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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    christ I shouldn't be surprised

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've slowly been making my way through Haruhi Suzimiya with my kids; season 1 (in broadcast order) went well, they appreciated the fact that sometimes we, the audience, feel a bit lost, but so does Kyon so it sort of makes sense?

    Now we're onto season 2, three episodes in, and
    first Endless Eight was fine, they liked it.

    Second one starts off the same as the first but with such obviously different animation they worked out something was going on; we've had the 'we are in a time loop' part, and will get onto the next episode another day; so far there's still stuff happening, but I'm not sure how many of the upcoming repeats they'll be willing to tolerate before we have to skip to the end. (to be fair, _I_ haven't watched all of all of them myself)

    Entertaining quote from kid #1: "It's impressive how the writers always come up with something new for them to be doing". hmmmmm. I wonder how long he'll keep thinking that..

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Latest Marriagetoxin (chapter 82):
    ...
    last page happens
    ...
    every single reader's response: "yes, _with you_, right?"

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    So my takeaway is that I should be able to get the Chainsaw Man Blu-Rays for dirt cheap when I'm in Japan in a couple weeks?

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Apparently Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete sold about 3-5 times as many BDs in its release week as other new shows this season. Or about 8 times as many as CSM its first week. Of course, it sold about half as many as the latest JJK, but that's still pretty impressive. Also about 1/3 of that number is a collector's edition with a statue, which cost a ridiculous amount, and they've already announced a second batch of those.

    Season two is inevitable at this point.

    According to a brief Google search that appears to be light pornography.

    Sigh... we're not going to get Chainsaw Man season 2 are we.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWacdcatC9o

    The next arc is coming via movie

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  • PhyphorPhyphor Building Planet Busters Tasting FruitRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mill wrote: »
    Sorry, was thinking how passenger trains run, where you have the option to walk the full length of the train, while it runs. Forgot that many cargo trains don't really allow for that at all.

    Granted, feels like maybe we should be capping the length regardless. Not only are these long ass trains an increased hazard, they also tend to really fuck with communities they pass through.

    They're not though, the net result is a decrease currently

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've finished Diamond is Unbreakable, holy shit that part ruled.
    After seeing the restrictions and limitations of Bites the Dust I'm more ok with it, especially with the special intro being cool as hell. The end of Yoshihiro and the return of Okuyasu were also standout moments - if I could do the anime thing of crying rivers of tears at the latter I would - I'm so happy that big idiot survived.

    Now onto Golden Wind!

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've finished Diamond is Unbreakable, holy shit that part ruled.
    After seeing the restrictions and limitations of Bites the Dust I'm more ok with it, especially with the special intro being cool as hell. The end of Yoshihiro and the return of Okuyasu were also standout moments - if I could do the anime thing of crying rivers of tears at the latter I would - I'm so happy that big idiot survived.

    Now onto Golden Wind!

    *Unloads the Piano*

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Apparently Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete sold about 3-5 times as many BDs in its release week as other new shows this season. Or about 8 times as many as CSM its first week. Of course, it sold about half as many as the latest JJK, but that's still pretty impressive. Also about 1/3 of that number is a collector's edition with a statue, which cost a ridiculous amount, and they've already announced a second batch of those.

    Season two is inevitable at this point.

    According to a brief Google search that appears to be light pornography.

    Sigh... we're not going to get Chainsaw Man season 2 are we.

    Well it makes perfect sense for the porn series to sell a lot of blu-rays since people watching it would want the uncensored versions.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Huh, this Apothecary Diaries show is pretty rad.

    I also crack up a bit when they show the "based on real life events but not actually" Law & Order disclaimer at the beginning.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Huh, this Apothecary Diaries show is pretty rad.

    I also crack up a bit when they show the "based on real life events but not actually" Law & Order disclaimer at the beginning.

    china please don't sue us

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  • GlaziusGlazius Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Latest Marriagetoxin (chapter 82):
    ...
    last page happens
    ...
    every single reader's response: "yes, _with you_, right?"

    Well, let's not forget why Gero's in this whole (waves hands around entire manga):
    to produce an heir so his family backs the whole way off his little sister and her lesbian steady. I mean, there's this entire undercurrent about punching the ___ User hierarchy in its collective snoot so he might end up gay for the marriage hustler in the end, but I like the chemistry he's had with some of the alternatives.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Apparently Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete sold about 3-5 times as many BDs in its release week as other new shows this season. Or about 8 times as many as CSM its first week. Of course, it sold about half as many as the latest JJK, but that's still pretty impressive. Also about 1/3 of that number is a collector's edition with a statue, which cost a ridiculous amount, and they've already announced a second batch of those.

