anime

[thick maple]

A LOT of animes do that

[shut orchid]

i jsut kinda ignore it and move on but yeah it is odd

[thick maple]

Dawg I can't multitask a show and a game

Actually maybe I can

I'd pause the show too often tho, so what's the point

[shut orchid]

im sure you can try, but yeah itll be hard to keep up with the show

this is the kinda show where you really need to keep yo eyes and ears open

[thick maple]

EARS?! Wuh-oh...

[shut orchid]

i mean hopefully youre watching with sound on lmao

i just mean like dialogue

anyways, its a wild ride, you may hate it or love it who knows, either way lmk your thoughts

[thick maple]

To save battery life, my headphones mute themselves when a media is too quiet. The threshold for this is rather high.

[shut orchid]

then crank that shit, better not be watching it muted smh

[thick maple]

Anime is pretty loud sometimes, so I usually listen to it at around 10% volume

Who knows when you're gonna go from nice winds up to overexaggerated yelling

[shut orchid]

true

[thick maple]

OH ALSO, that scene in the first episode where ||Lain tells her mom about the emails HIT ME (specifically how her mom ignored 'er)||

[shut orchid]

last thing to say is keep in mind this was made in 1998, fucking insane

itll really start to sink in how wild that is as you progress

[thick maple]

I do hope the pacing goes up, just because I'll be stretching out my face just to get past the silent imagery that lasts for minutes at a time if we stay at this pace

[shut orchid]

i wouldnt worry too much about that, besides youre already a good chunk through the whole thing lmao

[thick maple]

Isnt it 26 episodes..?

[shut orchid]

nah its like 12

or is it 13

or am i stupid as fuck

[thick maple]

Oh 13

Yeah I just checked

[shut orchid]

yeye

to be completely honest i dont recall exactly when everything happens but yeah

i remember the pacing being almost too fast at times, shit gets crazy

youll prolly be fine tho

[thick maple]

I must make note that it didn't hit me from relatability, I'm very lucky to have fantastic parents

[shut orchid]

same

[thick maple]

You dont have photographic memory?? Wtfrick...

[shut orchid]

lmao i do have fuckingshittyashell memory tho

if that counts

[thick maple]

I have bad memory, but it's like the average kind of bad memory

[shut orchid]

i have exceptionally bad memory

[thick maple]

My bad memory is also what causes me to be such a gosh darn slow reader

Sometimes I read things three times with occasional mental tangents before I continue on (the reason I do this is just so I know I really understand it)

[shut orchid]

i just read and dont remember after 😎

[thick maple]

I mean that example above comes from when I was learning Rust (programming language), so I guess it's a bit different

Reading a book with no images is actually pretty good for me tho, since I remember how I visualized what was happening

[shut orchid]

i wish i could do that, aphantasia moment

[thick maple]

Ahaha yeah, such an aphantasic moment

Yeah I thought I knew what it was!!

[shut orchid]

shit sucks

[thick maple]

It actually must

I'd be kind of heartbroken if I got it this far in my life

Do you have full-blown aphantasia, or just bad mental imagery?

[shut orchid]

ive always had it, its a large reason why i was fucking terrified of the dark most of my life

full blown, try to picture anything? nothing

completely nothing

that shit blows a lot of peoples minds cuz until now, and even still now, a lot of people dont know thats a thing

cuz no one talks about it

i wonder how many people here can picture stuff and dont know some cant, and vice versa

[thick maple]

I think it's probably just rare for people to bring it up, and a lot of people probably don't even know they have it

[shut orchid]

yeah

cuz its just part of how everyones brain works, thats how you percieve it so you assume everyone else is the same kinda thing

its like how most people whos vision is getting worse take a while to realize that, specifically whne theyre youngeer

sorry this is going incredibly off topic lmao

[thick maple]

Nah its good, anime is all about interpretation and we're just doing some uh............ investigation into what that means

Yeah...., that's what we're doing...

[shut orchid]

right yes of course

[thick maple]

I mean what I say means like absolutely nothing, but you have my utter condolences (if I'm using it right)

[wary lava]

Yep

[queen grove]

Why yes I’m a fan of the anime and manga chainsaw man. How’d you guess?

[wary lava]

Nice

Very good

Best Shonen

[tough yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/jojo-gif-14950658

[wary lava]

All, I have up to volume 9 of the manga

[shut orchid]

i believe he meant how many shounen

[thick maple]

"I've watched four more shonen than you have, therefore you're probably just delusional 🥴"

(Nobody said this)

Just remembered Noragami from that tho

(😔)

[wanton lance]

literally me

[dense cloak]

THATS A THREE DAY OLD MESSAGE

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

[devout dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/couples-gif-21944161

Based zenitsu moment

[queen grove]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-embed-embedfail-get-it-fail-embed-gif-22402006

[misty atlas]

my guy looking like a discord moderator 💀

[spring helm]

why

[limber wedge]

Cute 🥰

[wary lava]

Because

[eager edge]

God I’d let him draw me

[keen sonnet]

No

Yes

[fathom grotto]

I ordered a manga yesterday. It’s Called Vagabond. Seems cool

[wary lava]

Imma see if I can order Thigh High this morning

[wary lava]

I ordered it

It should come Wednesday

[limpid tiger]

huge W

[thick maple]

[shut orchid]

gigantic W

[wary lava]

Not baruto!

[knotty wigeon]

didn't the ep come out long back

had picked back boruto after 1 yr of fillers to see sasuke retsuden lol, and the next manga arc

[wary lava]

Huh

[shut orchid]

pretty sure its biroto

[grizzled crest]

Chainsaw blood is the best ed of chainsaw man. ed 3 second best.

[fallen stream]

I like Chainsaw blood as my favorite but Tablet as my 2nd

[fiery hornet]

Love Chainsaw man

[wary lava]

You have my respect

[open eagle]

dennis loves you

[patent pivot]

Dennis!!!

