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keyblader1985
09/11/20 12:44:53 AM
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Decided to go ahead and make the new thread.

That's topic #91; y'all know the drill. Anyone is welcome to discuss anything under the general umbrella.

I've been on a Read or Die kick lately. Already watched the OVA and read the manga; now I'm on the Read or Dream manga and then I'll start R.O.D the TV. The TV series is my favorite of the four; it's got all the action and slice-of-life of the OVA, plus triple the Paper Masters, double the bibliophiles, and a straight man for them to bounce off. I also heard talk of a new series; I'll have to look into that.

Also started up on Phoenix Wright game 2 again. It's fun, but I forgot how frustrating the trials can be when what seems like the right response isn't working.

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likehelly
09/11/20 12:56:38 AM
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fuck makima

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YoukaiSlayer
09/11/20 5:06:11 PM
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More and more vtuber clips keep popping into my recommended on youtube. I'm becoming infected with it.

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Soup_or_Science
09/11/20 7:34:40 PM
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Have you guys ever played Mario?
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deoxxys
09/11/20 10:50:17 PM
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Soup_or_Science posted...
Have you guys ever played Mario?
I would consider myself a moderate fan, I love a wide variety of the games but I dont play every entry religiously and I can be pretty harsh on titles I disliked.

My favorites are probably:
-Paper Mario 1000 year door
-Mario 64
-Luigi's Mansion
-Yoshi's Island
-Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
-Super Mario Sunshine
-Super Mario Bros Deluxe

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Zeus
09/11/20 11:35:12 PM
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Started to watch the Great Pretender because NF kept trying to shove it down my throat... and immediately annoyed that the dub is heavily subbed. I *think* it's deliberate for effect, although I notice the other language versions sound like they're in the proper language.

idk, it's probably going to suck, but it'll be background noise.

EDIT: Halfway through the episode there's a notice saying that everything will be translated going forward. tbh, if it was going to be less than 75% English the whole time, I probably would have called it quits because I didn't feel like investing that much attention to this show. Thankfully they also toned down the ridiculous accents at the same time.

keyblader1985 posted...
Decided to go ahead and make the new thread.

tbh, I was going to close out the last topic but then I realized I'd be the guy making the new one and a bunch of people who use this topic have me ignored/blocked at any given moment >_>

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agesboy
09/12/20 2:12:05 AM
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need to get back into conan but that requires figuring out where i stopped

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Zeus
09/12/20 3:12:05 AM
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Finished the first half of Great Pretender and... well, it's as bad as to be expected. The other problem is that, as a stereotypical heist/con series, they throw a twist every minute so I keep expecting things to be a twist when they're not and then figure out other twists ahead of time. I'm still expecting that there'll be another twist related to Eda's father (or, I guess, a first twist? Because everything else is kinda flashback and alluded to in flashback)

...also I'm disappointed that at the start of the next storyline when Laurente approaches a team member about a new job that they don't say, "Laurente, you son of a bitch, I'm in."

agesboy posted...
need to get back into conan but that requires figuring out where i stopped

augh

That's the toughest part about an anime that literally goes on forever and has already been around decades

I'm also pissed that NF just has a "collection" rather than seasons and, even then, it's the sub rather than the dub. I love the dub's VAs.

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Soup_or_Science
09/12/20 4:08:36 AM
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I have to agree with Zeus on Pretender

I had to pretend to continue to be interested

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wolfy42
09/12/20 4:17:53 AM
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Wait...is there a Conan anime? Like Robert Howard Conan?

Is it online on crunchy or something?

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DeltaBladeX
09/12/20 4:21:58 AM
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For the 2 people in this topic that don't already own a copy, Disgaea 1 and 2 are cheap on Steam right now.
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agesboy
09/12/20 8:20:32 AM
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wolfy42 posted...
Wait...is there a Conan anime? Like Robert Howard Conan?
detective conan, it has like 900 episodes and crunchy has at least a few hundred

DeltaBladeX posted...
For the 2 people in this topic that don't already own a copy, Disgaea 1 and 2 are cheap on Steam right now.
weren't they super buggy messes?

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Judgmenl
09/12/20 8:30:03 AM
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Soup_or_Science posted...
Have you guys ever played Mario?
I have youtube reminders saying that all of the Hololive EN Vtubers are going to debut today. Should be a fun watch. Hopefully some of them are the same quality as Japanese Vtubers.

DeltaBladeX posted...
For the 2 people in this topic that don't already own a copy, Disgaea 1 and 2 are cheap on Steam right now.

