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Hunter x Hunter 1999 48

COUNTDOWN Damn, I forgot to cover this in yesterday’s preview… I see only one flaw in Future TOM’s logic: if he couldn’t take out Evil!SARA, what makes him think our TOM has any chance of doing better? Okay, so maybe the countdown’s actually for when they reach the Nebula of No Return. Time travel logic, fuck yeah. OR MAYBE IT WAS A DETONATOR ALL ALONG. Turns out SARA can move in the stopped time. Is that Earth down there? I don’t think I like this timeline anymore… Next week, TOM gets tentacle raped? DRAGONBALL SUPER Only the narrator would make the phrase “peas and carrots” sound completely awesome-sounding. Shin, you ignorant slut. To be fair, Beerus has destroyed recently, just on really unfair terms. Vados is best girl (female). Well at least these guys are more polite about rejecting Goku’s requests than Chi-Chi is. It’s just a handshake, don’t act so mortified. And that’s another god Goku basically befriended. LATER GATORS. Goku thinks on the simplest of terms. Vegeta is best tsundere (male). Hit, meanwhile, is dandere because he’s not angry enough to be a proper tsundere. You can’t not love Mr. Satan. Pour one out for Bulma’s Japanese VA. Thank you for the assistance, 18 and Monaka. And then Shogo 162 imploded, the end. The divine language looks like it’d be fun to speak in. “Why do I feel like I’m being pranked right now?” You’re not the only one with that feeling, Beerus. Ian Sinclair’s voice is a national treasure. YOHOHOHOHO. I summon Slyfer, the Executive Producer! And then shit got weeeeeeeeird. ECHO (echo, echo, echo…)! Goddammit Chi-Chi he was being serious, don’t assume he wasn’t just because he said “poop”. Such snarkiness, Krillin. You fool! No mattress store could possibly have one comfortable enough to suit Beerus’s taste! Huh, what a nice guy, that Beerus. Turns out Monaka was a space delivery boy. The big question is, was it the “suck” or the “freaking” that got us the L subrating? And then Evil!SARA blew up the Earth, the end. DRAGONBALL Z KAI Shut up, Nightmare Yamcha. Meanwhile, Elder Kai’s just speaking in tongues now, nothing sounds divine about that language. Meditation time! Pour another one out for Bulma’s Japanese VA. Okay, I did not expect that spanking. “Listen to your mothers,” says Green Dad. Piccolo has the most metro powers. Kibito doesn’t like it when people talk with their mouths full, apparently. And they say the Japanese have no concept of sarcasm… Fuck yeah, sped up recap animation. “My toupee!” Goddammit, Super Gotenks. Well, at least he proved himself one of the fastest in the universe. It appears that the “two-bastard rule” now applies to PG properties as well. BUU TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT. Hearing Piccolo scream over a still image is kind of a weird sight. DYN-O-MITE DYN-O-MITE. “And I’ll be a bigger hero to the world than Seal Team Six!” Once again, Buu fails to understand that healing others makes others look up to you in a positive light. Feeding a dog chocolate is dangerous, but poison-but poison-but poison-[REBOOT IN PROGRESS]-but poison chocolate? Really dangerous! And then Mr. Satan realized that maybe he’s going about this the wrong way. BIBIDI BABIDI BUU. Thank you, Mr. Satan, you saved us all! That dude sounds like Sean Connery. Oh fuck you, you British bastard. Buu’s eyes are open, shit’s ‘bout to get real. JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: STARDUST CRUSADERS I… don’t think that means she’s okay, Polnareff. Ah, the good ol’ “distract him away from the obvious corpse” maneuver. “Puppet of Justice” sounds like a good name for a J-Rock band. TRIGGERED. What really hurts here is that Centerfold was too ugly to score a daughter-in-law for Enyaba. Oh goddammit Polnareff you’re cracking me up with your ignorance. Turns out Hol Horse was alive all along. AYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY. [cue Pillar Men theme] Oh shit it’s the boil lady. Zombie dogs, zombie babies, are there any more zombies I need to know about? TIME FOR THE POLNAREFF SECRET TECHNIQUE! Not sure if Polnareff’s being honest or hypocritical here. These villains really have it out for his genitalia. It’s funny when Hol Horse gets hurt. At least the toilet doesn’t have a pig’s head sticking out of it this time. Face it, it’s more fun to fuck with you this way. HARDCORE TONGUE ON TONGUE ACTION. Oh look, something more disturbing than the boil lady. RERORERORERORERORERORERO. Oh hey, Jotaro’s finally doing something. Rule #1: never underestimate Jotaro Kujo. Here comes the stress sweat… Great, now I wanna watch Columbo. FUN FACT: Kakyoin used a fake name too. MOSH PIIIIIIIIIT. Fuck you, naked zombie baby. You could always burn the fog, but Avdol’s no longer with us, so… For the longest time I thought Justice getting sucked up by Star Platinum was OVA original. Oh Jotaro, you and your lame puns. SHIT COUNT: 4. Turns out it was a cemetery all along. HOL HOOOOOOOOOORSE! We already know DIO was capable of burning a dog alive and letting a woman feast on her baby, I can’t see how more terrifying he can be than that. