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Registration said:
The parents are totally right, there isn't a single mistake in their words. They are magi and that is the way magi thinks. Their lineage is more important than themselves or their kids, it was always like that, in orde to pursue the Root, they must continue the lineage even if ten generations from now nothing will come from it.
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I'm really tired of magi being cold and calculating as an informed trait. The series has so many of them being at most quirky weirdos that I just roll my eyes when the writers suddenly make some of them full on psychopaths for an easy villain and then claim that's totally normal.

Registration said:
And even their talk with Sigma was totally justified because in their minds they are alies since they are part of the Faldeus organization, they don't know about the schism between Prelati and Faldeus and how Francesca set him up to do whatever he wants just to fill in numbers. Even more when they know there are fake servants still going around.
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It's still incredibly forced, and the entire grail war repeatedly has backstabbing, plus the parents nearly killed Sigma a minute earlier by forcing their daughter into being a master unknowingly.

Also don't mages have a rule to kill mages that break the masquerade?

Registration said:
Van-Fem
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It's been like 15 years since I read Tsukihime and I don't remember one thing about him. It doesn't even feel like there was a point in the cameo besides memberberries.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
It's been like 15 years since I read Tsukihime and I don't remember one thing about him. It doesn't even feel like there was a point in the cameo besides memberberries.
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If it was him ordering Dorothea to kill xemselves then it would be worth it. But Sanda needs his characters and story to be relevant, so here we are. I know he's in Tsuki Original, but nothing about the nigga is fleshed out there. It's all in El Melloi shit
 
Apologies for the double-post, I forgot to mention I finished Slam Dunk (absolute kino), and I honestly don't know if I should wait to watch The First Slam Dunk until after reading the manga (which I do want to), or if it's okay. I just think it's so weird for GKIDS to release the canonical ending but not consider the TV series or a re-release of the manga. Though I think the movie's release was what got Netflix to put on the show, so...

I dunno, I'm just conflicted on continuing to watch or not due to still feeling that adrenaline rush.
 
OK done with the first Naruto Box, 27 volumes down. It's been better than I anticipated. All the Ninja stuff was pretty cool, the world building that's been hinted at could lead to something interesting and the quality of the drawings was also nice so far. Even though a lot of the " power of friendship" stuff is cheesy I think it was sincere enough to be enjoyable. As for the negatives, I don't mind all the different chakras and Ninja powers to be more show don't tell as a basis for the power and battle system but any attempt to explain things felt either unnecessary or detrimental. Some resolutions felt also a bit forced making it a bit to clear that it was just to move the plot along. I don't necessarily agree with "forced" conflict between Naruto and Sasuke, and it would have been fine but giving them both Deus Ex Machina powers from the get-go to get them out of situations and fuel their conflict felt cheap.

Curious to see how the series develops, and I am looking forward to reading more.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
Apologies for the double-post, I forgot to mention I finished Slam Dunk (absolute kino), and I honestly don't know if I should wait to watch The First Slam Dunk until after reading the manga (which I do want to), or if it's okay. I just think it's so weird for GKIDS to release the canonical ending but not consider the TV series or a re-release of the manga. Though I think the movie's release was what got Netflix to put on the show, so...

I dunno, I'm just conflicted on continuing to watch or not due to still feeling that adrenaline rush.
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I would personally recommend watching it after finishing the manga since you already watched the TV series. It will be a quick read anyway assuming you jump in right where the TV series leaves off (I think the last match is 5-6 volumes long lmao). Without spoiling anything the movie takes an unexpected (but pretty cool) twist on the story that's pretty different from the manga so either way you can't go wrong.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I'm really tired of magi being cold and calculating as an informed trait. The series has so many of them being at most quirky weirdos that I just roll my eyes when the writers suddenly make some of them full on psychopaths for an easy villain
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I love this aspect of them, they are detached from all morality and ethics of their world in order to pursue what their family sees as the greatest thing. One of my favorite factions is Atlas, who literally secludes themselves from the world and doesn't care even if the world ends and continue working in their craft.

There is in the VN a part that Rin explains what a conventional magus really is and mentions something like they will never be happy that struck me all these years. They will work for something for generations that most of them will never achieve but they do it anyway. It is something complete inhuman but at the same time human too.

wtfNeedSignUp said:
It's still incredibly forced, and the entire grail war repeatedly has backstabbing, plus the parents nearly killed Sigma a minute earlier by forcing their daughter into being a master unknowingly.
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Jesus, you aren't paying attention at all huh?

The fake servants and the true servants are in a totally different camp. All the true servants were in the same camp over Faldeus and Francesca, in this side there will be backstabbing even if they are in the "same side". Faldeus will absolutely betray everyone for his plan and Francesca just want the grail war to go smoothly.

They never wanted Tsubaki to be a master, jesus they even prepared the catalist (crossbow) for the servant that they wanted and got fucked by her summoning pale rider instead. And she already used 2 command seals. It was never the plan for her to be the master.

wtfNeedSignUp said:
It's been like 15 years since I read Tsukihime and I don't remember one thing about him. It doesn't even feel like there was a point in the cameo besides memberberries.
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Because he was never in Tsukihime proper nor kagetsu tohya, just like other DDA there was mentions about then in the character material, prologue for tsukihime 2 and other works, and he didn't appear fully until the remake where they were during the French Incident. To not even say that the list got changed from the original Tsukihime and the remake.

And his role was more clearly in the Adventures of El Melloi novel that is set in his cassino in Monaco.

wtfNeedSignUp said:
Also don't mages have a rule to kill mages that break the masquerade?
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No. Jesus, why would they be? The holy grail and magi behavior amongst magi aren't the same thing. If a magi behaves badly they will go the to process of being discussed in the Clock Tower, there is a reason to why people affiliate to them and aren't solo players going around doing whatever they want.

