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Tonight on Toonami, the remaining Pride Troopers get ambushed while Frost confronts Master Roshi, Class 1-A debates whether or not they should go along with Kirishima's "rescue Bakugo" plan, Emma and Norman begin plotting their escape plan, Kirito faces off with the most recently christened of the Integrity Knights, Josuke's battle with Superfly continues as the rest of Yoshihiro's STAND user underlings make their move, Black Clover busts out another fucking recap episode (this time focusing specifically on the Midnight Sun), Boruto and the others team up with Kagura to rescue Denki from Shizuma and his henchmen, a familial face joins in on Naruto's internal battle with the Nine Tails, Killua meets with his little sister (male) for the first time in years, and the Cadets decide to use the odd Titan out to their advantage. 11:00 - Dragonball Super #107 - Revenge "F"! A Cunning Trap is Set? - TV-14LV 11:30 - My Hero Academia #46 - From Iida to Midoriya - TV-14V 12:00 - The Promised Neverland #2 - 131045 - TV-14V 12:30 - Sword Art Online: Alicization #12 - The Sage of the Library - TV-14LV 1:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable #32 - July 15th (Thurs), Part 2 - TV-14LV 1:30 - Black Clover #66 - The Secret of the Eye of the Midnight Sun - TV-14LV 2:00 - Boruto: Naruto Next Generations #27 - A Shinobi Bout of Friendship - TV-PGV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #246 - The Orange Spark - TV-PG 3:00 - Hunter x Hunter #139 - Alluka and Something - TV-14LV 3:30 - Attack on Titan #8 - I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost, Part 4 - TV-14V

Well. That reveal wasn't something I was expecting to read today. I mean, I'm genuinely sorry you had to go through all that, and it really puts your dislike of all things Vic into greater perspective, but still... it was a shock to see it written at first. (Apologies if my wording is enough to make you downvote me, believe me, I'm trying not to offend anybody!)

>no Toonami announcement yet NOOOOOOOOO.

Here I was, watching my Castle of Cagliostro DVD to honor Monkey Punch-sensei, and this happens. Guess I'm gonna have to watch my Mad Bull 34 DVD next to honor Koike now.

Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro Awesome movie. Y'all should see it if you haven't yet.

Kick-Ass the movie > Kick-Ass the comic book. There's no refuting this.

You say that like anal rape is a 100% possibility. I'm guessing he gets kidnapped by a group of gay Hell's Angels and is never seen again instead.

Well this sure has taken a turn.

Great, now you've got me thinking about No More Heroes but in Canada.

Di Gi Charat 9 Run with the Wind 5

I already made a thread in the main anime section, but having one here is just as appropriate.

My choices are limited, what with my dietary restrictions and all, but when I have an option, it's almost always Cheerios. [cheeri-eerios cheerios]

Let's hear it for the man, the myth, the legend. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-16/lupin-iii-creator-monkey-punch-passes-away/.145797 Also the conceptualist of the unfortunate Musashi Gundoh anime.

I think he was referring more to AoT pushing HxH to 3:30, assuming they don't expand in front to make room.

I feel that "Add Detailed" helps.

I fear they're going to push HxH back to 3:30 for this.

Assuming Netflix allows any of their original anime to be syndicated on other networks a la Bojack Horseman, the only one I want on Toonami is Kuromukuro.

