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Best shounen ever?
holy shit so many episodes. Is it worth catching up?
Read the bloody manga.
why when I can watch anime? One piece was pretty good for a while
At this point, I'd say don't bother. Anime has adapted everything very well, and the CA arc has been adapted fucking perfectly.
Just enjoy the ride. It is genuinely the best battle shounen ever, in my opinion.
Because it's a lot of text.
HxH loves going into tactics and explaining why exactly they do what, and what effects this maneuver has.
>watching One Piece
Just no.
>Because it's a lot of text.
Man, it like you tryin'a make me not read it dude
Now try watching an anime where nothing happens for fucking fucking ever because they need to explain what would happen if they didn't have to explain so much.
And that's despite cutting most of the explanations.
Sounds like something I am used to. And I'll just binge it anyway
JoJo 1-6 exists.
So does Yotsuba. And Gon. And lots of other stuff.
JJBA = HxH
best shonen
Yeah pretty much. A panel or two of explanation in a manga are very fast and can happen during the action because that's how good our brain is. In the anime it streeeetches forever.
>dedicated one episode for the build up
>end result is the best quality that all anime should have
cant wait to see how they are going to animate SSJ3 Gon
very tense episode
I assume you're not including 7 because it's seinen, and makes the rest of the parts look like utter shit, right?
I still prefer HxH, but SBR is a masterpiece. 1-6 is varying levels of "meh", given that I never cared about any of the characters whatsoever until part 7.
This fucking episode. This. fucking. episode.
That fucking animation. Jesus Christ MadHouse, what kind of budget do you guys have?
This is the moment I wanted to see the most in the anime and they did it the most perfectly way possible. Thank you based MadHouse.
>also, gifs when?
I need more than explosions and black lines of speed to fully satisfy my shounen needs. HxH's latest arc is so god damn perfect for me, i can proudly say fuck every other shounen. I'm going to buy the DVD's straight from Japan. I'll buy the mangas as well. Anything to support the person who made me so damn happy.
While i'm here, what's a good website to buy stuff from Japan?
Not even close
CDJapan.co.jp, cheap as shit.
You should read Gash Bell.
One Piece > HxH
All these HxH threads. I love it.
>hisoka decisions.jpg
This is just a poor mans Naruto but less popular and more faggy
>hisoka watches newest episode.png
>Terrible artwork
>No real story
>Dull character designs
>Constantly on hiatus
>Author has clearly written himself into a corner with the most recent arc
>Generic male lead
>Over hyped by terrible fanbase
YYH will always be Togashi's best work.
nice b8 m8
N-no you. Naruto doesn't even have the decency to take full advantage of their oriental eyed handsome spooky child molester.
I like this episode and the chapter and what it did with Gon. I'd probably be pissed if I were in his shoes. If someone did something really fucked up to a person close to you and NOW they're saving a life, you'd probably think they're not "allowed" to do that. This is the first time Gon went ham about it but he did it when he raged against the Genei Ryodan when he couldn't fathom how these kill-happy mass murderers with no regard for other people's lives could at the same time cherish their lost comrade, Uvogin.
Fucking hype.
>spooky child molester.
>MC learns that the world isn't black and white and people you despise still have human/ant emotions
Well, maybe in another 100 chapters.
I don't think is black/white but admit it dude, you wouldn't be so understanding either.
>More faggy than Naruto
The entire premise of Naruto hinges on the main character lusting after penis
Really? You mean adult me or 12 year old me?
Well to be fair a lot of people still don't understand that KZ guards went home to their family and children which they loved dearly.
Being part of an adult is realizing that although a highschool football player raped a girl while she was drunk, it's important to remember that he has a mother that loves him very much, he's boosting school morale by winning the game and he plans to earn a full scholarship by playing very good. It's important to remember these very interesting things before judging a person. Actually, can you even judge a person?...methinks maybe we're not qualified to do that. Interesting thought
Reminder that the writing in HxH is astoundingly ovverrated and falls far short of seinen titles.
And the art is trash and the author traces shit without giving credit.
>muh anger
>Muh "this is supposed to be for kids?"
>muh "innovative" power system
Suddenly I'm getting flashbacks of Vertical Velocity.
You disappoint me again /a/...
HxH still better.
I preferred this
That's not Saint Seiya,
the adaptation has been done so amazingly well, the manga art and style is absolutly shitty, you read it excited, but you will be confused of what a clusterfuck of art it is UNTIL like 2 or 3 scenes where the artist did some effort, but in general, anything out of those scenes have a fucking -7/10 style to the Cryptic dooddles tier
literally there are 2 or 3 scenes with good art in this art, dont read the manga, the adaptation is doing it great
Im that's not even the best one. Make the one where nefirpitou tells him to wait after he was punching the ground, so raw
Has Gon fucked up Pitou yet? That's all I care to watch.
Cancer go.
/a/ loves One Piece. Always have and always will.
The tank versions are completly redrawed and understandable though.
Nobody listen to this fool.
Kokou's ending was shit
If there were 9 threads about HxH just from this episode, I can't wait to see Gon-san.
How do you figure?
Because he survived?
Fuck off.
Man, I fucking love Leorio.
Nope, see you in three months.
I tried get into it but failed multiple times, why does mc has to have such a plain fucking face and no character
Why is gon bitching on Killua? i mean, really?
You could cut the tension in this episode with a fucking knife.
Why are uneducated niggers the most vocal ones?
NO ONE LISTEN TO THIS IDIOT, THE TANKOBON SCANS HAVE AMAZING ART. Only the magazine scans are "sketches".
So what's Togashi doing right now? Should not be it is time to continue his story now??
Enjoying life with his family. And playing DQ
People who change the name of things are cancer.
But it is called WAN PISU. <- You write it like that in japanese.
>Genei Ryodan
Because Killua is Gon's bitch.
So, how's the phantom rogue movie. It is good?
Hes fucking mad.Have you never been mad before?
Its okay, bellow HxH standards though.
This whole post is fucking stupid
Doesn't change the guy is a fucking scumbag rapist that needs to be put in jail. That sort of thing isn't going to end at one time.
I think your brain is full of cocks.
It's shit, don't bother.
Bitch, please. HxH is just an Eden's Bowy ripoff.
Killua is Gon's supporting but abused wife. If Gon drank he'd probably hit him with bottles. But it's alright, Killua will get better.
>Last DQ was supposed to be an mmo
It'll never end.
Eh story
Really nice fights
Watch it for visuals and fights alone. Like a typical anime filler movie.
It's such a disappointment that the series doesn't have a continuous story. There's a lot of potential and a lot of awesomeness but it's not really going anywhere.
Why did we have that ant arc? And now Gon's father just shows up? So anticlimactic.
And there is no way we'll get a satisfactory ending.
And none of these would exist without Dragonball.
If you're a fujoshi and/or just like to ship Gon and Killua, watch. It's just for you. If you were expecting Kurapika blind revenge adventures with Leorio, forget it exists.
i second this
>Ruroken wouldn't have existed without dragonball
Are you high?
Protip: People have been telling stories about samurai for a pretty long time, moron.
>HnK and JoJo wouldn't exist without Dragon Ball
This episode was amazing in every way possible.
>Why did we have that ant arc?
because Tongashi thought it would be cool to add Freeza and Cell together. then he thought IT IS SO COOL I MUST MAKE AN ENTIRE ARC OUT OF IT.
Hunter x Hunter is definitely best battle shounen. I can't remember the last time I felt so pumped about watching an animu. First time a battle shounen kept me entertained every arc even tho the start of the CA arc was slow.
This shits so hard on One Piece (Marineford), Bleach (Rescue Arc), YuYu Hakusho (Dark Tournament)
>dat gon-san in the preview
>YuYu Hakusho (Dark Tournament)
Fuck off, m8.
YYH was way better than homoxhomo
Do yourself a favor and read JoJo.
Let's be honest, JoJo really isn't that great.
Constant asspulls, juvenile writing, crap art and lazy as shit resolutions.
Nope dude, there's a shitload of other fights before Gon-san appears, we won't have him raping Pitou's little asshole for 2 months at least..
I like Jojo but the story is pretty linear.
One Piece is masterpiece tough. So many good arc, I don't know to choose which is my favorite
Am I the only one who thinks the explanations are needless to begin with? I've been liking the CA arc a lot but there were a bunch of scenes that would have been fine or better with no narration at all, most of the time it's just intrusive.
YYH is good but not great, take off your nostalgia glasses and deal with it
The problem with One Piece is that the overarching story rarely plays into the arcs.
Is Ippo any good? That's sports/shounen right?
Says the nigger sucking HxH's cock.
I'm talking about the voice-over between Gon and Killua.
>still reading shounen
How's high school treating you?
inb4 qt grills doin qt things
The best written shounen will always pale next to the best written seinen.
But I just love that practically everything that happens is relevant. See a character that seems unimportant? Said character becomes important 400 chapters later. Random event that didn't stick out in your mind? Becomes important later. Oda doesn't forget anything. I'm actually scared of what he has planned in the future because he said he didn't even know why everyone got so hyped up over Marineford when it was only the halfway point in the series and that he has better things planned.
Nice automatic assumption faggot
Anons be honest.
Would you?
Knowledge of Chekhov's Gun does not immediately impart quality.
No. Shonen doesn't mean magical fighting series. It's arguable it's the best in that genre, but in the demographic, no.
What seinen is better written than HxH?
HunterxHunter is probably the best shounen I've seen next to YYH, Baki the Grappler and Bleach
>still watching little chinese girl cartoons
how's puberty treating you?
