Grrl Power #1392 - Fundamentals > Flash (Patreon)

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Yes, fundamentals are more important than flash. It also helps if you juuuust enough super speed to make the other guy appear to be moving in slow motion. 

Action pages are hard to comment on, because there's usually not all that much happening. Sure, someone could pull some crazy new Jutsu out of their ass, but if that happens, that means you're in for 12 pages of flashback to justify how the character suddenly has the perfect skill for the situation he finds himself in but for some reason has never mentioned before. (Yeah, Naruto, I'm looking at you.) Sydney's not plumbing the depths of fantasy, sci-fi or superhero tropes, and the "so dumb they could only have survived to their current age because it's a sitcom" character isn't doing something dumb. 

So, enjoy the oh-so subtle Street Fighter homage and feel free to discuss that time you brought all your best moves to that game of Street Fighter II Turbo Excel Hamarabe Fried Chicken in the arcade, and some unassuming guy stood there on the player 1 stick and whooped everybody's asses by stuffing all the super moves with Jabs and Shorts and leg sweeps. Or vent your outrage over my Naruto drive-by. 

To be fair to Naruto, I've only watched... actually it's been a while. I think it was most of the first season. But my memory of it was that in 20 or so episodes, about 3 seconds of actual time passed, and the rest of each episode was flashbacks to them learning some Jutsu. That or the pink-haired ninja girl was having some internal, possibly boy related anxiety attack? I found that part fairly amusing, actually.