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It's been a while since I've done any gaming, so I played some Yakuza 0 and Forza Horizon 4 today. Regarding Yakuza, I advanced the plot a little, met my first Mr. Shakedown, did some dancing at the local club (I got the gist of it but still sucked, even on easy), and experienced my first sidequest. I plan on continuing that one next time I open it up. Regarding Forza, I'm now at the point in the game where they've started offering "challenges". One of then was an easy do, but the other one is just impossible, no matter how times I do it decent. I also painted up my '57 Bel Air like Crazy Taxi and took a picture of it and some other cars like a tilt-shift bump, so that was fun. Might start looking into ways to send the photo to my computer so I can post it here.

After hearing about what they did to Mob Psycho 100 from a meaner-than-he-should've-been Mother's Basement, I have no real interest in watching any live-action anime adaptations. I do have interest in seeing Million Yen Women though, but who knows when I'll get around to that?

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You know, if you wanted a mood-lightener after reading Emergence, you should've looked up the alternate ending where

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My brain says Cowboy Bebop My heart says Eureka seveN My dick says High School DxD

Yeah, I've got nothin' this week. Maybe next week when there's special events worth commentating about. 12:00 - Dragon Ball Super #95 - Most Heinous! Most Evil! Frieza's Wild Rampage!! - TV-14LV 12:30 - Sword Art Online: Alicization: War of Underworld #17 - Prince of Hell - TV-14LV 1:00 - Fire Force #29 - Corna (Sign of the Devil) / A Secret Plan - TV-MA 1:30 - Assassination Classroom #14 - Vision Time - TV-14LV 2:00 - Gemusetto: Death Beat(s) #9 - Fdim - TV-MAL 2:15 - Gemusetto: Death Beat(s) #10 - F#Min7 - TV-MALS 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #321 - Reinforcements Arrive - TV-PGL 3:00 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba #8 - The Smell of Enchanting Blood - TV-MAV

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Dude, we still have this Saturday and the Bebop marathon on Boxing Day. Save the first goodbye for the latter date, and the second for the former.

Not that anybody else really cares, but I take it this means the remaining Death Beat(s) episodes are getting postponed? EDIT: Did some digging, found out they're airing the Sunday night after. So yes, just not as much as I was expecting them to.

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Hold up, I wouldn't go that far outside of simile, it's just that you keep reiterating the same thing whenever someone confronts you on it, that it kind of comes off as obnoxious/a cry for help.

You seem way too concerned about this for your own good. I mean yeah, I also think it sucks whenever [as] doesn't promote something as often as they used to - lord knows the frustration I felt when they didn't bother making any on-air promos for Geass and Moribito back in the ACTN Dark Ages - but I don't let myself lose any sleep over it. Hell, personally, I'm glad they got rid of the episode-specific topicals; that way, I can now watch my recordings in whatever order I want without fear of having to fast-forward through the topicals for shows I haven't watched yet. Besides, I don't think they'll be gone forever. They got rid of them after Titan premieres finished up, then brought them back in time for One Punch Man. It's a pattern, and I'm gonna let it play out, instead of whining about it like someone who doesn't know how to channel their depressive bouts over nothing into something productive but unimportant.

Probably because Ed's automail prosthetics are limited to just two limbs and in Al's case his soul is bound to said suit of armor, not to mention both were part of the canon story from the beginning, whereas Terminarcher had one half of his body - lengthwise, mind you - replaced with prosthetics, and is also exclusive to the 03 anime, just like Archer himself was.

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But was it higher or lower than the numbers for Food Wars' premiere episode?

