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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited April 13
  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Suicide Squad Isekai trailer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtwBgQ82Pls

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Asthariel wrote: »
    Yes, JJK hits Darkness Induced Audience Apathy syndrome hard. There is no point in denying it. I am still reading and I will keep reading, hoping for some miraculous recovery, but I do not really believe that the story can be salvaged.

    This is also why I love Undead Unluck so much, because it seems like a complete JJK antithesis when it comes to the tone and the way it treats the characters.

    It's beyond just that, it sends to have actively
    forgotten who its protagonist is. I actively couldn't tell you what purpose Yuji is serving in the story currently. Last we saw her was about to throw down with the main villain, and then the story cut away from him, and it's not like he's been relevant for a long time before that
    I’m still wondering

    JJK manga spoilers
    Why like 8 chapters were spent watching two schmucks play pachinko

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Asthariel wrote: »
    Yes, JJK hits Darkness Induced Audience Apathy syndrome hard. There is no point in denying it. I am still reading and I will keep reading, hoping for some miraculous recovery, but I do not really believe that the story can be salvaged.

    This is also why I love Undead Unluck so much, because it seems like a complete JJK antithesis when it comes to the tone and the way it treats the characters.

    It's beyond just that, it sends to have actively
    forgotten who its protagonist is. I actively couldn't tell you what purpose Yuji is serving in the story currently. Last we saw her was about to throw down with the main villain, and then the story cut away from him, and it's not like he's been relevant for a long time before that
    I’m still wondering

    JJK manga spoilers
    Why like 8 chapters were spent watching two schmucks play pachinko

    Because fight, in itself, was cool, because it showed something unusual for presented power system.

    That the fight itself, ultimately, was pointless storywise? That's completely separate issue.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    This week's JJK episode is why I've put off watching this season in its entirety.
    Impressions having read the whole manga:
    It's just suffering, the manga, at this point. There's no point to the story; just a bunch of likable characters getting offed as quick as they're recruited.

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  • Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    This week's JJK episode is why I've put off watching this season in its entirety.
    Impressions having read the whole manga:
    It's just suffering, the manga, at this point. There's no point to the story; just a bunch of likable characters getting offed as quick as they're recruited.

    Manga
    For a bit it looked like the suffering was going to lead to some compelling character arcs, as shown by the Higuruma fight and the brief suggestion that there might be some conflict between Yuji and Hana over his fear that she would replace Nobara

    But those arcs got ditched pretty quickly, and at this point I don’t have much hope that we’ll go back to more character-driven elements before it wraps up

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    There is a valid point to be made that JJK author is misogynistic when it comes to the way he treats female characters in the story

    But on the other hand

    He actually treats like 90% of his characters equally harshly

    Full Manga JJK Spoilers:
    Maki: suffers through burning but survives, loses her sister, becomes super strong for the price of depression
    Mai: gets stuffed into the fridge so Maki can get stronger and sadder
    Miwa: relegated to "useless" jokes
    Witch Student: zero screentime, zero story relevance
    Hana: gets a backstory only to explain why the plot turns her into an idiot during Sukuna fight
    Mei Mei: amoral and almost definitely a pedophile
    Nobara: died for cheap shock value
    Yuki: died accomplishing nothing to show that Kenjaku is, in fact, strong
    those two Geto followers: murdered to show that Sukuna is, in fact, cruel
    Tsumiki: stuffed into the fridge to torture Fushigoro
    Yaorozu: dies to show that Sukuna is, in fact, strong

    Itadori: another protagonist from Ichigo Kurosaki and Midoriya Izuku school of "has barely any screentime in their own story" shonen hero
    Fushigoro: no character development, no personal arc, gets some fights and then gets tortured by Sukuna
    Inumaki: zero screentime, zero story relevance, loses his hand offscreen
    Panda: exists only to suffer and lose fights
    Yuta: HOLY SHIT MAYBE A LONE CHARACTER THAT DOES STUFF wait he probably will get worfed next
    Nanami: death by being a shonen mentor and to make Itadori sad
    Higuruma: Nanami 2.0 in the making, he will surely die soon
    Kashimo: the biggest waste of space in the entirety of this manga
    Kusakabe: zero backstory, zero story relevance, AND YET HE BECOMES THE LEADER AND PLAN MAKER SOMEHOW!?!?!
    Choso: HOLY SHIT one of few characters that receives character development
    Todo: loses his hand and cursed technique, so he disappears from the story completely
    Yaga: zero screentime, then dies to make Panda sad
    Takaba: finally, some character treated well
    Ui Ui: grooming victim, also barely any screentime
    Sumo Man and Katana Man: not even characters, just walking and talking plot devices
    Ryu Ishigori: dies to show that Sukuna is, in fact, strong

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  • aStoryAboutYouaStoryAboutYou Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    frieren
    whoever was responsible for programming this season of anime releases that decided to put Frieren on Fridays is a kind, kind soul. immaculate Friday vibes.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    frieren
    whoever was responsible for programming this season of anime releases that decided to put Frieren on Fridays is a kind, kind soul. immaculate Friday vibes.

    Oh, looks like 10 and 11 are finally up dubbed. Guess I know what I'm watching tonight!

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Hmm I might have to swap to the viz media app for manga cause it seems to obviously not just be all shonen

    I need to know where The Cats of the Lourve goes

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    frieren
    whoever was responsible for programming this season of anime releases that decided to put Frieren on Fridays is a kind, kind soul. immaculate Friday vibes.

