This is an interesting comparison. How so?
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This is an interesting comparison. How so?
Did you miss the last episode the king straight up said he was going to put humans in a zoo.
heliosRAzi
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Or the fact that they have millions of brainwashed humans outside that were waiting to get the shit beat out of them and eaten.
Who in Akame ga kill threaten to kill a innocent person?
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
I fear this as well.
Especially giving the strange finger lube coming off of one royal guards and the look of ecstasy they had after it dripped. At the very least, something erotic is going on.
Crash Station
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I thought the question was are they capable of it, which they most definitely are if it were to help Night Raid's cause. Doesn't mean they wouldn't feel bad about it though.
No, that's not what I'm talking about. Protagonists like Spike from Cowboy Bebop or Mugen from Samurai Champloo could probably sacrifice an innocent person if it came down to it. I mean one that has straight up threatened to, and who obviously would feel no remorse in doing so in the moment.
Crash Station
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Well, it still kind of counts since there's two groups given the sympathetic point of view, despite one of them being pretty villainous while the other being anti-heroish.
I'm not familiar with your example, but are they the main protagonist in this case? I can think of several anime where a character other than the main character, who is supposed to be ''good'', sacrifices an innocent or threatens to.
Looking at TV Tropes, what I mean is basically ''Heroic Safe Mode'', except pushed to such an extent that the hero in question is willing to disregard their own previously established moral compass entirely to seek vengeance.
Crash Station
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Well, it's kind of hard to pin down a MAIN main character. Technically the dude in the beginning is the main, but many members of the group he joins get an equal amount of screentime, while the titular character has a lot less screentime than she probably should. There are a few people in said group that would kill an innocent pretty easily if it jeopardized their operation (they almost killed the main character in the very beginning for that reason), while an opposing group that's also given a ton of screentime do it on a near daily basis.
Only recently have a straight up evil group been introduced that rape and kill people with no remorse, making the other two groups which are still populated by killers look good.
Yeah, I won't count it since I think the fact that it's really a main character, in Gon's case, is very important.
Attack on Titan anime spoilers:
Even Eren, who is absolutely obsessed about the destruction of Titans, is unable to kill Annie when it comes down to it because of "feelings".
Acerac
Banned
Thanks for the info. -_-
Dominican Power
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Remember when Gon used to be so terrified of Hisoka? lulz. Dude would probably scoff at the mention of his name after this ordeal.
I don't agree at all. So much has happened.
heliosRAzi
Banned
Gon is definitely "ripe" enough at this point for Hisoka. Hmmm, that would be a good fight. Gon has enough raw power to kill him now, but Hisoka did think he could take Chrollo . . .
I think this current Gon would absolutely make Hisoka cum in his pants though, that much I do know.
I think this current Gon would absolutely make Hisoka cum in his pants though, that much I do know.
curlyfriski
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It's got that shonen thing where nearly every shot lasts five seconds longer than it should.
Jex
Member
I'm not talking about density of content. I'm talking about pacing.
Much of what has happened not interesting e.g. battles between random scrubs that I don't give two hoots about (although obviously that subject to interpretation) but it could have been done in half the time.
I know when a show is dragging it's heels and numerous times throughout this arc the show has been padding like crazy, using every filler technique in the book right down cuts lasting noticeably longer than they needed to.
Right but it wasn't doing that earlier, and it's managed to avoid doing that for a long time.
curlyfriski
Banned
Oh without a doubt. It's why I far prefer Yorkshin in the anime.
Walpurgisnacht
Banned
That corpse looked funny. At first I thought it was Netero (missing arm) but I guess the face kind of looks like the King's? Not a lot happened this episode but it was awesome because Gon. It's nice to see a non-pussy shonen protagonist for once. It's even nicer to see that he's smart. There's no "Why are you trusting Pitou, Gon? She's lying!!" moments since Gon knows what he is doing. He even takes into account things I never thought of like Pitou taking Killua as a hostage. What a badass. Hisoka would be schwinging so hard right now.
If I was a billionaire, I'd fund the perfect adaptation of HxH. Godly animation and no time-filling.
That's what I thought too. Couldn't get a good look at it.
My God.
That final scene was freaking... Scary, in a way. I honestly don't know how I feel about it. Kinda... Bad. But it's too good.
This series, man. I fucking hate that I dropped it all those years ago in the original adaptation because I thought the Hunter Exam arc was boring.
Edit: Uh oh. Just ran into some spoilers while searching for a wallpaper.
Lawd.
That final scene was freaking... Scary, in a way. I honestly don't know how I feel about it. Kinda... Bad. But it's too good.
This series, man. I fucking hate that I dropped it all those years ago in the original adaptation because I thought the Hunter Exam arc was boring.
Edit: Uh oh. Just ran into some spoilers while searching for a wallpaper.
Lawd.
