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Welp, one week has passed. It's time to deliver. Episode 32: My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute. The final episode of Oreimo takes place on the day of Kyosuke's high school graduation, where he bids farewell to the rest of the Gaming Research Club. The two big guys aren't there, for whatever reason, but we do get some closure for the members that really matter. Gennosuke's main life goal is to establish a video game company that will produce all different kinds of games, with hopes that the other members apply for jobs there when it opens for business; Makabe and Sena are now a couple, which is nice considering the former's initial fear of her yaoi fantasies and the number of girls who are attracted to Kyosuke already; and Mikagami... well, let's just say that Makabe will never forgive him for that one time he shaved a couple cup sizes off one of his bustier figurines. After the graduation ceremony, Kyosuke bids farewell to his general education alma mater, meets up with Kirino who was waiting outside for him this whole time, and go to the park to tie up one last loose end: Kirino's fight with Manami. Kyosuke, like myself a while back, thinks that by that they mean they'll talk out their differences and try to come to a greater understanding. But, as teenage girls gotta be teenage girls, the "fight" turns out a little more literal than that. Sure, the whole thing does start out vocal, but the moment Manami delivers a surprise sucker-punch to Kirino's gut, it turns out into an all-out catfight. Yep, to the point of hair-pulling, glasses-shattering, and Kyosuke stupidly trying to stop it which gets him two fists to the face. Now that the general characteristics of the fight are out of the way, Kirino and Manami's little argument focuses on one thing squarely: the stealth love triangle between Kyosuke and them both. Kirino loves Kyosuke, Kyosuke loves Kirino, Manami also loves Kyosuke, Manami is disgusted by Kirino's incestuous affections for Kyosuke and vice versa... You get the idea. Being the obligatory vocally anti-incest character, Manami's feelings on the matter are particularly strong. According to her, both at the logical and social level, two siblings related by blood can't possibly get married, let alone be in a relationship with one another. Therefore, she wants them to remain regular siblings, something she's wanted and practically enforced ever since they were young. Not to mention if they'll keep it up as they get older, and how those close to them will react to the relationship. (Note that this is all under the assumption that they're very public about it; which I wouldn't deny, after that little stunt with the recorded confession.) But regardless of her points against the incest ending, Kyosuke proclaims that none of that is gonna change the fact that he loves Kirino, that her obvious but just-now-confirmed feelings for him will be returned all the same; he even begs her to keep their relationship a secret from their folks. Though she still dislikes it - slapping Kyosuke to prove that point - Manami accepts and leaves them be, finally giving Kyosuke and Kirino the chance they need to get things done. And so, days later, they head to the church where Kirino did her modeling shoot in episode 26, that Kyosuke managed to reserve for them using the mass amount of connections he developed over the course of the series. Dressed in the proper wedding attire, they go up to the altar, embrace, and then kiss. It's only after the deed is done that the curtain drops and the illusion shatters. Given the scant spoilers I read surrounding this "facade", I was expecting the OVA finale to be some daydream sequence, even a regular dream sequence. But Oreimo did one better and let everything that happened happen, only providing some clarification to make the extremely hopeful feel just a little gypped. As much as they've come to accept their attraction to one another, Kyosuke and Kirino are still only human, and know how socially unacceptable incest is. As such, they came to an agreement that they would be lovers for a limited time period, which would end once he graduated high school and she graduated middle school. And so, after their graduations, her spat with Manami, and a faux-wedding in an empty church for closure purposes, they return to being normal siblings, just with the acknowledgement of where their true affections lie. Though, while on their way to greet a new member of Saori's little "Otaku Girls" gathering circle, Kyosuke finally takes advantage of the "any one request" agreement and kisses Kirino on the cheek affectionately, so there's still hope that they'll get to enjoy the private benefits of incest for those of you into that sort of thing. ::]:: So yeah, not gonna lie; enjoyed the finale. Not to the same level as I did episodes 18 and 29, but hey, when you've come to accept a show like Oreimo as deep as I have, it's only expected that you won't find a problem with it. After all, 2D incest always trumps the 3D equivalent, even if you hate the whole concept of incest to begin with. RATED: TV-14D WHY? As with the last episode, the main 14 set for the grand finale of the Oreimo animated franchise was the incestuous themes, from the kiss that riled up 4chan to Kyosuke's exclamation of "Incest for the win!". If not for that and the other dialogue indicator - Makabe complaining about Mikagami ruining his figurine and calling him a "little girl lover", alongside his exclamation of loving big boobs - this would've gotten a TV-PGDLV. The L for Kirino using the phrase "pissing me off", and the V for her fistfight with Manami. Hell, even Kyosuke got a bit of a bloody nose from being punched from both sides at once; if any episode deserved a violence subrating at any level, this was it. Also, there were four "eroge" mentions. SCREENCAPS: For act 1, Kyosuke and Manami taking the long road to school, and for act 2, my personal nickname for the final boss battle: The Love Triangle. Final thoughts to come later this week. [why does the site always crash when i put effort into a writeup?]

