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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#16202: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:29:48 AM

So Yu Yu Hakosho and Bleach all jumped the shark, and people accuse the later to be a rip-off...

Should I watch these shows, or what?

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16203: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:31:52 AM

You don't have to watch them just because people recommend them.

edited 8th Dec '15 11:33:59 AM by VeryMelon

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16204: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:39:54 AM

[up][up]Yu Yu Hakusho is definitely worth a watch if you are interested.

The thing with a lot of these Long Running Shonen series is that they tend to lose steam overtime. DBZ, YYH, Naruto, Bleach. It's happened all across the board.

I think One Piece tends to be the one exception to that and that's because it's story lends itself well to having more episodic arcs.

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#16205: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:41:47 AM

I've been reading a lot of the One Piece manga. I quite like it.

I really should read the Bleach and Naruto mangas. I prefer starting with a manga before delving into the story.

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#16206: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:42:43 AM

One Piece is a strange case- the anime's lost a lot of steam, but the manga's still fine, albeit with some pacing issues that lead to increasingly huge arcs.

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#16207: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:43:42 AM

I hear the anime has a lot of animation that's kind of bad because Toei is cheap.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16208: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:47:39 AM

[up][up],[up]From what I've heard, because of how much filler have killed the ratings of shows, they've instead made it so 1 episode = 1 chapter's worth of content. So that's slowed the pacing of the anime to a crawl.

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#16209: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:52:17 AM

The other problem is that Oda takes breaks a lot more frequently than the anime does, so one chapter per episode isn't actually as sustainable as it sounds. Meaning we get the worst of both worlds- the pacing is slowed to a crawl, and we still get some filler. What the anime really needs is a hiatus. And really, it's one of last super-long running anime left that's never gone on hiatus.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#16210: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:53:34 AM

I just came to a amusing realization. Piccolo was the offspring of the "Demon King" Piccolo. And is technically the other half of a god, and his species has Blue Blood...

He's A Blue Blooded prince.

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#16211: Dec 8th 2015 at 11:56:45 AM

I really liked the introduction of psychics to YYH. It was like "okay, you've just beaten the strongest demons. How about something new: humans with powers that can't be overcome by simple punching?"

It was a neat concept, and two of them were cleverly lived up to that concept.

The rest were just punched harder.

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#16213: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:14:55 PM

The mind reader got fooled by simplicity. Yusuke's thoughts were exactly what he was gonna do. It's just that it had side effects that were so routine for his punches at this point that he didn't even think about it.

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#16214: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:20:28 PM

Murota was flawed in the same way that most fictional mind readers are: the implicit assumption by writers who have clearly never been in an actual fight before that everyone thinks, "I'm going to throw a punch at his left side" before doing it.

A lot of fighting is driven on instinct and muscle memory. Being able to read someone's mind might give you advance notice of a few hits, but it's far from the Story-Breaker Power writers try to depict it as.

Even if it did work that way, one would think it would also be pretty distracting to be constantly trying to scan someone's mind while also engaging in a fight with that person. The required amount of reaction time to read "I'm going to feint left then nail him in the jaw with my right", consciously process it, then calculate a response before the blow has already landed is insane.

Even before superpowers are brought into the mix, things happen really fast in a fight. Thinking is not a free action.

edited 8th Dec '15 12:24:35 PM by TobiasDrake

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#16215: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:21:03 PM

http://teamfourstar.com/video/dbcember-top-24-movies-and-specials-17/

HERE BROLY

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#16216: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:24:07 PM

Though, a lone attack performed from a cold stop in a "I'll let you try one free hit" situation probably gets more conscious thought. But I can't say for sure.

I should rewatch YYH. I do remember quite liking the Chapter Black arc, in addition to the other arcs.

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#16218: Dec 8th 2015 at 1:38:25 PM

People are going to hate them so much for this.

But, seriously. Every time I see them hate on Broly, my faith in humanity is restored a little bit.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16219: Dec 8th 2015 at 1:48:05 PM

Why? Where would any hate come from?

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#16220: Dec 8th 2015 at 1:52:21 PM

People who watch the show for only the powerlevelz and violence actually love Broly and defend him massively.

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#16221: Dec 8th 2015 at 2:00:48 PM

... so the writer of Dragonball Multiverse?

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#16222: Dec 8th 2015 at 3:19:02 PM

I don't get the "When Broly" part.

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
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#16223: Dec 8th 2015 at 3:20:13 PM

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People keep asking when they'll abridge Broly in their livestreams.

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#16224: Dec 8th 2015 at 3:21:05 PM

Which is ridiculous. The answer is obvious. They'll get to Broly during the lead-in to the Cell Games, which is where the movie ostensibly falls. They don't just pick a random movie and do it whenever, they're trying to keep them as close to the timeline as they can.

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#16225: Dec 8th 2015 at 3:21:46 PM

Probably next year...

Also, the next episode, the one being edited and at 83% completion... DBZA or Hellsing Ultimate Abridged?


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