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BUTCH BRACKET Round 1

Rules & Guidelines

If you notice any issues with the matchups or submissions please let me know!

Matchups under the cut, polls will be linked once they're posted.

Bracket A

Jess McCready (A League of Their Own) vs. Shelley Byron (Doom Patrol)

Lupe García (A League of Their Own) vs. Desdemona (Fortnite)

Jo DeLuca (A League of Their Own) vs. Min Suh (My Princess Charming)

Vi (A League of Their Own) vs. Darling Charming (Ever After High)

Max Chapman (A League of Their Own) vs. Faye (Questionable Content)

Chloe Kitagawa (Belle of the Ball) vs. Imtura Tal Kaelen (Choices: Blades of Light and Shadow)

Kase Tomoka (Kase-san snd Morning Glories) vs. Miyake Aoi (D4DJ)

Hoshiumi Asa (Haikyuu) vs. Kyoutani Kentarou (Haikyuu)

Annabelle Cheddar (Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy) vs. Sir Amanda Maillard (Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy) vs. Captain Jan De La Vega (Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey)

Kristen Applebees (Dimension 20: Fantasy High) vs. Evan Kelmp (Dimension 20: Misfits and Magic) vs. Chieftess Cleva Katzon (Dimension 20: The Ravening War)

Cynthia Zdunowski (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies) vs. Lake (Infinity Train)

Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack) vs. Sasha Nein (Psychonauts)

Tracer/Lena Oxton (Overwatch) vs. Zarya/Aleksandra Zaryanova (Overwatch)

Moira O'Deorain (Overwatch) vs. Junker Queen (Overwatch)

Brigitte Lindholm (Overwatch) vs. Susie (Deltarune)

Riot Maidstone (Hello from the Hallowoods) vs. Striga (Castlevania)

Bonnibel Bubblegum (Adventiure Time: Fionna and Cake) vs. Cassie Sandsmark (DC Comics)

The Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who) vs. The Twelfth Doctor (Doctor Who)

Sevika (Arcane) vs. Vi (Arcane)

Geeta (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet) vs. Rika (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet)

Kim (My Candy Love) vs. Jean (Blue Jean)

Naberius Kalego (Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun) vs. Opera (Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun)

Zen'in Maki (Jujutsu Kaisen) vs. Jane Crocker (Homestuck)

Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony) vs. Applejack (My Little Pony)

Dame Aylin (Baldur's Gate 3) vs. Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate 3)

Karlach (Baldur's Gate 3) vs. Kevin E. Levin (Ben 10 Ultimate Alien/Alien Force)

Jillian Holtzmann (Ghostbusters (2016)) vs. Kena Mwaura (Rafiki)

Emmy Altava (Professor Layton) vs. Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)

Lois (Dykes to Watch Out For) vs. Kora (Rebel Moon)

Mo (Dykes to Watch Out For) vs. Kipo (Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts)

Niamh Brody (Any Way The Wind Blows) vs. Jamie (Butch Jamie)

Kenjou Akira/Cure Chocolat (KiraKira Precure a la Mode) vs. Hinomori Shiho (Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage)

Bracket B

Tenoh Haruka/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon) vs. Arkady Patel (The Strange Case of Starship Iris)

Nahara Satrinava (The Arcana) vs. Nazali Satrinava (The Arcana)

Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb) vs. Isabel Lovelace (Wolf 359)

Pyrrha Dve (The Locked Tomb) vs. Alice "Daisy" Tonner (The Magnus Archives)

Park Jae-In (Sora & Haena!) vs. Thatcher Davis (The Mandela Catalogue)

Jess Goldberg (Stone Butch Blues) vs. Lady Lesso (The School for Good And Evil)

Undyne (Undertale) vs. Van Palmer (Yellowjackets)

Amaya (The Dragon Prince) vs. Tenjou Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Burn (Wings of Fire) vs. Moonwatcher (Wings of Fire)

Tsunami (Wings of Fire) vs. Asha (Wings of Fire)

