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But you're not exactly an unbiased source. Plus there's the whole cartoonish and exaggerated aspect of One Piece in general. But if Oda does decide to make Nami lesbian or bi, at least it wouldn't come off as a retcon. Sanji would probably commit suicide if she's full lez though, lmao. Unless, god forbid, he has some character development and grows up.

WHAT THE FUCK

In the recent episode on Toonami, Naruto seems to have accepted that Sakura isn't into him and won't ever be, and has moved on. So, Naruto matured, shockingly enough? But, still obsessed with Sasuke lmao. But yeah, Sasuke is the one with all the fangirls, and he doesn't seem too interested in them back, either. I'm sure it's supposed to be "Sasuke is so cool, he doesn't even care that all these girls like him" or "Sasuke is still focused on revenge because the Uchiha massacre was an inside job for some reason" etc, but that's not necessarily how it comes off. >_>;

Stuff like that and the whole fan base makes me want to avoid Stephen Universe like the plague. That and the show doesn't sound appealing or interesting to me in the least.

Yes, exactly. Sometimes people have other things going on in their lives, possibly more pressing matters. Which characters were you talking about there? Yeah, true. I do think there should have been more Naruto and Hinata moments, though, and at least more interaction. But it's not an unfounded concept. Yup agree 100%.

You've never heard of straight women complimenting each other on looks, outfits, etc? Calling each other, actresses, etc, pretty? They hug, etc. Straight guys can't get away with that so easily without having to worry about "no homo," thanks to pervasive and persistent homophobia.

Is that why he makes Chichi such a bitch? She's practically a parody of the cliched angry wife character. And if I recall correctly Chichi had not appeared since the original saga of Dragon Ball when she showed up to marry Goku. But yeah the retcons, or rather, stuff he's said in interviews, because I'm not even sure if we can count that as retcon with it not being in the actual series, I don't take seriously. Yeah definitely trying to go the One Piece way too. Wow... that's... that's just ridiculous. I mean, yeah, things could have happened in the intervening years, but come on! Also Hinata is just plain barely in the series altogether, which is a shame.

Not sure what kind of crack moderating team elfie expected on a fucking fan forum. Is it too much to ask people to just act like adults? And if you see someone acting like a jackass, simply pay them no mind? Not to mention, getting triggered by Zeni of all people. Really?

I would make an argument for Usopp and Zoro who both have girls from their past that they're attached to. I really don't take that asexual claim seriously.

"It's that nice girl that talked to me" was pretty hilarious reaction when he saw Uraraka again that time. NEEERRRRRRD! That could be. Vague Bleach spoiler - I wouldn't agree to the last part. You can see plenty of times where Goku has done things to protect people he cares for, and it's shown that he does care for others. It's true he's done some oblivious kinda jerky things before but this idea that Goku didn't fight to help others but just wanted to fight strong guys is some major bullshit that Toriyama has floated. He fought the Red Ribbon Army to stop them from all the pain they were causing and vowed to defeat and finish them off to help a friend. During this saga, the first time the Dragon Balls were used to bring back someone from the dead, was Goku doing it to help a friend. He fought King Piccolo to save the world, and to avenge his best friend Krillin. When Raditz showed up, Goku tried to convince him to leave peacefully at first. He turned Super Saiyan as an emotional reaction to seeing his best friend killed (again!) He sacrificed himself to save everyone from Cell. Then of course there's the countless times he asks to move fights to isolated locations free of innocent bystanders. So yeah, Toriyama is full of shit.

That sounds like some more bullshit retcon nonsense by Toriyama. And how does this explain Vegeta? Or how does this carry over to mixed Saiyans? From what I have noticed, Natsu doesn't come off as not interested in women to me. I mean, there's the whole Lisanna thing. Yeah trying to claim Luffy as asexual is retcon bullshit too. There were those moments you mentioned. And I agree with you that he's probably just too occupied with his pirate adventures. Also I don't think it should matter or that we need reasons for why characters are single and not seeking significant others etc. If it's not important to the story or not what the story is about, who cares? I think we actually don't even know the sexuality of a lot of characters in Bleach, because it never comes up. I guess we have to lay the blame at shippers for obsessing with this. Maybe if Togashi had any of his characters be gay, Kishimoto would have nicked that too lmao. Are you actually serious? I know a few spoilers but I haven't seen beyond what Toonami has shown. Are there seriously no more Naruto x Hinata moments?! Since I know what happens at the end I figured there must be a lot more developments than I've seen so far! Ridiculous if true!

