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TopicZelda plays Danganronpa Part 3 - Rise and Shine, Ursine
ZeldaTPLink
11/25/19 10:18:45 PM
#18
Ultimate Child Caregiver. What is up with the designs that don't match their talents?

She doesn't even like kids, lol. She just grew up on an orphanage so kids looked up to her.

She seems smart. I like smart characters in my DR cast.

A game room. Damn, if only Chiaki was alive (and existant in this universe) to see this.

I... Ryoma is amazing.

I'm getting Gundham vibes. Dude is a dwarf, with a strange face that may or may not be a mask, who is a Tennis Pro, and took down a mafia by hitting them with tennis balls. And wtf is with this voice. I can't even. I didn't think anyone could out-weird Ms. Pink Inventor, but here we are.

Feeling it's gonna be a real nice dude too. And unlike Fuyu, he's not even starting as a jackass. He just feels guilty for his past.

Ultimate... Anthropolologist. Is it just me or this series is starting to scrap the bottom of the barrel for talents? I like his design, though.

I'm imagining this guy looking at Monokubs and scratching his head over what culture generated them.

Aaaaaand he got creepy.

The door opens! But we are inside a cage. Well, that's a simpler solution than barring all the windows with steel, I give you that.

I like the monokubs but their theme song aged real fast.

Kaede likes slapping people. That's certainly an useful skill in this series.

Ultimate Astronaut. I can't keep up with those abilities, damn. Astronauts, robots, mages... what's next, Ultimate Super-Hero?

And then we get the descriptions and it's the lamer version of it, such as "I'm still in training". Sorry Astronaut-kun, Robot-kun is the real deal and you still aren't.

Dude feels a little cliche, I'm smelling an early death flag here.

Ultimate Maid. Wasn't that Chisa's role? Or she was Housekeeper, but those are similar. She reminds me of Peko. Smart and serious. Could be a cool character down the line.

She only wants to serve. Yep, Peko.

We meet a large, muscular guy on a suit and the music changes to an omonious one. Brace yourselves for weirdness.

Weirdness received. He speaks like a caveman and is the Ultimate Entomologist.

I feel like this dude is gonna me amazing in trials.

And he was raised by wolves after getting lost in the woods looking for wolves. Okay, I want whatever those games designers had, and I want it now.

He becomes even scarier than Sakura when people say they hate bugs, oof. Yeah I really need to see him in a a trial.

Shrine of Judgement. Looks like the place of trials, I guess?

You know, 10 minutes ago I had a thought on how it was weird this series was going for all the weirdest talents and yet had skipped Ultimate Artist, one of the more vanilla ones. And now, I'm impressed at my own prediction skills. We finish this sequence of random-ass talents with one that could actually be found in a normal high school.

She is extremely devoted to her... huh... island god. Depending on how it goes, she could either get really cute, or Hiro levels of annoying.
TopicZelda plays Danganronpa Part 3 - Rise and Shine, Ursine
ZeldaTPLink
11/25/19 6:10:32 AM
#13
benjamin3740 posted...
I don't feel like it's a spoiler to say this... since it was made clear in the pre-release of this game, and I want to set your expectations. This is a new universe of danganronpa. Danganronpa 3 was the end of the Hope's Peak storyline. Hence why this is V3. They didn't want to be tied down to that expanding story arc anymore


I see. Well, this is probably for the best. The Tragedy already constrained the possibilities a lot. Now the villain's motivation could be something completely different.
TopicZelda plays Danganronpa Part 3 - Rise and Shine, Ursine
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 9:40:45 PM
#7
There's a music room right in the beginning, but it's locked. The cruelty displayed by those bears has no bounds. This is almost as evil as revealing the dojo only after Sakura died.

Oh so the grammar nazi is the yellow bear. Okay.

"I'll get to play as much piano as I want when I finally escape this place". Kaede, dear, knowing this series, you'll be lucky if pianos still exist on the outside world.

We see an airhead blue hair girl. I'm about to guess Mathematician, instead we get Cosplayer. Because we totally needed a second Hifumi.

I like how real she is, though. "I was ignoring you guys so you'd go away". lol.

Kaede: "you have this strange, sexy aura about you". You mean she's probably a pervert. Because this series was totally short of them.

Actually it's Kaede who is the pervert. Oh, boy.

It's kind of weird to enter the girl's bathroom in these games.

Hey it's Green Nagito.

He forgot his talent. That's the passport to protagonism in this series.

We meet what looks like the offspring of Mondo from DR1 and Penelope Pitstop. And she's the Ultimate Inventor. Because.

So much to swallow. Biker vibe. Big ego. Hyoko tendencies. Mahiru tendencies too. Has "are you a fucking virgin" as a dubbed line. I feel like I'll either completely love or hate this character before Chapter 1 is over.

She makes great inventions, but she only wants to get some sleep. lol.

Now she is looking for a way to get high. I didn't expect to spend this much text on a character but the info keeps coming. Holy shit.

Detective is sensitive about his hat. Daaaaw.

Kaede is wondering about the dining hall and I'm wondering why there's a witch here.

Ultimate Mage. Well if her powers work at least 31% of the time that's impressive for this series standards.

Nope, she's a magician. But she thinks magic is real. That's amusing if not kind of sad.

Ultimate Aikido Master. That's weirdly specific. Kind of hard to get a read on this girl, too.

Two boys who seem like the came out from Beyblade are... clashing. Or something.

Ultimate... Robot. I can't even. It used to be like Nekomaru turning into a robot was something out of fantasy, now it's a normal character trait. Lmao.

What is an Ultimate Supreme Leader? A dictator? A coach? A Byakuya wannabe? All of them?

"I see how being a robot might be enough for being called the Ultimate Robot". Well put, Kaede, well put.

So the kid claims to be the leader of an evil secret organization. He's also an asshole. I'm getting some serious Hiyoko vibes here.

I'd love to meet the entire cast today, but I have to go to bed. See you some time later this week.
TopicZelda plays Danganronpa Part 3 - Rise and Shine, Ursine
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:58:16 PM
#5
MrSmartGuy posted...
Finally, some good fucking food. /ramsey

ZeldaTPLink posted...
I... I love the Monokubs.

Well, at least somebody finally does.


Does the fandom hate them? I mean they are annoying, but that's on par with the course.

Maybe they don't age well or something?
TopicZelda plays Danganronpa Part 3 - Rise and Shine, Ursine
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:52:18 PM
#3
The Monokubs seem based on the past DR characters. Red one is Gundham. Yellow is Byakuya. Blue is either Nekomaru or Ibuki. Green is maybe... Chihiro? Pink is probably Chiaki, since she's asleep.

The cast receives clothers, and now they look like a proper insane DR cast again.

A weird light appears. Words and DNA helixes fly around. And we are back to the locket, but now with proper Ultimate clothes. If the previous sentence made sense, you are playing Danganronpa.

