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Maybe I'm giving Boruto too much credit since the last couple chapters have been real clever, but If I were a digital consciousness slowly invading my host body I would simply not make my presence known by loudly gloating to everyone and anyone. I can see digital Amado just not telling anyone that he took over Kawaki's body and letting them think Kawaki turned out to be just as bad as they thought he was.
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Anime: RIP Kagura, who surpassed doing a violence; and I think you can count Sarada as Jonin-level now, considering that she is now a wartime field commander. Also RIP Tenma, who managed to get a possible world record time on major character death.
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Yeah, I’m kind of liking the current anime arc so far (“filler” is a relative term in this particular series as a lot of the anime exclusive content is also important). Also calling it now, Sarada will be the first Uchiha to become Hokage (assuming she lives through Kawaki’s attack on the village in the future) as she’s already proven to be a capable leader in this arc alone (she seems to be a lot smarter than her predecessors as well)
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I think since we're an episode past the death, we're probably okay to talk about it with no spoilers? Kagura's death was weird. Mainly because it looked like a death blow, but the staging of the scene really set it up to be a bait and switch. Because all the main good guy characters were just standing there as it happened and I have yet to see anything from the bad guys to make them seem like a threat to a mix of Genin, Chuunin and Seven Swordsmen. It's not like the Leaf/Mist were powerless or anything, they just stood there and watched him get ganked because that's what the writers wanted. I guess it gives the arc stakes? Just seems weird that random head mook#2 was used to kill him. What happens to Hiramekarei? Does Choujuurou get it back? Also someone tell Suigetsu to get off his rear end and return back to Kiri to lead the Seven. The group is in desperate need of reform.
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I'm just here for Metal x Hebiichigo
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I still haven't gotten over that episode where they apparently all went to sleep at the same time in enemy territory with three prisoners they didn't really trust at the time and someone got murdered. Kagura was a good guy but it made him a terrible prison warden. I'm also liking the arc, though, for the most part.
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Boy, I’m really not liking the way the show is doing things right now. I don’t mind the story beats they’re doing if they’re carried out well. The last few episodes are giving some major things to a villain who has been shown to have zero menace. All the while the main cast are being nerfed due to the whims of the story. It’s like if Chouji was killed in one of the original Naruto series filler arcs. Like what? This is the quality of story and fighting they go out in? Teek fucked around with this message at 14:19 on May 9, 2022 |
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May 8, 2022 18:00
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Teek posted:Boy, I’m really not liking the way the show is doing things right not. I don’t mind the story beats they’re doing if they’re carried out well. The last few episodes are giving some major things to a villain who has been shown to have zero menace. All the while the main cast are being nerfed due to the whims of the story. So what's happening then?
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Vinylshadow posted:I'm just here for Metal x Hebiichigo Snake Strawberry was a name too good for this world
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Darth TNT posted:So what's happening then? Well, it's taken, what, a dozen episodes for them to remember that Lightning is Super Effective against Water (until it isn't) and they keep getting pushed around by mooks (even with the justification of the ones that are still around being the elite of the elite) Sindai posted:Goondolences Well, at least she doesn't have to worry about that pardon anymore 
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Sindai posted:Goondolences What? No way.
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Lots of death in that anime arc.
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New chapter: https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/boruto-chapter-70/chapter/24569?action=read
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May 19, 2022 16:32
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Actually quite enjoyed that chapter. Pretty decent tension and pacing. A lot of things moving along.
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iamsosmrt posted:Actually quite enjoyed that chapter. Pretty decent tension and pacing. A lot of things moving along. Same. It seems Boruto and DBS have changed places in quality. I wonder how Amado will get out of this. He’s going to die but revive through Kawaki’s karma down the road. Shikamaru being like “gently caress, more eyehax hits so close to our feelings.
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The list...oh no.
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I love that Shikamaru's idea almost worked and that whole "fight" was a tense psychological standoff. Still can't believe Code's gang and their ridiculous powers are being used to such good effect but I hope they can keep it up Also Delta should stick around 
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I'm not a huge fan of the cast of characters and have reservations about how this story will play out, but I think this was one of the best and tightest chapters of manga I've read. Hope they can keep up this quality for awhile. Is Boruto popular? This thread is pretty dead which would be ashame if it stays this good
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iamsosmrt posted:I'm not a huge fan of the cast of characters and have reservations about how this story will play out, but I think this was one of the best and tightest chapters of manga I've read. Hope they can keep up this quality for awhile. It's sitting at third on mangaplus popularity list. DBS's current chapter's probably taken all attention recently even though this was a really good chapter.
