ben0119

Well a lot of people were basically writing off '99 as an afterthought and that 2011 was the one you should watch. The fact that 2011 follows the manga closer really isn't helping your case... That means we can't even pass this off on a poor adaptation. The source material is just blah. Again, nobody should have to get through 30 episodes of crap to get to the supposedly good stuff. You're supposed to be building up the world and the lore, and getting people invested in your characters in that time. Then that sets you up to have some epic stuff later on. If I don't care about the story now, why would I care later?

I don't know. Critics disagree. And have you ever noticed how they tend to like movies no one else actually likes? Quality is subjective. I'm allowed to not like something and/or think it is bad, and that doesn't mean I can't make distinctions in writing and story quality. People are allowed to think shows you like are bad without being subhuman, Top_Gun. Yeah because Hiatus has been so fucking compelling. It spends its time explaining at length mundane things it thinks is interesting, building up to events and then either not delivering or off-screening them, focusing on characters that are annoying at best and boring at worst, and throwing what few characters of interest there are to the wayside. The show's world is boring, nonsensical, and empty. Show is a complete sausage fest. I'm still annoyed with Gon. He's boring but at the same time acts bizarrely. For some reason Togashi expects us to be invested in a quasi-sociopathic character with little personality. Killua is the biggest smug little shit, but at least he feels like an actual person that could exist. Kurapika and Leorio were likable, decent characters. Hisoka was fun. They made the show bearable. But then, well... nothing happens. And now I know Kurapika won't appear for over a hundred episodes because "subversion," and Leorio is apparently a footnote already. So yeah, I'm glad I stopped watching when I did and regret getting as little invested as I ever did. It was a waste of my time. I wouldn't call it "not particularly good," but I wouldn't call Bleach perfect by any means. I give it a 10/10 on MAL but that's purely on my personal enjoyment and not objective critical quality. There's no such thing as true objectivity by the way. Well, I guess Togashi is really good at crafting a boring story. ;D Say what you will about Bleach, but I'm invested in its characters, the world, the lore, the events. I care about it. I wanted to see what would happen to the characters and where they would end up. With Hunter x Hunter, can't say I cared about much in it, and what little I did care about, the show managed to piss away with its constant puttering around. I'll even go one further. I don't even really like Attack on Titan, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat invested with finding out what happens to some of the characters and learning more about the world and its mysteries. Maybe I'm warming to it, even, who knows. Hell, Shippuden is fucking horrid for the most part, with lots of poor execution of things and just general shittiness with the direction of the story in a lot of areas, but I'll sit there and watch it because at one time I actually liked Naruto, and I am kind of interested to see what happens to some of the characters. HxH had its chance to make a positive impression on me and it failed. That's how this works. You need to reel someone in from the beginning. Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dragon Ball, InuYasha, plenty of other shows, they hook you from the first episode and kick things off with a bang. HxH started with a whimper and the empty promises of "IT GETS BETTER!" So... yeah. I guess you missed the part where I said someone could have watched Cowboy Bebop + FLCL instead of the first 30-something HxH episodes and spent their time far wiser. So I was never holding up Bleach as some pillar of perfection. I dunno'. I think I'll just keep going with my theory that Togashi was replaced with an alien clone, like Michael Jackson. > Because how the hell else does the guy that supposedly created Yu Yu Hakusho make this crap? I mean, you guys have even admitted that the '99 show was better for the first parts of the story. So, people that want to say that was all "build up" and "slow burn" (LOL) forgot that it needs to actually be interesting. Otherwise you're not going to stick around for the supposedly better stuff that comes later.

He really didn't do anything this season, did he?

But how can that be when he was riding on his shoulder?

Yeah what was up with that one?

No flying whales or dinosaurs! Boooooo!

The rest, yes, but Ten Ten was pretty much always a nothing character.

ROFL

Haha oh god. To be fair, Pain is on a whole other level. It took some major training and creativity for Naruto to even be able to do anything against him. Pretty much all the Leaf Ninjas have gotten whooped by Pain. But, even if it makes sense here, as we've paid attention to the show, we know that there's a pattern here.

You talking about later in Super or something? Depends on if she's as old as she was at the end of DBZ. They're might be a mid-way part of the transformation.

PAIN WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! Now you did it. Nine Tails has busted loose. Pain talking like a damn Sith Lord.

