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- Yesterday
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Yeah for sure, the "rough panel" look blends in better with certain art styles and would stick out like a sore thumb in other cases. Other stuff... Kagurabachi has continued to be really great lately. This one has been rapidly rising up my personal power rankings Miharu and Ban are in a bit of a bind in Witch Watch, and I'm very curious to see how they get out of it (Ban is so useless But maybe she'll miraculously do something good). This whole arc on the cruise ship has been really really good. I'm up to # 135 in Black Clover; they've just finished the Royal Knights competition and the squad is heading off to storm the Eye of the Midnight Sun's hideout. I'm really curious to learn more about Licht and the elves. Stuff has been alluded to but not really addressed directly/thoroughly. I want to know the history and backstory in a lot more detail!
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Sakamoto Days is definitely one of the few manga that can get away with it because it already has a pretty gritty and sketchy style. I appreciate that Yuto Suzuki(finally looked it up again) always focuses on maximizing the FEEL of a panel. It's not necessarily about perfect art, it's about cool angles and poses, breathtaking action shots, and weighty moments that you let linger. I feel like if Undead Unluck suddenly looked like that, it would be really jarring
- Last week
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Agreed on all points! I'm glad the author mentioned the fact that this was Akane's first chance in a long time to just do rakugo without some special condition. Never would have occurred to me The lack of polish in the last few pages of Sakamoto Days' most recent chapter was very noticeable but I didn't hate it either. I wonder if they decided to change some details at the last second, which required new pages to be created. Or some pages got lost to a technical snafu. Who knows. Maybe the author just didn't budget time correctly and this was the result. I've seen this phenomenon a handful of times in Kagurabachi, although it's been weeks and weeks since the last occurrence. Togashi was pretty notorious for submitting stuff looking like that to make the deadline back in the bad old days as well. I'd love to have some new HxH chapters someday...
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Akane-banashi #207-208 Yeah, that was a great performance, and the realization that this is the first time she's been able to properly go all out with no restrictions hit hard. Even if Kaisei Ani-san wins, the way the pompous crowd went from not giving a fuck to treating Akane like a legend was so nice to see. Was also nice to see Kaisei seem somewhat unsettled for the first time in the most recent chapter. It almost made me have sympathy for him enough to cheer him on to win Sakamoto Days #261 I'm not sure if the last couple pages were intentionally sketchy or if dude ran out of time, but it still worked for the kind of style he does. Also thought the idea that Tanabata used his guitar to recreate the exact same pitch frequency as any given attack was a pretty cool concept. I don't have perfect pitch, so I could never lol
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1. Hades (9.5) 2. Pokemon LeafGreen (7.5) 3. Broken Sword: Reforged (7.5) Hades was earlier this year. Finally beat Hades himself late last year, and then in March I finally got the main story ending. I actually started playing on the Switch at one of my partner's houses, but when my girlfriend who I live with started playing it on her Steamdeck, it inspired me to start playing at home, too, and that's when the real addiction kicked in. Absolutely loved this. I'm not often a rogue-lite/rogue-like fan, but something about the aesthetics and character development reeled me in. The combat ends up being very satisfying, even if some runs feel like bullshit with everything they hand you. Still want to work on achievements and 100% relationships and stuff, but yeah, Hades fucks. Was my first time playing LeafGreen. I played the OG Gen 1 games but never did the remakes. Was a fun experience, they really updated the QoL, and unlike Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby, the game still feels appropriately challenging instead of being made a little too easy from the updates. I blazed through it pretty quickly. Was able to get everything on the Pokedex that didn't require a trade. No complaints, just a nostalgic romp. This is probably like the 4th time I've beaten Broken Sword. My first proper Point-and-Click game when I played it on the PS1 all those years ago. The remake is impeccable, with updated art that is completely faithful to the original vision and just makes it look more like a theatrical cartoon as opposed to the crunchy block graphics. Only real complaint is that for some god awful reason, any dark room is made so impossibly dark that you can't see shit. Thankfully, you can just click the right stick and change to the original graphics. Another nostalgic romp, still one of my personal classics. Now I'm probably gonna finally finish Monkey Island 2 when I'm done being distracted with Mina the Hollower
- Earlier
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The Mandalorian and Grogu Real fun movie. There's a part near the middle that drags a tiny bit, but it's not unenjoyable. Definitely could've been split into an 8 episode season, but the bigger budget allowed for bigger stars. Was surprised to see some stop motion in a few shots as well.
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Akane-banashi # 207 A very satisfying finish - and reaction - to Akane's God of Death. I loved this chapter. Problem is, Kaisei appears ready to take the stage and somehow outdo Akane Very curious to see his God of Death over the next few chapters. I hope his performance gets as much time as Akane's did and isn't just glossed over. Sakamoto Days # 260 No big comments, just want to give Shin some more props. You got this, buddy! Spy x Fam # 135 This situation that Loid's gotten himself into I love drunk Yor but Director Wilker has perhaps stolen the spotlight in this chapter. What a goofy old dude
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You gotta get back on the Witch Watch train eventually. It's been great lately. I'm not super sure what will happen in Akane-banashi, but what you're thinking sounds very plausible. Kaisei's performance is going to be very good, I'm sure. But Akane has already piqued Issho's curiosity for sure. Totally agreed re: Shin in Sakamoto Days. His growth and character arc have been amazing throughout the series. Definitely a "student becomes the master" type of scenario. Starts as a sidekick and practically has become the main character at this point. Obviously Sakamoto is still the true MC, but Shin is trying his best to steal the show! I'm loving it. I'm up to # 83 now with Black Clover. Didn't read much over the weekend. They're just about to go to the Forest of Witches to try to find a fix for Asta's cursed arms. Curious to see how that plays out
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One of these days maybe I'll catch back up on the Witch Watch manga Akane-banashi was great as usual. I predict she won't beat Kaisei, but based on Issho's reaction, she's gonna get what she wants anyway. Something I loved about the newest Sakamoto Days is the way everyone was talking about how Shin influenced them, and the brother assassin dude saying "Shin must be some guy," kind of cemented that he's already living up to Sakamoto's legacy..I thought it was a really touching moment, knowing how much that means to Shin.
