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I bet he doesn't even get a happy ending, either.

Let's hope for quadriplegic, so he stops being able to type.

To be fair, '99 abruptly cuts off at the last 3rd of Yorknew, so to finish the arc at all you have to track down a set of OVAs that are likely to have wildly different translation, and I believe '99 was licensed at some point but the conclusive Yorknew OVAs were not. So unless you sought out a separate fansub of the first OVAs, there may be a chance you didn't even see the whole arc. Either way, the first OVAs which finishes Yorknew is pretty great. Yorknew in general is for whichever version. I dunno, Greed Island OVAs aren't terrible or anything, they're probably the worst part of '99 though. Especially during the first batch they feel like the production value plummeted and an unfinished/unpolished product was released. It gets better as it goes, but those OVAs are kinda hard to judge.

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I don't think he understands that shows can have shifting protagonists. It'd be hilarious if he weren't so depressingly incompetent.

After sitting on it, almost all the material covered by both versions is in my opinion better in '99. Even Yorknew in a lot of places I prefer '99, but they're both great adaptions of that arc. Only place I might say 2011 did better with the same material is Greed Island and some aspects of Heaven's Arena, but not even in entirety. On the other hand, Chimera Ant is fantastic and takes up nearly the entire second half of the show.

"I've been sending weird messages to disinterested women since high school. Still hoping to get laid some day. Any takers? No?"

You never stopped being a nerd, bro.

...by Briggs.

Apparently.

We know.

Literally everything Dragonball related in a nutshell. O0

Nope, nobody cares. Toonamites aren't people.

I will not think about whut I dun. You can't make me.

Wait, if he had sex with you, shouldn't the OP say "I fucked boring"? ::HMM::

Supersoaker.

"Frog girl" and "well-animated fight scenes" aren't enough to excuse characterization that amounts to 10 consecitive scenes of "Midori wants a power and doesn't have one" followed by a complete undercut of a simple theme that's actively difficult to fuck up. Shonen series aren't exempt from criticism on basis being shonen.

I like playing both, but competitive Smash is so boring to watch. I can't imagine playing as a legit pro on mere virtue of the playstyle required of pros completely draining any enjoyment out of the game. Playing competitively against non-pro friends is, you know, actually fun.

This is what you think real looks like? Really?

I liked the premise of "most people have powers but protagonist has to prove he's able to be a hero despite no power" more than "most people have powers but protagonist has to prove he's able to be a hero despite no power.... until his idol happens be be able to give him a power". Spends the introduction bashing you over the head repeatedly with a simple message of heroism coming from intent rather than power, only to immediately undermine the point in a matter of episodes. It'd be a lot more interesting to see him outwit villains as a normal kid than to have them literally give him, like, the strongest known ability.

It has very significant spoilers. Kurapika might not be in it, but the arc after Greed Island [Chimera Ant] is a common fan favorite and with good reason. Current arc would definitely spoil major parts of that. That aside, current arc is shaping up to be a Kurapika-focused Chimera Ant.