Yes, I know, but my other pick is one that 1. has no dub, and 2. would be a ratings sink even if it was. But, under the assumption that the "one step at a time" approach won't work, yours is good too. [the other pick is reideen]

High School DxD and s-CRY-ed, back to back. That is all.

Eh, it's more relevant to this thread than the dream I had last weekend about President Trump buying me Asian hookers.

Between all the good things I've heard about it and how surprisingly attractive Princess Marco is, I kinda wanna start watching Star Vs. now.

I might be the only person to vouch for the Naruto adaptation being better, and even then it's only on the merits of technical direction for a handful of their episodes. [toshiyuki tsuru forever]

Well that sucks. But the Internet is TFS's home, so it's only natural that it stay there. Besides, as disappointing as the alternative was in the heat of things, combining the original DBZ version of the Cell Games reenactment with the Kai-dubbed commentary makes for an interesting experience.

March Comes In Like a Lion #14: Blinding Darkness / Just a Little Water

March Comes in Like a Lion 14

When has anyone ever made that comparison? I've been seeing Goku get compared to Homer more often than Peter. As for my personal opinion, I've liked it for what it was, though Beerus could be a little less dickish.

But Cille's a chick.

He thought he was buying Penguindrum.

Well, I know what I'm rewatching next Saturday.

Just because I gave up responding to your failure to acknowledge me spelling it out to you, it doesn't automatically mean that you "win".

True, that's also rather extreme, but when he only does it when someone else brings it up, and when the so-called "fun-poking" sounds more malicious than the term claims it is... It's actually kinda hard to figure who's more in the wrong between the two of you.

WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT DIMENSION W IS MORE ADULT-ORIENTED THAN SD GUNDAM OR WULIN WARRIORS, YOU FUCKING IMBECILE!

That Dimension W is clearly more adult-oriented than SD Gundam and Wulin Warriors? I don't know what you're trying to prove bringing other shows into it.

SD Gundam - kid's show Wulin Warriors - kid's show Dimension W - adult's show You're the one who needs to accept the truth. You're free to hate Dimension W, but lumping it in with a bunch of obviously shitty kid's shows is going pretty far, even for you.

It really is.

SD Gundam and Wulin Warriors were CN Toonami. Dimension W was [as] Toonami. As much as you hate all of them, they just aren't comparable.

