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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    Conman san's arc is fucking incredible and I was disappointed with everything else afterwards to be honest.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    ReZero question: when did Subaru become Indiana Jones again?
    Answer:
    First episode of this season showed him running a training gauntlet practicing with the whip.
    Man, Re Zero is still so good. I can’t think of many anime that focus this much on failure.
    Two things stand out to me re: your point.
    1. Garf clearly blaming himself for Mimi getting hurt, and wanting someone to condemn him for his weakness, but Ricardo does the opposite, and thanks him for saving Mimi, and tells him that Mimi chose to protect Garf, just like Garf chose to protect Mimi. Incredible moment.
    2. When Subaru and co. are walking to fight the cult, everyone is super positive on Subaru, and I think he's surprised, because he remembers all the times he had to fail to get to this point, where they only remember him coming up with brilliant plans to lead everyone to victory on seemingly his first try.

    Also I laughed when Priscilla's masked knight left (he even said he was sorry!), right after everyone confirmed Subaru would stay with them to help and not run off to save Emilia.

    And just a tiny tease of tension between Reinhart, his dad, and Felt. Not sure where that's going.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    If you're sleeping on Mecha Ud-E it's really good. Its got real early trigger vibes but nobody has massive tits( yet. . .)

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    They cut his internal narration explaining the whip

    TLDR he is never going to win a straight fight so might as well use a weapon that extends his bag of tricks

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  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    I'm into the second season of Magic Knight Rayearth, and aside from feeling like maybe the narrative would have been fine if it just ended with Season 1, god damn do I want to shake Hikaru. Gee, you're having these weird dreams where a strange elfin woman in dark leather threatens to kill your friends, to the extent that you sometimes just completely space out on your feet, and of course you do the anime fuckwit thing and say "Oh...... it's nothing..........."

    Getting real sick of them pulling the whole "Your true enemy is [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED]" and "Allow me to tell you the secret of Cephiro... mouth moves without making any sound" thing. Keep information from me if you must, but if you're explicitly redacting the scenes you're showing me something's gone wrong in the writing process.

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  • BadablackBadablack Registered User regular
    Whips are a cool weapon, give me more protagonists with whips and spears and tonfas and anything but a sword.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    Badablack wrote: »
    Whips are a cool weapon, give me more protagonists with whips and spears and tonfas and anything but a sword.

    Instructions unclear here is a 1000 isekais about teens making guns in European medieval fantasy worlds.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Badablack wrote: »
    Whips are a cool weapon, give me more protagonists with whips and spears and tonfas and anything but a sword.

    Instructions unclear here is a 1000 isekais about teens making guns in European medieval fantasy worlds.

    Just leaving them lying around wherever.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    Whips are lame.

    Throwing knives are cool.

    They're like little swords you can throw.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Kupi wrote: »
    I'm into the second season of Magic Knight Rayearth, and aside from feeling like maybe the narrative would have been fine if it just ended with Season 1, god damn do I want to shake Hikaru. Gee, you're having these weird dreams where a strange elfin woman in dark leather threatens to kill your friends, to the extent that you sometimes just completely space out on your feet, and of course you do the anime fuckwit thing and say "Oh...... it's nothing..........."

    Getting real sick of them pulling the whole "Your true enemy is [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED]" and "Allow me to tell you the secret of Cephiro... mouth moves without making any sound" thing. Keep information from me if you must, but if you're explicitly redacting the scenes you're showing me something's gone wrong in the writing process.

    Funny thing, I've never actually watched the show, everything I know about the plot was from the Sega Saturn game, and now, from Super Robot Wars T(which seems to be based around season 2 plot).

    And going by that metric, season 2 looks like it's probably a hot mess.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    Badablack wrote: »
    Whips are a cool weapon, give me more protagonists with whips and spears and tonfas and anything but a sword.

    There's a whole lot of fascinating iconography you can leverage based on a characters choice of weapon.

    As an example - Axes vs Swords.

    Obviously, lots of assocation with brutality etc in axes. But more importantly, a sword is a noble's weapon, and it's a weapon first and foremost. A sword only exists to kill people, that's the start and end of it's purpose: ending other lives.

    Axes are tools (okay, this isn't strictly true - a battle axe is very different to a wood axe, but roll with it).

    Even within swords you see very little actual sword fighting or understanding of varieties of swords and why you might use them. Gimme the pattern 1796 heavy Calvary sword and show me someone using it's handle guard like it was intended - a brutal knuckleduster attached too an even more brutish sword.

