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Pick 20 comic books/anime and put their summaries from Better than it Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess what they are.
1.) A slacker, a corrupt politician, and a literature buff are chased into the desert and plunge into a valley, where they meet a queen and princess who specialize in cows and fight a crazy old woman who spits out bugs.
2.) A man and his counterpart decide to end their long feud, getting many people involved. This destroys most of existence. The survivors don't remember most of this after the fact.
3.) A Massive Multiplayer Crossover featuring characters from Fairy Tales and folklore, who are forced out of their homelands by a ruthless dictator and take refuge in New York City.
4.) A Nerd, his girlfriend, her brother and the nerd's best friend live together and spend their time bickering and fighting the Nerd's insecure college rival, who really doesn't know how to let go of a grudge.
5.) A neurotic divorcee, her drug-addict boyfriend and their murderous, amoral sidekicks run black ops for The Empire while a math teacher battles a crimelord over the right to take over the world. Then the aliens attack.
6.) Government employees read their employer's financial information, steal a business vehicle, and go off to violate their now-former boss's purchasing agreements.
7.) A drug addict attempts to make the world a better place by swearing a lot and shooting people. The president is not pleased.
8.) NYC cop destroys crime and clothing with help from her magical bling, then is knocked up by a supernatural mafioso. Witchblade - darkheartsclub
9.) The only guy in town and his monkey are dragged all the way around the world by a cloning expert and a secret agent so secret she doesn't have a name. Y! The Last Man - blitzdrachen
10.) A big guy with an unfortunate tattoo tries to get therapy for the girlfriend who hates him after his pretty-haired, ex-best friend sells out the world for a makeover and a spiffy new Batman outfit. Berserk - darkheartsclub
11.) Hair-brained (and hair-nosed) hero fights personifications of premature baldness. Bo-bobo darkheartsclub
12.) Bounty hunters in space barely make enough money to eat properly. Cowboy Bebop - blitzdrachen
13.) Kid Detective solves murders after barely escaping his own with a Fountain Of Youth. Detective Conan (AKA Case Closed) - blitzdrachen
14.) A young boy with severe brain damage repeatedly risks his life at the behest of a manipulative teenage girl.
15.) City of deeply-messed up people disturbed by space aliens. Giant iron activated by mechanical dog.
16.) Dead people fight aliens at the command of an alien orb that likes to make crude jokes. Horrible bloodshed and gratuitious nudity are in heavy supply. Their guns make people explode. Gantz - darkheartsclub
17.) White-haired young daughter of a deceased mafia boss inherits a 6+ foot tall undead bodyguard armed with big freaking guns who's on a quest for revenge. Gungrave - darkheartsclub
18.) Boy becomes possessed, then plays a board game.
19.) A Badass Longcoat and his Cute Shotaro Boy sidekick inherit a Mac Guffin Girl and a snarky spaceship from a dead client. Together, along with a lady samurai and a spazzy Cat Girl, they find God. Outlaw Star - darkheartsclub
20.) Shy bookworm must kill Beethoven and other historical figures with paper. Read or Die - darkheartsclub
I'm gonna expand this with 10 videogames too!
21.) A young girl embarks on a voyage of self discovery, finds love and murders an entire pantheon. She also makes a hell of a pierogi.
22.) A bickering couple of Heterosexual Life Partners run around in painted ski masks, complain about the military, and blow all their money on shiny guns. Army of 2 - phalix
23.) Find Ronald Reagan so he'll buy you lunch. Bad Dudes - phalix
24.) In a post-apocalyptic world, a retired basketball player runs from the police on a quest to rescue his son and save the world. Barkley: Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden - phalix
25.) One-armed soldier must defeat thousands of well-armed troops. Without the ability to jump. Bionic Commando - phalix
26.) A man in a diving suit stabs people with a drill in order to save a girl from an evil altruist. BioShock 2 - blitzdrachen
27.) Aliens invade Earth. The only way to defeat them is to send waves of disposable troops at them, capture their equipment, and execute a large, helpless brain on another planet. X-COM: UFO Defense - phalix
28.) A royal peacekeeper is sent into a haunted town to rescue the son of the duke of a kingdom. A creepy pale-skinned guy dressed in chain mail taunts him every step of the way.
29.) A construction company and a demolition company which are administered by the same person fight over each other's briefcases, land rights, and proper waste disposal procedure, all while the teenager complains about the lack of necessary equipment on his side. Team Fortress 2 - darkheartsclub
30.) Stereotypes from around the world explore their grudges in a secret worldwide tournament hosted by a messianic corporate executive in a banana hammock. Street Fighter 3 - darkheartsclub
Pick 20 comic books/anime and put their summaries from Better than it Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess what they are.
