Some update and future plans for this blog + Summer anime 2015 watching progress so far

So I'm going to post a little update for this week.. and also future plans of this blog

Apparently I got a lot of projects to do in my office up till November, So I think there's a possibility that I won't be able to post weekly as usual. *maybe 1-2 weeks of hiatus* I'm sorry for the inconvenience guys.

Secondly, I usually go to Anime Festival Asia Indonesia (AFAID) every year, but this year I won't go there because I'm not really interested to go there since it's quite far from my home.. (I live in the south, and it is being held in the far north in the middle of nowhere) and not offering something new, and they screen some anime which is not interesting for me (i.e. Attack on Titan movie recap of the series, Boruto *blergh, assassination classroom (which I already watch the series...welp 2 eps of it to be precise XP). And there's no interesting guest or bands that I like.. Well there's FLOW.. but I'm not into them that much.. Even though there's GACKT coming, but unfortunately he didn't got to perform on Anisong.. welp.. hopefully next year. haha

But I'm coming to Jakarta Comic Con instead, which is basically held in the same place as AFAID lol (Yeah I just said that it was far from my home, but I'm going there anyway). Since I'm curious what'll be like. I hope they screen some update on Batman vs Superman there 

Sorry, I'm itching for experiencing something new, hahaha! Maybe I'll post an event report of Jakarta Comic Con later. *maybe* XP

The next thing I want to talk about is this year's summer anime.. and boy there's a lot of disappointing anime this season, you can check my first impressions of them here . The thing is, does it live up to my expectations? Let's see!

Chaos Dragon : I watched 3 eps of it and I dropped it... There's a lot of characters, and I don't really engaged with the setting, There's even an explanation in break scene before part A and part B of the anime. How can you expect to read that wall of text in just a second like that? Damn it. My girlfriend have watched up till episode 8 and she told me that there's nothing really interesting happened up to that point. Chaos Dragon is chaotic after all. 

Himouto Umaru-chan : This anime is popular among my friends.. And that made me download the whole on going episode, And I watched the first episode of it... aaaannnddd I dropped it and delete the remaining episode because I can't take it... I don't get why it is so popular lol

So there's this imouto (Little sister) who does everything perfect at school (having good grades, good at sports etc) but at home, she became a super spoiled freaking brat who is a total otaku and always get what she wants by being a bratty bitch and because his big brother let her do so...She always got what she wants and always have it her ways. She whines and sulks until she got what she want.....
and every time she did that I was like

It's said here that the genre is comedy, but it didn't make me laugh at all the entire first episode......
For me if the genre is comedy and it didn't make laugh at all, that means the show have problems..
well there's a notable "otaku" references going on like "Nice Boat" from School days... But still, didn't even make laugh like I watch Gintama (which is much better in executing parody/referencing jokes). Sometimes I fed up with otaku reference jokes in anime, Every time I watch anime that heavily relies on otaku reference jokes, I was like

And that is why I don't watch Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken

Maybe there's a reason I don't like this anime.

Have I seen this before?

Why did it feel so familiar? 

Why did I hate this kind of imouto?

oh

I remember

she's like Kirino from OreImo!

Nope,

I'm so done

Not this shit again

Non Non Biyori : I've watched up to eps 4 and still haven't move on from it.. It's so good so far! 

God Eater : I watched up to eps 3 and I dropped it because it's so bland and the main character (which should be the player) is just boring and doesn't have a personality on him. The animation is indeed stunning since it is ufotable works, but still.. I don't feel the story is the same with God Eater that I played on PSP back then. It feels so different, and the pacing at 2nd episode is just tooooo slow.. 

it was like, the main character got prison because..... he didn't obey the rule. and in the end they offered the main character "Hey kid, do you want to get out of prison?"
and the main character be like
"well duh!"
and the show ended....

I think this show is popular because of Alisa's underboobs amirite?

Ranpo Kitan : I watched 2 eps of it and I'm still confused with it. It is a good mystery show but the way it delivers and the presentation is kinda weird. I really don't like the other characters that is not really "Important" are just shown as silhouette and that feels like a lazy animator doing their things because of the tight schedule lol. But what makes me irritated is apparently the silhouette character was the criminal who did the murder. 

Well.. I sure didn't see that coming hahaha

Gangsta : best of this season so far. currently watching 9 episodes of it now

Charlotte : It is a good show so far. It feels so Angel Beats I will make a full review of it when it is done airing 

Ushio to Tora : just watched the first episode of it. Haven't continue it yet... But it is cool!

