CrazyDiamond
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JOSEPH. After best Jojo.
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lazybones18
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Who has the best Daddy? Yui does!
lazybones18
Banned
lies
Still waiting on my gif
You got "a" gif, from around that time.
I remember what I asked for brah
CrazyDiamond
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You know the father/daughter relationship is genuine when the father and the daughter look the same age.
lazybones18
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skLaFarebear
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God damn that Jojo Part 3 finale ;_;
Greatest anime marathon I've had since S2 of Ippo.
Someone's at your house right now waiting to ban you IRL.
Greatest anime marathon I've had since S2 of Ippo.
sorry, but you ain't no Death Gun
Someone's at your house right now waiting to ban you IRL.
Doctor Decimate
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This Michiko and Hatchin episode is almost cartoonishly overdone
lazybones18
Banned
Power Mom/Dad combo right here
Imperial Bishop
Banned
If only Seda would pull a Vegeta and save us from lazyguldo18...
Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon S: Episode 116
Well then, not really much to say about this one, as in seriously not a lot happens when you take the Sailor Moon clan plus Hotaru and introduce them into a picnic setting. Themes are continued, the Outers make a contractually obligated appearance and Hotaru continues to be vastly more boring then her manga counterpart. Mild recommendation to avoid.
Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon S: Episode 117:
God damn, it is all coming back to me, I am being vividly reminded just how boring and tedious this mini-arc is. People complained about Hakura and Michiru stealing the spotlight but at least they are interesting and charismatic; in short people I want to see more of. These two have basically reduced everybody else to the merest of cameos, to the point where the Inners don't even show up for battle. Also, more manga borne retcons take place as the real origins and motivations are finally relayed via exposition dump, still distorted and twisted because at this stage in the Infinity Arc the Inners and the Outers were operating as a whole unit, still had some issues, but nothing as contrived as what is being pulled here. Honestly they should have stuck with the whole Outers not liking Sailor Moon becuase she is an obnoxious brat angle, that one had so much more plausibility. Anyway, this episode was somewhat better thanks to the humor getting a lot more surrealist and absurdist in tone. Still, mild recommendation to avoid.
Well then, not really much to say about this one, as in seriously not a lot happens when you take the Sailor Moon clan plus Hotaru and introduce them into a picnic setting. Themes are continued, the Outers make a contractually obligated appearance and Hotaru continues to be vastly more boring then her manga counterpart. Mild recommendation to avoid.
Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon S: Episode 117:
God damn, it is all coming back to me, I am being vividly reminded just how boring and tedious this mini-arc is. People complained about Hakura and Michiru stealing the spotlight but at least they are interesting and charismatic; in short people I want to see more of. These two have basically reduced everybody else to the merest of cameos, to the point where the Inners don't even show up for battle. Also, more manga borne retcons take place as the real origins and motivations are finally relayed via exposition dump, still distorted and twisted because at this stage in the Infinity Arc the Inners and the Outers were operating as a whole unit, still had some issues, but nothing as contrived as what is being pulled here. Honestly they should have stuck with the whole Outers not liking Sailor Moon becuase she is an obnoxious brat angle, that one had so much more plausibility. Anyway, this episode was somewhat better thanks to the humor getting a lot more surrealist and absurdist in tone. Still, mild recommendation to avoid.
unknownstranger
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Looking forward to gaf's reaction of the opening scene in next week's Kill la Kill.