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS We Canada-America border wars now! Oh, those guys are still a thing? Hell, forget that, how long has this conflict even been going on? Did we skip an episode or something? And since when did McGillis get there!? Cocky blonde dude is so dead. “Stop, in the name of-!” [boom] I can’t even tell what game this dude with the facial hair is playing. If “goddamn” is no longer 14-L worthy, I wonder how long it’ll be before they finally allow the F-bomb to slip by uncensored. DON’T LOSE YOUR WAAAAAAAAAAY~. “Who’s underneath that mask?” “If I told you, it’d ruin the illusion, and you know how us mask fetishists hate that.” Canada vs. America is the best war, and the best song on Warm & Scratchy (barring Crimson Red and The Equestrian, of course). Lafter’s thinking about having an affair. Those are some cool-looking soda cozies. This guy really wants to do stuff, doesn’t he? Mikazuki makes a fair point. You said it, Blonde Kirito. Stone cold, Mika. Cool, more animated shots of urban Edmonton. Dang, coma curation technology has really advanced since our time. Of course you should be doing it, math is absolutely important! H-HAYAI! That’s Captain Galan to you, boy. “Something here doesn’t feel right…” It’s Evil SARA, isn’t it? I KNEW IT, IT IS EVIL SARA! Blonde Kirito says fuck your rules. Sure, they may be dogs, but if they die, their masters will fuck you up something fierce. Assuming they care as much as Majin Buu, that is. Thank god McGillis is bringing an end to this bullshit. I assume that imagery’s supposed to be significant to some degree. HUNTER x HUNTER Nothing’s creepier than watching staticky footage of Killua messing around with a yo-yo. Genthru truly is the Sugo of this show, someone get him a crying Cherami Leigh-voiced character to help prove my point. STOMACH PUNCH. Rule #2: Never underestimate Gon. Bisky’s a great teacher. GYO GYO GYO. Gon just had a Brain Blast™, that can’t be good. BAAAAAAAD TOUCH. What just happened, indeed. Holy shit Gon, you truly are your father’s son. I can literally feel the hype building up. More than a little fucked in the head, indeed. Okay, I was not expecting that pit of doom. OH MY GOD A GIANT ROCK. HYYYYYYYYYPE. Well that ended fairly well. I assume that card’s the reason why Gon got his hands blown off in the first place. Neat, a lesson on the morality of killing. Angel’s Breath looks like a Leiji Matsumoto character. One billion jenny each. Time to hunt down the elusive card 0, then! Or maybe you just have to win it in a quiz bowl competition, which appeals to my interests. LUPIN THE 3RD: THE ITALIAN ADVENTURE I’m surprised he was able to shrug off that sniper bullet for as long as he could, honestly. I swear, it’s like he’s trying to piss Nyx off on purpose. Well, at least there’s… decent reason for why he was drugged and brought in. Of course Lupin would steal the relevant item of the week; for what reason, that’s still up for debate. Lemme guess, ski mask guy is Nyx. One of the background goons is a girl in an OTN mask, this episode just got way better. Any reason one of those guys is shirtless? WATERBOARDING. Something tells me Nyx wouldn’t go down that easily. Called it. Ooh, the plot thickens. “I will annihilate you!” he says as he gets shot in the thigh. He actually called him Dolph Lundgren. With bondage as simple as that, of course Lupin got out of it that easily. Nyx fucked up, and now he’s being left behind. Don’t call Lupin a monkey, Dolph, he hypnotized the last guy who did that into acting like one himself. This dub script is amazing. Oh shit, it’s the Blue Angels! Random bathtub. That’s a pretty cut-and-dry system they’ve put together. Noooo not the OTN mask girl. Nothing’s impossible when Lupin’s on your side! I love it whenever those two team up. SHOE BOMB. Ohhhh so this is a teacher-student thing, is it? I know this is depressing and all but there’s still something off-sounding about Nyx’s redheaded daughter. FUCK YOU GIBBONS. FUCK YEAH NYX. I knew he’d make it out just fine. And then Leonardo da Vinci showed up because why the fuck not. He’s surprisingly a cool guy for someone who wants to “recreate the world”. Holy shit what did he even do to him? NARUTO SHIPPUDEN “Hey, here’s an idea… GO TO HELL SASUKE!” Hey, he’s been subject to no shortage of negative feedback for the better part of 12 