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jl07045
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Group B-1
World of Magi, Magi I'll go with the one I know. An arabian setting is a much rarer breed in anime and I'm digging the politics of the world. Group B-2 World of Chrono Crusade, Chrono Crusade I didn't really see much of an impressive worldbuilding in Kanon. Thought the setting was rather ordinary. Group B-3 Mahora Academy, Negima franchise Going with the one i've seen although I don't have very high opinion about the worldbuilding in Negima. I thought it was quite haphazardly done. Group B-4 World of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Seen only Haruhi. Group B-5 Alfheim Online, Sword Art Online Fairy Dance arc The worlds were the one thing that I liked in SAO. Group B-6 Kingdom of Midland, Berserk I have to admit that this vote is influenced by the manga. In the anime (and the Golden Age arc) the setting is a very ordinary medieval world. However the detail put into the world together with the Eclipse still takes my vote. Group B-7 Victorian England, Victorian Romance Emma See my reasons for the Rose of Versailles. Group B-8 Setting of Blast of Tempest, Blast of Tempest Haven't seen Ryvvius, but I also loved shakespearean flair and pretty logically structures plotline. And good orldbuilding I think had a lot to do with it. |
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Aylinn
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Group B-1
World of Magi, Magi vs. Eight City Union, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue World of Magi Group B-2 World of Chrono Crusade, Chrono Crusade vs. World of Kanon, Kanon World of Chrono Crusade Kanon has no world-building, there are some magical elements, but they are just there. No one ever questions them or try to explain them. Without them it is just a generic high school setting. Group B-3 Mahora Academy, Negima franchise vs. World of Inuyasha, Inuyasha World of Inuyasha Group B-4 World of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Universe of the Four Gods, Fushigi Yugi World of Haruhi Suzumiya Group B-5 Afterlife, Angel Beats! vs. Alfheim Online, Sword Art Online Fairy Dance arc Alfheim Online Group B-6 Mulitverse of Fantastic Children, Fantastic Children vs. Kingdom of Midland, Berserk Mulitverse of Fantastic Children Group B-7 Victorian England, Victorian Romance Emma vs. Seisha-Do Universe, Girls und Panzer Victorian England Group B-8 Setting of Blast of Tempest, Blast of Tempest vs. Ryvius, Infinite Ryvius Setting of Blast of Tempest |
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rosebrook11
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Group B-1
World of Magi, Magi vs. Eight City Union, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue World of Magi Group B-2 World of Chrono Crusade, Chrono Crusade vs. World of Kanon, Kanon World of Chrono Crusade Group B-3 Mahora Academy, Negima franchise vs. World of Inuyasha, Inuyasha World of Inuyasha There's not that much to Mahora Academy from what's presented in the anime series. Group B-4 World of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Universe of the Four Gods, Fushigi Yugi Universe of the Four Gods There's more a focus on actual world building in Fushigi Yugi then their is in Haruhi Suzumiya. Group B-5 Afterlife, Angel Beats! vs. Alfheim Online, Sword Art Online Fairy Dance arc Afterlife Group B-6 Mulitverse of Fantastic Children, Fantastic Children vs. Kingdom of Midland, Berserk Kingdom of Midland Group B-7 Victorian England, Victorian Romance Emma vs. Seisha-Do Universe, Girls und Panzer Victorian England Group B-8 Setting of Blast of Tempest, Blast of Tempest vs. Ryvius, Infinite Ryvius Blast of Tempest |
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WhiteHairGirls
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Group B-1
World of Magi, Magi Group B-2 World of Chrono Crusade, Chrono Crusade Group B-3 World of Inuyasha, Inuyasha Group B-4 World of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Group B-5 Afterlife, Angel Beats! I have to give this one to Afterlife. I didn't think they presented ALO as well as Aincard. Group B-6 Kingdom of Midland, Berserk Group B-7 Seisha-Do Universe, Girls und Panzer Group B-8 Setting of Blast of Tempest, Blast of Tempest |
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Galap
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B1: Eight city union