Moonlight (Warriors) vs. Mothwing (Warriors)

Anybodys (West Side Story (1961)) vs. Anybodys (West Side Story (2021))

Mitsuki Koga (The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All) vs. Rachel Lindt/Hellhound/Bitch (Worm)

Warthog (Trinity) vs. Susie Myerson (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Jay (Star Stable) vs. Sabine (Star Stable)

Alex Cloudmill (Star Stable) vs. Korra (The Legend of Korra)

Adora (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Huntara (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Scorpia (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Pearl (Splatoon) vs. Kit Tanthalos (Willow)

Sun Jing (Tamen De Gushi) vs. Coral (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)

Buliara (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom) vs. Urbosa (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda) vs. Impa (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Tetra (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) vs. Linkle (Hyrule Warriors)

Queen Barb (Trolls) vs. Viva (Trolls)

Hunter (The Owl House) vs. Willow Park (The Owl House)

Luz Noceda (The Owl House) vs. Raine Whispers (The Owl House)

Blaze the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Vector the Crocodile (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Surge the Tenrec (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Ali (The Big Con)

Garnet (Steven Universe) vs. Ruby (Steven Universe)

Bismuth (Steven Universe) vs. Roman (Sanders Sides)

Saira (We Are Lady Parts) vs. Kim (Yes Or No)

Lucy Kensington (Where The Stars Fell) vs. Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

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Jess’s V3 Ending Thoughts I

Okay, going to talk a bit about my raw feelings on the ending so far. After I go back and play more and digested it a little more, I may have more to say.

Things I Liked

It contextualized the really frustrating writing calls made earlier in the game, like why HaruMaki’s entire character revolves around this random crush she developed with no satisfactory build up or why Akamatsu basically exists just to build Saihara’s confidence or why there was a goddamn double murder in the third chapter etc. I still would have preferred a game that was solidly written start to finish that didn’t rely on tropes for large chunks of the narrative, but at the very least I can laugh it off now and go “Oh, Shirogane, you’re such a terrible fic writer.”

It did something different, which is always appreciated. The game was taking this idea of choosing a different option than hope or despair that SDR2 introduced and the idea of landing on an unsatisfactory ending on purpose from DR:AE and tried to go further with it.

I really liked that the game itself identified that the audience’s dogged demanding of a hopeful ending is one of the things that drags the series down.

I like that all of Shirogane’s sprites post mastermind reveal show that she’s got bags under her eyes. It’s a small detail, but it really shows how tiresome the DR formula is making everyone, even people who purport to love it.

I like that having the characters sign up willingly to participate eases one of the major issues this game had, namely that there were too many goddamn cinnamon rolls in the cast. Like literally everyone but Shinguuji pretty much was Too Good and holy god is that unrealistic and boring. Showing that they too were super fans who made a dumb, short-sighted decision redeemed them a bit for me.

So I know a lot of people probably have issues with the “we know nothing really about these characters” thing, but honestly I’m totally cool with it. It’s like Kodaka dumped a box of colorful Legos at my feet and I can now build anything my imagination desires. 

I like Shirogane as the one pulling the strings. I think it works pretty well and thank god she got something significant to do in the end.

Nate disagrees, but I kind of find the idea of a society obsessed with an element of pop culture to the point where they want to bring it to life in an unhealthy way to be kind of funny and appropriate for a DR game.

I respected the decision to have all the characters die at the end to stop the series, and the way the formula got entirely deconstructed. (See below for the caveat to this.)

Things I Didn’t Like

What the FUCK was that epilogue?! Not only does it undercut the narrative significance of what happened right before the credits (Saihara: “No, we have to die because our deaths will make a statement.” *two minutes later* Saihara: “No, it’s totally cool we survived.” YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO, SAIHARA!), it’s basically the hopeful ending the audience wanted. If the audience chose to spare you at the end so you can continue living, then that’s functionally the same as a hope ending, guys. You haven’t changed shit in that case.

