Board 8 > Fist of the North Star is ....weird to watch

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Punnyz
09/22/20 6:44:09 PM
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I'll get back to one piece soon, I just had a need to knock some of this out

anyways, I was always drawn to this show because of the manliness and Kenshiro being a bad ass and the old styles

but ...thats what it is. Its ...old? I guess i'm not used to watching "retro" anime, but this show is unique in which that the show is more about the end result than it is the "journey" to get there, ya know?

Most episodes, the villains stand no chance. And the show just...becomes frustrating at that point. These goons just pillage, rape, and kill but they're easily dispatched. They cannot put up a fight yet they do SO MUCH damage. The show has a hard on to show that theres SOME decent people but they end up dead by the end of the episode or at most, the arc.

I have actually discussed my gripes with the show before. I have mentioned I cannot finish the first season because of show stupid they make Kenshiro. He saves someone or a village , but SPARES someone, or even knows theres more of them out there, hes like, kbai and leaves, the mooks come back and kill hte remaining people, and kenshiro comes back to finish the job and then he blames it on the era.

NO, JUST...WAIT 5 MINUTES YOU MORON

yes, its the era, but YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER BY NOW

buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut

despite this, I finally muscled through it

His fight was SHIN...was just ...anticlimatic. The one person to put up a MAJOR fight and its resolved quickly. Thats why I brought up the Retro angle, anime just wasn't as indepth and thoughtful as it is now. This is a product of it's time. I just didn't realize FOTS was like this. I expected more because Jojo was pretty darn crazy too. But this show is straightforward

They introduced the concept of Kenshiro's brothers and hes already killed Jagi. Again, people have gone out of their ways to say how cool Jagi is. And....he IS a scum bag, but every villain has been. I just don't see the big deal. I know the actual angle is a scumbag THATS RELATED TO KENSHIRO ...OOOOOO

but yea...hes dead now. Thats that

I will say its refreshing to see Rei though, but hes a douchebag too.

I mighit go indepth on my opinions later but yea, as I said, this show is something else.

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Its more about seeing the people blow up in weird ways than it is the story and the characters. I just didn't think the show was...that shallow? Thats putting it harshly but I can't find a better way to say it

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Punnyz
09/22/20 6:51:59 PM
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to clarify, I did some research, the problems with the first season are actually the fact that its filler

Apparently the two guys that did the manga saw that shit and then became more closely involved form that point onwards, and it shows, Season 2 has been running smoothly

I guess you can call it world building, but again, they just make Ken seem stupid and it hurts it ALOT when theres like 25 episodes of that

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Xiahou Shake
09/22/20 7:04:32 PM
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FotNS has always struck me as something that's probably way better generally as a manga, but then you don't get the voice work and the ATATATATATATATATATA so what are you even really doing at that point

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Punnyz
09/22/20 8:23:17 PM
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Rei is about to fight Raoh

jesus christ hes gonna fucking die isn't he

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Punnyz
09/22/20 8:34:12 PM
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Oh thats right, Rei saw the star next to the big dipper

the death star thats mentioned in Castlevania

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Punnyz
09/22/20 8:45:28 PM
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so the solution was so absurdly simple and dumb that I can't help but praise it. No overthinking no nothing. Rei was gonna let himself die to kill Raoh, so Raoh just threw his cape on him to throw him off. Genius

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Punnyz
09/22/20 8:50:36 PM
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Come on Rei, you might be indebted to them but YOU LIVE FOR THEM, NOT DIE FOR THEM

JUST WAIT ONE MINUTE, FUCK

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Punnyz
09/23/20 6:29:29 PM
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I...don't understand the Motivation behind going after Yuda

I mean, I guess thats just how Rei wants to spend the rest of his time doing, we can't say NO to that

just for Mamiya's honor?

Not trying to underline THAT either, but..I'm just confused

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Punnyz
09/23/20 10:36:00 PM
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not to mention Mamiya went and endangered herself to get Rei medicine

after Raoh used kung fu magic to attack Rei's spiritual life force to destroy him from the inside out

but no, Nyquil is worth wasting a Day of Rei's remaining life

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pjbasis
09/23/20 11:48:20 PM
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Well you got over the initial hump and it just gets better from there!

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