B2: World of Chrono Crusade: B3: Inuyasha B4: Universe of the four gods B5: Alfheim Online: Not so much a vote for ALO, which I also find weak but against Angel Beats, which really didn't care about its setting at all. Nothing made sense, and every explanation was only a first order thing. B6: Multiverse of Fantastic children: Haven't seen either, but Fantastic children's tale crossing space and time seems much more interesting and grand in scale than Berserk. B7: Victorian England B8: Ryvius |
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getchman
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Unicorn_Blade needs to bold his answer for B-5
Group B-1 World of Magi, Magi vs. Eight City Union, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue haven't seen either, it looks like Magi is the right choice here Group B-2 World of Chrono Crusade, Chrono Crusade vs. World of Kanon, Kanon Chrono Crusade Group B-3 Mahora Academy, Negima franchise vs. World of Inuyasha, Inuyasha Mahora Academy Group B-4 World of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Universe of the Four Gods, Fushigi Yugi Universe of the Four Gods Group B-5 Afterlife, Angel Beats! vs. Alfheim Online, Sword Art Online Fairy Dance arc Alfheim Online Group B-6 Mulitverse of Fantastic Children, Fantastic Children vs. Kingdom of Midland, Berserk Midland Group B-7 Victorian England, Victorian Romance Emma vs. Seisha-Do Universe, Girls und Panzer Seen both and England in Emma is very beautifully detailed. However, a world in which driving tanks is considered a very womanly sport and competitions between schools with strict rules and regulations making it not only fun, but very safe easily draws my vote. the detail in which one of the OVA's goes into the super carrier school ship and how its operated is very impressive as well. My vote goes to Girls und Panzer Group B-8 Setting of Blast of Tempest, Blast of Tempest vs. Ryvius, Infinite Ryvius[/quote] Blast of Tempest |
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Dorcas_Aurelia
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Sorry about the spreadsheet. I use OpenOffice, but I thought I saved it as an Excel file. Also, don't expect group B results to be up until Wednesday; I'm not going to have any time Tuesday to check the official results.
Group B-1 World of Magi, Magi vs. Eight City Union, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Choosing: Eight City Union Both sound pretty interesting, but the dungeon elements in Magi seem to much like an RPG mechanic. Breaks the immersion a little. Group B-2 World of Chrono Crusade, Chrono Crusade vs. World of Kanon, Kanon Choosing: Chrono Crusade Group B-3 Mahora Academy, Negima franchise vs. World of Inuyasha, Inuyasha Choosing: Inuyasha More of a vote against Mahora Academy than for Inuyasha. While the fantastical elements and magic are adequately wondrous, they're not especially well tied together, somewhat thrown together when the situation calls for. Group B-4 World of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Universe of the Four Gods, Fushigi Yugi Choosing: Universe of the Four Gods I think the write up is give MoHS a little more credit than it deserves regarding ambiguity. The god who doesn't know she's a god concept is certainly interesting, but the show is generally better establishing atmosphere of its mundane events. Group B-5 Afterlife, Angel Beats! vs. Alfheim Online, Sword Art Online Fairy Dance arc Choosing: Alfheim Online Scanned through other people's votes for opinions on this one. The point that AB's Afterlife is pretty much a typical school plus a few weapons and magic/sci-fi abilities weighs against it. It's more the characters than the setting that make Angel Beats interesting. Group B-6 Mulitverse of Fantastic Children, Fantastic Children vs. Kingdom of Midland, Berserk Choosing: Midland Group B-7 Victorian England, Victorian Romance Emma vs. Seisha-Do Universe, Girls und Panzer Choosing: Victorian England While I enjoyed Girls und Panzer, the tank battles felt more like an unconventional sport more than a revolutionary world building element, and the aircraft carrier cities weren't utilized that much. A couple times I couldn't tell when they were or weren't on one. Emma, on the other hand, demonstrates great care in recreating the details and feel of its historical era. Group B-8 Setting of Blast of Tempest, Blast of Tempest vs. Ryvius, Infinite Ryvius Choosing: Ryvius |
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Key
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Round 1 Group B is now closed.
