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Freezing attack. How creative. Widow's Peak Wimp!

I thought that catgirl was cute, but she's a psycho. And now she's laughing like the Wicked Witch?! Knock it off with the goofy names. Are you trying to win a tournament or sell action figures?

Because Mochi asked if he snagged the thread (OP since edited,) and I was confirming it?

I would say that the Zenos and boss angel whatever his name was were just saying/joking that they were going to destroy all losing universes, just to get the fighters to give it their all, but then I remembered how Zeno wiped out Trunks' BAD END Zamasu timeline without hesitation.

I feel like there should be more build up an explanation to Goku using that barrier. It seems like way too good of a tactic to never be thought of before. Guess they never encountered poison users before this?

Dangerous Triangle... really?

Furry nobodies. Beerus dropping truth bombs.

So Super Saiyan Blue overuses energy like Super Saiyan 3? Not nearly as useful as we thought, then, if you can't use it very long.

What does chinpukan mean? They translate everything else in the silly song but that?

Trying to lighten their workload I guess? I'll miss the topicals for the other shows. It is what it is, I suppose.

I thought humans couldn't even really see in 4K. It's just a BS gimmick to sell more expensive crap. https://www.nbcnews.com/technology/enough-pixels-already-tvs-tablets-phones-surpass-limits-human-vision-2d11691618

I must have forgotten the stuff about Gon saying Killua was his first friend or the stuff with the villagers. What I remember was him telling Killua that they're already friends, during the confrontation with his brother at the Hunter Exam, which was way after they first met (one of the few good moments in the show, I'll admit.) Either way, Gon still isn't likable. Neither is Killua. As I said, we were sold the bill of goods that it was going to them along with Kurapika and Leorio as the main group, when it doesn't turn out that way at all. It's just Gon and Killua. So, yeah. I remember on that podcast they said something was omitted from the beginning that was kind of important, but would come up later. Didn't realize it was that important. Definitely was a mistake. Most people aren't going to go out of their way to watch an earlier version of an anime and then combine the "best parts" a la carte, or anything, though. It would be jarring, with the different production values, art and animation styles, voice actors, then trying to find a way to watch it etc. Most people just aren't going to do that. It's not a 1:1 example or anything, but if someone hated FMA03 or FMA:B, would they go and watch the other version? I mean, they're different, but not that different. It's the same characters, concepts, settings, themes, just things play out differently eventually. I know some have have said the first anime is a drama show with some action, and the second anime is an action show with some drama. Then there's dispute about which show is darker; I'd say both are pretty dark at times. People try to tell people to watch the first half of FMA03 then switch to some point (can't remember) in FMA:B and I can't see that working at all. I do know I cared a lot more about Hughes in FMA03. Not sure if I would feel different if I had seen FMA:B first. People say Hughes was always supposed to be a minor character, not like he was in FMA03, but then why should we care? But yeah it's kind of a tricky thing.

I see what you're talking about now. It's the second-to-last chapter, actually. I didn't think of what that actually was, originally. Ichigo and other characters "fought against the system" and did what they could, as I said. I'm not going to go over and over with it, with you. No one is going to claim the Soul Society is a great place, but no one is going to claim Ichigo is a sociopath for not reforming its government by becoming Hokage or whatever the hell, either.

There's nothing on the hill...

That user's tweets are now protected. Did they get harassed by Vic supporters? What was the picture of?

I'm pretty sure Vic ruined his own reputation by sexually harassing and assaulting people for years. People just giving their accounts of their experiences with Vic are not "attacks." The judicial system isn't needed to fire someone and ban them from conventions, either.

Here is a transcription from a FB page/post that is no longer public, likely because the person got harassed by Vic supporters. This is what the investigation was like - https://www.facebook.com/samantha.inoueharte/posts/10215528151531113 My personal thoughts on the investigation that Funimation performed was that it was very VERY thorough and very professionally handled. When I gave my testimony last week and provided my information, I was met with respect and the questions asked of me were very VERY detail oriented. I had not spoken with ANY voice actor or actress with regards to the questions that were asked of me prior nor after. I was asked to give detailed testimony of several instances that other voice actors and actresses had stated I was involved with. After my testimony I was informed that my testimony matched what was already documented. Dates, locations, other people involved all were documented. We combed through a LOT of information. To demand proof be given to the general public would mean exposing the identity of victims who did not go public. Would detail their personal experiences. Would detail locations, dates, times, other people who witnessed the events, etc. To demand proof means putting other people in the line of fire of internet harassment. You are all witnesses to the internet harassment that people who have come forward publicly are suffering. To demand proof means that you want to expose victims who have remained unnamed. And that....is cruel. BUT....just to give you SOMETHING to give you an idea of the type of information provided....I decided to provide you with one single sample of an incident. I refuse to give anything further. Names, contact information, full date, convention, etc and information not related to the incident have been erased. So this is part of an email exchange I had with the manager of a Japanese idol singer the morning after an incident that followed my confrontation with Vic regarding introductions. The idol singer was very upset by Vic's advances after the altercation and the manager spent most of the evening calming the Japanese idol singer down. So ask yourself....should you be privy to all the names, the contact information of various industry professionals, all the details of the victim's experiences? Hopefully this gives you an idea of the sensitive nature of information and documentation provided during the investigation and you see why information like this should not be made public. So trust Funimation on their decision. Their investigation was very very thorough. Please stop demanding proof that you have no right to know about. So yeah Funimation was very thorough and professional. And also, if that idol singer's fans get wind of this, Vic will be torn limb from limb.

