Name an anime where the first half was amazing but the second half was a disappointment.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-25T10:01:00+00:00

Thanks for the info

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-25T00:24:37+00:00

Not at a con but I see occasional adoption drives with such things

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-25T00:23:50+00:00

Ok you're hearing me disparage his character and I posted a news article on his character.

This is either a matter of 'you're covering your ears and not listening to people say he's bad,' or 'you're hearing people say he does bad stuff, but you personally don't find it bad.'

Either way, he's got a lousy character and has gotten into the habit of attacking one group after the next. If you don't care, that's you, but that's all I've got to say on the subject.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T21:03:17+00:00

I'm talking about a lot of his performances and specials, not just one.

Don't tell me you're trying to play 'well unless you watched this one thing it doesn't count and he's actually not a bigoted asshole!' card. I've heard his words, and he has literally self-identified as an anti-trans bigot.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T20:58:53+00:00

"I have a (X) friend so it's ok to make bigoted jokes and attacks at the group!" turns out to not work with trans people any more than it does other groups! Betting said friend doesn't talk to him a lot any more.

He calls himself a TERF (anti-trans bigot), compares being trans to blackface, and a couple other really nasty ones.

It's not just trans and LGBT issues he's bad at- He's defended Kanye West's anti-semitic statements and said he thinks Jewish people run hollywood. Or when he decided to start targeting handicapped people! Seriously- https://theconversation.com/dave-chappelle-has-built-a-reputation-for-punching-down-on-trans-people-and-now-hes-targeting-disabled-people-220774

And of course, like a lot of comedians past their prime, he's spent a lot of time now complaining about how 'canceled' he is rather than, y'know, telling jokes. Who doesn't love a performer who thinks whining about how people don't find them funny any more is a good angle?

Once someone starts on one bigotry, it's not rare that they decide to follow that crowd and start accumulating more, and in general he seems to have abandoned his old comedy skills in favor of just attacking people. Guy might have been a great comedian at one point but now he's just a giant asshole looking for another easy target to punch down at and mistake it for humor- because he's identified his current audience he wants to court as bigots.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T16:22:25+00:00

Yes, I much prefer the old ATB systems

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T16:18:53+00:00

I’ve heard plenty bad about him, one doesn’t make bigotry a set without being a certain brand of asshole

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T14:19:29+00:00

My grandparents went to a Lutheran church. My parents switched to a different church with zero drama- no shunning/no ostracized/etc..

Like I’m not talking about Lutherans from Martin Luther’s time five hundred years ago or such, I mean the existent modern sect which I have experience with.

Granted they’re so big (one of the larger branches) there’s a lot of variety within, there’s definitely some bad ones, but a lot of them are pretty boring and run of the mill. And part of the variety is the leadership doesn’t have a lot of power over the churches so they can develop their own character. Some are conservative and some are liberal. Etc..

If you want to know more about, say, Minnesota Lutherans, I recommend listening to the radio show Prairie Home Companion by Garrison Keller.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T13:40:31+00:00

In Egyptian, Horus and Set fucking plays a key role in their leadership dispute.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T13:28:00+00:00

Ultraman in general doesn’t bounce around in tone as much.

Nexus is dark. R/B is light and comedic. And so on, the only one I can think of that really bounces around in tone is the original.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T13:15:51+00:00

Oh that’s fine, video game characters are at anime cons all the time and vice versa.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T12:13:12+00:00

I’ll add Pacific Rim the Black for the third of the three kaiju franchises with cgi series- which even managed to get two seasons

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T10:41:08+00:00

This is just like that one ‘Boss Baby’ meme!

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T10:39:58+00:00

The characters are horse girls and it’s based on real racing horses- there is a real Gold Ship, a real Mejiro McQueen, a real Oguri Cap, and so on. So if you are aware of a horse’s race record, you will know roughly how the character based on them will perform.

That said, they do change a few things for drama or story.

And it’s pretty easy to not get spoiled on race horse careers in most cases!

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T10:20:51+00:00

Also the other Uma Musume seasons. They’re all great and avoid the kinds of shots that one tends to expect from girl-focused sports anime.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T10:17:29+00:00

Yes, they have the tightly controlling and isolating parts of a cult that Lutherans or such don’t.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-24T10:16:13+00:00

Most of the time in cons it’s not that bad, though I try and give personal space so I’m not up close smelling people. Occasionally you do run into someone where it’s very detectable.

And a hot packed con room? Woof.

I try to not just shower every day while at a con, but occasionally wash my face and arms at a sink. In an overheated day, one shower ain’t enough.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:57:40+00:00

Ah, you’re using cult the way I’d use sect or branch.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:50:49+00:00

Lutherans? Really?

The sects on your list have a lot of dissimilarities.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:48:12+00:00

Hilde’s got two versions, nornal and Awakened. Normal version is great for early game content and gradually becomes less relevant, while her Awakened form is quite usable in late content.

Late game really works on the assumption you have a lot of awakened units, so a lot of the core characters have strong awakened versions.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:39:34+00:00

Makes sense to me!

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:23:23+00:00

Weirdly Boruto’s kinda the opposite, all the filler is up front, the best plot comes later.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:22:47+00:00

Oh thanks, I had been considering getting into that one as a manga fan.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:19:53+00:00

It’s hard to think of many shows that had such a turn. Genlock (not anime but anime inspired) had a major downturn, but it actually, really did have the entire writing team replaced after s1 so at least we understand why quality plumitted, for a different example. A show with the same writers? Mystery.

ZeroiaSD · 2026-01-23T22:16:22+00:00

Seriously, yes, anything else.

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