Team X-Blood vs. Team Gloves is a Disaster 

They would 100% run quad annaki novas

​@@zachattack1279double annaki, a vsplash, and a nsplash

@@P-nk-m-na no 2 annakis 1 painbrush (because of its name) 1 custom range (because of the fire and if it get its splat 1 kit)

Bros went to Splatoon Hot Topic

REALLLL

Mom, I’m officially emo

They remind me of those kids using edgy anime characters as their entire user profile

their team Spotify playlist is full of mcr

theyre probably active on mentally ill pinterest

​@@KIIROCORE ayy aroace :)

I mean… that sounds like a typical middle-schooler move

Thinking about it, they’re ages would range from 14-16 because 14 is I THINK the cannon age that an inkling or octoling can start playing turf. (Don’t quote me on that, im pretty sure it’s said in the art of Splatoon book) and knowing they’ve probably been playing for a while, im gonna guess most of them on that team are around 15-16, but the name is still pretty goofy 🤭

X BLOOD

Vintage and Omega are both older than 14 because they were on a team with skull in splatoon 1 before goggles started

Fair ig

This is hilarious

Gem when a manga for kids has tropes and doesn't have characters that have the most skilled comps and strategies and doesn't have tournament level matches and isn't extremely realistic to the actual game 😨

@@MeltingRougeSoul13 doesnt he acknowledge in this and the first video

@@sonjaa.martin6269 I know and that makes it even funnier

I wonder if we can spare a thought for that one strategy in the manga that was, like, the exact opposite of the kind of healthy self talk a Splatoon player needs to learn to keep playing...like, it was basically catastrophizing as both a gag and legitimate technique...

At least red sole is likable as a character in comparison… the rest of X blood thou, not so much but still better than goggles

@@staticaleel5068yeah red sole’s design is pretty nice imo, but other than that they all get on my nerves 💥

Lies. Goggles bombed the Crust Bucket and Emperor overheated a fryer.

Pfp Sauce (Artist)? 🗿🗿

@@KIIROCORE Pfp Sauce (Artist)? 🗿

where's that DAMN fourth chaos emerald

But then some panels draw it like 👹🔪💣💞 for some weird reason

Example 7:20

I mean I see people do that on C rank all the time, is that not normal on higher ranks?

what stage was that on again? because if it’s not on a stage that got ported to s3 he wont really be able to analyze it- edit: just realized you were talking about prince laceless etc not blue-peror lol, it was on arowana and yeah prince ily (/p) but the eminence arrow is going to get you absolutely nowhere

@@trickygamer555 the general goal of ranked is to stay alive

@@trickygamer555it’s best to wait until your team has more members alive and in play than the other team and then go for a push. Your goal in battles in splatoon 3 is to create the most advantageous situation for yourself rather than just rushing the objective immediately

​@@popsicIesNo? The general goal of ranked is to win.

not super rare in that situation, the only way vbrella 1 shots is by landing a direct and then doing contact damage so its the most common way for them to camp super jumps

His throat is gonna come for vengeance after that 😭

They absolutely do 👍

By the power of getting pantsed by Goggles. I read ahead; the ending line is informed by fact, not a prediction.

I thought so…

@@SquidSchool dang spoilers...

There’s a TON of Splatoon fan comics, but that would honestly be a nice premise.

that's what i've been saying! istg i'm going to make my own manga about the comp scene.

@@itssoclover yeah! From what I’ve seen most fan comics/mangas have been centered around the hero modes (Ex. Memory No. --) but something about the actual main parts of the game, especially the competitive side, would be amazing!

Honestly your idea could be an excellent idea for the first half of the manga The second half would be the main character becoming a new agent and that part would focus on the game’s lore and the characters backstories

@@4Monadonis2 I think I might have read a little bit of that? I don’t really remember but it seemed interesting. I’ll have to check it out later

"You shall succumb to the goalie"

“As if these imbeciles obsessed with having fun… …could ever score a Touchdown!”

