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I specifically said I didn't want to talk about Kirito in this thread, and to save it for the other threads where that discussion arised. I was planning to bump those threads eventually. But, you just had to keep pushing the issue. But yes, this thread is supposed to be about Black Clover, My Hero Academia, and shonen in general. SAO is most definitely off-topic.

Mochi is always Chicken Little-ing over everything.

I thought we were talking about shows that went out of the usual shonen or action mold, not just what people didn't predict. In that case, nothing is a surprise, because @OwlChemist81 predicts everything under the sun. But I wouldn't count people predicting shows as them being predictable picks, either, because Toonami has either passed on or been prevented from acquiring many shows that would have been perfect for the block.

Toonami is what's obscure now, not the shows that play on it, lol.

What the hell are you talking about? Attack on Titan is far from obscure. It's mainstream as could be seen by all the new anime fans (or at least AoT fans) it brought in when it debuted. Neither is Fairy Tail. Guess it's ASA and Toonami's loss that they never got it. My Hero Academia and Yuri on Ice are both popular and mainstream enough to have posters at Walmart (and there's plenty more evidence of MHA's popularity besides that,) and the latter featured in the Olympics in Seoul. Black Clover is insanely popular, like it or not. Bleach held the line long enough for ASA to survive for Toonami to even be able to return. Death Note, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Robotech, all household names. I remember when so many were shocked that the "classic" Evangelion bombed in the ratings on ASA. The fact is, most people who watch anime don't watch it on TV, if they watch TV at all. They have devices like Roku boxes, Smart TVs, or game consoles that they set up streaming services on. And Demarco saying he will "be ok" if cable dies because there's a Warner Over-the-top service coming. Lol. All these greedy, shortsighted companies, in attempting to cut out the middle man and get their own streaming services, are missing the point of what makes Netflix and Hulu so popular. They have a GIANT selection. Tons of things there and not just what they make in-house. Like, I'm going to get CBS All Access just to watch one show? Lolno. Disney? After all the entertainment companies and their respective libraries and properties they've gobbled up? Sure. Warner? I could've give 2 shits. An "on-demand" Toonami would be pointless and likely not exist there anyway. As for anime videogames, they suck because they are licensed games, and most of those suck. A lot of "original" properties by "Triple A" publishers suck these days too, as far as that goes.

Can't imagine why starting the block off with reruns and then stacking Naruto and Boruto back to back would result in something like this happening. And Hiatus demoted even further.

Finraal can warp anywhere he's already been. So he can just warp them back home. He could also now warp them back to the Ocean Temple, since he's been there, if need be.

Finraal can just warp them back I think.

Did Asta hear that telepathically or just Noelle? I can't element how Kahono's powers work. You'll mess up your voice more of you try to sing now, Kahono! She shrunk the Eye of the Midnight Sun members? Too bad they can't interrogate Vetto! I can't tell if that's Charmy's real form. She still seems really short even if the chibi form is smaller.

Finaal already perving on Gray, but Vanessa putting a stop to that quickly. Magna didn't deny the virgin part lmao. Aww, Noelle and Kahono. I hope we see more of Kahono eventually. Wow a literal pinky promise. Whoa he LOST his leg? Yeah good luck dancing again, dude. Kyato fell in love with Noelle that easily? Seriously? Why the fuck are they giving him a respectful burial? Oh come on Asta. He despaired the most. 2 broken arms, can't put his headband back up lmao. Yuno has the lead? Loool no way would he have done that we'll against Vetto.

What's a magic stone. ARGH YOU DAMN OLD MAN! Oh, there it is. Thanks, Nero! Licht still in bacta lol. Good, I hope he has more grief.

So why didn't/couldn't Yami break out sooner? Yeah, Noelle, why didn't he get here faster? Yami didn't even know what Gray looked like LOL. Haha everyone running up to him.

"You didn't make it to the main dish. And sorry I didn't despair either." LOL YAMI.

Has any villain had this many defeat/death fakeouts?

Jotaro can't use that time freezing ability any longer than that? And why name it after Dio's Stand? Haha Josuke got him. He missed on purpose to draw out the rat! Akira's mutant Stand rat WHAT? Lol. Surprised to hear Jotaro say "what do we do now?"

Nasty pond! I thought that Jotaro was possessed at first when he walked into the kitchen earlier haha. How many of these animal facts are real and how many are bullshit?

Maybe experimenting.

Since when is cheese less classy than tempura?

The best intel Jotaro got is that the Otoishi shot a rat with an arrow? Surely there's more than that? Since that was all metric that all meant nothing to me. I fuckin hate rats. Damn you are quite a tracker, Jotaro! GAH IT TURNS THINGS INTO MELTED MOUNDS OF FLESH! I thought the rat was giant but it's not haha. Oh no the farm owners. D: How are they still alive?! There's more than one Stand-empowerd rat?

What a mangey mutt. That OP animation lol. Nice J-rap when Junkdog was riding around too. Haha stolen identity. Joe. He got it from the average Joe sign. He doesn't need a last name?

Cooking menacingly. Lol asks his weight. He's gonna be cooked next! Busted his own head on the counter lmao. The boss actually agreed to that? Does he really believe Junkdog could win the tournament? Kind of annoyed this old guy will be going along though. Don't like him.

How has none of the crowd, indeed MARKS, as they just said, caught onto their game? Hahaha KO'd the other guy right away. Got along great sure lmao.

So Yuri ended up using his right arm after all. Umm dude you were already out for 10. Are they a couple? And why is the champ so involved with the boss, either way? Seem like a conflict of interest, and corrupted.

What was the point of delaying Megalobox just to take it off for 2 weeks after just 2 episodes? Gotta love Demarco's logic.

Why IS his room full of garbage? Kamuro is broken, but Ritsu wants to keep going. Bandai is here lol. They landed kissing each other wtf lol. Mysterious man in a hoody. Uh-Oh, Mob is here.