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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Ah, Millions Knives finally living up to the name.

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  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I think this is the first time in One Piece I feel actually genuinely sad for Usopp.

    *Brofist.*

    I'm not crying shut up.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I don't watch much anime. But I started Spy X Family.

    Anya is adorable.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    One Piece episode this week turned the sakuga up to 11 for the last minute. Just amazing.
    Clip:
    Thoughts:
    Tiny Yamato was adorable. Saori Hayami is killing it with her performance.

    Also, it's heavily implied one of the samurai Yamato meets is Zoro's father, right?

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Nier: Automata Ver1.1a episode 3 points of interest.

    General notes:
    -The desert mission begins (and is basically over). Jackass joins for the whole mission instead of just being a weirdo you see at the start.
    -Please pay no attention to the phrases coming out of the Machines' mouths (?), it's fine. It's probably fine.
    -THIS. CANNOT. CONTINUE. (is horribly ironic considering the production pause for the anime's release schedule). I was quite pleased to see that the nature of the activities the machines were up to was not changed or obscured for the TV version. Good sign for not shying from the adult themes/content.
    -The introduction to some pretty key characters here at the end of the episode.


    Superfan commentary:
    -My guess from episode 2's notes is confirmed. Anemone has been fully replaced by Lily. Is she still alive in this version?
    -They're really interested in pulling from the whole franchise for this, a big flashback to Nier Replicant this time with the city of Facade and the wedding (which goes horribly in the end because Nier).
    -Beastlord that 2B was using in the episode 1 flashforward visible at the weapons store.
    -I wonder if a full heel turn is possible for Jackass in this version. The game introduced her as this very sussy weirdo and then did nothing with her, ever.
    -Popola and Devola "want to help" huh? Yeah, that's one way to describe it.
    -Adam's initial form was brand new and made 9S' confidence that it was a machine lifeform make a lot more sense. Eve seemed to literally emerge from a rib, which was a nice choice. The boss fight was pared down to just stabbing him to death immediately.

    I hope the hiatus is just till like February or something and that they don't just scuttle the entire project because of it...

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Nier: Automata Ver1.1a episode 3 points of interest.

    General notes:
    -The desert mission begins (and is basically over). Jackass joins for the whole mission instead of just being a weirdo you see at the start.
    -Please pay no attention to the phrases coming out of the Machines' mouths (?), it's fine. It's probably fine.
    -THIS. CANNOT. CONTINUE. (is horribly ironic considering the production pause for the anime's release schedule). I was quite pleased to see that the nature of the activities the machines were up to was not changed or obscured for the TV version. Good sign for not shying from the adult themes/content.
    -The introduction to some pretty key characters here at the end of the episode.


    Superfan commentary:
    -My guess from episode 2's notes is confirmed. Anemone has been fully replaced by Lily. Is she still alive in this version?
    -They're really interested in pulling from the whole franchise for this, a big flashback to Nier Replicant this time with the city of Facade and the wedding (which goes horribly in the end because Nier).
    -Beastlord that 2B was using in the episode 1 flashforward visible at the weapons store.
    -I wonder if a full heel turn is possible for Jackass in this version. The game introduced her as this very sussy weirdo and then did nothing with her, ever.
    -Popola and Devola "want to help" huh? Yeah, that's one way to describe it.
    -Adam's initial form was brand new and made 9S' confidence that it was a machine lifeform make a lot more sense. Eve seemed to literally emerge from a rib, which was a nice choice. The boss fight was pared down to just stabbing him to death immediately.

    I hope the hiatus is just till like February or something and that they don't just scuttle the entire project because of it...
    That boss fight is one of my favourite in all of video games. The fact that he starts at level 1 and ends up around level 10, and the level ups sync with his moveset upgrades and abilities was absolutely terrifying. Most people are around level 5 or 6 going into that fight, so you weren't sure whether he was going to stop, or would end up just a skull and you die. It completely sold his rapid growth.

