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Raenir Salazar posted:I like the idea that Shrine Maiden girl might possibly gain a huge boost if she can figure out how to adapt her Sword Skills to her height and build instead of trying to blindly copy her brother/ancestors. Juan was pretty cool there trying to give advice on it. Until he hosed it up with casual sexism - way to go, DORK!  I kinda want her to be badass in the end... She's the only one who's not insanely overpowered, AND she's the only one who really has beef with the main baddie. Come oooooon, let her take down the beautiful sword wizard
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Torquemadras posted:Until he hosed it up with casual sexism - way to go, DORK! Was he? Since the whole Shrine protection business seems to be generational it isn't a wrong assumption that eventually she'll have an heir to pass down her family's techniques to, but she needs to survive to get to that point. It isn't like he was making a pass at her with it. Another way of approaching it I think would've been to remark how if the techniques were up until now, meant for males with a taller build; then by adjusting those ancestral and ancient techniques to also work for women in the clan, would be a huge achievement she can pass down, and further strengthen their fighting power if both girls and boys in the clan can fight at their greatest potential each. I think there's an interesting implication there, and why she seemed to set on vengeance for her brother, she was probably taught how to fight by her brother against the wishes of her family; it would make sense if that's why her techniques are ill suited to her. That the intended heir is meant to be the male child seems like an obvious implication.
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Aug 22, 2016 21:01
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Kleptomania is serious business.
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Well, that went as badly as expected On the plus side: confirmation that arrow dude was just messing around. Never mind bro, you're the best again. I'm seriously expecting shrine maiden girl tm to take down the big bad now. An ending in the vein of "someone else did all the work for you, but your ***RESOLVE*** inspired him" would be a rather nasty insult at this point. Here's hope we don't get that. Better start doing more poo poo, hookblade dude, what is even your deal, seriously
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Aug 26, 2016 18:33
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Soundtrack for the last minute or two of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdIaR6yk1h0
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Aug 26, 2016 20:13
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As a big fan of tiny food I very much enjoyed that last scene.
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Aug 26, 2016 21:46
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Considering all the mighty, hideous things Lin could have potentially been, a Lupin-esque master thief seems relatively small-scale and benign. Guess that probably means he'll stay on as the gang's irritating wild-card frenemy rather than usurping Ma as the main villain. Actually, holy poo poo, I just realised that Lin's three old acquaintances are basically the rest of the Lupin Gang. You've got Shou the grizzled marksman, Sha the master swordsman with the peculiar code of honour, and Xing the deadly femme fatale with a messy romantic history with Lin. Shang, Dan, and Juan have no goddamn idea what they've let themselves in for.
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Aug 26, 2016 23:30
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So half the group knew that he's a master thief, but none suspected he might be in this to steal the most valuable sword in the world? I guess they were too busy loving with Scruffy to really think about it.
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Maybe they were thinking it couldn't have been that obvious. Well wait, actually it wouldn't matter for the Demon and the Screaming Phoenix Killer, they want what they want either way, and maybe the archer guy doesn't mind being in cool heists.
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Darth Walrus posted:Actually, holy poo poo, I just realised that Lin's three old acquaintances are basically the rest of the Lupin Gang. You've got Shou the grizzled marksman, Sha the master swordsman with the peculiar code of honour, and Xing the deadly femme fatale with a messy romantic history with Lin. Shang, Dan, and Juan have no goddamn idea what they've let themselves in for. Does that make Shāng Bù Huàn Inspector Zenigata?
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PoptartsNinja posted:Does that make Shāng Bù Huàn Inspector Zenigata? I want to see him in a little puppet hat
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Aug 27, 2016 18:04
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Just curious but can anyone tell what the words are in the one song that always plays toward the end of the episode when the good guys always start beating up the bad guys? I can't tell if its a mix of languages but I think I hear some English words.
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Aug 28, 2016 02:00
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I think it's pretty obvious this is all one giant Xanatos gambit. Lin knew they would get captured and deliberately left half the party behind knowing they would follow behind on foot and arrive in time to free Shang and Dan Fei. There is something for sure being planned in which Shang is absolutely is going to play a critical part in Kyuubei Gandalf's plans. He was very specific that Shang must be there at the end. And I don't think it was just so the Shine Maiden wouldn't die; he needs both of them, Dan Fei probably to unlock the sword and put it together, but why Shang? The only thing I'm sure of is because he must have Shang's personality pegged to a T, and seems to 100% know how Shang acts on behalf of others, and this is important for some reason.
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Dolphin Fetus posted:Just curious but can anyone tell what the words are in the one song that always plays toward the end of the episode when the good guys always start beating up the bad guys? I can't tell if its a mix of languages but I think I hear some English words. it's Hiroyuki Sawano so it's likely a bunch of mashed together languages that make little sense https://twitter.com/Xythar/status/508153158657273856
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Aug 29, 2016 03:18
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It will be epic when the main character guy gets his hand on a 3 sectioned staff or whatever he uses and annihilates everyone.