1 of the 3 physical PSP games I own is the first Disgaea. Found it horribly tedious. I honestly might like it 13 years later.

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Judgmenl
09/12/20 8:53:41 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_GeIfn48M

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DeltaBladeX
09/12/20 6:01:08 PM
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agesboy posted...
weren't they super buggy messes?

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YoukaiSlayer
09/12/20 10:26:15 PM
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So I've been falling into some youtube rabbits holes that I think are interesting.

1.Tuba boss themes.
This was apparently a meme some time ago that died off for a while and then resurged lately in a huge way. There are now hundreds of tuba boss themes scattered around youtube. I think I might search for the originator because of rabbit hole 2. Example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcsER46YtKY

2.[ ] [ ] music. I think I mentioned these the other days but they finally started chain appearing in my recommended and I've uncovered some odd lore about them. These are vocaloid style music videos posted with no title and no uploader name. While at first that seems like a neat gimmick, it means you cannot search for them. There is a small playlist of some of the songs to find if you search "no title anime music" but thats only a few.

Anyway, I've noticed in the comments some lore about the origins. I'm pretty sure based on how people were cutting each other off that it's actually made up but I kind of support this so I think it's interesting. Supposedly, there was a musician that made a bunch of these types songs and published them normally under a real title and channel but he got extremely stressed out and even suicidal over the pressure of it and deleted everything and left youtube. His fans, respecting his wishes but not wanting to lose the music reuploaded it with no title and no account name so that the original author could fade from peoples memories just like he wanted.

Any video you find with a confirmed source is just a copycat supposedly. I'm pretty sure this is pure fiction but I think it's some neat lore people in comments sections have made up. Depending on who you ask, the original creator either killed himself or just hasn't responded since deleting his channel. Example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxM5UgpXYM4

It's weird what you can find out there. On topic I'm playing through FFTA2 again. I've never actually finished it but I intend to this time. About at the point where I can do auctions and have blue mage unlocked for adelle and luso.

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Judgmenl
09/12/20 10:31:43 PM
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YoukaiSlayer posted...
It's weird what you can find out there. On topic I'm playing through FFTA2 again. I've never actually finished it but I intend to this time. About at the point where I can do auctions and have blue mage unlocked for adelle and luso.
I have to say I never finished FFTA2 either. I made it shortly after you got Vaan and Penelo and dropped it. This was when I first started seeing a noticeable decline in the quality of Square Enix games. I own the physical version too.

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Zeus
09/13/20 12:46:37 AM
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tbh, FFTA1 was kinda where I started to lose my enthusiasm for FF (despite the fact that FFVIII had been kinda mediocre)

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agesboy
09/13/20 4:16:34 AM
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Judgmenl posted...
I have youtube reminders saying that all of the Hololive EN Vtubers are going to debut today. Should be a fun watch. Hopefully some of them are the same quality as Japanese Vtubers.
looks like at least three of their identities has already been found out, and one was blatantly referencing their past work in their hololive debut

mori is demondice (the rapping style is super similar, plus she rolled some dice or something at the end of the song which was a dead giveaway apparently), kiara is.... some other previous vtuber, and apparently both had some previous stuff involving slurs which doesn't look too hot

on the flip side, ina is a god-tier raider in FFXIV, nagu. literal 100 percentile parses. OFFICER in the most well known raiding FC

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Zeus
09/13/20 4:45:48 AM
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Finished the Great Pretender. The third story arc was only the good one, but even then there I had some complaints. First, while the set-up is cool and all, it makes no sense because if Coleman the auctioneer wanted that painting all along he should have just kept it instead of relying on a convoluted scheme where he'd get his love interest to buy it from him for him. Seriously, wtf? Second, I didn't realize some of that shit was flashbacks until close to the end of the arc. I thought Cynthia was working another angle (because everybody on this show is constantly working an angle)

Soup_or_Science posted...
The chick was cool though

She kinda grows on you. She's certainly somewhat endearing by the end of the second story. (I also liked the whole "My short temper is my best quality.")

agesboy posted...
looks like at least three of their identities has already been found out, and one was blatantly referencing their past work in their hololive debut

Guess that's one way to get a fresh start.

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Judgmenl
09/13/20 7:31:44 AM
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agesboy posted...
looks like at least three of their identities has already been found out, and one was blatantly referencing their past work in their hololive debut
I think they've all been found out besides Amelia, which isn't surprising. Gawr is senzawa. Kinda funny people predicted it before her debut even happened.

