whaddup

10/10 both seasons, get on my level pleb

******* gross

you still haven't given me an argument why the first season should be a mere 8/10
nor why you take out an entire 3 points from the second season only because Bog is "dragged on"

Bog best arc you don't understand.

Actually, I'm too lazy to argue,but Kaiji is a masterpiece. Every arc except beginning of beam arc

I dunno, maybe my pleb taste is kicking in after not seeing good **** for a while, but I really just didn't like how the bog dragged out. Ehh, argue with me tomorrow mmkay?

because the character progression in Kaiji is pretty natural and believable. He starts as a nobody and he takes the exact actions a nobody would take. Before you argue he's too smart for a nobody, he isn't really. He's just smart in the gambling department and most of his tricks are acts of desperation and he himself is a one trick pony.

Actually, you really haven't given me an argument at all why the first season is 8/10 instead of 10/10 (except the part that the trick are less clever? wut?).

As for Bog being dragged on, it's only the last time he plays that's dragged on and that's because the machine was just really not giving up and like every underground casino, there were plenty of tricks (how believable and logical would it have been for a casino to get tricked by a single trick in 1-2 episodes and give up some 500 million yen - that's 5 million $)

Narrator is also god tier

Kaiji isn't' the smartest guy, if he was, he wouldn't be broke as **** . I know that. Narrator is also unarguable.
Well when I said, tricks are less clever, I meant that Kaiji's blood on the cards trick in E-Card was a little less clever. I mean don't get me wrong it's still smart as **** , but if Kaiji is bleeding everywhere and touching the blood, then touching the cards, shouldn't someone have picked up on that? I dunno, I just feel like someone should've said something...Also, since I didn't rewatch the Espoir arc and I left off from where I was 2 years ago, didn't Kaiji use probability and card hoarding as his winning tricks in that?

Also, I didn't really like the beam arc in terms of what it was. I figured the gambling would be dice, cards, etc. but then we have them walking across electrified beams between two skyscrapers and it suddenly becomes a little too much. Sure it was for the entertainment of the rich bastards and it's not like anyone cares about the low-lifes but it just felt like too much. In terms of how it was handled however, I can't argue there. Once people started dying, all the characters became a little more real and made realistic decisions as well as actually become afraid and make realistic mistakes soooo, can't argue on that. (As stupid as that sounds)

The Bog. You beat me here. I can't really give facts as to why I didn't like it, it was only my personal entertainment affecting the score. It is true that it would've been pretty stupid for the machine to just lose 550 million yen so easily. But when I said it was dragged on I meant it was just a suuuper long arc. Didn't it start the moment Kaiji got out of the underground?
Only reason I think it was so long is because I was really expecting a rematch between Kaiji and Hyoudou, after all didn't Kaiji say he would get him or something like that? Unless that 700 million was his way of revenge. In which case, that didn't seem like revenge on Hyoudou, only on Ichijo. Am I wrong?

I think his death itself wasn't so emotional, the aftermath was very emotional though

The whole thing was pretty sad. I thought he was going to die but not 3/4 through the series, it really threw me off.

In other news, Reinhard's gotten pretty kawaii.

Reinhard's pretty moe. moe rankings:

1. Bittenfeld
2. Bittenfeld
3. Bittenfeld
4. Yang
5. Reinhard
6. Julian

This part and Frederica crying were..goddamn.

Bucock's death was the most badass, along with someone's else I won't spoil.
I bet your buttcheeks are sweating whenever Mittermeyer or Cazellnu appear on screen now.

No one else with families is allowed to die, it's against the rules.

What episode did you get to anyway and what's going on there currently? I remember the arcs (what happened before, what's next)

Just finished 96 right now. First battle between Mittermeyer and Reuenthal. I plan to finish the series either tonight or tomorrow.

Like this?

Poplan >> Shenkopp though. But then there's Dusty. Dusty > Poplan > Shenkopp.

And well, good luck with that. Honestly speaking though, the last season is sort of underwhelming compared to the rest. The whole Reuenthal revolt was pretty damn stupid. It would have literally taken a letter. A mere letter. To solve all of that. But nope, Reuenthal has to be all "muh pride", "muh destiny".

I was hoping there was fanart of that, nice.

I agree, Poplan is great now that he's gotten a fair bit of screentime. Same with Attenborough.

I kind of get what you mean with Reuenthal. I just assumed it was what he wanted to do all along and this was just his excuse to do so. Still kind of silly though.

anyway, come back after you've finished 99

Watched up to 100.

The rebellion may have been stupid, but at least Truniht got taken down with it.

Ye, he did a bit of a cleaning for sein Kaiser.

