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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    I do hope that they de-gimmick Zenitsu some eventually

    I get the gimmick, it's just, don't make me pay for cool stuff later with lame stuff now

    anime may not be for you...

  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    Even when it comes to anime cliches

    Zenitsu is propably one of the most obnoxious characters I'v ever seen.

    Early One Piece Ussopp was infinitely more tolerable than him!

  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    There are multiple interpretations to the events of Paranoia Agent. The themes don't really change but what exactly is happening does.

  • simulacrumsimulacrum She/herRegistered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I watched the first couple episodes of Hunter X Hunter. Seems alright, I’ll watch more!

    Don't be shy about posting your reactions

  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    I don't find Zinetsu's gimmick endearing, however I understand it. I mean how often in these shonens do you have a character that genuinely does not want to do this job, but hes doing it reluctantly through duty and obligation. its kind of refreshing to see one of these character shaking in his boots at the idea of fighting creepy demons. He does get a little better after backstory reveal, but hopefully by the time you are caught up you will endure him as comic relief with a side of awesome.

    Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum
  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    Zenitsu's at a 10, we need him at about a 7.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    Zenitsu is fine because
    he is a little orphan boy who had an awful hell life and was then was struck by lightning and now thinks probably correctly he is cursed by fate

    A duck! on
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  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
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    Another reference to The Office.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WCfTREZSdQ

    Isorn on
  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    Checking out Konosuba and man I did not realize how horny it was going to be.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    cB557 wrote: »
    Checking out Konosuba and man I did not realize how horny it was going to be.

    Its horny but in a way where nobody involved is horny in the same way and it just adds to how stupid the whole situation is

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  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    cB557 wrote: »
    Checking out Konosuba and man I did not realize how horny it was going to be.

    Its horny but in a way where nobody involved is horny in the same way and it just adds to how stupid the whole situation is
    I mean the camera also really wants to make sure I know about Aqua's ass.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I cannot argue in good faith against these points about Konosuba, I still like it a lot though except for the succubus episode

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    cB557 wrote: »
    cB557 wrote: »
    Checking out Konosuba and man I did not realize how horny it was going to be.

    Its horny but in a way where nobody involved is horny in the same way and it just adds to how stupid the whole situation is
    I mean the camera also really wants to make sure I know about Aqua's ass.

    They have made her so unappealing to me I don't see her as anything but that weird pushy drunk girl at last call you don't want anything to do with.

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  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    I like KonoSuba a lot as well but partly because of things like that I don't generally recommend it to people unless I know they are fine with anime like that.

    What I do always recommend is "A Place Further than the Universe"
    Go watch that. It is great.

    Isorn on
  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I cannot argue in good faith against these points about Konosuba, I still like it a lot though except for the succubus episode

    I like that episode because it's oddly positive about sex work. Like nobody did anything wrong and It was consensual. Aqua was just being a racist shit

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    maybe, but I got the feeling the episode mainly existed as a vehicle for drawing tits and ass.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    maybe, but I got the feeling the episode mainly existed as a vehicle for drawing tits and ass.

    Oh definitely.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    There are certainly far worse scenarios that authors use for that purpose. Fire Force comes to mind.

  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    The succubus episode was nowhere near as bad as the choker episode.

  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    cB557 wrote: »
    The succubus episode was nowhere near as bad as the choker episode.

    I feel that one doesn't get brought up as much because it is an OVA and those weren't on Crunchyroll until recently I think?

  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    Isorn wrote: »
    cB557 wrote: »
    The succubus episode was nowhere near as bad as the choker episode.

    I feel that one doesn't get brought up as much because it is an OVA and those weren't on Crunchyroll until recently I think?
    Ah. Shows up as the final episode of season one now, so it really sticks out like a sore thumb.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    choker episode doesn't ring a bell for me yeah

    e: yep they must have added this later with no fanfare, I never saw this

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  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    The second KonoSuba OVA is better. Diary reveal at the end was pretty good.

  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    cB557 wrote: »
    The succubus episode was nowhere near as bad as the choker episode.

    The succubus episode would not have been nearly so bad without the bath scene featuring Kazuma being awful. Especially since Darkness for once was not into it.

