wow so hunterxhunter season 5 gets really really fucking dark incredibly quickly
it's also funny that the story introduces this country that sucks, and then reveals that it's that way because this one traumatised kid decided to create a miserable country that sucks for everyone there
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Had to look up what season 5 covered, and oofa doofa
Really was not a fan of that arc in the manga, although a lot of that could come down to issues with pacing, exacerbated by unfortunate health issues causing sporadic releases
I'm glad I waited until all the movies were done to watch the eva rebuilds, this would have been utter torture to wait all those years between each one
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Chimera Ant is so strong that you can strip away everything HxH, add in different characters, and it'll still be a masterful work of art.
Iruma Season 3 confirmed and this episode was a banger
Curious to see how the deal with the one arc where the pacing is a little fucky.
Essentially, the arc is the forest gathering and survival challenge (for lack of a better way to describe it). Overall, I think the arc is pretty entertaining, but there are a few areas where it feels like it drags a touch. I suspect, the main issue is that the author got a little too ambitious with this arc. I get the impression they want this to shift more to an ensemble format, with Iruma still very much being the lead. This arc the author does try to flesh a number of the misfits out, while introducing some new characters, some of which have gotten a little more development in later arcs and some that seem to have faded into obscurity. Ultimately, they probably tried to focus on one two many characters for this arc.
Though I think my biggest complaint with the anime adaption is that
Double spoiler because this is a pretty big reveal in the manga, so if you don't want to ruin it, don't proceed further.
They don't allow for the setup that drops the existence of Purson Soi the 13th member of the misfit class. The anime constantly shows his existence, where IIRC the manga doesn't reveal he actual exists until the end of the forest gathering and survival challenge arc. I mean, I do think it dropped one or two hints very early on and in a very subtle fashion. Regardless, the way the manga does it, it's quite the surprise because it comes out of left field and the following arc that introduces him does a very good job of explaining how no one noticed him until Kalego reveals his existence to the rest of the class. The way the anime has handled him, ensures the audience won't have the same reaction. It's just going to be "oh, so that's the name of the guy and his deal."
Comparing the anime to the manga Ive read they seem to be fine adding to existing scenes to help flesh out characters or mixing up when events occur to better fit the flow( the Opera meeting Kalego happens later in the manga)
I suspect the author is working closely with them on the show
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There's been enough talk about it here that I started watching Iruma this week. I laughed out loud just now at this bit in the idol episode where one of the subtitles was literally just keys mashed on the home row.
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So checking out the game made me interested in watching Konosuba and uh...
That's it, huh? Just.. stealing panties and near-orgasms over getting hit by monsters?
It's frustrating, because there are parts that just killed me (nuking the castle every day, and later saying "huh, yea, we probably should have assumed someone lived there" was hilarious), but fuck I don't think I can get past the dumb shit.
So checking out the game made me interested in watching Konosuba and uh...
That's it, huh? Just.. stealing panties and near-orgasms over getting hit by monsters?
It's frustrating, because there are parts that just killed me (nuking the castle every day, and later saying "huh, yea, we probably should have assumed someone lived there" was hilarious), but fuck I don't think I can get past the dumb shit.
I really liked the first couple episodes when it seemed like they were going to have kind of a back and forth, but respect each other and have a somewhat mature relationship while still doing self-deprecating slapstick, but I was pretty checked out by the end of the first season since it was... clearly not interested in going in that direction.
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So checking out the game made me interested in watching Konosuba and uh...
That's it, huh? Just.. stealing panties and near-orgasms over getting hit by monsters?
It's frustrating, because there are parts that just killed me (nuking the castle every day, and later saying "huh, yea, we probably should have assumed someone lived there" was hilarious), but fuck I don't think I can get past the dumb shit.
Konosuba is extremely problematic and if that stuff bugs you enough I would suggest dropping it. It's extremely funny but it never gets better WRT the problematic stuff.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
So it seems like Dr.Stone might not acknowledge the spin off manga since otherwise this current plot line has zero tension
It (the manga) did state it was an alternate universe, so I wondered if this would be the case.
Wait, where was that? Skimming through I can’t find it mentioning it being AU
The very first page, the author/artist blurbs.
Huh, is this a collected volume thing? Most I’ve got on the Jump app version is “Five years before humanity was petrified” on the top panel with Senku and his dad
So it seems like Dr.Stone might not acknowledge the spin off manga since otherwise this current plot line has zero tension
It (the manga) did state it was an alternate universe, so I wondered if this would be the case.
Wait, where was that? Skimming through I can’t find it mentioning it being AU
The very first page, the author/artist blurbs.
Huh, is this a collected volume thing? Most I’ve got on the Jump app version is “Five years before humanity was petrified” on the top panel with Senku and his dad
I've only read the collected version, so perhaps?
checking around, the translator Viz has on it too translated a tweet from when the collected volume was released indicating the same as well; a “hypothetical worldline” was the translation he used
So I started the first season on Beastars way back when but lost interest a few episodes in, but Team Four Star just released this season 1 abridged video and I found myself stopping it halfway because I was suddenly interested in watching the show again. I guess I needed a bit more of a taste of what was to come in the show to get me hooked in again.
So checking out the game made me interested in watching Konosuba and uh...
That's it, huh? Just.. stealing panties and near-orgasms over getting hit by monsters?
It's frustrating, because there are parts that just killed me (nuking the castle every day, and later saying "huh, yea, we probably should have assumed someone lived there" was hilarious), but fuck I don't think I can get past the dumb shit.
Konosuba is extremely problematic and if that stuff bugs you enough I would suggest dropping it. It's extremely funny but it never gets better WRT the problematic stuff.
