ok, so I gotta know. what, exactly, is the driving force behind Boruto? like, naruto felt like it ended pretty definitively, no more warring states, gods at peace, best buds, settled down. what's the big threat now? what exactly happened to the world that makes it so that a preteen tells me that Boruto is stronger than Naruto?
Iirc, there are more people from the moon running around?
And the first page seems to be a flash forward to midway through another ninja war that has killed Naruto in the process.
ok, so I gotta know. what, exactly, is the driving force behind Boruto? like, naruto felt like it ended pretty definitively, no more warring states, gods at peace, best buds, settled down. what's the big threat now? what exactly happened to the world that makes it so that a preteen tells me that Boruto is stronger than Naruto?
Money ruins everything pretty much. And Naruto stuff is made of money at the moment. Gotta hit Bleach levels to be able to die off.
Yeah, the main plot for the adults is there's more ninja space aliens like what's-her-face from the end of Shippuden and they want to harvest the chakra from the world for whatever reason. I don't really care about this plot because I'm pretty much done with anything from the previous series.
As far as Boruto and his generation, it's basically early Naruto where they're just learning how to do everything and the adventures they are in. Kind of a mix of early Naruto, the filler stuff, with an occasional important arc centering around one of the main Nu-Team 7 characters. Or Shikamaru's kid.
The series started in media res with Boruto fighting someone when they're both adults and badass chakra monsters/ninjas, and that was probably Mitsuki maybe? I don't remember, and I don't really care either. I just want dumb ninja kids doing dumb ninja kid things.
edit: Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki are all way the fuck better than Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were at their age. Boruto specifically.
I like these sorts of focused videos, it really shows how different talented folks will animate similar ideas in different ways.
Kana on
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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I ordered book 7 of Made in Abyss since it just released. I'm both excited and worried. Book 6 took some hard turns for some sad stuff and I don't think book 7 is gonna get any happier.
I'm also bummed out because it looks like book 14 for Watamote was pushed back to an October release when it was previously the same day as book 7 of Made in Abyss.
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Maybe it seems less weird to someone who actually watched Naruto, but it seems really weird to me that apparently they're fighting aliens now.
It's weird, and also way out of place because the kids can do all of jack shit when the aliens are around. And since the show is supposed to be about the kids...
I ordered book 7 of Made in Abyss since it just released. I'm both excited and worried. Book 6 took some hard turns for some sad stuff and I don't think book 7 is gonna get any happier.
I'm also bummed out because it looks like book 14 for Watamote was pushed back to an October release when it was previously the same day as book 7 of Made in Abyss.
Got my MiA 7 yesterday. Don't worry, its all rainbows and cupcakes!!! Really!
And yet, I can still barely stand dubs, because the way people speak English in dubs sounds just off enough to drive me insane.
I don't know what Japanese is supposed to sound like outside of anime and games and music, so it doesn't trip my brain up.
I guess it's like a linguistic uncanny valley?
Well you posted a Myth/Roid song, and all of them are godly no matter the language.
As far as weebness goes with music, I think enjoying a song you don't understand (at least partially) language wise makes you appriciate the music more. Look at the Made in Abyss song that uses a completely made up language:
hanezeve caradhina
PS: Your right about american dubs sounding like crap 90% of the time.
And yet, I can still barely stand dubs, because the way people speak English in dubs sounds just off enough to drive me insane.
I don't know what Japanese is supposed to sound like outside of anime and games and music, so it doesn't trip my brain up.
I guess it's like a linguistic uncanny valley?
Well you posted a Myth/Roid song, and all of them are godly no matter the language.
As far as weebness goes with music, I think enjoying a song you don't understand (at least partially) language wise makes you appriciate the music more. Look at the Made in Abyss song that uses a completely made up language:
hanezeve caradhina
PS: Your right about american dubs sounding like crap 90% of the time.
I do love a good conlang song.