Yiff in hell.
wtf are you talking about? Have you even seen it?
>there has only been like 3 shows that "transcend anime"
Why does our medium suck so much dick?
>implying I watch anime
Suicide Island
That's just off the top of my head.
No other series makes such little things important later as OP does. To the point of we don't see the fruition of something till ten years later or more. I love shit like that. Most authors forget too much once they've done a long serialization.
>not read
Maximum pleb.
Way to address any of the point, faggot.
It's bad writing, plain and simple.
The art is bad too.
Stop pretending that JoJo is some standard of fucking quality.
>No Berserk
Because most series are insanely drawn out like OP.
Fuck, Oda had a decent series bible, fucking good for him.
HxH is my favorite next to one piece
The only thing Berserk rivals HxH in is hiatuses.
You're trying too hard.
And you're not reading JoJo either.
I take it you mean aren't?
Did you read what he wrote? He says that it's arguably the best in its genre (ie. battle shounen) but not the best of the demographic (shounen as a whole, which includes stuff like Yotsubato!, Aria and the like).
Too easy.
Plus, Berserk only has decent writing 40-50% of the time.
HxH is one of my favourite series overall. Yes, there are other good series out there, are they better? Who fucking cares. Just enjoy shit and stop trying to force everything into some made-up ranking system that no one should assign any importance to.
Yes. Typo.
I just gotta respect an author who not only remembers every little detail, but also loves his work entirely too much. It's a shame he loves his job to the point of physical illness and they have to MAKE him take off.
The only series I can remember this happening to is JoJo.
>Blade of the Immortal
Please don't mention that shit manga ever again. I'm sorry if I shit on your taste or anyone else's but I get completely autistic when it comes to BotI. I completely read it too.
Anyways, autism out.
Mirai nikki
>he can't actually refute a single point
>y-you're just a t-troll
That's shounen, retard. And so is Deadman Wonderland before your underaged ass brings it up.
>crap art
>Please don't mention that shit manga ever again.
Oh look.
Another person who was buttflustered by the massively foreshadowed ending.
>b-but Rin and Manji otp
>b-but revenge is bad mkay?
Recently marathoned the entire show.
Kalluto is a boy? The fuck.
Ippo is great. Go watch or read it now. Now now now now now.
Mirai nikki is seinen anon.
His anatomy is fucking atrocious, he overuses shading to cover poor lineart, his art overall is wooden and his perspective reminds me of shit you see in a highschool art class.
>best shonen thread
Tell me why Black Jack isn't being mentioned.
I bet you read 10 shonen at best.
I like how unconventional HxH.
For example, after this arc I started to utterly despite Gon. He's just a selfish childish asshole who's only relevant because of his overpowered MC abilities. Throughout this whole thing I was on Pitou's side, and so the ending was more sad than anything.
But seriously, fuck Gon. Characters were right pointing out early on that's he's more like Hisoka than a hero.
Too bad it's shit.
>implying anyone here has read it
There are no grills among the Zoldyck children, including one that hasn't been shown in the anime yet.
There hasn't been a single ending that has disappointed me, and mind you I'm including Valvrave in this. Endings on a whole don't break or make a series for me.
The issues I had with it were imperfections I spotted in the early chapters but only grew more glaringly obvious as I kept reading.
>implying Tezuka isn't simplistic and cliche
>He's just a selfish childish asshole
yeah, it's almost like he's 14 or something
>So edgey, you'll cut yourself.
>I have not read Phoenix.
It's very possible that you just have shit taste.
Really? I wouldn't have figured with it being serialized in SHOUNEN A magazine. The more you know.
Mashiba is the fucking best villain I've seen so far. I liked the big black guy too, but he was actually a nice guy.
That's one of the main points of this series: that becoming a Hunter can easily turn you into a selfish asshole. That's what Mito foreshadowed right at the start of the series.
>reading permanent unfinished works.
>implying the concept hasn't been around long before Tezuka started to mangle it.
Killua isn't like that. In fact, nobody in the series is as immature as him, even if they're younger. manga characters have higher standards than real life people.
Do I really need to waste time with this?
Constant asspulls are just creative battles. It has got to be entertaining, not an engineering manual.
Writing was juvenile untill part3, then it got way more subtle. It's still written as shonen-target up untill part7, but it really delivers to those who wants to read into it (see part5 and "muh fate" which most faggots totally overlooked).
Art is art indeed, in an artistic way, it's not merely didactic and aims to convey more than the action itself. Hell, you're pissing on JoJo's art in a HxH thread? C'mon, 0/10 indeed.
Resolutions are paired with asspulls, they might be abrupt sometimes but they are creative and do deliver.
And on top of all this, a work of art is not just the sum of its components. Its value is much more than that.
Well, you did made me reply, what do you know.
what's wrong with it?
my only complaints were how the immortal poison is just sort of forgotten, and how the middle arc with the experiments drags on too long.
I'm confident I have good taste so believe whatever you want.
It has good plot and character development, its good, elfen lied and death note could even be at the same level but they are not.
Top 3 seinen in all story of anime, hunter x hunter needs more work into it to be able to compete, but thats a shounen anyway so i don't ask much.
>He's just a selfish childish asshole.
Well he kinda has to, Kite sacrificed himself to save him, and thus he wanted to avenge him.
Gon's dad is a selfish childish asshole too so it fits pretty well.
What the fuck am I reading?
Is english not your first language?
>elfen lied
>top 3 of all time
Holy shit, you're not foreign, you're just a moron.
>Mirai nikki
>good plot
>Top 3 seinen in all story of anime
But it's not Seinen. Oh wait I get it now, haha.
Honestly it's been a while but I had problems with the inconsistent characterization and fighting skills among others. I'm disappointed because judging from the plot outline and mangaka I should be all over it.
That assassin woman stole the show for me. Great tragic character.
If im gonna be watching nip cartoons anyway I might as well go all the way. No sense deluding myself. Battle shounen is essentially just like cape comics anyway which is also huge.
>inconsistent characterization
> fighting skills
The only problem is how reoccurring ninja #1 managed to keep surviving lethal injuries.
>And there is no way we'll get a satisfactory ending.
I would've been satisfied with the manga ending at Gon meeting his dad.
Too many loose ends still. Leorio and Kurapika have not accomplished anything. And Hisoka is just sort of floating around.
What would you make her do, /a/?
manji was the only bad character to me, he just sort of exists and doesn't advance. however he is immortal and we see in the end he forgets the whole incident, so that's just how it is.
i love this manga though for this nigga right here.
That mouth tells you.
Ging is such a huge piece of shit. I'm mad Gon wasted so much time looking for him.
>Hiatus x Hiatus
>Better than YYH
Delusion: The Post
Maybe if Togashii had some fucking work ethic in him sure, but YYH is miles better than HxH, and Wan Piss is also above HxH. HxH is good but it's no fucking way better than those 2, it's better than Bleach though.
Have you ever been so mad
That you aged thirty fucking years
>it's better than Bleach though.
what a fucking achievement
>why dont he want me man
Anyone have that compilation of Killua's suffering?
>if only the guy with two highly successful shonen had a work ethic
Isn't Togashi and Toriyama some of the few handful in our age of manga to accomplish this?
Yeah, okay.
What? It was the 8th best-selling manga in 2013. Without even one fucking new volume or chapter.
If it isn't popular in their country, it just isn't popular.
Hi, newfriend.
Anyone have the gif of this scene?
It was very well animated.
It is ,though. It just need one chapter to make /a/ and japan explode.
Are you stupid, by any chance?
Is it really that popular? Do you have like a chart or something?
>Killua getting Told x Told in this episode
That was great, the scene was good in the manga, but I could see Killua's eyes breaking the told speed-barrier.
Sure, newfriend.
>7 years ago
Get with the times man.
>Dai no Daibouken
How can such a piece of shit sell so well?
Japan REALLY loves Dragon Quest don't they?
Is I''s better than Video Girl Ai?
Where the fuck is Neuro?
Video Girl AI had a more interesting story and better heroine in my opinion.
Being a psycho's lover is suffering.
Really need to reread VGA. I'll take a look at I''s too.
>Video Girl Ai
That's a throw back.
Is he male or asexual?
>mfw just finished the episode
Dat everything. Can't believe it passed so quickly. Rage Gon is best Gon.
Ask her boypussy.
Gotta check Pixiv for Pitou porn.
I"s wasn't that great, it was really dragged out and by the end you cannot help but feel a certain dislike for Iori. cover artwork was the best part, honestly.
I love how even though they fucked up with kaito in the anime the rage was still just as rewarding as in the manga. That small black and white blip forshadowing has me kinda hoping the Gon-san bit is in black and white. Same for King x netero. Not all of course but snippets.
I dropped this show around episode 29
When does it get good?
when your mum stops sucking dick
Never. It spends half the time on an arc about a bunch of ants ruining a picnic.
>finished watching this one episode for the 10th fucking time
>search catalog
>threads actually existing
That's all I wanted to see. Glad the episode had impact on others as it had in me.
Feels like I've been waiting for this episode since the day I read it in the manga. To see it so masterfully depicted was pure bliss, even if I had to go through "5 seconds - the episodes"
>this fucking scene.
The sad part is that I think you're actually serious.
I remember that when I read Video Girl Ai I thought that if it had ended with volume 3 it would have been the best romance manga ever. Too bad there are 15 volumes.
I dont know why I saw 29 episodes of this show since fucking nothing good happened but whatever.
Enjoy your animu anons
I almost cried. Madhouse outdid themselves and the voice acting was perfect.
