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donavannj said:
IDK. You tell me what Inazuma is. It's like spaceships playing soccer or something as far as I can tell.
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Well there are spaceships and it is about soccer. Occasionally the two mix. Hell, there's a move where they create the universe.

You know, normal Soccer stuff. Nothing special. Not that I would know, of course.
 
We actually call Inazuma and Ikazuchi the "Raiden."

Intended.
 
Ah Kanty Collection. Forever lewd.

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So watched Dragon Ball Super's latest episode and...God. This show is equal parts frustrating and mind-blowingly awesome. I won't go into detail since I know people are waiting for the dub, but people always talked about how Z had a lot of powering up, joking about how it went on for episodes (as did the fights)...well, it's the same here. This seems weird at first, considering there's no source manga so there's no need for filler and stretching, but then you remember that this is Toei and they hate quality. It's like the show is self-aware, too, because some of the scenes have just really long powering up sequences with...probably unintentional comical effect. Plus the animation can get pretty sketchy. And the pacing.

...And as bad as all of that sounds, I'm loving the hell out of this show. The fighting can drag but it's a lot more involved than it was in Z, generally with actual martial arts happening (so a lot less frame reuse). It's so family it hurts, appealing to those who stuck with Goku and friends from childhood and watched them grow, and you guys know how I love family ****. You don't even need to see the show to see this, the ending themes (especially the first one) hit this on the head. Plus the second one just came out and it shows...a lot of stuff that's exciting as a weekly watcher. Plus the openings and endings for this show are just really good in general. And as lazy as the animation can be, it's awesome when it's awesome. Plus the characters are so much more colorful than they were in Z. For everything I don't like about the show there's something I like two times as much. I mean, really, that's all this post is. Gushing. 'Cause this is basically what I wanted out of Z. I don't know if it's childhood whimsy or just joy that this is what the show has become, but I was hit with this sudden burst of excitement while watching today...so yeah, I lied. It's more 2/3rds mind-blowingly awesome and 1/3rd (and some change) frustrating.

Also, Toriyama is a mad man and he must be stopped. That is all.
 
Pokestick said:
And Mousou Express completes that cycle.

Don't look anything up, Dero. I want you unsullied for the upcoming arcs.
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Okay so. I wanted to show how cute nadeko sengoku is to a friend if mine. So I Google searched her and showed him the images. And then I saw something I shouldn't have.

Then I asked my roommate if what I saw shouldn't have been seen at that point.
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He's been going on and on for ages. Like, how much willpower does the guy have? Surely he must be rich af by now. :p I doubt it is passion - you GOTTA get burned out on something like DBZ after so many years, man. There's no way you can't.

Unless you're not human. Just saiyan'.
 
I saw one episode of nichibros. It was funny but didn't hook me or anything. Maybe it gets better and more addictive after one episode.
 
And a lot of the best moments are on YouTube as clips with no context whatsoever.

machomuu said:
Well there are spaceships and it is about soccer. Occasionally the two mix. Hell, there's a move where they create the universe.

You know, normal Soccer stuff. Nothing special. Not that I would know, of course.
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Yes, that's all totally normal soccer stuff.

machomuu said:
So watched Dragon Ball Super's latest episode and...God. This show is equal parts frustrating and mind-blowingly awesome. I won't go into detail since I know people are waiting for the dub, but people always talked about how Z had a lot of powering up, joking about how it went on for episodes (as did the fights)...well, it's the same here. This seems weird at first, considering there's no source manga so there's no need for filler and stretching, but then you remember that this is Toei and they hate quality. It's like the show is self-aware, too, because some of the scenes have just really long powering up sequences with...probably unintentional comical effect. Plus the animation can get pretty sketchy. And the pacing.

...And as bad as all of that sounds, I'm loving the hell out of this show. The fighting can drag but it's a lot more involved than it was in Z, generally with actual martial arts happening (so a lot less frame reuse). It's so family it hurts, appealing to those who stuck with Goku and friends from childhood and watched them grow, and you guys know how I love family ****. You don't even need to see the show to see this, the ending themes (especially the first one) hit this on the head. Plus the second one just came out and it shows...a lot of stuff that's exciting as a weekly watcher. Plus the openings and endings for this show are just really good in general. And as lazy as the animation can be, it's awesome when it's awesome. Plus the characters are so much more colorful than they were in Z. For everything I don't like about the show there's something I like two times as much. I mean, really, that's all this post is. Gushing. 'Cause this is basically what I wanted out of Z. I don't know if it's childhood whimsy or just joy that this is what the show has become, but I was hit with this sudden burst of excitement while watching today...so yeah, I lied. It's more 2/3rds mind-blowingly awesome and 1/3rd (and some change) frustrating.

