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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The first 2 episodes of isekai ojisan were quite funny

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    manga OPM is getting hype as fuck

    You mean:
    the table flip on Io?

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    One Punch Man has one joke.
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    It's a damn good joke though.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
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    manga OPM is getting hype as fuck

    You mean:
    the table flip on Io?
    I was a little worried about the direction things were going, because it was looking like Garou was being built up to be an actual match for Saitama and one thing I think is integral about OPM is that Saitama literally cannot BE matched. Power up, eat god, become strong enough to blow yourself to literal Jupiter, whatever. Saitama is still going to beat your ass then leave you on the ground with a stern warning about there being a time and place for horsing around. Because he is Saitama and he is functionally the incarnation of the unfairness of life. He can't be pushed to his limits because he has none. He can't be uncertain of his survival because nothing is a threat. He can't imagine the possibility of losing a fight because he knows he is going to win. That's who he is and that's how the story goes, as seen in the progression of this "fight."

    The charm of OPM for me was always less about Saitama himself and more about how Saitama's existence reflected off of everyone else so they could demonstrate character growth and keep some stakes in play because he himself cannot be the focus of the story without making it boring. We all know how Saitama vs literally anybody goes, but we're invested in everyone else and what happens to them. Case in point, we're not worried for Saitama versus an almost-literally godly Garou, we're worried about Genos with his core and life in Saitama's literal hand.

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  • DHSDHS Chase lizards.. ...bark at donkeys..Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    having someone earn, and richly deserve a soul crushing asswhoopin' is a good payoff and despite that inevitability of said whooped ass, still having some stakes in the setup makes it a great punchline.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    One Punch Man is probably one of my favorite Superman stories.

    It's got great looking "fights", but they're really not. We KNOW what the outcome is gonna be, but it's about the difference the hero makes on those around him.

    I laugh when people say they "don't like" Superman but go on about One Punch.... because THAT'S THE THING that makes Superman stories good.

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

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Call of the Night 02

    I won't complain if a portion of every episode is given over to a little music video if they're all as good as this one.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lelouch, political genius and strategist, secretly leading a double-life running a small band of rebels against the unstoppable empire...

    ...spends an entire episode frantically running around campus like a maniac because a cat stole his mask.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
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    Chihayafuru 246
    YOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Jragghen wrote: »

    I'm glad he sounds confident because my interest has been very very slowly declining over the last 10 years. I still read it every week. But it's not as wondrous.

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I hope the first chapter after the break is somehow another Davy Back fight versus Foxy

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Jragghen wrote: »

    all the mysteries? I feel like that's a pretty big list.

    That said, the Wano arc just went past four years, so assuming they keep on getting longer, he has a fair bit of time to cover things.

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  • simulacrumsimulacrum She/herRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Rewatched katanagatari and it's still as good as I remembered
    Shichika absolutely demolishing everyone in the final episode is an amazing sequence

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    simulacrum wrote: »
    Rewatched katanagatari and it's still as good as I remembered
    Shichika absolutely demolishing everyone in the final episode is an amazing sequence
    "How did you dodge so many bullets?"

    "I didn't dodge them. I resolved to take them from the start."

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I need to rewatch Katanagatari, it's been about eight years and since I'm most of the way through the Monogatari Series now my tolerance for Nisio Isin writing is at an all time high

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Extreme Hearts feels more like a mobile game adaptation than almost anything I've ever watched, and yet I can find no evidence a game exists. It's just so weird.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    One Punch Man is probably one of my favorite Superman stories.

    It's got great looking "fights", but they're really not. We KNOW what the outcome is gonna be, but it's about the difference the hero makes on those around him.

    I laugh when people say they "don't like" Superman but go on about One Punch.... because THAT'S THE THING that makes Superman stories good.
    Thing is, I don't think most people like One Punch Man "because Saitama makes a difference on those around him". Some of the cast do, but Saitama himself is by and large played as a joke, ribbing on the tropes of the genre, whereas with Superman you're supposed to take his struggle seriously.

    My man Mumen Rider is where the heroics are at.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Every time someone talks about how they love mumen rider a big giant comedy vein on the side of my head starts throbbing as I desperately try to resist being the annoying kamen rider person

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    That's a Mumen Rider knock-off, yea?

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Justice Crash is his special move, in which he stops, picks up his bicycle and throws it at a nearby monster while shouting his attack.

    Its pretty great.
    Glal wrote: »
    One Punch Man is probably one of my favorite Superman stories.

