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I have a question about part 4. It's very good and all, but I noticed that Tamami and Hazamada have shrunk for some reason. I know they were normal person sized before when they were a threat, but now they are barely taller than Koichi. Why is that?
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 13:47 |
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# ? May 13, 2024 07:35 |
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It's never really explained or mentioned. You get used to it.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 13:52 |
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I have a question about part 4. It's very good and all, but I noticed that Tamami and Hazamada have shrunk for some reason. I know they were normal person sized before when they were a threat, but now they are barely taller than Koichi. Why is that? A popular explanation is that it's a visual metaphor for how intimidating they were to Koichi, but after they were beaten, he no longer saw them as a threat, so they were brought down to his level, literally.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 13:55 |
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I have a question about part 4. It's very good and all, but I noticed that Tamami and Hazamada have shrunk for some reason. I know they were normal person sized before when they were a threat, but now they are barely taller than Koichi. Why is that?
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 14:03 |
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I guess that makes sense. Wait, no, that doesn't make any sense at all for that to happen, but I get the idea/style behind it.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 14:09 |
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I have a question about part 4. It's very good and all, but I noticed that Tamami and Hazamada have shrunk for some reason. I know they were normal person sized before when they were a threat, but now they are barely taller than Koichi. Why is that? Being defeated by Koichi causes you to shrink.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 14:41 |
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The shrinking enemies is one of the best parts of part 4 tbh
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 14:47 |
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ChaosArgate posted:A popular explanation is that it's a visual metaphor for how intimidating they were to Koichi, but after they were beaten, he no longer saw them as a threat, so they were brought down to his level, literally. It's this. They're not literally shrinking.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 15:14 |
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Silver2195 posted:It's this. They're not literally shrinking. Are you sure about that? Because it REALLY looks like they have actually shrunk. Not that anyone acknowledge the shrinking, but they do acknowledge their size.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 16:00 |
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littleorv posted:It was... Good. Late to the party, but I think you meant "It was... GREAT"
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 16:03 |
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It's just an artstyle shift. Seriously, look at Hazamada's actual chapters, he's continuously shrinking throughout them.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 16:35 |
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Hell, even Koichi is supposed to be taller than he's drawn. Like at least 5 foot.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 17:01 |
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No, you seem to be confusing him with Guanglai Kangyi. Koichi is barely 4 feet.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 17:10 |
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>tfw you will never be Koichi and cuddle with a woman twice your size
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 17:54 |
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Koichi is cool and everybody should read Cool Shock BT for more Koichi
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 18:00 |
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:>tfw you will never be Koichi and cuddle with a woman twice your size A woman will never make you piss your pants. Well, wait, we are talking about goons.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 18:01 |
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FirstAidKite posted:Koichi is cool and everybody should read Cool Shock BT for more Koichi Also, the Cell Games.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 18:29 |
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They'd better keep the shrinking people thing in the Part 4 anime or I'll be mad.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 18:36 |
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They've been super faithful to the manga even when they could've retconned poo poo to iron out some plotholes, plus they kept Iggy turning less ugly over time. What makes you think they'd suddenly not stick as close as possible to the source material?
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 18:39 |
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there was a yt vid of the battle tendency op being hosed with by bites the dust i think it was about this time a year ago, i cant find it does anyone have the link to it
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 19:39 |
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minoru suzuki posted:there was a yt vid of the battle tendency op being hosed with by bites the dust i think it was about this time a year ago, i cant find it does anyone have the link to it Here you go, mate.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 19:54 |
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The only downpoint about that video is that the dude who made it didn't get his hands on the creditless version from the blu-ray. e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k_SuZtZXxk so pretty vvvv Yeah, it's totally awesome. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jun 26, 2015 |
# ? Jun 26, 2015 19:58 |
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I've started reading Diamond is Unbreakable, and you guys are absolutely right. There's a TON of worldbuilding going on. The difference in the way the setting is handled is like night and day. I'm gonna have to make a post comparing Jojo's Bizarre Adventure with itself.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 19:59 |
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arc 4 is when he fully settles into what the series is all about, and from there it's just building on that. stardust crusaders still has issues in regards to araki figuring out what he's doing but when it finally clicks it's great.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 20:11 |
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a cartoon duck posted:They've been super faithful to the manga even when they could've retconned poo poo to iron out some plotholes, plus they kept Iggy turning less ugly over time. What makes you think they'd suddenly not stick as close as possible to the source material? The intent behind that post was less "Oh man, oh geez, what if it gets axed" and more "They have every reason to do it, so they'd better do it." Xibanya posted:I've started reading Diamond is Unbreakable, and you guys are absolutely right. There's a TON of worldbuilding going on. The difference in the way the setting is handled is like night and day. I'm gonna have to make a post comparing Jojo's Bizarre Adventure with itself. "Allegedly," Jojo was supposed to conclude with Part 3, but the series' boost in popularity and Araki's attachment to his own idea (stands) kept it going. People talk about Parts 1 and 2 being the outliers, but I feel like Part 3 is more similar to them than it is to the stuff that comes after. Part 4 changes stuff up considerably, after which Part 5 kicks in and switches things around again, and so on and so forth. By the time he was asked to deliver that lecture we linked you, his approach to Jojo had changed significantly. And it will change again. Part 7 is probably my (and a ton of other people's) favorite part. You can really see, reading it, how Araki's changed and matured over the years, distilling the best parts of his previous efforts into one harmonious whole, or almost. Then you turn the page and a character who was short and fat before is now tall and built because thirty years later Araki's still capable of changing his mind.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 21:00 |
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The first 3 volumes of Stardust Crusaders came in my mail today. Feels... good.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 21:03 |
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Enjoy that third volume cliffhanger. Or don't, I guess, since you watched the show.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 21:04 |
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With hindsight, I think the start of Egypt is one of the more significant and most valuable changes that Araki ever underwent because it's really obvious that he started to figure out stands and how they should complement their user rather than being more interesting than them by default. If he never figured that out, things like Alessi, Mariah, D'Arbys, Ice and Pet Shop would never have happened even in that part, never mind how he moved on with the manga as a whole. The thing that astounds me is that it's really rather quick with how he develops this style though and also kind of significant that some of the stronger early fights in SC are closer in formula to them, such as Lovers.
Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jun 26, 2015 |
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Bad Seafood posted:One of my favorite things about Jojo is the way it develops and changes over the years. It's one of the reasons I prefer the manga to the anime, as well as how some of Part 3's rougher, "Rawer" fights managed to endear themselves to me. It's like having access to someone's ever-changing sketchbook and watching them experiment. When Araki introduces some bad guy with a particular design only to simplify it in the very next chapter, I always chuckle. Over-extended yourself, eh? I thought it was cool how stands started out as a kind of visual embodiment for otherwise invisible psychic powers, only for Araki to change his mind and make them a bunch of horror film pastiches, only for Araki to change his mind again and make them more akin to zany superpowers with exacting drawbacks. It's uneven at times and not always entirely coherent, but it fascinates me to watch his ideas evolve even as his execution doesn't always keep pace. I think that's why it appeals to me too. It's a lot like looking at a cross-section of rock strata and being able to point out the different changes the earth went through, if that makes sense. It's really inspiring to me from a creative stand point and the fact that he was drawing and writing about what appealed to him at the time and that it continues to resonate with so many people, especially the concept of stands, makes me feel really....I don't know, nice? I'd really love a full translation of that writing comics book he wrote. I like looking at different people's writing process.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 21:47 |
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Xibanya posted:I've started reading Diamond is Unbreakable, and you guys are absolutely right. There's a TON of worldbuilding going on. The difference in the way the setting is handled is like night and day. I'm gonna have to make a post comparing Jojo's Bizarre Adventure with itself. Yeah, it's pretty darn neat isn't it? Araki more or less keeps reinventing the series as he goes along and it does a wonderful job of keeping JoJo from turning stale. Bad Seafood posted:Part 7 is probably my (and a ton of other people's) favorite part. You can really see, reading it, how Araki's changed and matured over the years, distilling the best parts of his previous efforts into one harmonious whole, or almost. Then you turn the page and a character who was short and fat before is now tall and built because thirty years later Araki's still capable of changing his mind. Hey now, that's legit. Finding Jesus totally can change a man.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 22:30 |
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Valentine was overweight and a habitual drinker. Then he accepted Jesus into his heart.
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 22:51 |
Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I have a question about part 4. It's very good and all, but I noticed that Tamami and Hazamada have shrunk for some reason. I know they were normal person sized before when they were a threat, but now they are barely taller than Koichi. Why is that?
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# ? Jun 26, 2015 22:58 |
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BaDandy posted:I think that's why it appeals to me too. It's a lot like looking at a cross-section of rock strata and being able to point out the different changes the earth went through, if that makes sense. It's really inspiring to me from a creative stand point and the fact that he was drawing and writing about what appealed to him at the time and that it continues to resonate with so many people, especially the concept of stands, makes me feel really....I don't know, nice? Like most mangaka, Araki includes a little author's note at the beginning of each of his volumes. Here's the author's note from volume 11 (23): Hirohiko Araki posted:Lately cigarette smoke bothers me. I always notice when someone is smoking near me. With that in mind, I decided that Hol Horse will quit smoking. But then I thought that it would be weird to suddenly change a character's habits. Hmm...but on the other hand, Hol Horse changes his mind all the time anyway. I figured "What the heck," so now he's using a smoke-free pipe.
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# ? Jun 27, 2015 00:40 |
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Hol Horse is the world's nicest man to women and mangaka. Also, I'm rewatching JJBA with a friend. Why wasn't this guy named Gene Simmons? Blueberry Pancakes fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Jun 27, 2015 |
# ? Jun 27, 2015 01:18 |
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man part 6 is really making want to watch some orange is the new black
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# ? Jun 27, 2015 03:55 |
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Ora is the New Black.
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# ? Jun 27, 2015 04:19 |
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its weird how stone free seems almost exactly like hierophant green with bits of star platinum (for obvious reasons)
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# ? Jun 27, 2015 04:29 |
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I guess he really did lay that egg. E: Green Eggs and Stand Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Jun 27, 2015 |
# ? Jun 27, 2015 04:32 |
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only thing now is what 2011 song would be a good ending for the anime
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# ? Jun 27, 2015 04:50 |
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I don't think they're going to adhere to that "Rule" as strictly as everyone seems to assume they are.
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