- Since anime is a cursed medium where single stories are split into endless sequels and OVAs, I usually find it easier to just score the first entry as a "series score". Exceptions made where there's a notable difference in quality between entries, e.g Gintama/One Punch Man.
- Generally the only characters I dislike are ones that author clearly tries to portray as likeable/endearing/funny but are unlikable anyway. The most common offender of this are tsunderes, so I don't like sincere/unironic portrayals of them. If a show uses the archetype in a self aware or parody manner then I'm usually fine with them. I don't really care about murderous villains serving their narrative purpose of being hate sinks.
- I prefer to experience all voiced media in its original language, but I still like to acknowledge some dubs as making more sense/being more tolerable than others. If an anime/game is set in Japan with Japanese characters with Japanese names that constantly reference Japanese locales/things then dubs are particularly cringe and embarrassing. Especially when they force in suffixes into English language voice lines, which is obviously more "weeb" than a Japanese person just speaking Japanese. On the other hand if a game is set in a more generic sci-fi or fantasy setting, then dubs actually make sense. e.g Fire Emblem being dubbed > Persona being dubbed.
- I have a fondness for anything in media that can surprise me. I have my own (possibly flawed) idea of what constitutes as the norm for a given genre and will appreciate things that subvert my expectations. Sometimes I'll even make a pointless comment in a long dead episode discussion thread when something tickles my fancy in this way! (I used to watch stuff while it was airing but not so much any more).
- I consider some media "character focused" and others "story focused", not as an objective quantifier but just in what I end up prioritizing them personally. My fav characters will disproportionately be from the former category, since I consider appreciating a characters role in a narrative I like different from actually liking them. e.g I love the compelling mystery stories in the Ace Attorney games but would not consider any of the characters among my favs. Whereas something like Grisaia does have a story, but the characters are 90% of the draw for me and I consider pretty much the entire cast among my favs. This is something of a sliding scale rather than an absolute split.
I forgot where I stopped but like most people the jokes hit too close to home and was too edgy for my taste, I like that part where the 40 year old female newscaster turned out to be the murderer tho
Apparently Doctor Who is still airing to this day, and I've heard stuff about the new one being a girl or something
Are you actually gonna skip the filler tho? Credits for OP tho, I heard it's got the least amount of filler for shounen of its generation still ain't watching it tho
Damn, really have to start MD soon. I'm actually almost "done" playing Duel Links, I only have 2 characters left which are not maxed out in levels, and though I know that the game goes on if I want, I kinda want to stop at that for a while and save some progress on steam but it's giving me some issues. I also bought this thing in Cell to Singularity called the Infinity pass which works for 1 month and gets me pass most cost of daily and hourly upgrades, making my progress WAY faster than I ever expected it to be, I ended up being closer to the end (unless they have more updates) than I could've ever hoped for
Do you play MD on Steam or is it just on your phone?
That's true, and seeing how Sera Gamble didn't last long, the pressure must've been big. She should've attempted to close curtains as early as possible
That is true, and they (including Family Guy) are still airing correct? Damn. Speaking of long-running shows, do you know about Doctor Who?
Yeah, and considering most anniversary stuff always revolve around DM or GX, it definitely says a lot
Yeah mate, sry. I believe we started chatting as of January 2022 (something about magical girls...) so of course I may have forgotten some of them
You could watch it following a filler guide, so you can keep up with the recent airing episodes. Apparently they will also make a Boruto for Bleach, because why not?
I did that in the middle of the 2010s, I owned a few pirated dvds and had to watch them in advance to know which episodes are broken to either download them or watch them online
Ah I guess I can understand that, my brother once tumbled trying to catch the shuttle cock from when we were playing Badminton
Yes, there's these things called Supernatural's "Eras". The creator stepped down and allowed a succession of different showrunners after the fifth season
Gravity Falls is the opposite example. It ended when it peaked in S2. Spongebob apparently was supposed to end on the 3rd season.
