・anime

[tidal shore]

swords are overrated

a single boi with a spear can take on 3 sword normies

[topaz linden]

My sakugabooru favorites folder is just a compilation of how many unique weapons I can find in anime at this point

[tidal shore]

yo that's sick

on the topic of spears, I wanna share this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afqhBODc_8U

[mighty cape]

Id still with swords

but daggers are awesome too

[tidal shore]

by making it a foldable you could change the effective range, and perhaps even switch blades on the scythe to turn it into a more traditional polearm depending on the situation

though one thing that's interesting

the Polish military used scythes and had some drills oriented around the scythe as a weapon, they just weren't so curved though

so real world applications do exist, in medieval times for poor people during a revolution I guess 😅

[mighty cape]

||at least we'll have a scythe user in genshin||

[tidal shore]

wbh

why* is that spoiler xd

[topaz linden]

because leaks 👀

[tidal shore]

humm interesting

A straight shaft scythe is not really an effective weapon due to the fact that it is so incredibly unbalanced. A genuine scythe has an auxiliary handle for control

oh right leaks, forgor this is a genshin server 💀

[topaz linden]

yee, just taking a look through the first 3 or 26 pages, I found:

• chain sword
• Daggers that shoots out with a retractable string
• Dual-sided polearm that splits into nunchucks
• Concrete pillar
• A i r p l a n e s

unconventional weapons are fun lol

[mighty cape]

HEAVY ON DAGGERS WITH A STRING

BLAKE IS THAT WOMAN

so swords are really overrated huh

yall dont like katana?

[tidal shore]

huh

airplanes?

[topaz linden]

eh, it can be nice, but it's very hard for it to stand out

[tidal shore]

???

bro

u need to show me the airplanes as a weapon

wait, did you see aspect ratio black bars being used as a weapon?

[topaz linden]

Just Yozakura Quartet having the most unhinged fights lol

Airplanes are at 0:50 onward

whole sequence goes hard af tho

[tidal shore]

ahh now im reminded of the puss in boots fight

[tidal shore]

the last 10 seconds i can't 😂

https://youtu.be/lGJBUauU-CE?si=7YB36dYJ-XScUuXZ&t=286 start from the time stamp u need to see this @topaz linden

[topaz linden]

I've seen it and the original one lol

Unironically a work of art

https://tenor.com/view/pootis-engage-running-menacing-tf2-gif-17532529

[tidal shore]

agree

should've guessed

[topaz linden]

Of course

!!jake

[fiery tinsel]

https://tenor.com/view/adventure-time-demon-cat-i-have-approximate-knowledge-of-many-things-wise-wisdom-gif-4593239

[tidal shore]

!!jake

[fiery tinsel]

https://tenor.com/view/adventure-time-demon-cat-i-have-approximate-knowledge-of-many-things-wise-wisdom-gif-4593239

[topaz linden]

But yeh, stuff like that goes straight into a special playlist of mine on YT as soon as I see it

Love that "shitpost done extremely better than it deserves" clash

[tidal shore]

yeah

and this is the kind of artist that I want to become one day

[topaz linden]

One I found a few weeks back was this artist that was like

"Okay, what if we made JJK S2's OP into a Bocchi OP... but literally redid entire scenes to make it 1:1"
https://youtu.be/0hF5oZiIh_o

https://fxtwitter.com/niwaka05/status/1685232981483589632

[long peak]

I've got just the thing

This is clearly the peak

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/buttsmarnn-gif-18440715

[tidal shore]

monogatari series bath scene

don't look it up

wait this is amazing

wtf

[hot notch]

I love Log Horizon. While the anime does kinda fall off quality wise as it goes on the character growth is consistently amazing. Characters that you thought were infallible monoliths are shown to still be human too and those you thought were hopeless really just needed to meet the right people to guide them along. It also handles the interactions and conflicts between the Isekai'd people and the people already in the world extremely well.

I'm so sad that this show peaked at episode 1

[topaz linden]

Hoping it gets an ending someday. That's my biggest dread as I get further and further into the show lol (I've heard the author hasn't finished the LN yet either)

[hot notch]

Yea they're taking their sweet time

https://tenor.com/view/log-horizon-anime-cute-upside-down-gif-15710304

^Log Horizon fans waiting for the next volume

[mighty cape]

what is up with monogatari??

[hot notch]

Also did Priconne ever ||tell us in the anime that it was an Isekai||? If you know the source material you know it but I can't remember if the anime tell you that or not.

[mighty cape]

Log Horizon looks intriguing

[hot notch]

Genuinely one of my favorite isekai anime

Pulls off the whole stuck in a real video game world thing way better than SAO ever did (I don't count Alicization for this since that wasn't supposed to be a game).

[long peak]

I just wouldn't get stuck in a video game

[topaz linden]

It gave hints of it (brief one or two second flashbacks of pre-isekai memories) but never explicitly stated it

[mighty cape]

any isekai is much better than SAO

[hot notch]

False

SAO despite it's very glaring flaws is still an at least decent show at it's worst.

And a very good show at it's best

[tidal shore]

back in 2016 I found Log Horizon to be pretty boring and forgettable, but your description has made me consider rewatching to see if I change my mind

[topaz linden]

The smartphone anime would disagree

[hot notch]

^I was gonna mention this too lmao

[topaz linden]

Ngl, at this point I think it's fair to call it an abandoned series Author really doesn't seem to be involved with it at all anymore

[mighty cape]

I thought the smartphone anime is mid in general

[hot notch]

I need more Akatsuki. They cannot abandon this.

[topaz linden]

I do too

At least I still have two more seasons til I hit the end of material

[hot notch]

https://tenor.com/view/speeen-anime-spin-gif-23821262

[tidal shore]

what's better
a work that's polarising (SAO)?
or a work that's so mediocre it's not even mentioned when talking about isekai unless thrown in as a joke (smartphone isekai)

[mighty cape]

Idk what is

[hot notch]

I think Mushoku Tensei makes the argument for Polarizing being better

[tidal shore]

oh yeah

[mighty cape]

True

do yall recommend eminence in shadow??

[dusty fable]

if anything, Frieren's mana pool is excessive

[topaz linden]

I enjoyed it personally, but it's one of those shows where you either love or hate the humor

[hot notch]

I enjoyed it. It's a parody show so you have to ready for that type of humor going in.

[dusty fable]

well, you need to watch until Atomic. If it works for you, then you should watch it. If it doesn't then drop it

[tidal shore]

I still don't get why people try to excuse the Mushoku Tensei mc for what he does and who he is really

[topaz linden]

Because the world/story around the MC is really well done and people want to be able to enjoy that 👀

[tidal shore]

like, this anime could work better if his behaviour was re-contextualised, as it is now tho I'm just disgusted

[tidal shore]

the story doesn't matter if you can't get past season 1

[hot notch]

I mean you're supposed to be disgusted though

[topaz linden]

^

[mighty cape]

I kinda love rudeus, he reminds me of subaru

[topaz linden]

Irredeemable actions and living with the consequences is kind of a reoccurring theme tbh

[tidal shore]

most people drop Mushoku Tensei before it gets good
and the MC actually never becomes good enough so Idk

[hot notch]

He does though?

[dusty fable]

don't get past season 1. Season 2 is even worse in that regard

[tidal shore]

yeah he gets better, but is it enough?

[mighty cape]

probably because hes not a MC who gets op powers outta nowhere

[tidal shore]

that's not the point tho

[hot notch]

You think he's worse in S2?

[dusty fable]

yes

[hot notch]

Did we watch the same show?

[topaz linden]

Isn't he ||neutered|| for most of S2?

