If you haven't watched City Slickers, you should watch City Slickers.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
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Untitled Nonsense #1
I got a job at a newspaper place, bundling up papers and getting them to carriers. The hours are from "goddammit-go-to-sleep" to "ungodly-in-the-morning". Then again, first job isn't supposed to be all that good, right?
I also have a girlfriend now. Honestly, she's one of the only aspects of my life that is making me smile at this point.
I also have a girlfriend now. Honestly, she's one of the only aspects of my life that is making me smile at this point.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Soul Eatober - Episodes 50-51
"Sink or Swim"
Kid and Black Star fight off Asura and manage to defeat his giant monster form. But anyone who has played any RPG ever knows that the final boss always has more than one form. So they manage to get him into his more human form.
Maka sees past the black blood demon's trickery and saves Soul. The demon shrinks down in form, but Soul accepts the demon as a part of him, by swallowing him. Maka and Soul make it back to "reality" only to find that their friends knocked-out and Asura gloating.
"The Word is Bravery"
There's is no opening theme. The credits just run while Maka and Soul prepare for battle.
Soul and Maka try to fight. They even manage to use a technique called "Kishin Hunter" but that doesn't work (mostly because of some quasi philosophical jargon that Asura spouts). Soul is knocked out, leaving Maka on her own. At one point, she tries to fight unconsciously, and since she has weapon blood in her (apparently) she was able to battle with scythe blades coming from her body. This concept probably wasn't developed well in the preceding 50 episodes. But even that doesn't work. What does work? Expositing about "bravery" and punching Asura IN THE FUCKING FACE!!! Sure, that kind of thing seems like something out of Friendship is Magic, but if there's any abstract concept that I would believe being turned into some weaponized form, it would probably be "bravery". Better that than having "friendship" being used over and over and over and over.
And so Asura is dead and gone, everyone else has survived, and the epilogue is shown during the end credits while "I Wanna Be" plays one last time.
I've heard that people didn't like the ending to the anime. Maybe it's the "bravery" thing, but me, I feel somewhat satisfied. And also a little sad. I mean, yeah, there's the manga, with so much more material, but even that ended recently. And there's Soul Eater NOT!
It's strange. I've finished it, and it was a helluva journey. In a way I should be happy there's an end, but I'm also sad that I may not get more (unless they make an NOT! anime).
It just makes me wonder, "what do I do now?" I guess trying to write more. That seems like a start.
Goddamn I love this show.
Happy Halloween.
Kid and Black Star fight off Asura and manage to defeat his giant monster form. But anyone who has played any RPG ever knows that the final boss always has more than one form. So they manage to get him into his more human form.
Maka sees past the black blood demon's trickery and saves Soul. The demon shrinks down in form, but Soul accepts the demon as a part of him, by swallowing him. Maka and Soul make it back to "reality" only to find that their friends knocked-out and Asura gloating.
"The Word is Bravery"
There's is no opening theme. The credits just run while Maka and Soul prepare for battle.
Soul and Maka try to fight. They even manage to use a technique called "Kishin Hunter" but that doesn't work (mostly because of some quasi philosophical jargon that Asura spouts). Soul is knocked out, leaving Maka on her own. At one point, she tries to fight unconsciously, and since she has weapon blood in her (apparently) she was able to battle with scythe blades coming from her body. This concept probably wasn't developed well in the preceding 50 episodes. But even that doesn't work. What does work? Expositing about "bravery" and punching Asura IN THE FUCKING FACE!!! Sure, that kind of thing seems like something out of Friendship is Magic, but if there's any abstract concept that I would believe being turned into some weaponized form, it would probably be "bravery". Better that than having "friendship" being used over and over and over and over.
And so Asura is dead and gone, everyone else has survived, and the epilogue is shown during the end credits while "I Wanna Be" plays one last time.
I've heard that people didn't like the ending to the anime. Maybe it's the "bravery" thing, but me, I feel somewhat satisfied. And also a little sad. I mean, yeah, there's the manga, with so much more material, but even that ended recently. And there's Soul Eater NOT!
It's strange. I've finished it, and it was a helluva journey. In a way I should be happy there's an end, but I'm also sad that I may not get more (unless they make an NOT! anime).
It just makes me wonder, "what do I do now?" I guess trying to write more. That seems like a start.
Goddamn I love this show.
Happy Halloween.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Soul Eatober - Episodes 48-49
Holy shit...
