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Terry Sergio: Silverback Episode 18

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Terry

I sat at my writing desk recording my thoughts and took a break to gaze up a at cyberspace for a few moments as I looked over the latest news reports about two blood hounds that setting fire to the Princess Inc. On the accounting of a broken blood law seven and smiled. “Omarion had done it. The Astro Bros had completed my last will and job. It was finished.

“Dad.”

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I turned in surprise to see the cyberspace image of my daughter. “What are you doing here, Debra? You should be-“

“The job is done. Your blood hounds have secured your revenge. Now will you tell me what happened to you and why?”

I shrugged blowing out smoke from the side of my mouth. “Nothing much to say? I took a job back damn near a year ago a little before I met you and I couldn’t complete it. I was asked to retrieve a rare legendary CPU hybrid A.i chip system. It was meant to be put into high end GEH warrior models that were prototype Dragons or automatic lightning kissed immortals. I traced the location of the chip.. I had two problems. One, the chip had already been set with in a GEH financial assistant model already in operation and second the chip being a legendary a.i. was complete bullshit. So even if I killed the GEH model to get the chip out of her chest I would only end up looking like a liar if I ripped the chip from her chest and handed over to them.”

I could see understanding in her eyes even as she shook her head. “No. I don’t understand.” She lied.

“Yes you do. I was the chump set up to take the fall. I had to protect myself. Well I thought I did if it wasn’t for one chatter box traitorous bitch-“

“Your still full of shit Dad. The CPU would have a code and identification number on it. It didn’t matter whether it was the real deal or not. A job is a job. You couldn’t complete the job because you couldn’t kill her. Heroes don’t kill the innocent just to get a paycheck.”

“Holy shit. This bullshit again. I’m a business man.” I said. Fuck. I sounded like lying dog to my own ears.

“Bullshit and you know it.” She said. “Wait a minute. Does this GEH have children and a mate. Damn it. I knew it. What bitch were talking ?”

Oh shit. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“Yeah. The bitch you were about to mention. Is she the one that told on you? You must have told somebody about your problem. It must be the bitch that got you jammed up. What’s her name!?”

I shook my head. “It’s over. Chances are she’ll be dead along with the rest of the assholes that had a hand in burning my body. Let the shit go.”

“Oh no. Your going to tell me her name. I promise not to kill her. I swore. I won’t do shit to her.. But your going to tell me her name.”

“Wait a minute. You’ve been wondering what I am right? Well I can-“

“-I don’t give a fuck about that. Tell.me this bitch’s name.”

I was silent. Pondering what to say. “I can’t. You’re not ready for that bitch. She waited a while to plan this out and remove me from the picture. Learning how to find her let alone defeat her will only end making you lose everything you desire. It’s what happened to me though I never thought she would turn on me like she did. She was one of my people. Once I realized she was behind it all I had already lost everything and ended up here. I couldn’t lose you which I knew she was after. It’s you Debra.”

“Teach me. Teach me how to be better then her and then when I’m ready she’ll never see me coming or the axe before it comes down on her neck. I can beat her. Do you trust me?”

I stared at her. “Of course I do. Your my Baby girl. That’s why I don’t want to lose you.”

“Then teach me to succeed where you failed because I’m your daughter and as long as I’m alive she’ll be after anyone connected to you to destroy. I can beat her.”

I smiled. “Alright. You got me.”

End of 2nd series….

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One Punch! A Study of hard work, determination, natural talent and what it means to be a hero and get bored being a superman

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Hello,

Fellow, writers and story lovers. I come to you in a more pleasant and cheerful attitude. I wish you success in your writing projects and may your created works turn out well.

ONE PUNCH! 

I came upon this work of fine well written anime and manga. I’ve read the books and found them funny, mature at times and entertaining. The story world and characters are interesting as well as presented and written very well. The writer has not broken the rules in his world. The rules the writer has established in his fictional world are solid, clear cut and without a trace of idiotic toilet humor or stupid explanation.

It’s just entertaining. The action is solid and the humor is a punch to the gut because when the action/comedy hits it hits hard.

