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[Aelia]

True enough.

Rev those steam rollers up, you'll be passing out a lot of them.

[Dai Makai]

I'm taking one out though. Warsman's gone through enough crap this arc that he gets a free pass. Same with Jade.

Everyone else though...

[Matto]

Also, it seems everyone and quite literally their mother is acting out of character. It's really bugging me.

Matto had a tasteless fan fiction burn for this quote, but due to the fact he is suffering a cold, all he will settle for is this: OOCness is so dope.

God, having a cold sucks.

Because there is no Kill like Overkill.

Do Sonic glitches count?

[Dai Makai]

Depends.

[Aelia]

Matto had a tasteless fan fiction burn for this quote, but due to the fact he is suffering a cold, all he will settle for is this: OOCness is so dope.

God, having a cold sucks.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I want some tasteless fanfiction...

[Matto]

I'm taking one out though. Warsman's gone through enough crap this arc that he gets a free pass. Same with Jade.

Ironically enough, these two characters somewhat accomplished something by helping other characters.

Until they asplode, of course.

[geniusbob]

Excuse me whilst I pray to Dio Brando to step in and kill everyone.

Best thing I've heard all day. Overkill is perfectly acceptable when done in a badass, very Dio, sort of way.
Wryyyyyy
Becasue you're Dio, that makes me Cars?

Also, creepy realistic has an awesome jacket.

[Dai Makai]

I'm not sure if you count as Cars or not You might be Enya though.

[Aelia]

But I wanted to be Cars...

But yeah... as far as the manga goes, I always liked Suguru better. Why? Because he does (kinda) learn from his mistakes. Mantaro just becomes even more of a jerk with every arc.

Edited by Aelia, 07 February 2009 - 01:00 PM.

[Matto]

Mantaro just becomes even more of a jerk with every arc.

The more I think about it, the Nisei anime is Adaption Decay done right.

Toei made the characters likeable. Violence, not so much.

Good characters with personalities plus the manga's violence would've made the Nisei anime the greatest shizznit ever.

It'll never happen though.

[Dai Makai]

I actually can rationalize Mantaro's jerkiness in the Demon Seed arc. He might've been okay with losing to Kevin at first, but he very easily could've just gotten upset over time and facing the fact he needed to grow up. When Kevin showed up again with Scarface, Turbinski, Hanzo, and Barrierfreeman, Mantaro didn't seem all that upset about it and just grateful people were picking up the torch for him.

He didn't get angry and jerky around Kevin until *after* Kevin and Scarface lost, and I justify this as him trying to get over the fact that if he had managed to beat one more of the Akuma Choujin, maybe that wouldn't have happened. So he blames the person that shook his confidence in him in the first place, Kevin, so he doesn't have to blame himself. After all, if Kevin really *was* better than him, he should've been able to.

Although maybe this is just a case of me defending Mantaro since I don't like Kevin as much and have yet to get over his "trying to kill Mantaro by taking his mask off" thing.

Edited by Dai Makai, 07 February 2009 - 03:46 PM.

[Matto]

What is even more tragic about that is we'll never get the Demon Seed arc animated.

Ever. =(

[Dai Makai]

The canon rape at the end of the Choujin Crown doesn't help.

[Matto]

They can pull a Hideo Kojima and retcon it. =D

[Dai Makai]

And amp up the homoerotic love between Mantaro and Meat along the way?

[Aelia]

Nah, Nisei already has enough homoeroticism.

[Idol Choujin Showtime]

Meh, well... I still like Mantarou, flaws and all. In fact, the flaws are part of why I like him, like with his father. Flaws make a character more interesting, but too many flaws makes a character ineffective.... Umm, it's late, I have a headache, and I forgot where I was going with this (a shame, too, I hade a good point)...

[Dai Makai]

Indeed. Kevin's getting to be the Boring Invincible Hero. Mantaro's quirky enough to like.

[Aelia]

Well, suprisingly, I kind of agree with Matto on the point that Mantaro is more likable in the anime.

And, in either version, I'll always like him more than Kevin. I just get frustrated and complain about everything him sometimes.

[Chibibee]

I've always found anime-versions bring more life to characters than the mangas, hence why I favour them. Mantaro was no different; he was a little siller in the anime, and you saw him slightly more emotional (I always found some of the manga 'touching revalation' moments a tad bland; a voice helped).

Whenever one of the characters gets me ticked off with thier behavior going overboard (Mantaro being an uber coward/jerk, Terry going into 'I'm not like my dad' mode at the worst possible times), I remind myself that, despite thier physical appearance, they're still TEENAGERS. I dunno about you guys, but I sure had my super-bee-eye-itchy, selfish, unconditionally stupid/stubborn moments during those years (much as I hate to admit it).


The one thing I really wanted to complain about in this arc was the Idol-Team splitting up once the tournament was announced. I mean, they were all there to help save Kevin Mask's life from the Time Chojins, and yet the minute a competition was announced, they pair up AND GO THIER SEPARATE WAYS. Could they not have still trained together due to the common goal instead of treating each other as almost-enemies? Helped each other with thier weak points? Even a little?

...I know, I know, Chojin Pride, Plot Device, etc, etc. BUT STILL!

[Jenny]

s-manga update time. After unneedingly screwing things up even more, Meat spies on Thunder and Lightning's training session now.


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[Meat's fan]

s-manga update time. After unneedingly screwing things up even more, Meat spies on Thunder and Lightning's training session now.


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oooh! Meat is spying again. I hope he doesn't get caught this time. But I am wondering on why he's spying.

[KinnikuGai]

Meh, well... I still like Mantarou, flaws and all. In fact, the flaws are part of why I like him, like with his father. Flaws make a character more interesting, but too many flaws makes a character ineffective.... Umm, it's late, I have a headache, and I forgot where I was going with this (a shame, too, I hade a good point)...

I agree 100%. And now on with my view on this manga up date i think think its only fair that meat spys on them as they spyed on mantaro and chaos

Edited by guy kinniku, 08 February 2009 - 09:05 AM.

[Neo Muscle]

I was thinkin if Neptune and Mamath upsurp the main villian role in this arc wont this be the second tag arc he has done that in?

[Aelia]

Chibibee:The tournament > Friendships, it seems.

The whole thing just really irks me...you'd think they'd at least get over themselves for the sake of saving Kevin. This arc probably would've been just a tiny bit shorter if they had tried to get along. The fact that they're teenagers doesn't really apply here because even actual teenagers don't have this kind of drama (granted, most teenagers aren't wrestling prodigies like over half the cast of Nisei...but whatever.)

My point is, all the arguments in this arc could have been avoided. Sheesh, at least in the Dream Choujin Tag Arc in Kinnikuman, they had an excuse for splitting up.

Edited by Aelia, 08 February 2009 - 10:10 AM.