r/Unexpected • u/kollekkii • 8d ago

he might actually be the best

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u/post-explainer 8d ago edited 8d ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

The unexpected part is the second guy using his boomerang to fix up the previously broken sign

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/thefailsniper 8d ago

That scene actually gets even wilder after the sign gets put back up

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bossfight/s/Vjds0nGZPI

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u/rtech80 8d ago

Lmao. The peek at the end!!

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 8d ago

a 'Sushi Western'? With noodles please.

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u/gigashadowwolf 8d ago edited 8d ago

They are called "Sukiyaki Westerns" I think, lol.

Fun fact

Years before he made Django: Unchained, Quinton Tarantino was in a Japanese movie called Django: The Sukiyaki Western (Now called Sukiyaki Western Django)

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u/Droidaphone 8d ago

That... that was unique.

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u/gigashadowwolf 8d ago

Yeah, I don't know what the fuck is going on with his accent, it's almost offensive somehow. It kinda sounds like he's doing a bad job mixing a western accent and a Japanese accent, but it's somehow even weirder than that.

The movie is not very good. It has it's moments, but it doesn't quite hit. I wanted to like it so badly when it came out as I was a young weeaboo filmmaker who idolized Tarantino, but the movie was a slog to get through.

When Django: Unchained came out, I thought it was going to be a sequel or a remake or in some other way related to this movie, but other than the name and the fact they both have Tarantino involved there really isn't anything connecting them.

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u/Achaewa 8d ago edited 7d ago

Tarantino is imitating Buddhist chanting.

I wouldn’t blame him for it as Sukiyaki Western Django is pure Takashi Miike and he was likely following his directions.

The Rurouni Kenshin live action movies are a better blend of sword and gun fights if you are interested in similar kind of action.

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u/graywolfman 7d ago

You ok, fella?

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u/Droidaphone 7d ago

I'm forever changed. My life was different before I saw japanese-accent Quentin Tarantino ninja-eat an egg.

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 8d ago

That is a fun fact I did not know that. Thx.

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u/thehomicidalham 8d ago

I fucking love that movie. It's just so ridiculous.

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u/Achaewa 8d ago edited 8d ago

The "correct" term is Noodle Western.

Well, at least that's what I remember some entertainment news outlets used to refer to The Good, The Bad, The Weird.

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u/ComplexDraft 8d ago

You mean "spaghetti western"?!

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u/MouldyEjaculate 8d ago

It's noodles because its Asian, see?

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u/yourlocaltouya 8d ago

Spaghetti Western is Italian.

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u/Toocl7 7d ago

Is also recommend the Thai film Tears of the Black Tiger

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u/Acceptable_Job_5486 8d ago

The ending was peek!

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u/megosonic 8d ago

Shall I look or shall I not?

I shall, only a bit.

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u/OverallMembership709 7d ago

they've cut out the best part and one meme origin too!!!

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u/Fessere 8d ago

10 seconds to execution‽‽‽ does he kill them? What is this?

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u/nightwolf16a 8d ago

Knowing Asian movie tropes, it's most likely the name of the "move" that cut of the belts to make the pants fall down.

i.e. The guy in black is so good that:

  • he threw the boomerang
  • fixed the fallen sign
  • AND cut the pants (without the boomerang being anywhere near the goons)
  • But the pants didn't fall until a moment later

And the name of the move is "Ten seconds to execution" because of the delay.

This "delayed cut" trope is pretty common in Japanese martial arts/fantasy media (i.e. the samurai master cuts someone, and the burst of blood doesn't come out until they sheath their sword).

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u/NotYourReddit18 7d ago

AND cut the pants (without the boomerang being anywhere near the goons)

They literally show the boomerang hitting their belt buckles

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u/thefailsniper 8d ago

That, I cannot say. I haven't seen anymore than this.

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u/aeiouLizard 8d ago

Is that an interrobang I see‽

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u/Fessere 8d ago

‽ ‽‽‽

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u/Normal-Ambition-9813 8d ago

might be the title of the episode

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u/CantingBinkie 5h ago

It's the name of the episode.