"Lord Death Wields a Death Scythe"
The goofy ending to the last episode, in which the Death City robot swallows Asura, was actually Lord Death bringing the Kishin into his Death Room. Asura and Lord Death (wielding Spirit in his scythe form) battle in the Death Room, with Kid, Liz, Patty, Azusa, and Excalibur watching from the sidelines. Asura explains his ideology in the heat of battle. Something about imagination being the source of humanity's fear. Actually, that is a pretty interesting way of looking at things. The battle ends with Asura attacking Kid, and Death protecting his son, but he is injured. "Injured", THE FUCKER LOOKED DEAD!!! But then again, how do you kill Death?
Meanwhile, Tsubaki and Black Star help Mifune find Angela. Angela gives Black Star a good kick in the nuts. It's great.
Asura talks a little with Excalibur, and he explains that Death's defeat came from him caring for others, but then he immediately thinks of Arachne. He returns to Arachne (the relationship becomes more spelled out here), and because of his fear of feeling (I think. I started quoted The Grinch at this point.) he kills her and eats her soul.
"Asura Wakes"
Asura begins to put up a barrier to regenerate, but the Seven all make it in. The final battle begins. As it seemed like Maka was about to finish Asura off, Soul is then swallowed by the red demon as he was playing the piano in his mind. Yeah, I still have no clue how this works. Black Star, Kid, and the others hold off Asura while Maka goes into Soul's mind to help him. She goes down a long corridor of stairs, being followed by Black Blood, until she reaches a door that looks too much like the door to the TARDIS (pretty sure it's the same shade of blue) and finds a black-and-white version of Soul who closes the door.
Two episodes left. Tomorrow, it's finished.
"Lord Death Wields a Death Scythe"
The goofy ending to the last episode, in which the Death City robot swallows Asura, was actually Lord Death bringing the Kishin into his Death Room. Asura and Lord Death (wielding Spirit in his scythe form) battle in the Death Room, with Kid, Liz, Patty, Azusa, and Excalibur watching from the sidelines. Asura explains his ideology in the heat of battle. Something about imagination being the source of humanity's fear. Actually, that is a pretty interesting way of looking at things. The battle ends with Asura attacking Kid, and Death protecting his son, but he is injured. "Injured", THE FUCKER LOOKED DEAD!!! But then again, how do you kill Death?
Meanwhile, Tsubaki and Black Star help Mifune find Angela. Angela gives Black Star a good kick in the nuts. It's great.
Asura talks a little with Excalibur, and he explains that Death's defeat came from him caring for others, but then he immediately thinks of Arachne. He returns to Arachne (the relationship becomes more spelled out here), and because of his fear of feeling (I think. I started quoted The Grinch at this point.) he kills her and eats her soul.
"Asura Wakes"
Asura begins to put up a barrier to regenerate, but the Seven all make it in. The final battle begins. As it seemed like Maka was about to finish Asura off, Soul is then swallowed by the red demon as he was playing the piano in his mind. Yeah, I still have no clue how this works. Black Star, Kid, and the others hold off Asura while Maka goes into Soul's mind to help him. She goes down a long corridor of stairs, being followed by Black Blood, until she reaches a door that looks too much like the door to the TARDIS (pretty sure it's the same shade of blue) and finds a black-and-white version of Soul who closes the door.
Two episodes left. Tomorrow, it's finished.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Soul Eatober - Episodes 46-47
Last disc...I can't believe we're almost done.
"Warrior or Slaughterer?"
Black Star and Mifune begin their final fight. Mifune talks about the path of the warrior and the path of the demon, and asks Black Star which path he chooses. Mifune sees the look in Black Star's eyes, and recalls his battles with White Star, Black Star's father. White Star was an assassin so determined to win that he became a kishin. In the end of the episode, Mifune thinks that Black Star chose the demon path, and deals a lethal blow.
Meanwhile, the final magic tool turns out to be Eibon's soul, and we're given Eibon's backstory. Excalibur shows up to help explain and is simply there to observe.
I'm astounded at how much Black Star has grown on me. His bull-headed determination, while at times a flaw (what isn't), is pretty damn inspiring.
"The Miraculous Coffee Table Flip"
Black Star chooses neither the path of the warrior or demon, but his own, and defeats Mifune. Mifune asks why Black Star doesn't finish him off, and Black Star reminds him of Angela and the Tsubaki's idea of him teaching at the academy. And yes, they did do the "samurai charging at each other and finishing each other with a final slice" thing and it's awesome. And I like that Black Star helps Mifune out.
