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Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IZHMx-QmRSk

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Meme Emulator
Oct 4, 2000

Hodgepodge posted:

the hunters organization is elitist as hell but at the same time their bizarre version of capitalism probably makes more sense than the real thing. also the old dude nukes the bug emperor.

the hunter organization only having like 300 ppl in it was wierd to me

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

christmas boots posted:

Shiba Inuyasha

This irritates me so much, because I had a girlfriend who had a shiba, and she said "shiba ken." Also everyone I knew in Japan who had anything to say about dogs said "ken." I thought it was the right word for a dog breed, but then I come to find out it's a regionalism and it's basically 50/50 across Japan.

But not in the Anglosphere, where somehow only inu made the jump.

Bootleg Trunks
Jun 12, 2020

Inuyasha doesn't scream enough to be a Shiba

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

new beastars opening good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy90tA3TT1c

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
the weirdest, most obsessive and generally exceptional people are also the best at nen. the hunter org's purpose is to attract those people and exert some influence on their behavior by providing incentives and goals. it doesn't really work that way for people who take the exam when they already know nen, but the test is mostly a formality for them anyway.

Augus
Mar 9, 2015


Meme Emulator posted:

the hunter organization only having like 300 ppl in it was wierd to me

it makes a lot more sense than if it were the opposite imo. they're given basically bottomless bank accounts, unrestricted travel to most countries in the world, and legal immunity.
also the exam to become a member is a meat grinder where a handful of hyper-competent, insane killing machines roll over all the other applicants

Hodgepodge
Jan 29, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 206 days!

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

the weirdest, most obsessive and generally exceptional people are also the best at nen. the hunter org's purpose is to attract those people and exert some influence on their behavior by providing incentives and goals. it doesn't really work that way for people who take the exam when they already know nen, but the test is mostly a formality for them anyway.

They don't allow the public to know about nen for reasons, right?

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

Hodgepodge posted:

They don't allow the public to know about nen for reasons, right?

nen is a secret like how the existence of the mafia is a secret i think. its not like you can just learn it on your own unless you're an insane freak like netero. Atleast when it comes to a martial art. People like gummi i think just have no idea whats going on when they get so good at shogi they become super saiyan god.

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

hunter went an entire arc before explaining that nen exists, it's not something most people know about. it's like adrenochrome

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010

Is there ever gonna be anything more outta the Vampire Hunter D franchise or is that firmly dead and buried

Meme Emulator
Oct 4, 2000

Augus posted:

it makes a lot more sense than if it were the opposite imo. they're given basically bottomless bank accounts, unrestricted travel to most countries in the world, and legal immunity.
also the exam to become a member is a meat grinder where a handful of hyper-competent, insane killing machines roll over all the other applicants

Yea but theres so many specialties. I guess I just got it in my head that theres a whole division of gourmet hunters, but there cant be more than like 5 or 6 considering how small the association is

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007

Good soup! posted:

Is there ever gonna be anything more outta the Vampire Hunter D franchise or is that firmly dead and buried

it was a rather long series of books and very few of those have been adapted into other media. there was a cgi show that got stuck in development limbo a few years ago. otherwise yeah, pretty much dead.

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

The hunter association also does not have a strong incentive to proletariatanize or even expand it's membership significantly

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
the deep dark secret is that literally anyone can learn to at least perceive aura if they work at it for long enough. the secrecy is in large part a matter of non-proliferation. this is made easier by how superhuman feats aren't exclusive to nen users. even aside from nen, it's not like it is a mundane world.

thotsky
Jun 7, 2005

hot to trot

Augus posted:

but there's the obvious elephant in the room that the skeevy aesthetic can be very off-putting and is basically impossible to ignore. you couldn't tell whether it wanted to mock fanservice anime or was just genuinely presenting itself as a fanservice anime. and I remember it kinda losing me a lot in the second half as it leaned into being more self-serious and edgy.

Sometime after the mid-2000s it was decided that anime should only cater to children and people who should be kept far away from children. A few years later shows like Haruhi, Bakemonogatari and KLK were like "lets try to hide good shows underneath all the horny", but it was doomed from the start and anime never recovered.

