Team X-Blood vs. Team Gloves is a Disaster

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    0:00 Context for the Match
    1:05 Team Comps
    6:04 Breaking Down the Match
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  • @Hyperfishsation
    @Hyperfishsation 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1560

    Team X-blood put on 1 piece of Annaki gear and made it their whole personality

    • @zachattack1279
      @zachattack1279 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +139

      They would 100% run quad annaki novas

    • @P-nk-m-na
      @P-nk-m-na 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

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

    • @zachattack1279
      @zachattack1279 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      @@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)

    • @MantaKizaemonFTW
      @MantaKizaemonFTW 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

      Bros went to Splatoon Hot Topic

    • @NixxieTrixx
      @NixxieTrixx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      REALLLL

  • @devinc578
    @devinc578 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +536

    Honestly X-blood just existing is way funnier than anything goggles has done

    • @staticaleel5068
      @staticaleel5068 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      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

    • @KIIROCORE
      @KIIROCORE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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

    • @CrabclawBCEN
      @CrabclawBCEN 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

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

    • @SimoneBellomonte
      @SimoneBellomonte 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pfp Sauce (Artist)? 🗿🗿

    • @SimoneBellomonte
      @SimoneBellomonte 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KIIROCORE Pfp Sauce (Artist)? 🗿

  • @polygawn
    @polygawn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +866

    Team X-Blood gives me “I’m 13 mom, I eat unhappy meals now” vibes

    • @Cheeseblue021
      @Cheeseblue021 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Mom, I’m officially emo

    • @TorayNix
      @TorayNix 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

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

    • @polygawn
      @polygawn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      their team Spotify playlist is full of mcr

    • @KIIROCORE
      @KIIROCORE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      theyre probably active on mentally ill pinterest

    • @cometisV2
      @cometisV2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@KIIROCORE ayy aroace :)

  • @javonyounger5107
    @javonyounger5107 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +607

    I can fully believe a team of 14-year-olds would name themselves X-Bloods.

    • @JKKino
      @JKKino 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

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

    • @orca-star2143
      @orca-star2143 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      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 🤭

    • @allenparker2113
      @allenparker2113 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      X BLOOD

    • @marietrans8950
      @marietrans8950 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @timoth4529
      @timoth4529 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fair ig

  • @mumamagi
    @mumamagi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +638

    the sheer disdain struggling through his voice as he tries to keep in mind that this manga is for kids is really delightful

    • @starlightrai
      @starlightrai 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      This is hilarious

    • @MeltingRougeSoul13
      @MeltingRougeSoul13 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      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 😨

    • @sonjaa.martin6269
      @sonjaa.martin6269 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

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

    • @MeltingRougeSoul13
      @MeltingRougeSoul13 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

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

    • @RRVCrinale
      @RRVCrinale หลายเดือนก่อน

      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...

  • @rottenink
    @rottenink 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +172

    Team Gloves: 😊💞✨🌼
    Team X-Blood: 👹🔪💣🩸

    • @MantaKizaemonFTW
      @MantaKizaemonFTW 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

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

    • @MantaKizaemonFTW
      @MantaKizaemonFTW 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Example 7:20

  • @demo3702
    @demo3702 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +515

    This gotta hurt gem more than the average comp player since he’s an English teacher

  • @Wallis_2001
    @Wallis_2001 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    “Team X-Blood” is definitely a name that a kid I knew in middle-school would’ve come up with. Bro played Shadow the Hedgehog once and was changed forever

    • @PhantomOfficial07
      @PhantomOfficial07 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      where's that DAMN fourth chaos emerald

  • @IIPM6500
    @IIPM6500 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +527

    Wait until Gem sees the X-Blood vs Team New-peror(??) clam blitz match where one of the other team’s ideas is to run straight into enemy fire with clams

    • @trickygamer555
      @trickygamer555 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

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

    • @KIIROCORE
      @KIIROCORE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      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

    • @popsicIes
      @popsicIes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

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

    • @seab4519
      @seab4519 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@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

    • @whoopzdayz44
      @whoopzdayz44 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @burdtunes8730
    @burdtunes8730 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

    2:17 the rare “squished by brella” death screen

    • @apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868
      @apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      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

  • @flight5091
    @flight5091 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +221

    I'm guessing X-Blood gets schooled by the Power of Friendship at some later point, so hopefully they aren't exactly promoting the edginess and bad mindset?