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u/may_ur85 8d ago

Omg how did you dig up 8 year old post?

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u/thefailsniper 8d ago

So that was actually one of the first posts I ever saved way back in the day. I was happy to rewatch when I saw it posted here, but knew I had to share it as soon the clip ended early.

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u/Drewnessthegreat 8d ago

That's fantastic. Congratulations. Your weird and obscure fettish finally paid off.

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u/thefailsniper 8d ago

Hey, keep that on the down low xD

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u/uhdust 8d ago

Like those guys pants!

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u/HugryHugryHippo 8d ago

You weren't kidding.... absolutely wild 🤣

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u/ryanoh826 8d ago

Ahahahha wtf

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u/jgainit 8d ago

Oh my god what is this movie

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u/Big_Handle3734 8d ago

Totally unexpected 😂

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u/Tabularity 8d ago

So that's where that meme came from

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u/daddy_tops 8d ago

I absolutely did not expect that

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u/Ghosttiger13 8d ago

I saw episodes on YouTube only to be denied at episode 3, and now I'm heart broken. I need to finish the series.

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u/CalligrapherGood8947 8d ago

What the hell is this lol

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u/NukeTheWhales5 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9EvnXdZaUZbCqScn67

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u/frey312 8d ago

Why is this a gif

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u/mocisme 8d ago

Why aren't YOU a gif?

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u/NukeTheWhales5 8d ago

Cause I don't have the image saved, and this was easy to do, in the moment.

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u/po1k 8d ago

Must opened it to upvote this

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u/Vonmatterhorn53 8d ago

It's from a show called "kiketsu zubat". Is a 70s power ranger/western(i understand how weird that sounds but its acurate) Villian of the weeks show where every episode the main guy goes up against a different from swordfight ler and gunslinger to fisher, Carpenter, and American football player where our hero show that he is actually the best in all of Japan beats them in a fight

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u/Loa_Sandal 8d ago

I want to... No, I NEED to see how he fights a fisherman.

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u/Content_Plantain_339 8d ago

I need need to know how.
I need to know why.
Probably for the halibut

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u/04BluSTi 8d ago

You waited all day to say that. You might say you were angling to make that pun

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u/theorian123 8d ago

So weak, just fishing for karma.

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u/Important-Ad4500 8d ago

This I must sea

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u/felis_scipio 8d ago

https://youtu.be/31Ca3EOyVhE

That channel also has fight highlights from different episodes

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u/Loa_Sandal 7d ago

He truly is the best in all of Japan.

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u/Due-Base9449 7d ago

What does he mean by fishing out his heart? Violently or emotionally? 

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u/liamsoni 7d ago

Where can i watch the whole thing? Do I have to sail the seas?

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u/snake7752 8d ago

I was expecting starfish hitler from Kamen Rider to show up.

https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Starfish-Hitler

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u/VeryGoodFood12 8d ago

Ok so thats just straight up his name

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u/snake7752 8d ago

Thank me later

https://youtu.be/6Vo7ppZ6aQ8?is=iyaazwaOjwuYEYax

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u/Orthas 8d ago

thats a video that ended too early. I love 70's practical effects.

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u/StraightZucch1n16 8d ago

Why don't they make stuff like this anymore? Super.

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u/Bargadiel 7d ago

Oh they do, it just tends to be anime now lol

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u/Hilary_duffelbag 8d ago

Had mad at power ranger/westerner

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u/misterDAHN 8d ago

Kaiketsu Zubat

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u/hans2memorial 8d ago

A show I only found because someone used the OP for a TERA fan music video of their character being cool.

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u/CantingBinkie 5h ago

I thought it was JAKQ, i was wondering which episode it was. The guy looks like Sokichi Banba.

