Doctor Decimate
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i do not discriminate between classes when i apply the label of "fucked up"
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Toonami |OT4| Set Sail for One Piece!
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ThatObviousUser
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Sign? Are you sure you don't mean Legend of the Twilight?
Oh yeah, you're right.
Doctor Decimate
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best. ever.
Unspeakable Evil
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What made this amazing is that the face took up an entire page.
I laughed so hard when I saw that page, it was just so good.
mightynine
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If GAF can survive during E3, I imagine that GIF/pic would be quite handy.
And dammit, I've got "Kokoro no Chizu" on repeat over here - it's a great little tune.
And dammit, I've got "Kokoro no Chizu" on repeat over here - it's a great little tune.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Next arc starts at 144.
Starts Episode 144. You're close.
I thought that filler was decent. Compared to most filler at least.
Calling it a "plunge in quality" implies the show had much in the first place. It has probably 3 decent episodes at the very most. The jump off a cliff it takes is more the show concentrating on the pandering it was built to deliver in the first place.
Looking at the big breakout hits that are relatively modern, I'd say they'd probably be looking at JoJo, Tiger and Bunny, Fate/Zero or maybe Gurren Lagaan. There are always a ton of possibilities, but I feel like those shows have got the most consistent built in western audience already.
They all got mentioned relatively early on (as in definitely no later than Arabasta). I don't think they ever gave an in-depth explanation on Paramecia, mostly because Luffy has been using a Paramecia-type since episode 1, but both Zoan and Logia got fairly detailed explanations pretty early on.
One Piece tends not to like repeating itself on explanations on details like that. For the most part, it's one and done, you better have paid attention to the wacky ass explanation the first time around. It'll go over story plot points ad nauseum, but not "scientific" exposition usually.
Doctor Decimate
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hm. maybe i just wasn't paying attention. whenever they go into those explanations i kinda tune out lol
Doctor Decimate
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oh my god, they are not putting this flashback here. they are NOT.
EDIT: IT'S FUCKING THREE EPISODES?!?!
EDIT: IT'S FUCKING THREE EPISODES?!?!
Funny, I was actually going to post something about the flashback in Skypeia earlier today and how I really didn't like it AT FIRST how it seemed placed in the middle of everything going on. But, for some reason I never finished the post.
As I said in my last post, I enjoyed the flashback and it's impact in the end.
As I said in my last post, I enjoyed the flashback and it's impact in the end.
lazybones18
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Definitely felt those feels
Ok, I knew I had an answer for this. Had to go back in time and find some of my old notes on this.
EUREKA 7 RELATED STUFFS FROM A COUPLE WEEKS BACK
I finally remembered what the issue was with the dub of the whole "limit of questions" mumbo jumbo. I knew it was a fucked up term but couldn't remember why, so I went back to some old posts of mine.
The term used in the Japanese version of the show is "kudan no genkai." "Genkai" means limit (you can see this in Naruto as well with Kekkei Genkai, or bloodline limit, abilities like the Sharingan), and the kanji for "kudan" when used on its own means example, aforementioned, or in question. Translated extremely literally, the phrase "kudan no genkai" means "the limit in question [or 'as previously mentioned']." In this case, what was "in question" in the context of the conversation was the amount of sentient life on the planet, therefore the phrase is about the limit thereof.
Thus, the proper translation would most accurately be "the limit of life." Which is WAY easier to understand.
EUREKA 7 RELATED STUFFS FROM A COUPLE WEEKS BACK
I finally remembered what the issue was with the dub of the whole "limit of questions" mumbo jumbo. I knew it was a fucked up term but couldn't remember why, so I went back to some old posts of mine.
The term used in the Japanese version of the show is "kudan no genkai." "Genkai" means limit (you can see this in Naruto as well with Kekkei Genkai, or bloodline limit, abilities like the Sharingan), and the kanji for "kudan" when used on its own means example, aforementioned, or in question. Translated extremely literally, the phrase "kudan no genkai" means "the limit in question [or 'as previously mentioned']." In this case, what was "in question" in the context of the conversation was the amount of sentient life on the planet, therefore the phrase is about the limit thereof.
Thus, the proper translation would most accurately be "the limit of life." Which is WAY easier to understand.
mightynine
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It's an issue of a time-space paradox.
Think of it this way: "No more than X amount of life can coexist in the same space." This is a natural rule that cannot be violated (for the sake of this argument just accept this as fact for a moment). However, due to certain specific circumstances, situations can arise where that natural rule actually CAN be violated, but since the natural laws demand that such a thing be impossible, the only way it can possibly occur is if the laws of nature no longer apply to the space in which this paradox is occurring. Thus tearing the fabric of time, space, recognizable physics, and so on and so forth.
When viewed in that sense, as a natural paradox, it's not so irrational or farfetched to theorize that such a thing could result in the physical destruction of the planet (i.e. the space in which the natural law would be violated). In fact, it's quite a logical conclusion to come to.
BUT, in order for that logic to work, the original hypothesis that a certain space can only sustain a certain amount of sentient life MUST be true in the strictest and most absolute terms, and it must be quantifiable and constant. The rest of the logic works just fine if you accept the very first assertion as an undeniable fact.
So when you look at it that way, the part about space and time being rent asunder isn't actually the part that requires the suspension of disbelief in order to accept. It's the original assumption ("only X amount of sentient life can exist within a certain space" as an inviolable natural law) that requires the actual logical leap.
Thanks for the post, and yes it's that assumption that is the part one kind of just has to nod and say 'okay'.
lazybones18
Banned
looks like my prize from Funimation has arrived: a small Chopper toy thingy
Take a picture and post it so we can all be super jealous together.
Doctor Decimate
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Schadenfreude
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My gashopon also arrived today. It's a little keychain wanted poster of Ace. For some reason it's kid Ace.
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Hola.
Did you guys here about Sunrise dishing out rights to their old titles?
http://www.toonamiinfolink.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1257
Also, me & my Fairy Tail again, someone actually got the movie on YouTube, totally off of story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3gchWqYM3g
Did you guys here about Sunrise dishing out rights to their old titles?
http://www.toonamiinfolink.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1257
Also, me & my Fairy Tail again, someone actually got the movie on YouTube, totally off of story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3gchWqYM3g
Gundam being released into the wild again. SOMEBODY GRAB IT FOR STREAMING ALREADY!
I don't see G Gundam on there, has it already been released into the wild?
Doctor Decimate
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even if these were the best episodes of the entire series, their placement would still be fucking outrageous
Schadenfreude
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Hear, hear.
Naruto
Just saving this to discuss later.
It is so bullshit, as was the Bleach chapter, but Naruto was pure bullshit. 100% grade A pure crap.
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