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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    cB557 wrote: »
    I'm watching that Super Cub anime, and I wish I didn't know that it's essentially an ad. Every time they refer to her bike a a proper-noun Cub, because it's critical that there's proper brand recognition for the Honda SuperCub®, I need to pause the episode and giggle to myself a bit. So I'm pausing the episode a lot, it's honestly a problem.
    There's been a few moments so far that lay on the advertisement so thick that it's made me completely lose my shit.

    I will say, as A Motorcycle Guy (tm) and one who's owned a 1964 Cub C100 in the past at that, the Honda Cub is definitely a certain degree of singular in what it is (especially outside of like, South-east Asia where semi-automatic underbone-framed motorbikes are the default vehicle), and so I found that a bit less immersion breaking even if I could tell there was blatant advertising at work there

    Super Cub nerds are just actually almost like that in the real world

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Chuck er in the ute m8
    https://youtu.be/9i2eZaJsC7g

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    darunia106 wrote: »
    One Piece 1045
    He's literally got Jim Carrey The Mask powers now.
    I feel very clever for guessing this was the direction it was going to go lol

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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    One Piece is having some difficult tone balance issues right now imo.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Today's Spy x Family feels kind of topical

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    1045 was like, peak One Piece imo
    I love it when Luffy just goes full cartoon nonsense, so literally making that his actual power up is hilarious

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Attack on Titan: Final Season: Part 3 coming 2023

    As someone who hasn’t read the manga, I find it quite funny how I’ve been faked out about the finality of the word Final twice now

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    It's as final as those fantasies they keep making

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Attack on Titan: Final Season: Part 3 coming 2023

    As someone who hasn’t read the manga, I find it quite funny how I’ve been faked out about the finality of the word Final twice now

    Just about everyone and their mother has been saying the show had no chance of finishing the story this season(fortunately).

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm gonna be honest I've been waiting for it to finish to watch the second half of part 4 but this news just exhausts me. I love AoT but it was time for it to end. Guess I'll just watch it and hate everything!!

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mill wrote: »
    One Piece 1045
    Yeah, it really is the funny pages fruit that Luffy has. Hopefully, if and when they animate this, they'll do a good job with the arc because this is one of the fights that has a ton of potential to be really interested and fun to watch animated, but could easily end up just being a shit show. I have to wonder, if after this arc we're going to get more insight on what One Piece might actually be or if that will be the build up too a showdown with one of the remaining antagonists.

    We have Blackbeard and his crew
    We have the Marines (who might get thrown in with the world government nobles)
    We have the World Government and it's nobles

    Those are the three known groups I can think of and two of them might end up getting combined into one arc. I guess we could add Shanks as a potential arc fight, but I'm leaning more and more into that being unlikely. I know it's hinted that Luffy and Shanks are competing because they are pirates, but it's a very different relationship from the usually rivalry because Shanks probably sees himself as more of Luffy's mentor and he is merely spurring Luffy's growth with friendly competition. Maybe they have a showdown as a very small arc, but again I'm not sure that's where Oda wants to take things because it's not really going to add much, other than giving the audience hints on Shank's ability before he uses it's in either in the fight against Blackbeard or against the World Government.

    I'll admit I also might be missing some groups. Honestly, kind of feel like the pirate warlords under the Marines' thumb would be in the arc where they have the final confrontation with the big shots of the Marines.

    Finally, rally interested in how Oda plans to reveal the true form of One Piece because there are a few ways to do that. For instance, the Straw Hats could acquire and that is what results in the series final fight going down. Blackbeard could acquire it and this leads to the final show down. It gets revealed at the end of the final arcs main battle. I could see the very last option be plausible because we're not entirely clear on whether One Piece is powerful relic, some world shattering knowledge or it could even just be the experience of the journey itself. Like I could see Gol D Roger being that type that put more value in the experience of his journey and he'd know damn well that proclaiming he left all his treasure in one piece, would spur a huge age of piracy, much to the chagrin of the authorities. I mean this is his final words "My treasure? If you want it, I'll grant it! Search on! All the world had to offer, I left in that place!" That leaves room for lots of interpretation and that can still include the journey because people have to essentially retrace his last voyage to make it to Laugh Island.
    Shanks doesn't have a devil fruit, since he can swim.