While that happens, Eibon unlocks Brew, which gives someone the ability to do basically whatever they wish. So Lord Death uses it to turn Death City into a giant, walking, fighting mecha. Yes, I just wrote that. And guess what? Mosquito reveals that Arachne's castle is also a moving robotic bug. And they fight.
Kid: "What? This is insanity!"
Liz: "This can't be happening!"
Patty: "This is SO COOL!"
Just sums everything up. And in the end, Lord Death gets Asura and eats him, as a giant robot. This is a thing that happens.
I can't believe it took me this long to realize that this show gives almost no fucks.
"Warrior or Slaughterer?"
Black Star and Mifune begin their final fight. Mifune talks about the path of the warrior and the path of the demon, and asks Black Star which path he chooses. Mifune sees the look in Black Star's eyes, and recalls his battles with White Star, Black Star's father. White Star was an assassin so determined to win that he became a kishin. In the end of the episode, Mifune thinks that Black Star chose the demon path, and deals a lethal blow.
Meanwhile, the final magic tool turns out to be Eibon's soul, and we're given Eibon's backstory. Excalibur shows up to help explain and is simply there to observe.
I'm astounded at how much Black Star has grown on me. His bull-headed determination, while at times a flaw (what isn't), is pretty damn inspiring.
"The Miraculous Coffee Table Flip"
Black Star chooses neither the path of the warrior or demon, but his own, and defeats Mifune. Mifune asks why Black Star doesn't finish him off, and Black Star reminds him of Angela and the Tsubaki's idea of him teaching at the academy. And yes, they did do the "samurai charging at each other and finishing each other with a final slice" thing and it's awesome. And I like that Black Star helps Mifune out.
While that happens, Eibon unlocks Brew, which gives someone the ability to do basically whatever they wish. So Lord Death uses it to turn Death City into a giant, walking, fighting mecha. Yes, I just wrote that. And guess what? Mosquito reveals that Arachne's castle is also a moving robotic bug. And they fight.
Kid: "What? This is insanity!"
Liz: "This can't be happening!"
Patty: "This is SO COOL!"
Just sums everything up. And in the end, Lord Death gets Asura and eats him, as a giant robot. This is a thing that happens.
I can't believe it took me this long to realize that this show gives almost no fucks.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Soul Eatober - Episodes 40-45
I was at AkiCon and the hotel didn't have free wifi, so this is gonna be long.
"The Cards Are Cut"
After Medusa's surrender, Lord Death and Spirit think that she's up to something (well no shit). Spirit tries interrogating her, but at first she does an innocence act (considering the child's body she's inhabiting), to the point where we get to hear Luci Christian's Hunny-sempai voice. It made me pretty happy, especially when it was directed toward Spirit (Vic Mignogna). Medusa is brought up to Lord Death's office, and she tries to strike a deal for certain information (like that they now have the real Brew and Arachne has the fake one), but she keeps getting mocked because of her cute, diminutive form. Actually, that whole scene was hilarious.
Then Arachne releases Asura's madness wavelength across the world by....cuddling with him? Like, the generator is attached to a bed, and she's in bed with him and comforting him like one would their significant other. I'm not making this up.
Anyway, because of all this happening, Lord Death accepts the deal of the giving information in exchange for her freedom, so no DWMA forces are allowed to harm because if this deal. And at the end, Dr. Stein goes missing.
This is also when the final ending theme appears. "Strength" by Ablingon Boys School. Now both opening and ending themes have a "End is nigh"/"Shit's hitting the fan" sort of feel.
"Twirl 'Round and 'Round"
Stein spends the entire episode hallucinating, and it's pretty fun to see these creepy visuals and maybe try to analyze what they could mean, like why they would imagery like that, or something. But in the end, he finds his way to Medusa.
This show has a habit of cutting to black, having a character say the last line, and then rolling credits. Habit or fetish, I really can't tell.
"Charge Baba Yaga's Castle"
Stein joins Medusa, the DWMA are trying to get to Arachne's castle, Crona and Marie are out looking for Medusa, Maka and Soul decide to go after Crona, leaving Black Star and Tsubaki to deal with Aranchophobia, Giriko and Justin are fighting again, and they found a location of a new magic tool.
So yeah. Lots of plot.
