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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Also JoJo is one of those things I feel like I should get into but there's so much to it that it seems...impenetrable...

    I haven't finished part 4 but aside from part 3 being like 48 episodes it's a pretty consistent and easy to follow the show there also isn't a lot of mystery or loose ends it's pretty straight forward

    I just rewatchrd it though and you will definitely be saying wait what the fuck, or what did they just say it's wild but so much fun

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  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah the thing about JoJo is that it doesn't start completely off the rails. Is there some wacky stuff? Absolutely. But by the time it goes really out there, you're already four or five parts in. Out of context spoilers don't work as well for parts one or two compared to, like, six where I could say nearly anything while any non-watcher would just nod their head and slowly walk away without the context to understand my『Impenetrable Reference』.

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    GR_Zombie wrote: »
    The stuff happening in JoJo isn’t hard to follow. Certain specific Stands have abilities that aren’t entirely clear, to be fair, but the plot is pretty straightforward.

    And this doesn't matter at all for the first bit like

    I'd always tell people to start with part 1 because fucking
    dios a fucking vampire
    was all I ever needed to get into it who cares what a stand is look at my spoiler!

    It's not much of one since it is the premise but it was the thing that sealed me

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I was kind of sad with the pace of escalation in jojo. Like the super power in the first part is just basically full control of your breathing. Two seasons later and we had full personas out. I just really liked the first series and liked the second one as well but not as much. It felt like the extreme end of where the concept could go, which… lol

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Princess Tutu Episodes 1-13 AniMenagerie Chat Spam: Haha funny duck.
    Princess Tutu Episodes 14+ AniMenagerie Chat Spam: This is just 'insert Dark Souls reference'!!! How did Miyazaki get away with this??? No but seriously though???

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I was kind of sad with the pace of escalation in jojo. Like the super power in the first part is just basically full control of your breathing. Two seasons later and we had full personas out. I just really liked the first series and liked the second one as well but not as much. It felt like the extreme end of where the concept could go, which… lol

    That's why Stands happened. The antagonists of Part 2 were a straightforward Dragonball style more powerful villain that our hero had to git gud to beat. But Araki felt that story beat had become exhausted, so instead of big numbers being beaten by bigger numbers, most fights in part 3 onwards are apples vs oranges, even if as a newbie to the system part 3 had a few asspulls*. How do we deal with the situational ability to get close enough to deliver a beatdown, and sometimes the best encounters don't even need a beatdown. At its best Protagonist strength is a result of applying previous skills in a clever way, I'd say Part 4 is the most holistic culmination of that**. It doesn't quite escape the threat of power creep***, but the part structure mostly**** means you can safely reset the power every now and then by just having a bunch of new characters be new to this.
    *Star Finger and "Same kind of stand as Star Platinum" are the biggest asspulls, but at least in developing time stop it doesn't immediately win the fight with DIO, Jotaro still has to figure out how best to use it.

    **Josuke has previously been shown figuring out how to use Crazy Diamond's abilities to fight beyond Dora Dora Dora, like when he and Jotaro go Rat Hunting and he learns how to reasonably extend his stand's range. Meanwhile Kira as a sharp cookie figures out how to combo his stand with another to also become a ranged attacker, so in many ways I call the final fight the most skill-based of final fights, the coda of the gang teaming up to finally put an end to him with a clutch carry from Ambulance-Kun notwithstanding.

    ***People call Gold Experience Requiem a straightforward power upgrade that no-sells King Crimson, and they're kind of right, but I think it's more the reward for the actual struggle of the final part of part five, the fight over the arrow. And in this the GangStars use clever thinking (and the will to sacrifice one's self) to win.

    ****Never mind Gold Experience Requiem stopping Made in Heaven, what about Notorious BIG?

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Doodmann wrote: »
    My friends, those fools...idiots one and all, picked me for movie week again far too soon. So they're all watching End of Eva this week.

    I did forget about the first 10 minutes and gave warning way ahead of time.

    But still, I'm excited for *EMOTIONAL DAMAGE*

    You are officially History's Greatest Monster.

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  • PolarisPolaris I am powerless against the sky. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I recently started "A Certain Magical Index", a few episodes in I'm not really enjoying. Did I make a mistake ?

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yes

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Polaris wrote: »
    I recently started "A Certain Magical Index", a few episodes in I'm not really enjoying. Did I make a mistake ?

    I mean, the first arc is pretty bad, and the next couple are significantly better, verging into good at times, and it's from back when JC Staff hadn't completely bled all their talent yet, but... after that it largely becomes increasingly convoluted and totally impenetrable nonsense, haremed up the wazoo, and the same shit over and over again.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    personally disagree, I think all the arcs are uniformly bad
    or well ok I agree that it gets even worse though

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    There were some creative uses of powers but none of the characters were particularly likable and some were downright sociopaths in disguise, like the titular Railgun who decides she's going to try her level best to kill the protagonist for the crime of blocking her attack.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I thought the powers were not used particularly cleverly, and had pretty nonsense calvinball rules.