Okay, I'm watching things out of order for reasons this week (and haven't seen SAO by the time I wrote this parenthetical), but this week's Sexual Assault Online must be especially heinous if the biggest roadblock to Fire Force's success as a brain-off show is preferable. ASS CLASS - Hoo boy, Takaoka. This guy is a piece of work. I may give main campus more shit than is healthy for someone of my age and mental stability (which is better than you'd think for an Aspergerian), but at least they're just smarmy dicks towards E Class. Takaoka's unisex corporal punishment tactics, on the other hand, are just abhorrent (though him kneeing that one kid in the gut would make for a funny out-of-context Twitter clip). I'm gonna side with literally everyone else and consider Karasuma the class dad. And because I've joked about them banging a few times, that does make Hellabitch the class mom (and based on some random /co/ poster's comparison of Takaoka to the teacher from Ghost Stories, she's also Hadley). Nagisa had a crowning moment of awesome worthy of the title, Karma skipped out on something I'm sure he'd have gotten a kick out of were he actually there, Koro-sensei was still the best even though he didn't really do anything, and Principal Douchenozzle actually played the good guy (as good as a douchenozzle like him can get) for once. All in all, another successful episode. FIRE FORCE - Today, I'd like to talk about anime nuns. The outfits are great, the girls wearing them are either cute, sexy or both, and despite it breaking all sense of logical reason, I can see why Asta's got that specific fetish. But I just can't be doin' with Nun Tamaki. Sure, her taking up the position to help cover more ground during this Infernal epidemic makes sense, and if it's natural for female fire soldiers in the 1st to eventually move on to sisterhood, I won't contest that, but it just feels wrong, having her in the firefighter role for the first several episodes, then revealing without context halfway through, "Oh hey, she plans on being a nun later on!" Granted, that sort of thing's a problem with Fire Force in general, but it's still awkward, to just spring that sudden potential career change on a viewer just when they were getting used to the position she started out in. The only thing more awkward is the Lucky Lecher Lure she still regularly falls victims too, but it was a little better than usual, even without seeing SAO's Rape of the Week beforehand. Vulcan's comment on the bikini-and-veil kink, scenes at one point being her losing just her stockings, Karim's only partially-reduntant "you never change when you change" quip, and her bikini just randomly flying off before smash-cutting away. I'm certain a clip was removed there, but even if it wasn't, that's still a change of pace from how Fire Force originally portrays such fanservice, even in-episode, that I'm content with that (though just as accepting as you others not being content with that). Also, I love that the nun squad from the 1st Company have over-the-nose masks built into their outfits. That's another fetish button successfully pressed for me by this show. SHIPPUDEN - All I can say is, thank god we're going back to canon after this. The additional worldbuilding Kishimoto neglected to cover is nice and all, but it's really meandering. Also, another great ending theme music-wise has finally arrived. SAO ALICIZATION - And once again, my expectations are exceeded in the most backhanded manner possible. Even taking his connection to Sugo and the reveal that he was Tentacle Vic all along into consideration, I highly preferred all the stuff going on with Yanai and his motivations (plus the confirmation that yes, Kikuoka had no involvement in Administrator threatening everyone into obedience with the Taboo Index) to all that went on in the Underworld. Kirito being all important despite still being in a coma is bad enough - I practically rolled my eyes when Sinon was all "Oh Kirito, you saved me again!" when his electrode cock-blocked Subtilizer - but the main characters being overpowered like nobody's business, from that one chick from ALO taking a spear to the thigh to Agil taking three to the chest (yet still having the power to pull off a shocked reaction face) and the Sleeping Knights' almost-attempt at winning over the other players being quashed just before it could take effect was too melodramatic and bullshitty for me to take seriously, in a "fuck you for making me care about this!" type of way. Here's to hoping next episode is less melodramatic and bullshitty, but I won't be surprised in the slightest if it isn't. GEMUSETTO - "Boats live forever. They don't die on you." Oh Tytti, you really need to read yourself some One Piece.

Blade's the only one I've seen in full, and while it's definitely flawed, I enjoyed it plenty and wouldn't mind giving it another watch. I have both DVDs, so it's not hard. As for the others, I only watched the first episode of X-Men from a G4 recording my uncle lent me, and the first five or so minutes of Iron Man as a seasonal test-watch. As for Wolverine, the closest I've gotten was considering buying both DVDs twice from two different Half-Price Books, but nothing ever came of either instance.

Ah yes, the year of Marvel anime produced by Madhouse from 2010 to 2011. Interesting that they'd go for the Wolverine one first.

Yeah, the Gemusetto hate in those threads is the biggest forced reaction I've seen since their equal hate of gen:LOCK.