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Willo567 posted:yeah, worrying about how the show ends now before it even airs was a bit much. i don't know, i just love the characters And that's what fan doujinshi are for 
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Feb 8, 2021 20:06
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Arist posted:The end of Gurren Lagann is largely fine, but it rings kind of hollow when ten minutes earlier they're using galaxies as throwing stars and now they're all "you can't use willpower to do whatever you want." But the bigger problem IMO is that Nia's death absolutely should not have been a twist. They should have known she would die going into the final battle, which would have had a much stronger emotional impact than springing on the audience. Yeah I can agree with all of that, and that it wasn't gracefully handled.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:08
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Arist posted:The end of Gurren Lagann is largely fine, but it rings kind of hollow when ten minutes earlier they're using galaxies as throwing stars and now they're all "you can't use willpower to do whatever you want." But the bigger problem IMO is that Nia's death absolutely should not have been a twist. They should have known she would die going into the final battle, which would have had a much stronger emotional impact than springing on the audience. What are you talking about? They heavily heavily imply that she's not going to make it. They pound you over the head that her existence is tied to the anti-spirals. And she even starts glitching out during the final battle with a shot of Simon noticing with a pained look on his face.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:19
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yeah 'nia is going to vanish after the final battle' is a very heavily foreshadowed plotpoint. nia even starts to tell simon but he just smiles at her, iirc? and yeah, her body glitches out a couple times in the final battle. also imo the point of the ending isn't 'you can't use willpower to do whatever you want,' it's that 'no matter how strong willed you are bad things are going to happen, but you have to keep pushing forward regardless.' that ties into the final battle. there's a big panorama of everyone simon's lost over the course of the show and it powers him up, because he's taken those losses and kept moving forward. how over the top the finale is and nia fading away directly correlate.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:25
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I haven't seen the end of GL in years so I can't really remember what you're referring to, but for my money I'd like them to actually have to deal with it expressly in that moment said instead of just implying it.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:25
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they do deal directly with it, multiple times over the last episode
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Feb 8, 2021 20:37
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I have come to the realization is I'd love an anime that had the "imagine spots" pretend action scenes of Chuunibyou where they're LARP'ing it up and everyone is humouring what's happening but it was the characters playing Dungeons and Dragons (or similar), so it cuts back and forth between them at the table talking and to their dungeoneering/adventuring. And you have it where like their struggles at school/college/relationships/real life somehow were paralleled in the game world and sorta like in the show Wishbone (or for other 90s kids and fans of Ryan Reynold's before it was cool, the Odyssesy), the resolution of their problems in the game provided lessons that helped resolve their conflicts in the real world and vice versa.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:39
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homeless snail posted:they do deal directly with it, multiple times over the last episode Not to the degree I would have liked. I don't know what else to say here.
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Feb 8, 2021 20:46
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Raenir Salazar posted:I have come to the realization is I'd love an anime that had the "imagine spots" pretend action scenes of Chuunibyou where they're LARP'ing it up and everyone is humouring what's happening but it was the characters playing Dungeons and Dragons (or similar), so it cuts back and forth between them at the table talking and to their dungeoneering/adventuring. And you have it where like their struggles at school/college/relationships/real life somehow were paralleled in the game world and sorta like in the show Wishbone (or for other 90s kids and fans of Ryan Reynold's before it was cool, the Odyssesy), the resolution of their problems in the game provided lessons that helped resolve their conflicts in the real world and vice versa. Recovery of an mmo junkie comes vaguely close to that
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Feb 8, 2021 20:49
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Raenir Salazar posted:I have come to the realization is I'd love an anime that had the "imagine spots" pretend action scenes of Chuunibyou where they're LARP'ing it up and everyone is humouring what's happening but it was the characters playing Dungeons and Dragons (or similar), so it cuts back and forth between them at the table talking and to their dungeoneering/adventuring. And you have it where like their struggles at school/college/relationships/real life somehow were paralleled in the game world and sorta like in the show Wishbone (or for other 90s kids and fans of Ryan Reynold's before it was cool, the Odyssesy), the resolution of their problems in the game provided lessons that helped resolve their conflicts in the real world and vice versa. 