Hmm is it just me or that kid from the start is wearing the exact same clothes as he was before? Kaede and everyone else changed, but he didn't.

They don't seem to remember being forced into cars this time. It's like all the game so far was the mastermind screwing up with the plan and having to start over properly. Lmao.

Kaede talked about some symphony. And she has musical notes in her hair. I'm guessing Ultimate Pianist, or Ultimate Classic Musician. And the boy should be Ultimate Baseball Player from his clothers, but... we already had Leon?

Monokubs are happy Kaede doesn't know about them this time. Okay, this makes sense, their plan worked, except where would have someone in this universe had heard about Monokubs? They didn't feature in DR1-3's killing games.

"So long, bear well". I'm gonna die.

So we have a government program for gathering ultimates. You'd think after DR3 people would have learned this is a horrible idea by now. That's assuming Makoto and co. aren't outside trying to stop this or something.

Oh, kid is the Ultimate Detective. Okay. Weird clothers, looks like a teenage Sherlock Holmes of sorts.

He just happened to solve one case. Interesting. That's a change from Kyoko and her clan of detectives.

Yeah, Kaede is a Pianist. First time the main character has a normal-ass sounding Ultimate talent. Not stuff like "won a lottery" or "had magic brain surgery".

Her backstory is a pretty normal Ultimate one, too. She was really good at piano. No problem.

We see a flash of Kaede with a memory erasing helmet. Strange how those games have never bothered to show how memory gets erased until now. We just kind of assumed the technology existed.

The game actually shows Kaede on the right side of the screen as she talks to people. I commend the effort to make the protagonist less of an audience surrogate.

You slap things to obtain monocoins instead of checking them and reading through repeat dialogue. This is great. If I learn they got rid of Hangman's Gambit this is already the best gameplay in the series.
TopicZelda plays Danganronpa Part 3 - Rise and Shine, Ursine
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:51:08 PM
#2
What's up with the road aesthetic?

I just watched a trailer for the game I'm about to play, in the game. Okay.

There wasn't an opening this time. Not yet, at least. Also this game doesn't go on full screen for some reason.

The hero, who is a girl this time, forgot who she is. Just a normal day in DR Land.

Wait no she remembers. Okay.

"Nice to meet... me". Huh...

Going out of a locker is a weird new way to start a game in this series. I like it because it opens more possibilities for a backstory, without having to resort to a simulation twist like DR2 did.

A dude fell out of a nearby locker. I wouldn't trust him if I were you, Kaede. The last "second main" in this series turned out to be a psycho.

Kaede has showed more personality in 5 minutes than Makoto did in about half the first game.

Shoved into a car. Okay. That's different from "agreed to stay in a shelter".

Giant robots are attacking us. And the whole school is covered in grass. Because.

This game does not work as well with my controller than the previous one. For starters, it doesn't let me more the camera with the control stick. I have to used the direction pads, which is awkward because I'm already using my left finger to move.

We enter the gym and meet the rest of the cast.

Ok, besides the dwarf who wears a mask, nobody is too weird. No Fat Byakuyas this time, I mean. Actually this cast looks very vanilla compared to the previous two.

First task: count the students. There are 16 total. Phew.

I'm hearing some very nice sounding pieces of voice acting.

Green hair boy is creepy as fuck and should be executed asap. That's that I'd say in-universe, at least. As a player, I have a feeling this is gonna be a good character.

It seems he knows about killing games and has a clue of what is going on. Well, if this game is after DR3 and not involve a memory erasure plot, some people should know about them by now.

And so, we hear a voice we are well used to. The best version of the voice, not the one who says "pupupupupu".

Did Monokuma just get grammar nazi'd? Whoever did that is my new favorite character.

I... I love the Monokubs.

Rise and shine, ursine.

Oh ok so the Monokuma sounding one was actually Monotaro. I'll learn those names soon enough. I gotta say though, they seem like a huge improvement over Monomi.

So the kids forgot they have talents. Of course there's a memory erasure plot.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:50:26 PM
#475
TopicZelda plays Danganronpa Part 3 - Rise and Shine, Ursine
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:49:58 PM
#1
New thread, and new game, as I'm finally done with the anime nobody really liked.

We now play Danganronpa V3, because I'm itching to do some gaming again (been playing World of Goo on phone but it's a different kind of animal).

Previous archived threads can be found here:

http://zyxyzarchive.x10host.com/index_zeldadr.html

Let us begin.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 5:14:59 PM
#473
Downloading V3.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 4:56:31 PM
#471
MrSmartGuy posted...
For the record, that last Kyoko line was actually in the anime for a while before they realized the voice actors put it in there. Even they knew that was super bullshit.


lmao

Better not to think too much.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 11:30:22 AM
#468
Now, Despair Arc, the divisive one.

I already talked a bit about the stuff with the brainwashing videos, but here's my two cents. Yes, I was hyped to see Junko manipilating all 15 students one by one. Yes, I think there was a missed potential here. But I still liked what we got instead. It showed Junko's character and talents in a lot of ways, and made me like the character more. No, she can't drive people into becoming copies of her just by talking to them. But she has godlike analytical skills, is very good at adapting on the fly, is still great at manipulating people to do what she wants (even if she can't outright overwrite their personalities) and is completely unhinged in a way that is both cool and creepy.

We also got an explanation on why she is full of despair: she is so overwhelmed with her analytical skills, that the world has become boring, and the only thing that makes her happy is pure chaos.

And I'm not sure if the brainwashing thing contradicts canon at all. Looking around I found a blog post with a screencap saying DR2 did mention brainwashing, so yeah. I guess it was more about how DR2 set high expectations and didn't meet them. Another issue is how I'm not sure if they could have portrayed 15 different descents into madness in 11 episodes. It's kind of unrealistic for Junko to have that ability to begin with, so it would need a lot of screentime to look realistic enough. Granted, we got a lot of filler of sorts, but this filler served to developed characters like Chiaki and Chisa.

Hajime's usage here was kind of weird. I'm still not sure if I like how he turned to be Ultimate Boredom rather than a psychopath at Junko's service. But in the end, the bored guy turned out to be interesting in his own way.

I guess my main gripe here is how they failed to get an interesting usage of the DR2 cast overall. Except for Imposter and Chiaki, they are all just one-dimensional. They never get any development, and some of them (I'm looking at you, Mahiru) somehow got even flatter. If the anime had kept the brainwashing thing but had the kids participate more on its developments it could have worked. Instead, Junko's plot goes in parallel, being much more interesting than the stuff we are seeing with the kids. And we get a lot of backstory for Future Arc characters, which is well told, but not very interesting since those people suck. Well, I liked Chisa I guess.