You can't have a Seth Rogen movie without an obviously shoehorned in DUDE WEED 420 BLAZE IT joke. DRAGON BALL SUPER - Last week's rape-themed lineup was quite the ride, negative or otherwise. Gohan seems rather annoyed with his green dad. Why does this boar man sound like Dracula? "This can't beeeeeeee!" Whatever, he's dead now. I've loved reflection sniping since that one episode of Geass where Lelouch attempted to use his on the Emperor by reflecting it off of multiple glass shards. (Have you noticed that I'm a fan of the ridiculously precise?) The screaming helps it regrow faster. Huh, the sniper looks more brutish than I expected him to. OH MY GOD A GIANT ROCK. That shading on El Grande Padre's upper lip is kinda creeping me out. Snipers are fun until one hits you. Meanwhile, Tien isn't doing anything in particular. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE! And then he was the Black Knight before he lost his legs. And now this guy's an alien Laser Floyd. Finally, some new bumpage. Why are you guys standing around and watching instead of helping them out? You're close, but it's only just the one guy, Goku. "Wait for me, best buddy!" "Fuck off." The beam struggles in this franchise are honestly pretty hype. This guy's also surprisingly smart for the brutish type. Huh, so Goku was right about it being two guys working together. Oh wow, time for Tien to actually do something. It's called Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. I'm kinda loving this commentary from the sidelines group. Really helps condense the episode's runtime into something closer to how much time the narrator said passed. OH MY GOD ANOTHER GIANT ROCK. And the giant rocks just keep coming. ADVANCED GEOMETRY! Teamwork beats teamwork. He may have ringed out, but at least Tien ringed out in style (and with a buddy). Oh hey boar guy's back on his feet. "NOBODY CARES!" Oh, Vegeta. I'd say it's all sub-100% humans from here on out, but I just remembered about Roshi. Call me crazy, but I think Goku really wants to fight Ayylmao Seitz. I was gonna ask what happened to the one guy we didn't see subjected to the metaphorical horrors of tobacco use in this new commercial... but I guess the full version answered that question. MY HERO ACADEMIA - Oh yeah, I almost forgot that Tsuyu got her tongue sliced last week. Oh Twice, you and your split personality disorder. WHAT A TWEEST! [Dethklok music intensifies] Vlad's bloodbending is the best bloodbending. FUCK YEAH AIZAWA. "Dammit, why do I keep mistaking mud for people?" You say 'so few', and yet I count nine VAS members (Toga, Dabi, Muscular, Mustard, Moonfish, Mr. Compress, Spinner, Magne, and that Nomu). Of course the fire guy dodges the fire first. I love Twice's constantly conflicting personalities. This chick makes Yukako look sane and that actually makes her kinda hotter. Don't diss the Dandy, murder waifu. FUCK YEAH PARASYTE DANDY. And then there were ten. Oh good, it is just a mask and not his face. (I do like that there's another type of mask under the first one, only 1% homo.) Your twist was good, but it ain't got nothin' on Shyamalan at his best. NO ONE EXPECTS CAN'T STOP TWINKLING. At least they managed to save one of them. Bakugo is still so confused. ...Was he just concerned just now? Fuck I love violin music like this. Masked Hagakure is a strange kind of arousing. Welp, Ragdoll's probably dead. You beat a serial killer into unconsciousness and rescued Tokoyami from being kidnapped alongside Bakugo, I'd call those successes in spite of the villains technically winning the night. Fuck zombie apocalypse media. Fuck it right in its skull. Jiro picked the wrong day to wear that shirt. Another success through the failure: three arrests, ironically all of which were of villains with names beginning with M! Gimpsuit man looks just as weird without his blade teeth as he does with them. Owwww his arm. I forgot most of Shigaraki's dialogue that episode because I watched it live and refused to rewind at any point during the night. Heh, that parentheses note. Now that she's finally shown up for the first time this season, allow me to say that, between serving as the referee for the sports festival, helping Class 1-A pick out their hero names, participating in their practical exam, and getting into a catfight with Mt. Lady on live television... season 2 really spoiled me when it came to Midnight. Worst bathtime ever. You sound way too cheerful about this tragic situation, Nezu. My personal theory is that the traitor is Monoma; nobody likes him, so nobody would be