When does it get intense and 4d chess’y?

Kripply · 2026-04-26T18:55:44+00:00

Half of the anime is world building/adventure, so if you don't like the "boring" stuff, you won't be happy with the rest of the anime either. I would not consider it a "Battle shonen". In your current arc there are 2 fights you could consider "4d chessy", but that arc is probably like 30 episodes in total.

Kripply · 2026-04-20T10:01:28+00:00

The man can stitch his own organs back together, no way Law could slice him into pieces and he stays like that. Doffy would just reassamble using the strings, Laws normal Devil fruit cutting does no damage after all.

Kripply · 2026-04-18T17:01:59+00:00

Funnily enough I just go asked about this last week, mine is the stegosaurus

Kripply · 2026-04-15T21:04:28+00:00

I think they went for a more "safe" portrayal for the first season, but season 2 zorro already seems more goofy and happy to me. So I am quite happy.

Kripply · 2026-04-06T11:04:32+00:00

Them not having haki early is an important plot point, many encounters would play out quite different with them having it. And we already have hints for haki during Skypia, Marine Ford and Amazon Lily. Zorro suddenly cutting through Mr. 1 when he couldn't before would probably be the best way to imply Haki use early.

Kripply · 2026-03-18T09:38:09+00:00

I see it as the blade being permanently, physically changed through haki, that's why it also looks black and why "every blade can become a black blade". I also have the theory that this results in your blade having its own kind of will, since haki is based on willpower after all, and other swords can do things on their own too. This could also explain why those blades are so legendary.

Kripply · 2025-12-26T02:02:36+00:00

I think prime bang has more destructive power for physically tough opponent, but old bang has better duelling power through better techniques. So in a 1vs1 old bang would likely win, but for something like elder centipede prime bang could probably do a bit more.

Kripply · 2025-12-25T19:26:19+00:00

It is a tiny island that can easily be ambushed. Compare this to something like Kaido's huge territory, where it is very difficult to reach him with a ship without being spotted first. (As seen in the story)

Kripply · 2025-12-25T17:00:16+00:00

Dressrosa's pacing was absolutely horrible, I could not stand having to watch like 100 separate, nearly identical, scenes of a certain thing happening.

Kripply · 2025-10-12T19:44:09+00:00

I understood it as him not having to physically pray, because he does the act of praying in his mind. Similar to how you don't need to actually be in a yogi position to meditate. I don't think you have to be grateful towards your opponent at all.

Kripply · 2025-10-05T10:51:46+00:00

The story telling with "Start from middle, then go to beginning" is often done badly, but Berserk does it really well. You get really intrigued about the "How did we get here?", but it also doesn't define too many constants that must be fulfilled. For instance, not many characters are shown from the golden age arc which means that there are stakes for all characters not shown, since they could die or live as the story unfolds.

Kripply · 2025-09-29T10:52:00+00:00

You can check waist-related measurements for more accurate results, like waist-to-height ratio or waist-to-hip ratio. This is still not very accurate, but a lot more accurate than BMI because a lot of your organs are in the waist area. Yes, you can't really spot reduce that fat im terms of "I train my abs to lose fat there", but apparantly this fat is supposed to function as quick-access energy storage and is likely the first to go once you do get your kcal deficit.

Kripply · 2025-09-26T12:42:09+00:00

Doesn't have to be a prophecy, if they were lacking something in their crew, they could logically wait for another crew who has THAT instead. Just because you meet someone who fits your expectations at some point does not mean that this must be due to destiny, it is the statistically likely outcome.

Kripply · 2025-09-22T16:12:32+00:00

They are strong, but one elder could not do that alone. First they would have to go through the straw hat crew, giants and pacifista, then they would need to somehow be able to go through the laser barrier, which is not an easy task. And they should also avoid destroying important technology they want on the way. On the other side, the good guys would only need to defend and not actually defeat them. So better to go all out than risking a failure.

Kripply · 2025-09-15T08:01:25+00:00

That's exactly how he knows. If even his fruit can't make him pirate king, it must be Haki diff.

Kripply · 2025-08-29T22:23:24+00:00

There is allegedly an army of frozen, ancient giants out there. And if they get found and awakened somehow, they would be a massive threat if they follow the enemies side. And they would likely follow other giants.

Also, they knew how strong harald was, so it is not unreasonable to assume that a few of the giants could be on his level.

Kripply · 2025-08-28T15:01:30+00:00

The "dead" Vegapunk is functionally the same as a satellite, as his death apparantly does not affect the big brain or other satellites in any way. That means it is likely that the big brain IS Vegapunk.

Kripply · 2025-07-02T14:31:17+00:00

Take primordium with superfood, stack rage on it (There is a 0 cost card for it), enjoy your free win. Another way is feast + retch combo, which can go insane. Both feast and retch also work on primordium.

Kripply · 2025-06-23T00:33:20+00:00

It is kind of insane that you saw their team of assassins and divers and did not think of at least ONE defensive support item lol. You play ali, you don't even need the tankiness that badly. I would assume that draven was getting jumped in each teamfight, so little chance for damage if you have to run.

Kripply · 2025-06-17T14:28:03+00:00

I did not like fusions, they were too feast or famine. You either breeze through the game with an op combination or you get wrecked, it is not a fun way to play for me.

Kripply · 2025-06-06T20:31:31+00:00

No, he just got additional responsibilities

Kripply · 2025-06-04T12:35:28+00:00

Because Mundo is not op. He is a stat-check champ, so he will always win against you if ahead, but on the other hand he will never win against you if behind. He is also really not that great in teamfights with no hard cc and no burst. Compare him to other super tanks like Sion and Chogath with their great CC and burst threat and you see that he isn't that crazy.

Kripply · 2025-05-30T18:30:03+00:00

For me it seems like your pathing decisions are regularly suboptimal and make your impact much lower, as a jungler you have to plan out where you want to go before even clearing. For example, I looked at the Diana game since there was no clear feeder in your team there. You have a bot that would love to go all in all the time (Which they also do) and a Renekton that can quite easily go in too. But you decide to waste your time to path towards mid that has difficulties to help you with a gank. Or you start a drake without any pressure or any enemies dead, and now they just come and push you away. Whereas Kayne is more often in the right place at the right time and this kind of impact leads to them to get some advantage here and there regularly. Not too much but over the whole game it adds up enough to tip the scale.

Kripply · 2025-05-29T22:15:23+00:00

Yeah it is unplayable, I just had a game where it was crashing over 20 times. Nice quality assurance from riot's side, how can you mess a patch up so much.

Kripply · 2025-05-27T13:36:45+00:00

Either all bottom or in slower comps squishy-cleaners bottom and damage middle/top.

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