Poll of the Day > Anime, Manga, VN, JRPG, Related Things Discussion Topic LXXXlV

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Still haven't gotten around to Jojo yet. Finally getting around to Daredevil s3.
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Cowboy Bebop live action series announced. Because fuck everything you've ever loved.
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keyblader1985 posted...

Cowboy Bebop live action series announced. Because fuck everything you've ever loved.

Do any of these travesties turn a profit? I can't see why they are still doing this.
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keyblader1985 posted...

Cowboy Bebop live action series announced.

Firefly already happened a decade and a half ago, man.
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I feel like the FBI should be coming for me for enjoying UzaMaid. It's basically a pedophile lesbian maid perving on what is clearly a kid that is 100% not interested. Half the enjoyment is just shock somebody made this and put it on tv. I mean, it's not particularly ecchi or anything (at least as far as the first episode) but still. Turns out theres lots of yuri this season. Bloom into you can still suck it though.
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Deoxxys has zero interest in yaoi sadly

dioxxys posted...

yaoi

???

Yaoi is dudes. Yuri is lesbians.
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why can I only find magical. index manga chapters volumes 1-14 and then volume 22

ehy does no one have volumes 15-21 like wtf.

and most manga places only have the first 77 chapters even

what is this
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So you're looking for a certain certain magical index volume?

Sorry I can't actually help with this.
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I hate it when there are glaring omissions in a series listing. More often than not it makes me wind up dropping the series, because I don't like to skip over stuff.
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apparently volumes 15-20 weren't translated
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*tries to stop drooling over screenshots from Super Robot Wars T*

I made it through one episode of Uzamaid before I hit the "NO" button, thank you.

dioxxys posted...

Deoxxys has zero interest in yaoi sadly

You sound like you need a little Gakuen Handsome in your life.
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Well, after watching the first four seasons of American Horror Story, it's either season 5 (Hotel) next or I'm *finally* going to get around to The Devil is a Part-Timer! -- kind of a tough choice since I caught some Devil clips and it looks good, but the premise for AHS5 is really neat as well.

keyblader1985 posted...

Cowboy Bebop live action series announced. Because fuck everything you've ever loved.

Well, guess it beats a LA film?
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

dioxxys posted...

yaoi

???

Yaoi is dudes. Yuri is lesbians.

oh well same.

The genre doesnt really interest me.

I_Abibde posted...

I made it through one episode of Uzamaid before I hit the "NO" button, thank you.

Yeah that seems like the sane response. It's crazy they have a show where the main character is an aggressive 28 lolicon trying her best to marry a little girl. I did enjoy it though. Fairly funny and they do at least portray the various crimes the main woman commits as crimes.
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Watched goblin slayer and SAO. Goblin slayer was a decent episode I guess. There was one emotional scene that just completely fell flat for me but other than that it was ok.

SAO was just in a set up phase. Nothing really happened and I don't really care about the result of whats being set up either. I can't help but feel like this entire school arc is a waste of time and a strange turn for kirito's character to even be a part of in the first place. I feel like he'd be better served grinding xp or something to up his object control and then looking for the most powerful weapon he can find and storming the castle. You know, what he did in every other arc of the series.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

I can't help but feel like this entire school arc is a waste of time and a strange turn for kirito's character to even be a part of in the first place.

The secret of SAO is that Kirito is ultimately unnecessary.

Without him, there would be more yuri.
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I'm nearly finished with Birth by Sleep (just unlocked the secret video and now I'm playing after that). And Aqua may well be my favorite character in the series now.
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I finally married Kasumi in Story of Seasons, but I got kinda bored just watching my crops grow while waiting for her to pop out a kid, so I started Fantasy Life.

I figure bouncing between Fantasy Life's combat, crafting, and skill leveling system, and Story of Season's farming and dating sim systems, I can make a pseudo Rune Factory experience for myself.

Damn. I just bummed myself out when I realized we won't be getting another Rune Factory game anytime soon. :(
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I_Abibde posted...

The secret of SAO is that Kirito is ultimately unnecessary.

Without him, there would be more yuri.

Well, you're not wrong. The one SAO with without him had some nice yuri in it even if the rest of it was garbage.
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Started on Jojo. Through ep10 and into part 2 so far.
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@dragon504 posted...