Gakkou Gurashi : ermmagad... How do I even start about this anime? What keeps me watching this is because I want to know why people see this as a good series.. while I don't see it that way. Well it has good premise and taking an unique theme in zombie genre.. but for me it's a wasted potential...
I will make full review of this too.. but this one is going to be harsh review.. because I hardly enjoy this popular anime 

Kangoku Gakuen (Prison School) : 2nd best of this season! Totally gonna make a review out of it!

Gatchaman Crowds Insight : Just watched the first episode.. Still saving them up!
Durarara! : Saving 'em up
Rokka Yuusha : It has a good premise, I watched up till eps 3... haven't continued watching again

Okay guys, that's all the update for this week! Thanks for reading! :D

Should a fictional story make sense?

Hey guys, welcome back to my weekly blog post! This week I'm going to talk about logic in a fictional story

What triggers me to post this is because I saw a comment in Attack on Titan Live action movie (which got a lot of bad reviews btw, but I'm not going to watch it haha) that comment was saying like
"Err Should a fiction movie be realistic? If a movie is realistic, well that's a real world sir!"
that person is commenting on the movie critique about this movie that told us that this movie makes no sense and not realistic at all.

that comment grinds my gears *seriously tho hahaha* (I spent too much time on the internet seriously, Sometimes when I don't know what to post, I read up the comments just for blog post material, oh me XP)

The thing is, that comment is neither wrong or right, every single movie or anime or books or manga/ comic are not real (depends on the source material too, if it is a biography or telling a true story events, then it is real). But what makes us feels absorbed to that described "world" is because every story has its own logic and concept. And what makes a good story if  the story is consistent with its own logic until the end of the story. (one factor point for me, actually there's a lot of factors that make a good story good)

When I told you that it is not real, it means that it is bullshit. And I believe that every single person have their own "Bullshit-tolerance" which means how much bullshit that you can tolerate when you encounter an idea. A good fictional story, which is consistent with its own logic would make you say like Giovanna Giorno

my girlfriend is already finished reading part 5, while, I'm still in part 4 lol

and one of the factor that makes a story bad is because that the story is inconsistent with its own logic would make you say "THIS IS TOTAL BULLSHIT!"
The problem is, most of the people didn't aware of this "Bullshit-tolerance"and have a high "bullshit-tolerance"
As for me, my bullshit tolerance is quite low since I am a very skeptical and logical person hahahah


Let's take examples from one of most #rekt anime that I've ever watched, BIRDALDNOAH.ZERO which is a total crap anime (but God-Tier Soundtrack,thanks to Hiroyuki Sawano). In this scene, they are fighting in outer space in a mecha suit and then there's this line in the anime. (This is not an edit or troll sub)

They actually say "Kaze" in this scene. which means "wind" so in their world there's a wind in the outer space. At first I was like, "Okay so in their world, there's wind in the outer space" trying to comprehend with the total bullshit that happened in this anime.The next thing I'm going to say is spoiler for Aldnoah.Zero which is for me is totally okay to be spoiled because it's already crappy anyway XP

Later on in the next 5-6 episodes, there's a fight between this Slaine guy with other count guy *i forgot the name* and they fight. and Finally Slaine wins the battle by beheading the enemy's robot which exposed the pilot to the outer space. and then he dies because there's no oxygen in the outer space.

so.........
there's no oxygen in the space? So WHERE DOES THE WIND COME FROM?? A WIND IS A MOVING AIR RIGHT? This kind of inconsistency makes me irritated.

Let's take a look for consistency of logic now. For example Psycho Pass Movie (which is awesome btw). There's a equipment in a bracelet that lets the person to translate foreign language to the user's native language simultaneously. This equipment is used by Akane Tsunemori when she deals with people in Shambala Float which is located *maybe* in Thailand or other South East Asia country. And when Akane is around, they talk in Japanese, but when they are not around, they use English. I just love that minor consistency

Another example is JoJo's Bizzare Adventure where the fights are using logic which is consistent throughout the series. Like their Stand can only be attacked by other Stand and could not be damaged by any physical material.

Or Inception where the dreams logic is very solid and consistent too through out the movie. About the layers of dreams."The Kick" and many more!

Edge of Tomorrow also have a very unique logic and story telling, which is time loop, It is consistent right till the end. I won't spoil it for you, but it is an awesome movie! If you haven't watched it, go watch it now! XD

So, answering the title's question, Should a fictional story make sense? The story can make no sense at all, but the way how the story is delivered should make sense.

How about you guys, have you ever encountered a movie/book/anime/comic/manga that makes no sense?