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Feb 8, 2021 21:39
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my one problem with chuunibyou... the existence of "jokes"!
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Feb 8, 2021 21:51
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Grouchio posted:Which is funny, because when I realized their action scenes were in fact not real I tuned out of Chuunibyou immediately.
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Feb 8, 2021 21:54
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They're real if you believe in them.
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Feb 8, 2021 21:54
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Willo567 posted:yeah, worrying about how the show ends now before it even airs was a bit much. i don't know, i just love the characters don't be like me and worry about how the last season of symphogear would end for the entirety of the season
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Feb 8, 2021 22:00
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chumbler posted:They're real if you believe in them.
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Feb 8, 2021 22:11
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https://twitter.com/henemimi/status/1358891789281763328/photo/1
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Feb 8, 2021 22:41
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Powerful Genga
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Feb 8, 2021 22:56
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So having finally finished Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time I was curious, is Hunter X Hunter any good? If so, should I watch the 1999 anime, the 2011 anime, or just read the manga?
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Feb 8, 2021 23:23
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Larryb posted:So having finally finished Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time I was curious, is Hunter X Hunter any good? If so, should I watch the 1999 anime, the 2011 anime, or just read the manga? yes!!! 2011!!!!!!
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Feb 8, 2021 23:25
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I see the manga is still going, where should I start after finishing the anime? Also what’s the difference between the ‘99 and 2011 versions?
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Feb 8, 2021 23:27
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Not sure where the best place to bitch about this is but why the hell are all the reviews of Mushoku Tensei so positive!? Like, seriously. In addition to all the stuff about isekai shows I normally hate the main character is gross as hell (highlights include perving on his nanny AND mom as a baby, stealing his teacher's underwear and hoarding/obsessing over it for years, bonding with his deadbeat dad over cheating on his wife and accidentally doing a sexual assault on his friend at one point), it can't think of any topic to explore that isn't it's incredibly generic magic system or how horny everybody is all the time, and five episodes in I'm still not sure what the actual plot of supposed to be. It wants to be a serious examination of the Hikikomori mindset but it never seriously interrogates the main character's worst flaws and instead just indulges the worst kind of casually misogynistic narcissism that sort of person is likely indulge in, all while having this weirdly pretentious prestige TV tone it in no way deserves. Yet despite this every review I've seen is like "Oh poo poo son this is a game changer! BEST ANIME OF THE YEAR!" and my brain just can't process it. I get liking trash for horny reasons but people seem to think this is actually good or some reason. It's super weird.  (OK, I've gotten that out of my system. You may resume your business.) Larryb posted:So having finally finished Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time I was curious, is Hunter X Hunter any good? If so, should I watch the 1999 anime, the 2011 anime, or just read the manga? Hunter X Hunter is The Best Manga and I highly recommend it. I can't really recommend the 99 series despite it having it's charms (it had to censor/rewrite several scenes to keep things from getting too violent) but the 2011 anime is very, very good and also covers way more material anyways.
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Feb 8, 2021 23:28
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Larryb posted:I see the manga is still going, where should I start after finishing the anime? Also what’s the difference between the ‘99 and 2011 versions? Honestly after watching the anime I'd just read the manga from ch1. The art is incredible (at least the art released in the actual books vs SJ magazine, long story) and the plot is good enough to warrant a second read through. I should warn you though that the manga is on an eternal hiatus and only updates a few chapters every couple years (they are crazy good chapters though). Thankfully the World Tree epilogue that the 2011 anime ends on is a nice stopping point so you are free to just pretend the series ends there if you'd like. As for the differences between the 99 and 11 anime? Not sure, it's been like a decade since I watched it. I mostly remember that the gore was heavily censored and several important scenes were rewritten. Also the animation is kind of poo poo compared to the 2011 anime.
