I've only really watched the anime but at the end of s1 when they talked about him as being the strongest among them I was certain he would job in his first fight to build up the villains in s2 more, but I was sooo wrong
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 16:05 |
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escanor is like the polar opposite of chad from bleach
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 16:23 |
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Of all the insanity of Seven Deadly Sins, Escanor is my hands down favorite.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 17:12 |
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I like Ban more, but Escanor is pretty great. In a world of shounen bullshit, it's nice to have a side character whose power is "I'm stronger than anything and literally nothing you can do will ever change that". e: I just remembered in his first two major battles he totally bodied like half the loving opposition effortlessly. Mulva fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Nov 13, 2018 |
# ? Nov 13, 2018 17:27 |
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Sun Punch Man
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 18:21 |
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Escanor had a clear gimmick that allows him to be used this way without people asking "well why don't they just have him fight everyone" and it rules
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 18:36 |
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Also the answer to "Well why don't they just have him fight everyone" is "Ok" and it's great.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 19:44 |
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I like how Ban has now spent like 99% of his life in that hell-realm.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 19:47 |
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Mulva posted:Also the answer to "Well why don't they just have him fight everyone" is "Ok" and it's great. He racked up 7/10 wins against the commandments. Can't argue with those results. And the mustache was 100% an improvement to his design. I cannot imagine him clean shaven ever again. Also, remember that time when Escanor was actually some 60ish year old butler with super powers? Good times If you haven't give Kongou Banchou a read, it's fun through and through.
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# ? Nov 13, 2018 20:19 |
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Escanor is cool and good and I've only read as far as just after his introduction when that giant maze shows up. Also this week's Fairy Tail Sequel (as opposed to Fairy Tail 2.0 IN SPACE) is all creepy Erza bikini bondage and I don't like it despite the whole Erza bikini part. Then again, I still keep thinking her name is actually Ezra so whatever. Seriously, why couldn't her name be translated as Elsa? It would make things so much easier. Even Elza would do.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 03:26 |
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chumbler posted:Spoilers, man!
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 05:27 |
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Agreed but he does know how to draw really good looking robot ladies at least.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 05:37 |
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 06:39 |
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Also this week's Fairy Tail Sequel (as opposed to Fairy Tail 2.0 IN SPACE) He's on full duties for Edens Zero and storyboarding Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest. Even with a full section or squad of assistants, one manga series can warp your goddamn sleeping schedule to oblivion, I can only sorta imagine what kind of (or lack of) sleeping schedule Mashima is currently powering through. I'm a relapsed Fairy Tail fan, but my hat's off to the guy.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 08:51 |
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And yet he still has time to draw and post sketches (often fully-colored!) on twitter and generally goof off. He also drew and published Fairy Tail Zero (monthly, mind you) while FT was still ongoing. He must have a secret twin or something. Or maybe a time machine.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 15:33 |
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his secret is that he spends approximately 30 seconds to write a chapter
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 15:45 |
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Or maybe he doesnt particularly agonize over his plot so he can spend more time on his art. Or he gets things more or less correct/the way he wants them in a less revisions than other mangaka. E:fb
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 15:45 |
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Or he's a lizard person
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 15:48 |
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Mashima's treatment of female characters is so bad and this arc is especially gross But dawg did y'all see that highway fight in the chapter before it, that was cool as hell. It might be the most fun and dynamic fight I've seen in his works in a long time, Fairy Tail's power creep reduced it to just big explosions or two page spreads of something cool maybe happening among all the magic effects towards the end. More of that please.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 16:22 |
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New Gotoubunquote:Nothing makes sense anymore.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 16:52 |
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This isn't going a direction I like.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 17:01 |
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Wark Say posted:I actually had to check Mashima's wiki because I swear that when I read your post, I thought you were pulling my leg. I'm pretty sure Mashima at this point can write Fairy Tail even while sleeping, it has fully embraced the fanservice gods.