>not counting the volumes released since 2011
What the fuck?
One Piece > HxH
YYH > HxH
Hunter x Hunter isn't even that good.
I think when it's time for nukes there'll be threads nearly every day that actually get past 20 posts. Last weeks thread was weak.
>Have you ever been so mad you angered your background transparent?
holy shit this show was my jam when I was in grade school. I watched this shit every night.
That scene holy hell, watching Gon's face contort like that in the manga really made it clear he completely broke down. They pulled it off perfectly indeed.
Anyone got links to the tankoubouns? Wanna make a collage of how faithfully the reactions/faces are depicted in this ep.
10/10 made me laugh because it's true.
Anyone remember the drama CD where the original voice actors for Gon and Killua took turns being the abusive husband and wife, and Gon got really into being the wife?
Yes, and it fucked up my lines.
Is watching your dubs >>101930533
There are so many amazing reaction pictures out of this episode.
I was into the first series for a while, the one that opened with 'Ohayou.' At some point Killua straight up one-shot ripped out a guy's heart and the guy tried to ask for it back and I was like holy fuck this is awesome.
Then the series went back to being badly animated POWAA OF FRIENDSHIPPU shounen filler.
Is this one better?
>gon will never rape you
There are 2 trackers, it's on one, you lazy fuck.
I remember the drama CDs, thanks for reminding me that I need to finish listening. I found them hilarious, hopefully the page with all the translations is still up. Hisoka and the others giving foot acupuncture is my favorite.
I saw a bit of the first series, but from what I saw yes.
what's better the new hxh anime or the old one?
is there any real difference?
No. Ippo and Conan are both better.
The new one is a bit more faithful to the manga pacing and it's gone past where the old show ended.
>Ippo and Conan
I love Ippo, but no. Have you actually been watching HxH or are you just saying that?
>center Gon
I don't even have an ahegao reaction strong enough for that.
Does Togashi just hate having female characters?
I don't even care anymore. I just wanna stick it into any of Pitou's orifices.
Isn't it funny how Gon and Killua kind of swapped with their character development? Their friendship is ultimately unhealthy in how much Killua gives and how much Gon takes, because he knows Killua will deliver.
>Gon is serious even in the preview
No, nips and /a/ are faggots so he must pander to them.
Are you saying you find it arousing? I certainly do.
I'll be gifing those shots of Gon being mad and Pitou being scared later tonight. I really liked all the lip synch. I hope this thread will still be up for them.
That's one example why HxH has good writing. Togashi writes the best shonen.
Also that's what frienship is about. Gon has a bad period which reflects on his relationship with Killua but Killua keeps supporting Gon.
I think it really started to show during dodgeball. When Gon reveals he knew along, that was when warning sirens really went off.
Nah, he just likes traps and handsome men more. YYH is where all his women went I think. Or that one old manga I forget the name of.
So yeah I started the manga recently when the HxH anime activity picked up here on /a/.
Something struck me as awkward with HxH... could it be that it breaks a lot of shounen tropes? It seems to lack this normal progression this kind of manga usually have. I mean the "big bad of the arc is stronger than the last and will eventually get his ass kicked by the MC".
I mean it's still kinda there. With arc and big bads being present. But it's... kinda done differently. It feels curious. In a nice way.
The death count is also extremely high for this kind of stuff.
Even then, YYH only had a handful of women and only two of them had any combat abilities and only one of them even fought.
All those pin ups at the end of YYH chapters. And in the middle of the chapter too, sometimes.
Those babes were great.
Very much so. Too bad there's little doujins that aren't about fluff.
Toguro alone was enough man-mass to fill fifty other manga.
Based Madhouse.
Killua also dropped a bit about friends not needing to thank each other, which explains a lot.
i`m mega fucking sure he its going to end being the main antagonist
mark my words
his personality its not going to withstand this again
>Implying he's not going to get Ceasar'd.
As someone who has been rewatching YYH the past few weeks, I can confirm.
Even his muscles have muscles.
>elder Toguro bringing up Y. Toguro's sex life
>I was actually curious
I-I wasn't the only one, right?
He makes for good reaction images.
She's a midget.
He's a giant.
Clearly he just stood there and used his muscular penis to balance her body on her before he impales to the hilt and just flexes to fuck her.
But, but that's boring. They were both martial artists. I'm sure there was all kinds of flexing going on.
>how many breads have you eaten
We'll just never know Anon.
They're an official pairing, right?
Yes, it's 100% canon.
Why is Gon taking this shit so seriously? I mean Kite lost a fight in a war vs ants? Countless people died. Fuck he didn't even know kite that long. Yea knowing him for a few seconds as a kid doesn't count even if he saved his ass.
He's a kid with power that did not learn discipline or major suffering beforehand. He's spoiled and insane. Kite is also one of the only links to his father.
Gon's voice actor handled that perfectly. Was expecting a comedy and not actual breaking down.
I second this, thats what I was thinking throughout Gon's rant...it was a nice episode..
So at this pace we got like 100+ episode until it catches up?
Manga? Beat the Vandal Buster
Anime? JJBA
This is why Madhouse should have kept episode 1 as how it was in the manga. He owed everything to Kite since he told him about his dad and really introduced him to hunting. There's also the fact that he saved him from that fox bear. Gon's good with wild animals, but that would have killed him.
It's the same plot, and holy fuck if there is anything Hunter X Hunter is not about then it's THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP
>Fuck he didn't even know kite that long
Spend litteraly one third of the show being with him and trying to rescue him.
>this episode
Holy shit
I...I don't even know what to say. That was legitimately fucking terrifying.
Ants, wishes, and rigging elections isn't any better.
You mean hot. Pitou went full bishoujo.
I just started two weeks ago and I'm on episode 89. So.. Yes
I got a hard boner and started thinking naughty thoughts when Pitou said he/she would do anything.
>tfw Black Jack is my favorite Tezuka manga/character
You are literally homosexual.
It's pretty much "Gon X Killua Yaoi Fan-Fiction: The Movie Also Featuring The Phantom Troupe and Kurapika I Guess"
You people bitching about Ants are so full of shit, the concept is brilliant. So many possibilities for interesting character designs.
yea man, if it weren't for this arc we would never see the child of Freeza and Cell.
Just finished.
What can I even say after that?
I'm still fucking shaking.
If there's a moral in Hunter X Hunter it's "holy shit you're gonna get fucking murdered by monsters, gangsters, and literally everything"
My only issue with ants is no Hisoka.
He died at the end you dipshit.
>I'm still fucking shaking.
kek you piece of shit. I hope you're a girl pussy.
Why did Killua leave like a little bitch? Didn't even say anything to Gon. Pitou is too dangerous to leave Gon alone. I guess Gon was right about Killua not giving a shit.
Love you too /a/non.
He's well aware by this point that Pitou isn't gonna do shit. Pitou's virtually harmless without Nen
>Gon is too dangerous to leave Pitou alone.
He was heart broken over his husbando yelling at him.
Election Arc is gonna be sick.
Are you an idiot or just an anime only faggot?
The world is ruled by the mafia and the Hunters are even worse, truly a beautiful place to live
link to it please
>Overrating HxH
Oh well, that happens with every shonen
>Election Arc is gonna be sick.
If they animate it.
Election arc is pretty short and I wouldn't want Madhouse dragging it out.
Forgot all about Moody Restaurant. Kurapika and Leorio having word sex.
I would have liked to have seen him too, but at least he's in the next arc!
>Election Arc is gonna be sick.
More like extreme close ups. Similar to welfin except it will be all pariston.
The reason why I love this series so much is because of how the characters acts like actual human beings instead of cliche shit we see in most shonen.
Instead of getting random horrible paced fights every other episode, we get a long, well executed build up to that said fight.
>Election Arc
Whats that about? Would look it up but i dont want to be spoiled with details.
There are children running around with broken-ass superpowers and they can and will fuck you up to get what they want
I'm not complaining. If anything I'll be too distracted by his suit.
>it will all be pariston
>implying this is a bad thing
Netero resigns his position of Chairman after all the shit that will go down in this arc. Elections were held to choose a new Chairman.
Meleoron came and grabbed Killua. This was hinted in the scenes showing an empty window - he was watching.
>how the characters acts like actual human beings
Yes. This. Gon actually acts like a kid his age instead of a 30 year old philosopher in a kids body. Leorio is a believable teen, and if someone is a sick freak, they're believable instead of "he hits girls therefore he is a bad man." I like Kurapika, but I can see why others can't stand him. When you don't see his warm side, he comes off as a pretentious, know it all kid with a pretty face you just want to punch.
Holy fuck. How do you even remember how to breathe? Are you seriously bashing Araki's art? First off, his designs for his characters, and everything else are absolutely top notch and one of a kind, and in addition, he is absolutely fantastic at depicting motion. Araki works with Gucchi occasionally because his art and design sense are so absolutely completely stylish. He also is one of the the only mangaka to have worked with the Louvre. But he is only high school level right? Any high schoole kid can get their art recognized by the fucking Louvre, right? You stupid bitch.
Yes, resigns...
I dont get it, why is Gon so mad? hes met and spent time with Kite like 2 times in his entire life.
Because Kite is a better father than Ging, and what happened to Kite is his fault.
Because Kite was the only connect he had to his father and considered as his mentor. Plus he's simple fucking minded 14yr old so any friend that he makes he will hold high value no matter how short it was. He blames himself to what happened to Kite and holds himself responsible.