    • @alitlecreacher6077
      @alitlecreacher6077 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      They absolutely do 👍

    • @SquidSchool
      @SquidSchool  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +168

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

    • @stupideditcentral5485
      @stupideditcentral5485 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I thought so…

    • @durdleduc8520
      @durdleduc8520 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@SquidSchool dang spoilers...

  • @4shtia
    @4shtia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +448

    Watching Gem slowly become more and more upset with the manga as this series continues is kinda hilarious.
    Also makes me wonder what an actual splatoon fan-made manga following a new player's journey to being in a high-level tournament would look like.

    • @Dragon-Draws
      @Dragon-Draws 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

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

    • @itssoclover
      @itssoclover 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

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

    • @Dragon-Draws
      @Dragon-Draws 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@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!

    • @TorayNix
      @TorayNix 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      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

    • @Dragon-Draws
      @Dragon-Draws 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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

  • @ito11
    @ito11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

    The Deep Voice everytime he reads X-Blood 😂

    • @KaiKoi8001
      @KaiKoi8001 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      His throat is gonna come for vengeance after that 😭

  • @countersphere2924
    @countersphere2924 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    Annaki clothing is just so emo that anyone wearing only one piece of it is instantly edgy looking.
    With that said I like the emo aesthetic, team X-Blood is pure edge and I lowkey love it lmao.

    • @WretchedRedoran
      @WretchedRedoran 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

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

  • @MantaKizaemonFTW
    @MantaKizaemonFTW 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

    There's something so ridiculous about team name *X-BLOOD* that made me audibly laugh every time it appeared or anyone from it spoke. It may also be the fact that Gem just couldn't with any of it, as well
    Edit 10 days later: I just found out something even funnier about it: this is a sport to them. This is like if some mid to high level college school basketball team went against a mid to low one and said something like *"Never take the Tennessee lightly."*

    • @trickygamer555
      @trickygamer555 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      "You shall succumb to the goalie"

    • @Kai_Ri_
      @Kai_Ri_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @Chr0ma856
      @Chr0ma856 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LMFAO THAT ANALOGY KILLED ME

    • @RRVCrinale
      @RRVCrinale หลายเดือนก่อน

      *"The Personal Foul is still unbeatable!"*

  • @4Eyes1
    @4Eyes1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +156

    Gem, I feel extremely sorry for your throat after saying X-Blood like that the whole video.

  • @zeatehkcasualaccount
    @zeatehkcasualaccount 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +203

    seeing a splatoon story explore a self vs self storyline would be really cool one of these days.
    cause i feel if we’re exploring a competitive game we don’t need a villain or antagonist, because the people who are going to be antagonistic to you aren’t going to improve to be better than you (since they drive others away and just be banned from tournaments anyway)

    • @smexydeer1820
      @smexydeer1820 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      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

  • @KIIROCORE
    @KIIROCORE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    when i read the ranked arc i thought x-blood was “painfully pretentious” but “painfully edgy” works too i suppose

  • @franklygear
    @franklygear 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Turning into sans undertale is actually a very good play, but I would only use it in solo queue

  • @smexydeer1820
    @smexydeer1820 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    "Your a beta squid Goggles" -team X-blood probably

  • @jordanandrew2786
    @jordanandrew2786 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The worst thing about the "X-fall" is that you'd be likely to hit your teammates. While there's no friendly fire in the game for gameplay reasons, theres nothing on the subject in the lore. For similar reasons, soldiers and cops dont position directly across from friendly units when setting lines of fire in ambushes etc.

