Posts made by SSM

@Roronoa:

One line of Marco I do not understand completely: "He always wanted all the booze (ok, that's clear, but then…) he never teated us to meals!" What does that mean in context? I can't imagine WB didn't supply his sons with Food. Dictionary sites also gave me no clue either.
Can a native Speaker please enlighten me?

He's sort of sarcastically mocking some things he didn't like about Whitebeard, realizing in hindsight the reasons he acted the way he did.

In context it's kind of like those huge feasts Luffy and co. have at the end of arcs. Presumably Whitebeard skips those (only partaking in the booze) to secretly feed that island.

Did the day one 6 pulls. Was pulling mainly for Lucy, BB, TSL, TS Sanji and TS Nami. I didn't have a ton in the pool and would be ok with Legend Sanji, Fuji, TS Zoro or enel.

My advice: If you need a good legend lead for 300 gems pull day one. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't get too caught up in the pool rate ups legend wise. I pulled rrs and legends from all the pools and the rate up is not that amazing.

Got 7 reds (3 guaranteed)
All new legends
Legend Sanji (in first multi)
Quick Boa (from guaranteed 2nd multi)
Fuji!
TS Zoro (guaranteed 3rd multi…bleh)
Legend Shanks
Legend Aoikji
Legend Marco
Law 6+ (already have inu, rr wanda, sicilian and now TS nami. Finally clearing these forests)

As for RR
New Burgess, barto, Cabbage and Diamante no dupes
Orlumbus dupe
TS nami (and 4 dupes)
Carrot (new)
like 4 psy choppers
2 TS franky
3 monet
Sentomaru...bleh (new)
Koza (new)
dupe pell
Chaka (dupe)
like 3 copies of the drunk fishman 1 of em evolved.
fake gold zoros, + lion song
dupe don sai
jozu (new)
dupe sicillian
4 psy vivis
2 dupe rr coby
3 inazuma (new)
Dupe str bon clay
Bege x 2 (new)
dupe bonny
dupe buffalo
dupe qck chopper
fukaboshi (new)
dupe margarite
new zeo
and a fuckton of Heracles dupes

Didn't get the units I really wanted like Lucy or TSL but a ton of cool new units to play with like sanji, kuzan and fuji. And law will make sure I can finally clear content. Couldn't even beat 40 stamina anni luffy raid a while back. Good luck everybody.

@desa:

It's not simply a matter of wanting your own ending. It's also about Othaka clearly switching her approach. I mean the 2-3 main characters just got cut out of the last part and we went into godhood. Do you truly believe this was the author's intention rather than Sinbad facing Alibaba(or Kouen) on an ideology point of view?

What is this approach that was changed?

Sinbad facing Alibaba & Aladdin over his will vs solomon's will is still within the realms of possibility, it's not like this was the final chapter. But in any case this story definitively changed direction at the Alma Toran arc. The central clash stopped being about control of the world via djinn equips and becoming the true king vessel once we found out the whole idea of the clash of king vessels was part of an elaborate plan by Ugo himself. That notion should have solidified once Sinbad had took over/changed the world.

Alma Toran changed the main ideological clash to be over how destiny and the rukh is to be handled by the "god" entity characters, Solomon, Sinbad, David, Ugo and Ill Illiah.

I do feel this manga is being rushed which is such a shame. But the plot progression has made sense and doesn't feel made up as it goes along. She can still mess up how Sinbad will ascend to godhood and how those who oppose him will of course. But as of right now she's holding it together

@TLC:

He's acting like an elitist, unlikable prick condescending the pathetic humans who try and make their own Destiny. I know the theme of this series has always been go with the flow and to take comfort that everything is part of a plan but it's warped into this very cynical, heavy handed thing which I no longer feel inspired by.

@TLC:

The whole theme of we're all part of a great cycle felt inspiring and subtle when it felt like a natural system that we are all a part of. Aladdin was so sad when the old lady died at the start of the series but felt at peace with it because it all felt part of a greater plan. The fact that there is a literal God that oversees this cycle with his own machinations and manipulations and that there are other beings vying for this top spot completely ruins any subtlety or inspiration it once had.

It's series ruining level of dumping on your main theme on the same level of Naruto being a chosen one or whatever bullshit Kubo came up with in Bleach.