[hot notch]

Yea

[tidal shore]

u really just compared a child [redacted] to Subaru I can't 💀

[dusty fable]

I don't care about him being horny or not, his character is something I find revolting

[mighty cape]

i dropped re zero so dont blame me

[hot notch]

So if the horny isn't the problem then what is?

[mighty cape]

what does him being horny have to do with the anime?

he literally couldnt get his "thing" down

[tidal shore]

that's another season and something like 8th volume in the book

[topaz linden]

That's S2. It starts right after ||Eris leaves him||

[dusty fable]

because the guy is an epithome of infantility

[mighty cape]

oh we're talking about season 1 not season 2??

[tidal shore]

for the record: I'm not arguing that Rudy is irredeemable, and I'm not arguing that the anime is bad because of the MC being revolting
I'm arguing that the MC could've been written in a more likeable way (good bad man) while still retaining the core concepts that surround his character development

[hot notch]

But he was never intended to be portrayed in that way. You aren't supposed to like him. At least not how he starts.

[dusty fable]

I don't argue that the anime is bad, it is great. Rudy is the only problem

[mighty cape]

but why is Rudy the problem??

[dusty fable]

because the guy is an epithome of infantility

[tidal shore]

ur never supposed to like Denji from Chainsaw Man either, the guy's goals are literally to touch boobs, have sex, and also he sold his testicle, that's as miserable as it can get
but you end up liking the guy anyway as you see him grow

[hot notch]

I don't get this. It's literally just wrong.

[tidal shore]

like, imagine every scene that Rudi is in, imagine that this is a 40 year old ugly bastard

just imagine it

[topaz linden]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure up til at the earliest ||the magic academy arc||, you're not really supposed to like Rudy. Would be hard to emphasize with the people beating the shit out of him if you liked him lol. At best, he's pitiful before that

[mighty cape]

he was not supposed to be likeable in the first place but later watching him grow, you can either like him or not

its literally up to you

[prisma furnace]

Me too

[tidal shore]

idk bro I think he was always a piece of shit, even at the end of the novel

[hot notch]

???

[tidal shore]

bro turns from a sewer to a piece of shit on the lawn, character growth much ayyy

[prisma furnace]

Yes!!!! I watch two seasons

[hot notch]

I feel like we didn't read the same story

[tidal shore]

sorry I had to rant about this

[mighty cape]

different opinions ig ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[prisma furnace]

Yeah

[hot notch]

I guess but like wow

[prisma furnace]

Like Shin Chan From Crayon Shin Chan he’s just 5 years old

[topaz linden]

He spends most of his free time post S2P1 trying to find ways to protect his family. Not really sure wtf was so bad he did past that point...

[hot notch]

Yea

[mighty cape]

season 1 and season 2 are both good too

[prisma furnace]

What about Tomoki from Sora no Otoshimono/ Heavens lost property? He’s perverted too

[topaz linden]

Comedies get treated a little differently than stories trying to take themselves seriously

[mighty cape]

Like the MC being perverted then slowly growing to be mature is pretty unique for a personality ngl

[dusty fable]

the guy is too obsessed with his own problems to be able to protect anyone, I don't even know how he progresses through the story with that attitude, maybe because "the God" literally needs to kick him every now and then for him to move forward

[tidal shore]

yeah the MC (40 yo) trying to do adultery with an 8 year old, going to doing adultery with a 15 yo (he's older than 40 now) is pretty unique ngl

[tidal shore]

ok maybe I exaggerated a bit

[prisma furnace]

Yeah ^^ I bet some characters inspired by Ataru from Urusei Yatsura and Ryo from City Hunter

[mighty cape]

YES ATARU

[prisma furnace]

We love Ataru 🤣🤣🤣

[topaz linden]

? His own problems? What problems is trying to solve at that point that are internal in nature?
Literally every single one of them involves a family member he needs to protect/take care of and someone trying to harm them

[prisma furnace]

Brock from Pokémon he’s simp lady too

[hot notch]

I think Lime is talking about S2P1

Which is kinda his own problem

[topaz linden]

Literally said post S2P1...

[prisma furnace]

I mean every mangaka grown up watching Showa era Anime and inspired by them

[mighty cape]

Hes very funny

He literally rizzes every woman he sees

[topaz linden]

Brock underrated fr. Dude got some nice character development later on in the show

[dusty fable]

I don't remember him moving on actually. He pretends to research teleportation magic, but did he make any real progress there? Most of his academy arc is just him "having good time" for the most part and pretending to be solving other people's problems which he doesn't really

[hot notch]

He is actually researching it though? That knowledge will come into play in S2P2.

[tidal shore]

mc remains horny until the end tho

[hot notch]

Ok? Most humans have some level of Sex Drive. And for large sections of the later parts of the novels he's actually abstinent.

[tidal shore]

creepy horny vs vanilla horny tho

[mighty cape]

why are we even arguing about horny in this subject?

[hot notch]

I don't really see how most things past where we are in the anime are creepy horny

[dusty fable]

the anime did a bad job showing it then. Because it seemed like all the work was done by the other girl, and him just getting the fruits of the work without actually doing much of the work himself

[topaz linden]

Tbf, it's a decent part of the character's personailty, which is what's being discussed

[tidal shore]

also I'm trying to recall the incident where ||he saves his mom|| @dusty fable
later he talks with ||DRAGON GOD ORSTEEEEEED|| and he asks about ||the dungeone, Roxy, and his wives, and I don't remember if, had he acted sooner, his mom wouldn't have to be an invalid||

[prisma furnace]

Yeah I mean why we can’t have different opinions?

[tidal shore]

becomes less creepy horny type, but still there

[topaz linden]

||Don't think it would have made a difference with the mom. She was in that dungeon right away from the teleportation incident iirc. Main thing that might've been different is his dad, but we dont really know if him going earlier could have stopped thst considering they'd fight that boss regardless||

[tidal shore]

or was it the other way around, did he talk with ||DRAGON GOD ORSTEEEEEED|| before going to ||save his dad and mom? don't remember||

[dusty fable]

I think that is outside what has happened in the anime? I didn't read the books

[tidal shore]

oh ok

I thought u read

[hot notch]

||Osted is after||

[topaz linden]

He talks with ||Orsted post-dad and mom. He seeks out Orsted after|| ||he gets the vision from the future about ManGod being evil after coming home||

[tidal shore]

||ahh yeah his dad also suffered||

[hot notch]

Yea this whole convo is kinda fucked because some of us have read the novels and some haven't

[tidal shore]

bear in mind it's been 8 years since I've read the books so 💀

[hot notch]

I've recently reread everything post where we are in the anime

[tidal shore]

so your memory is still fresh

nice

[hot notch]

Yea

[topaz linden]

Im caught up to just past ||the iron man fight||, but I need to read the rest still

Hoping we get an S3 just to get that fight adapted tbh

[hot notch]

The what?

[topaz linden]

||Mech suit Rudy vs Orsted||

[hot notch]

Oh shit I thought you were way further than that

[topaz linden]

I might be, been a bit lol

Lemme check the last one I opened in my app

[hot notch]

Ngl I know it won't happen but I kinda hope they do that arc as a movie because a movie budget for that would go hard.

[tidal shore]

||I totally forgor the mech fight lmao||

that's when he started being ||on good terms with DRAGON GOD ORSTEEEEEEED||

[hot notch]

Yea

[tidal shore]

||he like sent a letter to Eris saying "bish imma fight DRAGON GOD ORSTEEEEEED" and then went for it||

[topaz linden]

I finished Volume 16, and havent started 17 yet. So I had just gotten to the part where ||Orsted orders him to help make Ariel into the queen of her kingdom||

So a bit further lol

[tidal shore]

ah that's the part where I started losing interests

the teenage me and ||politics|| innit

finally stopped reading at 19 volumes with the intent to come back, but I never did

[topaz linden]

I got to that point and was like "okay, imma speed through this when I get to it... there's only 2 novels to go til publishing's done. Imma just wait for them both to come out so I can do the final volumes in one go"

[hot notch]

Yea and that doesn't even really happen until 18 so you still got a bit to go.

