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Meksbig:
Orb: about the movement of the earth has to be one of the top 3 AOTS. Such a really good story.

Yeah... currently following it

DieRich5:
JJK dy burst your brain.......lol, I dropped the anime after watching the movie, I just don't find it interesting to me

JJK is not even a top 10 anime and your saying AOT (Among top 5 anime) is boring to you?
Even a non anime fan find Aot interesting AF

You should watch JJK season 2 tho...

It was really good

But I recommend rewatching season 1 first.

JJK might seem like a simple action focused series, however I think it's more than that.
It has a ton of fights, but all the character work is done through the fights.

You will really love a lot of the character work and directing done in the Hidden Inventory arc in season 2.

Kaycee7:
Is it just me or is there now a limit to how many pictures Nairaland allows you to upload in a day?

It's not just you.

After a few uploads, you can't upload any photo for the day

DieRich5:
Not Vander but the little girl cus she and Jinx as team will make the series more interesting

I really appreciate if the writer kill off Vander again, it's will make Jinx angry and start doing what she do best

If Vander is alive and the little girl is dead, the writer did wrong

If Vander is alive, Vi and Jinx will become close, making Vi and Caitlyn an enemy cus Caitlyn will never free jinx........... dem, the writer did wrong here

Killing Victor after bringing him back is wrong tho and the main villain is not even here yet, all this is just an intro for S3

Isha

Maybe it's just me but I don't really care for Isha. I can see why Jinx likes her cos she's a sister she always wanted plus she probably sees her younger self in Isha.

But I don't really see Isha's significance to the story so I couldn't care much if she does.

For Vander, I think it would be disappointing if he's brought back and dies immediately. Then what's the point?

We need to know why Jayce killed Victor.

This is what I'm saying...there is no season three. It's been confirmed that the show ends in season 2.

So how will they tie up all these loose ends in 3 episodes?

Silentgroper:
Omoh JJK dey burst my brain ...




This is better than the borefest AOT I struggled watching...

One show is focused on action and fight scenes...but it has better character writing than most people give it credit for

Another show is focused on mystery and story...

If good storytelling bores you, AOT isn't for you...
Stick to the shows that fit your profile...

For me I love them both for different reasons...

Kaycee7:
Isha never backing down from a fight or giving up and surrendering easily is such an understated trait of her character.

Cos how do you see Rictus and your first thought is to jump on his head 😂🤣

Did Isha and Vander die at the end?

Is it confirmed anywhere?


Edit: how many episodes are left? 3 episodes?

Because how are they going to tie up so many loose plot threads in just 3 episodes since they said they won't be a third season

I don't really see what makes Vander so important but I'll let the writers finish cooking...

He's been the best test subject for Shimmer so far and he's powerful, but not so powerful that he alone could change the tide of a war. So I'm yet to really see why they want him so much.

But perhaps the potential to what can be done on future tests through him?

I would be disappointed if he just dies like that.
It would be a waste of time imo if he's brought back and dies in like 2-3 episodes with no real direct implications to the plot...

Or perhaps the intention was to use the arc to reconnect characters who had lost their way i.e VI and Jinx...VI and Caitlyn...

Otherwise he hasn't really served much for the overall plot. But let's see what the writers have in store for us in the 3rd act

Anyway the music used at the end of episode 6 was top notch...

Overall writing of season 2 has been a massive step down from season 1, but the music quality has not dropped at all. It has probably improved if anything...

DieRich5:
Arcane episode 6 I hope it not what I'm thinking happened at the end

Vander right?
It wouldn't make sense for him to be dead.

It would be a wasted plot point imo.

Him being brought back for no reason and then proceeding to die in what? 2-3 episodes?

At least that's what I think. It would feel like a waste of time to me and an emotional gimmick if he just dies like that...

NobleStag007:
Ion really trip for lioness. Jackal is my thang..
Assassin should never have family. That's the main reason he'll die for sure

Having a family is nowhere near his biggest mistake.

He's been making loads of mistakes since the last job ended.

1. He should never meet a client face to face, no matter the amount, much less let them know where he is staying...

2. He had no reason to perform the revenge kill from close range. That's way too much risk just to send his message. He could have done it long range.

3. His plan for his latest assassination is a close range kill which again puts him at severe risk

4. Meeting Norman face to face was a severe risk. Even living with him for a day. Yes he needed the gun since Norman was injured and Norman couldn't make one by himself, but certainly Norman would have 1 or 2 contacts he could call...

5. Having all that secret room in his family house. It was bound to be discovered someday. He could have gotten a ranch or building somewhere to keep those.

He's a professional but he has taken way too much risk with this job and he has had his face revealed to quite a number of people.