Started on Jojo. Through ep10 and into part 2 so far.

1st time?

No one's trying to censor your games!

https://kotaku.com/making-senran-kagura-is-now-longer-so-simple-1830815296/amp

dioxxys posted...

@dragon504 posted...

Started on Jojo. Through ep10 and into part 2 so far.

1st time?

Pretty much. I watched the old ovas, but they went through material so fast and likely skipped tons, so this may as well be considered my first time.

Also, gonna start a ng+ for FF15.
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Yee! What did you think of part one and part two?

I prefer part two

why can i read all of railgun

BUT THEY STOPPED FUCKIN TRANSLATING INDEX FOR 5 VOLUMES

WHY
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helIy posted...

why can i read all of railgun

BUT THEY STOPPED FUCKIN TRANSLATING INDEX FOR 5 VOLUMES

WHY

But they did.

Well, at least Yen Press did when they licensed it.

Then the scanlators dropped it.

Which is what usually happens when a manga gets licensed.

Which sucks yes, but hey at least you can buy the official translations and "support" the author.
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who tf buys manga
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helIy posted...

who tf buys manga

I would if I could, but I'm broke so I don't.
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helIy posted...

who tf buys manga

Only for series I really like.
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helIy posted...

who tf buys manga

I'd buy manga. In fact, I have bought manga in the past. It is kinda expensive though.
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dragon504 posted...

dioxxys posted...

@dragon504 posted...

Started on Jojo. Through ep10 and into part 2 so far.

1st time?

Pretty much. I watched the old ovas, but they went through material so fast and likely skipped tons, so this may as well be considered my first time.

Also, gonna start a ng+ for FF15.

Part 1 was alright, though, a bit bizarre. >_> Haven't finished part 2 yet.
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Had to take a sick day today, so I sat on the couch and watched all three episodes of the Detonator Orgun OAV ... on ye olde Central Park Media / U.S. Manga Corps DVD. I had a chuckle at reading the notice on the back on the case that says your PC has to have at least Windows '95 in order to correctly read the DVD-ROM.

Orgun dates to '91, but it is a very '80s show in look and feel. Obari directed, but mercifully did not do the character design, and it looks very similar to (the very '80s) Hades Project Zeorymer. Impressive soundtrack, courtesy of Hirusawa (i.e. the Berserk guy). Healthy amounts of violence, nudity, explosions, and flashing lights. Good companion anime to Tekkaman Blade, but with a bigger budget (... and a better director).

Picked Orgun because I have been getting back into Super Robot Wars (due to the announcement of SRWT being released in 2019), and one of the games I have been playing is SRWW (DS), featuring both Orgun and Tekkaman. Also started a fresh play of 2nd SRW OGs with the translated script, and it offers a whole different experience than just winging it like I did when the game first came out.

All in all, feeling very nostalgic. There is plenty of modern anime that I like to watch (e.g. Goblin Slayer), but nothing can truly duplicate the old stuff for me. It's hard to even really put a word to what's missing.

dioxxys posted...

No one's trying to censor your games!

Reading the comments to that (very short) article made my stomach lurch.
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On a whim, I started SAO season 1... mildly regretting it since I'm probably better off waiting for the franchise to wrap.

helIy posted...

who tf buys manga

Manga readers?
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You should read SAO progressive, it's actually really good compared to regular SAO. They're only through a handful of floors though lol. It's gonna be a very long haul.
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Watched the newest slime episode. Nothing much happened, just preparation.

I also just finished crosscode (a game) which was pretty great. I'm a bit frustrated that version 1.02 apparently means several things are unfinished (arena under construction, can't finish a side quest line, a few other minor things) but the game as a whole is pretty great. The level design especially stands out with lots of great puzzles on pretty much every single screen. It's sorta like those few good moments in assassin's creed where you have to try and figure out how the hell to get up to some high up spot when theres nothing too nearby to climb.

The combat is also quite fun and fast paced but not overly simple. Really the combat almost functions like some kind of speed puzzle cause generally you defeat enemies by breaking them which involves hitting them at certain spots during certain moments.