Reuenthal's death was probably the second manliest moment in the series. Bucock, Reuenthal, Lutz - top 3. Or well, the way Reuenthal was not giving a **** about his wound was the manly part I guess.

I thought he was just going to die when his chest got pierced, or soon afterwards. Instead he just roughs out to try and have another drink with Mittermeyer. That was cash as **** .

>that one time Gale Wolf had to be the fast, it wasn't fast enough ;_;

**** you for getting me needlessly worried about Mittermeyer and Cazellnu.

Anyways, not really any cute girls but it was still alright. 10/10

Did Shenkopp's, Oberstein's, Maschengo's, Merkatz's or Reinhardo-sama's deaths get you at all?

And now I think you can agree that Bittenfeld is best admiral

had to be fast*

Here, have this

Poplan is really based. I just think Shenkopp is too much of a murderer for my taste. They were really crude - the whole Rosenritter, even though they served a good man and cause.

In a fair democratic world, they'd be among the first to get executed. Then again, Shenkopp has a lot of bro moments, which is why he's pretty high on my list.

Poplan on the other side is just based all around. Him getting drunk after Yang's and Konev's deaths showed he is a bit more emotional and human than Shenkopp.

Attenbro is just a bro all around. "So what?"

To be fair to Reuenthal, he never received the report that it was the work of Terraists. Things might have been different if he had. Still, he could have gotten away without that report. He just wanted to "follow his destiny".

I really don't like the way the Rosenritter, and ground forces in general look, like with the axes and stuff. I understand they throw the zephyr particle **** around to give some sort of reason for them to use hand to hand combat, but it just looks really silly in my eyes.

Yea, if one thing can be said for the alliance, they have the most chill and likable staff.

Those suits and axes would make sense if LOGH wasn't so inconsistent about armors. Sometimes those ****** just walk and tank multiple laser shots/bullets, sometimes a single one is fatal. Sometimes knives do nothing about those armors, sometimes a pocket knife might be deadly against Rosenritter.

It's just inconsistent.

Yeah, like how with how they used wooden tables to stop the guns when the Terraists attacked Yangs ship or when Schenkopp blocked a shot with his axe. Are the energy guns just meant to only work against organic material or something? Because that seems rather silly and they might as well just go back to projectile firearms. I never really felt like I understood how ground combat really worked in the world since they never made any definite rules for it.

well, people don't watch LOGH for ground combat. We could speculate how everything works and it might make sense, but I don't think the author ever intended to give importance to ground combat.

I get that but it still bothers me.

Annnnd that's why Bittenfeld is the best Admiral. He gets more screentime in the last season though, so you might not like him so much for now.

*heavy breathing*

I really like Mittermeyer, he's pretty bro.

Ye, Mittermeyer is so ******* based. He and Bittenfeld are my favorites. Reuenthal comes next. (I mean, from all the Empire Admirals)

Mittermeyer-Reuenthal dynamic is the best of the series too.

hey
Holidays - that's what's been up, heh. Starting again in October so yeah. I'm pretty good btw, nothing new happened.

Kurosawa is good, he gets some change, but not radical. Just read it, faggit.

yusay da snitch

I was checking if you'll spill the beans

The hints I gave were too global to spill anything anyways

nothing, just accidentally replied

Because you signed a contract with them through the Devil and you can't help me even without them finding out, because the devil will still take your soul.

But at the same time you can only give me hints because your life is at stake.

That genuinely freaked me out. Like, is he trying to warm me of an incoming storm? A major conspiracy against me organized by all of Shin, and you're turning your back against them for my sake.

heh

fillers are anime-original, obviously

Sorry, she's taken by Gourry

Just finished Next.

Gourry has a really bad habit of getting brainwashed by the villains, he should really work on that.

In all seriousness though, **** was great 9/10.

Gourry's just such a huge bro. Definitely the biggest bro in the series.

Anyway: I think we can definitely agree that Next was better. The plot, the humour, the villains, the world building, the characters. Pretty much all of it. And the animation.

-Favorite villain
-Favorite filler-comedy episode
-Favorite episode
-Favorite party members?

"How long do you plan to protect me?"
"I don't know, the rest of my life?"

Gourry is a solid 10/10 dude.

And yea, the first season really doesn't have anything on Next.

I'm honestly not sure who the best villain was. I think I liked Gaav more than Phibrizzo, but Phibrizzo definitely raised the stakes higher.

Best comedy episode was the one where they raid that cursed tower dressed as animals. That was just great.

I really liked the episodes in the sand temple with the Claire Bible copy in it. Also seeing Gourry being a legend in the final episode made it pretty great.

