Princess Emily
...so, is Shaman King. good?
Princess Emily
they're apparently making a new anime
Princess Emily
i've never read the manga or watched the original
oh i'm scary
it's Weird
BWAAAAAH!
I read the first few chapters and wasn't really into it
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but it holds a special place in my heart
Awe
I only know it from a previous era
oh i'm scary
it has Her in it so it legally can't be described a bad
it has Her in it so it legally can't be described a bad
oh i'm scary
the queen of the universe
Princess Emily
i took one look at that character and nodded
oh i'm scary
the main villain is kind of on-again-off-again Literally God
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she kicks him in the dick
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so hard it lifts him off the ground
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she was my first fictional crush when I was a baby
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because I'm a fucking genius
Princess Emily
EVERYBODY IS EXCITED FOR THIS THOUGH....
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IT'S SO EXCITING
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like I say It's Weird
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but that's part of the appeal
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it's just hard to gauge whether that appeal translates, from person to person
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it's a long-running WSJ supernatural fighty manga that is like
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20% fights by volume, tops
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because it's just about a sweet sweet lazy boy who would rather do basically anything other than fight his enemies
oh i'm scary
despite being in a worldwide fighting tournament for almost the entire duration of the series
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
its very good and I love it but it has some Weird or Uncomfortable Shit
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yeah...
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there's some Bro What
Princess Emily
oh, hm
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not in the usual anime sense, like I wouldn't call it super horny
oh i'm scary
but the "worldwide" part means it actually has an extremely diverse cast for an anime/manga, which is more often than not nice
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but there's the occasional, as I said
oh i'm scary
Bro What
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
there's also stuff that aged poorly in the sense of like
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
when shaman king did it, it was creepy and gave the sense of 'meant to be incredibly fucked up'
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
but since then, uh
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
shaman king has a character who is a young girl who is the holy maiden of what is basically a cult, and in order to raise her Ghostfighting Power Level she spends all her time locked in an iron maiden, and when she comes out she fights using torture implements.
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
very much 'haha i'm sure no one will take the wrong message from this and make it horny!' [six billion animes being mistakes later]
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anyway it is an adaptation so they can make, like
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changes
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hopefully they put some thought into that
go тo вread
fjhlkjkj yeah
moontouched
yeah i'm hoping the adaptation uh. makes some stuff that didn't age well MUCH BETTER
moontouched
but it's one of my favourite series and was a formative thing in like...how i approached death and ghosts in my own work
moontouched
so i am excited for it on that basis, if nothing else
bitchin camaro
i'm gonna be the obligatory anti-rec because like
bitchin camaro
you have to swallow a lot of racism in order to consume shaman king
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since no one is coming out and saying that, like, shaman king has extremely racist characters and concepts
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in the end it didn't bring enough to the table for me to keep with it but
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so i wouldn't call it good, but it's not like, devoid of enjoyment either
Echo
Yeah, I think it's one of those series where it'd probably be better to just swipe the basic "let's do cool ghostfights with ghosts" concept for your own AUs and ditch the actual canon.
dragon time
You mean like we do with Valor games?
Echo
Pretty much exactly that, yes.
BWAAAAAH!
Valor King, coming soon