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Making my way through Hunter X Hunter right now on the nagging recommendation of a friend. It's nicely done, these characters are developing reasonably well and the show is gradually taking a darker turn - but the humor is fairly well-executed when there are gags and the story is starting to get interesting.

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I do enjoy some anime, but I don't watch a lot of what's popular right now. basically, If Toonami comes out with it, I stay far away. I won't watch Naruto, or Bleach, and I don't even have interest in Death Note. I don't have a problem with subtitles, and usually go for the subbed anime rather than the dubbed. I read a lot of manga, too, more than I watch anime. I prefer the psychological genre.

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I don't do subtitles. It's hard enough for me to see what the hell is going on in a given program without then having to focus on subtitles as well. I don't watch much anime either. In fact I can only think of two that I do watch: Death Note and Trinity Blood. Tried getting into Fullmetal Alchemist but it doesn't appeal to me.

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I don't do subtitles. It's hard enough for me to see what the hell is going on in a given program without then having to focus on subtitles as well.I don't watch much anime either. In fact I can only think of two that I do watch: Death Note and Trinity Blood. Tried getting into Fullmetal Alchemist but it doesn't appeal to me.
FMA Brotherhood is supposed to be much better than FMA. FMA Brotherhood is completely based on the manga.I haven't watched all of either, so I can't give an opinion, but I have tried reading the manga, and it isn't bad.
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I should continue with Soul Eater now that my computer is finally back.
Yes you should. :mrgreen: Hunter X Hunter is picking up just now. It's not 'awesome' in the way Fairy Tail is in a number of ways, but the action is nice, the plot turns are engaging and the characters are being cultivated very nicely. Definitely a better-written show. I love the hitman kid Killua, he reminds me of my brother...
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I've just got as far as I can in Hunter X Hunter and it's very good. The atmosphere is quite tense, I genuinely have very little idea of who will make it out alive. Their development of the two lead characters is very well done. In particular, the main character seems a lot like what I think George Lucas must have thought Anakin Skywalker's character arc made him - it's well-established that he's a good guy, even a likeable character, but he's got a very scary and vengeful side that actually stems from what makes him admirable in the first place. The other lead seems to have already undergone his development with regards to his primary flaw, but he's still interesting in how he reacts to the lead. The villains are also excellent in this arc, having developed in an interesting fashion on their own. So too the fights are enjoyably complex.

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Just finished what's been animated of Fairy Tail, and they ended the series with some very good build-up. All I can say is that I hope the buildup actually pays off when they animate the new series. This latest arc was actually pretty good; the fights were improved, there wasn't anything really glaringly stupid (well, other than the hysterically straightforward fanservice - but then I've never complained about that :mrgreen:), the competence of the heroes was well-handled, and there were actually some nicely subtle character moments. One of my main complaints on the series seems to have been resolved in a fairly mature manner, and the badassery is delightful.

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I've just got as far as I can in Hunter X Hunter and it's very good. The atmosphere is quite tense' date=' I genuinely have very little idea of who will make it out alive. Their development of the two lead characters is very well done. In particular, the main character seems a lot like what I think George Lucas must have thought Anakin Skywalker's character arc made him - it's well-established that he's a good guy, even a likeable character, but he's got a very scary and vengeful side that actually stems from what makes him admirable in the first place. The other lead seems to have already undergone his development with regards to his primary flaw, but he's still interesting in how he reacts to the lead. The villains are also excellent in this arc, having developed in an interesting fashion on their own. So too the fights are enjoyably complex.[/quote'] Seems then that the main character possesses a quality similar to the protagonist in Trinity Blood early on. My main complaint with that series is that so much is cut out in the animated format it sees characters radically change with little explanation as to why. For example in the very first episode the protaganist tortures and kills a villain with little remorse. A couple of episodes later the same character, in an even more precarious position, is rendered harmless by an unwillingness to kill. It almost feels like the start of the series actually takes place years after the ending of the series.
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I've become addicted to Fairy Tail myself' date=' and I never thought I would remotely like it.[/quote'] It kind of sails a leaky submarine through oceans of cliche, but when it's good it can be great. How far are you through the anime? Or are you reading the manga?
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It kind of sails a leaky submarine through oceans of cliche' date=' but when it's good it can be great. How far are you through the anime? Or are you reading the manga?[/quote'] I've just started season 2, and I plan on reading the manga sometime, after i finish the manga I am currently reading.
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I've just started season 2' date=' and I plan on reading the manga sometime, after i finish the manga I am currently reading.[/quote'] Ah, OK. By the way, watch out. The English dub cuts out at episode 85 or somewhere around there, and all I heard was fan dubs after that so I switched to the subtitled version. The other voices were OK, but Colleen Clinkenbeard as Erza was just a marvelous aural experience that I didn't want to ruin...
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