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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I was having such a good time during the first 13 episodes of Sword Art Online. And then...
    And then they added a quivering, thirsty cousin-sister, and I'm like "NO! BAD JAPAN! WRITE WOMEN, NOT SEX DOLLS!"

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Cantido wrote: »
    I was having such a good time during the first 13 episodes of Sword Art Online. And then...
    And then they added a quivering, thirsty cousin-sister, and I'm like "NO! BAD JAPAN! WRITE WOMEN, NOT SEX DOLLS!"

    Im going to earnestly recommend you watch Sword Art Online Abridged instead of the original. It is by far the better story.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    And I'm going to counter that by saying it's not, just substitute early 2000s humor tropes for anime cliches. This character was nice in the original, but now she's Crazy and Violent! Such clever, much laughs!

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Incidentally, the thing I was waiting for to happen in Dress Up Darling that has happened but I slightly underestimated the episode count
    Marin figuring out she's into Gojo and becoming adorably awkward all of a sudden is a fun change of pace

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    And I'm going to counter that by saying it's not, just substitute early 2000s humor tropes for anime cliches. This character was nice in the original, but now she's Crazy and Violent! Such clever, much laughs!

    Yeah the whole thing is about how both Kirito and Asuna are fucked up in various ways but also don't know how to not be fucked up until they start interacting with other people, getting hurt, finding love, and generally growing as actual characters much to their general displeasure when they realize they've grown. See Kiritos entire frustrated rant about humanity while he's busy saving some random strangers who almost got themselves killed.

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Sword Art Online is pretty flawed prior to episode 13 but it's at least a cute (if perhaps amateurish and misogynistic) popcorn show up until then

    After episode 13 you should just turn it off and go watch Log Horizon or .Hack if you crave that MMO Isekai fix

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    And I'm going to counter that by saying it's not, just substitute early 2000s humor tropes for anime cliches. This character was nice in the original, but now she's Crazy and Violent! Such clever, much laughs!

    Yeah the whole thing is about how both Kirito and Asuna are fucked up in various ways but also don't know how to not be fucked up until they start interacting with other people, getting hurt, finding love, and generally growing as actual characters much to their general displeasure when they realize they've grown. See Kiritos entire frustrated rant about humanity while he's busy saving some random strangers who almost got themselves killed.

    The most recent episode had a part where the fairy character commits allegedly funny violence offscreen, it's just not that deep. It's extremely standard web humor of the time it started, without the clever jokes or attempts to say something more with the material I would credit to Yugioh Abridged or DBZ Abridged. The latter two insist you credit the official release, but that's not doable with SOA Abridged because the fanbase of the abridged show hates the official release and think that adding yandere jokes to a harem show is the height of cleverness and satire.

    I think a parody that HATES the original material sucks. It's the difference between something wonderful like Blazing Saddles vs Epic Movie.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    This is the only good way to experience Sword Art Online.

    https://legendsoflocalization.com/sword-art-online-hollow-fragment-gallery/

    It's a sixteen part series.

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  • GridlinkGridlink Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I rarely watch dubs but just for the hell of it I thought I'd check out of the one for My Dress up Darling and it's really good!

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    And I'm going to counter that by saying it's not, just substitute early 2000s humor tropes for anime cliches. This character was nice in the original, but now she's Crazy and Violent! Such clever, much laughs!

    Yeah the whole thing is about how both Kirito and Asuna are fucked up in various ways but also don't know how to not be fucked up until they start interacting with other people, getting hurt, finding love, and generally growing as actual characters much to their general displeasure when they realize they've grown. See Kiritos entire frustrated rant about humanity while he's busy saving some random strangers who almost got themselves killed.

    The most recent episode had a part where the fairy character commits allegedly funny violence offscreen, it's just not that deep. It's extremely standard web humor of the time it started, without the clever jokes or attempts to say something more with the material I would credit to Yugioh Abridged or DBZ Abridged. The latter two insist you credit the official release, but that's not doable with SOA Abridged because the fanbase of the abridged show hates the official release and think that adding yandere jokes to a harem show is the height of cleverness and satire.

    I think a parody that HATES the original material sucks. It's the difference between something wonderful like Blazing Saddles vs Epic Movie.

    The latest episode reveals that the leaders of two opposing nations, as portrayed via its roleplaying members to include a very substantial amount of backstory they created due to the fact they're technically still playing a children's game, actually know each other in real life. Not only that, but they're exes who tried to hack each other's accounts leading to what was essentially an in-game body switch that they both chose to ham up in the most gratuitously cheesy fashion for the sole purpose of embarrassing the other with their antics.

