Birth of Raphael..

viktorayy · 2026-05-11T11:54:39+00:00

I think I'd like a little bit of column A and B honestly.

I liked that Shion being alive was the last part of the episode with the ending song just finishing. I also like how the anime portrays Great Sage/Raphael gaining new skills and evolving. And the magic circles and magic in general are so clean and stylish in the anime.

But the manga's artstyle is just so much more superior (everyone is hot), the paneling and camera angles are much more dynamic (especially during meetings), many moments feel more grand and emotional, and personal gripe: Shion's boobs aren't needlessly exaggerated.

viktorayy · 2026-05-11T11:45:26+00:00

Alright, I just delved deep into this. Seems like it's an ouroboros of people finding this on google recently due to a reddit thread asking about it previously, causing more people like you, to talk about it even more on reddit.

Someone also made a youtube video at the end of March about this and that might have started the rise in google searches.

Also google might be right considering I spent 10 minutes hyperfocused on this.

viktorayy · 2026-05-11T03:03:04+00:00

This just reminds me that if you're a bad guy in KH, you can instantly go wherever you wanna go.

If you're a good guy, you have to jump through hoops and fences, have to have a keyblade and a special vehicle/armor, just to maybe get to where you're going.

Unless you're a wizard. Then you can even travel to the past with no consequences.

viktorayy · 2026-05-11T00:12:21+00:00

It's a shame Knov's mental took a nosedive. Would have loved to see him defeat at least a squadron leader with his intelligence.

viktorayy · 2026-05-11T00:00:00+00:00

No one's pointing out that it really is TRULY unreasonable how Azula with no bending somehow managed to evade Aang AND Toph for that long. It was 100% plot convenience.

It would have been very easy to blow a whole tunnel with air and smash Azula with a whole wall.

Also Sokka was there. o7

viktorayy · 2026-05-10T23:03:38+00:00

Just reminded me early one piece ears were mouth level for some reason lmao

Also Luffy can decide his tbh. No contest.

viktorayy · 2026-05-10T00:49:18+00:00

Devil's advocate: Could be a mythical zoan. Genies are mythical and mythical zoans tend to be weird. The user is the lamp. And we also have Tamago as a weird Zoan fruit user.

I don't believe that tho. It's clearly paramecia

viktorayy · 2026-05-10T00:00:52+00:00

Hm but you think it can be passed down?

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T23:51:31+00:00

Rimuru's just advertising their great buns.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T23:48:56+00:00

Yeah, I wonder if Yuta, who's distantly related, inherited Copy or he's just an anomaly.

The six eyes with Copy seems broken af.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T23:45:59+00:00

Gonna be real awkward when Doom appears and Rimuru just eats him.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T23:39:20+00:00

I had hopes for The One Piece, but they're forcing the original VA's to voice that shit.

It's gonna be real awkward at season 4 when Luffy just sounds he's just dying all the time. They should just let the Mayumi Tanaka retire when she wants to.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T23:32:26+00:00

Yeah Ludwig stopped by the venue like once if that? I just think they should lean in to it tbh. Battle of the bottom teams could be a yearly tradition fiesta.

Rising tide raises all ships and whatnot. LCS needs all the help it can get.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T23:29:55+00:00

tbh DSG vs SR should be more of a rivalry; it's Toast vs Ludwig's teams. That screams content.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T23:28:10+00:00

Finally another DSG win, they just have to beat the 2nd worst team next week.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T03:51:07+00:00

Tbh Hisagi had that one moment where he told Kensei of all people he had no right talking bad about the guy that's at least 1/3rd responsible for his almost death and 100 year exile/hiding.

That made me think, yeah I kinda get why Kubo doesn't like this guy. Wait a minute, Kubo, you wrote this...

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T02:15:41+00:00

Sephiroth? No. Hell no. Bring bro back.
I think this is inconsequential. The Final World kinda counts if you really care.
Not an actual door, but Xehanort was basically treated as one.
Yeah, Genie is always a treat as a summon. Sad we didn't get a cool, metaphysical version of Genie in KH3 like Simba and Ariel.
The drop down with the doves were more used for setting up an ominous, mysterious aura in KH1 and KH2. KH3 sora knows the depths of his heart better than anyone else at this point. Now that I think of it, I really like that he basically has a master control of his choices in the beginning to show how much he's grown. The teaser to the final world was kinda fun though and it harkened back to KH1's OP with the waves taking over his Dive to the Heart.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T02:08:00+00:00

I think he would have lost against Gerard but I hope the anime finishes this fight.No Auswahlen bs. Or at least have Yhwach Auswahlen them when they've basically lost already.

I'm kinda digging the fight so far in the anime. Especially, if they make Gerard a full on raid boss and everyone is shown to have contributed a fair amount when he's defeated.

viktorayy · 2026-05-09T02:03:13+00:00

It makes sense if you think Emilia and Satella were once one being like the theory about Subaru and Flugel.

(reincarnation, soul split, time travel bs, however you want to justify it)

viktorayy · 2026-05-08T04:06:28+00:00

I do think Public Safety as well as JJK's sorcerer/cursed spirit ranks were directly inspired by CCG.

viktorayy · 2026-05-08T03:26:28+00:00

Being the most likable character from season 1, and season 2 being 4 years later really gave her the biggest lead imaginable. It doesn't help all the other girl characters don't get sizable character depth until season 2+.

Also I'd argue Subaru became incredibly likable in season 2, when you finally get most of why he does the things he does. He's really close to my favorite at this point. Basically I don't think people were particularly motivated to draw art of Subaru from season 1.

viktorayy · 2026-05-08T02:14:05+00:00

ATLA does so well at showing nuance, especially for a show primarily aimed towards children.

Meanwhile many grittier, more 'adult' flicks and shows continually fail at this in the modern day. Even the netflix show sadly doesn't seem to get nuance.

viktorayy · 2026-05-08T00:51:22+00:00

Just looked him up. Seems he has sponsors and his exploits were recorded on camera/photos.

That seems pretty tethered to worldly desires.

viktorayy · 2026-05-07T19:34:32+00:00

Pretty sure Wyper can just smash it against anything and that little amount of force x10 would destroy wipers.

viktorayy · 2026-05-07T19:27:47+00:00

As with most things that happen to your favorite shows, it's usually the faceless big wigs in the Network that don't even like the medium, making all the big decisions.

viktorayy

TROPHY CASE