    Season two is inevitable at this point.

    According to a brief Google search that appears to be light pornography.

    Sigh... we're not going to get Chainsaw Man season 2 are we.

    Well it makes perfect sense for the porn series to sell a lot of blu-rays since people watching it would want the uncensored versions.

    Uh, from what I saw, it already looks pretty uncensored.

    Also, is it just me, or is the show basically Rolling Bomber Special but with magical girls instead of Super Sentai?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqO2YC2WBE

    Character inadvertently becomes villain but doesn't want to be, heroes don't believe them, inadvertently pushing them further into villainy.

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Glazius wrote: »
    Latest Marriagetoxin (chapter 82):
    ...
    last page happens
    ...
    every single reader's response: "yes, _with you_, right?"

    Well, let's not forget why Gero's in this whole (waves hands around entire manga):
    to produce an heir so his family backs the whole way off his little sister and her lesbian steady. I mean, there's this entire undercurrent about punching the ___ User hierarchy in its collective snoot so he might end up gay for the marriage hustler in the end, but I like the chemistry he's had with some of the alternatives.
    His family is so evil I find it very hard to believe they won't be the final bosses, with them standing in the way of his true love.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Latest Marriagetoxin (chapter 82):
    ...
    last page happens
    ...
    every single reader's response: "yes, _with you_, right?"
    Kinosaki has been dropping death flags for a while now with various implications that they don't have long to live for some reason, or otherwise won't be around in the future.

    On a related note, I do kind of hope the author doesn't introduce any more marriage candidates and gives some of the existing ones more arcs. I'm including the Water User on that list.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Glazius wrote: »
    Latest Marriagetoxin (chapter 82):
    ...
    last page happens
    ...
    every single reader's response: "yes, _with you_, right?"

    Well, let's not forget why Gero's in this whole (waves hands around entire manga):
    to produce an heir so his family backs the whole way off his little sister and her lesbian steady. I mean, there's this entire undercurrent about punching the ___ User hierarchy in its collective snoot so he might end up gay for the marriage hustler in the end, but I like the chemistry he's had with some of the alternatives.

    I feel like there's an easy answer:
    If and when both couples want kids, Kinosaki could be the donor for Gero's sister, and Gero could be the donor for the sister's girlfriend. This keeps all the kids in the family and lets both couples be happy.

    There wouldn't be any drama then though, so of course that won't be brought up.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Apparently Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete sold about 3-5 times as many BDs in its release week as other new shows this season. Or about 8 times as many as CSM its first week. Of course, it sold about half as many as the latest JJK, but that's still pretty impressive. Also about 1/3 of that number is a collector's edition with a statue, which cost a ridiculous amount, and they've already announced a second batch of those.

    Season two is inevitable at this point.

    According to a brief Google search that appears to be light pornography.

    Sigh... we're not going to get Chainsaw Man season 2 are we.

    Well it makes perfect sense for the porn series to sell a lot of blu-rays since people watching it would want the uncensored versions.

    Uh, from what I saw, it already looks pretty uncensored.

    Also, is it just me, or is the show basically Rolling Bomber Special but with magical girls instead of Super Sentai?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqO2YC2WBE

    Character inadvertently becomes villain but doesn't want to be, heroes don't believe them, inadvertently pushing them further into villainy.

    It starts out like this. Then it becomes Nanoha. And then it becomes Akibaranger.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited April 14
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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    .
    Glazius wrote: »
    Latest Marriagetoxin (chapter 82):
    ...
    last page happens
    ...
    every single reader's response: "yes, _with you_, right?"

    Well, let's not forget why Gero's in this whole (waves hands around entire manga):
    to produce an heir so his family backs the whole way off his little sister and her lesbian steady. I mean, there's this entire undercurrent about punching the ___ User hierarchy in its collective snoot so he might end up gay for the marriage hustler in the end, but I like the chemistry he's had with some of the alternatives.
    Oh, the other potential candidates are pretty great, but from the storytelling tropes perspective, it's hard to see a reason that any particular one of them would come out ahead of the rest, whereas Kinosaki has a lot of structural advantages and also seems to get along with Gero better than anyone else.