    • @RRVCrinale
      @RRVCrinale หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @zandensterner3918
    @zandensterner3918 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    Captain 3 made up a special on the fly, so maybe that's what X-Blood is doing with X-Fall and X-Zone? In which case, they're literally cheating as I'm pretty sure only officially regulated specials are allowed in battles.

    • @JellifiShugo
      @JellifiShugo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      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)

    • @GreatFernicus
      @GreatFernicus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@JellifiShugoSorta like Goggles’s *WHAT*

    • @popsicIes
      @popsicIes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@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

    • @MatiasLazzaro-xp9gz
      @MatiasLazzaro-xp9gz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

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

    • @Kai_Ri_
      @Kai_Ri_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

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

  • @amor1064
    @amor1064 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I just love ,how vintage is so invested in the game ,while all of his teammates pick of meta weapons and proceed to downright throw the game and goof off.

  • @SomeoneCalledFlora
    @SomeoneCalledFlora 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    oh i did NOT expect that voice for x-blood

  • @drcool14
    @drcool14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Did some "resaerch", 'ppearantly, X-zone is a unique abilty held by Vintage and Omega to sense other peoples movements

  • @robinterrell029
    @robinterrell029 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    “goggles is going to pull this guys pants down” is The funniest way to end the video, 10/10

  • @tobywthman
    @tobywthman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    i once met a guy in a discord server whose whole personality was pretending he was vintage and acting exactly like him even when he wasnt playing. he was unbearable to be around and pretty toxic lol.

  • @MowseChao
    @MowseChao 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    The slow descent into madness really makes this video series enjoyable.

  • @sherbertshortkake6649
    @sherbertshortkake6649 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Ha! I'm so glad you covered X-Blood! They're easily my favorite characters from the manga with how over-the-top they are. Red-Soled and Vintage would have to be my favorite...although Vintage has been a little scarred for me ever since...the fire incident...

    • @redi.c.e.6046
      @redi.c.e.6046 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What incident?

    • @popsicIes
      @popsicIes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      tf is the fire incident????

    • @sherbertshortkake6649
      @sherbertshortkake6649 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@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.

    • @sherbertshortkake6649
      @sherbertshortkake6649 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @redi.c.e.6046
      @redi.c.e.6046 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @crystallemming6027
    @crystallemming6027 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The one thing that could make this better would be to use every player's real name. "And then Double Egg drops from bunker and splats Clip-Ons" has such a ring to it don't you think

  • @ninja3r35
    @ninja3r35 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I think when I read the Manga for the first time, I understood the x fall and x zone as vintage just having temeportation abilities. I thought the x team was meant to not have any strategy, just the hugest amount of pure mechanical skill.

  • @ZodiacKriller
    @ZodiacKriller 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Huh, weird. I just call running at the enemy team screaming and getting a quad the "Unga Bunga"

  • @GeebzGBZ
    @GeebzGBZ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Excuse me Gem but why did you become a death metal growler for saying X Blood.

  • @Vytalics
    @Vytalics 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Team X-BLOOD!!!!! Is the ultimate edgelord team, with a ridiculous ego ☠️

  • @fernandobignardi6716
    @fernandobignardi6716 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Noticing the manga I am wondering if from the 12 principles of animation have anything to do with how the story is written
    2 of the principles in question are called timing and staging
    Meaning that when building a scene, you can not have overlapping important actions happening at the same time

  • @shade_7500
    @shade_7500 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The bazoo passing right After them Is a reference to x rank teammates

  • @Koopa126
    @Koopa126 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I wonder if Vintage's X-Zone ability would become a new special in the next Splatoon 3 season...

    • @trickygamer555
      @trickygamer555 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @Sofisasam
    @Sofisasam 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    no one:
    gem: X BLOOD 💀☠️🖤🕸🕷🔪🩸

  • @ajmoment8091
    @ajmoment8091 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    As someone who has just joined a competetive team I'm tempted to suggest X-Blood as a name now for no other reason than to give us motivation. If we get good enough Gem may at some point have to say our name out loud and just know.

    • @Batterykitten8
      @Batterykitten8 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats amazing; go for it!!