Hey, the lineup promo from Run the Jewels night promised me a , and I was just basing my schedule rundown off of that. Don’t blame me for the blatant false advertising that was on display there, blame FUNimation for being complete fuck-ups! ::: DRAGONBALL SUPER I actually didn’t watch the 8PM premiere this time. Had to eat dinner late, so I took advantage of the fact that my family now gets Cinemax to watch the end of Dirty Harry, and then the beginning of Summer of ’42 before my folks decided that Dallas Buyers Club on one of the HBO stations we also now get was more worth their time. So yeah, going into it mostly blind this week. If you don’t count me browsing through the Wikipedia synopsis… -_' Say what you want, but Gotenks deserved to get hurt. Now it’s Vegeta’s problem. And then he went Super Saiyan 2. Twenty bucks says Goku doesn’t make his entrance ‘til the end. I love that whole column of open space in the water effect. I imagine that rocky surface is what the bottom of Enies Lobby looks like. Is that the Final Flash? I think that’s the Final Flash. “Say goodbye, you repugnant bastard!!” The only word that goes good with “repugnant” is “maggot”. I blame Sera. Apparently Beerus only gets visibly injured whenever it comes out of nowhere, like Bulma’s bitchslap. Whis is still the best. SUPER SAIYAN STATUS: SWITCHED OFF. GRATUITOUS VEGETA CROTCHSHOT. [mochi intensifies] OH FUCK YOU BEERU-never mind. Thank you, Bulma, for saving everyone’s asses. For the time being. You think the Pilaf Gang even noticed that Beerus was there? FOOL! YOU NEVER FORGET THE LEFTOVERS! …Come again? Okay, so he does know that Beerus is there. And so marks the first time Oolong’s been relevant since Dragonball. Oh hey, Gohan’s joined the rest of the comic relief characters. That’s what happens when you’re knocked out in one blow, apparently. “Let’s rock.” I get it! Again. Whis. The best. I really need to get back to my Jack marathon. IT’S A TIE! That is a surprisingly good point, Oolong. Speaking of tea… Hopefully this doesn’t turn out like the Regular Show pilot. And by “any prize”, she means her used panties. [facepalm] Dammit Oolong, why is it always scissors with you? Oh yeah, Puar still exists. YOHOHOHOHOHO. Always a fearful optimist, that Krillin. TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH GOKU. I had a feeling he was gonna point out how ridiculous Beerus’s decision to destroy Earth was. Super Saiyan please. Man, I don’t know whether to like Beerus or hate him. Maybe both? That’s our Goku, always popping in at the last second even when he has no reason to. Huh, no ending narration this time. Come to think of it, has there ever been one this season? TOP BILLING: Beerus, for both last week and this week. DRAGONBALL Z KAI “I shall call you Mini-Me.” “Actually, my name’s Goten.” Fuck you, blonde reporter lady. And of course, Vegeta and Piccolo agree. Way to go Piccolo. I kinda like the simple design of these attendant guys. Oh hey, even furries are competing! This announcer is a really cool guy. HAIL SATAN! HAIL SATAN! Is that Tao Pai Pai I see in the background there? Krillin is on point this episode. Eh, 137 ain’t that high. To be honest, I forget if Tien showed up with them or not. “I’d let her knock me out anytime.” And I bet you regretted it in Future Trunks’ timeline. Huh, Goku was actually holding back more than Krillin there. Fuck yeah Vegeta. I bet you anything TOM’s thoughts on this game are pretty much Demarco’s exactly. So does that mean he’s a #1 seed? Welp, time to kill some more time. Krillin totally ships Gohan/Videl. He made a good call there. GO GO SATAN. It’s funny when Satan gets hurt. Oh boy, this is the best part… By the way, here’s the original version. THIS SHORT FILM BROUGHT TO YOU BY WAVES AND ROCKS, AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. …Okay, that was not the dub I was expecting, nor the one that was advertised. It sounds like they just remastered the audio from the above link instead of trying to be original. I WANT MY TEAM FOUR STAR PORTRAYAL GODDAMMIT! I WANT MY ‘HIS COOLNESS IS OVER NINE THOUSAND’!! Eh, at least I can appreciate them combining the old not-so-good dub with the new and better one for the true Cell Games Reenactment experience. Yo, check out the southern hick. Fuck you and your