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Invincible Fight Girl Episode 5 Discussion


OwlChemist81

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Surprised this got posted after two weeks of ignoring the show’s existence.  I would have laughed if it was just ignored every Saturday.

So yeah, the show is back to doing nothing original and having its creatives start shit on social media for daring to say it’s unoriginal.

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Anyway, the more of this show I watch and dislike, the more I feel like this originally began life as an MMA story more akin to Kengan AshuraGarouden, or even Teppu before it was made perfectly clear there was no way IN HELL Cartoon Network would sign off on an MMA show, since MMA is associated with real violence, as opposed to pro wrestling which is associated with fake violence, because it is, to quote Kevin Nash - "Fucking fake."  So cue adding in the pro wrestling motif and a lot of really wacky elements that don't really work, not to mention the Current Year character designs which are very ugly and derivative.  

I mean look at this episode.  In addition to being boring as hell, why would a pro wrestler be teaching strikes and not well, WRESTLING?!  OK, you need to master the Bruce Lee one-inch punch, and fail at it.  Kinnikuman had a similar training arc, and it was about teaching wrestling holds.  The new series even flashes back to it, pointing out the importance of grappling fundamentals (not hurt by the fact that Kinnikuman is supposed to purposefully wrestle like Antonio Inoki).  Maybe I'm being pedantic here, but it feels like the IFG skin is covering what was probably closer to Garouden than this.

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Probably should have been an MMA show. I think Mucha Lucha better repped wrestling. But that aside, I’m still enjoying the journey despite this being the weakest episode yet. Lots of needless squabbles. Mikey braking the vase dramatically was pretty funny though. I was wondering how an earnest guy like him and a scammer could effectively work together but of course Craig just uses Mikey as a threat to get what they need.

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