anime-manga

[slender skiff]

Ellie doesn't have parents

[silver robin]

she has an older sister and a functional dad

she has grandparents its like the same thing basically

[slender skiff]

Her older sister who basically ran away from home

Yes

[silver robin]

i didn't get to that arc

[slender skiff]

I mean the dad says as much

She didn't "run away" so to speak

[silver robin]

she went off to school

university

[slender skiff]

But ever since she started school she refuses to come home

[silver robin]

whatever its called

[slender skiff]

And it's only after her arc in the LN

That she finally does

She is best girl tho

Because she actually behaves her age

[silver robin]

most sane young adult character

[slender skiff]

Yeah

She's a bit like

Shizuku post confession arc

I guess

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

What

That's a good thing

[silver robin]

im not saying its not a good thing

[slender skiff]

And in any case the story writes Lydia to be the main girl anyways

[silver robin]

yes

which is good

because she is best girl to me

[slender skiff]

And they do have a very strong bond

[silver robin]

yes

[slender skiff]

She is more clingy than Marin tho

[silver robin]

clingy inherantly isn't a bad thing

[slender skiff]

But hey sam

[silver robin]

i am a big fan of clingy actually

[slender skiff]

Compared to the other "tutor of students for a fantasy anime"

[silver robin]

what other are there

[slender skiff]

It's better because the main partner is established

[silver robin]

so true

[slender skiff]

... assassin's pride

[silver robin]

is that even tutoring

[slender skiff]

Kindaaaa

[silver robin]

thats like calling eminence tutoring

[slender skiff]

There are others but most of them have the same cliche of the student falling for their teacher

[silver robin]

yes

[slender skiff]

Which probably happens here too

Unfortunately our main man is too smitten with Lydia

[silver robin]

good

[slender skiff]

Tho he does spoil his sister a lot too

And Stella

...and ellie

[silver robin]

the sister interaction was last episode

[slender skiff]

His sister is a good doggo

[silver robin]

yes

[slender skiff]

Don't worry you'll get Stella's arc soon

Anime should end with that

Based on the current pacing

And you'll understand why she's seen as best girl alongside Lydia

And no it's not my bias speaking

She is top 2 in polls

[silver robin]

makes sense

the hair color checks out

[slender skiff]

She's not as smug as nep tho

Tina is

Btw

[silver robin]

wat

[slender skiff]

This is Lydia

[silver robin]

how is that lydia and not her little sister

[slender skiff]

Just 3? years ago

[silver robin]

oh

[slender skiff]

Because that is from the "prequel"

Of when Allen and Lydia just started

[silver robin]

ok

makes some sense

[slender skiff]

Makes you wonder how much the 3 girls will grow up by the time the story finishes...

[silver robin]

they will grow because growing sells merchendise and god knows this series needs the money

[slender skiff]

Meanwhile danmachi is cooking

[silver robin]

can't wait for season 6

[slender skiff]

They haven't even announced season 6

There's just not enough content

19 and 20 are one arc

21 which is coming out in October is the start of another arc

If they do adapt it

It'll be like season 4

21 is the ||Aiz rescue|| arc

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As for who azure eyes is

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FixupX · Aug 15, 2025, 9:00 AM

[buoyant cove]

Watch Lord of Mysteries

[boreal oyster]

...

so rie tanaka had a band with two swedish dudes

[boreal oyster]

tiktod video
list of anime I'm convinced no one have watched

fucking angel beats

🥀

am i already that old lol

[shut lion]

tiktokers takes

[fierce tide]

I got so much of danmachi to catch up. Got up to season 4

[fierce tide]

I have, my favorite anime series ever is also Clannad

[slender skiff]

/kick 765149111925866529

[broken swallow]

taohu1#0 got kicked.

[weak glacier]

what were they doing

[silver robin]

https://x.com/BOOKWALKER_GL/status/1957140519517065706

BOOK☆WALKER Global (@BOOKWALKER_GL)

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X · Aug 17, 2025, 6:00 PM

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/stupid-town-gif-18431155508673792550

[boreal oyster]

when your bro had an idea

ey dawg how about a story about a dude making them yuri straight again?

always this hairstyle huh

you can't hide it behind that blond cuh

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/peek-gif-25162038

[slender skiff]

Mr Beast scams

No a different one from what the guy does

[solemn pollen]

watched the whole season on tencent

absolute peak

gonna go read novel

[ivory mauve]

Someone said blond hair and frost shows up

[boreal oyster]

post trump (blond)
froty appear

[ivory mauve]

I can't believe miku shows up and immediate overshadows the Mc the whole season

[silver robin]

||https://www.rxddit.com/r/BlueBox/s/5BHouIu9Jg|| @trim swan

(blue box latest chapter)

[trim swan]

ts shi giving me diabetes

and makes me heart go heavy

[weak glacier]

i need to watch s2 of dandadan

[trim swan]

dandan kinda mid

[grim pebble]

Nice custom made knife bro

Is a chef really need all of that

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

[weak glacier]

Masamune Shirow has quite the bibliography

[cedar furnace]

Nice a C96

[nova python]

Heyooo everynyaaa

[shut lion]

[slender skiff]

Well season 4 and season 5 are hype

Moreso season 4 than 5 admittedly

[boreal oyster]

@runic mortar

[cedar furnace]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNeH1iwuVwK/?igsh=M3ZpNDVqbmRyczho

renrantsx

Is the Frieren director cooking?

