A lot of people's Bleach predictions are spot on. Its not a difficult manga to foresee.
The most noteworthy part of that analysis is her first sentence where she correctly points out that the purpose of the chapter was to make the shingami looks like victors only to reveal the truth at the end. But that's an obvious analysis since Kubo uses that technique once per fight (if not more). I'm pretty sure everyone who read that chapter knew Bazz-B wasn't down and that he was going to pull the "oh you thought you defeated me" line.
As for the rest of the analysis, while elaborate, its not very informative. It's paragraphs of text to explain a concept that she herself already summarized with the bolded lines. We know Reitsu reveals bloodlines because it happened in the chapter. It didn't need a paragraph of explanation to go along with it.
This post was as predictable as Bleach is.I disagree with you about Bleach being predictable.
I think that's just a distorted story from when Kreed made this post a week before Yammy = 0 reveal:Didn't someone call Yammy being the 0 Espada on here? I seem to remember that.
Bleach: Ding dong Ulquiorra's dead! I don't even care about Orihime wanting to touch his hand and everything else that didn't make any sense, this fight being over is the most important thing. Now let's see where Kubo takes the story. Will we go back to the captains vs Aizen and co? Will we go to Rukia vs Yammy? Will we go to the other captains in Hueco Mundo? Will Wonderweiss show up or is he being saved for when the "real" 10 Espada show up for the big "surprise"?
Bleach is super predictable dude. That's why everyone has such high predication accuracy with the series. Not that its necessarily a dock against the series. Bleach is just a Dragonball-esque shonen that follows a very set story structure for every arc and fight. People even know when to expect the plot twists at this point.I disagree with you about Bleach being predictable.
There was a precedent of measuring riatsu which happened in chapter 494 the closing chapter. Buzz B´s riatsu matched the shinigami sample with 93% accuracy.
I think that's just a distorted story from when Kreed made this post a week before Yammy = 0 reveal:
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Bleach is super predictable dude. That's why everyone has such high predication accuracy with the series. Not that its necessarily a dock against the series. Bleach is just a Dragonball-esque shonen that follows a very set story structure for every arc and fight. People even know when to expect the plot twists at this point.
And so? Reitsu identifying people isn't anything new.
That's still damn close though.
Don't think I've sighed as deeply recently than at "OH YOU THOUGHT I WAS DEFEATED, NUH UH". Tite not even caring anymore.
I really cannot wait for Naruto and Bleach to end. It will be like being released from some cast iron witches curse. Will 2014 be the year, or are both going to stretch to 2015 in agonising drawn out dumb secondary fights?
Pretty much. We know how all these arcs are going to play out in the long term and short term. Some are better at tricking us than others, but at the end none of them are particularly shocking events.I don't think so. The reactions were funny, but I don't think anyone called it.
God's Beard isn't wrong when he insinuates most shonen is highly predicable. He called a lot of Naruto (which is where he got the Kishimoto nickname), generally he's able to call One Piece and a lot of people have successfully called events in Bleach. Calling an event in any of them isn't any more amazing than figuring out that the lastest X-Man to die is probably going to get resurrected soon because they slavishly adhere to various tropes.
The exact event is off but the effect on the storyline was spot on. Lots of people were expecting a troll of some sort along those lines and there being an Espada 0 is similar to there being more powerful espada. The reason no one expected Espada 0 exactly is because people, at the time, didn't expect Kubo to actually contradict himself.That's not close at all.. I guess if you call predicting hurricanes in Oklahoma damn close to predicting a tornado then maybe they are close.
Yeah, Naruto won't end in 2014. If this was Naruto's final arc, Shonen Jump would be hyping it up as such like they are with Bleach. And I don't think they're about to let anyone pull a Toriyama again.I think its physically impossible for Naruto end in 2014. Bleach is most definitely ending before 2015.
People don't like Attack on Titan because its popular.
There, I said it.
Or because the art is bad and for some people the titan shifting concept doesn't click with them
People don't like Attack on Titan because its popular.
There, I said it.
One of the reasons perhaps.
I really do like the series (both the anime and manga) but to dismiss (some more or less perfectly valid) complaints and put it all on popularity is kinda disingenuous.
"The art sucks" is a valid complaint, but "I was blindsided by the titans being people" strikes me as being roughly the same level of criticism as "I don't like One Piece because the Strawhats aren't organized criminals."
Its one thing if the concept isn't "for you" but that element appears so early in the series as to be odd to complain it ruined everything.
We've gone over this song and dance before, not liking the direction the series takes is a valid complaint even if it happens really early. Eren's titan shifting abilities completely trump any normal human ability to fight titans and completely changes the direction the series takes.
Levi > Titan Eren, heck even Mikasa could probably beat his ass.We've gone over this song and dance before, not liking the direction the series takes is a valid complaint even if it happens really early. Eren's titan shifting abilities completely trump any normal human ability to fight titans and completely changes the direction the series takes.
Levi > Titan Eren, heck even Mikasa could probably beat his ass.
Levi > Titan Eren, heck even Mikasa could probably beat his ass.
Exactly. Its not even true! Eren loses every fight he's in and the Scout squad does far better on their own in practically every fight so far.