    It's got great looking "fights", but they're really not. We KNOW what the outcome is gonna be, but it's about the difference the hero makes on those around him.

    I laugh when people say they "don't like" Superman but go on about One Punch.... because THAT'S THE THING that makes Superman stories good.
    Thing is, I don't think most people like One Punch Man "because Saitama makes a difference on those around him". Some of the cast do, but Saitama himself is by and large played as a joke, ribbing on the tropes of the genre, whereas with Superman you're supposed to take his struggle seriously.

    My man Mumen Rider is where the heroics are at.

    And to which Saitama responds by pretending to be a shallow jerk and refusing to take credit for the Sea King kill, acknowledging his and the other heroes' efforts while getting others to hate him in the process. Because he can take it.

    So yeah, it's still about Saitama as well.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah but has he ever done a Bancho squat and made a hundred friends???

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 13
    Knob wrote: »
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    Knob wrote: »
    i started reading this comic called The Chain Saw Man, its about a loser who gets bitten by a radioactive chainsaw and then he fights crimes with his chainsaw powers

    it's pretty decent

    If you like it try out Goodbye, Eri. It's a one-shot by the same author and I really dug it

    After reading 100 issues of chainsaw man I was EMPHATICALLY not prepared for goodbye, eri

    It was very very very good, but also I want to kick you square in the ballsack. I was not at all ready to have my heart wrenched out of my butthole.

    I know that recommendation was unfair, but I read it right on the tail of re-reading all of CSM and I think that made it hit a lot harder and made me consider it more. Glad you liked it, and I'll be sure to wear a cup when I'm out and about.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    A duck! wrote: »
    Knob wrote: »
    A duck! wrote: »
    Knob wrote: »
    i started reading this comic called The Chain Saw Man, its about a loser who gets bitten by a radioactive chainsaw and then he fights crimes with his chainsaw powers

    it's pretty decent

    If you like it try out Goodbye, Eri. It's a one-shot by the same author and I really dug it

    After reading 100 issues of chainsaw man I was EMPHATICALLY not prepared for goodbye, eri

    It was very very very good, but also I want to kick you square in the ballsack. I was not at all ready to have my heart wrenched out of my butthole.

    I know that recommendation was unfair, but I read it right on the tail of re-reading all of CSM and I think that made it hit a lot harder and made me consider it more. Glad you liked it, and I'll be sure to wear a cup when I'm out and about.

    Having read Goodbye, Eri makes the most recent CSM chapter even better.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Well this video was just overwhelming and sweet
    https://youtu.be/4t4htmbam9s

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    One Punch Man is an incredible series that also requires a high bar of execution to make the fundamental joke work: incredible detail and buildup to demonstrate fights that are over in exactly one punch. Admittedly, the webcomic was very popular, and I've read some of it, but seeing the manga version and the first season of the show... turns out how you tell a joke is pretty important too!

    And I love it, and I love the joke, but Saitama is definitely the least interesting character there. But that doesn't make him uninteresting! Just less compelling than the rest. Doomed to never be satisfied, but doing the right thing anyway? That is a good Superman analogue right there

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I find it neat how both One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100 are both built off the same premise of broken powerful protagonist, but One uses that for completely different themes and stories

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Saitama is a more flawed character than Mob, if anything Reigan fills a similar role to him

    He's much more selfish in small ways

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Imo the real star of Mob Psycho is Reigen Bec without him it just doesn't work as well

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Saitama once used Garou, though he didn't know who he was at the time, to do a dine and dash because he realized he didn't have enough money to pay for the single plate of fries he was eating and went after another "dine and dasher" as cover to leave the restaurant. He then starts to have a panic attack at this grievous crime he's committed and when Garou recognizes him as a hero and attacks from behind he gets his lights knocked out for an extended period, which is ultimately what spurs him to seek even greater strength after several more accidental encounters with Saitama that are less meetings and more things like "getting run over by Saitama on a bicycle."

    He is such a dirtbag in the most petty ways but ultimately he embodies the ideal of a hero in his actions when push comes to punch.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reigan is a really interesting character, since he does actually realize Mob is kind of insane, he knows he himself is kind of a shitty person, and then he's trying to mentor Mob to be a decent human being anyways. Well, also he's just amusingly silly in general, too.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Did you know that when things go south, it's okay to run away?

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reigan is basically a headologist. He's a con man, but what he cons you to do is to have peace of mind. And when something's above his pay grade, there's Mob.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    The best Reigen moments are yet to come.

    You are setting the bar very high, sir.

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