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Yeah, this week's episode was great. 😁

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The names people give to "hentai" nowadays... 😬

He says, unaware that four shows come before JoJo and, based on general trends, all of them placed within the top 7 cable originals of the week. Pessimists, the bunch of ya.

While we're on the topic of the Pussycats, am I the only one who thinks Ragdoll got robbed and robbed hard? She has a great design and a fun personality, but all she gets, in terms of the anime, is a handful of lines in one episode before being relegated to just a living example to demonstrate All for One's Quirk-stealing ability. Easily my biggest problem with season 3 right there, and the only reason I'm not as frustrated with it as I could be is that I was expecting Tiger to have way less dialogue and screentime, and the opposite proving true was a pleasant surprise. Honestly, the fandom did Ragdoll one better with that comic where she uses her Quirk to learn All Might's weakness (out of curiosity from the group as a whole) and decides to keep what she finds to herself.

And now the first chapter is on DeviantArt. Coming at you not-really-new every Sunday that Mob reruns on Toonami, which hopefully totals 12.

"If You Wanna Be My Lover" is as far as my off-hand knowledge of Spice Girls songs goes, but hey, the more you know. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ EDIT: Turns out "Wannabe" is the name of that very song. I really don't know shit for having two master's degrees.

I'm gonna hafta argue those first two.

South Park, "AWESOME-O". They were originally gonna air a sequel to the "Death Camp of Tolerance" episode centering on the class gerbil Lemmiwinks, but production fell through for reasons I can't recall, so when it came time for Comedy Central to air it, they cooked up a simple episode where Cartman pretended to be a robot to mess with Butters and had it air instead, with an on-screen disclaimer blaming unexplained "events in Hawaii" for Lemmiwinks 2 not seeing the light of day. MOB PSYCHO 100 - This rerun may be a mere message that Toonami's starting to weaken to the point where no amount of positive spin from Demarco can make the doomsayers sound as ridiculous as they have been, as a fan of Mob, I still think it's a welcome addition to see its return. (And also a fitting excuse to headcanon some justification behind [as] "producing" season 2 of Kunoichi; don't ask if you don't wish to know how deep that specific rabbit hole goes.) Reigen is the goddamn best, hopefully Niosi gets welcomed back into the industry at some point, I'd hate for him to be blacklisted for life like Vic, Scott and Illich before him. PARANOIA AGENT - All these anime figurines watching the fat otaku have sex with that hooker always crack me up for some reason. (I think I used the meido as an icon once during the ASMB years.) S&P looks like they're doing better with the pixelation this episode around. Pimps in Japan sound so much friendlier than the American equivalent. Turns out it was the student counselor from last episode this whole time. (I personally love how her presence is used as the bridge between last episode and this one.) Yeah, finding a connection between Kawazu and Ushiyama will be tough, if not downright impossible without running the risk of fat-shaming. MARILYN MONROE~. "By the way, nice bag 'cause it's mine now." I actually saw The Three Faces of Eve a while back, so I can't say the doctor calling forth the split personality is totally ungrounded. Ah, graduate school; a place I have no intention of returning to post-graduation, despite not suffering as much under it as one would think I'd be. That proposal was awfully casual. 😰 Oh Hirukawa, you're incorrigible. I remember when they added steam to that scene to censor her ass. The pigtails look works for her. Well that period of peace didn't last as long as I'd thought it would. CAW CAW. "Marrying yourself off behind my back is one thing, but boxing up all my stuff? Fuck that noise!" I much prefer the Progressive staff interactions to the stupid "becoming your parents club" ads they've been doing on the side. Only Japan would have extremely budget-conscious weddings be a common thing. "I wish I was at the office grading papers right now." You had me at spankings. I have a feeling that necklace is gonna wind up in a trash bin sometime later. In theory it's a smart move, but it all depends on how well he takes the fact that your split personality is a literal whore. Out of the mouths of narcissistic babes. Not gonna lie, I love that the sky looks like someone spilled magenta printer ink all over and called it a day. And here I thought Japan burned all their trash. Dang, Maromi sure is popular with taxi drivers. You know the problem's bad when your alter ego starts throwing out your stuff in turn. It was oddly nice, yet also bitchy, for her to leave the necklace out where she could find it like that. The katakana in place of hiragana means she's extra deranged. Yes, but has getting cleared made you any less self-centered? I always did find this one of the more distressingly strange episodes of PA back when I watched it the first couple of times. But damn is it a good at showing the struggle between two split personalities at each other's throats. Here it is, the beginning of Maniwa's descent into madness. Parking lot must've been full that day. (Note how the cow is missing from the chain of representative victims.) That's right, the guy who has girls call him "Daddy" during sex is a policeman. And here's the obligatory sentient Maromi cameo. NEXT WEEK: Forget Hirukawa's problems, let's focus on this random couple who found Harumi after her mental breakdown! The Rick Dance seems less out-of-place and forced in this HBO Max ad than it did in the R&M episode it came from. BLACK CLOVER - The Devil looks like Ryuk and Ulquiorra (Segunda Etapa mode) had an ugly bastard child. Oh good, the captains are here. OH FUCK YEAH BLACK CATCHER TIME. Dark elves look better in purple than they do in any other color. Well, at least you stopped his self-detonation, that's worth celebrating even if you still have to fight him a little extra. Never mind, he's charging up again. Oh yeah, Mimosa's here. Mercury makes for a shitty mirror, but it's still a mirror, at least in this universe. "I'm the greatest", they say about the guy who got stabbed three times at once several episodes ago. Time to turn this into a literal cage match. I remember back when Asta thought he could only have one rival, I do like how he's more open to the competition of it now. Meanwhile, Rhya's regretting everything. "If there's one thing I hate, it's selflessness." If not for the context, Patry's screaming face wouldn't be out of place in one of the comic relief moments. And then he got swallowed by the edge. Thank god Asta's so dumb, the worst it's doing to him is giving him migraines. Great, now he's saying the same thing over and over again. He's so conflicted right now. "BARK!" "NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Hate begets hate, or so they say. It's a miracle that I enjoy this show as much as I do despite its obvious flaws, guess that meme bell curve that says only the really smart and really dumb unironically like Black Clover has some truth to it. SUCCESS! Kick his ass, regular Licht. He says concrete, yet he produces iron instead. 😞 Nice of you to join us, Elf!Char. Yami, still the greatest. ANIME CLICHE #161: The more tumultuous the relationship, the better their teamwork is. Yeah, so there's actually a post-credits scene that Toonami cut and probably won't acknowledge on account of being Black Clover, but the gist of it is, the bird that's always hanging around Asta pecks Finral awake while he's being healed and tells him, in human words, to take them to "the demon bones". Normal words, but an anti-bird. (Bullhorn.) VENTO AUREO - To be useful or not to be useful, that is the question. Useful it is! Lucky for you, there are plenty of seats left to recline. Oh shit, it's getting smarter! Or maybe it was just the booze. [presses Easy Button] Huh, so some STANDs don't even know that's what they're called. You can't not love rubber-based abilities. Finally, it bleeds! 😁 Welcome to the bizarre, Foley-repelling world of STAND abilities, Trish. Use them wisely. That's right, she has the ability to make things both soft and hard. SHIT COUNT, ACT 1: 2. There are no weak STANDs, only weak users. These sound effects are cracking me up. If only all targets of strong female characters were as genderless and deserving of death as Notorious Chase. "Weird, but in a good way." Like all STAND names, basically. Does something count as failing the Bechdel Test if a man's mentioned in conversation even once? Aw shit, don't tell me... JOESTARS + ENEMY STANDS + BEING ON A PLANE = COMPLETE DISASTER. Ohhhhhhh fuck it's huge as hell now. SHIT COUNT, ACT 2: 1. If even a single cell survives, it'll always come back. GO TRISH GO. I bet "Wanna-Be's" is a reference to something too. Oh don't act like you didn't suspect she had these abilities ten episodes ago. EAT IT, BITCHMEAT. It's official, this STAND is too OP. Thank god Araki is creative in how they get taken down with certain characters in play. This part sure has a thing for characters losing limbs. And then it became the Kraken. Ironic how the straightest episode has the gayest group pose. Just another thing that makes this show so... bizarre. 😉 That maid's gonna die. IT JUST WORRRRRKS! Oh damn, the boss is entering the game now. I guess leaving the maid confused is better than leaving her dead. POWER - I like to think of Toshiyuki Tsuru's distinct directorial footprint beyond mere visuality to be a mix of two factors. The first is a bait-and-switch; taking a hook that'll draw your average viewing audience in and surprising them with something deeper and greater executed than anything suggested in the promotional materials. The second is a marriage of contrasts, balancing epic clashes you wouldn't see in real life with tales of the human toll that comes as a result of those clashes that are all too familiar in the world today. Tsuru is a director of contrast. His work is underappreciated, and he's lucky that he has several fans, myself included, there to appreciate all he's done in his few works as a chief director. That said, this arc could've used a little less crying kids. 9.95/10. It was great, but it still ain't no Gungrave #14. Funny thing is, we did get Lemmiwinks 2 eventually... in the form of "Bass to Mouth". [or maybe it was ass to trout]

