Board 8 > Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 189: After the Snow

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they all seem to be Stand of the week

Egypt didn't feel great until the last few Stands
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Yeah there's still a fair bit of MotW in DiU, but there's less of it and the powers and fights are way better than anything in pre-Egypt Stardust
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Also Diamond has one of the best villains in anime/manga imo so that helps as well
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NowItsAngeTime posted...

Is Jojo Diamond is Unbreakable Monster of the week (or) for like 3/4 of the show like Stardust?

I'm enjoying Stardust but the repetivieness the biggest flaw I had which sucks because I like the origin or what Personas were based on

Is similar in that it goes enemy stand by enemy stand, but is less monster of the week, and more, here are two stand users meeting, what happens?

Plus Diamond really plays with stands. Stardust was the first attempt. Diamond refines the concept and really makes it better.

Think like what Part 2 did to Hamon, that's how Diamond is to Stands.

Ah I can see why people say Diamond is some people's favorites even though Jotaro/Dio is the most popular rivalry/meme of the whole series.
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Well, I just finished Kumamiko: Girl Meets Bear, the latest of my random anime picks. From the description I was expecting a country girl trying to live in the city with the help of a bear (and presumably hilarious hijinks would ensue). Sadly, the whole thing was aimless (the girl kept waffling back and forth about whether she wanted to live in the city at all, it was so annoying) and, at times, the anime was really mean-spirited. What few hijinks there were weren't very good either.

I really need to stop picking random junk. It's skewing my anime ranking.
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How about that ending?
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To add to the JoJo, Stardust is pretty low in the JoJo rankings. It's just the most iconic
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I watched the first three episodes of part 3 and dropped it

because it was censored on Crunchyroll
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I think that was censored on airing.

I don't think there are any cases of the streaming platforms censoring anime? At least not for their streams.
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Old Man Joseph 100% makes Stardust worthwhile

And Jotaro too but Joseph da true MVP
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I didn't mean to imply it was crunchyroll's fault, though part 1 and 2 were not censored, so they must have come from some.physical release.
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Stardust is just really well known and really hype. But as far as JoJo parts go, it can't compare to later Parts. Part 7, Steel Ball Run is the absolute best part.

Hey @pyresword (or anyone else who's played Cold Steel 2), if I'm an hour into the Divertissement, how much of the game do I have left?

Part 3 was definitely censored on Crunchy when it aired.
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LapisLazuli posted...

How about that ending?

It wasn't great! Apparently the author of Kumamiko spoke out against it, even, but it's not like the anime was knocking it out of the park before the ending either. Even at its best it was mediocre
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Hey @pyresword (or anyone else who's played Cold Steel 2), if I'm an hour into the Divertissement, how much of the game do I have left?

The short answer is a lot, basically.

The long answer is that the ending to Cold Steel 2 is kind of stupid in that they give you the climax of the game, and then decide to put you through another 5-10 hours of content including 2 entire dungeons, most of which doesn't even matter and is just there either to tease Cold Steel 3 or just...uh...because? The stuff at the very end is pretty decent at least, but I really don't know why they constructed the game this way.
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Huh, interesting. Didn't think it'd be that much. At least it's finally giving me more of characters from previous Trails games! Though I imagine this part would be boring and worthless to anyone who hasn't played the Crossbell games...
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Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Part 7, Steel Ball Run is the absolute best part.

Can confirm. Even taking it completely standalone, SBR is one of my favorite manga.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Part 3 was definitely censored on Crunchy when it aired.

Yes. yes it was.



Reg posted...

Can confirm. Even taking it completely standalone, SBR is one of my favorite manga.

Mah man! It's sooooooo good.

Mac Arrowny posted...

Though I imagine this part would be boring and worthless to anyone who hasn't played the Crossbell games...

This is definitely true, (technically minor spoilers for later, so don't highlight in case you don't wanna know) though the final final dungeon is with the Cold Steel characters again, so that's not the only thing I'm complaining about.
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Yeah, but these aren't censored BY Crunchy, the broadcasts were censored.

pjbasis posted...