See: Every song from the Ar Tonelico/Surge Concerto games.
ok, so I gotta know. what, exactly, is the driving force behind Boruto? like, naruto felt like it ended pretty definitively, no more warring states, gods at peace, best buds, settled down. what's the big threat now? what exactly happened to the world that makes it so that a preteen tells me that Boruto is stronger than Naruto?
Money ruins everything pretty much. And Naruto stuff is made of money at the moment. Gotta hit Bleach levels to be able to die off.
Fucking Bleach.
Has there been any anime that went from that popular to pretty much being forgotten about?
ok, so I gotta know. what, exactly, is the driving force behind Boruto? like, naruto felt like it ended pretty definitively, no more warring states, gods at peace, best buds, settled down. what's the big threat now? what exactly happened to the world that makes it so that a preteen tells me that Boruto is stronger than Naruto?
Money ruins everything pretty much. And Naruto stuff is made of money at the moment. Gotta hit Bleach levels to be able to die off.
Fucking Bleach.
Has there been any anime that went from that popular to pretty much being forgotten about?
Kubo clearly wanted to focus on the human characters but they weren't winning the polls. I can sympathize with losing interest when you lose control of your story
Yeah I recall supereyepatch wolf did a deep dive on it that went into how bleach fell. Basically combination of Tite burning out, constant demands of more arcs and more story beyond what he was capable of.
I read recently that apparently Haruhi didn't end with its last book (in 2011), it went on indefinite hiatus? Which...sure, that makes sense.
I guess it's hard to figure out what to do with a series defined by all its main cast fighting desperately to prevent the main plot from progressing and turns its alleged main heroine into a background character because she can't be involved in any of the interesting stuff--or develop as a person much past 'unrepentant narcissist'--lest the plot progress.
...I started thinking, writing that, that I might have grown to hate the series, but I'd still read another book if one came out.
just throw kids into the meat grinder and eventually you get a bunch of traumatised child soldiers
And then you give them the mechs
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
Anime thread, I have started playing Trails In The Sky on my Vita and this game seems neat. If I get through it I may buy the second one. Bummer the third one is only available on PC, though, but oh well - I have it on that, it's just that I'm far more likely to play games on mobile than at home, especially longish RPGs.
For the record the third one isn't 100% connected to the first two. It's sort of a standalone story, as the second one concludes the story of the first two.
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Anime thread, I have started playing Trails In The Sky on my Vita and this game seems neat. If I get through it I may buy the second one. Bummer the third one is only available on PC, though, but oh well - I have it on that, it's just that I'm far more likely to play games on mobile than at home, especially longish RPGs.
If it helps, the PC versions of all Trails games have very nice QoL improvements such as Turbo mode so that both regular game movement and combat are faster. Additionally, Trails in the Sky the 3rd's structure is...different than the first two and sort of lends itself to playing in sessions.
Also Trails in the Sky is one of my absolute favourite JRPGs and I really need to finish the second one, I just kinda got bogged down and forgot where I was at in it and never got back to it.
I know exactly where I left off in the second one. I was trying to fish up an overpowered accessory because the game took away my Stealth orb that I absolutely loved in the first game
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edited September 2019
In terms of connectivity, the various Trails series are all nominally standalone, but the overarching plot links them all.
Sky 1, 2, and 3 (centered in Liberl) happen in sequential order. Sky 3 can be thought of as bringing closure to the Sky series and a transition to sequel duology Ao and Zero (centered in Crossbell, never localized). Cold Steel 1 and 2 (centered in Erebonia) happen simultaneously with Ao and Zero. Cold Steel 3 and 4 happen after everything else.
In terms of connectivity, the various Trails series are all nominally standalone, but the overarching plot links them all.
Sky 1, 2, and 3 (centered in Liberl) happen in sequential order. Sky 3 can be thought of as bringing closure to the Sky series and a transition to sequel duology Ao and Zero (centered in Crossbell, never localized). Cold Steel 1 and 2 (centered in Erebonia) happen simultaneously with Ao and Zero. Cold Steel 3 and 4 happen after everything else.
