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[Zenfalcia]

Damn it dog! Take this shit seriously, or we're going to have to find a new manager!

...This is acceptable...

time to get down to serious business then.

All I can think of is Jotaro.

There are tons. But some aren't from shounen stuff like yahari, Kirito kinda counts, belzeebub's main character is kinda anti-social, kira from deathnote?, Guts post golden age, and a ton of lone wolf characters. There are more relevant ones, but i can't think of any.

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

Ah Kiyo yeah but I dunno about gina and ichigo, they seem pretty ok with friendship.

Jotaro cares about his companions deep down. It's a trope of shonen to care about your friends, even if it's hidden under the coolness, that's why I was saying that if you counted Jotaro then it's a very large amount that would be considered anti-social.

If you're talking actual anti-social in that they hate people and don't actually want to socialize at all, then it's a smaller number but is still a pretty common character type.

 

[zedreamcast]

Jotaro cares about his companions deep down. It's a trope of shonen to care about your friends, even if it's hidden under the coolness, that's why I was saying that if you counted Jotaro then it's a very large amount that would be considered anti-social.

If you're talking actual anti-social in that they hate people and don't actually want to socialize at all, then it's a smaller number but is still a pretty common character type.

Ah well I ask cause im still writing my protagonist and im thinking of writing him as a Kiyo kind of character who starts of wanting to just wanna be alone but people start gravitating towards him during his adventure.

 

[semisonic]

Ah well I ask cause im still writing my protagonist and im thinking of writing him as a Kiyo kind of character who starts of wanting to just wanna be alone but people start gravitating towards him during his adventure.

Kinda overdone.
But not necessarily terrible.
Is he really just so charming that everyone wants to hang with him, but cool enough to constantly reject their advances?
If so, congratulations! You may be well on your way to a marty stu!

 

[zedreamcast]

Kinda overdone.
But not necessarily terrible.
Is he really just so charming that everyone wants to hang with him, but cool enough to constantly reject their advances?
If so, congratulations! You may be well on your way to a marty stu!

Nah they all fucking hate each other, but they hate everyone else even more! Theyre all just a bunch of assholes.

 

[semisonic]

Nah they all fucking hate each other, but they hate everyone else even more! Theyre all just a bunch of assholes.

Better.

Spoiler

If this cast turns out to be nothing but Vegetas I'm going to laugh, and then stand up and applaud

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

Ah well I ask cause im still writing my protagonist and im thinking of writing him as a Kiyo kind of character who starts of wanting to just wanna be alone but people start gravitating towards him during his adventure.

Yeah, that's just upwards of 30% of shonen protags and upwards of 90% of shonen rivals. It's a proven archetype and isn't inherently bad, tropes exist for a reason, they're proven to work and are easier to write since there's a large source of reference material, but you're not gonna be breaking any new ground with that. Just keep in mind that a simple but well executed, trope-filled story is better than something crazy and new that falls flat on its face.

 

[Banana Aeon]

Nah they all fucking hate each other, but they hate everyone else even more! Theyre all just a bunch of assholes.

Make this an It's Always Sunny affair, and I'll rain the praise.

 

[zedreamcast]

Better.

Spoiler

If this cast turns out to be nothing but Vegetas I'm going to laugh, and then stand up and applaud

Well now I have to draw my entire cast with giant widows peaks.

Make this an It's Always Sunny affair, and I'll rain the praise.

Basically that was my idea, a Always sunny as a shonen battle manga.

 

[semisonic]

Well now I have to draw my entire cast with giant widows peaks.

Basically that was my idea, a Always sunny as a shonen battle manga.

My god I would read that concept in a fucking second

Spoiler

Is piccolo Danny Devito?
OR IS GOKU DANNY DEVITO?
Only time will tell.

 

[Rizzi]

Rip in pepperonis Rizzi

Still a shonen protagonist.

But spiders are cute.

You crazy.

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

Nah they all fucking hate each other, but they hate everyone else even more! Theyre all just a bunch of assholes.

That is more unique. One story I have that people have responded well to in the past is one where the main character is a complete psychopathic asshole with three normal partners. Eventually the three partners get sick of his shit and question why they hang out with him, then ditch him. Doing this makes them realize they're huge pieces of shit and are actually assholes themselves, but are less of assholes than the MC, so he overshadows their assholishness and makes them seem normal by comparison, so they stick around him, since he's the only one who will put up with their shit as much as they will his.

That kind of dynamic is certainly nothing new, but it's by far less overdone than just being all tsun-tsun towards your friends.

Don't be afraid to have the characters not be likable. Don't force a change in his personality where it isn't necessary. Develop the change gradually and it'll be fine.

