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  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    The Heavens Arena arc is probably the most normal in the show, but it is basically the exposition arc and a somewhat elaborate setup for what happens in the next arc, which is... where HxH begins to show you *exactly* what kind of series it is, when all is said and done.
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    Celty and Shinra: The best and healthiest couple in this lovely, messed up anime that we call Durarara!!.

    Now to move onto the giant ponytail helping child soldiers, My Seasonal Shlock, and maybe ERASED.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    I still need to finish Baccano! some day.
  • kill living beings
    just ripped through knights of sidonia

    i really hope the anime kept the ending because that was awesome

    i am of course not referring to explosion whatever. i am referring to boring harem setup ending in one of his suitors getting a sex change and going out with the one who was intersex anyway, and the man himself getting with the huge monstrous hybrid transferred to the body of an alien clone of his ex girlfriend who was also used as a womb for said hybrid, because that is a good way for romance to end
  • wow that's wild
  • kill living beings
    there's a little note that the hybrid's new body has residual elements of her mom's personality

    thanks nihei, sincerely, we need more people as willing to do this as you
  • Does this thread also double as the Manga thread? If not, I'll delete this post. If so, then explain why Hiromu Arakawa looks like this:

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    Like, seriously; she's incredibly stunning.
  • kill living beings
    well, first she killed half of xerxes,
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Y'know, it's very difficult to find pictures of Hiromu Arakawa, and in an odd way, I think that explains why.

    Also, not sure whether an FMA joke or a Silver Spoon joke would make more or less sense here, but Klino beat me to it anyway so I'm off scot-free.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    She often portrays herself as a bespectacled cow. 

    I think I found Imi's soulmate.
  • edited 2016-01-13 04:11:02
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Watched up to episode 51 of HxH. The Kurapika vs. Uvogin fight was amazing, and the ending of 51 was something to behold. Got some other thoughts, but I wanna see how the rest of the Yorknew arc plays out first.

    Also:

    "Also, the boss actually added a rule this time."
    "A rule? What?"
    "Go absolutely crazy."
  • Y'know, it's very difficult to find pictures of Hiromu Arakawa, and in an odd way, I think that explains why.

    Kinda lost here. What explains what?
  • Does this thread also double as the Manga thread? If not, I'll delete this post. If so, then explain why Hiromu Arakawa looks like this:

    image

    Like, seriously; she's incredibly stunning.

    We have a separate manga thread, but it's not like we're particularly strict about keeping them separate, so you're all good.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”


    Y'know, it's very difficult to find pictures of Hiromu Arakawa, and in an odd way, I think that explains why.

    Kinda lost here. What explains what?
    Think about it like this: You're a very attractive woman in a very male-dominated field, but you want to make sure that people think of you first and foremost for your work, not as "that hot chick who happens to draw manga." Hell, even if you were kind of homely or just average, some guys would still make it about your appearance. So what do you do? Make sure that people don't see a whole lot of your actual face.

    The same principle probably applies to Ume Aoki. It's even harder to find pictures of her, if I'm not mistaken.
  • edited 2016-01-13 14:47:27
    Ah. I see. Dammit, I fell into that trap.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Nah, I didn't get that vibe. It seemed to me more like, "Wow, this person who writes this thing I like also happens to be really pretty!" Which is a valid observation.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    watching HxH

    Greed Island

    holy shit Gon
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Tachyon said:

    watching HxH


    Greed Island

    holy shit Gon
    Explain further so I can discuss this. Because while Greed Island is nowhere near my favourite arc I still have serious feelings. Is it where he sacrifices his arm like Hisoka did? Because yes, that was hardcore as fuck.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    I like how Togashi spent all that time developing that card system that is never going to come up again.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    To be fair, it does build up to one very important thing.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch

    Tachyon said:

    watching HxH


    Greed Island

    holy shit Gon
    Explain further so I can discuss this. Because while Greed Island is nowhere near my favourite arc I still have serious feelings. Is it where he sacrifices his arm like Hisoka did? Because yes, that was hardcore as fuck.
    yes
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Tachyon said:

