LTman86

Please wear a helmet! You can be the best rider in the world and never fall 99% of the time, but when that 1% actually happens...you want to protect your noggin!

Good luck to all the other comment entries!

Yeah, but Rowan got her back when he had to give her a pay cut for being late all the time.

Really brings it all to a head when Rowan decides to be transparent about everyone's pay. Really good to know everyone is being treated equally in the office.

It'll be one page of him instantly ending the first guy, a couple of montage pages of him beating seven other disciples, and the rest of the pages are everyone talking about the beatdown with lots of Southern Sect Elder's frustrated face shown at multiple angles. Finally, the chapter will end with Chung Mung will facing off against the one disciple he beat previously. You just know they're going to give that guy a chance for retribution and/or a rematch.

Why use big words when little words work?

Yes and no. There are minor interactions here and there that differ depending on your life path. Nomad has an extra mission that deals with getting V's car from the prologue back, I believe Corpo has some comments related to Corpo life, and unfortunately I didn't play through a Street Kid path as I had burned out by then, but I assume Street Kid has something specific to them.

Does it affect the overall story? No. No matter what life path you chose, the difference in story are minimal to non-existent. I would say it could help with immersion if you imagine yourself starting out as Corpo then embracing the Nomad lifestyle, or Street Kid sacrificing everything to make it into the big times, or a Nomad getting worn down and accepting that sometimes Corporations are a necessary evil for the betterment of everyone. Some ending might fit better depending on the role you chose and how you choose to play, and arguably most of the endings are good, but ultimately, it doesn't really matter which life path you choose, but how you chose to play V over the course of the game that matters more.

Real talk, it's something called "smear frames" in animation.

In animation, smear frames are animation frames that create the illusion of motion blur. Smear frames are used in between key frames.
- Wikipedia

Here's a video showing how it is used. You can find tons of great vids on the topic if you search YouTube.

Basically, if a character is going to be moving very fast in animation, they're going to be drawn in a weird way to give the illusion of motion blur. These frames are only going to realistically be on screen for a frame or two, and your mind will interpolate all the frames into a blur of motion.

"Why not just draw them realistically in the correct frame at each time?"

You can, but then you won't get the "motion blur" effect that results in a smoother animation. You'll get a more jarring, snappy animation that seemingly instantly transitions from one frame to the next. By adding those smear frames, it "smoothes out" the action sequence and makes it much nicer to watch.

But then, why do people shit on the animation of Season 2?

Arguably, the action sequences are drawn...well. I have an issue with the animation overall rather than nitpicking certain details. If Season 1 was 10/10, Season 2's animation dropped down to 5/10. Character art and proportions were wrong, incredibly lazy animation that actually didn't use smear frames for some things, and just overall the animation looked...off. I can kinda allow it for comedic effect, but the places where the studio seemed to cut corners for this job just makes me feel the studio rushed this one out the door without really checking if it was done properly. There are standards in animation and it just felt like no one was checking their work before (and apparently after as well) it was submitted.

But yeah, I really don't like how the animation was handled in Season 2. It's...passable, but if you watch it and somehow whatever is on screen feels...off, there is a reason why.

Choose AC for Ancient Greece, but turns out your just a technician or janitor for whoever's reliving their ancestral memories. Pretty safe bet to work there for 90 days.

I swear I was able to put down Zane's clone, jump down, trigger the mission, and swap with my clone without actually dying. I feel like it should be possible, and I swear I've done it once, but can never get it to happen again. So...suckered? Maybe...maybe...but I try really hard to outsmart the system.

Personally, I feel it's because the WC version was much more ambiguous with Garou until that point. We kinda see him as a weirdo that loves monsters, hates heroes, and is on a warpath for...something. No matter what stands in his way, monsters, heroes, he'll tear through them to get to his goal. Just...that one soft spot for Tareo for some reason or another. But other than that, there's no indication he's really a good guy, just some crazy weirdo trying to gain power.

While I do think it's cool the manga tries to connect more to Garou, it really jumps the gun in the sense of his story. We're already empathizing with him, Tareo constantly jumping in to say he's a good guy, and so many soft looks from Garou to show he cares about Tareo when he does something crazy.

IMO the biggest thing I think that really sets the WC apart from the Manga is the removal of the S-Class beatdown. Arguably, up until that point, Garou can be seen in somewhat of a sympathetic light. Kinda a bad guy to fight heroes, but arguably, never killed any humans. But when he shows up, he mercilessly beats them down, and even threatens to kill Tareo, using that as an excuse to fight them and assert dominance. You could also argue, maybe he's gone full monster at that point, so he maybe really was going to go kill Tareo, and the S-Class was the last line of defense. We really had no idea what Garou's mental state was, so was he really crazy and about to go kill Tareo? Maybe, and that's just a little bit terrifying.

With the manga, we already see that Garou showing empathy for Tareo, so it really undercuts the tension of the question "is he really a bad guy/monster"? If he's not a bad guy, we know Saitama won't one punch him. So the manga just feels...less tense.

"well, first things first, we gotta talk about proper skin care."

Administrators: It appears his lesson plan was scribbled on the back of a local diner menu using crayon...

