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Ultimately Ryukishi wanted to leave elements of the mystery and story not explicitly laid out so there was still room for theories even after he revealed the main strokes.

Did that work out? Well, he walked it back by putting solutions to everything in My Confession and the Episode 8 manga, so probably not.

But it's an interesting approach, and at least when I was reading it first, while the episodes were being released one at a time twice a year, I didn't mind at all. The difference in mindset between people who had months and months to do nothing but speculate and those who could move ahead after a few hours of reflection seems like it makes a big difference there.

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Still liking the Magia Record adaptation. The Rebellion-style transformation sequence was cool, would love it if some future characters got similar.

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March Comes In Like a Lion is in fact the best show, and currently running manga.

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Flyers is great, Kimi no Sei is pretty good. Never been a big fan of My Soul Your Beats though, I like my OPs to have a bit more energy to them.

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Good to hear, I like the manga a fair bit and was interested in watching the adaptation.

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LeonhartFour posted...

then you missed the point

Yes, I literally said 'I don't understand', thanks.

It's a satisfying comeuppance to force the criminal to admit his own guilt, as punishment for a character who you've been made to hate for their actions. I never chose Guilty so maybe the justification on that side is also good.

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I admit I don't quite understand people picking Guilty for the final choice in 2-4. It just felt when I played it like the narrative really wanted you to choose Not Guilty and it was the stronger conclusion.

Anyway looking forward to your playthrough of Trials and Tribulations. I actually played it before any of the other games, because I found it used, but it remains my favorite by a large margin.

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Maybe controversial opinion but I don't like anime openings that lip sync or pretend like they're lip syncing to parts of the OP. It never looks good.

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One big step forward after game 1 is not having cases with three trial days. That really did drag.

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I'm following the Yona manga, it's consistently fantastic. Never watched the anime though, at least it sounds decent if incomplete.

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'Taiwan' is a bit cheaty from an in-universe perspective. Shannon could definitely know Kinzo grew up in Taiwan, because he would happily tell anyone about it who would listen. Most everyone who lives or has lived with Kinzo knows, but it's such common knowledge that they forget to inform the reader.

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handsomeboy2012 posted...

Kuwadorian? It looks kinda similar.

Yes, this is almost certainly a pun/hint (since you aren't told the exact wording of the chapel inscription until EP4).

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I think I only actually finished three shows this year, though I watched large parts of a few others, at least. Certainly can't fill out five ballot slots in many categories, but I'll try to fill a ballot out.

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anagram cleverly getting in B8's good graces by quoting all the meme parts

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It is for all formats, I think (realistically just standard though), I just meant that the Pioneer bannings weren't reflective of that change in policy. Or perhaps the way Pioneer bans have been handled was a test drive for this change.

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Pioneer's ban list was announced to be updated on a weekly basis at the inception of that format and is not reflective of other formats.

They did say they weren't sticking to an exact schedule for bans, but I get the feeling that's so they have room to handle particularly egregious mistakes more quickly in future.

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Logicblade posted...

I really wish Bump of Chicken made more openings for stuff, they do really good work. Karma from Tales of the Abyss is still a bop, and Hello World continues the legacy. The buildup of the opening is really great, I love some of the imagery in this opening a lot, from the scattered photographs zooming out and becoming the city skyline, to the action sequence at the big climax of the opening. It's very well done, all things considered.

March Comes In Like a Lion certainly benefits greatly from this, with a really strong first OP and ED both by Bump of Chicken. No list spoilers, obviously, but that is one of the very many good things about that show.

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Yeah but all the Wheel of Time books are 700+ pages.

I enjoyed the series as it was going on, and it definitely took up a lot of my time, of which I had far too much growing up, so I appreciate it. The idea of going back though... Those were some dense tomes. I haven't thought about that series in a while, but it does have some nostalgic appeal.
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Ah, Glass Mask. I read that quite recently. It's amazing, I was very disappointed that it was unfinished. It seemed so close to the end too, but at least that wasn't that much left hanging.

Anyway I'm not that familiar with much of this list, and the stuff I am familiar with I mostly wouldn't rank nearly as highly, but I was looking for something to read, and Worm seems like a good candidate.
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I like Hanebado too, though I wasn't aware the ending had been translated yet?

The matches with Nagisa were easily the high points of the series, although Ayano's nastiness was also very fun.
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Oh I missed this topic. Tag.

Waiting for Hokusai.
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Looks like Winter will be a good season for me. I'll 100% watch the new Madoka, and I'm very likely to watch Railgun S3 and Kyouko Suiri since I like both of those.
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1. A) Original character
2. C) Other
3. C) To fight
4. (Male) August (Female) Erika
5. C) I have some magical ability, but I'm kinda in over my head.
6. C) An eyemask
7. B) Give me highlights and/or teasers of other scenes, like most shows and games
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I just like Jiro. Very fashionable and cool.

