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[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I just watched the second season of Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. and so far the second season is shaping up to be okay. I am slightly concerned though since it seems like they're going to start moving away from the meat and potatoes of the first season focusing on the main girl and the client facing side of the business world of magical girls and going more into the shady backrooms and business politics shit which is always fucking awful to watch.

If you're looking for something new this season I'd give the first season a spin and then if you like that season 2 is releasing right now.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I think it's hilarious that at the end of Chainsmoker Cat they had to give a disclaimer about how smoking underage is illegal and you shouldn't do it. Who's going to watch that show and go "Yeah man. I gotta get in on some of that!" after seeing the MC and the way she lives?

Teenagers are fucking stupid. Like pants on head retarded stupid.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Teenagers are fucking stupid. Like pants on head retarded stupid.

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Oh of course but once you're that retarded a written warning is going to make you want to do it more. Yeah, I know it's to please the lawyers, but I still laugh at it.

 

[Professor Donger]

So the first episode of the new Ghost in the Shell is available on Amazon. So far it's a pretty fun watch.

 

[I Know 孤独のせい]

Done with the first episode of the new Ghost in the Shell. So finally we have a 1-1 adaptation of the original work. Might cause quite the whiplash for people unfamiliar with the manga. The show looks gorgeous and the only criticism I have so far is the OST.

 

[DocAwe]

Watched the first episode of the new GitS.
All and all it's very well done, but as someone who does fuck with the source of material let's just say it demonstrates once again why Shirow's writing should never be left as-is in an adaptation of his work.
That type of dialogue is clunky as shit when spoken out loud and its going to be the main thing that filters out people alongside its tonal dissonance. People who read the manga will get exactly what they want, people who only watched the movies and SAC will wonder WTF are they watching and larpers are gonna larp.

Where did you watch it at?

 

[Chocolate Rain]

Where did you watch it at?

It should be up on the usual spots now. Officially its on Prime and Netflix

The show looks gorgeous and the only criticism I have so far is the OST.

I enjoyed the music the most. What was your issue?

 

[DocAwe]

Hopefully I'll be able to watch it unofficially soon.

 

[I Know 孤独のせい]

I enjoyed the music the most.

It's of course too early to tell, but it felt a bit too "modern anime" for my taste. What I heard was competently done, and I am of course immediately comparing it to the movies and SAC, but it didn't wow me or left a big impression on me. More like a minor nitpick but not much else to talk about really.

 

[Betonhaus]

There is an anime this season about someone becoming a heavy knight which is a "defective class". It's so fucking lazy, like holy shit at least do a meme class like Bard or Ranger rather than a class that is as old as JRPGs and traditionally heroic, even if suboptimal because it is centred on defence

I was reading the manga for that one, it at least has a plausible explanation of where the skill trees for different classes are largely unknown and any discoveries are kept secret. The MC has the advantage of knowing all of the skill trees and what combinations will basically make a class “broken”

He was mocked and disowned for choosing the heavy knight because the class is known to be horribly flawed, but he knows how to add a counterpart skill that fixes the main flaws of the class and making it overpowered. He does the same thing for his closest ally, who had chosen a class that has a high level of luck and he helped her get a skill or item that has a massively strong critical hit (which happens frequently due to her high luck stat)

It’s reasonable to expect him as a gamer to have read all of the guides about the skill trees and available items, while most people in the world would have to discover the secrets of the skill tree by trial and error - and they would completely disregard classes and skills that seem useless because they can’t risk exploring the skill trees as they cannot change their class or skills after they have been chosen. If they pick a skill and it’s bad they are permanently fucked, they might not know that it becomes good down the road and they might make a wrong turn somewhere and completely miss the overpowered skill

 

[Chocolate Rain]

It's of course too early to tell, but it felt a bit too "modern anime" for my taste. What I heard was competently done, and I am of course immediately comparing it to the movies and SAC, but it didn't wow me or left a big impression on me. More like a minor nitpick but not much else to talk about really.

I see. I get your point. I like the duality of styles this adaptation is going for then just trying to be "retro" for the sake of it because it keeps it from being stale while having an identity of its own but I can see how it can be seen as obnoxious especially coming from a franchise that's more well known for its somber tone pieces.

 

[I Know 孤独のせい]

I see. I get your point. I like the duality of styles this adaptation is going for then just trying to be "retro" for the sake of it because it keeps it from being stale while having an identity of its own but I can see how it can be seen as obnoxious especially coming from a franchise that's more well known for its somber tone pieces.

They still could have gone with a more jazzy or electronic score without immediately becoming a cliché or being too reminiscent of older adaptations, but it is what it is. And especially now since we are getting an actual adaptation, I rather have an at least for me underwhelming score than trying to copy what came before and what people might be familiar with or expect from something with the GitS name attached to it.