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I read up to chapter # 62. That was pretty epic stuff! Yami against Licht, Gauche swooping in at the last second, then the Third Eye showing up. (I am going to have a lot of trouble remembering names of all these characters..!) Dude with the Copy Magic is going to be a problem. I'm at the underwater temple part and stopped reading just before the battle royale was about to start. Looking forward to reading that today!
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You're probably only a couple chapters away from one of the coolest fights in the series. When I saw the anime episode, my jaw was dropped for like 3 minutes lol I'm on Chapter 28 now, so I'm catching up!
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I am enjoying the art style a lot. Quality stuff. I'm at chapter 40-something now. Asta, Gauche, and the Sister are trying to rescue the kidnapped children from Sally and her goons. Now the apparent leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun has shown up so it's going to get serious Probably going to binge a bunch of chapters at lunch break today to see what happens.
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Man, I'm up to Chapter 17 in Black Clover now and the art and paneling is out of this world. The anime has some stellar episodes with great animation, but as a whole it does NOT do the manga justice
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Sakamoto I totally didn’t expect for Tenkyu to re-appear in Sakamoto Days, but I’m all for it! He was an interesting character so it’s smart to give him more time. This week’s chapter (258) was great Akane #205 Witch Watch #121 The last few chapters of Kagurabachi have been so good. Revealed a lot of background to the story that I had been wondering a lot about. Wicked action as well. Slowly chipping away at Black Clover (at chapter #40 now) and still really enjoying it. I’m just past the part where the bad dudes attacked and Fuegoleon got wrecked by them. Dang.
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The most recent Spy x Family was pretty hilarious. Maybe the first chapter in a while where some of the last few pages had me giggling out loud while waiting to pick up sushi Sakamoto Days #257 Akane-banashi #204
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The first few chapters go at a really fast pace! But it didn't feel wrong or too fast. Just refreshingly quick to get to the point. You go from meeting Asta, to him getting his grimoire, to him being asked to join the Black Bulls in like 3-4 chapters, then he's already heading off on his first mission. In other titles, that whole 'pass the test' trope would perhaps get stretched out over several chapters. You always know the main character is somehow going to scrape by one way or another. I appreciate the Black Clover author fast forwarding past that stuff.
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Oh man, I honestly love the Black Clover anime. It's like...not the most original, but it has pretty incredible pacing and the characters are so endearing. I've actually been playing around with going through the manga so I can actually finish it, so maybe I'll try to catch up with you 🤔
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Randomly decided to start reading Black Clover a couple days ago because I noticed it finished recently. ~10 chapters in and I am pretty hooked. I never watched any of the anime so I'm going in blind. I am very curious to see where it goes and how the story and world evolves. Tempted to Google spoiler-free reviews of the ending, just to get a feel for what fans of this series thought of the latter parts and end... but I will resist that urge for now to avoid ruining anything for myself
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I just fired up Netflix to check. I found the page for Akane-banashi. No episodes available yet. "New episode coming May 16th." So... I guess I haven't missed anything yet! I haven't watched any trailers or previews yet. I'm very curious to see and hear the anime. Really hoping the seiyuu's portrayal of Akane matches up with what I imagine she sounds like in my head when I read the manga.
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The Rays are so annoying -_- The Jays had been on a nice little run of series victories. Then they went on this road trip. First a 2-2 split in Minnesota. I really wanted to see them win 3 of those games. Now they're in Tampa and have lost the first 2 games. That series wraps up this afternoon (probably with another Blue Jays loss!) before they head back to Toronto. They were one win away from getting back to .500 before they dropped the final game in Minny... The next series at home is vs. the Angels, so that should be winnable, but then they play the Rays again, then the Tigers, then the Yanks. Time to figure some stuff out and win games against good teams please!!! I see your M's are only one win ahead of Toronto in the W-L column, so that's not a great start. At least Seattle's run differential isn't a negative number like Toronto's
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Apparently the American League only has 2 good teams. The Yankees and Rays.
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I don't know how it is in Canada, but they've been uploading all the episodes on YouTube as well. In America that's currently the only way to watch it legally
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M's back to .500. Cole Young is having a good start to the season as well, hope he keeps it up and our middle line up starts being so cold. At least J-Rod looks to be finding his groove. I feel bad for Trout. He might stay healthy all season and have great numbers, but that Angels pitching... Edit: After getting back to .500 they proceed to get swept by the Royals with Atlanta coming next...who you know is pretty good.
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I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying the anime so far! I've been putting off starting it just 'cause I hardly ever use Netflix. Guess I'm gonna have to fire it up and get watching sometime soon!