    • @ajmoment8091
      @ajmoment8091 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@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.

  • @jamesellis983
    @jamesellis983 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    "Succumb to the X" that's a great team name

  • @yulia4360
    @yulia4360 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    These videos have been an absolute treat to watch.
    I try not to be too hard on the manga in public because I get that it's made for 10 year olds but there's a sense of comfort knowing that it's extremely underwhelming for comp players and lore fans alike.

  • @Splat56
    @Splat56 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    “Goggles is gonna pull that guy’s pants down.”
    And then after Team Glue bullshits their way to victory because power of friendship and having fun they are all gonna be best friends like nothing happens
    I actually really like the manga but yeah X-Blood is edgy and Team Blue has enough plot armor to rival John Wick

  • @lament5516
    @lament5516 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    After reading the wiki it turns out that the "X-Zone" that Vintage seemingly did and was pretty unclear is actually a unique ability that he and Omega have that allows them to just sense where other opponents are moving and I just have to express my disappointment with the whole manga

    • @jasonwalton9553
      @jasonwalton9553 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      So he just popped Echolocator?

    • @lament5516
      @lament5516 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @yoshi_705
      @yoshi_705 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ⁠@@lament5516 so he just popped echolocator illegally

    • @The21stGamer
      @The21stGamer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @SaltExarch
    @SaltExarch 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Watching Gem break down the Splatoon manga makes me feel frustrated on two fronts because on one hand I want to defend storytelling over realism/reasonable comps because imagine if this came out with Splat 3 and you had an artist/writer trying to stick to all but the most recent Splat3/Crab meta meta. You'd have to draw/write so many Splash/Ballpoint/Machine scenes and get virtually no variety in weapons or tactics to make it interesting for the viewers. On the other hand, as a writer, HOW. How did they get this so wrong? I would AT THE VERY LEAST make sure I knew how the basic fundamentals of the game played and made sure to pick at least 1-2 frontlines, 1-2 supports, and 1 anchor weapon for each team. Even if they didn't synergize well, that would at least be better than what was done here.
    And before people say "oh, it's just a manga for kids, it's not super serious and obviously it's not going to be accurate to the series" there are definitely manga based off of games and marketed to kids in Japan that are just straight-up way better handled than this, taken way more seriously than this, capture the feeling of the original game way more than this does, and just are better handled overall. This just makes me so frustrated because of what we could've had.
    You know how you write a good villain team in a Splatoon manga? Make them GOOD. Make them the best of the best. Make them coordinated and a genuine threat, who utilize all their tools effectively. But then make them awful people. Squidbaggers. Cocky jerks. The kind of people who use their skill in the game to lord over other people and make themselves feel better. Have them be a team you think can't be beat, and then show them fighting the "good guys" and being unable to take a loss. Have their members throw tantrums each time they get splatted. Getting more mad and tunnel visioning in over the course of the game. Have that be the reason they lose to Team Blue. That would be so much better than just making them edgy and not understanding "the power of friendship and working together" and having "I should be X-rank" be their sleeper agent activation phrase.

    • @smexydeer1820
      @smexydeer1820 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      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.

    • @redi.c.e.6046
      @redi.c.e.6046 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      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.

    • @SaltExarch
      @SaltExarch 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@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.

    • @popsicIes
      @popsicIes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@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?

    • @redi.c.e.6046
      @redi.c.e.6046 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ⁠@@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

  • @sleepy_artemis
    @sleepy_artemis 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    All I can see is *“X-BLOOD 👹”* just losing to a bunch of actual X players with the gameplay they have

  • @user-vx6qy8rg1r
    @user-vx6qy8rg1r 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    11:05 I mean if you really think about it, X Fall technically works in Manta if done at street instead of Mid. Blob can sit on mast spamming blobs in an uncontestable position while BP/Tetra could set up on bunker (assumes they sharked during the push and the enemy team doesn't paint bunker in a desperate attempt to capitalize off a stagger) to shoot at awkward angles and capitalize on blob's reflection mechanic to further slow the enemy down. The remaining 2 people would sit on sides poking/killing any stragglers after rm dies.