Lina and Gourry a best.

Our opinions match it seems. Gaav was a better character, Phibrizzo was the best villain.

Did you expect Xellos to be who he really turned out to be?

That he wasn't human, yes. That he was working for Phibrizzo and all that, no.

What about the fact that he's like the 6th strongest being out there and after Phibrizzo and Gaav die, he's the 4th

Well he was fairly obviously above all the party members and considering monsters like Saygram or whatever his name was kinda freaked out when he saw Xellos there's fair reason to believe he's considerably powerful. It was only really made obvious that he was on the level he was when Gaav started acknowledging him too though.

Don't trust him, bro.

Anyway - I think the best filler/comedy episode was the one where they go fishing some dragon. That's about all the difference.

Next one is Try. I won't comment on whether it's better than First or Next or worse, but it has a bit more comedy AND is darker this time around.

That one was really funny too. The costumes just got to me though.

More comedy as in more filler episodes? I mean I like those episodes a lot but I feel like there's a good amount of them in each season and I don't know if I would like more.

m8, you started TRY yet?

3deep

Try was really good. Had some really nice moments in it. Though I didn't really like how they jumped into the second set of filler episodes without any real closure, felt kinda off. Filia was also a bit dull and annoying towards the beginning though she got some pretty good development later on.

So with this being anime original, how do the two newer seasons work with Gourry having lost the sword of light? Since that seems like a pretty significant plot point.

Also watched all the movies and such over the weekend. Most of them suffered from having too many enemies with none of them being very interesting or engaging. The ones that were more focused, like Great or Excellent were more entertaining as a result.

Try has a couple of problems, which makes it a bit unlikable to me
-Zelgadis acts way too friendly out out a sudden in this whole season
-Lina tries to use Giga Slave once, even though that makes **** all sense, given the development in Next
-Valgaav is just a terrible villain. Not a terrible character, but a terrible villain. Ultimately, he convinces himself he should die in like less than a minute. Didn't even hear his proper reasoning for that. This makes the whole deal feel cheap. Just an enemy who could have killed them on spot but decides to let himself get killed out of nowhere

Among some other smaller problems and some worse fillers out there. The structure wasn't that good.

Ye, Gourry losing his sword is a significant plot point and they kind of address it in the new seasons, but don't expect TOO much. There is more focus on this in the LNs and it actually leads to a new plotline. Well, he was supposed to lose his sword back then when Phibrizzo stole it the first time (he sent it back to Dark Star at that time in the different universe)

Movies aren't great despite what many might want you to think. As I said - The Motion Picture is the only good one, because it's not anti-climatic and has some point to it. Rest are kind of fillers with anti-climatic endings.

Anyway..did you like the rape mode Xellos turned on in Try? He's kind of a dick and it shows in this season the most

I mean I guess Zelgadis is less moody but he didn't really seem too friendly. Maybe that's just me not caring about him and not paying much attention to how his character behaves though. I get what you're saying about the giga slave and Valgaav though.

I'll probably start reading the LNs after I finish the two new seasons. Do they suffer from the standard LN **** writing and endless prose or are they better than that? You seem to hold them in fairly high regard at least.

Honestly I was a bit surprised. Not that he double crossed Lina or anything that's understandable, but his dickness combined with a fair amount of childishness felt weird.

The LNs are better than most LNs out there. There's no standard **** writing it and god no, there's no endless prose.
The first volume is rather poorly written or poorly translated, but that's it.
Normally it's something like this
"The earth continued to rumble as black smoke rose from it steadily. A large crater of red earth had been carved out of the surface of the forest, a solitary red silhouette standing at its center. His demeanor calm, the man who claimed to be the Red Priest silently raised his head."

It's standard average writing, but above average LN level. It's also written from Lina's POV, so it reads like as if..Lina was telling the story. But not with poor vocabulary and such.

Don't want to over or under-sell it basically.

Ah that's good. LN writing really bothers me and usually makes me enjoy their anime adaptation much more with the only real exception being Kino.

ehh, I'd say the anime and the LN are about even for Slayers, but objectively speaking, I can nitpick more stuff from the anime than the LN. It's a more cursive and logically constructed story. And the characters have a bit of a more realistic approach.

The anime is more fun though

Eh I guess we'll see how I like it considering I'm not too sure if I would like my Slayers to be more serious.

it's okay, bro. It's from Lina's POV, so it has quite a lot of comedy regardless.

Yea, I like fun things cus they're fun.

Were the filler episodes and such anime original? Or are those in the LN too?

do it after you finished revolution-evolution-r, I got the LNs. I'll have to upload them

Will do, thanks.