#anime #manga #frieren #mangarecommendation #animerecommendation

Likes

28140

Instagram

[silver robin]

@slender skiff shield hero anime skipping / rushing slice of life parts yet again

[slender skiff]

👏

Sasuga

Well

Where is s4 at

Before phoenix arc?

[silver robin]

just finished siltvelt

about to go to qtenlo

then the season should end after pheonix

however its literally 6 episodes in

so massive rushing will happen

[slender skiff]

Oh the one where raphtalia establishes herself as ||royalty||

[silver robin]

yes

that one

[slender skiff]

Phoenix is the last good arc tbh

[silver robin]

also they reorganized the sol parts

[slender skiff]

Well phoenix and the revenge arc

[silver robin]

im pretty sure most of the sol parts in this episode (ep 6) happened before siltvelt

[slender skiff]

After that it falls to 🚮

Atla second best girl after all

[silver robin]

like the keel reveal as a girl which i think happened during a beach episode arc but they cut that out lol

[slender skiff]

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

That was funny to be fair

[silver robin]

they changed the keel gender reveal to a different anime original scene

[slender skiff]

But ye

On a side note I caught up with private tutor to the duke's daughter

Slow parts are over

Now for SPEED

[silver robin]

in the light novel you can at least skip over the loli whining by reading fast

in the anime you can't without skipping 5s at a time or whatever the interval is

[slender skiff]

I do agree they are whiny tho

That's why they're peak bulli material

Do not lood the loli

Bulli the loli

[silver robin]

the funny thing is i complained about the whining then forgot to finish the episode that day

then i finished the episode yesterday

kekw

[slender skiff]

Best girls are the grown ups

[silver robin]

the animation is not doing the show any favors

[slender skiff]

Eh

It's honestly better than I expected

Oh

[silver robin]

its painfully average

[slender skiff]

You mean their age?

[silver robin]

like painfully average

[boreal oyster]

[silver robin]

the character designs look painfully average

[slender skiff]

If that's average what's arifureta and shield hero

[silver robin]

theres a reason i haven't seen the anime

for arifureta

shield hero is fine honestly its not painfully average its just average to slightly above average

[slender skiff]

I mean the character designs for this are about the same as the LN

The action scenes are done well enough imo

[silver robin]

fair enough

[slender skiff]

It's better than I expected

[boreal oyster]

goodbye furrynation

[slender skiff]

Genuinely

Especially after seeing stuff like apoc, arifureta etc

[silver robin]

ok but your bar is like _ and mine is -

[slender skiff]

Btw

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

Did you watch weakest tamer

[silver robin]

which one is that

[boreal oyster]

nah

[slender skiff]

From a few seasons back

[silver robin]

is that the same as beast tamer

or is it different

[slender skiff]

The weakest tamer went on a journey to pick up trash

Or something like that

[boreal oyster]

oh persecuted lil girl

[silver robin]

i have not

[boreal oyster]

nah

[slender skiff]

This is beast tamer

[slender skiff]

Yes this one

[slender skiff]

You should

It's absolute cinema

[silver robin]

no da

[boreal oyster]

everyone in the village is having massive brain damage

[slender skiff]

It's legitimately one of the best isekais I've watched in a long time

LN is good too
I think it ranks second for me in terms of Isekai LNs

Anime is arguably better than the LNs tho

[silver robin]

you know what else is legitimately one of the best isekais ive watched in a long time? mushoku tensei s3 coming out spring 2026 #sponsored

[slender skiff]

I genuinely think it's better than mushoku

It is slow tho

[boreal oyster]

7.4 on anilist

[slender skiff]

Less controversial ofc

[silver robin]

lolicons make money in more ways than one

[slender skiff]

Kek

[silver robin]

for better or for worse

[slender skiff]

But yeah do watch it if you haven't

It's genuinely good

[silver robin]

i don't watch non seasonals anymore

unless i am on an aircraft

[slender skiff]

Why didn't you watch it when it aired then

Smh

[silver robin]

and then i watch fate/zero because i am not finished with it yet

[silver robin]

i watched instant death instead

but on a real note that was one of my more stacked seasons

[slender skiff]

But yes do watch it

Or check if your library has it

[silver robin]

let me see actually kek

i searched weakest tamer and there is only 1 result

and its for the television series "danny weaves a web" which looks like it aired in the early 1900s

[slender skiff]

[silver robin]

actually wait

pausers

checked a different library

and they carry the physical copy of the manga

lol

[slender skiff]

[silver robin]

they also have 8 volumes of the LN as an E-audiobook

no physical ln copies though

[slender skiff]

That's wild

[silver robin]

also apparently most of these volumes are checked out to their maximum capacity

[slender skiff]

There's only 10 volumes in English so far

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

So that's really impressive

So you shd watch it then sam

[silver robin]

to be fair the maximum capacity is 1 volume

except for volume 1 which has 2

also because its an E-audiobook they have no incentive to return the copy unless i place a hold so the guy could just be hoarding them on accident while the system auto-renews it

[slender skiff]

I mean watch the animu

[silver robin]

maybe

[slender skiff]

I watched it while on holiday

I have never been more amazed since the first time I read bookworm

Lol

[silver robin]

update update the thumbnail cover is the jp cover but the volume description specifically says "seven seas entertainment" so idk what the intern did lol