years, he’s gotta get in all the compliments that he can. I’d say Sakura’s remembering Filler Hell, but considering this was before Sasuke turned his back on the village, I’ll just redact that comment. EVIL OSTRICH TIME, GO. I dunno about it being “cute”, hell, even that elephant/jellyfish hybrid from SAO II was cuter than that thing. I guess that explains the brain damage Naruto had in Filler Hell. Okay, Sasuke getting pecked was pretty funny. It’s official, Naruto does a better job defining “vendetta” for first-timers of the word than the Simpsons did. The murder weapon was a rock, you say… Any word on how giant it was? Dude’s clearly not fit to wild a sword that ungodly huge. QUOTE FROM MY DAD: “They sure love saying ‘bastard’ on that show.” VENDETTA! The Sakura of then would easily be shocked to know how fondly the Sakura of now looks back on this little misadventure. “What an angrily nice young man.” Huh, I never knew ninja villages had otaku in them. OH NO HE’S HOT. In the ninja world, instead of killer Japanese trucks, they have killer Japanese ostriches. Well this filler just got slightly more interesting. I can see why he’s afraid of those eyes, they’re exactly the same as Yamato’s. “There’s somethin’ about this fight that’s bugging me, and it ain’t the gambling.” Exactly like Yamato’s. Turns out it was all just a misunderstanding, and a surprisingly well-done dramatic one too. And of course, the big crime boss in town has a problem with all that. Well that turned out pretty alright in the end. I get what Sasuke means, but I don’t necessarily agree with it, considering he’s already plotting greater revenge. Well he did stop by your guys’ village a while back, so he could’ve seen you were you not out on business. The funny thing is that Naruto isn’t even lying, he’s just downplaying things. Damn that kid’s edgier than Akame ga Kill, maybe even edgier than Tokyo Ghoul. My dad just came in again and pointed out that the chakra receivers in Pain’s nose look like guitar threads. OUTLAW STAR Corrupted voice Gilliam reminds me too much of Evil SARA to be even the least bit amusing. [“Memory” by the Seatbelts plays softly] So… don’t fuck with the MacDougalls, then. Interesting intercutting between flashbacks and the present. You just can’t not love Aisha. Why hello there, creepy old dude. This guy seems to love repeating things. Okay… that was a strange encounter. Did she just call him a dick? I just noticed Suzuka still isn’t there. “You won’t get away… Dammit, he got away!” You gotta love those grappler arms. I’m not entirely sure what “high” is supposed to mean. Again, Aisha is just too adorable. GRAPPLER FIGHT! I knew that dude was a pansy the moment I saw his pink tracksuit. Melfina’s basically getting mind-raped right now, and I, sir, do not like it. “You shot me! You shot me in the arm!” SUPER RUN AWAY. That means Harry’s just Ron’s accomplice; his surprisingly murder-happy accomplice. HOT DAMMIT. “Now what?” You pick up Aisha, that’s what. COWBOY BEBOP I can’t remember how many times I watched this episode in the past and zoned out doing other shit at the halfway point. If only I didn’t miss out on all that… GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX 2ND GIG “Pathetic… What’s the world coming to?” You said it, Batou. AND ALL THE REST Well shit, the bumps got corrupted something fierce. No way, since when did Keanu Reeves join the Star Wars universe? Fuck yeah, local infrastructure! “Pop music has always been my jam.” And it’s also been real shitty the past few years. C.C. would love that new pizza. I feel like this is the beginning of a new GEICO gimmick. CHESTBUMP. That’s a pretty hype marathon ad, the Countdown aesthetic really works in its favor. Lookit that, a whole new slew of things I’d never enjoy if I liked cable like those dregs of humanity! This African-American friendly Claymation Sprite commercial is oddly comfy. I made my own Reuben last Friday with me-safe ingredients and it was fucking delicious. I don’t know what a “goo day” is, but even though I have an idea, I don’t think I wanna know the truth… Fuck yeah, new Off the Air episodes this week (and the next two). This ad is too brotastic for me. Valerian and Laureline? You mean like that French anime that came out on DVD this year? Momma Jelly don’t give no fuck about anything. YOU GOTTA DANCE YRSELF CLEAN. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bank robbery in commercials outside of that one “Arby’s is Good Mood Food” ad get stopped. They really need to have more hostages say “fuck you” to those “don’t be a hero” assholes and do something about that shit. “Life is short.” Is it? Is it really? Oh crap that last bump cycled through all the shows that’s really not good. [really dangerous too]