The highlight are all the events involving the Tragedy. It starts with Junko torturing a guy and it's a wild ride from there. We already know what will happen, but we can't stop watching as the madness unfolds. Kudos to the episode about the student council killing each other while Mukuro sang. That was incredible.

Overall, 6/10. It was a fun watch, even if it had a lot of missed potential.

And that makes it 5/10 for the anime as a whole. Final rating: meh.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 11:14:01 AM
#467
Ok, let's talk about this anime.

First, Future Arc. It's the weaker one of the two. The big issue with it is the format: they decided to do another Killing Game, because that's what DR is about, right? But in the translation they lost the one thing that made DR great: the trials. Without trials, all you have is people locked in a building waiting for something to happen. So in order to create tension and stretch the plot, they took the laziest solution in storytelling: make the entire cast incredibly stupid.

I won't describe them individually now, but every new character in this show is either unremarkable, or stupid in such an agggressive way that at some point in this thread I was able to make social commentary on education from it. Meanwhile, characters like Makoto and Kyoko, whose strength came from their trial presence, lost a lot of their shine. Only Hina was still strong in this anime. Hiro was also wasted (though considering it's Hiro there's not much to be wasted) and I wish we had gotten more of Byakuya and Toko. I know they are in UDG, but meh.

They could have fixed this anime by either bringing trials back, or just ditching the killing game system and made a normal anime about the FF's efforts to fight against Despair. The later is what I thought I was going to watch, and while it was interesting to see another killing game, the execution made it not worth it. And it felt that later on, after realizing the terrible cast they had created, the show just killed them all off, except Munakata and Mitarai. It did give a redemption arc to Boxer, but the rest felt kind of wasted. Especially Baker, who seemed like she was getting an arc too. Meanwhile, it let all the DR1 characters live, even Kyoko, as if the anime was self-aware that its original characters were inferior.

The main plot is good, though. Yeah the stuff with Mitarai in the end was kind of crazy, but this is Danganronpa, I've seen crazier. It was fun guessing what was going on. After Kyoko's fake death, the plot picks up and it's a fun watch until the end. The final episode with the DR2 cast screams fanservice, but it didn't piss me off because this series is so dark that bringing 10 or so characters back is still not enough to ruin the tension.

Overall, 4/10. A lot of fails, but not irredeemable.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 10:57:04 AM
#466
Hope Arc

Hajime is here. His character arc is complete. And apparently he brought EVERYBODY back. <Insert Smash meme here>.

It seems he still has some of his infite talent powers, and that's how he made such a miracle happen. His Darth self's plan came into fruiction by creating an Ultimate Hope.

Those brainwashed troops were apparently trained in the same place as the Imperial Stromtroopers.

Someone knocks a stone, which knocks another one, creating a domino effect that takes down the troops. Guess who... it's Nagito!

Guess Nagito didn't expect to wake up again after the insanity that was 2-5, huh.

He has a mechanical arm, too. I guess he ditched the creepy Junko hand.

Imposter is now dressed as Munakata, and fighting with a sword. I dig it. He's probably better than the original.

Fuyu also ditched the weird mechanical eye. Now he looks like Roronoa Zoro.

This anime was worth watching just to see Gundham alive and kicking ass again.

Kazuichi built an army of mini Nekomaru bots. And Sonia finally gives him praise.

Teruteru: "Justin Bieber!". lol.

Mikanaves Hyoko and finally gets a "thank you" for it. Ah, the magic of character development.

She and Sonia are still useless in this setting, though but I guess this is better than trying to come up with a way to make them useful. Well, they did give an use to Mahiru's camera I guess.

I know Hajime is amazing but it kind of downplays Makoto that he fails to get to the final boss room before Hajime even though he started going there first.

lol everybody got there before Makoto. You suck, kid.

This whole dialogue is sooooo anime.

Mitarai gives in, and joins the party! And turns down the coutdown with 5 seconds left. Of course.

And Makoto didn't do anything in the end. Well, he did stop Munakata's rampage, so there's that.

Mikan wants to say something to Makoto but she is interrupted by Nagito, who wanted to fanboy about his his Ultimate Luck is greater than his. Lol.

Eh I hope they do something about his dementia, assuming it's possible to heal it with ultimate talents and whatever. Otherwise this ending won't be so happy.

The DR2 cast send a video taking tblame for everything that happened in Future Arc. So the world doesn't learn just how fucking awful the FF cast was. It is a necessary sacrifice.

Byakuya has a point, none of this would have happened if Makoto didn't put those kids in that simulation to begin with. His illogical act of compassion saved the world.

The DR2 cast will know be seem eating bone in the meat every other scene, to make up for the feast they didn't get to eat in 2-1. Imposter is happy with this development.

So Chiaki AI was supposed to be based on the class' collective thoughts, and it took the form of Chiaki because they all wanted to see her. A little forced, but whatever. I think I preferred my theory about Hajime inserting both AIs into the system.

Mitarai, don't throw your phone in the water like that. Smash it first. What if someone recovers it?

Kyoko lives! Hell yeah! This has asspull written all over it, but I don't mind it. The world has best girls again.

Makoto is now the director of HPA. He's not exactly qualified for the job, but let's be fair, it's not a very high bar given his predecessors.

And Danganronpa is finally over! Or is it?
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:57:16 AM
#465
Future 12

In the past, Chisa gives the brainwash video and the suicide video to Tengan. I wonder how she made him actually watch it, though.

Mitarai receives a video from Tengan confessing to everything. Welp, I guess Mitarai was not the mastermind. He's just the poor guy whose anime skills keep being used to cause tragedies over and over. Sucks to be him.

Mitarai decides he will fight. Fuck yeah! The Makoto influence never fails.

Ooooh Mitarai made a Hope Video. Now we're talking.

I guess the fact Junko's brainwashing was revealed to be magical kind of opens the door for a magical undoing of it.

Makoto thinks people should overcome despair naturally. Damn, Makoto, shut up for a moment. The kid's plan is good.

That said I give it a 80% chance Unspoken Plan Guarantee will kick in and Mitarai's plan will backfire. Again.

Mitarai's bracelet restricted his talent, and now he's using brainwashing videos left and right. He was the villain of the anime in the end, but not how I was expecting.

Byakuya's troops FINALLY arrive. Took a long as time, didn't you.

Oh ok, so Mitarai's plan isn't specifically to reverse despair, but to erase negative emotions in all of humanity. That's basically the plot of Tales of Berseria. Or Code Geass. The kid has good itentions, but he's going to end humanity's individuality and potential, yada yada, so he must be stopped.

Munakata is just fucking done with all this shit.

Makoto figures out Tengan couldn't have watched the videos. There is fuckery at play.

Oh, so Tengan was never Despair. He was the one manipulating Mitarai to unleash the Hope Video. That's why this game wasn't broadcasted, it was just a message to Mitarai, not the whole world. But the plan almost failed because Mitarai ended up being in the game too.

