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Nov 4 2014, 07:05 PM
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- Nov 4 2014, 10:01 AM
maybe a psuedo loli onioncon
wtf is this supposed to mean
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Nov 5 2014, 02:17 AM
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My servants never die
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you find small onions attractive?
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Nov 5 2014, 04:26 AM
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A bunch of leaked stuff regarding Naruto.
The Last spoilers NarutoXHinata is confirmed, from what I've gathered. They have two kids. Choji, Shikamaru, and Kiba also have kids. It's not known who Choji and Kiba get paired with; it's obviously Temari for Shikamaru. Guy is wheelchair-bound, Sasuke is still missing an arm. Also, we see Kurenai's kid as well. Kakashi is the 6th Hokage. All the leaked pics can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/vAdqY1R.jpgI don't think any of it has been 100% confirmed to be true yet, but it's looking very likely. Also, some people are saying that chapter 700 will probably take place after the movie and everything to do with the New Era Project, serving as the true conclusion to the series, which I'm glad about because I don't wanna wait another 6 or so months to see how it ends lol EDIT: I did forget that people are saying Choji ends up with...Karui. Why her?
And this is supposedly the leaked list of the remaining Shippuden episodes:
Shippuden episode spoilers #385 Obito Uchiha
#386 Madara Returns
#387 Rinbo Hengoku
#388 Failed World
#389 Absolutely
#390 Current Me
#391 End Of Youth
#392 Hachimon Tonkou no Jin!
#393 Naruto & Sage of Six Paths
#394 Sasuke's Eye
#395 Infinite Dream
#396 Will
#397 Kaguya Tears
#398 Same Dream
#399 All You Have
#400 Kakashi of the Sharingan
#401 Ninjas
#402 Revolution
#403 Naruto & Sasuke
#404 Naruto & Sasuke Part 2
#405 Naruto & Sasuke Part 3
#406 Rescue Everyone From The Infinite Tsukoyomi
#407 From Here and Now On
#408 The End
.. The Next Generation Begins!!!
Also not confirmed to be true yet, but it seems legit to me. Three episodes for the final battle likely means it's extended in some way.
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Saturos
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Nov 5 2014, 04:32 AM
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Psycho-Pass 2 ep 4 was particularly soul sucking. It's starting to verge onto torture porn territory, I think, and it lacks some of the cohesion and dare I say, restraint, that Urobutcher learned with dealing with violence. I also feel like the theme isn't particularly well-articulated, and there's less of a focus on the scifi aspect and more as a "cop thriller."
spoilers for ep 4 Specifically, the iterations of "what colour?" coupled with the generic villain of the week's "You are now living! Huehuehue" (pun intended) really just made it kind of comical. And the stripping down of the civilians and then their various murders was over-the-top enough, that just having them all shot and exploded by the Dominators at the end really was deeply ethically dissatisfying. Not even tantamount to, but exactly "innocent people suffer horribly, and then once they have freedom they get shot by the police who were supposed to save them."
I get that "oh this just shows (again) how corrupt Sibyl is," but there's better ways of doing that without being, frankly, disgusting and making me lose sympathy in both sides. Not to mention the sudden deluge of new characters are frankly cardboard, and quickly stifled by the narrative.
Red-haired dude's scanning the nearby holos would've been a good chance for him to have some character development (but I'm not sure how he's supposed to be able to do that visually?), but that opportunity quickly gets blocked by New Girl.
New Girl's passive-aggressive resentment is the only good thing about her, otherwise she's the typical naive by-the-book type.
I think the writing hugely suffers by trying to triple or quadruple the cast with including other divisions. Rather than focusing intently on the squad and their interactions, the writing is wasting time giving other characters the screen, only to just have them killed off anyway.
And I don't give a flying [radio edit] about Kamui and his empty worded rhetoric and magical "invisible to Sibyl" powers that we've seen done better and with much more restraint with Makashima.
I almost might drop this, it's hashing my S1 high. >_>
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Silvy
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Nov 5 2014, 05:15 AM
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Psycho Pass 2 ep 4 and now you see what I meant about episode 4.
I'd be fine if Shimotsuki and Sakuya were the only new additions to the cast, they seem like interesting enough characters. Their biggest mistake was introducing this new antagonist, Kamui, when he's pretty much a more boring version of Makashima. It's almost like they aren't sure where to take the story when Sybil being the big bad was already established in s1 anyways.
That torture porn scene with the cops shooting innocent people was completely unnecessary since we already know Sybil is [radio edit]ed up from the first season considering how much it was drilled in our heads. The first season showed us that cops would shoot to kill without hesitation through how people responded to Akane's actions without feeling the need to show 2edgy mass murder. Sure, it was graphic at times but knew when to use implications instead of showing tasteless violence solely for the sake of it like that. I had a lot of high hopes for this after s1 but this is like one of those generic cop shows steamrolled with generic slasher film gore.