  • @Kevinblue035
    @Kevinblue035 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    koroika makes me sad cus the art is sooooo pretty but the jokes aren't funny and the serious sports manga scenes are poorly written :0( love this video tho, it makes me wanna see a more seriously written splatoon anime that talks more about competitive tactics and teamwork through party comp

  • @superleonbros
    @superleonbros 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    This is so amazing, the pain from the edginess is so real

  • @KaiKoi8001
    @KaiKoi8001 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This guy was actually killing me omg. Gem’s throat is gonna riot after this.

  • @fernandobignardi6716
    @fernandobignardi6716 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I want gem to do a let’s play of shadow the hedgehog

  • @conductorkun
    @conductorkun 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Your voice for Vintage was so funny I couldn't stop laughing whenever you voiced him or said X-Blood!

  • @mysryuza
    @mysryuza 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fact that the ones running the matches looked at the team name and was like "yeah this is okay" sends me

  • @aleatorio._
    @aleatorio._ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    D- Do inklings have blood?

  • @gio_frank6622
    @gio_frank6622 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    15:33 Looks like you are becoming a div 1 LUTI player!!!!!!!!!! YEA WOOHOO GREAT TEAMWORK!

  • @kriscrossapplesauce7368
    @kriscrossapplesauce7368 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    accurate vintage voice acting at 16:32 thanks gem 💪

  • @feefington
    @feefington 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i'm really late and this just got randomly reccomended to me, but X-blood gives me "I'm in 5th grade. Life is pain" vibes

  • @QophSilrahq
    @QophSilrahq 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    @3:05 It took me until then to realise you're playing Splatoon 2. The stage didn't give it away; it had to be the Splashdown.

  • @TheBetterCrustacean
    @TheBetterCrustacean 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    X blood feels like "I'm 10, I'm an adult now."

  • @xstar4698
    @xstar4698 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    X-Blood sounds like a fan made team ngl

  • @inakamoto
    @inakamoto 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In response to your question about what's supposed to make "X-Fall" and "X-Zone" special when they're just simple maneuvers, they're special specifically because of the names. When I see stuff like this, I think of pro wrestling. A lot of the wrestlers have their own signature moves that help them stand out from each other. When you look at the moves closely, a lot of them very basic moves, like kicks, grapples, slams, or drops, a lot of commonly used fighting moves that many wrestlers would be able to perform. But part of what makes those moves special is the names they give them, and the execution of said moves. A lot of times, the moves are differentiated between each wrestler by whatever different gestures, open projections, even simply calling out the move name before performing it. And that's part of what we're seeing here. X-Fall isn't special because it's a unique tactic or maneuver, it's special because it's X-Blood themselves that are performing the maneuver. It's basically a performance gimmick, a way of showing off to make something simple seem more special. It's actually something you see in a lot of professional sports.

  • @Hidden_Misc
    @Hidden_Misc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I think I figured out why the characters in the manga play this way. It’s that they are emulating how your average little Timmy would play, as the average little Timmy is the target audience for the manga. So while the manga gives terrible representation to the competitive side, it perfectly represents the young player mentality. That’s what I think anyway.
    Team ❌ 🅱️L00D is way to edgy I’ve cut myself from this video

  • @ShortSweetcakeYT
    @ShortSweetcakeYT 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The way he says, "Team X-Blood", kills me. Haha...