    He's the only emperor without one. He's just that much of a monster.

    I think if we see a fight with Shanks and his crew it'll be a "let's see how much you've grown". Also, iirc Usopp's father is in Shanks' crew, so there's that.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Mill wrote: »
    One Piece 1045
    Yeah, it really is the funny pages fruit that Luffy has. Hopefully, if and when they animate this, they'll do a good job with the arc because this is one of the fights that has a ton of potential to be really interested and fun to watch animated, but could easily end up just being a shit show. I have to wonder, if after this arc we're going to get more insight on what One Piece might actually be or if that will be the build up too a showdown with one of the remaining antagonists.

    We have Blackbeard and his crew
    We have the Marines (who might get thrown in with the world government nobles)
    We have the World Government and it's nobles

    Those are the three known groups I can think of and two of them might end up getting combined into one arc. I guess we could add Shanks as a potential arc fight, but I'm leaning more and more into that being unlikely. I know it's hinted that Luffy and Shanks are competing because they are pirates, but it's a very different relationship from the usually rivalry because Shanks probably sees himself as more of Luffy's mentor and he is merely spurring Luffy's growth with friendly competition. Maybe they have a showdown as a very small arc, but again I'm not sure that's where Oda wants to take things because it's not really going to add much, other than giving the audience hints on Shank's ability before he uses it's in either in the fight against Blackbeard or against the World Government.

    I'll admit I also might be missing some groups. Honestly, kind of feel like the pirate warlords under the Marines' thumb would be in the arc where they have the final confrontation with the big shots of the Marines.

    Finally, rally interested in how Oda plans to reveal the true form of One Piece because there are a few ways to do that. For instance, the Straw Hats could acquire and that is what results in the series final fight going down. Blackbeard could acquire it and this leads to the final show down. It gets revealed at the end of the final arcs main battle. I could see the very last option be plausible because we're not entirely clear on whether One Piece is powerful relic, some world shattering knowledge or it could even just be the experience of the journey itself. Like I could see Gol D Roger being that type that put more value in the experience of his journey and he'd know damn well that proclaiming he left all his treasure in one piece, would spur a huge age of piracy, much to the chagrin of the authorities. I mean this is his final words "My treasure? If you want it, I'll grant it! Search on! All the world had to offer, I left in that place!" That leaves room for lots of interpretation and that can still include the journey because people have to essentially retrace his last voyage to make it to Laugh Island.
    Shanks doesn't have a devil fruit, since he can swim.

    He's the only emperor without one. He's just that much of a monster.

    I think if we see a fight with Shanks and his crew it'll be a "let's see how much you've grown". Also, iirc Usopp's father is in Shanks' crew, so there's that.
    yeah yasopp is part of shanks' crew, and that's the primary reason usopp wanted to become a great sniper

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Mill wrote: »
    One Piece 1045
    Yeah, it really is the funny pages fruit that Luffy has. Hopefully, if and when they animate this, they'll do a good job with the arc because this is one of the fights that has a ton of potential to be really interested and fun to watch animated, but could easily end up just being a shit show. I have to wonder, if after this arc we're going to get more insight on what One Piece might actually be or if that will be the build up too a showdown with one of the remaining antagonists.

    We have Blackbeard and his crew
    We have the Marines (who might get thrown in with the world government nobles)
    We have the World Government and it's nobles

    Those are the three known groups I can think of and two of them might end up getting combined into one arc. I guess we could add Shanks as a potential arc fight, but I'm leaning more and more into that being unlikely. I know it's hinted that Luffy and Shanks are competing because they are pirates, but it's a very different relationship from the usually rivalry because Shanks probably sees himself as more of Luffy's mentor and he is merely spurring Luffy's growth with friendly competition. Maybe they have a showdown as a very small arc, but again I'm not sure that's where Oda wants to take things because it's not really going to add much, other than giving the audience hints on Shank's ability before he uses it's in either in the fight against Blackbeard or against the World Government.

    I'll admit I also might be missing some groups. Honestly, kind of feel like the pirate warlords under the Marines' thumb would be in the arc where they have the final confrontation with the big shots of the Marines.

