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[Sirus]

Y'all are wrong. Saitama just does the hero thing as a hobby. He does want money and fans, but he doesn't want them super intensely. He doesn't want anything super intensely in fact, his character is largely about ennui (and isolation) so looking too hard for driving motivations is an inherently misguided method of analyzing the work.

He did do the C-class which was a lot of work... you don't really go through that unless you REALLY want to.

REALLY want to or REALLY need the money. A lot of C-class heroes (Mumen/Licenseless Rider the obvious exception) seem to treat crimefighting as a combination of job and PR opportunity.

[Cruxador]

I picked up Gamers! and those cute dorks are actually a ton of fun.

It seemed like it would be stupid from the description, but actually even though the characters themselves are dumb, it's great fun and feels realistic.

We'll see what happens in the future, but Pine Jam is looking like the up-and-comer in comedy right now.

[SomeKindOfGnome]

I recently finished NGE and End of Evangelion, and man...
I cannot deal with this Shinji hate I see everywhere.
Literally all of the angst he showed throughout the entire series was justified. He went from being a normal student with a mostly normal life to being literally the only person who could save the world.
If that wouldn't make you have multiple nervous breakdowns, I don't know what would.
I don't understand why people expected him to be a brave and fearless pilot who holds back no punches.

Every single time he whined and cried, I didn't doubt it. I didn't think "Well, that's not realistic for a 14 year old to do."
I would do the exact same in his position.
Combine that with everything that happened to him, and he's believable as heck.
I guess how sympathetic you are towards him really depends on your age while watching it, but...

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I just can't understand anyone who gets mad at Shinji for not brutally attacking Unit-03.

/end rant

Anyways, NGE is a really good show, and I reccomend it to everyone who likes mechs, giant alien fights, and screwed up people as main characters. The last two episodes + EoE were amazing and complimented each other like peanut butter and jelly.

[Cruxador]

I think the anime of the season is going to be Princess Principal. The current sales numbers think so too, but in a more subjective valuation, it's a great action anime with well-placed sakuga, and also has well written plots and cute girls. Generally a winning formula.

[Paxiecrunchle]

So is anyone else watching A Centaurs Life?  I think it has promise, at least because it's world building is absolutely fascinating, even if slice of life type shows aren't as my usual preference.

[Cruxador]

So is anyone else watching A Centaurs Life?  I think it has promise, at least because it's world building is absolutely fascinating, even if slice of life type shows aren't as my usual preference.

I know the manga was very popular among a certain set (though it helped that it came in the early days of the monstergirl craze, before the market was saturated) but I haven't heard much discussion of the anime. How's the adaptation? Is it well done as an anime, or does it rely only on the narrative strength that already existed?

[Paxiecrunchle]

 I don't think it stands out as an independent entity but it's well animated the voice acting is very good,  and I love how they're handling characterization throughout the series.

My only problem is that the introduction seems way too obnoxious, it wants me to take it seriously, but it also wants to show me fan service at the same, which I find annoying because it's tonally inconsistent.

[scriver]

Centaur fan service? ...no thanks

[Tack]

Just started watching 'Knights & Magic'.
Was never really a fan of the gundam genre, but figured I'd give it a shot anyway.

Turns out the thing keeping me from enjoying big stomy robots is them being weathered as heck.
It's simultaneously made me really enjoy the series, and also has me in abject trepidation for when the protagonist makes his, because the rules of shounen says it has to be glossy and perfect forever.

[Cruxador]

Gave it a try based on that recommendation; it was on my radar already.

I'm only into the second episode but I gotta say, the main thing this anime is doing is make me want to read the LNs. As is often the case with book adaptations, it seems like there's tons of little worldbuilding details that are referenced but without the books, it's not really possible to know why they're like that.

[hops]

So I decided to start reading My Hero Academia, or whatever the heck it's called.

I like it, so far. Seems that superpower plots with genuine, caring heroes are becoming somewhat rare nowadays. Everyone has dark secrets or twisted motives, everyone's gotta angst, the idols everyone looks up to are frauds, etc. That sort of thing is fine, but the heroes in this manga are refreshing in how they act so...heroic. Not all of them, of course - if that Kacchan kid doesn't become a villain at some point I'll be amazed - but most of them. The idol-hero is either an amazing actor or genuinely cares about helping people. One dude has a game-breaking power but uses it primarily in natural disasters or search-and-rescue operations instead of battle. The teachers put their lives on the line to protect their students. The students (Kacchan excepted) support and assist each other. It's nice.

I'll probably start watching the anime before long, especially since I hear it's got a quality English dub. Roughly how far along is it? I'd like to keep the manga plot ahead of the anime plot.

If Bakugou becomes a villain I'd be surprised because he acts waaaaaay too villainous to be a villain, if that makes any sense.

[Wolfhunter107]

So I decided to start reading My Hero Academia, or whatever the heck it's called.

I like it, so far. Seems that superpower plots with genuine, caring heroes are becoming somewhat rare nowadays. Everyone has dark secrets or twisted motives, everyone's gotta angst, the idols everyone looks up to are frauds, etc. That sort of thing is fine, but the heroes in this manga are refreshing in how they act so...heroic. Not all of them, of course - if that Kacchan kid doesn't become a villain at some point I'll be amazed - but most of them. The idol-hero is either an amazing actor or genuinely cares about helping people. One dude has a game-breaking power but uses it primarily in natural disasters or search-and-rescue operations instead of battle. The teachers put their lives on the line to protect their students. The students (Kacchan excepted) support and assist each other. It's nice.

I'll probably start watching the anime before long, especially since I hear it's got a quality English dub. Roughly how far along is it? I'd like to keep the manga plot ahead of the anime plot.

If Bakugou becomes a villain I'd be surprised because he acts waaaaaay too villainous to be a villain, if that makes any sense.

In the sense that it would be too obvious of a plot twist?

[Sirus]

So I decided to start reading My Hero Academia, or whatever the heck it's called.

I like it, so far. Seems that superpower plots with genuine, caring heroes are becoming somewhat rare nowadays. Everyone has dark secrets or twisted motives, everyone's gotta angst, the idols everyone looks up to are frauds, etc. That sort of thing is fine, but the heroes in this manga are refreshing in how they act so...heroic. Not all of them, of course - if that Kacchan kid doesn't become a villain at some point I'll be amazed - but most of them. The idol-hero is either an amazing actor or genuinely cares about helping people. One dude has a game-breaking power but uses it primarily in natural disasters or search-and-rescue operations instead of battle. The teachers put their lives on the line to protect their students. The students (Kacchan excepted) support and assist each other. It's nice.

I'll probably start watching the anime before long, especially since I hear it's got a quality English dub. Roughly how far along is it? I'd like to keep the manga plot ahead of the anime plot.

If Bakugou becomes a villain I'd be surprised because he acts waaaaaay too villainous to be a villain, if that makes any sense.

The dude's acted pretty nastily at times. His desire to pummel the MC is so strong, and his powers lend themselves so well to killing people, that I fully expect him to break down into outright villainy before long.

[Paxiecrunchle]

Centaur fan service? ...no thanks

In the opening only, which is to say that someone other than the main team probably put together the opening, or that it was made before details of the shows universe were made to those making it.

[Andres]

What do they call reishi in the English dub of Bleach? Do they just call it reishi? I forgot.