Forum - View topicWhy am I having so much trouble understanding Excel Saga lol
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Celestial_Jade
 Posts: 25 Location: Babylon, NY |
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i just started episode 1 and i'm sooo confued lol! help!
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TranceLimit174
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You won't. Don't try to make sense of it...cause its a lost cause. However things do come together after the second ep. to give you a better grasp of things. Great show though, very funny.
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TF
 Posts: 357 Location: Belgium |
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don't try to think about it, you'll only hurt your brain
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outlawwolf
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The series only starts to actually have some sort of plot in the 24th episode. Until then, just take it as it comes.
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Ataru
 Posts: 2326 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
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Outside of "don't look for a deeper meaning", ADV does have the Vid notes that do point out facts and other stuff about the series.
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one3rd
 Posts: 1818 Location: アメリカ |
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It helps if you've seen a lot of pre-Excel Saga anime before watching so you can get some of the jokes. Other than that, your only problem in understanding Excel Saga will be trying to understand it. Don't. Just accept it for what it is on the surface.
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red stranger
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The manga starts to have sort of a story after a while, but the show is not really based on the manga. The anime doesn't really have a story, mostly just running gags...
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DarkTenshi90
 Posts: 440 Location: Nebraska |
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You don't want to understand Excel Saga, just laugh your butt off
 .... but episode 26 disturbed me 
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Insane E
Posts: 87 Location: Sweden |
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Like most have already said, it's not to be understood
 trying to will just damage your brain  With our without understanding I do hope you will enjoy it.
DarkTenshi90, I can see what you mean about ep 26. But I thought the name of it gave it away for what would come "Going Too Far" made most of it kinda obvious 
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HeisT
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But reading the manga first give a little sense on the anime when you watch it. I read until volume 6 before hunting for the anime. Luckily, have a small knowledge on the manga did pay off when you watching the anime. Won't got so confusing in the end...
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Boonmaster
 Posts: 9 Location: Gloucester, MA |
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Even the most battle-hardened otaku don't get what's going on 100% of the time in the chaos that is Excel Saga
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Zalis116
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 Posts: 6897 Location: Kazune City |
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Yeah, Excel Saga is pretty much pure fun until episodes 22-25. It's kind of like Rune Soldier in that respect. This satirical article sums up some of the issues with it:
Local Anime Fan Not Ready for Excel Saga, Police Say A local Anime fan has been ordered by DoT City police not to begin watching the Anime series Excel Saga. Citing his relative inexperience with Anime as a genre, a police spokesperson claims that watching the zany series now may result in serious injury and even death. “It takes a tremendous familiarity with Anime to be able to watch Excel Saga,” the spokesperson told SSI. “Not only do you have to know lots of Anime to be able to catch all the references, but you have to be a veteran subtitle reader in order to keep up with all the subtitles and all the vid notes!” The fan, who has at most watched Slayers and Love Hina, may simply not have the processing power necessary to fully understand, or cope with, Excel Saga’s gargantuan levels of insanity. “He needs to watch Anime for a couple of more years before he can be ready for ES,” said the spokesperson. “Maybe a year from now, we’ll get him started on Jubei-chan the Ninja Girl, see how well he handles that. If he survives that series’ insanity, then we’ll train and prep him for Excel Saga. Otherwise, if he watches it now, untested and unready as he is, his head may explode. And we can’t have that anymore in this city.” Maybe not years, but I had had about 15 series finished before I tackled Excel Saga. Overall, it's worth it, but it's important to have some background knowledge. Of course, it's impossible to have all of it, but that's probably impossible unless you're a Japanese hardcore 40 year-old fan. |
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