About halfway through. Pretty good so far.

Also I'm travelling for the next week so I'm only gonna be checking internet about once a day. So if I don't respond that's why.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD8zk5eqLrM

Try has nothing to do with the original story written in the LNs. It's an original story written by JC Staff. It's okay though, I won't comment on how good or bad it was, I'll let you decide.
Next has like ~50 % of it correctly, out of which may be 5 % is truly faithful to the books.

One of the first arc of Next in Atlas City was way more different in the books. Man, there's just way too many differences in here.

For instance..
The Atlas City arc (with Halcyform, where Seigram appears for the first time) actually happens right after they defeat Shabranigdu and there's only Gourry and Lina in it. It's also pretty dark. This kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Raugnut_Rushavna
is what we see for the first time in Slayers in that book. Human experiments, a more creepy psychopathic Halcyform, Lina and Gourry getting drunk as **** , some sexual tension between them, Gourry seriously fighting a swordsman and killing him in a duel.

After this arc comes the arc with Copy Rezo and Amelia isn't part of it. The arc with Copy Rezo is relatively faithful I'd say, but just the way things happen is different. There's no magical book that gives Copy Rezo Zanaffar powers for one. No library. Sylphiel is still there though.

In the last fight against Copy Rezo Lina doesn't actually attempt to use Giga Slave only to get almost killed after that. It's Gourry who takes the upper hand over Rezo, but tells him he'd spare his life if he stops now and doesn't follow them anymore, only to almost get killed by Copy Rezo. Lina and Zelgadis actually him him.

Another thing is: Seigram only appears in Atlas City arc, doesn't appear later on (or rather does, but I won't spoil). You get to actually know Gaav's "general" and "priest".

And there's no Gourry flying around to stop Lord of Nightmares and save Lina. Lord of Nightmares simply leaves Lina's body after she's done with Phibrizzo. In this regard, the anime was better. Though Phibrizzo is more menacing and smarter in the novels. There's also no Martina and Zangulus.

Amelia and Zelgadis don't get shipped at all too

Lina and Zelgadis actually kill him*

I mean you can justify your homosexuality however you want.

No homo, no homo

By the way, is the lewd looking daughter from episode one coming back. She's been in all the eyecatches and **** like she's a main character or something.

ye, she's a recurring joke character. Well, she sort of plays an actual small important role and that's it. That's later though

I'm sure, I'm sure.

First three episodes of Next were really fun though. Haven't enjoyed my time watching an anime this much in a good while.

I'm very glad you enjoy it

What episode is that? ~14-ish?

15.

Though I finished the first series earlier today.

how was it? did you like the first or the latter arc better?

Second one definitely. It was more fun, had more likable and varied characters, and was more interesting than the first. The joke episodes in the beginning of the second were fun too.

I was honestly pretty bored at some points in the first.

The first 10 episodes (till Shabranigdu dies) is, imo, the weakest 'canon' part of the series. That's literally the very first volume of the LNs and truth to be told - the most faithful.

Second part is definitely better in the anime, but even better in the LN. In the LN, Amelia's not even there at this point and when Lina was first kidnapped (when they first get the "wanted" posters), the guards tried to rape her, but Gourry helped her out.

It's very different. Copy Rezo also looks actually horrifying. Shows how ****** up Rezo really was - experimenting with people, mixing them with monsters and making them look really creepy.

Yea, the first one was pretty lame to be honest. Everything felt really transparent and the entire final fight was basically stand around and try things until something works. It was really dull to watch.

I kinda liked Amelia in that part. It was pretty funny.

Does Rezo show up any more? I was honestly a bit disappointed when I saw that he (Well not really him but you know what I mean)) was the antagonist again. At least the arc gave a bit more development to him though.

He doesn't. That was it

Alright then.

What do I do after Next? Because everything really seems to split off after that.

did you like Zelgadis/Amelia/Gourry btw?
did you dislike any of them?

Liked Gourry, he a cool dude. Amelia was pretty cute but was a little much sometimes. Zelgadis didn't really have too much going for him really. Didn't really care for him to much but I wouldn't say I dislike him.

Zelgadis gets more fleshing out in the last 2 seasons even though that's not canon. Well, it's still a good thing. He's kinda actually edgy in the novels. Nobody plays any funny trick on him or whatsoever

Ye, I like Gourry the most out of them, but some Amelia moments are 10/10

I could see Zelgadis being pretty edgy, even in the anime he had some broody moments.

Most of Amelia's moments arise from her whole hero of justice shtick. Sometimes it works well and other times it really doesn't.

so, did you start Next?

Yea, three episodes in.

So you finally saw the best Slayers character?