I've never read or seen Hunter x Hunter but I assume it's good because I noticed people being excited about the manga being continued, I like other shounen stuff like Dragonball and One Piece so I want to check HxH out.
If I watch the current anime I get the full story, right? I don't have to watch the previous anime or any of the OVAs? What about filler arcs, are there parts of the new anime I should skip? Sorry if this was already answered in this thread but I don't want to read too much because of spoilers.
If I watch the current anime I get the full story, right? I don't have to watch the previous anime or any of the OVAs? What about filler arcs, are there parts of the new anime I should skip? Sorry if this was already answered in this thread but I don't want to read too much because of spoilers.
Crash Station
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Yeah, this is a remake. You don't need to watch the old one at all, though it did do a few things better. I'd still call this the definitive anime since it covers more of the manga.
I disagree with that. The fact that they're showing fights between minor characters is nice because for once, it isn't always a show highlighting all the fights that involve the main characters and just that. The filler was intentional in this arc showing what everyone was doing at the same exact moment, because events were unfolding quickly.
Thanks, I'll watch the first few episodes today.
DualShadow
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I was not expecting Gon to take a hostage!
Kinda glad he did otherwise it wouldn't have made sense for Pitou to do what Gon tells him to.
Kinda glad he did otherwise it wouldn't have made sense for Pitou to do what Gon tells him to.
Admiral Woofington
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Yeah this was my complaint. People think that content=pacing but it's not always the case, this being one of them.
And yeah it's largely part to me not caring about what the side characters are doing. It doesn't necessarily have to focus on Gon and Killua, but I didn't care for 60% of the fights so far.
If I had to rank my interest in all of the events so far in the palace it would be...
1. Netero vs Meruem
2. Gon vs Pitou standoff
3. Killua's confrontation with Palm
4. Knuckle and Shoot vs Youpi
5. Ikalgo's misadventures
6. Morel vs Pouf
Morel vs Pouf was definitely the worst part of this final encounter. It totally sucked the excitement out when it would cut to Morel standing in a dome of smoke while Pouf was in his cocoon. I guess there was some other pointless stuff too, such as the government guy. I don't know why anyone would care about what he's doing.
1. Netero vs Meruem
2. Gon vs Pitou standoff
3. Killua's confrontation with Palm
4. Knuckle and Shoot vs Youpi
5. Ikalgo's misadventures
6. Morel vs Pouf
Morel vs Pouf was definitely the worst part of this final encounter. It totally sucked the excitement out when it would cut to Morel standing in a dome of smoke while Pouf was in his cocoon. I guess there was some other pointless stuff too, such as the government guy. I don't know why anyone would care about what he's doing.
Turin Turambar
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Then you aren't complaining about the pacing, you are complaining of not like several characters and their plot threads.
Seriously.
Out of all the gruesome and horrible scenes from this arc (and there's been some reall bad ones, Pitou picking at Pokkle's brain made me wince), that one with his jet-black mouth and eyes was a cut above everything else. Downright terrifying.
FlutterPuffs
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The insects aren't exactly evil are they? They just believe that they are at the top of the food chain, as shown from Meruem's constant passing remarks of letting some humans live.
It is just in their nature to do so. In fact the insects; especially the king and his Royal Guards were shown in a somewhat sympathetic light after the dragons fell down from the sky. In fact it's the humans who are seem to be acting more like villains; Gon and Netero as an example.
It just reminds me of the Cuckoo in that Sandman arc, who was painted as a villain, but Morpheus refused to punish him because what the Cuckoo was doing was simply in his nature.
You are right.
Code Geass and Death Note has really rash protags, but they are seinen anime.
This is the arc that really really showed that Gon wasn't your typical Goku/Naruto esque idiot hero.
Seeing a character like Gon threaten to kill an innocent was
It was awesome...
Really great episode too..
Turin Turambar
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Togashi plays so much with the limits of shonen, twisting and expanding the stereotypes and subverting expectations with the tropes, that I wonder if it would be even better he would work on a seinen magazine with total freedom to do what he pleases.
No.
Myke Greywolf
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Gon never had any intention of harming Komugi, in my opinion. He's just playing Pitou since he knows that letting any harm come to Komugi is absolutely out of the question for her. Notice that he didn't give any instructions to his partners regarding what to do with Komugi in case he didn't come back from his trip with Pitou. If he really was serious, he would have told them to kill Komugi in case he didn't return, for extra intimidation value.
The ants are generally evil.
The reason why they are so violent is because the Queen consumed humans from the criminal
organization (NGL) and ants take their traits from the food source.
I really really like the Youpi fight. His evolution throughout the invasion is so cool to see.
When did Death Note and Code Geass become shounen?
I would hardly call Morel vs Pouf a fight. It was merely posturing.
The Silver
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Death Note was published in shounen jump, same as DBZ and Naruto and stuff.
Code Geass is an anime original though.