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ah i get what you mean, i am watching the one pace cut of the anime which fixes the pacing of the series which might be why it didn't feel that arc dragging on. though yeah i agree with you on punk hazard, that arc had some points where it kinda dragged on. hmm maybe we'll get a similar scene with sanji? we did kind of get something similar with nami during wano where she said "luffy will be the pirate king" despite almost dying fighting against ulti.
yup since the general consensus of the community was that gear 5 will be a really cool transformation, basically they wanted something like super saiyan. which gear 5 is technically that but in a very goofy way which was jarring.
he'll look just like the big brain meme lmao, i kinda want this to be his fruit awakening now, he just unlocks the cheat code for the big head mode lol. yeah chopperzilla would be pretty cool and would make him threatening again.

honestly it's a pretty good strategy, so i was working on a furina set (i'll get into that in another paragraph below) and somehow ended up on the shipping wiki page and it's insane how much work they put into connecting these ships through source material and writing a fan canon for them, basically they are one piece theory crafters except they can indeed get much higher, oh so high lol :p but yeah the amount of effort is impressive and it makes sense why the companies target them.
ah nice! yeah while mha's ending was disappointing, jjk's ending was frustrating for me. likely because i was pretty invested after reading shibuya arc but the writing decisions later on just put gege into a corner. they had everything going for them i can not wrap my head around why they pulled the trigger on the body switch so early, it started this domino effect that they had to bring back gojo and have to fight immediately which ended up becoming the final fight of the series. i won't get into gojo because that would be a long paragraph of me just ranting lol! basically i have a lot of problems with him just being back to fight the final boss while the protag doesn't get anything until the final fight and the way he gets it is questionable like why kenjaku was his mother? this story is a mess :p
hmm yeah looking through the previous seasons now it's true, i guess generic isekai will continue on lol.

thanks! yeah compared to last year i have gotten better at understanding how sets work so it's been easier to get inspiration and build from it. i recently made a simple mini layout for a friend's birthday and i was talking to marissa about matching sets and ended up making a furina neuvillette matching set lol! these are some of my favorites i've made so far, though i did recycle some elements lol
thank you! those older signatures were the inspiration for it along with makeine's opening art style, though i feel like quality it didn't reach the level of competition thread ones due to certain elements standing out, but yeah next one that i'll make in this style will be better :]

yeah i am glad that they went all out for it for their vision and created one of the best animated shows out there, it's visual style is really unique. yeah it's insane how much that skin sold despite the high price.
yeah apparently arcane got many old players to return to league, some of my friends were addicted again because of it lol! but yeah the arcane magic wore off in a day and everyone returned to gacha other games :p but i can't even imagine learning the game now, all the match ups/knowledge checks sound like a nightmare to learn. i feel like they should just keep making skins instead since that would likely bring in more people lol.

yeah that would be pretty cool! it will be interesting to see how they'll implement the old bosses into the game. speaking of artoria, according to the leaks apparently saber and archer are the collab characters for star rail.

ah that's good to hear!
yeah it's like an RTS mixed with social system from fire emblem or persona where you can build relationships with every single character which gives you story and small buffs. thanks!
ah nice! all the best with them! i've been alright thanks, was busy with those two projects but now that they are done i am taking a small break and think about what to make next, also been helping my mom with work stuff and trying to catch up on anime haha!

yeah that's understandable, the sanji scene brings it way down but i do like the horror aesthetic of this arc and brook's backstory is really good which saves it i think, and of course the "nothing happened" scene.
yeah i remember hearing theories about that gear 5 is similar to gear 4 and just like luffy used snakeman out of nowhere against katakuri he'll do something similar, this is before we knew the real name of the gum gum fruit so these theories were really out there lol. yup that's one of the things that makes gear 5 really stand out from other battle shounen, though yeah it subverted expectations so much that it became a little jarring.
it would also be very strange if he used the rumble ball in his human form, he would turn into vegapunk lol! i feel like going back to his monster point and making it bigger, scarier would be an interesting idea, basically making him a kaiju.

yeah it's very rarely focused on in a battle shounen and sometimes is just there for the sake of it. yup it's definitely strange that they think their fanfiction couple will be together in the source material and then get upset about how all might and all for one didn't end up together in the end. ah gotcha i haven't seen black clover so wasn't sure about it, but yeah the jjk fanbase is on another level with shipping lol! almost everyone has been shipped with one another at this point.
yup which is why i feel like isekai is slowly being phased out compared to a few years ago when every season had like 8 isekais and half of them have very similar concept lol.
hmm yeah maybe it didn't fit into the overall game i guess.

yeah i did finish them and they turned out pretty well:
now i am working on something much different than my usual sets, using text and shapes more and works for valentines as well, it's technically ready but something feels kinda missing

apparently they went overbudget every episode lol, ah i am sure the 500$ ahri skin already funded like 3 league shows :p but yeah i'd imagine the article was talking about just the show's profits, i saw a bunch of friends jump back into league because of arcane so they did get some players back.

