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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 191: The anime topic of our generation
tazzyboyishere
05/17/18 5:28:31 AM
#44
Episode 2 kinda sucks as well. I think it was 4 or 5 when things get better.
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TopicNioh is kicking my ass
tazzyboyishere
05/16/18 6:46:25 PM
#35
Well difficulty is incredibly suggestive in this case. Tons of people think Nioh is harder, actually. I think Bloodborne is harder than them all by a wide margin, but I think a lot of people rank that among the easiest.
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 191: The anime topic of our generation
tazzyboyishere
05/16/18 2:34:18 PM
#30
I'm watching Tokyo Ghoul and SDS today. Maybe finishing Diebuster too.
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TopicNioh is kicking my ass
tazzyboyishere
05/16/18 12:36:58 PM
#27
Please don't quote Ulti. I thought I'd finally freed myself.
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TopicNioh is kicking my ass
tazzyboyishere
05/16/18 11:54:05 AM
#21
Solioxrz362 posted...
Bad camera systems causing you to die is the kind of difficulty that makes 0 sense, and it has no place in any game I play.

You should play Dark Souls then
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TopicNioh is kicking my ass
tazzyboyishere
05/15/18 6:05:26 PM
#11
Ah, well I can't help you out that much with those playstyles. I did axes and spears on my only playthrough.
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 191: The anime topic of our generation
tazzyboyishere
05/15/18 5:55:47 PM
#2
I don't like any of those
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TopicSince we're in leak season and it's less than a month away, let's predict E3.
tazzyboyishere
05/15/18 5:39:05 PM
#18
Galaxy HD baby
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 190: Spring;Gate
tazzyboyishere
05/15/18 5:33:50 PM
#490
P4 actually had unique writing, giving a personality and character traits to the MC. Though I hear Golden was pretty pointless.
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 190: Spring;Gate
tazzyboyishere
05/15/18 5:31:49 PM
#488
P5A intrigues me because I've never seen such a lazy attempt at an adaptation phoned in so hard.
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TopicNioh is kicking my ass
tazzyboyishere
05/15/18 3:04:12 PM
#9
Also is recommend keeping your equip load as low as you can. Taking high damage all the time can suck, but rarely ever running out of ki is a blessing.
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TopicNioh is kicking my ass
tazzyboyishere
05/15/18 2:52:46 PM
#7
Damn, you got the hang of ki pulsing that quickly? It took me ages to do it properly, but you also get a skill that allows you to no pulse by dodging, which made it so much easier.

The game is actually easier than most of the Souls games imo. The enemy AI can be pretty wonky at times, so don't feel bad about cheesing it for tougher enemies. Sloth is also great for tricky situations, but I found it to be a little bit much, so I only used it on fights I didn't enjoy.

Try experimenting with different stances too. I spent 80% of the game in mid, but low is great for getting hits on quick enemies.

That's my Nioh tips. All that's left is to learn patterns of every boss and not give up, since reacting to attacks with a dodge or block is pretty much the most important thing to do.
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 190: Spring;Gate
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 11:04:11 PM
#467
Oh jeez, that's awful. Her performance as Aqua is one of the best parts of the show. :(
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Topicwhat's some good anime that's on crunchyroll
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 10:29:13 PM
#81
foolm0r0n posted...
Also I'm very skeptical of this part 4 praise. People praised part 3 like crazy too (even to the extent of "oh just power through part 1 and 2 so you can get to the good stuff") which caused bad expectations.

Part 4 follows a similar formula to Part 3, but written in a way that doesn't make the story feel tedious. It's also only 39 episodes, which leaves a lot less room for it to skirt about it's fights, so they're almost always at their best. I mean, I'm pretty biased in my opinion though. I think it's one of the greatest works in the medium.
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TopicIs it true SBAllen livestreamed himself with an XL dragon dildo?
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 10:24:19 PM
#7
I don't think so
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:24:45 PM
#56
So with that done, THE TOP 10:
AnoHana
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Baccano!
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
JoJos Bizzare Adventure
One Punch Man
Penguindrum
School Rumble
Wolf Children
Your Name