    And, yeah, I don't see the ending being "okay, now it's time to settle down and have kids the way my family wants me to". I dunno, maybe it'll be "all the other women show up to help defeat the Poison Clan so Gero and Kinosaki can get together", it definitely doesn't seem like there's going to be weird harem-y rivalries going on.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Apparently Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete sold about 3-5 times as many BDs in its release week as other new shows this season. Or about 8 times as many as CSM its first week. Of course, it sold about half as many as the latest JJK, but that's still pretty impressive. Also about 1/3 of that number is a collector's edition with a statue, which cost a ridiculous amount, and they've already announced a second batch of those.

    Season two is inevitable at this point.

    According to a brief Google search that appears to be light pornography.

    Sigh... we're not going to get Chainsaw Man season 2 are we.

    Well it makes perfect sense for the porn series to sell a lot of blu-rays since people watching it would want the uncensored versions.

    Uh, from what I saw, it already looks pretty uncensored.

    Also, is it just me, or is the show basically Rolling Bomber Special but with magical girls instead of Super Sentai?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqO2YC2WBE

    Character inadvertently becomes villain but doesn't want to be, heroes don't believe them, inadvertently pushing them further into villainy.

    Yeah, except gay and BDSM-y

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  • A random series of digitsA random series of digits Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Federal aviation regulations call for minimum two pilots per passenger or cargo aircraft, as a point of comparison. What evidence is there that the minimum train crew should be more than two? I'm not sure what the correct number is, though I'd imagine it's situational and I'd bet federal regulators have a better idea than the man on the street.

    I'd also imagine if there's incontrovertible evidence that three train crew members is safer, federal regulations could be amended in the future.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The start of Bartender is quite unintentionally hilarious.

    I refuse to open my luxury hotel until I've found the perfect bartender, so I've invited you three to audition. Now, serve me a drink.

    Okay, here's a martini.
    You peasant! You didn't even ask me about my day first! How do you know this won't upset my stomach! You're just going to give me a drink after I ordered one!? Next!

    Okay, here's a grasshopper.
    Fine, but I want it in the most obscure, rare way possible.
    Uh... give me a minute.
    You incompetent! That took 90 seconds! How can you call yourself a bartender if you haven't memorized every single drink imaginable and can't serve them all in seconds!

    And I'm the pretty, sparkling, lady's man.
    Never!

    But also, like, content warning because it loved to show a closeup of dudes carving ice over and over, and I hope it would go without saying, but the correct way to carve ice is not to hold a chunk of ice in in the palm of your hand, overhand grip the pick in the other one, and hard jab it repeatedly straight in the middle. I mean, unless you want to put a shiv straight through your hand.

    E:
    Also, Metallic Rouge's ending was comically terrible.
    I never died. I faked my own death after I downloaded my brain into a robot, and when I run Code Eve, I will overthrow humanity as the king of all now enslaved robots. But now as your sister since I just copied myself into her too.
    But you didn't expect me to have secret powers too. I can make a laser sword and shield!
    Oh no, I am undone.

    Okay, now I'm giving all robots free will, even if it has terrible consequences.
    Aha, but you forgot about me, the other antagonist. That doesn't give them free will, but enslaves them to us, the alien race. You've fallen right into our trap.
    Nuh uh. I found out about your plan ahead of time and created an anti-virus that just gives them free will instead, and no consequences, because *waves hands*
    Well, fuck, let's go kung-fu fight in a field.
    *transforms, roll credits*

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    sounds like metallic rouge was kind of dumb and bad, dang I was hoping it would be smart and good

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Re monster seems to be what if Rimiru was a massive asshole and not a silly little guy oh and there is way more implied rape

    Don't worry, soon enough the series drops the implied rape and just makes it overt

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  • neverreallyneverreally Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ArcTangent wrote: »
    The start of Bartender is quite unintentionally hilarious.

    I refuse to open my luxury hotel until I've found the perfect bartender, so I've invited you three to audition. Now, serve me a drink.

    Okay, here's a martini.
    You peasant! You didn't even ask me about my day first! How do you know this won't upset my stomach! You're just going to give me a drink after I ordered one!? Next!

    Okay, here's a grasshopper.
    Fine, but I want it in the most obscure, rare way possible.
    Uh... give me a minute.
    You incompetent! That took 90 seconds! How can you call yourself a bartender if you haven't memorized every single drink imaginable and can't serve them all in seconds!

    And I'm the pretty, sparkling, lady's man.
    Never!