    Everyone else roleplaying with them, on either side, is a friend or family of one or the other or both. The traitorous viceroy character that leaks information which leads to one side ambushing the other in a surprise attack turns out to have done the whole thing purely because he's their mutual longtime friend and he is sick and tired of both leaders using what used to be fun roleplay as a proxy war for their breakup feuding and wanted them to meet face to face so they could finally talk things out and bury the hatchet.

    But yeah sure it's not that deep clearly just cheap random fart jokes.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    And I'm going to counter that by saying it's not, just substitute early 2000s humor tropes for anime cliches. This character was nice in the original, but now she's Crazy and Violent! Such clever, much laughs!

    Yeah the whole thing is about how both Kirito and Asuna are fucked up in various ways but also don't know how to not be fucked up until they start interacting with other people, getting hurt, finding love, and generally growing as actual characters much to their general displeasure when they realize they've grown. See Kiritos entire frustrated rant about humanity while he's busy saving some random strangers who almost got themselves killed.

    The most recent episode had a part where the fairy character commits allegedly funny violence offscreen, it's just not that deep. It's extremely standard web humor of the time it started, without the clever jokes or attempts to say something more with the material I would credit to Yugioh Abridged or DBZ Abridged. The latter two insist you credit the official release, but that's not doable with SOA Abridged because the fanbase of the abridged show hates the official release and think that adding yandere jokes to a harem show is the height of cleverness and satire.

    I think a parody that HATES the original material sucks. It's the difference between something wonderful like Blazing Saddles vs Epic Movie.

    The latest episode reveals that the leaders of two opposing nations, as portrayed via its roleplaying members to include a very substantial amount of backstory they created due to the fact they're technically still playing a children's game, actually know each other in real life. Not only that, but they're exes who tried to hack each other's accounts leading to what was essentially an in-game body switch that they both chose to ham up in the most gratuitously cheesy fashion for the sole purpose of embarrassing the other with their antics.

    Everyone else roleplaying with them, on either side, is a friend or family of one or the other or both. The traitorous viceroy character that leaks information which leads to one side ambushing the other in a surprise attack turns out to have done the whole thing purely because he's their mutual longtime friend and he is sick and tired of both leaders using what used to be fun roleplay as a proxy war for their breakup feuding and wanted them to meet face to face so they could finally talk things out and bury the hatchet.

    But yeah sure it's not that deep clearly just cheap random fart jokes.

    I watched the series based on testimonials such as the one you offered, and I was deeply disappointed. I think in order to be a "parody" or "satire" of something, you really need some kind of point. I disagree that writing strange new original plotlines is the same as doing that.

    "Yeah the whole thing is about how both Kirito and Asuna are fucked up in various ways but also don't know how to not be fucked up until they start interacting with other people, getting hurt, finding love, and generally growing as actual characters much to their general displeasure when they realize they've grown." This isn't some clever theme that the abridged series came up with, it's the literal text of the original material. In case this wasn't clear enough, the most recent material in the real series (the Progressive film) figuratively writes this sentence onscreen, highlights it, and then repeats it for 90 minutes. I don't mind criticism of the original work, it deserves a bucket load. I mind the idea that doing Adult Swim style jokes over animation you didn't have anything to do with "is a much better story."

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 14
    I'm just gonna suggest not watching any form of Sword Art Online because it has like 3 good episodes total and the rest is horrible garbage or gross gross garbage.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Anzekay wrote: »
    I'm just gonna suggest not watching any form of Sword Art Online because it has like 3 good episodes total and the rest is horrible garbage or gross gross garbage.

    I enjoyed the first season but there's heaps of just uncomfortable tropes that have perpetually come again in all the Isekai inspired by it

    Season 2 is so offensive to me I wish I could unwatch it

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    SAO Abridged is fantastic and I'm going to say downplaying that just sounds like saltiness.

    It also gets massive points for giving Kayaba a solid reason for doing what he did instead of just an, 'Oh I forgot' line. Hell they even make fun of that line because it's so bad.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 14
    SAO Abridged is fantastic and I'm going to say downplaying that just sounds like saltiness.

    It also gets massive points for giving Kayaba a solid reason for doing what he did instead of just an, 'Oh I forgot' line. Hell they even make fun of that line because it's so bad.

    I mean, 'fantastic' is pretty subjective so I don't think it's "downplaying" it but rather just... not liking it?

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Got bored of s2 when
    Kirito got to keep his old stats and be a god.

    Never watched another episode.