[slender skiff]

Anime does it absurdly well

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

Also a better slime anime than tensura

Well

In terms of world building they're both equal

But weakest tamer knocks it out of the park with character building

[silver robin]

sorry im watching "i was reincarnated as the 7th price so i can take my time perfecting my magical ability"

[boreal oyster]

femboy

[silver robin]

this is a cat bwo

[silver robin]

here is ur femboy

[slender skiff]

How is it btw

Also how's Shangri la frontier

[boreal oyster]

s1 : femboy thighs

[inner sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/ivy-saijaku-tamer-ivy-saijaku-tamer-gif-13983995569270253559

[slender skiff]

@quaint patrol lmfao

[silver robin]

good

[silver robin]

good but the pacing at the end of s2 is a bruh

[slender skiff]

How bout sakamto days

[silver robin]

its pretty good

id put it like similar ish tier to shangri la frontier

except it doesn't have pacing issues so far

[ivory mauve]

This got an anime. Oh gosh it's adorable

[boreal oyster]

shangrila is uh

better sao in terms of pure game

[weak glacier]

anime

[cedar furnace]

These isekais need to have a short name before the full title

[grim pebble]

Tensura quickly became power scaling galore

Everyone just casually casting sure fire death spell on a daily basis

[quaint patrol]

not even powerscaling for the MC

it's powerscaling everything else while rimuru noms the new enemy

[slender skiff]

Exactly

[weak glacier]

powerscaling is when I decide that my favorite character actually has relevance

[boreal oyster]

can he beat goku tho

[quaint patrol]

honestly i screenshotted like 12 tidbits from this volume, ive refrained from posting them cos of sam

I love when Kazuki writes a character being oblivious in their own monologues

ah, alot of my ss are from fanbook 6

so many more things that are like "wtf you thought of that, kazuki?"

[weak glacier]

you can put spoilers on and people still click on it

[slender skiff]

I mean I purposely chose ones that are just hilarious even out of context

[slender skiff]

Ikr

[shut lion]

based

[slender skiff]

Starting this since I have it downloaded

[weak glacier]

@slender skiff somebody recommended me Vandread IRL. how am I suppose to react to this info?

[ivory mauve]

Wtf

I don't remember a live action vandread??

[slender skiff]

Idk

I have no idea what that is even

[slender skiff]

I think he means a RL friend of his recommended him to read Vandread

[ivory mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/saitama-one-punch-man-ah-ok-gif-13951208

The vandread manga doesn't even follow the anime. It's all over the place.

It was anime first

[weak glacier]

i meant somebody recommended RL person (not friend)

I think the gate guard is insane

[slender skiff]

on a scale of shiro to mike
how insane

[boreal oyster]

whats that suppose to mean

[slender skiff]

I wasn't expecting a boss rabbit voiced by Iskandar @silver robin

And the smol rabbit is Milim

[quaint patrol]

aka started 2 new manga

[silver robin]

https://x.com/TEIGI_3/status/1958463619869684058

葉佐乃 (@TEIGI_3)

バニー　#儚キミ

X · Aug 21, 2025, 9:38 AM

[trim swan]

UOOOOOOGGGHHH

[weak glacier]

now watching

[hot kayak]

Big O is such a classic :3

[slender skiff]

I'll slap you coop

@silver robin the saiga girl
Really has almost no luck

[weak glacier]

half way through, Dorothy is such a diva

[hot kayak]

Yes she is lol

[silver robin]

@slender skiff trpg mentioned

[slender skiff]

The Uma

I forgot about that gorilla brained uma

[neat pelican]

Just don't pair her with Goldshi, like ever

[quaint patrol]

the hell mode manga was just so insanely meh after a point that it turned me off from the LNs

i keep seeing the LN around whenever i browse collections

[cedar furnace]

Everyday the Friren director is proven more and more right

[cedar furnace]

That's like saying arms dealers make money in more ways than one

[slender skiff]

Does it
Frieren director was referring to global's fascination with isekai anime

Which sounds completely off tbh

Ultimately
If an LN isn't popular enough in Japan, it won't even get animated to begin with

Isekai or otherwise

[cedar furnace]

I thought he was referring to slop?

[slender skiff]

No

Lol

Even then I think it just wrong to label all isekai as slop lol

[cedar furnace]

Global perception?

[slender skiff]

His view is that global audiences are a fan of Isekai too

And that is affecting the adaptation of other non Isekai works

[cedar furnace]

Yeah

[slender skiff]

Which sounds like he's barking up the wrong tree honestly

Isekai is very popular in Japan too

[cedar furnace]

So he's talking about oversaturation?