    Tachyon said:

    watching HxH


    Greed Island

    holy shit Gon
    Explain further so I can discuss this. Because while Greed Island is nowhere near my favourite arc I still have serious feelings. Is it where he sacrifices his arm like Hisoka did? Because yes, that was hardcore as fuck.
    yes
    That whole sequence is just really cool. The way that fight ends is just beautiful. Really one of the best moments in the series, despite the arc itself being kind of meh for me overall.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Yeah, i'd actually say that made the whole arc worth it

    though i'd also say, perhaps my standards are lower, but for me, even when HxH is unexceptional, it's still decent enough to be entertaining
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Oh, it definitely is. "Ehhhh" by HxH standards is still solid by most anime standards. It's just that the highs (or lows, emotionally speaking, as they often are) blow most series of its kind out of the water.
  • I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god
    Man, I almost want to do a second run-through of HxH now. 
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    I'm going to do one eventually. It's going to be tougher than, say, Utena, let alone something concise like Kaiba or Alien Nine, but it would totally be worth it. It is probably the single best teen action series I have watched, although the other contenders for that title are more... ambiguous in the distinction, like FMA, Trigun and the aforementioned rose-and-sword parade.
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    Rose and Sword Parade happens to be the name of my favorite arc for my shounen series Spirit Detective, although it's not as good as my seventh!

    Personally, HxH is something I can and will watch again and again in the future. Very few other shows in my time can do that for me, and I love that.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    I prefer to take a lot of time before rewatching something because my mind tells me I could be watching something new that could be just as cool, but I've kind of been reversing myself on that given the understanding that I'll still have time for new stuff and the old stuff makes me happy and can even get better on rewatch.
  • edited 2016-01-14 01:27:59
    I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god
    I can sometimes have a poor memory for details, so I'm often able to rewatch or read long things a couple times before I'm worn out of them. I'll still notice new things, or be excited upon seeing something I'd forgotten but now remember. This is especially true for all visual media - I'm better at remembering things I read rather than hear/see. 
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Yeah, I get that. I sometimes forget important details of things that I really, really liked in works that are important to me.
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    hointer x hointer
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Shaiapouf, Lord of the Tems.
  • i decided that i was not in the mood for Lain, so i started up Karneval, a show which I know nothing about!
  • !!! this is not what i expected! there are explosions!
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    I am being blatantly pandered to!
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
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    It's a cross between Kyubey and a Mameshiba. :|
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    How does it feel to be blatantly pandered to, good kitty. It's been awhile for me.
  • AND HE'S THE PROTAGONIST
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    ...Black haired boy or beankyubey?
  • white haired boy, who is also beankyubey. he is a hapless doofus!

    black haired boy is the strong protective friend with a dark and mysterious past >w>;;;;
  • Crystal said:

    How does it feel to be blatantly pandered to, good kitty. It's been awhile for me.

    it's fun!
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

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    It's a cross between Kyubey and a Mameshiba. :|
    wow it really is
  • beyond the naneypandering this is like, a pretty Alright show so far, the opening was very fun and tightly paced though fwiw
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    i can't believe the perfect insider was about
    Spoiler:
    why you shouldn't use 16-bit integers
    all along
  • edited 2016-01-19 17:56:28
    Starting to wonder increasingly why people consider being an experienced anime watcher is a good thing.

    Watching lots of anime -- or going through lots of media, at least doing so quickly, and possibly at all -- just tends to cause things to run together.  And lessens the appreciation for any one story.  Causes people to think in tropes and archetypes.

    And then there's that whole "elitism" business.  "Your show sucks because the story is badly written."  Or somesuch.  Why the fuck do you care?  If someone enjoyed it, why do you so hate that?  You jelly that you can't feel that pleasure anymore?

    Be more innocent.  Be less judgemental.  Come in with a blank slate.  Become a child again.  Stop being experienced.  Discard your filters and lenses.  Stop overanalyzing and being so damn critical, and start immersing yourself.
  • the notion of "anime" as a genre-level category/supercategory is as bullshit as the notion of "TV shows" as a genre-level category/supercategory
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    I think you're unnecessarily generalizing from personal experiences, but I do not actually have time to elaborate on that right now, that first post is just... something.
  • Crystal said:

    I think you're unnecessarily generalizing from personal experiences, but I do not actually have time to elaborate on that right now, that first post is just... something.

    Sometimes it feels rather cathartic to make...well, "something", happen.
  • kill living beings
    my pal who loves Bebop a lot iswriting a review analysis thing, which is mainly reminding me I should watch it already.
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