Atleast this should make Shimotsuki realize how screwed Sybil is, we already had her trying to reassure herself that Sybil is doing the right thing in ep 3 and now she has some proof.
Also, I miss Kougami and Makashima :(
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Nov 5 2014, 05:59 AM
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Psycho-Pass 2 ep 4 Lol brother, WE ARE OOONE in our opinions, as always. #terribros4lyfe
I think you hit on it with "not sure where to take the story" comment. Really, I don't think Psycho-Pass even needed a second season, and I'm starting to question if this wasn't just a cash grab. It remains to be seen if this has anything new to add to the story that wasn't done better in S1 one -- Urobuchi bailing on it probably tells me that he didn't think it was necessary, either.
It's kind of silly that Shimo is still so naive, despite the fact she's been on the job now for a year and a half. >_>
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Nov 5 2014, 07:08 AM
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- Nov 5 2014, 04:26 AM
A bunch of leaked stuff regarding Naruto. The Last spoilers NarutoXHinata is confirmed, from what I've gathered. They have two kids. Choji, Shikamaru, and Kiba also have kids. It's not known who Choji and Kiba get paired with; it's obviously Temari for Shikamaru. Guy is wheelchair-bound, Sasuke is still missing an arm. Also, we see Kurenai's kid as well. Kakashi is the 6th Hokage. All the leaked pics can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/vAdqY1R.jpgI don't think any of it has been 100% confirmed to be true yet, but it's looking very likely. Also, some people are saying that chapter 700 will probably take place after the movie and everything to do with the New Era Project, serving as the true conclusion to the series, which I'm glad about because I don't wanna wait another 6 or so months to see how it ends lol EDIT: I did forget that people are saying Choji ends up with...Karui. Why her? And this is supposedly the leaked list of the remaining Shippuden episodes: Shippuden episode spoilers #385 Obito Uchiha
#386 Madara Returns
#387 Rinbo Hengoku
#388 Failed World
#389 Absolutely
#390 Current Me
#391 End Of Youth
#392 Hachimon Tonkou no Jin!
#393 Naruto & Sage of Six Paths
#394 Sasuke's Eye
#395 Infinite Dream
#396 Will
#397 Kaguya Tears
#398 Same Dream
#399 All You Have
#400 Kakashi of the Sharingan
#401 Ninjas
#402 Revolution
#403 Naruto & Sasuke
#404 Naruto & Sasuke Part 2
#405 Naruto & Sasuke Part 3
#406 Rescue Everyone From The Infinite Tsukoyomi
#407 From Here and Now On
#408 The End
.. The Next Generation Begins!!!
Also not confirmed to be true yet, but it seems legit to me. Three episodes for the final battle likely means it's extended in some way.
Spoiler: click to toggle Chouji and Karui? That's some weird fanfic stuff right there. Is that even a shipping any fan has ever though of? At all? The rest I get, has been pretty much already canon in the story and it's alright.
So far, the only shippers that will be happy is NaruHinas and ShikaTemas. Knowing the fandom blood will be spilled, tears will be shed, enemies will be made, a baby or two will be born and forums will crash.
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Super Slash
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Nov 5 2014, 07:32 PM
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Yep, apparently that actually is the official pairing. It's literally the most random thing that has ever happened in this manga, I don't think they even got one panel of screentime together.
Also, lmfao the salt is real
Naruto shipping spoilers
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Nov 5 2014, 09:18 PM
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Yuuki Yuuna thoughts through episode 4 I'm having fun with this. I know, Draco likes magical girls with lesbian undertones and similarities to PMMM, but this is honestly fun in its own right. The magical girl aspects are, to someone with little experience in the genre, cool and slightly creepy, and I like some of the subtler hints at worldbuilding (although plenty of that is subtle as a brick as well). The slice of life wacky comedy shenanigans in episodes three and four, and the introduction of Karin seemed a little mood whiplashy when the first two episodes were a bit more serious and dramatic overall, since they were establishing some fate of the world stuff. Still, I really enjoyed the character interactions. These aren't exactly the deepest characters in media, but each girl feels distinct enough by this point, and I am invested enough to want to see more. And just when I thought episode four was going to end by firmly establishing this as completely cutesy, nope, we get some, like, worst case scenario or whatever Fu called it. And that's what's making me curious because I'm not sure if there's some deceptively subtle build-up going on, or if the series is just being kind of ham-handed with how its balancing its plot. 