[slender skiff]

Yes

[cedar furnace]

Reincarnation stories in general are

[slender skiff]

I mean at the end of the day there's only so many animators

[cedar furnace]

And only so many days they can go without seeing their families

[slender skiff]

Studios are incentivised to animated the most popular stuff

To earn the most moneyback

[cedar furnace]

That's expected

[weak glacier]

I think he was sniffing his own ass he forgot what his own shit smells like. I feel like this is a Japan problem, not a global problem. And to be honest, Isekai is very niche outside of SEA and East Asia

SAO is usually the only isekai I can really say people know about in the US

[silver robin]

its not, isekai do well in western countries

not isekai necessarily, but the trope of overpowered protagonist

is very popular in the west

[slender skiff]

Frosty I think that's just you tbh

Isekai is extremely popular in the west

[weak glacier]

[silver robin]

it just so happens that a majority of shows that feature an overpowered protagonist are isekai

[weak glacier]

I don't know what yall smoking

[silver robin]

bro overpowered protagonist is very popular

[slender skiff]

The guy isn't wrong in saying Isekai is popular globally

[silver robin]

very popular

[weak glacier]

I'm talking about isekai

[silver robin]

which indirectly causes isekai to be popular

[slender skiff]

The guy is wrong in blaming it

[silver robin]

because most isekai have an overpowered protagonist

[slender skiff]

Because Japan is equally guilty

[weak glacier]

JJK and Dragon Ball are not isekais

[slender skiff]

Frosty when will you understand that even amongst Japan anime fans
Your interest would be niche

[silver robin]

exceptions

[weak glacier]

[silver robin]

dragonball is fantasy which is kinda in the same bucket tbh

[slender skiff]

Also

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

I think there's a difference between

Popular enough to breach mainstream

[weak glacier]

I'm about to throw hands if you dare compare fantasy with isekai

[slender skiff]

And popular amongst anime fans

[silver robin]

its literally the same thing

[slender skiff]

Isekais are fantasy

[silver robin]

its just with isekai the guy gets hit by a truck for 5 minutes

wow

such originality

[slender skiff]

Fantasies aren't all isekai

But the opposite is true

[silver robin]

exactly

[weak glacier]

There's anime fans and theres anime fans. Most that are very famous are ones that resonant with fans that dont really watch anime

[boreal oyster]

greatest estate developer

about to end.

[slender skiff]

Also

[weak glacier]

DBZ isnt popular in Japan and I know that btw

or isnt anymore

[slender skiff]

While I may not live in America Sam certainly does

[silver robin]

its more popular internationally than in jp currently yes

[slender skiff]

For JP

[weak glacier]

Yeah, but guess who does too

[silver robin]

my best friend wasn't an anime fan until he watched solo leveling then he came up to me asking for more anime with overpowerd protagonists cause thats his favorite genre

[slender skiff]

DB and Naruto and dead

They're past their expiry date

[silver robin]

naruto isn't as dead in jp as db is

[boreal oyster]

are we deadass💔

[weak glacier]

DBZ has exclusive NA merch, that's actually the biggest uno reverso 💀

Mexicans will carry on DBZ legacy

[silver robin]

latin america not just mexico

and south america too

whatever the region mexico and below is called

[weak glacier]

Latin America encompasses Mexico and everything south

[silver robin]

awesome

[weak glacier]

My first exposure to anime is pokemon lol

[silver robin]

same

pokemon and beyblade

[weak glacier]

Bakugan

[silver robin]

yes

that to

[boreal oyster]

you remember your first anime?

[silver robin]

yes

it was definitely pokemon

[weak glacier]

Highschool of the Dead I watch in elementary school

[boreal oyster]

i was literally below 5 when i watch my first

20yrs ago

[weak glacier]

Wow, look at this unc

[boreal oyster]

I don't even remember anything

[weak glacier]

I knew it was Pokemon because pokemon was everywhere

I even played pokemon

https://tenor.com/view/mayano-top-gun-umamusume-holy-moly-maya-mayano-gif-18303653230147041936

[silver robin]

i was like 5 when i watched pokemon

[weak glacier]

frosty lore drop

[boreal oyster]

except ah yes it's sunday, full anime shit from 6am to 12pm

[silver robin]

it was funny cause i remember gen 4 pokemon airing on weekdays but gen 5 pokemon airing on sundays

[weak glacier]

I grew up watching scooby doo, so a lot of noir anime resonated with me

[silver robin]

i did too

i don't like noir anime that much though

[weak glacier]

Big O is like Scooby Doo meets mecha and batman

I could have sworn the mc was based on bruce wayne

[boreal oyster]

uncle sam

damn

[silver robin]

im younger than you bwo

[boreal oyster]

you're already quarter century

[silver robin]

not even yet

kekw

[weak glacier]

sam and i same age

[silver robin]

probably

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-aqua-アクア-flying-hair-gif-14353902250906501477

21

[silver robin]

you might be a year or two older than me

ok no you are not

kek

[boreal oyster]

quarter century
quarter life crisis

[silver robin]

its not quarter bro

[weak glacier]

My buddy took me to a drag bar. Bro couldnt stop tipping the queens 💀

[silver robin]

i have not been to a bar in a while

[weak glacier]

I dont drink, I just exist

[boreal oyster]

bros explorin new possible life path💀

[silver robin]

even then when there is alcohol its at someones house

and not a bar

shits expensive for everyone

[boreal oyster]

ive never been to a bar

[weak glacier]

i dont buy alcohol because I have a crippling plastic addiction

[silver robin]

i don't cause it tastes bad

[weak glacier]

Im getting a May figure soon

[boreal oyster]

micro plastic

[weak glacier]

@silver robin I got cristina vee to sign my Sailor Mars poster

[boreal oyster]

she look stupid

[weak glacier]

Mike stfu

[weak glacier]

ok, someone did say she looked crossed eye

But like

[boreal oyster]

is that hand drawn

[weak glacier]

I still dont see it

[silver robin]

poggers

[slender skiff]

GAHAHAHH

SAM WHY IS THE MAGICAL GIRL VOICED BY KOTOMINE

[ivory mauve]

[slender skiff]

It's like the cat sith from log horizon

But even funnier

[boreal oyster]

||magical girl, a male professor.
his muscle bodyguard, his irl wife.||

[silver robin]

WHY NOT BRO

[slender skiff]

I just got yorokobed

[silver robin]

ur watching shangri la frontier right

[slender skiff]

Truly a yorokobe shounen moment

Yes

Just got to s2

[silver robin]

is there even a magical girl in there

or do you mean the librarian

thats a loli girl

but actually a guy

[slender skiff]

I do mean the librarian

[silver robin]

ok

[slender skiff]

I mean the MC calls him a magical girl

[silver robin]

fair enough

but hes the librarian

[slender skiff]

Actually now that I think about it

Log Horizon also has a trap magical girl...

