Twig

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  1. anime

    "This is what Saitama sees." \:
  2. anime

    "except for the fact that they're both fighters of unparalleled strength" This is why they're the same. This is what Saitama sees. I mean I spelled exactly this out earlier. If you don't like it, you don't like it. I completely disagree with you. I see no "concessions" made even once. (Also there's only one writer. It's ONE. http://galaxyheavyblow.web.fc2.com/)
  3. anime

    Because, like I said, he's the same as Saitama. At any rate, I just completely disagree with you on basically every conclusion you're making so I guess that's that!
  4. anime

    I experience moments of happiness, but that doesn't mean I'm not depressed... Saitama is lonely. He's bored. He has no direction in life. He wants something, anything to make him feel like he actually has meaning in his life. Then Genos comes into his life. Compare Saitama before and after that moment. He's different. He's changed. He begins as a man just going through the motions and transforms into someone who actually interacts with people on a daily basis. And it's not just Genos; he makes other friends. That moment with Licenseless Rider at the food stand, after the Sea King fight? That was a strong and important moment for Saitama. The thank you note, also from Licenseless Rider? He went from someone who would've been upset by hate mail to someone who brushed it off and found joy in even receiving one acknowledgment. When he blows up at people when being harassed by the Tank Top brothers? That's Saitama making a decision to not give these people the time of the day, because they don't matter to him. I don't know why you think the fact that Boros takes two punches is the show "breaking its own rules". It just doesn't make sense to me at all that you would think that. What rules? Is it just because the show's called "One Punch Man"? He could have taken Boros out in a single punch if he had wanted to. But he did otherwise. He did it precisely because of who he is. I guess it's because you don't buy into the fact that he's more than a joke? To repeat what I said before, he did it in a vain attempt to draw out the fight and hopefully find a way to enjoy it, and as a somewhat kind gesture toward Boros, who suffered the same fate as Saitama, where he was just overwhelmingly strong and unbeatable. Of course, it didn't work, as the last thing Boros says shows us. He might have said Boros was strong, but Boros knew for a fact that Saitama never went all out. If it wasn't obvious to you before then, it should have been after. His character development is subtle. It's understated. But that's what makes it so strong. The show pretends to be nothing but a parody, but for the people willing to look deeper, it's so much more. That's what takes the series to the next level. Not the animation. Not the jokes. It's Saitama himself. I think you're just fundamentally misunderstanding who Saitama is. His growth is not an outward-facing one. He doesn't care about people who don't care about him. He's a hero for fun, not for fame, but he still likes it when people are genuinely thankful to him. He doesn't feel obligated to claim credit for all of his deeds, but he will gladly accept credit if someone acknowledges it. But most of all, he was lonely. And now he's not. And that is what triggers him opening up. He doesn't feel jealous of Genos' success (in the hero rankings, specifically), but rather encourages him to keep getting better. He plays off a lot of it like he doesn't care about anything, but his actions say otherwise. EDIT: Oh also, FYI.
  5. anime

    I think you're missing a very important aspect of the show in your analysis. It might be a parody, but there's a lot more to it than that. Saitama is a real character, not just a throwaway joke. He makes real choices for real reasons. His choice here was "I'm not going to fight at full power", which he made both as a sign of respect to Boros and an attempt to be able to enjoy the fight. In the end, it didn't work for him. And Boros' last line before he dies explicitly points out that Saitama was never taking him seriously. It's a shame that you seem to have missed out on the more subtle aspects of the show. Or at least you didn't call it out. Saitama's depression, Genos helping him open up, etc. That, to me, is the most important part of the show. And it goes a long way toward explaining why he acts the way he does, including in the fight against Boros. I also just fundamentally disagree that it's making any sort of concessions at all. It's not like Saitama's ever in any real danger, so there are no stakes in this fight (at least, for him).
  6. anime