Of the mains I like Bakugo most though.
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Commander frustrates me greatly with how it's handled, but it's still the best way to play Magic casually for me. Maybe if there were other well supported casual formats.
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I was under the impression they already had adjusted the bots earlier this week, and that stuff like Secretkeeper and Revenge of Ravens were not as easy to come by now.
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Vexing Devil is a good one drop if you don't want to break the bank. Goblin Guide is about seven times as expensive and the Devil makes a decent replacement.
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When you're playing against green creature decks, the fair solution usually is to have access to a few wrath effects. There are plenty of <$1 rare wraths you could run in your Damia deck, for instance. Something like Crux of Fate or Languish would go a long way, just giving some immediate examples of cards that tanked in price after rotating out of Standard and should be easy to come by.

Goblins are harder to work with, and there's a natural disadvantage there. I have a hard time suggesting improvements to a goblins deck that would help while still remaining a casual deck. Blasphemous Act is the gold standard for red wraths, but is a bit of a liability for goblins.
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What are you playing? Sounds like a deck that would be weak to mass creature removal if you're in white or black.
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Green getting hard to answer threats to fight against blue is not exactly new territory. I remember liking to play with Mistcutter Hydra.
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For Limited? It probably helps that black and green are not only very strong in general, but that their individual best commons produce it, so food synergies come together more easily.
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Was that off of Lovestruck Beast? Just to throw in another rare for value.
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I also had fun at mine Friday night. Played BG... midrange stuff, mostly. I had a bit of Food but nothing special. I managed a 4-0 still, off some good creature draws backed by a red splash for burn spells.

The format seemed fun and interesting though. The Adventure cards offer a lot of value. There was one spot where I made a block that looked normal to me, thinking 'well if they have a combat trick then I don't really care', but when that combat trick turns into a creature it's so much worse to do that.
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It's not an especially unique sealed format. Find your bombs and removal and try to play them, have a plan for the long game, don't get caught up trying to play a synergy deck or aggro deck.
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Sakura Wars banner is up, though I don't think its associated event will start until the Elwin event ends next week.

Got both Sakura and Sumire on my 2nd 10x, pretty happy about that. I still have all the Princesses.
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Pretty much committed to just not playing CS3 until this comes out and then bashing through it and Azure first.
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Oh, this trilogy is really good. I'm probably not going to buy them again, but I guess I'll consider it.
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My expectations are low, so I'll wait for other people to finish it before I get too excited.
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Same, I quit my last guild for that reason. I liked that they were running lvl 50s guild battle so I could do it on auto. Need to find another one, but I don't want to spend a lot of time daily on guild stuff.
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It's absolutely nice that I can do my dailies so much more quickly now, but it has not entirely fixed my waning interest in progressing. Whether it's story, time rift, or high level secret realms, I'm just not moving ahead. I'm mostly just sweeping time rifts for more class upgrades (which are absolutely miserable still).
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azuarc posted...

Sceptilesolar posted...

I don't think it's very hard to understand why people like it. It's got a one-liner-slinging protagonist fighting magical monsters in a huge setting. It's easy to consume and enjoy....

May I recommend Ilona Andrews to you, then?

I'll keep it in mind, sure. I haven't really been interested in picking up any long-running fantasy series in a while, but I could use new reading material.
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I don't think it's very hard to understand why people like it. It's got a one-liner-slinging protagonist fighting magical monsters in a huge setting. It's easy to consume and enjoy, in a pulpy sort of way. It relies on cliches pretty heavily, but that's not such a bad thing. If you have expectations about how things will go and characters will behave, it's easy to just go along with that and not think about context.
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I dunno about the 'this is where the series gets good' argument. I was meh on it until Dead Beat (the 7th book), which is genuinely great.

But I don't think there's a single point you can look to and say 'it was bad before and now it's good'.
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I'm increasingly down on it, but it's still junky fun, which is fine.
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I think MHA has some parts that feel particularly novel to me within the battle shonen genre, at least what I've read, so that's what I like most about it. Occasionally it slips into more familiar territory. The upcoming arc isn't one of my favorites, but I'm looking forward to what comes after.
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MegamanX posted...

what exactly is this again in the trails multiverse

The first game in the second series.

I'm waiting patiently for this translation to release still. My patience was sorely tested by the obvious lack of progress most of this year, but at least they're still making updates.
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For anyone who felt like this game took too much time to play, the new secret realm sweeps are nice. Now at minimum you can do most daily missions instantly, so spending 15 minutes on the game in a day and still getting your daily crystals is possible.
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I like the look of Grismold, there's some cool potential there. Obvious synergy with Night of Soul's Betrayal or the like.
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We got all the box legends. Naya populate, Sultai morph, Jeskai flashback... Rakdos madness. Welp, not interested anymore.
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I enjoy the wide range of viable decks in Commander. I don't like as much how the default seems to be 2-3 hours of accumulating board presence and card advantage until someone sticks a game winning spell. That's what the RC tries to push as the right way to play, and I have grown unhappy with it myself.
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