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Wiring a circuit board? So they teach non-ninja stuff at the school. Was it like that on the old show? I wonder what Iwabe looks like without that hat. They can't do the test some other time? What if they actually did get sick? Oh god Denki put on that outfit. Literally jumping into save children from a burning building. Yup it took their new skills to save those kids. So the whole school year is already over? Or just a semester?

Then he just happened to drop a paper. Seriously...

Metal is kind of a shitty character. A crappy ripoff of his dad and not nearly as charming and endearing. And GAH what have they done to Rock Lee! He looks so weird, and the way the VA is playing him feels so forced. He's acting like Guy but something is just off about it.

Wow, Boruto is a lot smarter than Naruto was it this point. Can you imagine Naruto explaining an ability to someone like that?

One of the instant transmission guys. So that race must exist across multiple universes.

That chubby Kai girl looks like Buu. Then again Buu did get like that from eating that fat Grand Supreme Kai. The idol girls on that one team.

So many GT-esque designs.

Frieza and Frost LOL. I still think it would have been better if Frost was a good guy. So those goofy looking Bizarro Ginyu Squad are the strongest guys? Really? Well never judge a book by its cover I guess.

They didn't have to hold hands. Whis LOL. No flying. That will change things up. And relative gravity that affects people separately. Neil DeGrasse Tyson having a coronary right about now.

Are only participating fighters allowed to go?

Another anime-style League of Legends ad. Cute. Who does that song, by the way?

Destroyer Gods not so good at fixing. Does Yamcha actually believe his own bullshit? This Frieza joining the team is like something out of a fucking fan fiction. Vegeta trolling Frieza lol. You Saiyans are DUMBASSES. Gotta hold hands.

If you're talking about Vegeta specifically, then I agree with you that it's a little bit silly he gets to join the good guys after everything he did, but other former enemies turned allies in DBZ didn't do anything near that level. Worse villains were simply killed off or defeated and never heard from again, etc. When we learn that Vegeta was meant to die but was kept around due to popularity at the request of editors, it makes a lot more sense. I do agree that some shonens go too far in trying to redeem villains sometimes, especially some that are clearly irredeemable. I don't know, you said that Hisoka would help people if it benefited him. I don't see how that's a redeeming quality, but ok. I didn't suddenly think that Hisoka was a great guy when he let Gon have the badge. Well, Goku also cares about people and wants to protect people, there are other aspects to his personality. Maybe it's more that I don't personally think what we know about Gon justifies his behavior. Gon was raised by a normal, well-adjusted person, even if he didn't have his actual parents, and did things out in the woods. There was also a whole village on the island. I don't see how this explains quasi-sociopathic behavior. If this were true, every person that lived "off the grid," or even in rural areas, might act this way. But this isn't what we see in the real world. If anything, it should make someone more protective and caring because they have to work harder to survive and make a living, if they are in some "mountain man" scenario, or just living out in the middle of nowhere. The fewer people there are, the more they are going to have to work together and depend on each other. It makes things more closeknit. So like I said, unless there's some reveal of him having a mental or personality disorder, it's not sufficient to explain why he is the way he is.

This thread needs to be floated too even if it is just Boruto!

Damn, I thought we were already there! I wonder if the build up all the different universes and their fighters was worth it.

I dunno, Asta really doesn't look like Naruto at all to me.

This is already the last episode of the season? D: They didn't link to a source. But, if Mob season 2 dub isn't anywhere near being ready, why would you think that it's coming this fast? Why would you assume that in the first place anyway? Anyway, if Mob has done well for Toonami, whenever the dub is ready, I'm sure it will be coming to Toonami.

Rin >>>>>>> that moeblob abomination

Nice thread! It needs to be floated!

But he has a hell of a more generic design! Comes off like another Kirito clone, except with fangs (ALO Kirito already has the elf ears.) He also reminds me of Yoshimori from Kekkaishi. Maybe he's more jacked than Kirito, I can't remember. But Asta is definitely the most jacked of all! Of course, it depends on your taste as far as muscles.

I hope you weren't being serious by linking to TV Tropes. I don't know about narrowly defined interests. It's just people with Asperger's tend to get really involved, engrossed, some might say obsessed with certain hobbies and subjects, etc. Of course, there are levels to it. Not a hobby, but more a routine, obsessive type deal, I remember seeing a thing on TV where this guy had a thing where he liked to line up the egg carton perfectly parallel to the kitchen counter in the morning. At least it wasn't the eggs out of the carton! From what I can tell you are not anywhere near that level. Asta and his nun fixation.

