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Dr. Stone 103 - Now it’s getting good! Seeing everybody petrified on the ship deck was a great visual.

Yup I can’t believe my eyes seeing the Giants at the top of the AL West

Chapter 45

I'm almost caught up on DB Super, just three chapters left to read. The Galactic Patrol / Moro saga was pretty decent overall. Seems like it could be a bit of a slog if it eventually gets animated though. There is a lot of room in there for the standard "buy time for Goku / Vegeta" stuff that can make the anime drag. I liked Merus and the Ultra Instinct stuff, and while I think the technique Vegeta learned on Yardrat was ultimately kinda lame (Forced Spirit Fission? what a mouthful), I did like that he tried a new tactic and have some success with it. I don't think we needed to get all the Z Fighters back together again, as I didn't think like they added much substance... except for Androids 17 and 18, it made perfect sense for them to help out against Moro. I'm not a fan of Seven-Three, too gimmick-y of a character to me, but I guess he will play a role again eventually, so I will try not to make a final judgement yet.

Where’d everybody go..? Vivy What a badass takedown of the Metal Float. This gal means business! Also, I am rather enjoying the spooky vibes of Shadows House. Wasn’t sold on it after the first episode, but it is definitely growing on me.

Stroman is off to a nice start for the Mets this year too. Even Taijuan Walker appears to be doing better than one could have expected given his spotty track record. I guess the problem for the Mets is that it takes more than three pitchers to form a starting rotation. Stats for the other two guys don’t look so hot. I wonder if Syndegaard will be back any time this summer..? It’s been over a year since his TJ surgery. They could really use him, though they will have to be quite cautious with how they pitch him if he can return this summer. Don’t want to re-injure that precious UCL.

Back Arrow #17 — This episode was pretty rad, had some good action Finally get to see what’s being the wall next week. SSSS.Dynazenon #5 — Gauma is such a spaz Poor Minami though

Bravely Default is fantastic. Do it!

Read a few DB Super chapters last night. Kinda funny seeing Vegeta step up and want to protect the Namekians. Almost seems out of character. But Vegeta has experienced quite a bit of character growth through Super, so I guess it is more fitting when you take the rest of Super into account. Of course then he pulls a classic Vegeta and takes on an enemy he knows very little about, just assuming he will beat him no problem I'm glad he is still consistent in that regard.

That was another favourite moment of mine in this episode -- the smile in the mirror.

Super Cub is such a feel good show. Just what I needed after a really crummy day. “Take that.”

Dr. Stone - Finished chapter 100 yesterday. I am very curious about "Why-man" and what they are going to encounter on the Treasure Island. I hope the next story arc is fun. When reading this, I'm trying to turn off the part of my brain that takes exception with Dr. Stone, because it is a comic after all... I think what irks me is there is all this science talk, like there is a realistic, scientific basis for all of the stuff Senku does, but at the same time some things seem so incredibly unrealistic. It's a bit of a disconnect. The science stuff can be interesting and all, but I think I'd rather get rid of that element and just make it unrealistic and fantastical. In any case, I guess I'll enjoy it more if I overlook the science-y stuff I also started reading the DB Super manga last night on a lark. I think I started at chapter 42, somewhere around there, I looked it up on a wiki. After the tournament with all of the other universes (the manga just glosses over the Broly movie). Goku and Vegeta are joining the Galactic Patrol. Might be fun! I don't know if/when more anime is planned... so I'll just take in the manga and be happy with that.

Episode #4 of Odd Taxi might be my favourite episode of any show so far this season. Odd Taxi is weird and a bit slow paced - not for everybody, I guess - but I think it’s worth a look. I really like the atmosphere of it. Just watch this episode and see if you like it. It’s kinda depressing though FYI.

Well I am I officially caught up Only a few days until the next chapter. What’s gonna happen on the boat

Oof. That was a pretty heavy episode. It ended on a happier note though!

That threw me off a bit too, I really don't remember Chrome being like that in the anime I don't totally dislike it, but it does strike me as a bit dumb. Chrome can be a bit of a dopey character though, I guess... Thanks for the insight re: Gen's Pig Latin as well. That makes sense. I'm glad they chose to do something with it instead of just discarding it. Pig Latin is fun. I would have gone for Egg Latin, that would be hilarious... but I guess also harder to read

Speaking of Dr. Stone -- I read a few chapters when I couldn't sleep last night, I think I went from... 84? (wherever it was you told me to start from) through to the end of 90. A lot happened in just a few chapters. I like how ambitious they're being, deciding to build a ship to set off sailing across the ocean, and promptly moving on to trying to find oil and building a hot air balloon to facilitate finding the oil. The loom they made for Yuzuriha was pretty rad too. One minor detail that kinda fascinates me a bit is that sometimes Gen speaks in Pig Latin..? I don't recall that ever coming through in the subtitles of the anime. It seems so random, but I like it. It does leave me wondering though, does Pig Latin work in Japanese..? Like, how are those bits of text written originally in the manga. I can't understand a lick of Japanese, much less read it, so I'm not gonna go down that rabbit hole anytime soon... but it's occupying a tiny bit of space in the back of my mind....

This is basically what I like best about this story in a nutshell. It's really fun watching Loid and Yor (and secondary characters like Yuri and other spies) trying to go about their business while also keeping their secrets from the other people. It's extra fun that Anya is in on all of it due to her special power. This dynamic reminds me a little bit of Cat's Eye (Hitomi being a member of Cat's, while her boyfriend Toshio, the detective who is always failing to catch Cat's, is completely clueless).

If @webhead would just hand over the nuclear codes and make me an admin already then I would have offered to take care of it

Chapter 35 - Drunk Yor is the best

Can you split the posts about Spy x Family in this thread into a new one..?

I like how this turned into a tennis manga for a few chapters. Don’t try to return Yor’s serve!

Yep that’s the guy Pretty crummy spy

Spy x Family: The chapters with Daybreak and George Glooman were fun

Vivy continues to impress, I’m already excited for next week!