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It’s just been basically the past …err 5 ? Chapters that have been really good. The chapters before that were either boring, cringe/uncomfortable or predictable or a combination of those 3.
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There was a huge slump after the end of the last arc where Kishimoto set up the new arc with just... lots and lots of exposition that, so far, feels like it could have been reduced and communicated more snappily. There were some fun character moments, and the stuff seeded there is largely paying off, but it took quite a while. Personally, I'm just happy Shikamaru has gone back to being the character I remember rather than just being a jobber.
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Exactly. Ever since poo poo hit the fan Shikamaru has been really cool. From luring Code into a trap to his attempts at negotiation. It’s in character, pretty cool and not more eyehax
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iamsosmrt posted:I'm not a huge fan of the cast of characters and have reservations about how this story will play out, but I think this was one of the best and tightest chapters of manga I've read. Hope they can keep up this quality for awhile. It's one of those quietly popular things. Besides the remark about where the manga sits on mangaplus' popularity list, it's worth pointing out that the anime is usually pretty high up there on Crunchyroll when sorted by popularity.
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I'm still enjoying the anime more than the manga to be honest (though to be fair that was kind of true for Naruto as well aside from the massive amounts of filler) but I will admit the latter has been getting somewhat better as of late compared to how things started.
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Larryb posted:I'm still enjoying the anime more than the manga to be honest (though to be fair that was kind of true for Naruto as well aside from the massive amounts of filler) but I will admit the latter has been getting somewhat better as of late compared to how things started. Yeah I like the anime a lot more as well. I mainly see the manga as something that gives a plot outline for the anime to flesh out and add a lot of connective tissue to.
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I haven't been following the anime but one area I think the manga has really slacked is giving spotlight to the new generations of kids. Where the hell are they? It's kinda felt like ever since the Otsutsuki came back all the kids vanished into the ether.
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TheHan posted:I haven't been following the anime but one area I think the manga has really slacked is giving spotlight to the new generations of kids. Where the hell are they? It's kinda felt like ever since the Otsutsuki came back all the kids vanished into the ether. Watch the anime then, the new generation is used pretty much all the time there and are more properly fleshed out
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Yeah there just aren't enough pages in a monthly manga for a cast that large. The anime has several times the amount of space to fill so it has side arcs for everyone
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Yeah, objectively speaking the anime is the superior version of the manga’s story and fleshes things out a lot more (it’s also apparently canon since Sumire eventually popped up in the manga as well and Boruto and the others recognized her). Also it sticks a lot closer to Kishimoto’s artstyle Hell, they even managed to make the Boruto movie somewhat decent when they did their readaption
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I'm probably not gonna be sitting down to dedicate the time to watch the anime at this point in my life, taking 5 minutes to read a chapter is pretty convenient though. I'm glad it's been improving.
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TheHan posted:Also Delta should stick around Her existence is kind of problematic what with the programing her to serve Konoha while leaving her mind intact enough to dislike it
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TheKirbs posted:Her existence is kind of problematic what with the programing her to serve Konoha while leaving her mind intact enough to dislike it She’s a robot or whatever.
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That is...a little weird though. I forgot they did that. She clearly has thoughts and feelings comparable to any other person so it feels like Naruto would have qualms about subjugating her.
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I forget, is Delta actually fully an android or a human with some mechanical parts? Either way it is kind of weird since she clearly had a mind of her own before this as mentioned and can obviously feel emotions considering she fell victim to Ada’s ability.
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Larryb posted:I forget, is Delta actually fully an android or a human with some mechanical parts? She's a full cyborg whose mind gets uploaded into a new body when it gets destroyed In the anime, Amado destroyed her spare bodies so no one else could use her, and then built a new body for her in Konoha
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Vinylshadow posted:She's a full cyborg whose mind gets uploaded into a new body when it gets destroyed Should note not even her brain is organic. She has drones that can digitally store her consciousness and upload it into new bodies. I can’t really call her human.
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How can we say Delta is a robot without free will when we just saw her betray Konoha for her love?
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As I said, clearly she can feel emotions to some degree or otherwise Ada’s ability wouldn’t have worked on her (and she didn’t seem all that subservient back when she was a member of Kara and was constantly throwing attitude at her comrades)
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New Chapter: https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/boruto-chapter-71/chapter/24708?action=read
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It's a good chapter, though it feels like the only reason we got the move from Konoha to the lair was so that Code could grab Bug.
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