Leaderboard:
Roba - 45
Leonhart - 48
Eerieka - 52
TRE - 59
Koala - 65
SeabassDebeste - 66
handsomeboy - 68
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:20:44 PM
#54
11. Welcome to the NHK! (2006)
FL81 (2/5)
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NHK is about a college dropout who became a shut-in one day, and spent years in the state. During this time, he has grown to believe in various conspiracy theories, the main one being the Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (NHK), an organization behind the spread of the hikikomori culture that devastates our main character, Satou, and many others in Japan. But one day he happens upon a meeting with a high school girl who seeks to reinstate Satou into society. Satou agrees, and so begin the misadventures of a few loveable losers trying to figure their lives out.

Satou is a pretty fantastic main character. I think anyone whos been depressed and felt the need to slack off on their life can relate to him. He doesnt so much as wallow in self-hate like so many other characters do, but he instead believes himself to be a victim of society, creating all kinds of excuses as to why he hasnt gotten his life together, which is a far more realistic point of view to take. I was in high school when I watched this, so I actually just thought Satou was an unlikable dumbass. But after somewhat experiencing the faults he had personally, albeit nowhere near the extent to which they affected him, I can definitely see the beauty in the story. Its a show that I havent watched in a while, but Ive always enjoyed it. But after understanding the more complex themes it tackles, I look back on it a lot more fondly now more than ever. I definitely want to watch it again, though there is an absolute ton of fluff.

See, the show is 24 episodes long, and is based on a 200-page book. You hit all the main themes the novel is relaying, but the anime takes some liberties in adding a ton of characters, stories, events, etc. I think, if youre looking for something more personal, the book is the way to go. The author based it on his own troubles, so it feels pretty special, all things considered. Its really compact and theres never really a dull moment, since everything comes together nicely. The anime is still wonderful, though. Its definitely higher on comedy, but it adds in some pretty good stories that serve to develop the main characters in interesting ways. You can't really go wrong with either! The manga sounds pretty dumb though.
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Topicwhat's some good anime that's on crunchyroll
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:16:51 PM
#77
foolm0r0n posted...
but they went from 10/15 episodes per part, to 50 episodes for part 3. There's no way part 1 or 2 could've lasted 50 episodes without getting stale either.

To be fair, Stardust Crusaders also had five more volumes of manga to cover. Though yeah, they really fuck with the pacing, as evident by needing near double length to cover 17 volumes instead of 12. There's a ton of issues with Part 3 as a whole that Part 4 essentially fixes completely, but I won't bother going into my analysis in here.

Part 3 still good though, it's just sandwiched between two masterworks. To continue the food analogies, it's like going to 5-star restaurants for breakfast and dinner, but having Denny's for lunch.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:09:22 PM
#52
12. Attack on Titan (2013)
Johnbobb (1/3)
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Attack on Titan is about an isolated city surrounded by massive walls to protect the citizens from gargantuan beasts that eat people. Eren Yeagar is a hot-blooded boy who saw his mother eaten in front of him and has vowed to slaughter every last titan in the world. He joins the battle unit in charge of combating titans in order to fulfill this goal, but eventually finds out he has the power to turn into a titan himself. The show is not for the faint of heart, despite being considered a shounen. It is loaded with gore and tackles some pretty dark themes that arise from the all-around hopelessness of the human race.

This is another one of those massively popular shows that most people at least like, but you do get the occasional hater every now and then. It has some pretty fantastic action and bold writing that allow it to stand out among other similar shows. Its one of those shows where nobody ever truly feels safe, despite most major characters living through some pretty awful moments. That it manages to keep this feeling of dread, despite nobody important ever dying, says a lot about the writing. The overall tone of the show is pulled off magnificently thanks to some great direction.