[silver robin]

you will hate the pacing in the second half of s2

but the 2nd opening is better than the first one for sure

[slender skiff]

It's a LN I assume?

[silver robin]

no shangri la frontier is a weekly shonen magizine manga

[slender skiff]

I don't see official TLs on first glance

[silver robin]

i think its still ongoing

[slender skiff]

Oh

That's rare

Isekai manga

[silver robin]

yep its weekly shonen magazine and still ongoing

[slender skiff]

Well it's not isekai

VRMMO

[faint crag]

that wasn't really what he was saying tbh
he was mostly talking about how anime producers may overfocus on 'popular trends' while trying to appeal to international audience
and that these trends will drown a lot of creative work and become part of identity of anime as a whole.

Because the current is so strong, if we focus too much on it, only that aspect becomes emphasized as anime’s defining characteristic. Before it gets to that point, I feel it’s important to share anime’s diverse appeal with the world.

[silver robin]

lol

first sentence when talking about shangri la frontiers history

[slender skiff]

We got blessed by a ressay

[faint crag]

[silver robin]

"the author read mahouka on syosetsu while living overseas. he found the novel interesting and started to think of writing novels. at that time, isekai-type stories were popular on syosetsu and he was interested in the potential of VR, which inspired him to write shangri la frontier"

[slender skiff]

I have to say tho
The poor girl that has a crush on him

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

Luck 0

[silver robin]

Katarina stated that the light novel series Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? is one of his favorite books and that it was a great influence when he began writing Shangri-La Frontier.[18]

[slender skiff]

Wait

It's a female mangaka writing this?

Never would have expected that

[silver robin]

no its a he

wikipedia says its a he

[slender skiff]

Also am I the only one that thought of

[silver robin]

its just the pen name is katarina

despite being a he

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

This katarina

Aka bakarina

[slender skiff]

Well I can see the possibility

Danmachi is probably one of the most well known fantasy anime/manga/ln series currently

And one of the few that are fantasy fantasy and not Isekai fantasy

[silver robin]

actually this is a rare originally a syosetsu web novel but went straight to manga on weekly shonen magazine instead of LN primary manga secondary

[slender skiff]

[silver robin]

and also a rare straight to weekly shonen magazine instead of web only

[slender skiff]

Well it got 2

Actually 3 has been announced right

[silver robin]

yes

you will see why i am disappointed in 2nd half of s2 when you reach the end

[slender skiff]

Maybe the source mat is to blame?

[silver robin]

no its definitely the anime production team not pacing themselves properly

[slender skiff]

I'll get to it

Then maybe I'll actually start wistoria

[silver robin]

its not like its bad

[slender skiff]

[silver robin]

its just disappointing

wistoria is really good

i like it a lot

bandai hitting

[slender skiff]

As I've said

If Oomori puts his mind to it

He can write good stuff

Although he loves Lefiya and Filvis too much to the point he makes them appear in wistoria as well

[silver robin]

who?

[slender skiff]

Oomori is Wistoria and Danmachi author

[silver robin]

yes

im talking about

who is lefiya

and filvis

i know oomori bwo

[slender skiff]

Lefiya is one of the main characters of the spin off

Sword Oratoria

[silver robin]

i thought the spinoff mc was ais

[slender skiff]

Ais and Lefiya

[silver robin]

ok

[slender skiff]

More Lefiya than Aiz now

Filvis is her bestie

Oomori's favourite characters are Lefiya and Filvis

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

And yet Lefiya has somehow deliberately never been mentioned by name in all 21 volumes of the main series

[silver robin]

yes

because when the crossover happens

it will be very hype

(probably)

[slender skiff]

October

[silver robin]

and they are waiting for sales to stagnate

nvm

[slender skiff]

We just need to wait for October

[silver robin]

i guess its happening in october

[slender skiff]

https://x.com/danmachi_GA/status/1956279713145467277?t=TEImmR_nOnpkdavsaWXRxA&s=19

GA文庫『ダンまち』シリーズ公式 (@danmachi_GA)

『ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか外伝　ソード・オラトリア16』

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🔔10月15日頃発売予定🔔

#danmachi #ダンまち

X · Aug 15, 2025, 9:00 AM

He's cookin

[silver robin]

why is it in sword ortaria first

[slender skiff]

Nah

Both of them are coming out the same time

[silver robin]

oh

[slender skiff]

Because the stories are now at the exact same point

[silver robin]

are you sure thats not a collaboration illust to promote

[silver robin]

this is not the same hair color i refuse to believe it

[slender skiff]

Both are coming out 15 October

[silver robin]

wow

very interesting

[slender skiff]

Why are they collabing?