LMFAO THAT ANALOGY KILLED ME

*"The Personal Foul is still unbeatable!"*

Aw man I didn't know my beret and shades made me an edgelord...

They could of used the pokemon approach to antagonists: what makes champions the antagonists is that they are the final challenge between the trainer and the rank of champion, they will wipe the floor with your team without a single after thought, then they're gonna give pointers and wish the trainer luck for next time. It would make a lot of sense in a splatoon story to have the antagonists be a strong team, have them beat up the main guys, give them tips and root for them until they get a rematch. However that self vs self would be a really cool idea and I think it should be explored more. Too bad when a media is targeted at younger audiences you rarely get to see these as a well written, in depth self vs self can be really rough on the reader

Heck, that was a gag in that Aladdin sequel. "Nobody move, or we'll be shooting ourselves!"

X-Fall and X-Zone seem to be more like special, personal techniques that X-Blood made (sorta like goggles squid lightning jet) rather then Special Weapons. (That’s what it looks like to me at least)

@@JellifiShugoSorta like Goggles’s *WHAT*

@@GreatFernicus Goggles has a special move that's functionally similar to the X-Zone; the difference being that Goggles' move has a 25% chance of removing your clothes as well

@@GreatFernicusGoggles learns how to squid hop and it’s a special ability he uses to defeat the final member of the S4 final member

@@JellifiShugoAh, a special move unique to X-Blood, splatting opponents.

What incident?

tf is the fire incident????

@@redi.c.e.6046 Back when Splatoon 3 was just announced in early 2021 (gosh that was two years ago oh my gosh), there was a budding Splatuber called Fireroka who was gaining in popularity. One of his quirks was that he was obsessed with Vintage and it spread throughout his community. Unfortunately, after about a year or so, information came out that he...had done some questionable things. He tried to defend himself but the cancel culture was too strong and he ended up leaving the internet. The whole ordeal kind of left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

@@popsicIes Please see my other reply to @redi.c.e.6046

@@sherbertshortkake6649 oh, that guy... yeeeah... Shame too, i did like a lotta those vids, but whatevs.

And how would that even work? Sudden very extreme movement and firerate boost for a few seconds with 100 shield health?

When he said “SUCCUM TO THE X” I died laughing.

Thats amazing; go for it!!

@@Batterykitten8 unfortunately we named ourselves trident not long after posting that, but just because I didn't go for it doesn't mean the dream is dead.

From a storytelling standpoint, I agree the bad guys need to be an actual threat, however I don't think splatoon needs villains outside of the campaings. They could totally write the antagonists as just really good players, even have them root for the main characters, but making them a much stronger team the good guys want to beat. It's like with pokemon and Cynthia, she is not a villain, she actively roots for you during the story, but when that piano starts playing as you challenge her, you know you're in for a rough fight.