Yup, Vic has been up to this for at least 30 years, way before he was a "famous" voice actor. More info on that at the bottom of this article. I'm laughing my ass off that apparently Vic just did work on training videos and counts that as working as a cop, but glad he wasn't able to use his position and authority as a police officer to abuse more people. Can you imagine an egomaniac like him with a badge? What happened to Jamie Marchi is really henious too. Since she said what happened to her wasn't as bad as what happened to others, I shudder to think of what else Vic could have done that's much worse than this. There's surely more, possibly much worse, accounts that we haven't heard. Yay that Vic has been fully fired from Funimation! You know, something that I've noticed, is that Vic has been used very sparingly in dubs the past few years, mainly returning for old roles, and barely getting any new ones, much less big ones. I wonder if this was done intentionally by the studios, them wanting to deal with Vic as little as possible at this point. Eh, I don't think Vic will have much work with any entity that does their research, unless they are some #IstandwithVic idiots. Don't worry, a Christian... furry... company is steadfastly standing by Vic? So, it turns out that people are planning, or at least claiming they're going to, harass Monica Rial and other Funimation employees at upcoming convention appearances. They may think there is no "proof" of anything Vic has done, but there sure as hell is of what they've done! Permanent online record. It's like people think the internet is a videogame with no repercussions. Idiots. Hopefully no one tries anything too crazy at those conventions. If they do, they will be thrown out, for their trouble, arrested if they refuse to leave. https://www.facebook.com/funimation/posts/10156159961143481 https://www.facebook.com/Pensacon/posts/2067857083307603

P.S. I was going to ask if Fairy Tail Zero was required watching, but it seems my question was answered for me. It plays automatically next on Funimation's site, it's numbered as the next episode in the series. Wasn't sure if it it was spin-off series or just a flashback arc in the manga, like the Turn Back The Pendulum arcs showing the history of the Soul Society in Bleach. Those did get weird chapter numbering, but they were still part of the regular manga, and were part of the anime seasons. So, probably best not to skip Zero, then.