Rakkety Tam
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SAO I Episode II (Beater)
The First Floor is named Tolbana. OK. So apparently not only have they not beaten the Floor One Boss, but they haven't found him either, which frankly smacks of poor game design. And apparently the ending song and animation I saw last time was actually the opening, which is pretty common. They're holding a meeting to stop being such scrubs in an amphitheater, which ended up having been called because someone finally found the boss. Apparently, Sword Art Online has no job system, which is good to know. Blue-haired leader guy has everyone group into squads, which is smart and Kirito pairs up with the other solo player which is about right. Oh hey, Uryu Ishida's voice actor is playing this objector guy. Objector guy complains about beta testers having an advantage, which I understand, and then tries to suggest making them give up their items and money which is laughable. And considering that many games have equipment that binds to players, potentially undoable. Agil, aka the big black dude who shows up in the opening and thus is probably relevant, reveals that the beta testers wrote a guide book which is distributed for free through the Item Store. What this Item Store is and how it works is something that kind of interests me. Is it like an auction system? Apparently players can distribute items via it so maybe it's just a generically-named, player-run market. This amphitheater is actually fairly well-drawn. We find out that experience will be given solely to the group that defeats the boss, so I might tentatively declare six to be the maximum party size, because otherwise they'd probably try to more fairly distribute the experience, like they do the money. Apparently items don't bind on pick-up or at least can be moved around the party because they specifically mandate that if you get an item you can keep it. I'm glad they're establishing rules now so that there's less grousing later, though this is all pretty standard. Oh god, I just saw a child walking by. An honest-to-goodness 6-8 year-old child. I hope that's an NPC. Kirito and Asuna eat the bread (Mikasa.gif) and we see a single-use item. Apparently the spread actually functions as an item in that it has no physical form until you apply it, which is kind of cool. I kind of want to see "The Heifer Strikes Back" animated. That would've made a fun OVA. So Kirito thought Asuna was a beginner because she had never partied before, which is fair enough, but then discovered her not to be one because of her good skills. I have no idea why everyone wouldn't lay information about their respective levels and skills on the table straightaway considering information is extremely necessary when planning a strategy and they will literally die if they fuck up. Blue-haired guy is doing a pretty good job as field commander with having the squads work in synch. Blue-haired guy tries to finish the boss for phat lootz but gets wrecked. Kind of stupid but I see why'd he do it. Blue-haired guy, who is either named Diago or Diabell, somehow divines that Kirito was a beta tester and reveals he is also one himself. Don't know how he figured that one out. Then he... chooses to die instead of drinking a healing potion which is right in front of him and when he has plenty of time to do so? What? Anyway, he then passes his mantle to Kirito and says that Kirito must defeat the boss FOR THE PEOPLE. Kirito then espouses his commitment to Lockean philosophy's law of nature, but realizes he cleaved true only to the first principle (self-preservation) while hitherto ignoring the second principle (preservation of others). Inspired by Diablo's example and not hampered by Diablo's hypocrisy and idiocy, Kirito then moves to kill the boss. Probably for the people, maybe for the phat lootz. Also, the walls and ceiling of the room this boss battle is in are kind of weird; they're shifting around and stuff. Asuna and Kirito double-team the boss with fairly good synergy but still have to be bailed out by Agil. It's actually really nice to watch a show where teamwork is actually being employed rather than just stated. Also props to Agil for having the guts to use a hammer in a game called Sword Art Online, because you just know all the coolest weapons are going to be swords. I'd love to hear people talk about using Swords Arts for their hammer and spears, actually, it'd sound so stupid. The boss almost hits Asuna, destroying her face-concealing cloak. This both provides a good opportunity to showcase the mechanic of item durability and item destruction, which will be important in a few episodes, and gives us a (mostly) legit reason for her to have sparkles around her. Though I would've also been fine with the item destruction mechanism being revealed by someone dying to a blow to the legs (vital areas only somewhat matters in games, of course) and then dying without pants. Probably wouldn't have fit the tone of the show though. Anyway, Agil and the boyz hold off the boss while Kirito presumably downs a health potion, then the deadly duo finishes off the boss to much rejoicing. Careful examination of victory screens indicates that the random background characters actually received money and experience, conflicting earlier statements, but I'm not sure if any got items or not. Objector guy somehow divines that Kirito is a beta tester, citing that Kirito understood the bosses' attack patterns. A rather boring witch-hunt then begins. Kirito decides to let Diablo die as an (idiotic) martyr and become a social pariah in order to stop having high-level players focus on beta testers as a scapegoat. This play to unite the Sword Art Online populace by playing the heel and having them unite against a common enemy might actually be interesting to watch, though hazardous to his health. Any cool points he gets for acting the arrogant prick are immediately lost when he called (hehe) "a beater". That never gets old. Kirito then comments on how he enjoys being known as a beater. He then dons his bad-ass black coat and walks off, presumably to go steal all the good quests and spawns on Floor Two like the beater scum he is. How the actual fuck did Asuna not notice Kirito's name this entire time? It's in her HUD, right next to that thing that literally displays whether she's alive or not. That makes very little sense. I know she calls herself an idiot for missing it, but there is absolutely no way anyone could actually miss that. The ending animation is basically completely without merit, but the song is pretty nice. December 3, about one month in the game, at least 20.01% of the population is dead and Floor One has been cleared.