Also, Toriyama is a mad man and he must be stopped. That is all.
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Is it basically Dragon Ball with the action levels that Z had?

derozio said:
He's been going on and on for ages. Like, how much willpower does the guy have? Surely he must be rich af by now. :p I doubt it is passion - you GOTTA get burned out on something like DBZ after so many years, man. There's no way you can't.

Unless you're not human. Just saiyan'.
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I mean, it's not like it's the only thing he's worked on over the years. Character designs for Dragon Quest and a few one-shots here and there, too.

EDIT: Anyone watching SAO Abridged? Stumbled into this immature masterpiece a couple weeks ago and have been thoroughly enjoying it.
 
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donavannj said:
EDIT: Anyone watching SAO Abridged? Stumbled into this immature masterpiece a couple weeks ago and have been thoroughly enjoying it.
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I remember watching something like that years ago. If Kirito sounds like a total, unlikeable dork, that's the one. It was probably fun.

Incidentally, I'm currently listening to Digibro's Analytical Diatribe of SAO. He takes it apart pretty nicely.
 
Pokestick said:
I remember watching something like that years ago. If Kirito sounds like a total, unlikeable dork, that's the one. It was probably fun.

Incidentally, I'm currently listening to Digibro's Analytical Diatribe of SAO. He takes it apart pretty nicely.
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Kinda, yeah. The one I'm talking about is by Something Witty Entertainment, and that's how they've written him. Well, not just totally unlikeable and dorky. They practically make him a sociopath who has trauma and trust issues after the first event that seriously impacts the real SAO's Kirito's M.O. They're only up to 7 episodes after 2 years, though.
 
derozio said:
Is it weird that I found Sengoku to be the cutest thing ever?!
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That is what you should remember from watching Bakemono!

Kenchiin said:
I tried Asterisk War and it was an instant drop. It's been a while since I had watched something as boring and generic as this show D:!
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You don't want dose of generic LNs? =D

derozio said:
Spoiler:
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Though, that Nadeko is even more cute! :P
 
derozio said:
b-bu-but that's a spoiler. Big one at that. :(
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It's only really a spoiler if you see it as one, especially since you weren't given any substantial details behind the "why" or whether what you saw was important at all.

Though, a tip for the future, if you see something that you think might be a spoiler, don't try to affirm it with someone who knows. More likely than not, you'll be more spoiled than if you hadn't asked at all, since even if they don't try to spoil something, they generally will.

It's better to quickly be falsely proven wrong by a red herring than to ruin the surprise in its entirety.
 
donavannj said:
Is it basically Dragon Ball with the action levels that Z had?
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Super is more of a...well...

...and this isn't really something they announce for some reason or another (but it's not a spoiler, just kind of gives some insight), but when they say that Super takes place after the battle with Buu, they mean right after. So it takes place before, during, and after Battle of Gods and retells its events (Dunno if it retcons, though; they might both be canon). That's the current arc, at least, but the new ending seems to hint at original content...or a Resurrection of F arc (can't speak on that since I haven't seen the movie yet). So put bluntly, what Super is is still up in the air.

Though it is like Dragon Ball in some ways. It's as humorous as Dragon Ball was ("Goku, with that money we could buy so much porn!" - Master Roshi 2015), for instance, but if I had to say, I think it's more that it's no less like one or the other and it's more that it builds on both of the two as you might expect from the guy that crafted both of them. It's a sequel in every sense, and I'd say I like it more for it.

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In other news, I found out that my local Books-A-Million's pretty loaded with good stuff. It has official English publications for the LNs of The Devil is a Part Timer, Danmachi, DRRR! (dunno about Baccano, though, need to check), and of course, SAO (since that's what really revealed that there was an LN market in the West), most of which I didn't even know had made it over here.. It had hardcover Jojo, Dragon Ball in color, and AoT up the wazoo. Their selection's pretty bomb in general, though- better than my Borders, I'd say.