surprised if he were a mole for the villains. A PHONE CALL IS HERE! You aren't your own ringtone? I can't get over that officer with the cat head. Excellent detective work, Tsukauchi. If the homosexual part of me wasn't fully dedicated to Shizuo, Reigen and femboys, I'd probably bang All Might too. Oh hey, a Namekian without antennae. It feels weird hearing him say Bakugo's full name. Deku's had a hard life. I can't take him seriously with those eyes. How nice, everyone came to visit him. I like that Kaminari's shirt is the symbol for electrical resistance, of which he has none. Eh, fifteen is still a good visitor retention rate. He's right, he wouldn't have gotten One for All if he hadn't attempted to save Bakugo that one time. It's not your fault, it's Kurogiri's for closing up the warp gate so quick. Momo's still a jobber, but she's a useful jobber, no denying that. KUYASHII. "Leave the League of Villains to me." NOT NOW IIDA. I can't say I don't agree with what Kaminari's propositioning, even if it is only Bakugo. I never thought I'd see the day a GEICO commercial made me nauseous. THE PROMISED NEVERLAND - [adult swim] drama anime is a rare find compared to action and even comedy. Following Paranoia Agent and Death Note, this might just be the third anime to hold that distinction. Not ten seconds in and I can already feel the kino. I like Musa's background art, though I can understand why others wouldn't. It's protecting you from the child molesters, be happy for the gate. OH BULLSHIT YOU AREN'T GIVING US THE FULL OP ON THE FIRST DAY. Title translation: October 12, 2X45. If only it was that easy for me to get up in the morning. BACKGROUND CHARACTER OF THE MOMENT: that one girl with the messy black hair. This orphanage is crawling with conspicuous CGI furniture, so you know something's up. I'M GONNA GET YOU. That shota with the eye-covering moptop is pretty momentous too. MOMMY. Yep, there's definitely 38 of them. Staaaaaare at the neck numbers. My cousin's husband's birthday is on October 12th; I've been sharing birthday weekends with him for several years now. This is the most disturbing standardized test I've ever seen. Perfect scores, as to be expected of our protagonists. Ray looks like he could be Sasuke's illegitimate child. I'm not surprised that the only child voiced by a dude is jealous of the others' successes. OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE. It ain't tag without a head start for everyone who isn't it. "You overthink surprisingly well for someone of your complexion." Ah, forest music. OH MY GOD A GIANT POCKETWATCH. That one tree looks surprisingly nostalgic for some reason. "What's Norman good at that you're not?" Playing tag, duh. Strategize, strategize, strategize. I never knew tag could be so complicated. Well she is the oldest one here. The slight echo with each step means you're supposed to feel scared for what's about to happen to her. Huh, so that's the fence... Kinda small. I feel like we've been here before. In which they discuss how screwy everything is when you really think about it. "You're such a downer." Well he is Sasuke's bastard kid. I can already feel the tempting of the fates. I could've sworn this commercial break came later in the episode. Man, fuck whoever altered Alice's personality, I liked her better when she wasn't a Saber knock-off. I'll do my best! I'm not surprised Don Johnson misses her the most already. It's something they play at funerals, child. "You go give it to her, I'm just gonna stay here and brood some more." IT'S LOTS AND LOTS OF JUST THE ONE TRUCKS. The tension in this hallway is definitely palpable. Mamoru Kanbe's gotten really good at directing horror since the days of just coating the screen with as much blood as you could get away with on satellite TV and calling it a day. WELP CONNY'S DEFINITELY DEAD KIDS. And that's why I said the commercial break came earlier than I thought. Didn't Toonami listen when Sakugabooru showed how awkward this scene looks without breaking up the tension with an equally horrifying anti-smoking ad or the mafia whacking a guy who just wants to enjoy his Wendy's salad? Don't eat cats, they'll get their vengeance in your afterlife if you do. And then demons. How to shatter your worldview in under five minutes, by CloverWorks. SCARY MOMMY. [hyperventilating intensifies] All I'm wondering is how her body managed to get so dead-looking in only half an hour. I bet if they did tell Ray, he wouldn't be as traumatized as they clearly are. And so the escape planning begins. I never knew the fundamentals