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André Almo 👻's avatar

Hey, the voice over was great!!

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Josh Sippie's avatar

The whole thing was great! I love the action sequences. I think they get even better in season 2. But the manga... oh the manga... just beautiful.

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Tapirclip's avatar

Kind of related, chapter 7 of "The Asterisks Wars Sucks" touches on delinquent characters (https://youtu.be/7NGHyQWbK5k?si=E2RFBml-0V8jq08E&t=5811). To summarize, it compared the protagonist of Asterisks Wars with the protagonists of HunterxHunter and Yu Yu Hakusho. Essentially, the Asterisks Wars protag is written as a cool and aloof badass... and it comes off as if the author himself is in a similar adolescent mindset, so it falls flat. Compare with Togashi's aloof characters: they're cool and aloof, but they're written by an adult who can see through their bullshit and knows what they need to do to grow and mature

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Josh Sippie's avatar

This sounds fascinating, gonna have to check it out. Thanks for sharing! I'd be curious to do a similar voice comparison between Tokyo Revengers and Wind Breaker, just because the casts are so similar.

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Miranda Powers's avatar

I love this!! And honestly, it’s was so cool to hear the voice over :) I’m your biggest fan!!

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Tapirclip's avatar

As a fellow delinquent who's easily swayed by cool character designs, I vibe with this post 💯

"World Saves the Hero" is an interesting way to explain what Wind Breaker is doing. I wonder what other works would fall under that category (this essay may have deciphered a new way to classify narrative/characterization)

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