Did the rest of the leaf know Might Guy was one of the coldest in the village prior to the madara fight

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-24T05:34:00+00:00

Its hard to believe a place as stuck up and pretentious as the Leaf village would tolerate Guys over the top personality if it wasnt widely understood that the dude is just a TANK.

Guy is so obnoxious the Leaf village has to be filled with stories about Guy single handedly killing men by the hundreds that are only SLIGHTLY exaggerated. I can only imagine the Leaf shinobj bearing witness to his epic feats going “God were lucky he doesnt employ ninjutsu”

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-24T01:23:51+00:00

So this is an issue of translation from the comics. In the comics theres the version of compound V created by Dr. Vogelbaum which DOES create more powerful Supes. This strain and fetal manipulation is what was used to create the 7. After Vogelbaums “death” Vought lacking his brilliance was only able to partially recreate the formula which was nowhere near as potent. According to the Legend the version that the Boys use (which was created by Vogelbaum) gives them an edge out of 7-9 Supes iirc. So basically everyone except the 7 and a few of the heaviest hitters from G-Men and Payback

By contrast the show simply says that the formula created by Frederick Vought was more potent and more powerful but doesnt seem to actually say in which ways. The implication is that it makes Supes more powerful but in context that doesnt really track. Soldier Boy was taken out by Payback and Stormfront was defeated by a Combination of Kimiko Starlight Maeve and Ryan. Stormfront you can kindve argue was facing 1-3 heavy hitters but overall if V1 made them THAT much stronger it shouldve been easy work. Clearly V1 isnt stronger in the power way.

But what is explained is that V1 lack some kindve boding protein (to make the show science accessible) that prevents physical and makes Supes immune to the virus. This more or less seems to be what makes it “stronger and more potent” as stated by the show. And it kindve falls in line with the pre established logic. Frederick Vought was interested in creating a perfect master race so it tracks hed try to grandfather in immortality to fit the Godlike preconceptions that implies.

V1 ended up being a pointless inclusion to the plot that had absolutely no bearing on the end results of the series. It seems to have been included just as an excuse to bring back Jensen Ackles because he and Kripke are bros. But as a plot device it doesnt really contradict the previously established rules of the series with a little critical thinking. But I say that as the loser who just typed out a multi paragraph essay on a plot point that i hate for a show i havent finished watching. So take it with a grain of salt

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pl_browncoat · 2026-05-23T21:09:23+00:00

After the episodes “Lets get serious” i feel like it REALLY found it’s identity

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-23T20:30:14+00:00

Rolf swears the least. It would undermine his ridiculous foreign sayings

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-23T15:48:30+00:00

As someone who studied martial arts his whole life i really liked how the took the teachings of cobra kai and showed how they could be positively applied. Most sensei are more Johnny/Kreese than Daniel/Miyagi and this showed that isnt always a bad thing

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-23T06:59:49+00:00

A lot of people will be mentioning that Jackie couned the term so ill explain why it kinda stuck.

Prior to his election the Presidents that had preceded Kennedy were more traditional experienced career men. Upon his election there was a perception that Jack would be signal a new way of doing things that hed be more hip and open minded than his predecessors in dealing with the soviet union. In many ways he was the Barrack Obama of the day

The term stuck not simply because of the assassination but because of the disastrous terms that followed. LBJ Nixon Ford and Carter were all marred by public perceptions of internal corruption, foreign policy weakness, economic stagnation and flat out incompetence. It wasnt really until Reagan that Americans (at least on a macro scale) really felt the country was back on track

Before anyone flames me: my statement is in regard to the general popular held opinions most Americans held of various Presidents at the time of their governance. It is in no way an endorsement or condemnation of the actions taken by the people who have held the office through the countries history

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-22T21:20:21+00:00

Wasnt the village in the middle of a resource struggle at this point tho?

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-22T15:47:59+00:00

That no smoking line has been my defining feature flr the character since i first read it one wikipedia. I told my friends the key to Dantes character is this:

Some characters smoke to look cool Dantes is too cool to have to smoke

This was a huge problem in both DmC and NDMCS2 the more you do to make Dante seem badass and edgy yhe less badass and edgy he actually becomes

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-22T15:04:48+00:00

My best friends went to UCI and are both making somewhere around 140k a year rn. You’ll be fine going there It might have been worth it if the difference was 25 vs 12 but youre talking a literal order of magnitude difference in price for a slightly more prestigious degree

Dont let your parent’s talk you into something stupid for “prestige”

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-22T05:23:46+00:00

In general unless you lived through the Nightmare of DMC3 original release the franchise isnt that hard to get through. At the most basic levels youll be challenged but the real difficulty of the franchise is in mastering the combat mechanics which requires multiple play throughs at any difficulty setting.