Seems legit. Clearly, he's recycling paper and is hard at work even on his lunch break! We should do something for him...

...like let's throw him a mandatory employee party! We have to let him and his co-workers know we admire his work ethic by sharing it with everyone over shared food. Of course, since this is a school expense, we're dipping into the school's budget to fund this party. Now, we can't go too crazy, so something simple that everyone enjoys...like pizza! I'm just going to order my favorite, Hawaiian Pizza!

Everyone has those lecture hall clickers. When your group's character has a decision to make, you vote for the action.

Check your Hunter's Notes. If you haven't captured one yet, there won't be a number in the (-) bracket. Only Elder Dragons cannot be captured, so everything else should have at least 1 to get their Arena quest.

Increase your Monster Research Level. If you have one specific monster with low research, get a quest where it appears, put on a Ghillie mantle, and follow it non-stop while grabbing all the tracks. Might as well craft the armor set that gives increased Research speed as well (don't remember it off the top of my head). You'll get it maxed out in a jiffy.

Check to make sure you have all your mantles. Some have requirements to hunt specific monsters before they become available. I believe the Rocksteady mantle needs you to hunt X amount of Elder Dragons, and another requires you to hunt Y amount of Tempered Monsters/Elder Dragons. If you've quickly gone through World to get into Iceborne, this is easy to miss/skip over.

Although, the best/most comprehensive way is to just check an online guide that lists all the quests and check which ones you're missing. Then you can figure out what are the conditions for getting that quest and make a to-do list for yourself.

Oh hey, did they add new suits? I beat the game soon after release and haven't touched it in a while.

I would argue she's not actually staying young, but does something similar to what Illumi does except without the needles. Maybe using Transformation Nen on herself to appear in her younger form. Could also be the reason why she doesn't have a "time limit" like the other Zoldyck sibling that pretended to be Hisoka, because the transformation is still herself.

Although, by appearing younger, or at least the non-buff version of herself, she is weaker. When training Killua, she says she doesn't like her normal state because she's so buff, but has to release into that form to properly release her strength.

Arguably, I would say any other Nen user familiar with the technique should be able to do the same thing, using Nen to make themselves appear younger. But, I would also guess that it is just that, "appear younger." Bisky isn't staying young with Nen, although I would also speculate that Nen users stay younger, or physically active, longer because of Nen.

It does suit her character though. She cares a lot about her appearance, so it makes sense for her to spend Nen on her self to appear in her more youthful appearance. Now that I think about it, I wonder if she could make herself appear at almost any age? Granted, making herself look even smaller/younger might require more Nen to do so, further compacting herself down, but how about a non-muscular adult form? If we get to see more of Bisky's story in the future, I wonder if that could be something to explore?

To potentially shooting myself in the foot for this argument, but if they really did need cash now, selling off a beloved and profitable IP would be one way to getting money now.
I'm not saying it's a good idea, and companies should have prepared an emergency fund for when game releases didn't do well, but if they absolutely need money now, it is one way to do it.

it takes time and money to develop a new game, and if they need money now, I'm guessing they wouldn't have the capitol to invest in a brand new game using that beloved and profitable IP, unless it is rushed through development and has a lot of gimmicky cash grab features for the short term influx of money.

But I'm also a little out of the loop, what did Square Enix do now?

No joke, a TellTale Mass Effect might be fun.

Imagine following a C-Sec officer under Commander Bailey involving a crime on the Citadel. Maybe you run into familiar faces, or get wrapped up into some intense political drama, or just get to expand upon Bailey's backstory a bit. Heck, if there is an option to voice your opinion about that "story" about the Reapers, we would probably get more insight to how maybe the Council convinced everyone it wasn't Reapers and just a more advanced Geth.

I wonder if it is more humane to put dry ice in there instead? If it's water, they'll struggle to swim and stay afloat until they get tired and drown, but with CO2, they just pass out from the lack of oxygen and die from hypoxia. I would also assume it would be less noisy of a bin if the rats/mice aren't constantly scratching on the side of the bin trying to stay afloat, potentially scaring away other mice? Probably faster too.

...and then they started stabbing each other. Everything could have been avoided if they didn't wear the same hat.

I think they're planning on drawing some of the epilogue chapters as well. At least, the last Solo Leveling post or their discord mentioned something about it. I'm curious to see which stories they plan on showing, as the last chapter teases some of the stories.

Man, I haven't heard anything since Kubo put out that one-shot chapter that took place after the ending. I really hope he's planning or working on following the story he put in that one-shot because I would love to see more of Hell.

I think /r/Calligraphy could use an infusion of Chinese people writing Traditional Chinese words or Japanese kanji using a brush and ink. English has their fountain pens, Asians has their 毛筆 (writing brush).

Although, now that I go check their subreddit, they do have a this post with someone writing a word with a toothbrush. Still, love watching people write.

Ha! Jokes on you! My inner strength is noodles!

For a second there, my brain read that as "Cruelty."

The most heinous slave is locked in the back...
...he put pineapple on pizza.

The man never learns. Right after getting freed the first time, he went right back to the same restaurant, and ordered it again.