The show did lose a bit of steam in the community, however, once it took them four years to give us a single cour second season, which is totally bullshit Im not really sure why it took Wit this long to release that season, especially when theyre putting out a 2-cour third season just a year after season two, but I can understand the disappointment. I didnt finish Titan until early 2016 according to MAL, and even I thought the wait was brutal. I mean, Im not new to long waits after massive cliffhangers (Hello Half-Life), but its pretty lame that they took so long with it. Season three is supposed to be bad for whatever reason, but Im still pretty excited for it.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:03:44 PM
#51
13. Scums Wish (2017)
Roba (1/5)
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Scums Wish is the story of a girl whos madly in love with her childhood friend/homeroom teacher, some really boring nice guy who just wants to be with the love of his life, the music teacher. The MC, Hanabi, is left with depressing loneliness, and forges a pact with another classmate whom loves the music teacher. The two of them perform sexual acts upon each other while pretending theyre with the ones they love, but never end up going all the way because theyre lame virgins. Scums Wish is not exactly a happy show. Its a somber look into what unrequited love can feel like, as well as the kind of gut punch it can be to see the one you love with another person, especially when theyre with heartless scum.

I think the main thing I loved about this show is how real it feels, to an extent. Aside from one character, nobody is really played up as incredibly good or bad, and the one that is played up exists as a reflection of Hanabis darker desires. Everyone here is represented as scum at nearly every opportunity, but it does a fantastic job at humanizing them. Aside from Hanabis romantic interest, who is basically a piece of toast, that is. Hanabi herself isnt given any kind of armor either. She essentially abuses two peoples feelings, though both consensual, in order to feel better about herself, with no romantic possibilities. Mugi, the guy she enters the fake relationship with, who both just continuously serve as reminders for their own loneliness, and her best friend, Sanae, who is in love with Hanabi, and Hanbi gladly sleeps with her despite both of them knowing nothing good will come of it. This all leads to some stellar character growth for our main character, as she learns to accept her shittiness, understand that theres no chance of being with her crush, and moving on a stronger person in the end.

I know the ending was pretty unpopular, since Hanabi and Mugi dont hook up and say goodbye to their dumb relationship for good. I guess people were upset about this? They had 0 chemistry, and both knew so, which is why they were using each other solely for roleplay. I thought the open ending where Hanabi walks out single and empowered was perfect. I think a lot of people were also upset with how the main villain won in the end, but I dont think thats how it meant to be interpreted. Yeah, she ends up marrying Hanabis crush after admitting that shes not in love with him, and will just cheat on him the entire time. But thats just the thing. This isnt a win for her, since shes marrying a dude she doesnt even like. All the while, Hanabi is finally able to accept and move on, heading towards a brighter future. Thats just whats so great about this show. It managed to turn the positive and negative outcomes on their heads to create an ending that felt uniquely sincere and powerful.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:03:19 PM
#50
Actually, I'm gonna knock it down to the top 10 and post an update tonight.
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TopicSo for da record, who are the "good guys" amongst video game companies
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:02:20 PM
#41
ND is evil for allowing what High Impact did to Jak to happen.
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TopicSo for da record, who are the "good guys" amongst video game companies
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 8:27:24 PM
#39
Yes that is Bamco. They also held release for Dark Souls III back a week in NA, despite having a fully translated English version available in the Japanese release, for basically no reason. Bamco sucks.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 7:29:25 PM
#48
I've decided I'm just gonna finish write-ups before I post anymore. That way I don't end up rushing through this and I can release them causally.
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TopicSo for da record, who are the "good guys" amongst video game companies
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 4:28:24 PM
#18
Reggie
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Topicwhat's some good anime that's on crunchyroll
tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 4:25:55 PM
#60
Punnyz posted...
Part 7 and beyond art design is so bad

Oh my fucking god what
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Topicwhat's some good anime that's on crunchyroll
tazzyboyishere
05/13/18 2:45:04 PM
#16
HxH
JoJo
ReLIFE
Attack on Titan
Re:Zero
Assassination Classroom
Kurkoko's Basketball

Some good non-airing stuff that popped up on the popular tab.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/13/18 2:41:39 PM
#45
14. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2007)
Mac (1/5)
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SZS is about a chronically depressed high school teacher, who's driven to suicidal levels of despair over slight misfortunes. It's a black comedy without much of a filter, constantly poking fun at cultural norms and values. If I was so pretentious as to use the phrase, "Intelligent comedy", and I totally am, I would say SZS falls into that spectrum. Not really because it makes me feel smart or anything lame like that, but because it's capable of taking random thoughts one might have at the spur of the moment, and transforming those into worthwhile sketches that sometimes last 10 minutes. And it can do this while maintaining top-notch entertainment value thanks to it's charming cast of characters.

