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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    So, Konosuba movie!

    Like the TV series, 90% of it made me laugh my ass off, but also like the TV series it always seems that it has to have just a couple of "no, god damn it" parts that give me mixed feeling about the whole thing and prevent me from wholeheartedly recommending the series.

    CW rape jokes, spoilers for the movie:
    So first we have the "Kazuma is chased down by a horde of sex-crazed orc women and nearly raped" """"joke""""
    I appreciated that Darkness passed out from the crushing disappointment that all orc men are dead in their world, that's a good joke, but the "haha Kazuma's screaming in terror because he's about to be raped, which is hilarious because male orc rapists are a common trope in japanese porn comics, and these are those but with lipstick on chasing down a male character" """""""""joke"""""""""" is approximately as funny as it would be if the genders were reversed, which is negative funny. Sorry, author of Konosuba, this bit sucks shit!

    On the positive side, Kazuma being a scumbag but not too much of a scumbag is funny, and I think the scenes where he is locked into the bedroom with sleeping Megumin by Megumin's mom are honestly pretty sweet and funny. I thought they successfully tread the fine line of making Kazuma feel like the confused, how-do-you-do-courtship-I'm-a-horny-teenager-kind-of-a-dirtbag-who-doesn't-really-understand-relationships that he is, while not being the kind of actually for real bad person who would violate consent when given an opportunity and motivation to do so. He could probably stand to not steal underwear though, that's like his one actual, non-trivial shitty person character trait that's not just people assuming he's done awful things from anime-romcom-style misleading-but-actually-innocent events, and/or him being a confused horny teenager.

    Back on the negative side though, the main villain is a "I trick men with my pretty face and breasts to lure them in and rape them with my man penis because I'm actually a man" trans panic stereotype. It SUCKS. It's a one-scene gag, after she takes Kazuma hostage to escape I think she reveals in the next scene when she lets him go unharmed that she's not interested if he's not, or at least that's implied by the fact that she just lets him go, and she's otherwise a pretty good villain character. But they just had to make her trans for a "I'm trans and I'm going to trick and then rape Kazuma" punchline and it taints the whole thing pretty badly for me.

    The rest of it I laughed at pretty constantly, but those two scenes really left a bad taste in my mouth and I wanted to rant about them a little. Don't do rape jokes! Just don't! They're not funny!

    yeah, I had a hard time shaking that stuff which hurt the whole thing. Just don't do those things!

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    I was under the impression that Kazuma's Steal didn't let him pick what he got and that it was random based on his Luck stat

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    I did not like the newest movie. It made Kazuma way too much of a creep, made rape jokes, and made jokes at the expense of trans people.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Madican wrote: »
    I was under the impression that Kazuma's Steal didn't let him pick what he got and that it was random based on his Luck stat

    It's Kazuma's luck vs. the target's magic defense and the dice roll the more likely Kazuma gets what he considers to be valuable. Thieves do not have good magic defense BTW.

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  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    I was under the impression that Kazuma's Steal didn't let him pick what he got and that it was random based on his Luck stat

    It's Kazuma's luck vs. the target's magic defense and the dice roll the more likely Kazuma gets what he considers to be valuable. Thieves do not have good magic defense BTW.

    Makes sense , but is the dice roll mentioned in the light novel ? Don’t remember them stating anything other then luck in the anime.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    I was under the impression that Kazuma's Steal didn't let him pick what he got and that it was random based on his Luck stat

    It's Kazuma's luck vs. the target's magic defense and the dice roll the more likely Kazuma gets what he considers to be valuable. Thieves do not have good magic defense BTW.

    Makes sense , but is the dice roll mentioned in the light novel ? Don’t remember them stating anything other then luck in the anime.

    I am just using a D&D term to make more sense.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 20
    So I watched Tower of God's episode 1. The art style wasn't quite what I'm used to. Something about the colors and shading seemed softer, but it was nevertheless REALLY pretty. There wasn't a ton of dynamic movement, but I didn't dislike what I saw. I wonder how it will go from here.

    As for plot:
    Just jumps right into it, pushing MC off a cliff into the dragon's maw. Rachel doesn't seem like a person so much as the One Piece, and Bam is naive, which, from my perspective it's only his first day. Black haired princess's arrival was a bit too convenient, but I can forgive almost any coincidence in a pilot, as that's what pilot episodes are for. Putting that aside, she seems fun.

