RecursiveFault
Banned
Mostly episodic show with a simple premise of Aliens invading Japan in the era of Samurai. Think The Simpsons.
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Super Best Friends Thread 12: 12 Threads in and It's Still the tutorial
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Mostly episodic show with a simple premise of Aliens invading Japan in the era of Samurai. Think The Simpsons.
skLaFarebear
Member
So I'm I the only one who used Sharla?
I used all of the characters. I rotated everyone to help keep the combat fresh even after 60 hours.
Sharla is great for healing, until you realize that Xenoblade's battles are just DPS races where the OP team I mentioned easily wins out 99% of the time. I only had a huge problem with one boss where I was forced to use Sharla to keep healing.
We'll see, if they never do then oh well, their loss.Someday.. it'll happen. Maybe Woolie might read the manga if he sees something he likes.
Yeah, Gintama takes a fucking eternity to actually get good. The two-parter first episode is pretty bad, the first funny episode is like episode 8, first hilarious one was either 24 or 25Never gonna happen.
TechnicaUS
Member
Any continuity? Or are most episodes seperated entirely?Mostly episodic show with a simple premise of Aliens invading Japan in the era of Samurai. Think The Simpsons.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Sooooo, apparently, despite knowing absolutely jack shit about mahjong (still unchanged), I really like Akagi. I don't get the stupidly complex rules, but I do get gambling mindgames and death games!
The protag is nicely "lie, cheat, steal". Plays chicken with cars already at age of 13
Soundtrack's nice too
Gintama's gambling/mahjong episode made me watch it!
Have you watched Kaiji? If you haven't watch Kaiji.
Kaiji is fucking great.
Yeah, I'd say the first 20 are skippable if you're really that picky, but you run the risk of not knowing who some of the main cast are, that and most of Gintama's entertainment relies on knowing/understanding the characters well.Yeah, Gintama takes a fucking eternity to actually get good. The two-parter first episode is pretty bad, the first funny episode is like episode 8, first hilarious one was either 24 or 25
The 2 part first episode special is filler though, Episode 3 is where the Manga starts.
Any continuity? Or are most episodes seperated entirely?
There is an overarching plot and nearly every character, no matter how minor, will be seen again in later episodes.
There are also various serious story arcs with impact on the overall development of the show/manga and the main characters etc.
We'll see, if they never do then oh well, their loss.
They just need a good/the right "incentive" to read/watch it.
ShakuganSan
Member
I used all of the characters. I rotated everyone to help keep the combat fresh even after 60 hours.
Sharla is great for healing, until you realize that Xenoblade's battles are just DPS races where the OP team I mentioned easily wins out 99% of the time. I only had a huge problem with one boss where I was forced to use Sharla to keep healing.
Regular enemies i can see but i have no clue how you can survive long enough without healing on the bosses though. I only used Melia/Dunban/Sharla to carry me all the way through to the end
We can still believethat it'll never happen.
Woolie somehow read Prison school. And I refuse to believe that I am not somehow responisble for that. Who else is pushing Prison school?
Any continuity? Or are most episodes seperated entirely?
Some stories are 1 episode long, most are 2 or 3 episode short stories that are generally either really hilarious or great slice of life plots. There is an overall worldly persistence to everything regardless, and as the series progresses more serious arcs that are longer and pretty important to the setting start to emerge, they usually have some really good fights.
There IS a plot, it just doesn't show up that frequently since things take a long time to setup.
The Manga right now is completely insane in all the hypest ways.
zedreamcast
Member
Is Nolan North the Art Teacher? I cant tell.
DXLelouch153
Banned
How did I know it was going to be that clip
So I'm I the only one who used Sharla?
real men dont need no healers
Shulks good enough
just get better gems and gear if need be
Also can we just agree that Melia is the most OP broken Mage in an RPG ever
VidulaSaix
Member
How many times must we say "Gintama is awesome" and repeat this cycle of people asking about but never watching it?
Just watch it or don't guys.
Just watch it or don't guys.
If I even like Akagi this much, I guess I have to eventually
How many times must we say "Gintama is awesome" and repeat this cycle of people asking about but never watching it?
Just watch it or don't guys.
Pretty much this.
skLaFarebear
Member
Regular enemies i can see but i have no clue how you can survive long enough without healing on the bosses though. I only used Melia/Dunban/Sharla to carry me all the way through to the end
Seven can heal itself. Shulk can heal anyone with a weak heal spell, but it does the job. As for Dunban, if you can even manage to hit him, Shulk can heal him faster than he gets damaged.