  • @sprigtherecluse6741
    @sprigtherecluse6741 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    tetra and naut as a pair works really well in my experience, having a weapon that can skirmish at a moment’s notice covers up one of naut’s biggest weakness imo, the fact that its vulnerable while firing. i do agree that paint does become an issue for them as a pair, but the other two spots on the team can be dedicated to helping with that, just that x-blood did this while also making their existing weaknesses even worse

  • @kawaiiwolf4724
    @kawaiiwolf4724 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    X-blood: they are supposedly the best players to exist besides emperor of course...
    But they haven't discovered the power of friendship and enjoying yourself
    ...and even when they do they still lose for plot convinece

  • @AnekinRed
    @AnekinRed 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    9:00 Top player pika has made a video on why leaving the rainmaker behind like this is almost always a missplay.
    I won't get into the details of it as he explains in his guide video much better than I could ever in this comment.
    But the gist of it is popping the rainmaker after defending it. Just leaving it in your spawn is a terrible idea most of the time because it takes 15 seconds for the rainmaker to reset.
    In that time the respawning team would've already reached mid and be ready to fight in neutral again which will most likely be a coin toss as for who wins because neither team will likely have the specials to force neutral until the rm is back.
    In which the defenders could just end up back in the same position as where they were.
    If they grabbed the rm, they could've gotten into mid ready to make a break for it while the enemy team is still getting out of spawn.
    Getting more points on the board more guaranteed than if they were to have waited 15 seconds in mid.
    The respawn timer is shorter than the reset timer for the rainmaker.
    So because of that, it's almost always a bad idea to leave the rainmaker unpopped in your side of the map.
    Not just because it wastes time and makes you have to spend resources on an additional fight.
    You risk letting someone slip through creating a C9 situation where you're off fighting in mid while the other team is winning the game.
    The rainmaker is more important than a special.
    It essentially is a special
    That lasts for 60 seconds.
    There is a reason it replaces your kit and special Icon and doesn't charge your special.
    It's because the rainmaker is a special.
    And it's powerful.
    It's shots while slow firing are very very threatening and cover and deny a sizable area for a good length of time and it can be spammed.
    You have to respect the rainmaker as a weapon.
    Sure if you're fast enough you can get the drop on it and take it out.
    Cause it's slowness is very exploitable.
    But it doesn't mean that the weapon itself is weak.
    If the team plays around the raimmaker properly it is devastating in how much it controls the battlefield.
    Just like any other special.
    And just letting it sit in your spawn and waiting 15 seconds in mid just to play neutral again isn't worth it in comparison to picking up the special weapon that lasts for 60 seconds which is also the objective
    Getting back into mid and beyond before the enemies have gotten back into the game and suddenly you're the one pushing them into their spawn.
    You can't give the your opponents room to breathe as splatoon 3 is the fastest the series has been and not utilising that speed is a massive wasted opportunity.

  • @thomaskoch748
    @thomaskoch748 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "succumb to the X"
    The edge

  • @Jelonzo_best_Jebby
    @Jelonzo_best_Jebby 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    X-Blood looks fun to be around :)

  • @Toruma
    @Toruma 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Talking about all the stuff. Team comps X-blood's feel like more something you would get from random matchmaking compared to how manga portray battles closer to a pb. A lot of strategies also seem more like something you would see in random matches compared to coordinated play. Also I guess you can maybe make the argument that the "specials" X-blood used was more of a stylistic portrayal of winning a team fight and I guess a single player wiping out the whole team.

  • @shyguy7205
    @shyguy7205 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i still want more of this silliness

  • @razorblade1567
    @razorblade1567 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    bro said "bad morning" when coming into class

  • @ShortcakeAngle
    @ShortcakeAngle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    17:27
    you know the box you get stuck in in undertale
    that's the zone they're referring to

  • @P-nk-m-na
    @P-nk-m-na 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    gem...ur just a hatr who doesn get cool guyz like them...rofl...

  • @YahBoiCyril
    @YahBoiCyril 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    *Stifled laughter* I have now Idea what you are talking about. That “succumb to the X” stuff is gold. Gold of the same sort as the street fighter movie, but gold all the same.