I think the real conversation about this will be (or already it) if Shirow's material is any good to begin with. Especially if this the first time people get exposed to the actual source material. Your post on the page before hits the nail on the head. Shirow loves to drop you into the middle of something, with info dumps on your and a constant stream of technobabble. You either love or hate it.

It's probably easy to make the argument that the earlier and diverging adaptations are what the public perceives GitS to be and not the manga. So it will be interesting to see how people react to this faithful adaptation.

 

[Newcomer 42]

Hopefully I'll be able to watch it unofficially soon.

*checks* Already available in some extra-legal places.
According to the synopsis, it the same puppeter case of the first movie, but it will use the manga's arc I suppose, which was quite different. Any idea of how many episodes it will have?

He was mocked and disowned for choosing the heavy knight because the class is known to be horribly flawed, but he knows how to add a counterpart skill that fixes the main flaws of the class and making it overpowered.

Which anime?
I recall one about a girl in a MMORPG who maximized her defense and was rendered invincible as a result.

If they pick a skill and it’s bad they are permanently fucked, they might not know that it becomes good down the road and they might make a wrong turn somewhere and completely miss the overpowered skill

Don't most games of this type allow respeccing these days?

 

[DocAwe]

*checks* Already available in some extra-legal places.
According to the synopsis, it the same puppeter case of the first movie, but it will use the manga's arc I suppose, which was quite different. Any idea of how many episodes it will have?

Which anime?
I recall one about a girl in a MMORPG who maximized her defense and was rendered invincible as a result.


Don't most games of this type allow respeccing these days?

No idea on episode count.
I just know I'll probably watch every one of them twice.

 

[Chocolate Rain]

I think the real conversation about this will be (or already it) if Shirow's material is any good to begin with.

There's a subsection of Shirowfags who truly believe Oshii and Kamiyama destroyed his vision by stripping it of every ounce of personality with their adaptations and then Im reminded that Shirow is doing unironic horse cock porn now. Say what you will about Oshii and Kamiyama (especially after 2045) but Shirow is very fortunate that people in high up positions still give a shit about the autistic spasms he puts on paper or else GitS could have wound up like Dominion or Appleseed.

So it will be interesting to see how people react to this faithful adaptation.

This. I already know I'm going to like it and that its going to be very loyal I'm more interested to see how people will take it because this has never been done before and this might as well be zoomers first introduction to Ghost in the Shell.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Nov 20th bitches

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Nov 20th bitches
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=cvnBsqagQxY

Fate is for queers.

 

[DocAwe]

There's a subsection of Shirowfags

My application

 

[Betonhaus]

*checks* Already available in some extra-legal places.
According to the synopsis, it the same puppeter case of the first movie, but it will use the manga's arc I suppose, which was quite different. Any idea of how many episodes it will have?

Which anime?
I recall one about a girl in a MMORPG who maximized her defense and was rendered invincible as a result.


Don't most games of this type allow respeccing these days?

Exiled Heavy Knight

https://myanimelist.net/anime/59741/Tsuihou_sareta_Tensei_Juukishi_wa_Game_Chishiki_de_Musou_suru

In this world, it is not possible to re spec or undo anything you have done to your skill tree. Once you pick a bum skill you are completely screwed for life and are considered useless garbage. And “experimenting” is prohibitively expensive even if you kidnap a bunch of orphans to run your experiments on, as skills are unlocked either by levelling up or purchasing skill books that were awarded in dungeons. The mc is insanely overpowered by knowing the skill trees and how skill books interact with them, but it makes sense because the gods that created the world didn’t give people a way to undo their changes to their skill trees or look up future branches to see what would happen if they went down a specific path.

 

[I Know 孤独のせい]

There's a subsection of Shirowfags who truly believe Oshii and Kamiyama destroyed his vision

Which is really strange since for example he approved of the changes to his source material which resulted in the first movie.

by stripping it of every ounce of personality with their adaptations

Well yes, and I know what you mean, but I prefer the serious tone of the adaptation. Not that there is anything wrong with the more lighthearted tone of the manga.

and then Im reminded that Shirow is doing unironic horse cock porn now.

That is certainly something strange, but I still like the way he draws and the way this art looks even if it is just bad smut. Probably also what I enjoy the most when it comes to the OG manga.

Say what you will about Oshii and Kamiyama (especially after 2045) but Shirow is very fortunate that people in high up positions still give a shit about the autistic spasms he puts on paper or else GitS could have wound up like Dominion or Appleseed.

Sure but to be fair that is something that in general applies to a lot of mangaka. It's often the anime adaptation that is more popular and well known.

This. I already know I'm going to like it and that its going to be very loyal I'm more interested to see how people will take it because this has never been done before and this might as well be zoomers first introduction to Ghost in the Shell.

I prefer the adaptations over the manga since I dislike a lot of things about it, but I am also happy that we finally have a faithful show. What I am interested in is zoomers getting introduced to GitS through this and then watch the other adaptations. Can't wait for that whiplash to happen and to hear some opinions about it.