Originally posted by dadudemon
Yes...Negima. That was the one.
Nigga answer my question.
That makes no sense since you, nor others here, are srs bsns elitists. In fact, very few people on KMC are like that.
Oh but I often put on the facade of one. I am actually wounded that you implied that you don't see it.
Yes, I am aware that there are English speaking manga hipsters. You are also aware that some of my favorite just happen to be your favorites, too (Berserk and Vinland Saga).
This is actually the first time I have heard of you reading Vinland Saga that I can recall.
O rly?This is the first I am "hearing" of this. You are the only person I know, on all the internetz, that thinks YYH is "classic" and "elitist approved". And I didn't know that until reading this just now.
Additionally...please please please stop indireclty referring to yourself as "serious business elitist": you are none of the above. I find that label insulting as you should too. They are the bane of everything good and holy.
Well, admittedly the anime is generally more highly regarded, or rather, less divisive.
Though seriously? Yu Yu Hakusho is one of the more influential shounen mangas out there, Bleach in particular seems to take after a lot about it (Really, the most recent Fullbring Arc was really just a variation of YYH's Chapter Black Arc).
Well why wouldn't I? I put on the act quite often. I can't blame someone for having a perception of me that I promote. In game versus I think it is no boast to say that I am one of the few members who people are not sure if he is trolling or being serious.
My "targets"? I think Naruto is very well written. Much better than YYH, Negima, Bastard (Bastard was gawdawful. Couldn't get into it after 3 volumes), and even some others that are better written like Gamaran (Gamaran is decent. It is better written than Naruto...overall, I like it more than Naruto, though).
Admittedly I can't really blame you for not liking Bastard. Bastard!! takes a while to get as good as it really is, really, before I just found it fairly amusing and having pretty good fighting and art (in terms of backgrounds and monsters, the character models are nothing to write home about and sort of cartoonish), only now, at volume 11ish, can I see Dark Schneider showing real depth as a character.
Personally? I don't think Naruto is particularly well-written at all. I don't buy the direction Sasuke has taken, Naruto's characterization has at times been plagued by derpy moments (Like pussying out and falling unconscious), and the side characters range from irrelevant to useless, with the occasional plot device. It also has annoying aspects like Naruto not even really acknowledging Hinata declaring her love for him and being willing to give her life for him (Short of a "Hey this happened" brief moment in the war). I also don't really care for how the series has progressed, in that, well, I remember when Kage level Jutsus were shingle shuriken. 😐
But this is just me. Though I give Aura shit for liking it better than One Piece, I'm not really that bothered by it, I have learned to accept the inherit inferiority of other people. 😄
That said, admittedly a particularly stimulating plot or brimming character development is not YYH's stong points. Awesome fights, and amazing one-liners are. estahuh
Younger Toguro is probably the best written character in the series. Though I may just be saying that because his muscles are totally big and he is awesome.
You mean when I simply stated my opinion? Just because an opinion differs from the seeming majority does not mean it is instant trolling. It just so happens that hundreds of millions of people think the transformers series if ****ing awesome.You see contrarian, I see everyone else in THAT thread (yes, it was just one...the official one. All the other threads I brought it up were to make a point about my taste deviating from KMC norm) as being the contrarian. I'm in the extreme majority, not them.
Transformers is a case of critical dissonance. Popular opinion loves it. Critics despise it. Personally? Meh. It's not totally horrible, but honestly I never watched more than the first movie, which I found boring as ****. That falls into what I was saying though. The critical elite hate it. You troll them. 131
Neither of which would apply to me. I rated the first transformers a 9, the second an 8, the third a 6. I own T1 and 2 on Blu-Ray (I own only 5 Blu-Ray movies, btw). This is hardly the Gadfly definition you wish to apply.
Aha! See! Critical elite despised the first two movies, but slightly warmed up to the third movie, which you liked less than the first two. That falls into what I was saying, no contradiction here. 313
You...you son of a b*tch.
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Because it wasn't THAT post that I was referring to, good sir. 🙂
What were you referring to then?