[fiery hornet]

We love Dennis🥰

[wary lava]

Yes

[thick maple]

Dennis is the chainsaw man

[patent pivot]

Dennis😍

[limpid tiger]

dennis best mc

[wary lava]

Cuz it’s peak Shonen

[limpid tiger]

is it even a shonen

more like a seinen

the manga is way darker

for now s1 is really simple, s2 is gonna be harder

way harder

i mean MAPPA tried to make the anime as different to an anime as they could to convey that

it is very dark, it's def a seinen

yeah 100%

could argue 18+ too

[wary lava]

As a manga reader I can confirm

[wary lava]

Yea it is

[limpid tiger]

who's gonna stop you

valid answer

personally idk, it changes a lot

i am more of a chill anime kinda person

if i had to choose one, komi cant communicate

though i enjoy spy x family too

and when younger i had a huge phase for full metal alchemist brotherhood

yours?

ohhhh i have heard of fairytail

not word trigger tho

[wary lava]

Cuz it’s good

[thick maple]

I love Fairytail, it has such an intriguing story!

The villains are always so unique, and the fan service is great! 👍

Nay

[patent pivot]

Don’t listen to clock, if there’s any fan service they hate it

[limpid tiger]

they hate all of anime then

[thick maple]

Mfw when :) never read past my first sentence

[limpid tiger]

because you cant really escape it

[patent pivot]

I watched fairy tail a couple years ago almost to completion, I liked it however it got a bit repetitive in one arc and I couldn’t get past it

[thick maple]

But yeah that's absolutely true, I despise fan service

[patent pivot]

Basically yes, they shit on like every anime except jojo

[thick maple]

Just a massive red flag

[limpid tiger]

jojo has so much fan service???

[thick maple]

Jojo is based and has no fan servicw!,!

[limpid tiger]

yes ‼️

[patent pivot]

It just has male fan service

[thick maple]

Jojo is the ONLY good anime!!!

[limpid tiger]

i mean no, cause like scenes exist

[limpid tiger]

agreed ‼️

[thick maple]

I have no idea what (part 8, card girl) you're talking about

[patent pivot]

Again

Clock even hates what they watch

[wary lava]

They would hate eden zero, I read the manga it’s from the creators of fairytale it has hella fan service

[queen grove]

Denji

Dennis just sounds funny

[patent pivot]

It’s Dennis guys!!!

Did u watch the whole thing?

Fairytale

Fairytail

Whatever it is

Oh yeah isn’t there like a new part now

Like 1000 year war or something? Or am I thinking of the bleach name

That may be bleach

Yeah ok

Yeah

I new it had a number in it

Is it still natsu and Lucy?

And all the others ofc

Cool

I hate the animes where it comes out with a new part but it’s dif people

7 deadly sins, for example

Makes a whole new part but ofc it’s for the kids

Or Boruto, same thing

Still kinda annoying to me

Guess it’s because I’m a one piece fan

Lol ok

[wary lava]

NOOOOOO YOU SPOILED THE FUN

[queen grove]

[thick maple]

You didnt even read past my first sentence on that One Piece comment, dawg

[patent pivot]

?

I like watching the same cast for the whole time

That’s why I also think jojo is overhyped

[thick maple]

Bububuh, please ignore the bad intro

[patent pivot]

1080

We ain’t at 300 yet

Idk what ep it is rn actually

[thick maple]

One Piece might end before episode 1300 👻

[patent pivot]

Manga it’s 1081

[patent pivot]

Doubt it

[thick maple]

OP is on like episode 1046

[patent pivot]

Ok yeah I thought it was around there

[thick maple]

One Piece has barely any filler

There's just a LOT of bad pacing

It's a crux of shonen

Less than

Shippuden was like 30% filler

One Piece maybe is like 5% or less

I disagree

Maybe because it's all white noise after a certain point tho

[frozen hull]

[thick maple]

Filler is neat when it's connected to the story and not just "remember that time...?"

[frozen hull]

[thick maple]

Emoji spam, ban this man!!

[frozen hull]

[thick maple]

There's a filler arc in One Piece that people who read the manga will switch over to anime just to watch it

[frozen hull]

[patent pivot]

Less

[thick maple]

That filler arc transitions into one of the most filler-like arcs in the entirety of One Piece tho, despite it being canon

[patent pivot]

Yeah I couldn’t finish shippuden because of filler

[thick maple]

Shippuden also has trash pacing

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/884659021469085698/956736916982747188/unknown.jpeg

Here's all of the Shippuden filler

100+ episodes of filler

Actually, 150+

[patent pivot]

One of my favorite paving’s

[patent pivot]

The problem was I didn’t know what was filler

[thick maple]

Yeah exactly

[patent pivot]

So when trying to skip filler I accidentally skipped actual stuff

[thick maple]

You shouldn't have to look up what episodes are filler to enioy a show

[patent pivot]

Because I was using the like images to see what was filler

And the problem was it is Naruto

So everything looked insane

[thick maple]

If it weren't for all that filler tho, it wouldn't have ended at episode 500 🤑

[patent pivot]

Not just filler

[patent pivot]

Yeah ik, but like still

[thick maple]

NO, NOT "exactly"

[patent pivot]

Like it’s some wild filler, like ||doesn’t sasuke like fight zombies at the end||

[thick maple]

That's not a good thing!! 😭

[thick maple]

Dawg, Genjutsu is wild

And no that wasnt filler

Hush

I'm at episode 86 of Black Clover, but I just can't bring myself to suffer through so many of the character's annoying personalities

The wizard guy is neat tho (he is DEFINITELY not evil)

(Do NOT talk about what I put in those curved brackets)

Wizard king man

[spring thunder]

Just read black clover bro, it’s so much better

[thick maple]

If I'm gonna read Black Clover, then I need to read Soul Eater first

[spring thunder]

For black clover

Manga is better

[thick maple]

Math

Having nobles be annoying brats for no reason is a totally acceptable writing decision, especially if their personalities don't exceed more than that one trait

[spring thunder]

The anime voices get annoying for me

Yes

[thick maple]

Asta please shut up

That VA must have a throat of STEEL to be able to scream that much

[spring thunder]

Ong

I usually read the manga just for time sake but some anime are worth watching

Like chainsaw man

[thick maple]

bruh

[spring thunder]

It’s good

[thick maple]

Hold in your tears Switch

[spring thunder]

Not my favorite but good

Then there’s demon slayer where there really only is the anime to watch

Watch the anime, the manga kinda mid

You seen one piece?

