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Train to the end of the world keeps getting stranger and stranger, but at least the puzzle pieces are starting to fit together. I'm guessing what happened to each station is what the Queen's impression was of each place when she went through.

Grandma and grandpa turn young again is also turning out to be really cute. The subplots with the granddaughters falling in love has been sweet.
 
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Happy 35th to this
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wtfNeedSignUp said:
Thanks for the recommendation, I've read Spirit Circle over the weekend and it's great but the ending is kinda meh.

Essentially, throughout the story you have a pretty consistent divide between the two leads in ideology which seems to go somewhere, up until the final reveal that the final reincarnation is evil, wants to destroy the world and hijacks the protagonist's body. So at least in terms of the relationship between the two, nothing really mattered since the end result was the same and it's purely on the protagonist and his reincarnations to save the day. It doesn't help the heroine is rarely called out on her beliefs in the reincarnations, while the protagonist does even if he is 100% in the right.

Also the part about being happy with being an underachiever rubs me the wrong way.
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Well, we all know the medium, proper big as smile satisfying endings are hard to come by, only ones I can think of are Dungeon Meshi, Full Metal Alchemist and Golden Kamui right of the bat. As for Spirit Circle... I remember enjoying my time with it, specially with the whole duality, but now that you mention it, the present parts were the weakest by far and the main character present version being kind of a whiny bitch is something you reminded me of. I still had a good time with it and file it as a nice read specially with how short it is.
Str8Bustah said:
I am still upset about Tenjou Tenge
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I remember seeing the anime, being baffled by the savage whiplash when it went from funny ha ha martial arts to RAPE RAPE RAPE!

And well, that it had a shitty anime only quick ending. Considered getting into the manga and decided against it.
 
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ShitLurker said:
I remember seeing the anime, being baffled by the savage whiplash when it went from funny ha ha martial arts to RAPE RAPE RAPE!
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Oh lol, is that why the score on MAL and others is as low as it is? I've been wanting to watch it for years, just haven't gotten around to it.
 
biglurker said:
Wait.. There are still people that actually believe Kill La Kill was actually secretly a commentary on fanservice?
I always thought that was something that lived and died on Tumblr as a way to justify liking the new thing that was 80% fanservice.
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Sorry for the doublepost and Im incredibly late
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Betonhaus said:
Train to the end of the world keeps getting stranger and stranger, but at least the puzzle pieces are starting to fit together. I'm guessing what happened to each station is what the Queen's impression was of each place when she went through.
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I feel like there is some Japanese in-joke for each stop. Maybe some local speciality, attraction or pun.
ShitLurker said:
As for Spirit Circle... I remember enjoying my time with it, specially with the whole duality, but now that you mention it, the present parts were the weakest by far and the main character present version being kind of a whiny bitch is something you reminded me of. I still had a good time with it and file it as a nice read specially with how short it is.
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Having people you had intimate relationship with becoming your relative was also a bit creepy. Plus weird how the first story love interest becomes way less relevant.
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One more from his RWBY posts:
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Bonus post - Gatchaman Crowds is about how heroism is wrong:
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And what the fuck is the "philosophical concept of patricide"?!
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Crowds was the first anime I absolutely despised with how much of a mary sue the heroine was. Can't remember why.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I feel like there is some Japanese in-joke for each stop. Maybe some local speciality, attraction or pun.
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Maybe, but it feels like whatever she saw when she looked out the windows at a stop or experienced there. Like seeing a city in the distance and remarking how tiny it looked, or having a ram in a nearby field try to ram it.
 
Man I am crazy or the people complaining about the last chapter of chainsaw man are DEFINITELY AMERICANS? because they are fine with violence and all but the moment something sexual happens they go all crying about sexual abuse, even when the scene is completely comedic in tone.
 
Registration said:
Man I am crazy or the people complaining about the last chapter of chainsaw man are DEFINITELY AMERICANS? because they are fine with violence and all but the moment something sexual happens they go all crying about sexual abuse, even when the scene is completely comedic in tone.
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>being horrified about sexual abuse being glorified/made a joke of
>must be American

You know, there's a reason being an open otaku is a death sentence in Japanese society, and this kind of material is part of the reason. Normie Japanese people don't like this either.
 
Sailor Troon said:
>being horrified about sexual abuse being glorified/made a joke of
>must be American

You know, there's a reason being an open otaku is a death sentence in Japanese society, and this kind of material is part of the reason. Normie Japanese people don't like this either.
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Yeah because it isn't like the whole chapter started from a point of violence (Cutting his dick off) to him cumming from a kiss and blowjob.

Don't you think that 160 chapters later, people that read this series would finally understand Denji's convictions and desires (even when he stated so many times), and the whole construction to get at this point (discussion on the metro, the whorehouse being burnt) would let people finally get it.

And yeah, only americans are like this, because they can make stories where you mince people to meat cubes, but the moment you show a female nipple you went to far. 18+ call the cops, think of the children.

Americans are always like that, can kill and maim people and right but the moment something sexual happens, it is too far.
 
Chainsaw Man would've been more beloved by American weebs had it come out in the '90s or early 2000s. Newcomers who came into anime because of Attack on Titan or Demon Slayer are just a bunch of pussies who can't stand the sight of 2D titty.
 
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