Godsdammit. It's so rare to find an anime that's hitting the right chords for me so I was hopeful that it might get better. Oh well, gonna pull that ripcord.
So checking out the game made me interested in watching Konosuba and uh...
That's it, huh? Just.. stealing panties and near-orgasms over getting hit by monsters?
It's frustrating, because there are parts that just killed me (nuking the castle every day, and later saying "huh, yea, we probably should have assumed someone lived there" was hilarious), but fuck I don't think I can get past the dumb shit.
Konosuba is extremely problematic and if that stuff bugs you enough I would suggest dropping it. It's extremely funny but it never gets better WRT the problematic stuff.
Godsdammit. It's so rare to find an anime that's hitting the right chords for me so I was hopeful that it might get better. Oh well, gonna pull that ripcord.
If you are looking for something with a similar comedic tone to Konosuba, but with far fewer of the problematic issues (none that I can remember), you may want to look into Princess Connect Re:Dive. It (if I recall correctly) was made by the same anime team as Konosuba. It is technically a tie in show to a phone game, but it ended up way better than it had any right to be, and is even getting a second season in January.
Directed by the same person, but that's it. Very different studios.
Also, the first season piles on the foreshadowing and plot things and then proceeds to do absolutely nothing with any of them. It very much is a pretty blatant advertisement for a particularly egregious gacha and would've been way better if it had just divorced itself from the source entirely like Galaxy Angel or Milky Holmes (well, the first season) instead of making half-assed overtures to it. Can be cute and quite well-animated in places though.
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So checking out the game made me interested in watching Konosuba and uh...
That's it, huh? Just.. stealing panties and near-orgasms over getting hit by monsters?
It's frustrating, because there are parts that just killed me (nuking the castle every day, and later saying "huh, yea, we probably should have assumed someone lived there" was hilarious), but fuck I don't think I can get past the dumb shit.
Konosuba is extremely problematic and if that stuff bugs you enough I would suggest dropping it. It's extremely funny but it never gets better WRT the problematic stuff.
Godsdammit. It's so rare to find an anime that's hitting the right chords for me so I was hopeful that it might get better. Oh well, gonna pull that ripcord.
If you are looking for something with a similar comedic tone to Konosuba, but with far fewer of the problematic issues (none that I can remember), you may want to look into Princess Connect Re:Dive. It (if I recall correctly) was made by the same anime team as Konosuba. It is technically a tie in show to a phone game, but it ended up way better than it had any right to be, and is even getting a second season in January.
Looks like it's only on Crunchyroll, I'm not looking to add another streaming service right now. I'll keep an eye on it in the future though, maybe it will come somewhere else. Thanks.
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I don't know if I'd go that far, but I was disappointed to see it was still present.
living in hunterxhunter world would be terrifying, especially if you knew about nen
Iruma just needs to keep getting seasons. Season 3 should be even better. A theoretical Season 4 might make it to my favorite moment in the series.
What? 3 is by far the least fan-servicey of the bunch.
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my bank sent me like 3 different alerts to confirm it wasn't fraud, perhaps that is a sign i went too far lol
yeah, but season 5 is the writer just daisy chaining some of the most fucked up things he can think of
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including "what if a koala had a gun"
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Really was not a fan of that arc in the manga, although a lot of that could come down to issues with pacing, exacerbated by unfortunate health issues causing sporadic releases
Maybe I should revisit it sometime
Comparing the anime to the manga Ive read they seem to be fine adding to existing scenes to help flesh out characters or mixing up when events occur to better fit the flow( the Opera meeting Kalego happens later in the manga)
I suspect the author is working closely with them on the show
Who's driving this dragon through the castle!
Luffy with some serious "hey Kaido, I didn't hear no bell" energy.
Poor Yamato! Kaido killed everyone who was ever kind to him growing up. Contender for worst parent ever.
That's it, huh? Just.. stealing panties and near-orgasms over getting hit by monsters?
It's frustrating, because there are parts that just killed me (nuking the castle every day, and later saying "huh, yea, we probably should have assumed someone lived there" was hilarious), but fuck I don't think I can get past the dumb shit.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
there's some genuinely fun material in there but yeah, it requires a lot of slogging through gratuitous stuff
I really liked the first couple episodes when it seemed like they were going to have kind of a back and forth, but respect each other and have a somewhat mature relationship while still doing self-deprecating slapstick, but I was pretty checked out by the end of the first season since it was... clearly not interested in going in that direction.
Konosuba is extremely problematic and if that stuff bugs you enough I would suggest dropping it. It's extremely funny but it never gets better WRT the problematic stuff.
Same.
Wait, where was that? Skimming through I can’t find it mentioning it being AU
Huh, is this a collected volume thing? Most I’ve got on the Jump app version is “Five years before humanity was petrified” on the top panel with Senku and his dad
checking around, the translator Viz has on it too translated a tweet from when the collected volume was released indicating the same as well; a “hypothetical worldline” was the translation he used
It worked, thanks!
I like how the Yakuza are just big, supportive lunks who love their boy.
Godsdammit. It's so rare to find an anime that's hitting the right chords for me so I was hopeful that it might get better. Oh well, gonna pull that ripcord.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
Directed by the same person, but that's it. Very different studios.
Also, the first season piles on the foreshadowing and plot things and then proceeds to do absolutely nothing with any of them. It very much is a pretty blatant advertisement for a particularly egregious gacha and would've been way better if it had just divorced itself from the source entirely like Galaxy Angel or Milky Holmes (well, the first season) instead of making half-assed overtures to it. Can be cute and quite well-animated in places though.
Looks like it's only on Crunchyroll, I'm not looking to add another streaming service right now. I'll keep an eye on it in the future though, maybe it will come somewhere else. Thanks.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970666737/
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