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[BatDan]

"YOOOOOO" Kabuki shows!

 

[Grexeno]

Toonami |Feb16| The Europeans are Everywhere

 

[SparksterMeta0]

All part of the show, folks!

 

[Soulflarz]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE EUROPEAN INQUISITION

 

[Seda]

subtitles, rip ratings

 

[GaimeGuy]

 

[BatDan]

Two kinds of subtitles. Ratings are going to plummet HARD

 

[Line_HTX]

No sir, you can't stay.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Subs on Toonami!!

RIP viewers!

 

[Zonic]

oh hell yes, this song.

Arubian Dance.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Ohohohoho Mugen.

 

[the_sun_king]

FUCK YES ARUARIAN DANCE

 

[Regiruler]

wtf

 

[Grexeno]

lmaooooooooooooo

 

[UltraGunner]

That day ain't Coming anytime soon pal

 

[ramoisdead]

HAHAHAHA tight assed

 

[Shard]

These is a lot of social commentary here at the moment.

 

[Crocodile]

This episode is a weird mix of tackling issues of xenophobia and homophobia. Why can't humanity just get along

Also, how did that hairstyle of like cutting/pulling away all the hair on top of your head, tying it in a head knot and separating the hair to the sides catch on in Japan. I've always thought it was super dumb :/

 

[Line_HTX]

Like anyone's gonna be tight assed with you around.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

That quip from Mugen was brutal! LOLOLOL

 

[Korigama]

Bro (who has been dead for ages), Lubba, Leone and "Justice" all have their moments but all the other characters are just generic-incarnate (well so are the other 4 I mentioned to be honest). Like black-holes of character. There's nothing there. Michiko, Satoshi, Atsuko, etc. may all be "bad" people in one respect or another but there is plenty of characterization going on there. Hell even M&H had excellent action sequences so I don't think that is something AgK has over that show. I'd agree that most action sequences in AgK were at least passable but very few are ones I'd call exceptional or memorable. I can understand how different expectations can color how one ends up enjoying a show in the end plus personal preferences are a thing - I just really can't see how on any objective level AgK does anything better than M&H.

Ultimately, I consider this all very subjective, much like with most of the shows aired as part of the lineup. I wouldn't expect my liking for what did work for me with AgK to be measured objectively any more than my disdain for M&H (that highway chase aside, I can't really remember much of anything about most of its action sequences, which otherwise didn't come across as particularly distinctive or memorable in their execution to me).

Something like GXP, however, was terrible enough for me to have no problem declaring it as objectively bad.

 

[BatDan]

Ooh, a bit of plot advancement.

We Nagasaki now!

 

[GaimeGuy]

nice mugen, a rape joke

 

[Hellwarden]

Lol

 

[Zonic]

 

[Soulflarz]

Why doesn't he actually explain it and make her day less risky?

 

[Raxus]

Poor Jin and Mugen are so out of the loop.

 

[Line_HTX]

CH-CH-CH-CHECK IT OUT NEXT TIME!

 

[Shard]

Indeed, The Dutch were located at Nagasaki.

 

[Mik317]

this show is neat.

brb no filler Naruto for me

 

[ramoisdead]

Hahaha now those record scratch transitions worked there.

Soak in the Song of Four Seasons, bay-bay.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Aww yeah. We going to Nagasaki. Time for Naruto Shippuden.

 

[Regiruler]

the 1st half was much stronger, to be honest

 

[Seda]

With these last few episodes, this show is a bit sillier than I expected. But not without some actual interest mixed in, too.

 

[UltraGunner]

That was a great (and hilarious) ep. And also weirdly historicallly accurate.

 

[Raxus]

Please stay everyone

 

[ShinRPGamer]

Good stuff overall. Enjoy filler hell guys. If I don't try to get a bit more writing done then I'm hitting the hey.

 

[Jarate]

not a big fan of that episode tbh

 

[Seda]

post the .gif, bishop

 

[Soulflarz]

atatakakatta is a word?

Japan be trolling hard

 

[BatDan]

*lightly slaps self* Alright, filler hour. Let's go!

 

[Line_HTX]

Great episode like I remembered.

Oh man, here is the filler quality whiplash.

 

[ckohler]

Loved the episode. I liked that Japanese xenophobia was addressed.

Now, time for the quality of the block to drop dramatically for the next thirty minutes.

 

[UltraGunner]

Welp I ain't staying for filler. Night y'all

 

[Zonic]

So yeah, that Dutch dude? Based on a real person.

Now you know, & knowing is half the reason to watch Toonami.

 

[Grexeno]

And now it's time for the hour known only as.............THE ORDEAL

 

[Shard]

Right, I have laundry to do.

 

[ramoisdead]

Off to play Splatoon with a friend. BRB for KLK and more of Takarada.

 

[Man God]

Froggy Song.

 

[Soulflarz]

Where does the line 'condoms aren't just for cowboys anymore!' come from?