I didn't mean to imply it was crunchyroll's fault, though part 1 and 2 were not censored, so they must have come from some.physical release.

Sometimes they go back in to add the home versions. Part 1 and 2 were absolutely censored on release. Literally the first scene in the anime.
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I remember part 3 censoring a lot of cigarettes

I don't think Crunchy's ever censored anything, other than maybe their removal of curses for whatever reason (translating "shit" as "darn" and such).
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I finally watched the Nanoha movie

not much to say

it was pretty Nanoha
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Could talk about how great Evil Fate and Evil Hayate are.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

I don't think Crunchy's ever censored anything, other than maybe their removal of curses for whatever reason (translating "shit" as "darn" and such).

You gotta counterbalance all the shitty fansubs that added in curses to be cool.
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No such thing, yo. Adding in curses just makes it more natural English. Part of the reason Funi does it more than any fansubbers do.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Could talk about how great Evil Fate and Evil Hayate are.

I mean they were pretty good

But literally the only thing I could think of the entire time was

"ok so if somebody said 'there's a nanoha movie' and provided literally zero further details on it, I would expect it to be exactly like this"

Which isn't even a bad thing but still <_<
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Mac Arrowny posted...

No such thing, yo. Adding in curses just makes it more natural English. Part of the reason Funi does it more than any fansubbers do.

I can agree with that. The swearing honestly makes it sound more convincing. Throwing in a "dumbass" or "fucker" sounds more natural than "Fool." Sometimes the fan subs over do it, but it's all good.

I haven't watched a fansub in years

what's a curse word again?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvNxgHTWIlo" data-time="
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not accurate

it should have been Sa-sue-key for the first part
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LapisLazuli posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvNxgHTWIlo" data-time="

I love it.

Robazoid posted...

I really need to stop picking random junk.

Nah, if anything you should just use Crunchyroll's Random Button that's in-between your queue and profile button.

Unless that's what you have been doing.

I clicked on it once just to see what I would get and I got....Himegoto.

....I've already seen that.
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I'm gonna click that button right now and add whatever I get to my queue.
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...Air Master?
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I feel like a random button would be too random. Picking something from the letter K on Crunchyroll, or from a specific season, or ones I happen across some other way is my preference! I just need to be careful because I don't like dropping things and Kumamiko reminds me that there's some real junk out there. Maybe I shouldn't watch Two Car just because YouTube recommended its OP video and I thought the song was decent...
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Two Car was literally the joke anime everyone made fun of last year because nobody cared about it, lol.
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I clicked Crunchyrolls random button.

Got something called Ange Vierge. Never heard of it.

How about you watch YuruYuri?

Seems like a show you would like and it's a 10/10 from me.

Also has a great OP.

https://vimeo.com/197832551
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I clicked Crunchyroll's random button

I literally got Index


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I got Komori-san Can't Decline!
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The random button gave me something called Endride. 5.78 on MAL...

... Maybe I'll finally continue SAO S2, that sounds good.
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You should. The best part is the last arc. Makes all the terrible shit leading up to it worth it.
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Roba have you watched New Game? I feel like it was recommended to you but I can't remember for sure

I ask because I hit the button again to wash the bad taste of literally Index out of my brain and got that
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Leiji Matsumoto's OZMA

...is that female Harlock?
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Reg posted...

Roba have you watched New Game?

I have! I enjoyed it well enough but none of the characters really grabbed me. I also felt that the second season was a lot weaker than the first. Still, it was fun seeing cute girls develop games and I'm glad I watched it.

Also, Index is good (both the character and the show)
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random CR gave me

Meow Meow Japanese History

well then
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Air Master's pretty cool stuff! One of the only anime with realistic running, too!

Mobilezoid posted...

I also felt that the second season was a lot weaker than the first

what the
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I feel like Roba will like

Cross Ange
Suisei no Gargantia (AICO character designer)
Hanasaku Iroha
Hitsugi no Chaika
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