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[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Speaking of Hunter X Hunter, I just caught this week's episode of the current anime. Now we're finally getting into the best part of the fight between Knuckle, Morel, and Youpi.

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Dammit, I need to hurry up and finish this series so I can stop running away from spoilers in 2011.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

In that case....

SPOILERS!!!!

EVERY GOOD GUY DIES AT THE END!!!! GON AND KILLUA ARE BRUTALLY MURDERED, AND THE CHIMERA ANTS WIN. THE REST OF THE SERIES IS ABOUT HOW THEY DOMINATE THE REST OF THE WORLD AND HOW HUMANITY HAS NO HOPE LEFT, AT WHICH POINT THIS SERIES HAS A MAJOR PLOT TWIST AND TURNS INTO ATTACK ON TITAN SOMEHOW!

And that's what's going to happen. Enjoy.

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that reminds me, the way you and Spark were talking about how character get killed off the nothing in HXH years ago (pre 2011), I expected to see Leorio and Killua tortured-murdered in some tournament. Seriously...

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Finished episode fiddy. Gon and Killua left Whale Island and arrived and Yorknew City. Killua seems to have a lot more personality in 1999 which I of course love.

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Episode 51 is over with. I loved seeing this version of the Phantom Troupe. The youngest looking male member doesn't look stupid in this one (seriously, he looked like a grown man with a giant kid's head in 2011. So painful to look at.) while mummy guy and I think one other looked stupider. This episode reminded me of the only thing I don't like about 2011...Neon. I can't stand her.

Killua and Gon meet Leorio again. I like both Leorio and Killua more in 2011.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Man, fuck that. The 1999 version of Kailua is far better done. You get more of a sense of how layered he is as a character. The 2011 version tries to play him off as a bad-ass more often, but in turn he doesn't feel as 3-dimensional as in the 1999 version.

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I actually meant to say 1999.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Oh, well....you'd better!

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I've said that a few times. I don't remember either making me laugh in 2011 (in fact, I'm not sure if the show has ever made me laugh) and they have a lot more charisma in 1999.

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I watched episode 52 yesterday and just finished episode 53. Things really picked up in episode 52 with the auction massacre (Jeez, hundreds?). You could really feel the tension. I love Uvogin's fights in this episode. The part where he hit that hair guy that was impaled onto his arm and then it made a bounce toy sound effect when Uvo tried to smash him into that fat leech guy or in the ground, then Uvo sound that I thought disgusting thing were supposed to taste delicious when he bite off a piece of leech guy's head and that freaked out reaction he gave when that teenage or whatever Troupe member told him about how death via urine pain from hatched leech eggs would kill him were all moments that made me lol.

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Just got done with Episode 54. Oh man, that made me fall in love with this arc and show. Now that's how a villain should act when they get captured. I like how Ba-whatshisname, the body guard leader, went out in this one. In 2011, Phinks quickly took him out and that was it, iirc. His death ended up being even more brutal in this one but he went out trying to buy the others some time to escape and that made him more memorable. I LOVE the way Kurapika and Hisoka's meeting was directed. So they last time they met was 6 months ago meaning they met again after the Hunter Exam, right? Anyway, I can really feel the tension in this arc right now.

[LumRanmaYasha]

I got back from seeing Tiger and Bunny 2: The Rising about an hour ago. Man, I just missed them giving about the last poster, which pissed me the fuck off. But the movie was so much damn fun. It was the most fun movie watching experience I've had in a while, actually. Not only was the theater huge, but everyone was just so into the film. Laughing, hooting, clapping; everyone watching the film was having a blast, and that just enhanced my personal viewing experience as well. And it was a good as fuck movie too. Every character had a significant role and great development, and the animation and action scenes were top notch. Fire Emblem's nightmares about his trauma from when he came out as gay was especially brilliantly done, and really left an impact on me, but of course seeing him overcome it and kick ass again was so, so satisfying. Vlord will be glad to know that the movie can be seen as a direct continuation of the tv anime's story, though he might be disappointed that the Ouraboros' plot wasn't addressed or resolved (Lunatic was in the movie though, and he was awesome as always). But really, this movie was wonderful, and makes me really excited that the story is getting continued in these movies like this. I might even go and watch the second showing on Tuesday, time permitting (partially to try and get that goddamn poster), but I encourage every Tiger and Bunny fan here to go watch it as soon as possible, since it's just so much damn fun and great to see these characters develop forward in a new story.

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Just completed episode 55 of Hunter X Hunter 1999. I'm loving the directing in this episode, I'm liking Uvo more and more in this one and this reminded me that Shal is a Hunter and Kurapika became the bodyguard leader.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Wow, two deaths two episodes in a row in Joe 2. The series has never hid the boxing world is a brutal world, and we've had major characters die and get bruised beyond repair before, but it's still depressing. Leon's death in particular was pretty fucked up, because of just how realistic the situation felt.

12 episodes left. I wan't to try and see if I can finish the show by the weekend. After that, I am going to start up Kimagure Orange Road, which I'm really, really excited about watching, which isn't a feeling I've had about starting a show in a long time. I know I said I wanted to watch Mushishi-shi...but at this point, I just don't have the time to finish it before the second season debuts anyway. Maybe I can still breeze through the manga, though, since it's only 10 volumes and my library has them all.