[tidal shore]

it's funny tho, when I read the books I didn't mind Rudy's creepy behaviour as much
but now that I'm older I just want him to have perma erectile dysfunction

this story would be as good even without the creepy horny type behaviour

[topaz linden]

Eris went for the wrong head with her roundhouse kick fr

[tidal shore]

TRUE

[topaz linden]

Just make him a eunuch right there in Episode ||8||

[tidal shore]

TRUE

[hot notch]

Tbf she stomps on it right after

Or is at least implied to

[prisma furnace]

If I was making anime and I want to inspired one of my childhood show Pucca

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-again-freddy-crane-frasier-give-it-another-try-have-another-go-gif-17151671759946674455

[tidal shore]

you know how

[hot notch]

Eris ||despite actually exceeding his sex drive in some cases does still continue to beat him up when he pushes things to far||.

[tidal shore]

in Soul Land there's this character where, they burn his pee pee, like, it's gone
that's what Rudy needs

[hot notch]

I don't think that would fix your problems with him

[tidal shore]

||based 2nd wife||

[hot notch]

||3rd||

[tidal shore]

||or maybe first cuz he formed a deep bond with her first?||

||sylphie is a bit different i guess||

||if we're talking power dynamics I think Eris would be first, cuz she's the most dominant||

[prisma furnace]

She’s my favorite

[hot notch]

||I mean in terms of Marriage she's the 3rd but she got all his firsts||

[tidal shore]

||that's so true||

[tidal shore]

white haired girls always win innit

[hot notch]

||Roxy is best girl imo but Eris is a close second.||

[tidal shore]

I don't think you need to spoiler that

[hot notch]

Probably not

[tidal shore]

Roxy also my fav, but

||why did he take her panties a build a shrine with them?? he was even praying????||

I know it's a gag but still 💀

is it even a gag tho, knowing the mc 💀

[hot notch]

https://tenor.com/view/roxy-my-beloved-meme-my-beloved-anime-mushoku-tensei-gif-23689742

^This is Rudeus everyday

[tidal shore]

https://tenor.com/view/mushoku-tensei-rudeus-pray-roxysmo-roxy-gif-20087715

[prisma furnace]

She’s my second favorite

Probably because he’s shin chan

You know Shin chan from Crayon Shin Chan?

[hot notch]

I don't

[tidal shore]

thinking about it, the only thing I like about Roxy is her design, but really she would be a boring partner huh

[prisma furnace]

It’s comedy anime that I grew up watching

[mighty cape]

guess im the only one who loves sylphie

[prisma furnace]

I love her too

I’m glad they reunited and it’s make me cry

Childhood friends to lovers

[hot notch]

Might wanna spoiler that for people still on S1

[prisma furnace]

Shoot

Sorry

[hot notch]

I mean in the grand scheme of things it's not the biggest deal. It's in the actual anime at this point and that sort of stuff is the stuf that gets spoiled the most.

Just a considerate thing to do if you remember

I think the policy for this channel is 3 months but it's either over that or close enough.

[prisma furnace]

Anyway

[mighty cape]

also i needa watch danmachi

i forgot about that

[hot notch]

Love DanMachi

[prisma furnace]

Me too

[hot notch]

Both parts of S4 went hard

I've read the LN up to the volume before the most recent one and it gets crazier

[mighty cape]

who doesnt love bell cranel

[hot notch]

The ultimate underdog

[prisma furnace]

Me

[hot notch]

[mighty cape]

ill admit, sao at aincrad started really good

[prisma furnace]

Wish there’s was isekai anime when female mc tamer to Unicorns

[mighty cape]

black summoner is also good

[prisma furnace]

Slime anime is good

https://youtu.be/ATcaQYh0wPU?si=rsl3P9Cp2TrWDjSJ

[tidal shore]

boutta spoil star wars

[prisma furnace]

When anime fans spoilers manga be like

[tidal shore]

true

TRUE

[topaz linden]

Her (Eris) VA's coming to a convention I'm going to next week and doing a Q&A. Trying to think of good questions to ask 👀

[topaz linden]

...okay, I've reread that last half of the sentence several times and Im still not sure what that's meant to say 😅

[tidal shore]

trying to think of good isekai anime, and there isn't much tbh:
Inuyasha, KonoSuba, re:zero, Youjo Senki, Drifters
(the rest I haven't seen or they fall into the okay-ish category)

(or i forgor about them)

[tidal shore]

isekai anime with female mc who tames unicorns (kind of like slime rancher but for unicorns)

[topaz linden]

...but why unicorns specifically lol

[tidal shore]

ah I just recalled Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
it's very slow but it's a good watch (less so a good read)

[topaz linden]

There's a decent amount if you include light novels, but yeah, the isekais that get adaptions tend to be the most generic ones

[tidal shore]

it's like a classic u know
imagine having vending machine isekai before unicorns isekai, I can't live in that world 😭

[tidal shore]

do you have any recommendations for manga/novels in that regard?

[prisma furnace]

Because I love Unicorns

[mighty cape]

YES INUYASHA

[tidal shore]

personally though couldn't stand Inuyasha, but I know it's good anyway

[mighty cape]

inuyasha can be a jerk sometimes

i didnt like kikyo either

[tidal shore]

I mean the series as a whole

I plan to watch all of it some day

with a fresh mind

[prisma furnace]

I love Inuyasha too

Imagine Naofumi & Kagome can be friends each other

[tidal shore]

XDDD

the character names in this manga are crazy

[prisma furnace]

Haha

[tidal shore]

names so far:
Slow
Loco Moco
Vision
and then there's a normal name like Tina

[mighty cape]

Naofumi is a great written character ngl

shield hero is amazing

[prisma furnace]

Yeah and plus I think he’s handsome

[tidal shore]

is it me or does the i look different

what did they do with the font

[ionic schooner]

I

i

l

|

[tidal shore]

the i has the dot higher i think

idk

[topaz linden]

Was a bit delayed since I was driving at the time
But these are some of the ones I've enjoyed the most:

• Overlord: (the light novels are much better than the anime adaption imo. They give characters like Albedo and others way more detailed personal stories/arcs)
• Ascendance of a Bookworm: A very slow burn. But some of the most detailed worldbuilding I've seen, and it handles the ramifications of "modern person with modern tech" on society in a really interesting way.
• MinMax my TTRPG: Stupidest title ever, but honestly this one's one of the best light novels I've read. So many unique characters and history to the world, and the character is just balanced enough that he really has to push himself to survive most encounters.
• Hell Mode: Unique premise and a grounded MC like MinMax. Every arc completes in the volume it started in too, so no cliffhangers.
• Tearmoon Empire: Great comedy that does the "accidental and unintentional" genius trope very well. The narrator is savage with roasting the MC
• Record of Wortenia War: Basically imagine a dude with Navy Seal training gets isekai'd into a world obsessed with war. Good war games series. (Der Werewolf is another similar war games heavy one. Think it was an isekai too iirc)

Honorable mentions:

• Only the Villainous Lord Wields the Power to Level Up
• Fake Saint of the Year: You wanted the perfect Saint? Too bad!
• I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire (this one's a guilty pleasure lol)

[dusty fable]

oh yes, finally, a font with l

[topaz linden]

Wall of text time

[tidal shore]

Overlord: watched, it was okay
Ascendance of a Bookworm: did not enjoy
the rest I will check out

