Downtown Khazan: Ice Cold Utopia

[Jcogginsa]

I recall watching the Kekkaishi anime on adult swim

[Hiromi]

Berserk! Berserk is back! Not actually happens... but still BERSERK is back!

[Nik Hasta]

I'm greatly amused that the chapter cover literally has the synopsis of the chapter on it.

Also, it's not been on that long a break recently, has it? We've been on a fairly consistent monthly schedule of late, I think.

[Hiromi]

Nah, 359 came out last August, so this is the first one in 8 months

could be worse I suppose, Hunter x Hunter's last chapter came out in November 2018

[The Dog]

You know, it's easy to forget that Krillin is physically strong enough to easily bend a human over backwards and stick the person's head up their own ass.

[Sharkerbob]

Just checking in to see how everyone's been doing. Hope you're all doing well.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Just checking in to see how everyone's been doing. Hope you're all doing well.

Hey Sharker. Everything's going about as well as can be expected on my end. How about yourself?

[Sharkerbob]

Hey Sharker. Everything's going about as well as can be expected on my end. How about yourself?

Good to hear.

As for me, a few ups, a few downs, but overall, doin' alright.

[Len Ikari145]

Just when I thought I couldn't be more supportive of this couple (canon or parody), we get this heart-warming gem. And hell yeah, Krillin tolerates no fools talking **** about his girl(or 18 having no patience with wannabe casanovas ruining her night with her man).

[Guy1]

You know, it's easy to forget that Krillin is physically strong enough to easily bend a human over backwards and stick the person's head up their own ass.

Hancock has taught him well.

[bruceleegreyhulk]

[Tami]

You know, it's easy to forget that Krillin is physically strong enough to easily bend a human over backwards and stick the person's head up their own ass.

That was kind of cute.

[The Chou Lives]

Just checking in to see how everyone's been doing. Hope you're all doing well.

Women trouble, doing good in school, GMing when I get the chance. Still debating. Life ain’t perfect, but it’s not meant to be that. So just enduring it.

Glad to see your back.

[Dark Soul # 7]

I’m DM’ing a game at the moment for the first time ever, and I can confirm this is 100% typical.

They all gave me their backstories which I carefully interconnected with each other in some way to provide oppprtunities for intra-party RP.

They have the mystery of who ordered their murder to figure out, as well as other tasks I’ve built in based on their individual backgrounds.

What do they focus on?

“Wait - you said that your beer deliveries were going missing and you need to make a delivery of beer barrels to a nearby tavern...? We’re in.”

Ouch. That sounds... typical for DnD. My condolences.

I mean, in my example I'm fairly certain the DM at least planned for us abandoning the main quest to meet the dragon. Your thing sounds like people can't take hints. I hope it at least turned out fun.

I was kind of struck by how well implemented Sumiko was in the series despite her primary attribute was her absence. Really clever writing there.

I have a vague recollection that the main cast never actually interacted with the real Sumiko on screen. It was always a shikigami acting as her. Or that was at least implied. Is that accurate?

I remembered not thinking that much of the final arc the first time around but it definitely flowed better the second time. Yellow Tanabe took the vieew that the larger thematic message of the thing was more important than focusing on any single character.

Part of the point of the ending and the theme of the series as a whole, is about duty, support and cooperation. Yoshimori is given his thing to focus on and he's focusing on it. The power plays within the Shadow Organisation and the machinations of the primary villains isn't really something that ever really intersects with his interests or goals. Masamori is the guy who is taking that on and even his thematic arc is about him learning to rely on others and not to shoulder burdens alone so I didn't mind them both stepping back to let a more ensemble solution be implemented.

It's a different vibe to other things in the genre, which tend to be a lot more protagonist centric.

The final arc's pacing is a bit off, a bunch of stuff happens a bit too quickly, and spoilers:

I really did not care for the introduction of the Watcher as a last minute character as it is very jarring. A character whose entry into the story, so far as I could tell, was purely to solve the "magic nuke" subplot that never went anywhere in the first place beyond the raising of the stakes a bit.

end of spoilers There's also a bit of a hat-on-a-hat feeling to the resolution of the villains, I think that might have been a twist or two too many but it still flowed well.

But even with those blemishes on it, it's a strong series.

Interesting. I will have to reread the series at some point with that in mind.

And yeah, despite my issues with the last arc I still hold series as a whole in high regard.

You know, it's easy to forget that Krillin is physically strong enough to easily bend a human over backwards and stick the person's head up their own ass.

Oh that was delightful.

I love Krillin and 18 being a fun and wholesome couple, and being reminded that outside of their social circle they're both physical gods who could break the world, or any annoying shitheads, in any number of ways.

[Sharkerbob]

Women trouble, doing good in school, GMing when I get the chance. Still debating. Life ain’t perfect, but it’s not meant to be that. So just enduring it.

Glad to see your back.

Good luck with the troubles, man, but good to hear school's going well.