What a weird interpretation you have

That inspiration should have been ruined in that Alma Toran arc when you found out that the "greater plan" was all the doing of Solomon once he became a "god". Chapter 232 to be exact, the same thing you feel brought he magicians to tears and it's the same reason Arba & company hate Solomon. Ugo himself has only been carrying out solomon's will this entire time. All he did take the power that people would consider "god" level and made that less than what was actually left to him by solomon as guardian of the sacred palace.I like how magi approaches these meta level concepts and depicts such ridiculously high levels of power. Compare a "god" in magi to a god in DBZ super.

I think everybody is dumping on Ohkta based on how how they feel this series should have went rather than whats wrong with how it actually did. I share some of that disappointment since we'll never get to see Sinbad vs Kouen and probably won't get a proper resolution to alibaba's character arc with being the prince of Balabadd.

However I have to give Ohkta her credit, this manga never stopped being interesting and she's great at writing within the context of her universe. The way the story progressed always seemed to make sense in context with little asspulling and nobody ever seemed to be out of character. She's also really good at making her characters in a moral grey area. it feels like every character that has aspired for more power has been portrayed as an antagonist to an extent. Even Sinbad now has good intentions for the rukh. He's striving to ensure the world has the peace his current world has for an eternity. Since only he can see the path of destiny, he realized the world would descend into war some time after his body has passed so he wants to overwrite the rukh himself while he still has the chance even though nobody but him wants him to go this far.

It's also in no way dumping on the main theme, in fact we're pretty much approaching the climax/final clash of the main theme if Sinbad can turn the tables on Ugo and change Solomon's will.

You'd best remember your name, boy

Look at arba's eyes on that panel where she's cracking that smile. One eye Hakuei's style the other in crazed arba mode. The smile came from her being proud of her brother's growth….kinda sublime

Hakuei could probably sabotage arba from her body in a future fight. It would suck if hakuryuu has to kill his mom and his sister tho

@Silence:

With how interesting, poignant, and measured the last few chapters have been,
I'm a bit taken aback by the kvetching I'm reading?

I suppose whether this kind of thing bothers you depends on how greatly you're enjoying a story.

regarding the past couple of chapters, vis-a-vis Alibaba coming back
Why the hell wouldn't you want him to?? He's such an interesting character! Though placed in a position of complicated loyalties, he manages to remain earnest, charming, and likeable.
He doesn't have all the answers right away, and isn't always driving the plot, but he's certainly an important part of it. He has the qualities of a great, humble shounen protagonist.
What purpose does it serve for him to remain dead, besides shock value? That "I can't believe they did that in this manga!" contingent that wants the main cast to all die to satisfy
some sick urge to have ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES DAMMIT, FOREVER. DIE, GOOD GUYS, because I can't get my itch for the macabre scratched elsewhere!!! (you can).

Who cares if he ultimately comes back so long as the characters convince you: through words and through behavior, that it seems like he won't?
Are you reading this manga because you care about the world and characters in it, or are you here to check off a tropes checklist?
Try turning your brains off a little - just a little, guys! There are way worse chronic cliche offenders than Magi.

like, idgaf if Judar remains gone, who honestly cares about him, he's a big baby
But I think Alibaba has more value in this manga than out.

the best post ITT

@Razh:

Probably because he sees things in a distorted way. He manages to twist anything in a way that makes his actions justified for him. Here we had Alibaba trying to find some common ground with Haku, only for the latter to concentrate on one thing and make it look like Alibaba was trying to manipulate him as if he is some kind of a villain. Quite a spin.

Might seem weird but world is filled with people who will get caught up with any small detail that seemingly gives them legitimacy to do something they think is right or that gives them some kind of benefit. Politicians, corporate heads, dictators, religious fanatics, revolutionaries, protesters, terrorists, psychos… You name it.

Compared to this, Sasuke is a kids cartoon character.

This.

Haku fell into depravity initially on a hypocritical decision. If he really just wanted to defeat Gyoken and save Kou, he could've done so with Aladdin and co. But he chose Judar because he was the only person who could help him kill Gyoken while letting him hold on to his hatred. He's addicted to it. He already stated that the only way he can live is by following his wrath. Alibaba was already able to sense the change.