    Really clever reference to the game levelling system, that sadly they didn't use much if ever again in the game. But in that moment? Fucking genius.
    It also only works in NG, coming back NG+ he doesn't match your new level, so the power of it is lost.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Nier Automata anime + game + ???
    So what's the deal with them replacing Anemone? Are we supposed to know who Lily is from like, a play, or something?

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Nier Automata anime + game + ???
    So what's the deal with them replacing Anemone? Are we supposed to know who Lily is from like, a play, or something?

    Nier
    Lily is from the Pearl Harbor Descent play/ manga, yes. I haven't been able to get my hands on the latter yet, so I'm not sure how different she is from Anemone (who was also on that same mission).

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The Nier Automata play, if I'm remembering correctly, can basically be described as Hawaiian Robot Vietnam.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The latest manga chapter of My Hero Academia talk. Spoilers.
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    This arc has been up and down but this chapter was great.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    How is it that so many fucking isekai fail to make their own conceit relevant?

    The whole point is that the protagonist is from another world.

    But so many of them are just immediately like, "Well, fuck it, I guess I just live here now. What? Friends and family? WON'T MISS 'EM!"

    And then it's basically never mentioned again.

    Like, imagine watching Attack on Titan or something, and in the first episode they were like, "Oh, BTW, Eren is from Earth, he just got Isekai'd into AoT" and then the rest of the anime just plays out exactly the same and it has no bearing on anything.

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  • HellboreHellbore A bad, bad man Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Because isekai is basically marketing at this point. It feels like a bunch of those authors wanted to write a standard fantasy series, but wouldn't get picked up unless they added the otherwise superfluous isekai hook.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 13
    Now, I have a question of clarification:

    Does it count as an isekai is the character is simply taken to another world. Not a fantastical world or one they can't recognize at all, just a different world?

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Zonugal wrote: »
    Now, I have a question of clarification:

    Does it count as an isekai is the character is simply taken to another world. Not a fantastical world or one they can't recognize at all, just a different world?

    Yep. Isekai = another world = Portal story = not here and now.

    https://www.masterclass.com/articles/portal-fiction

    I dunno how old it is for sure but "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells (edit: 1895) is 100% an isekai, it just uses time hopping instead of dimension hopping as the jump.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I think you don't even have to be taken to "another" world at this point.

    Some anime seem to get classified as Isekai if a protagonist just dies and then gets reincarnated again in the same world.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    For a while in my childhood the entry point was a book.

    Neverending Story, for example. Pretty classic example.

    Honestly the most interesting thing is why they've suddenly become so popular. I'm seeing a fair few of them that are basically office workers that get moved from their old life somehow and the fact that they straight up don't give a shit about their previous life doesn't seem to be considered a problem. Considering how popular those are that seems to indicate a lot of their readers wish they could do that too. And they really don't give a damn if its not mentioned, because they don't even wanna think about it. If you think about that too hard it's kinda a downer.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 13
    Ah, then the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Inner Light is an Isekai.

    Which, if that's the case, I am judging 95% of all other Isekai pretty harshly...

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  • HellboreHellbore A bad, bad man Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    "isekai" just means "different world" but I can't think of any examples that aren't Alice in Wonderland style, or AiW-style but with re-incarnation.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    "I Used To Be The Most Respected Spaceship Captain, But Then I Woke Up In Another World Where I'm Destined To Master The Flute!"

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I would count that personally and god that's such an unfair standard they're all trash in comparison cos it's soooo good.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    "I Used to Play Video Games in My Mom's Basement All Day, But Then I Woke Up In a World Where I'm the Most Badass And All the Hot Women Love Me For No Reason"

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    RT800 wrote: »
    "I Used to Play Video Games in My Mom's Basement All Day, But Then I Woke Up In a World Where I'm the Most Badass And All the Hot Women Love Me For No Reason"

    You're gonna have to narrow this one down a bit.

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  • KayuraKayura Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Captain N the Game Master?

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 13
    I would count that personally and god that's such an unfair standard they're all trash in comparison cos it's soooo good.

    "This week our Sci-Fi show is going to spend a swift 44 minutes in your sub-genre and just blow everything else out of the water. This isn't a warning, its a declaration."