Because right now in the story

||Loki familia failed their expedition||

Almost everyone is stuck on the 60th floor

Lefiya was one of the few that escaped

Actually

I probably shouldn't have forwarded that

Tehepero

[silver robin]

[faint crag]

I wanted to check just out of curiosity and I'm kinda insulted NGNL is so high

[silver robin]

its fine the anime will get to it soon tm

cause anime adapted until like what volume 14 or 15 by now

[slender skiff]

18

[silver robin]

yea

[slender skiff]

16-18 were s5

[silver robin]

so it will get there in s6

[slender skiff]

19-20 will be s6 probably

Or they'll make s6 24 eps

And adapt 19-22/23

[silver robin]

they will pull a s6 and s6 part 2

[slender skiff]

Absolutely

[slender skiff]

It is insulting

The thing is we only have 19 and 20

There is no 21 to adapt yet

Until October

But those 2 volumes are hype tho

Bell meets the other level 7

[slender skiff]

A knight of knights

Is that supposed to be a reference to Kishi-ou?

[faint crag]

night of nights

[boreal oyster]

[slender skiff]

I was checking LNs

Not manga

That's why

[boreal oyster]

well no LN

only WN

or was it

[slender skiff]

That's what Sam said earlier yes

[boreal oyster]

so the novel quality is already good they don't even offer bro to LN adaptation and get an editor

straight to manga

[silver robin]

real

Also k manga sucks ass

[grim pebble]

Michael don't leave me here

[weak glacier]

https://youtu.be/xg91QwPT0v0

oh my oh my

[boreal oyster]

https://fxtwitter.com/royallboi/status/1958592224763212017

Dazai (@royallboi)

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[ivory mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/finger-up-then-down-excuse-me-uhhh-what-the-heck-scared-of-you-gif-675755946193480599

[cedar furnace]

It's kinda funny how Japan likes Anne of Green Gabels so much that they've made several anime adaptations and the majority of people who visit PEI are Japanese

[weak glacier]

kiki and bouba

[mighty tree]

Poor neglected Gelgoog… Maybe I’ll finish you tomorrow

[ivory mauve]

What?

[ivory mauve]

Again. What?

[weak glacier]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect

[ivory mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/ahoklollmao-of-course-ohhhh-oh-that-makes-sense-gif-11896286840118452668

[ivory mauve]

Ok it makes sense now

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/aqua-konosuba-aqua-eating-gif-16657974879445202502

[ivory mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/zeta-gundam-gaplant-gif-4097549848613606556

https://tenor.com/view/asshimar-gundam-mobile-suit-zeta-zeta-gundam-gif-12102862607355248791

[ivory mauve]

"TS Eiseihei-san no Senjou Nikki"

New character. I got a bad feeling....

[grim pebble]

Uh huh

Horrific losses incoming

Unless someone about to copy the Hindenburg Line

AGAIN

[weak glacier]

genderbent gendo is crazy work

[slender skiff]

https://x.com/seiyuucorner/status/1959269404249670019?t=YXwn0uBcxLhKnIgKKhDAjw&s=19

Seiyuu Corner (@seiyuucorner)

Happy 32nd birthday to Aoi Koga! 🎉

Let's wish her all the best @824_aoi

#AoiKoga #古賀葵

X · Aug 23, 2025, 3:00 PM

[shut lion]

watched only gushing and 16bit

wanted to watch mono but spring season was too loaded

[slender skiff]

You've never watched kaguya?

[shut lion]

nope

I mentioned before that Im not into romcoms really

[boreal oyster]

me neither

[silver robin]

lol

the recent yen press licensing announcements had a few isekai / fantasy

the recent jnovel ones were all but a few isekai / fantasy

kekw

[signal grotto]

kaguya-sama is peak romcom anime

[weak glacier]

kaguya should just be labeled as comedy because the romance doesnt start until like s3

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-gif-26826812

[trim swan]

word

[weak glacier]

i hate how the same dipshit do did onk did kaguya sama and the animators COOKED during the outro

the starship troopers ending was peak

https://youtube.com/shorts/YmeEafE3J_M?si=5ajz8AmdmIdlEx7T

[red magnet]

Kaguya

And komi

And emergency ration

[boreal oyster]

now that i think about it

@slender skiff is ORV isekai lol

[slender skiff]

No lol
Absolutely not

He does ||time travel|| and end up in different dimensions for some periods of time

[boreal oyster]

is has underworld, demon realm, heaven type shit

does that count as isekai

[slender skiff]

If those were the primary settings

Yes

[boreal oyster]

so it's isekai genre if the other world is the primary setting, and not just "one of the" setting?

