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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Kind of, yeah

    Yeah, enough so that it got ported to like PS2 and stuff without any of the porn parts

    That's not unusual though. Shit, Giga is a full fledged visual novel company (though the differences between indie and 'real' VN companies aren't huge) that had flat out serial rapists in basically every game, protagonist and antagonist, and I think 100% of their games from that era got PS2 ports, with convenient fades to black instead of metaphorical dolphin attacks.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    A fuckload of people died because Krillin got a boner at work

    Again, Vegeta had the ability to win that fight, guaranteed, and he decided to go along with the villain's stated plan! He thought it was a cool idea!

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Given how many times Vegeta has almost killed everybody, given how many times Goku has almost killed everybody, Krillin is allowed to almost kill everybody once.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Gundi wrote: »
    Given how many times Vegeta has almost killed everybody, given how many times Goku has almost killed everybody, Krillin is allowed to almost kill everybody once.

    Probably fair but it doesn't undo it

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    JUSTICE FOR THE BUG PLANET

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Gundi wrote: »
    Given how many times Vegeta has almost killed everybody, given how many times Goku has almost killed everybody, Krillin is allowed to almost kill everybody once.

    as a treat

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    JUSTICE FOR THE BUG PLANET

    Those poor bastards never had a chance

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Goku doesn't almost kill everyone.

    He allows everyone to almost get killed.

    There's a difference!

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    RT800 wrote: »
    Goku doesn't almost kill everyone.

    He allows everyone to almost get killed.

    There's a difference!

    Doesn't he also allow everyone to get killed too?

    But there was a time reset banked or something so he got to unkill everybody.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    RT800 wrote: »
    Goku doesn't almost kill everyone.

    He allows everyone to almost get killed.

    There's a difference!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJCxgt7Qb6k

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Remember that time Krillin had Vegeta dead to rights and then let him go because Goku begged him?

    Which is still so fucked. Goku he killed like... most of your fiends. Except Chaotzu.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Krillin is a Buddhist and you expected him to murder someone who hasn't actually done anything wrong yet? The Androids could have killed them all on the highway but they didn't, even when the Z Fighters attacked first. Even when Vegeta decided to be an idiot when losing against 18 as it was.

    They left Krillin alone because he didn't move against them. That alone put a big hole in Trunks story about how they're merciless killers.

    Vegeta had Cell dead to rights. All he had to do was finish him. Trunks could have done it too, but he held back for the sake of his dad's pride. They both had the means to address the actual problem without taking an innocent life. That ain't on Krillin.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Vegeta merely created the circumstances which led to Chiaotzu deciding he had to kill himself, totally different

    ... well technically Nappa killed all of Goku's friends, and then Vegeta killed Nappa, so really he's karmically positive at that point isn't he

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    GriffithNappa did nothing wrong.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Vegeta merely created the circumstances which led to Chiaotzu deciding he had to kill himself, totally different

    ... well technically Nappa killed all of Goku's friends, and then Vegeta killed Nappa, so really he's karmically positive at that point isn't he

    ASIDE FROM BUG PLANET and anything else he did offscreen during his life which is implied to be "lots, bad"

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    As someone who has never watched Dragonball and I'm not sure I'm ever going to, this sure is a fascinating conversation.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Nobody liked those bug planet guys anyways.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    You know what's an anime trope I wish would die?

    Villains explaining their powers to the protagonist.

    Like, if I was Aizen I wouldn't tell people that seeing my sword rendered them totally hypnotized. I'd just be like, "Lol figure it out, chumps. I can do some wiiiiierd shit."

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    RT800 wrote: »
    You know what's an anime trope I wish would die?

    Villains explaining their powers to the protagonist.

    Like, if I was Aizen I wouldn't tell people that seeing my sword rendered them totally hypnotized. I'd just be like, "Lol figure it out, chumps. I can do some wiiiiierd shit."

    But then every shounen fight would be half as long.

    Because the protagonists would still have to explain their powers.

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I liked how in Jujutsu Kaisen explaining your technique literally makes it stronger in-universe. And how some people would abuse that known fact to lie about their powers.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Protagonists don't need to explain their abilities.

    They have episode-long flashbacks in the middle of the fight for that.

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  • arthurinscalesarthurinscales Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    You can always go the JoJo route and have the protagonists explain the villain's power as they figure it out on the fly

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Lars wrote: »
    Before AniMenagerie started MHA, I had never seen it, but had become able to recognize a few characters from cultural osmosis. AniMenagerie is doing arcs this season, so we only watched Episodes 9-13 of Season 1, but I went back and watched 1-8 on my own.

    The characters I could recognize as MHA before watching it were All Might, Deku, and the pink bug girl.

    Now after having seen the entire first season, I know jack shit about the pink bug girl. She's just stood around and had a few lines. I'm not even sure we saw her ever use her power. I don't know why it bugs me that one of the most recognizable characters to me just did absolutely nothing.

    On another note (Episode 12 spoilers):
    The only time Deku has ever managed to use his power without hurting himself so far is when he tried to protect Tsu. Not the times he tried to protect Ochaco or All Might. Clearly he subconsciously realizes that Tsu is the best.
    I always thought the Nomu's shock absorption power was why that punch didn't hurt Deku

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    RT800 wrote: »
    You know what's an anime trope I wish would die?

    Villains explaining their powers to the protagonist.

    Like, if I was Aizen I wouldn't tell people that seeing my sword rendered them totally hypnotized. I'd just be like, "Lol figure it out, chumps. I can do some wiiiiierd shit."

