JadedWriter
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Jojo is old as fuck. What I do find interesting is how well the stuff ages. Part 4 is like mid 90's yet the anime from last year was still great to watch.
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Toonami |JulAug17| Most Definitely the Work of an Enemy Stand
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BassForever
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Two of the most popular anime of the decade are adaptations of old as fuck manga
Kars.
Cell, for reference, ran directly alongside Part 3, and ended around the same time.
Togashi and Araki originated or popularized a lot of shounen tropes. It makes sense that they feel so modern. (And helps that Jojo eventually became a seinen.)
I'd enjoy it but Fist of the North Star is really dated in a lot of ways. Its incredibly repetitive.
JadedWriter
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I think what makes their stuff so interesting is that they both have their own narrative spins to everything. You can for example copy Yusuke Urameshi, but that character still wouldn't be as interesting or entertaining as Yusuke himself.
JadedWriter
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It's too manly for the modern day anime demographic.
I'd be fine seeing Kenshiro punching moe blobs into explosions of blood and gore.
BassForever
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With the success of JoJo part 3 and Mad Max Fury Road I'd say a FotNS remake has never had a better chance to succeed.
I suppose if Jotoro is popular it could work. He's basically high school Kenshiro in a lot of ways.
JadedWriter
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YURIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still need to sit down and try to finish it. It being repetitive did not help, only made it to about ep 8.
It doesn't really change the formula as it goes along. Kenshiro shows up in a fucked up town or place under assault or ruled with violence, everyone laughs and makes fun of this lone stranger shit talking them out of nowhere and play up how great their post apocalypse Kung Fu is and the Kenshiro obliterates them without actually saving anyone before moving on.
you can't speak of manly without speaking of the GOAT
Kenshiro would pinch his nipple and he would explode
Slamtastic
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JadedWriter
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Yeah Hokoto Shin Ken is that OP. He'd rage is jacket off, punch him...unless he really needs to use his legs and then that guy is dead. The most dragged out fight I saw was when Kenshiro had to fight not Rolento.
The fight with Souther was good because Kenshiro couldn't just kill him like he normally does. That and the whole pyramid thing was pretty cool
YoodiHoshi
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redundant or not I will still likely have more fun watching Super in english from here on out than I will have watching the upcoming arc of HxH in english
If it really will be another time through that one for you, then I will inform you of a couple aspects to the arc which the anime could not cover (within reason), which tie it all together succinctly. (I can tell you might have felt your time was wasted while watching)
I'll most likely tell you anyway
JadedWriter
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Greed Island ain't even that damn bad. It's technically the breather/level grind arc.
YoodiHoshi
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Zulux is talking about the arc after, which I hid/covered up within his quote
JadedWriter
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You know...that's actually how I read it the first time I think on Sunday and just left that shit alone. That arc just isn't for some people.
YoodiHoshi
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I understand this, but it's one thing to feel bored, and another to feel like your time was wasted.
There are lots of peeps who find the arc to contain lots of irrelevant stuff when it is, in fact, the exact opposite!
JadedWriter
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It's cause they decided to not pay attention to the fucking narrator.
Parallels!
YoodiHoshi
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Kinda true, but I've seen so many watchers/readers jump to conclusions they made up themselves, then think there's not much left of the story and are just shrugging the rest off waiting for it to be done with. And it gives me so many sads
JadedWriter
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That arc isn't done until it's done. That's called being too lazy to take some time and thinking about the weight of everything that happened. The arc is dense, but it's the good kind of dense.
But levels grinding is fucking awful.
I haven't seen the Greed Island arc so I have no idea what its quality is.
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JadedWriter
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Do not listen to this false diety.
It's fine, though we're hitting the point where you should really start paying attention to how Gon reacts to things and his thought process. On top of this be mindful regarding how much more experienced people react to it and what they say.
I was making a (very poor) joke, haha. I'm actually really looking forward to it, and I can't wait to see how their Hatsu develops. HxH is basically my favorite show on the block right now. I go back and re-watch every episode, they're so good.
JadedWriter
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HxH is legit quality and have fun seeing how Gon and Killua develop their powers. I prefer Killua's move set, but Gon's isn't too shabby either. This arc is good for showcasing how well Gon and Killua adapt to learning Nen techniques. They breezed passed Zushi for a damn good reason and it wasn't a fluke either.
Slamtastic
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I'm interested in seeing how Gon fights, considering last week implied that all he would be doing would be strong/explosive charged punches and kicks, with Wing mentioning Enhancers don't have "special attacks" and what we saw of Uvo. It would make sense for the dumb shonen protag to have simple abilities.
But this is HxH so I'm confident Togashi will surprise me with things that are unexpected and clever.
But this is HxH so I'm confident Togashi will surprise me with things that are unexpected and clever.
Doctor Decimate
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tbh unless Dragon Ball Super steps it up (which i hear it does, so this post is probably irrelevant) the only thing that'll even touch Hunter x Hunter for months is gonna be Jojo
Whenever they get Mob Psycho 100 its gonna blow some minds is all I'm gonna say. Its as well animated as One Punch Man and has a far more heartfelt story line, a cast of hilarious characters and subverts a lot of common manga/anime tropes as well as HxH does.
You people aren't ready for episode 5.
You people aren't ready for episode 5.
JadedWriter
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Dragon Ball Super will never be as good as either Jojo or HxH and SDC isn't even one of the best parts.
BassForever
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Greed Island is the weakest of the 3 major hxh arcs, but it's still really good.
JadedWriter
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Tokyo Ghoul should come on after GITSAC...
You mean best.
From what I've seen so far, enhancing is definitely the most "boring" nen type. They're good at offense, good at defense, and their Hatsu (again, from what I have seen) has been punch hard/kick hard/attack hard in some kind of special way. The other classes have to get much more creative if they want to be competent fighters.
Not that I'm sure there won't be exceptions, but that's my impression thus far. In that regard, I'd also say I'm looking forward towards Killua's Hatsu more as well. Plus, he's fucking Static!
Not that I'm sure there won't be exceptions, but that's my impression thus far. In that regard, I'd also say I'm looking forward towards Killua's Hatsu more as well. Plus, he's fucking Static!
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