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Iirc, there are more people from the moon running around?
And the first page seems to be a flash forward to midway through another ninja war that has killed Naruto in the process.
Money ruins everything pretty much. And Naruto stuff is made of money at the moment. Gotta hit Bleach levels to be able to die off.
As far as Boruto and his generation, it's basically early Naruto where they're just learning how to do everything and the adventures they are in. Kind of a mix of early Naruto, the filler stuff, with an occasional important arc centering around one of the main Nu-Team 7 characters. Or Shikamaru's kid.
The series started in media res with Boruto fighting someone when they're both adults and badass chakra monsters/ninjas, and that was probably Mitsuki maybe? I don't remember, and I don't really care either. I just want dumb ninja kids doing dumb ninja kid things.
edit: Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki are all way the fuck better than Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were at their age. Boruto specifically.
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I like these sorts of focused videos, it really shows how different talented folks will animate similar ideas in different ways.
I'm also bummed out because it looks like book 14 for Watamote was pushed back to an October release when it was previously the same day as book 7 of Made in Abyss.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
And maybe it does.
But I suppose the next level is not thinking anything of it when most or all of a song is in Engrish.
And yet, I can still barely stand dubs, because the way people speak English in dubs sounds just off enough to drive me insane.
I don't know what Japanese is supposed to sound like outside of anime and games and music, so it doesn't trip my brain up.
I guess it's like a linguistic uncanny valley?
Got my MiA 7 yesterday. Don't worry, its all rainbows and cupcakes!!! Really!
Well you posted a Myth/Roid song, and all of them are godly no matter the language.
As far as weebness goes with music, I think enjoying a song you don't understand (at least partially) language wise makes you appriciate the music more. Look at the Made in Abyss song that uses a completely made up language:
hanezeve caradhina
PS: Your right about american dubs sounding like crap 90% of the time.
I do love a good conlang song.
See: Every song from the Ar Tonelico/Surge Concerto games.
Haruhi Suzumiya.
Yeah I recall supereyepatch wolf did a deep dive on it that went into how bleach fell. Basically combination of Tite burning out, constant demands of more arcs and more story beyond what he was capable of.
Wud yoo laek to lern aboot meatz? Look here!
I guess it's hard to figure out what to do with a series defined by all its main cast fighting desperately to prevent the main plot from progressing and turns its alleged main heroine into a background character because she can't be involved in any of the interesting stuff--or develop as a person much past 'unrepentant narcissist'--lest the plot progress.
...I started thinking, writing that, that I might have grown to hate the series, but I'd still read another book if one came out.
I was gonna say that he’s not that bad an antagonist to get a death like that
And then I remembered that no, he’s sent a bunch of people to their deaths, over the course of several years, with a smile on his face.
And then you give them the mechs
Aw come on. They have heart.
For the record the third one isn't 100% connected to the first two. It's sort of a standalone story, as the second one concludes the story of the first two.
If it helps, the PC versions of all Trails games have very nice QoL improvements such as Turbo mode so that both regular game movement and combat are faster. Additionally, Trails in the Sky the 3rd's structure is...different than the first two and sort of lends itself to playing in sessions.
Yeah, they're focused on one of the other countries
Sky 1, 2, and 3 (centered in Liberl) happen in sequential order. Sky 3 can be thought of as bringing closure to the Sky series and a transition to sequel duology Ao and Zero (centered in Crossbell, never localized). Cold Steel 1 and 2 (centered in Erebonia) happen simultaneously with Ao and Zero. Cold Steel 3 and 4 happen after everything else.
It's me; I'm the big Trails fan.
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the bar for hxh fan project titles is
high
Or maybe I hope it does, since that LP was excellent.
1 did a great job of making me wanna play 2 immediately