    Finally, rally interested in how Oda plans to reveal the true form of One Piece because there are a few ways to do that. For instance, the Straw Hats could acquire and that is what results in the series final fight going down. Blackbeard could acquire it and this leads to the final show down. It gets revealed at the end of the final arcs main battle. I could see the very last option be plausible because we're not entirely clear on whether One Piece is powerful relic, some world shattering knowledge or it could even just be the experience of the journey itself. Like I could see Gol D Roger being that type that put more value in the experience of his journey and he'd know damn well that proclaiming he left all his treasure in one piece, would spur a huge age of piracy, much to the chagrin of the authorities. I mean this is his final words "My treasure? If you want it, I'll grant it! Search on! All the world had to offer, I left in that place!" That leaves room for lots of interpretation and that can still include the journey because people have to essentially retrace his last voyage to make it to Laugh Island.
    Shanks doesn't have a devil fruit, since he can swim.

    He's the only emperor without one. He's just that much of a monster.

    I think if we see a fight with Shanks and his crew it'll be a "let's see how much you've grown". Also, iirc Usopp's father is in Shanks' crew, so there's that.
    yeah yasopp is part of shanks' crew, and that's the primary reason usopp wanted to become a great sniper

    Also
    Yasopp is intimidating enough he was able to stop Kizaru, a Light Logia Navy Admiral, in his tracks during Marineford.

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  • J-bobJ-bob J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Mill wrote: »
    One Piece 1045
    Yeah, it really is the funny pages fruit that Luffy has. Hopefully, if and when they animate this, they'll do a good job with the arc because this is one of the fights that has a ton of potential to be really interested and fun to watch animated, but could easily end up just being a shit show. I have to wonder, if after this arc we're going to get more insight on what One Piece might actually be or if that will be the build up too a showdown with one of the remaining antagonists.

    We have Blackbeard and his crew
    We have the Marines (who might get thrown in with the world government nobles)
    We have the World Government and it's nobles

    Those are the three known groups I can think of and two of them might end up getting combined into one arc. I guess we could add Shanks as a potential arc fight, but I'm leaning more and more into that being unlikely. I know it's hinted that Luffy and Shanks are competing because they are pirates, but it's a very different relationship from the usually rivalry because Shanks probably sees himself as more of Luffy's mentor and he is merely spurring Luffy's growth with friendly competition. Maybe they have a showdown as a very small arc, but again I'm not sure that's where Oda wants to take things because it's not really going to add much, other than giving the audience hints on Shank's ability before he uses it's in either in the fight against Blackbeard or against the World Government.

    I'll admit I also might be missing some groups. Honestly, kind of feel like the pirate warlords under the Marines' thumb would be in the arc where they have the final confrontation with the big shots of the Marines.

    Finally, rally interested in how Oda plans to reveal the true form of One Piece because there are a few ways to do that. For instance, the Straw Hats could acquire and that is what results in the series final fight going down. Blackbeard could acquire it and this leads to the final show down. It gets revealed at the end of the final arcs main battle. I could see the very last option be plausible because we're not entirely clear on whether One Piece is powerful relic, some world shattering knowledge or it could even just be the experience of the journey itself. Like I could see Gol D Roger being that type that put more value in the experience of his journey and he'd know damn well that proclaiming he left all his treasure in one piece, would spur a huge age of piracy, much to the chagrin of the authorities. I mean this is his final words "My treasure? If you want it, I'll grant it! Search on! All the world had to offer, I left in that place!" That leaves room for lots of interpretation and that can still include the journey because people have to essentially retrace his last voyage to make it to Laugh Island.
    Shanks doesn't have a devil fruit, since he can swim.

    He's the only emperor without one. He's just that much of a monster.

    I think if we see a fight with Shanks and his crew it'll be a "let's see how much you've grown". Also, iirc Usopp's father is in Shanks' crew, so there's that.
    yeah yasopp is part of shanks' crew, and that's the primary reason usopp wanted to become a great sniper

    Also
    Yasopp is intimidating enough he was able to stop Kizaru, a Light Logia Navy Admiral, in his tracks during Marineford.