    I suspect the tower steward is actually the tower master or something similar, but that's me being perhaps overly genre savvy.

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  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    I was under the impression that Kazuma's Steal didn't let him pick what he got and that it was random based on his Luck stat

    It's Kazuma's luck vs. the target's magic defense and the dice roll the more likely Kazuma gets what he considers to be valuable. Thieves do not have good magic defense BTW.

    Makes sense , but is the dice roll mentioned in the light novel ? Don’t remember them stating anything other then luck in the anime.

    I am just using a D&D term to make more sense.

    Oh well now I feel stupid .

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    So I watched Tower of God's episode 1. The art style wasn't quite what I'm used to. Something about the colors and shading seemed softer, but it was nevertheless REALLY pretty. There wasn't a ton of dynamic movement, but I didn't dislike what I saw. I wonder how it will go from here.

    As for plot:
    Just jumps right into it, pushing MC off a cliff into the dragon's maw. Rachel doesn't seem like a person so much as the One Piece, and Bam is naive, which, from my perspective it's only his first day. Black haired princess's arrival was a bit too convenient, but I can forgive almost any coincidence in a pilot, as that's what pilot episodes are for. Putting that aside, she seems fun.

    I suspect the tower steward is actually the tower master or something similar, but that's me being perhaps overly genre savvy.

    Re: the Princess
    Remember how I said Irregulars are very special existences with levels of power that are off the charts in the Tower? That's why the princess immediately showed up, though less to handle him and more to see the new Irregular for herself. And yeah, she's a wild card among all the other Princesses.

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    So I watched Tower of God's episode 1. The art style wasn't quite what I'm used to. Something about the colors and shading seemed softer, but it was nevertheless REALLY pretty. There wasn't a ton of dynamic movement, but I didn't dislike what I saw. I wonder how it will go from here.

    As for plot:
    Just jumps right into it, pushing MC off a cliff into the dragon's maw. Rachel doesn't seem like a person so much as the One Piece, and Bam is naive, which, from my perspective it's only his first day. Black haired princess's arrival was a bit too convenient, but I can forgive almost any coincidence in a pilot, as that's what pilot episodes are for. Putting that aside, she seems fun.

    I suspect the tower steward is actually the tower master or something similar, but that's me being perhaps overly genre savvy.

    If it helps, they removed some exposition that explains a bit more about Bam
    Bam had literally never left the hole he lived in before this point, which Rachel being literally the only other person he has ever seen.

    Our boy is a moron

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 20
    how bout that weather huh

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    FMA Brotherhood episode 10
    Goodbye Maes Hughes, you got an entire character arc in your final episode and it somehow fucking worked, RIP to a real one

    Edit: guess I'll spoil this old thing

    OG FMA handled that one way better and was more impactful

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  • ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited April 20
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  • PolarisPolaris I am powerless against the sky. Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Psycho Pass 4 is on Amazon - they're continuing the 50min eps they started with S3.. Annoying that S1/2 aren't also on Amazon, but it continues to be excellent.

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    God damn High School of the Dead is so dumb

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Mysst wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    rhylith wrote: »
    rhylith wrote: »
    Watching tower of god because I’ve heard y’all talk about it before.

    I don’t think this one is gonna be for me. It has an interesting look, but so far the show has done a shit job of setting up the world and the stakes.

    The world is

    There is a tower

    You gotta climb that tower

    And there is a dude sitting on that tower and he sucks

    That sure is boring as fuck.

    there is punch fighting

    how punchy fighty

    also you have to climb the tower to punch fight god?

