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Honestly, this show really is better than it has any right to be. Like. Not strictly amazing. But the narrative is done pretty well. Got a good tension cycle going for it. Some of these writers must be way overqualified.

My takeaway from the finale was "ok fine, here's a lore dump of all this continuity shit, this is boring, we just wanna do random adventures."

A thought occurs to me, about why this show manages to be at least a little refreshing, over everything else on offer lately. It's kinda nice to have a (shounen) anime that's not just purely about the main character powering up and winning through violence and aggression. Like. It's just cooking. With enough patience (and the right equipment/ingredients), anyone could probably pull most of this off. It's still way over the top and ridiculous, heavy handed writing, etc. But, it's curiously novel to have something that's all about learning and skill over "must get stronger."

It really is a shame that Pokemon is a kids show/IP, there'd be some really wild places it could be taken in a more mature setting.

Samurai metal

This thread is a sausage fest. (I'm not a metal head, I just enjoy subverted expectations.) Japan is clearly kicking ass in the metal scene. Seven years of content, 32k subs. Even I'd say folks are really sleeping on this group.

I also got hit with a bunch of those yesterday. But I've only ever seen it on mobile, I think. Maaayyybe once in a great while on desktop. But my brain could be making that part up.

Calling it now, Kuga loses. Obviously. Because Tsukasa has to square off with Soma at the end.

"We need the girl" is your cue to call their bluff and charge in.

...This is how Pokemon Centers work, isn't it? Heal your pokemon? Do these people look like professional veterinarians? Nah, easier to just re-write them to a healthy state.

Can the recoding be used to teach pokemon to understand sign language? Could it be used to teach pokemon sign language we could understand? I mean. DNA doesn't really have much say over what you know, I don't think. But, it does still make a simple sort of sense.

More accurately should be "mute people" but you get the idea. How's a pokemon supposed to battle if you can't give them commands? For that matter, how do pokemon just understand all these commands, no matter the language? You're telling me I can go out in the ocean and catch a pokemon that probably hasn't ever seen a human, and it'll just instantly know exactly what I'm trying to tell it to do? Setting aside how they might understand any language their trainer might use, how would they even understand the moves they call out? "You're asking me to 'fly'? Can you not see my wings flapping here?" "Wtf is 'swift'?" "Did you just tell me to use 'acid'? We're in the middle of a fight, bro." Pokemon spend all this energy learning to understand humans and all the dumb names they come up with for moves, I wonder if pokemon are ever frustrated that humans never even bother trying to understand any pokemon language.

I might be consuming too much Japanese content. Youtube recommendations get weird.

Or, for broader western recognition, The Last Airbender. Anyway, amusing thought I had: The worst part about this whole thing is that it's going to be filmed in English, so this is what we're stuck with. There'd be absolutely nothing stopping, say, Japan from dubbing over it with all the original VAs (barring any deaths or retirements) for a more authentic experience. Unfortunately for us, there's just no way of getting an experience close to the original voice cast while also trying to remain true to the characters themselves. Arguably, Jet was maybe the only character voiced authentically. So, a live action adaptation is doomed from the start, with two options: whitewash the source to make it feel closer to the dub which much of the target audience is familiar with, or cast actors closer to "true" to the characters. and pray you don't lose too much of the characters/personalities we're familiar with in the process. The adaptation maybe has what it takes to be adequate. But, as you said, it's hard to be truly optimistic about it.

If comic books have taught us anything, it is to never underestimate a speedster.

Ahh, I'd been wondering when they were going to actually work in the "help your team out" mechanic.

I also clicked on this one not knowing what to expect, and it only took a few moments for the name to finally click and I recognized he did the music for Paranoia Agent (and others, obviously). Not being familiar with most of his work, I just thought the soundtrack for that was deliberately trippy for the vibe. Guess it turns out the dude is a trip all on his own.

I wonder if American metal heads are ever embarrassed that a bunch of Japanese ladies are probably shredding better than anything we've put out in recent years.

The sound engineers for this show have made some questionable choices. Really get taken out of the engrossment when there's a sound effect that just doesn't fit.

So, you do know approximately how much you need every time you gas up, since, as you said, you're doing this on a regular schedule. How hard is it, then, to just think "hm, usually I need x amount, at current price that would be around Y" and tack on a little extra for good measure? That's kinda the whole point here. It's less that everyone's giving you grief for not knowing how much your tank holds total. Except maybe sponges. Mostly, everyone's just baffled that, in 13 years, you haven't figured out how much gas you need in a typical week. I have no clue how big my gas tank is. But I do know I need roughly 12 gallons every 2 weeks.

Sorta like, Judaism is the Original Trilogy. Christianity came along with some expanded universe nonsense that everyone agreed was pretty dumb but hey, some people like Jar Jar. And Islam sez "Yeah, we're gonna pretend none of that ever happened." and used their own EU.

I saw it was on... the Roku app, I think? Some free streaming app a while back. And also fondly remembered it from long ago. Starts out pretty good. But, just kinda flops. Like, "build up the big giant Magog world-ship threatening the entire galaxy and then sorta do nothing with it" flops. The characters were still fun, tho. Much love for Trance and Harper. And most of the rest. But, Sorbo going off the deep end does kinda leave a bad aftertaste.