Now Haku is just a vessel for his hate. He's already gone. 250 was such a powerful chapter cause once his mother was gone Haku was empty until he could find a target to re-invigorate his wrath toward. (Kouen) Any reasoning he provides is just a rationalization to justify his hatred. Even Judar silently called BS on his reasoning. But Haku will take any excuse he can to justify his bloodlust. The underlined is so right, people do this all the time irl. Especially office politics

@Kizuchan:

He's frustrated with nobody actually doing anything against the horrible ruling of Kou. I'd say that's just about as understandable.

But this whole thing just confuses me about the whole going against fate thing. So despite the white ruhk being Solomon's will - everyone choosing their own fate, why is Hakuryuu's/Judal's logic considered "falling" by it? Shouldn't it be like Mogamett, who was surrounded by white ruhk despite his intentions?

Mogamett had white rukh because when it came to actual magicians he had nothing but love for them.

But Hakuryuu and Judar are drawing from intense feelings of anger/hatred in their heart. Even though they both acknowledge that it would be a good and sensible idea to team up with the others since they have a common goal, but they refuse because neither can let go of their resentment. All it would take is for them to forgive or forget and let go of their anger they had during the times they suffered in silence, but that shit isn't easy irl either. So they're both lashing out at the entire world.

Amazing chapter.

@Enzeru:

http://urasunday.com/magi/comic/030_002.html

Summary (taken from MAL's Magi club)

! -Sin appologizes to the guards and asks where they can get permission to sell. The guards explain they need the get the approval of the merchants' guild to sell their goods, otherwise, their business dealings are all illegal.
! -After the crowd is gone, a man approach them and offers to buy their goods. Sinbad hesitates that they don't have permission, but the man reassures them that he knows a lot of routes. He adds that they have all come from a far place and it will be a waste if they come out empty-handed. As they receive their money and the man leaves with their goods, the hooded man makes a remark that he had overestimated them and that they were just novices.
! -Jafar and co are pleased they made a lot of cash, however, Sinbad reveals that they have made a big loss. He shows them by going to another store and shows them that their goods have be put up for sale for 5-10 times the price that they had sold them for. They did sell them, however, that owner of that store is the one that made the profit.
! -They ask him why he signed the contract then and he explains that between being unable to get into the guild and having their goods become spoiled, he had no choice. He then goes on that at this rate, if they're not able to make profit, he can't build his country. Everyone in the group turns out to be a novice when it comes to business and trade and they become depressed that they can't do anything, and Sinbad goes into his 'what are you guys talking about? I'm here!' mode. Money can move the world, and merchants are the ones who can make a lot if it. They know nothing about trade right now, but they all can learn about it. They all cheer up
! -In the end, Hina and co will go back to Imuchakk yo stock up while as Sinbad will stay behind to solve the guild issue. He was the one who signed the contract and wants to take responsibility and gain back the money they lost. The round trip will take several months. After they leave, Sinbad intends to learn more: about this country, anout the world, about the different people who live in it and about commerce. But before that he needs to eat.

While I'm at it here's Sinbad's Adventures volume 4's RE

! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bth4R0VIIAAsUwy.jpg

And the limited edition as well

! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bth4VVGIIAAYFkn.jpg

And you could've just said yes. Thorough, I appreciate it.

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Is Sinbad on hiatus?

@_Hayato:

The OP is someone I noticed never has anything good to say, even more so in decent-good chapters and I presume he took this easy opportunity to attack, even going so far as to add "One Piece in general" but you know what I'll bite and give my interpretation on this chapter.

So what do we know about Franky?

• Underhanded thug with a heart of gold

• "Suuuper" "Shipwright" "Star" "Sunglasses" "Cola" "Hair" "Laser"

• "Hentai" "Pervert" "Speedos" "Nipple Lights"

• "Cyborg" "Perversion of nature" "Docking" "Robo"

Now what do we know about Senor Pink?

• A grown, portly man dressed as an infant, with a tough exterior but soft interior who is always surrounded by women

• Able to swim through any solid surfaces (this fruit really suits him ^)

• "Aviator Sunglasses" "Pacifier" "Bonnet" "Diaper" "Let's Baby" "Don't Cry"

• "Hard boiled" "Disinfecting wounds with Brandy" "Using a bra as a napkin" "Using a shoe polish brush as a toothbrush"

Franky and Pink said that having a relationship with someone who thinks only of puppy love/crushes = inexperienced makes their stomach turn/disgust them (Pink even say constantly before to his crowd to find someone younger… yeah..)

