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TopicFINISH HIM! Trdl Ranks 62 User-Nominated Finishing Moves
trdl23
06/09/18 3:24:08 AM
#78:


#46: Dragon of the Darkness Flame
Character: Hiei
Source: Yu Yu Hakusho
Nominator: AquaArcane (1/2 remaining)

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Aesthetics: 5
Dominance: 6
Damn: 4

Total score: 15/30


So you know how I gave Giga Slave some leeway for the wind-up time? Yeah... Hiei's not getting the same treatment here. Get it together, dude. If the Chigan Eye really disliked disrespect, it would have hurried that summon up a bit.

That being said, I like this quite a bit more than Giga Slave if it actually took a reasonable amount of time. The effects on the dragon are pretty good, I like the banter (it almost made up for the windup), and its effectiveness is pretty remarkable. I don't really understand what that bit is with the darkness coming out of the water and breaking some rocks, though, so points off for that. It feels tacked on. Ironic, since if it weren't tacked on, I'd actually like this move more overall because it would be shorter!

Anyway, yeah, this is a move I really wish I could have rated higher. It feels like a finisher should feel. It acts like a finisher should act. It's sufficiently badass. But god, it's hard to take it seriously when that guy just didn't get the fuck out of the way. He had nearly two minutes to do literally anything but just stand there. The fox chick knew to GTFO, and she wasn't even the target.

"But that's how shonen anime work!" Yes, and that's why most shonen anime suck. I actually like YYH in most respects, but this was not its finest showing.
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