Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

Dear Aniplex,
Please stop charging $300+ for Fate/Zero on Blu Ray so I can buy it.

Everything's like Cowboy Bebop. And yet, nothing is like it either.

Black Lagoon is definitely worth watching. Many of the scenarios are entertaining and are presented really well.

Up to episode 80 in my Naruto Rewatch...well, now I'm past the point that I watched up to before (75 I think). Anyways, it's been really good, especially in this arc. Might give the show a rest after this next episode, though.

This show is really good at showing emotion and making its villains relateable (so far at least), while also having some intense and even mentally-stimulating fights. I still wouldn't put it among my favorite Shounen anime, though, since it drives a few points too hard, and it's not very good at making the slower parts very interesting. Also, it has a terrible sense of humor most of the time, and it revels in itself too much (HEY YOU SEE WHAT HE JUST DID?! THAT WAS AWESOME! THAT WAS BRILLIANT! THAT WAS UNEXPECTED! DIDN'T YOU THINK THAT WAS COOL?! NO?!! WELL LET ME EXPLAIN IT TO YOU IN EXCRUTIATING DETAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT SCENE SO YOU KNOW JUST WHY IT'S AWESOME!!!).

But otherwise it's a really good show so far.

@kkslider5552000 & @moomoo, okay then, looks like I'll be really looking forward to it starting the 22nd!

Catching up on Kill la Kill. I've seen up to episode 6 now. The member of the Elite Four in this episode really reminded me of Henry and Terriormon a lot. The show's fight scenes are amazing. It's starting to get pretty interesting with the characters too.

@RR529 i was just talking about this title earlier ,just look up " Assassination Classroom episode 1"

Wasn't sure where to put this, but here's a good a place as any. I just got linked to a Bump of Chicken/Hatsune Miku collab. So that's J-rock with vocaloid. Not quite sure how to feel about this...

Miku definitely sounds odd when singing the blues notes though.

It was great until they started singing at the same time. I think my ears just had an abortion...

Oh yeah, I think it's worth mentioning that Black Lagoon's English dub if fantastic. The combination of mostly western settings and mostly western characters works really well for English. I'm kind of surprised Toonami's willing to air it, though, if only because it's pretty much the most profane anime I've ever seen. A-bombs, s-bombs, f-bombs, c-bombs... the whole gambit's there. I guess it's the time slot that does it.

@moomoo they let Blue Exorcist swears slide without censoring. I wonder if they have something similar to what Comedy central has if they air something late enough they wont have to bleep certain words.

This is the best day ever.

Actually, episode 6 was brilliant now that I think about it. Yes, over the top action is the name of the game but I wouldn't call it mindless after this. [mild Spoilers incoming] The villain Matoi had to fight in this episode was defeated right away. HE had to grow and improve to defeat her. We got backstory on him too while he developed as a threat. Plus they had a rematch in the same episode rather than 20 later. [Mild spoilers end]
Looking forward to watching more now. I really feel like catching up on this much more than finishing Shana lll. Which is a shame.

@Retro_on_theGo hmm, I didn't think about it that way. That's actually a pretty cool way of looking at it! Especially since now, that makes Kiryuin more sympathetic too. I'm up to date with the other stuff I'm following now, so I might resume Kill la Kill while I'm at it.

Although I've never seen Kill La Kill, I have seen a gif with some one-eye girl bleeding profoundly from her eye. I'll assume it's kinda of a gruesome-comedic kind of anime with plot? Anyone care to give me a summary. I'm going to sleep now.