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Yeah, and clearly coming up with good original material is hard. I can't say this latest episode was lesser for not having the stupid "Ranma accidentally gropes Akane and gets hit" gags from the old anime.

On the script level, they really drive home how unwilling modern anime adaptations are to stray from the manga. That UY episode where Lum leaves for a bit is nothing without the subtle anime-original scene where Ataru and Shinobu realize their romance is over.

Three evil kindergarteners gossiping about Ukyo's romantic woes.

The three evil kindergarteners crack me up. The original's one of the funniest panels Takahashi drew, recreated well here.

Ukyo's first appearance in the old Ranma anime, looking like someone might reasonably buy her male disguise.

Ukyo looking pretty cute and feminine from the start in the new anime.

I see we aren't even pretending someone might fall for Ukyo's disguise.

Wish DC stopped doing the weird mean-spirited shit in their adult-oriented comics. Sure, Suicide Squad: Blaze, if there's two people who'd lead every major hero on the planet into a suicidal frontal attack on a bad guy who already got Superman, it's definitely Batman and Wonder Woman.

I don't mean this in like a gushing shipping way. It kinda unbalances the movie when you have to remind yourself Glinda's supposed to be in love with Fiyero.

So they decided to fix Wicked's Act II by going all in on Glinda and Elphaba's relationship, with Ariana Grande playing Glinda even gayer than the first time around. Fiyero's scenes aren't even comphet, just scenes from a different movie confusingly edited in.

I liked Šejić's Harleen enough to get it in hardcover. Harley Quinn's origin story's obviously going to be dark, but it's told with compassion so it feels like a tragedy rather than nihilism for 15-year-olds, like so many allegedly mature comics.

It doesn't really feed on its wearer as such (Bilbo and Frodo barely age because of it while living in the Shire). Frodo growing weaker as they approach Mordor is because he's resisting the ring.

I've heard someone claim that post-bubble economy Japan, when the show is set, was absolutely lousy with scams and short-lived fads.

Lovecraft's ghouls from Pickman's Model are fun. Evil subterranean dogmen who love fucking with puritans.

My bad, looks like I misremembered. No journalistic standards here.

Nuzzi herself wrote an article about it.

Brits have no idea how much soft power the Pride and Prejudice miniseries with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth has bought them.

I don't think either actor had talked about feeling like that when the review came out.

I kinda get where Ebert is coming from. I adore Blue Velvet, but it is occasionally a little snot-nosed in how obvious the satire is. Obviously it doesn't make it a one star movie, though.

Konata and Kagami from Lucky Star.

There's also a film version that retells the story while also possibly being a sequel. It looks absolutely gorgeous and has one of the most memorable endings in anime.

They achieved enlightenment with the power of yuri.

Lots of "dude art" is basically a critique of toxic masculinity, like the entire genre of gangster films and like half the classic westerns. Unfortunately, lots of dudes aren't very good at understanding themes.

That one was just in the movies.

Did the Saturn ports keep the sexual content intact?

That's a problem for superhero comics, since the most interesting characters around the hero are the villains, who are also eternal characters.

I don't think WfM ultimately disagrees with Shaddiq, though. It doesn't like that his plan involved organizing school shootings and being a creep to Miorine, but her plan failing and her then adopting his and succeeding isn't an accidental implication. Or do you mean something else?

The fact that Utena can't use magic is a bit of a tell.

Four sessions into a campaign, I think the fighter who still needs an explanation on how you roll this big dice here and add this number there to see if you hit is utterly adorable.

Yeah, I don't get how it's better to have the country effectively ruled by Emperor President and nine unelected judges instead.

I think Happosai basically works in the Ranma manga, as a takedown of the lovable pervert master character; he's completely irredeemable, everyone hates him and he keeps getting beaten up. However, in a media context where that character type has mostly disappeared, he's more than a little oof.

Huh, Vampyros Lesbos really doesn't have anything else going for it besides the name.