All these Peridot episodes are killing me because Peridot is so adorable I can't stand it. I love how she's slowly learning away from the homeworld prejudices.
But the bad news is, apparently there won't be any more episodes this year. Just when I was getting used to this show running weekly again. ;_;
There is finally a clear version of the extended opening! 
Spoiler tagged just in case, but there's nothing very spoilery about it if you have seen season 1 finale. (there is a silhouette of a future character though)
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! I have to add, I really like the small moment where Steven is asleep and Greg and the gems are just silently staring at each other. It tells a lot about their relationship without any words.
I liked this chapter a lot! I never felt much for Rebecca, but I still found this conclusion touching. I don't understand how people can see this as stretching the plot, I think the conclusion chapters are always the best part of the arc.
I didn't read through the whole thread, but I saw a lot of arguments for and against Rebecca. I don't really find her annoying, but I've come to realise how incredibly bland she is. She is mostly defined through her relationship with Kyros, and Kyros's tragic story is definitely the stronger side of their tale. I haven't paid attention to this before, but now I can't think of a single interesting personality trait that would define Rebecca. Dislikes violence? Seriously, that was mentioned in maybe two instances. Doesn't want to hurt anyone, I guess, but wasn't that mostly because her mother told her so? She has a strong desire to be with her father/the soldier, but is that really a personality trait? I would just describe her as a generic nice girl who was forced to fight. That serves the story ok, but it still doesn't make Rebecca herself very interesting.
By the way, I might have missed this in the manga or it has been discussed before, but it has been bugging me for a long time. Was it ever explained how everyone knew Rebecca was king Riku's granddaughter? Her mother "died" to the eyes of the public and she clearly wasn't Violet's daughter.
This seems more likely. If Pearl was projecting in her song with Connie (and Pearl is
), lines like "you weren't built for fighting" support your idea.
Not to mention that Jasper called Pearl "some lost, defective pearl", so she's definitely unusual in some way. I've also seen speculaton that Pearls could be disposable, possibly mass-produced soldiers. Pearl's "I'm just a pearl" in the most recent episode seems to confirm that pearls are somehow lower class, and used to taking orders from someone. Though I think Pearl's attachment to Rose might also be just because Rose probably was the first person to show compassion towards her. Nevertheless, I can't wait to learn more about how everyone met Rose.
That was some excellent editing. I was on a verge of tears by the end of the video. (for new watchers, spoilers up to We need to talk, I think)
! This episode and the Sugilite episode go together perfectly. Just a few days ago Pearl's song was playing in my head: "Can't you see that she's out of control and overzealous? I'm telling you for your own good, and not because I'm- I could show you how to be strong… in the real way." Before that I hadn't realized that Pearl ends her sentence before "jealous", and I was wondering why she would be so jealous of Sugilite, since she clearly had no self control. But now it makes sense, because didn't Sugilite also say "It feels so great to be me"?
! Garnet is my favorite of the gems because I love how she has so much self-confidence without coming off as cocky. That's quite rare to see, but it also makes sense why she would love herself so much, given her backstory. But Pearl and Amethyst are both super insecure about themselves, so it makes sense that they both enjoy fusing with Garnet. It doesn't make them feel strong only physically, but mentally.
! That said, I agree that Steven Universe has a habit of making its characters go slightly overboard for the sake of plot. What Pearl did this episode was pretty similar to how Greg pretended that Steven didn't heal him so they could hang out. I can understand both of their motivations, but I would still expect them to think "Wow, I really shouldn't carry out such an elaborate lie just because I'm selfish".
! Strong start for the week! I can't wait to see the rest~
Another Steven Bomb is coming!
Starting from June 15.
http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/119974401732/hiatus-ends-june-15-more-details-coming
Nice to see a thread for talking about old One Piece stuff too!
