Honestly Shard, I think you'd the enjoy the manga more.
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Honestly Shard, I think you'd the enjoy the manga more.
Doctor Decimate
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in honor of BleachGAF (and because it's the only show on the block i don't know a bunch of stuff about), i've been reading through Bleach and I just got done going up through the Soul Society arc. some observations:
1. this would be maddening to follow weekly. there's so many huge panels.
2. fighting Hollows on the streets was a cool idea and i wish they ran with it a little more before heading to the Soul Society (it really feels like Kubo intended to).
3. i kinda get the impression at least Tatsuki and potentially some of others were supposed to have powers at some point. there's also some random black-haired girl who's clearly supposed to become more fleshed-out eventually but never really does.
4. Renji's characterization in his initial appearance is a bit....odd.
5. there's at the very least 5 characters that are completely useless, and the contributions of many more than that feel pretty minimal. too many characters.
6. Rukia's baggage with the Shiba clan is stupid. "he was possessed by a Hollow." say the words, god dammit.
7. it's a little weird that Rangiku doesn't seem to actually gain a personality until the very end of the arc. unless i blanked out on a scene, she's almost completely sullen for the rest of it.
8. i feel like Aizen didn't actually have to fake his own death. kinda seems like a plot twist for the sake of a plot twist.
9. framing Hitsugaya for Aizen's murder in order to get Momo to attack him is hilarious.
10. good lord, Mayuri has had some of the most intense toning down i've ever seen for a former villain in a work of fiction. (pretty sure there's a term for this but the name escapes me at the moment)
11. Ichigo's powerups are explained reasonably well and the training he goes through is fairly interesting, but the frequency with which these things happen is a bit off-putting.
12. Urahara remains the best character.
13. Byakuya's reasoning for not helping Rukia is dumb as hell.
14. Kon is a little more bearable when he doesn't have voice acting.
15. Getsuga Tenshou is kinda dull, and i feel like Ichigo has some of the least interesting powers of all these characters. at least he's better than that tool whose sword makes things get heavier.
that's all i can think of. all in all, it was good. it might have dragged a little bit, but that might have just been the curse of revisiting a long shonen story arc.
1. this would be maddening to follow weekly. there's so many huge panels.
2. fighting Hollows on the streets was a cool idea and i wish they ran with it a little more before heading to the Soul Society (it really feels like Kubo intended to).
3. i kinda get the impression at least Tatsuki and potentially some of others were supposed to have powers at some point. there's also some random black-haired girl who's clearly supposed to become more fleshed-out eventually but never really does.
4. Renji's characterization in his initial appearance is a bit....odd.
5. there's at the very least 5 characters that are completely useless, and the contributions of many more than that feel pretty minimal. too many characters.
6. Rukia's baggage with the Shiba clan is stupid. "he was possessed by a Hollow." say the words, god dammit.
7. it's a little weird that Rangiku doesn't seem to actually gain a personality until the very end of the arc. unless i blanked out on a scene, she's almost completely sullen for the rest of it.
8. i feel like Aizen didn't actually have to fake his own death. kinda seems like a plot twist for the sake of a plot twist.
9. framing Hitsugaya for Aizen's murder in order to get Momo to attack him is hilarious.
10. good lord, Mayuri has had some of the most intense toning down i've ever seen for a former villain in a work of fiction. (pretty sure there's a term for this but the name escapes me at the moment)
11. Ichigo's powerups are explained reasonably well and the training he goes through is fairly interesting, but the frequency with which these things happen is a bit off-putting.
12. Urahara remains the best character.
13. Byakuya's reasoning for not helping Rukia is dumb as hell.
14. Kon is a little more bearable when he doesn't have voice acting.
15. Getsuga Tenshou is kinda dull, and i feel like Ichigo has some of the least interesting powers of all these characters. at least he's better than that tool whose sword makes things get heavier.
that's all i can think of. all in all, it was good. it might have dragged a little bit, but that might have just been the curse of revisiting a long shonen story arc.
I flat out agree with almost all of that.