    This is just SaGa for the GameBoy.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    been watching vinland saga. is very good. Makoto Yukimura has a way with with words.
    Cnut: "I'm beginning to understand This snow is love, right?"
    Priest: "That's right."
    Cnut: "The sky. The sun. The wind. The fog. The mountains. But then... I can't believe it.
    The world, the creation of god is so beautiful. So why then... is there no love... in the hearts of man?"
    ...
    (A man, completely mad with bloodlust, begins charging towards the priest and Cnut.)
    Priest: "That man has gone insane. Your highness, you had better run away."
    Cnut: "Sane? Is anyone sane in this world? Everyone's the same. Everyone's the same. No one knows how to love.
    No one knows the meaning of life. No one knows the meaning of death. No one even knows the reason they're fighting."
    Priest: "...Your highness?"
    Cnut: "I've had enough. I'm sick of it.
    (The man trying to kill him towers over him.)
    "What we lost in exchange for wisdom... the most important thing. It's something we will never get back for so long as we live. We'll never attain it.
    Yet even then... you still tell us to seek it? Father in heaven!"
    (Cnut begins to slowly walk forwards towards the enraged man. The man, uncertain, jumps back.)
    "Miserable warrior. You're the farthest from love. You, who have been expelled from paradise."
    (Man, overcoming his uncertainty and regaining his rage, screams and prepares to kill Cnut.)
    "Isn't there a way to end the suffering from your punishment other than death?
    Are you saying we only exist so we may be tested and endure?
    Father in heaven! This man's soul cannot be saved through the trials you have set for him!"
    (Cnut slowly embraces the enraged man.)
    "Father. I no longer seek your salvation. If you will no longer give us salvation, then, with our own hands, on this earth...
    we shall create our own paradise."
    Mwah. *chef's kiss* A true warrior doesn't need a sword.

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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    FMA Brotherhood episode 10
    Goodbye Maes Hughes, you got an entire character arc in your final episode and it somehow fucking worked, RIP to a real one

    Edit: guess I'll spoil this old thing

    OG FMA handled that one way better and was more impactful

    That's my breakpoint for a FMA marathon- watch the original up til that happens, then swap over to Brotherhood.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 20
    Another thought I had watching Tower of God yesterday:

    If it turns out well, that gives me hope for the God of High School anime later this year.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited April 20
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    FMA Brotherhood episode 10
    Goodbye Maes Hughes, you got an entire character arc in your final episode and it somehow fucking worked, RIP to a real one

    Edit: guess I'll spoil this old thing

    OG FMA handled that one way better and was more impactful

    FMA Brotherhood full series spoilers
    I do like how, unlike the OG series, Brotherhood doesn't forget about Gracia And Elicia existence immediately after Maes' funeral.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Another thought I had watching Tower of God yesterday:

    If it turns out well, that gives me hope for the God of High School anime later this year.

    It's really going to come down to the animation for that one, especially once the actual tournament starts

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Gundi wrote: »
    been watching vinland saga. is very good. Makoto Yukimura has a way with with words.
    Cnut: "I'm beginning to understand This snow is love, right?"
    Priest: "That's right."
    Cnut: "The sky. The sun. The wind. The fog. The mountains. But then... I can't believe it.
    The world, the creation of god is so beautiful. So why then... is there no love... in the hearts of man?"
    ...
    (A man, completely mad with bloodlust, begins charging towards the priest and Cnut.)
    Priest: "That man has gone insane. Your highness, you had better run away."
    Cnut: "Sane? Is anyone sane in this world? Everyone's the same. Everyone's the same. No one knows how to love.
    No one knows the meaning of life. No one knows the meaning of death. No one even knows the reason they're fighting."
    Priest: "...Your highness?"
    Cnut: "I've had enough. I'm sick of it.
    (The man trying to kill him towers over him.)
    "What we lost in exchange for wisdom... the most important thing. It's something we will never get back for so long as we live. We'll never attain it.
    Yet even then... you still tell us to seek it? Father in heaven!"
    (Cnut begins to slowly walk forwards towards the enraged man. The man, uncertain, jumps back.)
    "Miserable warrior. You're the farthest from love. You, who have been expelled from paradise."
    (Man, overcoming his uncertainty and regaining his rage, screams and prepares to kill Cnut.)
    "Isn't there a way to end the suffering from your punishment other than death?
    Are you saying we only exist so we may be tested and endure?
    Father in heaven! This man's soul cannot be saved through the trials you have set for him!"
    (Cnut slowly embraces the enraged man.)
    "Father. I no longer seek your salvation. If you will no longer give us salvation, then, with our own hands, on this earth...
    we shall create our own paradise."
    Mwah. *chef's kiss* A true warrior doesn't need a sword.

    I hope they do another season of Vinland Saga, because believe it or not, it only gets better from here!

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    I finished (current season) In/Spectre last night.
    I liked it. Extremely talky, but no will they /won't they. Kind of an interesting Mushishi x Paranoia Agent x Uh Perry Mason Or Agatha Christie Or Something vibe.