    One piece Marineford arc
    That was Ben Beckman.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    darunia106 wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Mill wrote: »
    One Piece 1045
    Yeah, it really is the funny pages fruit that Luffy has. Hopefully, if and when they animate this, they'll do a good job with the arc because this is one of the fights that has a ton of potential to be really interested and fun to watch animated, but could easily end up just being a shit show. I have to wonder, if after this arc we're going to get more insight on what One Piece might actually be or if that will be the build up too a showdown with one of the remaining antagonists.

    We have Blackbeard and his crew
    We have the Marines (who might get thrown in with the world government nobles)
    We have the World Government and it's nobles

    Those are the three known groups I can think of and two of them might end up getting combined into one arc. I guess we could add Shanks as a potential arc fight, but I'm leaning more and more into that being unlikely. I know it's hinted that Luffy and Shanks are competing because they are pirates, but it's a very different relationship from the usually rivalry because Shanks probably sees himself as more of Luffy's mentor and he is merely spurring Luffy's growth with friendly competition. Maybe they have a showdown as a very small arc, but again I'm not sure that's where Oda wants to take things because it's not really going to add much, other than giving the audience hints on Shank's ability before he uses it's in either in the fight against Blackbeard or against the World Government.

    I'll admit I also might be missing some groups. Honestly, kind of feel like the pirate warlords under the Marines' thumb would be in the arc where they have the final confrontation with the big shots of the Marines.

    Finally, rally interested in how Oda plans to reveal the true form of One Piece because there are a few ways to do that. For instance, the Straw Hats could acquire and that is what results in the series final fight going down. Blackbeard could acquire it and this leads to the final show down. It gets revealed at the end of the final arcs main battle. I could see the very last option be plausible because we're not entirely clear on whether One Piece is powerful relic, some world shattering knowledge or it could even just be the experience of the journey itself. Like I could see Gol D Roger being that type that put more value in the experience of his journey and he'd know damn well that proclaiming he left all his treasure in one piece, would spur a huge age of piracy, much to the chagrin of the authorities. I mean this is his final words "My treasure? If you want it, I'll grant it! Search on! All the world had to offer, I left in that place!" That leaves room for lots of interpretation and that can still include the journey because people have to essentially retrace his last voyage to make it to Laugh Island.
    Shanks doesn't have a devil fruit, since he can swim.

    He's the only emperor without one. He's just that much of a monster.

    I think if we see a fight with Shanks and his crew it'll be a "let's see how much you've grown". Also, iirc Usopp's father is in Shanks' crew, so there's that.
    yeah yasopp is part of shanks' crew, and that's the primary reason usopp wanted to become a great sniper

    Also
    Yasopp is intimidating enough he was able to stop Kizaru, a Light Logia Navy Admiral, in his tracks during Marineford.

    One piece Marineford arc
    That was Ben Beckman.

    Dang, I need to reread that arc

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    One Piece 1045
    I am loving this return to form of classic Luffy. Pretty much all of early One Piece was where Luffy's "fighting style" could best be summed up as "Random bullshit go!" I mean his literal first appearance involves running away from a crowd of pirates on a ship, grabbing the mast with his hand, and continuing to run as his arm stretches out while the chasing pirates stop and gawp as Luffy does a bit of running in place like a Looney Toons character before he grins and slingshots back into the crowd bowling ball style.

    So his awakening involving even more Looney Toons nonsense is just him going back to his roots.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've started reading the My Dress Up Darling manga, and it's kinda interesting in a culturally specific way.

    Like it's definitely horny, sometimes in ways that serve the main theme and frequently just because tiddies sell copies, but the way it is horny is interesting.

    Marin is overtly sexual - she's very gyaru, she's a cosplay otaku, she's hot and she's not shy about showing it off, she'll just casually talk about her own assets or the difficulties of squeezing her boobs into a costume. Which in different contexts could make her a very male wish fulfillment character. But like while manga has plenty of female characters who aren't shy about showing off their boobs, those characters are almost never romantic interests. They're the third girl in the harem, the one who's definitely never gonna win but gets naked every now and then. Or the ditz who acts like a dirty old man to "innocently" objectify other female characters.