Yugioh was like that too, afaik. Gx was just made due to popularity, and then 5Ds was supposed to be the last hence the post apocalyptic setting, and the crossover film. But yeah, it certainly went on. Like a few more times
Bleach if I am not mistaken has the worst reputation for fillers. Before its return in 2022, a youtuber by the name of Super Eyepatch Wolf (not to be confused with SSSniperwolf lol) made a video talking about its downfall. At the time it was very heartbreaking to see such a beloved work fall flat like that. And 2012, the year Bleach ended also happened to be the same year I became active on anime social networks, like MAL. So it was hard to accept
But in a similarly poetic fashion, Bleach returned, and on my birthday at that! lol
Yes it is, that wii thing where you play virtual badminton using the console as a stand-in for a racket has to be one of the most hilariously ironic technological developments. You end up using your limbs anyway so why don't you play outside? lol. But VR, damn. We'll all be vegetables once we get addicted to that. We're already zombies with smartphones alone, sheesh lol
Each season is a mixture of plot relevant stuff and some mid fillers so I can't blame you.
Unfortunately, due to my completionist tendencies I end up watching them anyway. I've finished 10 out of 15 seasons and I'm not surprised that it turns out that the 5th season WAS intended to be the ending. I haven't seen those links but since I like SPN more as a story than the actors I'm not going to watch their other stuff simply because they're there (I do this for seiyuu tho hahahaha)
That's nice. Have you heard of this?
When Metaverse and stuff was invented it felt weird and creepy, but this... Well, this is a bit more interesting. Now we can actually duel with Holograms, by making ourselves one hahaha
Ah lol, Sorry about that. "Water XYZ" is what they call the Shark cards and related stuff to it, mainly being Level 3-4s, so I get why it can be confusing. Creators really didn't think this through haha. Speaking of things that weren't thought through, I recently watched old youtube clips of "Supernatural" and I realized the story got dragged on and it lost the majesty it had when it started. Have you heard of this show?
They recently added Go Rush world to Duel Links. I'm hyped as the anime is STILL airing and I have hopes for a lot of stuff to be added later since Go Rush has more episodes and produces more material and lore expanding the Sevens Universe. Rush Duels are a lot more interesting there now. It's pretty common in PVP, they have their own set of toxic players there now. But it's not something that happens right away, Max monsters still require parts and if they get shuffled then you're fucked
LMAO I didn't notice that myself. It's all AI so I play with them as I please
I saw some of the pics, they were neither disgusting nor hilarious but the stupidity of it all did make me laugh
Yeah, always thought that was weird and repetitive. And having a Mayakashi skill kind of makes it easier to use
Sadly I haven't really tried it yet, kinda getting bored out with DL and C2S recently tbh. Wow that's cute, I think I need some break to regain the mood and then try MD
This one duel was kind of hilarious. I got to summon Thor like 3 times
This one was twice for Yggdrago
Also tried out Arcana Force
Damn, sorry haha. I didn't take a look at the meme in time and now it's taken down. I did read the announcement giving him a special mention, which was kind of hilarious lol
I have never fought against those tbh. I've had a Mayakashi deck before but it's supported by spells. I've heard that gems are hard to come by in MD. How does it work?
So what happens to these arts? Do you have these as mats on the game or something?