I've read the manga volume-by-volume since it was first released in Finland. I remember that my first reaction was something like "this is pretty weird… but I kinda like it?" I look fondly back to how awkward the finnish translation was in the first volume (for example, Zoro was called L'ollonois Zolo, but it was changed immediately in the second volume). What I liked about the first chapters was the immediate mutual respect Zoro and Luffy had for each other. I think my favorite panels from the first volume would have to be where Luffy says "Nice, Zoro!" and he responds with "no problem, captain". I feel like they established a relationship all the way back then that has not faltered along the journey.
Little things that stood out from the next volumes:
Oh, One Piece would have been so boring if devil fruits gave out only one power.While I had grown fond of One Piece with the first 5 volumes, it was volume 6 that sealed the deal. The twist between Zoro and Mihawk was so unexpected and gave so much promise of things to come, I was completely hooked. Plus the oath Zoro makes to Luffy was cool as heck. I always thought it was weird that this moment hasn't been the defining point for many other readers (everyone just mentions Arlong Park). Volume 7 was a bit of a disappointment, because Luffy was all ready to kick ass at the end of vol 6 but he wasn't even able to do much in 7. Pearl was such a fodder villain, he was weird but not really funny and he was just there to beat Sanji up. But Sanji's backstory was very memorable anyway, Zeff eating his own leg was shocking for sure. I especially liked how Sanji's story related to Luffy's. Well, I liked vol 8 much better and it was only uphill from there...
I got slightly worried for a second that Doflamingo might get beaten too easily… But oh man, Oda didn't disappoint. That last page with Luffy is way too cool. I expected him to just punch Doffy to stop the kick, like he's previously done to many villains. But this worked much better. I'm super hyped for the next chapter!
Here is one of the creators explaining it on Tumblr:
In the world of the show, Gems are an alien species that don’t have a gender binary. They are all the same. (This is very common in fiction. Think of alien species like the Namekians in Dragon Ball.)
Steven on the other hand was created by mixing human and gem DNA so he’s a completely new kind of being. He is the only gem to be born thru biological reproductive means(Rose shapeshifted a womb for him to be born from). In Earth terms, he identifies as male so the Crystal Gems have no problem using he/him pronouns with him. (Jasper, who has no concept of this, refers to Steven as if he is Rose)
This is similar to how all Smurfs were “male” before Smurfette was created by Gargamel.
That said, Gems have the ability to take on gendered forms if they choose to. You’ve seen Amethyst do this.
The same person also said this earlier:
In the world of the show, Gems are an alien species that use she/her pronouns for each other
I think it's really cool that the show creators answer the questions from the fans so actively, there's a lot of cool details I've found by going through their Tumblr accounts. Apparently even if the gems are not organic, they can still shapeshift functional reproductive organs (though maybe this was the first time it happened with Rose). I love how the creators have paid attention to even all kinds of biological details about the gems.
Wow, I haven't written any posts in this forum in years, but I guess this is as good time to start as ever.
I actually really liked the conclusion of this chapter. It was the Jaya scene recreated but with completely different emotions behind it.
Luffy's one-hit KO was extremely satisfying to see at Jaya, with Bellamy being an annoying and cocky jerk who thought he knew how the world works and everyone who thought otherwise was an idiot, but Luffy broke all that with one punch. And I loved it, because Bellamy annoyed and frustrated me like no other antagonist before him. Now that I think about it, it's probably because I know people like him exist in real life: they live in their own little bubble, mock everyone who thinks differently than them, seem to be uneffected by all kinds of reasoning, and sometimes you just want to punch them to pop their bubble.
I guess Luffy managed to do that, since Bellamy changed. Sure, Oda could have conveyed some of Bellamy's development in a better way: I sometimes felt sympathy for him and sometimes though he was a bit too pathetic. But I like that he clearly had become more understanding of other people, and Luffy noticed that too. Luffy even started to consider him a friend. But Bellamy still kept clinging to Doflamingo, and this eventually forced Bellamy and Luffy to fight again. This time, Luffy did not want to hit Bellamy. I think it's totally in character for him to get so angry that Doflamingo basically forced him to hurt a friend. At the same time, Bellamy was even more desperate than usual. He actually looked like he wanted Luffy to beat him again, so he could maybe finally get enough sense into his head and let go of his wrong idol.