Just because Eren sucks doesn't mean his power isn't OP, it just means Eren sucks
But because he sucks, there is no real power shift between humanity and the titans like you suggest. Not until they find the basement anyway.Just because Eren sucks doesn't mean his power isn't OP, it just means Eren sucks
But because he sucks, there is no real power shift between humanity and the titans like you suggest. Not until they find the basement anyway.
I think that's just a distorted story from when Kreed made this post a week before Yammy = 0 reveal:
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Bleach is super predictable dude. That's why everyone has such high predication accuracy with the series. Not that its necessarily a dock against the series. Bleach is just a Dragonball-esque shonen that follows a very set story structure for every arc and fight. People even know when to expect the plot twists at this point.
And so? Reitsu identifying people isn't anything new.
That's still damn close though.
But because he sucks, there is no real power shift between humanity and the titans like you suggest. Not until they find the basement anyway.
I don't think making SnK a zombie movie with giant zombies would have been as awesome as people seem to believe.
Well it was awesome enough to make it the next big thing in anime/manga
You make it sound like the first volume is the only popular one. The human titans appear in like chapter 10 or so; I don't think that argument follows.
People don't like Attack on Titan because its popular.
There, I said it.
The series exploded when the anime started, sales of the volume blew up, plans to localize all the volumes in English, and Funi's announcement of a dub all came within the first 2 months. Heck Funi announced plans for a dub before the rogue titan was revealed to be Eren. At that point it didn't matter what direction the series took, it had already lured everyone in and began to print money.
Are you suggesting that SNK's popularity is because that everyone is too stupid to stop reading something they don't like?
There's a difference between things you don't like and things you detestWell I mean ... Ragetown.
Are you suggesting that SNK's popularity is because that everyone is too stupid to stop reading something they don't like?
Are you suggesting that SNK's popularity is because that everyone is too stupid to stop reading something they don't like?
People don't like Attack on Titan because its popular.
There, I said it.
No, you said "I don't think making SnK a zombie movie with giant zombies would have been as awesome as people seem to believe." and I'm pointing out the series got really popular based upon that premise. I never said people are still reading SnK out of hate or because they're dumb, I said the series got popular based upon zombie movie with giant zombies. While I wasn't happy with the direction the series took not everyone was as upset about it as I was, and even people who thought it was dumb grew to accept it and still enjoy the series for what it's become.
But that's my point: that isn't the premise.
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How am I supposed to "interpret" Mikasa and Eren's....relationship. The manga says they're siblings, but Mikasa is like fucking obsessed with dude. Is this romantic love? BigBrotherWorship? Is this something that's addressed later on down the road? Because her obsession with him isn't a one time thing, it's CONSTANTLY reaffirmed.
Did you miss the flashback about how they met and how Mikasa became a member of the Jaeger family? He saved her and gave her a reason to live again so that's why he has become everything she will live for, especially now that he's all family she has left. There may be some romantic feelings involved but I think she's mostly (overly) worried about him because she knows from experience that he'll always get into trouble when she's not around.
Did you miss the flashback about how they met and how Mikasa became a member of the Jaeger family? He saved her and gave her a reason to live again so that's why he has become everything she will live for, especially now that he's all family she has left. There may be some romantic feelings involved but I think she's mostly (overly) worried about him because she knows from experience that he'll always get into trouble when she's not around.Attack on Titan Chaps 1-20
So, I'm enjoying this series and all (haven't watched the anime and avoided threads and anytime its discussed here for no spoilers)
But...one question....
How am I supposed to "interpret" Mikasa and Eren's....relationship. The manga says they're siblings, but Mikasa is like fucking obsessed with dude. Is this romantic love? BigBrotherWorship? Is this something that's addressed later on down the road? Because her obsession with him isn't a one time thing, it's CONSTANTLY reaffirmed.
Mikasa is in love with Eren. It's all there in the manual. I didn't think it was anything other than super obvious.Attack on Titan Chaps 1-20
So, I'm enjoying this series and all (haven't watched the anime and avoided threads and anytime its discussed here for no spoilers)
But...one question....
How am I supposed to "interpret" Mikasa and Eren's....relationship. The manga says they're siblings, but Mikasa is like fucking obsessed with dude. Is this romantic love? BigBrotherWorship? Is this something that's addressed later on down the road? Because her obsession with him isn't a one time thing, it's CONSTANTLY reaffirmed.
Yeah, but not liking a concept from the get-go makes it difficult to trust an opinion as being a valid judgment of quality. Its just not a specific enough critcism in my mind, yet its by far the most common one I hear.
Its like if I told you 7 Seeds sucks because I hate shojo/josei.
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So, I'm enjoying this series and all (haven't watched the anime and avoided threads and anytime its discussed here for no spoilers)
But...one question....
How am I supposed to "interpret" Mikasa and Eren's....relationship. The manga says they're siblings, but Mikasa is like fucking obsessed with dude. Is this romantic love? BigBrotherWorship? Is this something that's addressed later on down the road? Because her obsession with him isn't a one time thing, it's CONSTANTLY reaffirmed.