Yea, something like that.

Welcome to the club, my friend

So, do you have a thing for flamboyant men or something?

Nope, that's only Xellos, because that's not all there is to him. You'll get to know better

and well, you didn't even get to see the actual funniest character yet.

Next - > Try -> (OVAs - if you want) -> Revolution -> Evolution R

Are the OVAs any good?

they are funny, that's all really. There's only Lina and Naga in it and in one of them there's the entire party

Funny things tend to be fun.

Thanks.

Btw, if you liked the humour - get ready for a even funnier 2nd season, but also with more serious plot to it

Overall pretty fun. Lina a cute.

20th CB and 21st are directly and I mean directly connected.
So you definitely had to read that..

20CB gets worse with each timeskip in my opinion. Especially the last one.

Okay I just went ahead and finished 21st century boys, only 2 volumes anyways. Yeah it was definitely a good idea. This really was such a great story. It sort of was a coming of age story except told in a really unique way.

I didn't think the first time skip was that bad, but yeah the last timeskip was definitely the weakest arc.

It's a very good manga nevertheless, even with the last timeskip

Would have done much better without "second Friend" deal for sure.

Some must listen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCS1roq3Js

or from the mangaka himself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ewHHiQoHfs

Watch the Anime.

I decided I will in a bit. Excited as hell that the manga is off hiatus too. I've never seen a lazier mangaka.

I meant that in terms of art

Watch the anime.

But it's like 3000000000 episodes~~~

It's only 123. Watching only one the weekends I caught up in 3 weeks.

My computer time is limited though because my stepfather is a cunt m8. I only have 5 hours during weekend days and 3 during weekdays. And I have online classes and **** so that takes away time.

That's why torrenting is so hard for me now. Also the reason I can't torrent 123 episodes.

You could just stream it on crunchyroll.

Eww streaming?

I have no choice though...

CR isn't that bad. Besides, you'd get to see this animation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqVvb_QoYs

I guess. Is it free or no?

On a side note, Hisoka is a pretty cool guy.

You only have to pay to get new episodes early. They delay them if you don't.

Oh well I don't care about that. My life itself is a delay.

keep going. It only gets better

dont listen to yusay

Read the entire manga then watch the anime's 2nd, third and current (last) arc

perfect.

Ahahahah okay. Wait, what about the first arc?

well, it's fine, but it's better in the manga, so why bother, eh?

Well I guess so. yeah.

my body is not ready

What? Why is it not ready?

I'm pretty excited I guess.

it's not ready to contain the awesome

Oh god, I can already imagine the poses now! Plus, I can't wait to see Dio again. Hands down best villain for me. Cars was cool and all but Dio is a gentlemanly asshole.

Honestly, I like Kira the most.
Then there's Dio 2nd and Funny Valentine third.

Oh yeah Kira. I kind of forgot about him. Well I see what you mean, he was damn clever and was a legitimate villain who stuck it through to the end. Being able to act normal in front of others and not blow his cover until the end was good to. Plus the God Complex made him that much more evil. I just hate how Near found him out off some stupid mistake.

Ahahaha

I was referring to Jojo's Kira. ahahahaha, sorry but it's really funny. I was there with you until the "God Complex" and "Near" part. Then I lost it.

Kira is the main villain of Jojo's Part 4

otherwise, Jojo villains aren't even in my top 5 I think.

HAHAHA

Well that's kind of embarrassing. I think Kira from Death Note is a good villain honestly but I was confused because I thought you put him above Dio for a minute. I haven't gotten to part 4 so I don't know Kira, when you said Kira I just assumed you meant DN.

Yes, I realised you havent read part 4 and above.
Funny Valentine is another Jojo villain. Could have made the connection if you knew haha

Eh, I'm not a huge fan of Death Note and I've watched it ages ago anyway

Yeah I gave DN a 7 or so. It was good, just too overhyped by people who make it seem godly.

Have you seen the Spring 2014 list?

I've seen it.
I'm not sure if I'll actually follow all the shows, but for now my plan-to-watch list would look like this:

Jojo (absolutely)
Mushishi 2 (absolutely)
Atelier Escha (doubt)
Break Blade (likely)
Captain Earth (definitely)
Gokukoku no Brynhildr (likely)
Chaika (likely-definitely)
Kenzen Robo Daimidaler (doubt)
M3 ~Sono Kuroki Tetsu~ (doubt)
Mahouka (for trolling purposes)
Ping Pong (dno, waiting to see people's reactions first)
Sidonia no Kishi (definitely)
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii (doubt)

Is this the same one you have?