KidDynamite
Feb 11, 2005

https://twitter.com/masked_bastard/status/1349067872979607557

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

thotsky posted:

Sometime after the mid-2000s it was decided that anime should only cater to children and people who should be kept far away from children. A few years later shows like Haruhi, Bakemonogatari and KLK were like "lets try to hide good shows underneath all the horny", but it was doomed from the start and anime never recovered.

i blame gundam seed

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

it was a rather long series of books and very few of those have been adapted into other media. there was a cgi show that got stuck in development limbo a few years ago. otherwise yeah, pretty much dead.

drat that sucks, I always liked that universe

Hodgepodge
Jan 29, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 206 days!

mightygerm
Jun 29, 2002



Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

net work error
Feb 26, 2011

Skipping a bunch of posts to say that if you're not watching Pui-Pui Molcar you're loving up.

elaboration
Feb 21, 2020
anime kicks rear end this season

mistermojo
Jul 3, 2004

Cells at Work is such a good idea for a fiction

elaboration
Feb 21, 2020
the mangaka apparently gonna put out a covid special, i wanna read it

also liked the part of this weeks black episode where red blood cell is brought to his knees crying when he learns not all sex is for reproductive purposes, and also the blood cells kinda roasting the guy they live in



elaboration has issued a correction as of 05:55 on Jan 18, 2021

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

https://twitter.com/viperwave/status/1351046610021732358?s=20

Mandoric
Mar 15, 2003


the first three string hits of 我が心 明鏡止水~されどこの掌は烈火の如く, but then instead of descending it does the ascending vocal bit at the start of the Simpsons theme

Mandoric has issued a correction as of 10:49 on Jan 18, 2021

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO6atoWprlg

Dr Pepper
Feb 4, 2012

Don't like it? well...

thotsky posted:

Sometime after the mid-2000s it was decided that anime should only cater to children and people who should be kept far away from children. A few years later shows like Haruhi, Bakemonogatari and KLK were like "lets try to hide good shows underneath all the horny", but it was doomed from the start and anime never recovered.

A show being horny doesn't make it bad like KLK being very honest about the type of show it is makes it way better than all the other shows which suddenly just throw a buttshot at you in episode 3 after being horny free the rest of the time.

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
and it's still miles below shows that aren't horny at all

christmas boots
Oct 15, 2012

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Larry Parrish posted:

and it's still miles below shows that aren't horny at all

there are no such shows

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

https://twitter.com/bridgetteanjax/status/1351954483702587398?s=21

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/elfboi_/status/1352054385489170432

Pitch
Jun 16, 2005

しらんけど
I've seen some poo poo on the internet but the people involved in making Redo of Healer should be on a watchlist.

Bootleg Trunks
Jun 12, 2020

Pitch posted:

I've seen some poo poo on the internet but the people involved in making Redo of Healer should be on a watchlist.

I saw a short clip of that where he fucks the maids but what is the show actually about

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
revenge rape, 'innit?

Pitch
Jun 16, 2005

しらんけど

Bootleg Trunks posted:

I saw a short clip of that where he fucks the maids but what is the show actually about
Guy is chosen as one of the legendary heroes of the kingdom by the gods or whatever, but his only talent is healing. The rest of the party abuses him and drags him around for years even though using his power traumatizes him. Eventually he finds a bullshit way that he can use the "heal" spell to do literally anything and he rewinds time several years to start over and enact a gruesome revenge fantasy against everyone who wronged him. Episode 1 was just sort of bad but episode 2 has a lot of rapes, a scene of him breaking all of the princess's fingers one by one, making her beg him to stick his dick in her instead of a red-hot poker, and ends with him erasing her memory and convincing her that she's actually his devoted servant before they set off together to track down the other people he's after. The words "torture porn" get thrown around a lot but...

Bootleg Trunks
Jun 12, 2020

Oh dear :yikeseroo:

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Dr. Killjoy
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk::mason::brainworms::tinfoil::thunkher:
:catstare: And to think of those halcyon days where Goblin Slayer and Shield Hero were the absolute worst anime had to offer

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