Aizen faking his own death makes sense from his point of view; he's under the wrong impression that there is anyone smart enough left in SS proper who could catch onto his goofy plan and cared enough to do so (those people are retconned in later as people Aizen takes out one by one.)
everything else though is spot on.
Aizen faking his own death makes sense from his point of view; he's under the wrong impression that there is anyone smart enough left in SS proper who could catch onto his goofy plan and cared enough to do so (those people are retconned in later as people Aizen takes out one by one.)
everything else though is spot on.
Doctor Decimate
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i feel like there needed to be some kind of scene that would establish the possibility that people would suspect him. the way he's characterized initially, he sorta seems like he's the last guy you'd ever suspect. hell, the only way he gets found out is BECAUSE he faked his death.
Renji shows up being all "I'M GONNA KILL YOU, RUKIA, YOU NEED TO DIE" and it's....weird.
The people who suspected Aizen include basically everyone who is an Ex Captain or Lieutenant. I think he thought that a couple of people still suspected him...and he'd be wrong.
He didn't know shit about Ichigo showing up to save Rukia though so he did need a distraction to throw SS into chaos so he faked his own death, knowing that he couldn't pull that trick again after his heel turn, why let it go to waste?
EDIT: Renji is dumb and he just got this promotion. He likes Rukia but he respects her brother more and is just following orders.
He didn't know shit about Ichigo showing up to save Rukia though so he did need a distraction to throw SS into chaos so he faked his own death, knowing that he couldn't pull that trick again after his heel turn, why let it go to waste?
EDIT: Renji is dumb and he just got this promotion. He likes Rukia but he respects her brother more and is just following orders.
So I have been told, this is not happening.
Well, not a big manga reader and besides, the manga series is not the anime series. Viz is releasing the original series and that is what I am watching. Also, Sailor Moon Crystal is from what has been mentioned going to be a remake that is closer to the manga. What I find distressing is spite might be creeping in because I am already damn sick and tired of being told how I "should" be approaching this series in the "proper" manner. If an episode wastes my time I consider it to be a bad episode. I understand that not much plot happens episode to episode so I look for other things. Episode 7 was a neat little comedy episode but that is it. Episode 8, as an episode was honestly less entertaining then the previous one but far more important, not just from a plot perspective but from a character perspective, basically I found this episode to be more intriguing, also the debut of Sailor Mercury, that alone is a must watch.
Better then watching Hitokage twist himself into knots because he has a different philosophy on how to watch Sailor Moon.
BassForever
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Honestly I agree with Shard with how he's viewing the series, as a kid I never realized how much of the series is padding and how the fights (at least so far in s1) just aren't exciting enough to warrant the 15 minutes of shenanigans it takes for them to happen. Also Usagi is a terrible character at this point in the story and it irks me even more how completely useless Tuxedo Mask is. I do plan to watch crystal and unlike Shard I do plan to read the manga but neither of those is the series I'm currently watching. If things pick up and get better great, if not then it should be called out for wasting our time.
Indeed, while this isn't as bad as shonen filler and pacing, this show is going to have useless episodes. This season is really odd because the true crux of the series, the thing that made the show into the legend it is today, the Sailor Scouts are not there. What we have here is just this weird period with Sailor Moon flailing about by herself and the void being filled with her not too interesting regular human friends Even people who like the show feel this was something that was dragged out for far too long.
BassForever
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It seems like the old English dub cut a bunch of these early episodes which if anything helped the series as it quickly got to the good stuff quicker.
He's actually pretty strong in the manga, he has his own powers and even takes out a henchmen.
He just got shafted in the anime version.
Indeed, but I point this out in Anime GAF and some of them have a hissy fit over the idea that each episode is a special little snowflake that needs to be preserved. I am glad on principle they are bringing over all the episodes this time around but to pretend this series don't have quite a bit of flab is just egregious.