of tag could be so applicable in real-world situations. Musicalis interruptus (not real Latin): the most effective of all the jump scares. Scary Mommy's comin' for all you naughty kids. "Not the Captain" Gary's definitely seen this week's MHA. SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - Good news is the rape is finally over, bad news is we now have to deal with identity death. Again, fuck Integrity Knight!Alice. Kirito says to strategize, it's what the new inductees to the Toonami family would want. I just screamed "FUCK YOU BITCH" at my TV screen while flipping Alice the bird with both hands and I wonder if I really do have anger issues. Though in my defense, Ketchup Rapist and his butt-buddy Mustard deserved what they got, so even if Kirito getting his Gary Stu-ness overwritten with something much more likeable is what the rest of you want, it's still an overreaction on the part of The Knights Who Lack Common Sense. Nice to see that the Integrity Knight's bondage gear is unisex. I'm not sure if it's nice or heavily concerning that the sexual assault victims in this show get over their attempted rapes so quickly and so easily. This probably goes against at least half the safety protocols on Earth, but this is Underworld, so... Well that trip took no time at all. MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE LAB. At this point in the game, you're one of the only two people who can, Asuna. RO-BOT! It doesn't appreciate your racism. Robo-rape, averted. Thanks, Higa. Are you sure, 'cause last I checked, 'machine' doesn't start with an N. The "Ichi", meanwhile, stands for 1. Nice to see they're doing something productive with their time. Don't tell me Kikuoka plans on using this robot to kill jihadists in place of the artificial fucklights... Okay, so it's both, then. "Ni-what? Oh, right, Japanese numbers..." And into the uncanny valley it goes. I'm actually finding this discussion more engaging than what's happening in Underworld, probably because I'm not raging at Alice for being a bitch now. His breakfast is candy. "See you in what I'm sure is a couple months your time, Kirito." Shady science men. (Whoa! That's a good name for a band.) For a show called Lazer Wulf, it sure feels like Stupid Horse is the real protagonist of what counts as its story. I think getting your swords back takes higher priority over figuring out that executing someone in Underworld means changing their personality for the bitchier. Well she has the same name, so it's possible at least. Childhood friends whack each other all the time. What you heard was the Alice that's hidden under the several layers of BITCH the Integrity Knights overloaded into her brain. "She said she'd wait for us at the top of the Central Cathedral. And now we're stuck, at the bottom of the Central Cathedral." Thank god Kirito has common sense, being a real human bean and all. Something something rule of equality. [presses the Easy Button] I say the Axiom Church and its nonsensical laws can go fuck themselves! Yeah, good luck getting all that bitch out of her head. Nobless oblige, continue being a savior or however that old chestnut went. That was also easy. Let sleeping guards lie. Nice flowers they've got lining these fences. You can just tell this kid's never been to Earth by treating roses as something super-rare. Welp, there goes his PTSD again. Friendship ended with Klein, Eugeo is his BFF now. Oh dang, she expected them to escape. Judging from those markings, I'm guessing he's Synthesis 11. Damn, twenty off. Kick Dimestore L.A. Chuck Huber's ass, boys. JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE - Brought to you by #KickVic Manga-ka punching 6th graders in the face. Photographic Murder Dad is by far the most bizarre thing Araki's come up with (thus far). It's nice to see that Joseph's acting less senile now. Rohan wore the virgin killer sweater before it was cool. Damn those are some long fingernails. Still creepy, Hayato. Still creepy. And thus begins JoJo's very own Longest Day arc. These sunflowers are giving me more concrete nostalgia than that tree from Neverland. RANDOM BINOCULARS. In which Josuke misuses the word "gross" even harder than some people think SJWs misuse it. Oh hi Mikitaka. You heard him, he has no beans. A transmission tower with only one power line coming off it, now that's weird. And all those amenities too... It's a mountain man! Of the transmission tower variety. I think he might be one of those Keebler Elves. Earth definitely is quite the melting pot of strange individuals. [applause] He