With an anemic 15 vote in, the results: B-1: World of Magi eliminates Eight City Union, 10-5. B-2: World of Chrono Crusade goes demonic on World of Kanon, 14-1. B-3: World of Inuyasha slices up Mahora Academy, 10-5. B-4: Universe of the Four Gods barely slips by World of Haruhi Suzumiya, 8-7. B-5: ALfheim Online outdoes Afterlife, 9-6. B-6: Kingdom of Midland defeats Multiverse of Fantastic Children, 9-6. B-7: Victorian England outclasses Sensha-Do Universe, 10-5. B-8: Setting of Blast of Tempest slams Ryvius, 11-4. A few of these matches were closer than the final results indicate in what was generally a much more competitive group than the previous one. The Fushigi Yugi setting won on the final vote, while ALfheim Online took the final three and Kingdom of Midland took four of the final five to break ties. The B-3 and B-7 matches were also more competitive early on. Next round is set up and should be up shortly. Will try to be a bit more timely next week. |
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Key
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Round 1 Group C is now closed.
Results can be found here. Some of you are coming pretty weak on doing your one required justification. I'd like to see an improvement with that in this Group. Group C-1 Abenobashi Shopping Arcade, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi vs. Future France, Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo Group C-2 1960s Japan, Kids on the Slope vs. The Wired, Serial Experiments Lain Group C-3 Soul Society, Bleach franchise vs. Assiah/Gehenna, Blue Exorcist Group C-4 World of Pandora Hearts, Pandora Hearts vs. Ruined World, Casshern Sins Group C-5 Helvetia, Sound of the Sky vs. Setting of BTM: Decode, Birdy the Mighty: Decode Group C-6 Setting of From the New World, From the New World vs. Seikyou Academy, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Group C-7 World of Ergo Proxy, Ergo Proxy vs. Future Earth, Now and Then, Here and There Group C-8 Gargantia, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet vs. Prefecture F, Excel Saga Last edited by Key on Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Aylinn
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Group C-1
Abenobashi Shopping Arcade, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi vs. Future France, Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo Future France Group C-2 1960s Japan, Kids on the Slope vs. The Wired, Serial Experiments Lain The Wired Group C-3 Soul Society, Bleach franchise vs. Assiah/Gehenna, Blue Exorcist Assiah/Gehenna Group C-4 World of Pandora Hearts, Pandora Hearts vs. Ruined World, Casshern Sins This series may be incomplete, it is based on the on-going manga, but the anime managed to pretty nicly cover the world-building part. The rules governing the world are explained, there is a lot of foreshadowing and the power of Will of the Abyss is presented. However, unfortunately, in the anime it is never shown how this meticulous set-up impacts the plot later on, there is no denying that the world-building is mostly done and the story seems promising because of it. Even though it needs some more time, before it becomes truly awesome. Pandora Heart’s is an example of a good world-building. Because there is foreshadowing and important information are given early on, the audience has a fair chance at guessing what will happen next, which is doubly important, as it is a mystery and the audience may be interested in making their own theories. It is also good to establish rules early on in the story and not change them. Imagine that you are playing a game and rules change during the game, that’s usually not fun, if you don’t know what you can or can’t do. The same applies to worlds like Pandora Hearts, because without stable rules and foreshadowing any plot twist will seem like an ass-pull. Thanks to this strong sense of internal logic, in spite of the series being inspired by Alice in the Wonderland, it creates its own distinctive atmosphere and feels like its own story rather than another series heavily influenced by Lewis Carroll's book without an interesting concept of its own. So my vote goes to World of Pandora Hearts By 'rules' I mean that it is shown what is possible in this world. That, for example, Will of the Abyss can change humans into chains or give life to lifeless, so when it becomes important later on, it is not a total surprise and the plot twist is not an ass-pull. Group C-5 Helvetia, Sound of the Sky vs. Setting of BTM: Decode, Birdy the Mighty: Decode Setting of BTM: Decode Group C-6 Setting of From the New World, From the New World vs. Seikyou Academy, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Setting of From the New World Group C-7 World of Ergo Proxy, Ergo Proxy vs. Future Earth, Now and Then, Here and There World of Ergo Proxy Group C-8 Gargantia, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet vs. Prefecture F, Excel Saga Gargantia |
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One-Eye
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Group C-1