Obviously, Itoshiki is the best in the show, and probably the best character in all of Shaft's works. He's never not entertaining, and is perfectly capable of taking on the role of the initiator and the straight man whenever the particular joke calls for it. He's helped by Shaft's iconically distinct camera work and art style, as well as the VA, Hideki Kamiya, who always does an excellent job, especially with these types of characters. As far as the girls go, I think I enjoy all of them. They're mostly facetious interpretations of real-world issues such as a shut-in recluse, a stalker, an illegal immigrant, etc. My favorite, however, is Nami, who's trait is that she's completely normal, which, in this cast of characters, is probably the most abnormal thing.

It's cool that this actually got a ton of support from Shaft. I feel like this kind of show wouldn't have a chance in hell of getting 40+ episodes in this day and age. It feels very niche, and the style of comedy isn't likely to appeal to all. I dunno how sales go, but I wish this would have been considered Shaft's magnum opus, since I love it far more than I could ever love Monogatari. It truly is their masterpiece.
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TopicBatista Came Up with My Favorite Line in Infinity War Himself [SPOILERS]
tazzyboyishere
05/13/18 12:40:53 PM
#26
UltimaterializerX posted...
ExThaNemesis posted...
The kids will be just fine. I'm really tired of seeing people online whining about this, not saying you are but I see a lot of moms say "WHY WOULD THEY MAKE THE MOVIE LIKE THIS."

It's good for kids to see that sometimes the heroes don't win.

I'm specifically talking about autistic kids, many of which won't be able to "grow up" and learn the positive lesson you're talking about. If you don't feel for them then you're just a heartless tool.

What the fuck? Autistic children are perfectly capable of learning life lessons you braindead bag of shit
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/12/18 1:54:55 PM
#44
15. One Outs (2008)
Koala (3/5)
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The ultimate baseball anime, One Outs is the story of a gambling man who is undefeated in a baseball gambling game called One Outs. He ends up coming face-to-face with a professional player, but loses after that player kinda has to cheat in order to win. The result is that he must now pitch for that man's baseball team, with the end goal of winning the championship. But Toua will only pitch for the team if the owner agrees to his absurd salary proposition, where every at-bat becomes a gamble, with big money on the line.

This show is so much fun. I'm a bit biased, since basebal is y favorite sport to both watch and play, and seeing something that can take the classic game and turn it on it's head to make it into something so clever without completely changing the game is awesome. One Outs isn't the most realistic sports anime out there (Toua can literally control the rotation of his pitches with pinpoint accuracy), but I'd say it's the most exciting. One Outs rarely has a dull moment, with each game bringing some new obstacle to the table. Toua is one of the greatest main characters in the medium despite never really developing beyond being a guy who just wants to gamble. He's always calm and collected, playing 3D chess with his opponents, the front office, and sometimes even his own teammates. Even though the end result is usually the same, it manages to avoid falling into a formula by creating so many different scenarios that require different methods to overcome. One of my favorite moments was when the front office tries to get Toua to pitch three games in a row so they can put him in debt. He wins the first two, but he's obviouslsy exhausted by the third game. But he knew the weather forecast was gonna call for heavy rain, so he just gets lit up in the early innings, before it can be called an official game. After the downpour has started, they pull strings to keep the game going, but Toua has been roughing up the mound ever so slightly as he pitches in order to throw opposing pitchers' balances off. Long story short, this creates a dissonance in the opposing team, and we see the toxic environment the pitchers have to deal with on a power-heavy team. They essentially just start throwing the game, and, to save face, the manager forfeits the game to keep his pitchers' stats clean. It's such an awesome sequence of events using actual knowledge of how the game works to create drama and intrigue, even if no front office is as corrupt as the ones on display here (At east I think...)