    Romantic stories are often the most socially conservative genre of fiction, or at least traditionalist. And in Japan (but definitely not uniquely to Japan) the romantic expectation of the female partner is being beautiful and sexy, but not sexual. More crudely, she needs to be fuckable but not someone who wants to fuck. Her sexuality is something to be won and owned exclusively by her male partner, not something she will express on her own, other than willingness to accept the man's desire for her.

    So there's a subtle but really important distinction in the way Marin is portrayed vs a lot of similarly horny romance manga. Every time (so far, I'm only a bit in) that Marin has been portrayed sexily, it's not the viewer sneaking a peek at an unaware or embarrassed sexual innocent, it's Marin posing and displaying herself, fully aware that she is being seen and having fun with it, within the limits that she defines.

    Not that the series is perfect about it, and some of that empowerment is definitely up to interpretation, but it's a bigger, more important difference than you'd think at first, and it's surprisingly unusual. It's a big part of why even though the manga is definitely Hella Horny it simultaneously feels surprisingly wholesome.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    That is a good analysis, I agree that's a big part of why it feels different to me from the usual comic that tries to sell via occasional pinup-style pages of hot people.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited April 14
  • DeansDeans Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Chrono Cross got me to rent a violin for a bit

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=923fVDDwaHo&ab_channel=DestinStrider

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  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
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    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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  • ElaroElaro Who am I? What do I want?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
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    Children's rights are human rights.
  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I also finished watching Hakozume/Police in a Pod recently. It's good, but I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to. It's 50% a comedy about how much being a policewoman sucks, and 50% a realistic drama about how much being a policewoman sucks. You'll get 15 minutes of the main characters not being taken seriously, getting talked down to by male coworkers, etc. And then 15 minutes about PTSD from taking graphic testimony from assault victims or seeing dead bodies.

    Gonna put this specific one in a spoiler just in case, because it's pretty rough.
    One episode starts out with them being annoyed at traffic duty and the macho motorcycle cop they have to deal with. Then they show up to the scene of an accident, and go into routine 'straighten out this boring fender bender and clear the road' action. Only to realize a baby was flung from one of the vehicles and is lying dead in the middle of the street. Leading to the MC being fucked up for weeks. But then the macho motorcycle cop gives a speech about how they need to be the ones to deal with this shit so normal people don't have to, and preventing horrible accidents like that is why they do boring traffic duty and pester people about seatbelts and car seats and everything else they'd been insulted about in the first half of the episode.

    Also, out of nowhere the last three episodes are them solving one big case. Which is really cool! Except you again swap between goofs about how the person nominated to be sketch artist can't draw to stopping a guy with a knife from kidnapping children. It's fucked up! And finding out the creator was a policewoman for 10 years makes perfect sense.

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    We have arrived at the Sea Train in One Piece

    Partner: "?????????"

    This is where I am in the manga and it's my third time at the frog doing the front stroke and it gets me every time

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  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I also finished watching Hakozume/Police in a Pod recently. It's good, but I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to. It's 50% a comedy about how much being a policewoman sucks, and 50% a realistic drama about how much being a policewoman sucks. You'll get 15 minutes of the main characters not being taken seriously, getting talked down to by male coworkers, etc. And then 15 minutes about PTSD from taking graphic testimony from assault victims or seeing dead bodies.

    Gonna put this specific one in a spoiler just in case, because it's pretty rough.
    One episode starts out with them being annoyed at traffic duty and the macho motorcycle cop they have to deal with. Then they show up to the scene of an accident, and go into routine 'straighten out this boring fender bender and clear the road' action. Only to realize a baby was flung from one of the vehicles and is lying dead in the middle of the street. Leading to the MC being fucked up for weeks. But then the macho motorcycle cop gives a speech about how they need to be the ones to deal with this shit so normal people don't have to, and preventing horrible accidents like that is why they do boring traffic duty and pester people about seatbelts and car seats and everything else they'd been insulted about in the first half of the episode.

    Also, out of nowhere the last three episodes are them solving one big case. Which is really cool! Except you again swap between goofs about how the person nominated to be sketch artist can't draw to stopping a guy with a knife from kidnapping children. It's fucked up! And finding out the creator was a policewoman for 10 years makes perfect sense.