Dang

It’s good

[thick maple]

Jarvis, send this man One Piece manga spoilers

[spring thunder]

Can’t believe Zoro died

[thick maple]

Zoro was trash anyways

[spring thunder]

Rip bozo

[thick maple]

Zolo was always my favorite

Sad his brother died but oh well

[spring thunder]

Jimbe>>>>

[thick maple]

We jest

[spring thunder]

Sanji smoking that Zoro pack

🤡

Probably not

But ok

Not much

But when it does happen it hurts

Of course I do

It’s in my top 5

[thick maple]

​

[spring thunder]

Bro I haven’t read that yet

[thick maple]

Oh

[spring thunder]

Why sigh?

[spring thunder]

Why you spoil me ☹️

[patent pivot]

Depends on the player

Why tf did I say player

[thick maple]

I thought you would've caught up with One Piece by now 😭

[patent pivot]

Person

[spring thunder]

When I saw it in the anime it was mid but I liked it better when I read it

[thick maple]

Chapter 1 page 1 of One Piece is kind of far into the manga I guess

[spring thunder]

I just got past the romance dawn one shot

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-gif-22596911

[thick maple]

Actually yeah I may want to consider reading Bleach...

It seems like such a neat thing

[spring thunder]

Thousand year blood war and soul society are goated

[spring thunder]

The art is great

In the mange at least

[thick maple]

Since when did I say I dislike plot holes? You're just guessing what I dislike

I LOVE plot holes

Me neither 😔

[spring thunder]

Kill la kill is goated change my mind

Damn

[thick maple]

Explain

[spring thunder]

It’s so good

You seen magi?

[thick maple]

It's between okay and good

Dawg, come clean and say it

"I have OTHER shonens to watch"

Sure it is 🙄

Time is finite, and that's on sight -- no cap.

[spring thunder]

“My hero is the greatest Shonen”-🤓

[thick maple]

Everyone knows that Boruto is peak shonen

Blame the anime, not the community

[spring thunder]

Saitama bodies goku no diff?

[patent pivot]

Manga wise rn 100%, not gonna spoil tho

[spring thunder]

Maybe

[thick maple]

Yeah I guess

Who knows what people meant by it being "the best shonen ever made"

Is being the best shonen a low bar? Tell me!!

I watched JJK (season 1) tho, and it's not really something to call home about

[spring thunder]

Asta solos one piece

[thick maple]

ISTG IF Y9U SAY "u gotta watch eason 2 lol!!" I WILL...... be sad 😢

[spring thunder]

Imma read it so no spoilers

[thick maple]

I hate the part when Kaisen starts doing Jujutsu, but fails on his second season of attacks

[spring thunder]

You seen gurren Lagan?

[thick maple]

🤷

[thick maple]

Nay

I keep choking every time I try to say its name

[spring thunder]

Seven deadly sins kinda fell off

The first like 3 seasons are ok

No I haven’t

Pretty good

You seen jojo?

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-gif-22596911

[patent pivot]

IMO the first half was great, then it fell off, then the end was great at the end

[spring thunder]

Yes it is

But one piece is the king of shonen

You need to

Should I watch fire force?

Same here

You won’t know what it is but R.I.P Ruri dragon 😔

[queen grove]

Yes

[thick maple]

Nay, should you read fire force?

NOBODY has seen Gintama

[queen grove]

The sound design and animation warrant watching it instead of reading

[spring thunder]

I wanna watch gintama

[thick maple]

Do you really want to know? It's... kind of a long story 😔

[spring thunder]

Oui

I’ve had it on my list for a while

[thick maple]

every shonen is a comedy too for some odd reason

Ah, someone says something stupid and everyone says "that's stupid", such a funny joke that never gets old... 😌

[spring thunder]

Manga is peak

[thick maple]

#rules❗

Dawg you cant be promoting adult content here

[spring thunder]

What adult content?

[thick maple]

•••

[wary lava]

What was it

[thick maple]

You can guess, don't say tho

[wary lava]

Clock got on my ass about the same thing

[thick maple]

It's a shonen

[wary lava]

Nah

[thick maple]

But yeah it's basically NSFW

BUT there's a difference between that redo show and CSM

[spring thunder]

I don’t think it’s a shonen

[wary lava]

It’s not

[thick maple]

CSM has content to enjoy, redo is just NSFW

[wary lava]

Nah

It has a plot

[thick maple]

Dawg

[spring thunder]

A strange one but still has one

[wary lava]

Right

[thick maple]

"Yeah I just watched redo for the plot, it was so good!!" - nobody

Dawg, it's poorly rated beyond its NSFWiness

[wary lava]

I didn’t watch it for the plot but it still has one

[thick maple]

So you're saying it's not the main content

[wary lava]

It is

[thick maple]

What is the main part of CSM

[spring thunder]

I watch kill la kill for the plot

[wary lava]

The plot

[thick maple]

Bing bam pow

[spring thunder]

His goal is the plot

[spring thunder]

Bang

[thick maple]

bang

[wary lava]

Boom

[spring thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-meme-black-guy-cries-sad-man-thank-god-for-my-reefer-hood-news-gif-24902056

[thick maple]

That wasn't funny-- that wasn't funny at all 😢

[spring thunder]

Woof woof 😏

[wary lava]

What

[spring thunder]

Most people do, it is a classic

[spring thunder]

🥲

You wouldn’t get it

[wary lava]

You sure

[thick maple]

You wouldn't get it

[wary lava]

HOW DO YOU KNOW

[thick maple]

I am a man of many mediums

[wary lava]

Man screw yall

[spring thunder]

Anyway different topic

[wary lava]

No

[thick maple]

The killing joke always is a knee slapper

[spring thunder]

Digimon >>> Pokémon

[thick maple]

THE ARROWS, MASON

WHAT DO THEY MEAN

Is that some kind of C++ operation that I have no idea about

Like how === means.... something (checks if they're the same type???)

Nay

It's a good show tho!! 👍

[spring thunder]

Way of the house husband is tho

It’s wholesome

[thick maple]

The main thing that I think of as a masterpiece is Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild

It's a master's piece
Btw Tears of the Kingdom hype?!!!

