#city hunter rundown chapter 4 & 5

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Chapter 4 - The Angel Dust of Fear & Chapter 5 - A Great Partner

I will sound like the biggest hater. But I was looking forward to a story without superpowers; but I guess because it's just Captain American levels of super soldier serum it gets a pass. For partners, I've rarely seen Makimura! And with for Ryo's ability to hear the cock of a gun hundreds of feet away, you can't tell me he didn't know someone was taking this picture.

Believe in yourself Hojo-sensei!

So, a glimmer into Kaori's backstory. Mom and dad divorced and then dad became criminal. Criminal dad gets caught by Makimura's dad and boom new adoptive sister! Man, that sucks, but I'm willing to bet she gets the macho/hammer skills from her bio dad. Ryo... you're an awfully sweet guy beneath all those things you do to convince people otherwise.

Makimura everyone! He's so dorky at first glance but, well, you see. We needed more of this guy when Kaori got kidnapped; would've been the perfect time to showcase him a little more before...

Yeah, so. This fucking sucks. The guy that kills him is hopped up on a drug called Angel Dust, which seems extremely important since they've decided to kill someone close to Ryo this way. Makimura puts up an okay fight, relying more on his gun than any physical prowess, both futile anyway.

I doubt the drug is doing that specifically, but it's worth noting his focus on their inability to die on their own terms with clarity. Lack of autonomy seems to be a sore spot for our hero. That or the direct translation simply bulldozes the analysis, and they are just apathetic (unable) to dying in a physical sense. Oh boy.

I get confused when drugs, gangs and governments are involved but I believe there should be more things to consider if you going to wipe out an entire country's drug trade. Using a prototype seems the least productive because law enforcement will be at least somewhat familiar with the threat and have time to build a counter measure, while also having a supplement of the drug. Also, Mr. Mustache man, it's the 80's, you a couple years too early and decades too late for that argument.

:(

Yes, I will allow you to court this woman. This kiss is very sweet; he does this quite often in the beginning actually which I can appreciate compared to the alternative of him bedding multiple women. I don't know how you can make that as chivalrous or... romantic isn't the right word but it's close enough.

God dammit.

With how smooth you were with the other woman I expected a lot more tact from you in this situation. Poor Kaori's world gets turned upside down on her birthday (or close to it) and the guy telling her is someone she's not too fond of. But, hey, at least she was able to keep calm.

And make the best mic drop job offer I've seen in a manga.

Tojo-sensei is great for autonomy practice.

I've asked this question before, but assuming the people that were with Ryo lived in the apartment and were eventually encouraged to leave, did they also know about the shooting range? I doubt he'd outsource the shoot range since he's The City Hunter. I'm assuming he uses it very often, and Ryo to me seems like a sleeper of the 8am to 3pm variety. One of the women did say it was easier to sleep with him during the day too... Hm.

Time to pack up and skip town darling.

More to the tenant conspiracy. Ryo's a cheapskate against women he's not trying to woo. There's no way he couldn't front the moving costs. (More plausible answer is this was needed for the plot, it still stands.) Also, I don't know either Hojo-sensei, you tell me.

Fun fact: Fictional gangsters make the best parents.

Little boy, what do you know about a Magnum 44? They look like a couple of parents and their many, many children.

I'm not sure what he was going to do, but one of the kiddos skateboard messes it up and he's sent flying against the wall of the base. Unfortunately, this means our dynamic duo must rely on Kaori's shooting ability.

Which ends up working out! Glad no one died at least. Ryo are you blushing?

Thanks Kaori, activate my tear ducts why don't you.

Overall review

Makimura, I will miss you! Kaori, I will love you in his honor. For all that I've seen Ryo interact with Makimura, I would've liked to see them interact on a more friendly basis. If Ryo is going to stick to this "I promised my friend I'd look after you and I mean it" or if it's part "wow, she would make a decent partner for now". I can hear Prince Naveen's "Ashidanza" from a mile away. Our first introduction to Angel Dust! I can't to talk more about it as we get more information. You see how I am about completely benign things like the Tenant Discourse.