Speaking of, I don’t know that they can say they “changed the world” really. I mean, you made the ending boring so people stopped watching. How do you know they didn’t jump ship on DR but latched onto a completely different series to get their fix? What, is DR the ONLY killing game media in town?

Saihara’s bit in the epilogue about how they TOTALLY deserve to live now and about how the fact that they signed up willingly could have been a lie was so fucking bad oh my god. If you take away the fact that the characters signed up willingly, you now fall into the trap DR3 did, i.e., shirking consequences. “Sure, there’s video evidence of me applying to participate in this killing game of my own volition, but I’m a Good Person who’d never do such a thing, and so I am choosing to doubt that ever happened if not just outright deny it!” It boils down to the same issue I had with Mirai-hen: everyone always thinks they’re Naegi, never that they’re Munakata.

Nate and I discussed this on stream, but this ending is super fucking unfair to Shirogane. Her crime was giving these ungrateful kids what they wanted, and then they turned on her and we’re supposed to rah rah that they let her die because...?

The ending message is so confused here. Like at first I thought they were going with a “be careful to keep reality and fiction separate in your mind, lest you go too far” which is a good, necessary message. I mean, look at how Tumblr will harass living, breathing people over fictional shit. That makes perfect sense with the set up: fictional killing games are all well and good, but when you cross the line and start using actual flesh-and-blood people, you’ve gone too far. However, by the end we start getting hokey lines like “You don’t believe in the power of fiction?” and “Fiction can change the world!” Uh, yes, Kodaka. No one is arguing that it can’t. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t think fiction can inspire or have an emotional impact on people. We have already proved that via the fact that people like Makoto in that one quick real world segment were finding strength and courage because of the DR series. So why beat this dead horse?

On that topic, if your endgame moral is literally “fiction has an impact on reality despite being fictional” then having the characters be flesh-and-blood people detracts from your message. If a character who never existed outside the confines of the game and was nothing but binary and pixels was struggling to escape their own narrative, then it would have had more weight. As is, the message is still coming across as “the problem with this is that you are involving real people” (if not straight up going Tumblr Purity Brigade, though I doubt that was Kodaka’s intention).

Dear everyone who told me Saihara HAD to be the protag: please show your work. Because he didn’t. “But he came up with the idea to not choose either side! It was because he was weak and relying on his friends!” People. Please. Do you really not see how that could easily have been reframed to work with Akamatsu? “I’ve been dragging everyone around so much this entire time that I never stopped to listen to the anyone else, and all that I got for the trouble was that the killing game continued. So this time I decided to stay quiet and listen instead, and when I heard Kiibo-kun and Maki-chan say they would sacrifice themselves, I got an idea.” And then she has to let the other remaining survivors choose for themselves instead of choosing for them. It’s really not hard to make a justification for any other character. When people said that it HAD to be Saihara as the protag, I thought it was because he was the true mastermind and had set this up as an elaborate punishment for people he knew were guilty of crimes who had gotten away with them (which given all of the DRK-ness in his backstory, would have made a lot of sense). Or something. You know, a scenario where it really would have had to have been him. As it stands, it only has to be him because the story says so, which if you pay attention to my arguments about Naegi-Stu, you should know is not a justification to me.

Someone with a sense of artistic integrity would end the series here, having deconstructed it to this point.

Unanswered Questions I Still Have

I still find it really strange how some people were able to actually make use of their talents--I think it would have been more cohesive if no one ever did anything all that impressive. Like it works with, say, Akamatsu (who never actually plays piano) or Yumeno (whose entire schtick is kind of being a fraud) or Momota (again, fraud) or Saihara (who is doing things in the game that were literally done by Joe Schmoes in previous games), but for Iruma or HaruMaki or Hoshi, placebo effect only goes so far. I don’t think it can suddenly make you able to upgrade a robot repeatedly or do 100 push-ups in a few minutes or flashstep.

On that note, what is the deal with Kiibo? Is he actually a robot that the DR Team made to be the audience stand in? If that’s the case, why does he look human in the prologue? What would they have done if he got murdered earlier on?

