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

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Today, I was reminded that I was reading and enjoying the "World Trigger" manga. Now I have to find the last chapter I read.
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I read the first volume and it was interesting enough.
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I watched the World Trigger anime, though I think it's got some filler, but is mostly canon. Was interesting iirc.

Use mal to keep track of whatever you're watching/reading.
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Defense is kinda OP in valkyria so theres a reason there is a turn limit but I just don't enjoy that. It's not very hard to work around. At least not as far as I got. However 4 also does this really fucking annoying thing where each scene is a different section in the book which completely shatters the pacing every few minutes. It's not a bad game really but just not for me I guess.
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I have the PS3 version of the original Valkyria Chronicles, but I picked that up on the cheap after already having VC2 (digital version for PSP) for years. Have not tried either VC Revolution or VC4, so my involvement with the series is minimal. Might upgrade to the PS4 version of VC4 as time and money allow.
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I have VC for ps3 and I got it on Steam as well. Re-bought it on Steam to support the franchise and it also came with the dlc I never got for the ps3 version. I still want to get VC4.

Today's Goblin Slayer was fun, though, I felt it was more intense when I read it in the manga. Maybe it lost its impact because I already knew what was going to happen though.
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There's an absolutely ridiculous sale going on at Sentai right now, if anyone's looking to buy.
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This episode of goblin slayer had the most annoying fight yet. Why doesn't the archer ever shoot anything important? They introduce her with ridiculous loop de loop perfect accuracy shots and she wastes time and arrows dealing with pointless fodder goblins instead of the bigger threat. It's also the second time goblin slayer has gone in with no fucking plan besides "I'm gonna swing at it" and gotten destroyed for it. He is shown to be a smart guy, act smart dammit. Then, instead of anyone being useful they just kinda watch GS do his thing and then for no reason he maims the thing he is fighting instead of killing it. What was event he point of strangling it? For that matter just fucking stab it to death with one of 50 weapons lying around.

The complete lack of logic in all of these fights make them hard for me to enjoy. I don't need godlike tactics but it feels like they are actively trying to fight stupid. Also why would they not take antidotes if they expect poison? Why would they not suspect ambushes in general? They just act so carefree and stupid. The shot at the end with the eye view was painfully long and pointless. Could have had the same effect in 10 seconds instead of a full minute.

Really feels like the show expects shock factor alone to keep people from paying attention to any of the finer details.
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Surprised by how far things progressed off screen in SAO but they got me excited for the upcoming fight. Decent episode I suppose.
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Ugh GOSU is about to pop off at the 4 cardinal points.
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How the hell do you explain yourself when someone walks in on you watching the episode of Strike Witches where an alien bug crawls inside the girls' asses?
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Lol

Rereading Azumanga Daioh (the old ADV Manga release). Never loses its charm.

keyblader1985 posted...

How the hell do you explain yourself when someone walks in on you watching the episode of Strike Witches where an alien bug crawls inside the girls' asses?

Explain that the bugs stole their pants.
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Luckily they didn't actually walk in on any questionable scenes. And I stopped the video completely before it got any worse. I had to, as a human being.

I'm actually about to get the Azumanga Daioh anime from Sentai right now. I've always been half interested, but $5 was too good to pass up.
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Started watching tonari no kyuuketsuki and I like it quite a bit. It's just the yuribait moe trash I can enjoy. There really isn't anything special here but its a formula I never get tired of even if it has a vampire twist this time.

If you didn't bother to look it up its a cute girls doing cute things but two of the girls are vampires and theres lots of yuri undertones. Hell maybe it's yuri overtones at this point. It's kind of like a much worse dragon maid.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Started watching tonari no kyuuketsuki and I like it quite a bit. It's just the yuribait moe trash I can enjoy. There really isn't anything special here but its a formula I never get tired of even if it has a vampire twist this time.

If you didn't bother to look it up its a cute girls doing cute things but two of the girls are vampires and theres lots of yuri undertones. Hell maybe it's yuri overtones at this point. It's kind of like a much worse dragon maid.

Aw yiss. :3
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*ponders*

If there is yuri, I can overlook the moe. Or it just makes the yuri better (see: New Game!).
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I'm still hoping for a yuri harem. Kobayashi was the closest I think we've gotten. More Kobayashi would be nice too.
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dragon504 posted...

I'm still hoping for a yuri harem. Kobayashi was the closest I think we've gotten. More Kobayashi would be nice too.

Same man. Thats the dream.

