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Retro Futurist posted:What the hell are ripples and stands? Ripple is solar powered kung fu. A Stand is a ghost buddy who helps you flex.
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Nessus posted:Well yeah, it's like American comics. But with more homo-eroticism. FTFY
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Jul 7, 2016 07:31
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I wish superhero comics could be half as fabulous as Jojo.
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Jul 7, 2016 07:33
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Basically, while Superman can only pick up so many supertankers before you get used to the idea, everyone goes nuts when Green Arrow shoots The Atom through Darkseid's shield into his brain as a light particle. EVERY SUPERPOWER in Jojo requires the kind of angular thinking that that second example involves. Raw brute force is almost never a factor, it always comes down to the individuals each figuring out how to use their weird, specialized superpower to combat the other guy's weird, specialized superpower. Add on that this is all presented in an extremely stylish and well-rendered manner and it's no wonder the series has so much staying power.
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Jul 7, 2016 10:24
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What's as important is that Jojo is completely, genuinely 100% sincere. There's no irony or tongue in cheek. No matter how ridiculous the series gets, it always takes itself seriously enough to not just become nonsense. It's perfect camp.
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Jul 7, 2016 11:15
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Onmi posted:There is no "Ultimate Stand" and while there are objectively powerful ones, it really comes down to how you use your ability. muda muda muda mudaaaaaaa
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Jul 7, 2016 12:09
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:What's as important is that Jojo is completely, genuinely 100% sincere. There's no irony or tongue in cheek. No matter how ridiculous the series gets, it always takes itself seriously enough to not just become nonsense. It's perfect camp. Why is Mister Mustache complaining about Mister Hat's lack of chips when he's just said what he is going to wager? 
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Jul 7, 2016 12:11
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prefect posted:Why is Mister Mustache complaining about Mister Hat's lack of chips when he's just said what he is going to wager? At the risk of running right into the joke, it's right to left.
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Jul 7, 2016 12:21
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You can't just throw a soul into a wager, it doesn't have any comparative value. What do I want with your mother's soul? More importantly, why do you have your mother's soul and does she know what you're doing with it, young man? 
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Jul 7, 2016 14:27
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Even after wagering the soul, reading right to left, he still has chips. Hence, anime is dumb.
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Jul 7, 2016 14:55
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Ferrule posted:Even after wagering the soul, reading right to left, he still has chips. Bees... my god
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Ashcans posted:You can't just throw a soul into a wager, it doesn't have any comparative value. What do I want with your mother's soul? More importantly, why do you have your mother's soul and does she know what you're doing with it, young man? Moustache Guy's Stand power is literally "gambling with souls is real". The whole sequence is pretty good for this thread.
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Jul 7, 2016 15:34
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Ripple is an okay Grateful Dead song. Stand is a great R.E.M. song. There. it's settled.
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Jul 7, 2016 17:18
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Ferrule posted:Even after wagering the soul, reading right to left, he still has chips. I realize you're kidding but, context anyway D'arby is a servant of the main villain, Dio. His power, Osiris, allows him to take the souls of someone who has admitted defeat in their heart. He has already taken the souls of Polnareff and Joseph Joestar, both times by rigging the game. Jotaro has challenged him to poker, confident that Star Platinum's precision can let him catch D'arby cheating (It can), D'arby owns everyone in the area however, and the "Third Party" they bring in to deal, is dealing Jotaro a bum hand. On the first hand Jotaro loses the pieces of his soul he bet. On the second, he refuses to look at his cards, which D'arby sees as Jotaro trying to psyche him out. Until he notices that Jotaro has a Cigarette, from out of nowhere. And then when he's calming himself that no matter how fast Star Platinum is, Jotaro couldn't replace his ENTIRE hand without D'arby noticing. Then he sees that Jotaro has a drink, again from seemingly nowhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP1arj7AYuI This is also a hint to the future, that D'arby is aware that Dio has the power to stop time, and suspects that's how Jotaro is doing everything.
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Onmi posted:This is also a hint to the future, that D'arby is aware that Dio has the power to stop time, and suspects that's how Jotaro is doing everything. And, technically, he's right.
