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Blueelf:
That bonde annie na bastard

Kai.....


just nearly wiped out an enire surve corp expedition

she actually didn't attack anyone that didn't want to stop her

Baddestguyp:
it's the Ymir Fritz backstory episode

yeah I no that episode, thanks.

Baddestguyp:
she actually didn't attack anyone that didn't want to stop her

But seriously, erthodlt and reiver, what's up with those 2?

Heroes or villains

I'm still in S1 but nearly done

Oppai Sunday ⚡️

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Megumin 🔥

Blueelf:
But seriously, erthodlt and reiver, what's up with those 2?

Heroes or villains

I'm still in S1 but nearly done

Bertholdt and Reiner

Why do you want spoilers?
Why not watch and determine for yourself

Baddestguyp:
Bertholdt and Reiner

Why do you want spoilers?
Why not watch and determine for yourself

lolll

no min me ooo

don't say anything please

2B ✨️

Which is Your Favourite Anime,
Out of the Big Three?

• Naruto

• One Piece

• Bleach


For me it is OnePiece, i intend to finish it before
I leave this world.

TheMaterialist:
Which is Your Favourite Anime,
Out of the Big Three?

• Naruto

• One Piece

• Bleach


For me it is OnePiece, i intend to finish it before
I leave this world.

Naruto

Baddestguyp:
Attack on Titan S4P3 episode 1....10/10


It's basically a meme at this point that the final season has been going on for 3 years...and even this part 3 is split into 2 different 1hour episodes...

This first episode is also split into two chapters

Chapter 1: The Rumbling
Opened up with the scene from Ep1 of AOT with Eren and Mikasa under the tree. The episode explores the character of Eren hating himself for the genocide he's committing against humanity and apologizing to the kid Ramzi even though Ramzi doesn't understand
Love the constant switches to rumbling in present day.

This part is pure hell...the end of the world and it's shown in such a gruesome way filled with hopelessness as humanity tries to run from the rumbling. Blood, Carnage.

The episode also shows the Alliance trying to work the flying boat to get to Eren as the Rumbling approaches them. It featured one of the best ODM gear scenes in the entire show...and *spoilers so I won't say

Chapter 2: Sinners
Starts with the Alliance acknowledging their own crimes, their sins and the fact that they aren't saints. The Scouts are still adamant that the situation can be resolved peacefully by speaking with Eren.
However the paths scene afterwards clears the air that there is no peaceful solution.
If they want to stop the Rumbling, they must kill Eren

This chapter also shows the last major fortress of humanity leading an air assault on the attack Titan to save humanity...
Humanity finally understands their mistake of all the hate passed against the Subjects of Ymir

My favourite line is then admitting this was "the monster they created"

When all hope seems lost, the Alliance appear jumping off the plane in their desperate attempt to stop Eren and kill Zeke


It came as a surprise to me that the Rumbling scenes from chapter 134 was not animated in this episode and it seems to be saved for the next episode
The Freedom scene also felt different from the manga...but I still love it

I can't wait for the next episode in Fall 2023

Man, the end of chapter 1 had me teary-eyed

TheMaterialist:
Which is Your Favourite Anime, Out of the Big Three?
• Naruto
• One Piece
• Bleach

For me it is OnePiece, i intend to finish it before I leave this world.

Bleach.

TheMaterialist:
Which is Your Favourite Anime,
Out of the Big Three?

• Naruto

• One Piece

• Bleach


For me it is OnePiece, i intend to finish it before
I leave this world.

Naruto
But all 3 are goated to me

TheMaterialist:
Which is Your Favourite Anime,
Out of the Big Three?

• Naruto

• One Piece

• Bleach


For me it is OnePiece, i intend to finish it before
I leave this world.

one piece is a masterpiece.
The authors in Naruto and bleach looks like they didn't have a solid story line before they started drawing the manga as the story shifts from one line to another therefore the suspense just disappears and the only thing that gets people glued to it is the fights.
In one-piece, since from chapter one, we already have an idea about the storyline the manga is offering us, then the suspense keep building and never drop, as we begin to unlock the mysteries without moving away from the main story, everything arc has a connection to raftel, the fights is just an extra icing on the cake.

Naruto and bleach on the other hand moves away from it's initial story and picks up another story in the middle of the manga.
They should have ended Naruto after pain arc and end bleach after the soul society arc cos what follows next we're totally different stories.

Blueelf:
But seriously, erthodlt and reiver, what's up with those 2?