 

[semisonic]

That is more unique. One story I have that people have responded well to in the past is one where the main character is a complete psychopathic asshole with three normal partners. Eventually the three partners get sick of his shit and question why they hang out with him, then ditch him. Doing this makes them realize they're huge pieces of shit and are actually assholes themselves, but are less of assholes than the MC, so he overshadows their assholishness and makes them seem normal by comparison, so they stick around him, since he's the only one who will put up with their shit as much as they will his.

That kind of dynamic is certainly nothing new, but it's by far less overdone than just being all tsun-tsun towards your friends.

Don't be afraid to have the characters not be likable. Don't force a change in his personality where it isn't necessary. Develop the change gradually and it'll be fine.

This. Also, if you ever need someone to read and offer suggestions, I'm ALWAYS down.
Just pm me and I'll get right on that.
Thinking back, the main thing that comes to mind is some shit like Code:Breaker. Please do it better than code:breaker.
Please.

Spoiler

That manga was okay

 

[Zenfalcia]

So, what are the chances we break a new record and finish a thread in 10-11 days? We're already almost half way done.

 

[semisonic]

So, what are the chances we break a new record and finish a thread in 10-11 days? We're already almost half way done.

High, considering that's including the legendary slow day that was today.

 

[JooseBawcks]

So, what are the chances we break a new record and finish a thread in 10-11 days? We're already almost half way done.

By the end of the year we'll have a new thread every day

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

Thinking back, the main thing that comes to mind is some shit like Code:Breaker. Please do it better than code:breaker.
Please.

Spoiler

That manga was okay

The only good thing about Code:Breaker was the OP.

 

[Zenfalcia]

High, considering that's including the legendary slow day that was today.

Today wasn't slow at all. It was about average.

By the end of the year we'll have a new thread every day

You say that now, but that could happen.

 

[JooseBawcks]

You say that now, but that could happen.

God I hope not, I wanna go back to OT5 or 6 speeds. Also we mostly burnt through a lot because of Peronsa 5 hype

 

[Zenfalcia]

God I hope not, I wanna go back to OT5 or 6 speeds. Also we mostly burnt through a lot because of Peronsa 5 hype

That's true. It didn't burn through that many pages, imo.

 

[mrmyhthef]

That's true. It didn't burn through that many pages, imo.

It burnt through a lot of pages. Something like 40 pages (50ppp) in 15 hours, iirc.

 

[JooseBawcks]

I just got an email telling me about a post my online class teacher made. She said she kept messing with a thing that wasn't working until she basically just King Crimson'd it right as she was going to say fuck it lol.

Also I'm going to sleep. All ya'll do the same.

That's true. It didn't burn through that many pages, imo.

It was like 10 pages in an hour or two. Okay now I'm gone for real. Back in about 11 hours again

 

[Xiraiya]

This is on my ceiling.
Gah!

Oh that's fine, just kill it.

 

[Zenfalcia]

It burnt through a lot of pages. Something like 40 pages (50ppp) in 15 hours, iirc.

Hm... Oh, i forgot it was a 30 hour event, so cumulatively yeah, i might've reached that number of pages. I was just thinking about persona 5 for some reason.

 

[Alfebit]

Is it ok to leave Junpei behind forever or is there going to be one of those moments later in the game where I'm forced to use him?

 

[Zenfalcia]

Is it ok to leave Junpei behind forever or is there going to be one of those moments later in the game where I'm forced to use him?

Do you want spoilers? Non spoilers: all your party members are useful, and having them leveled is pretty useful.

 

[mrmyhthef]

Hm... Oh, i forgot it was a 30 hour event, so cumulatively yeah, i might've reached that number of pages. I was just thinking about persona 5 for some reason.

No I'm talking about from the moment the P5 trailer hit.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150713111&postcount=2160

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150844739&postcount=4051

Yeah we went through close to 2k posts in 15 hours.

EDIT: Granted there was other stuff in there but you get the picture.

 

[Zenfalcia]

No I'm talking about from the moment the P5 trailer hit.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150713111&postcount=2160

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150844739&postcount=4051

Yeah we went through close to 2k posts in 15 hours.

EDIT: Granted there was other stuff in there but you get the picture.

Damn.. we did burn through a lot of posts. I must've misremembered how fast we went.

 

[VidulaSaix]

The hype was real. Very interested in hearing Woolie and Liam sploosh about it on this weeks podcast since we already saw Pat lose it.

 

[Alfebit]

Do you want spoilers? Non spoilers: all your party members are useful, and having them leveled is pretty useful.

So level him up because I need to use him later. Great. The dungeon crawling was already tedious enough without the need to grind.