Interesting how in the end, the Despair faction had nothing to do with the plot of this arc. Things just happened because of people's individual hope and despair clashing. Like a wise man would say, this too, is the will of causality.

Mitarai brainwashed all the troops, but they are still not enough versus Munakata's asskickery.

Hina is shot in the leg. Damnnit, DR3, stop harming best girls! At this rate I'm gonna have to call Toko a best girl at some point.

Mitarai commands the broadcast to start, but there is a 30 min counter. Apparently there are only dial up connections in the post-apocalyptical world. That, and we need the extra tension.

I know Munakata has anime-tier fighting skills, but having him rush into a stream of machine gun fire without getting hurt is a little too unrealistic even for anime.

In the Land Behind the Fourth Wall, Chisa and Junko are watching everything.

Junko exposes something that is true. Tengan is the same idiot who thought creating Darth Hajime was a good idea. Removing people's feelings NEVER works, old man.

She also exposes how much Makoto is an hypocrite for being against brainwashing when the thing he did in DR2 was attempt to brainwash the kids himself. Well, that's the point I was making above. Using magical anime to reverse Junko's despair isn't necessarily a bad idea, it's just that Mitarai is taking it to another level.

It's weird how this anime's writing has failures yet one of the characters, Junko, is aware of them.

The flashback of dead characters skipped Kyoko again...

Suddenly, Hiro shows up for the rescue, after being useless for a full game and 11 episodes.

Oh Byakuya is with him. Of course. Hiro would never pull off something heroic by himself. And I guess the previous soldiers weren't Byakuya's ones, just some random FF ones who were here just so Mitarai could have an army.

Hajime arrives. The end is nigh.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:11:49 AM
#464
Actually it might be a good idea to move to a new thread. @Zyxyz0, could you do your archiving magic? Thanks.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:10:57 AM
#463
Despair Arc is over, and so is the world. I'll talk about both anime when I'm done with Future and Hope.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 8:08:30 AM
#462
Despair 11

Munakata's expansion project is being shut down with no explanation, as the school goes down in flames. Meanwhile, Boxer-kun is being a coward, and Chisa is now a robot. Just a normal day on DR3land.

Daaaw, Darth Hajime is still holding Chiaki's galaga hairpin.

Junko exploded a window to show her excitement. I can't relate, but it's cool.

Chisa and the DR2 crew are having a seemingly normal class. meanwhile, all hell is breaking loose outside. She talks about love and heart to her students while molotov cocktails fly on the window and students murder each other with picks. Ominous.

All the students are boasting about how they are gonna help the world. Except Nagito. He's boasting about how he's gonna turn into despair, so hope wins. Somehow I actually think he means it.

Hajime will erase his own mories so he can test whether despair or hope is stronger. Weird.

He's an interesting character, but one hell of a loose cannon. Junko is taking a huge risk by letting him roam free. Well, that's Chaotic Evil for you.

Hmm... was he the one who created Virtual Chiaki? Would make sense since he's the only one left who seems to care about her. Also explains why he inserted Virtual Junko into the program. He inserted both an avatar of Hope and one of Despair to see who wins. And what is interesting is that they both went to try to influence his non-Ultimate self, with Chiaki coming out victorious in the end.

Kyoko's father begins the plan to protect the surviving students. But the reason they survived was probably that Junko spared them, in order to put the DR1 plot in motion. You just can't win against her. Unless you are Makoto.

Recruiter-kun going on about how he's gonna protect Kyoko with his life. Except that she's dead. Meh.

Junko sends a message in her phone and hundreds of students jump out of windows. Civilization is over, you can go home now.

The DR1 works together to seal the school, while Celestia drinks tea. This is perfect.

Junko is scared of Makoto. A bit 4th wall breaking, but okay.

She tries to throw a wrench onto his head, but his magical luck makes him skill and dodge it. This is strange, DR1 never actually said Makoto had magical luck, unlike Nagito. But this actually makes more sense.

Okay, so Makoto's luck is different from Nagito. Less fluctuating and violent, but harder to understand. Junko decides to spare him, because losing to a puny kid like him would be very despairing. I guess we are supposed to interpret whether she wants that or not.

The world ended because Boxer was afraid to leave the closet. Tragic.

Yep, my theory is right. Virtual Chiaki was created and introduced into the system by Darth Hajime. A little weird how Monomi instantly adapted to it, but I guess he could just hack her or something.

Again, I like what this does to DR2's ending. Makes more sense now. Hajime just wasn't powering up out of no reason, that was the result of an experiment from his Darth self to test which side of him was stronger. And Hope won in the end. It also explains how he was able to just delete Virtual Junko out of nowhere. Well, she was put there by him, and if he designed Chiaki to be as powerful as Junko, then having Hope win means Chiaki was able to power him up to defeat Junko.

In the end, Junko in DR2 was playing on Darth Hajime's hand. Her despair was tested by him, and failed, so he executed the virtual copy that was supposed to be her backup.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/24/19 6:32:34 AM
#461
Yeah it took a long time, but like I said before, I timed the anime with a busier time of my year so I could take this more slowly. Next week I should be more free.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/23/19 9:46:03 PM
#458
Feels like Junko is more of the "adapt and do things on the fly" type of villain than the mastermind one.

She came to the school just thinking "imma end the world" and spent months spying and torturing people until she found a path. It's the perfect Chaotic Evil villain.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/23/19 9:42:38 PM
#457
tcaz2 posted...
ZeldaTPLink posted...
Early on she lampshaded that she doesn't know how to brainwash people, but she is so cunning, so resourceful and so insane that she created a crazy plan that in the end made it happen.

But the plan is literally 'find someone that can do it for her and then make them do it'

That's not smart. That's obvious.


It kind of is smart. She bumped into Mitarai out of nowhere and saw the potential to end the world in his eyes, then used a fucking dungeon that she found in nowhere, coupled with info she got by spying on every relevant character in the cast, to create a scenario so convoluted it caused the entire humanity to kill itself so efficiently not even Adolf Hitler could do it.

She didn't do the science of it, but she did all the managing.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/23/19 9:40:12 PM
#456
Future 11

We start at the ending scene of DR1. Interesting.

The kids are startled that the sky is red. Makes sense, skies don't normally turn red just because evil things happened.

We see the DR3 cast watching them on the monitors. And... Chisa is still evil. Oh boy. So she is the mastermind? It's sad and yet makes sense. A suicidal mastermind, perhaps. Wonder how that fits with what Old Man said to VP.

Kyoko discovered that everyone commited suicide. lol wut?

Monitors are involved. And Mitarai doesn't seem happy that Makoto figured this out. Ha! Caught you.

I mean, the murder method already came from Mitarai to begin with. Add that to Chisa's credentials, and you have a functional mastermind, sort of.

