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  • TamerBillTamerBill Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    This arc was faithfully animated by spending eight episodes

    Faithfully my foot, the book only covered the last loop. 1 episode or 15,498 episodes is faithfully, 8 was just trolling.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 24


    Ascendance of a Bookworm publisher confirms season 2 will air as planned.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 24
    PiptheFair wrote: »
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    I'm watching Danmachi atm. It's fun! It's kinda light and mostly wholesome and the protagonist is an excellent boy.

    But...

    I want to personally destroy Hermes.

    bell is a precious idiot boy and hestia is absolutely bestia, yes

    yeah I do really like Hestia! but Bell is definitely the absolute best character in it by far and I love him


    I still want to obliterate Hermes though

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Pretty sure Haikyuu (manga) is wrapping up at the moment and the ending has been fantastic so far.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Season 2 of Danmachi killed any interest I had in the series. Pretty much every antagonistic wanted to rape Bell and the show just treated it as joke and the low key homophobia and racism was really gross.

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  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Wasn't that into season 1 of High Score Girl. The main thing was that I didn't get a good feeling for why the girls were interested in the protagonist. I didn't hate it, just feel like I could've done something better with my time. Think it'd be worth it for me to watch season 2?

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    nope, if you weren't into the first season it's just more of that story

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 24
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Season 2 of Danmachi killed any interest I had in the series. Pretty much every antagonistic wanted to rape Bell and the show just treated it as joke and the low key homophobia and racism was really gross.

    hm, well I hadn't heard about this stuff in season 2, and I only just started on it today. Good to have a warning I suppose! I've had it recommended to me by a couple folks whose suggestions I usually trust, though, so I am gonna stick with it by now and see how it goes...

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    There are some good points to Season 2.
    Bell's new love interest is a prostitute and Bell makes it a point that she's not "dirty" or "bad" or anything because of that.
    Of course, then they had to reveal that she's actually still a virgin, but the main cast is still unaware of that.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Yeah, I found season 2 of Danmachi to be a huge dip in quality. I thought it started out well for the first few episodes, but didn't really care for any of the rest, and hated the status quo at the evr of the last episode.
    It's probably best to watch the first season, and side story season*, and then pretend nothing else exists.

    *Maybe, I liked it. Some people didn't. It's basically the story of the first season from the perspective of someone in Ais' familia. I actually thought she was a new character for that story, but she does show up in a few shots at the end of the first season, and the ending credits.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Lars wrote: »
    There are some good points to Season 2.
    Bell's new love interest is a prostitute and Bell makes it a point that she's not "dirty" or "bad" or anything because of that.
    Of course, then they had to reveal that she's actually still a virgin, but the main cast is still unaware of that.

    I feel like paragraph 2 completely invalidates paragraph 1 here. A caveat to satisfy people who would tend towards puritanism (or whatever you'd call that in Japan) that suggests she wouldn't deserve acceptance or placement as a love interest without paragraph 2.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Lars wrote: »
    There are some good points to Season 2.
    Bell's new love interest is a prostitute and Bell makes it a point that she's not "dirty" or "bad" or anything because of that.
    Of course, then they had to reveal that she's actually still a virgin, but the main cast is still unaware of that.

    I feel like paragraph 2 completely invalidates paragraph 1 here. A caveat to satisfy people who would tend towards puritanism (or whatever you'd call that in Japan) that suggests she wouldn't deserve acceptance or placement as a love interest without paragraph 2.
    It does kind of dilute the message somewhat, but I don't think it completely invalidates it (in universe, at least) since none of the main characters know.

    The problem with that line is that it only exists for the audience, particularly the audience that doesn't believe the message that they were trying to get across. And why bother trying to appease them?

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Latest episode of Bookworm
    I'm glad she's starting to do some reforms because basically everything from the end of season 1 forward indicates there is a lot that is really fucked about their society.

    Like when setting up a child labor sweatshop is improvement...

