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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#29576: Apr 10th 2016 at 11:31:52 AM

I'm interested because for years now, the popular opinion on Hunter x Hunter was extremely favorable. I know it's the same guy that wrote Yu Yu Hakuso, but the anime improved on his manga in several ways that I enjoyed.

TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#29577: Apr 10th 2016 at 11:34:13 AM

Shinichi still has his enhanced reflexes and strength and stuff, right? Any chance he could go into boxing or MMA or something? Firefighter?

edited 10th Apr '16 11:34:38 AM by TheAirman

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#29578: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:03:31 PM

He also has a similar amount of durability like Gotou (He did the same thing with Rapist asshole's knife that Gotou did with Yakuza blades).

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wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#29579: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:27:27 PM

imho hunterxhunter is one of the best battle shounen out there, probably the one i like the most besides FMAB. The main reason for that is that is simply that it's not a slave to the formulas most shounen follow, it's very unpredictable and experimental in the story structure and the characters' roles in the story. It's also noticeably darker than most shounen you'll read, particularly once it gets to the Chimera Ant arc which people have mixed opinions about but for my money is one of the most gripping arcs of any shounen ever (i still need to finish it though to have a finalized opinion on everything).

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#29580: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:36:22 PM

Toriko is better, IMO.

I might give it another shot when the manga starts up again, but it won't surprise me if it goes on Hiatus again.

I'll watch the dub of the anime on toonami, too, of course.

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#29581: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:38:49 PM

I wasn't that impressed with what I read of Toriko. It was a fun shounen, but didn't stand out to me as anything particularly noteworthy in terms of its characterization or drama, just a cute 80's throwback. It's entirely possible that it grew the beard and became amazing later, of course, since even Hx H took a while to become as good as it did, but idk if i have the patience to get up to that point.

edited 10th Apr '16 12:40:53 PM by wehrmacht

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#29582: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:41:31 PM

How far did you get? Because Ice Hell and the Gourmet pyramid arcs (Where Tommyrod on the villains side and Zebra on the heroes side are introduced respectively) are when the series really hits its stride.

Hell, The Hunters world of Hunter X Hunter that's about to start up is very influenced by Toriko's gourmet world.

A shame Toei had to get the anime rights when Ufotable did that Fantastic OVA pilot.

edited 10th Apr '16 12:42:18 PM by Demongodofchaos2

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#29583: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:45:35 PM

Uh I think I read like 100 chapters? It's been years so I honestly don't remember. It was a fun enough shounen to read, so in retrospect, I have to retract my earlier statement and say I probably wouldn't have minded catching up with it.

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#29584: Apr 10th 2016 at 12:48:02 PM

Let's just say that shit starts to escalate in terms of insanity like crazy by the 190 mark. That's all I'll say.

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PikaHikariKT Since: Jan, 2001
#29585: Apr 10th 2016 at 1:37:06 PM

I've also gotten pretty much hooked on HxH ever since Viz picked up the second anime and am psyched for the dub. waii

edited 10th Apr '16 1:37:35 PM by PikaHikariKT

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#29586: Apr 14th 2016 at 6:25:46 PM

Funimation has released the entire series of Samurai Champloo on Youtube. However, it's the subtitled version, not the dub. I've never seen the subbed version.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#29587: Apr 14th 2016 at 8:28:33 PM

I prefer the dub. It's one of my favorite dubbed anime.

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#29588: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:04:18 PM

They changed the OP yet it's as clean and crisp as the previous one.

How long had it been like that?

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#29589: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:05:15 PM

[up] What? Isn't it still the same OP from last week?

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#29590: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:08:25 PM

Damn, Tien be laying down some hard truths!

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#29591: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:09:39 PM

Tien Exposishan.

I have a message from another time...
GreatT HOT DOG Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#29592: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:09:51 PM

And then Piccolo gives us an empty reminder that he's gonna take over the world.

HA!

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#29593: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:09:54 PM

Lately I've been either skipping or tuning in during the middle of the episode.

As you can see it's been a while since I've caught the beginning of an episode on time.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#29594: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:13:51 PM

[up] Ah alright.

Also did Piccolo put on his robes mid-flight?

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#29595: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:15:00 PM

Clothes beam.

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asiacatdogblue This Won't End Well... from Chicago, IL Since: Feb, 2010
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#29596: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:19:54 PM

At least, we don't have to see him dos-I mean, meditating for... how long again?

edited 16th Apr '16 9:20:10 PM by asiacatdogblue

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#29597: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:21:26 PM

Ah yes, one of my favorite beams in the series, second only to the mouth/eye beam combo that may or may not exist.

So why are the androids super strong now? Weird side effect of time travel or alternate universe?

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#29598: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:25:30 PM

[up] I guess. There's gotta be a reason why they took so long in Trunk's timeline that he became a teen.

Also its nice to see Chichi being a good wife instead how cruel she is to him.

...... well she's somewhat nicer.

edited 16th Apr '16 9:25:42 PM by slimcoder

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#29599: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:27:32 PM

Next episode is going to be Super Sayan Kart featuring Vegeta vs. the androids, right?

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Rojixus The Last Nineties Anti-Hero from A Dark and Rainy Cyberpunk City (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#29600: Apr 16th 2016 at 9:32:22 PM

If I don't hear "sad for youuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" from Vegeta, I will be disappoint.


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