They technically are lol. Egypt stuff will probably be forever ubiquitous to YGO for obvious reasons
I don't really care unless what was skipped is a key card. For example, the Melodious Link Monster is a good help but I don't think it's that helpful. Unless you're going to be toxic lol
After fiddling with it myself I've seen what was missing and I learned what the problem is and managed to progress significantly lol. Although the next requirements requires a lot of patience as it IS an idle game after all
Interesting, well I'll see when I get to it. Already stopped playing the old Warcraft but I still find myself playing RA just to pass the time for Cell to Singularity to evolve
I've made another one with Triamids but the deck is mostly Triamids, the Fossil cards are only there because of the skill. It's less versatile but it does have its advantages. I've used decks featuring that, it's either that or Archfiend Skull Dragon which usually gets used
Not yet lol. Frankly I'm slowly losing interest. The only thing that will get me to start MD I guess is a curiosity to try out archetypes or cards I don't have in DL, but we'll see
It does, sad to say haha. I thought it was gonna be my new thing. It's weird, I've tried it on the first week of July and almost wanted to uninstall it, then I returned on the 22nd and I figured what was missing and started grinding the game. Now I reached the singularity and Youtube or Reddit tells me exactly what needs to be done. And the game's discord server is filled with snobbish elitists who just ignored my proper questions
Rocket League is like EDOPro right? Like I have to download it? Would be nice if there was some kind of free Pokemon Game in there lol. I guess this means I have time to try out MD. I'm almost done with DL too, a few characters to max out and I can finally ditch the game lol. 3 fucking years
As for replays idk, the only new thing I can brag about is this Fossil Magnet deck ig. I read the last few titles of the recent uploads and they're just me reusing old decks lol
I've recently started grinding my steam account. I have DL and MD there but I've been spending the most time on this new game I downloaded "Cell to Singularity".
Unfortunately I have the account limited as the games there are free and it can only be made public as well as enjoy the other perks once I buy a game for myself. I'm trying to have the saved data on my phone be transferred to the steam as well and check if they can consider the decks I used to buy on Google Play lol. If not I plan to buy myself a copy of "Batman: Arkham Knight", which fits the minimum amount that was required for the account to be unlocked
Regarding chats and whatnot, I think I may start following your pace of taking long breaks of inactivity, but that might not be obvious since I never log out of my account as I want to have quick access to it if and when I start another anime. I have a few replays but I am at work as I type this so I'll see which ones I can brag about later today, as well as comment on the replays you shared just now lol
I see, I've been thinking of using BEWD just like in DL to start but for MD I think I might as well learn to be flexible and start using the toxic decks you've shared so far
Thanks, it was applied in July 7, I originally wanted a Tanabata theme but couldn't find materials I like and I ended up with that. It's not bad yeah. We'll see what future ideas I have going forward
Heh, no wonder she's the cutest. I've recently downloaded DL and MD via my Steam account so looking forward to having some time for it but I still mostly just stick with work and RA. I barely watch anime too. I have to push myself to make time for other things, including replies lol
I barely recognize any minus some sunvine/sunavalon/rikka cards lol
Realizing how far back I am kinda discourages me from taking it more competitively lol
That I don't know, unfortunately she can only be paired with on events, she's not an actual character in the game
Reading that comment it appears that I took back what I said. I also recently added this one game "From Cell to Singularity" but it wasn't that fun. Only played it for 7 minutes and I already feel like uninstalling it lol
Nah, I only play Warcraft/Dota and RA alone, like I do with most games
I wanna start using these archetypes you keep talking about in MD but I guess I'll play safe and use BEWD first, like DL (like you did in MD too)
lmao I suddenly became a simp for the one in yellow. I can't wait to have some of them available on DL lol. I keep reusing the same archetypes and it gets boring
Isn't that how it always goes though? And yet people still "fall prey" to it. I mean, I know most of them know but do they even have a choice? lol
There's some other plant decks that are available on DL like Aroma, Sylvan and Predaplant but I haven't really looked into them that much
I have some experience with Aroma though
DL's mascot sounds cute lol
Well, right now I'm still kind of addicted to RA. I once played with 2 AI teamed up with me but nowadays I just play 1 vs many. With some of them as raised difficulty too. So the steam part might have to take longer lol
True, this kind of recovery is what some archetypes try to overcompensate with GY effects, which Rush Duel compensated with the game rule allowing up to 5 card draw
I played some as a kid but I relearned a lot of things once I played them again. Warcraft is kind of hard to learn for me coming from RA since the format is a little bit different
I have a Shaddoll deck now and I'm kind of getting the hang of it. I don't understand why there's tuners there though
And we're not even talking about the God Cards, who would make it an actual Kaiju fight. NGL would pay to see that
You know, this gives me an idea. Noble Knights with Power Tool Dragon. They don't have a level 3 tuner though. Would think about it haha
Ah, on the art of Rikka Flurries and Rikka Tranquility. I have Kanzashi the Rikka Queen though. She's also the prettiest among the cards lol. Apparently they are a rehash of the vanilla monster, Seiyaryu (Holy Night (Christmas) Dragon) and the entire archetype is a Christmas tribute
It's very fun to use having the ace card jump up and down from the field. I also wouldn't call it OP, but it can be competitive imo
Going back to that winter / christmas theme we were previously talking about. Perhaps that archetype is my go to this year lol
When you say recovery, do you mean how the cards refer to each other and trigger a running combo?
