Top Gun

Yukio is the actual fucking worst. I can't overemphasize how shitty his character arc is. He's turned into the budget Sasuke we have at home. Hell they'd probably have a competition to see who could fit the most dicks in one mouth.

I thought I knew what to expect from "Mayuri fought a giant disembodied hand for three months in the manga." ...no. No I did not. Not in the slightest.

Oh you know why. >_>

This feels like a massive amount of projection to me. Yes, I'm sure Genndy was upset when projects of his don't perform well, as any creative would be. Though from what I heard Unicorn started out strong ratings-wise at least, but maybe it didn't finish that way. Either way with how much of a dumpster fire WBD has been since...well, ever, that has to be a contributing factor too. And more broadly, of course he's angry about the state of action animation in the US, and he should be because I am too. It's been dire for a long time, with only a handful of notable success stories over the past decade or two. Hell, I originally got into anime over 20 years ago because it scratched an itch I didn't even know I had because there wasn't anything remotely comparable being produced in the US. As far as tying all of that into Primal, that's a pretty big reach. I think it's far more likely that Genndy realized he still had some stories to tell with Spear, but obviously the ending of last season precluded that, so he came up with an idea for how to bring him back into the picture. I wasn't sure what to think when I read that he'd changed his mind from the anthology concept (which I thought was interesting but ultimately not very compelling), but after this first episode I'm digging it. Spear's character was always about the balance between humanity and a savage force of nature unleashed, and this new season is pushing that to the extreme.

Well then.

The Navy is actually capable of sailing through the Calm Belt using ships whose hulls were plated in Sea Prism Stone, which (usually) prevents the Sea Kings that live there from noticing them. When Koby meets up with the Straw Hats in Water 7, he reveals that this is how he got into the Grand Line on Garp's ship, though the Navy keeps this ability under wraps for the strategic advantage it provides them. There are a few other people who have been shown crossing through the Calm Belts too: the island of Amazon Lily is located within one of them, but Boa Hancock and the Kuja tribe are able to move through it freely, probably because their ship is pulled by those two giant sea serpents. And Rayleigh was able to swim freely to Amazon Lily because he has balls the size of planets. Given that, there doesn't seem to be any reason why someone couldn't just sail straight to Laugh Tale from the outside if it was simply a matter of geography. The fact that no one has up to this point strongly suggests that there's something else at work, but we don't know what that is yet. ...well, maybe I already know what it is and you don't. Or maybe I'm in the dark too. Suspense!

As someone who's never dated I couldn't even imagine using an app for it, but my brother met his wife that way so obviously it works for some people.

One every good millennial has memorized:

You'd think so, wouldn't you? Given the geography of the Grand Line it seems like it should just be a matter of climbing down the other side of Reverse Mountain and sailing in the opposite direction. Wonder why that doesn't work.

GIANT. HAND. It is time.

Yukio is the fucking worst and his whole plotline is dumb as shit.

Fun fact: Best Cat is voiced by SungWon Cho, aka ProZD.

Mash has killed me. I am dead.

I don't hate to see it, that means I'll get to watch new Primal without having to go out of my way. Laziness wins again!

You keep saying this, but how many people actually remember that show today? I know the original aired on classic Toonami, but I've never heard people talk about it to nearly the same extent as something like Kenshin (no, not that talk) or Yu Yu Hakusho. I didn't watch OG Toonami myself, but I still picked up things about popular shows like those two through basic cultural osmosis, whereas I know next to nothing about this one. I get the impression that it was one of those lower-tier shows that most people today would remember with "Oh right, that was something that existed" and not much else.

Common Side Effect deserves to win every award it's nominated for.

I mean I wasn't even trying to get into the theology of it, just that January 6 is a notable date in and of itself for a whole lot of Christians. Like the Twelve Days of Christmas specifically refers to the time from Christmas until Epiphany.

Yes, it's moved to the closest Sunday for liturgical purposes, but the traditional date is still the 6th, and it's a big deal in a number of Catholic-heavy countries.

Sadly I outgrew that years ago.

Noooooooope.

Well ackshually in the Catholic liturgical calendar the Christmas season extends to the feast of Jesus' baptism, which is the...third Sunday after Christmas. I have to make those 12 years of Catholic school count for something.

I think my phone plan got charged today so it's probably that.

If I were stuck roaming around dead I'd at least hang out at a titty bar.

I haven't bought shit yet.

Growing up we always kept the tree and outside lights going until the 6th for the Epiphany. 12 days and such.