The brainwashing video is Monokuma theater. I'm scared irl now.

Oh hey Sayaka! Long time no see.

Makoto's brainwashing involves having to face his dead waifus. Makes sense.

The DR1 cast appears for the first time in DR3, and I'm here wishing this show or Despair Arc had actually made use of them.

You know, this plan is pretty stupid if Makoto can just untie himself.

Makoto tries to kill himself... but Boxer-kun stops him. He lives! I'm somehow happy for that. He's a terrible character, but damn if this anime did not make me sympathize with him.

Heck, the cast is so terrible that Boxer-kun might actually end in the middle third of the ranking by the time this is over.

He cut his own left hand to remove the bracelet and become immune to this game's effects. Extreme, but actually sensible given this crazy gory setting where everyone dies. More intelligent than anything Munakata did since the first episode, at least.

Hmm... they didn't show Kyoko among the people killing themselves.

Yes, Boxer-kun, all the deaths so far were futile. Welcome to Danganronpa. Get on with the program.

For a moment I thought he was going to kill himself, but at least he doesn't lack tenacity.

So Boxer-kun actually gave in to Junko's blackmail. And he hated Makoto because unlike him, the later defeated Junko. And now he's admitting it. You know, the fact Boxer's terribleness is by design rather than bad writing makes me okay with the character.

So Old Man was Despair. Makes sense. Still a very cool character. But the fact the President of Future Foundation was Junko's lackey is pathetic.

Munakata already knew about Chisa. You know, I'm always impressed how Munakata is ahead of most people in knowledge, yet he makes the most idiotic decisions.

Boxer shut down the power in the building. Intelligent decisions: Boxer 2-0 VP.

VP is finally letting the power of "BELIEVE IN YOUR FRIENDS" get in. Nobody can resist it in the end. It's more powerful than brainwashing.

Credits song playing in the middle of the scene. It's how you know the friendship has gotten real.

And so, a beautiful friendship blossomed in the bottom of nowhere. Will those two together become more than the sum of their parts? Probably, the bar is not very high.

Eh I think Boxer is dead for real this time. That was anti-climatic.

Took 11 episodes, but the Makoto we know has finally resurfaced. He is using logic, and logic is pointing to New Kid aka Animator aka Mitarai. Thought this bland character facade would fool me? I read Agatha Christie, my friend.

New message from Tengan. President lives? Continues next episode.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/23/19 8:51:04 PM
#453
I'm not very impressed by these two shows overall but I'm not frustrated either. It's a mediocre adaption of something that lost a lot of its charm when it changed format and didn't bother to replace that charm with something else. But both shows are entertaining enough.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/23/19 8:47:02 PM
#452
Granted one of the reasons she accomplished this is that DR3 went very heavy on the incompetence of the entre school staff other than Chisa.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/23/19 8:38:39 PM
#451
This is what pissed you guys off?

I agree Junko would be cooler if she had manually brainwashed them one by one, but if anything this show has increased her OP-ness even further compared to what we knew before.

Early on she lampshaded that she doesn't know how to brainwash people, but she is so cunning, so resourceful and so insane that she created a crazy plan that in the end made it happen. She seems omnipresent and omniscient despite not having an army of Monokumas yet. She controls every moving part in the school. The brainwashing was just the icing on the cake.

I dunno the complaint feels pretty minor to me.

The thing I actually didn't like about this show is how Hajime's presence feels completely shoehorned in. It makes him seem less evil than everyone in the Despair group. Which is different from the portrayal we had from DR2. Albeit technically most of that portrayal was from Junko's mouth, so she could be lying.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/23/19 7:35:53 PM
#448
Despair 10

Last episode, Best Girl Chiaki (now officially!) was in an ominous cyberpunk corridor with Chisa who can smile. Or something like that.

Chisa's eyes have a shade on them. Good to now this universe laws lets you know who is shady more easily.

Boxer-kun was rekt. Yeah, go Junko!

Oh shit, Boxer-kun was in love with VP-kun, not Chisa. That makes his death 2x more tragic, imo.

Boxer-kun, I know you are a terrible character, but even you wouldn't betray your love just to avoid letting him discover you love him, right?

Teruteru would fuck Nagito. I feel like I'd be happier without learning this info. Also this is Danganronpa: Gay Episode, apparently. I'm okay with that, but it's a weird setting for this kind of reveal. Too gory.

I never have too much of Kazuichi's faces. Lmao.

An elevator similar to the ones in the DR games. Ominous.

Chisa has swirly eyes. GTFO, Chiaki, GTFO!

Nagito sees the trap. But he's too weak to do anything. Even then, he continues to be a top tier character.

Oh fuck she's getting a DR-style execution. NonononononoNONONONO! Why must you keep doing this to me, Danganronpa?

This is dark as fuck.

Chiaki was impaled from every direction. After thonking she had finally met her friends. Damn.

The world is dark and sad and without best girls. Only V3 can save us now.

The silver lining is that before going down, Chiaki said she would save them all. And we know she does. This somehow improves DR2's confusing ending by making Chiaki more than just a semi-Mary Sue.

The sheer horror of the scene (and some Mitarai anime magic) drives all the class into despair.

14 people have just been mindfucked beyond salvation and Nagito STILL manages to make less sense than the rest of them.

Junko Enoshima wanted to remake the world to her image. The 2 are now 16 (and a very bored 17th).

An empty courtroom with Monokuma, and someone looking at Chiaki's body. Hmm.

How in nine hells is she still moving?

Chiaki tries to convince Hajime into being good again. Unfortunately this only works in virtual realities.

Gotta give it to Chiaki, she has the tenacity of a shounen protagonist. She lost, what half of her blood? And still trying to get up.

Hajime is crying, and doesn't know why. Chiaki's best girl powers transcend reality and logic.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/21/19 6:15:18 PM
#446
tcaz2 posted...
I think you missed a post credits scene there...?


The only scene is in Jabberwock.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/20/19 9:23:42 PM
#444
Future 10

We see a flashback of when Kyoko saved Makoto from the trash, just to make this anime sadder.

Man this opening is really spilerific isn't it.

You know, I like Makoto. Yes, he's bland. But a character this hopeful is necessary in a dark setting like this. Nothing short of Makoto can defeat a nutjob like Munakata after seeing his own girl die. Anyone else besides him or Hajime would break. Or maybe Chisa.

So now Makoto, who can't run, will try to escape from a crazy dude with a katana who can run and just defeated a robot who had rocket launches. I don't see how this can work unless Byakuya shows up or something.

Seems like Kyoko left blood messages before going down. Atta girl.

Water + electricity trap. Classic. But VP has a magic sword. Or something.

Seriously, Makoto? No, you can't beat this guy with a fire extinguisher. You are the Ultimate Lucky Student, not a fighter. A very lousy lucky student who is not Nagito. Then again, you are alive and Nagito is not (though that's his fault, too).