I do have steam and I might consider playing MD there instead lol. Or other games, idk
I suck at Warcraft lmao. Probably from lack of Experience. In Yuri's Revenge I play mostly as the Yuri Infantry, no dogs but when I take the opp's bases I finish their soldiers by feeding them to the dogs LMAO
Thanks, the winter theme (well they're all technically winter themes haha)
Vanquish Soul is the one that works like BEWD alternative yes? And Mikanko is the Ritual Battle Phase thingy? The latter sounds more fascinating to try. I've only been trying out Rikka, Hieratic, Aromage and Starry Knights on DL. I also have a Lightsworn deck
I don't have experience to relate but enough toxicity from the modern playstyle makes it easy enough to understand. I've had many losses where I already countered most of the opp's possible plays and they still have an ace up their sleeve, ugh
The voice is kind of weak. The first screams of the game reminded me of Dota/Warcraft and it's funny because I bought a new pc last month and I had the old Warcraft game added to it as well as Red Alert / Yuri's Revenge. I've been spending too much time on it than anything lol
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Apparently Doctor Who is still airing to this day, and I've heard stuff about the new one being a girl or something
Are you actually gonna skip the filler tho? Credits for OP tho, I heard it's got the least amount of filler for shounen of its generation still ain't watching it tho
Damn, really have to start MD soon. I'm actually almost "done" playing Duel Links, I only have 2 characters left which are not maxed out in levels, and though I know that the game goes on if I want, I kinda want to stop at that for a while and save some progress on steam but it's giving me some issues. I also bought this thing in Cell to Singularity called the Infinity pass which works for 1 month and gets me pass most cost of daily and hourly upgrades, making my progress WAY faster than I ever expected it to be, I ended up being closer to the end (unless they have more updates) than I could've ever hoped for
Do you play MD on Steam or is it just on your phone?
That is true, and they (including Family Guy) are still airing correct? Damn. Speaking of long-running shows, do you know about Doctor Who?
Yeah, and considering most anniversary stuff always revolve around DM or GX, it definitely says a lot
Yeah mate, sry. I believe we started chatting as of January 2022 (something about magical girls...) so of course I may have forgotten some of them
You could watch it following a filler guide, so you can keep up with the recent airing episodes. Apparently they will also make a Boruto for Bleach, because why not?
I did that in the middle of the 2010s, I owned a few pirated dvds and had to watch them in advance to know which episodes are broken to either download them or watch them online
Ah I guess I can understand that, my brother once tumbled trying to catch the shuttle cock from when we were playing Badminton
https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Supernatural%27s_Eras
Gravity Falls is the opposite example. It ended when it peaked in S2. Spongebob apparently was supposed to end on the 3rd season.