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YoukaiSlayer
09/13/20 7:51:36 AM
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Watching the colab thing they all sound pretty stiff except amelia. They are new to that though so I guess that's to be expected. Hopefully that slurs stuff was decently behind them, I'm tired of people being canceled.

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Judgmenl
09/13/20 7:54:09 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLHdajZxZTo
Yea Mori was talking about not wanting to say fuck a few minutes ago (but it's ok to say in songs apparently).

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likehelly
09/13/20 10:24:56 AM
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i can't wait to say fuck makima in a couple of hours

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T0ffee
09/13/20 12:37:48 PM
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likehelly posted...
i can't wait to say fuck makima in a couple of hours

uhhh...

now it's kinda weird to say that after the big reveal this chapter.

I mean, her intentions are pretty good but I guess the ends justifies the means for her.

so fuck Makima still I guess?

I like that this chapter revealed why she didn't have proper control over Denji until just now. Since she doesn't see Denji/Chainsaw Man as her lesser. And Denji didn't think of Makima as his superior, more of an object of desire. So she had to mindbreak Denji to get control over him. Which I guess would be grounds for a big fuck you to Makima still.



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Zeus
09/13/20 2:20:46 PM
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YoukaiSlayer posted...
Watching the colab thing they all sound pretty stiff except amelia. They are new to that though so I guess that's to be expected. Hopefully that slurs stuff was decently behind them, I'm tired of people being canceled.

If it isn't, they can just vtube under a new persona >_>

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likehelly
09/13/20 3:06:47 PM
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...maybe not fuck makima?

denji is too overpowered

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agesboy
09/13/20 4:36:05 PM
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Zeus posted...
If it isn't, they can just vtube under a new persona >_>
the difference between being a vtuber in hololive and an indie vtuber is miles apart

vast majority of indie ones have extremely low (sub 1000, sometimes just in the dozens) viewer count, new hololive vtubers get 100k-300k subscribers before they even do anything

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T0ffee
09/13/20 5:06:18 PM
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likehelly posted...
...maybe not fuck makima?

denji is too overpowered

I mean she still unleashed the Gun Devil and murdered hundreds of thousands of innocents so...

fuck makima still?

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likehelly
09/13/20 5:13:54 PM
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well

no, she didn't unleash the gun devil, it was unleashed upon her

did she mastermind it's release? yeah probably, but the decision wasn't hers in the end i don't think

i'm not entirely sure if i hate makima still. i certainly absolutely dislike her, but maybe not hate anymore.

however, i don't understand the hell devil. it was made from the intestines of those dudes, but it was weak as shit, except then one of the dudes just gives it blood and then that brings out the fourth wall breaking six fingered hand that's also the hell devil. like what's the logic behind this devil

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T0ffee
09/13/20 5:22:47 PM
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likehelly posted...
well

no, she didn't unleash the gun devil, it was unleashed upon her

did she mastermind it's release? yeah probably, but the decision wasn't hers in the end i don't think

i'm not entirely sure if i hate makima still. i certainly absolutely dislike her, but maybe not hate anymore.

however, i don't understand the hell devil. it was made from the intestines of those dudes, but it was weak as s***, except then one of the dudes just gives it blood and then that brings out the fourth wall breaking six fingered hand that's also the hell devil. like what's the logic behind this devil

Oh right. I kinda mixed up that Makima had control over the japanese government instead of the american one which was the one who unleashed the gun devil.

As for the hell devil, maybe the caster and sacrifices were too weak? Or maybe the wish contract for the hell devil was to literally just drag Denji to hell so it couldn't manifest its full power?

Certainly hard to gauge the full extent of the hell devil's power, even moreso with Fujimoto's crazy writing.


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likehelly
09/13/20 5:55:59 PM
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i just don't get it.

earlier, all it took was three children and an old man to summon the hand to drag an entire shopping mall to hell, and it was filled with people

this time, like 8 dudes sacrificed themselves for an intestine monster that was one shot, and then one dude gave it some blood and the hand appeared

it bothers me that of all things, this makes the least sense

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keyblader1985
09/13/20 8:56:10 PM
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What the fuck, yo

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YoukaiSlayer
09/13/20 9:54:44 PM
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My antibiotics burned some ulcers into my throat. I think I have a negative luck stat.

Eagerly awaiting next season that actually has shit I want to watch. Covid has really slowed anime down which sucks considering theres more time than ever to watch it.