Why just casually cut to the real Pain after all this build up? He should have been revealed when he was actually found by The Leaf. I really don't see how ostricizing Naruto was productive. You'd think they'd show some gratitude, since the village would've been destroyed without Naruto. And why didn't the Hokage tell everyone to knock it off? Oh snap, she said it. Made her stand. But this would have a lot more meaning if Hinata hadn't barely appeared in the show. So stupid. Look at those production values go up! Nice. Why the hell would you pick on a kid that's basically royalty? Idiots. Still think the cartoonishly senselessly evil bullies are hilarious in this show. Remember when one of them tossed a dog in a river? Reminds me of Stephen King bullies.

Since when were Lupin and Fujiko an item. Is that clown a really fruity muscleman or a Nicole Bass type? When Luca started talking about his dream, it reminded me of One Piece. Fujiko tied tied up hanging upside down in that outfit! <3 Oh man all her outfits were great in this episode! Come on now, Fujiko isn't a complete sociopath. What a complicated and mysterious woman! ::spin:: She made money but she also saved him.

They are. Why do you think readers through a fit and gave the Fullbring Arc low marks? Because Kubo took the Soul Reapers out of the picture to focus on the original "main cast." I like them, but the sad fact remains that people ended up liking the Soul Reapers more than the main cast. Yes, I know Rukia and Renji are Soul Reapers, but you know what I'm talking about. You know I quit watching Hiatus months ago, right?

What makes a good story and good writing is subjective. I could say the same to you calling that trainwreck Unicorn "fantastic." For whatever you want to say against Kubo, Bleach is at least enjoyable. Entertaining, interesting, engaging. Hiatus is just a big ball of nothing. In fact, when Kishimoto, heh, "adapted" his material from it, he made it actually entertaining! :-D I'll take Naruto before the time skip over Hiatus any day.

Yeah, it's kind of silly, that whatever those motives were, Kaneki thought they weren't ill-willed, even after what he did to him and to Toka. And wasn't Jason part of his organization? If they aren't "bad ghouls," why would they have him around? I suppose you could make the argument that he's their Mado, to show how there is bad on both sides, but Aogiri isn't some official government group. They don't have to keep him around because he's "useful." Which, he isn't. All he does is torture people. I thought they were supposed to be some giant evil ghoul faction bent on... taking over territory? Not sure what happens after they do that since no humans will be sticking around for them to eat, and we saw how fast the Doves responded. So yeah I guess it's not clear. And yeah very abrupt given we don't really have a full understanding of Aogiri Tree. Come to think of it, we still don't even know why they wanted Kaneki. And yet they've just let him join after he killed Jason, and don't seem to be "using" him for anything special compared to what other members are doing. *sigh*

The show wasn't very subtle about it. The way she reacted to hearing Kaneki's name was immediately suspicious. Still silly that we're supposed to care about a "shocking reveal" of this author lady who was only talked about until now being a prominent ghoul in Aogiri Tree.

It was just a job! We were just following orders!

So no one thought it was suspicious that Rize just happened to have the same blood type as Kaneki, allowing the organ transfer to happen? Uhh, Kaneki didn't go missing right after the surgery. Doctor I can see.

So why the hell are they imprisoning ghouls? Wouldn't it be safer to kill them? Thought that's what the Doves were all about. And how are they feeding them?!

I think it's supposed to be that author the characters were talking about before. And apparently she's a crazy cat lady type.

Yeah, I feel like that's been hinted at before. Wasn't he watching something with binoculars in an earlier episode?

So are you going to overlook how her father was also complete fucking psycho? Yeah they're both workaholics and geniuses solving cases. She's just like her dad! I swewr, it's like the other Doves don't even notice Mado's craziness. "He likes books!" ...You know you have to try harder than that to give people character traits, show. Ok, does anyone remember Kaneki doing the chin before now?

LOL

Another new character?! And he's an annoying basketcase too. Great. So, is there going to be any explanation for why Kaneki joined the enemy? No? And don't tell me the transformation changed his personality and morality. He saved his friends and killed Jason with this power. No, no he doesn't, Hinami. Toka is barely bigger than a child, lol. Koma the Devil Ape. Thought you were introduced to help in the big battle, but nope! Mega-versity. No, just no.