VP can't kill Makoto? What? You killed Boxer-kun ffs.

Wait, is that his condition? Oh Monokuma, you devious bastard.

Oh it's "open doors". It's just silly. But Makoto figured out and used it against him. Clever. Now he is powerless against Makoto's protagonist therapy powers.

VP will talk, but only if he can beat the crap out of Makoto in the meantime. Meh, even DR1 cast wasn't this anti-social.

What the fuck? Did president lie? Was he the masternd? I can't even.

Makoto just proved to VP that he didn't love his girl enough. Ouch.

He broke. First time we see this dude cry since his girlfriend died. Good. This cold demanor was just a facade, after all.

His eyes are magically normal-colored again. Because.

Hina arrives with the Mastermind reveal. New Kid is not with her. She's about to reveal the president. Or someone else. I don't know anymore.

A ship leaves Jabberwock. Ominous.
Topicdarkx plays A Hat in Time
ZeldaTPLink
11/18/19 6:23:17 AM
#5
The studio level music is incredible.
Topicdarkx plays A Hat in Time
ZeldaTPLink
11/18/19 6:22:43 AM
#4
BlueCrystalTear posted...
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TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/16/19 7:14:21 AM
#325
I've never finished Monster. I've tried to read it three times. After the first 3 or 4 volumes, the pacing slows down, I get bored and drop it. I know it's good, but for some reason it doesn't hook me.

This is different from 20CB where I was hooked from start to end. I guess the crazier story with more charismatic characters did it for me.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/15/19 5:55:03 AM
#443
tcaz2 posted...
I mean you'd think them having the same name would have tipped you off <_<


When was the last time they use his name in Future, though? Ep. 1?

That kid never does anything that makes him worth interacting with.

He's totally evil.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/15/19 5:53:03 AM
#442
At some point earlier I decided I wouldn't bother learning those people's names because this cast is terrible. I guess that bit me in the ass.

Well, I did learn some names. Like Munakata. But he keeps sucking so he doesn't get to have me use his name. Same for Mitarai.

Only Chisa gets that honor because she is a great character all around.

But yeah I guess I just didn't pay attention.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/14/19 10:41:17 PM
#436
Despair 9

Last we checked, Chiaki was having her Padm scene, and hr chances of making it aren't much better than Padm's. Will TPLink lose both his best girls in the same sitting?

Chisa throws a fucking fire extinguisher on Junko's head. Atta girl. She will protect HER students, but the rest can go fuck themselves.

Junko is using Chisa as bait to lure her students into a trap. No wonder she is broken in Future Arc. That's tragic.

Junko makes a random dude beheaed himself with a saw, just because she can. If I ever make a top list of villains, remind me to at least give her an honorary mention.

The cast wants to give up, but Chiaki reminds us why she is best girl. Now officially, since Kyoko is dead (fuck you, DR3)

Imposter removes his mask and reveals some random face. LMAO. Kazuichi is like "who the fuck are you".

We learn the school council recommended Junko even though the Headmaster AND Recruiter were against it, then said "okay now she is your business, deal with her". Man, I REALLY want to see all those old farts being give Monokuma-style executions.

VP used to be such a good character. But despair broke him. Not everyone can be Makoto and Hajime.

Chisa is being given the Clockwork Orange treatment. But it's not working. I guess the only thing that can break her is seeing her students break first.

Damn this anime turned gory fast. Chisa being inserted needles in her brain is off-putting.

Darth Hajime is not Ultimate Hope or Despair. He's Ultimate Tedium.

Real!Imposter's way of running is so cartoony I love it.

The DR2 cast runs into an angry mob. Communism can be about as scary as Junko depending on the situation.

Gundham summoning the 12 Generals of Zodiac is the coolest thing I saw this week.

Is it just me or Animator reminds me a little of New Kid? Maybe they are the same guy? Did I miss something obvious?

I just noticed a minor plot hole. How did Imposter notice it was Junko who kidnapped Animator? I don't recall him meeting her.

Animator tries to kill himself after realizing this show is not Bakuman. But he lives.

Boxer's tendency to solve everything through punching might actually be welcome here. Junko doesn't deserve anything less. Alas, we know he'll fail.

Mikan pushes Chiaki into a fake wall.

Why is there a super futuristic looking building under that statue?

The problem of estabilishing Hajime as completely devoid of motivation is that now I don't know what was his motivation to insert AI Junko into the simulation in DR2.

Chisa makes a shady smile as she meets Chiaki.

Episode name: Yukisome Chisa doesn't smile. OH SHI-
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/14/19 9:59:55 PM
#435
Future 9

Monokuma announces a recap episode and I'm almost clicking the Close button and moving to the next one. But it was just trolling.

The building falls er. The people inside feel a tremor, but just a tremor. Building twist incoming.

Ha! The secret exist was a scam, and they are underwater. Screw you, Boxer-kun.

Both opening songs have grown on me. Still not as cool as the games' openings, but they are solid.

Of course, Kyoko already knew the building twist.

VP is the main suspect. Therefore, it's not him.

Therapist is now Doc Ock. I approve of this development.

VP-kun murders her, though. She was too cool to last.

Why does it look like VP is about to murder Boxer? This would be insane but would make this show more exciting, tbh.

Kyoko was praising Makoto and he was hearing everything. lol. Now kiss.

Makoto is feeling useless, but he has a point. There are no trials here. He's just a target. Who can't move fast.

VP kills Boxer. This was so tragic I even feel bad for him. The cast is now 2x better, but damn.

We see the scene where Baker killed Blacksmith. It's sad. Then Blacksmith kisses her after realizing he's about to die. It's beta as fuck, but I actually appreciate the character for it. Baker will be scarred for life if she makes it. And I'm thinking she actually will, she got one hell of an arc even if it's a sad one.

Kyoko: "no matter what happens with me, never give up hope". Damn girl, don't say things that put a death flag on you.

Baker dies. So much for my theory. At least the show is cleansing terrible characters.

Yep, Kyoko is also dead. Danmit! She was the best girl. Man, I really hate how this cheapens DR1's ending. What is the point of going through that whole ordeal about saving Kyoko if she is wasted by some B-list villain here?

Also holy shit what a traic way to die. Her restriction was basically "if you let Makoto live, you die". And she knew he wasn't going to make it. Should have kissed him, or something, now that I'm thinking about it.

If Makoto can hope his way through this, he's basically a god. Like Hajime, or something.

Also, Recruiter-kun died for nothing. Meh.

FUCK YEAH, he's hoping his way through this.