You can even see this here:

 
finally finished Trigun Stargaze
tbf I watched the ancient tv anime and glanced at the Maximum comics for a minute, but that was all
I was really pleasantly surprised on how much it actually paid off on "there's a hundred million gallons of Sufficiently Advanced Technology but we can't show it right now" but they actually whip that shit out
pretty much the only single complaint I can think of was no Kuronekosama
Gimmick Account said:
counterpoint: I have known about the series for decades and am just now finding out it has robots.
to be fair mechas don't have a lot to do in porn i guess
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lol what the fuck are you even babbling about
majoko knights isn't canon you great big dummy
 
Someone got a 16mm film print of episode 18 of the 8th Man TV series and scanned it in 4K, this is as close as you'll get to watching an episode as it aired in the 1960s, without squished video or fake 5.1 audio.
 
God of Nothing said:
i am sad it went out
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"It's time to say goodbye. And thank you for a wonderful journey with great moments."

i cri every tiem

So I just finished watching Ikoku Nikki (Journal with Witch) I know, what a retarded name, right? and I think this is the most millennial "woe is me!" anime I've ever seen to date. Not only does it manage to have exactly zero likable characters, but it also blatantly tries to preach its globohomo garbage. Why are niggers/jeets and carpet-munchers shoehorned into a coming of age story about a Japanese girl slowly coming to terms with her grief after tragically losing both her parents in a violent car crash? Why should I care about a literal-who not making it into med school because ""wammen r oppressed by teh patriarchy!!"" and her literal-who square-faced simp? The way this character was introduced makes her seem like another random classmate the main character is indifferent about, but out of nowhere during the finale mc suddenly acts like they're best pals and decides to dedicate a song to cheer her up. Wut??

It was unintentionally hilarious during Makio's finale monologue when she kept referring to mc as a dog lol. All that preaching and grandstanding as some larger-than-life figure only to then basically call her a fuckin' BITCH, and in one of her published books no less is just *chef's kiss*
Save yourself the time, avoid this garbage.

I'm also done with Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (Kaya-chan Isn't Scary). I liked it better as a monster-of-the-week shorts anthology but I found the overarching plot unnecessarily convoluted and meh. Kaya being a purple-haired child mc in a horror setting reminded me of Dark Gathering, I wonder when that'll get a S2.

Speaking of horror-themed anime, I'd like to recommend Pupipo!
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It's about a girl who can see spirits/ghosts/youkai who one day finds a weird pink blob creature that helps her and her friends get out of spooky situations. Pupipo leans more into comedy shenanigans than horror, but it has a very unexpected bittersweet ending. It's a really good soulful anime that doesn't overstay its welcome with each episode being only 4 minutes long.

Oh, and if you thought this girl looked familiar, that's because she's drawn by the same mangaka who made High Score Girl.
 
Trollblade69 said:
Watched up to episode 12. I don't see anything that shows what you're referring to.
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If I remember correctly, it connects to the honey baby switcheroo.
Wild Wild Wisteria said:
I'm also done with Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (Kaya-chan Isn't Scary). I liked it better as a monster-of-the-week shorts anthology but I found the overarching plot unnecessarily convoluted and meh. Kaya being a purple-haired child mc in a horror setting reminded me of Dark Gathering, I wonder when that'll get a S2.
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It's nice that it got an actual ending but the show didn't really know what it wants to be. Like the teacher was completely pointless character. The horror of the week was usually low stakes and not very disturbing. Kaya isn't as good as Anya in being cute but retarded child, but also doesn't have the edge of the girl from Dark Gathering.
Registration said:
I love this aspect of them, they are detached from all morality and ethics of their world in order to pursue what their family sees as the greatest thing. One of my favorite factions is Atlas, who literally secludes themselves from the world and doesn't care even if the world ends and continue working in their craft.

There is in the VN a part that Rin explains what a conventional magus really is and mentions something like they will never be happy that struck me all these years. They will work for something for generations that most of them will never achieve but they do it anyway. It is something complete inhuman but at the same time human too.
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But they never do it in the whole series proper unless they are designated villains.
Registration said:
Jesus, you aren't paying attention at all huh?

The fake servants and the true servants are in a totally different camp. All the true servants were in the same camp over Faldeus and Francesca, in this side there will be backstabbing even if they are in the "same side". Faldeus will absolutely betray everyone for his plan and Francesca just want the grail war to go smoothly.

They never wanted Tsubaki to be a master, jesus they even prepared the catalist (crossbow) for the servant that they wanted and got fucked by her summoning pale rider instead. And she already used 2 command seals. It was never the plan for her to be the master.
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I don't think the anime even say what was the difference between the two yet besides the true/fake parts. It's not like the Red/Blue in Apocrypha that was at least sort of understandable.
Registration said:
Because he was never in Tsukihime proper nor kagetsu tohya, just like other DDA there was mentions about then in the character material, prologue for tsukihime 2 and other works, and he didn't appear fully until the remake where they were during the French Incident. To not even say that the list got changed from the original Tsukihime and the remake.

And his role was more clearly in the Adventures of El Melloi novel that is set in his cassino in Monaco.
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If I need to read a novel to know what happens in a series then it's a failure of the series.
Registration said:
No. Jesus, why would they be? The holy grail and magi behavior amongst magi aren't the same thing. If a magi behaves badly they will go the to process of being discussed in the Clock Tower, there is a reason to why people affiliate to them and aren't solo players going around doing whatever they want.
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Maybe I got confused with Rin doing it since she is the arbitrator of the Fuyuki area so she is in charge of keeping order.
 
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