This episode covered the events of December 2nd and 3rd.
Next Time: The Red-Nosed Reindeer!
The First Floor is named Tolbana. OK. So apparently not only have they not beaten the Floor One Boss, but they haven't found him either, which frankly smacks of poor game design. And apparently the ending song and animation I saw last time was actually the opening, which is pretty common. They're holding a meeting to stop being such scrubs in an amphitheater, which ended up having been called because someone finally found the boss. Apparently, Sword Art Online has no job system, which is good to know. Blue-haired leader guy has everyone group into squads, which is smart and Kirito pairs up with the other solo player which is about right. Oh hey, Uryu Ishida's voice actor is playing this objector guy. Objector guy complains about beta testers having an advantage, which I understand, and then tries to suggest making them give up their items and money which is laughable. And considering that many games have equipment that binds to players, potentially undoable. Agil, aka the big black dude who shows up in the opening and thus is probably relevant, reveals that the beta testers wrote a guide book which is distributed for free through the Item Store. What this Item Store is and how it works is something that kind of interests me. Is it like an auction system? Apparently players can distribute items via it so maybe it's just a generically-named, player-run market. This amphitheater is actually fairly well-drawn. We find out that experience will be given solely to the group that defeats the boss, so I might tentatively declare six to be the maximum party size, because otherwise they'd probably try to more fairly distribute the experience, like they do the money. Apparently items don't bind on pick-up or at least can be moved around the party because they specifically mandate that if you get an item you can keep it. I'm glad they're establishing rules now so that there's less grousing later, though this is all pretty standard. Oh god, I just saw a child walking by. An honest-to-goodness 6-8 year-old child. I hope that's an NPC. Kirito and Asuna eat the bread (Mikasa.gif) and we see a single-use item. Apparently the spread actually functions as an item in that it has no physical form until you apply it, which is kind of cool. I kind of want to see "The Heifer Strikes Back" animated. That would've made a fun OVA. So Kirito thought Asuna was a beginner because she had never partied before, which is fair enough, but then discovered her not to be one because of her good skills. I have no idea why everyone wouldn't lay information about their respective levels and skills on the table straightaway considering information is extremely necessary when planning a strategy and they will literally die if they fuck up. Blue-haired guy is doing a pretty good job as field commander with having the squads work in synch. Blue-haired guy tries to finish the boss for phat lootz but gets wrecked. Kind of stupid but I see why'd he do it. Blue-haired guy, who is either named Diago or Diabell, somehow divines that Kirito was a beta tester and reveals he is also one himself. Don't know how he figured that one out. Then he... chooses to die instead of drinking a healing potion which is right in front of him and when he has plenty of time to do so? What? Anyway, he then passes his mantle to Kirito and says that Kirito must defeat the boss FOR THE PEOPLE. Kirito then espouses his commitment to Lockean philosophy's law of nature, but realizes he cleaved true only to the first principle (self-preservation) while hitherto ignoring the second principle (preservation of others). Inspired by Diablo's example and not hampered by Diablo's hypocrisy and idiocy, Kirito then moves to kill the boss. Probably for the people, maybe for the phat lootz. Also, the walls and ceiling of the room this boss battle is in are kind of weird; they're shifting around and stuff. Asuna and Kirito double-team the boss with fairly good synergy but still have to be bailed out by Agil. It's actually really nice to watch a show where teamwork is actually being employed rather than just stated. Also props to Agil for having the guts to use a hammer in a game called Sword Art Online, because you just know all the coolest weapons are going to be swords. I'd love to hear people talk about using Swords Arts for their hammer and spears, actually, it'd sound so stupid. The boss almost hits Asuna, destroying her face-concealing cloak. This both provides a good opportunity to showcase the mechanic of item durability and item destruction, which will be important in a few episodes, and gives us a (mostly) legit reason for her to have sparkles around her. Though