[dusty fable]

it was funny how it took a whole anime of Bookworm to make a book, and then there was Dr. Stone s1, both ongoing at the same time, who slapped paper and books in a minute

[tidal shore]

TRUE

[topaz linden]

Dr Stone's feat list is kinda wack tbh

[dusty fable]

well, it was never intended as an actual representation of scientific process or invention process, just to make kids interested in chem and phys, which it did a great job of I think

[topaz linden]

Good ol "anime to promote the public good" lol

Still convinced personally that Over the Moon for You and How Heavy are your Dumbbells were psyops by the Japanese government to try and turn weebs into functioning members of society

The first to promote getting married, the second to get them at least somewhat active

[tidal shore]

there's an entire shounen sport genre to promote fitness too

[dusty fable]

pretty sure some of the anime is sponsored by Japanese gov for many reasons

[tidal shore]

haikyu made me stop hating volleyball

[topaz linden]

Laid Back Camp was literally a direct collaboration with the campsites/prefecture it took place in iirc

[dusty fable]

I think Space Brothers was also sponsored by Jaxa, not sure

[dusty fable]

Every time I watch Gekai Elise, it is such a blast from the past, in terms of OP cinematics effects, music, as if I am back in 2000x

I wait for "Lantis-to okorishimasu" in the end of the OP, voiced credits to sponsors

[mighty cape]

Torture Princess has been a very solid read up to where I’ve read. And it’s complete too and not very long. Be warned though, it’s got some gruesome descriptions. But I’ve found its characters very compelling.

Heck

I actually FORGET it’s technically an isekai bc of how different its tone is

Its final cover art is so…

[tidal shore]

nice

[shadow knot]

if you count older series that didn’t coin the term “isekai” back then but technically are one (ie. escaflowne and twelve kingdoms), those are good imo

“now and then here and there” is an example from 1999 that I like to shill from time to time

pacifist boy gets isekai’d and tries to convince warmongers to change their ways but doesn’t work and for some eps it gets a lil brutal at times

[tidal shore]

ayo thx

[ionic schooner]

It worked

I started exercising

[prisma furnace]

Am I’m only one who love male mc into a cute girl?

[ionic schooner]

[topaz linden]

Have you read/watched Fantasy Bishoujo?

[prisma furnace]

Yes

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-girl-love-like-cute-gif-7308055484405774650

[prisma furnace]

You know Ranma 1/2

[topaz linden]

Nope. I just knew that show was one of the better examples of what you were talking about lol

[prisma furnace]

Like this one

https://youtu.be/cO8gPztpNFs?si=2InFun6yl8VRqk4w

https://youtu.be/s1XcR_NwK1U?si=njBqAe8gvHtKQnFx

[raven trail]

omg jjk blu ray version has extended fight scenes

and no dimming

time to rewatch i guess

[raven trail]

Damn bruh just caught up with jjk manga

||how the fuck is sukuna going to defeated lmao||

||gojo kashimo yuji higurama choso yuta maki stood no chance||

[long peak]

||give up and die I guess||

[edgy bone]

is it time for a black zetsu

[raven trail]

Lmao pls no

I would rather let ||sukuna win||

[long peak]

holy shit

frieren really just told someone to do the low tier god thing huh

peak

[magic yarrow]

My top 10 for winter

Season

https://polls.animecorner.me/create/top-ten-list/winter-2024

You can make yours if you want

Can't wait for the next season

[frank musk]

I should really continue reading hokkaido girls

[magic yarrow]

I haven't read the manga

But i like the anime a lot

I'm with team fuyuki btw

[covert sundial]

Is anyone here good forming sentences

[edgy bone]

you seem p decent at it yourself

[mighty cape]

https://youtu.be/j3hyRR3_q1E?si=iP5TybHXNPlwXxmm

My favorite manga is getting an anime

what is it??

[mighty cape]

Medalist

[mighty cape]

@edgy bone

How’s it look so far?

[craggy mango]

Engi usually fuck it up from episode 2 onwards

Lets see if they can beat the allegation

[mighty cape]

Yeah

It’s a wait and see

Ideally best case scenario is they get some hella good outsourcing and scheduling behind it

[edgy bone]

Artstyle ,animation, scene composition all look very verynice

[mighty cape]

I suppose

[edgy bone]

But its a trailer which always uses the best looking scenes

Give ig a few eps to make sure its consistent

[mighty cape]

Yep

Stuff like this usually plummets at least somewhat

[edgy bone]

Time to watch the shining

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1177584733308334101.webp?size=48

[tidal shore]

I didn't know this got adapted, nice

skimming through wtf is up with that pacing in the anime

mannn

it got generic treatment 😔

ok maybe 1.7 chapters per episode isn't that bad

I just wanna say though, the anime doesn't do the manga justice|
although it's a novel adaptation first sooo, but still, imagine if the world if we had this

this is such a Berserk moment tbh

[outer scaffold]

Guys, are there any surveys for japanese people's interest in what genre of manga/anime they like? Because it seems that nowadays a manga can be easily axed if they aren't popular in japan

[edgy bone]

ugh

manga magazines still have the tradition of fans sending physical surveys with their weekly rankings

that's one of the factors they use for deciding what stays

if you use mangaplus whenever shonen jump chapters go up their upload order is the same as their magazine order

which is roughly the same as their rankings give or take some extra influences like wether they hit a big milestone or have a big announcement to make, then they go at the front regardless

if you see a series at the bottom of the list for multiple weeks in a row it's most likely getting axed

[tidal shore]

isekai slice of life villainness comedy judging by current trends

generally very little serious stories

you could argue that the works for the genres I mentioned are, on average, created more often than others, but there's also the argument where they're getting created en-masse because of the demand

what juca said is also true, it's the primary determining factor more often than not

[edgy bone]

eh

i wouldnt give a specific answer

japanese fandom is p large with different subgroups

you can't realistically judge it as a whole

[edgy bone]

also i wouldnt say it's the primary factor

if anything the primary factor is 1st volume sales

if you notice jump axes most series around the 20 chapter mark

and a volume has roughly 10 chapters

to me that suggests that they wait for the 1st volume to release and see how well it sells, then if it's not good enough it's axed but they wait till there's enough extra chapters for a 2nd volume so the chapters that were released in the meanwhile aren't magazine exclusive/ so they can get the most money out of the situation

[tidal shore]

interesting

yeah that would make sense from business perspective

[outer scaffold]

Man, japanese's interest is weird

[edgy bone]

it's not a good idea in general to make blanket statements about anything like that

[outer scaffold]

Well, i target that statement for readers that aren't liking what they see on the market, because you can have some good mangas but still getting axed because japanese people don't like it

[edgy bone]

"good" and "weird" are entirely subjective

people like what they like

you could flip the statement on its head and say your tastes are weird for not liking what's popular in japan

[outer scaffold]

Well, sorry to say, but i like some of villainess mangas

[outer scaffold]

But ykw, i think the solution for this problem is to release them internationally to see, if the manga isn't popular on japan but still popular globally, then they can continue the manga

[edgy bone]

that would just extend the problem with a few other countries

the only countries where manga is popular enough to warrant more frequent physical releases and atenttion are the us and france

and then instead of saying "japanese have weird tastes" people would say " japanese americans and french have weird tastes"

[mighty cape]

i have finished dungeon meshi and goodness gracious its fucking amazing

[tidal shore]

I think in this context it's fine to generalise, especially cuz you can observe the market and see what gets made the most and what gets read the most

of course there's more nuance to this, but here we're specifically focused on general trends

[edgy bone]

i mean

he called an entire country's worth of people weird

[tidal shore]

they do be weird ngl

but I don't think that's what he meant

it's kinda interesting tho, there's definitely a difference in how Japanese and the west depict interpersonal conflicts of characters, where they place higher focus, etc

[edgy bone]

define west

[tidal shore]

western by modern standards (+ Australia)

[edgy bone]

so ugh?

first world countries?

