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All they have to do is re-kill Frieza lmao.

Did they really need to give Alita over-sized eyes? Looks silly. Not so sure about that movie.

Was my birthday today. Went down to the Texas Transportation Museum today. Rode behind the steam engine. Became a museum member and joined the garden railroad club, got to run my trains. Had Black Forest Cake. Hopefully tonight's Toonami is a decent addition to my birthday. Let's go.

But why though? There was a village on that island. Could Gon not socialize with other people? Other children? Does school not exist in this world? Goku was a wild boy who lived in the middle of nowhere and was just around his Grandpa, and he isn't a sociopath. Keep in mind, don't go off Super or any bullshit Toriyama has said years after the fact that conflict with Goku's actual personality in the original manga/anime. I think even being around just one other person who was well-adjusted would probably make someone act like an actual person... and not how Gon does. Lol sounds like some important things that shouldn't have been left out. I remember someone from the Toonami Showdown podcast mentioning this, but kept it spoiler free. Yeah those are bits of characterization you don't want to botch lol. But it's hard to tell if this is even intentional by Togashi. You say it's critiqued, but there is no indication of this in the first 50-something episodes that I can recall.

Yep I agree with you on Gon. We're supposed to be arguing about Black Clover! At least we finally got you to agree that Black Clover is at least self-aware and winking and nodding at the shonen tropes as it uses them. I move that it's also a parody to an extent as well because of some of the ridiculousness present that I mentioned here. She's more of an engineer and builder than a mathematician, but yeah. It wasn't mentioned how well she did in gymnastics, but the competition she was in was considered at least important and prestigious enough to be recorded on video and possibly televised, since they had footage of it. Out of the various kids, I'd say Kirito isn't too far off from Elijah. In the show it was also said he made a game console with 47,000 games, but it wasn't explained what these "games" were. 47,000 different version of Pong with slightly different physics? Or did he just load up a bunch of ROMs on something? Also kids have hacked into things. Not agreeing on what characters are Mary Sues =/= not understanding what a Mary Sue is. I gave the examples of Alice from Resident evil and the kid from Prince of Tennis. Here's another one. I agreed with the people who said that Nozomi from Bleach was a Mary-Sue. And wouldn't you know it, I can't find much when I put that into Google. She was one of those filler characters that gets introduced that's part of the plot of the arc, but it goes too far and she becomes way too much of a focal point, hogs the spotlight from the main characters, gets way over-powered in too quick a time. This link briefly mentions that Nozomi has Mary Sue traits, so it proves that was at least something that was discussed back then. I don't like TV Tropes, and you don't have to read all this (and definitely ignore the crazy from the person quoting it,) but it gives you an idea of the issues with Nozomi. Oddly enough all the Mary Sue stuff is gone from her TV Tropes page now, unless I'm looking in the wrong place or something. Weseley is... Weseley. He's just generally annoying. I can see what people mean when they call him a Mary Sue. I didn't think of that when originally watching the show, probably because I hadn't heard of the concept at the time. We do know the character was so hated he was put on a shuttle craft, lmao. But mostly, my thing is, I just can't stand the constant parroting of Mary Sue. It's a mind-numbingly stupid term that makes me feel stupider every time I have to read or write it. And with a few exceptions it mostly comes from whiny manchildren who don't like female characters being too strong or competent. It's also a term that's over-applied in general just because someone doesn't like a competent character. I'm sure you could probably look up most protagonists and you'll find some idiot somewhere claiming they're a Mary Sue. So it's hard for me to take seriously or have much patience for. There's other ways to talk about these things without relying on lazy buzzword crutches, especially ones with baggage.

