Chapinator_X

Having alot of fun with Moon so far and really love Alola and some of the changes that spice things up like the ride feature and the trials. So far, I've got a team of Brionne, Wingull, Pichu, Growlithe, Yungoos, and the Munchlax gift. I haven't gotten adjusted to the Z feature though so I had to go through a couple pokemon before I could beat Hau's grandpa.

I saw the prices hike on them as soon as Ike got in Smash Bros Brawl.

I remember my only ban on the old boards being from tag trolling him after he spammed OA with Evangelion hate. Now he's on something about Bleach ending because Shounen Jump is conspiring with the Japanese government to cancel Bleach in exchange for spreading Islam worldwide and unfolding prayer rugs in the middle of public spaces.

I have a feeling that even after he's passed, he would instruct Anno to release unearthed cartoons he's kept secret every 5 years and burn crop circles in the fields every 2 years that say "HAYAO NEVER SLEEPS!" and "GORO IS A SHIT!"

I'd agree that it's more of a creative twist on the superhero genre than a parody. The main thing about parodies is the emulation of a particular style, but One Punch Man is more into making fun of superheroes and battle shounen as a whole than parodying any specific type of hero or hero's journey that's the cornerstone of many origin stories. Saitama's not a brooding badass or conflicted on how to balance their ordinary life with the superhero business. It's also not a deconstruction on the futility of being a hero. It's just a comedy about a superhero too overpowered to get any enjoyment that other heroes feel from it. Yeah, critics will give anything a slap on the wrist if there's one aspect they can cling onto that can make it a parody if you stretch the meaning. Like critics who don't take Keijo seriously saying its parody even though the show still takes itself seriously as a sports show with many sports anime conventions, but with a goofier paint job. I guess genre parody still exists, but it's still a stretch in many instances. The most painful word for me is deconstruction. Everything is a deconstruction now. Free is a deconstruction because there's guys in the pool instead of girls. Inou Battle was painfully boring, but that's a deconstruction because of that one time a girl goes on a rant about how vapid she is as a girl in a chuunibyou story. Anything that's either dark and edgy, is a different concept, or has one moment of self awareness is considered a deconstruction nowadays.

Parody, much like deconstruction, is used ad nauseam to describe things that do just enough to subvert the tropes of their genre to be slapped with the tag. One Punch Man uses Saitama's overpowered ability to tell a superhero story where the hero is just a bored slacker who's only obstacle is being taken seriously by significantly weaker, but more established heroes. It's not a parody of any particular character, but it cuts any tension that a battle shounen or Marvel/DC hero comic would build up for months on end by comically having the hero splatter super powered villains with a punch drawn on a single panel. I guess they say he was inspired by Anpanman but most of the people that say it's a parody of Anpanman hadn't seen an episode of Anpanman to make any connections genre-wise aside from the name and his outfit. But I feel like the closest to accurate parody in recent anime has been directly poking fun at other properties like when Osomatsu-San made fun of Mad Max with a skit in the apocalypse where water is constantly hijacked or a race where a character is strapped to the bloodbag device from Fury Road, or the otome idol game parody with the brothers as androgynous pop idols that can solve world problems with bs magic, or even itself as they make fun of how the 60's and 80's versions of Osomatsu Kun were much more innocent times for the brothers and Iyami as they descend into debauchery and obscurity. Or more direct parodies like Carnival Phantasm spoofing elements of Type Moon properties, or Gintama having characters dress up or act like other anime characters to make fun of their quirks in some situations. Aside from obvious parodies, I feel like it's an overused term. Keijo is now a parody of sports manga by just having the sport be about fighting with women's assets, or Re:Zero is now a parody of light novels because the protagonist can be irredeemable at times. There's probably some garbage anime that people are saying is parody because it's incapable of doing anything right. Anything remotely different is now considered either satire, parody, or deconstruction even though it just does minor deviations that still ultimately play into the genre's cliches without having much fun ripping into any of the conventions people claim they mock.

Good thing I can skip Part 2 of the show this time around. Need more Mumei and less Bieber.

Will Anno be the key to this film as well?

Man, that second to last episode was intense with the Blair Witch vibes and Lee making the pact around the end. The weird thing is that even though there were probably as many casualties as the first time Matt & Shelby got the house, most of the people there died from circumstances outside of the ghosts unlike when they first went. If they all stuck together and were able to calm eachother down, most of them would be alive save for Agnes and Sidney.

Thats when I play Final Fantasy VIII on two player mode

Great to hear that you're doing alright. I was worried after hearing about what's been going on, but I'm glad that you've at least got some internet back. Things have sucked badly in the states since the election, but I'm just crossing my fingers that they don't do anything too shitty from now until the midterms in 2018 where we have a better chance at fighting back with a new congress.

Beetlejuice - 23 Edward Scissorhands - 11 The Nightmare Before Christmas - 10 Ed Wood - 10 Sleepy Hollow - 10 Corpse Bride - 10 Sweeney Todd - 11 Peewee's Big Adventure - 9 Batman - 10 Batman Returns - 10 Mars Attacks! - 10 Big Fish - 10 Alice in Wonderland - 8 Planet of the Apes - 9 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - 10 James and the Giant Peach - 10 9 - 10

It's this specific brand that I only stumbled upon a couple years ago. I think they sell it in Spanish markets. It's great, but I like it cause it tastes like they made a soda with the watermelon Jolly Rancher flavor or carbonated the Arizona Watermelon. If you're not a fan of artificial watermelon flavor, I wouldn't recommend it.

Member when presidents actually had experience in office, the judicial system, and/or military services before they were elected? Member when the most engagement a president ever had with politics before an election cycle wasn't publicly accusing the current president of being a secret Muslim from Kenya or lobbying for their favorite candidates?

Dr. Pepper, watermelon soda, or the melon flavored Ramune

Just updated New Leaf. All of this new information is alot to process.

Once I get an Amiibo scanner (probably on Black Friday or sometime where I can get it cheap) I'll be able to see what that's like. I got some of the Smash Bros ones as bookshelf figures (Sheik, Palutena, and Robin), but I want to put them to use for my games, especially since New Leaf was one of the first 3DS games I picked up.