What does /a/ think of Darker than Black? Good, Shit, Good

>>141971893
Personally I thought it was pretty fun to watch. The MC seemed the right amount of edgy, like he was cool and not over the top emo or anything. But if you find yourself enjoying S1 ignore S2, it is incredibly boring.

>>141971893
Good shit, not that good though, the main plot could get a bit nonsensical and lacking in impact but good shit nonetheless.

>>141971893
It's pretty S2 never desu.

>>141971998
Yeah I've already seen both seasons (re-watching 1 because haven't seen it in a few years)

>>141972034
And yeah I more or less agree

>>141972186
It already has season 2 though...
http://myanimelist.net/anime/6573/Darker_than_Black__Ryuusei_no_Gemini

Best Bones show imo

>>141972283
Really? I liked E7 more, but then again I am a sucker for mecha

>>141972214
How's your first day? Enjoy the stay and the memes.

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>>141971998
>The MC seemed the right amount of edgy
This.
Personally my favourite "dark" character because it's not that tacked on. Can't think of any other characters like this that aren't also considered EDGY and generally a shit character because of they're overly antagonistic.

>>141972338
because they're overly antagonistic*

Wasn't Bones doing some promotion shit like a year ago and it had DTB bumper cats on it? What ever came of that.

>>141972314
If you mean on /a/ then I'd say my first 4-5 months but oh well

>>141971893
Still waiting for S2.

>>141972338
I think its because Hei has realistic motivations for his actions. Like he kills people, but the show constantly reminds you that he only does it for his job and that he actually has remnants of humanity left.

I thought it was really good, interesting world which set up a lot of interesting concepts and characters that it would have been nice to see properly expanded on in a second season, especially given how the first season ended.

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>>141971893
S2 fucking when?

>>141972214
nice bait anon, that just takes me to a 404. Can't believe I actually clicked it.

>>141972338
Not just Hei, which is great. In any other show a premise of "people who become cold calculating machines willing to kill" would have every single antagonist be an edgelord but in this they were still characterized as either normal people who also kill or broken people in some way.

>>141972306
E7 had good ideas but the pacing felt horrible to me. And once again, fuck them for trying to market the child abuser as a cool person.
The characters in Darker Than Black also seemed more human, which is kind of ironic in a way.

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>>141972314
Like I know its been a thing forever to ignore S2 because it was so awful. But can we just take a moment to appreciate about how the best idea a creative director had was to have a 12 year old girl pull an anti material rifle out of her chest.Just kidding that was my idea for some fanfiction, what do you guys think?

>>141972709
I agree with this wholeheartedly, although I like E7 a lot I will be the first to admit the pacing was very bizarre. Maybe I like it so much because I thought Renton's and Eureka's romance felt super genuine.

>>141972717
I think it might work as like, a two episode filler arc focusing on child contractors.

A NIGHT SKY FULL OF CRIES

>>141972414
>4-5 months

I hope this is bait

>>141972414
Never FUCKING reply to me again unless you're contributing to the thread.

>>141972758
Really? i was more thinking 12 episodes

>>141972717
The little girl needs to have a twin and you need to bring Mao back if you want this to be believable as fanfiction.

>>141972801
Can I make Hei a drunken pedophile? I feel like h was really missing those character traits in S1.

>>141972717
Wait. Hold on a second. I have a brilliant idea. Let's make the MC an alcoholic hobo for no fucking reason to show character development.

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>>141972832
see >>141972820
I like your thinking m8

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>>141972717
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>>141972820
Please stop.

>>141971893
dark

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>>141972832
Don't forget to take away his powers so that he has to rely on the loli to survive.

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>>141972872
You're all actually morons. A series of Darker Than Black created to the specifications you're describing would be probably one of the most awful things ever. Stop it.

>>141972772
>I hope this isn't bait

Nope not bait but first time seeing anything about DTB so I get the idea now that S2 doesn't actually exist.

>>141972859
Woah dude chill, its just fanfiction. Its not like you ever have to worry about Bones actually making this the plot of the show. kill me ;_;

>>141972765
HAERTS FULL OF LIES

Oh and you have to turn Yin into a god.

>>141972717
>best idea a creative director had was to have a 12 year old girl pull an anti material rifle out of her chest
Can't tell if you're pretending to be retarded or if you're a legit lost cause.

>>141972937
Jokes on you

The first season was great, second was pretty shitty. It's sort of sad to see what has become of Bones. They used to make some of the best anime originals out there but today's Bones is a shell of their former selves.

Also, does anyone have that screen cap of when the anon trolled a mod into banning him, I remember it was a DtB I KNOW I CAN KILL.

Let's not forget about this amazing cover

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>>141972990
Whoops accidentally copied the embed code instead of link...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kji-0ceL5yY

>>141972922
>DtB I KNOW I CAN KILL
dude i feel like everyone here has insanely strong ideas. Should we make it a collab project?

accidentally pasted the DtB part my b

>>141972709
>fuck them for trying to market the child abuser as a cool person
I read E7 first because I always had the idea that the anime was adapted and I was surprised at how thoroughly unlikeable Holland was.

In the manga, him punching Renton seemed like a momentary lapse. He'd erred and felt rightly guilty about it. Then in the anime, from what I remember everyone seemed alright with it. He came across as a cunt throughout.

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>>141972832
So many good ideas in this thread. Let me add to it.