And the fact that Gon, who is the MC of the series, is one of the weakest in the group. It sets a different dynamic and I like it. Although it seems like thats going to change here pretty soon.
Everything Gon has been doing since ep 76 has been about Kite.
>Kite is a better father than Ging
Even Hisoka is a better father than Ging.
Why does the OP for this show never change?
>JoJo really isn't that great.
>crap art
I remember coming to the conclusion that Kurapika is basically Sasuke, with the difference being that HxH doesn't ever shove REVENGE IS WRONG down your throat or try to justify his actions.
Actually, it seems to state that revenge is fucking hardcore as shit
It doesn't need to change because it's perfect.
Recall what Gon said when the Extermination team speculate why the King would rip his arms off and coupled with the fact that his sworn enemy just wouldn't fight him when his all gun-ho to get right into it, it's no wonder why he's so angry and frustrated.
No the difference is Kurapika still cares about his friend to an extent and values them more than his revenge.
>Kurapika is basically Sasuke
Sasuke is bacically Kurapika.
But Sasuke, and a ton of Naruto, was influenced by HxH. Ninja exam nearly copied the hunter exam completely with Orochimaru being Hisoka. (or Gaara I barely remember) I know Togashi and Kishimoto are friends, but jeez.
It actually never continued. The manga goes much further. How come the meruem and Netero fight was never Animated? I wish We knew.
Well yeah I guess that's more fitting
Forgot to mention that. He does kinda push it though, since he basically gets Gon and Killua captured by the Troupe near the end of Yorknew
Does no one realize how frustrating this is? Gon already has enough reasons for his rage, and now he can't take it out on anyone because the target of his rage is healing someone.
Do you realize how agonizing it must be to finally get to the person who mutilated someone important to you, and then you have to sit and wait for them to finish something before you can do anything?
Does no one pay attention to watch the narrator says? Togashi spoonfeeds all this shit with the narrator and somehow there are still people who don't understand.
>Gon, who is the MC of the series, is one of the weakest in the group
Nigga, you delusional? Gon and Killua are by far the strongest two of the main group, and it's made clear Gon has more potential.
Without getting into power rankings or anything, I'm pretty sure it's been stated that while Gon and Killua are pretty close, Knuckle, Shoot and Morel still have more raw power than them
I know how Gon feels. Someone insults your waifu, then the thread 404s.
Your waifu is shit.Unless she is FF then she isn't.
So, wait, it's stupid to hate someone even though ~they might have someone that cares about them~, but it's ok to judge them as a fucking scumbag rapist.
This, experience goes far
I will fight you.
>He doesn't know how nen works.
Remember, the stricter the conditions, the more powerful the ability. You'll see what this means soon.
Which is why Chrollo's nen ability is pretty shit. He has to keep the people he stole powers from alive.
Its not so much the having to wait. These fucks have been mutilating killing and eating humans for the entire arc. They not only mutilated your mentor they turned him into some mindless zombie monster. Now the thing, the monster that did all these things is sitting there asking you to wait while it heals something important to them. Where was the pity and empathy when they were out doing heinous acts? How fucking dare they ask of you something they have never shown you.
>That ninja guy from the first season who Gon lost to
>The Phantom Troupe
>Essentially any notably written characters
Well it's not like they'll commit suicide any time soon, and without nen they'd be less likely to get into fights and die.
You'd be surprised at what people can live through. He still had that fun fun cloth ability, and iirc the guy feitan tortured was Owl, its owner.
Actually, let me rephrase what I said. Gon may have more raw power but they're still weaker because the other 3 have much, much more experience under their belt.
I don't know. Power levels in HxH are fucking weird
I know what you mean, I'm caught up on the manga. Gon's restriction would be using up all his potential to fucking roid out, yeah?
No, the difference is that Kurapika cares about his friends and reacts like a normal person would after killing someone in an act of revenge.
Couldn't Pitou have just sliced Gon's head off. Would have taken a few seconds. Not like that girl would die in a few seconds since she was bleeding out for quite a few before Pitou came.
Not that guy but I like you.
Yes it would be.
>reacts like a normal person would
That's really subjective. Though his manga and 99 anime reactions were different, they're both still valid since there isn't a set standard for how to feel after killing someone in rage and revenge.
The narrator made it clear her entire being was dedicated to the King's task.
Komugi could get hurt in a struggle. She's not taking chances with something the King himself entrusted her.
Y-you too.
Could she take on both Gon and Killua without endangering Komugi's life?
It's not just a matter of time, Komugi could become collateral damage if the fight became too intense.
>everyone in the thread
I guess people really don't pay attention to the narrator.
I don't think I've ever seen any character in anime get so utterly infuriated
Kudos to Gon's seiyuu, she fucking nailed it
>imagining if there wasnt a narrator
Holy fuck what a shit storm it would brew. Not that I hate the narrator or anything but I cant believe people would even need a one to tell them whats going on.
>lolwhy so serious? Whats going on? This is dumb xD
I will be honest, I doubt Pitou would have won the much right there. At that point, Gon has reached the highest peak of his anger.
>it's stupid to hate someone even though ~they might have someone that cares about them~
Whether or not they care for someone or if someone cares for them is irrelevant. Said person is still a scumbag. Thats like saying Pitou doesn't deserve death even though she cares about the king. Doesn't make her any less of a murderer that need to be put down.
Aqua is awful.
It's funny, up to that point I always figured his restriction was always having to call out the names of his Jajanken attacks to power them up
I wont fall for your tricks.
Hey Ven agrees.
That was really unnecessarily mean of him.
I don't think I have seen an animated character rage so poignantly.
It wasn't just mad screaming, it felt believable.
>You're awful Aqua
That ingrate. Ven's retarded anyway since he's missing half his soul and Eraqus sorta lied to him like an idiot. At least Terra walked away.
And that's what made this episode so amazing. Those rage expressions.
This episode was god tier. The intro flashback was annoying but it gave you time to get ready for what was to come. I felt sorry for Pitou. She is what she is. She did not choose her life. She is a product of a colony sworn to their king. It is in her nature. It is her very being. To have to be in that situation really was crushing. I hope Pitou does not die a terrible death. In b4 manga fags spoiling.
Oh boy.
Shhh. Both of you.
Holy Christ my memory is not serving me well. I don't think brain can handle the amount of series I'm watching right now so get ready for retardation:
How did the blind chinese checkers girl get hurt again?
I promise you I'd remember the name of the game she plays if I wasn't so overwhelmed.
Other thread too dead for you shitposter-kun?
So people who actually like HxH are the fags now. Great logic.
Holy shit I didn't realize the denial went this deep.
he means the ideas you idiot.
if DB and DBZ hadn't inspired them, they wouldn't exist.
>posing on /a/
>not a fag
Pick one
It's not just your memory, it's you brain.
This was said during the episode.
Is shitposting in HxH threads your weekly highlight?
They say it during the fucking episode. Try actually following what you're watching instead of browsing /a/, next time.
I just started the episode and found it. Komugi. So why was she injured?
i just watched 20 minutes of a kid shouting to a catgirl and it was awesome
>So why was she injured?
Watch the fucking episode, it's said in it.
i would make IT tell me what the hell IT is!
>posing on /a/
You say it like its a bad thing.
what about last mission?
You are kidding, right?
Jesus Christ, they are 'fabulous'
I'm trying tot think of an instance where Togashi drew a masculine looking girl. YOu know not played for laughs like Biscuit.
Actually that brings up a point. Is Biscuit actually male?
I don't think the series even gets anyone that could be considered a villain until new challenger.
If you have any semblance of common sense, no.
Oh God, too much fabulousness!
I knew I wasn't the only one who used fabulous to describe them. There's no other word that fits.
Everyone on /a/ uses it. Are you new?
At least half of /a/ is new these days.
The music is playing in my head. I don't even want it to stop.
You thought Bisky was just a joke? That's a woman and her entire dilemma is that she's got the soul of a sweet young maiden but her appearance is too macho. Sure, it can be seen as humorous, but it demonstrates just how strong she is along with her nen being active all the time. And I'd image keeping that form for so long requires a lot more concentration and energy over something small like what conjurers pull up.
I unfortunately didn't watch JoJo while it aired with /a/ so I wasn't in the threads. I was too busy with shit like other shows + my backlog. I decided to wait to watch it later, which I regret now.
Much of it was also dialogue and the fact that it's so utterly out of character for Gon.
Combine the three and you have a very unusual scene
Only newfags hate One Piece
>Taskena kuche nayn da
>Not nyaan da
Fuck. She was too serious.
>utterly out of character for Gon.
More like Gon was just keeping his nasty side hidden. He's had no reason to get this mad yet given that no one had successfully done real harm unto someone he cared about. Everyone has a monster side in this series. We've seen Kurapika's and Killua's, just not Gon's.
Nah, you are just a stupid fag. Stop pretending you are not a newfag. Apparently it's okay now..
>out of character
He has been a psycho since the start of the series.
Gon getting mad at the troupe was him being angry and serious.
Gon threatening Pitou is a completely different matter.
One he is angry. The next he's so pissed off Killua is telling him he's losing it. Hence the constant sad look Killua is sporting. Gon's gone justifiably apeshit and killua is trying to get him to dial it back.
Wow. You are either trolling or stupid. Whatever. I'm not trying to get you to believe me.
Despite that, being there that long ago doesn't mean I'm not a newfag, you fucking retard. That was a mere year ago. Holy Christ.
Like I said you can stop pretending anytime.
well your a lost cause.
So this is what Mito had to deal with when Gon had temper tantrum.
