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What could have made a series better.

I agree with the filler thing. I also notice that they try to save 'drawing time' by using the same frames over and over again. For example, when two characters are fighting, they're using the same moves over and over again. Or the background looks the same when a person is shown walking. Or when they make a character 'relive' a certain experience in their mind... three times in one episode! It's like, I know that happened! You don't have to replay it three times! Yeah... agreed that they should give the creators more time to work on their masterpieces.

No filler would be nice. It sort of baffles me why some companies feel the need to capitalize on the popularity of a title right away, instead of waiting a few years to give that franchise the respectable showing it deserves.

I say this because Monster is dang near perfect in its presentation of characters, plot, and pacing. I believe the manga was finished a good two years before the anime even aired.

If this title can be so good from the patience in between, just imagine what Kenshin or even Inu-Yasha might've been, had the story been completed beforehand.

This topic is about what YOU think could have made a series better. It can be anything you want; removal of a certain character, change in the plot etc etc.

I think Elfen Lied could have been a much better series if they changed the fact that spoiler[Kouta and Yuka are cousins], maybe if they changed it to they were old childhood friends, it would have made the series alot more heart warming rather than sickening.

I want to hear your thoughts on what would have made any series better.

Like what I've said before, Japanese is one of the few developed nations which allow marriage between first cousins (sharing same grandparents), while most developed nations only allow marriage between second cousins (sharing same great grandparents). The ratio of married first cousins is 1.8% among all married couples in Japan; none of developed countries in the report I saw has the ratio higher than 1% (IIRC, less than 0.5%, to be more exact).

Efan wrote:

This topic is about what YOU think could have made a series better. It can be anything you want; removal of a certain character, change in the plot etc etc. I think Elfen Lied could have been a much better series if they changed the fact that spoiler[Kouta and Yuka are cousins], maybe if they changed it to they were old childhood friends, it would have made the series alot more heart warming rather than sickening. I want to hear your thoughts on what would have made any series better.

Hasn't this facet of Elfen Lied been covered before? Where's dormcat when we need him? Wherever he is, I'll provide his words for everyone's benefit here:

Dormcat wrote:

Like what I've said before, Japanese is one of the few developed nations which allow marriage between first cousins (sharing same grandparents), while most developed nations only allow marriage between second cousins (sharing same great grandparents). The ratio of married first cousins is 1.8% among all married couples in Japan; none of developed countries in the report I saw has the ratio higher than 1% (IIRC, less than 0.5%, to be more exact).

Therefore, Kohta + Yuuka = spoiler[not incest, not taboo, not in Japan anyway.] I imagine ADV could have tweaked this in the dub if they really wanted to, but I think those days of shameless censorship are behind us. Besides, there are plenty of more sickening things to be found in Elfen Lied.

Efan wrote:

This topic is about what YOU think could have made a series better. It can be anything you want; removal of a certain character, change in the plot etc etc. I think Elfen Lied could have been a much better series if they changed the fact that spoiler[Kouta and Yuka are cousins], maybe if they changed it to they were old childhood friends, it would have made the series alot more heart warming rather than sickening. I want to hear your thoughts on what would have made any series better.

Hasn't this facet of Elfen Lied been covered before? Where's dormcat when we need him? Wherever he is, I'll provide his words for everyone's benefit here:

Dormcat wrote:

Like what I've said before, Japanese is one of the few developed nations which allow marriage between first cousins (sharing same grandparents), while most developed nations only allow marriage between second cousins (sharing same great grandparents). The ratio of married first cousins is 1.8% among all married couples in Japan; none of developed countries in the report I saw has the ratio higher than 1% (IIRC, less than 0.5%, to be more exact).

Therefore, Kohta + Yuuka = spoiler[not incest, not taboo, not in Japan anyway.] I imagine ADV could have tweaked this in the dub if they really wanted to, but I think those days of shameless censorship are behind us. Besides, there are plenty of more sickening things to be found in Elfen Lied.

No filler

This is an easy one. Eva was good, but massively depressing in many parts. what they should have done is used a plot line like spoiler[that of the alternate reality that was shown on the last episode].that could have made the series better and the personallities of the characters more likable.