And that's what made me really like the throwback to Jaya: it showed that while the power-relations between Luffy and Bellamy hadn't changed, everything else had. Now the punch was something that Luffy didn't want to do. Bellamy understood that Luffy was completely capable of doing that, and when he finally did, Bellamy was actually thankful for it.
I understand that not everyone liked it, since the fight didn't have much focus, but for me the conclusion was actually very powerful. I think that as a whole, Bellamy's character arc has been a very nice one. Of course he's not dead, but I don't think it makes the scene any weaker. I think Oda's words in vol 4's SBS fit very well:
"In this era, people put their lives on their beliefs and convictions, and fight. When he goes into battle, Luffy is destroying others' beliefs. And when these enemies' beliefs are shattered and defeated, they feel a pain equal to death."
I wish everyone would learn this lesson.
Since people are talking about Dr. Hooves here, I found a picture which is pretty neat:
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! http://captiontool.com/assets/memes/sad-baby.jpg
! Wrong… So wrooooong.... WHHHHY?!
I watched that… And though "I don't get what's so bad about it. I've heard way worse dubs." Then I went to Youtube, and noticed that there's a Finnish dub too. I clicked it, and... Yeah. Now I've definitely heard worse dubs than the Danish one.
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LittleKuriboh re-uploads episode 6 into his other account:
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The old voices are pretty nostalgic!
I got my White on Wednesday. I'm loving this game so far, especially because of the little details. The fast-paced battle style is great, as is the animations for Pokemon: they even close their eyes when they are asleep!
I'm at Mistralton City at the moment, and my team is currently:
Dewott (Lutra) lv. 33
Zebstrika (Equaga) lv. 33
Lilligant (Lilia) lv. 33
Zoroark (Zerda) lv. 32
Duosion (Merula) lv. 33
(Heh, I never realized that all my nicknames ended with 'a' before I typed them here. :P)
I've been pretty happy with my team so far. I didn't know that Zoroark gets Dark Pulse only through breeding, so at the moment I'm stuck with it having only fysical attacks (and a nature that lowers Attack) before I get good TM's. Zebstrika isn't as frail as before after it evolved, so I'm fine with that too.
Hassua, itse ostin omani jo 26. helmikuuta? Ilmeisesti se ei ilmestynyt kaikkialle yhtä aikaisin… Hyvä osa oli kyllä, tykkäsin myöskin.
Wow, that story about Barks discovering methylene was pretty awesome. I've read that story that resembles Inception many times, and it's a great story. However, I remember Rosa saying that it was one of his few stories where he got the idea from someone else. He said that some fan sent him the idea, and he saw so much potential in it that he couldn't leave it undone. But he later discovered that there was a movie that used pretty much the same idea (I don't remember what movie, but long before Inception came out at least) and he wished that the fan didn't get the idea from there. He says all this in the comments of the story in the book I have.
But really, I always forget how unpopular Donald Duck is everywhere compared to Finland. The magazine has 1 million weekly readers in here, and that's a fifth of Finlands whole population. It's funny how even among University students, it isn't so rare to hear someone say "I remember reading about it in Donald Duck" when talking about some small trivia or uncommon words. I also think that there's something really lacking about many Italian Donald Duck comics: they repeat the same formula over and over and rarely feel fresh. Of course, Carl Barks and Don Rosa are my favorites as well, but there's also lots of other great artists like Esteban and Rodriques. I also appericiate the scripts written by Kari Korhonen, because he always thinks from a new perspective or gives the characters more background. For example, he has written a lot of adventures for Donald as a child, even though the concept isn't made up by him.