BassForever
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Agreed, if all these episodes were perfect then they wouldn't be bother to do crystal I'd imagine. I am glad we're finally getting an uncut dub and uncut sub all episodes officially released, but that has lead to the originals flaws being a bit more apparent. I imagine this will have a bigger impact later on when we start getting to the darker material that the old dub had to leap through hoops to make airable for kids on us tv
My exact reaction to the new Batman trailer, and then the news it is delayed to 2015
As a PC gamer, I'm feeling kinda bad this fall. No Destiny, no NHL, and No non-uPlay version of Assassin's Creed
Oh, and Attack on Titan is out on Blu-Ray today, but it's backordered on Amazon
As a PC gamer, I'm feeling kinda bad this fall. No Destiny, no NHL, and No non-uPlay version of Assassin's Creed
Oh, and Attack on Titan is out on Blu-Ray today, but it's backordered on Amazon
Wow, those who are fans of DRRR aren't big enough fans to miss that; FU! >_<
I never understood why Ichigo didn't punch more often; it's actually more entertaining him being a brawler then as a swordsman.
So that's the voice of Naruto, huh?
That what I thought the moment I found out.
If you haven't noticed in one of the training episodes, there is a scene where the trainees were being judged on how deep their cuts were to the targets' necks.
I'm going to guess a lot of grueling, bloody trial & error.
Because all they have are muskets.
Armin, Mikasa, Sasha, Connie, Annie, Jean, Christa, Marco, Reiner, Ymir, and Bertholt are still alive.
All that bravodo, confidence, rage...all for nothing.
Well, she is the best cadet the human race has.
And now people know why it's called the Walking Dead of Japan.
Your hope swallowed up.
I miss her.
It takes the best to beat the rest.
Charter has been acting a bit shitty recently. I wonder if it has anything to do with the recent FCC decisions. >_>
>=]
That what kept telling myself throughout this scene. Ichigo seriously better consult with Urahara about this or I will want to punch Orange Hair himself.
When I first saw that, I claim it being Game of the Year...then I see the rest....
BTW Andrex, I saw X-men: DOFP the other day
My review:
It's rather funny only Wolves, Beast, Quicksilver, and X were the only X-Men in the past who end up saving their fate.
That's Christina Vee for ya'.
Heard the movie bombed in the UK.
Man, I actually wish there was a prequel spin-off in video game form. Seeing his OPness in all it's glory would be an amazing feat to witness.
MIND. BLOWN.
E3 here is gong to be glorious.
Recently watching a old clip of YGOTAS made me realize where inserting X Gonna' Give It To Ya' into cool yet funny inserts came from.
Why does anybody have an infinite number of sharp weapons?
Didn't want to pull out her ace in the hole?
I want one of those. I wonder if anybody attempted to recreate all the Rocket Man scenes in there or on it.The real life Rocketman
That what I thought when I first saw it.
Actually, is it like his spinach?
By fighting them at the same time? United, we stand; divided, we fall kind of rhetoric?
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Hey, since the manga is over, have they released a collection set yet?
...I don't think Palutena approves of your boner...does she?
Well, Yugio isn't really stopping him or like just shooting the Earth demon.
That what I thought too.
Well, at least this show didn't start off as a beacon of what anime should be.
That dance fits so perfectly. I wonder if Red Fraction ever did get the ladies moving.
Revy's fucking enjoying this lol
Hahah I bet she's got a chang boner
*DEAD*
When did the remasters release? In '95?
Nobody said the same in the Magpie episode (though, I suppose it would make sense later on).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwEWb_toeKM
Somehow, someway, a better love story then Twilight.
I think the same every time he shows up.
captainamerica.gif
I hope so.
Karts really do make things cooler.
LATER.FINISH!
That is pretty Radd there.
Can't believe we never thought of this until now: forget beating them up, let them do that WHILE ON WHEELS!
I feel ya', mahn.
I can't wait to use that door closing gif.
Did you watch GXP and/or SAO?
You must understand the pain of Luigi to do so.
...so...why did they even bother with the whole moeblob thing then? Like, why didn't get get this rolling from the get go?
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU~
...baddest woman meets wimpiest teenager? Huh.
