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Mystic Mongol posted:Didn't watch the preview for next episode, did you? I think that's supposed to be Jake's sidekick. E: Episode was pretty great, looking forward to next week when Kotetsu inevitably has to tell his daughter that he'll be coming home later than he thought. jonjonaug fucked around with this message at Jul 23, 2011 around 21:33 |
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Is there even Japanese farm towns in America anyway?
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| # ? Jul 23, 2011 21:27 |
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Oh man I want Kotetsu to retire and live a peaceful life so bad but there's no way that can happen at this point in the show. This episode was pretty sad, though I'm surprised that they turned things around and had everything (almost) get settled so quickly. Also this show is totally going to end with Kaede being Barnaby's sidekick.
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| # ? Jul 23, 2011 21:32 |
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bondster posted:Is there even Japanese farm towns in America anyway? It is Oriental Town! Didn't you see the sign? 
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| # ? Jul 23, 2011 21:41 |
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This is all setting up for Tiger's life to be a mirror of Legends. His powers are declining, he wants to be a hero, he drinks a lot, and his child is a NEXT. The difference will of course be that Tiger will eventually sit back with a smile and accept it. Or possibly regain his powers... I mean he did glow orange for at least a short time. There has to be some reason behind it. I only saw scarf-girl in the beginning flash back.
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| # ? Jul 23, 2011 21:42 |
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Feel good episode  but only at the end heh. The first ~20 minutes were like non-stop sadness, especially once we saw his reason for being a hero.
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| # ? Jul 23, 2011 22:55 |
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Frome posted:Feel good episode After the complete gut punch that is episode 16, I concider this episode to be extremely  , even if it takes until the end to get there.
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| # ? Jul 23, 2011 23:20 |
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Alright, a dumb thought I had recently has been bugging me and I might as well share it. Does anyone else think that the Chinese Zodiac has some influence in this show? I know not all the of the Zodiac animals are in the show but man, it's getting close. Skyhigh has a DOG too.
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Lepecard posted:Alright, a dumb thought I had recently has been bugging me and I might as well share it. You could, but I have trouble figuring out the equivalents for Blue Rose, Fire Emblem, and Origami Cyclone.
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Unlucky7 posted:You could, but I have trouble figuring out the equivalents for Blue Rose, Fire Emblem, and Origami Cyclone. Fire Emblem? Rooster! He's cocky and everything.
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Tiger throwing that tree without his powers was awesome as hell. Rock on, Kotetsu. And that ending was adorable. Dawww. 
Zorak fucked around with this message at Jul 24, 2011 around 00:09 |
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I'm glad that had a happy ending, although all the scenes of Tiger drinking were really sad and depressing. Also, I honestly believed for a moment that Tiger's mom was going to die. That was a solid fakeout.
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Unlucky7 posted:You could, but I have trouble figuring out the equivalents for Blue Rose, Fire Emblem, and Origami Cyclone. wikipedia posted:
When you have a rabbit, a dragon, a tiger and an ox, it is a pretty safe bet that you are dealing with the chinese zodiac. I'm not sure if Lunatic or any of the other next villains fit in there, but the quiet scientist guy is totally the monkey. Also, it is almost eerie how much the snake traits correspond to tsunderes. Edit: No, never mind. The scientist is the monkey, the producer is the rooster, and Lunatic is the rat. The only question now is who the pig is? Legend (the obvious answer) doesn't seem to fit very well. Serious Frolicking fucked around with this message at Jul 24, 2011 around 00:50 |
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Grand finale prediction: Since it looks like Kaede has a power similar to her fathers, Kotetsu is totally gonna lose his powers, but then go back home and be a dad/raise Kaede with his hero philosophy. Eight years later, Kaede is going to go to Stern Bild to continue the Tiger and Bunny tradition with an older and wiser Barnaby Brooks Jr.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 00:53 |
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bondster posted:Grand finale prediction: Since it looks like Kaede has a power similar to her fathers... I didn't see it that way at all. It looked like she was hovering. Didn't you notice her fall after she noticed she was hovering?
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bondster posted:Grand finale prediction: Since it looks like Kaede has a power similar to her fathers, Kotetsu is totally gonna lose his powers, but then go back home and be a dad/raise Kaede with his hero philosophy. Eight years later, Kaede is going to go to Stern Bild to continue the Tiger and Bunny tradition with an older and wiser Barnaby Brooks Jr. Best way to do the ending. I think we all knew she was going to be a NEXT, but the reveal was so So...does she know that he's Wild Tiger now?
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bondster posted:. Eight years later, Kaede is going to go to Stern Bild to continue the Tiger and Bunny tradition with an older and wiser Barnaby Brooks Jr. No way, she should partner up with a more mature Blue Rose and then they can constantly be talking about how embarrassing (for Kaede) and dreamy (for Karina) Kotetsu is.  &  Summer 2014.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 01:26 |
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Well Tiger's Hero career may be over, but at least he can always just concentrate on his musical career.
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Liar posted:I didn't see it that way at all. It looked like she was hovering. Didn't you notice her fall after she noticed she was hovering? Yeah, she was flying, so Kaede is going to be the next Sky High. Sky Tiger?
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 03:19 |
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It was sappy as hell, but I was extremely happy with his I can be Kaede's Hero ending.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 03:51 |
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Ugh, I was hoping Kaedae would find out her dad was a cool NEXT hero due to the blue glow, but the lightning storm sort of hides that.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 04:01 |
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Whizbang posted:Sky Tiger? That would be the most adorable best thing.