I found that him getting mad at the Troupe was more of him meeting an opinion/thought process that just didn't make sense to him. He befriended Ants knowing that they ate people, but he knew they killed so many because of rules of nature and some of them just liking to do it. The Spiders are impossible to completely understand and they didn't act in a way he really liked.
The troupe killed people and acted like hypocrites to Gon.
The Ants did far worse. And Gon felt that he was responsible (though he really couldn't have done anything).
One is him calling people out as hypocrites. The other is him reacting to all the shit the ants did to his friend and his guilt at having "caused it".
>Read the bloody manga.
With that logic, we shouldn't watch any anime and read manga instead
I'm just going to jump into your conversation here.
I feel like I've been in a situation similar to Gon's. He went to obtain something, only to find it unattainable at the time. He, like every child, gets upset when that happens. But he sits only to find out that the reason he can't get what he wants is actually due to a reason relating to contributing positively to their mission- saving people. He wanted to punish her for not getting what he wanted, but realizing that it's due to a reason that agrees with him, his beliefs start to conflict. He wants to punish her for not getting what he came for, but he can't punish her because she's saving someone. It's a dilemma, which causes him to fall into a fit of fury. The fact that he can't get what he wants due to her acting on something he believes to be good, which stops him from acting out makes him even angrier. After all, if she was saving an ant, he'd be able to say fuck this and kill her
fucking third it
Of course. The only reason to watch anime is to complain about how it's shit compared to the manga.
The only reason manga/LN readers watch adaptations is just to complain about how shit of an adaptation it was and how nothing can stand against >source material
I loved that one.
Recalling pages like this, it's easy to see how he can make such a good turkey.
People just hate Kurapika for being a Mary Sue.
He isn't really a Mary Sue. Not yet, anyways.
That's actually true though, unless it's an anime original series.
>Spend 6 days getting your turkey just right
>scribble out the rest of the chapter in 20 minutes
Well he did call Pitou out on healing Komugi after what she did to Kaitou. That was his main beef
Jeez. I feel terrible for not remembering all of this despite seeing the arc over 4 times. For some reason the only thing I remember clearly is the Exam and Heaven's Arena.
>no more Drama CDs
I love the new cast, but the old cast just had so much fun together. There aren't even any new character songs. I'd at least expect Pitou, Bisky, and Knuckle to have one.
That fucking part when gon tell killua to fuck off "So what?"
Was I the only one who thought of Feitan? When deciding to go after Kurapika, Feitan just brushes off everything Nobunaga says with "So?" or "And?" then says something harsh that I don't remember.
>believing Pitou will do what you ask after she is done saving Komugi
>Giving a shit about Komugi to begin with
>Not beating the shit out of Pitou while vulnerable
Atleast Killua got told
All that tension in the episode and then the fucking preview, hahahaha.
The actress nailed. She nailed it.
Expectations exceeded.
So why was Gon so furious? Can anyone give me the tl;dr? I'm curious.
tl;dr Get a brain, or if you're really that retarded read the thread.
Beautiful. Like another anon said, it was just believable. The lack of music just cemented its perfection.
>not asking for Pitou's virginity instead of a broken arm
this episode
>the monster pleading for the time to save an innocent
>the hero of the series fighting his desire to kill it in cold blood while its defenseless
>the trained killer asking the hero to give it mercy
Pitou always looks so soft in fan art.
>that banding
why is daiz not encoding this again
I've been watching anime for 15 years now. I've long since lost count of how many series I've watch. Quite possible thousands. I own three full book shelves of Manga, and a massive DVD shelf full of boxsets.
This was the greatest episode of anything I have ever watched.
>Not realizing the turkey was drawn by assistants
The original series, yes. The new series wouldn't look close to what it is without the original show's interpretations of the manga scenes (that are usually barebone).
And people doubted Madhouse when they first started the series. OP's pick is my face when I think about what Madhouse could have done with One Piece instead of fucking Toei
Aww sheet, I forgot to make the gifs of this ep. I'll have to make and post them tomorrow if there is a HxH thread.
I want to make an edit, where Pitou is shown in the center, surrounded by five half naked powered up Gons with the caption reading "Poor Little Pitou" but I'm not skilled enough.
When we get to that part in the anime, I'll see what I can do.
Just want to say that this episode is the tensest thing I've seen in a very long time. Fucking hell. It was refreshing to feel something that strong from an anime for the first time in a while.
Killua had a fucked up life which is why he acts like a mini-adult. He's a far, far better parent for Alluka than Silva and Kikyo are. After that arc, I'd say that he's more mature than any of the other three MCs, as well as more so than many of the characters several times older than he is. Who's younger than Gon, anyway, though? Zushi?
It's rare that shounen gets a studio that isn't shit. Imagine how nice Bleach could've looked if its studio wasn't a potato…
overly melodramatic episode
I was really disappointed by this. After so many episodes of talking talking talking and build-up, and fights were strategy actually matters, he just gets angry and powers up.
I goddamn hate that the MCs just get more plot armor every arc.
Gon is such a fucking piece of shit.
Glad Killua finally ditched him.
Really? I find that near impossible to believe.
It's more popular than Naruto and Bleach. At least up until the schedule change, the current was in the Top 10 ratings-wise. Only currently airing shonen more popular than it is One Piece.
Oh, it is not, idiot. You're cherry-picking. OP and Naruto have outsold it forever.
Hunter has become the definition of pretension. Every single action and thought process is given so much importance for no reason at all. Think of how much commentary there was on killuas decision to kill those two ants on the way up, when really all that needed to be said was, "o shit wrong way".
Like I can understand if that's how the royal guard thinks, they are fanatically devoted to the king after all. But shit like shoot crying because of gon in the stairwell, what the fuck.
Gon's not given a shit about morals since episode 1, he's literally the most based person in that regard. You have to be a real fucking monster to make him want to murder you.
Mutilating Kaito in front of Gon was bad enough, but to have him as a living corpse used for target practice? How can you possibly side with Pitou?
I can't wait for Gon-san to wreck the shit out of that pussy.
Gon is about to end a life
The adaption has been really terrible in showing how much they're trying to stretch the material and the budget. The elongated recaps each episode followed by two minutes of establishing the scene by panning over a still frame after every act break is getting tiresome.
If you didn't read or watch, why are you commenting?
Kite was not killed in front of Gon. Gon believes Kite is brainwashed.
Did you not read my post?
>Mutilating Kaito in front of Gon
Pitou cut off Kaito's arm right in front of Gon, and then went on to turn kaito into a zombie used for target practice. That's what really sent Gon over the edge, seeing Kaito in such a fucked up condition.
A duel between warriors is one thing, but what Pitou did was utterly unforgivable.
>Household Ratings
>Hunter x Hunter: 4.8
>Naruto Shippuden: 3.9
I wouldn't say brainwashed, more like zombietized. I'm pretty sure he knows that Pitou's got a puppeteer thing on him.
>A duel between warriors is one thing, but what Pitou did was utterly unforgivable.
You seem autistic. It's fiction.
Anyway, it doesn't change the fact that he still doesn't know Kite is dead. He's pretty callous with an innocent life over nothing.
Did you not understand that I was arguing against your cherry picking. If you're talking about popularity look to the manga sales. Naruto and HxH came out around the same time, yet Naruto typically outsold HxH weekly.
And no, I'm not counting the hiatus.
So how many times have you guys re-watched the episode so far?
Also gifs fucking where?
I don't get the sudden love for edge. Morel makes a much better MC.
Hell, welfin's arc has been a lot more interesting.
I'm autistic for people who have the nerve to get mad at Gon, like he's somehow the asshole.
He watched Kaito get his arm brutally ripped off, and saw him in a fucked up state, regardless of if he knew he was alive.
Pitou deserves every bit of crushing Gon-san gives her. And it's entirely Pitou's fault for putting that "innocent life" in danger for being such a cruel cunt. You don't get to fuck with other people's loved ones and then expect them to show mercy to those you love.
Gon's human, and acting entirely reasonable considering the circumstances. Half you moralfags in here likely would have wasted the girl without a seconds thought.
None, it was a chore to get through it once. Ruined by needing to stretch it out for 20 minutes.
>I'm autistic
You really didn't need to drone on for a paragraph after you said this.
You're just seeing what Gon is capable of when he loses all regard for his target as a living, thinking being. With previous opponents, somewhere he hoped that they might redeem themselves and live a better life, and thus held back unconsciously. By contrast, he considers Pitou below even an inanimate object.
>You hurt my friend so I can now kill this innocent girl.
Calm down there edgemeister.
I have no fucking clue why there was such a build up to
>he gets mad
>being angry makes so super strong, you guys
Fuck, the hulk movie had better subtext. At least next week look's like it's about the other characters again.
Which is a stupid plot point.
It's more interesting when the story is about the intricate details of the plot, like in Yorknew, even when it's about a bunch of superpowered characters.
There's so much bait in this thread.
Whatcha guys trying to catch?
"Innocence" has no meaning when it's someone important to your enemy, who previously did evil things to the one you love.
Stop with the moralfaggotry and accept that humans are humans. And like I said before, half you hypocrites in her shitting on Gon likely would have done the same of worse.
Gon's entirely right to want to smash that girl to pieces, regardless of her innocence.
The manga really falls apart after Yorkshin. A lot of people were saying this from the beginning, but were drowned out by caleb. Honestly, it's not too surprising Togashi is hesitant to pick it up again.
The struggle is purely character development for Gon and the Ants. What does it mean to be a human?