All I got from that is the implication that you don't have DVR.

Yona of the Dawn 14 I have no idea how to spoiler-mark stuff, so until someone tells me how, I'm just gonna leave my handiwork out in the open for you to admire/ignore/mock. By the way, I'm kinda shipping Yona/Yun now.

He says while ignoring the fact that the dub makes him less screamy.

Time for some good news, bad news. Good news: Toonami's expanding by half an hour starting December 2nd, meaning it will now start at 10:30. Bad news: said expansion involved the pickup of Black Clover, which premieres the same day at 11:30. Oh, and the prime-time DB hour is gone, so there's that to be excited about. Tonight on Toonami, the 6th Universe Tournament receives a post-festivities visit from the Omni-King Grand Zenoh, Goten and Trunks are forced to do fusion in Super Saiyan form before facing off against Buu again, Enyaba invokes her wrath on Jotaro's party with Polnareff as her first victim, Arbrau and the SAU engage in a meaningless border war (hopefully to the tune of the Warm & Scratchy track below), Gon shows how more than a little fucked in the head he can really be in his battle with Genthru, the theft of MI6's master list of agents forces Nyx to come out of retirement, you know you're in Filler Hell when your plot involves a random ostrich and silly revenge tactics, Gene gets a message from Harry MacDougall challenging him and the Outlaw Star crew to a grappler ship duel, the crew's visit to Ganymede forces Jet to face some loose threads from his mysterious past, and you haven't seen anyone unpleasant to look at until you've seen Kazundo Goda. 8:00 - Dragonball Super #40 - A Decision at Last! Is the Winner Beerus? Or is it Champa? - TV-14 8:30 - Dragonball Super #41 - Come Forth, Divine Dragon and Grant My Wish, Peas and Carrots! - TV-PGL ... 11:00 - Dragonball Super #41 - Come Forth, Divine Dragon and Grant My Wish, Peas and Carrots! - TV-PGL 11:30 - Dragonball Z Kai #140 - The Powering Up Continues?! Super Gotenks is Achieved! - TV-PGV 12:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders #15 - Justice, Part 2 - TV-MAV 12:30 - Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans #31 - Silent War - TV-14 1:00 - Hunter x Hunter #74 - Victor and Loser - TV-14V 1:30 - Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure #20 - Dragons Sleep Soundly - TV-14V 2:00 - Naruto Shippuden #181 - Naruto's School of Revenge - TV-PGL 2:30 - Outlaw Star #12 - Mortal Combat with the El Dorado - TV-14L 3:00 - Cowboy Bebop #10 - Ganymede Elegy - TV-PGLV 3:30 - Ghost in the Shell: STAND ALONE COMPLEX 2nd Gig #4 - NATURAL ENEMY - TV-14V [the big guns are comin' out]

Because even he's sick of Demarco treating Toonami like his personal MyAnimeList.

