Denjibros how are we feeling? Just in general really
Apparently there's a comic convention now? They're gonna show off the next time there. Is that true? You guys gonna still be on the subreddit while that spoiler's around?
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Try your best
(Artist is KAD_Productions on twitter)
I feel like I see such mixed feelings on this match up, but overall I see more positive towards it than negative.
What are your thoughts? Should it be an episode? Does it offer anything for Goku that he didn't get against Superman? Does it encaptulate what you want for a Sonic episode?
I feel like Yuji vs Denji really has to be a good pallet cleanser episode so people can start looking at this season more positively
Ichigo vs Yusuke is generally liked, but I do see some people finding more issues with it as time passes
Cell vs Metal is liked but any episode involving Devil Artemis is gonna be tainted by the same old discussions about the community's treatment of him
Bakugo vs Reze was trashed as mediocre incarnate, along with the whole mischaracterization discourse around Reze, and people being doom and gloom around twitter agenda posting influencing future episodes, potentially robbing characters of match ups people prefer for them (Annie for Reze and a bunch of other characters for Bakugo, seriously why did he never get a definitive match up for the community to latch onto?)
Gru vs Megamind is either generally liked, or trashed as a disappointing end product for a long anticipated match up
I think that Yuji vs Denji, a long anticipated match up featuring 2 contemporary manga characters, needs to be generally considered really good all around, lest it be vulnerable to only being talked about due to agenda due to the general discussions surrounding these series.
I frankly never thought about or cared that much for this match up, not because I dislike it but because it just never interested me enough to cross my mind, but like every other Death Battle episode, I just hope for the best for those who really wanted it.
"Binding vow this", "Binding vow that"
How about Fujimoto and I's wedding vows!!?
Reject all anti Denji posts Denjibros, the other side is simply afraid of what we're capable of. Like the very devils in Chainsaw Man, we will grow stronger from their fear.
Keep it up, and for the next 2ish weeks, all is ours!
Art from Wischkaa on twitter:
https://x.com/wischkaa/status/2038333783372423542
https://x.com/wischkaa/status/2047437308899557724
Female Thragg art: https://x.com/Kosma_tomik/status/1930698591313817919
Modulo is like several decades after the end of JJK, so I guess you could leave that out.
Video source: https://youtu.be/sLOjkuVtQTs
Respond to Infinite btw
I get that they don't wanna spread themselves too thin now that they're indie, but I feel like it's odd just how little they advertise new episodes or have new content for the community to engage with on the main Youtube channel between episodes. They're not exactly struggling in terms of views, but you'd think they'd want to hype up the new episodes in the 4 weeks it takes for them to come out, y'know?
No Desk of Death Battle, not a whole lot posted on their Youtube, Twitter or Bluesky between episodes, not even something as small as a poll asking who the audience wants to see win or think will win like other people do.
Now admittedly, they do post previews. But like, I kinda stopped watching those when I realized I preferred not to re-watch the same 3 minutes of an analysis before getting something new.
Remember during early season 8 when they posted animations of the track cover to reveal them? I'm not really asking them to go through the effort of doing that every time, hell they didn't even do it for half that season, but wouldn't it be cool if they posted something like "Hey, share your best track names for the upcoming episode" or "Hey, vote on the track name for the next episode, as a treat"? I don't know, small things like that shouldn't be too hard and would bring some more attention to the tracks at least.
It reminds me of this one thought I had during Champions Island, where if I wasn't active on this subreddit, I would never had found out about it while it was going on. They only had 6 Youtube posts + 2 tweets + 2 posts on Bluesky to even let people who don't watch every Death Battle cast know that it was even going on, and I wouldn't blame you for not catching every cast because they center around match ups you might not care about. Hell, I know for a fact that that's not just me, even while the event was knee deep into the brackets, I still saw people on here have to ask others what Champions Island even was.
Compare that to the Tournament of Champions, which at least had Youtube shorts posted, and that alone garnered much more interest and engagement outside of discord circles.
Also, am I gonna sound like an entitled whiner when I say I miss when the commentaries and bloopers were free? I get that they need as much money as possible, but c'mon shouldn't there be more content not locked behind a pay wall for more casual audiences? If they're gonna make us pay for those then surely there has to be a substitute right?
I don't know, does this all just make me look like an ignoramus?
Alternative title was "Curse the Devil" but I felt more strongly attached to "Curse My Heart"
Genuinely what counter did Iron Fist have to this?
The guy who made it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Letterboxd/comments/1irfgq6/origin_of_absolute_cinema_meme_how_i_accidentally/
In other words, a win for Chainsaw Man is a win for cinema!
ROOT FOR DENJI
ROOT FOR DENJI
ROOT FOR DENJI
So where does it rank among the rest of the season in terms of set up?
Song's an English cover of Kick Back btw: https://youtu.be/pejAerVSNsw
Spiritual successor to: https://www.reddit.com/r/deathbattle/comments/1t5v4yp/yeah_i_dont_care_about_the_agenda_here_it_doesnt/
Scenario 1: They're told beforehand
Scenario 2: They're surprised after their win