Dawg it has changed the entire open world genre

Now EVERYTHING has a paraglider (😭)

Sj

Si**

Yes, in Spanish.

Windwaker (480p edition), Half Life, and the original (0.5), and uhhh that other one

[shut orchid]

you mean Terraria?

oh and dont forget Persona 2

[thick maple]

Yeah

[shut orchid]

those are both fantastic zelda games

[thick maple]

OH

Yeah I forgot I played that, I don't even count it as a game because it's so good

Peak Nintendo

[shut orchid]

honestly fair

dunno about masterpiece but its good

ye those are zelda games

are you sure?

[thick maple]

Bruh im busy telling my life story

[shut orchid]

i just speak facts

[thick maple]

I think Switch is just a whistleblower

[shut orchid]

i think hamburger is just a lettuce

🤔

[thick maple]

Chicken sandwich > the life equation

Switch, maybe you're being too nosy here.... 👧

I was told FMA:B had the perfect ending, I was lied to

[wary lava]

Marin Kitagawa or Reze

I’m a simp

Reze from Chainsaw Man and Marin Kitagawa from Sono Bisuku Dōru wa Koi o Suru

https://tenor.com/view/my-dress-up-darling-sono-bisque-doll-wa-koi-wo-suru-sono-bisque-doll-marin-kitagawa-kitagawa-marin-gif-24637139

That’s Marin Kitagawa

Nah

Poop

I see

This is reze

Yep

She’s also my fav CSM character

She will be in season 2

Who…

My mom?

https://tenor.com/view/-gif-3784246

KILL Y-

True

For you at least

VECTOR IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE BETTER

Yea

I have to go to school tomorrow

I want to die

Damn

Lucky

https://tenor.com/view/i-wanna-die-kill-me-now-jump-run-over-hit-by-a-truck-gif-17242856

https://tenor.com/view/miyo-higurashi-takano-pain-gif-19369114

Yes sir

Ok

https://tenor.com/view/sniper-monkey-funny-monke-funny-kill-gif-20219406

Me

[shut orchid]

damn tough question, sendo from ippo is definitely up there

tatsumaki is pretty great, as well as suzuha amane.... kyouko sakura... touya kinomoto... list goes on

cant decide

[wary lava]

Well I will attempt to fall asleep

[wary lava]

So I will survive tomorrow

Not just one

Wait

Technically Reze is a manga character not a anime character

So I guess Marin Kitagawa is my favorite

Imma be honest I haven’t seen the show but she’s cute so that’s why she’s my fav

[shut orchid]

not at all

stuff like that never really does anything for me

[wary lava]

Also I can’t think of every show I’ve ever seen so its prolly not Marin

[shut orchid]

unless im really really really invested in the character

but thats a real rare thing

[wary lava]

Ok goodnight y’all

Ok bye now

[severe blade]

I just finished the first season of “Grimgar, Ashes and Illusions” kind of a banger isekai

I also just finished “Toradora” right before that so I feel a bit sad rn

Just wanted to point those out there

[formal lodge]

I DO

I LOVE MOB PSYCHO BRUH

[queen grove]

Based af

[safe kernel]

Luffy.

[thick maple]

Waltuh.

[grizzled crest]

so is it just me, or does episode 1 denji and the rest of the series denji feel like 2 different characters? just me?

[surreal canyon]

One was broke

[grizzled crest]

not what i meant but true

[vernal oasis]

ben 10 vs mui goku

[queen grove]

Just you bud

[wary lava]

Change that continue watching it

Oh

[patent pivot]

Bro ur constantly going on about jojo tf u mean ur not into anime

[wary lava]

Only a few

Who didn’t

💀

[shut orchid]

i dont think thats really a definitive reason for not liking anime cuz anime can be pretty broad, but if you dont wanna get into it thats totally your choice to make

yeah that makes sense

i feel that way with certain genres in anime, sure if i look enough id prolly find one id like, but i just dont feel the motivation to do that rn

got other shit i got my eyes on more

[trim heron]

Bubble is quite good.

Almost made me cry in the middle of my math class.

[thick maple]

Serial Experiment Lain is quite good so far.
I really like the mystery although a lot of it has yet to be revealed.

My current and full-proof theory is that everybody in Serial Experiments Lain has schizophrenia**
**

It'd explain a lot, including the Navi

[shut orchid]

glad to see youre enjoying it so far

[thick maple]

Anyways, I must say this before the show inevitably commits manslaughter: Lain is so cute in that teddy thing omgosh!!!! -- that is all.

[devout coyote]

it's probably because he was poor but after makima found him he changed, or maybe his character just wasn't introduced well enough in ep 1

[inner onyx]

Hello everyone

[dense cloak]

if your an anime only i suggest reading the first volume, i feel it better develops him in that short time

[inner onyx]

Anyone wanna be my friend

[jagged gale]

[tidal pecan]

I personally do not like anime, I think every anime is mid except demon slayer a little

[jagged gale]

Ok

[grizzled crest]

Boi...demon slayer... really?

That’s a biased statement there

Demon slayer is the definition of mid writing in shows.

[nocturne hazel]

How tf is demon slayer

not mid, but every other anime is mid

[wary lava]

Idk man bro makes no sense

[nocturne hazel]

That person hasnt heard of dbz

or smth

[grizzled crest]

Boi hasn’t seen death-note or Attack on titan

Ok I’ve been trying to figure this out for a bit what’s smth?

