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Episode 4, we gonna talk about the busty bar maids?
Anyway, overally this hits the analytical tactical bullshit that makes a lot of other shows fun.
For the manga though, a finished story that isn't terrible is always going to "win".
But I'm generally uninterested and find it really boring to compare things like this in the first place, so I'm already against the whole idea.
This reminds me, while this is not the Toku thread, King-Ohger just ended last week and everyone should go watch King-Ohger.
This is where I’d link the intro but no one uploads those to twitter anymore thanks to Toei being, well, Toei.
So instead here is a slightly inaccurately translated original promo trailer:
[off the top of my head, it’s not Earth, but “Chikyuu”* or, if you want a localization, “Terra”; the Shuggodom King’s name is more accurately romanized as “Racles” for the Hercules/heracles beetle pun, and Rita’s surname is “Kaniska,” as in the scientific name for the Blue Admiral butterfly (their given name is taken from a syllable in the butterfly’s Japanese name]
Fantastic show and turns the events of the first half on their head in the second half when they recontextualize everything, and likewise presents a fantasy concept that isn’t more Isekai and RPG mechanics as literal forces of the world, while also making a world that isn’t simply the familiar Tolkienian western fantasy world. It also continues the kind of experimentation with story format that started with the previous year’s DonBrothers, where they eschew the monster of the week, both in the sense that there actually aren’t many non-reoccurring antagonists this series and when they do happen, they’re not the kind of centerpiece of the plot in the way that Sentai had been for years, fitting more organically into the more serialized storytelling.
Some people may bounce off the series choice to go for primarily CGI sets to accomplish this (outside of a few Toei backlots, and a few familiar Toei location shots for the outskirts of Shuggodom and N’Kospa), but visually it’s the most experimental the production staff have been with Sentai and to large extent treats the CGI sets akin to a stage presence in a way that (for me at least) weirdly clicks.
*There is a reason for this, because
But I'll tell you what I'm still enjoying!
MAISON IKKOKU!
I think at this point I just have a weakness for anime rom-coms of the 1980s.
I'm dead, as the kiddies say
I remembered you loved Kimagure Orange Road, which is what made me pick this one. Also to show you not all of her work is as nuts as Ranma, or at least they take a while to get to the level the movie was, which took place multiple seasons into the show. Curious to see how Urusei Yatsura goes. My guess is the 80s movie will be better received than the modern reboot season.
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Yeah, it's pretty great. Here's another upload of the OP, that has the original sound effects in it. Just gives it that little extra oomph.
Not unlike fish eggs in soup
I guess Witch Watch x "the current meta of the Japanese publishing industry" isn't all _that_ surprising given that these days it's just Kento Shinohara having themselves a bunch of fun every week, but still:
But I did _not_ expect Akane-Banashi x
Otherwise, I'll keep on recommending Show-ha Shoten, because it's funny but also knows how to do emotional impact when it needs to. (and the background Death Note references this time were fun). Blue Box and Green Green Greens have currently settled into being solid sports mangas for the last few chapters, which is a nice break from emotional drama; Two On Ice should do the same, if you ask me.
Here's to hoping we get as good a deal as WGA and SAG!
Is something going on with the dub release of Undead Unluck? There was no new episode on Disney+ this week.
I was watching it subbed anyway, but Disney+ appears to be the only place it's available in Europe.
Since it's one of the New Three (Kagurabachi and Two on Ice being the others), I'll go with the latter.
Speaking of Undead Unluck, the latest chapter was cool:
Good ass Sunday
The one piece cliffhanger makes me sad tho I don't wanna wait
Is this based on https://www.jajanken.net/en/issues/latest ? It certainly seems like it's way down at the bottom, yeah. It's interesting to see that Witch Watch got number 1 a few chapters ago, though I guess given it's just counting based on position in the table of contents, it's not a totally solid metric. (it feels like it'd be weird reading the magazine given they shuffle the ToC around all the time, but maybe you get used to it)
Frieren isn't sad, it's melancholy. It's a series about reflecting on the bonds between people and how they make us who we are, as well as how life is made of the little things as much as the big ones. It's meant to be reflective, and does an amazing job at that.
Also while the first episode or two feel like a lot of missed opportunity for connection stuff, it shifts into making the most of your new opportunities while reflecting on how many you missed less than you thought.
I think the connections are meant to be built over time. They don't drop a whole ton of context about her adventures with Himmel all at once, it's sprinkled throughout the story, and I think it's stronger for it.
Especially every time she comes to the realization she was/is denser than a neutron star regarding particular interactions she had with Himmel
This upcoming fall I receive my first benefit from this as I finish my third semester teaching the same class this Spring. I have work lined up for Fall in fucking March rather than scrabbling for whatever I can get in July to start in August. Which means I can plan a course at reasonable pace and just have the peace of mind of knowing I have work.
Makes all those marches through campus worth it. Unions rule.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
And now we have endless chapters of people fighting Sukuna over and over, only for his underling to go 'oh he's not even taking this seriously lol'.
Well guess what, Gege, maybe no one should take the writing seriously, either.
That comes to a particularly interesting head in the manga:
Also, I like that the legendary heroes...are regular people. We learn from Frieren that Himmel...is a goofball, who helps others and likes to explore dungeons for fun. He's human and makes mistakes, even ones with tragic consequences. And that's true of her whole party - there's the conversation she has with Sein about Heiter, where she points out how he was the "corrupt priest", where Sein points out how to him Heiter was the legendary priest and authority figure who looked out for him and his brother. And we see Eisen's flaws and strengths through the man who is his adopted son and apprentice, whom he forged into his successor in so many ways.
Everyone. Should. Have. A. Union.
I disagree with this SO much. Everyone in my life, from family members, to friends, to coworkers were completely fucked over by the unions they were a part of. Unions are not a universal good. No organization is a universal good because people are not a universal good. And no one should be forced into joining one or forced to remain in one.
Mind you, despite that, I cheer for unions when they do good, and part of my voting is voting for candidates that will protect unions. Unions are absolutely something that is needed at times, and it should be a hell of a lot easier and safer than it is for people to both form and disband unions as they are needed and as they are not. What matters is protecting workers, and when Unions start doing more harm then good for the workers, those unions need to go.
Your post is just a really weird, gibberishy way of saying, 'poorly run organizations suck. If they're poorly run, they need to be fixed.' Which is in no way contrary to 'everyone should have a union.'