Abenobashi Shopping Arcade, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi vs. Future France, Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo Voting for Future France, Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo Group C-2 1960s Japan, Kids on the Slope vs. The Wired, Serial Experiments Lain Voting for The Wired, Serial Experiments Lain. This is more of a vote against KoS. Kids on the Slope is basically a story about the friendship between 2 boys. It could have taken place in any time period. What made it interesting was that it was set in the 1960s and what made it disappointing was that the time period and music was more for atmosphere and an accompaniment to the drama. I think the story and setting were hampered by its one season format and both could have benefited from an extra season. Group C-3 Soul Society, Bleach franchise vs. Assiah/Gehenna, Blue Exorcist Voting for Soul Society, Bleach franchise. I haven't seen Blue Exorcist (another half-human half demon?), but I have seen plenty of Bleach and I found it to be pretty decent through the Soul Society arc. An interesting use of the afterlife, detailed and well organized. Group C-4 World of Pandora Hearts, Pandora Hearts vs. Ruined World, Casshern Sins Voting for World of Pandora Hearts, Pandora Hearts. I've seen only a few episodes of both and they didn't really hold me. We have a lot of ruined worlds and wastelands in this group (Casshern, Song of the Sky, Ergo Proxy, NTHT) but Casshern Sins kind of bored me while Pandora Hearts had some interesting Alice in Wonderland allusions. I'll give the nod to Pandora Hearts. Group C-5 Helvetia, Sound of the Sky vs. Setting of BTM: Decode, Birdy the Mighty: Decode Voting for Helvetia, Sound of the Sky. Seen both. I own Birdy the Mighty Decode and the OAVs from the 1990's. Birdy is the type of fun show that I can re-watch multiple times. I don't own Sound of the Sky and don't plan to re-watch it. However, I'll vote for it over Birdy. Some of Birdy's setting is a little generic and cliche even if done well. Interstellar police officer? Animal based humanoid aliens? Robots? Human experimentation? In contrast, Sound of the Sky's world has a tenuous ceasefire between two warring nations during a time that humanity is in decline. There is a huge desert called Nomands land that is slowly enveloping the last remnants of the habitable world. It is implied that this wasteland was initially created by weapons of mass destruction. There are fewer people in the world. Technology has regressed though there are relics of a highly technological past. Both men and women are soldiers in this world. All of this adds to the comments made by characters that "the world has already ended" and an atmosphere of ruin. The Roman empire has its own language as the soldier's speak in German while the Helvetian write their wishes at the church in French. There is some nice art work of old fortresses, European style buildings and countryside giving it an old world feel. A shared mythology involving fire maidens and an angel ties both nations together.   
Flowers and ancient fortresses, Angel's Chasm, Spider Tank: advanced tech from an earlier time. Group C-6 Setting of From the New World, From the New World vs. Seikyou Academy, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Voting for Setting of From the New World, From the New World. Group C-7 World of Ergo Proxy, Ergo Proxy vs. Future Earth, Now and Then, Here and There Voting for World of Ergo Proxy, Ergo Proxy. Seen both and own both. If I had a choice of which one to watch again it would be NTHT. I think NTHT is excellent and EP is flawed, but as far as a detailed and thought out world I give the edge to EP. NTHT takes place in the future or perhaps its a future in a parallel world. It is never made clear. You have two groups fighting one another, Hellywood and Zari-bars. Is it because they are two different cultures with differing values? No, culture and discrimination have little to do with the conflict and the cultures are not strongly defined. In fact Hellywood preys on the surrounding villages for recruitment purposes, so in fact they are the same people which adds to the horror of the story. Do the leaders of the respective communities have competing ideologies? Not really, one is a paranoid madman and the others are consumed by hatred for the madman. Who is Lala-ru? An alien? A modified human that has lived thousands of years? Not revealed and most likely she is a spoiler[symbol or personification of mother earth that feels itself used and abused by man]. Why can Shu, the American girl Sara and everyone else understand each other? Does everybody speak Japanese in this world or English or is there some reason which is never explained? NTHT is a powerful exploration on the horrors of war and the sickness that is hatred. However, it has less to do with the world building and more to do with people, what lies inside them and the choices they make. Ergo Proxy is a post-apocalyptic world where the earth is destroyed and contaminated with a reduced human population surviving in technologically advanced domes. At one point in Ergo Proxy Re-l Mayer says, "Romdo the last refuge of order…" and everything is ordered in Romdo. Human population is regulated. People are given android children to raise in place of living ones and the lucky are allowed to have real children. Humans are grown and genetically engineered for specific jobs when needed. Wall sized holograms are used for advertisements and book sized ones for files. What is required of a perfect citizen and for survival is to obey. This is a highly detailed world and the purpose that the domes and proxies (beings of great power) play is integral to the story. So I would say that the world building in Ergo Proxy is more detailed and plays a larger role in the story than Now and Then, Here and There.  