[tidal shore]

I haven't watched much of other eastern fiction, but

[edgy bone]

cuz japan is eastern of everything else on the map

china is technically west of them

ive seen people use the word west when talking about stuff that's entirely american only

[tidal shore]

USA, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, nordic countries, Poland (borderline), Czechia, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Romania, Greece

[edgy bone]

ive seen people use the word west to talk about everything non-asian

[tidal shore]

the west east split is kind of tied to the cold war period of eastern and western blocks (+ Australia for some reason)

[edgy bone]

that's a wide range of countries

[tidal shore]

it is

[edgy bone]

i really wouldnt go as far as to say they depict media in the same way

[tidal shore]

I'm talking about the general trends here

also

USA has a large influence on today's world culture, especially on the countries that it's close with (a lot of Europe really)

[next crescent]

Usually eastern is categorized as the Americas and Europe, but to countries like Japan it might include other continents like Africa

Sorry I meant western

[tidal shore]

if I were to define it

Japanese media focus a lot on intrapersonal conflicts, often giving them manifestations and such

the west (mostly America and western Europe) focus in external conflicts

[edgy bone]

which part of europe

cuz most people only count western europe

[next crescent]

Since the "eastern" is the eastern hemisphere for the most part iirc
And western hemisphere is the west

[tidal shore]

I'd say Japanese stories, at least to me, feel a lot more personal and intimate too

but I may be biased

[next crescent]

Does the specific countries/areas within Europe matter in the grand scheme of the conversation though?

[edgy bone]

i'd say that's more to do with production practices more than anything else

especially if we're talking weeb stuff

manga and light novels are stories written by 1 author overwhelmingly majority of the time, and they're given creative freedom to do what they want for the most part

[tidal shore]

I think what the Japanese put focus on in their stories is indicative of their history, culture, and past and modern society

[next crescent]

^

For the most part

[edgy bone]

with american shows it's usually a full team of writers and the publishing company has a more involved role in what's being written and what isn't

[next crescent]

Some venture off into other cultures and things, but most seem to stem from their own

[next crescent]

Well you see, that's the big difference
You're comparing a manga to a full fledged TV show

[edgy bone]

if you go through national media of each country you can find quite a wide range of stories

most people just dont see them cuz they aren't globalized

[next crescent]

There's one writer for a manga because that manga is that one person's vision, and many shows have a full team because they need to come up with multiple episode seasons at a time and have animators work alongside them for what's being written

[next crescent]

Ye

[edgy bone]

and the internet americans kinda propagated this idea that all europe countries are mostly the same or very similar which isn't the case and is a big pet peeve of mine

[tidal shore]

but I don't mean cherrypick, I mean to find common trends

and differences

[next crescent]

I am guilty of this only because nobody ever teaches us otherwise

We just learn about the Renaissance in school and then ww1 and 2 and that's all we know about Europe

[tidal shore]

victorian era was goated, y'all missing out

[topaz linden]

Meme that highlights the contrast
https://youtu.be/h-J_jRFNluY

[next crescent]

The most we get into other cultures is China because of how long they existed and how much culture is jam packed into that fucking country

[edgy bone]

i am aware but i given the conversation context i assume caveman was talking about weeb stuff when referring to japanese media he consumes

[tidal shore]

I'd like to mention that a lot of mangaka have teams of assitants

also

American way is also seen in Chinese and Korean webtoons

[edgy bone]

assistants only help with drawing

not storytelling

[next crescent]

Yes

And then you have some of those mad lads who do everything

[tidal shore]

and? the point was that the mangaka do everything on their own, which isn't as true anymore

[quartz atlas]

My Dearest Frieren,

As I commit these ink-stained pages to the void, my soul is rent asunder by the cruel twist of fate that compels me to bid you adieu. The weight of our impending separation hangs heavy upon my weary heart, a burden too great to bear, yet one that I must shoulder nonetheless.

From the moment our destinies intertwined, you became the lodestar of my existence, guiding me through the tempest of life with an ethereal grace that defied comprehension. Your presence was a beacon in the darkness, a ray of hope amidst the encroaching shadows, and now, as I stand upon the precipice of your absence, I find myself engulfed in a maelstrom of despair.

Oh, how the memories of our shared odyssey torment me, each recollection a cruel reminder of the fragility of our mortal coil. From the blood-soaked fields of battle to the hallowed halls of ancient ruins, we traversed the breadth of existence together, bound by a bond forged in the crucible of adversity.

Yet now, as the final chapter of our tale unfolds, I am powerless to stem the tide of sorrow that threatens to consume me whole. For in your absence, dear Frieren, the world loses its luster, its vibrancy fading into shades of gray beneath the weight of my grief.

Every whispered secret, every unspoken truth, every stolen glance—all serve as embers in the funeral pyre of our friendship, burning bright against the backdrop of an indifferent universe. And as I watch the flames dance and flicker in the twilight of our parting, I am overcome by a profound sense of loss, the magnitude of which defies articulation.

Farewell, beloved companion, and may the heavens weep for our tragic separation. Though the chasm of eternity may divide us, know that you will forever dwell in the recesses of my shattered soul, a haunting specter of what once was and what could have been.

With tear-stained cheeks and a heavy heart,

C4 Furina > C1 Furina

[edgy bone]

realistically it's not like it is worth the school's time to teach about culture of every single country in existence so i understand where it's coming from

but yea

speaking of

one second

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slr5xzYGZE4

video related

[mighty cape]

https://vxtwitter.com/shrimp_rider/status/1770829528291484126?s=46
This looked so gross but so sweet wth

[next crescent]

But yes writing a story takes time and, unless it's being done spontaneously as the artist creates, is either in their head already and they're going off of that (an example being the mangaka for berserk, who hadn't written down his story but joyfully shared it with his assistants before passing so they could continue it as best they could), or have it written down beforehand as something like a light novel and use that as a schematic for the comic itself

[mighty cape]

[tidal shore]

y'all should play Disco Elysium tbh

[edgy bone]

it's on my list

i can stream playing it sometime if ya want

[next crescent]

In the same way that American movies use already written novels as the basis for their films

[tidal shore]

written by an Estonian

[tidal shore]

go ahead
personally I've played through it twice by now

[edgy bone]

the point i was trying to make is that of course a story is gonna feel more personal when it's all being written by 1 person with a (usually mostly) unchanged vision vs a team of writers that all compete for which ideas stay in and then the publisher coming in and censoring/demanding extra stuff on top of that

[tidal shore]

I think this is true for any country really
question is how many of them make up the total amount of movies produced?

another question: what r the common trends that the writers follow in each country?

like, you ever noticed how much supernatural stuff Japanese writers crank into their works? We're talking like spirits, demons, gods, etc

u don't see it that often in the american stories aside from like vampires and werewolves which are the equivalent of the Japanese supernatural I guess? I just wanted to gush about it sorry for the wall of text T.T

[edgy bone]

america is a very new country comparatively to everyone else

they didnt have time to foster a proper mythology

meanwhile japan has one of the richest mythologies on the planet

[tidal shore]

America still has it's culture tho

[edgy bone]

yes but there's not much supernatural stuff you can pull from it

[tidal shore]

they may have some myths, some inherited from indigenous tribes too

[edgy bone]

most you have is cryptids

[outer scaffold]

That's why romance has a low chance of being axed, it includes internal problem

[next crescent]

It's okay lol

But yeah that's fair

[outer scaffold]

Such as emotional problem

[edgy bone]

actually

[next crescent]

Technically we did, with natives, but colonists were such a threat to them and they kept their culture close enough that it's a total mystery to the vast majority of the world because the natives don't want their culture bastardized

[edgy bone]

you just reminded me of something

if you want manga that's not popular but doesn't get axed (as easily) pick up any weekly comedies

[tidal shore]

sure, I've attempted to describe what Japan focuses on their stories and how they present it, but that's only part of the picture, and citing it as a reason for why romances do well would be reductive Imo

[next crescent]

Like iirc the wendigos of that one game were the closest representation any modern game or film has ever seen for them

[edgy bone]

those usually stick around as long as theyre doing just okay in sales

[edgy bone]

can that be considered american culture then?