    Or a Scottish basket hilted broadsword, and the sheer speed you can get with one of those, even though it's another heavy blade.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Kupi wrote: »
    I'm into the second season of Magic Knight Rayearth, and aside from feeling like maybe the narrative would have been fine if it just ended with Season 1, god damn do I want to shake Hikaru. Gee, you're having these weird dreams where a strange elfin woman in dark leather threatens to kill your friends, to the extent that you sometimes just completely space out on your feet, and of course you do the anime fuckwit thing and say "Oh...... it's nothing..........."

    Getting real sick of them pulling the whole "Your true enemy is [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED]" and "Allow me to tell you the secret of Cephiro... mouth moves without making any sound" thing. Keep information from me if you must, but if you're explicitly redacting the scenes you're showing me something's gone wrong in the writing process.

    Funny thing, I've never actually watched the show, everything I know about the plot was from the Sega Saturn game, and now, from Super Robot Wars T(which seems to be based around season 2 plot).

    And going by that metric, season 2 looks like it's probably a hot mess.

    You literally have a faction named after a kei car, with a lead named Eagle Vision (which, at the time of the show's production, was a car in production in the US.)

    Hot mess does not begin to cover this.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited October 26
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Kupi wrote: »
    I'm into the second season of Magic Knight Rayearth, and aside from feeling like maybe the narrative would have been fine if it just ended with Season 1, god damn do I want to shake Hikaru. Gee, you're having these weird dreams where a strange elfin woman in dark leather threatens to kill your friends, to the extent that you sometimes just completely space out on your feet, and of course you do the anime fuckwit thing and say "Oh...... it's nothing..........."

    Getting real sick of them pulling the whole "Your true enemy is [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED]" and "Allow me to tell you the secret of Cephiro... mouth moves without making any sound" thing. Keep information from me if you must, but if you're explicitly redacting the scenes you're showing me something's gone wrong in the writing process.

    Funny thing, I've never actually watched the show, everything I know about the plot was from the Sega Saturn game, and now, from Super Robot Wars T(which seems to be based around season 2 plot).

    And going by that metric, season 2 looks like it's probably a hot mess.

    You literally have a faction named after a kei car, with a lead named Eagle Vision (which, at the time of the show's production, was a car in production in the US.)

    Hot mess does not begin to cover this.

    Yeah, Eagle is an antagonist who becomes a commanding ship pilot, along with... Zagato's brother?

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    All the characters from Cephiro are named after cars, it's a whole thing.

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    All the characters from Cephiro are named after cars, it's a whole thing.

    Look, naming characters sucks, so having a theme like that is an easy way to name a bunch of dudes easily.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

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    Every saiyan and everyone in goku's earth family

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    edited October 26
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

    Almost all of them with some exceptions, And even those exceptions all are part of some theme

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  • NeveronNeveron HellValleySkyTree SwedenRegistered User regular
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

    Almost all of them with some exceptions, And even those exceptions all are part of some theme

    My favorite is Gohan and Videl's daughter, Pan, who can arguably be following three different themes.
    Goku's family has a light food theme ("Gohan" is cooked rice, Saiyans as a whole have a vegetable theme); "pan" is the Japanese word for "bread"
    Videl is an anagram of "devil", with her dad being Mr. Satan (whose real name, "Mark", is a rearranging of "Akuma"); "Pan" is a greek god whose satyr iconography was a big influence on how people draw the Devil
    Gohan's other dad, Piccolo, had a musical instrument theme for his minions; "Pan" could also be a reference to pan flutes


    generally Toriyama just looked at a group and went "alright, what's the naming theme for these bozos", and yeah often that was just "which category of food"
    Saiyans? Vegetable names, including Planet Vegeta itself
    Frieza's family? Chilled, King Cold, Cooler
    Frieza Force? various fruits
    Ginyu Force? dairy products
    King Piccolo's army? various instruments
    Namekians? assorted words for snails
    Galactic Patrol? seafood
    Gods of Destruction? alcohol

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Neveron wrote: »
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

    Almost all of them with some exceptions, And even those exceptions all are part of some theme

    My favorite is Gohan and Videl's daughter, Pan, who can arguably be following three different themes.
    Goku's family has a light food theme ("Gohan" is cooked rice, Saiyans as a whole have a vegetable theme); "pan" is the Japanese word for "bread"
    Videl is an anagram of "devil", with her dad being Mr. Satan (whose real name, "Mark", is a rearranging of "Akuma"); "Pan" is a greek god whose satyr iconography was a big influence on how people draw the Devil
    Gohan's other dad, Piccolo, had a musical instrument theme for his minions; "Pan" could also be a reference to pan flutes

    generally Toriyama just looked at a group and went "alright, what's the naming theme for these bozos", and yeah often that was just "which category of food"
    Saiyans? Vegetable names, including Planet Vegeta itself
    Frieza's family? Chilled, King Cold, Cooler
    Frieza Force? various fruits
    Ginyu Force? dairy products
    King Piccolo's army? various instruments
    Namekians? assorted words for snails
    Galactic Patrol? seafood
    Gods of Destruction? alcohol