Well, I decided to not make a post on that mini-arc with the town of the giants because, it was flowing right into Tartaros Chapter. Didn't realize how long the arc would be though! Wasn't about to take notes while I watched, and it's pointless to post in the middle of an arc when questions I have could be answered by the end of it. Comments in no particular order - This other side to Flare is funny and kind of cute, when she isn't always acting so psycho all the time. Was funny when she joked about stalking Lucy. She is definitely a lesbian though, haha. I kind of wish an individual giant or two were developed. Seems like a lot of effort went into their character designs to make them unique. I'm guessing Mashima must have written up stuff for them but didn't feel it was worth including in the series. Why did Erza look down there to confirm she de-aged? Wait a minute, Erza isn't bald down there is canon confirmed! And I thought it was hilarious she noticed she spell wore off when her boobs came back. I wish the de-aging came more into play than it did though. Was mostly just an issue for Erza. Ok, I don't think I'm remembering wrong here, but I don't recall Minerva ever showing any redeeming qualities whatsoever, or any remorse for her actions. So why is Erza pitying her and wanting to her change her ways? Hell, before Erza wanted put in her the fuckin' ground! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM? And ok, now we're learning that Minerva was abused by her father. Ok, fine. Jiemma does it to everyone else, guess it wouldn't be a surprise that he did it to her. I had always saw her and Jiemma as the 2 ruthless hardasses in charge, but he made her this way apparently. That works well enough on its own. But still, it makes no sense for anyone else to feel sorry for her. Minerva being gone forever was the selling point to get Yukino to rejoin the guild! It makes no sense whatsoever! That said, it's not just Jiemma that looks like a Street Fighter character, but Minerva too. I really noticed it when we saw the flashbacks to her childhood. So yeah I guess Yukino did just rejoin Sabretooth then. It's a shame. I was hoping she'd join Fairy Tail. We may not see her as much depending on how the future story goes. No that in matters much because FAIRY TAIL IS DISBANDED FOREVER! T___T That damn revival chamber to bring back the demons is a ridiculous troll. Glad it got destroyed before some of them could revive. Jackal is supposed to be well, a Jackal. But looks like a catboy in his regular form! So yeah, Vic is Mard Geer. Ugh. Not the voice I would have imagined. Don't know what his Japanese voice sounds like (all the Youtube videos are fucking AMVs,) but since he looks Naraku, I wouldn't have minded Paul Dobson. Looking it up though the last anime he did was Roberta's Blood Trail in 2013, which was right after Final Act. D: And holy hell I can't believe Final Act was in 2012! Maybe I could have enjoyed the character more if not for that. But maybe it's fitting that Vic plays THE UNDERWORLD KING. Nevermind, found a video. Yep, Vic had no business getting this role! He must have weaseled his way into it! https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Toshiyuki-Morikawa/ Oh, just going by that quick clip, that sounds like JP Naraku! It is! DAMN YOU TO HELL VIIIIIIC! So, I made the foolish decision to look up Silver's VA, not thinking of the spoily consequences. Though it should have been obvious, given his name is SILVER, and how he looked. I thought he was going to be Ur's husband/Ultear's father. I still think it's weird that Ur looks just like Gray, but she's not his real mom. But I thought I didn't get spoiled AFTER ALL when he revealed he was really Deliora! But that turned out to be bullshit lol. I did think it was odd that a Demonslayer was a part of a guild with demons. But that was explained too. Did make sense he was going to betray them all along too. Deliora using Silver's body would have been some convoluted Inuyasha-level shenanigans. Though the whole arc reminded me of Inuyasha anyway, what with the demons created by someone else and the boss-not-boss looking like Naraku, even uses roots as an attack, Silver being back to life, and whatnot. The stuff with Silver and Juvia's involvement in it was so sad, though. Ok Mashima you can have Kyoka's ass and tits hang out as much as you want, but she's not doing anything for me. I think the mask and weird bird appendages probably don't help. Also the fact she's an sadistic psycho. Is it my imagination or were Erza's boobs drawn bigger during that interrogation scene? There's too many cats per for how many people are here, just Erza and Minerva. Erza, your Fairy Tail speeches are not going to work on fucking demons! Ok, the way 259 and 260 were done was fucking confusing. Erza beats Kyoka, and the Face counter reaches 0, then next episode they are fighting again and counter is running again??? I actually had to look this up. Apparently the events are running concurrently. It's not always clear in most shonens that this is the case when you cut away to multiple fights and events, but if you err on this side it means things aren't taking AS long as they appear to be, and it's forgiving in cases like this, things seeming to take too long for the stated time limit. But, there isn't even a narration or text onscreen that gives any indication what the deal is. A simple 1 hour earlier or whatever would have sufficed. Either that or show things in a more logical order. Pretty sure the counter reaching 0 is a bigger deal than the Mard Geer stuff anyway. I think this is a case where you don't 1:1 adapt the manga, guys. The dragons were inside the dragonslayers all along and giving them anti-bodies so they don't turn into dragons like Acnologia? Can't say I saw that coming. I also thought them returning would be more like an end of series thing. Either way, the dragons in general, in all their appearances, have definitely lived up to the hype. And Acnologia ripped their souls from their bodies? So they were more like ghosts this whole time? Didn't quite get that. Igneel coming back only to die really got to me though. Poor Natsu. So, I never really thought about Mirajane's demon takeover power too much. Figured that was just the magic she chose to use? But she was born with it? Every other mage picked a magic type and learned it. Her siblings even learned takeover magic to be like her. And it's not genetic, either. Makarov and Laxus don't use the same magic, nor do Ur and Ultear. So that makes me think Mirajane really is cursed or infected or something. I don't think she has demon parentage because the other two don't have it. Unless they're just half-siblings? I did notice the parents weren't shown. Hmm. Don't really get why everyone needed to have their memory erased of Lumen Histoire. And it's Mavis nude in a crystal, heh. But whoa, Doranbolt was a member of Fairy Tail all along hahaha. Ok, I'm sorry, but if Mashima is expecting tears for mermaid lady, that just isn't going to happen. She didn't even seem tsundere, she seemed to genuinely not care for Lucy. She acted like a cunt every time she was summoned. Maybe if Loke or Virgo were sacrificed it would be one thing. One of the silly minor zodiacs wouldn't have worked either. Ah well. Celestial King was badass. And everyone perving on Lucy (even more than usual) was hilarious. Although... we already have a water user in Fairy Tail? The abilities are different, but still. And Lucy did use some other spell that I think seemed familiar. Was it her finisher from Grand Magic Games that got canceled out? #FlatEarthDebunked #GlobeEarthDebunked #CubeEarthTRUTH Two of those Demon Gates are basically Fishmen from One Piece lol. Loved Wendy's progress in this arc. Thought it was silly they made a big deal of cutting her hair just to grow it back. It's funny that the crab guy can make hair longer though haha. And Wendy losing one of her twin tails was clearly her most serious injury yet. Umm Jiemma, isn't the fact that you got one-shotted by Sting and had to stoop to demon powers make YOU weak? Why did the dragon twins fall down? They didn't seem that injured. Is there a lot of violence censorship of what happened in the manga in this anime? Nice power up for Gray, and nice team up against Mard Geer. Looks like Gray might have some demonic affliction now though. How did Gray and Natsu survive the abstract concept of purgatory by burying themselves?? Did the spell just not extend under the ground? Or was it something to do with Gray's demonslayer magic? That is when his skin got all messed up. Seems like he blocked/absorbed the attack? By the way, that Dragonification reminds me of Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. Ryu (not that one) has a counter that increases the entire game, as you use your dragon abilities, and if you use too much and it reaches 100%, you turn into a dragon and go on a rampage and it's game over. So you have to manage it over the course of the game. It's a cool mechanic. I wonder if Mashima has played it. So, Acnologia just wants to kill every human and dragon? Is that what he said? Interesting to learn that while he is a major evil power, he's not aligned with Zeref at all. I'm not sure if Mard Geer is correct about Zeref just wanting to die. Either way, I wonder why he doesn't take more direct action. Maybe he just likes to watch the clusterfuck for the lulz? Somebody needs to smack that smug-ass expression off his face, though. Did, did he just say ETHERIOUS NATSU DRAGNEEL?! Did Zeref create Natsu?! Is that why he asked why Natsu didn't remember him?! But, he's clearly human?! Natsu leaving for a year long training mission. Poor Lucy left behind. D: And Makarov is disbanding the guild so the members can "spread their wings." In other words go on soul searching journeys and training and blah blah blah. Timeskip incoming. Then after it's over the guild probably gets back together and on to future adventures together.