[outer scaffold]

And also, nowadays, Light Novel (LN) seems to be more popular in japan, people outside of japan like to see illustration out of a story, but japanese people like writings only

[next crescent]

I'd say specific to native Americans

Since "American" is just a hodge podge of many different cultures that all moved and melded together over time here

We have some stuff specific to us

[outer scaffold]

Over usage of the word "nowadays", sorry

[tidal shore]

though romances also do well globally, for which there may be very many reasons such as mass loneliness, starving for love, etc

[edgy bone]

what are you basing this on

[next crescent]

But a LOT of it is adapted from the innumerable cultures that have settled down here since we opened the harbors

[outer scaffold]

A manga could be axed, but their adaptation, LN, could still be continuing

[edgy bone]

ugh

can you give an example of that happening?

also that's just a publishing medium issue

it doesnt really reflect popularity

[tidal shore]

I've usually seen the opposite, manga adaptation ends early cuz the light novel got cancelled

[edgy bone]

yea that's why i asked

[tidal shore]

though that depends on the publishers, I really haven't dug into it personally

[edgy bone]

only manga series ive heard of that get light novels later on are the extremely popular ones

[topaz linden]

Light novels are generally easier for an author to continue than a manga, given that manga have strict weekly/monthly demand while light novels are "it's done when it's done" as far as the reader is concerned

[tidal shore]

there's still some form of deadline though, but it's way more flexible than a manga yea

[edgy bone]

eh

idk like

the nglnl author has been delaying his books for years kek

i assume it's a publisher thing

[topaz linden]

Some authors go years between writing volumes in their series

[tidal shore]

huh rly?

daam

[edgy bone]

yea

[outer scaffold]

I think most of it is vice versa, most manga came from light novel

[tidal shore]

also popular mangaka getting special treatment

[prisma furnace]

Does anybody watch Chinese Anime/Donghua?

[edgy bone]

what's your source

cuz that's a really big statement

[topaz linden]

I've watched a few, only finished a small handful (dropped the rest)

[prisma furnace]

Well I do watch Balala the Fairies

[tidal shore]

Berserk author (may him rest in peace) released like 3 chapters a year or something cuz he was busy playing idolmaster /half joking

[prisma furnace]

It’s like Chinese Magical Girl kinda like Precure

[edgy bone]

ive been meaning to watch that chinese animation movie that sold really well

[outer scaffold]

Romance manga

[topaz linden]

That's a source?

[edgy bone]

i dont see how you'd be able to claim that most of all manga came from light novels from just that

[tidal shore]

seen a couple, so far I haven't found anything great 😔

[edgy bone]

ah right

going back to the culture thing

one second

[outer scaffold]

Not most then, but a lot of it, i think it's because making illustration out of story is hard

[edgy bone]

https://www.youtube.com/@HungarianFolkTales

[tidal shore]

a lot of light novels certainly do get their manga, at least from what I've noticed

[edgy bone]

theres this older tv show with hungarian folk tales that for some reason has all of them english dubbed up on youtube now

[topaz linden]

Most of the light novels ive read have no manga

[tidal shore]

don't got no sources other than trust me bro

[edgy bone]

used to watch the romanian dub on tv as a kid

[tidal shore]

yoo that sounds sick

[edgy bone]

basically all countries that interacted with hungary over their history adopted a lot of these fables

ive read romanian variations of them in fairy tale books when i was young

decent way to get a feel for the culture of the countries in that geographical region

[prisma furnace]

I love European cultures

[outer scaffold]

A lot of isekai manga are coming from light novel

[tidal shore]

this makes me wonder how much of Polish folklore took influence from Romania considering the past relationship between them

[edgy bone]

im not super familiar with polish stuff so can't comment

[tidal shore]

You've seen The Witcher tho?

[edgy bone]

nop

[tidal shore]

rip

[edgy bone]

want to play the games

i can stream that too if you want my live reaction lol

[prisma furnace]

The Witcher? Never heard of that

[tidal shore]

if u want, I won't be watching tho

[edgy bone]

from my experience a lot of romanian stuff is borrowed from other neighbour countries cuz we got conquered by everyone kek

a lot of our traditional dishes have turkish roots

[tidal shore]

lol same

[outer scaffold]

Play assassin's creed or soul's games

[edgy bone]

our language is considered latin but we have a lot of russian words in it

[tidal shore]

Poland literally disappeared for 200 years yk

I wonder if the same is true

[edgy bone]

when i was watching the jhon wick movies i was very surprised to recognize random words during the russian conversations

[prisma furnace]

Does anyone watch Pucca?

[tidal shore]

it's this first super big hit Polish game that got international acclaim

the whole world was acting like this is some peak fiction creativity meanwhile here I am, a Polish person, who has been exposed to these tales since young, look at 'em like >.>

[outer scaffold]

Where do you come from? (Your ethnicity, not the source of what you're talking about)

[edgy bone]

romania

[prisma furnace]

That’s cool maybe I’ll give it try sometime

[outer scaffold]

Oh, ok

[tidal shore]

say, hypothetically, you find yourself in the middle of bumfuck nowhere in Russia

would you be able to understand each other enough to get a meal and book a hotel room?

[outer scaffold]

Well, have you ever searched for what manga is the most popular in romania?

[edgy bone]

nah

[tidal shore]

rip

[edgy bone]

the stuff i picked up on was like

random nouns

and da/yes

that's about it

[tidal shore]

what's the country you can understand the easiest?

[edgy bone]

english is the only other language im fluent in

[tidal shore]

aside from english

[edgy bone]

i took french for 8 years technically but when you dont use it outside of school it's kinda pointless you dont really retain anything

i can like

get a vague idea of a sentence if you show me something in french but that's about it

[tidal shore]

we have this weird Polish Slovakian thing where we can understand each other as if we're natives, but in person it feels like "this person is speaking Polish words but it's not Polish???" such a weird feeling I tell you

[outer scaffold]

Je m'appelle Flame

[edgy bone]

humu humu

[tidal shore]

so I meant it more like this sorta thing @edgy bone

[edgy bone]

ye i don't have an equivalent to that

[tidal shore]

do u have that

ah

RIP

[edgy bone]

romanian is the only eastern european latin language

we're surrounded by slavs

[outer scaffold]

Can you know what i'm saying?

[tidal shore]

true!

isn't Romanian a Germanic language?

[edgy bone]

nop it's latin

[edgy bone]

well yea that's like the first thing they teach you kek

[outer scaffold]

What is it then?

[edgy bone]

it's so weird when you look at it geographically

how did this happen lmao

[next crescent]

I wholeheartedly agree with this statement, it's kinda pointless if you don't use it outside of school

[tidal shore]

ah I got it confused mb

[next crescent]

I spent 6 years learning Spanish and I can't understand it for shit because I never used it

[edgy bone]

my name is flame

[tidal shore]

everyone agrees, but we still need to learn like this 💀

wtf is education system doing

😭

[next crescent]

[edgy bone]

hey

my french teacher in highschool loved to show up indie animated french stuff

[next crescent]

Quiero un helado

[edgy bone]

from like animation universities in france

[next crescent]

Ooooh

[tidal shore]

this is so funny though, it's like u got yeeted into a colony

[next crescent]

French anime is cool

I saw one French animation last year

Uhh

I forgot the name hold on

[tidal shore]

French anime

[topaz linden]

Franime

[tidal shore]

Fr#nime

[edgy bone]

it wasnt really anime

most of it was stop motion stuff i think?

it's been a long time lol

[tidal shore]

oh ok

[mighty cape]

This kinda reminds me of me and learning Japanese. I just don’t really have the incentive just yet.