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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Anzekay wrote: »
    I'm just gonna suggest not watching any form of Sword Art Online because it has like 3 good episodes total and the rest is horrible garbage or gross gross garbage.

    Good sound track though. Look up bits of that on Youtube and listen to them with zero context.

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  • J-bobJ-bob J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Instead of watching SAO you should watch the good isekai: My Life as a Villainess.

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  • CycloneCyclone Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Speaking of troublesome dubbing, I recently came into possession of a copy of Ghost Stories and hoo boy has it not aged well. On multiple levels. Even the cultural references are long expired.

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  • WearingGlassesWearingGlasses Of the friendly neighborhood variety Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    In the latest Ousama Ranking: the Gickma kingdom and it's ally, the Posite-Oh kingdom.

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Anzekay wrote: »
    SAO Abridged is fantastic and I'm going to say downplaying that just sounds like saltiness.

    It also gets massive points for giving Kayaba a solid reason for doing what he did instead of just an, 'Oh I forgot' line. Hell they even make fun of that line because it's so bad.

    I mean, 'fantastic' is pretty subjective so I don't think it's "downplaying" it but rather just... not liking it?

    Having someone explain in detail two very specific things that make good character arcs and such and basically responding with ' nu uh lol' isn't just disliking it. It's downplaying what the series did.

    It'd be like quoting those long Tomoko posts and going, 'lol no she's just dumb' and leaving it at that.

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  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kreutz wrote: »
    Speaking of troublesome dubbing, I recently came into possession of a copy of Ghost Stories and hoo boy has it not aged well. On multiple levels. Even the cultural references are long expired.

    it's a useful reminder for whenever anyone says that the 90s were unambiguously good and/or cool: no, they also sucked, and they sucked in exactly that way.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Ghost Stories, and really a lot of early Abridged type stuff, is incredibly dated nowadays in ways that aren't reconcilable. It's good when the creators put out statements that those past works don't reflect their current stances and apologize. It also makes me appreciate the few that never relied on that type of humor to begin with.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kreutz wrote: »
    Speaking of troublesome dubbing, I recently came into possession of a copy of Ghost Stories and hoo boy has it not aged well. On multiple levels. Even the cultural references are long expired.
    Learning about the person responsible for the dub talking about it was a very "oh, yeah, of course he would be like that" moment

    https://www.slashfilm.com/703353/why-everyone-thinks-the-cult-classic-anime-ghost-stories-bombed-in-japan-when-it-didnt/
    "My liberal take on anime made me famous to millions of people, while making me infamous to a few others, mainly trolls. Now I'm not 100% sure which side is responsible for it, but I...am in the Urban Dictionary! You see, the critics reviewing my shows came up with a word for my "technique" and someone got that word into the Urban Dic. Now 'Fosterize' has a kind of snarky definition and while I believe it should read 'f***ing something up because it wasn't perfectly fine at all, in fact it kinda sucked,' I'm still oddly proud of this weird little accomplishment. And, yes, I did buy a mug with the definition on it."
    "I'm probably best known for the cult hit 'Ghost Stories,' a once ho-hum kids' show I transformed into 'the South Park of anime' and 'a comedy for the ages' and, according to 4,343,783 people on YouTube, 'the best dub ever produced'."

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm not gonna defend it at all, there are way too many slurs and denigration in that thing.

    But I love the joke "Whatever. Fill the hole, hole filler!"

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

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The ghost stories dub is the kind of thing I used to do with my friends as teens, we'd just MST3K movies but instead of trying to be clever just be as offensive as possible

    Obviously I'm glad this was before cell phones or else there'd be footage of teenage me saying some of the worst shit ever just to get a chuckle out of Jimmy

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The bit in today's My Dress-Up Darling where...
    ...Marin freaks out and shouts gibberish and the subtitles just look like someone slammed their face on the keyboard...

    ...got an unexpected chuckle from me.

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    One more chapter until Fire Force is done forever, and the writer retires
    People still denying it being a Soul Eater prequel even though Death and Excalibur are just hanging out is incredible

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
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    One more chapter until Fire Force is done forever, and the writer retires
    People still denying it being a Soul Eater prequel even though Death and Excalibur are just hanging out is incredible
    42-42-564

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  • J-bobJ-bob J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Last night's Animenagerie S was quite... disarming.

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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
    Today’s Mashle:
    Punch Squared is amazing. That final couple of pages where Mash announces 65,536 and dude’s brain lags as he tries to figure out what that means and the splash page of just a sea of punches. It’s all so good.

    Read that new series Earthchild:
    They sure did speedrun an entire romance manga in one chapter huh. Curious about chapter 2.

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