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Toonami |JulAug17| Most Definitely the Work of an Enemy Stand
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The movie actually had a rather touching scene about the fact that the world needs Kenshiro more than Kenshiro's desire to rescue Yuria since, when you think about it, she's technically safe & there are people who are far worse off that can't defend themselves and need Kenshiro's power, which really stands out when most of your movie is "dude who punches people so hard, they erupt into a guts volcano"
Death is cheap when bringing someone back as many times as you want and without limitations is just a wish away.
Also, trust your real dad.
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Is Bravely Default 2 good?
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For a very brief period, right when it was really hitting Japan it was "Fuck predatory loan sharks and shady real estate deals".
I like it a lot probably my favorite turn based battle system and the main characters are a bunch of loveable goofballs the narrative is probably the weakest part tbh
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yup
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Most Jojo's have father problems though...
I do find it interesting how Togashi flipped Yusuke and Gon's parental experiences.
Except Japan seems to be the only country that can keep their cities clean worth a damn, and their crime levels are famously low.
I think their conformity has a ton of benefits.
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From what I hear they don't even pay attention to suicide victims...or don't care or something. Their infrastructure is top notch, but some aspects of that society seem a bit cold. Not that America can judge too harshly on this front.
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On the topic of individuality and conformism in Japan, Mob Psycho 100 does a great job of subverting the concept of being born with talent and being born normal.
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Japan's police force has been widely criticized for their aversion to investigating often clear murder cases unless there is an obvious suspect to keep that crime rate low.
Not to mention certain cultural attitudes have led to a severe underreporting of sexual assault.
Not to mention certain cultural attitudes have led to a severe underreporting of sexual assault.
It's unfortunate that human beings need to be under such a conformist society for them to realize that their actions are part of the whole and impact other people (look at any asshole who leaves their trash for others to pick up, or people opting not to carpool or use public transit simply out of minor convenience).
I hope the work culture does get better (especially regarding parenting and maternity leave) but Japan's social structure has created its own set of admirable strengths in instilling some sort of desire to look out for more than just yourself.'
Former I was unaware of, although I have heard of their rather dubious court system being very favorable to the prosecution.
Ritsu probably has my favorite character arc in the entire (first) season. I feel like his desire for something beyond his grasp, while he has a ton of gifts already laid on him, is incredibly relatable.
Mental illness often isn't considered a real thing in Japan and people are very reluctant to admit it because conformism. Though Japan isn't unique in either regard, of course.
Mix that up with suicide being a traditionally acceptable thing, and...yeah.
There's a general social pressure not to report crimes, because again, you'd stand out by doing so.
Mix that up with suicide being a traditionally acceptable thing, and...yeah.
This is true too.
There's a general social pressure not to report crimes, because again, you'd stand out by doing so.
Think about what you're actually saying, dude. We're talking about a society where people will, among other things, voluntarily overwork themselves to death, hide away from society in fear, to abandon the idea of having healthy relationships, abandon people to die, and generally suffer from severe mental issues. All for a bunch of clean roads? That's an incredibly horrible way of looking at it. There's many better ways to clean roads than that.
Like Toonami gaf favorite ping pong the animation?
The Ace Attorney series serves as a parody and critique of that latter issue (Japan has something like a 99% conviction rate).
Yeah, I heard about it when playing through the trilogy (I'm excited Apollo is finally coming to 3ds) and binging on related stuff.
At the time of the series cops and prosecutors ten to have a high conviction rates some belied to be due to coerced confession.
Attorney tend to get handful of cases won if they're lucky。 I think during that time before the reform of the justice system that one of the more famous attorney got like 5 or 6
Its why in the games prosecutors get away with tons of shit as point and defence attorneys get shit on
There isn't a society that's totally perfect, but overall, there are plenty that are pretty good, and the world as a whole has been getting better. Japan and the US are doing terrible, but they're the exception to the trend, not the rule.
...I know, not very consoling. But it's true.
...I know, not very consoling. But it's true.
Japan, until very recently, worked on "guilty until proven innocent" rules. On top of that there was a lot of corruption and backroom deals, and the high conviction rate meant that people who got arrested were just assumed to be guilty, and there was a ton of social pressure to "confess". Another thing that's declining, thankfully.
I'm Nigerian so I know this lesson well
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One of the darker aspects of Ace Attorney series is how multiple prosecutors forge or alters evidence, and mostly they don't face any sort of punishment for it.
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UK could be doing better.
Definitely.
I do love how they retcon edgeworth in being innocent even though I think they implied he did
I'm still conflicted on that storyline, for weird reasons. In AA1, it felt like all his demons regarding forgery were wrapped up with the bonus chapter, but then he leaves. It didn't feel like the right progression to me and that soured Edgeworth for me a bit.
Yeah but later on they retcon it that all he did was dirty tricks like withholding stuff lawyers but nothing that illegal and it was just rumors
The one time he did he was tricked into using it
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I mean Edgeworth definitely sent some people to prison who were innocent.
There's no way he didn't.
You also have to ignore the investigation games, where he became less zealous and more critical of the law but apparently never broke law
No I meant in forget and altering evidence
It's honestly hard for me to imagine other cases in the AA universe because everything in the cases you play seem extraordinary.
Probability wise, given how he acted it's quite likely he did, but I just can't really imagine those cases in my mind.
...Maybe it's simply because it's been a few months since I've played it.
Edgeworth also went along with Redd White manipulating the law and accusing Phoenix all that other bullshit, remember? So he can't be totally innocent and unaware of it, I mean, he literally took part in it.
, he was a total cock, as he should be.
But that happened after his AA1 character arc, so that's fine. The one part of the game
where you play as Young Edgeworth
Yeah it's why I pretend he totally did and ignore that
Yeah that was the best part AA2 was the best
I totally blanked on Redd White tbh.
Although at the time I thought Edgeworth was holding a ton of idiot balls.
EDIT: Wait,
playing as Edgeworth
...Young...
It is an unfortunate rule in this world.
Eh, it's not a rule, just an pessimistic way of looking at it. It's also wrong, but that's difficult to convince people of.
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Judging upon the reactions in the Game of Thrones thread, GOT appears to be turning full anime in that the writing is bad.
What happened?
I knew Outlaw Star had magic, but I wasn't expecting a bunch of wuxia stereotypes to pop up in the middle of the episode. It's amazing.
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