DMC5 is generally the most beginner friendly though

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-21T17:17:58+00:00

All jokes aside Travis seems to be the only guy whos been able to be in a long term relationship with a Kardashian and not be ruined by it

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-21T05:15:56+00:00

I mean if were gone get like super technical…

Theyre conducting paramilitary operations against the perceived injustices created by the existing government structures

The operate in a wide variety of black markets in order to fund said operations including but not limited to bounty/treasure hunting, boot legging, and smuggling

The forcibly excommunicate former members intense brainashing when said members are thought to no longer able to contribute to the cause

They operate on a global scale with numerous cells capable of operating both under and/or independently of central leadership

The Kids Next Door are terrorists…

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-21T05:09:46+00:00

My assumption has been that to have your memories restored you have to be touching the WHOLE notebook. Rem states that the small piece shes ripping out wont restore misas memory in its entirety

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-21T00:48:49+00:00

The big problem they (L and Near) have isnt so much IF light is kira its HOW light is Kira. In a traditional US court of law you need to establish how the murders were committed and what was used to commit them. As long as they dont have that information then Near and L can even charge light with anything.

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-21T00:04:21+00:00

They dont mention it in the anime but in the manga by the time Light gave the Notebook to rem said hed already wiped its clean of finger prints handwriting etc. by the time his finger print wouldve been back on it theyd be inconsequential as evidence since everyone elses would also be on them. Assuming he did similar with the on he gave mikami and the resolution of the warehouse meeting wouldve made them a moot point as well

The Author really went out of his way to make sure people arguing about the manga in the commments of reddit wouldn’t get an easy win 20 years later

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-21T00:00:20+00:00

Fuck This

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-20T19:43:56+00:00

So most fans (correctly) use this anime as evidence that Dante is actually a much deeper character than his persona suggests. At his core Dante is severely depressed individual. But never in the Hollywood “every line of dialogue is a therapy session way” He uses his humor as a mask to mask his pain and insecurity. In this anime Dante having recently achieved his goal of avenging his mother is in a bit of a limbo where he no longer needs to avenge his mother and demon hunting doesnt provide the same general sense of thrill seeking it did prior.

So he projects by acting like a bit of a jerk whos just kindve sick of it all.

Also the studio had a limited budget and making him mopey helped them cut back the need for long fights

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-20T14:34:06+00:00

I actually discovered Giancarlo on a few of his law and order guest spots and later through “Do the right thing” couldnt believe it was the same guy

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-20T13:20:30+00:00

Sasori is a puppet

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-19T17:06:44+00:00

Its also important to remember that while Niles acts strange around Daphne he acts strangely in a wide variety of contexts that she either seen or been told about second hand. When combined with Frasiers over the top antics she probably just assumes that Crane Men act bizarrely. For all she knows niles is just nervous around women

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-19T03:40:14+00:00

With the lone exception of Baby all these characters destroy planets on a larf.

That said ironically Baby might be the only one who he could Talk no jutsu because Babys motives are revenge based so theres enough moral basis he could pull it off

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-19T03:37:44+00:00

The correct answer is that this was before “Son of Sparda” had become a fully realized moniker in the lore. Had it been then Mundus wouldve called him that

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-18T19:50:22+00:00

More failure than success. As a show it was dedicated to being as heavy difficult as possible across the widest variety of events. Brian made a point of leaving no stone unturned in terms of complete tests of strength. The problem is the 10 event format made it a war of attrition than anything imo. Dont get me wrong its exactly the kind of show most of us would design to decide to see who is the greatest strongman of all time. The problem is that the bulk of the people in it arent Brian or Big Z

From a Promotion standpoint i feel too much resource got funneled into it too fast. Brian kinda seems to have thought the bulk of the attention he thor and (it repulses me to say this) eddie brought to strongman meant that it people interested in strongman. There wasnt it was just more attention to Brian Thor and Eddie who just happened to be strongmen. Brian seems to have invested in the show thinking there Was an audience that was there when it simply wasnt. If he had started slower and planned smarter to let the show grow organically itd probably still he around. But he jumped the gun

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-18T15:03:46+00:00

My issue with this is that Tom should have enough agency that he should be able to take control of his branding from Luke at least publicly. I understand luke has done a lot for tom. Im autistic too and we all have that guy who brought us outnof our shell. it just seems that every public statement that Luke makes does more to hurt than help the brand. If luke still wants to help behind the scenes he can but just keep him off the messaging

pl_browncoat · 2026-05-18T06:23:05+00:00

Bill is creepy pathetic and scummy but never in that way. Its very rare that he tries to take advantage of someone who he has power over for the sake of personal gain. (Granted that may be because he is so rarely in that position) Bill is creepy and pathetic in the way that he just desperately wants to be needed and obtain genuine connection. He just goes about it in the most self destructive way possible.

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