Yugioh was like that too, afaik. Gx was just made due to popularity, and then 5Ds was supposed to be the last hence the post apocalyptic setting, and the crossover film. But yeah, it certainly went on. Like a few more times
Bleach if I am not mistaken has the worst reputation for fillers. Before its return in 2022, a youtuber by the name of Super Eyepatch Wolf (not to be confused with SSSniperwolf lol) made a video talking about its downfall. At the time it was very heartbreaking to see such a beloved work fall flat like that. And 2012, the year Bleach ended also happened to be the same year I became active on anime social networks, like MAL. So it was hard to accept
But in a similarly poetic fashion, Bleach returned, and on my birthday at that! lol
Yes it is, that wii thing where you play virtual badminton using the console as a stand-in for a racket has to be one of the most hilariously ironic technological developments. You end up using your limbs anyway so why don't you play outside? lol. But VR, damn. We'll all be vegetables once we get addicted to that. We're already zombies with smartphones alone, sheesh lol
Unfortunately, due to my completionist tendencies I end up watching them anyway. I've finished 10 out of 15 seasons and I'm not surprised that it turns out that the 5th season WAS intended to be the ending. I haven't seen those links but since I like SPN more as a story than the actors I'm not going to watch their other stuff simply because they're there (I do this for seiyuu tho hahahaha)
That's nice. Have you heard of this?
When Metaverse and stuff was invented it felt weird and creepy, but this... Well, this is a bit more interesting. Now we can actually duel with Holograms, by making ourselves one hahaha
They recently added Go Rush world to Duel Links. I'm hyped as the anime is STILL airing and I have hopes for a lot of stuff to be added later since Go Rush has more episodes and produces more material and lore expanding the Sevens Universe. Rush Duels are a lot more interesting there now. It's pretty common in PVP, they have their own set of toxic players there now. But it's not something that happens right away, Max monsters still require parts and if they get shuffled then you're fucked
LMAO I didn't notice that myself. It's all AI so I play with them as I please
I saw some of the pics, they were neither disgusting nor hilarious but the stupidity of it all did make me laugh
Sadly I haven't really tried it yet, kinda getting bored out with DL and C2S recently tbh. Wow that's cute, I think I need some break to regain the mood and then try MD
This one duel was kind of hilarious. I got to summon Thor like 3 times
This one was twice for Yggdrago
Also tried out Arcana Force
Damn, sorry haha. I didn't take a look at the meme in time and now it's taken down. I did read the announcement giving him a special mention, which was kind of hilarious lol
So what happens to these arts? Do you have these as mats on the game or something?
They technically are lol. Egypt stuff will probably be forever ubiquitous to YGO for obvious reasons
I don't really care unless what was skipped is a key card. For example, the Melodious Link Monster is a good help but I don't think it's that helpful. Unless you're going to be toxic lol
Interesting, well I'll see when I get to it. Already stopped playing the old Warcraft but I still find myself playing RA just to pass the time for Cell to Singularity to evolve
I've made another one with Triamids but the deck is mostly Triamids, the Fossil cards are only there because of the skill. It's less versatile but it does have its advantages. I've used decks featuring that, it's either that or Archfiend Skull Dragon which usually gets used
Not yet lol. Frankly I'm slowly losing interest. The only thing that will get me to start MD I guess is a curiosity to try out archetypes or cards I don't have in DL, but we'll see
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Rocket League is like EDOPro right? Like I have to download it? Would be nice if there was some kind of free Pokemon Game in there lol. I guess this means I have time to try out MD. I'm almost done with DL too, a few characters to max out and I can finally ditch the game lol. 3 fucking years
As for replays idk, the only new thing I can brag about is this Fossil Magnet deck ig. I read the last few titles of the recent uploads and they're just me reusing old decks lol
Unfortunately I have the account limited as the games there are free and it can only be made public as well as enjoy the other perks once I buy a game for myself. I'm trying to have the saved data on my phone be transferred to the steam as well and check if they can consider the decks I used to buy on Google Play lol. If not I plan to buy myself a copy of "Batman: Arkham Knight", which fits the minimum amount that was required for the account to be unlocked
