2013-02-09, 22:39 | Link #2181 |
廉頗
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Massachusetts
Age: 34
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Dragonball Z plays perfectly to the little boy who wants to grow up and be strong. If you don't fit that category or watch it too late in life, you won't get it. If you did catch it during the golden viewing period, you'll probably look back fondly on it for years to come. That's my story, anyways. DBZ (along with some other stuff like World's Strongest Man) actually motivated me to become a competitive powerlifter. There's nothing like it; the fights are so over the top epic with characters being punched through mountains, the world is fantastical yet simple enough for a young kid to understand, and no matter how crazy strong the heroes get they always have to train their asses off to get there, giving the illusion that maybe you too can someday be a superhuman if you try hard enough. And despite the many flaws when one is looking for a well written narrative, I do truly believe Dragonball had a very unique and creative world behind it.
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2013-02-11, 02:38 | Link #2182 | |
思想工作
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 31
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2013-02-11, 03:24 | Link #2183 | |
Japanese Culture Fan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Planet Earth
Age: 33
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I can't guarantee you'd like the VN, though. It has a lot of cliches too, but I didn't find them as egregiously bad as the cliches in Total Eclipse. And the first part is mostly comedy, so it works somewhat as a parody. Well, if you liked freaking Code Geass, cliches alone shouldn't be a problem. I agree with you, though: Total Eclipse is plain awful. And I don't know where you've been hanging around, but the community I usually go to only enjoyed it in an ironic fashion, with few people genuinely liking the show. |
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2013-02-11, 05:12 | Link #2184 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Idaho
Age: 32
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I'm glad to see that some people actually agree with me though.
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2013-02-11, 08:52 | Link #2185 |
Corrupted fool
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: I'm everywhere
Age: 33
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I've never been able to get into One Piece too much because of the huge amount of volumes it has (I think about 70) and the fact it will get a lot longer (probably 100). I was going to get into it when I heard about Ace's Execution arc but then the series returned to its typical story arcs. I don't hate it, I'm just indifferent.
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2013-02-12, 23:10 | Link #2186 | |
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That's my biggest complaint with the series. Not even Sailormoon's fights were ridiculously that long. Usagi could kill one monster per episode and if it was a Big Bad, they normally took care of it in at the very longest, three episodes! This is also why I strongly prefer Bleach or Yu Yu Hakusho over DBZ. KILL THE GUY. GET IT OVER WITH. It doesn't take them twenty-plus episodes to do that!
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2013-02-13, 01:53 | Link #2188 |
Okuyasu the Bird
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 32
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Isn't that why there's the existence of a recut version called Dragon Ball Z Kai? It significantly lessens the stretched out lengths of those fights and removes all filler completely.
There's still some exaggeration though. Now matter how much padding you cut out you can never make me believe Goku's fight against Frieza as a Super Saiyan was less than 5 minutes long. It was still epic to watch of course.~
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2013-02-13, 04:47 | Link #2189 | |
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Location: Tennessee
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2013-02-13, 05:29 | Link #2191 |
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Join Date: May 2009
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Lucky Star irl, then she bumped her head and hallucinates. In that dream, the manga chapter 1 starts where her haters Kagami, twin sister and the beautiful otaku hater Miyuki who spits on her, all love her and are her friends.
This comic is so sad... Last edited by Kudryavka; 2013-02-13 at 08:21. |
2013-02-13, 07:20 | Link #2192 | |
Princess or Plunderer?
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
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So Total Eclipse ended exactly like Highschool of the Dead — an interesting premise destroyed by scenes that should not fit in the premise. The worst part here is that the sales of Total Eclipse probably became the basis for a full-blown Muv-Luv series.
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2013-02-13, 09:48 | Link #2193 |
Autistic NEET bath lover
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: France
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As someone who's a fan of Madoka Magica, I thought the fanbase wasn't that obnoxious. This is not until I started browsing 4chan that I realized that the fanbase not only want more darkness each time a new Gen show is announced (I really noticed that once I started watching Psycho-Pass), I also learned how delusionnal the yuri shippers were though I don't mind any gay stuff (in-series or not) as long it looks good and well-told. This is also why I avoid most Vividred Operation threads even though I enjoyed the show itself.
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2013-02-13, 12:24 | Link #2195 | |
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Please don't judge Madoka Magica on the basis of its memes. And know that not all Madoka Magica fans are the same when it comes to them.
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2013-02-15, 14:32 | Link #2197 |
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That's why I try to stay away from fandoms, they tend to ruin show/character for me before I actually watch it or see them
Though Madoka fandom is not so bad and every anime has its set of dumb/pervy images. Makes me wonder who in the right mind would look at them or better who in the right mind would actually draw them to begin with. Pervy Homura is over done but you can't deny the fact that Madoka is VERY important to her and that she would do anything. Silly memes like that usually have a base and that's it.
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2013-02-16, 00:48 | Link #2198 | |
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Unless it's meant to be a joke, OOC fanart is quite a pet peeve of mine.
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It's a much purer love than what most fanart depicts. It's a shame they feel the need to tarnish such a nice thing! Joking is one thing...but taking it too far...I feel that's disrespectful to the character...if that makes sense. I know if someone took my characters and drew them doing outrageous things, I'd get pretty mad...
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