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The April Fool's Day 2018 Discussion Thread


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15 hours ago, Daos said:

I think I've seen two people on these boards that actually liked TG. Not counting Owl since he likes everything of course.

Actually, I think even him started to sour on Tokyo Ghoul, and before the first season even ended no less.

I personally liked how that one ended (Kaneki embraced his true potential for cruelty, and it was fucked-up amazing), but Root A went on to completely lose me.

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Both seasons' first 11 episodes were fine, but then the 12th went on a tangent that was just mind-boggling, involving Kaneki's bizarre torture plot and not a progression of the main action which featured the reveal of the One-Eyed Owl, which was hinted at in Episode 11 of Season 1 but didn't show up until the first episode of Root A. And then Root A's 12th episode also went in a bizarre direction rather than continuing the storyline of the new "true" One-Eyed Owl.

Apparently the upcoming 3rd season is from a different manga, so I don't even have a clue how it's gonna go...

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You mean... Kanedgy?

There's just so many problems even with the "good" season of TG. Why did Jason have the torture boner for him again? Had they even met before that? Ridiculous origin story. Kaneki stabbing himself with a knife and the knife breaking because ghouls are immune to normal weapons..... then he cuts his finger on a broken tea cup a few episodes later.

That last one is just pure awful. How do you establish that your MC can't be hurt by normal weapons then have him cut his finger on a teacup?

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1 hour ago, Blatch said:

Actually, I think even him started to sour on Tokyo Ghoul, and before the first season even ended no less.

I personally liked how that one ended (Kaneki embraced his true potential for cruelty, and it was fucked-up amazing), but Root A went on to completely lose me.

See, he liked the first 11 episodes of both seasons! Guy likes everything =P

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3 hours ago, OwlChemist81 said:

The one-eyed owl that was hinted at in Episode 11 of Season 1 didn't show up until the first episode of Root A. And then Root A's 12th episode also went in a bizarre direction rather than continuing the storyline of the new "true" One-Eyed Owl.

You didn't even explain what the first season's tangent was. ¬¬

Also, I wanted to ask... are we still going to make threads for the shows after Black Clover this week? The expectation is almost universal that they'll be preempted, but that isn't a guarantee. Maybe we could put them up just in case and then wait until next week if the shows don't air.

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1 hour ago, Blatch said:

You didn't even explain what the first season's tangent was. ¬¬

Also, I wanted to ask... are we still going to make threads for the shows after Black Clover this week? The expectation is almost universal that they'll be preempted, but that isn't a guarantee. Maybe we could put them up just in case and then wait until next week if the shows don't air.

We can't until we know for sure what the April Fool's prank is.  Can't very well plan for that right?  I mean we can do it for the anime shows airing before midnight at least.

OR we can just make one the minute the prank airs.

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On 3/27/2018 at 5:58 PM, PokeNirvash said:

I wasn't around for the mustache prank, but the ones they did for Witch Hunter Robin were pure perfection.

I'd pull up the image, but I can't seem to find it right now.

 

The sacred jewel even got a mustache! xD

On 3/27/2018 at 2:25 PM, Daos said:

Hah everyone wants Re Zero, but its more likely we get... GHOULED.

Please no.  No Tokyo Ghoul:retard on the block.  But no, I'm not getting my hopes up, either.

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2 hours ago, Blatch said:

You didn't even explain what the first season's tangent was. ¬¬

Also, I wanted to ask... are we still going to make threads for the shows after Black Clover this week? The expectation is almost universal that they'll be preempted, but that isn't a guarantee. Maybe we could put them up just in case and then wait until next week if the shows don't air.

I just explained it.

I wouldn't mind Tokyo Ghoul: RE(tard) on this block, but it better be 12:30 or later.

[it's gonna be...]

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2 hours ago, ben0119 said:

If the DVR schedule is anything to go by, it's just the regular block, and double Bebop is here to stay.  So no new shows.  No anything.  Pathetic.

AS has a way of never telling broadcasters what they're going to do beforehand, and DEFINITELY not for April Fools.

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25 minutes ago, Top Gun said:

Sad thing is that I'm out of town for the holiday weekend, so I have 7.5 hours of what's probably going to be random bullshit queued on the DVR. :D

Hopefully it’s memorable random bullshit for your DVR’s sake.

If not, well unfortunately The Disaster Artist isn’t on any of the big streaming services, otherwise I’d say we live blog that.

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10 hours ago, Daos said:

Because most people hated it and S3 comes out in April. Toonami aired the first 2 seasons so there's a good chance it's going to air at some point. My guess is still no stealth premiere of anything this year.

God you gotta pray Netflix gets it instead

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On ‎3‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 4:28 PM, Daos said:

You mean... Kanedgy?

There's just so many problems even with the "good" season of TG. Why did Jason have the torture boner for him again? Had they even met before that? Ridiculous origin story. Kaneki stabbing himself with a knife and the knife breaking because ghouls are immune to normal weapons..... then he cuts his finger on a broken tea cup a few episodes later.

That last one is just pure awful. How do you establish that your MC can't be hurt by normal weapons then have him cut his finger on a teacup?

Jason hated the hell out of Rize, mainly because she was strong and did whatever the hell she wanted which included not listening or following him and causing problems in his territories. When Kaneki got the transplant, his 'smell' changed with the strongest part of that particular essence being Rize-smell. So it pissed him off to no end because it was and wasn't the person he wanted to beat on.

Ghouls can bleed but I think the level of their own emotions helps to toughen them up. When he tries to stab himself he was worked up over it and freaking out so his ghoul side would have been ramped up too preparing for an attack. When he cut his finger on the cup, he wasn't in a situation where a fight of any kind was expected. I believe Ken was even able to Tsukiyama a real nose bleed with a simple punch because a simple physical attack like that wasn't expected.

Yeah, I like Tokyo Ghoul too. 

Anyway, pitching this to the top of the heap for the night because why the hell not? :D My prediction is that the 'earliest' they might do anything is midnight their time unless they really want to potentially air something uncensored, then it'll wait until 1a their time just to be safe. I am hoping for a more Toonami appropriate prank like a surprise premier of something. ;)  

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Stab in the dark prediction (won't happen, but I'd do it to be an April Fools dick if I were in charge): They replay last week's episodes backwards.

Edit: No. I think I got it. They'll have Easter eggs throughout the broadcast.

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Speaking of April Fools (which is ALSO Easter this year) I have an Easter holiday picture prepared this time for once

 

 

I obviously won't post it here because it's porn....but it will be posted in the Male Hawtness thread once it's officially Easter

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3 hours ago, PokeNirvash said:

Impossible, FUNi's already got their mitts on it.

Yup. Also seems like it's getting the same day simuldub treatment like Space Dandy on Toonami did as well.

Since both seasons have been on I agree that I don't think it'd be too surprising if eventually this one gets on too, though at this point it seems like it'll probably be some time after it's over.

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