Who is controlling Monokuma? Just another staff member? Does he have an independent AI?

What would they have done if Shirogane had died earlier? I mean I assume this is why she avoided latching onto any particular group and was such a non-entity during the game but still...she was a girl and therefore at risk of Shinguuji.

Still unsure if the outside world of V3 is intended to be our world or not. If it is, then we hardly are a world without strife or despair. If it isn’t...what the hell is the point? Who cares about some fictional other outside world that has nothing in common with the one we inhabit? “Here’s how fiction affects reality! ...oh but not OUR reality, this reality I made up for the purposes of this story.”

What was the deal with the tech helmet things we saw on Akamatsu and Saihara? Was that supposed to be them “entering” the “world of DR”? Or was that the true first memory light thing? If Saihara said in that section that he wanted to die with everyone, was the significance that he signed up because he was suicidal? (I assume that’s why Yumeno signed up...she’s been dropping not-so-subtle hints all game that she suffers from depression.) Why didn’t that get explored more?

So these are my knee-jerk immediate feelings on the ending so far. On one hand there were things I really, really liked about it and things I appreciated that it tried to do, and on the other there are things that I think just plain didn’t work.

More later after I play through myself some.

P.S. Bonus mode is pretty great. Can’t wait to play on my own.

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Crunchyroll Announces Tower of God Dub Cast, May 13 Premiere

  As Tower of God hits its mid-season stride, Crunchyroll is announcing the date and cast for the upcoming dub of the series! You can watch the official Tower of God dub starting May 13 right here on Crunchyroll, with new episodes scheduled to air every Wednesday. The absolutely stacked cast joining the show is as follows:

Bam - Johnny Yong Bosch (Giyu Tomioka in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Makoto Tachibana in Free!,

Zora in Black Clover, and Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, among many others)

Rachel - Valerie Rose Lohman (Jess Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein: Youngblood,

Edith Finch in What Remains of Edith Finch)

Headon - Christopher Swindle (Jack Hanma in Baki, various characters in BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS,

Arthur Rimbaud in Bungo Stray Dogs)

Khun Aguero Agnis - Chris Hackney (Dimitri in Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Rak Wraithraiser - Matthew David Rudd (Baal in Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun and

Leaky Eye Lica in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)

Yuri Jahad - Kira Buckland (Reimi Sugimoto in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, and

2B in NieR: Automata among many others)

Evan Edroch - Kyle McCarley (Narancia Ghirga in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

and 9S in NieR: Automata)

Anaak Jahad - Cherami Leigh (Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon, and Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online among many others)

Hatz - Nicolas Roye (Octane in Apex Legends)

Shibisu - Scott Whyte (Known for his work in various video games including Death Stranding,

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught, and Transformers: War for Cybertron)

Endorsi Jahad - Jeannie Tirado (Norman in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND, and Fana from Black Clover)

Lero Ro - Trent Mills (LA-based comedian, actor, singer. Upright Citizen’s Brigade)

Hansung Yu - Lucien Dodge (Waver Velvet in Fate/Zero)

Serena - Cristina Vee (Darkness in KONOSUBA, Killua Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter,

Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon, to name a few)

Today, Crunchyroll also announced updates on our ongoing dubs and brand new dubs coming down the line, which you can find all the details right here.

  What do you think about the Tower of God dub cast? Who are you most excited to listen to in the upcoming dub? Let us know in the comments below!

---

  Kyle Cardine is an Editor for Crunchyroll. You can find his Twitter here!