...Then the end of their fight in this chapter had Franky using "Nipple Lights" and Pink using "Diaper bombs"..

I feel bad for the people who took the fight between these two's "manly" battle seriously, even worse for the people who deemed the author sexist, cause if anything I see him making fun of it.

There's just nothing classier than a bunch of hypersensitive dudes on the internet, either burying their head under the ground, not tolerating anything that might relate to sexism or attack anything that might relate to sexism.

Either way though, take care of yourselves. You know I care.
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Dear Eiichiro Oda,

If you're a male author, do not try to write female characters. If they fight and get hurt, it's sexist. If they don't fight a lot, it's sexist. If there's NO female characters, it's sexist. Even if it's not just you, if you draw the same face, it's sexist. Even if it's your preference and acknowledged that from the early concept of Catarina Devon, if you draw the same hour glass figure, it's sexist. ALL of us in the internet One Piece community took a vote and agreed that you're not perfect, because you sir, are sexist.

P.S.

IF you MUST create a female character, they must use their fist, guns, sword or axe and always be killing people, that to us, are well written characters. Any effort of handling or tackling gender roles and issues will make you even worse as an author so you better stop. It's a lose-lose situation for you.

Best post of the thread.

the fake outrage wave even stretches to children's comics .

Who would've thought a bunch of dudes would be the one with their panties in a bunch over this chapter. Ironic

@CaptainAppleJack:

I love all these moments for guys like Abdullah & Jeet or Dagama this chapter. Such characters would only appear as one-note bad guy fodder in any other story - like they were initially introduced here too - but despite how they look, Oda turns it around and still gives them their own awesome scenes. Think about it, in how many series would you see the protagonist getting angry on behalf of some dude that looks like friggin' Eggman?

I also wonder if they are going to ride Agyo next, lol.

truth. another reason I love this series

its not like he can't punch and kick and stuff

@x20a:

When I first read this chapter, I was like "Oh shit!" Kouen (+ his household) + Koumei + Kou army vs Alibaba!!!

Then I read it again, and was like "OH.. shit?". Kouen (+ his household) + Koumei + Kou army vs Alibaba (+ his household)!!!

Third time I'm just "Oh?". Kouen (+ his household) + Koumei + Kou army vs Alibaba (+ his household (a Fanalis, a bandit, a Yambala Gladiator)) + Balbadd's citizens!!!

I find it ironic that Kouen would tell Alibaba that he's a prisoner alone in his enemy's territory. While the Kou Empire is more about cultural imperialism, the citizens of Balbadd are about loyalty. Although the monarchy is defunct, there is still much attachment to the former crown, considering Alibaba still lives. Moreover, considering the loyalty the former Fog Troupe members and Alibaba's retainers have towards Alibaba, they can easily become household members themselves. So if you think about it, Alibaba is actually in the best position; A kingdom can never die while the King lives, and Alibaba's faction is strong enough to rise at a moment's notice. Thus, it is not Alibaba who is in his enemy's base, but rather the opposite. Lastly, Alibaba is less concerned with a monarchy (having already demolished it in favour of a republic), so Kouen's ultimatum is poorly thought out.

He can summon his whole family at the drop of a hat

another dbz ripoff :getlost:

@Zack:

….Way to get around to responding to that question.

@valiantt:

What the hell are you talking about? what does Suikoden 4 have to do with anything?

suikoden 4 had hours worth of sailing and a high ass encounter rate for no reason

or worse

could be like windwaker

Interesting, but this movie will really need good writing.

Maybe this has a chance to have an entry on the very short list of good movie based video games
@Wagomu:

It's almost worse that they were releasing more than one in a year. I guess a couple of those were smaller games, but I don't think I've ever seen that kind of release schedule work outside of episodic games.

Mario?

Nintendo contending with Geno Smith for L of the day. I'm looking forward to the fanboy delusion on this one

"hey guys our console is flopping and we have barely any games out what do we do about E3?"

"fuck it"

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bleh, a hiatus.

Art was kind of a mess but still another quality chapter

What if it's like Suikoden 4

Where is the Fairy Tail checklist?

It deserves review

@zeltrax225:

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this sir, this post

was funny as shit

Lowkey… outside of One Piece, Magi the hardest manga out. It's so captivating b.