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Jul 7, 2016 18:05
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Just keep scrolling until the anime goes away oh god it's not going away
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Johnny Aztec posted:Just keep scrolling until the anime goes away It will never go away. All will be consumed.
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Jul 7, 2016 19:10
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Don't worry, it's good anime anyways.
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Jul 7, 2016 19:54
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What about the American version? Is it still Anime then? 
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Jul 7, 2016 19:57
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I love JoJo with all my heart, and that page makes me feel only one thing:
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Jul 7, 2016 20:00
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ImpAtom posted:What about the American version? Am I supposed to read that left to right?
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Uthor posted:Am I supposed to read that left to right? I don't think you're supposed to read it at all.
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Jul 7, 2016 21:01
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I actually think that American/Western takes on manga are an untapped niche that has a lot of potential, but that's seriously making me reconsider that idea.
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Lightning Lord posted:I actually think that American/Western takes on manga are an untapped niche that has a lot of potential, but that's seriously making me reconsider that idea. Isnt that literally just "Comics"?
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Jul 7, 2016 21:28
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Hey guys I found this interesting thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3769790 (please go post in that thread rather than this one)
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So the actual story behind "Diesel" the Jojo fancomic that somehow was actually published no seriously. Was that the person who wrote it watched the OVA and was like "WOW! I need to show this to everybody. But how?" And thus, that...
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Jul 7, 2016 21:39
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More Badass Panels, less anime talk. Preferably no anime talk.
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Jul 7, 2016 22:26
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Quoting myself!WickedHate posted:
Moon Knight, #2 and #5 I love Ellis' Moon Knight so loving much yall.
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Jul 7, 2016 22:32
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Ame-Comi Girls Vol. 2: Rise of The Brainiac
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PS: I <3 U DP
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WickedHate posted:I love Ellis' Moon Knight so loving much yall. That cape as negative space  e: although it is immediately preceded by entire cartridges flying through the air 
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Jul 7, 2016 22:46
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Phy posted:That cape as negative space Shalvey and Bellaire love using negative space, and they're insanely good at it. They do similar things in Injection and it is balls-out awesome.
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Toshimo posted:Ame-Comi Girls Vol. 2: Rise of The Brainiac What is with these outfits???
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KittyEmpress posted:What is with these outfits??? That series was like Bombshells, based on a line of statues. Only bishoujo statues instead of WW2 pinups. It was better than you'd think for a book based on that, but unlike Bombshells, not good enough to outpace it's origins. Plus it's harder to get away with designs like this when it's sexy anime girls and not retro 40s dresses
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KittyEmpress posted:What is with these outfits??? They are :kickinrad: anime-style versions of DC Superheroes where all the heroes are girls. Pictured here (L-R) are Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Batgirl, Alana Strange, and Steel:  For badass quota, here's the GL oath of the Ame-Comi Green Lantern (Jade YiFei), a blind Chinese mountain climber who uses her power ring to create headphones that give her Daredevil-style hearing and echo-location: 
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I know the reason is "because anime", but man, those are fanservicy as hell. It really takes away any coolness factor they could have.
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That oath is also hella cribbed from Alan Moored.
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Gaz-L posted:That oath is also hella cribbed from Alan Moored. Yeah. P close: 
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WickedHate posted:I know the reason is "because anime", but man, those are fanservicy as hell. It really takes away any coolness factor they could have. Yeah, it's kinda disappointing. Especially because if you fill in the boob window on Green Lantern, her outfit is actually pretty great for a Mountain-Climber-turned-Close-Range-Brawler Green Lantern. Here she is talking smack and kicking someone in the face:  And here's the statue she's based on:  The pant sleeve things are p great for conveying motion and the high collar is hella cool.
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Toshimo posted:Yeah, it's kinda disappointing. Especially because if you fill in the boob window on Green Lantern, her outfit is actually pretty great for a Mountain-Climber-turned-Close-Range-Brawler Green Lantern. Mountain climbers and close ranged brawlers have light outfits because of practical reasons regarding real world physics and the like. Boob window or no, that's a pretty weak excuse when designing magic space armor for a super hero, because the real reason is always "to give nerds boners". Also, everyone is weirdly shiny, and Green Lantern in particular looks like a half human half lima bean.
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