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I'm surprised no one posted about this yet. I'm up to episode 4, and damn, it's getting better with each episode. This is exactly what I've always wanted from Marvel shows. The comics always had pretty interesting stories, but the studios wasted all that potential by profiting on mainstream blockbusters with all style and no substance. Daredevil looks to improve that for the future to come. Ironic, considering that the movie with the same title was hailed as one of the worst Marvel movies ever (save the director's cut). There are so many good things to say about this, but I think I'll save most of them for future discussions and keep it short for now. The character writing is simply splendid. Initially, I was a little worried that it might get too boring for me, but the characters were interesting enough to suck me in and connect with me on an emotional level. Every main character and side character are given enough time to flesh out with meaningful scenes that aren't just there to fill up the screentime. Even though they've changed the race of Ben Urich and maybe even tweaked the backstory a little bit, I still find the scenes he's in pretty engaging. And when we finally become familiar with the characters, that's when Marvel strike while the iron is hot, diving into the meaty storyline of a man who's just "trying to make his city a better place." It's pretty much your textbook formula of "familiarize the audience with the characters before telling the story" you see in every TV drama and anime, but it works really well here. And even though the story of a vigilante fighting mob bosses in a crime-infested city is hardly any more marvelous than a rogue A.I. bent on destroying humanity, I think the strong character writing here really makes it shine a lot more than Age of Ultron, or just about any Marvel production for the last decade, including Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Speaking of AoS, we don't get a dull-fest of a first season here in Daredevil. Every episode here so far as I've seen is used to their full potential of telling an interesting story. I must say that the court drama portrayed in a superhero show probably impressed me a lot more than it should. And it speaks length as to what AoS did wrong when it's not the superheroics in Daredevil that made me excited, but the kind of human interaction we get in the show. There's just... something special that Daredevil did very right, a combination of both the gritty style (of Dark Knight) and (the well-written script full of) substance culminated in a wonderful recipe that I could watch with little complaint, for whatever reasons. And I haven't even talked about the spectacular casting yet! Most of the casting are functional at best, but only because I've seen four episodes. Charlie Cox and Elden Henson have a nice enough chemistry for me to like them. Charlie in particular plays up the human vulnerability so well that I could even feel his fear and insecurity beneath the mask, so that's a plus for him. I'm pleasantly surprised about the casting choice of Rosario Dawson. Before episode 4, I didn't think much of her due to her less than impressive past roles, but she's got me sold by the end of it. Deborah Ann Woll is okay, but I need to see more of her before I could decide. Vondie Curtis-Hall works fine as Ben Urich, but again, I need to see more of his acting. And of course, we can't talk about the casting without mentioning Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk. To be honest, I wasn't as impressed as the others the first couple of scenes I saw him between episode 3 and 4. He was pretty good, but it wasn't mind-blowing. But once again, Daredevil pulled through by the end of the episode with Even though I knew of the character's backstory, that still caught me by surprise. I can't wait to see how Spidey's gonna go toe-to-toe with this imposing figure in the future of MCU. So yeah, that's about it with my thoughts. Have you seen the show? What do you think of it? I'm just going to go watch the rest of the season now.

[spoiler=Episode 6] I cant say that the contracting of the demons impressed me much but the way that Yoichi was attacked (psychologically) by his demon was in my opinion the best part of the episode. Having said that I can't deny that I enjoyed seeing Yoichi's bow being used , it looked great , as for Shihou and Yu I hope we get to see their weapons more in the next episode. It looks like Yu and Mika will finally see each other again but on opposite sides of the war , I wonder how this will play out.

I don't speak Japanese so I guess you could say all the words do~ There a few things I have managed to pick up on though.

A game I've really been enjoying recently is Plague Inc: Evolved. Simple, relaxing, and fun. Provided you like creating a supervirus to kill off all of mankind~

Unfortunately. I don't use Wifi or Ethernet. What do I use you ask. Once upon a time, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there was this form of internet called Dial-Up. It is sometimes slower than a herd of snails stampeding through peanut butter but it allowed for an internet connection for basic internet things. Surprisingly enough, IRC chats work on it. Videos/streaming don't work at all. This is what I have. Whenever I have the opportunity, I prefer Ethernet over wifi.

I'm super offended by the last two Gintama gifs. I jest; nothing can offend me~ Looks like a funny show though. I've had Nichijou recommended to me before too as it's a funny show.

Time for some Gintama gifs. Let's start off with a pretty hilarious one: Gintama logic: Just your run of the mill Gintama genital joke. Also... Yeah. Despite its occasional intelligent satire, Gintama has a lot of dick jokes. lol Now for some Nichijou hilarity: And finally... Nichijou's easily one of the funniest anime of all time, second only to Gintama IMO.

Gotta love the infamous Shaft neck bend.

I actually happen to drink a lot of coffee as well, mainly because it's more convenient (my mum buys large packets of it all the time). It should be noted that both Coke and coffee contains caffeine, probably one reason why I'm addicted to both. That said, I can never finish even a small cup of coffee, let alone a full cup. Coffee just has that sour taste that I can't tolerate too much of. It's probably because the coffee I drink is the 3-in-1 kind with cream and sugar. Black coffee probably tastes a lot less 'sticky', but it's too bitter for me. Here's the brand I drink. Nescafe, a rather commonplace Singapore brand that makes milo as well.

I don't drink alcohols. And I would prefer coffee than Those pepsi and coke. My favorite coffee drink is Cinnamon Dolce Latte on starbucks. <3<3<3<3

Some of the reasons why I wanna go outside my country is to meet some online friends as well.