Heroes or villains

I'm still in S1 but nearly done

The Villain , you will get to know as you go further ... Attack on Titan is peak fiction for me and it remains unparalleled

if we spoil it for you, you will not get the shock value and refrai yourself from going to catch youtube videos of previous seasons

Wainey:
one piece is a masterpiece.
The authors in Naruto and bleach looks like they didn't have a solid story line before they started drawing the manga as the story shifts from one line to another therefore the suspense just disappears and the only thing that gets people glued to it is the fights.
In one-piece, since from chapter one, we already have an idea about the storyline the manga is offering us, then the suspense keep building and never drop, as we begin to unlock the mysteries without moving away from the main story, everything arc has a connection to raftel, the fights is just an extra icing on the cake.

Naruto and bleach on the other hand moves away from it's initial story and picks up another story in the middle of the manga.
They should have ended Naruto after pain arc and end bleach after the soul society arc cos what follows next we're totally different stories.

I agree slightly with Bleach...
Why slightly is cos there is still some pretty good foreshadowing in Bleach...
So it's hard to say the mangaka didn't have a plan, just that it wasn't as solid


But I vastly disagree about Naruto. There was a clear path with Naruto. And Naruto should not have ended after the Pain Arc...that doesn't even make sense at all...
There was still so much to resolve


And Naruto does not follow the conventional storytelling method that One Piece follows...
The path to be recognized by his village is not the same path as to be a Pirate King and get the One Piece

Getting the One Piece, there is at least some clear path, e.g getting a crew, crossing to the Grand Line, finding the poneglyphs etc

In Naruto, what is the clear path that being accepted, recognized or valued by your villagers? Naruto chose to be a Hokage...what is the clear path to be an Hokage?

Naruto's dream did not have a clear path of achievement and so the story can never have a clear route to achieve it...
Compare that to One Piece and ATLA who literally have their path spelt out to them


Naruto's problem was from the War arc... particularly the later parts...

Every other thing before that was solid writing and planned...
It was clearly foreshadowed... everything from the Akatsuki to Itachi...
Even to Naruto and Sasuke's Fate was clearly foreshadowed...

All the symbolism about even their battle at the Waterfall of Truth

People nowadays tend to disrespect Naruto cos of the War arc...and while I agree it was a mess...it doesn't change how good everything before it was

Another criticism I consider invalid is the take about "side characters"


Again this is very worthless criticism as some people chose to overestimate the importance of these characters. People like Shino, Choji, Lee were never meant to play a major part of the story...
They played their part in bringing up the main characters but that's it...they are merely colleagues and side characters
Their role can literally be compared to the many other side characters Luffy met in various Islands that were important in one arc and were gone by the next arc

The main cast was always Team 7...that has never changed...and after they passed the roles of their colleagues ....they moved on to being influenced by other characters like the Akatsuki and other shinobi from different villages

The 3rd invalid criticism is World Building

Naruto has good world building but not top tier and it does not need to be top tier...it was adequate and that is enough

I've said this before that world building just for the sake of world building is pointless and a waste of time if it adds nothing to the story

Naruto is not an adventure or travel story. Almost the entire part 1 took place in Konoha or Land of Fire
It's pointless to develop 1 million cultures of places that were never visited...
When these other villages actually had roles to play, e.g during the Pain Arc and the Kage Meeting Arc, then they were developed to the extent necessary and even most had their past/present leaders and past/present policies or practices developed

If you recall, neither Naruto nor the main cast visited most of these places...
Compare that to One Piece where they travel from Island to Island

As for Bleach, I have to say that Ichigo's goal is to protect his friends

What path exactly is he to take to do that?

Ichigo's main goal is the reason why the events around him move the plot and not Ichigo himself...
If nothing happens, Ichigo will stay who he is...happy and chilling with his friends while being a substitute shinigami

Just because a main character's goal does not make for a definite plot, that does not mean the author does not plan things out

Ichigo doesn't start events...rather he reacts to events


That is not bad writing... Because not all stories must follow the same pattern of writing

Despite the fact that due to some beef, some Arab One Piece fans on Twitter and Facebook were creating over 500 accounts to downvote the episode with 1 Star even before it aired...
The ratings are still good

Baddestguyp:
I agree slightly with Bleach...
Why slightly is cos there is still some pretty good foreshadowing in Bleach...
So it's hard to say the mangaka didn't have a plan, just that it wasn't as solid


But I vastly disagree about Naruto. There was a clear path with Naruto. And Naruto should not have ended after the Pain Arc...that doesn't even make sense at all...
There was still so much to resolve


And Naruto does not follow the conventional storytelling method that One Piece follows...
The path to be recognized by his village is not the same path as to be a Pirate King and get the One Piece

Getting the One Piece, there is at least some clear path, e.g getting a crew, crossing to the Grand Line, finding the poneglyphs etc

In Naruto, what is the clear path that being accepted, recognized or valued by your villagers? Naruto chose to be a Hokage...what is the clear path to be an Hokage?

