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  • ouzaruouzaru RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    For some reason I always confuse Dirty Pair with Gunsmith Cats.

    I do not think Gunsmith Cats is as good as Dirty Pair, so this seems a disservice on my part.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    so I caught up on birdie wing, spoilers through ep 15
    this feels like a weird direction for the show to go in? aoi suddenly just can't golf because of mysterious golfers disease, also eve and aoi are possibly related (assuming they don't pull another fake out with aoi being amuro's kid instead or something)

    honestly, my only complaint about the show so far is how little time they spent on the finals round. they spent a lot of time building up those opponent golfers and then... aoi and eve just stomped all over them. I get the show is eager to get on to other things, but, eh.

    anyways, just waiting for the golf mafia to show up again over here

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Demon Slayer seems to be a bit more lackadaisical than the last season, but I expect things to pop off pretty quick.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »
    Lasbrook wrote: »
    G-Witch 14:

    I cannot believe that the OS name hint was there the entire time.

    That one was one I was kicking myself over too

    Io9 also has an article up about the recent episode too, which feels unusual for a Gundam series to accomplish that, so yeah, WfM got big in popularity.

    Spoilers within, obviously

    I just want to say that I fucking called it.
    Because it turns out that Aerial's secret sauce is just a new version of EXAM.

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  • ouzaruouzaru RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    sarukun wrote: »
    For some reason I always confuse Dirty Pair with Gunsmith Cats.

    I do not think Gunsmith Cats is as good as Dirty Pair, so this seems a disservice on my part.

    Its funny because Cats is way more problematic than the Dirty Pair

    Gunsmith Cats was definitely the first anime where I went "This probably shouldn't be allowed."

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    What's the problem with gunsmith cats, for context? Haven't seen more than the first or second episode where I vaguely recall a warehouse shootout styled after 80s action films

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    What's the problem with gunsmith cats, for context? Haven't seen more than the first or second episode where I vaguely recall a warehouse shootout styled after 80s action films

    Spoiled for You Know The Drill.
    One of the main characters is a former child prostitute who had her growth artificially arrested to have her retain a younger appearance, who is romantically involved with someone who is heavily implied to be a former john of hers.

    Yeah.

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Skip and Loafer 03

    Never been to a move theater that served caramel popcorn before. Maybe it's for the best, it must do a number on your blood sugar.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Demon Slayer seems to be a bit more lackadaisical than the last season, but I expect things to pop off pretty quick.

    This arc is pretty meh in the scheme of things, though there are still a few cool moments.

    I imagine ufotable will continue to elevate the source material.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    What's the problem with gunsmith cats, for context? Haven't seen more than the first or second episode where I vaguely recall a warehouse shootout styled after 80s action films

    Spoiled for You Know The Drill.
    One of the main characters is a former child prostitute who had her growth artificially arrested to have her retain a younger appearance, who is romantically involved with someone who is heavily implied to be a former john of hers.

    Yeah.

    Huh yeah never got to this part

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  • ouzaruouzaru RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    What's the problem with gunsmith cats, for context? Haven't seen more than the first or second episode where I vaguely recall a warehouse shootout styled after 80s action films

    Spoiled for You Know The Drill.
    One of the main characters is a former child prostitute who had her growth artificially arrested to have her retain a younger appearance, who is romantically involved with someone who is heavily implied to be a former john of hers.

    Yeah.

    Christ, I forgot about that particular tidbit.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    sarukun wrote: »
    What's the problem with gunsmith cats, for context? Haven't seen more than the first or second episode where I vaguely recall a warehouse shootout styled after 80s action films

    Spoiled for You Know The Drill.
    One of the main characters is a former child prostitute who had her growth artificially arrested to have her retain a younger appearance, who is romantically involved with someone who is heavily implied to be a former john of hers.

    Yeah.

    Christ, I forgot about that particular tidbit.

    I envy you.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13

    Tatsuki Fujimoto’s author comment from his second oneshot collection

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    http://twir.com/D_Kumii/status/1647979577682042884?s=20
    Tatsuki Fujimoto’s author comment from his second oneshot collection

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13

    Tatsuki Fujimoto’s author comment from his second oneshot collection

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    Drawing manga is really how he expresses and comes to grip with his emotions. It's really fascinating.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Fuji you don't, like, have to tell us this stuff.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Hub I wasnt expecting the first arc villian of Cheat skill to be
    A fashion agent in the normal world

    Based on the structure of the episode, I think there will a plotline for each world running in tandem. They will probably each have lessons that teaches the protagonist to grow in the opposite world.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Demon Slayer seems to be a bit more lackadaisical than the last season, but I expect things to pop off pretty quick.

    This arc is pretty meh in the scheme of things, though there are still a few cool moments.

    I imagine ufotable will continue to elevate the source material.