1.) A slacker, a corrupt politician, and a literature buff are chased into the desert and plunge into a valley, where they meet a queen and princess who specialize in cows and fight a crazy old woman who spits out bugs.
2.) A man and his counterpart decide to end their long feud, getting many people involved. This destroys most of existence. The survivors don't remember most of this after the fact.
3.) A Massive Multiplayer Crossover featuring characters from Fairy Tales and folklore, who are forced out of their homelands by a ruthless dictator and take refuge in New York City.
4.) A Nerd, his girlfriend, her brother and the nerd's best friend live together and spend their time bickering and fighting the Nerd's insecure college rival, who really doesn't know how to let go of a grudge.
5.) A neurotic divorcee, her drug-addict boyfriend and their murderous, amoral sidekicks run black ops for The Empire while a math teacher battles a crimelord over the right to take over the world. Then the aliens attack.
6.) Government employees read their employer's financial information, steal a business vehicle, and go off to violate their now-former boss's purchasing agreements.
7.) A drug addict attempts to make the world a better place by swearing a lot and shooting people. The president is not pleased.
8.) NYC cop destroys crime and clothing with help from her magical bling, then is knocked up by a supernatural mafioso. Witchblade - darkheartsclub
9.) The only guy in town and his monkey are dragged all the way around the world by a cloning expert and a secret agent so secret she doesn't have a name. Y! The Last Man - blitzdrachen
10.) A big guy with an unfortunate tattoo tries to get therapy for the girlfriend who hates him after his pretty-haired, ex-best friend sells out the world for a makeover and a spiffy new Batman outfit. Berserk - darkheartsclub
11.) Hair-brained (and hair-nosed) hero fights personifications of premature baldness. Bo-bobo darkheartsclub
12.) Bounty hunters in space barely make enough money to eat properly. Cowboy Bebop - blitzdrachen
13.) Kid Detective solves murders after barely escaping his own with a Fountain Of Youth. Detective Conan (AKA Case Closed) - blitzdrachen
14.) A young boy with severe brain damage repeatedly risks his life at the behest of a manipulative teenage girl.
15.) City of deeply-messed up people disturbed by space aliens. Giant iron activated by mechanical dog.
16.) Dead people fight aliens at the command of an alien orb that likes to make crude jokes. Horrible bloodshed and gratuitious nudity are in heavy supply. Their guns make people explode. Gantz - darkheartsclub
17.) White-haired young daughter of a deceased mafia boss inherits a 6+ foot tall undead bodyguard armed with big freaking guns who's on a quest for revenge. Gungrave - darkheartsclub
18.) Boy becomes possessed, then plays a board game.
19.) A Badass Longcoat and his Cute Shotaro Boy sidekick inherit a Mac Guffin Girl and a snarky spaceship from a dead client. Together, along with a lady samurai and a spazzy Cat Girl, they find God. Outlaw Star - darkheartsclub
20.) Shy bookworm must kill Beethoven and other historical figures with paper. Read or Die - darkheartsclub
I'm gonna expand this with 10 videogames too!
21.) A young girl embarks on a voyage of self discovery, finds love and murders an entire pantheon. She also makes a hell of a pierogi.
22.) A bickering couple of Heterosexual Life Partners run around in painted ski masks, complain about the military, and blow all their money on shiny guns. Army of 2 - phalix
23.) Find Ronald Reagan so he'll buy you lunch. Bad Dudes - phalix
24.) In a post-apocalyptic world, a retired basketball player runs from the police on a quest to rescue his son and save the world. Barkley: Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden - phalix
25.) One-armed soldier must defeat thousands of well-armed troops. Without the ability to jump. Bionic Commando - phalix
26.) A man in a diving suit stabs people with a drill in order to save a girl from an evil altruist. BioShock 2 - blitzdrachen
27.) Aliens invade Earth. The only way to defeat them is to send waves of disposable troops at them, capture their equipment, and execute a large, helpless brain on another planet. X-COM: UFO Defense - phalix
28.) A royal peacekeeper is sent into a haunted town to rescue the son of the duke of a kingdom. A creepy pale-skinned guy dressed in chain mail taunts him every step of the way.
29.) A construction company and a demolition company which are administered by the same person fight over each other's briefcases, land rights, and proper waste disposal procedure, all while the teenager complains about the lack of necessary equipment on his side. Team Fortress 2 - darkheartsclub
30.) Stereotypes from around the world explore their grudges in a secret worldwide tournament hosted by a messianic corporate executive in a banana hammock. Street Fighter 3 - darkheartsclub