    The choker episode was terrible for similar reasons.

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  • TetraTetra The Grumpiest Baby Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    I do hope that they de-gimmick Zenitsu some eventually

    I get the gimmick, it's just, don't make me pay for cool stuff later with lame stuff now

    anime may not be for you...

    Nah, anime is fine. And also not fine at the same time. By which I mean: there is so much of it being produced and so many different target audiences with wildly different tastes that there's no way you'd like all of it. Or even most of it, for that matter. It definitely helps to know which types of shows do / don't appeal to you, but that's something that you get with experience. Personally, I've soured on shows (like Demon Slayer) aimed at the shonen demographic in recent years, with Hunter X Hunter being the only exception. I wish I could include My Hero Academia in the exceptions, but the only arc I actually liked was the Stain arc and then the author did an interview saying he would never write anything like that arc again. Go figure. Even the much-lauded FMA Brotherhood lost me somewhere in its teens. They're not bad shows, heck some of them earn near-universal praise, but I've come to know what I like and it lies elsewhere. It's OK to have personal tastes and biases in entertainment.

  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    horny is funny

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    God I’m such a sucker for Death Note’s dumbass 10-dimensional chess bullshit

    I’m approaching about halfway through it and I’ve never gotten to the Near and Mello stuff before, I’m curious how it’ll play for me, as I understand it most people think it gets way worse in the back half

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    God I’m such a sucker for Death Note’s dumbass 10-dimensional chess bullshit

    I’m approaching about halfway through it and I’ve never gotten to the Near and Mello stuff before, I’m curious how it’ll play for me, as I understand it most people think it gets way worse in the back half

    Its a rare situation where the ending of the Japanese live action movie is way better

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    HxH s01 eps 3-4
    I figured the friendly guy was secretly an asshole

    They revealed it a bit further than I thought they would, though

    Killua seems cool, I’m sure he’s got an actual reason to take the hunter exam besides “I thought it would be fun.” though

    I didn’t expect the specifics of Kurapika’s reason to be so gruesome, or that Leorio would actually have a fairly relatable reason for wanting money

    Still enjoying it! May watch more tonight, depending on if I actually can or not.

  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Oh you're about to get to a particular character and I am very interested to hear what you think of him.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Oh you're about to get to a particular character and I am very interested to hear what you think of him.

    Yeah.

    He's particular alright.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    So I mentioned this before but I was on my phone so didn't really have time to explain shit. So kaguya-sama wants to be confessed to has a whole bunch of references to the Bamboo Cutter's Daughter story. That story basically goes that an elderly childless couple cuts open a piece of bamboo and there's a tiny girl inside. She grows up magically fast, beautiful and smart, and wow everybody wants to woo her. So she gets 5 suitors, but since she just wants to take care of her elderly parents, she gives each of them impossible tasks. Some suitors give up, others die in the attempt, whoops. Then the emperor asks her to marry him, and will take care of her parents, but while she does like him back she has to go back, because she's actually a princess from the moon or something. It's often called the first sci-fi story, though I think that's pretty flimsy.

    At any rate, Kaguya from "wants to be confessed to" has some of those same Kaguya hime qualities. She's brilliant, beautiful, and when it comes to romance she comes up with sneaky plans. Her parents are, well, cold and distant.

    Miyuki Shirogane is a direct name reference to the fourth suitor, Ootomo no Miyuki. He lives in a more modest home than the other suitors, and travels simply. He has to journey to a distant land to go find the jewel in the head of a dragon, which in this case is probably Miyuki's plan to go to America.

    Chika (Thousand flowers) Fujiwara (Wisteria Fields)'s name is a reference to the second suitor, who was tasked with finding a jeweled flower branch. Chika and her sisters are all flower names. Just like how the suitor tried to cheat and make a fake branch, Chika is constantly trying (and failing) to cheat at cards.

    Ishigami is a reference to another suitor, who's tasked with finding Tsubame no Koyasugai, a "Swallow's Cowry." The suitor spots a cowry shell in a swallow's nest, climbs up the tree, and then gets bird shit on him and falls to his death, which is rather reminiscent of Ishigami's habit of dramatically falling down stairs...