This battle was never going to about strategy, that's Youpi/Knuckle/Shoot's fight. Not every fight needs to be written to have similar purpose.
Wow, next tell us about your atheism and all the death metal you listen to.
So if I man murders someone important to me, I'm within my rights to go kill their brother or someone important to them? I've seen some edgy posts, and you rate right up there with the edgiest of them.
Haha, yeah, sure.
Surely you mean dragon ball
>What does it mean to be a human?
No, and even if that was the question being asked it's pretty silly to ask it by way of genocidal monsters and super humans.
>pretty silly to ask it by way of genocidal monsters and super humans
It worked in Watchmen. But then again, that had actual character development.
If a man murders someone you love, you run into him again with a huge advantage, and he begs you not to kill the person he loves, he doesn't have the right to cry about it, nor does anyone else have a right to talk shit about the guy who got his revenge.
People are people, and there's nothing wrong about Gon's reaction.
>"In a way, this was Hunter x Hunter's Chapter Black. A sense of hopelessness, desperation, and sadness prevailed as the arc continued. The dark and cruel side of nature was often highlighted, and the notion of what it means to be human was explored as well. In addition, this arc provided us with an even blurrier line between good and evil."
I think his point is that Pitou's actions are worse than murder. It would have been hard, but Gon probably could've dealt with Kite just having been killed in battle. Seeing him turned into a macabre nen-puppet punching bag not only disturbed him on all new levels but insulted his memories of kite and perhaps even of Ging.
Alright, edgemaster, you made your point, no one here is going to take you seriously. Go do drugs or something.
Thats not what watchmen was asking
By doing so, you become morally in the wrong, from that point on you are officially an evil person. Seeking revenge by killing your 'enemies' family members isn't human nature edgemaster.
Meh, whatever. Human condition and psychology and shit are pretty big themes. Having a cold war narrative does not preclude other themes.
I would take you more seriously if you made your own arguments instead of copy pasting someone elses claims.
I like that it's quoted twice. Really shows that he knows what he's talking about.
Evil and good, fuck all that. People are going to do what they're gonna do. If you fuck with another person's loved one, you can't beg them not to fuck up those you love.
Likewise, another person watching can't say shit, because they're just as capable of doing the same thing.
Get of your moral high horse.
And Hunter X Hunter's popularity beats Naruto's in terms of its anime, the actual topic of this thread. What's your point?
>schedule change
>currently airing shonen
Why'd you even bring up manga in the first place?
No retard, if you kill someone elses innocent loved ones you are an evil person. It's as simple as that, there is no justification of revenge or settling the score, you are just in the wrong.
It's a translated piece from a magazine scan interview.
And you'd have to be pretty blind to not see the struggle of human vs insect inside Meruem, the blurry struggle between good vs evil with Gon and Pitou etc.
Well, you're comparing a decade+ long anime with filler arcs to a recent adaptation. It's a bad comparison and does not denote the underlying popularity. It doesn't matter, One Piece blows them both out of the water.
Damn you're fucking edgy.I get your point and your right but damn nigga cut back a bit its fiction.
This is really fucking antisocial behavior.
"innocent", and "justification" are subjective fuck off
Holy fucking shit. It's actually on par with it.
I just watched this episode and I'm still in awe. It's so fucking good. How can Madhouse be this based?
This isn't funny.
You're not "evil" you're just human. Everybody has a limit to what they can deal with, and alot "good" is just a matter of personal convenience.
In the end, we're all entirely capable of the same kind of fucked up behavior, and none of you moral fags can talk shit about Gon when he's reacting how many of you would react given the right circumstances.
I'm actually serious. I thoroughly enjoyed the episode.
So I watched the first anime adaptation, and my asian gf says I wont like the new one because it's "for girls" compared to the first series.
What say you, /a/?
Your asian girlfriend is a whore and just doesn't want you to leave her for Pitou.
I say you can stop shitposting now since we're almost at bump limit.
After two months of the pacing screeching to a halt, this episode had the least new material yet.
Worse, it was full of CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
Worse yet, all the edgy little pissants are creaming themselves over it.
2011 is fucking retarded, anyone who thinks its better then the original anime is an animation-fag.
This episode is an extremely important point in the story. It's fine that it had "the least new material yet" because guess what, character development is important. And Madhouse pulled it off fucking masterfully.
>this episode had the least new material yet.
Why would any episode have new material? It's a fucking adaptation.
>extremely important point in the story
>hurr durr innocent lives are meaningless cause me mad
Yeah, stellar.
I watched both. While the first had a good mood at points the inconsistent art, changes, and mediocre filler just kill it.
Of what?
If that's all you got out of this, then you're pretty dense. I also assume you haven't read the manga, so you don't understand why it's an important point.
Of the manga? Jesus christ neo-/a/ get your shit together.
Haha, I guess I got under your skin.
But really, please don't be one of those people that holds up a kids' comic book as "good storytelling". You're looking for depth that isn't there.
The manga was adapted in 99. This is a whole new series.
Not sure if serious.
>Haha, I guess I got under your skin.
You're extremely bad at reading things, both in text and in video. I don't see why you would think you "got under my skin"
>But really, please don't be one of those people that holds up a kids' comic book as "good storytelling". You're looking for depth that isn't there.
You have to be a troll. Take for example Ghibli. It is for kids and is great story telling. Outside of anime, there's Disney, also for kids, also great story telling. And Pixar, same deal.
They weren't going to continue with the same story after dropping off for a decade, idiot.
Holy fuck.
Seriously, stop.
Killua's right about everything, pretty much all the time. Gon should be so lucky to have sensible and level-headed Killua to keep him from getting himself killed half the time. I've lost count of how many times stuff like pic related has happened. The Pitou-deal was more of the same. If he had killed her, he'd have angsted about ruining their chance to get Kite back once he regained his sanity. Probably would have hated the fact that he killed Komugi, too.
Are you saying that Ghibli, Disney, and Pixar do not have great story telling? If so, I want to know what your example of great story telling is, because it's going to be hilarious.
they had nothing left to adapt, you retard.
It's amazing that you are this stupid. We're talking about comic books, you start listing film studios.
Anyway, the point still stands. Upholding HxH as some kind of marvel of writing just makes you look really uneducated. It's exciting, sure, but there's not much substance.
They had lots of filler, dumbass.
You seem to think the medium is what decides a story, which is flat out wrong.
>comic books
Yep, you're a troll.
>makes you look really uneducated
Not him, but this is pretty ironic coming from someone dismissing an entire medium.
Manga are comic books. Don't do this.
Learn your terms if you want to participate.
You explicitly said "comic books" rather than referring to any demographics. Nice backpedaling.
Yeah caught up in three weeks or so. No regrets.
>Manga are comic books. Don't do this.
Should be fine to post them on /co/ then!
No, they're very different and they have different focuses. The art is different, how they depict movement and emotion is different, and the way they tell stories is different. They are not comic books, you're an idiot. Just because something looks like a comic book does not make it a comic book.
Are you trying to be retarded?
I like how you don't link anything. 's cool.
>We're talking about comic books
Manga is Japanese.
That's the difference. There's no such thing as manga-esque, or manga themes, or manga style.
Haha, I can see your retardation is quite strong.
Go back to the original post, not something that responds to you babbling about cartoon movies.
Are you trying to be retarded?
I like how you don't link anything. 's cool.
You are extremely uneducated about art and story telling, not surprising since you dismiss genres and incorrectly describe mediums.
>That's the difference. There's no such thing as manga-esque, or manga themes, or manga style.
There is and any comic book author will tell you that. They are very different styles of writing and depicting action.
Oh, wow, you must be truly asspained.
>no arguments left
I'll give you one more chance kid.
Now you're trying to troll. And it's pretty weak bait.
Apparently you can't read either, since that's not what i said.
Haha, I'm happy to have had this effect on you.
Someone edit this to where he's hitting one of those ? blocks from Mario or something.
And instead of a coin, have a comb pop out for his hair.
It's become increasingly transparent that you have a dildo where your brain should be.
Enjoy your kiddie crap, by all means.
>I was just pretending all along
Ah, there we have it. Don't worry, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you were merely pretending the whole time. Try again next time kiddo.
Well, you're posting in a thread about "kiddie crap" so you either also enjoy it or your time is absolutely worthless.
Genkai is the best girl
what is the left from?
Niggers be mad that Hunter x Hunter is the best shounen.
Did someone already make a gif of gon after Pitou broke his arm.
what are you implying about my waifu anon?
How can you say you love you're waifu if you don't even suck her dick?
Would it be barbed anon? I like to think of my waifu as being an ant first and a cat second.
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This week's topic is: Movie Freebie — top ten all time favorite movies
I haven't watched a lot of movies in the last 8 or 9 years. I had a hard time remembering my favorites beyond my absolute favorites (Shawshank & Forrest Gump). I'm sure that I will remember 100 more after reading your posts today.
The Shawshank Redemption
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ROCKAWAY TWP. - A 46 year-old Rockaway Township woman called police at 8:08 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, to report she and her 11 year-old daughter had been "attacked" by two German shepherds.
The woman said the dogs "hovered" around them after running off their Coburn Street owners' property at 1 p.m. the previous day. The woman told police the loose dogs circled around her while she was with her 11 year-old daughter and their own dog.
She said she was scared and could not run away because she has a broken ankle, but the dogs' owner ran out and rounded them up and took them back to her house. The German shepherds' owner was told the animal control officer would contact her.