I don't want to oversell the tonari no kyuuketsuki though. It's really pretty average.
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I've been playing Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, and I'm now at the point where I can start dating one of the bachelorettes, but I just can't pick!

https://imgur.com/deqo0ur

From left to right we have:

Lisette - The traditional girl next door flower shop owner. She can be a bit naive and childish with her love of fairy-tale romances, but still possesses a heart of gold and is just filled with sweetness and, as other in-game characters have mentioned, "an aura that makes you want to protect her"

Iluka - The younger twin. As a priestess she has the power to read the auras and emotions of others. She can be spacey and is always sleepy, but she can also be surprisingly snarky when she wants to. She works as the chef in the sister's cafe.

Siluka - The older twin. The typical tsundere, she has a bit of a mean streak, but she can sometimes show a bit of sweetness underneath her spice. She has the power to read nature and predict the weather. She's in charge of drinks at the sister's cafe.

Komari - The typical genki girl tomboy. She works as a waitress at her family's tea shop and is always ready to greet her customers with an energetic smile! She often laments that she didn't take the time to learn to be more "girly" and has always harbored a secret desire to be treated like a princess.

Kasumi - The quiet and cool school teacher, and also the typical sheltered ojou-hime character. Growing up in a strict traditionalist household has left her with a large distrust and discomfort around men. It'll take a lot of effort to get through her icy shell, but you may just discover a lively and passionate heart underneath.

I'm leaning towards Kasumi, Lisette, and Iluka, but I'm having a hard time choosing. Which do you guys pick?
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So...um...spoilers for Goblin Slayer.....

Spoilers........

Warning will robinson.

Did they actually kill him? Will he be ressurected or something?
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T0ffee posted...

I've been playing Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, and I'm now at the point where I can start dating one of the bachelorettes, but I just can't pick!

https://imgur.com/deqo0ur

From left to right we have:

Lisette - The traditional girl next door flower shop owner. She can be a bit naive and childish with her love of fairy-tale romances, but still possesses a heart of gold and is just filled with sweetness and, as other in-game characters have mentioned, "an aura that makes you want to protect her"

Iluka - The younger twin. As a priestess she has the power to read the auras and emotions of others. She can be spacey and is always sleepy, but she can also be surprisingly snarky when she wants to. She works as the chef in the sister's cafe.

Siluka - The older twin. The typical tsundere, she has a bit of a mean streak, but she can sometimes show a bit of sweetness underneath her spice. She has the power to read nature and predict the weather. She's in charge of drinks at the sister's cafe.

Komari - The typical genki girl tomboy. She works as a waitress at her family's tea shop and is always ready to greet her customers with an energetic smile! She often laments that she didn't take the time to learn to be more "girly" and has always harbored a secret desire to be treated like a princess.

Kasumi - The quiet and cool school teacher, and also the typical sheltered ojou-hime character. Growing up in a strict traditionalist household has left her with a large distrust and discomfort around men. It'll take a lot of effort to get through her icy shell, but you may just discover a lively and passionate heart underneath.

I'm leaning towards Kasumi, Lisette, and Iluka, but I'm having a hard time choosing. Which do you guys pick?

From those descriptions I would only consider the two you aren't leaning towards but even those two have issues that would put me off.

wolfy42 posted...

So...um...spoilers for Goblin Slayer.....

Spoilers........

Warning will robinson.

Did they actually kill him? Will he be ressurected or something?

You know we have a spoiler tag that conveniently hides this kind of stuff.

From what I gathered on the MAL episode discussion, he isn't dead and will just be out of commission for a while. Presumably the arc will have to be resolved without him.
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ahh ok. Um...I was gonna ask how to use the spoiler tag but i just found it

I predated spoiler tags by a long time.
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wolfy42 posted...

ahh ok. Um...I was gonna ask how to use the spoiler tag but i just found it

I predated spoiler tags by a long time.

With how much you post, how are you only now finding the spoiler tag function....
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dragon504 posted...

I'm still hoping for a yuri harem.

I think I am backing one of those (in VN form) on Kickstarter. Will have to check.

T0ffee posted...

Which do you guys pick?

From that list, I say go for the chef (Iluka).
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You know, on one hand I'm kinda glad that Story of Seasons introduced the "going steady" mechanic, so you have to commit to actually dating one of the characters before getting married. It adds a touch of realism, characterization, and depth to the bachelor/ettes.

On the other, I'm also the kind of guy who likes to make a pseudo harem in these types of games, and to see all of the special events the characters have, and THEN choose who to marry. Can't do that anymore :P

Oh well, decided to go with Kasumi. I'm a sucker for the yamato nadeshiko types, the "you taught me the meaning of love" type, and also the clumsy and shy while in love type, which she checks all the boxes for.
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AllstarSniper32 posted...

wolfy42 posted...

ahh ok. Um...I was gonna ask how to use the spoiler tag but i just found it

I predated spoiler tags by a long time.

With how much you post, how are you only now finding the spoiler tag function....