Okay so the only characters left are three from DR1, VP who is an obvious decoy, and New Kid who has zero role in this story whatsoever. Is there any way the villain can be someone besides New Kid? Unless we are looking at Junko Episode 3: The Return of Pink Hitler.
TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/11/19 6:00:04 AM
#273
Book 4 of ASoIaF is rellly boring for the first 2/3 of it. Then it becomes great in the last 1/3.

Book 5 is kind of bad overall but I found myself more entertained by it than the first 2/3 of Book 4.

I don't think either book is too bad to warrant not reading them after you read the first 3, though. Martin is still a good writer, but he lost control of the gazillion characters and subplots he made so the plot doesn't move anymore.

It's a similar problem to One Piece, except that in this case the author has this crazy Japanese discipline where he works 20 hours a day so the story never halts, even if it moves slowly.
TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/11/19 5:54:17 AM
#272
KamikazePotato posted...
Order of the Stick is good fun, but while half of it is Fun Adventure Story the other half is Episodic Comedy which isn't usually my favorite thing. At least not enough of my favorite thing to put on a list like this.


The episodic comedy only lasts until about page 250 and we are nearing page 1200, though.
TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/10/19 10:13:20 AM
#256
Started reading Chrysallis. It's great. I thank you for this thread existing. I think I might record everything for later references.
TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/10/19 8:03:24 AM
#252
If The Order of the Stick is not in this list I feel like making one of my own just to explain why Order of the Stick is great.

And maybe talk about other stories I like.
TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/10/19 8:00:33 AM
#251
KamikazePotato posted...
1984
Book

You are a slow learner, Winston."

"How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four."

"Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.

I spent more time choosing the quote for 1984 than I will writing the rest of this post. There's a LOT of fantastic quotes from the book.

1984 is, in essence, the scariest horror story in existence. There is no better novel about a dystopian society and I don't think there ever will be. 1984 describes a world where free will is dead, facts can be alternative, and cognitive dissonance is a prized character trait. There's a lot of reasons why it's so effective, but I think the main reason is because of how uncompromising the prose is. 1984 doesn't pretend to be subtle. It directly and viciously describes how messed up the world is at every given point, showering you with uncomfortable one-liners like "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human facefor ever so that you never grow complacent to how far society in the book has degraded. There is no happy ending in 1984, or a happy middle or beginning either. It portrays a society where truth has lost and has no chance of ever returning, and that fact is never sugarcoated.

In a lesser novel it might have come across as too much, but in 1984 it only serves as a reminder that the state of society is recognized by the characters within it and none of them can do anything about it. In fact, the characters themselves self-regulate their own thoughts to ensure that they continue to love Big Brother, because that's all they've ever been taught to do. Specifically, main character Winston is a fantastic viewpoint character because he epitomizes every aspect of humanity that remains. You get the sense from his internal narration that he's not even remotely fully-formed as a person, and his attempts at gaining even a semblance of individuality end...poorly. The closing line of 1984 is one of the most chilling I've ever read.

Now that I think about it, 1984 holds a similar spot in my head that MGS2 was. Hit me in my formative years but has endured the test of time, but not in a way that I appreciate. Would prefer less doublethink in modern society, pretty please.


I'm scared of reading 1984 because I think it will make me more pessimistic about modern society and I don't really need that in my life right now. If anything, I'm looking for reasons to find hope. Same reason I don't touch Black Mirror or Years and Years.

I will read dystopia stories if they end with the good guys doing a revolution or something.

Also I've read and liked Animal Farm so I feel like I get to say I've read Orwell and talk about it even if I never touched the other book.
TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/10/19 7:43:29 AM
#250
KamikazePotato posted...
1. Dexter Season 8
TV Series

Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

One of the few pieces of media where I think literally every moment in it is bad. People who were upset by Game of Throne's bad final season should be glad that they never had to fight through the true final boss of bad TV final seasons. I say 'fight' because watching this season was a mental and physical struggle. The writers attacked you, the characters they'd built up, and the actors' future careers in an attempt to shoehorn in a incest subplot and the main character abandoning his son with an actual, literal serial killer so he can go be a lumberjack. And that's just scratching the surface! There's a hurricane in this season coincidentally named after Dexter's mother, and her's the actual given reason as to why:

"The hurricane also shares its name with Dexter's biological mother, Laura Moser. This is symbolic as Laura originally gave birth to Dexter, while the hurricane allowed Dexter to fake his death, and give birth to a new life."

Undoubtedly the worst TV to ever exist. I would need a damn good example to be convinced otherwise.


I only watched Dexter till season 4 and I don't regret it.
TopicTop 35 Stories in Fiction
ZeldaTPLink
11/10/19 7:26:20 AM
#248
KamikazePotato posted...
Tales of Berseria
Video Game

"I really thought I could have my old life back, and I could forget everything else. I tried to act like I was doing it for him, but it was all for myself.

...But I can't forget. I shouldn't forget."

Tales of Berseria is an experience that is hurt by its mid-budget JRPG trappings. The art style doesn't lend itself well to serious scenes, the voice acting for some side characters can be so wacky it takes you out of things (looking at you, Bienfu), and it can be difficult to get immersed in the world when every environment looks like ass. Plus, Tales isn't a series known for its stellar writing in the first place.

It still baffles me how fantastic this game's story turned out. The plot hook is simple - revenge stories were invented millenia ago - but it takes that hook and runs with it. It's not often that you get to play as a group of people this dedicated to their own goals, no matter what happens to everyone else, and it results in a lot of entertainingly morally-dubious scenes. Berseria has a lot of parts where you feel like the bad guy, and just as many where you ARE the bad guy, giving it a unique tone not seen in most other stories. I've never been a fan of games where you play as the villain, but Berseria dips into toe into EVIL just enough to make you feel bad for what you're doing while still retaining the conviction to see everything through until the end. Just like it works for the main characters!

Every member of the party has their own uniquely satisfying story and is written extremely well, to the point where it's maaaybe the best main cast of characters in any JRPG I've seen. And even among tough competition, Velvet Crowe stands out as an extremely memorable character. While her lines can veer a bit into edgelord territory, especially near the beginning of the game, she overall gets a ton of good moments and character development and is the defining reason behind why the game works so well. She carries the game's emotional weight on her shoulders.

It's that emotional weight that makes Berseria as memorable for me as it is. The game likes to lull you into a false sense of security with good-but-low-key writing before blasting you with a segment packed full with emotion, and it got me every time. A few of the scenes are very, very memorable for me and will be for a long time. Unfortunately, the ending has some questionable parts, and the last 1/4 isn't as good as what leads up to it, which prevents me from ranking the game higher, but the highs far outweigh the lows.

P.S. Velvet for Smash. Make it happen


I stopped right before the last dungeon months ago and could never finish it.

The problem is that while the story is good, I was never really that sold on the gameplay. It's overcomplicated, rewards players who love complicated combos way more than I do, and has dungeons too long and too repetitive. And don't get me started on that horrible equipment system.