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    They made a 12 episode series with the budget of 6 and pulled it off somehow. Sequel pls. Also that banana scene lowkey destroyed me for some reason

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Also Vinland Saga's soundtrack is just like... ludicrous. The show is a masterpiece but the soundtrack is like, something that lies beyond the western ocean.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNvD-Pujg5M&list=PLPQWP5qT39uATrX8WCGGaA8zAfQROm7JH&index=40&t=0s
    This track in particular is almost like a religious experience.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Peas wrote: »
    They made a 12 episode series with the budget of 6 and pulled it off somehow. Sequel pls. Also that banana scene lowkey destroyed me for some reason

    Inagawa's constant barely veiled innuendo was really funny.
    Edit: end of season, probably not even spoilers but just to be safe
    I was a little relieved at the very end when he actually confirmed that he does love her and he's just sort reserved and it's not just a one sided thing her.
    Because like half of her lines to Kuro are some variation on "We should be having seeeexxxx."

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Peas wrote: »
    They made a 12 episode series with the budget of 6 and pulled it off somehow. Sequel pls. Also that banana scene lowkey destroyed me for some reason

    Inagawa's constant barely veiled innuendo was really funny.
    Edit: end of season, probably not even spoilers but just to be safe
    I was a little relieved at the very end when he actually confirmed that he does love her and he's just sort reserved and it's not just a one sided thing her.
    Because like half of her lines to Kuro are some variation on "We should be having seeeexxxx."

    which show?

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  • GridlinkGridlink Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Peas wrote: »
    They made a 12 episode series with the budget of 6 and pulled it off somehow. Sequel pls. Also that banana scene lowkey destroyed me for some reason

    If you want more, the 11th volume of the manga came out recently. The anime covers (almost word for word and panel for panel) the first six volumes and a chapter out of the 7th volume of the manga.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Peas wrote: »
    They made a 12 episode series with the budget of 6 and pulled it off somehow. Sequel pls. Also that banana scene lowkey destroyed me for some reason

    Inagawa's constant barely veiled innuendo was really funny.
    Edit: end of season, probably not even spoilers but just to be safe
    I was a little relieved at the very end when he actually confirmed that he does love her and he's just sort reserved and it's not just a one sided thing her.
    Because like half of her lines to Kuro are some variation on "We should be having seeeexxxx."

    which show?

    In/Spectre.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Damn Saturday is looking good this season. Bookworm and Bakarina both air tomorrow and next week adds Kaguya-same to the lineup.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 20
    Railgun T hit the beginning of the best part of the arc this week. I am super excited for next week.

    It's crazy how much better the Railgun anime is than the Index anime, which is ostensibly the main series.

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    The new chapters by One of the One punch man webcomics are pretty good

    Also the artwork by Murata for the latest manga chapter is amazing even by his standards

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  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Damn Saturday is looking good this season. Bookworm and Bakarina both air tomorrow and next week adds Kaguya-same to the lineup.

    I didn’t even know love is war was getting a second season . I love that goofy show.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    The first volume of the In/Spectre manga is on sale for 99 cents (on Kindle at least, presumably elsewhere as well). I'm considering picking it up, but the series was originally a light novel series and usually the original source is more content-complete so I'm wondering if I should wait until that gets licensed instead.

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  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Just watched episode 1 of Wave, Listen to Me!

    Adult cast which is always nice. Anime about a radio show.
    The voice actress for the main character seems pretty new to the industry. Very few credits. But man that was some good voice acting. Think this might be my surprise favourite of the season.

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 20
    from the blade of the immortal mangaka, right? didn't know it got an anime

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Looking into the In/Spectre 99 cent manga, apparently Kodansha is doing a sale where Volume 1 of most of their series are being sold for 99 cents on whatever digital platform it's available on.

    HERE is the full list.

    A few highlights I noticed:
    • Battle Angel Alita (and the first volume of each of the sequels)
    • Boarding School Juliet
    • Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro
    • Quintessential Quintuplets
    • Saint Young Men (this is actually a double volume so has vol 1 and 2 of the Japanese release)
    • Sankarea
    • Wotakoi (double volume like Saint Young Men)
    • Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

    Edit: Correction, Saint Young Men is apparently only a double volume for the physical release. The digital release is still just a single volume. Wotakoi, however, is a double volume with the digital.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 20
    Peas wrote: »
    The new chapters by One of the One punch man webcomics are pretty good

    Also the artwork by Murata for the latest manga chapter is amazing even by his standards

    I guess it's Drakengard now

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