mullet! TOP BILLING: Gohan last week, some attendant this week. Also, boo on the credits people for crediting 18 as “Artificial Human”. Even Shenron is intimidated by Lord Beerus! Also… “We’re screwed.” > Piccolo, you the best excluding Whis. JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE SCREENCAP #1: A beautiful morning shot with frightening implications. Nah, that heavy feeling is coming from that brain latched onto your back. Okay, I think I might be getting used to Suzie Q’s accent, but I still think Bryce Papenbrook does the bad Italian one better than Stephanie Sheh. REPLY TO ANGEL 1: “Susie sounds like Brad Pitt's attempt at Italian in Inglorious Basterds.” Eh, she was actually attempting an accent, so I’d say it was more like the Bear Jew’s attempt at Eye-talian. ITALIAN DOUSHIO. We may have been gypped out of a TFS rendition of the Cell Games Reenactment tonight, but at least we’ll always have naked Lisa Lisa. :fap: SUDDENLY JOSEPH. I can’t fault his lips looking weird, they were almost burned off by Esidisi just last episode. GRATUITOUS JOJO ASS SHOT. It’s natural to think of Joseph as being hot, especially once you get used to the JoJo art style. [MENACING] What a mouthful, subtitles. And now for a part that is in no way disappointing. Unlike you-know-what… ::]:: NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE~. Clearly Joseph was so distracted by Lisa Lisa’s hot bod that he didn’t notice her surroundings. Ectoplasm! Clearly the mansion is haunted by perverted ghosts. Oh god, it’s nothing but sclera! With the occasional weird iris pattern. Okay, I’m kinda loving how kino the shading here is. One of the things I love about this episode is the overlap between Suzie Q and Esidisi’s voices during their speaking lines throughout the whole possession scene. Caesar, you so tsundere. It’s kinda funny that the Esidisi-possessed Suzie Q thinks Caesar won’t pick on her, since they both have obviously faked Italian accents. Another thing I love is that while Caesar is trying to warp this situation into a clichéd misunderstanding, Lisa Lisa – who actually knows what’s going on – is backing Joseph up in his insistence that it’s not. They said “dickheads”. AND THEY SAID IT AGAIN! Bluff Status: failed. There’s something oddly attractive about the possessed Suzie Q. Turns out Demarco liked the game after all. SCREENCAP #2: The Italian postal service doing their job. Welp, there goes the attractive quality. Ah yes, Von Stroheim. You’d think his exploding would cause the nightmares, but you’d be surprised. Two opposite types of Hamon working together in a manner that will destroy Esidisi but spare Suzie Q. Now that’s a good plan. It’s rare to have a protagonist that’s compassionate to those he’s rightfully enemies with. HAMON HYPNOSIS OVERDRIVE. We going to neutral territory now! ROAD TRIP! Okay, I think I ship those two now. That puppy looked like it got punched in the face, but it turns out that’s just how its cheeks look. FUCK YOU DRUNK DRIVERS. AND THANK YOU KARS. I also love how the passenger starts downing the whole wine bottle upon realizing he and his buddy are fucked. Oh no, it’s the Nazis! That dude in the back looks awfully familiar… “I don’t know any German soldiers!” No alive ones, anyways. German spies are very covert. Better it be in the hands of the Nazis than in the hands of the Pillar Men. That may sound ridiculous, but you’ll thank me later. REPLY TO ANGEL 2: “How tall are they in American?” About 6 ft. Oh god, the one half-head on top of the other’s head. How grotesque. FUCK YEAH CYBORG VON STROHEIM. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN RE:0096 What series is worse with its use of recap: this show, or One Piece? 