I started posting back when gamefaqs opened, then posted a ton in the d2 days, and just didn't notice when they added the tag functions etc. I may not even have been posting during that time. This is m y second char, my first went poof after I didn't post for a year once.
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wolfy42 posted...

I started posting back when gamefaqs opened, then posted a ton in the d2 days, and just didn't notice when they added the tag functions etc. I may not even have been posting during that time. This is m y second char, my first went poof after I didn't post for a year once.

OK, but there's still literally a spoiler button to press along with bold and italic functions.
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After catching YT clips and glancing at part of a chapter, finally caved and started to watch Fairy Tale... but it's perhaps even worse than I thought it'd be. Even overlooking that the dub has too many recognizable VAs which kinda hurts it for me, most of the humor just falls flat.

I watched the first 3-4 episodes, not sure if I'll continue. Still kinda on some non-anime, although I'm delaying starting American Horror Story: Freak Show until a weekend when I can binge it and I started the surprisingly funny Be Cool, Scooby Doo which, tbh, I had expected nothing from.

And at this point I think I'm done with my brief Naruto kick again. Stopped right towards the end of the Sasuke Retrieval Arc during the final fight. The stuff I had been watching on YT worked better for me because it had the fight scenes without all of the annoying interruptions (flashbacks, cutaways, recaps, etc).
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So many voice actors, even the good ones, don't really offer much range in their performances. Just because it's the same person doesn't mean it has to be the same pitch, inflections, mannerisms, etc.
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I always kinda wonder if it's more a matter of VAs not wanting to do something all that different, the producers/directors wanting a similar performance, or the VAs wanting to be distinct so they can build a following. At any rate, yeah, that's largely my problem.
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I just picked up Rwby so I can get into BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle at least knowing all characters. Kinda surprised this was out of my radar for so long, finished Volume 1 and it has quite a lot of potential.

Fairy Tail is one of those cases where I prefer (and recommend) the manga over the anime, though I admit a lot of that is because I dislike A-1 Pictures.
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I remember hearing once that crispen freeman (i think it was him) actually has a lot of distinct voices he can do and had some in a youtube video or something but that directors just always wanted him to use the one he is famous for so I really think its more a matter of wanting to cast the famous voice than a lack of range from the VAs.

If you don't like the start of fairy tail you should 100% drop it. It's extremely frustratingly repetitive. The formula is tolerable and even enjoyable at first but it gets so god damn frustrating that natsu powers up to be a god every arc only to get shit stomped by low tier fodder the next arc over and over and over and over and over again.

Black clover is similar and better than fairy tail IMO although it has quite a lot of problems as well. No idea why the black clover anime has such a disparity in scores and reception compared to fairy tail. Really feel fairy tail should have a 5-6 average rating on MAL.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

I remember hearing once that crispen freeman (i think it was him) actually has a lot of distinct voices he can do and had some in a youtube video or something but that directors just always wanted him to use the one he is famous for so I really think its more a matter of wanting to cast the famous voice than a lack of range from the VAs.

I always thought it was this and could never understand how people thought that actors or VAs could get hired for a role then go and do whatever they wanted for the role.
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I think the secret to enjoying Fairy Tail is to just ignore Natsu most of the time and pay attention to the arcs of the female characters instead.

YoukaiSlayer posted...

Black clover is similar and better than fairy tail IMO

I ... disagree. I find Black Clover to be everything I find annoying about the shounen genre dialed up to 110%.
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I_Abibde posted...

YoukaiSlayer posted...

Black clover is similar and better than fairy tail IMO

I ... disagree. I find Black Clover to be everything I find annoying about the shounen genre dialed up to 110%.

Funny. Black Clover has everything BUT what I hate the most in shounen. At least as far as I got, I'm still at ep 30.

I feel like black clover actually got a fair bit right. Stuff people usually dont really bring up. The power scale and ceiling is effectively established and adhered to, some enemies just hard counter the main character and only utilizing teamwork can they succeed, powers interact interestingly.

The main, asta, is handled a bit interestingly in terms of ability. He has a super generic power canceling ability but its only melee in a world of ranged attacks. He actually has higher physical abilities than pretty much anyone in the show BUT thats pretty useless in many scenarios.

The show keeps a very steady pace and goes about exploring the side characters pretty quickly. Some of the side characters just kinda suck though. The writer seems to be fond of giving each of the main characters a super OP power and then counterbalancing it with a pretty big weakness.

The fact that even starting out the main characters have some attributes that are higher than their opponents while still being the underdogs stood out to me and it was nice to have a lot of the fights be about finding a way to cover for your weaknesses. I really liked how the big fight around episode 50 played out. It was definitely an above average shonen fight.