Considering he was a member of the army, his face is in the database so he should never have revealed his face on any account.

pu7pl3:
Download HDObox on your phone or TV and stream it from there in the best quality

I want to download...not stream

Where can I download The Day of the Jackal in decent quality for TV.

Pahe doesn't have it

Go watch the new Dandadan episode

It's fire

From Mr Robot to Mr Assassin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCWcK4c-F8Q?si=Z-mmmEUP2A6bPK0Z

Crazy plot

His girlfriend is a serial killer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2UU2u1HgcQ?si=mk4EXJphCgZs9Ajp

Juzec:
I have always rooted for that bastard from the first to the last episode. But now I pray he dies a very shameful and disgraceful death next season

Rooting for a villain and then crying because he does villainy acts

He's a villain, a criminal, just because he gives some nice speeches doesn't change that fact...

NobleStag007:
It's good but over hyped just like arcane

The Penguin is great for it's character writing.

Despite being a drugs/street gang series, it fails at that aspect. If you want a series about drugs/gangs, The Penguin is probably not the show for you because it doesn't do that aspect well.

But the character writing is top notch. That is why you should definitely watch it.

It's one of the best Comic book series I've watched. It doesn't even feel like a comic book series at all, since all the characters are normal humans, no cape shît at all.

TheStrongest:
I liked that you used the term "For Me"..

Also, what would happen to you if you don't have a say in every discussion?

Of course, things like these are always subjective

NaijaMemes:
Please name a 3d animation that has better fight scene 3d animation/graphics than Arcane.

I didn't remember Ekkos name on the spot. Does that change the reason why they were fighting?

Jinx and Ekko were childhood friends who are now enemies. Ekko was fighting because Jinx killed some of his friends and Ekko believed that Jinx is far too gone. Jinx disliked Ekkos beliefs seeing him as a self righteous saviour. Ekko actually wanted to kill Jinx because he believed her to be a mad dog that would destroy everything he built
Jinx was ready to kill herself and Ekko because she was done with the system.

I like that you specified 3D animation. What a way to cut out 95% of animated content aimed at adults

And calling Ekko a character is doing a massive service to him.

There are great characters with great Dynamics in Arcane. But Ekko is nowhere near them

Achilles100:
Broo, the disappointment isn't enough to articulate how I felt for the fight against Vi and Jinx. I was like 'Is that it?'

The trailer tease about it and I expected more.

And the fight of Sevika and Cait, the arm Jinx gave her felt too heavy. It didn't make for a very interesting battle.

The only thing that made it appealing was the song and that fact that they continued fighting despite the runes misbehaving.

Honestly those fights felt tiring to watch.

Flashy colours and splashing artistic images alone do not make for a good fight...

What made those fights worse is that they had no resolution.

phr0nesis:
I picked the unnecessary point. Reason why I said "a basis" and not "the basis". Besides, you highlighting that part gives the impression that it is the most important point

It was the cumulation of my points, not a separate point.

The points are already listed. The highlight was meant to show my final submission

NaijaMemes:
Oga. The fight scenes are crazy. The fight between Jinx and the black boy at the end of season 1 had stakes, if I remember correctly.

The animation of the fights, the fighting styles. I love VI with her gauntlets.

The Black boy who was barely a character so much so that you can't even remember his name

His name is Ekko actually.

Funny how you destroyed your own argument in the same sentence

phr0nesis:
You are using what your brain chose to remember as a basis for a good fight?

Before you assume I'm a fanboy, I haven't watched a single episode Arcane

Did you even read my entire post?
How did you read that long post and come to this sole conclusion?

I gave all the details I look for in a fight and stated that these details are what makes a fight great and memorable to me.

You simply handpicked my statement, chose one part and completely misinterpreted it...wtf

NaijaMemes:
Bro. There are times that 1+1 = 2. There are some things that are as clear as daylight


Arcane is a great animation by any standard.

1. Action- 9/10 one of the best fight sequences among animations.

2. Art/animation/graphics- 9/10 great 3d graphics and shading. Easily one of the best among animations.

3. Plot- 9/10. Lots of character development. Not cliche as you can't guess what will happen next.

Arcane is simply one of the best animations ever made.

And sometimes, there are times 1+1 = 2.5 or 3 (Synergy). There are grey areas where people can argue and both sides have an objective point.


Joseph1832, your ignorance is the result of not believing in yourself and relyingnon others to do the heavy thinking for you. Naptu2 can't always hold your hand.

I disagree about the fights in Arcane being great tho...