    If anyone would like to see a series about Japanese policewomen with a much lighter tone, there was a manga and anime in the late 80's/early 90's called You're Under Arrest. I haven't seen it myself, but it always seemed to have good word of mouth. Wikipedia says it even got a live action adaptation at some point.

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    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Burn Up is as realistic a police show as I want.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I also finished watching Hakozume/Police in a Pod recently. It's good, but I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to. It's 50% a comedy about how much being a policewoman sucks, and 50% a realistic drama about how much being a policewoman sucks. You'll get 15 minutes of the main characters not being taken seriously, getting talked down to by male coworkers, etc. And then 15 minutes about PTSD from taking graphic testimony from assault victims or seeing dead bodies.

    Gonna put this specific one in a spoiler just in case, because it's pretty rough.
    One episode starts out with them being annoyed at traffic duty and the macho motorcycle cop they have to deal with. Then they show up to the scene of an accident, and go into routine 'straighten out this boring fender bender and clear the road' action. Only to realize a baby was flung from one of the vehicles and is lying dead in the middle of the street. Leading to the MC being fucked up for weeks. But then the macho motorcycle cop gives a speech about how they need to be the ones to deal with this shit so normal people don't have to, and preventing horrible accidents like that is why they do boring traffic duty and pester people about seatbelts and car seats and everything else they'd been insulted about in the first half of the episode.

    Also, out of nowhere the last three episodes are them solving one big case. Which is really cool! Except you again swap between goofs about how the person nominated to be sketch artist can't draw to stopping a guy with a knife from kidnapping children. It's fucked up! And finding out the creator was a policewoman for 10 years makes perfect sense.

    If anyone would like to see a series about Japanese policewomen with much a lighter tone, there was a manga and anime in the late 80's/early 90's called You're Under Arrest. I haven't seen it myself, but it always seemed to have good word of mouth. Wikipedia says it even got a live action adaptation at some point.

    It's by Kousuke Fujishima, responsible for Oh My Goddess and (early) Tales of art. It's great.
    H3Knuckles wrote: »

    Well, they could do worse than a role model.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UCkArnPZg

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I also finished watching Hakozume/Police in a Pod recently. It's good, but I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to. It's 50% a comedy about how much being a policewoman sucks, and 50% a realistic drama about how much being a policewoman sucks. You'll get 15 minutes of the main characters not being taken seriously, getting talked down to by male coworkers, etc. And then 15 minutes about PTSD from taking graphic testimony from assault victims or seeing dead bodies.

    Gonna put this specific one in a spoiler just in case, because it's pretty rough.
    One episode starts out with them being annoyed at traffic duty and the macho motorcycle cop they have to deal with. Then they show up to the scene of an accident, and go into routine 'straighten out this boring fender bender and clear the road' action. Only to realize a baby was flung from one of the vehicles and is lying dead in the middle of the street. Leading to the MC being fucked up for weeks. But then the macho motorcycle cop gives a speech about how they need to be the ones to deal with this shit so normal people don't have to, and preventing horrible accidents like that is why they do boring traffic duty and pester people about seatbelts and car seats and everything else they'd been insulted about in the first half of the episode.

    Also, out of nowhere the last three episodes are them solving one big case. Which is really cool! Except you again swap between goofs about how the person nominated to be sketch artist can't draw to stopping a guy with a knife from kidnapping children. It's fucked up! And finding out the creator was a policewoman for 10 years makes perfect sense.

    If anyone would like to see a series about Japanese policewomen with a much lighter tone, there was a manga and anime in the late 80's/early 90's called You're Under Arrest. I haven't seen it myself, but it always seemed to have good word of mouth. Wikipedia says it even got a live action adaptation at some point.

    I posted a clip of the live action YAA when I first started watching Hakozume. I watched the first episode of YAA live and it was lots of fun. Would definitely be up for checking out more of it. I've got the live action Hakozume bookmarked to check out at some point as well, I have to wonder if it would work as well.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    This guy is the artist Toonami featured on the anniversary promo

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  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I also finished watching Hakozume/Police in a Pod recently. It's good, but I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to. It's 50% a comedy about how much being a policewoman sucks, and 50% a realistic drama about how much being a policewoman sucks. You'll get 15 minutes of the main characters not being taken seriously, getting talked down to by male coworkers, etc. And then 15 minutes about PTSD from taking graphic testimony from assault victims or seeing dead bodies.