    If you hadn't already noticed, the swallow's cowry is directly referenced by the name of Ishigami's crush, Tsubame Koyasu.

    Ai Hayasaka, is themed after the star envoy, who comes to Earth to tell Kaguya-hime that her parents want her to come back. In the manga she's usually wearing something star-themed.

    Miko Iino is named after another suitor, Ishidzukuri no Miko. Her best friend Kobachi Osaragi is a punny reference to the stone begging bowl of the Buddha that the suitor was sent to find.

    There's probably other references in there too, but that's all I know of. We're still missing one suitor, and the student council is still missing one member, so...?

    Kana on
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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    HxH is one of those shows where I suggest people to skip 100 some episodes because the one story arc is one of the best ever created.

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    It's up to over 100 episodes? Netflix only has 3 seasons!

  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    Kana wrote: »
    So I mentioned this before but I was on my phone so didn't really have time to explain shit. So kaguya-sama wants to be confessed to has a whole bunch of references to the Bamboo Cutter's Daughter story. That story basically goes that an elderly childless couple cuts open a piece of bamboo and there's a tiny girl inside. She grows up magically fast, beautiful and smart, and wow everybody wants to woo her. So she gets 5 suitors, but since she just wants to take care of her elderly parents, she gives each of them impossible tasks. Some suitors give up, others die in the attempt, whoops. Then the emperor asks her to marry him, and will take care of her parents, but while she does like him back she has to go back, because she's actually a princess from the moon or something. It's often called the first sci-fi story, though I think that's pretty flimsy.

    At any rate, Kaguya from "wants to be confessed to" has some of those same Kaguya hime qualities. She's brilliant, beautiful, and when it comes to romance she comes up with sneaky plans. Her parents are, well, cold and distant.

    Miyuki Shirogane is a direct name reference to the fourth suitor, Ootomo no Miyuki. He lives in a more modest home than the other suitors, and travels simply. He has to journey to a distant land to go find the jewel in the head of a dragon, which in this case is probably Miyuki's plan to go to America.

    Chika (Thousand flowers) Fujiwara (Wisteria Fields)'s name is a reference to the second suitor, who was tasked with finding a jeweled flower branch. Chika and her sisters are all flower names. Just like how the suitor tried to cheat and make a fake branch, Chika is constantly trying (and failing) to cheat at cards.

    Ishigami is a reference to another suitor, who's tasked with finding Tsubame no Koyasugai, a "Swallow's Cowry." The suitor spots a cowry shell in a swallow's nest, climbs up the tree, and then gets bird shit on him and falls to his death, which is rather reminiscent of Ishigami's habit of dramatically falling down stairs...

    If you hadn't already noticed, the swallow's cowry is directly referenced by the name of Ishigami's crush, Tsubame Koyasu.

    Ai Hayasaka, is themed after the star envoy, who comes to Earth to tell Kaguya-hime that her parents want her to come back. In the manga she's usually wearing something star-themed.

    Miko Iino is named after another suitor, Ishidzukuri no Miko. Her best friend Kobachi Osaragi is a punny reference to the stone begging bowl of the Buddha that the suitor was sent to find.

    There's probably other references in there too, but that's all I know of. We're still missing one suitor, and the student council is still missing one member, so...?

    the bamboo cutter's daughter story is wonderfully told in the Ghibli film of a similar name. it's a really really good film

  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    Ahhh yeah, looks like Netflix only has Hunter x Hunter up to the end of the Yorknew City arc. (which to be fair is also really good)

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    It looks like Crunchyroll has everything, at least!

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    Ahhh yeah, looks like Netflix only has Hunter x Hunter up to the end of the Yorknew City arc. (which to be fair is also really good)

    I want them to get to Greed Island because I wanna hear the dubbed versions of the post-episode card description skits.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I'm about 16 episodes into Hunter X Hunter

    I'm really enjoying it.

    Gon is very similar to Midoriya

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I'm about 16 episodes into Hunter X Hunter

    I'm really enjoying it.

    Gon is very similar to Midoriya

    Oh.

    Oh no.

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