[static kelp]

Something

[grizzled crest]

I’m dumb

[jagged gale]

Demon slayer 💀

[jagged gale]

Smth is something

[limber wedge]

He so scrimblo 🥰

Pucci

Main villain from Stone Ocean

It is jojo

Stone Ocean is the sixth season

I am cringe, but i am free

Yep

[thick maple]

He's stone free

[wary lava]

anime girl poster Be gone

[shut orchid]

dont really think thats how that works

[nocturne hazel]

ikr

[shut orchid]

although on the topic of that, all american tv shows are mid except for the single one ive watched, perfect logic

[nocturne hazel]

I watch american dubs knowing damn well Japanese sub is better

[shut orchid]

honestly thats fine, for me i decide depending on the context

[nocturne hazel]

Except for ghost stories dub

[shut orchid]

like if its a show about highschool japanese girls travelling around japan then american dub wouldnt really fit lol

but if its like lets say an anime about a mystery on a train in chicago (baccano) then yeah american dub would work great

like literally one of the main characters is named isaac dian

[nocturne hazel]

If there is no dub on an anime i really wanna watch, fuck dubs im watching it

[shut orchid]

but regardless everyones got their reasons, like my dad only ever watches stuff in american dub because he has a really ahrd time reading subtitles

due to well, particular reasons

[nocturne hazel]

On the bright side if i watch sub for a certain amount of time i can learn an entirely new language

[shut orchid]

true shows that just dont take place anywhere specific and dont really have references to japanese culture can work with any language

naruto for the same reasons

you could say "but the characters names are japanese" and like sure, but unless the va's butcher them pretty badly its honestly fine

sure but its not like an integral part of understanding the show and whats going on

shows like lucky star would not work at all

because theyre built upon japanese pop culture

As they go about their lives at school and beyond, they develop their eccentric and lively friendship and making humorous observations about the world around them. Be it Japanese tradition, the intricacies of otaku culture, academics, or the correct way of preparing and eating various foods—no subject is safe from their musings.

^ chunk of the synopsis

its also kinda stuck to trends and culture of the time it released too, its a bit of a weird one

the absolute best way to watch it was in 2007 in japanese without subtitles

lmao

you can still watch it and like it with english subtitles for sure but thatd be the best experience

same with gintama, theres a lot of japanese wordplay so joke explanations were needed sometimes in the subtitles

that one you can still def enjoy with english subs though, just some jokes wont hit

like im pretty sure the name of the anime translates to silver balls or something

[nocturne hazel]

Naruto is a great example of not butchering sub while dub, but Japanese rasengan hits so much harder

[shut orchid]

yeah like naruto dub is fine, some of the actors are really talented, but there are still some slight barriers

when every move is in japanese and they didnt translate them

which ig is fine, mightve sounded odd translated, either way it just doenst entirely work lol

yeah some shows just have better dubs than others

like ergo proxy dub is great

[nocturne hazel]

In my opinion i think they should just animate the voices and not how Japanese voice actors say the moves

wait i meant dub the voices

[shut orchid]

one of the main characters is voiced by liam obrien, which that in of itself is a huge pog

very well known english voice actor mainly known for his roles in games, but some anime as well

mc of monster, ergo proxy, gaara from naruto to name a few

[nocturne hazel]

Only thing i dont like about anime is that sometimes they have filler arcs that come out of nowhere

like bro sakura is about to get bodied and you flashback to her childhood

(Horrible example)

[shut orchid]

in terms of games uhhh akihiko from persona 3 one of the main ones

[nocturne hazel]

ik i just want them to be in a seperate season tho

[shut orchid]

i know theres a bunch lemme find

asura from asuras wrath, gollum, etc

[shut orchid]

yeah this is very prevelant with shounen and other anime that are ongoing

because they need breaks between high points, often they end up not being great because theyre treated as breaks, its hard to make them interesting

boruto is a horrid example, the manga releases incredibly slowly and the anime constantly rushes to catch up

because of that theres filler constantly

[nocturne hazel]

Anime is inferior to manga

[shut orchid]

cuz the anime will have weeks of filler, then catch up to the newest chapter in like 2 episodes, then continue with filler over and over

[nocturne hazel]

manga readers can just jump anime watchers with spoilers and spoilers and spoilers

gee i sure wonder what will happen in season 2 of this anime

[shut orchid]

i think im speaking past tense, it used to be caught up i believe

i dropped both anime and manga around episode 230 of the anime iirc

[nocturne hazel]

(Important character) dies.

[shut orchid]

ye

[nocturne hazel]

Have most of you seen season 2 of demon slayer? If so, i can summarize the arc in one quote

[shut orchid]

i did, was horrid

season 1 >>>>> season 2

1 was fine

[nocturne hazel]

time to make the donuts

[shut orchid]

uhhhhh

shit i dont really remember, i think it was slightly after BORUTO SPOILERS! ||narutos battle with jigen?||

like a filler arc or two after maybe

or it could be way after i dunno, i just remember being so done with it

nothing was interesting, even the high points to me

checking what episode rn cuz mal should say

226

oh right this shit lmfao just checked

that episode really drilled it into me that i really didnt wanna watch it

dropped at episode 50

was not interested

[earnest pivot]

Part 7 spoilers

[earnest pivot]

Could johnny joestar kill goku if he got the Infinite Rotation to hit goku

[grizzled crest]

I’d say your giving Noelle WAY too much credit. But I didn’t see past season 1 and her archetype naturally makes me dislike her.

[grizzled crest]

Sol badguy from guilty gear

Look it up. It’s a pretty cool series

Yeah

Anime fighting game

It’s targeted towards new players so if you haven’t played one before it’s very easy to pick up

It also has cross play and rollback netcode

The cast also has some of the best character design I’ve ever seen in entertainment period

|| also its made by the same team that made that dragon ball fighting game||

Nah I’ve got people

I just want the game to get more popular

If I say I’ll start a rant about how it’s the greatest piece of media ever...

Death-Note

I think it’s fantastic all around, and sure it has SEMI visible issues but I think people under rate it highly

That and I think the final act isn’t bad at all and just has pacing issues at best

SEE THIS GUY GETS IT!!!

All I’m saying is from a storytelling perspective ||L had to die to let light reach ultimate god hood to make his fall ever the more satisfying and impactful to watch|| AND I LOVE IT!!!

I know everyone also says L is their favorite character and/or claims that they love L/light equally, but I personally think Light is the better character.

I like light mainly due to the ideals he claims to cling to while the more the series progresses he almost became more secretly deranged and power hungry after “the death” which ends his development by breaking him down and exposing the monster he truly is underneath at the finale.