It is a shame that the show didn't get a full adaptation. I don't remember where exactly it ended, since I picked up the manga immediately after I finished, so the lines are a bit blurry, but you get into some even more intriguing concepts. Though one of the more ridiculous ones doesn't really make sense if you think about it for a few moments, it's still fun to watch the team essentially take on Toua's ridiculous gamble themselves. While Toua never changes much, his teammates do, and the switch from a losing culture to a winning one makes for some wonderful development. I mean, the Lycaons are kinda like my Cubs in a way...
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TopicBoard 8's Game of the Year so far?
tazzyboyishere
05/12/18 11:23:01 AM
#13
Celeste ez
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TopicAny Denver area B8ers?
tazzyboyishere
05/11/18 11:25:07 PM
#5
We're planning on using Lyft. Thanks for the recs!
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TopicAny Denver area B8ers?
tazzyboyishere
05/11/18 8:06:24 PM
#2
Bump
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TopicAny Denver area B8ers?
tazzyboyishere
05/11/18 6:00:43 PM
#1
Me and two friends are gonna be there next weekend. Interested in some activities/food/attractions/etc.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 11:20:49 PM
#42
Also, I'm pretty tired, so that's it for tonight.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 11:19:26 PM
#41
Honestly, I reasoned it out as, "Literally no other character makes sense unless they bring in a new person"
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TopicJeremy Parish returns to rank the entire Donkey Kong series
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 11:15:56 PM
#30
Dunkey is great
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 11:05:55 PM
#39
LeonhartFour posted...
Nozaki-kun good show

My favorite episode was the one where he and Mikoshiba play the VN and come to the conclusion that the protagonist's best friend is the real hero of the game

Ah yeah, this was a pretty fantastic bit too.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 10:58:13 PM
#34
16. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (2014)
Maria (1/5)
cMPMT6l


In a time of my life where finding legitimately hilarious anime has been getting harder and harder, Nozaki hit at pretty much the perfect time. Its a slice of life comedy about a high school guy who draws shoujo manga professionally, and a girl, who botches a love confession and accidenally becomes his manga assisstant. I guess its technically a romance, since Sakura's feelings remain present throughout the entire thing, but at its core, Nozaki spends most of its time around its eclectic cast and their interactions.

While you do get a lot of time focused on the characters as a whole, it typically splits them off into groups. You have the primary one: Chiyo/Nozaki and usually Mikoshiba when he gets focus. The secondary: Seo/Wakamatsu. And the one thats okay but you just kind of want to go back to the other two when theyre on: Kashima/Hori. Really, the entire cast is great, and the shows at its strongest when playing to the strengths that come about their interactions. Mikoshiba is probably my favorite. Hes a standard fujoshi-bait dude who gives really dumb one-liners and then gets embarrassed about it, which is an odd character trait to say the least, but it never gets old. Nozaki is great too, mainly because of how dense he is. He actually bases characters in his manga on his friends, but uses Mikoshiba as inspiration for his female leads. Its also hilarious to see his roundabout ways of storytelling to prevent inconsistencies within his manga. One of the most memorable gags to me was when he drew a page of the lead character stating how popular it had become to stand on boxes, in order to prevent issues with size scaling of his characters. I think thats how it went, at least.

Anyway, its a really funny show. One of the better to come out in the past few years, with a fantastic cast of characters. For a hot minute, it looked like the same staff struck gold with the similar Tada-kun Never Falls in Love, but they pretty much showed how inept they are at writing original comedy, holy shit Im still pissed about that show. Either way, a new season of Nozaki is necessary, please Doga Kobo.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 10:46:02 PM
#31
17. ERASED (2016)
Turnsniper (2/5)
tD5ISnm


ERASED is about a guy who works as a pizza delivery boy getting the power to move backwards in time in order to prevent tragedies. After a particularly personal tragedy, he jumps back much further than ever before, all the way to his childhood. Here, he must intervene with fate in order to prevent a series of kidnappings involving elementary school girls. Of course, he must do all of this in the body of a grade schooler, but the mind of an adult. While the mystery of who the kidnapper is and how his plot unravels drives the narrative, I feel like people who go into this expecting some deep mystery would be let down by how obvious and shallow everything is. But I think the show works better when viewed as a personal tale of child abuse, and how helpless the victims tend to be.