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Zeus
09/13/20 10:02:06 PM
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YoukaiSlayer posted...
Covid has really slowed anime down which sucks considering theres more time than ever to watch it.

Catch-22 strikes again!

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deoxxys
09/13/20 10:04:15 PM
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Zeus
09/13/20 11:03:07 PM
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...so this whole reincarned as a junk-level monster thing is becoming a fad?

https://www.livechart.me/anime/3377

This one seems kinda interesting
(Translation: "Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town")

https://www.livechart.me/anime/9650

Oh, and apparently it has a partially scanlated manga... although there's not a ton out for it.

EDIT: ....and so far it's crap. The characters are uninspired, the art is as generic as the setting, and I really just have the premise to look forward to where the guy is, in theory, far stronger than he realizes.

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deoxxys
09/14/20 12:58:17 AM
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Reincarnated as a Spider monster kinda sounds fun

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Zeus
09/14/20 3:42:49 AM
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Got to the last chapter of what they have for Tatoeba and apparently the scanlation is ending because there's an official localization? The only plus is that it finishes the first major storyline.

At any rate, it took forever to get going but it finally got there... although apparently it's another harem series? I didn't see that coming. Got me again, Japan! XD

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likehelly
09/14/20 4:17:15 AM
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keyblader1985 posted...
What the fuck, yo
read chainsaw man, please

pretty please

bro please

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Judgmenl
09/14/20 5:05:12 AM
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deoxxys posted...
Yo winter season is STACKED

https://www.livechart.me/winter-2021/tv
It has Dragon Maid Season 2. That alone carries the season.

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YoukaiSlayer
09/14/20 5:16:40 AM
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Yeah I'm pretty hyped for both fall and winter. Lots of potential yuri as well which is a big plus. No yuri this season is sad.

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I_Abibde
09/14/20 2:06:55 PM
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Between Phantasy Star III and Super Metroid, the power of the '90s is strong with me. I should be watching more anime, but time has been elusive.

Zeus posted...
...so this whole reincarned as a junk-level monster thing is becoming a fad?

I don't think they've animated the one where the dude is reincarnated as a dungeon vending machine yet, so make of that what you will. (Maybe it was hentai? I can't remember.)


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deoxxys
09/14/20 2:43:00 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
It has Dragon Maid Season 2. That alone carries the season.
Huh did I miss that? I looked through the list twice and didn't see it.

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agesboy
09/14/20 2:49:12 PM
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Zeus posted...
...so this whole reincarned as a junk-level monster thing is becoming a fad?
there's not terribly many, but they tend to be really popular. the spider one is one of the most popular isekai and it's getting an anime at some point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cteUtddFCug

I_Abibde posted...
I don't think they've animated the one where the dude is reincarnated as a dungeon vending machine yet, so make of that what you will. (Maybe it was hentai? I can't remember.)

i read volume one of that light novel and it was absolutely fantastic. it was a lot of OP party support, quality of life improvement, and economy manipulating with a protagonist who is genuinely unable to defend himself (mostly by choice, because every time he has the option to do something like gain defenses or even a human form he instead just beefs up his vending machine capabilities because he's a hardcore vending machine enthusiast)

has the normal amount of fanservice; though the vending machine obviously can't take part, nobody has figured out he was a he in the first volume

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Zeus
09/14/20 3:15:19 PM
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Ugghhhhh... I got hooked by some crappy superhero Chinese webtoon (or manhua? Hard to tell) that's a little reminiscent of OPM titled Hero? I Quit a Long Time Ago. The first chapter or two was lousy, but it's become interesting enough that I want to keep going... and I think it's like 260 chapters long. (Although a lot of them feel pretty short -- which is why I think it's more likely a webtoon -- and yes, I know 260 isn't massive compared to a lot of other series, but it's still more time than I wanted to invest in a new series.)

It's not a particularly good scanlation either. Lots of awkward phrasing and it tends to insert an extra "l" in words like "chili"... which it uses a lot.

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Judgmenl
09/14/20 4:10:08 PM
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deoxxys posted...
Huh did I miss that? I looked through the list twice and didn't see it.
https://maidragon.jp/2nd/

I thought they had originally announced it was Winter 2021. Maybe I'm wrong.

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deoxxys
09/14/20 4:17:29 PM
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hmm, well sometimes the list gets updated, shrug.


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deoxxys
09/14/20 4:17:42 PM
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One Piece is really good guys

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Judgmenl
09/14/20 5:32:29 PM
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deoxxys posted...
One Piece is really good guys
It really isn't but to each their own.

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