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Zonugal wrote: »
    I would count that personally and god that's such an unfair standard they're all trash in comparison cos it's soooo good.

    "This week our Sci-Fi show is going to spend a swift 44 minutes in your sub-genre and just blow everything else out of the water. This isn't a warning, its a declaration."

    That and the finale of the entire show are just fucking wtf levels of quality.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    On the other hand in defense of anime portal fiction: Now and then, here and there.

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I like the episode after Inner Light where Picard is playing the flute with a hottie and there's a shot where he's tooting away while someone else's hands are doing the flute fingerings.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reynolds wrote: »
    RT800 wrote: »
    "I Used to Play Video Games in My Mom's Basement All Day, But Then I Woke Up In a World Where I'm the Most Badass And All the Hot Women Love Me For No Reason"

    You're gonna have to narrow this one down a bit.

    You know. It's the one where the guy uses his knowledge of video games and comic books to save the world. The one where the only other male characters are either evil or old men? It takes place in a realm of sword and sorcery.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Mysst wrote: »
    Inner Light is a dream sequence goddamit

    This is true.

    Can Inner Light be considered an Isekai if Picard didn't actually go anywhere, except in his own mind?

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    There's plenty of examples where their spirit is sent there or they reincarnate there, they usually leave a body behind. If you're saying it has to be a separate physical space they go to, then that cuts out all the MMO examples, maybe even Digimon.

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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
    "I was very good at this one arcade game now aliens want me to save their world?"

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  • KayuraKayura Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I feel like, if you're physically transported into the game/computer, such as in Tron, it's isekai, but if you're just stuck in a VR headset, as in Sword Art Online, it's not.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I could see isekai protagonists being alright with not returning home if the world they're in is better than the one they left, or depending on their situations in the original world. Salaried office worker being worked to death or free adventurer with magic powers and recognition isn't a tough decision.

    That's also assuming they even can return. More than a few isekai protagonists are in the other world because they died in the original and got reincarnated, hence the meme of Truck-kun being so widespread. Those people often are born and grow up in the isekai world and regardless of how much you remember of the original you're going to have attachments in a place where you've spent such a long time.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Kyougu wrote: »
    The latest manga chapter of My Hero Academia talk. Spoilers.
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    This arc has been up and down but this chapter was great.
    Back in the Midoriya/Gentle fight, it was implied that Gentle would be a genuinely dangerous threat if he decided to be serious in a fight, and that it was a good thing he just wanted to be noticed.

    This week, we saw two instances of what Serious Gentle is capable of - he subdued an entire fucking prison of quirk wielding criminals singlehandedly, and then stopped a floating island from crashing.

    Yeah, Gentle is not to be fucked with.

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  • WearingGlassesWearingGlasses Of the friendly neighborhood variety Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Kyougu wrote: »
    The latest manga chapter of My Hero Academia talk. Spoilers.
    4fwiqc13cf83.png

    This arc has been up and down but this chapter was great.
    Back in the Midoriya/Gentle fight, it was implied that Gentle would be a genuinely dangerous threat if he decided to be serious in a fight, and that it was a good thing he just wanted to be noticed.

    This week, we saw two instances of what Serious Gentle is capable of - he subdued an entire fucking prison of quirk wielding criminals singlehandedly, and then stopped a floating island from crashing.

    Yeah, Gentle is not to be fucked with.
    Ever since La Brava appeared I knew Gentle will have his time to shine very soon, but having half a chapter dedicated to him is so great. Lady Nagant waking up and choosing violence was a great cherry on top as well on the chapter.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    So as I mentioned in the Gundam thread, I finished Seed, finally, today, and immediately started on Destiny:

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Mysst wrote: »
    Inner Light is a dream sequence goddamit

    That life was real and Picard would call you a monster for saying otherwise goddamit.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    FCD wrote: »
    I feel like, if you're physically transported into the game/computer, such as in Tron, it's isekai, but if you're just stuck in a VR headset, as in Sword Art Online, it's not.

    I have bad news about how genre naming conventions have panned out in practice then

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