Hey, remember when Bob's Burgers reruns were a thing? Personally, I think it's a better transition show between CN and [as] than Cleveland, ratings be damned.

Girls und Panzer 10 TFS Plays Xenoverse 2 17 Anime FMK 3 Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged 1-2 The HD remaster joke was good, but it went downhill from there fast. I just can't be doin' with a show this mean-spirited towards its main character, even if he's just as much of an asshole as the rest of them. [tfs's worst work by far]

At this point, I think you're only still calling it "soiling" because I got on your case once for using that term...

So it'll still soil on a personal level, then. Fair enough.

If we're lucky, Black Clover may raise audience retention just enough that JoJo won't "soil" again.

I figured that. Still, it's not Lupin's replacement, so even with this reveal, I'm still gnashing my teeth with anticipation.

Pretty much so.

At least it's not the original Japanese dub, that much we can be thankful for. So... any word on what it's replacing?

Reminder that the Dragon Balls don't work with death by natural causes.

Are you referring to Dorothy Fahn or Luci Christian? Still, RIP.

Hence why I'm choosing to view it as a whole new story that just so happens to take place in (and advantage of) the FLCL universe. You people really need to learn how to interpret the word "sequel" differently.

I can't write anything in a new window, I can't put in spoiler tags or embed images the way I used to, I can't edit anything whenever I please, I can't even manage the amount of space between lines of text... Not to mention that fact that no one warned me this update was even going to happen outside of I assume the actual site folder. Face it: this update sucks, and I'm actually worse off because of it.

Since no one's posted the ratings yet... 8:00 Dragon Ball Super (r) 550 0.26 8:30 Dragon Ball Super 807 0.35 11:00 Dragon Ball Super 893 0.50 11:30 Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 730 0.31 12:00a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 577 0.30 12:30a Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 564 0.29 1:00a Hunter X Hunter 531 0.27 1:30a Lupin the 3rd: Part 4 482 0.20 2:00a Naruto: Shippuden 459 0.20 2:30a Outlaw Star 427 0.21 3:00a Cowboy Bebop (r) 358 0.16 3:30a Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (r) N/A Complain as you will.

Hunter x Hunter 1999 46-47 Also this new forum layout sucks.