Naruto's dream did not have a clear path of achievement and so the story can never have a clear route to achieve it...
Compare that to One Piece and ATLA who literally have their path spelt out to them


Naruto's problem was from the War arc... particularly the later parts...

Every other thing before that was solid writing and planned...
It was clearly foreshadowed... everything from the Akatsuki to Itachi...
Even to Naruto and Sasuke's Fate was clearly foreshadowed...

All the symbolism about even their battle at the Waterfall of Truth

People nowadays tend to disrespect Naruto cos of the War arc...and while I agree it was a mess...it doesn't change how good everything before it was

Another criticism I consider invalid is the take about "side characters"


Again this is very worthless criticism as some people chose to overestimate the importance of these characters. People like Shino, Choji, Lee were never meant to play a major part of the story...
They played their part in bringing up the main characters but that's it...they are merely colleagues and side characters
Their role can literally be compared to the many other side characters Luffy met in various Islands that were important in one arc and were gone by the next arc

The main cast was always Team 7...that has never changed...and after they passed the roles of their colleagues ....they moved on to being influenced by other characters like the Akatsuki and other shinobi from different villages

The 3rd invalid criticism is World Building

Naruto has good world building but not top tier and it does not need to be top tier...it was adequate and that is enough

I've said this before that world building just for the sake of world building is pointless and a waste of time if it adds nothing to the story

Naruto is not an adventure or travel story. Almost the entire part 1 took place in Konoha or Land of Fire
It's pointless to develop 1 million cultures of places that were never visited...
When these other villages actually had roles to play, e.g during the Pain Arc and the Kage Meeting Arc, then they were developed to the extent necessary and even most had their past/present leaders and past/present policies or practices developed

If you recall, neither Naruto nor the main cast visited most of these places...
Compare that to One Piece where they travel from Island to Island

Don't get me wrong.
Naruto and bleach are great mangas but you can't compare it to One-piece.
Naruto already got recognized and loved by all in the village after defeating paid , all those obsession over Sasuke we're unnecessary and a waste of chapters.
Sakura becoming a bitch crying over Sasuke's Everytime was 100% annoying and adds nothing to the story.
Anybody can take a pen and write a story similar to naruto, but you have to be a genius to write a story as cool as One-piece which gets people glued to every chapter.
Nevertheless they are both great mangas but One-piece is on a league of it's own

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Akeno 😈

Wainey:
Don't get me wrong.
Naruto and bleach are great mangas but you can't compare it to One-piece.
Naruto already got recognized and loved by all in the village after defeating paid , all those obsession over Sasuke we're unnecessary and a waste of chapters.
Sakura becoming a bitch crying over Sasuke's Everytime was 100% annoying and adds nothing to the story.
Anybody can take a pen and write a story similar to naruto, but you have to be a genius to write a story as cool as One-piece which gets people glued to every chapter.
Nevertheless they are both great mangas but One-piece is on a league of it's own

Naruto did not deem himself worthy of being a Hokage if he cannot save his best friend...
That was clear from the series...
It was a personal goal and not unnecessary

Sakura was always a bîtch...Sasuke even made that clear in like episode 3 or so
Even after she tried learning to redeem herself she still made several wrong choices even when she had good intentions...

She made these wrong choices cos she failed to understand both Naruto and Sasuke...that is a character flaw...not bad writing... Because the story itself acknowledges it...
I hate Sakura too but that's not a writing flaw

Anybody can write Naruto? What?

Even the story aside...look at the lore alone...all the concepts inspired from different mythologies...
Naruto also created some of the most iconic characters and villains in anime
What about shinobi battle strategies and tactics...? Or powers?

I think you're letting the flaws of the War Arc and Boruto blind you...