    Gonna put this specific one in a spoiler just in case, because it's pretty rough.
    One episode starts out with them being annoyed at traffic duty and the macho motorcycle cop they have to deal with. Then they show up to the scene of an accident, and go into routine 'straighten out this boring fender bender and clear the road' action. Only to realize a baby was flung from one of the vehicles and is lying dead in the middle of the street. Leading to the MC being fucked up for weeks. But then the macho motorcycle cop gives a speech about how they need to be the ones to deal with this shit so normal people don't have to, and preventing horrible accidents like that is why they do boring traffic duty and pester people about seatbelts and car seats and everything else they'd been insulted about in the first half of the episode.

    Also, out of nowhere the last three episodes are them solving one big case. Which is really cool! Except you again swap between goofs about how the person nominated to be sketch artist can't draw to stopping a guy with a knife from kidnapping children. It's fucked up! And finding out the creator was a policewoman for 10 years makes perfect sense.

    If anyone would like to see a series about Japanese policewomen with much a lighter tone, there was a manga and anime in the late 80's/early 90's called You're Under Arrest. I haven't seen it myself, but it always seemed to have good word of mouth. Wikipedia says it even got a live action adaptation at some point.

    It's by Kousuke Fujishima, responsible for Oh My Goddess and (early) Tales of art. It's great.
    H3Knuckles wrote: »

    Well, they could do worse than a role model.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UCkArnPZg

    The dark-haired character in the red suit, Seiya, is
    part of the group of sailor scouts introduced in the final series that are from another star system and are either guys who turn into girls when they transform or girls posing as a boy band (for some reason), depending on whether it's the anime or the manga, correct?

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    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Oghulk wrote: »
    We have arrived at the Sea Train in One Piece

    Partner: "?????????"

    This is where I am in the manga and it's my third time at the frog doing the front stroke and it gets me every time

    That frog fighting that train is just a god damn perfect symbolism for the story and no I will not be elaborating at this time

    It only gets better the father you go into the arc trust me

    This story is fun and good always

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Except for the shit with Sanji at the time skip I do not like most of it has souch potential lost to well the time it was written and it's still less offensive then some shit I've seen now so I dunno it does make me feel real bad tho

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    That final episode (Before the eventual movie-things) of AOT was something else. That was so fucked.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I also finished watching Hakozume/Police in a Pod recently. It's good, but I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to. It's 50% a comedy about how much being a policewoman sucks, and 50% a realistic drama about how much being a policewoman sucks. You'll get 15 minutes of the main characters not being taken seriously, getting talked down to by male coworkers, etc. And then 15 minutes about PTSD from taking graphic testimony from assault victims or seeing dead bodies.

    Gonna put this specific one in a spoiler just in case, because it's pretty rough.
    One episode starts out with them being annoyed at traffic duty and the macho motorcycle cop they have to deal with. Then they show up to the scene of an accident, and go into routine 'straighten out this boring fender bender and clear the road' action. Only to realize a baby was flung from one of the vehicles and is lying dead in the middle of the street. Leading to the MC being fucked up for weeks. But then the macho motorcycle cop gives a speech about how they need to be the ones to deal with this shit so normal people don't have to, and preventing horrible accidents like that is why they do boring traffic duty and pester people about seatbelts and car seats and everything else they'd been insulted about in the first half of the episode.

    Also, out of nowhere the last three episodes are them solving one big case. Which is really cool! Except you again swap between goofs about how the person nominated to be sketch artist can't draw to stopping a guy with a knife from kidnapping children. It's fucked up! And finding out the creator was a policewoman for 10 years makes perfect sense.

    If anyone would like to see a series about Japanese policewomen with much a lighter tone, there was a manga and anime in the late 80's/early 90's called You're Under Arrest. I haven't seen it myself, but it always seemed to have good word of mouth. Wikipedia says it even got a live action adaptation at some point.