Well that doesn't sound good. So back to first anime-level "animation?" So it was farmed out to a lesser studio?

Ep 18 - Time cutting sword. Interesting. Shouldn't Eugeo be more concerned with how he was healed and not what Bercoli did? That happened so fast. Is the water like a healing spring? Did he use some spell or potion on himself? Wow, that was really clever what Eugeo did. Good fight. At least Bercoli has the sense to realize the Integrity Knight concept is some bullshit. Okay, I could have really done without this Prime Senator character existing. He's annoying as fuck. I guess Administrator needs someone to do her dirty work, but still, damn, fuck this guy. Also the fact he seems completely off model? People in SAO usually look fairly realistic, and this guy has weird cartoon proportions and flies all over the place. Odd to say the least. He can't be human, can he? He just really doesn't seem to fit into SAO. Turned to stone. Damn. Can't remember if Cardinal said something about reprocessing, but doesn't sound good. AND GOD DAMN IT DON'T TELL ME EUGEO IS GOING GO BECOME AN INTEGRITY KNIGHT?! Wow, that was a really good use of elemental spells/crafting by Alice. She made like, a convection oven. You can erase someone's memories, but not their talents and skills. Not sure if Kirito mentioned the sister on accident or not, but that is sure to trigger something.

Ep 17 - Lmao I can't wait for Bryce to do his reading and call Alice an idiot like 8 times for trying to fall to her to death. Generating a metallic element seems convenient. Light, fire, ice... not sure there were any where you could just generate objects like that before. At least Alice being able to change the shape of her gauntlets makes enough sense. Alice remembers going to that festival... or thinks she does. Hmm. So memories weren't COMPLETELY wiped after all. Yeah those fucking creepy ass gargoyle abominations should NOT be here. Very suspicious. Alice is scared of heights? Really? She rides on a freaking dragon! I mean, I guess climbing and balancing on those metal things is different, but still. So Kirito wants to work with the Integrity Knights to stop the Dark Territory invasion? Good luck with that. A bath. But it's not Administrator. Oh crap, it's Bercoli! Okay, I could have done without a whole episode of them climbing the tower. I thought they'd get back in way sooner. Still, Eugeo one on one vs Bercoli should be interesting.

What sucks is we'll never know what Hagakure looks like. I'm also surprised no one was able to maker her a costume that can turn invisible so she doesn't have to run around naked.

Snaggleupagus!