    There's also Bulma, or "Buruma", or "Bloomers", her father Dr. Briefs, her mother Bikini, and her son Trunks.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited October 26
    And her daughter bra
    Or is she not canon anymore, I can't remember if she showed up outside of GT

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    And her daughter bra
    Or is she not canon anymore, I can't remember if she showed up outside of GT

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

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  • DeansDeans Registered User regular
    I spent most of my life thinking Pan was named after panties, until team fourstar’s recent videos on GT and realizing that was the completely wrong theme for her family

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    And her daughter bra
    Or is she not canon anymore, I can't remember if she showed up outside of GT

    They call her Bulla now.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited October 26
    well they call her "bu-[unclear japanese L/R sound]a"
    same as her mom is "bu-[unclear japanese L/R sound]u-ma"

    Bulla is certainly a choice the localizers could make, in the same way that Altria was a choice the Fate people made for how they wanted Artoria to be localized in english

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    well they call her "bu-[unclear japanese L/R sound]a"
    same as her mom is "bu-[unclear japanese L/R sound]u-ma"

    Bulla is certainly a choice the localizers could make, in the same was that Altria was a choice the Fate people made for how they wanted Artoria to be localized in english

    Right, it's a choice they made because they didn't want to call the character bra anymore

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    Badablack wrote: »
    Whips are a cool weapon, give me more protagonists with whips and spears and tonfas and anything but a sword.

    There's a whole lot of fascinating iconography you can leverage based on a characters choice of weapon.

    As an example - Axes vs Swords.

    Obviously, lots of assocation with brutality etc in axes. But more importantly, a sword is a noble's weapon, and it's a weapon first and foremost. A sword only exists to kill people, that's the start and end of it's purpose: ending other lives.

    Axes are tools (okay, this isn't strictly true - a battle axe is very different to a wood axe, but roll with it).

    Even within swords you see very little actual sword fighting or understanding of varieties of swords and why you might use them. Gimme the pattern 1796 heavy Calvary sword and show me someone using it's handle guard like it was intended - a brutal knuckleduster attached too an even more brutish sword.

    Or a Scottish basket hilted broadsword, and the sheer speed you can get with one of those, even though it's another heavy blade.

    It doesn't seem like there's that much interest in this sort of "hard medieval fantasy" in Japan, rather most fantasy stories are clearly video game inspired. Vinland Saga is pretty unique in that regard. I imagine there aren't a ton of mangaka with a deep interest in western medieval history.

  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    New Ranma episode ends with a certain iconic moment.
    Akane's hair being cut was more dramatic in the old anime, but in the new anime it's quick and shocking. I like both versions, I don't think one is better, just different. If you were watching it for the first time and didn't know what was about to happen, I bet it would be a big surprise. Good little cliffhanger.

  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    Neveron wrote: »
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

    Almost all of them with some exceptions, And even those exceptions all are part of some theme

    My favorite is Gohan and Videl's daughter, Pan, who can arguably be following three different themes.
    Goku's family has a light food theme ("Gohan" is cooked rice, Saiyans as a whole have a vegetable theme); "pan" is the Japanese word for "bread"
    Videl is an anagram of "devil", with her dad being Mr. Satan (whose real name, "Mark", is a rearranging of "Akuma"); "Pan" is a greek god whose satyr iconography was a big influence on how people draw the Devil
    Gohan's other dad, Piccolo, had a musical instrument theme for his minions; "Pan" could also be a reference to pan flutes

    generally Toriyama just looked at a group and went "alright, what's the naming theme for these bozos", and yeah often that was just "which category of food"
    Saiyans? Vegetable names, including Planet Vegeta itself
    Frieza's family? Chilled, King Cold, Cooler
    Frieza Force? various fruits
    Ginyu Force? dairy products
    King Piccolo's army? various instruments
    Namekians? assorted words for snails
    Galactic Patrol? seafood
    Gods of Destruction? alcohol

    There's also Bulma, or "Buruma", or "Bloomers", her father Dr. Briefs, her mother Bikini, and her son Trunks.

    Pan also technically fits in this theme as well, which might be meant to be a foreshadowing sort of thing or just a coincidence.

  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    I thought the previous One Piece OVA thing (Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation) was pretty much not worth the watch. Boring, not stand out in the animation or the fights, just kind of there. However, One Piece: Fan Letter was really good and charming. Much better animated, cute topic, easy to appreciate for different levels of One Piece fandom. Recommended!