[slender skiff]

The core tenet of Isekai is that "the story is set in a place that is completely different from our own"

I do think there is an argument for ORV as an Isekai
...if you consider dystopian/apocalyptic earth as an isekai

[slender skiff]

In my opinion I feel it can be described it as
Would I, as a human being in present day Earth, need to drastically change my views/beliefs in order to survive in this new world

ORV does fulfil that in the sense of there being "new rules" if you want to survive

[boreal oyster]

but the mc been moving to several different worlds tho, like currently bros at murim before going to gourmet association

[slender skiff]

What difference is that from any tower climbing series tho

In fact tower climbing series would probably be even closer to actual Isekai

[boreal oyster]

[slender skiff]

Because the tower fundamentally is a different place

I personally don't consider "travelling to other worlds during the journey" as criteria for an Isekai

Because to me that just feels like someone travelling to different towns or villages during their fantasy journey

Unless ORV's story was solely set in those different worlds

Which is absolutely not the case

But as I have emphasised a few times

It depends on your personal view of what an Isekai is

[boreal oyster]

[slender skiff]

I have 2 definitions personally
The tighter definition is that "the story takes place in a different world entirely"

[boreal oyster]

what if the mc can transport back and forth

like that one elf anime prev season

or sakaki to pichan even

[slender skiff]

My more loosey goosey definition

Is that "fundamentally different rules to survive apply"

I suppose ORV could fall under the more "stretch" end of that definition

I would put it more to a "apocalyptic" or "dystopian" earth kinda genre rather than isekai tho

[slender skiff]

In the cases you mentioned
I suppose it depends on where the primary setting is

And whether you would consider VRMMO game anime like Shangri-la Frontier or Bofuri to be isekais

(Not including the "trapped in a game" ones because those are absolutely Isekai)

Because those also have the "MC can transport back and forth" characteristic

Personally I would (controversially) say SLF and Bofuri in practice since the story is set almost entirely in the game world(s) with the irl stuff being mostly filler
The game would follow different rules than irl after all

I think the average person would consider Isekai, VRMMOs, Apocalyptic/Dystopian Earth to be entirely separate subgenres tho

Tldr
It boils down to personal opinion

[grim pebble]

My definition of isekai is if it is absolutely mid (dogshit doesn't make into the list)

[faint crag]

average person would absolutely consider vrmmo to be isekai
like the entire current isekai wave was VERY largely started and influenced by SAO

"A person with modern-world sensibilities is put into fantasy setting" is pretty much how a lot of people would define it

[slender skiff]

To be clear
I dont mean "trapped in video game" like SAO Aincrad arc/Alicization arc and Log Horizon
More so stuff like SAO Fairy Dance arc/Phantom Bullet/Mother's Rosario and Bofuri

I'm asuming you mean the latter tho anyways right?

[faint crag]

I don't think most people would make this difference
at least originally

now maybe when isekai is more mainstream and there's more of it they might be more picky about what is and isn't

tho I doubt

[slender skiff]

Yeah

[silver robin]

we are so back @slender skiff

last 2 pages of the chapter is peak we are so back

[silver robin]

ruri dragon cliffhanger for a month

[trim swan]

I thought this was a wholesome series

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/mayano-top-gun-umamusume-holy-moly-maya-mayano-gif-18303653230147041936

[zinc lance]

yesterdays Ruri chapter was nice

[slender skiff]

And we going on hiatus again

[zinc lance]

noooooooooooo

[solemn pollen]

call hiccup he can handle it

[silver robin]

#965642875994013777 message

[quaint patrol]

a few more days until trpg vol 10 release

[zinc lance]

butbutbutbut it just came back from hiatus

[slender skiff]

Pog

[weak glacier]

I love yall complaining about hiatus

1 month hiatus is liberating compared to the dreaded "indefinite hiatus"

https://tenor.com/view/konosuba-aqua-eating-cookie-gif-5972131004400105714

[quaint patrol]

frieren moment

[grim pebble]

Read some extremely stupid shit rn

Dude got killed twice and sent back in time but doesn't learn his lesson

Or the author just trying to stretch the money

[red magnet]

Rip freezing

@weak glacier ping

[weak glacier]

@red magnet pong 🖕

[silver robin]

which show

[weak glacier]

The Big O

[silver robin]

what is the big o

is that actually the name of the show

[weak glacier]

yes

it premiered on Toonami

[silver robin]

wao

[silver robin]

there is a not 1 not 2 but a trilingual song in couple of cucks

[weak glacier]

@silver robin

This continue to reinforce my opinion japan has no taste

wait, this guy who made this also made love live????

witch from mecury?

i'm fucking slow

Hajime Yatate

smh

@ivory mauve

[ivory mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/jaw-drop-wow-shocked-surprised-gif-11595323373131949564

[weak glacier]

idk why i bought this

the gundam looks dogshit

[ivory mauve]

It's not a gundam. Its a unicorn that pales in comparison to the Turn A in power

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/japan-real-real-japan-sugi-same-same-but-different-chikara-gif-4942153489374473890

[ivory mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/turn-a-gundam-gundam-moonlight-butterfly-gif-14075534709588505889

[weak glacier]

if everyone is a gundam, then nobody is a gundam

[shut lion]

there is only one gundam

[grim pebble]

Ohhhh

So that's how it supposed to start

[stable herald]

This is my first time seing someone said unicorn looks dogshit

One hell of a taste fucking hell

[stable herald]

I just read this chapter...

It's not 0-100

It's straight out 100

@ivory mauve Well shit... I just watched 5th ep of Mynoghra

Where that face of hers comes in...

Im.... Disappointed

WTF BRO

I THOUGHT ITS GONNA BE A BADASS TRANSITION BETWEEN HER SAD FACE TO THAT ONE

BUT ITS A SLIDESHOW

A FUCKIN- 2015 ANIME GOT BETTER TRANSITION THAN THIS SHIT

https://tenor.com/view/aoi-tense-scared-priconne-princess-connect-gif-24633357

This scene got more FRAMES than that part

At least we get cute faces of Atou

[slender skiff]

https://animecorner.me/good-smile-company-suspends-u-s-shipments-following-japan-post-restrictions/

Frosty you ok?

