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JadedWriter
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Jojo should drink some Sunny Delight after this attack.More JJBTAS overdrive because i love procrastinating:
I slept the fuck through Toonami this week, so I had to catch up on the shows I missed.
So far I've seen:
Samurai Jack: worst episode of the season thus far (IMO), but still a solid B+, which really reinforces how strong this show is. Great character moments, and it'll totally work as a relaxing episode before the more tense final four, I think.
Attack on Titan: Good first episode. Animation was pretty great, though nothing was too surprising since I've seen the manga already. Can't wait for the next episode.
HxH: AKA Antiques Roadshow/Pawn Stars the anime. Man they went into an unnecessary amount of detail over a pretty insignificant (or so it seemed to me) part of the plot. Though I have a feeling that's a reoccurring theme in this series. Gon and Killua's plot arc right now is quite a bit more boring than Kapurica's, especially after last episode. Though that's to be expected. Still a decent episode.
Tokyo Ghoul: WTF did I just watch. This show varies between a average/below average anime with a bit too much edge, to an unintentionally hilarious shitfest. This anime was definitely the latter. I swear to god, I thought the last 5 minutes were a drugged up dream, because nobody acts like that in real life. Still stupid and funny as shit though. There were parts that were trying to be either serious or unnerving as fuck but just came off hammy as shit, and I ended up bursting out laughing. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't even bother with this show.
I still have to watch GitS:SAC, Unicorn, and Kai. I have no interest in this weeks Super, but I'll check it out if I have time.
So far I've seen:
Samurai Jack: worst episode of the season thus far (IMO), but still a solid B+, which really reinforces how strong this show is. Great character moments, and it'll totally work as a relaxing episode before the more tense final four, I think.
Attack on Titan: Good first episode. Animation was pretty great, though nothing was too surprising since I've seen the manga already. Can't wait for the next episode.
HxH: AKA Antiques Roadshow/Pawn Stars the anime. Man they went into an unnecessary amount of detail over a pretty insignificant (or so it seemed to me) part of the plot. Though I have a feeling that's a reoccurring theme in this series. Gon and Killua's plot arc right now is quite a bit more boring than Kapurica's, especially after last episode. Though that's to be expected. Still a decent episode.
Tokyo Ghoul: WTF did I just watch. This show varies between a average/below average anime with a bit too much edge, to an unintentionally hilarious shitfest. This anime was definitely the latter. I swear to god, I thought the last 5 minutes were a drugged up dream, because nobody acts like that in real life. Still stupid and funny as shit though. There were parts that were trying to be either serious or unnerving as fuck but just came off hammy as shit, and I ended up bursting out laughing. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't even bother with this show.
I still have to watch GitS:SAC, Unicorn, and Kai. I have no interest in this weeks Super, but I'll check it out if I have time.
JadedWriter
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Doctor Decimate
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Super probably had one of the better episodes of the night
Yeah there was an entire chapter if I remember right where Zepile got owned.
Which while better for pacing also made some things more confusing like certain nen abilities
JadedWriter
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You haven't even hit the confusing Nen powers yet.
Nen is basically just another name for a person's spirit energy, so Ki or Aura or whatever, its all the general same idea. Everyone has it even if they never even heard of Nen before and can access it to some extent. The reason certain master artisan's have Nen in the things they've created despite not even knowing it existed, let alone being able to use it, is because they quite almost quite literally put everything they had into that piece of work by the very nature of their life and craft. So instead of blood sweat and tears, think of it more like them putting their Nen, sweat and tears into a piece of art.
I understand all that everything till now is the easy part is when we get to that arc that people get confused by nen abilities
JadedWriter
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Not to mention a specific fight in the manga where I have no clue what the fuck happened.
There is a fight the anime won't cover because it happens after the show ended that had quite possibly the most confusing combination of Nen abilities, Nen contracts and so on.
JadedWriter
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It's awesome but you need to enroll in a Nen refresher course before you can understand it.
JadedWriter
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I'm still trying to figure out what you don't watch. I think I've ran into you on pretty much my favorite anime threads minus anything Macross related and the Gundam threads.
Yes that fight.
Josuke's stand is probably one of the simpler stands in that arc to be honest.
My to-read list is still very long, so we probably read the same stuff by chance.
JadedWriter
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Oooohhhhh. I refer to that guy as either Kuwabara or
Okuyasu. Adding Interest is one of my favorite HxH memes.
This is probably you remind me of another user on Gaf named Veelk.
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Pointed out by ToonamiNews on Twitter, Big O Season 1 is airing on the Toonami Stream.
JadedWriter
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I don't even mean that as an insult, dude's cool. Just...a bit on the verbose side.
Really? Huh.
I know, he posts in the My Hero Academia thread.
we briefly considered titling the Season 2 thread "Even Veelk loves it!"
It's just Batman with giant robots. No Gundams.
There isn't another mecha series quite like it.
JadedWriter
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Yeah I need to get on that at some point, dude even likes Kill La Kill, which is pretty much why I don't value the criticisms of people that don't like it. Even the dude that can write a textbook about why he hates God of War can enjoy Kill La Kill.
Till it ends in as unsatisfactory and confusing a manner as season 1 and 2.
Hellwarden
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JadedWriter
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Is that the character voiced by crazy ass Grey Delisle?
Man God it's your time to shine!
It's the Big O way.
JadedWriter
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Does anybody really miss Bleach outside of JYB cause it was a consistent paycheck?
I'd be fine with that, not like there's much else they could probably put in the rerun slot at the moment.
If you're asking me if I would take Bleach over Tokyo Ghoul or Shippuden, the answer is yes.
JadedWriter
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My god Tokyo Ghoul must be dog shit.
Well, the guy creeping on the lead was in pure ecstasy in a scene where he sniffed a handkerchief with a bit of that person's blood on it. And that still wasn't even the weirdest thing that happened that episode.
Doctor Decimate
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I mean, Roger Smith is a Bruce Wayne type in an aesthetically similar world with a character design that's pretty close to the Batman show Sunrise themselves worked on, and his robot essentially serves a similar function to a batsuit.
"Batman Gundam" perhaps creates different expectations when it's called that but the inspiration is all over the place.
Also I've never been sure of why so many people want season 3 of Big O tbh. It ends with a presumption that things will continue but that was basically the idea of the show; it's a perfectly acceptable closer and the only thing that's really missing is more standalone episodes. Story-wise it's complete.
..............did I type this?
JadedWriter
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Even Hisoka wouldn't sink that low.
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