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    https://youtu.be/rOAVQjzCnYU
    ProZD is sponsored by Sakura Wars but like... he's also openly mocking and critiquing the system they're promoting. I love that he did this and they paid for him to do so.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Well that is a great way to ensure I don't try playing that game. I already fail hard enough at responding to social cues in a reasonable timeframe in real life, I don't need that added pressure in a game.

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    "*Gasps* the pepper ending...!" nearly killed me

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Latest episode of Bookworm
    I'm glad she's starting to do some reforms because basically everything from the end of season 1 forward indicates there is a lot that is really fucked about their society.

    Like when setting up a child labor sweatshop is improvement...
    Yeah now that she's actually managed to carve out a position of relative wealth and safety it seems like the thing to do.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Peas wrote: »
    'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess Ch. 49
    https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1006624
    Isekai arc begins

    Been reading this since you linked it, I like it, I wish it had a bit more going on than just the one gag repeated over and over but that's not really the kind of comic it's trying to be. But the gags with the demon lord are SO good.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Hello I just finished reading all 700 chapters of Naruto and BOY do I have opinions

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Joseph Joestar is a piece of shit and the best.

    edit: Zoe you can't leave people hanging like that!

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    BlankZoe wrote: »
    Hello I just finished reading all 700 chapters of Naruto and BOY do I have opinions

    I feel like it's so much better in manga form, because the anime suffered from padding and filler something fierce.

    Then again, the anime did heighten certain cool moments to the upper echelon of amazing.

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  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    BlankZoe wrote: »
    Hello I just finished reading all 700 chapters of Naruto and BOY do I have opinions

    IMHO Naruto is a big fucking mess, but there's a lot of neat ideas and cool characters in there. Thankfully, I've found a bunch of fun fanworks that try to unpack the good from the bad and do something more carefully thought out with it than Shonen Jump's schedule would have ever allowed Kishimoto to do.

    Some of my complaints off the top of my head
    1. Naruto is so ridiculously predestined by the end that I feel like it robs his achievements of any sense of agency
    2. I feel like Naruto's 'hope of the world' arc would've made more sense to end with him deciding he'd surpassed being Hokage (after all, he wanted it for the recognition/validation, but everyone already acknowledges him as a hero after the Konoha Invasion arc) and becoming a wandering diplomat/spiritual leader like the Sage of Six Paths wanted for his sons. Let the Hokage be someone who actually cares about procedure and policy, a more professional ninja. But this is probably somewhat influenced by my frustrations with how our current political climate IRL has been affected by the vilification of experts and the glorification of political outsiders
    3. Sakura's growth from silly lovestruck little girl to world-leading medical expert and superstrength brawler at only 17 years old would've made for a much more interesting central narrative. Especially because she's basically this setting's equivalent of a bad-ass normal; no demon contained in her, no inherited powers, just hard-work and honed techniques
    4. The first big Uchiha plot twist wasn't a bad idea, but hoo boy was the way it was written a mess (honestly, how the hell else did Itachi think things were gonna play out?)
    5. Anko was such a wasted opportunity. At the end of the Chuunin exams, she's the loyalist former protege of the big bad, she's got a cursed seal like Sauce does yet learned to keep it under control, and she's just a fun character besides. She should've been a big part of the series moving forward

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    The biggest problem with naruto is that naruto and sasuke are absolutely awful characters and the main focus. Also villains can never remain villains and are always immediately forgiven despite murdering lots of people.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    It works well as a manga you can just binge at your own pace

    My abbreviated thoughts:

    Naruto is the best shonen Shonen protaganist of all the big Shonen stuff I've read (DBZ, One Piece, MHA, etc.) And is a genuinely fantastic character

    Sasuke's arc was not well executed at all and his face turn was hilariously awkward and sudden

    Sakura had moments of greatness but was largely wasted

    The setting is extremely neat and well developed

    Top 10 characters:
    1) Naruto (and Kurama)
    2) Kakashi
    3) Gaara
    4) Tsunade
    5) Shikamaru
    6) Sakura
    7) Guy
    8) Hinata
    9) Rock Lee
    10) Ino

    Killer Bee would have made the list if not for the horrible, fairly racist, rapping gimmick

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    I appreciate that Naruto's ultimate super finishing move is consistently Talk no Jutsu.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    The biggest problem with naruto is that naruto and sasuke are absolutely awful characters and the main focus. Also villains can never remain villains and are always immediately forgiven despite murdering lots of people.