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Aug 29, 2016 04:44
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RIP best character
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Hmm I couldn't really tell but was the reveal at the end of the episode that Shāng has been fighting with a blunt sword this whole time?
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Kalion posted:Hmm I couldn't really tell but was the reveal at the end of the episode that Shāng has been fighting with a blunt sword this whole time? Yeah and now he has one that isnt
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Sep 2, 2016 20:11
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Aaaaaaand he's dead. Too bad. He never did get that actual duel with Shang. Guess we'll never know what Sha Wu Sheng lost to Lin 
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Really feels like a waste to have him die so soon. I was looking forward to seeing him fight Shang or doing some cool stuff. I kind of feel like the other two are guaranteed to die now as well which is a bummer, I wasn't expecting the show to take this direction. How many episodes is this show suppose to be? Dolphin Fetus fucked around with this message at 10:50 on Sep 3, 2016 |
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ha ha, dang. for the first half of the show, they weren't gathering allies for a heist. instead, they were gathering up enemies for shang to fight. i guess that explains why mr. bones' side had so few people.
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This show is so good. It isn't too complex and kinda relies on some stuff kept secret until the reveal but I'm looking forward to each episode so much. Ahaha so Shang is basically Kenshin?
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Raenir Salazar posted:This show is so good. It isn't too complex and kinda relies on some stuff kept secret until the reveal but I'm looking forward to each episode so much. Imagine if we find out that he was on his way to buy an actually sharp sword at the beginning of the story, before he got interrupted
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Sep 3, 2016 22:24
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I'm really hoping this turn into taken the puppet show.
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Mr.Bones has a huge hard on for swords and what they represent. Then comes along Shang, thats been using something more akin to a steel club than a blade, and whose sole 1v1 so far ended up with him breaking the dudes swords with said steel club. I dont know if its because he purposely handicaps himself, or if he's running the counter ideology to Mr. Bone's. Also Shang's title is Rèn Wú Fēng which translates to "Edgeless Blade" (His title has been available on promotional material before the series even started  ). He's also one of two characters that have yet to have their soliloquies recited so hopefully he gets one and it owns.
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I figured vapewizard was playing 8th dimensional chess or something. I like how the show's gone from wuxia swordfights to wuxia heists.
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Cialis Railman posted:I figured vapewizard was playing 8th dimensional chess or something. I like how the show's gone from wuxia swordfights to wuxia heists. It looks like it will be rapidly moving on to wuxia farce. I can't wait.
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Moldy Taxes posted:Jesus Christ, how did I go this long without realizing this is entirely my jam?
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Yeah, yeah, great episode and all. But I literally cheered out loud watching the next ep preview, can't remember the last time I've been so excited about a show. Also: Frozen Wonder is my new favorite
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point of return posted:it's Hiroyuki Sawano so it's likely a bunch of mashed together languages that make little sense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYz91OyplA
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shang thats a terrible disguise also you should stop carrying that ratty old sword and change your mannerisms mie can prob tell that its a scam and he's going to play along and empty out the safe, and lin is planning on just that
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gently caress yes, thank you. That next episode preview has me beyond excited for Friday.
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This is getting extremely silly and I'm loving it
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I'm still confused about Shang's sword, is it a piece of poo poo or is when vape wizard says "I had no idea you had mastered such a dreadful sword" is he suggesting it's more than that.
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Sendo posted:I'm still confused about Shang's sword, is it a piece of poo poo or is when vape wizard says "I had no idea you had mastered such a dreadful sword" is he suggesting it's more than that. It's a blunt wooden sword. By 'dreadful', Lin means 'crappy'.
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The implication I'm pretty sure is that people just think he's an average swordsman with flashes of brilliance (with a couple of people suspecting otherwise due to the fact he traveled alone across the Demon Land), when in fact he's having to put most of his effort into compensating for the awful sword and if he bothered to pick up a real blade he'd be amazing. I don't think we've been told why he carries it though unless it was in side material?
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Pierson posted:The implication I'm pretty sure is that people just think he's an average swordsman with flashes of brilliance (with a couple of people suspecting otherwise due to the fact he traveled alone across the Demon Land), when in fact he's having to put most of his effort into compensating for the awful sword and if he bothered to pick up a real blade he'd be amazing. I don't think we've been told why he carries it though unless it was in side material? There is much that remains mysterious about Shang, so I'm assuming they're saving it for some big finale reveal. Perhaps he's some benign, amnesiac god?
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i think the idea of a heavy, edgeless sword is that it is specialized in breaking other swords. basically, he is incredibly well suited to beating mr. bones like an unruly child and for anything else he kind of sucks.
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gently caress yeah Juan, become a hero!
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Darth Walrus posted:There is much that remains mysterious about Shang, so I'm assuming they're saving it for some big finale reveal. Perhaps he's some benign, amnesiac god? Or a demon that was left behind  drat todays episode was great. They have one episode left right? With Juan being given his soliloquy the only person left is Shang, the name of the next episode relating to Shangs title, we are going to see some poo poo
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