"The Last Magic Tool"
Kid, Liz, and Patty go a mysterious city called Sarcophagus to find the magic tool that will be used to power Brew. The town is known for its disappearing population, so Kid tells Liz and Patty to stay outside and wait for him. Kid finds the tool and is then attacked by two Clown robots. When things look grim, Liz and Patty come in and they finish off the clowns. Kid still isn't sure about trusting his father with the tool, since what they intend to do with it is not known.
I like this team a lot, so I like this episode a lot.
"Weakling Crona's Determination"
Marie and Crona make it to Medusa's hideout. With Stein going insane, Marie tries to snap him out of it and Crona tries to finally end things with Medusa. Medusa brings up that physically hurting her would also involve hurting Rachel, the girl she's possessing. When things look grim, Maka and Soul arrive like the Big Damn Heroes they are.
Apparently, Marie's last name is Mjolnir. Norse mythology enthusiasts and Marvel Comics fans would know that "Mjölnir" is the hammer of Thor. So Marie is a badass hammer.
"Anti-Magic Wavelength"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CRONA'S MORTALLY WOUNDED, MEDUSA'S DEAD, AND THEY STILL HAVE THE DAMN KISHIN TO DEAL WITH!!!! Sure, Stein is alright now because of Marie, but STILL WHY DO THAT TO CRONA?!?!?!
Also, Black Star gets to the castle like a boss.
"The Cards Are Cut"
After Medusa's surrender, Lord Death and Spirit think that she's up to something (well no shit). Spirit tries interrogating her, but at first she does an innocence act (considering the child's body she's inhabiting), to the point where we get to hear Luci Christian's Hunny-sempai voice. It made me pretty happy, especially when it was directed toward Spirit (Vic Mignogna). Medusa is brought up to Lord Death's office, and she tries to strike a deal for certain information (like that they now have the real Brew and Arachne has the fake one), but she keeps getting mocked because of her cute, diminutive form. Actually, that whole scene was hilarious.
Then Arachne releases Asura's madness wavelength across the world by....cuddling with him? Like, the generator is attached to a bed, and she's in bed with him and comforting him like one would their significant other. I'm not making this up.
Anyway, because of all this happening, Lord Death accepts the deal of the giving information in exchange for her freedom, so no DWMA forces are allowed to harm because if this deal. And at the end, Dr. Stein goes missing.
This is also when the final ending theme appears. "Strength" by Ablingon Boys School. Now both opening and ending themes have a "End is nigh"/"Shit's hitting the fan" sort of feel.
"Twirl 'Round and 'Round"
Stein spends the entire episode hallucinating, and it's pretty fun to see these creepy visuals and maybe try to analyze what they could mean, like why they would imagery like that, or something. But in the end, he finds his way to Medusa.
This show has a habit of cutting to black, having a character say the last line, and then rolling credits. Habit or fetish, I really can't tell.
"Charge Baba Yaga's Castle"
Stein joins Medusa, the DWMA are trying to get to Arachne's castle, Crona and Marie are out looking for Medusa, Maka and Soul decide to go after Crona, leaving Black Star and Tsubaki to deal with Aranchophobia, Giriko and Justin are fighting again, and they found a location of a new magic tool.
So yeah. Lots of plot.
"The Last Magic Tool"
Kid, Liz, and Patty go a mysterious city called Sarcophagus to find the magic tool that will be used to power Brew. The town is known for its disappearing population, so Kid tells Liz and Patty to stay outside and wait for him. Kid finds the tool and is then attacked by two Clown robots. When things look grim, Liz and Patty come in and they finish off the clowns. Kid still isn't sure about trusting his father with the tool, since what they intend to do with it is not known.
I like this team a lot, so I like this episode a lot.
"Weakling Crona's Determination"
Marie and Crona make it to Medusa's hideout. With Stein going insane, Marie tries to snap him out of it and Crona tries to finally end things with Medusa. Medusa brings up that physically hurting her would also involve hurting Rachel, the girl she's possessing. When things look grim, Maka and Soul arrive like the Big Damn Heroes they are.
Apparently, Marie's last name is Mjolnir. Norse mythology enthusiasts and Marvel Comics fans would know that "Mjölnir" is the hammer of Thor. So Marie is a badass hammer.
"Anti-Magic Wavelength"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CRONA'S MORTALLY WOUNDED, MEDUSA'S DEAD, AND THEY STILL HAVE THE DAMN KISHIN TO DEAL WITH!!!! Sure, Stein is alright now because of Marie, but STILL WHY DO THAT TO CRONA?!?!?!
Also, Black Star gets to the castle like a boss.
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