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Vegeta doesn't fulfill Goku anymore... physically.
ben0119 replied to moose's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
*clicks into thread* *reads OP* *sees link is to comedy cancer* *groans and leaves* -
Out of the shonen on Toonami that nobody watches...
ben0119 replied to Zenigundam's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
It's Rogue One, and you better see it before it's completely out of theaters! Star Wars is made for theaters, and this movie is awesome! Trust me, Kevin Smith himself said it was "Empire good!" Gotta be honest I never heard anybody talk shit about Return of the Jedi until the internet, and it seems like only in the past few years, too. I don't get it. -
Out of the shonen on Toonami that nobody watches...
ben0119 replied to Zenigundam's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
Yeah it's too late now once I saw it. x_x Too tired but will respond when I get the chance. No it doesn't. And fuck Eva. Her being Luke's daughter would kinda make sense, though. She lives on a shitty backwoods desert planet, she has a doll of a rebel pilot, has that helmet. She's good with machines, decent fighter, a decent pilot. The saber calls to her as it did Anakin and Luke. The reveal doesn't have to be a big surprise. And most casual fans aren't going to care if it was "too obvious." A lot of people walked out of the theater thinking she was Luke's daughter, so a twist to something more annoying and nonsensical probably wouldn't sit well. The Kenobi thing would be stupid as fuck. Then again, I've heard it said that her parents are in fact just 2 random deadbeats that left her on the planet. Some obvious things were pointed out that we've overlooked. When the spaceship takes off, Rey is already wearing the desert garb. It doesn't make sense for her to be wearing that clothes if someone just dropped her there. Rey says "come back." She doesn't say "take me with you!" When Rey sees Takodana she says she didn't know there was so much green in the entire galaxy. So, it sounds like she's always lived there and her parents were just awful people who took off the first chance they got and that dumped her there. Then you have Maz Kanada saying "whoever you're waiting for, they aren't coming back. But someone still could." Which implies that Luke is not among the people that left her there. So maybe there's no mindwipe or heritage to past characters or anything. I've also heard the argument that Ben Solo was given that name for Luke, since Ben was much more special to Luke than Han or Leia, and if Luke didn't have any children, he wouldn't be able to name any of them Ben... Finally we have Daisey Ridley herself saying she thought the identity of Rey's parents was obvious after seeing the movie. I mean if it were any other movie we'd probably take the information we were given at face value and understand Rey's parents abandoned her and don't matter. But since it's Star Wars... So yeah maybe we are all overthinking this and Rey really does come from nothing. Not sure how audiences would take that, though. -
So something I've noticed... One Piece has a harem element. Lol
ben0119 replied to moose's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
Well, Luffy did react to the flashing at Albasta. Yeah that's true, she has done that before, especially early on with various pirate thugs. I can see that. It would also be difficult just in practicality, since if they did hook up with someone, that person would either have to wait for them to get back (if they ever do), or have that person join the crew, and they'd have to have more to contribute than just being someone's boyfriend or girlfriend. Yeah, she should have said something like that. Or like I said, just say she's not interested in that whacko. Well yes, that's true, but it's something that's kind of hard to get around. It's a pretty major and integral part of the human mind and life as a human. If this was Star Trek, One Piece characters would be some weird race on an alien planet with a totally different culture, ways of doing things, physiology, etc. It's kind of hard to do that for a whole series instead of just one episode, and the reason given is "THAT'S JUST HOW THE SHOW IS!" I mean, in other cases, we always get explanations, or things are at least addressed. Batman, for example, tries to avoid having girlfriends because he doesn't have time for it, or because of who he is, it would just put them in danger. With One Piece, you're just supposed to not think about it at all. And again, it's not like you can just put it out of your head, because it's thrown right in your face with the cartoony-but-still-sexualized characters, Sanji behaving the way he does, etc. I mean, you're right, romance can be bad or nearly non-existent in a lot of shonens, but if Oda thinks he's not good at it or simply doesn't want it as a big part in the story, he could've done something like maybe some girl fall for Zoro, and he has to leave her there, because well, he has to keep travelling on the Grand Line. Like, it's not even something that would need to happen more than once. I think if you did something like that, it would put a lot of this criticism to rest. And again, it's kind of hypocritical when you have hyper-sexualized characters running around. The shippers are annoying as fuck, though. -
One Piece Episode 380 Discussion Thread
ben0119 replied to AnimationFan14's topic in Episode Discussion Archive
I see. I need to read some chapters then to see for myself, I suppose. Also, some parts of One Piece fights have no backgrounds. >=] I read and looked through earlier chapters and I didn't see much difference, except that the art looked more sketchy. Hell, that big epic entrance into the Seireitei when Ichigo and co. first land in Soul Society isn't even in the manga. The anime did that shot on their own. Or maybe I'm just remembering things wrong. I think the fights come off pretty well. Kubo wanted readers to be more focused on the characters, and there's plenty of background and its destruction when it's called for, haha. Though with many series I find fights better in animated form. I read the chapters of Kakashi's backstory, one with the bridge battle with the Mist Ninja, and I think the first volume. Don't remember it being too sketchy. Hahahaha oh god. Well, that series does like to over-explain mundane bullshit. -
I could, but I can't be certain if the paint or plastic might mess with the fish. Could probably do Legos since those are made safe as fuck for kids, but I dunno', haha.