Man, I dropped this series in the Future Arc….now it's some 100+ chapters later and I read the last chapter because it said it ended

LOL @ this shit. Damn, even Fairy Tail is better than this. Nothing changed except there a bunch of generic samey looking extra characters I don't recognize now. I coulda dropped this series after Varia and would not have missed any character development.

Gotta hand it to Amano....this made the first Shaman King ending look so much better.

@Darkstorm:

Looks like DQVII's seeing a 3DS remake.

Hopefully it gets somewhat of a speed up, the original was far too slowly paced.

Remake of the gawd RPG.

It was slowly paced but the story was awesome.

My fuckhead cousin broke my disc 2, never finished it

….that's it.

I expected something along of "SHINING FIGHT!!! TEPPU NO GAKUGA!!!!

@Demonicpoodle:

Teppu:

! http://i.imgur.com/EUptd.jpg

What is this manga called?

@Refii:

If this happened, FT would be a lot more like DBZ. Which could be an upgrade to be honest.

http://sportige.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Michael-Jordan1.jpg
http://assets.karmalooptv.com/media/2011/08/dailyaug23_nail.jpg

Nope, he'd still be the best.

I like this post.

Carry on.

@pyromonki:

FotNS makes some seinen look like child's play in terms of gore.

I remember Mamiya's little brother getting gutted in the Manga because they wouldn't open the gate to raiders.

That said, the psychological weight of despair in Hunter X Hunter is pretty bad at times. Especially during the ant arc, there were a lot of scenes that just made me feel downright bad.

http://www.mangareader.net/207-14201-12/hunter-x-hunter/chapter-192.html
This one fucked me up for about a week.

@Phoenix:

I can't wait to hear about how white knights will never have the same abilities as black knights.

Black Knights >

Who's that guy ?

So.

Take Care is great.

Album of the year, disagree if you want.

This Raccoon fella makes me want to buy this game.

Too bad, I'm not going to just because of Megaman….and because I'm buying NCAA Football 12 instead.

! So….
! Alluka kissed Killua.
! Guessed Alluka is a girl.

I'm done with the Japanese.

I preferred the tank idea.

The last one was a fun ass game regardless though.

I just wanted to come in and thank Kewl for that translation of what the fuck was going on in that election.

Luffy's mystery teacher on the island.

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@Vanessa:

http://i53.tinypic.com/209ozgx.gif

How people still attempt to make justifications for all the crappy things that happen during each and every arc even tohugh they get progressively worse still makes laugh. How Natsu managed to misconstrue a lesson like "sometimes it's okay to run" into what actually happened has got to be the worst thing that happened throughout this whole disaster. This ending is a close second.

Meh still it's more of the same, lol Fairy Tail.

This.

Actually not all that. Just this.

lol Fairy Tail

@Insider2000:

Wonder why I don't play this game anymore.

Notice: his combo lasted LONGER than a standard match's timer.

Fuck this game .

@Tokoro:

You know what: this chapter had such a hilariously terrible ending that I sort of don't care about the rage going about. I mean, when I saw Luxus give his power up to Natsu, I was just laughing hysterically at Mashima doing it again!

It's this type of bad writing that makes me come back week after week. (as opposed to Bleach which is more "what WTF thing will Kubo do this week")

My thoughts exactly. Air Gear was shitty because it's all over the place and I couldn't follow just what was wrong with it. Reborn was shitty because it was boring as fuck so I stopped reading. But Fairy Tail is shitty, but it's Mashima's hilariously incompetent nature that keeps me reading this.

Gotta love that weird ass html.

Lol, Fairy Tail.

Actually that phrase just doesn't do it justice anymore.

Lmao Fairy Tail? Lls Fairy Tail? ROTFLMAO FAIRLY FAIL?

I'm just sad there isn't any more people in here defending this series. A trainwreck isn't as fun to watch when nothing or no onegets broken.

Where is the checklist? We had to have filled it by now.

@Hiroy:

BANG! BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!!

Fuck you guys, after the Wendy bullshit I loved this chapter.

@GuetaMinute:

I see a lot of people here displeased about Capcom's recent… mistakes, to say the least, but I'm wondering how many of you will buy Ultimate MVC3.

Dude.

It's got Phoenix Wright.

Looking on the bright side, at least I won't have to waste my money on a 3DS.

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