Hunter x Hunter 1999 45

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Because he's Leonardo da Vinci and he can do whatever he wants. COUNTDOWN Huh, so they aren’t waiting until the break in DBZ Kai to continue the story. Well the lighting is definitely moody. Shit, the Clydes all stole TOM’s face! SUPER RUN AWAY! I understand what Astral Projection!TOM is getting at, but the way he’s saying it, someone’s bound to be confused. Well that sucks for… just about everybody. CRAZY THEORY OF THE WEEK: the nebula they flew through was where the Intruder originated from to begin with. “Must be Saturday.” Cheeky. Clydes really are useless, aren’t they? DRAGONBALL SUPER “Now I’ll show you the Kaioken!” “Kaio-what?” I love that no matter the power level, the Kamehame-ha is still treated as the be-all end-all. It’s funny when Champa gets hurt. We’re running on playground make-up bullshit logic now, apparently. Hit takes offense to that “pawn” comment. Telepathic conversation, go! Tough given the circumstances, maybe. Vados sounds like she’s about to get… aroused. ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA! “Impossible!” Nothing’s impossible in Dragonball! Unless you’re trying to bring people back to life in Trunks’ shitty timeline. I love Beerus’s reaction here with the tongue-wiggling. Screw the rules, I’m Super Saiyan Blue with Kaioken! And then brotherly argument. Sometimes I wonder if ringing out on purpose after proposing a rule disposal was Goku’s plan all along. And then he suffered the short-term effects of steroid abuse. It’s amazing that I don’t hate Beerus now as much as I did six months ago. Whis is still love, though. More like Moe-naka, am I right? This is so ridiculous and bad it wraps right back around to being hilariously awesome. HOORAY FOR MONAKA. That’s no tentacle; that’s a gentacle! Champa truly is the sorest loser of all. FROST IS DED. This little guy must be super-important if he’s got the freaking Destroyers scared shitless. DRAGONBALL Z KAI You think they’re talking about Gotenks when they say “the mightiest of men”? Buu sink their battleship! And their whaaaaaaaaaaales. That guy totally wishes he drowned instead. STOP. Gotenks Time~. You should’ve vaporized the whole body, then. Welp, so much for the “mightiest of men”, then. Sometimes I wonder why “military intelligence” is a famous oxymoron, and moments like this give me that reason. DELAYED FACEPLANT. You think Gohan needs to use the restroom after standing still for so long? IT’S BUU’S SUPER-DEFORMED THEATRE! Too soon, show. Turns out the “mightiest of men” was Mr. Satan all along. The Championship belt’s off, shit just got real. MANLY HANDS. I actually kinda like this dorky BGM. “I fart in your general direction!” This is going over better than any of us expected. Don’t you mean “Gamepoy”? Satan does not know what he got himself into. JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: STARDUST CRUSADERS You gotta love textile shops. I think the loli just realized that Avdol isn’t with them. Holy crap Jotaro is so cool. Ah yes, good ol’ pre-9/11 Pakistan. That fog-covered town just below that cliff looks pretty comfy, in an unconventional kind of way. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think they’ve even made it to the Middle East yet. A dead dog? ARAKIIIIIIIII. That’s an overreaction if I’ve ever seen one. Gah, roaches! Eughhh, lizards! “Why is he lying dead in the road?” Because you moved him, duh. Polnareff isn’t exactly the brightest. Kakyoin, you’re Japanese, you should know all about turning your back to obvious tragedy. Gross, boils! :barf: The word “Tokyoite” confused my dad just now. Wow, the show’s not even sugarcoating the fact that the fog is really a STAND. Good god, that corpse looks like it walked out of a Machino Henmaru manga! Cartoon cheese from Tom & Jerry. OH SHIT THAT AIN’T THE CAR! Oh double shit, it’s Enyaba. They have B&Bs in Pakistan? Between boil lady and those two ugly dudes, this town is filled with 1/10s. If only those fun facts were true. I actually had to rewind to see if she said “Joestar”. She did. REPLY TO ANGEL: “Jotaro your name isn't even Joestar.” No, but considering his lineage, it might as well be. Clearly she’s a psychic old lady. Oh Polnareff, you flirt. SWEET BABY JEEBUS, THAT’S A NASTY THREAT. Paul-nareff. Fuck yeah, Hol Horse. Dammit man, you and your six-shooter had your chance, let Enyaba have her turn. And on go the crocodile One Piece tears. (Happy accident, BTW.) Not exactly an overreaction, but it feels like one without context. Don’t fuck with an old lady brandishing scissors as a weapon. Definitely don’t fuck with an old lady with a killer fog as her STAND. Polnareff’s about to get his retribution for causing Avdol’s death, just like Hol Horse got not a minute ago for the very same. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Nobody cares, lady narrator. Insert importaste “Kudelia pleases old men for money” joke here. Oh hey, another character whose name I don’t recognize. “What a jerk.” King Jerk, even! It’d be a shame if something terrible happened to that suit. Someone who thinks school is fun? Inconceivable! I’m starting to think Hush has a tsundere guy-crush on Mikazuki. All these people talking about re-heating food that’s still fairly warm sound like my mother. Mars pods are the secret to Mika’s fit physique. You mean that man? Didn’t expect that B-word. This masked man sounds awfully familiar… Thank you, announcer Jamieson Price. That’s one frighteningly photorealistic vase of flowers. OH MY GOD JC A BOMB. Guess that explains how “off” those flowers looked, then. And there’s some photorealistic liquor bottles, are they bombs too? 3 boring days in which nothing has happened. Yes, it’s been well established that Chad’s in a coma, but what about his suit? PROOFREADING ANGEL: “PRAY FOR CHAD.” You know a show’s starting to get boring when you can’t even think up good comments to make on it, but I’m sure it’ll come around eventually. Wait, what’s the SAU? “Now that Chad is no longer with us…” You’re not allowed to say that until he loses more than just his consciousness. Does that sudden noise count as a jump scare? Because I jumped. Seriously, what does SAU even stand for? Sword Art Underground? HUNTER x HUNTER Well, at least Gon’s improving in one field. Damn, they really thought ahead, didn’t they. What a heartbreaking and reasonable exposition for this whole arc. And here’s a case where no comments can be thought up because an episode is that engrossing. Gon, you madman. Apparently my dad thinks I’m watching Naruto in here. KEIKAKU DOORI. Careful, Gon, get beat up enough and he might start licking your tears. FUCK YEAH BISKY. ;D Oh shit she took off her power limiter, shit’s about to get really real. FACE PUNCH. I’m not too big on the voice, but Buff!Bisky looks way more attractive than I would’ve guessed upon hearing the phrase “muscle granny”. Now chuck him in the ocean! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU. Followed by a Chidori, apparently. And now the yo-yo sees its importance. Oh hey, Milluki’s actually useful for once. That blood stain looks like a soul patch. He blames the Jews for that surprise head shot. And then electrotorture. Genthru, you a busta. LUPIN THE 3RD: THE ITALIAN ADVENTURE “Huh, so that’s what Lupin looks like…” What the hell are you even talking about, Da Vinci? One stubborn samurai, indeed. “Why is it that Pops always blames me for everything?” Insert cutaway gag of Zenigata blaming Lupin for something innocuous like a cold cup of coffee. Between those two, Rebecca’s the cuter one and Fujiko’s the sexier one. Lupin calls it his “Yellow Jacket” look. The real surprise is that Robson was included too. I like seeing Nyx in casual wear; makes him look more personable. Not really surprised that he and Zenigata were hit too. Aw shit, MI-6 was watching them the whole time. Neat, a recreation of the Last Supper. Wait, why’s Zenigata still standing? MI-6 sure seems to love murdering people if they know too much, don’t they. So that explains why he quit. MOLTAR, SERVE THE FIRST COURSE! A giant plate of spaghetti? Make it gluten-free, and sign me the fuck up. DEEP. Too much tomato for me, also. GO TIME. Aw man, he’s already given him a nickname. Wait, where’d Lupin go? Still, this is a great four-part escape scene. Turns out he went to confront Da Vinci himself. Leonardo da Vinci, awayyyyy~! What Da Vinci will make next is a doomsday device to blow up all the bullies on his home planet. That Da Vinci’s one hell of a guy. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Oh hey, the rain finally let up. Poor Yamato, so useful and yet he’s the only one they’re relying on for that job. Holy crap, is everybody in a coma this week? Hi there, Tazuna and aged-up Inari, nice to see you two again. AND HERE COMES THE FILLER PORTION. Shut the fuck up, Sasuke. FUN FACT: The character 楽 can be pronounced as either “raku” or “gaku”. Tough talk about teamwork, coming from the guy who would abandon his village and is only coming back to lay it to further waste. Is ass pronunciation supposed to be some Japanese-exclusive form of mockery? Oh hey, it’s those two jerks. Take a drink every time Naruto tries to use Sexy Jutsu on Sasuke and it fails spectacularly. Take two whenever Sasuke calls Naruto a loser. You got your coupon, now keep it safe before you go off and fight. Naturally the guy with stitches smack down the middle of his forehead looks like a mental patient when he laughs. And they say Inari’s the crybaby here. What a fitting pair of bumpers, those were. It’s always somewhat nice seeing Naruto and Sasuke put their differences aside to fight a common enemy. Playing the decoy, that kid is surprisingly brave. Oh Eyepatch Guy, you and your obsession with cutting. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. Yes, the water’s cold, but only at first. “I have to stop… so why can’t I stop!?” GENICHIROU ABE SAKUGA SPOTTED. TIMBERRRRRRRRRR! So much for that coupon. Fuck yeah, who else to build Ichiraku II? It might just be the slightly different animation style, but this was a pretty good filler episode. Fuck yeah, new ending theme. OUTLAW STAR STILL NOT HELPING, GILLIAM. Sometimes the smartest option isn’t the one that works out the best; tell that to Byakuya Kuchiki and the guy who founded Jameson. Fuck yeah, barely made it! Thank you friendly, official dude. Suzuka’s really enjoying her time off. FOOD BREAK. I love that Gene isn’t buying into their lies for a second. Fred is disappointed in the commentators’ bias. Harry, you crazy bastard. Aisha is a cute. A CUTE! Things aren’t going her way today, are they? Ah, asteroids, the icebergs of the sky. Considering his reasons, I can forgive Gene walking into danger just this once. Check it out, an upside-down Tri-Force. Too freaking adorable. :catsmile Meanwhile, bathing Suzuka. “BREAK INTO THE DOCK” sounds like an Engrish rock song. Welcome to Subspace: not nearly as kinky as it sounds. Oh good, they made it. How had I not noticed before that the ship’s cockpit has a freaking hood ornament? Is Aisha giving them a pep talk, because I like it. RIDE THE ETHER, BITCH. “In dumbass stunts, you’re in first place.” He’ll take that as a compliment. FUCK YEAH THIRD PLACE. Ah, screw you, other ship. >( Aisha looks good in that outfit, but I wasn’t expecting Jim to wear it too. Wish I could see how Melfina looked in it… All in all, good ending. (Not great.) COWBOY BEBOP A PG episode of Bebop? Inconceivable! Nice, laser doodles. My god… it’s full of ads. Heh, Bebop’s the only ship on that list being used for vacationing purposes. All this HD information. This Peter Lurie-sounding crackpot cracks me up. I love the banter between these guys. So you could say that they’re… super-hackers? Holy crap I forgot how much fun Ed was. It’s Spike’s day off, don’t wake him up. “Satellite from days of old, lead me to your access code~!” BULLHORN. All these false rumors. I assume they only rated this TV-14 at first because that “drag queen” comment was too risqué in 2001. PEEEEEEEEPS. We artificial intelligence now. LIKE CPU, ONLY NEATER. Francoise ““Radical” Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV” Appledelhi is the best name. Mmm, chocolate Peeps. Dammit Spike, don’t feed chocolate to your dog! Well, that’s a kinda nice explanation. And so they all meet. Not a whole lot to say during this stretch, I’m afraid. So… did the copy work? That’s pretty harsh, Faye. When all else fails, hack them into agreement. Huh, was Ed’s face always drawn into South America like that? GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX 2ND GIG It’s probably just because of all the different costumes and stuff and how those gynoids pull them off, or maybe it’s just my own interests, but I have very little problem with this party. Did anyone else notice that one of the ones on display looked kind of like the Major from the original GITS manga? COMMERCIAL CORNER So that’s where the “mountain bike juice delivery” idea came from! Still, a better subversion of the story would be if she was kicked out of her shoe due to zoning regulations. A home video of Oprah sobbing into a Lean Cuisine, indeed. Now if only these local on-demand ads would actually show up on the on-demand service itself… Holy shit Randy Jackson got thin. DirecTV is the true entity that needs its dick cut off. SURPRISE, MOTHAFUCKA with Snoop Dogg: coming to TBS this April 20th. We don’t even get to hear the Omniking’s voice this week? So the uglier Sonic guy is a college dropout who actually lives at the restaurant? Man, am I glad I’m not that loser. I have no desire t purchase Apple products, but that was a pretty sweet-ass ad. Poor Reincarnation of Stalin, he was just trying to enjoy some Doritos. King looks like he’s about to shank that guy with his spatula. That land-whale sounds awfully familiar. Oh, so Morty was referring to the manipulator chip as “cruel”. Whenever I hear people complaining about how people in real life don’t talk like the people in anime, I think about directing them to this one Cheetos commercial and the father’s “Which one of you… has been eating all… the Cheeto snacks?”, and asking them why they’re complaining about the way people in anime talk and not the much less realistic way that phony enunciates what he says.