@RobbyBevard:
…it would have been nice if they'd announced the dogs would be on regular wi-fi a month ago.
To be fair, it was announced almost a month ago, at least Serebii reported it on the 11th day of January. I guess it was meant to be an European event, so they didn't announce it in the US. But since the Wi-fi events aren't region locked, the dogs are available in other continents as well.
Anyway, about the shinies. The only random shinies I've seen are Drowzee (pink) and Rhyhorn (light brown) in my Silver. I caught them both, but the internal battery died a long time ago so I no longer have them. But I do have a yellow Shinx in my Diamond, because I learned how to use the Pokeradar. I got the chain up to 35 or so before the shiny patch appeared, so I guess I was pretty lucky. I haven't gotten any since then, though.
Heh, this was fun.
Five first Harry Potter books
! The enemy is not Snape?! Quirrell's true nature revealed!
Secret of the diary! Valedro also spells as Voldemort?
Sirius Black is on Harry's side?
The Golbet is a Portkey?! Voldemort resurrected!
Weird, unexplained fall behind the curtains! The death of Sirius Black!
Some others
! Kyo's dark secret! Tohru's mother could have been saved?
Forced human transmutation! Mustang loses his eyesight?!
Veidt already did it 35 minutes ago?! Millions die in New York!
BUMP.
March 6th for US.
March 4th for Europe.
Basically what everyone expected.
Whaaaaa? 
If this is true, then it's great news! Pokemon games have usually been released at least a month later in Europe. I was preparing to either wait much longer or spend extra money for importing it from US.
En kyllä ihan luottaisi tuohon lauantaihin, en muista että One Piece olisi ikinä ilmestynyt kauppoihin viikonlopun aikana. Mutta toivotaan että se ilmestyy ainakin ennen vuodenvaihdetta, sitten olen tyytyväinen. :3
"Use tons of items during a boss fight
You're supposed to lose the boss fight"
I hate that so much! D:<
Å-kirjaimen käyttäminen oli mun mielestä itse asiassa melko nerokasta, koska se vielä korostaa sitä kuinka Taivaslohikäärmeet katsovat olevansa kaikkien muiden yläpuolella. Yksi asia minkä toisella lukukerralla huomasin tässä uusimmassa osassa oli sen saaren nimi, jonne Zoro viskautui Peronan seuraksi: Äemipäkknys -> Synkkäpimeä takaperin. Oli ihan voittajaolo kun hiffasin sen.
Jep, se toimii kyllä~ Muistuttaa kivasti ajasta, kun kaikki Suomen ylimystö puhui ruotsia. Paikannimet on kyllä aika hulvattomia, varsinkin Kurisevatshan valtio ja Homppelandia.
Magellan ja Hannyabal on mitä parhain komediakaksikko.
Samaa mieltä, hykertelin useasti kummankin kommenteille. "Siitäs sait, alaisenpölvänä" + Magellanin ilme sekä Hannyabal huutamassa vankien kanssa "Just! Luovu johtajan virasta!" olivat kohokohtia.
Tuli muuten mieleen, että pari kirjaa sitten nauroin aika kovasti sille, että Taivaslohikäärmeet käyttivät å:ta puheessaan. XD Hauska käännös kylläkin, vaikka pahoitteluni kaikille suomenruotsalaisille!
I love the manga version of Azumanga Daioh, it's so hilarious~ The humor just hits the spot with me, but I know some people don't care for it that much at all. That being said, I really don't care for the anime version that much. The manga version to me was all about humor and awesome characters, but the anime also added 'cute' into the mix and it became pretty… moe. 
I just feel that most of the jokes work better in four-panel form. You add filler between the panels, and the show looses its edge.
Yotsubato is awesome as well, but to me, that series is more about cuteness and enjoyment of the everyday world than just humor. If done right, an anime version would be great, but I'm perfectly fine with just manga.