Honestly feels poetic if you think about it too much

Yeah actually if you don’t know in the manga ||ryuk actually kills him to make the death even more pathetic for light. They changed it for the anime, but I think it helps because then it’s up to your interpretation on how evil was truly light.||

No in the warehouse instead of outside

|| light starts pleading like a little baby while ryuk writes his name||

Yeah

Light was never supposed to do that

[brave ledge]

Love death note

[thick maple]

Dog I died ¾ into Deathnote

[brave ledge]

No I ay

No way

[thick maple]

So boring 😢

[brave ledge]

Damn that sucks

[grizzled crest]

Fair enough some people praise it like me. And others cant take it

[brave ledge]

Lol

Death note is the best anime

[thick maple]

Im sure it gets better, but that arc with the business men was sooooo drainingggg

[brave ledge]

I think

[thick maple]

I died after the bells rang

[brave ledge]

Dude that sucks 😔

[grizzled crest]

Well you weren’t the only one

[brave ledge]

Sorry bro

Yeah not the only one

[thick maple]

I haven't picked it up in a year or so

I cant pick up from where I was and I dont wanna rewatch ittttt

[grizzled crest]

Wait @wary lava what DO you think is the best anime?

So what’s your fave?

[thick maple]

Ironically, an anime with the exact same issues! Erased -- which fails itself ¾ into the show

I love the atmosphere/animation, action, and concept tho

Just the ending broke my heart

[grizzled crest]

FAIRYTAIL?! Wasn’t expecting that!

[grizzled crest]

Haven’t seen erased

[thick maple]

Nobody ever expects Fairy Tail

[thick maple]

Still worth the watch, only 12 episodes

[grizzled crest]

Ok... why fairy tail?

[thick maple]

He loves shounen

[grizzled crest]

I’ll look into it

Yeah.

Why?

[thick maple]

•●• Switch 2is typing...

[grizzled crest]

What have I done...

[manic remnant]

me like that one anime with the chainsaw guy

[grizzled crest]

Actually he let me rant about death note this should make up for it

[thick maple]

That's not an anime, thaf's the texas chainsaw massacre

[grizzled crest]

WhEnS ThaT GeTTiNg A SeAson 2?

[thick maple]

RIP SWOTCH

[grizzled crest]

Yeah I thought that was gonna happen...

[thick maple]

I fricking hate the text wall detection

#📮-suggestions I want to make a suggestion to lift the restriction a bit in discussion channels but I dont got the perms

SWITCH

[grizzled crest]

Dang that sums it up...

[thick maple]

Specify which season(s)

[grizzled crest]

NO! We don’t need another text wall!

Understandable though

[thick maple]

It's a taste that's acquired at birth

Don't trust him -- trust his beliefs

[grizzled crest]

How long was it my guy?

Well anyway I’m interested

Well I can understand where your coming from. I stopped watching after finishing the lauxus arc and that moment at the end did feel very special. Even though lauxus was a massive jerk I couldn’t help but feel sympathetic towards him.

[grizzled crest]

Crunchyroll wouldn’t let me watch some of the episodes in English so I had to watch like 2-3 in sub and one didn’t work for either so I mainly watched in dub

[mint tendon]

Any anime recommendations? (let the chaos begin)

[fallen stream]

https://tenor.com/view/ethan-dub-sub-dub-vs-sub-who-cares-gif-19843744

[grizzled crest]

||Death-Note|| or mob psycho 100

[queen grove]

What have you seen

[mint tendon]

Uh nothing

[grizzled crest]

Oh a great starting point would be one punch man or Fullmetal Alchemist brotherhood

[queen grove]

Demon slayer, mob, death note, FMAB, and maybe chainsaw man

[mint tendon]

I've seen the first episode of one punch man

Cause why not

[queen grove]

You should watch the rest of the season tbh

I wouldn’t bother with season 2 though

[mint tendon]

Ok

[thick maple]

ERASED (be ware: poor ending)!! Or Darker Than Black (do NOT watch season 2)

[thick maple]

CSM is probably a bad start for most, since it throughs you right into the weirdness of anime

[thick maple]

Season 2 of Darker Than Black is like if Sesame Street made Elmo a total perv, thankfully DTB season 2 is basically entirely different from the first season, therefore you don't need to watch it!**
**

[last parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

“I…Am….Atomic”

[thick maple]

Last time I checked, Naruto is a violent show

[dense cloak]

i’m going to be honest that is like the WORST anime to put that caption over

[thick maple]

I guess so, but in this day and age who can watch anime without tolerancy to violent action

Uhhh lemme think

Nevermind no need to think

Lloyd from Code Geass

The shining star of the show (he tried his best to save it ❤️)

My second (and less obscure) favorite character is Reigan from Mob Psycho

[shut orchid]

if i really really had to pick mine.... sendo takeshi

its close though

[thick maple]

Dog, why do you fully capitalize Mob?

In what universe, even the cover art says Mob

[shut orchid]

yup

[shut orchid]

also has (imo) the best side characters of all of anime

[thick maple]

That b is looking rather uncapitalized

[shut orchid]

it does?

[thick maple]

No, since we're talking about the name of the show!! 💢

[zealous talon]

Can yall help me upload clips

Idk how

[thick maple]

Use /dd images in #🤖-jimmyherebot

You need 1.5k dabloons tho

Skull

I'm not gonna call Code Geass, PUDDING

[shut orchid]

yeah like im not gonna call hajime no ippo "the first step"

some anime sound super dumb translated lmao

fun fact, jujutsu kaisen is "sorcery fight"

[thick maple]

I have formed my own opinion that most dubs do suck

Like how most animes suck and have no love put into them, it's the same with dubs**
**

DBZ dub is really good tho......

???