yeah that's true, they also haven't done something like bring old bosses from other games back before so it'll be interesting to see how they'll update their movesets and stuff.
from what i've read, it's a good middle ground since sony doesn't get the monopoly and kadokawa gets some perks from their partnership, also since they are kadokawa's biggest shareholder now tencent can't swoop in and get them.

ah nice! getting sick really sucks though, i hope you have a speedy recovery!
it's a tactics game similar to fire emblem where the units fight on their own but you guide them as to where to go etc, it has a fantasy theme where you have to beat the bad guy who killed your mother and reclaim all the countries in the world so you meet elves, angels, beasts etc who will join your crew. it has a social link system as well. it's made by vanillaware the devs who made 13 sentinels aegis rim, it's also a great game but it's more of a visual novel.
it was the same for me as well haha, i visited my mother's side of the family with everyone and just ate a lot of food lmao!
also happy new year! i hope your 2025 is going well so far :]

Happy New Year!

ah no worries! there's no rush, have an amazing new years eve!
i also finished the sets, just working on the avatars now

monkemonmormoknormnrok monkeeeeeee, the gem king, a very merry berry cheery christmas to you as well! had a very eventful christmas hard to find time for anything ahhhhh send helpo. hope you got lots of gems for christmas hehe, and that you had fun. ^^

Merry christmas to you as well!

I'm verry pleased so far. Spent some time with friends, good food, some boardgames and Die Hard. :D

How about you?

Ay merry christmas :D

You as well, Monko :>

merry christmas to you too! 🎁

Exactly

yeah we are currently at the halfway point of thriller bark so we'll likely get to fishmen island by the time it finishes airing.
yup even if it's something absurd or doesn't really connect, it's still fun to discuss! remember when people thought gear 5 was actually tigerman? this was quite popular before the resin theories showed up because of the dragon and tiger story.
lol that's true! i don't think santa exists in one piece either, still it's a fun theory and gives chopper some sort of awakening since from what we know so far, his human human fruit would just turn him into a human on awakening which wouldn't be as helpful unless he can control that form and morph between stronger, faster, smarter etc versions.

yeah i don't really get the obsessiveness that people have with shipping, like i can understand if that's the main appeal of the story like a romance or harem series, but in a battle shounen series where majority of the audience are there to see mc throw punches and be cool, you aren't going to get much focus on romance especially not for side characters who's got that kinda time!? can't speak for black clover but both jjk and mha have big shipping audience despite both series not bothering much with romance except for just establishing who the mc likes. yeah i don't get how some people believe that their strange ship will be real when they have so much working against them.
lmao true! but even that line has been blurred multiple times in isekais i believe.
i wonder if they still have it lol that was nearly 5 years ago.

yup, will be interesting to see how oda will power them up to the level of blackbeard pirates.

thank you!
yeah it's difficult to match them since their design colors are so different, most lantern lite artwork uses night sky as it's background to emphasize the fireworks and lanterns but that doesn't really work here with other elements so i decided to go with a more mixed approach where it has a bit of everything but still connects with other sets at some level. it still needs a lot of work here's the current progress so far:
i don't like how it looks currently but it'll get there soon.

yeah so bloomberg released an article about arcane and how it cost 250 mil to make and it hasn't broke in profit yet, netflix gave them 3 mil per episode but they went overbudget and doubled each episode's budget which might've also played the role in how much they had to cut.

yeah the music, jokes and pacing were way better this year.
yup from likely knows about what they are getting into if they are committing to this instead of making a smaller expansion which is like guaranteed money. that's a strange choice considering you can do duo in base elden ring and this is built on the bones of that.
maybe they could make the theory that elden ring, especially ranni's ending is the precursor to every other souls game canon, it's possible to make elden ring the starting point of the timeline and bloodborne being the end point that we know of.
so the deal did have a resolution and basically sony is their biggest shareholder now instead of a company takeover, which honestly is the best outcome for everyone, bamco is jumping with joy that they could still hire from lol, still this is very strange considering how it seemed like the deal was going to happen.

ah nice! i hope you enjoy the holidays :D
yup it was a good day thanks!
my arm is slowly getting better since i can hold a controller again, though the arm is still weak so can't press some buttons but it's functional for now, so i've been addicted unicorn overlord lol, it's a really fun game!
my dad made a bunch of different dishes yesterday for christmas, so we'll likely do something similar for the 25th. i might have to travel somewhere on the 26th but the plans keep changing so it might get cancelled, not sure yet. do you have any plans for christmas?
merry christmas!

can't spell Minezz without Gamer.

Nah, I haven't read the manga! Full blind playthrough

I will make the ending great.