Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[Captain Cadaver]

Killua is one of the best characters in Hunter X Hunter and one of the best deuteragonists in anime/manga. His development in breaking his assigned role in the family and achieving his own goals, as well as his friendship with Gon, are both excellently developed. He also acts as a good voice of reason to Gon's idealistic and mostly dumb ideas, making them an effective duo. Despite this, he also has a good character flaw in giving up too easily due to the lessons instilled in him by Illumi. This was a compelling flaw until generic Shonen logic kicked in and simplified it to Illumi mind controlling him with a needle, though you could say his upbringing still had some influence into why it wasn't removed sooner. Despite this, Killua remained one of the most engaging characters in the series and a true improvement from his template of Hiei from YYH. With the exception of the needle, he was one of the most complex and engaging characters Togashi has crafted.

8/10

 

[Keedounan]

What do you think about Makise Kurisu ?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

One of the more entertaining characters of Steins; Gate, though by no means as well written or developed as the fans make her out to be. Beyond a backstory and some layers to her personality due to her wanting to hide her otaku tendencies, there's not much going for her. It also doesn't help that her development is hindered by each time reset bringing her right back down to a previous point. Houiin Kyouma at least retains his memories enough to keep changing his way of thinking, whereas Kurisu's progression is directly hindered by the plot.

5/10

 

[Keedounan]

What do you think about Hachiman (assuming you watched the anime he comes from) ? If not, what about Guts ?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

What do you think about Hachiman (assuming you watched the anime he comes from.)?

Have little to no clue about him due to not watching that love Comedy anime.

If not, what about Guts ?

Guts is easily one of the best protagonists in any fictional series I've read. His backstory and the events of the Golden Age do a great job as giving him great emotional scars and engaging flaws whilst feeling grounded in the world, something that's very difficult to do when series tend to go into dumb edgelord territory if attempting a similar thing. Guts journey from a man looking for his purpose to an avenger to a man driven to protect makes his character arc feel very whole, with his occasional lack of willpower helping remind us he's still human, such as when he gave into the lustful nature of his Beast of Darkness. If I were to say there's any unnecessary flaw to his character, his Black Swordsman Arc self seems like a bit too drastic a change from his Golden Age self, even considering everything that's happened in the Eclipse, but that's about it.
It's also very interesting how his character starting from the Eclipse and onwards represents a lot of Nietsche's ideals of the ubermensch, not being afraid of breaking social norms in order to achieve what he perceives to be the betterment of others (ie. Casca and the rest of his party).
Along with being extremely well developed, it also helps that Guts is pretty much the peak of the cool/badass category. Be it cutting armies up with his huge sword, sacrificing his arm, fun one liners or the general way he's drawn, it's very hard to not be impressed by almost everything he does. Hell, his name alone is perhaps the most badass name ever.
Overall, Guts is nearly the perfect blend of style and substance, with enough original plot threads to his character to make it hard to find a more compelling character.

9.5/10

 

[Fantastische Hure]

What was your favourite Cinema going experience? As-in for which movie?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

What was your favourite Cinema going experience? As-in for which movie?

In terms of which movie was the best I saw at a cinema, The Dark Knight.
As far as an entertaining time, probably Kickass 2 due to just having a fun time, though it was less for the movie in this case and more due to the jokes my friend and I were cracking for about an hour prior to the film and the ridiculous event of having to help some teens who'd flipped their car flip it back to normal. Crazy time.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

What was your favourite Cinema going experience? As-in for which movie?

In terms of which movie was the best I saw at a cinema, The Dark Knight.
As far as an entertaining time, probably Kickass 2 due to just having a fun time, though it was less for the movie in this case and more due to the joke my friend and I were cracking for about an hour prior to the film and the ridiculous event of having to help some teens who'd flipped their car flip it back to normal. Crazy time.

Yeah, I meant the latter. LOL sounds like a fun time.

What do you think of the idea of them making a Toy-Story 4? Most people think it'll ruin a great trilogy and they're probably right.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Toy Story 3 already repeated one too many plot lines from Toy Story 2 and had a few plot breaking elements even obvious for a kid, such as the monkey having no reaction to Buzz escaping or Woody and Buzz's weight keeping the golf club airborne, yet the addition of Lotso's weight somehow allowing it to float them into the air. It's theme of closure was all it had going for it and what positives it had would be ruined if it gets milked with a sequel.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I thought the ending was well-done at-least. Something most everyone could relate too. Growing-up.

Have you ever watched this short-film called Dareka no Manazashi? I just watched it. Came-up on the random window on KissAnime. Looked interesting, so I first looked that up and meng even-though maybe it was a slight bit cheesy, it still got the feels at times. Something that happens in real-life and a bitter truth about life, but it happens. Families grow-apart.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Have you ever watched this short-film called Dareka no Manazashi? I just watched it. Came-up on the random window on KissAnime. Looked interesting, so I first looked that up and meng even-though maybe it was a slight bit cheesy, it still got the feels at times. Something that happens in real-life and a bitter truth about life, but it happens. Families grow-apart.