Jojo is an obvious yes
Gokukoku no Brynhilder (maybe, I got bored with the manga soo)
Hanamonogatari (yes)
Atlier Escha (yes)
Chaika (probably)
Isschukan (maybe)
Mahouka (yes same reason as you, it's another weird magic incest thing)
Mushishi 2 (yes, after I finish Mushishi 1)
Sidonia (yes)
Soredemo (I'll wait for others opinions first. Don't want another MMY)

yes, same chart

Mahouka will be plenty of fun and trolling all around

There's going to be so many people who think it's good and so many who hate it. It'll be an argument fest like good ol' times. I read the manga (have you?) and it's pretty **** .

Nope, I've read the premise and some stuff and it sounds really retarded

It will be the new SAO or Attack on Titan in a way

I haven't seen AoT. I read the manga and it got really boring.

Now I sound like a one of "THOSE" guys because I was about to say, only newfags like that kind of **** .....

AoT is just bad.

they force deaths on you in like every chapter and then they try to make it seem deep by talking for a whole ******* volume. I hated that. The only fun part was Eren going Titan, then it just changed to the ******* Oprah show with all the damn talking.

Btw, who was that guy on the board who was in love with the jojo series? He had several different profiles?

soulmyr
notsoulymyr
and whatnot

Yeah, him. Did he died?

he's alive. just not too active.
dno, he'll probably be really active while P3 airs

Oh man...its kinda sad that the whole board basically died. I miss the arguments and everyone. What happened to it?

well, not everyone. Majority of 'oldfags' still post, but rarely. So it's not like it died. It's just stale as **** .

There is no real reason to argue for long anymore or anything like that.

Inactivity happened.

Oh, so LIFE happened. I see. That kind of sucks. It was around the time I wasn't on anymore that everyone started leaving. I remember coming back and being like "Woah, kotor and yeorgh are gone, so is tana and boyd and all of them.

yeorgh is alive and kicking. So is boyd.

Actually among the most active older regulars

Well I know Yeo is still on, I talk to him still. I haven't seen boyd though. I don't know, the staleness is just kind of boring now. I would try to liven it up but I don't think anyone would care aha.

boyd posts like once, twice a day almost every day
and that's still way more active than other older regulars hah

The staleness will probably stop during summer, when most people have holidays and whatnot

Damn I need to get to one of his posts then aha. Honestly I'm on less now to because I graduate soon and I need to keep my grades up. Plus I'm going to the Air Force and all.

And hopefully I'll be around during the summer. That's when life is going to hit me hard.

Air Force? woah.

Why the woah?

well, sounds pretty amazing.

Well I guess so. I'm only joining so they can pay for my education for law school (or forensics, haven't decided yet). I heard you get free on-base housing and all that, plus there are some veteran benefits, unlike what most people say. It's a start to life I guess.

Plus I'm my mothers only son so they can't deploy me without her consent.

0.05 mb/s?

that's like 50 kb/s.
Jesus. And how much do you pay?

I did the speed test again and got 1.9 MBPS. A little better.

and it's $24.99 a month....awesome right?

I havent had a 50kb/s dl speed since..earlier than 2008

The reality was that Ryner was still in prison, while what we saw (the whole fight) was Sion's dream.

He imagined how it would have gone if he killed Ryner.
Yes, the explanation is subtle and difficult to understand. It's been implied ever since those 2 pink-haired faggots noticed that Ryner's Alpha Stigma isn't normal.

It's something his father made: to make Ryner able to come back after rampaging, he made a contract with a monster (namely "Alpha") and Ryner's mom was taken as a "sacrifice" or hostage let's say. She's still alive, but not really. Inside a different dimension basically.

If Ryner eventually gets rid of Alpha inside him, he'll have achieved "Solver of the Formulas" status, where he can disintegrate an infinite amount of things, including existence.

Now, if Ryner achieved this Solver of the Formulas, he would go through plenty of suffering. I don't remember how it went - something about not being able to die or something related to his "fate". The fate was that the Mad Hero (Sion) will have to absorb him again.

To prevent that from happening, he decided to kill Ryner. But didn't have the guts to do so in the end.

The Weaver of all Formulas is Lucile, Ferris' brother. There is also Ryner's dad, who's in a whole new league.
It is revealed later that he invented the whole Roland magic and has access to ancient or divine magic, something Ryner can't decompose even as the Solver of all equations.

Ye, it's quite ****** up.