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Whizbang posted:Yeah, she was flying, so Kaede is going to be the next Sky High. Sky Tiger? Yes. gently caress yes. This is the best thing. I hope we get to see her getting flying lessons from him.
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Ending predictions in order of likeliness: Ending Kotestu gracefully accepts his losing his NEXT powers and lets the Next (har) generation get on with it. Ending Turns out that Kotestu's powers were Evolving, as before, only Kaede joins them and they become Tiger, Cub & Bunny Ending Kotestu loses his powers, but that doesn't matter because Batman never needed no super powers and clearly, neither does Kotesu. I mean, what makes a Super Hero? It's not the costume or the super powers, that's for sure.Though, seriously, why is it not next Saturday Night yet? 
ConanThe3rd fucked around with this message at Jul 24, 2011 around 06:47 |
| # ? Jul 24, 2011 06:38 |
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Just started watching this show for a little bit, right when I was about to give up anime for having such a lovely season coming up. Glad I didn't. My predicitions for how this is going to end. Tiger loses all his powers but has one last major outing as a hero inspiring his daughter to take up his mantle. Kotestu spends the rest of his days happy that while he might have drifted on into obscurity he was able to be a father and help people out during his short career
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Zorak posted:Tiger throwing that tree without his powers was awesome as hell. Rock on, Kotetsu. "What good is a hero that can't protect his own daughter?!" Family, especially single dad stuff, hits me like a truck so I will admit there were tears between that scene and Kaede's drawing. This is far and away my favorite episode of the whole series. Sad, happy, cute, and uplifting all at once.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 07:19 |
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It seems like both Legend's and Tiger's powers went into decline at about the same time as their kids manifested theirs. Could just be playing up their similarities, but maybe NEXT powers actually transfer from parents to children?
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Zandar posted:It seems like both Legend's and Tiger's powers went into decline at about the same time as their kids manifested theirs. Could just be playing up their similarities, but maybe NEXT powers actually transfer from parents to children? I imagine they can arise independently from parents, much like in xmen or say harry potter. There are next lineages and then they can also manifest on their own.
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DamnGlitch posted:I imagine they can arise independently from parents, much like in xmen or say harry potter. There are next lineages and then they can also manifest on their own. I'd have to assume so, otherwise it seems like there would be mention of the other heroes also have NEXT parents. Having a NEXT as a parent must significantly increase your chance of being a NEXT I suppose. It's not unreasonable to assume that there may be some correlation between a child's powers blossoming, and a parent's declining. This seemed to be the case for Legend, and now this.
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Liar posted:I'd have to assume so, otherwise it seems like there would be mention of the other heroes also have NEXT parents. Having a NEXT as a parent must significantly increase your chance of being a NEXT I suppose. It's supposedly rare though, and it seems unlikely there would be so few NEXT parents.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 21:40 |
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Nexts can have next children, but considering that they are a fairly recent phenomenon most if not all of the current heroes probably count as first generation.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 22:12 |
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Serious Frolicking posted:Nexts can have next children, but considering that they are a fairly recent phenomenon most if not all of the current heroes probably count as first generation. There have been NEXT for 45 years according to the series. So the heroes we see would all be second generation.
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Liar posted:There have been NEXT for 45 years according to the series. So the heroes we see would all be second generation. First generation meaning that their parents were not nexts.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 22:32 |
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There's at least 2 exceptions to that of course Lunatic and Kaede so it'd probably the third generation since the NEXT's first appeared since we saw Mr Legend with a young Kotetsu and then the little kid in the "present" that was moving the statues about and the mayor's Baby of course was a NEXT.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 23:38 |
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Just shotgunned this series up to this point, and it's been amazing so far. Now if only it weren't just about to end.  Oh well, at this rate it seems like it will be an adorable ending
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| # ? Jul 25, 2011 06:43 |
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sentrygun posted:Just shotgunned this series up to this point, and it's been amazing so far. Now if only it weren't just about to end. Doesn't it have like 7-8 episodes to go? That's quite a bit of time for things to happen.
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| # ? Jul 25, 2011 10:33 |
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Birth Death  Kaburagi Brothers 
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| # ? Jul 25, 2011 11:02 |
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If the whole losing power thing is such a secret what does that say about the rest of the old heroes? Is it safe to guess most of them died in action?
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| # ? Jul 25, 2011 11:39 |
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Dr_Amazing posted:If the whole losing power thing is such a secret what does that say about the rest of the old heroes? Is it safe to guess most of them died in action? Could be anything. We only know that Mr Legend and Wild Tiger are losing their powers and they are the ones that have been in the hero business the longest. That we are aware of. Rock Bison has probably been around as long as Kotetsu but we don't know whats happening with him. There are way more nexts in the world than just heroes and if losings ones powers was anything other than extremely rare case then everyone would be aware of it. Edit: Higher up staff of Hero TV are probably aware of this. They would probably have early retirement clauses or something similar if this was likely to happen with other heroes that were employed. Lostconfused fucked around with this message at Jul 25, 2011 around 11:51 |
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Vincent Valentine posted:Doesn't it have like 7-8 episodes to go? That's quite a bit of time for things to happen. From what I looked up it said it only had 19 episodes, but those might have been wrong. If there's more incoming then 
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