This is what you said. "Most aren't really bad," then you go on to talk about Hisoka. And I would argue there are a ton of characters that are definitely "really bad" in HxH, whether they are "most" of them are not, I couldn't say for sure. I see now how I could have maybe misread that, though. Aizen isn't a bad dude who does things because evil, though. He didn't like the status quo and felt that the Soul Society was corrupt, denounced the Soul King, etc. He's not wrong, and when we do find out about the Soul King, yeah, it's pretty fucked up. As the whole series goes on we find out more of the shittiness the Soul Society and its leadership and government are responsible for. Basically any villain in the series whose motivation is a grudge against the Soul Society is understandable why they would feel that way, even if what they're doing in response specifically isn't justified and is wrong. Aizen does things for entertainment, as well, which is obvious. He likes to fuck with people. He made himself Momo's mentor and then turned on her, stabbing her, and flaunted it to Toshiro, who is like her brother. Later on in the series he uses his zanpakuto to create an illusion and swap places with Momo so that Toshiro ended up stabbing her instead of Aizen. He could have swapped places with anyone else on the sidelines, or even just had the Soul Reapers fighting nobody, but he chose to do that, arguably for his own amusement. There's also another scene where Shunsui says he is going to stop Aizen from talking as he attacks him, and Aizen says he will fight Shunsui and keep talking, basically saying he's going to continue his villain monologue no matter what, which is not only more proof of Aizen doing something for his own entertainment, but one of the self-aware jokes Bleach likes to make. I thought we had already agreed that the time skip stuff in SAO Aincrad was a problem. If that's what you mean, then yes, I agree on that. I think Asuna was worse, though, she went from a shy and timid girl, justifiably scared due to living in Aincrad, opens up a bit after participating in a battle with Kirito and others (if I remember correctly,) to later being a take-no-nonsense badass bitch. People accused her of being tsundere, but really she was just annoyed with Kirito slacking off and not having his shit together. Complete personality shift, and it happened during a time skip because Asuna joined the group that was trying to beat the game. Similar but not as bad things happened with Kirito. The fact the stuff was done off-screen is a problem for sure, but at least there's an explanation and we get a sense of why they changed. And there is definitely a lot of on-screen character development. I am very curious as to what all blanks Reki filled in with Progressive. For Gon, I dunno, man, it just doesn't make sense to me. I just don't see how Gon could act the way he does given what we know abut him; his background and basically anything else in the series doesn't justify it unless there's some reveal later on that Gon has some sort of mental and/or personality disorder.

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Ep 16 - So that's Kirito's Perfect Control Art? What is it, exactly? It looks like Darkness Element, but I don't see why that would be the case, even if he was once known as "the black swordsman." But, he did pick a black outfit from the armory, and his current sword is black-ish... more dark blue, but ok. I dunno. Is it meant to be tree roots? Kind of surprising this wasn't explained since every other power was, or at least seemed obvious what they were. Maybe next episode. Maybe I am forgetting but I thought there was just one dagger, and to be used on Alice, not Quinella. Kirito going crazy over saving seems stupid. I have a feeling he's going to regret wasting that knife here. You can argue the Integrity Knight are innocent since they don't know any better, but Quinella sure as hell isn't. I'm not sure what luminous element is doing for the injuries. It's not a healing spell. I didn't get the idea that it was hot and could cauderize wounds, either. I don't see how it's helping to see better since it's covering it with the light, and I don't think it's a magical medical tricorder. I have no idea. Ok I'm sorry but it's hard to to take Elevator Girl seriously. I know it's supposed to be another example of Quinella's evil, but come on. She knows nothing but the elevator, not even her own name. It's like she's some RPG NPC hahaha. They have limited uses of Perfect Control Art? Then they have to recharge it by placing it in the scabbard? That sure sounds like a videogame, heh. So, is this the top of the tower finally? No? Ah hell, it's Alice. Nice little place. It won't remain peaceful for long though. Yep, Alice has definitely lost her memories and forgotten her past self. Another tree-themed sword. A lot of these swords are tree and plant themed. And I mentioned how these swords and the Perfect Control Art reminded me of zanakutos, but this one is just like Senbonzakura! Except it's an Osmanthus Tree instead of a cherry tree, whatever that is. Love the animation fight here. You can really feel how powerful Alice's sword is. Of course it wouldn't be that easy. Though I am surprised Alice didn't notice Eugeo loudly running up behind her, especially when he ran through the water. I had to re-watch that. I couldn't figure out why the wall blew out. It was when Kirito and Alice clashed attacks. Not sure why the wall sealed itself back up. Guess ADMINISTRATOR has it set up like that. If I had to guess, Alice's dragon will catch them. Not sure if they will continue fighting from there or Alice subdues Kirito or what. Not sure how they will get back to Eugeo either. Either way, there's no dagger to prick Alice with.

From the sounds of it we are finally getting back to the serial killer! Should be good!