At this point, Bryce seems the most convincing as Eren when he's the announcer for the next episode but when he pep talked Jean, he actually nailed that intense yet controlled demeanor very well. Also: YES, YES, YES, at the noobie responses to the last 5 minutes.
Was it me or was that the most interesting lighting Bleach has had in a while (Mainly referring to the street lights at night; made it look like a different anime).
Can we just call this the Onepiercer arc (I haven't seen Snowpiercer)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1opEEC4cQ4&list=FLqglJwJPrHSKbgD6EEnf-pg&index=2 I swear, this is the one song that actually stands out. It's like if James Bond was an anime or something. Really makes it feel like the show is stronger then it actually is.
You all still entertained with Black Lagoon? I'm deeply surprised how much of a response it is getting out of all you guys.
Man, the past week, thinking about this Alfred got me imagining a live-action Alfred show where he works for MI6 during the Cold War. Maybe we should have gotten that instead of the upcoming Gotham show.
I am rather shocked by the lack of fanfare Scottsman's Wife last week. She turned out to be super awesome that I thought you all wouldn't get enough of her despite her babbling but apparently not. =/
I'm rather surprised by the lack of responses for Palutena when she made those remarks about this thread being pervy. Seems like the most disappointing time.
Holy wall of text Batman.
Also, while looking at Attack on Titan on Amazon, The Deadman Wonderland DVD/Bluray combo pack coming out next month is just a hair over 20 dollars right now. Basically, an impulse buy for me, and if you missed out when it was airing, a no-brainer purchase.
SHINY SHINY
Also, while looking at Attack on Titan on Amazon, The Deadman Wonderland DVD/Bluray combo pack coming out next month is just a hair over 20 dollars right now. Basically, an impulse buy for me, and if you missed out when it was airing, a no-brainer purchase.
SHINY SHINY
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BassForever
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Pre-ordered
And my store got the first volume of attack on titan in today... Well were supposed to but nobody can find it
its $25 for the dvd cheapest I've seen it so farBought so hard
mightynine
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Hmmm, I just don't know if I liked it enough to actually own it, even as an impulse buy.
But speaking of the Anime Classics line, should I bite on Serial Experiments: Lain? That's one of those I've always been curious about but never had the opportunity to watch. Is it streaming anywhere that I could get a taste?
GXP, 3 episode rule'd, SAO all the way through.
I don't think I've seen a wall of quote that big before...
mightynine
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Great. Hope I can pull that up on the Roku! Thanks.
Imperial Bishop
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That's a long ass wall of quotes.
Lain is definitely worth your time.
yayyyyyyyyyyy
Happened to my laptop. I solved the problem by throwing it out a window and building a PC
Well I'm building a PC this summer, but I still need at least 1 functional port on this laptop.
Imperial Bishop
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Batman Arkham Knight delayed to 2015
Unspeakable Evil
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Not surprisedBatman Arkham Knight delayed to 2015
Imperial Bishop
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"You's a bitch, Rosalina."
"You's a bitch, Rosalina."
Why am I at work instead of at home playing this game? Why?
Imperial Bishop
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MOVE, BITCH! GET OUT THE WAY!
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Alright, time to buy a Wii U.
You might regret it today, but you won't a year from now when there legitimately might not be more than 12 boxed releases for the WiiU
lazybones18
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I'd like the Theatrhythm CC LE more if it was a bit cheaper ($60 perhaps) and wasn't a S-E Store exclusive. Can't bring myself to spend $30 more for a pouch that looks nice but won't get used, some cards that'll sit on my shelf, & a 20-track CD (though I do want to know what the listing is, along with the first print 5-track one). Might just be content with the pre-order bonus.
Though it does come out 5 days before my birthday.
Though it does come out 5 days before my birthday.
I'd be happy if this doesn't become a trend. You should still get the game with whatever special or collector's edition they send, but I agree that you should be able to choose between a physical or digital copy of the game and be able to buy it where ever you want. That's one of the primary reasons why I won't be picking up the CE of this game.
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