666? Well isn’t that subtle. I still have no idea why that woman looks so butch. So that means she’s infertile, right? Alberto’s such a loser. He wasn’t brainwashed, in fact his mind is saner than it’s ever been! “Don’t look at me with those big ol’ eyes.” Oh geez, that’s a nasty burn. Banagher made a smart move, getting out of there before things got worse. FUCK YEAH 3D BILLIARDS. Haro is fun. Now who are these guys? Blond Sasuke’s parents, maybe? Random British guy. The more I look at that woman on the comm, the less attractive she looks. Damn you, ‘80s art style! I say listen to Richard Epcar, he makes some very good points. The captain dude just wants to make some tea, not listen to Banagher bickering with people more qualified than him. And then Alberto left the series, never to be seen again. Why is the music in this series so good? YOU HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. Oh hey, that’s Patrick Seitz’s voice! Yep, that guy’s totally dead. Dang, I’m just not with it this week in regards to the preview, am I? What type of first name for a lady is Sloane anyways? HUNTER x HUNTER Has anyone else noticed that Kurapika’s outfit looks kinda… different? Bald rat girl seems pretty dang nervous. IT TAKES THAT MANY CHARACTERS TO SPELL “NEN USERS UNITE”!? I was wondering why the butler in that scene had heart eyes and was taking the bullets, and Baise’s Nen technique from last episode answered that perfectly. That guy with the pompadour and facial hair is so cool. I love the femdom chick. Turns out there was a mole in their midst, and it wasn’t the one that looks like one. Excellent detective skills there, Kurapika. And in the end, the only casualty was the butler. I’m surprised Kurapika didn’t correct him on that. NOW IT’S TIME FOR THE JUDGEMENT. Of course the sensor goes off near the brown dude. Seeing how he was already at the mansion last episode while calling his girlfriend about taking care of her dogs, I’m not really surprised that he’s the other mole. Guy made the right move, refusing the girl’s overpriced lemonade. At least he didn’t ask if it was Ice-T. The rat girl is oddly cute for someone so conventionally unattractive. Pretty cool, too. Oh hey, pompadour dude is doing something! TOONAMI HAIKU TIME! ;D I love this dude, no homo. Anyone who hates this show can go home. That means you, Ben. Kurapika: “I swear I’ve heard that sound effect somewhere before.” Before now, “180 Minute Love Slave” meant listening to this for three straight hours. Well, that scene sure was something. owo But I wanna know what the bulldog was gonna do. So she would keep a man as a pet then… Uh… Who’s this dude supposed to be? RANDOM LATIN CHANTING! Meanwhile, at the Zoldyck family estate… Wipe your mouth, dude. Best seat in the house. Is it just me, or do Killua’s sleeves make him look kinda femboyish? FALCON INCOMING! Oh, so that’s why he’s wearing the elbow sleeves. You fools! Smoking will never die! Especially when they find a way to give us cigarettes with all the joys and none of the negative side effects. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Okay, that one guy down there definitely looks too much like Haku to be coincidence. Maybe he’s his brother? Or perhaps his sister? He’s only gonna need one shadow clone for this job. I’m still way too distracted by the Haku doppelganger to comment on anything else. Though the Kirisame technique is pretty cool. “Don’t be aggressive, Naruto.” What’s the better phrase to drink shots to: Bingo Book or Trump Card? YAMATO: MASTER NEGOTIATOR. Oh hey, their leader’s here. Good that he’s more reasonable than his underlings. Woo, success! Things changed after Zabuza got himself killed. I’m still waiting for the context behind that flashback. His master looked like a creepy dude, or maybe that was just the lighting. REVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENGE! Utakata’s such a dick, and yet I hate Angelo more between the two Sinterniklaas characters. Yamato is the best character of this arc. Clearly the first thing you should do is check and see if Sakura’s doing alright by herself, it’s been forever since we last saw her. If he tries to run away, threaten him with Draconian methods, that always works. MUSIC VIDEO OF THE MOMENT: The video was neat and the main girl was cute. The song, however, was really shit. Like, a 3/10 on my stilted scoring system. “I wonder why he doesn’t want me to call him Master.” Not everyone’s into the whole dom/sub thing, girl. Sir doesn’t really work either. Sensei is always a good pick in the Narutoverse, though. I personally feel like Iruka was more of a father figure to Naruto than Jiraiya, but I get what he’s saying. Damn, if only Sakura were here! :-\ Huh, Naruto knows a little something about medicinal herbs. Guess getting beaten by that middle-aged lady for pulling some out with her weeds really taught him a bit. Like