Not until you mentioned it, so I decided to watch it just now. The film's message was pretty simplistic, though well executed for what it was. I would've also preferred to see a film like this as the work of a rookiee anime director rather than an accomplished one like Shinkai, though it's overall a better experience than some of his other works like Your Name due to keeping the story focused and short enough not to create huge plot holes like that movie. It did hit on an emotional level in regard to the cat, as I'm quite caring towards animals, cats in particular, and know all too well the pain of losing such pets.
On a critical level, I can't rate it much higher than a 5/10, but I wouldn't say it's average, as I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was. Wouldn't say it's the best short anime feature I've seen though, with that award going to House of Small Cubes.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Have you ever watched this short-film called Dareka no Manazashi? I just watched it. Came-up on the random window on KissAnime. Looked interesting, so I first looked that up and meng even-though maybe it was a slight bit cheesy, it still got the feels at times. Something that happens in real-life and a bitter truth about life, but it happens. Families grow-apart.

Not until you mentioned it, so I decided to watch it just now. The film's message was pretty simplistic, though well executed for what it was. I would've also preferred to see a film like this as the work of a rookiee anime director rather than an accomplished one like Shinkai, though it's overall a better experience than some of his other works like Your Name due to keeping the story focused and short enough not to create huge plot holes like that movie. It did hit on an emotional level in regard to the cat, as I'm quite caring towards animals, cats in particular, and know all too well the pain of losing such pets.
On a critical level, I can't rate it much higher than a 5/10, but I wouldn't say it's average, as I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was. Wouldn't say it's the best short anime feature I've seen though, with that award going to House of Small Cubes.

The art was on-point for the film too. I thought some of the city shots and stuff were really beautiful looking. Also for some reason I got a bit of a Digimon Tri vibe out of it (the art) too.

I was kind-of when the father was as good to buy a cat for her when she was younger because she was alone without her mother and then her not liking his ordinariness when she became a teenager (not that those two incidents are connected, but just in the grand-scheme of things), but stuff like that happens in real-life too.

I think I should also watch the short-film you mentioned. What's that about?

 

[Keedounan]

Toy Story 3 already repeated one too many plot lines from Toy Story 2 and had a few plot breaking elements even obvious for a kid, such as the monkey having no reaction to Buzz escaping or Woody and Buzz's weight keeping the golf club airborne, yet the addition of Lotso's weight somehow allowing it to float them into the air. It's theme of closure was all it had going for it and what positives it had would be ruined if it gets milked with a sequel.

About that, what do you think about Toy Story, the trilogy in general ?

 

[Papasmurf]

How would you rate Sojiro and Aoshi's characters? <-- for Pocket-

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I think I should also watch the short-film you mentioned. What's that about?

At it's core, it's messages are similar ones of the passage of time and the losses it brings, with old age being the main driving force of this.

About that, what do you think about Toy Story, the trilogy in general ?

Decent as films for kids, the first and third ones don't hold up that well for adults due to having some very big plot holes, such as why Buzz remained silent when Andy walked into the room despite not believing he was a toy for about 80% of the whole film and this being quite integral to his character arc. I've already mentioned some of the flaws to Toy Story 3, so I won't cover them. Toy Story 2 was OK and didn't have anything particularly jarring about it's plot or characters and seems like a good progression from the first.

Toy Story - 4/10
Toy Story 2 - 5.5/10
Toy Story 3 - 2.5/10

4/10 overall

How would you rate Sojiro and Aoshi's characters? <-- for Pocket-

Sohiro was fairly interesting as being a baby faced killer and having a tragic past and justification for acting the way he did and allying with Shishio. Not too developed, but well executed for what he was.

Aoshi was pretty bland in his debut due to just seeming to be some cool villain and not much else, but became far better once we saw how much he cared for his Oniwabanshu comrades. Though his revenge plot in the Kyoto Arc feels somewhat standard, his development past this kept him engaging as a character.

6/10 for both.

 

[Keedounan]

What do you think about Gasai Yuno, assuming you watched Mirai Nikki ? If not, what about Uchiha Itachi ?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

What do you think about Gasai Yuno?

Crazy, illogical Yandere bitches don't make good characters, especially when at the end of the manga, she goes full Mary Sue by breaking through space and time with an axe of all things.

1/10

If not, what about Uchiha Itachi ?

Started off somewhat interesting, even if just a poor man's Illumi, but any good qualities he had were lost once he got rewritten as trolling/manipulating Sasuke's progression and being some misunderstood anti-hero, despite how illogical it was. Another 1/10.

 

[Keedounan]

What about Spike Spiegel ?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Spike is a fun and cool character due to his experiences and the way he reacts to them. However, much like the series he's part of, it's mainly style over substance. What glimpses of his past we get show little internal changes in growth, so beyond being the finale of the series, his showdown with Vicious doesn't seem as meaningful as many other climaxes. Most of the engaging aspects of his character are due to his interactions with other characters who act as a foil to him, though even that isn't too much more interesting than with other series with a diverse cast. At least he had a solid end to his character, which is a plus compared to a lot of other famous protagonists.

5.5/10

 

[Gin]

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