I laughted SO MUCH when Chopper stole Brook's skull joke and he became depressed about it. That was so great. :'DD And wow, that creature pulling their ship was actually Moo Moo? I never would've believed that it would make a comeback. I always thought it was cute, so I really like seeing it again.
I thought it was cool how Oda actually explained a real-life phenomenon in such detail and then used it in a situation that would never be possible in real world. How awesome would it be to ride down a sea current?
A. Pinassa on ilmeisesti yritetty siirtää alkuperäisessä nimessä oleva vitsi suomeksi… Onhan näitä ollut jonkin verran aiemminkin. Ja tosiaan nuo puhetyylit ovat myös jotain mikä muista käännöksistä yleensä puuttuu kokonaan. Tosin kiinnostaisi tietää mitä erikoista on esim. Marcon puheessa alkuperäiskielellä, suomennoksessahan tämä lisää joka väliin "meinaan" -sanaa...
Juu, tajusin tuon, se vain… kuulosti niin hassulta. Johtuu varmaan siitä että olen tottunut lukemaan mangan ensin suomeksi ja sitten myöhemmin kuulemaan alkuperäisen nimen. Ainakin Musti on ollut minulle aina Musti, mutta sehän nyt on aika toimiva nimikäännös muutenkin.
Uuu, käännöskeskustelua! liittyy seuraan
Se on jännää, että kun hirveän monen sarjan käännökset ovat aivan kamalan latteita, vitsit on kaikki pitänyt erikseen selittää sinne viimeiselle sivulle eikä mikään sana oikein tunnu istuvan käännettyyn versioon, niin sitten kun tulee joku sarja jossa oikesti on otettu käännöksessä huomioon se fiilis siitä alkuperäisestä, niin monet eivät sitä osaakaan arvostaa. Antti Valkama on tehnyt One Piecen kanssa ihan uskomattoman työn, kiitokset hänelle siitä.
Tämä ei sitten ollut mikään kauhean tulinen kannanotto täällä olleisiin mielipiteisiin, vaan yleisesti sen pohjalta mitä olen monesti One Piecen suomalaisten fanien kohdalla huomannut.
Onhan niitä omasta mielestänikin hirveitä käännöksiä löytynyt, juuri niissä iskujen nimissä, mutta juuri jotkut vitsit ovat suomennoksissa aivan loistavia. Sekä se, että hahmojen puhetyylit on otettu huomioon.
Tässä tulikin jo oikeastaan omatkin fiilikseni. Kyllä käännöksessä pitäisi kääntää kaikki mikä mahdollista on, ja minusta se on OP:ssa tehty enimmäkseen onnistuneesti. Muistan myös valitusvyöryt Ampunaamiosta, mutta minusta tuntuu että aika harva, joka kuuli suomenkielisen version nimestä ensin, piti nimeä erityisen kamalana. "Ampu"-etuliite kuitenkin esiintyy suomen kielessä mm. ampuhaukan nimessä, eli ei sekään ihan mikään kauhea sanaväännös ole.
Itse myös tykkään OP:n suomikäännöksessä siitä, että toisin kuin monien muiden maiden käännöksissä, suurin osa nimistä on romajisoitu todella hyvin. Ruotsin käännöksissä ainakin on kuulemma todellisia karmeuksia. Harmi että juuri tulleessa 54:ssa Ivankovin nimi näytetään kirjoitettavan "Iwa", kun se heti seuraavassa kirjassa on Odan kirjoittamana "Ivankov".
54 on hyvä muistutus miten rakastan hahmojen puhetyylejä suomeksi. Buggyn "räväkkä", Mr. 3:n "-pa" ja "-pä" sekä Bontsin… no: "Höpsis pöpsis!" "Hintsukungfu: Syysillan unelmasilmämuljahdus!" ym. :'D Mutta mitä hittoa, Saldeath on A. Pina? XD Ei niin että hän mikään kovin tärkeä henkilö olisi, mutta... huhhuh.
