Hunter X Hunter 4-6
-Red eyes? Even more Naruto ripoffs smh
-Leorio's backstory isn't too unique but so far seems to be established well
-The initial deception test was obvious. most of the deceptions were pretty clearcut.
-NOGGIN LUGGIN' TORTOISE
-Did he really carry a can of bad juice for 80 km
-Leorio is pretty reckless huh. I'm #teamkurapika at the moment
-piggies are cute
-"I'll shove my arm up your ass and knock your teeth out!" Sounds pleasant. Menchi is fun.
-SpiderEagles? Is this Avatar TLA
-Music is still amazing
Dimension W 11-12
-Anything I remembered 4 weeks ago is probably gone now.
-"There's no lag because the connection goes through Dimension W. It's plugged directly into my consciousness .... I'm amazed Salva was able to create this and for the most part, it works flawlessly" LOL WAT
-Materialized space from Dimension W okay
-WE=pmc^2 ARE YOU SERIOUS "speed of light equals renewal of possibility" wat
-These scene transitions are something else
-I feel like the drama here, even with all the techno-nonsense, could be a lot better implementation of plot revelations, both pacing and position - especially considering flashbacks. The shows relies far too much on a general pattern of 1.) introducing some <mystery elements> and then 2.) explaining with a plot dump afterwards. This works sometimes, but DW seriously does this for every notable contributing plot factor.
-Wow they stretch the established world rules at every possible chance, huh.
-Some really goofy animation these episodes
-As someone who has worked with a type of particle accelerator, "cable from a particle accelerator" literally makes no sense. Particle accelerators are large, but mostly vacuum systems with lots of individual cables running individual electric fields or vacuum pumps, not a mile long durable rope >_<
-This ending is totally hamfisted
Samurai Champloo 19-21
19 was kinda annoying. 20-21 were great and would take too may words to praise. Probably my favorite of the two parters (beating Misguided Miscreants) More recently, I had been enjoying the sillier episodes of Samurai Champloo (Bogus Booty and War of the Words) so it was nice to have an emotionally impactful set here.
One Piece 345-347
-Okay this undead warthog is the most annoying thing
-It's Chip and Dale!
-This Alice in wonderland episode has some really goofy animation but it kinda fits?
-Sanji the penguin.....dog??
-Robin's creepy imagination is kinda delightful - 'maybe they're being choked....or lost their limbs'
-Of course Luffy grabs a suit of armor
-So I guess we're in the crowd control section of the thriller bark arc.
-this goddamn warthog
-Oh hey a kidnapped women was able to save herself. neat
-"You can fly?" "For five seconds" "LAME"
-This spidermonkey laughs like The Count
-And suddenly Brook