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Peytral
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Nov 5 2014, 11:02 PM
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Spoiler: click to toggle I have no clue where the [radio edit] the show is going to go. The death flags could just be a red herring for all I know, considering how they played Tougou's wangst up in episode 2 up for comedy and how they're basically just throwing every magical girl cliche possible in.
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Nov 5 2014, 11:14 PM
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Spoiler: click to toggle I have no clue where the [radio edit] the show is going to go. The death flags could just be a red herring for all I know, considering how they played Tougou's wangst up in episode 2 up for comedy and how they're basically just throwing every magical girl cliche possible in.
Spoiler: click to toggle Yeah, exactly. They set up a couple possible serious moments and then subverted them, so it makes me think they're making a magical girl comedy with a little bit of fake-out seriousness to attempt a darker and edgier show but drawing back before actually having it be so. But then there are little things here and there (mainly, I thought the teacher's narration under Itsuki's inner monologue in episode four was kind of intriguing) that make me wonder if they're going to go along with faking out for a while and then actually go full Madoka. But I think it's more likely to not be the case. >_>
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Nov 6 2014, 12:07 AM
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Thanks Poui.
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@Narutoshit I find it funny that literally the only character I ever cared about in that show (Hinata) is the one who gets the victory in the end.
Huzzah.
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Silvy
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Nov 6 2014, 01:25 AM
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Psycho-Pass 2 ep 4 Lol brother, WE ARE OOONE in our opinions, as always. #terribros4lyfe
I think you hit on it with "not sure where to take the story" comment. Really, I don't think Psycho-Pass even needed a second season, and I'm starting to question if this wasn't just a cash grab. It remains to be seen if this has anything new to add to the story that wasn't done better in S1 one -- Urobuchi bailing on it probably tells me that he didn't think it was necessary, either.
It's kind of silly that Shimo is still so naive, despite the fact she's been on the job now for a year and a half. >_>
Psycho Pass 2 ep 4
I think a second season would've been fine since we still have the Sibyl system as an antagonist. To me, it seems like the obvious direction to take the story in is to focus on Akane's struggle against Sibyl. With the first couple of episodes it seemed like it might've been going in that direction with the attacks being directed towards Sibyl and not seeking to harm people. It would be a good opportunity to introduce a force that opposes Sibyl but doesn't favour total anarchy in its stead. Having a force like this fighting against Sibyl would provide Akane with something to "back her up" in pushing against Sibyl since she would see where they're coming from even if she might not completely agree with their methods. Instead we're getting a repeat of the start of season 1 with "crazy murderer of the week" episodes with an invisible mastermind pulling strings, except not done nearly as well.
I don't think Shimotsuki is that naive and that she does have thoughts that the Sibyl system is flawed but doesn't want to believe it, hence why she had to reassure herself that she's doing the right thing in episode 3. It's not surprising that she wouldn't want to believe the system she grew up in all her life and now works for is so corrupt without concrete evidence. Not to mention that she seems terrified of her hue getting clouded, and probably believes that thinking Sibyl is corrupt will cloud her hue(and it probably would at that).
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Nov 6 2014, 02:56 AM
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Yeah bro, you're probably right. I hope it goes in that direction.
Mushishi ep 2 was pretty great. I can deal with slice-of-life in such a fascinating world, even if it's occasionally a bit self-indulgent. I really like the folklore explanations for sickness and so on, really reflects that world of superstition (as a reality). One of the things I like about Touhou, too.
Also that scene in this episode was nightmare fuel as [radio edit]. [radio edit]ing eyes, man.
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Nov 6 2014, 08:20 AM
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The last chapters of Naruto is out on mangapanda but I'm not reading. I'm waiting on this shit. I need high quality stuff.
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Nov 6 2014, 01:00 PM
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Out of all the slice of life anime I've seen in my life, I don't think anything has gotten realer than what Shirobako has done so far. This [radio edit]ing show is more relatable than I'm comfortable with.
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Nov 6 2014, 01:37 PM
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I'm happy and content with the ending of Naruto.
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Nov 6 2014, 07:39 PM
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Been reading Assassination Classroom. Got past where I had originally left off when I first started reading it and really enjoying it so far.
As for anime I finished Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, which was wonderful and I almost want to rewatch it despite just finishing it recently. I think that's the kind of anime I"m in the mood for currently. So, instead, I started Psycho-pass and Baccano. Only seen the first episode of Psycho-pass and the first 3 of Baccano though
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Nov 6 2014, 07:41 PM
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Psycho-Pass and Baccano were both pretty good, I think. =)
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Nov 6 2014, 07:50 PM
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My friend has been trying to get me to watch Baccano for a while and the library has the dvds. She also got me to watch Durarara a while ago and that was good so I have high hopes for Baccano (and so far it's good ^.^ )
Pyscho-Pass looked interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I've only seen one episode so can't really judge anything from that.
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