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"I wouldn't write us off just yet, Supreme Kai. I mean, sure, his power is off the charts. But I'm not looking at this as an unwinnable fight just yet."

-          Gohan, Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters (Ep. 26/124)

The Toonami Trending Rundown for July 15-16, 2017. Some big changes are coming about with several shows are reaching the end of their respective seasons/story arcs or are beginning anew, as Frieza unleashes his new Final Form to counter Goku’s, while Kaneki defects to the Aogiri, and Hunter x Hunter’s Yorknew City arc comes to a close, to say nothing about Attack on Titan season 2 at its penultimate episode.

On Twitter, Toonami and every show successfully trended on Twitter save for Ghost In The Shell during their respective East Coast airings, as well as #DragonBallSuper and Toonami during its West Coast airing. On Tumblr, Toonami would trend as would Dragon Ball Super.

DBZ Kai also produced a character trend in Majin Buu as he gains enough energy to be hatched out of his egg. While everyone (except Shin) was thrown off by Buu’s “goofy” appearance, they would learn very fast that looks are very deceiving as Buu proceeds to pummel everyone.

Finally, Dragon Ball Super’s buzz would help get the show on Nielsen Social’s top 5 most talked about shows on Twitter and Facebook on the day for the 13th time in the show’s run so far, making it to the #2 spot. This is the 26th time a Toonami show has reached this list since we started recording this feat.

This week’s feature was a review of the shoot 'em up video game Nex Machina. It received a 8.5 out of 10 score.

Comic-Con is coming up this week, and yes I will be going once again as a member of the press representing Toonami News and the Toonami Faithful. With another live episode of Toonami Pre-Flight planned on Thursday night, we’ll be hearing some info regarding the next Total Immersion Event as well as some other potential surprises ahead. We’ll let you know if anything news or announcements come about, so stay tuned and for those headed down to San Diego, have a great time and I’ll see you around the convention halls.

Tune in next week as Attack on Titan showcases the season 2 finale while Hunter x Hunter begins the Greed Island story arc, among other great moments. And of course, the countdown to the premiere of Stardust Crusaders is only 2 weeks away. See you again next week, and we do wish a Happy 20th anniversary to the One Piece franchise. Perhaps one day, we’ll see you back on the better cartoon show, but regardless thanks for the memories, and here’s to many more to come.

Legend: The shows listed are ordered based on their appearance on the schedule. Show trends are listed in bold. The number next to the listed trend represents the highest it trended on the list (not counting the promoted trend), judging only by the images placed in the rundown. For the Twitter tweet counts, the listed number of tweets are also sorely based on the highest number shown based on the images on the rundown.

United States Trends:

Toonami/#Toonami [#4]

#DragonBallSuper [#10]

#DBZKai [#6]

Majin Buu (From DBZ Kai) [#19]

#AttackOnTitan [#4]

#TokyoGhoul [#22]

#HunterXHunter [#3]

#LupinThe3rd [#3]

#Shippuden [#7]

Tweet Counts:

Toonami [6,157 tweets]

#Toonami [2,980 tweets]

#DragonBallSuper [2,604 tweets]

#AttackOnTitan [1,012 tweets]

#HunterXHunter [1,399 tweets]

Tumblr Trends:

#toonami

#dragon ball super

Notes and Other Statistics:

#DragonBallSuper: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @Mike_Daniels76 and @ProSiebenMAXX started the trend in the US.

#AttackOnTitan: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @MikeMcFarlandVA started the trend in the US.

#HunterXHunter: @WhoTrendedIT reported that @tsunderica started the trend in the US.

#LupinThe3rd @WhoTrendedIT reported that @AlphaOmegaSin started the trend in the US.

Special thanks to @mmorse1017 and others I forgot to mention for spotting some of the trends on this list.

Who Wants Some? Only Toonami on [adult swim] on Cartoon Network.