I'm thinking the special material is Kawaki's black rods, because chakra receiver stuff and the sword turned black. Momoshiki is a black rod user too, so it might be even stronger with karma available if that is the case.

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Oh Koji the shinobi that you are

11th month of big 25 and people not understanding six paths powers you can't be serious

Not me looking up the ocg stories release schedule as if it's not the same mag as bolt lmao

Same, Rex

Yugioh 5Ds, more social stratification stuff. Yusei is a criminal within society, an upstart who doesn't know his place, they understand it. Aki is something outside sense, a witch beyond the rules, and so below even a criminal. They'd root for a familiar evil than understand an unfamiliar innocent.

okay I understand Sumire's complaint now like Sarada's tactical hug deployment strats are just too strong how tf is "you can call be by my first name, coworker-kun~" supposed to compete with that

Kawaki your Otsutsuki is out on main Boruto help your bro is abusing the elderly

I've come to understand Jura a little better...

Per Boruto, Ten Tails isnt be picky about the information it absorbs. While it's source is the function to consume, the specifics of Mamushi's instincts should then derive from Bug, same as the others. But, those instincts aren't love, despite the charm, so what was Bug feeling for Ada, I wonder?

Yugioh OCG stories. I'm 60% sure the god Aposso is talking about is Aleister. He received a revelation, a prophecy, and his description of the world is similar to Crowley's magic, reading the flow. Crowley is the core of the books of prophecy and the closest being to a god with his summoning magic.

Noticed something related. Jigen congratulates kid Kawaki for enduring, the soul of a ninja. But also says that his suffering, i.e his need to endure, is over. But people need to endure until their dreams are realized. As an Otsutsuki Isshiki wouldn't get this. It's parallel to Boruto and Momoshiki.

Boruto and Momoshiki's convo is pure cinema. To be a shinobi is to endure, that the pun we've been told since Naruto. Boruto can endure because he's a ninja, but Momoshiki can't endure because he isn't. He spent eons taking the easy route to power, so he gives up in the face of constant failure.

#5ds With Rex's left hand of light he defends against the attack of Bommer, warrior of dark, and with his right hand of dark he has a stranglehold on the people of Neo Domino, city of light. Mmm, is this anything, chat?

#nooticing #5ds

It's really basic but it does get me every time he's called Otsutsuki Boruto. Usually it's Jura saying it too, who doesn't know any other truth. That's just who he is to him, a sacrificial Otsutsuki to consume.

In Gx there was an idea that since Dark World connected physical and spirit worlds, wishes in the heart could become real. Because mind and spirit are the same. I think this episode is saying something similar, the spirit world is in the mind, and breaking Luca's mind open is how it's reached. #5ds

Episode 1 ends with Yusei looking towards the light from the shadow. Episode 2 starts with Jack in the reverse. Jack was born in the land of the dark but came to live in the land of light, while Yusei was born in the land of light and came to live in the land of the dark. #5ds #yugioh

the patient needs resolving zarc to live

did you know that magician of hope, any two level fours, is a valid celestial supreme king tribute did you know ariane also doesnt lock i have achieved a new level of consciousness, and resolving zarc is now a physiological need ariane summon lurrie is also full fiendsmith combo i guess

#yugioh Dark Side of Dimension's opening scene features some kind of light, and what appear to be universes forming and the light erasing them. Following that, certain universes form and undergo some kind of shift as the light tries to erase them too and fails.

You love Celtic Guardian because there's a pharaoh in your heart who loved Celtic Guardian

Also Kaiba as the absolute cyberpunk dictator in a regular city that's still ostensibly in the 90s is super fucking funny

In DSoD, Yugi has to choose between becoming the cool chosen one chara himself, or being the vessel of the cool fan fav chara in Atem. It's a dichotomy that reflects the fan perception of him as a result of DM, as well as the series treatment of DM as a product to continue returning to.

Imagine being the chosen ones promised a utopian future in a higher dimension just for you and the squad and then a decade later some tech bro promises everyone else the exact same thing for the price of a PS5. Also Duel Links being the way out of the cave lmao #yugioh

Think a big issue with Naruto talent discourse is people conflating the possession of special abilities with talent itself. Like Naruto has innate inherited powers, what he lacks is the talent to use them, so he needs cooperation to awaken them just like was the case with Asura.

Regarding OCG stories it seems to me that the natural evolution of magic users is unity with the world. First understanding the world's flow, absorbing/being absorbed, then fusing with it while regaining one's ego as a spirit of the living mana, a deity embodying the world itself with one's own will

Done with #Gx. Strong story and great character arcs. Felt like no character really overstayed their welcome and they all got what they needed. A very focused series like that. Themes were super cool and supported by some interesting mysticism. Won't go into 5Ds immediately but I am excited for it.

Earlier in #gx, Daitokuji describes fusion as alchemy, and alchemy as the refinement of the heart. Jim's duel with Supreme King Judai is building on that idea with Jim himself also being a fusion user who focuses on the past, and fossil fusion and dark fusion being placed as foil concepts.

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evbo has rotted ny brain so fucking hard my gut reaction to this scene was omg card game civilization would you choose to set the winged kuriboh or would you risk it all to special summon winged kuriboh lv10 #gx

I don't think anybody who knows Kakashi is surprised he's familiar with a ninja rat from (sorta) another reality. Kakashi's on the report card of every asshole in the known YOUniverse. Actual Mr. Worldwide. The fucker's probably got history with the Bidens. #Naruto #TMNT

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need more people to read way too much into stories with what's everyone else's english major-ass observations? themes in media they've felt proud of nooticing? no matter how shallow or obvious it may seem to you, I want to hear about them.

While the gentle darkness is pretty well understood in theory, we can also see it in practice. Manjoume is also a "gentle" darkness, because he protects even monsters as weak and repulsive as the Ojamas from the light in the shadow he casts, where his light cast them away for their strangeness. #gx

The word Edo uses for his bond is shukumei 宿命, while the word he uses for Judai's is unmei 運命. Both are destiny, but shuku means residence, like something you live in, while un means advancement, like something you progress. This is the quality that let Judai to defeat LoD where Edo failed. 1/2 #gx

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#bleach episode 29 thread (possible manga spoilers idk im just posting as i watch so i might accidentally)

An extremely helpful part of determining the main theme of a fantasy/scifi work is the language it uses when talking about its own mechanical systems. For example, #naruto / #boruto has its central theme of connection and bonds, so chakra is described as a power of connections, linking, and binding.

#boruto video test

It's noteworthy, I think, that Judai recognized Scab Scarknight as a HERO (spoken by him as the English word). HEROes are the kinds of beings he admires and is the deck that reflects his heart. He is internalizing what Prof. Sato is saying, him needing to find darkness/responsibility of his own. #gx

Crystal Wing is my only chronicle card so far for my Speedroid deck, silver border and name, aurora surface. Really like the way the aurora looks with the crystals. The silver looks a bit bland but the gold was too gaudy and the black border wasn't quite right either. Love the update overall.

#bleach In DEICIDE, the illustrations at the end of the chapters portray the events in the form of metaphors. Gin as a snake (the long, jumping, venomous bite), and Rangiku as a cat (Haineko). They exist in the reality created for them, and in a sense by them by their taking part in the metaphor.

seen others do it so uh me likey the - Yu-Gi-Oh! - Bleach - Naruto - Metal Gear - Kingdom Hearts - Type-Moon / Nasuverse stuff - Wuthering Waves (they do be wuthering) etc I really like more thematic content analysis over anything else so I might post something like that every once in a while.