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>>146548106
Fuck off streamfag.

She was no longer waifu teir.

a month before part 3, anon.

>>146547753
T-that's a long time.

2017

>>>/v/

She thinks that you should take off her panties and go back to /v/ with her

HERE WE GO!
GOOD TO GO!

>>146546942
By the sixth time the characters talked about how talented and brilliant Tsukimoto is, I had to make sure I wasn’t watching a battle shounen series. At least the observers in Medabots looked anxious and worried. Ikki fought against tough enemies and had to find chinks in their armor. Here, Tsukimoto hits the ball a few times, push up his glasses and walks away. Not smiling did not add depth to the character.

There’s a brilliant story here somewhere. The story follows a cast that each has a different approach to the sport. This is an archetype that gives you so much do it never gets old. Often, the series understands how to use it. There are about five different viewpoints here. Each is unique in its way, and each is presented as reasonable. The creators never rely on caricatures. They rely more on super-talented protagonists and an unorthodox art style that adds nothing.

Tsukimoto and Peco are both talented people who we are supposed to cheer for because they’re talented. While Peco’s lively energy is fun, it’s not enough to drive a main character. It’s barely a quirk for a supporting one. Tsukimoto is supposed to be unique with how he refuse to smile, but his character never settles on pretentious moron or angsty teenager. Both would’ve been fine, but at best the series makes him the former. It also takes his pretense seriously.

There is nothing exciting or valueable in being unenthusiastic about life. Tsukimoto walks around with an apathetic expression and doesn’t seem to like anything. His attitude towards life is the same thing that made Joy Division successful, but Joy Division didn’t just sell indifference. They explored that attitude.

>>146546953
People who reach such a state probably have something in the past that made them this way. They would also lead terribly dull and sad life. The idea that such a person can be so talented is far-fetched. Wouldn’t winning games require some sort of drive? People sometimes hate what they’re good at, but that’s at least an emotion. Ping Pong wants us to believe that a walking embodiment of Joy Division’s classic album is somehow a champion in table tennis.

A bullying story is tacked on at the end. It’s a predictible story that shows us that the kid was disliked, but never the horrible reality of it. Tsukimoto even gets a cheerful person to stick with him. Both of them turn out to be extremely talented in ping pong. Where’s the struggle?

Peco faces losing for the first time and gets bummed, but this is where their troubles end. They’re celebrities and heroes in the eyes of everyone, but not heroes that are uncomfortable in their position. They’re not like Kazama, who was driven to succeed to cover up his emotional troubles. Kazama is a champion who uses victories as a way to find happiness that he can’t achieve. His talent is part of his struggle.

Ping Pong also has a strange view of talent. Talent is something you either have or don’t, and no amount of practice can make up for it. It’s a fatalist view, and not a good one. It could be talent is something you’re born with, but how will you know if you’ll never try to prove it? Indifference like Tsukimoto’s rarely produces noteable people.

>>146546994
What’s thrilling in such stories is not to see the characters win. All the creators have to do is just write that the characters won. What’s interesting is their struggle, their view on victory and why they’re doing it. Their reaction to losing or winning is what makes things exciting. China, Sakuma and the long-haired dude all have such an arc. One uses the sport to return back home. One uses it to lift up his own low self-confidence. Another one is on an eternal search for meaning.

Their stories are far more exciting and humane than Tsukimoto’s/Peco’s. They are stories of people like us, rather than two people who found out they’re talented. It’s amazing how similar it is to cookie-cutter heroic stories. Substitute ‘talent in ping pong’ with ‘magic sword’, ‘victory’ for ‘saving the world’ and it turns out the anime isn’t so unique as it looks.

How it looks is a big discussion point, but not that exciting. The only good thing about it is how unorthodox it is. The character design is a weird take on realism that looks grotesque without bridging the gap. What especially sticks out are the lips, which look huge. The sketchiness also makes the character design inconsistent. In too many scenes, the characters look like blobs.

This is not minimalism. They look like shapes drawn in a few seconds. The roughness achieves nothing. It could be an expression of the character’s imperfection, but the story disagrees with that. Peco and Tsukimoto are heroic champions. It doesn’t achieve any type of warmth because it’s too stylized and distant. All the rough lines and emphasized lips don’t give it the elegant simplicity that saved Mushishi’s character design. Being different is great, but if it doesn’t contribute to the story it’s just a fancy cover. There’s nothing particularly unusual about it other than a sketchy look that achieves nothing.

>euphoria

>>146546896
the greatest hentai ever made . this hentai made me cry loughing

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>Teacher had the shittiest scene.
>Nemu didn't win.
STILL MAD.

>>146546850
18's jeans looks weird

Does anyone else think that Gohan must be the biggest fucking dissapointment of a son to Goku?
Like Piccolo is more of a father to Gohan than Goku ans even Piccolo doesn't care about training anymore
But Goku is there after training Gohan and is like oh Gohan you fight cell you are way more powerful . Then it's like Gohan just becomes a pussy and doesn't train anynore. Then he realises that he is a total pussy and shold have kept training
Gets a great opportunity to take part in a fight competition but he is like oh noes I can't cuz I got some bullshit conference to go to. Then he gets offered the job and he turns it down because he wants to spend time with his family
Even though he lives in a huge ass house thanks to his father in law being a con artist and probably doesn't have to worry much about money at all
I mean who is paying for all this studying and conference going?

And then the chi chi needs help to bring in the crops. What the he'll Gohan. Could you not take an hour out of your damn studying to fly out and help your family you ungrateful dick .
Also how come Goku never bothered to teach anyone else his teleporting ability?

Anyways I'd appreciate some answers to my questions

>>146546850
18 is cute.

CUTE.

True

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He didn't want to cheat. He'd never be able to admit his only friend being guilty, he willingly died for his sake. I swear people really just don't get Death Note sometimes.

>>146546811
thats Beyond Birthday you mong

looks better than ssj2

If I see one more god damn Dragon Ball thread, I'm going to murder all of you.

It's not Neon-pink or blue.

>Virgin Virgin
What? Does that mean they'll never cross the line?

>>146545552
Yea

6 fucking years I waited for that. SIX. YEARS.

2-3 chapters a year, FOR SIX YEARS.

>>146545142
Shit, I meant Hankachou*

>new studio
When did this happen?

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>TMS Entertainment
Looking forward to all that QUALITY

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>>146545233

>>146545055
>>146545055
>And yet...
What exactly do you mean, homoposter?

>>146545055
I haven't read this in yonks, is this a doujin?

>>146545055
... it moves

>>146545036
Ups forgot the link
http://yonkouprod.com/origin-chapter-1-spoilers/

Is Wallman already finished?

>>146545036
Hopefully he fixes the atrocious SKR ending and gives it proper closure.

>>146545303
Yes. It ended with them meeting Ken, which tied in to the last chapter of SKR.

>>146544962

Didn't give a shit, wasn't even aware, still don't.

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>>146544962
Ayumifags were mad as fuck since she was the front runner from Chihiro's rejection all the way to the mid point of the final arc.

TenrIfags felt (justifiably) cheated since she got rejected after spending 10 years doing Keima's dirty work and stI'll got rejected.

Chihirofags were supressed as fuck since they figured her rejection at the festival was a DEAD END but we're keeping hope alive, just because.

>>146544962
No one was mad, since everyone expected it.

>>146544464
It's too close to the manga.

>watching the One Piece anime
There are no words to describe your stupidity. Don't even try to justify yourself. Just think about how stupid you are for a moment.
And then switch to the manga, you goddamn stupid motherfucker.

>>146544523
ls the manga really that superior? Can someone backup this guy's words? What makes the manga any better?