Liberal
Both words in one sentence
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Jigsaw Puzzle Plot: When the story alternates between about three or four time periods, includes the liberal use of flashbacks and flashforwards, has a few timeskips, and is told in only rough chronological order, you know you've got one of these.
Source: Manga / 20th Century Boys - At first, the art is a bit rough and the story pretty much completely random, though an overarching, serious plot eventually does develop, which involves robot girls, catgirls, anime conventions, magic, mad science, romance (in liberal, non-story-derailing doses), and ninjas.
Source: Webcomic / Yosh! -
Red Dead Redemption's horses don't require feeding, grooming or watering, but they can be killed and riding them too hard (either with liberal use of spurs or by putting them through rough terrain) can cause them to buck you.
Source: Automaton Horses
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