How many times must we say "Gintama is awesome" and repeat this cycle of people asking about but never watching it?
Just watch it or don't guys.
It's not us who don't watch it that keeps bringing it up.
Woolie somehow read Prison school. And I refuse to believe that I am not somehow responisble for that. Who else is pushing Prison school?
Other people telling him IRL or tweeting at him. I dunno tons of ways.
How many times must we say "Gintama is awesome" and repeat this cycle of people asking about but never watching it?
Just watch it or don't guys.
You need to say it until people watch it.
TechnicaUS
Member
Got a good place to read it? I'll check it out.Some stories are 1 episode long, most are 2 or 3 episode short stories that are generally either really hilarious or great slice of life plots. There is an overall worldly persistence to everything regardless, and as the series progresses more serious arcs that are longer and pretty important to the setting start to emerge, they usually have some really good fights.
There IS a plot, it just doesn't show up that frequently since things take a long time to setup.
The Manga right now is completely insane in all the hypest ways.
RecursiveFault
Banned
Different people asking questions.How many times must we say "Gintama is awesome" and repeat this cycle of people asking about but never watching it?
Just watch it or don't guys.
jack_package_200
Banned
Does Xiraiya have a Gintama GIF for everything?
If I even like Akagi this much, I guess I have to eventually
Its essentially the same tone but they play other games and go through other various tasks as well.
Never before have I seen stakes so high in a Rock, Paper, Scissors game.
It's not us who don't watch it that keeps bringing it up.
Your attempt to hide your passive aggressiveness is about as transparent as Pat's hair, I hope you realize that.
DXLelouch153
Banned
Does Xiraiya have a Gintama GIF for everything?
Gintama is the Simpsons of anime
only i actually give a shit about it
zedreamcast
Member
The better question is "does gintama have a gif for everything?"Does Xiraiya have a Gintama GIF for everything?
Isn't that suppose to be sazae-san?Gintama is the Simpsons of anime
only i actually give a shit about it
Not really, places seem to be a bit hit or miss with the manga, I prefer the anime personally, but the manga would be much faster to get through.Got a good place to read it? I'll check it out.
I wasn't trying to be subtle.Your attempt to hide your passive aggressiveness is about as transparent as Pat's hair, I hope you realize that.
DXLelouch153
Banned
just get one of the best friends to watch the Character Poll Arc
What's got you feeling so continuously salty Croten, how can I help?I wasn't trying to be subtle.
jack_package_200
Banned
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VidulaSaix
Member
just get one of the best friends to watch the Character Poll Arc
They wouldn't get it. Almost every real arc in the series is highly character based.
Besides, any talk of Zabiatsu watching it is completely out of the question. All of them except for Pat are extremely stupid when it comes to watching anything with more than 20-ish episodes claiming they don't have time. Not like anyone said marathon it.
What's got you feeling so continuously salty Croten, how can I help?
Nothing, I just don't want to talk about a show I'll never watch.
Well, it depends on the mindset they'd have at the time of watching it because of the fact it's mainly about JUMP's way of doing things, but you're most likely right.They wouldn't get it. Almost every real arc in the series is highly character based.
Oh I know that feel, every day in this thread it's discussions about shows I'll never watch.Nothing, I just don't want to talk about a show I'll never watch.
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Junpei 2.0, man. So good. I wish Arcsys would release the patch already.
VidulaSaix
Member
Nothing, I just don't want to talk about a show I'll never watch.
Then stop getting involved in conversations about it.
jack_package_200
Banned
You guys should just watch One Piece so we can make this OT about OP.
Nah no thanks
You guys should just watch One Piece so we can make this OT about OP.
I'm okay with this.
Then stop getting involved in conversations about it.
Will do.
You guys should just watch One Piece so we can make this OT about OP.
I always really enjoy One Piece when I'm watching/reading it, but I never think to myself "I really want to watch One Piece"
Even though it's such a solid manga, it's never really resonated with me as well as I would have liked.
skLaFarebear
Member
Nothing, I just don't want to talk about a show I'll never watch.
Then don't talk about it? xD
jack_package_200
Banned
Guys, no fighting
Blackbeard is such a filthy piece of shit, something about him makes me feel like you can almost smell the probably very pungent BO through the pages.
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Guys, no fighting
Don't be such a babby. No one's fighting.