    I mean, he didn't tell them that. He told them his ability was some bullshit to do with reflections. So when it came out that lol psyche my power is actually absolute hypnosis and everyone who witnesses my first release is under it (aka literally every ranking member of the Soul Society) nobody even considered the possibility that he'd lied about the ability. And when they did figure it out it was too late to the point everyone considers Ichigo the only person able to fight Aizen specifically because he's never witnessed the release, everyone else is compromised. Even Gin, the person closest to him, said he only learned about the trick to undo the hypnosis after serving Aizen loyally for years.

    If anything Aizen did exactly what you want villains to do and tricked everyone into thinking his power was one thing so they got blindsided by something completely different.

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Everyone dunks on Vegeta for being responsible for at least two villains getting stronger but Goku and the senzu still takes the cake for me

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  • SethTheHumanSethTheHuman Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Gundi wrote: »
    Remember that time Krillin had Vegeta dead to rights and then let him go because Goku begged him?

    Which is still so fucked. Goku he killed like... most of your fiends. Except Chaotzu.

    I mean, Vegeta then saved their lives in the Namek arc. So Goku sorta had a point.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    I liked how in Jujutsu Kaisen explaining your technique literally makes it stronger in-universe. And how some people would abuse that known fact to lie about their powers.

    I love how many layers of this the swap guy pulls. He looks like a big dumb bruiser but he's actually laying traps within traps of mind gaming his opponent.

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  • DHSDHS Chase lizards.. ...bark at donkeys..Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    RT800 wrote: »
    You know what's an anime trope I wish would die?

    Villains explaining their powers to the protagonist.

    Like, if I was Aizen I wouldn't tell people that seeing my sword rendered them totally hypnotized. I'd just be like, "Lol figure it out, chumps. I can do some wiiiiierd shit."

    I mean, he didn't tell them that. He told them his ability was some bullshit to do with reflections. So when it came out that lol psyche my power is actually absolute hypnosis and everyone who witnesses my first release is under it (aka literally every ranking member of the Soul Society) nobody even considered the possibility that he'd lied about the ability. And when they did figure it out it was too late to the point everyone considers Ichigo the only person able to fight Aizen specifically because he's never witnessed the release, everyone else is compromised. Even Gin, the person closest to him, said he only learned about the trick to undo the hypnosis after serving Aizen loyally for years.

    If anything Aizen did exactly what you want villains to do and tricked everyone into thinking his power was one thing so they got blindsided by something completely different.

    also, very explicitly he states that his Zanpakuto's power even works if you know you've been affected by it and what the rules are, and as Madican points out only one person figured out the only literally only weakness; so it kind of wouldn't matter if he told anyone which was the point of him revealing because he could tell you that, but also he was just literally more powerful than everyone except maybe the old man. i wouldn't say it was a full on "subversion" (A PERFECTLY VALID WORD DESCRIBING A THING THAT SHOULD NOT CARRY ANY NONSENSE CONNOTATIONS OR QUALITY JUDGMENTS), but it was likely a deliberate play on the trope as a way of demonstrating how boned everyone was.

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Remember that time Krillin had Vegeta dead to rights and then let him go because Goku begged him?

    Remember when he did so telepathically and then that was just never mentioned again?

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Reynolds wrote: »

    If I posted a screenshot of this, which happens on screen with much, much more detail than is necessary no matter how important to the book's plot it might be, I would be immediately banned. If I said exactly what happened outside of spoilers, I'd probably get jailed.

    Just realized this was a ENTIRELY DIFFERENT bad thing than the one I was think about lmao

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I feel like Goku's mercy is undercut a bit by the fact that the death of friends and family in DBZ is really more of a temporary leave of absence.

    Like sure he killed everyone and that's inconvenient, but it's not like we'll never see them again or anything.

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    He once just put some weird magic rabbit gangsters on the moon and left them there.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've been reading Komi Can't Communicate via volume releases.

    Today Volume 17 came out, in which...
    Komi sits down and has a long conversation with someone. Without her notebook.

    It was good.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    RT800 wrote: »
    I feel like Goku's mercy is undercut a bit by the fact that the death of friends and family in DBZ is really more of a temporary leave of absence.

    Like sure he killed everyone and that's inconvenient, but it's not like we'll never see them again or anything.

    They're more in another country. Long distance but you can still ring them up every new and then.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    So I decided to try and make a vaporwave edit out of Bubblegum Crisis(Scoop Chase), here's some WIP gifs I was messing with:
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    If anyone's interested in working on something like this, definitely let me know.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    So I decided to try and make a vaporwave edit out of Bubblegum Crisis(Scoop Chase), here's some WIP gifs I was messing with:
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    If anyone's interested in working on something like this, definitely let me know.

    That's my shit, love stuff like this. Not sure how I could help but I do simple video editing for fun

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    Krillin is a Buddhist and you expected him to murder someone who hasn't actually done anything wrong yet? The Androids could have killed them all on the highway but they didn't, even when the Z Fighters attacked first. Even when Vegeta decided to be an idiot when losing against 18 as it was.

    They left Krillin alone because he didn't move against them. That alone put a big hole in Trunks story about how they're merciless killers.

    Even as a child I kind of immediately realized that the Androids from the main timeline were clearly not the same people as the Androids from the Trunks timeline. So they probably should be judged according to what they'd done here.

    And far as I can remember 17 and 18 in this timeline mostly just killed Gero and broke Vegeta's face. The first is an entirely understandable reaction to someone who kidnapped you and turned you into robots without your consent, and the second one is the obvious reaction to meeting Vegeta in general.

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