[cedar furnace]

OK what's going on with everyone suspending shipments to the US?

[weak glacier]

i prefer funny zeon grunt suits

[silver robin]

tarrif cost price increases

it takes like 30 days to ship something internationally, and in that time if the tarrifs rise like 1000% you have a lot of expensive stuff that won't sell cause its too expensive cause you couldn't factor that 1000% when you made it

[weak glacier]

https://youtu.be/4kQNkvQiClw

[ivory mauve]

Disappointment

@weak glacier

[weak glacier]

kitbashong?

[ivory mauve]

Kinda.

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-boondocks-white-man-obama-care-gif-13561046659246362801

the boodnocks white man dance scene is peak anime

[ivory mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/beatdown-the-boondocks-naruto-cross-over-similar-gif-5418883

[faint crag]

go white boy go

[weak glacier]

my favorite esoteric anime

https://www.djfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DH-003.jpg

[stable herald]

Sauceee

[boreal oyster]

mercenary kink machinations

[weak glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-gif-26826812

[ivory mauve]

Lost media

[weak glacier]

still one of my favorites

first time an anime in a while that really was stylistically unique unlike the bloom oversaturated barf seasonal enjoyers swear looks good

[quiet patrol]

AAAAAA bro feeling heart love hold hand alya wife.

[stable herald]

what

AYO WTF

ASURA SCAN IS A PAYWALL SERVICE NOW?

Holy fuck they used to be pirates, and now they have leveled up to mercenaries

Rewatching peak

[trim swan]

still pirates

and whatever happened to not mentioning their names

[boreal oyster]

wdym used

[stable herald]

Wdym

Pinned message only discouraged posting links

Names are just names and i didnt relate it with any anime or manga post here.

[stable herald]

They turned into mercenaries because their service (on their official website) has a paid service now..

Lmao

[boreal oyster]

6hrs early access

stupid shit

[stable herald]

They're tryna be like webtoon

[boreal oyster]

nah they learnt it from utoon

theirs, even webtoon-like

mfs be paywalled 3 chapters ahead, releasing per week

i mean

[flat cedar]

https://x.com/TopGyaru/status/1960704585531842764

Maririn~ (@TopGyaru)

Nooooooo

X · Aug 27, 2025, 2:02 PM

[silver robin]

[trim rune]

im dragging azur lane here simply to ask about archetypes
what kind of archetypes would you consider colorado and her sisters?

and also georgia

i know about tomboys but that word makes me think of cleveland or foch or hiryuu

all im sure of for the colorados and georgia is that they dont seem overtly "feminine" in the same way as someone like illustrious or north carolina

if i can understand more narrow archetypes i might be able to tell people more what i like

[slender skiff]

I'm unfamiliar with Colorado so no comments there
But as for Georgia, I guess the word would be cool beauty

If they behave more masculine rather than feminine

Then ikemen joshi

@trim rune

[trim rune]

hm
well of the 2025 azur lane lineup so far how many do you say hit that spot of "cool beauties"?

[slender skiff]

...I dont really pay attention to personalities but, Lion

not sure about rumey

trafalgar would probably be the same

not sure about kansas either

/kick 584764042871177238

[broken swallow]

kracovia#0 got kicked.

[trim swan]

ayo

[shut lion]

colorado and co are just edgy girls

[ivory mauve]

Nah Colorado likes headpats

[silver robin]

bocchi the witch is really good

🙏🏽

[trim swan]

it is

we need more bocchi the witch

[silver robin]

aint no way its JUNK COMICS LOL

THROWING SHADE

dress up darling was shonen magazine i believe

[slender skiff]

Good
Now watch some old stuff

[silver robin]

nu

[slender skiff]

On a side note

I am very confused why Koujo Denka put in a random fan service ep

[silver robin]

you mean last episode or latest episode

[slender skiff]

We all know Lydia is best girl appearance wise

Episode before latest

[silver robin]

ok yea

also they had a recap episode in between like eps 4 and 5 or something

[slender skiff]

The upcoming Stella arc

Is hype

[silver robin]

can't wait to hear more loli whining

[slender skiff]

Shes like

A year younger than Lydia?

[silver robin]

yes

[slender skiff]

Maybe 2

[silver robin]

lydia graduated and stella is like 2nd or 3rd year

so makes sense

i think stella is a 3rd year

[slender skiff]

Remember this is Lydia

[silver robin]

because otherwise she would be too close in age to tina

[slender skiff]

Yes Stella is a third year

[silver robin]

[slender skiff]

But I think you'll like her because she's like the tamest

[silver robin]

no

[slender skiff]

Also the imouto doesn't whine either

[silver robin]

i like lydia the best so far

[slender skiff]

I mean Allen's imouto

[silver robin]

i like her too

she is wholesome

[slender skiff]

https://fixupx.com/koujo_anime/status/1957638660805009673?t=uky02Tnzzk0ijH50I2ytWw&s=19

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Pat the imouto

https://fixupx.com/koujo_anime/status/1958001046120501712?t=muOiNnTKe3Z3BozdtB2vtA&s=19

I like how they go on like nothing happened

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FixupX · Aug 20, 2025, 3:00 AM

Also yes that's Inorin

[silver robin]

yes