Thread:KuraiJack/@comment-25363089-20180102044615/@comment-13488655-20180116174203

I know people nowdays are trying really hard to make over the top action scenes with arms that can poke through volcanos and stuff but those old animes knew what they were doing.

You weren't there to just watch pretty action scenes. You were there because tha story, characters and writing gripped you. The action scenes were just the needed salt to make it a complete dish! :D

For instance, Kulipari vs Voltron imho (Netflix shows owo )

Compared to Kulipari, Voltron's story sucks. Almost nothing makes sense. Everyone just gets beaten with the Worf effect whenever someone else is meant to have a character arc. Want to make the character seem useful to the team? Make him or her be literally the only one who actually goes into battle with a plan or make the villain have a weapon that can only be destroyed by their weapon alone cause reasons!

Even outside the battlezone the characters are just tired old stereotypes that are there for either comedy purposes (Badly written comedy imo) Or to just whine and complain about something.

If I had to describe the show to someone, I'd say they're like an annoying roomate who somehow thinks he's super great and that everyone want's his butt.

Now Kulipari. Lower animation budget. You might pass it at first glance. But when you get in the first episode DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN the writing is so much better it's like drinking from the fountain of the gods! Characters with personalities that stretch way beyond their tropes! Actual use of martial arts, battle tactics, adapting to the enemy! Well written stealth!

And the main character, god it's like that kind of guy you as a kid wish you could be. He's constantly having people remind him that he is just a regular civilian, not going to be anything like his father but he refuses to give up. And the writers take advantage of that personality!

He's not perfect. He's a normal guy who's skilled in martial arts. He can't puch his way past stron opponents so he thinks on his feet, using the enviroment around him.

And you know how most shows just have that one random item that's just placed there to be useful? That never happens. He actually has to explore and come out with well thought out plans Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't but he keeps on going!

Now, if I was going to describe this show as a person, it's like, a big brother that you always look up to as a kid and earns peoples respect through hard work.