I'm a realist too, but haven't quite been confident enough to be as outgoing as him on the forums. Quit going at him just because he said a few mean things. This isn't pre-school here, people; it's not like you can just send him to the corner and set a dunce cap on his head just because he had opinions of his own that were different from yours. Get. Over. It.