AWESOME.
I still hadn't got used to the changed Straw hats over the past few weeks. Especielly Franky, whose arms still look weird to me. But this chapter really changed my opinion.
Most importantly, Franky can control his hair!! I sooo hoped that would happen! 8D Secondly, Chopper has grown a lot in his reindeer-form, which is great. His antlers look a bit weird though, but I'll surely get used to them. God, Luffy actually is just as stupid as Chopper? It was kind of expected, but I thought he could have grown out of that trait now. Well, I'm not complaining, since it Luffy still has to feel like Luffy. Brook was awesome, announcing Luffy's return like that. And it's cool that the marines recognised him from his old Wanted-poster.
Overall, the thing in this chapter that make me warm up to after-timeskip-One Piece was the character interaction. Zoro and Sanji fighting (Zoro's ranking for Sanji was hilarious :D), Usopp and Chopper worshiping Franky's new look, all that kinds of stuff. It's great to have One Piece back.
whoa! hold the phones there is actually something that is worse than bleach?
Well, if it was judged by the latest chapter only, Bleach would definitely be the worst. But I really enjoyed the first (~15) volumes of Bleach, so overall I ranked it little higher that some series that felt like "meh" to me from the beginning.
Tier 1: Masterpiece
Nausicaä
Tier 2: Awesome
One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist
Tier 3: Great
Mushishi, Yotsuba&!, Azumanga Daioh, Fruits Basket
Tier 4: Good/Enjoyable
Negima, Hellsing, Saiyuki, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Pokemon Special, Chobits, Emma, NANA, Soul Eater, XXX Holic, Hikaru no Go, Full Moon wo Sagashite, Death Note
Tier 5: Enjoyable, but went on for too long
Dragon Ball, Ranma ½, 3x3 Eyes
Tier 6: Started as good, turned bad at some point
Naruto, Bleach, Inuyasha
Tier 7: Pretty bad
Tokyo Mew Mew, Time Stranger Kyoko
…I think that's most of the stuff I've read. Adding more if I remember something.
I still just can't see those evolutions being real. I don't deny them simply because I don't like their designs, but rather because they just look so fake. The most believable line to me is Pokabu's, which kinda makes sense if they were fake: Pokabu is the only one that hasn't had its 2nd stage leaked, so the evolutions look more consistent since the same artist designed them both. Something in the art style of Tsutarja's final evo also bugs me: it doesn't look like it was drawn by Sugimori at all. While still secretly being afraid of them being real, I'm almost willing to bet money on the evolutions being fake.
looks at the counter on Bulbapedia Only 8 days and 7 hours to the release! I can't wait~
…What? So now Serebii's saying that those starter evolutions are real afterall...? NO WAY. I just don't believe it. Tsutarja's and Pokabu's lines I can still understand, but that can't be the final evolution for Mijumaru. It makes no sense: why would a bipedal otter change into a seashell-unicorn-thingy with a mustache? None of the starter evolution lines have ever changed this much. I also find it suspicious that Tsutarja's and Mijumaru's second stages have the exact same poses as in that leaked anime art. If those are indeed real, I'll be truly disappointed. And I really liked all the first stages too.
Enought ranting: the monkey-trio sounds interesting! So that explains why there are three trainers and grass/fire/water symbols in the first Gym. I wonder if there will be other Pokemon like this?
Here's one feature I'm hoping for. Wifi battles with random trainers worldwide or local. Only PBR has this, which is a shame. I'd never buy that.
http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/wifi.shtml
Random battles are already confirmed to be in Black and White~
I'm getting more and more hyped about these games. Lots of awesome new Pokemon, changing seasons, no old Pokemon before national dex (I always tend to build my team from the same generation Pokemon anyway), re-usable TMs… I can't wait!