    I'll just say that Saitama never put all of his power into anything he did. Still hasn't even in the web comic. Disappointed you didn't even acknowledge the strongest aspect of the show. ):
  7. He definitely has said some weird things in that regard, I absolutely agree. It's made me uncomfortable at times. I just wanna tell him to shut up, haha. I certainly don't worship the man or think he's perfect, but, hey, neither am I. (I do, however, worship myself.)
  8. Every time I listen to Jonathan Blow actually have a full conversation with another human being, he comes off as a pretty humble guy with strong opinions who fully admits that not everyone has to agree with him. As in, he goes out of his way to explicitly state this. And yet for some reason people believe he believes he's superior to everyone else? Mehhhhhhhh. Twitter is a terrible platform for him. It actually legitimately upsets me to see people jump on him for, as far as I can tell, having opinions that differ wildly from the majority and stating them in a blunt manner. I felt (and still feel) the same way about Phil Fish, and I will continue to feel that way every time I see these things happen.
  9. Shit. Shitttttttt. Listen Jason I'm-a have to make you let me be a werewolf. For reasons.
  10. Coincidentally I just started a podcast called Title Hums where I'm not even on it but I invite people named Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, Sean Vanaman, Olly Moss, Nels Anderson. Jane Ng, Paolo Surricchio, Rich Sommers, Cissy Jones, James Benson, Patrick Ewing, Will Armstrong, Ben Burbank, and/or any other unnamed participants (in no particular order) in developing the game called "Firewatch" to talk freely about their experience during said development.
  11. Firewatch Spoiler Thread | Henry Two Hats

    After his son died because of him, yes.
  12. Firewatch Spoiler Thread | Henry Two Hats

    This is how I feel the vast majority of the time when someone says a character (or even often enough a real person!) is bad. I want to believe most people are good, even in the face of mountains of evidence indicating otherwise. (I do not think there are mountains of evidence indicating Delilah and Henry are bad people. Maaaaybe Ned, but I really just felt like Ned was bad at being a good person, rather than maliciously bad.)
  13. "Ethics and Journalistic Integrity"

    This thread seems unhealthy.
  14. The Witness by Jonathan Blow

    Could be pride! It's not a feeling I'd ever brag about, though. I'm certainly not bragging about it when I talk about it in this thread. It was just really super duper satisfying for me to figure things out on my own. I'm no stranger to looking up hints, or even straight up solutions to puzzles in games (usually point and click adventure games, where I just don't want to spend hours beating my head against a puzzle just to get to the next bit of dialogue). But for some reason this game inspired me to fully commit to solving and discovering as much as I possibly could by myself. There's... one puzzle I would've had no problems asking for help on, had I not solved it accidentally. I hate that puzzle. It's the worst! But I've harped on that one more than enough around here. U: It helps that I think this is the kind of puzzle I'm just sort of... good at, in general? I only got stuck on I'd say five puzzles or so for more than five minutes. One of those was for a really long time, but that's because I was an idiot and looking at it the wrong way, haha. I don't say I'm good at these puzzles to brag, either. There's plenty of types of puzzles I'm just really bad at. Besides, it's not like this is a skill useful in the real world! (I'm listening to you talk about The Witness right now on the latest Idle Weekend!)
  15. The Happy Thread

    Those were dark days. We're beyond hem, now. Let us not dwell on sad days. These are happy days!
  16. The Happy Thread

    Grats on new friends and new jobs and consistent good moods and getting off of work early(s)!
  17. The Witness by Jonathan Blow

    I actually did the EXACT same thing Brad showed re: + puzzles, and didn't realize my mistake until after asking about a different thing in this thread. I might've figured it out on my own eventually, but I suspect I might not have haha. And yeah this is one of the very few games I've played in, I dunno, the past fucking decade, where I was super excited and encouraged and determined to get by with as few hints as possible. It was such a goddamn complete and utter joy to discover things on my own.
  18. The Witness by Jonathan Blow

    Haha yeah. I only barely figured it out on my own after some heavy hints in here.
  19. The Witness by Jonathan Blow

    This is a good interview. Man, I really wish all those people who think Blow is pretentious or elitist would watch this video. Would go a long way toward stopping that shit. Well, okay, probably not the pretentious part. But he comes off as pretty straightforward here, not at all slighting games that aren't like his. People seem to think he believes his games are the best psosible thing games have to offer, which is just ugh.
  20. Minecraft

    Wow that update sounds pretty rad. I wish it wasn't too late for me. ):
  21. wrong thread

    uhhh guys? wrong thread edit: SHIT wrong thread!!!
  22. wrong thread

    Pineapple pizza is a sin.
  23. Californium

    Never read Dick! Art looks... hmm, interesting but underwhelming? Iunno.
  24. Californium

    I don't know anything about this game. Inform me, dear friends!
  25. wrong thread

    A few months ago, I finally talked to my doctor about taking brain drugs for my depression, and I honestly feel like they're helping. And I'm feeling a lot better. Also after a long time of keeping it private and not really being sure if it's actually true I openly stated that I'm bi in the Slack chat a week or so ago and it made me feel great to just tell someone. I love all you people! This is what triggered me opening up. <3