PokeNirvash

You know me. I'm not the kind who hates SAO on principle, or at all outside of those three episodes of Alicization: War of Underworld I griped about in the Trunks thread. But at the same time, I'm not the kind to watch franchise material of shows with Toonami presence unless I have really good reason to. As it turns out, getting invited out to see the second Progressive movie by your younger sister counts as "really good reason", so I wound up watching both Progressive movies over the span of three days. The first one is easily my favorite piece of SAO media I've seen for a number of reasons - the change in perspective from Kirito to Asuna, the added details surrounding the latter's experience leading up to and being trapped in SAO, and of course having pacing that doesn't feel like it has gaps in it - and was well worth clearing out my after-work, after-dinner schedule on Friday for. The second movie didn't have quite that same level of story hype as the first one, but like the music piece it was named after, it was a fun time with plenty of excitement to keep things from getting too boring. I'd be willing to sit through a third one. Now for some replies to Ben (spoiler-marked for overall consistency).

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At least they're just one hour long, instead of the two I was fearing they'd be.

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Or, y'know, read it anyways because that horribly specific contrivance of a premise is your bag, baby.

One of these days, I'll update less than a month after the fact, but today is not that time. Chainsaw Man #1: Dog and Chainsaw (TV-MAV) Elfen Lied #7: Zufällige Begegnung [Chance Encounter] (TV-MA) Hareluya II BØY #5: Shuntaro Kitahara (TV-PGLV) Hareluya II BØY #6: Shozo Momiyama (TV-14) Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack #1: It's You and Me, Senpai~ (TV-14DS) Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack #2: You're Inviting Me, Senpai!? (TV-14DLS) Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack #3: Senpai... Were You... Listening to What I Said...? (TV-14) Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack #4: Why Don't You Come Inside, Senpai-kun? (TV-14D) Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack #5: So This is Your Room, Huh, Senpai? (TV-14) Initial D Fifth Stage #1: Encounter of Destiny (TV-14L) Initial D Fifth Stage #2: The New Battlefield (TV-PGL) The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague #1: A Cherry Blossom Meeting and a Coming Blizzard (TV-PG) The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague #2: The Okinawan Sea and Melting Feelings (TV-PG) The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague #3: A First Meal and a Secret Photo (TV-PG) The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague #4: A Day-Off Date and a Shared Game (TV-PG) The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague #5: The Fox Girl and the Phoenix Boy (TV-PGD) Pacific Rim: The Black #11: Sisters of the Kaiju (TV-PGLV) Pacific Rim: The Black #12: Mind, Body, Soul (TV-14V) Pacific Rim: The Black #13: The Twilight Run (TV-14) Platinum End #14: Two Lights (TV-MAV) Rizelmine #6: SOS! Dangerous After School!? (TV-14D) Submarine Super 99 #11: Farewell, the Great General! (TV-PGLV) Sword Art Online: Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (TV-14LV) The Rising of the Shield Hero #10: In the Midst of Turmoil (TV-14V) The Rising of the Shield Hero #11: Catastrophe Returns (TV-14V) The Rising of the Shield Hero #12: The Raven Invader (TV-PGV) Tokyo Vice #3: Read the Air (TV-MA) Trigun Stampede #1: NOMAN'S LAND (TV-PGV) Trigun Stampede #2: The Running Man (TV-PGLV) Trigun Stampede #3: Bright Light, Shine Through the Darkness (TV-MAV) 😱 Trigun Stampede #4: HUNGRY! (TV-14V) To be updated later with the Nagatoro clips. Trying to get this posted was a waking nightmare and will more than likely incentivize me to update more frequently.

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 47 Naruto Shippuden 426 [welcome to you're doom!]

Sword Art Online: Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night My sister invited me out to see this one. I agreed, despite knowing it was subbed and I'd have to dedicate a chunk of time to watching the first. We both liked it. But of course I liked it, SAO's flaws don't matter as much to me as they do to the haters and other disliking parties.

That's up to the viewer to decide, though rightfully ignoring it is a safe bet in any case.

Feh, that's nothin'. You should've seen some of the old ASMB guys abuse exclamation points to the point (heh) that the 1s were actually spelled out.

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Turns out that light at the end of the tunnel is really fuckin' bright. 12:00 - My Hero Academia #121 - League of Villains vs. U.A. Students - TV-14V 12:30 - Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun #11 - Value - TV-MAV 1:00 - Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon #47 - Father and Daughter - TV-14V 1:30 - Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon #48 - A Never-Ending Future - TV-14L 2:00 - Naruto Shippuden #427 - To the Dream World - TV-PGL 2:30 - Primal #13 - Dawn of Man - TV-MAV

Sword Art Online: Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night Why? The reasoning will become clear in two days.

Crunchyroll really shot themselves in the foot the moment they decided, "we don't need no stinkin' remote recording!" Play foolish games, win foolish prizes.

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun 10 Hareluya II BOY 6 Can't stop-uta the Faputa.

Preachin' to the choir, man.

Either Bleach or Kaiji, and to second @Toonamiguy321, the return of the second One Piece. Originally had Gundam, but... ...doesn't look it.

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Crap, I missed a week. 12:00 - My Hero Academia #120 - Disaster Walker - TV-14V 12:30 - Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun #10 - All That You Gather - TV-MAV 1:00 - Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon #46 - The Grim Butterfly of Despair - TV-14V 1:30 - One Piece #603 - Launching the Counter Attack! Luffy and Law's Great Escape! - TV-PGL 2:00 - Naruto Shippuden #426 - The Infinite Tsukuyomi - TV-PG 2:30 - Primal #12 - Shadow of Fate - TV-14V

Pacific Rim: The Black 13 The Rising of the Shield Hero 12

One Piece 602

Naruto Shippuden 425 Initial D Fifth Stage 2

Blacklisting = cancelled Arrest and jail time = super-canceled Killed as a result of your sex pestilence = ultra-canceled