Yeah, you should hit up the new general ratings thread when you get the chance (read: when I eventually post in it again). My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 6

Due to the unfortunate events in Hawaii this week, the MHA simuldub has hit a snag and will be postponed until further notice. 12:00 - My Hero Academia #85 - School Festival Start!! - TV-14 12:30 - Paranoia Agent #3 - Double Lips - TV-MAS 1:00 - Mob Psycho 100 #1 - Self-Proclaimed Psychic: Reigen Arataka ~And Mob~ - TV-14V 1:30 - Black Clover #116 - The Ultimate Natural Enemy - TV-14V 2:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind #25 - Spice Girl Spicy Lady - TV-MAV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #295 - Power: Final Episode - TV-PGV I'm gonna feel like shit if it turns out there were events in Hawaii responsible for the holdback...

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From what I heard, Aniplex paid [as] to air DRRR and it didn't do all that well in the ratings. Still, watching it with the ASMB was some of the most fun I had watching an anime on [as]. It'd have been a worthy last new anime for the block to have ever aired, had they not gone with the option of reviving Toonami.

You still cited incorrect facts, no amount of hate for the Chad Shounen Hero and his inexplicably long-running anime adaptation can change your gaff. And even if you edit your post in hindsight, my response is still there to remind you that you fucked up!

The thing that bothers me most about this is that you spelled Inuyasha with a hyphen.

One dub premiere, you mean. Black Clover's simuldub is still ahead of the [as] broadcast.

I always had the impression it had something to do with

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It's a message board. Expect people to make comments on posts not directed towards them.

Thank god the anime spared all five, am I right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

All the more reason for me to find your opinions ridiculous, as far as I'm concerned.

[sigh] Goddammit Al.

Oh, so you're that guy. I'm gonna say it, your tendency to constantly lower your score for AgK every time you bring it up is still the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen or heard in my years in this community.

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