For me, this could be fixed by just ONE little thing, because I do actually believe having a proper recurring villain could work in the manga. There was just one thing they needed to do: ACTUALLY COMMIT TO IT. what I mean by this: after it’s over, vintage is just ‘there’. Just still there, like the author expects it to automatically feel like he’s ‘just another one o da bois’ now, when that should absolutely not be the case, given how immovable and immovably tunnel-visioned he was already established to be. That. Doesn’t. Work. That was how it felt right for it to be, with Rider, with the S4, and with Emperor, given what their stories were actually about. You can’t just expect that to happen with anyone characterised like Vintage ‘just because’. Popping up in the hero arc doesn’t do crap, because there was no reason for him to be there, it shoulda been just Skull, or even Emperor. Yet because it DID happen, we’re supposed to just be like ‘all’s good now’ People immediately frown at any character that’s just a 2 dimensional cardboard cutout villain, but I believe, in a kids comic at least, that can work, IF you actually make them properly villainous. The s+’ers and so on can talk trash, but obviously they’re still basically the team’s mates at the end of the day, and the problem is the story just treats Vintage and Xblood like they’re supposed to just be more of the same. After team blue just befriending so many opponents, xblood, imo, should’ve lost and become the first proper-actual antagonistic force recurring in the manga, that everyone in the story can hate, and gets stronger but comes to fall every time, and eventually have some climactic showdown with an ‘avengers endgame portal moment’ where even Skull decides to side with Goggles over his once-friend and… getting a bit too far over my head there. But yah, if I was making some ‘The One Writing Change That COULDVE Saved X Blood’ essay, that would be the gist of it. I believe it would’ve been fine having an overturned jerk bad guy in this manga, IF they hadn’t just made a complete cop-out of it. (Btw, if anyones saying ‘well isn’t there also a third route of doing it like Emperor, just give him some actual time to make him a better character later on, my response is… I mean sure, that works, obviously, but that’s missing the point, that’s still just going along with the status quo and doing the same thing again and it was just more interesting to……..(rambles and rants about the situation for a further 40 minutes)) Edit: I’ve just learned (tho not yet confirmed for myself) that apparently they imply a lot more about him in the source material, so I understand if any Vintage fans read this and… may be a little upset with me 😅… I’ll look further into it soon-ish.

@@smexydeer1820I never said there needs to be a villain team in a Splatoon manga, I'm just saying if you're going to write one, there are better ways to handle it. Also keep in mind that Cynthia is an entirely separate situation. In the Pokemon games, you as the player has to take down Cynthia to beat the game, so regardless of how nice she is, you’re inherently invested in beating her. In a tournament arc in a manga/story, it’s important to give your readers a reason to root for the main characters beyond just the fact that they’re the main character.

@@redi.c.e.6046 FRRRR!!! This is genuinely why I feel like Mask is the one of the more unique characters -- even after losing, *he still maintains hostility.* He doesn't just become buddy-buddy with Team Blue post-battle like nearly every "Serious and Mean Character" has. That lil' mf BITES. He's one of the few who actually stays committed to the bit... which is a shame considering how Vintage was built up That being said, more info abt him in the source info?? Hello?

⁠@@popsicIes in all honesty… I never got that impression off of Mask, he warned them to be careful about team Purple, and you could tell his approval still grew as the salmon shift went on, and overall seemed to just be eager to watch them in tournament the same as all the other characters did. Maybe ‘stays committed to the bit more than the others do’ does still suit… but still just that, just a ‘bit’. As for what I meant down there, I’m talking about apparent big differences in the dialogue between the viz version, the one I read, and the original in Japanese and it’s mangadex translation, which give a bit more reason to his character that I felt was lacking. Difficult to confirm, seeing as most of his fight got skipped by the mangadex translators, but that’s what I heard, you can read the replies to my comment here to understand

So he just popped Echolocator?

@@jasonwalton9553 I wish, this is the splatoon 2 arc so echolocator doesn't exist lol

⁠@@lament5516 so he just popped echolocator illegally

Wait so they're the first people to discover what a Turf Map is?

Yup

celaphapod blood is blue

Bruh

i think coroika is a nice thing to kinda turn your brain off to, but other than that it’s just kindaaa … cmon now

Simple: he turned into sans

Bro pressed the X button 😱

Wrong. Do you wanna know REAL peak fictional character? Pelinal Whitestrake, the genocidal gay time-travelling cyborg crusader.

Bobble's absolutely my favorite character in the manga, she's super enjoyable every time she appears, whether she's being adorable or a menace to society

That's not what the wiki said, and there's another match where they roll someone over with the baller

blob being hard to master? alright then /lh

@@KIIROCORE *Hitting really difficult angles* not *annoying zoning and lag*

these weapons were chosen because at the time of this team's debut in the manga, all of those weapons were brand new in the game. they are promotional material.

X-blood's team is, in fact, the first instance of X rank that we see in this manga. If I recall correctly that is.