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    Opty wrote: »
    Neveron wrote: »
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

    Almost all of them with some exceptions, And even those exceptions all are part of some theme

    My favorite is Gohan and Videl's daughter, Pan, who can arguably be following three different themes.
    Goku's family has a light food theme ("Gohan" is cooked rice, Saiyans as a whole have a vegetable theme); "pan" is the Japanese word for "bread"
    Videl is an anagram of "devil", with her dad being Mr. Satan (whose real name, "Mark", is a rearranging of "Akuma"); "Pan" is a greek god whose satyr iconography was a big influence on how people draw the Devil
    Gohan's other dad, Piccolo, had a musical instrument theme for his minions; "Pan" could also be a reference to pan flutes

    generally Toriyama just looked at a group and went "alright, what's the naming theme for these bozos", and yeah often that was just "which category of food"
    Saiyans? Vegetable names, including Planet Vegeta itself
    Frieza's family? Chilled, King Cold, Cooler
    Frieza Force? various fruits
    Ginyu Force? dairy products
    King Piccolo's army? various instruments
    Namekians? assorted words for snails
    Galactic Patrol? seafood
    Gods of Destruction? alcohol

    There's also Bulma, or "Buruma", or "Bloomers", her father Dr. Briefs, her mother Bikini, and her son Trunks.

    Pan also technically fits in this theme as well, which might be meant to be a foreshadowing sort of thing or just a coincidence.

    pan is not related to the briefs family, her name is just the bread/pan flute/pan the satyr triple pun

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    well they call her "bu-[unclear japanese L/R sound]a"
    same as her mom is "bu-[unclear japanese L/R sound]u-ma"

    Bulla is certainly a choice the localizers could make, in the same was that Altria was a choice the Fate people made for how they wanted Artoria to be localized in english

    Right, it's a choice they made because they didn't want to call the character bra anymore
    Funimation went with Bulla in 2003.

  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    Opty wrote: »
    Neveron wrote: »
    Shenl742 wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Remind me how many characters in Dragonball are named after food again?

    Almost all of them with some exceptions, And even those exceptions all are part of some theme

    My favorite is Gohan and Videl's daughter, Pan, who can arguably be following three different themes.
    Goku's family has a light food theme ("Gohan" is cooked rice, Saiyans as a whole have a vegetable theme); "pan" is the Japanese word for "bread"
    Videl is an anagram of "devil", with her dad being Mr. Satan (whose real name, "Mark", is a rearranging of "Akuma"); "Pan" is a greek god whose satyr iconography was a big influence on how people draw the Devil
    Gohan's other dad, Piccolo, had a musical instrument theme for his minions; "Pan" could also be a reference to pan flutes

    generally Toriyama just looked at a group and went "alright, what's the naming theme for these bozos", and yeah often that was just "which category of food"
    Saiyans? Vegetable names, including Planet Vegeta itself
    Frieza's family? Chilled, King Cold, Cooler
    Frieza Force? various fruits
    Ginyu Force? dairy products
    King Piccolo's army? various instruments
    Namekians? assorted words for snails
    Galactic Patrol? seafood
    Gods of Destruction? alcohol

    There's also Bulma, or "Buruma", or "Bloomers", her father Dr. Briefs, her mother Bikini, and her son Trunks.

    Pan also technically fits in this theme as well, which might be meant to be a foreshadowing sort of thing or just a coincidence.

    pan is not related to the briefs family, her name is just the bread/pan flute/pan the satyr triple pun

    Just saying I wouldn't be surprised if he took advantage of the fourth pun and had her marry into the family

  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    I finally started catching up on Kaguya- Sama S2+ the other week now that CRs got their libraries synced.
    I love this show.
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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    I finally started catching up on Kaguya- Sama S2+ the other week now that CRs got their libraries synced.
    I love this show.
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    That episode is incredible, and make sure you watch it dubbed for maximum hilarity.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Steins;Gate getting another re;make:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXchEIP5vIo

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    Kaguya-sama is the funniest manga/anime I have ever experienced.

    It is a shame that it's author frequently fails at creating good drama for endings though, which so far happened in every story he has written.

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Asthariel wrote: »
    Kaguya-sama is the funniest manga/anime I have ever experienced.

    It is a shame that it's author frequently fails at creating good drama for endings though, which so far happened in every story he has written.

    I think the anime ending stuck the ending for the most part, even if it spun its wheels a bit too much(and left way too many characters by the wayside).

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited October 27
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I finally started catching up on Kaguya- Sama S2+ the other week now that CRs got their libraries synced.
    I love this show.
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    That episode is incredible, and make sure you watch it dubbed for maximum hilarity.

    Watched it subbed but I'll definitely go back and watch it dubbed because I can see how a localization could have fun with it.

    I do love how this show basically takes the fatal cook trope (which I think I've pretty much universally seen applied to women) and has it apply to the President instead, and in multiple areas so far (volleyball, singing, dancing, rapping). As Fujiwara says he's only good at studying.

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