In other news, a Rockaway man reported at headquarters at 12:14 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 3, that he was the victim of identity theft. He said he received a credit card statement indicating he had been given a loan of $5,000 by a firm that was used to buy Dell computing equipment. He called the firm and it was discovered someone had forged his signature on documents and used his personal information to get the funds.
An officer responded to the parking lot of The Great Wall restaurant on Green Pond Road on a report of an accident at 1:48 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30. At the scene, he reportedly found a 1999 Dodge van had hit a parked car, continued through the parking lot into the woods and had hit a tree. The driver was behind the wheel and a member of the Fire Department Company 5 rescue squad was attending him when police arrived. The officer reported noticing the odor of alcoholic beverages emanating from the driver, Leonard T. Fields, 61, of Port Jefferson, N.Y. Fields subsequently was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and driving suspended. He also was found to have an outstanding warrant from Pocono Mount Regional Police Department in Pennsylvania. He was taken to Saint Clare's Hospital in Denville for treatment of head injuries and chest pains.
An officer on patrol in the area of the Mount Hope Road firehouse on Mount Hope Road at 2:23 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 7 noticed a 1999 Cadillac abruptly turn into the exit side of Mount Hope Rock Products Quarry and noticed the driver appeared to be swerving and driving erratically as he turned around and went back out of the quarry driveway. The officer stopped the driver, Armand J. Bertocchi, 59, of Denville, and charged him with driving while intoxicated and careless driving.
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GaGers are you one of them? What style/type you are? Such as the title, the title says it all!
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I don't really have a type... I can be punky, classy, sporty, gothic, elegant, girly, tomboy... depends on what mood I'm in and what I feel like being.. my style also varies depending on what I feel like wearing ^^00|00|0
Wow that sounds great, It seem this question made for you. I like your style and always!
Haha yes, thanks!
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I'm a punk mentally.10|10|0
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''No... we said that so you wouldn't be hurt, because we couldn't exactly say..."
This is my husband
I was hurt of course by the lying and told her that the lying hurt more.
''I've said I'm sorry, can't we just leave it now?''
husband again
I totally get your frustration!!! Step back, breath, now do some research.
I recently realized that my husband is not slightly passive aggressive, but instead extremely, nearly textbook, passive aggressive. We actually got into an argument of his definition vs my definition and where he was way off based, I was only minutely correct. While just knowing is not all that helpful, except to re-affirm that I'm not going completely mad, it can also give you an understanding HOW to communicate with certain types of personalities.
Unfortunately, with my husband and I it may be too little too late, but things make a great deal more sense to me now and I'm willing to ignore or at least not take certain comments or behavior personally. This whole incident sounds like a case of LACK OF COMMUNICATION. You didn't make your issues known before you started pouting and brooding and they didn't let you know that your behavior was pushing them away, etc.
YES, they truly do NOT comprehend how the lying could actually hurt more. Then again, they also can't see (no matter how many times you tell them or they witness it) how the fall out of they lie could actually be worse than the initial reaction. Mind boggling, but true.
I HIGHLY recommend the book "The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman, in addition, find books and articles on communication that you guys can discuss and work on together. Find articles that describe you and each of your partners, ask them to do the same. You might be surprised at how much your view of your communication style differs from their view and vice versa.
It sounds like she doesn't want to lose you, but the status quo is NOT working, so change the status quo.
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Happy Tuesday, All! :) :)
Here is the long-promised Nine!
Let me know what y'all think in the comments! :) Did you see the story going this way when I started it so long ago?
NOTE: This series is written to be read in order. To read the previous installments, go to The Spring and the River Page.
"And you just sat there?" Marianne asked.
"Yes," Lucy said miserably.
"Why are you crying? You were planning on leaving them soon anyway! What happened to sooner than later?"
"It wasn't how I expected it to be," Lucy said. Her face was stiff from crying, and her head was aching with strain of it all.
"After all this you're going to be a coward and yield to them at the first sign of trouble?" Marianne's scorn was clear in the wrinkle of her nose and her biting tone.
"I'm not a coward," Lucy said sharply.
Marianne gave a deprecating laugh that made Lucy grit her teeth. They sat in silence for a few minutes while Lucy wiped her eyes again and again. After her encounter with Lucien, Lucy had dragged herself to Marianne's house which was in a state of extreme messiness. Lucy wondered if Marianne would be pleased with a more volatile reaction to Lucien's discovery. Marianne sighed, and Lucy snuck a tearful glance at her friend. No, they weren't really friends. "Accomplice" seemed to more adequately describe their relationship.
Marianne was losing weight, and dark circles had become fixtures under her eyes. The River lifestyle was taking its toll on Marianne's body, and a shiver snaked down Lucy's spine as she wondered how long it would be before she began sporting the lank appearance.
A part of her seemed to be breaking inside the longer she stayed, but another part of her despised the idea of returning home. Though she didn't realize it at the time, her heart teetered on the edge of a knife, and the slightest breath had the power to pitch her decision one way or the other. Marianne was starting another tirade, but Lucy wasn't listening anymore. She stood and simply left Marianne; Marianne yelled after her but didn't follow. With faltering steps, she made her way back to the house that she had grown up in.
The house was still and peaceful looking, and Lucy's stomach churned. She couldn't imagine her parents going to work in the fields after she had been away for the night. She could see them in her mind sitting anxiously, waiting for her, but then she could also Lucien standing nearby like thunderclouds darkening the day. When she stepped through the door, she called out. "Mother? Father?"
She heard chairs scraping against the wood floor and hurried steps, but she remained hesitant on the threshold. "Lucy?" she heard them say, and then her mother was there with a strained look on her face with Father standing behind her. And then, almost like in a nightmare, Lucien stepped into the room with a face like the night. They didn't embrace her or say anything else, and the uneasy silence mounted as Lucy felt dread pooling in her stomach.
"I-" she began, but stopped. She looked from one face to another and saw the disappointment in each face, but it didn't break her as it had the day before. No, this disappointment shoved her off the edge of the knife, and anger flared in her chest. She wasn't hesitant or timid any longer, and she pushed past Lucien with a snarl.
"Lucy," Father called after her.
All of her years, that deep voice had guided her, and it caused her to stop in her tracks and glance back. "Yes?" she said, surprising even herself with the sharpness of her voice.
"We know of the River. Lucien told us."
Of course.
"We can help you," Mother said, stepping forward, her hands held out in welcome, her eyes heavy with entreaty.
The very idea that she needed help made Lucy's head get hot, and she slashed a hand through the air. "I don't need your help! I'm fine! I can leave the River when I please!" Even she was startled by her words, but there was no going back now. She raced up the stairs to her room and paced back and forth, trying desperately to cool down. They followed her up and stood in her doorway.
"This is my room!" she said. "Leave me alone!"
Father now wore a hard expression that made her shrink a little inside. "Lucy," he said. His voice was no longer soft; it was living reproach. "You will not speak to your mother that way," he said.
"You don't control me!" Lucy yelled, suddenly crying. Her thoughts were muddled and frustrated, and she couldn't manage to calm her angry gasping. She felt like she must be in a nightmare. Part of her longed to run into Mother's arms and beg forgiveness, but the pull of the River was far stronger. Somehow she had slid into this, and she couldn't escape.
"Lucy," Father said. "If you do not reject the River of Wrong, you have no home here."
Lucy sat down hard on the edge of her bed. She supposed she should have known that they would come down so heavily on it. Her eyes flitted from face to face; Mother was trying desperately not to cry, Lucien refused to meet her gaze, and Father was simply stern.
"Well, then," she said, wiping her face clean of tears. She glanced around her room, trying to decide what she would take. She slid over to her chest and opened it; the worn wood was so familiar to her hands. Setting her jaw, she dug through the chest until her fingers brushed the rough fabric of her black cloak. As she pulled out the cloak, she stood. She looked pointedly past her mother's shoulder to the stairway, and Father guided her mother away from the doorway of Lucy's room.
"When you want help," Father said. "We will be here."
Lucy didn't acknowledge him and instead plunged down the stairs. Her cloak was around her shoulders before she was out of the front door. "I love you!" she heard Mother call, but her heart only hardened as she walked and then ran away. Finally, she skidded to a stop in front of Marianne's house. As she stepped over the threshold, she thought she could feel a sense of freedom.
"You've made your decision," Marianne said, a cattish look in her hollow eyes.
"Yes," Lucy replied. "And I'm never going back."
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Beef Liver and Onions (Fwa Bef Ak Zonyon)2014-08-23
- Cuisine: Traditional
- Course: Breakfast, Lunch
- Skill Level: Moderate
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- Servings : 4-6
- Prep Time : 15m
- Cook Time : 20m
- Ready In : 35m
Beef is a very high commodity in Haiti, so when a cow is slaughtered, nothing goes to waste. Organs in particular have a very unique taste and can either taste really good in the right hands or really bad in the wrong. When cooking Beef Liver or (Fwa bef) its all about the temperature. Cooking it too high and you can end up with a piece of leather. Cook it too low and you will end up with what looks like mushy ground beef. The secret is to sauté high and finish low.
- 1 lb of Beef Liver
- 1/4 cup of chopped onions
- 3 Limes Juiced
- 1/2 tsp of salt (or to taste)
- 3 Tbs of white vinegar
- 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
- 2 Tbs of tomato paste
- 1/2 cup of water
- 3 Tbs of Haitian Seasoning Base (Epis)
Making Haitian Seasoning Base (Epis)
Step 1
Bring a large pot of water to boil.
Step 2
While the water is boiling, place the liver in a heat resistant bowl and pour the lime juice over the liver and mix it thoroughly.