[burnt pebble]

sub is definitely better than dub

[thick maple]

(Most of the time)

[shut orchid]

personally: i dont care watch whatever you want

[thick maple]

Mhm

[austere vine]

eh

[shut orchid]

anyways, watch hajime no ippo, time to take my leave 🫡

[burnt pebble]

oh that silly thing

[fallen stream]

You'd be surprised

[wary lava]

Yes I agree with this guy

[wary lava]

Good

Hbu

Nice

[thick maple]

I would say I love it but it's just such a weird show.... but I am really enjoying Serial Experiments Lain so far**
**

[shut orchid]

glad to hear it! i suppose thatll be decided for sure once its over

[shut orchid]

complicated avante garde sci fi show with heavy psychological themes

oh

uhhhh shit idk how to explain it without those words

kk

none

i wouldve been upset if there was any

doesnt fit the kind of show

well yeah sci fi doesnt exactly go with action

like it doesnt have to

sci fi stands for science fiction, which is just imaginative and futuristic concepts related to science and technology

totally didnt use google to help that sentence

a great example is steins gate, which is even more sci fi, but also has like no action

maybe just not really for you then, i personally dont need any level of action

if anything i find most shows where action is the focus i dont like

but there are exceptions, like ippo

i can compile a list of those if you want, i know many

now that i think about it you should definitely not watch lain yet

its a really really complicated show

and definitely not good to start with

uhh a recent one would be bocchi

great show thats pretty simple to pick up and watch

Bocchi the Rock! is the full title

Mushishi is another great one, its super chill

pretty much as far from battle action as you can get

nichijou is a solid slice of life comedy

hm not sure if ive heard of that, lemme look it up

sweetness and lightning?

yeah no idea what this is, looks cute though

yeah that sounds right looking at the cover art

alr so heres a short list of non battle shows you can try:
Bocchi the Rock!
Mushishi
Nichijou
Steins;Gate

bunch of diff genres that are all not really battles or action

but yeah you can try that one too

in terms of sci fi shows its like the highest regarded one

[primal lake]

Did anyone else give up on overlord after the lizardmen arc? It kind of made me feel so shitty, That I really didn’t wanna watch the show anymore. It just felt like Ainz punching down at that point, Y’know?

[shut orchid]

i feel its atleast in the top 3 best shows ive ever seen

ah... thats a pretty debatable one, first episode was fantastic, but i feel it gradually falls off

pretty much everyone ive met whos read the manga says it really falls hard eventually, but hey thats just what ive heard, personally i dropped it at episode.. 14 i think?

[primal lake]

I really disagree. I was kind of getting bored of it. Ainz was so OP There was never a question if he would win or not. And then the lizardmen happened, and I was so boiling mad it kinda ruined the rest of the show for me. I just felt really bad for them! I didn’t want Ainz to win…

I guess. Personally I just kind of wanted him to lose at that point. The Lizardmen were just minding their Business and Ainz comes along and destroys their culture and murders alot of them. It’s there where I gave up. I realized it wasn’t a show for me… I don’t like watching people who just want to live their life, Brutalized and abused by some Megalomaniac

I just wanna know I’m not alone

Ok…. I’m just asking if anyone else feels the same, You don’t gotta be rude.

Oh. Well thanks. It kind of bothers me a lot actually. I don’t know why, It just really made me kind of feel gross to watch. Idk

Like I said it’s definitely not the anime for me

Deathnote

I know the irony

I know???
Light felt more justified the Ainz. It felt like… More organic. Ainz just, is so pointlessly callous it really isn’t fun. While light was, arguably more so, but it always felt very Purposeful.

That’s what I think it is. Overlord’s Evil is utterly pointless. While Deathnotes was natural and felt earned

Why does Ainz demand the old woman give up her whole life for him? He doesn’t need it he has more money than anyone else.

Why doesn’t Ainz revive the dead townsfolk? He totally can, He just claims he doesn’t wanna be bothered.

Why does Ainz attack the lizardmen? To murder them, and use them as zombies. Literal Genocide

It just feels like it’s mean with zero cause half the time. Death note on the other hand, felt like…Evil but with a cause.

Wait really? You agree?

Its….Ugh. I can see why it’s good. I can. But the points I said still stand. The main character is just, kind of a dick. Often when he doesn’t need to be.

Not even in a fun way either. It takes itself very seriously

Yeeeees! Well, the Anime isn’t too violent most of the time. But it’s enough. The issue comes when he, well, “Punches down”. He’s so so soooo much stronger then everyone around him yet feels the need to harm people any don’t pose a threat anyways. It’s like…Its like what happens when the bullied Nerd gets power and becomes 10x worse then his bullies

Or, not. Idk, Wasn’t for me. Maybe others have a stronger stomach for that kind of stuff, I personally don’t enjoy watching good people get hurt by the protagonist for no real reason. Like, senseless pain.

It really sucked too. It was sooooo well written in parts. Like masterful stuff. But then it kind of…I guess, tries too hard? I can’t describe it. It just kinda started to get mean at times

Anyways, enough of a rant. Just wanted to know if anyone else agreed. Most don’t, most love it

My Hero Academia is ok, It kind of went on too long in recent seasons.

Dr Stone is S+ Teir

Spy family is Meh

Castlevania (Idk if this counts) was amazing

Love is war, AMAZING ACTUALLY! Didn’t think it would be but it was so fucking funny

I watched a few others but I can’t remember which ones they were

I tried Jojo, First season is so bland (I know it gets better but I couldn’t get past it for a while. Still working on it)

Beastars was ok.

ITS SO FUCKING GOOD

Second favorite after DN

Never Heard of it

Eh, sometimes I like those types. Right now I’m watching “That time I got reincarnated as a slime”

[smoky talon]

Is the one piece real

[primal lake]

No

And it never will be

Because it refuses to fucking end

[jagged gale]

Its now on its final arc im pretty sure

[cinder cargo]

Looks like you missed 5 japanese lessons. Guess you don't need 5 years of anime.

[crystal oyster]

im committing duolingo fraud

and i havnt been caught yet

[thick maple]

It's actually on its supposed "final saga" right now, at least that's what Oda says**
**

[limber wedge]

Fucker (affectionate)

Hes an asshole and i love him for it

[hardy sandal]

My dreams have come true

[wary lava]

Nah

To seeing it

[shut orchid]

anime song as in japanese vocals or just any song used in an anime?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM8RufZr5lw

this for sure

for sure as in im certain

listened to this song so many times

[void zenith]

Gundam UC jesta MG kit done

[shut orchid]

nah i know exactly why

[void zenith]

Anyone here watch Gundam?