know which plants to pull out while weeding. It was an easy find, but it could’ve been soooo much easier. “Uh… It’s not what it looks like!?” Still, that’s one freaky growth on her back. To hell with forbidden jutsu, indeed. And now we have a sympathy angle. What the actual fuck was that commercial. A singing shrimp? That sounds like a worse dream than the one I had two nights ago. ONE PIECE TOP BILLING: Brook, for both last week and this week. Does that one dude have pigtails? I still don’t get what the big deal is about the whole “chopsticks up the nose” thing. Looks stupid and kinda uncomfortable. Well, that and your dreams. Brook’s head thing is so cool. ;D I knew Brook was gonna join the Straw Hats, well, the first time I saw him with the others in the promotional material, but it was pretty much a given after he got his shadow back. But still, congrats to the 9th official Straw Hat Pirate! Robin giggling is actually pretty cute. <3 SKULL JOKES~. To confusion! Alright, now I’m starting to feel secondhand embarrassment. But the 45-degrees thing is impressive, all the way down to the shadow. Meanwhile, Laboon’s having a little celebration of his own. I love all these newspaper articles covering Iceberg’s search for a replacement secretary. Is that a Yagara trying to audition for the spot? Now that is an introduction-acceptance speech. Bravo, Brook. Luffy gets two beers because Zoro’s too unconscious to drink for himself. Remember Franky’s guitar? I can’t read shit on that tombstone. Nice to see that Franky’s come to accept the name selected for the Sunny, even though he designed the head to look like that of a lion. Still so very moving… :'( Oh hey, Zoro’s awake again! Goodbye, rusted sword. The Halloween-themed Chance the Wrapper commercial will always be the best one. The bandages already did their job, hence he no longer needs them. Almost forgot all about Brook’s love of panties. “Mermaids don’t wear any panties~.” That they do not. BEST NAMEDROP THUS FAR AND YOU’LL SEE WHY IN HALF A YEAR. And a little sneak preview into where the manga currently is on top of it all! Speaking of, has that Veevr card been used yet? One Piece worldbuilding is actually pretty neat and informative. ACE FLASHBACK, GO! That burning must have something to do with his upcoming execution. SO LONG, THRILLER BARK! T_T7 As far as Luffy’s concerned, that’s the second-best seat in the house. Ooh, how intimidatingly interesting… CHEERS! Welcome to the wonderful world of air travel, Brook. GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX When I was younger, I tended to have strange and nonsensical theories about certain things, one of which surrounded this episode. One Moral Orel episode I saw half of on one of the nights where I woke up super-early to record the weekday anime reruns over a decade ago had the Italian family move to a new house after their old one was torched, and the one that aired the next day had the daughter inexplicably confined to a wheelchair. Now, I know it was setup for the joke that this cute and friendly puppy could fix even the injuries of the crippled, but I came up with the theory that she was put in the wheelchair because one of the boxes her family was unpacking in the previous episode fell on her legs. That’s the reasonable part. The unreasonable part was my belief that the father sued the moving company over that stunt, explaining why the GITS episode – this episode – that followed the latter Moral Orel episode had a FedEx box that didn’t have FedEx’s name on it, but that of a knockoff name; because the moving company that was sued had to change it. It’s a stupid theory, but it was fun, and there’s no denying that. Also, cyborg Babycakes is the best minor character. [i wanna live on a mountain]

Fun is subjective. It appears that you've forgotten that again. ::]::

There's only one DXD that has to do with anime that I trust, and it would pull good ratings if [as] was man enough to air it uncensored. [boosto]

That comment just proves that your standards are impossibly high. In other words, sorry, but I don't listen to bastards.

IIRC, Oda said that Sanji was spiking their food with stuff to make their breasts grow. Bur Robin's increasing bust size isn't my problem with her post-timeskip. The real concern is how white she got.