The main character is man with simple desires and motivations you understand. He wants to be hero as a hobby. That’s it and he has worked hard to achieve his goal and had massive success though he had humble beginnings and his rise to the top level of strength and confidence is hard earned. Though, he is not respected or well known in the world he literally is:

a self made SUPERMAN in a world filled with people that have a host of super powers from lazor beams out the eyes to a man who wields a baseball bat and yes that is his power. One PUNCH stands alone as man that kill a giant city size meteorite with a single punch and alien super king world destroyer with a single blow.

What I’m saying sounds weird and strange but if you see a single episode of season 1 you’ll understand quick enough.

L. M. Parker

my hero academia: A study in the pursuit of power and fame (anime) season 1 and some of season 2 part 1

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Okay, this is going to be a bit different from what I usually write but I found the subject shocking, crazy and food for thought so I want to write about it.

My friends and fellow writers. I’ve got a secret to tell you. Once a long, long time a go, many moons ago I was a huge Anime and manga fan. Back in the late years of the 1990s into the early 2000s. I cut my teeth on Roin Warriors and G-Gundam.

Mind you I’m not a scholar in thousandths of stories and genres in the subject. What I am offering is a perspective about this anime that I don’t know is true or not. It’s just something I’m seeing in this children’s anime that I find weird.

I haven’t read the books but I’ve watched the anime season 1 and I’ve seen a bit of season two part 1. The concept is interesting. A world filled with Super powered people. The child main character (has no father but a single mother no mention of father in season 1) wants to be Super powered “hero” like his hero All Might. A blond haired tall dude with movie star good looks and super strength powers. Child protagonist is a loser born without powers. He meets his “hero” and finds out a secret about All Might. All Might sees a determination and craziness in child protagonist so All Might tells him secret about his powers. All Might is a phony. He got his powers from someone else (destroying a major element of the story’s world) he offers child protagonist a chance to become a hero like him and be given All Might’s powers but he has to train for a year to prove his determination and will to get to the top. The year is up so he achieves his goal and then All Might reveals how he can “transfer” his powers to child protagonist.

Spoiler alert: All might removes a hair from his head (DNA) and gives it to child to eat. Child freaks out and doesn’t want to eat All Might hair (DNA) (We don’t see this part we just hear it.) All Might forces child to eat DNA and the story of a child super hero’s rise to fame and glory begins.

Anyway, your probably wondering something. Where are the super villains? Oh! The audience is introduced to them at the last episodes. The villains want to kill All Might they only attack the children to draw him out.

Now. I saw this theme but then again I thought to myself the first time maybe I’m thinking to deeply about a stupid cartoon show from Japan. Though current Japanese anime is horrible like this excluding One Punch! Maybe I’m wrong about the hero academia. I watched the entire season and I found it okay and funny at times and I didn’t get that weird feeling much.

I picked up season two recently, Season two part 1 of the blue ray starts out with the children powered (heroes in training) entering a world wide competition to compete for the top position against other children for a grand prize. All Might explains to child protagonist the importance of winning the prize. Child protagonist asks why. He is assuming it will better him as a future hero. He is dead wrong.

All Might explains that being a “hero” has more to do with being popular to the general public and earning fame so he could be paid more in merchandising rights and have a big enough fame number in the business of being a paid “hero”. Oh. I forgot to mention that. Being a hero is this story world means, getting paid serious money, being famous all over and being worshiped by children and people all over the world.

Huh! That’s odd. That reminds me a little bit of Hollywood child and adult Actors. You know stories of people rising to the top by doing weird and some times depraved stuff to gain power and wealth.

Here’s a theme I’m getting from season two part 1: What are you willing to do to get that high number? Or who are you willing to use to be on the top?

I really can’t tell if this show is pure evil or if the creator and artist is obsessed with sex or the age old question of what will people do to gain power and position. I think this show is popular to a lot young children though online. The show conveys a lot of stupid humor to mask the weirdness and weird images and by weird I mean pedophile themes. The story concept was brilliant but was burned away in the dude’s obsession with sex.

L. M. Parker