    But also, like, content warning because it loved to show a closeup of dudes carving ice over and over, and I hope it would go without saying, but the correct way to carve ice is not to hold a chunk of ice in in the palm of your hand, overhand grip the pick in the other one, and hard jab it repeatedly straight in the middle. I mean, unless you want to put a shiv straight through your hand.

    E:
    Also, Metallic Rouge's ending was comically terrible.
    I never died. I faked my own death after I downloaded my brain into a robot, and when I run Code Eve, I will overthrow humanity as the king of all now enslaved robots. But now as your sister since I just copied myself into her too.
    But you didn't expect me to have secret powers too. I can make a laser sword and shield!
    Oh no, I am undone.

    Okay, now I'm giving all robots free will, even if it has terrible consequences.
    Aha, but you forgot about me, the other antagonist. That doesn't give them free will, but enslaves them to us, the alien race. You've fallen right into our trap.
    Nuh uh. I found out about your plan ahead of time and created an anti-virus that just gives them free will instead, and no consequences, because *waves hands*
    Well, fuck, let's go kung-fu fight in a field.
    *transforms, roll credits*

    Just last month I re-read the entire Bartender manga. I'm obsessed. I love that there'll be one other person in here watching the anime with me.

    I learned about a ton of cocktails and booze history from the comic (although sometimes it appears to make shit up haha), so I might follow along and make the drinks the show is making every week.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    sounds like metallic rouge was kind of dumb and bad, dang I was hoping it would be smart and good

    apparently it might have gotten cut from 2 cours down to one, so instead of slow rolling mystery show we got... *gestures broadly*.

    Which is a shame.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Last season wrap-ups, as we start the new one:
    Frieren: One of my favorite animes ever, at this point. And while I am reading the manga as it releases, I don't feel this requires another season, it's great the way it is. I would of course love to see another season, I'm just pleased this doesn't feel like 1/10th of a satisfying story.

    Delicious in Dungeon: This is shaping up to be great. Great, lively animation that hasn't lost all the humor that makes the early part of this story sing. A really strong dub with an appealing cast. And a great soundtrack that is very fitting to the story. This one DOES need to continue, hopefully there's no issues animating the entire thing.

    Solo Leveling: It was... not awful, but nowhere near great, either. A lot of this is the fault of the original story, which leaned even more than I realized on the art. However, the middle of this didn't do itself any favors by following a filler recap with an extremely slow episode that was essentially a recap in itself. The way the story was portioned out between episodes, you had to watch the first 3 to even understand the basic idea of the show, which was pretty bad. I'll keep watching (and reading) it, because it's a very "salty bag of potato chips" style story. No nutrition, but nice in the right mood.

    A Sign of Affection: Exactly as hoped for, a cute and wholesome shojo anime. No insane dramas or runaway busses that hit the heroine on the day of the big date, just people catching feelings and dealing with that normally. Good art, fitting music, and most importantly, it handled the necessary sign language in a way that made sense and contributed to the story and themes. Like Frieren, there's more they could do, but they also don't need to, it had a good ending.

    Still in process, not from this season:
    Komi Can't Communicate S2: Better than S1. Partially because Komi is MUCH better as a manga after the first 3-4 volumes and partially because the shitty Netflix adaptation issues present in the first season seem totally gone here. Interestingly, they've started intentionally using the "they" pronoun for Najimi, I'm not sure if the manga does this or not? I think it's an appropriate choice for the character, and much more kind than all of the "Isn't Najimi just a WEIRDO that we need to DO something about??" humor from S1.

    I'll be watching Spicy Wolf, Kaiju No. 8, Konosuba, and more DinD this season. Other stuff I would potentially look into, we'll see.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    najimi's gender on the komi wiki is listed as 'najimi'

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Looks like they're finally adding profiles to Crunchyroll. Took them long enough.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    sounds like metallic rouge was kind of dumb and bad, dang I was hoping it would be smart and good

    I got that impression from the pilot, glad I was correct.

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Been watching Frieren through the dub and gotta say, that dub is an all-timer.

    It's a shame about the occasional transphobic bits around Najimi that Komi Can't Communicate does, because Najimi is easily the best character in that manga/show.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I wouldn't be shocked if Rouge was envisioned as much longer. There's so many out of left field twists that make no sense crammed into the last three or four episodes and a bunch of characters that were introduced and then did absolutely nothing, or shocking developments that it immediately went back on and were nothing.