Also, before leaving for a class I had, I accidentally read all of the first volume of a random manga that I picked up, Magical Girl Apocalypse. That was...an experience. Zombies, a bunch of people saying "MAGICARUUUUUU", and so much blood and gore that you'd think the artist just dropped their ink on the pages and ran with it. Was it good? Not...really. It was very clearly shock for the sake of shock and seemed as if it was trying to capitalize on Attack on Titan's Gore. The difference being, in Attack on Titan the gore was more or less warranted, the titans being mostly instinctual beings that killed in ways that were less methodical and more just to get the job done. In this though...just why? There's one page where it's 3 panels of zombies dragging a girl by the legs and then running in opposite directions, splitting her in half. On another page, a zombie...somehow...smashes a guy's head into his body...or maybe he makes it explode? It's not really clear.

And I'm not saying it's bad. I mean, hey, if you want to make manga where gratuitous gore is your hook, more power to you, that's the direction you picked and I have nothing against that. I just worry that what the direction is might harm this particular manga more than it would do it good because of the intention to shock.
 
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machomuu said:
Super is more of a...well...

...and this isn't really something they announce for some reason or another (but it's not a spoiler, just kind of gives some insight), but when they say that Super takes place after the battle with Buu, they mean right after. So it takes place before, during, and after Battle of Gods and retells its events (Dunno if it retcons, though; they might both be canon). That's the current arc, at least, but the new ending seems to hint at original content...or a Resurrection of F arc (can't speak on that since I haven't seen the movie yet). So put bluntly, what Super is is still up in the air.

Though it is like Dragon Ball in some ways. It's as humorous as Dragon Ball was ("Goku, with that money we could buy so much porn!" - Master Roshi 2015), for instance, but if I had to say, I think it's more that it's no less like one or the other and it's more that it builds on both of the two as you might expect from the guy that crafted both of them. It's a sequel in every sense, and I'd say I like it more for it.
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Basically I was asking if it had the humor of Dragon Ball but with the action of Z. I see that it basically does.

In other news, I found out that my local Books-A-Million's pretty loaded with good stuff. It has official English publications for the LNs of The Devil is a Part Timer, Danmachi, DRRR! (dunno about Baccano, though, need to check), and of course, SAO (since that's what really revealed that there was an LN market in the West), most of which I didn't even know had made it over here.. It had hardcover Jojo, Dragon Ball in color, and AoT up the wazoo. Their selection's pretty bomb in general, though- better than my Borders, I'd say.
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There are still Borders stores around???

All of those novels have been out for at least a couple months now, man. Danmachi actually hit at least as far back as December before the anime even started in Japan.

No Baccano yet that I've seen, but if the DRRR! stuff does well, I think it'll be brought over.

Good you've found a bookstore with an actual selection, though. B&N is another place you can find a wide selection, too (and for me the only chain place in my area that I can reliably find new volumes), but many times it's only like the first 2 and then the last 3 in stores because they don't have room to stock every single volume of all the series on their shelves.

Also, before leaving for a class I had, I accidentally read all of the first volume of a random manga that I picked up, Magical Girl Apocalypse. That was...an experience. Zombies, a bunch of people saying "MAGICARUUUUUU", and so much blood and gore that you'd think the artist just dropped their ink on the pages and ran with it. Was it good? Not...really. It was very clearly shock for the sake of shock and seemed as if it was trying to capitalize on Attack on Titan's Gore. The difference being, in Attack on Titan the gore was more or less warranted, the titans being mostly instinctual beings that killed in ways that were less methodical and more just to get the job done. In this though...just why? There's one page where it's 3 panels of zombies dragging a girl by the legs and then running in opposite directions, splitting her in half. On another page, a zombie...somehow...smashes a guy's head into his body...or maybe he makes it explode? It's not really clear.

And I'm not saying it's bad. I mean, hey, if you want to make manga where gratuitous gore is your hook, more power to you, that's the direction you picked and I have nothing against that. I just worry that what the direction is might harm this particular manga more than it would do it good because of the intention to shock.
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Thanks for that, man. Almost picked it up myself out of curiosity recently. But if the gore's so bad it's like it's supposed to be a shock factor, I'm just going to keep ignoring it, then.
 
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