gaston26

Hanyou no Yashahime
Inu to Neko Docchi mo Katteru to Mainichi Tanoshii
Munou na Nana
Osomatsu-san 3rd Season

In last weeks, I have Utena nostalgia and go re-read Juri x Shiori fanfiction I really liked and try to found new ones.

I thought about something:

-If the story is from Shiori's pov, the author usually take into account her flaws and that she wants to change.

-If the story show Juri's pov, often Juri is a poor martyr goddess who deserves Shiori as a price.

Funny because I remember years ago on tumblr Shiori fans get accused of making Shiori blameless and blablabla. So far I only sees ONE person who did Shiori-did-nothing-wrong-Juri-is-just-awful while for other characters that happenned very often.

Gimme a character and I'll tell you:

My NOTP for them
My BROTP for them
My OTP for them
My second choice pairing for them
My fluffy pairing for them
My angsty pairing for them
My favorite poly ship for them
My weirdest pairing for them

And after teasing the possibilty of a harem, the author make the main female lead winning. I guess I shouldn't be surprise, but I feel disappointed because that kinda feel all the other girls's character development go in the garbage.

One think I really loved in this series is that after started as another ecchi harem, the story started to do a few original thnik such as the girls all confess to each other they loves the same guy and they stay friends and even support each other. That so much better than having the girls fight all the times between them over a boy.

I also doesn't see the point to do chapters about one of the girl proposing to the other to form a harem and the same girl doing to a 'date' with another haremette because all girls would be more confortable with the idea of a harem if they also love each other if at the end you don't have harem at all.

Still, even if I don't like the ending, I don't want waste my times and start getting angry at an author who doesn't even know I exist. I don't like the ending so I am just going to imagine my own in my head. I hope he doesn't get harrassed on the internet like that happened to the Domestic Na Kanojo mangaka.

So I read several Batman stories lately and that include the (in)famous 'The Killing Joke' that writer Alan Moore now partially dislikes.

I have mixed feelings about the story. I love Batman and Joker confrontation and the dialogue between them is very interesting. I likes the idea Batman want help Joker and Joker himself doesn't want help because he think that's too late for him. Also that seems to be one of the really rare occasion where I can sees Joker having a part of him who know what he does his horrible and try to deny that his fault because 'everyone who had my life would have turn insane so that not my fault I kill people for fun guys!''

However, everything before that confrontation isn't that great. If you don't know comics very well, know that in this story Joker want proof that he is insane because he has a bad day and that everyone who get a bad day while end like him. So he try to broke Commissionnar James Gordon and part of his plan is to...shoot Barbara Gordon and now she is paralize. She is the character who suffer the most and she is barely in the story and people barely cares about what happen to her. Worst, Joker takes pictures of her NAKED BODY. Not only that's gross, but that feel like something even Joker wouldn't do. So Barbara is another example of a woman who suffers and this has no focus on her at all.

And the act (and what happen in Joker's next appearance in the crappy Death of the family story) open the door to the edgy funny Joker you sees so often in comics this days.

In fact, the real problem is the story is about Batman-Joker so the Gordon shouldn't have been here at all. IMO, the story should has been about Joker trapping Batman in the amusement park and playing a mind game with him so he ends up as broken as Joker and so Joker wins and proof is point everyone who get a bad day while end like him.

Ironically, Alan Moore wanted to humanize the Joker and he does this in a story where Joker shoot a woman and takes picture of her body naked. Worst, he does that to an etablished characters who appeared during 2 decades at this point and have fans. Compare this to classic Joker's story from the 1970-1980s where he kills characters that only were created so they can be kill by him and he doesn't do sexual gross stuff on them.

The Killing joke? More like Killing Joker's character!

So I finished Batman:the animated series and The New Adventures of Batman so I decided to share some top. Here to start the worst episodes IMO.

