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Eu tava lendo a conversa e é incrível como sempre me acho estranho nas conversas de anos atrás. Acho que acontece sempre. Nessa época eu olhava as conversas de 2018 e achava esquisito, agora são as de 2020. FELIZ ANO NOVO, Getup! (um pouco atrasado, mas 2025 tá começando ainda)

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> Personally the maintaining the career part is good on some parts (the drug abuse for example)

For me, the painkillers were minor in comparison to Nomad's exploration of Team Nowhere as a unit. It set out to show that a team like that is unsustainable. Team Nowhere is at once a place of work and a family home. Sachio and Nanbu are trainers. But they're also a little brother and a father. This quote from Nanbu in episode 5 stuck with me: "We had always put everything on the line for [Joe's] dream. That's how we became a family." Team Nowhere functioned in service of Joe's dream. When Nanbu fell ill, he encouraged Joe to fight Liu. Joe fought Liu to "pay for Nanbu's treatment", sure. But it was really an escape -- business as usual. Team Nowhere, Gearless Joe, the dream, all of this has saved them from the brink in the past, so it will all do it again because it must.

I could go on just recounting the series because there is a lot to say. One reviewer said that Joe "had to dance with the devil just to feel alive" in S1. He drives his motorcycle towards the cliff edge. He had to box to provide for himself. Taking any combat sport seriously will often require you to make life-altering choices. The stakes are high, and the inherent dangers of these sports can put a stop to your career at any moment. But when boxing is all you have (whether you have a choice in the matter or not) and it disappears from your life (for whatever reason), you're in trouble. Nomad wants people to make backup plans and have something outside of the sport, rather than letting your life become defined and consumed by it. It recognises that this is easier said than done because of how much you have to give to even compete as a boxer, so it doesn't feel like it's talking down to anyone. It even makes sure to highlight the positives of boxing, in fact, a lot of the uplifting moments across both seasons come as a result of Joe's boxing career.

> the resolution is very simple and he accepts his destiny a little to early...

Joe did move on from his addiction pretty quickly. Though, I'd be a lot harsher on it if the painkillers didn't do lasting damage. Their severity is still conveyed. But yeah, more consistent callbacks and impulses to take them throughout the show would've gone a long way.

Side note: I'm not sure whether you're referring to Joe kicking the painkillers or the conclusion of the series (?).

> ...compared to works like Kokkou no Hito and Yanagihara's arc in Sangatsu no Lion (his match against Shimada Kai).

I haven't read Kokkou no Hito yet. I'll probably get around to it because I always hear great things.

I've seen 3-gatsu, though. And for sure, Yanagihara's arc is great. I don't see a sport-life balance idea being tackled though. It seems more focused on his legacy, honouring those who've layed expectations upon him, and defining himself in a new generation of shogi.

There are some elements that I can see as tackling the "sport-life" balance theme. Yanagihara will consistently question what he is without shogi. There is a focus on his "old body": the medication he takes, the gossip surrounding him, his relating to Gan's fear of being stranded in a burnt field, his vision blurring, his tired body after winning. He's not young anymore, yet he feels compelled to honour those who've come before him and become eternal kishou. He doesn't have Shimada's slowly-built armour anymore, he compares himself to lava. He hears the voices of his retired friends and peers, not only a reflection of himself and bitter confirmation that his time has come (so to speak), but reminders of who exactly he is fighting for. So, of course, he'll become a "human torch and give full rein to his suffering".

This is all super super compelling and gorgeously presented. I get why it's valued and I value it myself. It's an artful presentation of a legend giving everything. It's also efficiently told. So much work was put into these two episodes (plus the extra pieces we get throughout S2). So, sure, if we're comparing Yanagihara's arc to Joe overcoming his addiction to painkillers, I'd agree that it's more detailed and better presented.

If we take Joe's character as a whole though, I think that's also an unfair comparison to make because Joe had 26 eps to grow and change. But to make a judgment, when I see Yanagihara at the end of his arc, I see someone defining a legacy and honouring their peers. It's completed with consistent consideration of the toll it takes on Yanagihara's old body. Joe, at the end of Nomad, stands at the end of a more complicated journey. We've seen him break and put himself back together with help from the people he inspired as Gearless Joe. He's swallowed his pride and mended the breaks in his family. He had to talk to them individually and draw a line between sport and life. Whenever he does fight, he now does so with their blessing.

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I see you're also watching "Gushing over magical girls", hahah. And, is it to your liking, fellow sensei?

Oh yeah, and I found out that Blue Archive was a game only after finding characters and stuff from it at different places on the internet, if you get what I mean ;)

And no no, for clarification, I'm not one of "those people"! It's just the memes circulating around the characters that made me find out about the franchise. The "uoohh 😭💢" and such... xD

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I previously knew him from Vtuber video clips and I thought he can fix me

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Hey man. I gotta ask, how did you find Nomad shallow?

I can see an argument for the racism commentary being shallow and on the nose. But all the drama involved with maintaining a sport-life balance was very nuanced, in my opinion.

Only asking because I don't see many criticisms for Nomad on MAL. I just want to get an idea of how its critics feel.

(I haven't seen Ashita no Joe yet)