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Feb 8, 2021 23:36
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hxh99 has filler that varies in quality in early arcs and it falls apart at greed island but i've seen plenty of stuff from it that looks nice animation-wise and its color palette kind of fits the tone of hxh better than how fullbright and colorful 2011 is. but, well. falls apart at greed island and doesn't cover two of the best arcs. it also has both one of the best and one of the worst shounen ops ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TRs6cMZkQY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLGhqvAdQrs
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Feb 8, 2021 23:43
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readingatwork posted:Yet despite this every review I've seen is like "Oh poo poo son this is a game changer! BEST ANIME OF THE YEAR!" and my brain just can't process it. I get liking trash for horny reasons but people seem to think this is actually good or some reason. It's super weird. people like trashy fantasy OP, seemingly second only to battle shounen shows
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Feb 8, 2021 23:58
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readingatwork posted:Not sure where the best place to bitch about this is but why the hell are all the reviews of Mushoku Tensei so positive!? my understanding is that the source material is from back closer to the start of the current isekai wave so it's got a big fanbase who want to Make it Happen, even though we've already since gotten 5 years worth of newer series iterating on this one's formula to make it more palatable
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Feb 9, 2021 00:26
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Tales of Woe posted:seems excessive to worry about how to react to a hypothetical ending of a show that hasn't aired yet. also the first season was so popular that i really doubt they'll write a hard ending into season 2 rather than angle to keep it going You say that like Gainax Ending wasn't a meme for years previous
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Feb 9, 2021 00:38
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also its exceedingly well animated which matters a lot, for a cartoon
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Feb 9, 2021 00:38
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there will always be people championing some stupid seasonal for whatever reason like being 14, or mentally 14, or just having no taste but to actually talk about Mushoku for a second it's one of the best looking shows in the season and characters like Rudy, Paul, and the new rude girl are large and create entertaining situations regardless of whether that comes from good or bad behavior (often both).
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Feb 9, 2021 00:40
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and frankly 'correct morals' are something the vast, vast majority of people are not looking for and do not care about when considering what media to consume and enjoy. this does not mean you cant criticize it on moral grounds but you have to realize you're in a minority
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Feb 9, 2021 00:44
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Grouchio posted:Which is funny, because when I realized their action scenes were in fact not real I tuned out of Chuunibyou immediately. look at this unbeliever
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Feb 9, 2021 00:58
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Chuunibyou was pretty mediocre IMO, and the best hallucination sections involved the big sister literally and metaphorically ladle-ing people into submission.
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Feb 9, 2021 01:10
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im gonna champion all the seasonals because i am mentally and physically 14
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Feb 9, 2021 01:21
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Endorph posted:and frankly 'correct morals' are something the vast, vast majority of people are not looking for and do not care about when considering what media to consume and enjoy. this does not mean you cant criticize it on moral grounds but you have to realize you're in a minority Oh I completely understand that most people don't think about their media too deeply. Hell, I watch a ton of trash myself. It still bugs the poo poo out of me though and I think bears mentioning. Particularly the casual misogyny that's all over the drat place in anime but for some reason never seems to get properly called out within the community.  Fake edit: Oh! Also the weird way a lot of anime likes to elevate/nakedly profit off of horny shut-in nerds while refusing to examine the toxic aspects of that kind of fandom. There's a lot of parallels to how media deals with "the gamers" here in the US actually now that I think about it. dogsicle posted:there will always be people championing some stupid seasonal for whatever reason like being 14, or mentally 14, or just having no taste I'll agree that the show is well produced at least. I find it very hard to like most of the characters though due to how much awful crap they tolerate.
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Feb 9, 2021 01:22
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Watch things other than shounen.
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Feb 9, 2021 01:41
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chumbler posted:Watch things other than shounen.
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Feb 9, 2021 01:45
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chumbler posted:Watch things other than shounen. corollary: exist in communities that can properly talk about and acknowledge issues and still also like things
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Feb 9, 2021 01:48
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gamers season 2: The Gamers
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Feb 9, 2021 01:58
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The Gamer got a season 1?
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Feb 9, 2021 02:00
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no. i am talking about gamers. i do not read the gamer. i have not thought about the gamer in the past five years
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i hate that googling "gamers season 2" gives you pages and pages of clickbait sites that have Gamers Season 2 Details that say "there are currently no details or announcements for a gamers season 2" so i cannot confirm the veracity of your post... i want to watch gamers season 2 though...
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