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There was something I had mentioned before and was meaning to bring back up. I once stumbled across this Ichigo x Uryu yaoi and the art style looked exactly like Kubo's. The one-sided unexpected anime hug thing even happened! > I can't find it back though! But yeah I'm sure there's a few that do, or once did porn doujins.
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So something I've noticed... One Piece has a harem element. Lol
ben0119 replied to moose's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
God damn it, Moose. The whole asexual thing is really stupid, though. Especially when some characters are sexualized as hell. Bit of disconnect and hypocrisy there. You know, a line of dialogue from Thriller Bark really bugged me. Nami said she didn't want to marry inviso-perv (blanking on his name right now for some reason) because - "I'm a pirate! I'm interested in adventure, not romance!" Can you possibly have a more stupid and unnatural sounding line? She should have just said she's not interested in HIM. The other thing is, romance or not, which some pirate stories do include, pirates are the furthest thing from "asexual." They lust after treasure, booze, and adventure as much as they do "wenches." Jack Sparrow is a prime example. Going by this logic/theme/trend/trope, Nami should be as interested in man-whores as she is in money. I can accept Luffy as being "a big kid," or "not done with puberty," like Ace said, > but every other character? And from what I can tell, the only Straw Hats that show hints of possibly having romantic relationships are Usopp with Kaya (the Veggie Pirates made this even more blatant in one of the last worldwide check-ins we had), and Zoro with Kuina/Tashigi. Well, we've got Sanji, of course, but he's got about the same success rate as Miroku. -
One Piece Episode 380 Discussion Thread
ben0119 replied to AnimationFan14's topic in Episode Discussion Archive
I've heard people say that One Piece is "too dense" and supposedly the art is crammed together and the pages filled with walls of text, and that Bleach is too light (again the large pictures and panels, telling story more with the art than dialogue is Kubo's style), and that Naruto was in the Goldilocks Zone and "just right." Not sure how true any of that is since I've only read a handful of Naruto chapters ages ago and not sure if I ever read any One Piece chapters. That's good though, then. Yeah, we're stuck with it. And as we've discussed before, Toei isn't going to make One Piece a seasonal series or anything like that. Too greedy and they can always use the excuse that it was started before that way of doing things became more or less the norm... So Naruto and One Piece will be the last of the long-runners, then. Dinosaurs of the anime world. -
Dragon Ball Super Episode 7 Discussion
ben0119 replied to Meilag32's topic in Episode Discussion Archive
Pretty sure he has nothing to do with Garlic Jr. That was a filler saga and Funimation happened to use the same voice actor for both characters. Not sure about in Japanese. -
Dragon Ball Super Episode 7 Discussion
ben0119 replied to Meilag32's topic in Episode Discussion Archive
Are you sure it's not Toei's fault for being lazy and shitty? -
SAO movie ends with teaser promising new SAO season
ben0119 replied to Jman's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
He only ever fucked Asuna. And no, that isn't what I mean. Oberon will gleefully lick up the tears of butthurt of the SAO haters. NOT CANON NOT CANON NOT CANON! Damn it. -
SAO movie ends with teaser promising new SAO season
ben0119 replied to Jman's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
More people know who Kirito is than will ever know of Gon! :-D -
Out of the shonen on Toonami that nobody watches...
ben0119 replied to Zenigundam's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
People complain about bad acting and clunky dialogue in the prequels... I'm like, have you ever seen Star Wars? I've also heard the argument that Lucas' "clunky dialogue" is more realistic, since people don't talk perfectly in real life. It's a good point. As far as Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, they're my least favorite Star Wars movies, but to me they are still good movies, good Star Wars movies. Phantom Menace gets a lot of beef for the slice of life moments. If we don't have those moments then there's no reason for us to care about the characters when the shit actually hits the fan. Why do we care if Anakin is leaving his home if we spend like 2 minutes there? Besides, the pod race, ligthsaber battle, space battle, and ground battle are undeniably awesome. As far as "green screen the movie," each individual Prequel had more practical effects than the original movies combined, and I don't see the issue if the effects are done well. As for Attack of the Clones, I think there's a lot of great parts in it that are undersold, like Anakin finding his mother and going after the Sand People. Not enough credit is given to the visuals of scenes that match the mood, either, like when he's searching for his mother and what happens after that. Revenge of the Sith is the second best Star Wars after Empire, I don't care what anyone says. I should probably make a general SW thread, getting on a tangent here. Anyway, here's my personal rankings - 1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. Revenge of the Sith 3. Rogue One 3. Return of the Jedi 5. The Force Awakens 6. A New Hope 7. Attack of the Clones 8. The Phantom Menace -
Out of the shonen on Toonami that nobody watches...
ben0119 replied to Zenigundam's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
You take that back right now. -
Out of the shonen on Toonami that nobody watches...
ben0119 replied to Zenigundam's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
Spamming post count?! Every one of my posts is a priceless treasure of wisdom! And when arguments need to be made and points need to be reiterated... I'll be there to make sure "a guy is wrong in the internet" justice is done. > I don't see any trolling here. -
Out of the shonen on Toonami that nobody watches...
ben0119 replied to Zenigundam's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
That was random. Anyway, Hiatus sucks and he's wrong. Accept it. -
Out of the shonen on Toonami that nobody watches...
ben0119 replied to Zenigundam's topic in Toonami & [adult swim]
The thing is, there's no context for it. We don't know if the Hunter Org. is considered good or bad by the people that live in the world, namely because nobody seems to give a fuck about anything. There can't be "bad" or "good" or anything else between if we don't set a baseline.