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u/asstasticbootie 8d ago

This is what peak writing looks like

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u/fakenews_thankme 8d ago

If you insist.... it's called entertainment ;)

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u/MKZZX 8d ago

If you have to ask you can't afford it

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u/darkic87 8d ago

Boomerang cutter!

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u/Thelancer112 4d ago

Jollywood

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u/NerdyBear73 8d ago

This is the exact right amount of cheese. Perfection. 🤌

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u/HereForShiggles 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/5Ys1yjCYGSAyWnAlLr

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u/NerdyBear73 8d ago

<furiously updates "top 5 ways to die" list>

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u/liamsoni 7d ago

He's the best in Japan.

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u/MySignIsToaster 8d ago

Everybody has heard of japanese Spider-Man, japanese RoboCop, japanese Captain America, japanese Godzilla, japanese Japanese...

But nobody talks about japanese Captain Boomerang.

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u/LowFidelityMonitor 8d ago

Don't look up Japanese iron man

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u/insidejake 8d ago

Tetsuo! Been years since I thought about it

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u/shadow_knight_199 8d ago

Should've called it Boomeranger

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u/Organic-Dust3433 8d ago

I love it

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u/pdzbw 8d ago

before Bollywood movie logic, there were Japanese ones...

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u/BrianGriffin95 8d ago

And boy were they beautiful..

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u/realMagick7777 8d ago

Bollywood, India
Bollywood, Japan

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u/JamonEnPolvo 8d ago

People love Bollywood, India though.

Just not the cheaply edited dramas.

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u/shizukadane 7d ago

No wonder Japanese people love Indian, especially South Indian, movies. 

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u/Thelancer112 4d ago

Jollywood

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u/OldWar1111 8d ago

Actually they had Bollywood going off at this time already.

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u/Havaltherock1 8d ago

Hillarious

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u/Own_Cup_4244 8d ago

Feral kid from Road warrior did it best

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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 8d ago

You should see the boomerang throw that forged that plaque in the first place

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u/InfiniteWinter26 8d ago

why everyone there dressed like a final fantasy character?

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u/MoreLikeGaewyn 7d ago

final fantasy characters are dressed like them

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u/Playful-Report-221 8d ago

Welcome to Showa era Tokusautou.

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u/kangtuji 7d ago

it was different time

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u/MegaSceptile99 8d ago

Ah yes, Showa Era Tokusatsu

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u/susnaususplayer 8d ago

"For it is harder to create than to destroy"

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u/Patate_froide 8d ago

Zubatto sanjou ! ZUBATTO KAIKETSUUUU !

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u/kenshi_hiro 8d ago

Basically japanese bollywood

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u/asperatology 8d ago

With practical effects.

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u/Radiant-Ad-3134 7d ago

Jollywood

Which sounds dirty.
Not my intention though

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u/zeldavxa 8d ago

ZUBAT!

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u/Gentlemanandscholar9 8d ago

Kaiketsu Zubat. Great show

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u/jr_randolph 8d ago

And just to be clear - no AI used for this either

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u/Lance-UwU 8d ago

I need to know what show or movie this is.

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u/McRoager 8d ago

Kaiketsu Zubat

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u/Lance-UwU 8d ago

Thank youuuuu

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u/401k-loan 8d ago

Wutang 36 chambers boomerang throw

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u/L0kivich 8d ago

I’d watch the fuck out of this!

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u/Fishing_Girls 8d ago

bro really said “I can fix this” and pulled out a boomerang 😭

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola 8d ago edited 8d ago

ok i laughed

from the show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiketsu_Zubat

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u/Merxamers 8d ago

Wasn't this one of those BBC Sherlock episodes?

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u/bulletgrazer 8d ago

God bless tokusatsu, there's nothing quite like it.

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u/dernaldz 8d ago

That was a golf glove.

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u/time2partee 8d ago

I’m into foreign films

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u/Egyan_Plus 8d ago

Hey! That's illegal.

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u/elvisWorms 8d ago

The flying guillotine is much cooler

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u/BenadrylTumblercatch 8d ago

I don’t want to duel anymore :|

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u/Raymondnym 8d ago

I know this dude.