The RPG elements are also strong with several viable build options although a tanky+regen build is pretty OP later on (the last boss couldn't out damage my healing, it was like that one scene from SAO where kirito outregens the group of people attacking him), but the build gets dumb when you add burn rush and status rush and sp regen to it so you don't even need a decent attack stat, just burn everything to death by spamming the level 3 fire dash art.

Good game, would recommend. The puzzles and platforming are both quite challenging but not too crazy. You won't really get stuck, you will just constantly feel like you just barely made it.
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Oh that's one of the games that came out recently just now that's been in Early Access for like 3 years.

I was going to play cross-code after beating resident evil 4.

But the way you make it sound like I should wait till they finish the arena and side quests? Is that like coming out in the future patch?

I want it to play it because it reminded me of the legacy of Goku games.

dioxxys posted...

But the way you make it sound like I should wait till they finish the arena and side quests? Is that like coming out in the future patch?

They are planning to release free updates for a while. The next one will have the arena and "a promise is a promise 5" which likely opens the observatory which could easily be an entire dungeon. Dungeons in cross code are LONG btw. They usually take me almost 2 hours. Anyway that update will be "soon" but I don't theres any reason to wait. I initially played it during early access and was able to jump back in on my previous save after about a year with no problems so going back for the arena or other post game stuff won't be a problem.

They also intend to make a "post game episode" which will have some epilogue style story content. No idea how much content that will be but it's supposed to include a raid with your guild IIRC. The current ending adds in one tiny cliffhanger that could easily be the hook for the post game chapter which could end up being a whole lot. We also come across ascension temple which is inaccessible and supposed to be the end of the MMOs story. Humorously there are NPCs outside the entrance complaining about it taking so long. The various NPCs are pretty great btw, really shows self awareness. I especially liked the table sitter NPC.

I was kinda underselling it my previous post. The game is fantastic and has literally the best puzzles in rpgs IMO. Each dungeon keeps adding a new puzzle mechanic and mixing in old ones and it just feels so satisfying.

I think they kinda shot themselves in the foot with the gear and combat though. If they really want challenging post game content they NEED to nerf burn application and waves level 3 arts. You can win all duels by just using the level 3 wave guard art. It will one hit the enemy, fully heal you, and restore all your SP so you can use it again. Really that one move breaks a lot of enemies.

It's a move where you set yourself to like 2% hp but become invincible and block all damage for 4ish seconds. Afterwards you cause a huge AoE explosion that deals damage based on how much you blocked and heals you based on how much damage the explosion did. Since you are critical it stacks with berserker which increases your damage massively when at low hp and all hits are blocked meaning you get avengers sp bonus restore from it which will likely refill your entire SP bar. It's pretty broken. Hilarious to use on the shokats (once I recovered 40k hp from the blast, I only had 4.5k max hp). Any enemy with fast or strong hits has no answer to this move and any enemy without those is easy because you can outregen it. Even IF they unleashed way harder enemies, it really wouldn't matter with this strategy.

Currently its only really useable with end game equipment that you might have for all of 2-3 hours at the end of the game at which point you earned your right to be OP but it would carry into post game. Burn can also be applied fast and is basically poison from other games that ticks really quickly and deals %map hp damage. Both of those things would need to be either directly nerfed or all enemies would need counters to them. Dang I rambled on a lot. I'm honestly really missing this game now that its over. No idea what to play or watch next.
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Whew that's alot

So it's not like legacy of Goku lol

dioxxys posted...

Whew that's alot

So it's not like legacy of Goku lol

No clue, never even heard of that game. This is an action rpg+platformer+puzzles. It's kinda like zelda, somewhat. Theres still rpg stuff though with skill points and stats and gear though.
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Everything looks really colorfully done and good backgrounds but combat is fun though?

I know you talked a lot about certain things being Opie but what about the basics of the combat?

dioxxys posted...

Everything looks really colorfully done and good backgrounds but combat is fun though?

I know you talked a lot about certain things being Opie but what about the basics of the combat?