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  • PolarisPolaris I am powerless against the sky. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Yes
    Lol, excellent, ok I'm not going to waste my time with this then :)

    Onto the Tri-gun remake instead (I never watched the original).

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oh wait you're talking about Index, with the magic bullshit. I was thinking of Scientific Railgun, the other perspective of basically the same story but more focused on other psychics instead of the mages.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I dislike them both equally

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    You can kinda tell when a series like that is gonna suck/be some weird chuuni power fantasy

    The ones that come to mind are Chivalry of a Failed Knight and The Irregular at Magic High School, neither of which I've seen but the names are so funny to me they live rent free in my head forever

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    oh yes

    but the manga has redeeming qualities

    IE: Being drawn nicely and only being one long tournament battle

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  • PolarisPolaris I am powerless against the sky. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    oh yes

    but the manga has redeeming qualities

    IE: Being drawn nicely and only being one long tournament battle

    I might try to check the manga because then maybe something will actually happen!

    At least it will be just as animated as the anime.
    Ha! A friend recommended it as a guilty pleasure.. I "watched" a couple of episodes and Lo! he was pronounced guilty. Then he had the gall to dislike Spriggan, which might have been fairly formulaic but a least shit happened!

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  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Polaris wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Yes
    Lol, excellent, ok I'm not going to waste my time with this then :)

    Onto the Tri-gun remake instead (I never watched the original).

    The new Trigun is more like a reimagining of the series. You'll be able to watch the original series or read the original manga and still get a different experience.

    As someone who's familiar with the original manga, Trigun Maximum, and the original anime I found it pretty difficult to get over my preconceived notion of what modern Trigun should be. I think I have a better handle on what the Stampede is trying to do now, but I'm interested to hear the thoughts of someone who's coming into a completely fresh.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Railgun has some nicely animated sequences, but it's worth at best perusing on YouTube, not an actual watchthrough.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The record of ragnarok anime is wildly inconsistent

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I feel like Index (and Shana, and Louise) are more interesting as historical progenitors or transitionary schlock to some of the current obnoxious trends than they are actually recommendable in any way. They all inevitably power creep and drift towards the protagonist who has some niche 'useless' power actually being the super god incarnate, but it took them at least 9-10 volumes to get to the 'good' part of being overpowered nonsense, while all the godawful isekais nowadays have to get there in a single volume (or in the title).

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The bit where he fights the reality bender is good, just watch that clip.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    As someone who has watched all of Index Railgun and Accelerator, read all of Index novels, and Railgun manga.

    It's a lot. It's occasionally good, but not worth getting through. I'm propelled by inertia. Learn from my example, and stay away. I'll link you the cool clips if you care.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Record of Ragnarok manga is fun times. Lots of glitz and flash with fights ranging from Adam vs Zeus to Herakles vs Jack the Ripper.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Madican wrote: »
    Record of Ragnarok manga is fun times. Lots of glitz and flash with fights ranging from Adam vs Zeus to Herakles vs Jack the Ripper.

    So Fate series but without the reverse isekai setting, cooking, historical dudes getting turned into little girls, and everything being melodramatic.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reynolds wrote: »
    The bit where he fights the reality bender is good, just watch that clip.

    When I first read this post, my brain parsed it as meaning that reality itself was drunk, and he was fighting to hang on in such a situation.

    Then I realized it probably just meant a person who could bend reality and that wasn't as interesting as my original interpretation.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    You can kinda tell when a series like that is gonna suck/be some weird chuuni power fantasy

    The ones that come to mind are Chivalry of a Failed Knight and The Irregular at Magic High School, neither of which I've seen but the names are so funny to me they live rent free in my head forever

    Chivalry is actually good its not perfect but its a rare series where the love interests actually get together the fights are good and the last fight is fucking rad

    Chivalry has some fucking awesomely put together fights, two of which I go back and watch regularly.

    In fact I'm gonna go back and watch them both right now.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    Record of Ragnarok manga is fun times. Lots of glitz and flash with fights ranging from Adam vs Zeus to Herakles vs Jack the Ripper.

    So Fate series but without the reverse isekai setting, cooking, historical dudes getting turned into little girls, and everything being melodramatic.

    Uh, well, without the historical dudes getting turned into women at least

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Wait. I don't remember the cooking.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Wait. I don't remember the cooking.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZT-hjTPCx4

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Every fight is about letting them cook

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