Wow, what a chapter. What did Luffy dooooo~ I wanna know~
@ultimateclima:
Afro Luffy is back
Hey, come to think of it, that explains (almost) everything! I'm going to support this theory until we get to hear what really happened. ^^
Seriously though, I both loved and hated all the tease in this chapter. Every time someone mentioned "the news" I was all: "What? What does it say? Please, finally reveal what it says!" But it never did. I don't know what I'll do if it isn't revealed next week. ;__;
I've really enjoyed seeing the crew again, and I especially enjoyed the interaction between Ivankov and Sanji. I'm not sure why people say that anime "screwed everything up", to me it looked like Sanji was hypnotized somehow in the anime, and it could have been the case in the manga as well.
I'm surprised how much I liked seeing Duval again. The Rosy Life Riders are just too funny.
I just realized something.
….....
Stelly must be He-man. :ninja:
Another great chapter! Dragon was really unexpected. This gives us more hope of Sabo surviving by him joining the revolutionaries. I truly hope that happens because I don't want him to die~ :< Well, I think something still needs to happen to make Luffy consider Ace his "only brother in this world", but we'll see…
Umbrella - The Baseballs
The Baseballs: Making boring songs awesome since 2007!
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For starter pokemon, I'd like to see a Grass/Flying Pokemon based on a bird and a Water/Fighting type (because I want to have another beside Poliwrath). I don't have any ideas for the Fire type. Even though Fire/Rock would make a nice secondary typing-trio (Flying/Fighting/Rock) the type combination is pretty bad.
Other than that, I'd like to see a Electric/Fighting type and a bird Pokemon that has a colorful male and a pretty plain-colored female (like most birds are in real life).
I'm so late. I pray she does not get a baby…. Unless it happened already.
A 3rd evo would be pimp.
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:ninja:
I haven't encountered any random shiny Pokemon since Silver, though I chained myself a yellow Shinx recently. My friend however, encountered a shiny Vulpix in her SoulSilver. It used Roar. >______>
Okay, people, sing with me!
[hide]_Who can shine your shoes clean?
Jailbreak out with you?
Beg along with Bon-chan for a miracle or two
The Candy Man!_
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Finally got over to Kanto! Elite 4 was easy as heck (my Espeon swept through the whole of Will's team without taking hit once) but Lance was terrible. Curse him and his Outrage-spamming Dragonite that always snapped out of confusion. x__X Well, I just used tons of revives and barely made it. I'm really in love with my Azumarill's Huge power, it was great to One-hit KO Lance's Charizard.
That is true… but isn't Pokémon movies non-canon?
I think that a talisman bought by Dawn in the Dialga/Palkia movie was later seen in the show on a Darkrai/Cresselia episode. But that's about it I guess. :ninja:
Luffy's awake~ I would say 'finally', but at the same time I was surprised that he already woke up. I don't know what I was expecting though. Anyway, Luffy trying to deny his memories about Ace's death was heartbreaking, but I'm still glad that he still has his own personality, even if he's in pain. He could've handled this in lot of out-of-character ways. But I wonder what's gotten into Oda with these weird-looking crying faces? First Coby, now Luffy.
As for the rest of the chapter… The colorspread was really cool, Bepo was cute, and Garp is truly sly with his methods of getting a baby-sitter. XD And I really like learning a bit more about Luffy's and Ace's past. :3
@robbybedfart:
its 7,500 steps if you send in a pikachu. And you don't have to actually walk, you can just hold the pokewalker in your hand and shake it while you do other stuff, like watch tv. It'll add up quick enough. Don't even have to shake it hard, it can be just a casual flick of the wrist.
I thought it was 7,500 steps if you send in a Ground, Electric or Grass type? At least that's what it says on Serebii.
But that's cheating! I won't do that. 
This thing is supposed to make me walk more, and I know I should walk more anyway. The moment I got the Pokewalker I decided I wouldn't use any cheats with it, so it's a matter of pride~ :3
I guess I haven't posted in this thread since I got the game.