The writing for the show is always pretty great. Even with a few blatantly obvious plot twists, it was really exciting to see everything unravel. Satoru being able to retain his adult brain makes for some pretty awesome confrontations with the adults. Kayo's story is one of the most heartbreaking I've seen, and it's completely satisfying o see her saved in the end. I also loved Airi, Satoru's coworker from the present day, but she gets shafted near the end, unfortunately, despite playing a huge part in the manga (Which I still need to read :/). Really, the first 75% of this show is perfect. It's got great drama, explore interesting concepts, and pretty much every major character feels fleshed out. But it starts to rush things toward the end, culminating into a joke of an ending. They literally catch the main villain using a trick taken straight out of something like Hey Arnold. They apparently tried to cram a fourth of the entire story into one finale, which obviously makes for some bad writing. It's just a shame such a good show failed to stick the landing in such an embarrassing fashion.

I do plan on reading the manga though. While I know the mystery and the overall conclusion, I'm still pretty interested to see things expanded on. I think the anime could've been top 10 material without the rushing, so I imagine I'll love the manga. Just some neat stuff to look forward to in the future!
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TopicTazzy Ranks 101 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 10:14:39 PM
#497
wait

no
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TopicJeremy Parish returns to rank the entire Donkey Kong series
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 9:45:10 PM
#21
Tropical Freeze not #1 smh
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 190: Spring;Gate
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 4:11:58 PM
#388
Based on your complaints, you should like S2 a good deal more
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 190: Spring;Gate
tazzyboyishere
05/10/18 10:06:46 AM
#372
Is that a fighting game or a beat 'em up? I can never tell...
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Topic~MLB Official Discuss Topic 2: The Times They Are A Changin'~
tazzyboyishere
05/09/18 11:15:37 PM
#13
Well the Cubs can still beat bad teams, so that's one thing to be happy about!
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TopicTazzy Ranks 101 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups
tazzyboyishere
05/09/18 11:01:50 PM
#496
GranzonEx posted...
hey Ciri needs your help

are you doing everything you can to help or off dicking around in brothels

Uhhh

yes
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/09/18 10:56:53 PM
#27
I've noticed my prewritten write-ups are usually significantly worse than the ones I write as I go, which seems really weird. I should probably be rewriting them, but every time I get to them, I think, "Ooh, I already did this! Easy update!" and then paste it in without reading it. Will look into this further...

LEADERBOARD (Points are based on differential. Lower scores are better)
TRE - 7
Eerieka - 12
Roba - 15
Leonhart - 19
handsomeboy - 21
Koala - 21
SeabassDebeste - 30
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/09/18 10:51:58 PM
#25
18. Daily Lives of High School Boys (2012)
Granzon (2/5)
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Arguably the funniest anime ever created, Daily Lives of High School Boys is a very misleading show. Yeah, its about some boys in high school living out their daily lives, but that premise has little to do with what makes the show so good.

There isnt much in the way of plot here, since its entirely composed of episodic skits focusing on character interactions. Nearly every guy is dumb, and nearly every girl is insane, and it puts forward some fantastic comedic moments. Generally speaking, Ringos interactions with the student council are probably my favorite continuing gimmicks, followed closely behind Hidenori and Yassans scenes on the riverbank.

Despite how much I loved it, its probably worth a rewatch, since Im having difficulties remembering a lot of it. Usually its hard to rewatch comedies, but now that everything would likely feel fresh, itd be worth a shot! The show also has one of my favorite EDs OF ALL TIME, even though it's intentionally bad singing, but hey, can't change my tastes!
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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 190: Spring;Gate
tazzyboyishere
05/09/18 10:43:16 PM
#356
It's been a while, but I remember that one being pretty bad about it too. Could just be misremembering though.
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TopicTazzy Ranks 102 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups: The Top 20
tazzyboyishere
05/09/18 10:40:26 PM
#24
pyresword posted...
Now this was a show I never got the love for.

I don't know--shoujo romance and I just don't get along for some reason, which is weird considering how much I like romance in general. I don't really remember liking anything about this show after the first episode or two though.

Monster

But yeah, I'm not really super into shoujo romance in general either, but there are a few outliers, and MLS is probably the biggest one.
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