noticed you noticing. Meanwhile, Koichi's having a comparatively boring day. Whoops, spoke too soon. Yeah, I'm convinced this tower man is a Keebler Elf. Beware the piss pipes! Now that is a proper use of "gross". So that's what asparagus looks like growing out of the ground. Keebler Elf dude takes dream homes to a bizarre new level. Fuck that dude who says Part 4 is directionless, I'm loving that it goes in whatever direction it damn well feels like. Rohan is now aware of the creepy kid down the block. Funny how the dude next to Kira looks more conniving than he does. This other dude outside Rohan's house is kinda disturbing me. Oh hey Tomoko how you doin'? You realize you indirectly kissed your own flesh and blood, right? Who's this guy sitting at their table in the dark? As I thought, it was Photographic Murder Dad this whole time! SUPER FLY. I love how he's doing the evil laugh while escaping. And then he was a robot. It's amazing how commercials can piss me off more than entire television programs, and wiretap man getting needlessly bullied by the mob just because he said he likes salad is proof of that. At least the effects of becoming one with the tower are reversible, somewhat. DY-NO-MITE, DENIED. [Tarzan yell] "Damn these dicks!" And bless this dub. Menacing reverberations. SHIT COUNT: 2. Welp, there goes one of Okuyasu's kidneys. Oh yeah, this STAND's an independent one like the Anubis sword. So what you're saying is... it's equivalent exchange? Oh hi again, Mikitaka. You're free, now let's get Okuyasu to the emergency room. Daaaaaaaamn those are some thick calluses. CALLUS KNIFE. I love this alien man. SHOT THROUGH THE SHOULDER. Well this sure got serious real quick. Keebler man, away! Oh shit he knows about Kira. Don't let him in, Rohan, he might be a lawyer for one of several women you probably sexually harassed in the past. Welp, Tomoko's gone and Koichi might be dead. Kira finds this work more tedious than his previous job. I find it fitting that Hayato's sitting in the coveted protagonist seat. BLACK CLOVER - I like how this recap portrays scenes as they happened without the contextual flashbacks. Don't mess with the adorable and indestructible. FUCK YEAH NEW OPENING. I predict that feisty redheaded chick will be Angel's favorite female character, now that Fana's back to her non-hateful self. That perfection in imperfection is what your author's people call, "wabi-sabi". She may have had a change of heart regarding all of these losers, but she's still gonna get that Vic Mangina one of these days. [shakes fist] Asta, when you go home, you need to smack your guardian. So is Ladros gonna look like an old man forever now? As they say in Britain, god save the Queen. WOOOOO. At least he's got his pants on this time. Domina totally ships that. He's also got his pants on, so he's got that. Oh Noelle, you so tsundere. This bird can detect magic stones. And that's how the witches went from #KillAllMen to #NotAllMen. Sweet, free stone! A surprisingly quiet voice for such a loud-looking face. Given the series you're in, everything's easy but the women you flirt with, Finral. ELLLLLLLVES! That is an expression of simultaneous confusion and excitement. "All this important information is coming at us so fast, I can't keep up!" You and the audience both. Asta's mind was built for shounen bullshit, not anime bullshit. (Someone bring in Meta to explain the difference better than I can!) Clearly the Midnight Sun are elf sympathizers. In the end, it was a true "everybody wins" situation. Oh good, Ladros's old man face was just dehydration. AND THE CAMP GAY VOICE WAS JUST A RUSE, WHAT THE WHAT. Everybody ships Mars/Fana but Finral. I know you aren't trying to do it right this moment, but even I have to say it at least once: stop trying to fuck the nun, Asta, find a nice girl who can dress as one for you who won't find it weird. A former-rival friendship like Naruto/Gaara and Deku/Todoroki before it. Yes, let's all laugh at Finral's inability to score. Oh good, it's just Yami here, I don't need to break out the hooch yet. "To the corner store!" So was he a prisoner at the start of the series, or did he become one at the start of season 2? He's back already, and with booze too! Asta doesn't know the meaning of the word "chill". "That was definitely Magna's voice! I'd recognize that level of dandy-ness anywhere!" Oh hey, he looks kinda attractive with his hair down and glasses off. I never pegged Magna as the poetic type, but I'm loving these sick rhymes he's pulling out. Luck, on the other hand, is a