I would've also been fine with the item destruction mechanism being revealed by someone dying to a blow to the legs (vital areas only somewhat matters in games, of course) and then dying without pants. Probably wouldn't have fit the tone of the show though. Anyway, Agil and the boyz hold off the boss while Kirito presumably downs a health potion, then the deadly duo finishes off the boss to much rejoicing. Careful examination of victory screens indicates that the random background characters actually received money and experience, conflicting earlier statements, but I'm not sure if any got items or not. Objector guy somehow divines that Kirito is a beta tester, citing that Kirito understood the bosses' attack patterns. A rather boring witch-hunt then begins. Kirito decides to let Diablo die as an (idiotic) martyr and become a social pariah in order to stop having high-level players focus on beta testers as a scapegoat. This play to unite the Sword Art Online populace by playing the heel and having them unite against a common enemy might actually be interesting to watch, though hazardous to his health. Any cool points he gets for acting the arrogant prick are immediately lost when he called (hehe) "a beater". That never gets old. Kirito then comments on how he enjoys being known as a beater. He then dons his bad-ass black coat and walks off, presumably to go steal all the good quests and spawns on Floor Two like the beater scum he is. How the actual fuck did Asuna not notice Kirito's name this entire time? It's in her HUD, right next to that thing that literally displays whether she's alive or not. That makes very little sense. I know she calls herself an idiot for missing it, but there is absolutely no way anyone could actually miss that. The ending animation is basically completely without merit, but the song is pretty nice. December 3, about one month in the game, at least 20.01% of the population is dead and Floor One has been cleared.
This episode covered the events of December 2nd and 3rd.
Next Time: The Red-Nosed Reindeer!
If you're talking about what I think you are, it's the episode after the next episode.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Yeah I watched SAO II by myself in the winter and it definitely was not boring. Not sure where that's coming from. Wait, scratch that, yes I do.
Hilariously aggravating? Aggravatingly boring?
I think the only really "boring" moments were the first episode and maybe one from a week or so ago, can't remember. I'd say so far, the first season had more "boring" moments, but not by a ton. Think Seda summed it up the best.
If anything, the group watch takes away the "boring" parts SAO might have because of the reactions.
I think the only really "boring" moments were the first episode and maybe one from a week or so ago, can't remember. I'd say so far, the first season had more "boring" moments, but not by a ton. Think Seda summed it up the best.
If anything, the group watch takes away the "boring" parts SAO might have because of the reactions.
skLaFarebear
Member
The first couple episodes of SAO 2 i thought were pretty boring. At least compared to the gem these last few episodes have been.
Mine usually does that all the time, to be honest. (Charter here)
Maybe it actually is a bunch of old shows
Doctor Decimate
Member
But the third one was hilarious!
When Adult Swim doesn't send full schedules to broadcasters, they usually fill in the lineup from the last analogous day/date.
In this case, you're likely seeing the lineup from July 6, 2013.
I've never seen it because I waited until the dub was finished. I've been continuously warned to stay away, but I kind of have a morbid curiosity....
July 4 should air SAO Extra Edition.
Or they could air Neptunia or Wanna Be the Strongest in the World for Cena. Bah God, stop the match already!
That and the new Kai would be a great night.
skLaFarebear
Member
I honestly dont even remember it. I might have been drunk that episode.
Or was that the naked kirito one?
What if they got one day rights to DBZ, and put the episode where Goku and Piccolo go to Driving School at Midnight, and then did the 6 episode FLCL marathon.
That would be the best lineup ever.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Retired Toonami Show Marathon on July 4th.
A marathon of episodes featuring fireworks? Actually, I doubt they still have the rights to all those.
Also, why would there be a unique schedule on July 4th? I understand daylight savings, etc, but why the 4th?
Holiday night means tanked ratings.
Does that mean I can have my ReBoot marathon?
TheAbsolution
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Holiday ratings suck.
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