    Lots of ninjas, so it's kind of a wash considering how the majority of ninja are in that world. They have exams where it's not only permissible for teenagers to murder each other but actively encouraged.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    I don't mind Killer Bee, he's certainly a stereotype but it feels like a stereotype rooted in japanese rap culture more than a parody of american black people to me? Does that make sense?

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I learned as I was reading it that, apparently, people hate that he talks so many villains down?

    It baffles me, as it is basically my favorite part of the series.

    Naruto being this super powerful, excitable ninja prodigy that instead often resolves conflict by finding common ground and empathy with his foes and making them question why they are fighting in the first place is SO MUCH BETTER than fuckin punching everyone who is a bad guy.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I don't mind Killer Bee, he's certainly a stereotype but it feels like a stereotype rooted in japanese rap culture more than a parody of american black people to me? Does that make sense?
    The issue is that he was the first black character to show up, and is the most prominent one throughout, so regardless of which culture it is lampooning it uh

    Ain't a good combo

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    BlankZoe wrote: »
    I learned as I was reading it that, apparently, people hate that he talks so many villains down?

    It baffles me, as it is basically my favorite part of the series.

    Naruto being this super powerful, excitable ninja prodigy that instead often resolves conflict by finding common ground and empathy with his foes and making them question why they are fighting in the first place is SO MUCH BETTER than fuckin punching everyone who is a bad guy.

    multiple characters essentially tried to commit genocide, and then were promptly forgiven with literally no consequence

    empathy is good, lack of consequence is not

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Its a fuckin magical ninja hellworld where constant war tore apart the landscape for decades and the current peace is barely existent

    The idea that trying to kill a lot of folks isn't treated with the same weight as it would be in our world seems right to me

    Also basically every big forgiven character that wasn't actively being controlled or manipulated dies sacrificing themselves?
    Gaara redeemed himself and also wasn't at fault

    Itachi wasn't actually evil and also sacrificed himself

    Pain sacrificed himself to bring back the dead

    Obito sacrificed himself to restore Kakashi and help fend off Madara

    Even Zabazu dies a heroic death basically immediately after his turn

    Kabuto and Orochimaru don't really get consequences but thats just because they aren't really shown? I assume both of them slinked off somewhere when the dust settled.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I've never watched or read anything Naruto but I love how Goku becomes friends with former villains in DBZ

    Of course it helps that death doesn't really matter and you have Buddhist elements

    Folk Buddhism has a female demon who ate billions of children, but then converted to Buddhism and became a protector of children instead

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    BlankZoe wrote: »
    I don't mind Killer Bee, he's certainly a stereotype but it feels like a stereotype rooted in japanese rap culture more than a parody of american black people to me? Does that make sense?
    The issue is that he was the first black character to show up, and is the most prominent one throughout, so regardless of which culture it is lampooning it uh

    Ain't a good combo

    Fair criticism, it's pretty lazy worldbuilding/character design that the cloud village is The Black People Village. There's a bit of worldbuilding in the background in Boruto that the leaf village is getting more diverse after the events at the end of Naruto because the villages are all opening up and interacting more, at least.

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    It wouldn't be a shonen series if all the villains didn't become friends

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Mr. G wrote: »
    It wouldn't be a shonen series if all the villains didn't become friends

    I mean, it doesn't really even happen in the other two Big 3

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Mr. G wrote: »
    It wouldn't be a shonen series if all the villains didn't become friends

    I mean, it doesn't really even happen in the other two Big 3

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