Talk:Key the Metal Idol

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This article could use a lot of work. I am trying to get some content down for futuer editing. Help would be appreciated! I'll be putting some work into this next year after I watch the show again. Its a favorite of mine, so I certainly won't mind putting a lot of work into it. Assuming no one beats me to it of course! -Quiddity99

The show was a bit disappointing. There was a lot of potential with the concept but the execution just didn't do it. Key was such a lump. Ajo made no freakin' sense. He builds combat robots AND runs a music idol promotion company? And so much of the episodes were just long takes of people staring at each other or stupid flashbacks. Towards the end, all Ajo did was just sit in his seat and gurgle.

Total waste of time. Go rewatch Cowboy Bebop instead.

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Yes, why watch a deep and thought provoking series when you can have lots of explosions and two dimensional villains instead?

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Neither the Key main page, nor this discussion page, werent meant for bickering about the loopholes and perceived "flaws" in the story--its ridiculous to start on this series to open up that kind of fight, anyway, as we're all aware of some of the crappiest, nonsensical anime storylines, and as far as Key goes, it does a good job at managing to avoid cliches. The "trivia" section on the main page seems its just a soapbox for the whiner above me who labeled it a "waste of time" (and by the way, the answer to your question about why Ajo builds robots AND backs Miho? Because SHE IS ONE OF HIS ROBOTS! duuurrrrr), so I am removing it. I will be adding a summary of the story as well. Thesetrixaintforkids 18:11, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

HELP?
OK the episodes and plot are so convoluted that i'm having a hard time deciding whether I should go episode by episode, or to do a full comprehensive summary. Its hard to understand without seeing the bigger picture, which can be hard to get across with mere episode summaries. Can anyone offer at least an opinion? Thesetrixaintforkids 19:51, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Do it episode by episode. Trust me on this, as I've attempted to write a synopsis before. 64.121.35.146 06:56, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Stuff
So I just watched this. The show makes perfect sense, and this article (and discussion) miss the point. Ajo runs a music production company for one very simple reason. It's the same reason Key needs 30,000 friends. Gel is a physical manifestation of a person's attention given to something. When you pay attention to something, you are spending time doing that. Since we have a finite amount of time to live, that's a part of our life force. That life force is what also powers his machines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.181.62.106 (talk) 04:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Wouldn't it help the article to explain what an "Idol" is?
There's hints kinda buried in some character descriptions, but it should really be made clear,I think. Someone with little exposure to Japanese pop culture might imagine that in order to get her 30,000 friends, she'd have to start a religion with her as the object of worship, or the "Idol". Piltdown Yaren (talk) 20:26, 28 September 2014 (UTC)