If not for these arcs, no one would say shiit about Naruto

As much as I love One Piece, it does have its flaws...
And for me some of the major ones are how repititive some arcs are...
The main cast too follow the same pattern once they land on an Island

Another one is lack of deaths and character designs
Lack of deaths really kill the stakes for me the shows...
Every show has plot armor, and I don't mind that...but when it's made apparent that no one can die...(except Ace)...it kills the stakes to me even when characters are in a bad situation

E.g if Nami were to face Kaido...I know she'd get beaten but she won't die...
That kills stakes

TheMaterialist:
Which is Your Favourite Anime,
Out of the Big Three?

• Naruto

• One Piece

• Bleach


For me it is OnePiece, i intend to finish it before
I leave this world.

Bleach for me. The first two arcs were god tier, I remember buying the DVDs and chatting about it endlessly with some of my weeb friends in secondary school. Good times.

Every AOT fan should actually read this...my short analysis

It's actually funny watching different analysis of the character of Eren Yeager. This is a character with so much layers that people mix up what is on the surface with what is within.

It doesn't help that he lies a lot. He's been confirmed to lie to Armin, Mikasa, Floch, Zeke etc so different characters have different idea of what he's thinking

Zeke thought he supported the Euthanasia plan, after the betrayal, Zeke believed he was manipulated by Grisha
Armin and Mikasa once thought Eren was manipulated by Zeke too


But here is my short opinion on his character
To do this, I'll separate the truth from the lies.

The only time Eren is truly honest in season 4 so far is when he was speaking to Ramzi...the refugee kid who couldn't even understand him.
Even Isayama has confirmed this that it is the true Eren...what he confirmed was Eren in chapter 139 which chapter 139 occured in the same time period as chapter 131 which is when he spoke to Ramzi in the latest episode

At that point Eren was at his lowest point, overcome with self hatred and guilt for what he's about to do

But he still does it.

Not because he is forced to (some people falsely believe Eren had no choice...that is false)
Eren knew he would save Ramzi from those oppressing and beating him, and he still decided to do it
Eren knew he would end up killing Ramzi...and he still decided to do it...

Eren did things cos he wanted to... Because of his childhood obsession with Freedom. It all started from his birth up to his dreams and Armin's book...

No doubt, part of his reason is still to make his friends live long lives. But if that was the main reason, he wouldn't allow his actions put them in danger...
This is the same way ending the Titan Curse is a secondary reason and not a primary reason for the Rumbling...


Eren is obsessed with his twisted idea of what freedom entails...

Here is what he said to Ramzi:

"To save the Island...to save Eldia...
But there is more to this...
The Reality of the World Outside the Walls was different from the world I dreamed of...
It was different from the world I saw in Armin's book...
When I learnt that humanity was alive outside the walls...I was disappointed"



If you tie this back to Kenny Ackerman's speech in Season 3 that "Everyone is a slave to something"

What I'm saying in summary is that Eren is a slave to his meaning of "Freedom" without even realizing it himself


That is why at the end of the latest episode, Armin asks Eren:
"In what way are you free?"

I had to clarify that because a lot of casual fans simply think of Eren as a hero turning evil to save his friends...

While that is true...it is merely a layer of his character...and not his primary reason for the Rumbling

In all Eren did the Rumbling for several reasons:

His childish obsession with Freedom
To enable his friends live long lives
To end the Titan curse

The title of the second chapter: "Sinners" has so much depth

It covers literally all the characters, from the Scouts, to the former Warriors, to the Azumabito (who acted out of their own personal gain instead of helping Eldia negotiate with other countries)
Even to the Marlians and the other people of the outside world...

The line of how Eren the monster signified all the sins if humanity and how it has caught up to them was so beautiful

In fact I change my rating of the latest AOT episode after my rewatches...
It's no longer 10/10...
It is now 100000000/10

Baddestguyp:
As much as I love One Piece, it does have its flaws...
And for me some of the major ones are how repititive some arcs are...
The main cast too follow the same pattern once they land on an Island

Another one is lack of deaths and character designs
Lack of deaths really kill the stakes for me the shows...
Every show has plot armor, and I don't mind that...but when it's made apparent that no one can die...(except Ace)...it kills the stakes to me even when characters are in a bad situation

E.g if Nami were to face Kaido...I know she'd get beaten but she won't die...
That kills stakes

You are right sir, I have made complaints about how people don't die in one piece no matter how you beat dem to death. The mata just tire me...... If people are dying, new characters can develop and the show can come to an end, but mabnu, same characters from start till end