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  • akajaybayakajaybay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Having finished up Rose of Versailles I was in the mood to start up another old school anime.
    So gave starting up Legend of Galactic Heroes another go. Started properly with My Conquest is the Sea of Stars and Overture of a New War this time.
    About 13 episodes into the series now and loving it.

    The Alliance politics really hit. Finance minister says we can't afford more war. Human Resources says we're too low on skilled workers because of the war. Other minister says it's our moral imperative to overthrow the empire and we'll be greeted as liberators and it doesn't matter how many of our citizens have to die to do it.
    Grumble Grumble.
    Finally someone says look at this graph here. People hate us, and we are not going to get re-elected. BUT if we get a major military victory in the next 100 days, then we should get enough of a popularity bump to keep our jobs. War approved!

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    https://youtu.be/l96zmDlWCBk

    New chainsaw man trailer out, I can’t wait. It looks so good.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    exact same as the old trailer

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Still my most anticipated anime, even if there's no new info.

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Is it? I guess they just reposted it to add the coming soon.

    They also posted a bunch of stuff about the production staff today.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    DANDADAN 57 is good.
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    Plus: Music theory!

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lasbrook wrote: »
    Is it? I guess they just reposted it to add the coming soon.

    They also posted a bunch of stuff about the production staff today.

    I think it's premiering in July? I may have dreamed that though.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I cannot wait for people who haven't read Chainsawman to get on Fujimoto's Wild Ride. Do not watch if you haven't read chainsawman:

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I am excited to eventually figure out what so many people think is so transcendent about the story where a guy turns into a human chainsaw and cuts apart monsters

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    notya wrote: »
    Mill wrote: »
    Well got back to my rewatch of YuYu Hakusho last week. Again, only a few parts that haven't aged well, the bits of transphobia the pop up two three time IIRC, not that those were good to begin with. Also some of the sexual harassment crap.

    I think what's hurting the rewatch right now, is that the Dark Tournament saga was really damn good and the Chapter Black saga starts out kind of meh and IIRC it was the weakest of the four sagas.

    I like all the arcs. Chapter Black is maybe padded out a bit (especially when we get to the main fight that's like 15 episodes long), but overall it's so fun. The final arc is my favorite. It's such a joyful tournament.

    The only thing I remember from the 3rd arc is Kurama playing "Geography" and all of the letters being Japanese kana, so the dub doesn't really work.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I'm not going to claim it's (chainsawman) the best thing ever but it does have a lot of fun, viscera-spraying action scenes and awesome visuals, and is a pretty great thriller plot too
    I will say that it is a pretty disturbing story though

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  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Should I watch Amphibia? I've run out of Owl House and Ghost and Molly McGee
    I feel like it's good when it's just doing episodic stuff, but the plot's kinda bad.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Geass R2 20:

    Yeesh, that sure is a big debt Loulou's having to pay up...

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  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Olivaw wrote: »
    I am excited to eventually figure out what so many people think is so transcendent about the story where a guy turns into a human chainsaw and cuts apart monsters

    the protagonist is an incredibly well-written character and so are a lot of the others.

    also it's got JoJo levels of "well i guess that just happened, wow."

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  • DaypigeonDaypigeon Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    chainsawman boldly asks the question: what if a shonen jump series was good had writing that was adept at both tight, economical storytelling and also ridiculous shaggy dog stories

    imo it's most interesting when viewed in the contrast of all the series it's next to, but it's also genuinely funny and horrifying and has a heart

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Chainsawman has real good and pretty interestingly unique characters, a good plot that is very unpredictable, a great sense of humor, and the paneling and art is top knotch for either action, shock factor, or comedy.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also there's a part where Chainsaw Man lights himself on fire and just throws himself at the enemy so they are on fire too, and that's hilarious

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    It's good and it's chaotic as fuck. It's rare to see such an ADHD fever dream of a story be that lucid, funny, and compelling.

    You should read Dead Dead Demon's De De De De Destruction

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Some dark part of me is really looking forward to Makima making Twitter completely fucking unusable.

    Like, not even just the thirst posting, there are gonna be some truly insane Takes coming out of this show, and I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy the carnage.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    ph blake wrote: »
    Some dark part of me is really looking forward to Makima making Twitter completely fucking unusable.

    Like, not even just the thirst posting, there are gonna be some truly insane Takes coming out of this show, and I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy the carnage.
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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also there's a part where Chainsaw Man lights himself on fire and just throws himself at the enemy so they are on fire too, and that's hilarious
    Ah, my video game strategy, and sometimes it's on purpose too.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Here's what I know about Chainsaw Man:

    "The future rules!"

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    notya wrote: »
    Mill wrote: »
    Well got back to my rewatch of YuYu Hakusho last week. Again, only a few parts that haven't aged well, the bits of transphobia the pop up two three time IIRC, not that those were good to begin with. Also some of the sexual harassment crap.

    I think what's hurting the rewatch right now, is that the Dark Tournament saga was really damn good and the Chapter Black saga starts out kind of meh and IIRC it was the weakest of the four sagas.

    I like all the arcs. Chapter Black is maybe padded out a bit (especially when we get to the main fight that's like 15 episodes long), but overall it's so fun. The final arc is my favorite. It's such a joyful tournament.

    The only thing I remember from the 3rd arc is Kurama playing "Geography" and all of the letters being Japanese kana, so the dub doesn't really work.

    I think that was a really impressive bit of dubbing the way they adapted that scene with the English alphabet and kept the word game aspect intact.

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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Olivaw wrote: »
    I am excited to eventually figure out what so many people think is so transcendent about the story where a guy turns into a human chainsaw and cuts apart monsters

    You'll be even more confused why people love it for I'm guessing at least 5 episodes.

    Personally i was pretty meh about it for the first half of the entire story but then by the end... Yes, amazing.

    Also it's kind of hard to like most of the characters...

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    yeah almost every character is some kind of asshole
    the only pure one is the lady who quits

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    When they explained Power's personality, I suddenly understood the story 100% better and was WAY more into it. (I have only read through volume 9, but it's very good).

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also there's a part where Chainsaw Man lights himself on fire and just throws himself at the enemy so they are on fire too, and that's hilarious

    He made a whole other series about doing that.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Chainsawman reminds me a bit of FLCL, in the way that it uses surface level insanity to candycoat an actually earnest, emotionally resonant story underneath.

    It also gets big points for having its teenage boy figure out
    that you can like a girl without wanting her to be your girlfriend.
    Girls can be... Friends?!?

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Power is perfect and has done nothing wrong.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Denji's character arc going from
    fairly stereotypical "I wanna touch boobs" to "huh, it turns out touching boobs is not actually emotionally fulfilling in and of itself, it turns out that building mutually beneficial relationships with my friends and chosen family is what makes a person truly happy" is so well done

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  • NeveronNeveron SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Power is perfect and has done nothing wrong.
    She doesn't flush.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited April 13
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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Chainsaw Man was a bit weird to me early on, clicked when Power was introduced, but didn't start really going off for me until
    the hell arc

    After which it was just *chef's kiss*

    ....no wait

    *Denji's First Kiss*

    Yeah,
    the left turn of a fairly normal fight arc getting sent to hell and meeting the devil of the darkness was superb.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I mean maybe I'm weird but I liked all of Chainsawman's characters from the get-go. They're weird but they're believably weird.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    they're all assholes but I think most of them are still likeable

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  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I do love this Dungeon Meshi fanart. Spoiled for V-scroll.
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    https://bluffing-badge.tumblr.com/post/649218041326010369

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