  • @Cheeseblue021
    @Cheeseblue021 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:38 this caught me off guard lol

  • @romansrevengethethirdstrik8086
    @romansrevengethethirdstrik8086 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    sometimes I enter the X zone and start to turbo feed

  • @ac3_train3r_blak34
    @ac3_train3r_blak34 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    every day is silly comp Sunday in the manga 😂

  • @laurabouchard6074
    @laurabouchard6074 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It's funny that most of the video is him calling out the poor strats

  • @Multitasker3
    @Multitasker3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The sans joke was both funny and accurate

  • @sigdokari1322
    @sigdokari1322 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Watch as this comp gets finals at the next Area Cup

  • @arbi9506
    @arbi9506 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    i love how this channel turned from indepth advice on competitive-general ranked splatoon play to "lets obliterate this horrible manga made for 10 year olds"
    i'm not complaining. this is awesome, fuck coroika lol

    • @KIIROCORE
      @KIIROCORE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @sanyussebunnya
    @sanyussebunnya 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I find it funny how X-Zone is literally aimbot
    Most of the strategies and abilites in this manga are possible and, most of them are not good but this one is just aimbot ☠ how did he learn to have the ability of aimbot like

    • @keegandaurity304
      @keegandaurity304 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Simple: he turned into sans

    • @LiliumOrientalis
      @LiliumOrientalis 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bro pressed the X button 😱

  • @zealthethornydragon
    @zealthethornydragon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    1:22 except omega uses the nautilus with the ink jet

    • @SquidSchool
      @SquidSchool  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @BlobRoss_splat
    @BlobRoss_splat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Omg I literally use the same voice for x-blood. This series is killing me.

  • @keegandaurity304
    @keegandaurity304 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Succumb to the ex"
    what
    "Never take the ex lightly"
    WHAT

  • @ReadilyAvailibleChomper
    @ReadilyAvailibleChomper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Succumb to the X” had me rolling on the ground lol

  • @pikamatt6683
    @pikamatt6683 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I thought you were going to talk about a real team because I haven't read the manga this far 😭

  • @FroggyCoin000
    @FroggyCoin000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can only imagine how tired his voice was after this

  • @pengo47
    @pengo47 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When I realized he was playing two, I was very happy 😊

  • @dragonkingofthestars
    @dragonkingofthestars 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I like examining things in a serious light, it can give learning to the orginal or reality. It's basically why game theory get's support from me, over examining games tells you about reality and the science

  • @sherbertshortkake6649
    @sherbertshortkake6649 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I think they chose those four weapons because they are each hard to master, not because of their synergy. Again, think of how a new player is interpreting the situation.

    • @KIIROCORE
      @KIIROCORE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      blob being hard to master? alright then /lh

    • @sherbertshortkake6649
      @sherbertshortkake6649 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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

    • @poisonandsteel1719
      @poisonandsteel1719 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      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.

  • @Sunrust
    @Sunrust 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Happy 727th vid
    Wysi

  • @mondofonzo
    @mondofonzo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cuando esta en sesion el curso de espanol gem?

  • @qwertyman506
    @qwertyman506 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yay! More manga shenanigans!

  • @Leggyre
    @Leggyre 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I haaate that vintage uses the same hair and the same jacket I use it makes the secondhand embarrassment worse
    also that end quote absolutely murdered me thanks

  • @squiddler7731
    @squiddler7731 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Is this the first instance of X rank that we see in the manga? That'd be hilarious if it was, lol

    • @trickygamer555
      @trickygamer555 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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.

  • @TheRealBobbleHat
    @TheRealBobbleHat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Completely unrelated to the video, I'm here to spread the love for bobble hat because she is peak fictional character

    • @WretchedRedoran
      @WretchedRedoran 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @pkoolaid4038
      @pkoolaid4038 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

  • @captain_cassidy
    @captain_cassidy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:06 TF- is this turf war?!?!?!? WHY IS SO MUCH OF THE MAP JUST COMPLETELY UNINKED???!!?!?!?!?!?

  • @sitruunamehu
    @sitruunamehu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The way Gem said X blood the entire video made me nearly spit my drink out of my mouth

  • @lauralharris
    @lauralharris 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Saw the title and thought team X-Blood was an actual team made up of like 11 year olds or something

  • @LegendaryHeroponRiki
    @LegendaryHeroponRiki 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I legit thought these were real teams lol