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[silvercrane14]

i love this screencap of him so much he looks so flustered and distressed over drooling Fucking Everywhere and tbh hed be right to feel that way

Hes like 'oh shit I'm a freak whoops'

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BUTCH BRACKET Round 2

Rules & Guidelines

matches under the cut! polls will be linked once posted

Jess McCready (A League of Their Own) vs. Lupe García (A League of Their Own)

Jo DeLuca (A League of Their Own) vs. Vi (A League of Their Own)

Max Chapman (A League of Their Own) vs. Chleo Kitagawa (Belle of the Ball)

Miyake Aoi (D4DJ) vs. Kyoutani Kentarou (Haikyuu)

Captain Annabelle Cheddar (Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy) vs. Kristen Applebees (Dimension 20: Fantasy High)

Lake (Infinity Train) vs. Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack)

Zarya/Aleksandra Zaryanova (Overwatch) vs. Junker Queen/Odessa "Dez" Stone (Overwatch)

Susie (Deltarune) vs. Riot Maidstone (Hello from the Hallowoods)

Bonnibel Bubblegum (Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake) vs. The Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who)

Vi (Arcane) vs. Rika (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)

Jean (Blue Jean) vs. Opera (Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun)

Jane Crocker (Homestuck) vs. Applejack (My Little Pony)

Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate 3) vs. Karlach (Baldur's Gate 3)

Kena Mwaura (Rafiki) vs. Emmy Altava (Professor Layton)

Lois (Dykes to Watch Out For) vs. Mo (Dykes to Watch Out For)

Niamh Brody (Any Way The Wind Blows) vs. Kenjou Akira/Cure Chocolat (KiraKira Precure a la Mode)

Tenoh Haruka/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon) vs. Nazali Satrinava (The Arcana)

Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb) vs. Pyrrha Dve (The Locked Tomb)

Park Jae-In (Sora & Haena!) vs. Jess Goldberg (Stone Butch Blues)

Van Palmer (Yellowjackets) vs. Tenjou Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Burn (Wings of Fire) vs. Tsunami (Wings of Fire)

Mothwing (Warriors) vs. Anybodys (West Side Story (2021))

Mitsuki Koga (The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All) vs. Susie Myerson (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Sabine (Star Stable) vs. Korra (The Legend of Korra)

Huntara (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Scorpia (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Kit Tanthalos (Willow) vs. Sun Jing (Tamen De Gushi)

Buliara (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom) vs. Impa (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Tetra (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) vs. Queen Barb (Trolls)

Willow Park (The Owl House) vs. Raine Whispers (The Owl House)

Vector the Crocodile (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Surge the Tenrec (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Garnet (Steven Universe) vs. Bismuth (Steven Universe)

Saira (We Are Lady Parts) vs. Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

[silvercrane14]

i dont think he should but i think kiriwo should get to lick iruma one time. thats it. no biting for him i dont trust him but . he deserves something

That would literally just make him worse

[silvercrane14]

normal about him. the same way hes normal about iruma

Ngl the manga did him better. The anime didn't even give him slit pupils??? Shame on them

[silvercrane14]

i love this stupid fucking series why is kiriwo so overtly a sadist hes literally just out here drooling and blushing like its fucking normal

Hes literally a demon

[silvercrane14]

also the way his wings sprouted im - remember when we were talking about if wings um. cough . how do i.... you know like. react to . excitement - cough . you know ?

Yes I remember. Head in hands.

[silvercrane14]

pubby

PUBBY!!!

[silvercrane14]

sobbing like blushenko he just fully let balam leave his hand there for so long christ theyre so <3

Augh they're so. Head in hnsds

[silvercrane14]

“listen well, babygirl” anything for you miss raim

Me when the cute goth cashier called me babe the other day

[silvercrane14]

also we’re watching harvest fest and my sister just said “god lied is SUCH a little boy” and im pretty sure i said the exact same thing fjdkdh

Hes just such a little guy. Oh my god

[silvercrane14]

in tears in the dub raim calls everyone babygirl i feel fucking insane clara and elizabetta why does professor raim call you guys baby girl😭

Oh my god. Babygirl.

[silvercrane14]

oh god i wish that were me (opera). azz with all due respect your mum is so hot

Literally she’s so pretty. I love her so much

[silvercrane14]

shaking and crying

her blue hairtie that she picked bc it reminded her of Iruma,,,