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Is it me or does modern shonen don't have those epic moments? Like Aizen catching the sword, Luffy putting his hat on Nami at Arlong's, etc.
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Hero Academia had the tournament arc with Deku being a complete lunatic, but uh the show did sort of peak there.
Or when Sukuna and Mahito just laugh at the MC together in the best surprise evil team-up.
OP is hardly a modern shonen. I'm assuming he means ones that didn't start decades ago
What modern shonen might lack in epic moments, it makes up for with antagonists getting jumped. Well JJK at least
"Why does every other show have a shocking parental reveal? It was only effective the first time it happened, in the Star Wars."
Yeah, this the last one I can think of that's burnt into my memory, partly from the great English VA. Specifically, Deku vs Todoroki when Deku yells at him, "It's yours. It's your quirk, not his."
1. You were younger and the media was newer.
2. There is a lot more media now instead of waiting for that weekly chapter of one of five series back in the early 00s. You had nothing to replace it with.
3. Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto are ass for pacing. When you got something, you fucking deserved it for waiting months if not years for it. Now, epic moments are given out like candy on Halloween.
2. There is a lot more media now instead of waiting for that weekly chapter of one of five series back in the early 00s. You had nothing to replace it with.
3. Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto are ass for pacing. When you got something, you fucking deserved it for waiting months if not years for it. Now, epic moments are given out like candy on Halloween.
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I've been keeping up with most of the hot new shonen animes (JJK, Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man) and I think that the issue is the opposite. There's TOO much epic shit, so nothing stands out.
More so, a lot of these kind of rush through what would should be more character/world build up and blow their load in nearly every episode in a race to get to spectacle.
JJK for example had nearly feature-quality fights in every ep, but I would have preferred half the fights and twice the character development so the fights they DID have meant more.
You simply don't get satisfying defeats like Zabuza's or Crocodile's with the way so many shonens these days barrel through their set pieces without taking the time and care to make them mean something.
I've found much more enjoyment from sports shonen (Kuroko, Haikyuu!!, Chihayafuru) getting me hyped like the big three used to. (Well like OP still does).
More so, a lot of these kind of rush through what would should be more character/world build up and blow their load in nearly every episode in a race to get to spectacle.
JJK for example had nearly feature-quality fights in every ep, but I would have preferred half the fights and twice the character development so the fights they DID have meant more.
You simply don't get satisfying defeats like Zabuza's or Crocodile's with the way so many shonens these days barrel through their set pieces without taking the time and care to make them mean something.
I've found much more enjoyment from sports shonen (Kuroko, Haikyuu!!, Chihayafuru) getting me hyped like the big three used to. (Well like OP still does).
Definitely. People are gonna lose their minds at Denji's birthday.
Oh yeah I'll say this:
Haikyuu gets me hyped like nothing else did since Dragonball Z when I was a little kid. That show is DAMN good at hype.
Reigen Arataka dismantling the Scars and their values in Mob Psycho 100. It's pretty great.
Pretty divisive but I like the constant escalation of Garou and his ability in One Punch Man. Dude just kept going. There's multiple scenes of him getting beaten to the edge to come and jump forward again.
Oh and who could forget Maki from JJK
Pretty divisive but I like the constant escalation of Garou and his ability in One Punch Man. Dude just kept going. There's multiple scenes of him getting beaten to the edge to come and jump forward again.
Oh and who could forget Maki from JJK
coming back from the brink of death, after being burned alive, beaten by her father and then having her sister kill herself in front of her. There's a couple of moments with Maki. The first being immediately after the death of her sister, she annihilates her family. The second being her freeing herself from the psychological chains of everything surrounding her- the sumo chapter.
People are losing their shit over CSM and that show has barely started yet.
You never know how good an adaptation can be but if its even half decent, come back to this thread in a year or two when the wild shit in that manga gets adapted.
You never know how good an adaptation can be but if its even half decent, come back to this thread in a year or two when the wild shit in that manga gets adapted.
It's you.
Demon Slayer, JJK, Chainsaw Man, Bleach (does that count?), My Hero.
Even the God damn soccer anime is killing it.
Demon Slayer, JJK, Chainsaw Man, Bleach (does that count?), My Hero.
Even the God damn soccer anime is killing it.
To be fair at the time of those moments someone who grew up on earlier shonen could easily be posting is it just me or does modern Shonen not do anything as memorable anymore as the Joe vs Rikiishi or the Saiyan Saga. This is just what it means to be old, sorry. It'll happen to you.
Attack on Titan has plenty of moments.
Season 1 spoilers:
Levi vs. the Beast Titan in S3:
Season 1 spoilers:
Levi vs. the Beast Titan in S3:
It just depends on what you are reading/ watching I can think about 10 just from Chainsaw Man alone. But I have favorite moments from Black Clover, JJK, Attack on Titan and Dr Stone.
I thought Endeavor's
Prominence Burn against the High-End Nomu at the end of S4
This gif is trying its best to ruin the moment, but it's still fucking awesome.
It'll probably take a good while before this gets topped by anything.
I think I can hear the music.
It'll probably take a good while before this gets topped by anything.