[edgy bone]

it should be free on youtube if you know what to search for

[outer scaffold]

Radiant

[edgy bone]

honestly to me it was kinda wild to see the french having universities dedicated to this

[mighty cape]

I don’t watch as much anime nowadays. Some games here and there and manga at best.

But not as much as I used to when I was younger

[edgy bone]

idk how france specifically developed such a big culture around drawing and animation

[topaz linden]

It's the final stepping stone in unlocking a weeb's hidden potential 😤

[edgy bone]

see

[outer scaffold]

I remembered that i bought two volumes of radiant and haven't reading it

[edgy bone]

japanese i do wanna learn

[next crescent]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1816518/

This movie

[edgy bone]

i could use it to watch raws without subs

[next crescent]

It's cute and I loved it

[topaz linden]

Been making slow but steady progress in Japanese here.
Vocab's still iffy, but I've got hiragana and most of katakana down

[tidal shore]

think I've seen this!

[mighty cape]

Although I did want to learn Japanese so could read a self-published comic from an artist whose books I own.

But haven’t really gotten around to it atm

[outer scaffold]

I want to learn japanese so I don't need to wait for the late translation on pirate sites to publish (what i meant is manga)

[topaz linden]

I want to learn Japanese for equal parts traveling to Japan, and also to help out the scanlation scene for the types of manga I like

[tidal shore]

ok i haven't seen this, but I want to watch it now

[next crescent]

You should

It's cute and funny

[edgy bone]

~~watch the stuff i posted too ~~

[tidal shore]

got it saved alrdy

[outer scaffold]

I still don't understand how tony valente can make Radiant look like a manga when it's a manfra

[next crescent]

Manfra?

[topaz linden]

I assume french manga?

[next crescent]

Oh

[edgy bone]

im not sure what's there to understand

[outer scaffold]

It's a word for a French comic, even though it's weird they used manga as a root for the word

[edgy bone]

there's a specific artstyle for it

train yourself to draw like that

[outer scaffold]

Also, Radiant has its own animation show

[next crescent]

I just googled it and apparently it's not the word for French comics as a whole, just the term used for French comics that are inspired by Japanese manga

Apparently the actual term is bandes dessinées

Or bandes for short

Or BDs according to Wikipedia

[edgy bone]

that just means comics

literally

[next crescent]

Ye

[edgy bone]

literal translation would be smth like drawn roll/sheet (of paper)

we call it the same in romanian

[next crescent]

Yeah

[outer scaffold]

Manrom?

[next crescent]

But manga has its own roots too in just calling it a story

[outer scaffold]

/j

[craggy mango]

Dungeon Meshi finally reach turning point

Also rare fan service

[edgy bone]

ah yes

dwarven bulge

my favorite

[edgy bone]

ah right side note

i fell asleep during the shining

and i woke up when the guy was being chased by that old naked woman in the bath

what a way to wake up

[edgy bone]

i'll get back to you on that in a few years

[tidal shore]

good luck

personally i lost hope

[edgy bone]

im trying to make this year be the juca self improvement arc (technically started late last year but good enough)

granted since february ive been slacking

need to get back to it

[tidal shore]

I can't help but perceive self improvement as something with a negative connotation

[edgy bone]

yaethunk

in what way

[tidal shore]

my experience with the community surrounding this topic has been incredibly toxic

wdym by self improvement arc tho

[edgy bone]

get in shape

get an issue fixed with my nose that's been bugging me for a long time now

make some irl friends

get a girlfriend

get a job

[outer scaffold]

What is the source?

[tidal shore]

google elf isekai behemoth cat

[edgy bone]

google lens

[tidal shore]

it's nsfw

slightly

[edgy bone]

she's just eating a sandwich wdym

[outer scaffold]

Slightly? The website I use shows hardcore ecchi

[tidal shore]

it's a comedy, it never happens

don't judge

[shadow knot]

definitely worse out there but fosho its

[tidal shore]

halal

[shadow knot]

make ecchi halal when

[tidal shore]

ok so she and he reincarnated and bro usedto be a knight and she used to be a dragon

[outer scaffold]

Well, the website i use has this detailed sub section where you can get romance but specify it to childhood friends sub

[shadow knot]

do they know each other in the other world/reincarnated selves

[tidal shore]

though the dragon girl is a side kick so w/e

[tidal shore]

cat isekaid, she hadn't

[edgy bone]

i mean i read the inukai manga so yea

[outer scaffold]

And for ecchi, they can specify it to partial nud- or nud-

[edgy bone]

(fun read btw art is peak)

[tidal shore]

yoo

imma check

[shadow knot]

whats happenning in the inukai manga rn

still the same old?

[tidal shore]

how are you planning to approach/solve these issues?

[edgy bone]

i am not caught up

[outer scaffold]

Pretty good if you want to read something but you don't know what's the little things the manga has inside of it

[edgy bone]

tbh i am not caught up with most of my manga

one day i'll get back to it

lately it's been comfier to just binge movies

[edgy bone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEjZk15SXaU

@tidal shore

i remembered watching this video

and getting culture shock from the supermarket thing

@next crescent

[tidal shore]

hey I watched that before

the biggest culture shock I got from watching NotJustBikes, and various other videos on urban planning

[tidal shore]

though tbf, idk about Romania, but even in Poland you can see American influence, especially with supermarkets and infinite parking lots

[edgy bone]

influence sure

but to that extent?

even in the bigger supermarkets i dont remember ever seeing that many brands for one product

[tidal shore]

there are areas

[tidal shore]

there's quite a few, normally between 5 to 20 brands ye

depends on the product

[topaz linden]

didn't see that level of product variety in Germany

would normally be only a handful (like 2 to 3 options for the more popular products)

[tidal shore]

ok 20 is too much, more like 10 max

[topaz linden]

think the only thing I ever saw anything close to 10 for was chocolate products lol

[next crescent]

Good, because German chocolate is great

German and Swiss

But yeah everything in that video is true

Wanna know what's even funnier about the toilet paper thing

We got even more brands when covid hit and everyone was panic buying all the toilet paper

[tidal shore]

whaaa

crazy

love this panel

[edgy bone]

why did this show up in my recommended just now

discord data sellers be fast

[frank musk]

the other day, i was talking about our "guard" dog (just sleeps, only barks when hungry), dont even talk about him that much and that ONE time i talk about him i get pet food ads the next day

[craggy mango]

Under 12 episodes again smh
https://fxtwitter.com/AniNewsAndFacts/status/1771035797510062130?t=ifelAp4FMWO9jJf_9ezOxQ&s=19

We might not get ova neither

[edgy bone]

https://twitter.com/roboco_hizanapa/status/1771106419607060568

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みんな、
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Twitter · Mar 22, 2024, 9:27 AM

[magic yarrow]

We will miss this 😭

[ember cairn]

[lyric narwhal]

[woeful plinth]

bwahhhhhh

https://youtu.be/HvY0t1sstIk?feature=shared

wtf

theres a western ver for precure wat

[mighty cape]

there is

[woeful plinth]

yeah i heard its bad right

[mighty cape]

they just call it glitter force

[magic yarrow]

I don't know why you don't like it

[mighty cape]

ALSO YALL WATCH PRECURE?!