I should go and challenge the Elite 4 next, but I should level up my team a bit before that and I'm too lazy to do that. 
I haven't had much time to play anyway, but at least I can level up one of my team members each day with the Pokewalker. My team at the moment:
Meganium lvl 41
Ampharos lvl 42
Dragonair lvl 42
Azumarill lvl 42
Espeon lvl 42
In the honor of my Crystal, the version I've spent the most hours on, I named myself Mary and caught only female Pokemon to my team. Azumarill is there for nostalgia, since Marill was my favourite Pokemon in 2nd Gen. I wanted to make my whole team out of 2nd generation Pokemon, but there wasn't any that could use Fly that I liked. So I bought myself a Dratini with coins, forgetting about the Extremespeed one. I'm planning to add a Houndoom to my team after Elite 4, since you can't catch them before that.
Am I the only one who likes the Voltorb flip much more than any slot machines? At least you can use your head in this one. It's really hooking as well; I've spent hours on that game alone. At least it's much more fun than that Clefairy thing in DP where you would just follow it's instructions and win coins like crazy. It was so boring.
I'm really enjoying the Pokewalker (I call it my personal coach, since it really inspires me to walk :D) but the Yellow Forest is… so... hard. Only once I've managed to get over 10,000 steps on a day I walked there (though I'm aware that Ground, Electric and Grass types help with that) and after that, I spent over 300 watts encountering only those common Pikachus. Well, I managed to encounter two Volt Tackle Pikachus so it wasn't a complete waste. Flying and Surfing Pikachus, I'll get you someday~
I'm a freshman in the University of Helsinki, studying Biology. I'm sure I'm on my way to the right career for me, since I've really enjoyed my time here, and would want to do this for the rest of my life. I know I want to be a biologist, but my problem is that I don't have an idea for a spesific occupation. I'll most likely become some sort of researcher, but biology teacher isn't an unthinkable option either.
Reading this thread, I'm glad I don't have to worry about scholarships or things like that, since colleges are free here. People have enought to worry about with normal living expences. Plus, it's great that you only have to do well in the entrance exam and you'll get in.
Thank you so much, Alina! It's amazing to see my favourite colorspread in such good quality and bright colors, and there's also a couple of awesome pictures I've never seen before~ __ I'm looking forward to seeing the p. 16-17 spread too, since it's one of my favourites as well. Now I only have to decide which one to use first for my desktop background! :3
Voted for Croc, Lulu, Master of the Coast and Space Pirates.
Vote Lulu, the real worlds strongest man. It wasn't BB that destroyed Marineford:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z192/edgaryoshi/lulu1copy.jpg
It was Lulu's hair.
That caught me completely off guard. Man, I laughted! XD Hilarious~
Well, I was already planning to vote Lulu, but the campaigns sealed it. I also voted for Dragon and Space Pirates (since the campaigns were nice :D). I would've voted for Nojiko, but she seemed to be Lulu's rival for the 4th place, so I had to pass. 
Whee, it's only a week before I get to play my own HeartGold! I can't wait!
@CCC:
I have a weird thing about only using pokes from the generation that the game takes place in… even if there are better options XD
I do that too~ Too bad that Johto has so many of my favourite Pokemon that I could easily make two teams. It would be cool to own both versions to make two teams at the same time, but I guess I'll just restart the game after first playing it through.
This is the team I'm planning to have:
Meganium
Ampharos
Azumarill
Umbreon
Houndoom
Togetic (I'm not sure about this one, but I want a pokemon that can learn fly…)
The other team I could make out of Johto Pokemon would be:
Typhlosion
Quagsire
Jumpluff
Furret
Skarmory
Tyranitar
By the way, is there any limitations to unlocking areas in the Pokewalker? I thought I could catch a Houndour from there pretty early, but the some route also has some Hoenn Pokemon.