Seems about the same to me, actually PeakPointMatrix might have a point, watching the latest demon slayer season for instance is pure animation hype for like 8 brawling episodes straight, but doesn't have all that much substance really and it can kinda blend together.
Back in my day you slogged through 36 episodes of just passably animated Naruto to get that one episode with glorious budget, and we were damn grateful!
Still I opened the thread thinking of this bit from MHA, is it a kinda BS win outta nowhere? yeah, but damn did Bones deliver, and Deku's voice actor is nailing every beat
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct8In_FAvZE&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
Back in my day you slogged through 36 episodes of just passably animated Naruto to get that one episode with glorious budget, and we were damn grateful!
Still I opened the thread thinking of this bit from MHA, is it a kinda BS win outta nowhere? yeah, but damn did Bones deliver, and Deku's voice actor is nailing every beat
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct8In_FAvZE&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
I don't feel it lacking.
There's the entirety of season 3 of Haikyuu.
Soma challenging Shinomiya to a Food War in season 1 was hype as shit.
These two are great examples because they manage to be hype without being your typical anime world ending stakes.
Newer shows are definitely paced a lot faster than old stuff. So there aren't a lot of "I've been waiting for this for years" moments, but y'all call anything that's not a hype fight these days filler.
There's the entirety of season 3 of Haikyuu.
Soma challenging Shinomiya to a Food War in season 1 was hype as shit.
These two are great examples because they manage to be hype without being your typical anime world ending stakes.
Newer shows are definitely paced a lot faster than old stuff. So there aren't a lot of "I've been waiting for this for years" moments, but y'all call anything that's not a hype fight these days filler.
Blue Lock has been fucking insane. Besides Haikyuu, I don't really care for sports anime but Blue Lock is hype ass moment after hype ass moment.
All Might vs Nomu and Deku vs Todoroki in My Hero but unfortunately the series peaked there
Demon Slayer episode 19
Jujutsu season 2 is going to be willld
All Might vs Nomu and Deku vs Todoroki in My Hero but unfortunately the series peaked there
Demon Slayer episode 19
Jujutsu season 2 is going to be willld
It'll probably take a good while before this gets topped by anything.
Wtf she's getting absolutely wrecked here
Kamehameha to the fucking face lol
There are plenty of apparent examples (DB Super, Demon Slayer, Mob 100) but also this
View: https://youtu.be/nVi_lHKC13s?t=65
View: https://youtu.be/nVi_lHKC13s?t=65
It's been a couple years since the final season ended, but Symphogear is full of them and heavily plays off of The Rule of Cool, and has some of my favorite scenes. This one in the opening of Season 3 is one of the best and most used scenes to show what Symphogear is all about.
View: https://streamable.com/8ez3h
View: https://streamable.com/8ez3h
"Right now? Here? We're doing this?" From Attack on Titan is one of the most epic scenes I've ever seen in any Shonen, modern or otherwise.
Prominence Burn, post wound Mirio soloing the villains, the end of All Might vs AF1 and All Might vs Nomu, Mirko vs the Nomus, Shigaraki's story flashback and the end of his fight vs Re-Destro...I don't see how MHA doesn't make anyone smile a little.
The ending of the Mugen train arc in Demon Slayer legitimately had me in tears... and the ending of the next arc fight was just as good.
I feel like a lot of the anime threads on this site have two sides - people watching the anime fresh who generally enjoy them for the spectacle, and people watching after having finished the manga who hate the series for ruining their favorite moments with the wrong hair color, music choice, voice actor, or animation studio.
Prominence Burn, post wound Mirio soloing the villains, the end of All Might vs AF1 and All Might vs Nomu, Mirko vs the Nomus, Shigaraki's story flashback and the end of his fight vs Re-Destro...I don't see how MHA doesn't make anyone smile a little.
The ending of the Mugen train arc in Demon Slayer legitimately had me in tears... and the ending of the next arc fight was just as good.
I feel like a lot of the anime threads on this site have two sides - people watching the anime fresh who generally enjoy them for the spectacle, and people watching after having finished the manga who hate the series for ruining their favorite moments with the wrong hair color, music choice, voice actor, or animation studio.
What shonen are you watching to think this? Like how can you not think these moments were epic?
Doesn't even have to be action scenes to be iconic:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUEY5Ngy8mo&ab_channel=TrashZuma
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iby7PLeVUBs&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
Doesn't even have to be action scenes to be iconic:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUEY5Ngy8mo&ab_channel=TrashZuma
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iby7PLeVUBs&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
Man, I still can't believe Bleach has been some of the most hype shit this year, I knew I always wanted to see this fight animated, but they really delivered.This might count as cheating but the new bleach episodes have been CRAZY
this first batch of episodes has like two of my favourite bits of the entire series, the other being finally seeing Unohana pop off
Endless Waltz has some goated scenes
View: https://youtu.be/YmdaK5nutMs
Heero: Roger that...
View: https://youtu.be/kSXTGztiNRQ
View: https://youtu.be/YmdaK5nutMs
Heero: Roger that...
View: https://youtu.be/kSXTGztiNRQ
Literally jumped in my chair with my fist in the air at this when I first saw it. FUCK