    It's by Kousuke Fujishima, responsible for Oh My Goddess and (early) Tales of art. It's great.
    H3Knuckles wrote: »

    Well, they could do worse than a role model.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UCkArnPZg

    The dark-haired character in the red suit, Seiya, is
    part of the group of sailor scouts introduced in the final series that are from another star system and are either guys who turn into girls when they transform or girls posing as a boy band (for some reason), depending on whether it's the anime or the manga, correct?
    They're women disguised as men, but Seiya exploits the disguise for all it's worth, as seen there. :D

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  • NeveronNeveron SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I also finished watching Hakozume/Police in a Pod recently. It's good, but I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to. It's 50% a comedy about how much being a policewoman sucks, and 50% a realistic drama about how much being a policewoman sucks. You'll get 15 minutes of the main characters not being taken seriously, getting talked down to by male coworkers, etc. And then 15 minutes about PTSD from taking graphic testimony from assault victims or seeing dead bodies.

    Gonna put this specific one in a spoiler just in case, because it's pretty rough.
    One episode starts out with them being annoyed at traffic duty and the macho motorcycle cop they have to deal with. Then they show up to the scene of an accident, and go into routine 'straighten out this boring fender bender and clear the road' action. Only to realize a baby was flung from one of the vehicles and is lying dead in the middle of the street. Leading to the MC being fucked up for weeks. But then the macho motorcycle cop gives a speech about how they need to be the ones to deal with this shit so normal people don't have to, and preventing horrible accidents like that is why they do boring traffic duty and pester people about seatbelts and car seats and everything else they'd been insulted about in the first half of the episode.

    Also, out of nowhere the last three episodes are them solving one big case. Which is really cool! Except you again swap between goofs about how the person nominated to be sketch artist can't draw to stopping a guy with a knife from kidnapping children. It's fucked up! And finding out the creator was a policewoman for 10 years makes perfect sense.

    If anyone would like to see a series about Japanese policewomen with much a lighter tone, there was a manga and anime in the late 80's/early 90's called You're Under Arrest. I haven't seen it myself, but it always seemed to have good word of mouth. Wikipedia says it even got a live action adaptation at some point.

    It's by Kousuke Fujishima, responsible for Oh My Goddess and (early) Tales of art. It's great.
    H3Knuckles wrote: »

    Well, they could do worse than a role model.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UCkArnPZg

    The dark-haired character in the red suit, Seiya, is
    part of the group of sailor scouts introduced in the final series that are from another star system and are either guys who turn into girls when they transform or girls posing as a boy band (for some reason), depending on whether it's the anime or the manga, correct?
    They're women disguised as men, but Seiya exploits the disguise for all it's worth, as seen there. :D
    In the manga it's just crossdressing, while in the anime it's a full physical transformation. (Takeuchi wasn't very fond of that change, for whatever reason. I think it's because she only wanted girls to become Sailor Scouts?)

    While the English translation IIRC didn't do any censorship on account of not being released until 2014, the '97 Italian dub picked up the slack by cutting the physical transformation. Apparently some psychologist was claiming that Sailor Moon was making boys gay or something?

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've watched three episode of ESTAB Life: Great Escape. I have no idea what the fuck is going on.

    It's not anything surreal like Sonny Boy or insanely overcomplicated like Evangelion. It just does not explain anything, ever. I thought I was figuring out the basics after the first two episodes, but the next one threw me for a loop.

    Episode 1: An older man is unhappy in a rigid career he was forced into and must remain in until he dies.

    Episode 2: An older man is unhappy in a rigid career he was forced into and must remain in until he dies.

    Episode 3:
    Communist penguin ballet swimmers want to defect to West Berlin Ikebukero, where they're free to perform slapstick comedy.

    What's the moral of this story, ESTAB Life?

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    You can say that again.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    AoT "Finale":
    That sure lays down how unstoppable the Rumbling is. Does this mean it's true that the cities were already wiped out by the time the team even got moving?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    For anyone who missed out on our earlier start, we're going to be resuming the best season of Sailor Moon tomorrow night at 7PM(EST).

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    The best villain of all time, and the power of SCIENCE versus the power of love!
    Sailor Moon S, exclusively* streaming!
    https://discord.gg/x78JHR9J (or hit me up if you want an invite)
    (May not be exclusive, but this is the Pioneer DVD release, and automatically 5% cooler and with 100% less cousins.)

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