Yeah combat is a lot of fun. The OP stuff only comes in after you grind out the super OP gear which requires near 100% completing the game. It's quite fast paced but still requires smarts. Mashing will not work. Most enemies have some kind of mechanic that allows you to break them which makes them take extra damage so a lot of combat is focused around breaking the enemies. The way you do that is different for each enemy and its a lot of fun. It's surprising how diverse the fighting actually is. Boss fights are also pretty great and usually have some kind of special mechanic that may or may not require bouncing shots off walls to hit weakspots in the back or stuff or like that.

Aside from those small issues at the end game I really only have good things to say about crosscode. Each aspect of the game is amazingly well designed and it all fits together so well.

EDIT: a small overview is that you can shoot projectiles, shoot a charged projectile that bounces off walls 3 times, do a melee combo, block, and dash. Using the art button during those actions will use the corresponding art (so pressing the art button during a dash will use the dash art, doing it in neutral or while melee attacking will use the melee art, doing it while guarding is guard art, doing it while aiming uses the throw art). Throughout the game you unlock all 4 elements (fire, ice, wave and shock) and you can switch to their mode. Each mode has its own skill tree. Using attacks during that mode increases your elemental build up and when it maxes out you overload and get put out of elemental mode while it cooldown.

Ideally you switch back to no element before it overloads and switch back strategically. At end game with all 4 elements you can be switching mid combo a ton. Each element has its own versions of arts and arts can be charged up to level 3 so you have access to like 50 arts technically. Ice mode has access to bastion making your guard cover all directions, wave form has the most hp and regen, fire...just has fire, fire is strong though, and lightning has lots of dashing abilities. Each element has its own ailment that its arts apply (fire has burn, ice slows, lightning stuns which is deals small damage and knocks the enemy out of their actions every few seconds, and wave "marks" making the enemy take double ranged damage.

The game is fun but theres a lot of room to push the player further and really make things go crazy. I'm really hoping the arena and post game stuff do this.

EDIT 2: I forgot if you time your guard at the last second you perfect guard taking 0 damage and breaking and downing enemies during certain attacks. It's a lot of fun to do but the timing is pretty tight.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

dioxxys posted...

Whew that's alot

So it's not like legacy of Goku lol

No clue, never even heard of that game.

It's famously awful, although I guess it's since fallen into the obscurity where it belongs.
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Zeus posted...

YoukaiSlayer posted...

dioxxys posted...

Whew that's alot

So it's not like legacy of Goku lol

No clue, never even heard of that game.

It's famously awful, although I guess it's since fallen into the obscurity where it belongs.

I haven't played the first game, but the second is super duper fun.
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Watched this saturday's anime. Goblin slayer in set up/character building mode. Nothing special but it was a fine episode.

SAO though... That escalated quickly. That scene was almost comical and then suddenly badass. Seeing Eugeo explode his own eye with sheer determination and then slice that dudes arm off has gotta be the most hardcore thing I've seen in a while. I figured he'd kill the guy but the eye explosion made it a pretty gripping scene. Granted they just healed it with magic like 2 minutes later but still. The whole episode feels like when you get a bad end in a hentai game.
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I've been almost exclusively playing Kingdom Hearts games for the past couple months to get ready for KH3. I never played Birth by Sleep before, which was a pretty big mistake since it actually introduces the main antagonist of the entire series.

I've finished everything else now including 0.2, and now I'm replaying Dream Drop Distance. I'm sure I'll appreciate it much more now that I actually know everything I'm supposed to know.
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I recall Legacy of Goku being a lite JRPG for the GBA, and I suspect it gets the amount of flack it does because it is basically the Final Fantasy Mystic Quest of the DBZ game franchise. ... Still beats the stinkers like Sagas and Battle of Z, IMO, but your mileage will vary.

keyblader1985 posted...

I've finished everything else now including 0.2, and now I'm replaying Dream Drop Distance.

And then it becomes all Xehanort, all the time.
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On chapter 3 in FF15 for my ng+. Knocking out sidequests and saving exp for now. Noctis is at level 62 and the other 3 are at 60. Think I read that the max level is 120. Not sure if I'm going to go for that, but at least want to do anything I passed up the first time through.
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I'm really enjoying the "Solo Leveling" manga.
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Solid episode of slime this week. I feel pretty much all the shows this season lost their momentum after a strong start but even then they are still decent.
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