I think I'll just watch the final cutscenes some time.

It shows that the other Tales game I played, Symphonia, I have beaten twice without feeling bored. The story is obviously inferior to Berseria, but it doesn't feel painful to play.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/08/19 5:59:18 AM
#433
Raka_Putra posted...
What do you suppose will happen to Chiaki?


Die, probably.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/07/19 9:35:35 PM
#430
Despair 8

Junko likes to build jigsaw puzzlesjust so she can flip the table and destroy them. Okay.

Seems Mikan is already in love with despair.

The world is shocked by the images of the Tragedy and wants to shut the school down, and I'm here thinking those shady old farts who run the school had it coming.

Animator-kun learns he's being used by Junko. Will he managed to stop her before it's too late? (he won't, wonder who's gonna slaughter him).

Peko is defending the school's side, while Fuyu is not swallowing their BS. Interesting to see the different views. Fuyu remains a top tier character.

Junko kicks Mikan on the ose and the later starts orgasming. Mad.

Animator's moment of resistance lasted only until he ran into Mukuro's business face. Poor kid.

Eh... why does Gundham have 12 hamsters now? And theyre the 12 generals of zodiac! Saint Seiya reference?

Nagito is back! Nobody rejoices. Except the viewer.

Chisa is literally a character in the wrong genre. Poor girl.

Imposter becoming an alpha for a few seconds because of Mikan then reverting back once Nagito calls that out is cute.

Nagito randomly opens a secret passage. Because Nagito.

And the secret passage leads to Junko's hideout. Oh shit.

Nagito just outsmaterd Junko like it's nothing. He got Peko to distract Mukuro and is now talking to her as an equal. I love Nagito.

He's like Junko's counterpart for hope. I bet the world ended because she managed to corrupt him.

Now he wants to challenge Junko so she may becoming a villain worth of being fought by the ultimate hope. He's crazy, but he has a point. The reason people like Makoto and Hajime rose to greatness was because an evil like Junko existed.

But he can't defeat Darth Hajime, because the later has luck too. Yes, it's possible to implant luck into a person thorugh brain surgery. #anime

Nagito is shot, but he conveniently has a student book where the bullet hit.

Chiaki recognized her husbando. Prepare for drama.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
11/07/19 10:25:05 AM
#429
Sorry, this anime is not that good so lately I've been putting other nerdy interests in front of it (catching up on Brooklyn 99 and my One Piece reread).

But I'll try to watch more soon.

This arrangement isn't that bad though, because my free time will be crap until the end of the month, when I'll go on uni vacation, so that's an ideal time to start V3 (and have more than one hour a day to play it).
TopicMy wife has started watching anime
ZeldaTPLink
11/06/19 4:07:15 PM
#111
Soul Eater manga spoilers:

In the manga none of the main 3 ever surpass the big bad but they all get really damn strong so they manage to beat him with a 3v1, with the help of Crona sacrificing him/herself.

And what is cool is how they each get strong for completely different reasons.

Maka is the only one to complete a death scythe, so she should be the strongest in theory. She is actually the weakest, with is interesting. Though her anti-madness powers are more useful than anything else in the verse.

Kid never completes his weapons but he becomes a full-fledged Shinigami which just makes him OP by default.

And Black Star is the strongest of the three for no reason other than he's fucking Black Star. Even Asura asks him whether he's even human during the fight.
TopicMy wife has started watching anime
ZeldaTPLink
11/05/19 9:29:33 PM
#109
I only read Soul Eater's manga and I heard the anime's end is terrible.

Not like the manga's end is amazing but at least it's somewhat creative.
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ZeldaTPLink
11/05/19 6:33:19 AM
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TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
10/31/19 10:37:18 PM
#425
Future 8

Flashback. Recruiter and some other teacher are fighting a war in front of HPA. Teacher gets vaporized by a canon. Recruiter says "Kyoko-chan". Hmm.

Seems like the pre-DR1 months of the Tragedy was pretty rough, could make for an interesting anime/novel/whatever.

I thought Therapist-bot would count as the Case 3 execution since it's not being operated anymore, but the opening is still showing 10 people alive.

Hiro was saved by Byakuya. He literally played the game without playing the game.

Makoto tries to run from Therapist-bot and runs into VP. With one eye covered and the other one black. Fuck fuck fuck.

Therapist-bot activates Berserker Mode to fight VP who has a flaming sword. This is amazing.

Recruiter seems to have some oath to protect Kyoko so my main suspect is shifting to New Kid.

Recruiter is in the process of revealing some delicious plot, but Boxer-kun appears to ruin everything. Again. The good news is that he is quickly becoming one of the biggest death flag holders in this show. He is basically a copycat of VP for when you need an extra dumbass running around.

Hah! Boxer-kun's forbidden action is punching people. And yet, he still managed to kill Farmer-kun and almost kill Hina.

Seems Boxer-kun once tried to defeat Junko and failed miserably, so he's trying to make it up. But he won't do it by punching things. This is a mystery series. Either you have brains, or GTFO. And Recruiter knows where all the traps in the room are.

Baker tries to kill Kyoko with a booby trap. Recruiter sacrifices himself to save her. That's our Case 3 execution. This show never fails to have dumb plot developments.

So Recruiter was old friends with Kyoko's father for at least a decade, and swore to protect her. Simple, but nice. RIP Recruiter, your plot revelance was short but sweet.

Baker gave Boxer a magical chocolate to turn him into her slave. That's gonna get him to kill himself, isn't it. Never mind, his wrath is biggest than his gluttony. You suck, Baker.

Kyoko is solving the case like a boss. This is still child's stuff compared to the DR games, but since nobody else is doing any detective work, it's cool.

So Baker killed Blacksmith. Took 3 games, but we may have two executions in a Case 3 now. Then again, there's no class trial to execute her, is it? I think the Mastermind will just get rid of her next.

Ah, classic Prisoner's Dillema. If Blacksmith left, Baker would die. But she can trust him because he's her sweetheart, right? Trust him to stay there and risk murder or starvation? No, she couldn't. So she killed him first.

One of Byakuya's men activates a booby trap, and the emtire building goes down. The plot thickens.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
10/28/19 5:03:15 PM
#423
Dark Young Link posted...
I liked how in that scene the couple just casually decided "We'll just kill each other" in an almost romantic way.

Too bad the dude with the chainsaw had different plans.


Nah it was the shovel dude.
TopicZelda continues to play Danganronpa (spoilers)
ZeldaTPLink
10/27/19 7:33:36 PM
#419
It's dumb, but give me a whodunnit mystery over what we were getting so far any time. I was worried the reveal the killer was some random nutjob from outside would cheapen the climax.

Now we may have a real betrayal story in our hands.

Then again, maybe they could have just skipped Monaka altogether and went with the betrayal story from the start.
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