Inside Romdo Dome Group C-8 Gargantia, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet vs. Prefecture F, Excel Saga Voting for Gargantia, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet |
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marie-antoinette
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Hurrah, Universe of the Four Gods made it! I didn't expect that but I am very happy to see it happen.
Group C-1 Future France, Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo This setting is a great mix of style and substance, which definitely helps to take a classic story and tell it in a completely different way. Group C-2 The Wired, Serial Experiments Lain I do enjoy historical settings but I feel like the Wired just has more to offer as far as setting goes, given how heavily its presence lies over this series. Group C-3 Assiah/Gehenna, Blue Exorcist Group C-4 Ruined World, Casshern Sins Group C-5 Setting of BTM: Decode, Birdy the Mighty: Decode Group C-6 Setting of From the New World, From the New World Group C-7 World of Ergo Proxy, Ergo Proxy Group C-8 Prefecture F, Excel Saga |
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cyberdraco
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Group C-1
Future France, Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo Group C-2 The Wired, Serial Experiments Lain Group C-3 Assiah/Gehenna, Blue Exorcist Group C-4 Ruined World, Casshern Sins Group C-5 Setting of BTM: Decode, Birdy the Mighty: Decode Most alien worlds in fiction, looked very lived in and sometimes abandoned. But Birdy the Mighty: Decode's alien world(Oriotera) is depicted as a fully functional society much like ours. Group C-6 Seikyou Academy, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Group C-7 Future Earth, Now and Then, Here and There Group C-8 Gargantia, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet Last edited by cyberdraco on Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:53 am; edited 1 time in total |
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marie-antoinette
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cyberdraco, you have to justify at least one of your votes in order for them all to count.
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Key
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I am already sensing that we could have a lot of blow-outs this round.
Anyway, I have time right now, so let's get to business. Group C-1 Abenobashi Shopping Arcade, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi vs. Future France, Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo While I don't consider Future France to be a top competitor, its blending of old-school style and hyper-advanced technology (the Count's carriage is pulled by robotic horses, for instance) makes for a fascinating-looking setting. Group C-2 1960s Japan, Kids on the Slope vs. The Wired, Serial Experiments Lain The Wird, on the strength of the surrealistic setting it creates. Of the historical settings in this tournament, KoS's is probably the weakest, as many of the elements in it aren't really that different from modern-day Japan. Group C-3 Soul Society, Bleach franchise vs. Assiah/Gehenna, Blue Exorcist I'm going withSoul Society even though I can see the merits of the BE setting based on what little I've watched of that series (i.e., the first six episodes). It is definitely a distinctive setting as afterlifes go and is progressively described in great detail over the course of the series. Group C-4 World of Pandora Hearts, Pandora Hearts vs. Ruined World, Casshern Sins Going with Ruined World here, as I do not think you will find a more starkly and effectively-portrayed example of a dystopian future anywhere in anime. Group C-5 Helvetia, Sound of the Sky vs. Setting of BTM: Decode, Birdy the Mighty: Decode Deferring to One-Eye here since he has seen both, and I think Helvetia is a pretty solid option anyway. Group C-6 Setting of From the New World, From the New World vs. Seikyou Academy, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Though it pains me to do this, I have to go against a setting I love and opt for FTNW's setting here. Seikyou Academy might be a solid pick against other competition, as it does probably one of the best jobs you'll see in anime of developing a setting limited to a single building and its grounds (rich history, intriguing supernatural dynamics). However, FTNW does nothing less than construct a novel new reality for humanity and do so in great and fascinating detail. I don't remember how far I picked it to go in the minigame, but it's one of my top picks for a potential dark horse in this tournament. Group C-7 World of Ergo Proxy, Ergo Proxy vs. Future Earth, Now and Then, Here and There Also with One-Eye on this one. I may never watch Ergo Proxy again, but it had a great, unique, and well-developed setting. NTHT, OTOH, was much more about the people and events than the setting. Group C-8 Gargantia, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet vs. Prefecture F, Excel Saga While I don't consider Gargantia to be a top-rate competitor, Prefecture F is a weaker one because its world-building really only exists as a vehicle for its gags. |
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