>second season
I ******* wish. This 24 episodes actually served as a "prologue" to the main story. Adapted 12 volumes. It's the first part 1 of the LN you could say. The LN is getting translated though.

how did ya like Ferris dere

about what happens next:

Ryner and Ferris run away and form their new small kingdom and Ryner's the king.
Sion keeps becoming worse and worse. Gastark fags are being worst kind of fags. A "world war" starts. Ryner sacrifices his mother, Alpha gets out from Ryner's "dimension in his eyes", appears in reality, starts killing thousands of soldiers. Ryner sees the situation is bad, sacrifices his mother and gets the power to destroy Alpha. Unfortunately, it sort of backfired and he killed both his Alpha and 1 million soldiers.
Ferris and her loli sister get cut into pieces by Miran in Roland. Lucile comes and heals both of them alive. Doesn't kill Miran, just cuts his arm off when Miran attacked him. Otherwise let's him go, because he doesn't care.

Tiir (the guy who protected the children) is ordered to assassinate Ryner's father.

though the "small kingdom" is really small. I think it was Ryner, Ferris, Kiefer, that other child with the alpha stigma and some other reinforcements. That's about it

Not even a kingdom, just an anti-roland coalition

Ah, that makes more sense. Maybe I was just too tired to put the pieces together.

Ferris I didn't really like much at first with all the pervert jokes about Ryner but in the last quarter episodes she got a lot better when she started admitting that she cared for him.

she's pretty well developed. Probably the most developed LOLH character

I've been watching about 20 or so shows from every season since Fall 2012. What was the last season you followed?

I left off in Summer 2013 I believe. I was watching Jojo and I got up to episode 25 of that. I remember wanting to watch Red Data Girl because it looked interesting to me. So yeah...I believe Summer 2013....

It's been a while. I don't know how long I'll have the interwebs so I want to make the most of it.

Summer had:
Kaminai myanimelist.net/anime/16009/Kamisama_no_Inai_Nichiyoubi
Servant x Service myanimelist.net/anime/18119/Servant_x_Service
Monogatari S2 myanimelist.net/anime/17074/Monogatari_Series:_Second_Season

Fall had:
Kyousogiga myanimelist.net/anime/19703/Kyousou_Giga_%28TV%29
Yozakura Quartet:Hana no Uta myanimelist.net/anime/18497/Yozakura_Quartet:_Hana_no_Uta
Nagi no Asukara myanimelist.net/anime/16067/Nagi_no_Asukara
Kill la Kill myanimelist.net/anime/18679/Kill_la_Kill
Mirai Fukuin myanimelist.net/anime/14807/Kara_no_Kyoukai:_Mirai_Fukuin

Winter has:
Noragami myanimelist.net/anime/20507/Noragami
Don't watch Red Data Girl, it's utter **** . Complete and utter **** . 1/10

Oh **** man, I didn't even see this until now. Thanks bro, this helps a lot. BTW which was your favorite? (curious)

Best from Summer was Monogatari S2, best from Fall was Nagi no Asukara. Yozakura Quartet was something that I just really liked too, don't know why. It's not exceptional in any sense but it was a ton of fun to watch.

Figured Monogatari would make the list. I guess I'll make those priorities then since you gave them best titles.

And RDG was really **** ? WTF happened? It looked okay?

Monogatari S2 had some really good arcs, especially the last one. Even without action I liked it as much as Kizu.

Nagi no Asukara a lot of people have been loving, including me. Bout to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7SbShC4zHM

Yozakura Quartet's just like I said, really fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiCQEdG3LQ

And RDG was terrible. There wasn't even a story. You know that saying give a thousand monkeys typewriters and eventually one will rewrite a Shakespeare play? This is what happens when they don't.

Nevermind. It loaded, and they ****** that guy up...damn

HAHAHAH the monkey and Shakespeare reference.... I like Shakespeare.

Anyway, yeah I love the Monogatari series as a whole so it'll be good for me.
Nagi No Asakura looks pretty good. But I just read a spoiler on accident on youtube. One of the characters is trying really hard to get a girl and one of his friends likes her too but his friend beats him in every catergory.....I hate **** like that. Though I suppose if everyone is loving it, it can't be bad.

Yozakura isn't loading but if it says fight scene, it's already good to me. As long as the fight isn't **** .

NagiAsu isn't exactly what you think. It is drama but...You'll see.

It's pretty well animated. Of the remake there's three series for a total of 19 episodes, 18 of which are out.

Well shiiieeeet, I guess. I don't like dramas because the whole feeling sad **** and then a character you actually like gets rejected and all that ish but ya know.

I'll watch it though, if everyone else thinks its good i have to see.

Like I said, it's drama, but probably not the drama you expect. EX: Episode 7 the main character's older sister gets banished from the underwater village because she loves a man on the shore, so he leaves with her.