How about we have a time skip which leaves out a crucial part of the MCs character development and motives and make an OVA out of it. We would make millions!

>>141973199
Should we send these ideas to Bones, I feel like they might like them

We can atleast agree that the OP of the non existent S2 was pretty good though, r-right?

>>141973244
thats some nice fanart man, that loli an OC?

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>>141973271
It was probably the same guy correcting his own typo you crossboarder cum.

>>141973291
scum*

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>>141973216
Done used the Japanese they taught at my high school.

A good example of how not explaining anything and acting like everyone knows what happened and never talk about it confuses the viewer. I'm still unsure whether it was good to build up mystery or just completely annoying.

>>141973421
fucking based anon

Its based as fuck. The 2 episode 'arcs' makes it perfect for rewatching.

Also god tier fight scenes

>>141973421
Furigane is how to pronounce the name. In your case you should have put 李舜生(Li'a name) for the name and the name part as furigane.

>>141971893
Some of the best fight scenes still imo with a decent plot especially the characters were all interesting.

Season 2 was okayI enjoyed it

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>>141971893
season 1 was good

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>>141973650
What I liked s1 a lot more, but I honestly didn't mind s2.

>>141973696
That's fair. I personally found it incredibly disappointing and boring but hey to each his own. If you don't mind me asking, what did you like about S2?

>>141973696
S2 isnt that bad as long as you go S1 > OVA > S2
Actually makes sense that way

>>141973772
Ah I personally went S1>S2. in fact I never watched the OVA because I hate S2 so much :/

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>>141973616
Ah I see, they didn't tell us the important stuff just the shit I'd never use. So like this?

>>141973772
I actually watched in that order and still didnt enjoy or fully understand the ending of S2

>>141973735
Its been over half a decade, but I think I just liked July and Suou a lot and their interactions with Hei.

Season 2 is when everyone at Bones got high and drunk and read a Darker than Black fanfic and made an anime about it. Nothing more.

>>141973856
Crossfading, not even once

>>141973839
Interesting. Like you said it has been a while, but If I recall I never minded the character interactions, but I really didn't like Suou's character and what they did with Hei himself.

>>141973827
The end of the world from the prophecy in the Mikata documents were that shota that woke up in the end.

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>>141973005
>Whoop
These guys are better than the actual OP

It was so weird to get Amber and C.C. back to back in terms of seasons

>>141973912
I think i would need to rewatch it since right now i can barely piece together the plot of season 2. I think i most vividly remember some stupid sidestories about that faget kid and the reporters. I dont really wanna see it again though. I think i will be just fine with my barely coherent memories.

>>141974026
I just remember the loli shaking her flat tummy everywhere. All I need in this life

>>141973813
I actually enjoyed the OVAs. They had a ton of Hei-Yin interaction, which I couldn't get enough of. They're certainly better than S2.

I want to fuck a cripple

Very overrated.

Honestly show is just decent but this board loves the fuck out of it for some reason.

Its okay. Hei is the best part of it, the whole Amber plot came in really late and wasn't interesting at all. Being episodic there was alot of hit or miss arcs.

S2 had a bad story but the action kept up

>>141971893
God tier.

I liked S2. Not as much as S1 but I enjoyed it quite a bit.

>>141975746
Madoka is overrated, Darker Than Black is not. As long as you pretend s2 and the OVA don't exist.

>>141974002
Yeah, especially how they both played the old-yet-young mentor type who want to fuck the MC.

If they could go back and mix DTB and DTB2 into one good show that would be great.

Like take the good stuff from DTB2 but not make the child the MC.

>>141978263
>Darker Than Black is not
Because you wasn't here when DtB aired?

I was on /m/ mostly around that time.

>>141971893
>>141971998
The OVAs and Manga were amazing. The manga needs to be the S2 that we never got.

Love this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7MyDmijKsk

>>141971893
Everyone here is still gay for Hei.

>>141972575
There's already a season 2 (sort of), and Ièm doubtful there's going to be a 3rd season.

>>141982332
A movie adaptation would not be bad

>>141982561
Yasushi Ishii is a god. I cannot fucking wait for the Drifters anime.

>>141972414
>If you mean on /a/ then I'd say my first 4-5 months but oh well
>I'd say my first 4-5 months but oh well

Like it's something to be proud of, faggot. Lurk moar.

>>141973696
i fucking love tights

>>141972717
Oh, I also made a similar fanfic,I called it "mahou Suou"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS6UVMXMHHo

>>141971893

Yin is mai waifu

Jesus I went to bed last night (after starting this thread) didn't expect it to still be up.

>>141990154
You take Yin and I'll take Bai

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>First ep of S3
>S2 was just Yin dreaming

Do you like X-men? If so, you will love this show.It is truly amazing.

>>141973265
Yeah S2's opending was pretty damn good. Best part about that season.

As a lot of others have said. S1 was god-tier. OVAs were awesome if you loved HeixYin. S2 was alright until the clusterfuck ending.

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>>141972961

Reminder 10th anniversary is next year

BONES has a huge Original Anime project they will announce this year that will debut next year.

>>141996317
Do you know when this announcement is?

>>141996317
Also to add, Okamura doesn't have anything else lined up other than Kuromukuro which will be completed by October and new NNT season is only going to be 4 episodes long.

>>141996317
Stop giving me false hope, anon.