Regarding chats and whatnot, I think I may start following your pace of taking long breaks of inactivity, but that might not be obvious since I never log out of my account as I want to have quick access to it if and when I start another anime. I have a few replays but I am at work as I type this so I'll see which ones I can brag about later today, as well as comment on the replays you shared just now lol
I see, I've been thinking of using BEWD just like in DL to start but for MD I think I might as well learn to be flexible and start using the toxic decks you've shared so far
Thanks, it was applied in July 7, I originally wanted a Tanabata theme but couldn't find materials I like and I ended up with that. It's not bad yeah. We'll see what future ideas I have going forward
I barely recognize any minus some sunvine/sunavalon/rikka cards lol
Realizing how far back I am kinda discourages me from taking it more competitively lol
That I don't know, unfortunately she can only be paired with on events, she's not an actual character in the game
Reading that comment it appears that I took back what I said. I also recently added this one game "From Cell to Singularity" but it wasn't that fun. Only played it for 7 minutes and I already feel like uninstalling it lol
Nah, I only play Warcraft/Dota and RA alone, like I do with most games
I wanna start using these archetypes you keep talking about in MD but I guess I'll play safe and use BEWD first, like DL (like you did in MD too)
Isn't that how it always goes though? And yet people still "fall prey" to it. I mean, I know most of them know but do they even have a choice? lol
There's some other plant decks that are available on DL like Aroma, Sylvan and Predaplant but I haven't really looked into them that much
I have some experience with Aroma though
DL's mascot sounds cute lol
Well, right now I'm still kind of addicted to RA. I once played with 2 AI teamed up with me but nowadays I just play 1 vs many. With some of them as raised difficulty too. So the steam part might have to take longer lol
True, this kind of recovery is what some archetypes try to overcompensate with GY effects, which Rush Duel compensated with the game rule allowing up to 5 card draw
I played some as a kid but I relearned a lot of things once I played them again. Warcraft is kind of hard to learn for me coming from RA since the format is a little bit different
I have a Shaddoll deck now and I'm kind of getting the hang of it. I don't understand why there's tuners there though
And we're not even talking about the God Cards, who would make it an actual Kaiju fight. NGL would pay to see that
You know, this gives me an idea. Noble Knights with Power Tool Dragon. They don't have a level 3 tuner though. Would think about it haha
Ah, on the art of Rikka Flurries and Rikka Tranquility. I have Kanzashi the Rikka Queen though. She's also the prettiest among the cards lol. Apparently they are a rehash of the vanilla monster, Seiyaryu (Holy Night (Christmas) Dragon) and the entire archetype is a Christmas tribute
It's very fun to use having the ace card jump up and down from the field. I also wouldn't call it OP, but it can be competitive imo
Going back to that winter / christmas theme we were previously talking about. Perhaps that archetype is my go to this year lol
When you say recovery, do you mean how the cards refer to each other and trigger a running combo?
I do have steam and I might consider playing MD there instead lol. Or other games, idk
I suck at Warcraft lmao. Probably from lack of Experience. In Yuri's Revenge I play mostly as the Yuri Infantry, no dogs but when I take the opp's bases I finish their soldiers by feeding them to the dogs LMAO
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Vanquish Soul is the one that works like BEWD alternative yes? And Mikanko is the Ritual Battle Phase thingy? The latter sounds more fascinating to try. I've only been trying out Rikka, Hieratic, Aromage and Starry Knights on DL. I also have a Lightsworn deck
I don't have experience to relate but enough toxicity from the modern playstyle makes it easy enough to understand. I've had many losses where I already countered most of the opp's possible plays and they still have an ace up their sleeve, ugh
The voice is kind of weak. The first screams of the game reminded me of Dota/Warcraft and it's funny because I bought a new pc last month and I had the old Warcraft game added to it as well as Red Alert / Yuri's Revenge. I've been spending too much time on it than anything lol