I know, which is why I wondered if Gon was one because he had a good upbringing. Well, some killers are considered to be sociopaths. Where they see people as an inconvenience or obstacle to them, so they just kill them. Like Scott Peterson. Lol 20% of CEOs? Who is your source on that? Bernie? Occasio-Cortez? I can't really think of any shonen protagonists that are like that. There's trusting too easily, but even the most trusting and innocent of shonen protagonists tend to be able to tell when someone is doing something they shouldn't be and will question their actions. Gon either can't tell or simply doesn't care, and it comes off more like the latter. The guy that he watched Hisoka kill and obviously didn't intervene, because that would have alerted Hisoka to Gon's presence and prevent him from getting the drop on him. Uhh what are you talking about? Gon thought it was "cool" that Killua and his family were assassins. He would have accepted Killua regardless of whether he gave up the family business or not. Obviously the Phantom Troupe are way over on the other side morally, but would Gon care if Kurapika wasn't his friend? He doesn't bat an eye when people die around him, much less attempt to do anything to prevent it. That's one of the key talking points fans run to when praising, trying to sell people on the show, defending it. It's basically become a running joke at this point. That's true, but that doesn't make me want to follow such a character. Never watched those shows. Breaking Bad is apparently a story about a man who progressively becomes a shittier and shittier person. Why would I want to watch that? If by crime dramas you mean stuff like mafia movies or TV shows, things usually do not end well for those characters. I did like Godfather I, II sucked and didn't bother with III, liked Goodfellas, wasn't interested in Sopranos. And maybe it's easier to watch a movie about shitty people than an long ongoing show. And given some of the CRAP shonen that's popular, like Naruto, it makes me wonder how much of the audience are even picking up on this stuff in HxH. At least with the other examples you and I gave you could point to those as selling points and why people watch those shows. After all, HxH still has plenty of the stuff that attracts people to other shonen. Well, earlier in the show, we have no idea about the world, because nothing is explained. We just jump right into the Hunter Exam. We don't know what's supposed to be considered normal or wrong or bad or whatever because there's no context. We see people maiming and slaughtering each other left and right with impugnity, but then learn that prison actually exists? After this, we see the characters travel around, but don't actually learn anything about those places outside of key locations, the wacky Zoldyck property and that tower of doom. It's all just a backdrop. In pretty much any other series we'd know all about the culture, society, and what's currently going on in said village, city, nation, etc. I don't really see how that's good writing or good world building. All this stuff you talk about comes way later. You can't wait 70-something episodes to explain your world. That should be done, you know, at the beginning. Having a grim world that's almost uniformly grim, as in, not even any outposts or oases of humanity, and all the characters are ok with it, doesn't seem like good writing and comes off, like I said, like human psychology functions differently in this universe. Well, Gon's village seemed ok enough, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was some edgelord shit going on behind the scenes, knowing this show. And it obviously didn't make Gon turn out any better. Apparently some men in general don't want to be good samaritans, for fear of being punished for good deeds. Though glancing at some of this guy's other videos tempts me to want to shoot the messenger, the stories he reported on are legit and there's more where they came from. Indeed. Hm, it did sound like you were advocating for the use of a wall and guard dogs for safety though. =3

When did that happen?

I had hoped you were joking with that comment which is why I made the joke of you outing yourself. If not... oof.

Ninja Jesus Naruto. Oh god forbid we actually see that sparring session and spend some animation money.

They don't even know why they're friends LOL. No one died. So pathetic lmao. They couldn't even commit killing off Tsunade's assistant. Our turn to protect Naruto. Oh boy. Hey fish is good! Quitcher bitchin'!

Beef tongue GAH. Jesus christ it's like they got their idea for women's personalities and what they do from shitty sitcoms and chick flicks. Was Kishimoto sitting in for this episode? Tsunade has snapped LOL.

It's filler for the filler! I'm pretty sure Bleach did this before, but can't remember where. Wasn't there something tacked onto one of the filler arcs? Zanpakuto Rebellion?

Has Tenten even had enough interaction with those two to consider them friends? Too fast for the elderly. How old are those old bats?! Still think it's hilarious that Jiraiya was supposedly friends with Orochimaru and didn't think anything of him offering to put down orphan children. Not sure Tsunade had much sense in that regard either.

I wonder if Stephanie Sheh ever feels ridiculous doing that mousy voice for Hinata.

That's another big criticism of HxH. Way too much explaining shit compared to actual fighting. It's really bad, even by shonen standards.

I'm pretty sure Black Clover is self-aware, and a parody to some extent, yes. I point to Asta wanting to marry a nun as one of the most ridiculous things ever, obviously a joke. And Noelle is so over-the-top tsundere she has arguments with herself in her head. Charmy fell in love with Yuno because he caught her food from falling. Meanwhile Yami just bowls through all the bullshit and confronts Vangeance, and constantly takes the piss out of everyone in the show.

Yay Charmy is in her normal form! Well for a while anyway. Yuno is so awesome now! Charmy hahaha. Lol the glasses guy is still tsundere. Damn eaten by the tree. STOP WITH THE OLD MAN THING! After that guy says to the Diamond Kingdom never retreats, Lotus retreats just like that lmao. What other magic do you have. Lose the mask. Hahaha.

Intro is the same. Nice new OP with different feel. Uhh I would think those girls would be creeped out with rapey invitation even if Yami and Charmy weren't back there. I can defend myself. Can you? Dayuuummm. The Fairy's name is Bell I could have sworn that guy with the hair out of Robotech or Gundam was a girl. I now realize that's Finraal's brother. Ok Lotus is coming off creepy now. Good of the Clover Kingdom huh. Naw he's evil. Hey Charmy kicked some ass at the Water Temple, Finraal!

Was this part of the plan? o_O

Something screwy here. Did Jotaro forge the ticket with his Stand or something? Oh great now that kid has turned evil.

LOL the stalker girl. Hey you could sell those videogames and CDs! Little brat getting big for his britches.

Gift cards vouchers and coupons LOL

...So I guess we're diverting from the serial killer storyline. Damn it.

I think that's Greg Ayres.

Lol Joseph paid Jotaro back but he blew all the money anyway. GRIN. Oh god this kid... You're mom is actually easy on the eyes what the hell. LOL. You're taking forgotten funds and putting them back into the Japanese economy!