[shut orchid]

if it has to be japanese vocals.. then thats a bit more tough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3fy3J5EHI

probably this though.

such an amazing ending song

like what? out of curiosity

music is like the most subjective thing ever so i wouldnt be surprised if we just completely disagree lol

ehh yeah no dont like that

yeah

dont like the vocals or instruments

oh gintama

theres a few ops from that i like

not that one though

ye i just mean i like some of the ops from gintama, but i dont like that song much

donten i like

op 5

[jagged gale]

Finally got to wano after like 5 months

[shut orchid]

ah black clover.. i disliked all of the op and eds

[jagged gale]

The whole show was just atsa screaming pretty annoying

Watched like 110 eps

[shut orchid]

that was a fair chunk of it, i dont even think that was its biggest issue thi

i found none of the characters were remotely interesting

110 episodes not 10

[jagged gale]

I was caught up and just stopped idk why

Not 10 eps 110 eps

[shut orchid]

[jagged gale]

I gave it a good chunk of my time when it was still being made

[shut orchid]

i disliked all the characters

some more than others ofc, but the character i liked most i still didnt really like

[jagged gale]

Only 110 eps were out so i watched it and it was eh

Was pretty normal magic anime

[shut orchid]

i only watched all 170 cuz it was while i was on vacation and i didnt have anything else downloaded

[jagged gale]

Lol

[shut orchid]

def wouldve dropped it otherwise

[jagged gale]

I think twin star exorcist is pretty good

[shut orchid]

but hey, im a certified battle shounen hater so wasnt too surprising

[jagged gale]

Lol

[shut orchid]

is it a battle shounen?

then no

[jagged gale]

I love overlord idc who thinks its bad i live for that shit the light novels are better tho

[shut orchid]

99% of the time

[jagged gale]

Battle shounen are pretty simplistic

Same shit over and over

[shut orchid]

only shows i like that have fighting, the fighting isnt the main draw

its more focused on the characters

and theres never a lot of characters

one of the main things i hate in anime is anime with a lot of characters

i just cant get invested when its trying to develop like 20 people at once

[jagged gale]

Yeah they try to juggle like 99999 character developments at once it just never really works

[jagged gale]

Have you seen vinland saga?

[shut orchid]

yeah, im almost caught up on s2

[jagged gale]

That is peak anime

[shut orchid]

its good, not entirely my kinda thing tho

[jagged gale]

Damn

[shut orchid]

but yeah battle shounen, isekai, and politics are like the main trio i hate lmao

mha is the biggest example

[jagged gale]

Oof

Mha i hate with a passion

[shut orchid]

theyll have like a whole arc where they introduce like 15 characters then try and make them all interesting all at once

shit dont work

[coarse remnant]

mha is like, ok i guess

[shut orchid]

naruto as well will just have some development for a few characters, then drop a filler arc with 4 other random characters, then finish that with another filler arc with 5 other characters, then go back to canon and try to develop 5 more other characters

[jagged gale]

Its as simple as braindead shounens get

[shut orchid]

like damn i just want a show with 5-10 characters total throughout the entire thing

so they actually get proper development

[jagged gale]

Nichijou is funny asf

[coarse remnant]

samurai champloo is the goat

[shut orchid]

thats pretty much my whole top 10, they all got like 5-10 characters total

hell one of them only has 2 characters in it, you dont even see anyone but the 2 the whole time

only exception ive seen is ippo but that show actually takes a good amount of time sectioned off to 1-2 specific characters at a time, and develops them properly

maybe idk, either way thats just how it is

[jagged gale]

GTO is one of the best shounen tbh

[coarse remnant]

great teacher onizuka?

[shut orchid]

great teacher onizuka?

[jagged gale]

Great teacher onizuka

[coarse remnant]

jinx get fucked

[shut orchid]

shit

still havent seen it yet

[jagged gale]

Its so funny

[coarse remnant]

i only watched like, half of episode 1

[jagged gale]

Damn

[shut orchid]

is there any meaning for side characters to be there or are they just pointless

[jagged gale]

This is gonna be good

[shut orchid]

oh thats good

it bugs me when theres side characters solely to make the mc seem cooler, stronger, or whatever

[coarse remnant]

mashle is getting animated??!

[jagged gale]

Yea this year

[coarse remnant]

holy shit

[shut orchid]

truly aint enough anime where the whole cast has importance, instead of just like 1-2

[jagged gale]

This is gonna be good too

Hells paradise

[shut orchid]

unless thats like really the point (one punch man for example, like that is the show lol)

ic

ic = i see

[jagged gale]

This is gonna be good too

So many animes coming soon

[shut orchid]

ah solo leveling, could be good if they adapt it right, i wasnt a huge fan of the manhwa but prolly will look dope

[jagged gale]

Im loving the manhwa rn

On vol 3 atm

[shut orchid]

i find its really solid for a while but kinda falls off

i wont spoil tho, and hey you could still love it all the way through who knows

[jagged gale]

Maybe

[coarse remnant]

a lot of zero to hero manhwas have that problem

[jagged gale]

Record of Ragnarok was good the manga only

[shut orchid]

yeah

because you get to a certain point then its just like.. what now?

[coarse remnant]

its interesting at first but when the character becomes waaay too strong its just bland

[jagged gale]

True true

[shut orchid]

art is insane tho so i still found reading it was worth

[coarse remnant]

speaking on the topic of manhwas- there are a lot of manhwas about bullying and shit

[shut orchid]

and atleast the journey there was good

[coarse remnant]

is that a problem in korean society or what

[shut orchid]

interesting point, not sure

[coarse remnant]

darn

[jagged gale]

Fairytale is so shit

"friendship" bull is so cheesy and repetitive

[thick maple]

Send thr MC on a vacation and force the side characters to be captured or whatever, make a villain who has a magical way to counter the MC, or make the MC evil and basically just reboot the show

[jagged gale]

I watched up until halfway till final season

So over like 400 eps or something

It was so mid

[thick maple]

You only watched 400 episodes?? Dude if your gonna diss on a show you should at least watch a little more than that

[shut orchid]

i guess

damn that was a joke smh

[thick maple]

I love boring writing!!!

[jagged gale]

Like over 200

Yeah i thought there was more i watched it in 2020

[shut orchid]

damn what lol thats a bit harsh

[thick maple]

Switch shut up

[jagged gale]

Ok.

[thick maple]

Not harsh, just rude and childish 💢

[shut orchid]

yeah those are better words

some things just really dont work for certain people, hell i myself dropped fairy tail at episode 41, felt nothing in all 41 episodes

just didnt click for me

[jagged gale]

What you mean by 'emotion' is the excessive fanservice and horrible character development?