Step 3
Take the boiling water and give the liver a quick blanching by pouring it over the liver in the bowl.
Step 4
Strain the water after a few seconds and marinate with the Haitian seasoning base for at least 15 min.
Step 5
In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat and sauté the beef liver until golden brown.
Step 6
Add a the tomato paste, onions and 1/2 cup of water to the pan and continue cooking for 5-7 minutes
Step 7
Salt to taste and lower the heat to avoid over cooking.
Step 8
Serve with a side of boiled plantains and a hard boiled egg.
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@ Lourdes Lafrance Robinson ton Jonas favorite meal
I make it all the time now!!!! Thanks for the recipe
I love beef liver ever since i was a child in P-au-P, i have been eating it restaurant with watercress, boiled eggs and yellow plaintain or french bread, OMG, it is so delicious. As a got older, i tried to do it but the cleaning gross me out , wow, so i let my mom cleans it and i cooked, then i stopped when mommy passed away, now i have a craving for it and came to this website to refresh how to cook it again, this recipe is very easy. Thank you


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The stocks of tanker companies have been hit pretty hard over the past month or so, even shares of my favorite one Frontline (FRO). Rightfully so, too given the massive 46% drop in oil-tanker rental rates that was reported last week. Rates may soon begin to reclaim some of the ground that they lost though. Bloomberg is reporting that tanker owners have instructed captains to slow down their ships. The average speed of very large crude carriers (VLCCs as they are called in the industry) has reportedly dropped 3.8% to 10.21 knots since July 12.
This slowdown will theoretically reduce the supply of available ships and cause shipping prices to rebound. The last time tanker owners pulled a move like this, in the last quarter of 2007, tanker rental rates posted their fastest two month rise in at least 16 years!
On this news, I have added two more tanker companies to my CAPS portfolio, in addition to FRO which I am already long. They are Nordic American Tanker (NAT) and Knightsbridge Tankers (VLCCF).
Oil Companies May `Panic' on Tanker-Rate Outlook
A Very Large Crude Carrier
I have been talking a lot about the disasterous auto sector lately. Well, there's actually one company in this area that is performing well, Wonder Auto Technology (WATG). I just took a quick look at the second quarter results and at first glance they look absolutely Wonder-ful MWHAHAHAHAHAH, oh that,s a good one...no oh sorry.
It appears as though Wonder beat analysts' estimates by a penny, coming in at $0.20 per share versus $0.16 last year, a 25% increase. It is important to look at the increase in EPS rather than gross earnings because the company's massive dilution makes its mind-blowing 68% increase in profits looks a lot worse. If I recall correctly, WATG sold something like 3 million shares in a private placement for $8.6 earlier in 2008. Having said this, if the company continues to grow like this and it doesn't issue any more shares it could really knock the cover off of the ball once the dilution issue is behind it.
Wonder's margins and revenue are improving nicely. It has a decent amount of cash on the books and excess production capacity at its facilities. Hopefully, this will enable them to continue this rapid growth without issuing any more shares. For Q3 it expects its sales revenues to grow "strongly" to $39.0 million with the gross margin to exceed 25.5%. I'm not sure what its revenue was during Q3 '07. The margin number is slightly lower than the 25.9% it put up in Q2 '08, but still much stronger than the 24 range that we saw in 2007. Solid margins are impressive at a time when raw material costs are so high.
Any way you slice it, this is some amazing growth for a company that was trading at only 13 times earnings prior to the release of these numbers. The beat down of the Chinese market certainly has provided some outstanding values out there. Wonder has slid from a high of over $12.50 to its current level of $8.44 since the beginning of the year. I'm sure that the new shares had something to do with this. I'm going to see if I can squeeze WATG into my bloated CAPS portfolio. If I has more cash on the sidelines, I might consider buying shares in real life...which is saying something because this is a company in the auto sector which I couldn't be much more bearish on than I am right now. As long as Chinese growth doesn't fall off of a cliff, the slowdown in the rest of the world will certainly put the decoupling theory to the test, Wonder should continue to roll along nicely. Currently only 14% of its business is outside of China. Thinking about it, if Wonder is a low-cost producer, which I assume it is, the slowdown in auto sales in the U.S., Japan, and Western Europe might actually help its export business as squeezed automakers try to cut costs by purchasing less expensive parts from China.
Bottom line, this looks like a great quarter to me. WATG is currently up around 3% on the day. I added it to my CAPS portfolio this morning.
Wonder's CEO ringing the NASDAQ opening bell in late 2007
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Despite the recent precipitous drop in the price of corn, ag companies still have tremendous pricing power. According to a contact that I have who speaks with farmers on a regular basis, Monsanto (MON) recently raised the price that it charges farmers for a bag of corn seed by $50 to $300. I haven't seen any official news reports on this, but if it is true it bodes well for Monsanto's future earnings even though prople are hopping off of this bandwagon. Monsanto's stock has pulled back more than $30 from its June high to the $107 that it sits at today. I have personally ridden MON to over 133 CAPS points, but I would not hesitate to add a position here if I didn't have one in CAPS already.
Take a look at this table that Bespoke recently published:
The table is a summary of the cash taxes paid in 2007 by companies in various sectors. I have come up with two key takeaways from this, one on my own and one that Bespoke mentioned. \
1) I'll start with my original work first. Last year companies in the "Financial" sector paid $88.6 billion. I can't remember where, but I read that banks, particularly investment banks, aren't doing that well this year. If this is true ;), then the government is going to lose a whole lot of revenue that they are going to either have to make up for by A) cutting spending HAHAHAHAHAHA yeah right, B) raising income tax on you and I, or C) just printing more money. I suspect that a combination of B and C will eventually happen. B) would probably be bad for consumer spending and possibly even housing and C) would be bad for the U.S. dollar.
2) The "Energy" sector paid the highest taxes as a percentage of their gross revenues, the Energy sector was the highest at 6.37%. Where does one get the idea that the sector that is already the most heavily taxed should have additional "windfall" taxes. Oil companies margins aren't nearly as large as the margins in other industries. If one doesn't care about fairness and still wants to implement a tax that would do more to hurt production and raise energy prices than to lower them, the least they could do is use the money to fund something useful like research on conservation or alternative forms of energy rather than using it to buy votes and encourage consumption which will only cause prices to rise.
Quick Hits - Burgernomics says currencies are very dear in Europe but very cheap in Asia: Interesting article, though I don't puch much faith in its findings that the Euro is currently overvalued by 50% versus the U.S. dollar. I do believe that the Japanese Yen is currently undervalued by 27% versus the dollar though.
- Retailers May Flunk Back-to-School as Costs Soar, Sales Stall: Analysts are predicting the worst back-to-school season for retailers in seven years.
- Bear Market In Japan May Be Nearing End: Financial News: An interesting Investor's Business Daily article predicting a good year for the Japanese stock market in 2009.
Great post as always, Deej.
On the topic of shipping, Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (EGLE) is getting hammered today and may also be worth a look.
They had a favorable write up in Barron's a week ago.
While I was reading I was hoping you would post the picture -- look at Ronald...
Agreed, great post as always. I've been looking to get into Diana Shipping (DSX) for months now but it never quite gets down to my buy point. I regret letting it get away from me back when it was around $26.
Thanks for the comments everyone. Man, Ronald McDonald is one creepy looking dude, isn't he?
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Jerry Joseph. The name conjures up as many feelings as it does ideas from those who are familiar with him.
For some, he is a guy who has occasionally popped out on stage with a favorite band. For others, he is one of the greatest songwriters of this era. Still for many, he is Jerry "who?"Â
Over the course of three decades, Jerry Joseph has had one of the most awkwardly inspiring careers imaginable. As a musician's musician, Joseph has been all three of the above — plus countless more — from the place where he feels most at home, on the road by himself, with Stockholm Syndrome or with the band that is his crown jewel, The Jackmormons.
Today, Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons released their most definitive collection to date, a double disc effort entitled Happy Book and it is Joseph in his finest hour. Opening with the title track lyric "I gotta tell ya, I'd really love to get high," the album shows Joseph in a time of self-denial, no longer in his immature days of instant gratification, but still mildly longing for them all the same; something we all can identify with.
This thread holds true throughout Happy Book. Jerry's songwriting is clearer than it has ever been, with imagery so pure that its listener can be supplanted from his chair and to a time in his life where he can relate with ease to whatever picture Joseph is painting and singing with his pen and Mellencamp like swagger.
While on the scene at Baltimore's 8×10, Honest Tune senior contributor, Bob Adamek, sat down with Jerry for a brief conversation and an acoustic serving of the final song from the latest album, "The Road Home."
So sit back, relax, listen and watch as Honest Tune exclusively presents Jerry Joseph: Live, Backstage & Unplugged.
Jerry Joseph: Live, Backstage & Unplugged
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Verizon offers double data cap promo to 4G LTE customers
By News Division On November 8, 2011 · In News, Retail, Technology
Verizon Wireless this week began offering double data to 4G LTE customers in a new limited time promotion.
Beginning Nov. 8, new customers or existing customers who purchased a phone within 14 days will a receive double data allowance per month.
Under promotion terms, users would pay $30 per month for 4GB of data, $50 per month for 10GB of data, and $80 per month for 20GB of data.
The promotion is said to be available through the holidays.
Verizon in July began capping data usage for smartphones. It previously offered unlimited data plans to customers.
T-Mobile Inc. offers unlimited data to smartphone users, but throttles data after 5GB of usage per month. Sprint Corp. offers unlimited data to customers, including Apple Inc.'s iPhone product.
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