    Tanjiro sure has that god-tier healing factor, not even a scratch in his neck or a mark on his fingers that got snapped.

    Also, show some backbone, man, ask that Hashira when the last time he slew an Upper Rank was.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Fujimoto is great cuz he might be a lunatic, but he's also definitely a colossal troll who will just make up weird stories for his own amusement.

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  • arthurinscalesarthurinscales Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Kana wrote: »
    Fujimoto is great cuz he might be a lunatic, but he's also definitely a colossal troll who will just make up weird stories for his own amusement.

    the story of him getting pushed off his bike and bullied by another girl in college, which caused him great happiness, is 100% real though

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Between skip and loafer and insomniacs after school, this is a startlingly wholesome season of anime.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I have never heard of either of those before this season but sure enough when I went to mitsua the other day they had both manga up front and center lol

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also it only took 3 episodes for Skip & Loafer to get me to cry, if only briefly

    Think I'm just getting old

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Man, I want a Honkai Impact anime so badly. (Caveat it would have to be a very long series to hit the same emotional beats as the game)

    Vague spoilers for Honkai
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeWCBissZy8

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Suzume

    Funniest low-speed car crash I've ever seen in a movie.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    just read i woke up as a girl syndrome and

    it was alright

    short but alright

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I’ve been rewatching gwitch in the English dub with my partner and

    New season sub ep14 spoilers as they relate on rewatch
    holy crap there’s just so much little stuff I didn’t notice the first time that ties directly into it. Prospera mentions her “daughters” a lot. Like A LOT and directly in conversation with important characters.

    The twitter thread that collected all of the “hints” is mostly things that are obvious on rewatch but I still never noticed that the operating system is Eri’s name before.

    The dub only has up to ep 11 so far and that episode ends with her telling Ariel that she’d “never leave you behind, darling” when the attack happens.

    I forget what the dev lady’s name is, bunella? It’s also super clear that her suspicions are specific and not just the generic “find out more” directive that she got from the old ladies.

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Catching up on stuff:

    Squire was good. I think after spending 80 years or whatever being the paragon of wasting their life doing everything for everyone, just fucking around in a second life is 100% reasonable.

    I also found out Daily Life of the Immortal King has a third season and boy that show it still wildly better than any other CN offering and also just an amazing show. Ended up rewatching the first two seasons and Froggy 2 gets treated dirty so many times. Poor demon king frog dog bro.

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  • italianranmaitalianranma Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Just came out of seeing Suzume at a 1020 showing on a Tuesday night. I'm still processing the movie, but my initial thoughts are mixed to slightly negative. The visuals and music were top notch as usual, and honestly made the trip to the theater worth it regardless. Unfortunately, I felt the character motivations and narrative themes really missed the mark. That being said this movie absolutely broke my girlfriend, so your opinions may vary. More thoughts behind the spoilers:
    Getting right to what I didn't like: while Suzume definitely starts out on this journey out of a sense of obligation to right the wrong she inadvertently committed, she ends it absolutely in love with Souta and it just doesn't work for me. Souta's a handsome, nice guy with good intentions but where's the chemistry? There's some great physical comedy between the two, but it's missing the emotional connection from the characters in Your Name and Weathering with You. Aside from buying into the romance, there's really no conflict between Suzume's want of "enable Souta to live out his dreams" and her need of "resolve the feelings of loss from my childhood trauma." Similarly the conflict between her and her aunt just wasn't developed enough to warrant that third act climax they have. And even that is immediately undercut by the presence of the spirit cat. It's all very muddled before we get into the run length and unneeded road trip.

    While there are some definite motifs of abandoned areas, recurring natural disasters, and the beauty of Japan's diverse locales, the movie doesn't seem to have anything to say about those images other than the first two are sad and the last one is nice. The comet and ensuing disaster from Your Name directly spoke to the trauma of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in a way that felt cathartic: we experience the violence and devastation and then recover from it. While that earthquake and ensuing tsunami are directly mentioned in this movie, it's only experienced via young Suzume's feelings of loss. Whenever there's an earthquake warning, we get a mix of bystander reactions that range from highly anxious to unperturbed which is realistic but doesn't provide a strong narrative theme to follow. We can anchor our reaction with Suzume, but she's too busy averting the next impending disasters to give us any sense of how to feel about it. There were some other weird things too like the sort of suggestion that Suzume was bringing business with her wherever she went. I'll have to see if there's more to these themes when I watch it again.

    The one area where this film excelled was with the ending scene. Confronting the childhood trauma with the assurance that "this too shall pass" was great, and this was where the gf lost it. This movie was absolutely tailored to destroy her as she recently lost her mother-figure who was also a nurse, whom she had a complicated relationship with, etc. etc. She found a lot of herself in Suzume, and so I recognize that this movie hits everyone differently. But for me, I was a bit disappointed.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    what if denji gave pochita lasagna instead of blood????

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