    Oh, looks like 10 and 11 are finally up dubbed. Guess I know what I'm watching tonight!

    Well damn, that was a thrilling episode 10 and very chill episode 11. This series just keeps on giving.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Frieren episode 13
    A truly fearsome technique to be capable of taking down Himmel the Hero in a single blow.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 13
    hahaha okay Frieren episode 10 is pretty great

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Pluto is a strange, very glacial show, but it's about what I'd expect from the writer of Monster.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I havent watched the show version yet, but re-reading the Manga, it's still excellent

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 13
  • neverreallyneverreally Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Pluto is a strange, very glacial show, but it's about what I'd expect from the writer of Monster.

    A master of the build up.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Pluto is a strange, very glacial show, but it's about what I'd expect from the writer of Monster.

    A master of the build up.

    I'm going through Monster again right now, and it's not only holding up but I think I'm liking it even more now than when it first aired.

    It does so well with "every arc has an immediate crisis, but it all serves the overarching crisis in the background" storytelling. There's some big The Fugitive vibes going on. Urasawa's character designs are amazing, and it just feels like a live action TV show that was animated (which makes sense, since I can't imagine a J-drama having the budget to film on location in Germany). Also Mr Grimmer fucking rules.

    I just wish any of the dubs were available on Netflix. I would love to finally listen to the English or, even moreso, the German dub.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Not just that Monster is shot like a live action show, but that its shot specifically like an early 90s-ish show, basically contemporary with its setting. Not only does it never cheat with anime-ish shots, it never really does a shot that they couldn't have done for like Twin Peaks.

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  • italianranmaitalianranma Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I don’t know if there’s a lot of overlap here, but for those that get it, this is pretty funny.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    that necron has way too much badonkadonk to be freiren

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  • italianranmaitalianranma Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    She needed backup drives for all that extra memory.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I don’t know if there’s a lot of overlap here, but for those that get it, this is pretty funny.

    m8p436omo1gh.jpeg

    This better not awaken anything in me.

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  • italianranmaitalianranma Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Gundi wrote: »
    I don’t know if there’s a lot of overlap here, but for those that get it, this is pretty funny.

    m8p436omo1gh.jpeg

    This better not awaken anything in me.

    Avert thine gaze then!

    https://youtu.be/5NrsO0tMvjQ?si=GHEqj3NigU00Ic6c

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    So reconguista in g sure does just end
    unless I missed something the resolution is just “all of the combat forces mutually wiped each other out and every adult leader responsible for the various military escalation died in the process” and that’s it we’re good here.

    It was a pretty gundam show, I’ll give it that.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reconquista in G is in fact not good. It has some good parts, but as a whole? No.

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  • italianranmaitalianranma Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Gundi wrote: »
    I don’t know if there’s a lot of overlap here, but for those that get it, this is pretty funny.

    m8p436omo1gh.jpeg

    This better not awaken anything in me.

    Alternatively...

    Resist if you can!
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    The first one is free...


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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    How dare they threaten me with a game of Warhams

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Steamed Warhams

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  • CycloneCyclone Registered User regular
    edited April 13
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    (shamelessly stolen)

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  • italianranmaitalianranma Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Kana wrote: »
    How dare they threaten me with a game of Warhams

    You've forced my hand. Behold the ultimate hammer in Warhammer: Sug-hammer!


    I'll stop with the warhammer posts after this, but there is a Warhammer thread in SE++ for general talk about all forms of Warhammer (fantasy/40k/lore/hobby/everything), it hasn't been active in awhile, but don't let that stop you. There are more focused thread in Critical Failures for both Age of Sigmar and 40k where we talk about current news, playing the game, and share some hobby progress.

    I'm not sure what most people think about Warhammer. It's expensive (there are ways around this, but just the painting supplies alone will cost more than a video game), and there are certainly some idiots in the hobby who try to ruin it for everyone else. That being said, Games Workshop has been making strides in making the game and their stores more accessible and welcoming, both with explicit statements about who the hobby is for (not fascists!) and with smaller-scale entries into the hobby (i.e. skirmish games and board games).

    Personally, this is where my (already limited) anime watching time has gone: I'm trying to get through my backlog of unbuilt/unpainted models to start a local Kill Team league. I had hoped that in going back to school I'd have more time to work on the hobby, but that has very much not been the case with an engineering degree. On the upside, I am getting a 3D-printer as a work/school expense and working on an LED lighting display with built-in sound boards as a "school" project. Eventually, I'll get some more time to play and watch anime again.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    After how absurdly dark JJK's gotten, I needed this levity.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhvJnJBKwFM
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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Mmm, already leaning towards Hitori Bocchi being the superior Bocchi after just two episodes...

    And, of course, Satania is the best.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Mmm, already leaning towards Hitori Bocchi being the superior Bocchi after just two episodes...

    And, of course, Satania is the best.

    Hitori Bocchi has one of my favorite language/metajokes that I can recall.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 13
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Mmm, already leaning towards Hitori Bocchi being the superior Bocchi after just two episodes...

    And, of course, Satania is the best.

    just gently shaking my head

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oh my god Greatest Estate Developer Chapter 107
    Officially weaponizing Lloyd's fucked up facial expressions

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