Rather I think the fights are artistic...but fights cannot be great solely by being artistic and using musical notes/beats to match the rythm

For me what makes a fight great are -

1. Stakes
2. Emotional payoff
3. Clash of ideals
4. Choreography
5. Strategem
6. Storytelling though the fight
7. Build up

All are important (I may be forgetting 1 or 2 right now)

Other factors that can play a role in enhancing these are-
8. Artistic
9. Music


1. Stakes - Apart from a few, Most fights in Arcane lack stakes. They tend to end with very little change to the status of the main characters

2. Emotional payoff - Arcane succeeds in this quite a few times

3. Clash of Ideals - Arcane mostly fails in this. While sometimes characters have conflicting ideals, these ideals are not brought to the forefront of the fight scenes. The focus is on making the fights look cool

4. Choreography - Arcane succeeds in this

5. Strategem - Arcane is decent at this.

6. Storytelling through fights - Arcane is semi-decent at this

7. Buildup - Arcane fails woefully at this. Battles in Arcane feel random. Like they just happen out of nowhere. It never feels like the story is building up to a major clash between characters. I mean, you could argue that the battle between Jinx and VI was built up but even that was done poorly...

8. Artistic - Arcane excels at this

9. Music - Arcane excels at this

The issue here is that Arcane focuses on the less relevant aspects on what makes a fight engaging.

I watched Arcane season 1 just few days ago, and I can barely remember any battles. They are all mostly forgettable...they don't leave a mark at all.
There is no buildup to the battles, they just come and go and don't stick to memory

Meanwhile fight scenes that I watched in say Naruto years ago are still very fresh in my memory

Silentgroper:
Been anticipating arcane like it's the next coming of christ .

It finally drops and I don't seem to be enjoying it ..


Only ep3 caught my attention , the last two episodes, I was trying to hard to follow up ...

The fighting scenes seems to fast, I can't seem to catch up with each punches, gunshots and whatnots they hitting at each other no matter how hard I try to concentrate..


This season 2 might not be IT compared to season 1...

Funny because I thought the 3rd episode of season 2 was it's weakest. At least the first half of the episode.

The whole VI and Jinx fight did not hit it for me. It felt like pointless fighting that was leading to no consequences especially since I knew VI was never going to kill Jinx there

Mel's mum, Medarda actually has the most interesting plot point so far in season 2. She has become my favorite character

I have been hyping up Legend of the Galactic Heroes as one of the best shows of all time, but not a single soul on this thread has watched it yet...

Is it because of its genre?

NobleStag007:
Only to watch online?

No, it's cinema only for now...

NobleStag007:
They should have allowed JINX to hurt or injure VI when she had the shot

Same thing, they should have let VI gf hurt or injure JINX instead of her leaving scot free.

VI is hurt enough.. letting her gf leave her, jinx to be blamed again for that.. they are pushing her to path of no return.

Probably they're planning to kill her off and make It a face off between Jinx and VI's gf


The visuals is sweet.. way better than season 1.

Jinx and possibly VI have a massive death flag on them.

Potafue:
Has anyone here watched lookback😭

Yes...
Heartbreaking...

I feel like there's much to analyze regarding the "alternate timeline"

"I don’t know exactly how long, but I’m going to slaughter all these people. Soon they’ll all be dead…or rather, I’ll have killed them all. It’s already written. We’d never have found a way to save Paradise anyway. Everything will be destroyed. Houses, people, animals, lives, dreams… I wonder what Mom would think. Shouldn’t we Eldians be the ones to perish? That’s what the King of the Walls had decided. Between our island and the outside world, the number of victims is disproportionate. The eradication of my people would certainly solve the problem of the titans. But I refuse to consider this outcome. […] I’ve already seen all this in my memories of the future, and it seems that the future is immutable. I’m just like you, Reiner, an infamous piece of sh*t. No, I’m worse than that…



- Eren Jaeger


Just found a very good but very long review of the series and of Eren's character. Although the writer did spell some names like Marley wrongly...

NobleStag007:
Where to download oo

Not out for download.

Besides it's just a compilation movie of the final 2 special episodes plus a 3 minutes additional scene at the end.

2 and half hours + I believe

abduleez1:
Lol, is it that bad?

Cringe af

Yemike:
Thank you for your brilliant write up. Just as you said . I'm an illiterate and I agree. And as a professor that you are, you should know there's a saying that everybody get what he like, the last super hero I watched was Superman and a little of a batman movie that some clowns came to rob a bank and that's because I don't like it. I know it's a very good genre as the huge number of fans it's got is a testament to that but it just doesn't cut it for me and I put all this cartoon in the same category as those superhero movie.
I watched the last airbender (Avatar Aang) s1-3 comfortably, I even watched the first season of kung fu panda while visiting a family last year.
More movie to your screen our good old professor.

Again, you're simply admitting to ignorance.
You are basically saying that you tag all animated media as the same superhero stuff.

Meaning you haven't even bothered to watch Arcane. If you did, you'd know it is very far from a superhero story.

So the question for you is, why then should anyone take your opinion on the show or any other animated show seriously if you don't even bother to watch them?

You simply rely on preconceived misconceptions, so why should your opinion be taken seriously?