little too in-character. These two look like they came back from an anime convention; probably one with a wide selection of imouto doujinshi. His nose is bleeding because a stray thought about Marie popped into his head, it happens all too often with him. Oh wow, the anime staff actually went to the trouble of justifying the nosebleeds that were never there in the manga. It's times like this that I respect Pierrot behind all of their fuck-ups. I'm starting to think Gauche is even more of a "modern tsundere" than even Noelle. And their adventure involved them wandering onto the set of Matango 2. Charmy's on a seafood diet; she sees food, she eats it. Welp, it's party time, and that means it's time to drink 'til I find the obligatory one-note gag overload tolerable. It sure is lucky that Asta views chores as an alternate form of training. Family means getting drunk and naked at the same time and feeling no shame whatsoever in front of them. At least, that's Vanessa's definition. The animators sure love showing off Mimosa in these EDs, that's why I predict she'll be Asta's endgame once he accepts his nun fetish as applying to all women and not just the legitimate women of the cloth. It's a shame I'm not into fighting games, because Mortal Kombat II definitely scratches my mask fetish itch. BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS - And so the Uzumaki family power hour begins anew, in the 2AM death slot. Oh Chocho, you so thirsty. Damn, dat G-MILF Mizukage. Heh, the Major just made Kirito feel inadequate. Guess I'm gonna have to start paying more attention to Chojuro in the main show now, considering he managed to rank up so much. Hey, attentive or not, you can't help it when you yawn. What a relatable Mizukage, this man. Iwabe still finds this whole thing too fishy, even though it is a water village. WHO ELSE BUT KITTYTOE? All he wants is to be a normal dude. This is one swanky hotel lobby. Why want Sasuke when you can have Kirito instead? Even more of a perfect being, but way less likely to stab you in the back outside of playful flirtations with other women he knows are off-limits. Considering Orochimaru's desire for immortality stemming from his desire to retain all of his knowledge, Mitsuki knowing all these fun facts doesn't surprise me. These potato chip allegories are really growing on me. "I'll show you the Hidden Mist Academy, now with 99% less child murder!" Did he make that "go with the flow" pun on purpose? 500 ninja coins says the crowd starts rooting for Kirito half-way through. AS TO BE EXPECTED FROM KITTYTOE. Aaaaaand now he's got the PTSD. So does this mean the next scene is gonna fill the "beach episode" quota? I don't even need to see the movie to know that the Queen was only knocked out and they were too stupid to check their pulse and confirm she's the opposite of dead. Fuck yeah, boardwalks. What a pleasant grilled squid salesman. She taught him manners, he just forgoes them outside the house. This Uzumaki-Uchiha friendship sure makes more sense than their fathers'. He spent their way out of their endless depression, like a true Keynsian economist. Fancy memorial they've got there. Please don't ruin the mood, Iwabe. I do understand your dislike of the village, though, losing your grandfather before his time is rough. God Ray Chase is an underrated VA. Oh good, more punk-asses. Takes stupid to know stupid, as they say. Hey, you scared them off, I'd call that a success and leave it at that. You're damn straight Ray Chase is a national treasure. He'll be fine, he's Kirito after all. Very on-point with the coloring there, show. Dammit Denki, don't go into that dank alleyway, you'll ruin all your collectibles! HE'S GONNA GET RAPED. "What was that? A water ballon?" Nope, just bloodbending. The Kinky Kunoichi would be disappointed in both their use of deadly force and the amateur job they did binding and gagging him. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - Begone, filler! It's canon time. Jinchuriki are rather charismatic in spite of their unfortunate tendency to be ostracized as kids. I'm still the only one who genuinely likes his rapping. Fistbump of trust. DATTEBAYO Y'KNOW YA KNOW. If you can't fight your other half with fists, fight it with words. Believe in the Naruto who believes in you. BRO-GRABS. And then he was one with the main personality. Nice, a hidden training ground. I habeeb you mean, "cuts like a kunai". I'm betting those headless Buddhas are symbolic of something. "There's a reason for it." AS I THOUGHT. Consent: it's not just for sex anymore. Your advice is appreciated but not welcome, Yamato. GRATUITOUS ASS SHOT. Yamato just got his ass punk'd. This room looks like a portal to another dimension. Very trippy. We should be thankful for these flashbacks; if not for them, we wouldn't remember what we forgot in the seas of filler. I just realized we haven't seen Bee without his goggles yet. I just realized that without that key to open the gate, Naruto wouldn't have been able to let the Nine Tails take full control when he fought Pain anyways. Naruto is his own STAND this week. I never knew tug-of-war could be so deep. I can't help but love how much Naruto's grown in power since the start of the show. (Also, holy shit, I've been watching this for over half of my life, give or take a few years in-between.) HUNTER x HUNTER - As they say, always save the best for last. I dislike Ging as a person, but I love him as a schemer. Does that spooky face-change at the end count as a Last Note Nightmare? I think it might. All these character cameos! This guy's taste in suits is most tacky. Why is there a panda in Ging's seat? Wow, what a douche. YELLOW CARD. Yeah, Cluck's too loud and annoying for me to really get behind. No time to talk, just absorbing all the talking. Dog girl's the most sane one here. Again, why the panda? So Netero chose Pariston as his #2... because he hates him just as much as everybody else. Seems legit. Does anyone else remember Seaquant, or is it just me? I assume this means we'll finally get to see what the Zoldyck estate looks like. Huh, guess not. He came back just as he expected, just not in the context he was hoping for. How it feels to be triggered by your own father. AGAIN WITH THE PANDAS. You're a robot, TOM, I don't think Nen is within your realm of possibility. Killua sure knows how to bargain, a surprising skill for an assassin child to have. SO MANY LAYERS OF SECURITY! I count at least five. To be fair, their targets probably deserved it more. A black-bordered flashback, that means someone or someones are about to die. Welp, that's a nightmare face if I've ever seen one. Even the framing of the flashback bends to the child of ambiguous gender's whims. I like super-shota Killua's hair. That monotone, man. You think his mom's Cylon visor is an accessory, or part of her body? I have a feeling that order is going to backfire super badly. Killua's trying to make a truck-o-saurus over there. JESUS CHRIST IN WELSH WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT. Small fun fact to break up the tension, I thought young Alluka was a young Shizuku for some reason when I saw a clip of this scene by itself a while back. I've never seen these two together before, even though they're married. Weird. You now remember that Killua knows his dart games. Welp, this other butler woman's a goner. IT'S RAINING CGI BANKNOTES! Check it out, Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask dolls. FUN FACT: The favor for this cameo scene was swapped when a Greed Island arcade game cameo'd in an episode of Sailor Moon Crystal. Ah, the joys of having your significant other's intellectual property cameo in your own work's adaptation. If the millionaire wannabe woman wasn't a goner, then this personal attendant definitely is. What a frightening request, and yet in line my predictions. Now that's what I call well-animated horror. These chibi pictographics make explaining these otherwise complicated systems of action surprisingly easy to understand. See? The Zoldyck's assassination targets deserve it more than those 67 casualties! She's pretty cute for a transgender devil child. [mutually exclusive, of course]

You're lucky I'm an enshutsu lover.

[slowly raises hand]

Shikadai's the one that's Gaara's nephew, but with him and Inojin being in the same multi-generational trio, I can understand the confusion. 1.11 was the one with the melting hillside. Wasn't expecting that huge text there. Glad to see my use of Hollow Ichigo's full fanon name finally stuck with someone else.

You gotta love the tonal variety in the OPs for Mamoru Kanbe's anime.

First show gets the full OP, the rest get shortened (or cut save for one randomly selected day, in Naruto's case). It's gonna be good seeing one of noitaminA's "breaking from the mold" openings on easily accessible American television.

I actually toyed with the idea of a FLCL prequel long before Progressive and Alternative were even concepts. Though assuming Jman meant six one-hour episodes instead of six half-hour, I guess Kunoichi fits within those parameters with its twelve half-hours.