 

[Zenfalcia]

So level him up because I need to use him later. Great. The dungeon crawling was already tedious enough without the need to grind.

Wait, how far are you into the game and what is your team?

 

[Romars202129]

Do you want spoilers? Non spoilers: all your party members are useful, and having them leveled is pretty useful.

I believe I remember that when your current team gets fatigued and leaves Tarturas, you can switch them out for your reserves and keep going.

 

[Alfebit]

Wait, how far are you into the game and what is your team?

Just finished finals and I've been using Akihiko, Yukari, and Mitsuru.

 

[Alfebit]

I believe I remember that when your current team gets fatigued and leaves Tarturas, you can switch them out for your reserves and keep going.

If I remember correctly, I don't think anyone leaves in P3P.

 

[Rizzi]

OOT 3D is great. It's making me super hyped for Majora's Mask too, so that's pretty cool.

 

[Zenfalcia]

I believe I remember that when your current team gets fatigued and leaves Tarturas, you can switch them out for your reserves and keep going.

Yep, that's only assuming you don't get tired yourself.

Just finished finals and I've been using Akihiko, Yukari, and Mitsuru.

Okay, you'll probably be fine, since if you really want to, you can roll with the same team for the whole game. There will be some moments where it'll suck, but oh well.

 

[zedreamcast]

oh god you guys have to look at this 4 chan board. SFW

 

[Zenfalcia]

oh god you guys have to look at this 4 chan board. SFW

Eh, 5/10 it was ok.

But did you see this guy's sick ninja mask?

 

[Oberon]

So the person I lend the first volume of prison school gave her opinion. She said that is was rather disappointing. Because "she read 50 shades of grey".
Does she expect that I give her porn or something?
That being said, I think that it will be rather hard to convince her to read English translation of Nana to Kaoru online.

 

[VidulaSaix]

So the person I lend the first volume of prison school gave her opinion. She said that is was rather disappointing. Because "she read 50 shades of grey".
Does she expect that I give her porn or something?

It means your friend has bad taste.

 

[Snapshot King]

So the person I lend the first volume of prison school gave her opinion. She said that is was rather disappointing. Because "she read 50 shades of grey".
Does she expect that I give her porn or something?
That being said, I think that it will be rather hard to convince her to read English translation of Nana to Kaoru online.

It means she's disappointed you didn't give her low quality and poorly written porn.

 

[Rizzi]

It means your friend has bad taste.

Got it in one.

 

[Snapshot King]

That Other M topic has me blown away. It always gets me how much mental gymnastics people will go through in order to defend their appreciation for a game that turned the best woman in videogames to a weak, agency-less battered housewife.

 

[VidulaSaix]

I guess I should consider myself lucky I've never played or watched Other M then. Not even your guys thing.

 

[zedreamcast]

So the person I lend the first volume of prison school gave her opinion. She said that is was rather disappointing. Because "she read 50 shades of grey".
Does she expect that I give her porn or something?
That being said, I think that it will be rather hard to convince her to read English translation of Nana to Kaoru online.

Prison School doesnt have enough quivering I guess.

 

[Zenfalcia]

So the person I lend the first volume of prison school gave her opinion. She said that is was rather disappointing. Because "she read 50 shades of grey".
Does she expect that I give her porn or something?
That being said, I think that it will be rather hard to convince her to read English translation of Nana to Kaoru online.

That's hilarious that she thinks 50 shades of grey was good even if you only care about the "porn" aspect of it. If she really doesn't care and want some trashy porn, just give her doujins.

That Other M topic has me blown away. It always gets me how much mental gymnastics people will go through in order to defend their appreciation for a game that turned the best woman in videogames to a weak, agency-less battered housewife.

But the baby. The baby, pat, the baby. The baby. Did I mention the baby?

 

[Snapshot King]

I guess I should consider myself lucky I've never played or watched Other M then. Not even your guys thing.

It's genuinely offensive. Not just from a story perspective, which is atrocious, but it's straight up character assassination. It's the fictional character equivalent of seeing a guy beat his wife in the street. It's unbelievable.

 

[VidulaSaix]

It's genuinely offensive. Not just from a story perspective, which is atrocious, but it's straight up character assassination. It's the fictional character equivalent of seeing a guy beat his wife in the street. It's unbelievable.

Don't tempt me to go watch this thing man. Curiosity can be a killer when you put it like that.

 

[Zenfalcia]

Don't tempt me to go watch this thing man. Curiosity can be a killer when you put it like that.

You should do it, for the baby.

 

[Alfebit]

Don't tempt me to go watch this thing man. Curiosity can be a killer when you put it like that.

Watch it. Give the best friends more money.