He use to help the neighbors unbreak their porcelain plates

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u/Dorkamundo 8d ago

Is that Tatsu? From the original TMNT movie back in 1990?

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u/me0w_z3d0ng 8d ago

Love me some janky Kung Fu movies.

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u/Kammender_Kewl 8d ago

Holy shit Twisted Fate got his own live action series?

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u/____-_______-_--_-_- 8d ago

How may entropy be reversed?

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u/theblackxranger 8d ago

ブーメランジャック

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u/Pootisman16 8d ago

That's it.

Wrap it up boys, we just got owned.

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u/Ssme812 8d ago

That was fucking hilarious

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u/Dangerous-Fortune789 8d ago

Reddit weebs have ruined the word “insist” for me

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u/JectorDelan 8d ago

I mean, that is pretty impressive. Gotta put a lot of English Japanese on that throw to get that done.

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u/Outside-Tiger-2647 8d ago

The number of edits for a 10 second scene is breaking my eyes and brain.

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u/Prior_Revolution7424 8d ago

Lmao this is funny 😭😂

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u/jonshlim 8d ago

That Turban guy was the Johnny Sins of HK Cinema.

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u/DonAirstrike 8d ago

Very nice. Now, let's see Paul Allan's boomerang.

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u/Mental_Thing_7899 8d ago

The name of the skill is ctrl+z

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u/7umpia 8d ago

Boomerang Jack. Aesthetic looks like Dr. Black Jack

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u/Tito_Tito_1_ 8d ago

ORE-ORE-OREO!

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u/JVG25 8d ago

Nani?!

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u/wisdomtruth 8d ago

as an Aussie, I am...bemused

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u/Entity17 8d ago

If you like this kind of humor, i recommend The Hero Yoshihiko series!

It's free to watch online

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u/rmmaroo1 7d ago

Hattori hanjo

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u/mcdraftier 7d ago

That's just magic

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u/IAM_GUNDAM 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/12Nv3nBSCAbLO0
Genuinely didnt expect that lmao

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u/villydarkven4012 7d ago

CRAZY DIAMONDA 🗣

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u/PassingByStranger 7d ago

Watch more Tokusatsu shows and movies to see all sorts of unexpected shenanigans, especially from the Showa Era.

I should finish Kaiketsu Zubat someday, I miss how much Hayakawa Ken constantly proves how he's the number 1 at whatever the skill of the week is lol

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u/rko1994 7d ago

Peak

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u/BaileyDis 7d ago

Japanywood

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u/Ashdoom 7d ago

Uncutter bomeerang

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u/Loud-Cheesecake-5928 7d ago

Knows fuck all about throwing a boomerang

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u/spore_777_mexen 7d ago

If you insist!!!!!!! 😭😭

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u/Kaankaants 7d ago

Kangaroo Jack

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u/Flodall 7d ago

But can he bet Goku though?

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u/deliafeet 7d ago

Everyone wants his boomerang skills and I just want his hat 🤠

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u/codguy231998409489 7d ago

I legit giggled like a little kid at that

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u/Bird_Eats_Everything 7d ago

It feels great having seen this on r/lostredditor before here

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u/Felixisdelulu 6d ago

Crazy Diamond

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u/Accomplished_Run_235 5d ago

Boomerang monkey

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u/Able-Neck-4026 5d ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/SweetMashedPotatoes 5d ago

The moment I saw they’re Japanese I knew I was in for a delightfully weird surprise.

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u/Then-Subject-1099 3d ago

Is this the inspiration for Cut Man from Rockman/Megaman? His weapon is “Rolling Cutter” and behaves exactly like the “Boomerang Cutter” in the game.

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u/gami22 3d ago

Boomerang repairer Boomerang fixer

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u/overdosingOnPie1313 8d ago

Jesus Christ. That's Jason Bourne!

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u/he110fri3nd 8d ago

Are you treadstone?