Oh alright. I thought it was some ******** love drama where the MC ends up alone or something cause the girl he wants leaves him for another guy.

Ill watch it though, just gotta finish Black Lagoon and ill get on it.

There is love drama, but it's not purely that. I'm not saying the rest of it because they're all pretty major spoilers.

Well alright, I'll watch it. If it does turn out to have a ****** end, I'll be pretty pissed though.

Btw I didnt like Black Lagoon all that much. I don't understand where the hype comes from. 6/10 at best.

It's not even over yet.

Haven't seen it.

Limited internet here, by the time I get to it, it will be.

Oh, well....yeah.

Still two weeks left.

Oh well then I can probably get about 10 episodes within 2 weeks....maybe.

That's great news!

I haven't followed an anime season for more than 1 year, so..
Next one is the first one I'll be watching again

You better ask yusay about that kind of stuff

You never really did follow current seasons. As far as I know I mean. I remember you only watched Jojo and R;N when I left.

nah, not really. I followed R;N, Jojo, SSY, Zetsuen, Magi, Ixion Saga, Psycho Pass, Chuuni, Sukitte, K.

I just dropped half of these

Ahaha damn half of them? I only liked Jojo really. Although I didn't see half of what you saw. I watched Jojo, R;N, Zetsuen, and Chuuni.

Oh and btw I read One Outs...being a baseball player myself I really liked that. I think you recommended that one to me.

I liked Jojo, ZnT, Psycho Pass, R;N, Ixion Saga DT and to some extent SSY. Especially Jojo and ZnT.

Good to know. Did you finish it? I only watched the anime and read some chapters, but haven't got back to it.

Is the manga on par or better than the anime?

Oh? I thought you didn't like Psycho Pass? Or was that someone else?

And yeah, I finished it. The ending didn't really do it for me but Tokuchi at least stayed true to his character. He didn't change throughout the whole series and never spouted **** about "dreams" and "winning with heart". Though some of the stuff he says seems over the top. Like a too evil type of thing. I gave it a 5/5 though because I really liked it. I wouldn't know about comparing the anime to the manga though because I haven't seen the anime.

Btw my internet is down again....Turns out my mobile hotspot thing on my phone is only good for sharing 2 gigs. After the 2 gigs it goes out and I have no internet on my computer.
I'm sick of this no internet **** though so I'm just gonna get some now. (hear that Yeorgh?)

I liked Psycho Pass. Not THAT much though

I see. I'll read the manga sooner than later. Yes, Tokuchi's pretty stoic.

Anyway, it's a pity that you have these internet problems. Hope you figure a way out pretty soon.

What was the gist of it? I never understood what it was about?

Yeah, he is. I think you'll like the ending though. I just felt it lacked something.

And yeah, like I said, I'm tired of it so I'll just get the internet and pay the bill. I didn't get it before because it's expensive in my area. One company monopolizes the net here so they jack up the rates.

It's a cyberpunk show about criminality and **** . Focuses on the social problems aspect and "fighting the system" **** . Nothing too special, but pretty good compared to other series.

Okay

That sucks. How expensive is the internet in your area? Just curious. I pay like 20 euros per month for 50 mb/s

Ohhhh true. I guess I'll give it a shot later.

The very cheapest package is like $50-$95 for only 20-50 mb/s. It's **** .

wow, 50 $-95 $? Are they crazy?

What country do you live in, mate

That's normal bud. We can only get packages here. we can't get just internet. That's why it costs 50-95 because it includes TV, phone, and internet. but you can get just TV or just TV and pone, but you can't get just internet.

I live in America btw. Florida to be specific.

That's ****** up. Monopoly just like you said. Taking advantage of **** .

I see. Yusay lives there too. Just confirmed. The **** , dude, 50-95 $. I'm still sort of shocked

Yeah exactly, it's not even that fast either. Standard packages have pretty low mb/s, you want fast, you pay for fast. That's the same everywhere but the price here is....well yeah.

And yeah I know, it's pretty normal to us but to hear the price of your net is shocking to me ahaha.

I see. Well, you can't do much anyway. Just roll with it until you find some better opportunity.

yeah I'm probably just gonna get the cheapest package for now....it sucks but whatever.

but I did follow more stuff the seasons before that

You going to watch Mushishi as it airs?

ye, that's the perfect way of doing it, cause it requires slow as **** pacing. Maximum 1 episode per day

I still haven't even seen the special. I'm not sure if I'm even going to watch it.

why?

As it airs, I mean.

ahem, okay. No probs. But you're not planning to marathon it, are you

No, of course not. I've just really not been in the mood for any slow shows in the past few months and I don't want to not like watching it because of that.