10.The Demon's Quest part 1 and 2

I have a problem caring about Ras As Ghul. I don't hate the character, this is just unlike many other Batman villains he never excited me. The plot need to be really good to makes me cares and that story isn't. So Batman past most the first act going to other country with Ra As Ghul to found clue who kidnapped Talia and Robin and basically everyone know the answer. That could be fine if the plot was at least fun to watch. Then Batman rejet Talia's love (also here Talia is just a sex objet when in her first apparition showed how capable she was) and the second part of the plot is Batman and Robin (who do noting useful except giving a clue to Batman) fight Ras As Ghul who want saves earth by killing lot of people because huh....why the fuck he cares so much about earth? That never really explained. Joker's motivations to be evil are deeper than Ras As Ghul's !

9.Prophecy of Doom

Boring generic story where a con-artist scam really stupid rich people who believe all bullshit they learn for a fake prophet.

8.The Lion and the Unicorn

That interesting to learn Alfred's old past but the plot is basically a James Bond movie and I don't care about James Bond. Also Red Claw suck as a villain.

7.The Underdwellers

The earlier episodes that treated about social messages aren't very good or subtle thought for what I understand part of the problem is the censors removed stuff from the stories so that not all the creator's fault. Still, the villain is so over-the-top that ruin the plot for me. For comparaison, just look at Mad Love that treat about domestic abuse in a very serious and mature way. Fuck, the JOKER is more subtle in that episode than the Captain Hook wannabe.

6.The Cat and the Claw Part 1 and 2

I have a trouble about the way Catwoman is written in her earliest appareances where she is more an anti-hero than an anti-villain IMO and she is more interesting in the latter role than the former. Also Red Craw show up as the real villain of the story. Catwoman's introduction should only have her and Batman as main characters.

5.Tyger Tyger

Catwoman get kidppaned by a Doctor Moreau wannabe. BORING!!!

4.The Forgotten

Another forgettable earlier episode with a social message. The vilain is over-the-top and several plot points bugs me:

1.Bruce Wayne goes help at a homeless shelter. Okay, I loves Bruce is a caring people but why the hell he is going here? Don't he have a company to run? Also rich party to go so his playboy image doesn't get ruin? And you know all the Batman stuff? (Do he has times to slept, for that matter?) Bruce gives money to charities, no go helping himself!

2.So Bruce goes undercover and get kidnapped by like two generic goons and lost. No just no.

3.He get hit so hard he has amnesia and I just don't care.

3.The Last Laugh

Another ealier episodes. Look, maybe I should be nice to those episodes because clearly the team were trying different things until they found their voice but sorry the episode just boring me. Joker has no motivations besides stole stuff. Kinda like in the 1950s but at least he was fun in those old stories. Here, this is just boring more of the thing. Like half the episode is a big long fight between Batman and Joker.

2.I've Got Batman in My Basement

The Penguin's first appearance in the show and he has trouble fighting kids. No just no.

1.Critters

A very 'special' episode. For what I understand, you each loves the weirdess of this one or you hates this. I personally hated this. That not funny and I don't want sees Batman fights giant mutated animals.

BNA
Gleipnir
Jashin-chan Dropkick'
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai?: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta...
Tsugu Tsugumomo

5.Everytimes Iruma reads the shojo manga to Ameri. This is just so cute.

4.When Ameri asks Iruma what is his ambition. So far, Iruma only did what other wanted and Ameri was the first one who make him think he should consider what HE want.

3.When they cook together and they are both horrible at this. In another manga, the plot would be Ameri doesn't know how to cook and get sad she isn't a good girl for not knowing how cooking for the boy she loves. Here, both the boy and the girl suck at cooking and more they were PROUD of the shitty food they made.

2.At some point, Ameri get her personality changed by an asshole and she is now the opposite of what she is. She asks Iruma if he is fine with her new personality because she wouldn't need to go back to her old personality if he is happy and then he told her she is the one who should choice what she is and he will be happy no matter her choice. HE IS SUCH A GOOD SUPPORTING BOY.

1.THEIR DATE TOGETHER (sadly Iruma probably didn't realized this was a date).

So to resume, Ameri and Iruma are too cute dorks who are perfect for each other and have an healthy relationship!

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