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 18:44 |
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Speaking of generic shounen Tag urself i'm the smoking eye-tittied ballroom Micolash in the middle next to me is my brother, the Lethal League candyman with his floating TWEWY pins
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 23:29 |
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Uh, obviously the floating frog king dude
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# ? Nov 14, 2018 23:31 |
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If you poo poo talk marry grave in front of me I'm gonna bury you alive in a mountain of pain.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 00:15 |
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Its the best series running right now, really high emotional pathos and payoff and is such a bizarre and sweet premise that it makes excellent use of.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 00:15 |
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What is that from? I'm the fancy elf guy. He has a bitchin' hat and what looks to be a harp-spear. That is badass edit: Oh, Marry Grave. From how it started I wouldn't have expected it to draw me in so much! I really, really enjoy it! Reiche fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Nov 15, 2018 |
# ? Nov 15, 2018 00:16 |
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Marry Grave.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 00:17 |
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A man murdered on his wedding day was revived because his wife spent the remainder of her life going on a big adventure to gather the magic ingredients she needed to do a dark ritual to bring him back, and now hes going on the same journey to revive her and it snaps between the two of their perspectives in time and the art design and creatures are gorgeous and its just got a relentless pace and revels in joy and it rules, its not generic at all. Thats Marry Grave.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 00:21 |
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Yup saw your post a second after I made mine The whole premise of going back for an extended flashback after introducing the main characters is what really cemented it as one of my favorites coming out right now. You nailed exactly why I adore it sooooo much! another edit: I'm actually mad at myself now for not instantly recognizing it. I didn't see the new chapter yet
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 00:22 |
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Sharkopath posted:A man murdered on his wedding day was revived because his wife spent the remainder of her life going on a big adventure to gather the magic ingredients she needed to do a dark ritual to bring him back, and now hes going on the same journey to revive her HenryEx posted:Speaking of generic shounen
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 02:33 |
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i'm the incredibly angry horse
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 03:13 |
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I was not expecting to binge the entire comic. This is really good. I actually remember reading the first chapter when it came out and have no idea why I didn't keep up with this. But that cliffhanger. Even though I was reading it all in one go, it was easy to forget that the wedding day was the day everything went to poo poo. Was a little like Berserk all over again. It seems like one implication of a betrayer in the city is that Dante is a mole or deep agent for the demons. He's equally unusually trained for someone so young when he met Sawyer, just like Rosalie was. It depends on the nature of this loose end really. Being the dark brooding man doesn't automatically mean he's also a sellout to his species.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 08:15 |
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Brought To You By posted:I was not expecting to binge the entire comic. This is really good. I actually remember reading the first chapter when it came out and have no idea why I didn't keep up with this. But that cliffhanger. Nah the mole is probably that cultist that got away. He just led the demons there out of spite.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 08:21 |
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Angry Lobster posted:I'm pretty sure Mashima at this point can write Fairy Tail even while sleeping, it has fully embraced the fanservice gods. In a sorta-related question: Has Miki Yoshikawa done anything lately after Yamada-kun ended?
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 08:27 |
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I've seen this one linked to a few times and not yet checked it out, is it a series worth hopping into?
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 11:37 |
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I've read a little bit and it seems like We Can't Study but with more drama.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 11:46 |
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Pretty much. It's also surprisingly low on fanservice.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 11:52 |
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I like it a fair amount, less so because I think it's super notable and more that its juxtaposition with We Can't Study's popularity which I've never particularly enjoyed so it felt like "that, but better". The 5 girls seem pretty well characterized and I do think that so far the build up has been handled well. I do want Miku to win! Which is probably a mistake, caring about who wins in a harem series, just gonna be a set up for disappointment by the end.
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 12:04 |
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Sure, I'll add it to the pile alongside We Never Learn. iirc outside of really old shonen harem series like Tenchi or Ranma, the only relatively recent ones I've read are My Monster Secret(which is barely a harem anyway) and The World God Only Knows. I recall people really souring on Nisekoi so I never got more than like a half dozen chapters into that. also, speaking of a shonen harem, Tomoko has a harem misunderstanding of her own being tomoki is suffering
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# ? Nov 15, 2018 12:49 |