EXCUSE THY TONGUE

[magic yarrow]

But if you don't just don't respond

[woeful plinth]

no its just crying sound lel

😭

[magic yarrow]

Ah

Mb then

[woeful plinth]

back then mah tv have smile precure lol

[mighty cape]

i watch pretty cure, the og one

its so good too

the dub is good too

[magic yarrow]

Btw i started watching re zero from the start i watched like 12 eps yesterday

[mighty cape]

also yall watch cardcaptor sakura??

[magic yarrow]

If forgot how good this anime was

Re watching*

[woeful plinth]

gonna rewatch it someday

[outer scaffold]

Seems like people in my country (well, not all of them, but some of them) are now agreeing that JJK is getting repetitive

[shadow knot]

…they’re only realizing now lol

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1014380037744635954/1220495455377555547/20240321_170341.png?ex=660f25f8&is=65fcb0f8&hm=44c48512a95c42b249e4345d117f252f72f117b211ba18a0869003630aaf28ff&

I won’t lie its a very effective formula to keep it dragging going since it’s supposedly going to end soon

[frank musk]

"end soon" translates to at least a year or two

At the rate this fight is going, i would say 2 years

[shadow knot]

yeah lol

[outer scaffold]

The ending is either sukuna win and he takes over the world, yuji wakes up his mysterious power that has rumor circulating him, or gojo suddenly got revived and fights exhausted sukuna

[frank musk]

knowing gege, its going to be a "somehow palpatine returned" moment with gojo

[wide horizon]

MAPPA is making anime about anime. Funniest shit I've heard tonight

https://youtu.be/2lEkMojnYyw?si=v7j-c172ub4w0Mnz

[mighty cape]

remember when PA works did the same thing a decade ago?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnSpVz1Oa8E&ab_channel=Crunchyroll

[tidal shore]

noooo nahhhh no way they're outing themselves nahhhh lmaoooo

[wide horizon]

That's not even the point

Shit is funny cause MAPPA is doing it

[mighty cape]

oh I know. You just took me down nostalgia lane for a bit, so I'm indulging.

[wide horizon]

Shirobako will always be a GOAT

[mighty cape]

do yall reccomend madoka too??

i also heard its a magical girls anime

[shadow knot]

"MAPPA making an anime original series about an animator working in the industry and finishing their all cuts ridiculously quickly is possibly the most insidious, shameless thing to come from this studio and that's a high bar given their track record."

[wide horizon]

I'm legit crying rn

The announcement really tickled me

[craggy mango]

Its great

Aoi Yuuki masterclass

[mighty cape]

I also reccomend dungeon meshi, its awesome

[shadow sleet]

THE JOURNEY TO ENDE CONTINUES WHEN???

[topaz linden]

Madoka is... in the same way that "Gushing Over Magical Girls" is.
There are indeed magical girls in that anime... ||who very much wish they were literally anything else||

Homura best girl tho

[mighty cape]

theres pretty cure and cardcaptor sakura

tokyo mew mew as well

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/homura-hair-flip-gif-5194555

[craggy mango]

Both Bocchi and Frieren end with literally same shot

Sasuga Keiichiro sama

[tidal shore]

omg bocchi reference

[long peak]

https://tenor.com/view/inuyashiki-one-piece-crazy-good-crazy-good-this-week-gif-25685097

[mighty cape]

I’ve only seen the tv show but yeah it’s pretty good

[edgy bone]

is this the first time we've seen lucci emote

man

im really digging all the luffy scenes

oldschool cartoons

https://tenor.com/view/inuyashiki-one-piece-crazy-good-crazy-good-this-week-gif-25685097

i forgot this guy existed

also wait

i had to go back

did luffy legit one shot kizaru?

baalnervous

[mighty cape]

https://vxtwitter.com/goboee/status/1771105959504458048?s=46
https://vxtwitter.com/goboee/status/1771111204670280102?s=46

has anybody watched ninja kamui yet??

[edgy bone]

https://twitter.com/HoDaRaKe/status/1764634872990285947/photo/1

tarte (@HoDaRaKe) on X

NARUTO

Twitter · Mar 4, 2024, 12:51 PM

[surreal bridge]

can anyone tell if the eyes on this plate are a specific character?

[ionic schooner]

Idk maybe ai from oshi no ko

There's alot of characters with white star eyes though

[magic yarrow]

Guys

Where manga of frieren

Continue

After the anime

Which chapter

I can't wait for it to release a s2

I need more frieren in my life

Thanks in advance

[frank musk]

Around chapter 50-60 i think? i dont remember the specific chapter

[magic yarrow]

Oki

Thanks

You're ayaka main too

I see

She's my favourite character

[next crescent]

I think that's the ugliest so I've seen

The body horror is making me cry inside

[edgy bone]

oh wow

i didnt even notice it until you pointed it out

[next crescent]

The eyes also freak me out

[frank musk]

i also noticed just now the fingers

[craggy mango]

Damn 9.36, Frieren is unstoppable

Really deserve it tho

[edgy bone]

give it a month

we all know how this is gonna end

[craggy mango]

I used to say that 6 months ago

[edgy bone]

the show was still going 6 months ago

once the recency bias wears off thats when you see real changes

[shadow knot]

the real feat is how long can it maintain #1

[edgy bone]

Just finished the shining

I feel extremely underwhelmed

The movie legit did nothing for me

I didnt find any of the scenes scary at all, the acting went between silly to annoying, the plot is barely there and is full of unexplained elements

I dont get the appeal at all

[queen geyser]

What you guys think about Shangri-La? I think its a sleeper this season... not many talks about it smh~

[shadow sleet]

i dropped it when they took like 10 episodes to start to fight this one boss

[tidal shore]

I've read the manga, it helps cuz I get to skip all the boring stuff

[tidal shore]

didn't know it could happen, top 1 anime of all time that I could never get into

[magic yarrow]

Dude don't cry more

This anime is a masterpiece

Not every need to have action

And overpowered mc

[edgy bone]

Why are you telling me that

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1086346145095237652.webp?size=48

[magic yarrow]

Because you're buthurt

Is seems

[edgy bone]

What

I am not

[magic yarrow]

Ok

So for you in what place it should be

For me it's better than fmab

And I've seen both

[edgy bone]

I dont care about rankings

I was memeing on how fmab always goes back on top after a while

[magic yarrow]

Fmab it's good but hunter x hunter is a lot better

[edgy bone]

Try to be less aggresive next time you see something you dont agree with

[magic yarrow]

I don't think they will do that this time

Because other fambases

Are giving 1

To them

Like aot

For me fmab is not the best anime

[edgy bone]

Doubt but we'll see ig

[magic yarrow]

I'm agressive because i see a lot of people call it a boring souless anime

Just because it's not their typical overpowered anime

It's not even about the plot

[edgy bone]

Its random people on the internet

Its not worth wasting your energy on

[magic yarrow]

Anyway

Btw for which anime you're looking for

For new season

[dusty fable]

Finally someone has put Yorushika on anime playlist, I think it's the first time I hear her in anime

[dusty fable]

same for me. First episodes were very good, but then the author just stretched the story. Simply can't relate to the characters for the most part

[edgy bone]

If that was a singular you instead of a plural you (damn you english language)

I dont watch new seasonal anime anymore

[magic yarrow]

Yes I'm not looking forward to demon slayer

[edgy bone]

Ill try to binge it soon

Watching hazbin now

Its a lot better than i expected

[magic yarrow]

The most anticipated for me this season

[edgy bone]

You can see this was a proper production instead of indie

I read the manga for monster 8

I dont watch anime for adaptations i read already

But hope you enjoy

[tidal shore]

yeah