    But even besides that, the core conflict was between the notion that enslaved android people being murdered in the streets should have rights, and no, that'd be a disruption to society, plus the racism and slavery is working pretty well for us, so let's just stick with that. Come on. This isn't an actual ethical dilemma.

    And even then, the ending is... the ending. A summation of all the problems that had been building up brought to a head.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm not necessarily against the art style changing with Golden Wind, but seeing previous Jojo characters in it was causing my brain to fold in on itself; it just wasn't right

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    oh boy

    put a pin in that for now

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    oh boy

    put a pin in that for now

    :#

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    .
    ArcTangent wrote: »
    The start of Bartender is quite unintentionally hilarious.

    I refuse to open my luxury hotel until I've found the perfect bartender, so I've invited you three to audition. Now, serve me a drink.

    Okay, here's a martini.
    You peasant! You didn't even ask me about my day first! How do you know this won't upset my stomach! You're just going to give me a drink after I ordered one!? Next!

    Okay, here's a grasshopper.
    Fine, but I want it in the most obscure, rare way possible.
    Uh... give me a minute.
    You incompetent! That took 90 seconds! How can you call yourself a bartender if you haven't memorized every single drink imaginable and can't serve them all in seconds!

    And I'm the pretty, sparkling, lady's man.
    Never!

    But also, like, content warning because it loved to show a closeup of dudes carving ice over and over, and I hope it would go without saying, but the correct way to carve ice is not to hold a chunk of ice in in the palm of your hand, overhand grip the pick in the other one, and hard jab it repeatedly straight in the middle. I mean, unless you want to put a shiv straight through your hand.

    E:
    Also, Metallic Rouge's ending was comically terrible.
    I never died. I faked my own death after I downloaded my brain into a robot, and when I run Code Eve, I will overthrow humanity as the king of all now enslaved robots. But now as your sister since I just copied myself into her too.
    But you didn't expect me to have secret powers too. I can make a laser sword and shield!
    Oh no, I am undone.

    Okay, now I'm giving all robots free will, even if it has terrible consequences.
    Aha, but you forgot about me, the other antagonist. That doesn't give them free will, but enslaves them to us, the alien race. You've fallen right into our trap.
    Nuh uh. I found out about your plan ahead of time and created an anti-virus that just gives them free will instead, and no consequences, because *waves hands*
    Well, fuck, let's go kung-fu fight in a field.
    *transforms, roll credits*

    Just last month I re-read the entire Bartender manga. I'm obsessed. I love that there'll be one other person in here watching the anime with me.

    I learned about a ton of cocktails and booze history from the comic (although sometimes it appears to make shit up haha), so I might follow along and make the drinks the show is making every week.

    Somewhere I have a text file I made where I was trying to write down all the cocktails they make, along with the description of them, so I could see if I agreed, but after a dozen chapters or so it just all got to be too much.

    I re-watched the first episode of the 2006 anime to compare to the new one, and it's amazing how different they feel. They're obviously both adapting the same basic set of events, the Final Cocktail Of The Episode is basically the same (though who drinks it is different) but the direction for the 2006 one is just crazy, there's fourth-wall breaking narration-to-us, there's weird location-shifting jump cuts, flashbacks, "monologue under a spotlight" bits, it is very much more, I dunno, "obviously directed", I guess?

    Also the end credits have a real-life bartender making a cocktail, with an actual recipe, and the cocktail they make over the end credits is different for each episode, skipping ahead a bit. So I'm curious to keep watching both versions and doing it week by week to see if they continue to be similar-but-very-different like this.

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  • NeveronNeveron SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm not necessarily against the art style changing with Golden Wind, but seeing previous Jojo characters in it was causing my brain to fold in on itself; it just wasn't right

    Diamond is Unbreakable, chapter 1 cover page vs. a full-page panel from the final chapter
    jAZwiRh.jpegr7NPnBX.jpeg

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Neveron wrote: »
    I'm not necessarily against the art style changing with Golden Wind, but seeing previous Jojo characters in it was causing my brain to fold in on itself; it just wasn't right

    Diamond is Unbreakable, chapter 1 cover page vs. a full-page panel from the final chapter
    jAZwiRh.jpegr7NPnBX.jpeg

    The anime did a good job of being the midway point of these designs

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    New Delicious in Dungeon OP/ED as we properly enter Part 2 of the story:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asyT-N1Ip70

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uba6oz7AC8

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