Of course, it's still a shonen. People have no subtlety and must exclaim their emotions constantly. The villains motivation is paper thin, or rather, doesn't match the methods. The two main enemy factions established so far have motivation for taking action, but not for taking the actions they take, and they end up just coming across as cartoonishly evil instead of interesting. Real wasted potential. The main villain reminds me a lot of Yggdrasil from tales of symphonia, but that game handled that type of character much better IMO.

Banter is repetitive and some peoples behaviors don't really stay changed after characters briefly develop. Especially annoying with the main girl who keeps making progress only to seemingly forget that any of it ever happened. Other side characters turn over a new leaf TOO fast and go from snobish dickheads to super caring people in an instant.

The power system is also a little underutilized. With how strong each of type of magic is, it becomes very apparent that combining 2-3 peoples powers is just actually unstoppable but they rarely do this.

Asta's character initially seems like a clone of naruto with better coping skills but thats actually the problem. He already coped with his problems before the show even starts. He doesn't really have anywhere to grow. He can shrug off insults, always works hard, cares about his companions, and generally doesn't act out. His only flaw is that he is dumb but thats not really something you overcome. Compare that to naruto who also struggles to cope with being an outcast but does act out and becomes standoffish. He has a lot more room to grow and improve over the course of the series.

I guess just because of how hard it got shit on, I was pleasantly surprised. Good chance I never watch anymore of it though. I feel like its about on par with naruto which I put above bleach and way above fairy tail but below one piece and way below hunter x hunter.
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Just watched this weeks goblin slayer. I don't know why they even have an archer around if they don't ever shoot anything. Such a convoluted plan when "shoot it in the eye" would have worked just fine. On to SAO.
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I started reading "Solo Leveling". I like it.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

I don't know why they even have an archer around if they don't ever shoot anything.

To ship with Cleric, of course.
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I_Abibde posted...

To ship with Cleric, of course.

You really know how to change my mind. Still wish she would actually shoot enemies though.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

You really know how to change my mind.

This is the power of the Yuri Side of the Force. ... I need to do 'fic of those two.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Ok episode of SAO. Gotta admit, I'm not a fan of imagination power. That's too obvious of a blank check.

It's yet another nice reference to Accel World, and given the amount of time he needed to learn it, it's being fair to its origins.

The next chapter of "Hive" is the final chapter!
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VixYW posted...

It's yet another nice reference to Accel World, and given the amount of time he needed to learn it, it's being fair to its origins.

It took kirito like one day to start using it effectively to not only beat the strongest swordsman but also perform magic that brings plants back to life. It was a dumb thing in accel world too. If you are going to use a power system I want it to be a defined power systems so I can correctly gauge peoples strength and try to figure out their actions. Imagination power sets everyones strength == ??? so anyone can do anything at any moment "plausibly":. A random 4 year old on the street could walk up and kick kirito's ass as long he really believes he can.

It's not like they are imagining something complex where intellect or creativity even come into the eqaution. It's literally just imagining "I'm gonna hit him so hard he won't be able to withstand it". Ignore reality in order to succeed. Considering the entire rest of the show is crafting a reality just to be ignored, I don't like that.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Ignore reality in order to succeed.

Hey, it worked for Gao Gai Gar.
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Watched this weeks slime. Decent episode. Honestly wished I'd saved this to marathon at the end of the season. Each episode feels like it's over in an instant.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

VixYW posted...

It's yet another nice reference to Accel World, and given the amount of time he needed to learn it, it's being fair to its origins.

It took kirito like one day to start using it effectively to not only beat the strongest swordsman but also perform magic that brings plants back to life. It was a dumb thing in accel world too. If you are going to use a power system I want it to be a defined power systems so I can correctly gauge peoples strength and try to figure out their actions. Imagination power sets everyones strength == ??? so anyone can do anything at any moment "plausibly":. A random 4 year old on the street could walk up and kick kirito's ass as long he really believes he can.

It's not like they are imagining something complex where intellect or creativity even come into the eqaution. It's literally just imagining "I'm gonna hit him so hard he won't be able to withstand it". Ignore reality in order to succeed. Considering the entire rest of the show is crafting a reality just to be ignored, I don't like that.

From what I got, it took him at least the whole year in the academy to get it, if not the two years ha was stuck there, and he probably only got so far in that match due to the boost of confidence of having a sword that allowed the use of 4 hit skills - and that wasn't a victory btw.

The whole incarnation system isn't as simple as imagining you can do something. You have to blindly believe that what you want to do is possible. You basically have to overwrite your own view of the world in order to overwrite the system. Took Haru a whole week of spartan training to barely learn a single technique, and all that time for Kirito to notice that something like that was in play and grasp the basics of its workings. It's not exactly an ass pull like some make it out to be.