At least bisexual? Because he was interested in Sakura. Konohamaru surpassed him in that regard LOL. I think the other one that looks like Sasuke is actually Sai, and that one looks like Jugo probably is Jugo. So maybe they are meant to be actual characters and we just aren't recognizing them? Maybe to be introduced beyond what Toonami has shown? But yeah Naruto definitely seems very into dudes. The story would actually make sense if he was meant to be, since him supposedly being best friends with Sasuke is not portrayed well at all. They're mostly little shits to each other and have very few "friendship moments." Their relationship comes off more like someone you went to school or worked with and were friendly with, and then you lose your shit when they move. It doesn't make sense for Naruto be fucking obsessed with Sasuke and pursuing him and wanting to forgive whatever horrible things he does when he should rightly be hunted down and captured or killed, given what we actually saw in the show, no matter how many times it shouts at us that they were "best friends." All this makes you wonder some things about the author too. Does Kishimoto have some repressed homosexual urges? Or does he just have no idea how to write relationships of any kind? Maybe he has issues with them and interacting with people in real life? He's already admitted to being bad at writing women because he says he can't relate to them. I mean, Tosen and Komamura come off pretty well as "best friends torn apart" and they're side characters! Asta and Yuno came off as a better friendship than Naruto and Sasuke in just the first few episodes!

What do you mean it can't work with the timeline?

Never saw Dr. Slump or read the manga. Probably when I would've had the inclination to back when I first saw that arc in Dragon Ball, it wasn't available or I didn't know how to. Toriyama's humor is pretty funny, so I should check it out. Sticks need to be removed from asses.

Seriously? Arale and her "world" appeared in a whole segment of the Red Ribbon Army Saga in Dragon Ball. Even if you've never seen Dr. Slump you should know who Arale is.

Well, moe is pretty terrible.

Never heard about this until now. This guy is hilarious! His antics are probably more entertaining than any of the shows he's made!

Maybe it's not as good as I remember, but I remember enjoying at the time! Definitely some over-the-top stuff that went on. The main character got compared to Vash, and he even had a counterpart or two, like Knives. Maybe I should re-watch it to see if maybe it's worse than I remember.

The record company exec. Yes.

I know, it's too bad. I was interested to see where it was going. Was getting good, too!

It wasn't that bad. It was like Trigun with vampires!

What happened to the One Piece thing? You fell off the face of the earth.

Ep 11 - Wow, that's scary. And this photon sword... I thought it would be like Darth Maul's lightsaber, but it looks like you can only have the same combined length through either side of the sword, and she changed it to come out the other end. Still pretty cool. That was brutal! What is with this senseless bum-rushing? They thought it would wake up psycho LLENN? But wouldn't they have been better off coming up with a plan and teaming up on Pitohui? It's not like they would risk leaving the cabin. Seems like a waste of their team members. Why didn't she think to just cut off the shoe lace a lot sooner? Not sure why LLENN has started doubting herself again. Guess it's one thing to tell herself she'd beat Pitohui but then to actually confront her after she shows off how monstrous she is, is another thing. But you already got killed by that LLENN, Boss. Some great tactics by LLENN here to get M and Pitohui to leave the cabin, and then against the hummer. At least Fuka is still in the fight. Ok Pito should have been shot or killed several times now. She's got about as much luck as LLENN! That was badass. Ok, now LLENN has made it to Pito and both have been disarmed. Now what? LLENN is mad and has had enough of Pito's shit.

That merger should have never passed the anti-trust laws. And I've never seen a network that gets good ratings say ratings don't matter.

GT was supposed to be about the next generation. Some fans even thought GT stood for Goten and Trunks. Along with Uub and Pan, the show should have focused on them. But they fucked that up and just went right back to Goku. Turning him into a kid even, almost to nerf his power level and reboot him to an extent, just to prolong his involvement. This already happened before, when the torch was supposed to be passed to Gohan, with him beating Cell. Then Toriyama changed his mind about that. It's pretty obvious to see it happen, when the focus of the show switched from Gohan and Videl to suddenly a new threat shows up and Goku has to come back. But I agree with you, that if such a show can still happen, it should.