・anime

[tidal shore]

and where did I say it's a bad show?

you don't even know what I disagree with people on, are you just gonna keep on making assumptions?

[high storm]

Plenty before you said you didn't like it and didn't care for any characters

[tidal shore]

where did I say I don't like it?

[high storm]

That's what they call is saying a show is bad

[tidal shore]

Kvitsev you really gotta stop making shit up man

[high storm]

Do you expect me to dig up your messages?

[tidal shore]

go on

[high storm]

Because I won't

[tidal shore]

u won't find it

[high storm]

God you are a bad troll

🙄

[tidal shore]

brother, you're trolling

I know ur bored but inventing arguments and putting words in my mouth is just not it

[edgy bone]

Imma give it another chance after mushoku

The ending of ep 1 i already liked way more than all the dungeon meshi eps i watched combined

[high storm]

Are you watching mushoku like

From season 1 episode 1?

Lol

[topaz linden]

Not liking a show and not caring for the characters doesnt really mean the show is bad.
There's a ton of "good" shows out there that I can recognize as good, but I personally do not like, enjoy, or connect with

Like for me, I can't stand Cowboy Bebop or Gurren Lagann, but would never call them "bad shows"

[high storm]

I personally believe you can't recognise something as good if you have no attachment to it if you do you just repeat what is said by everyone to not break status quo and I disrespect people like that

Either stand your ground or don't speak at all

[topaz linden]

I can recognize the writing is solid, the animation polished, and the characters nuanced while not personally enjoying it

[high storm]

I will proudly stand upon my mountain of dung of an opinion if someone asks me about it

[tidal shore]

so you dislike people who acknowledge the inter-subjective nature of fictional works created for entertainment?

[high storm]

I dislike people who have opinions but don't defend them if pressed about it

[tidal shore]

you don't strike me as the type to understand another person's opinion though

[high storm]

Rewatching and changing opinion is ofc fine but if you let yourself be swayed by consensus online you are a weak ass bitch

[tidal shore]

if you can't understand another's opinion, then you can't argue against it

[high storm]

No I am stubborn but when I want to sympathise with someone and have a proper discussion I do just that

[tidal shore]

damn

no sympathy for slavs i guess

[high storm]

I just don't recognise online faceless personas as important as real people

[tidal shore]

do you value other people's opinions?

[high storm]

I argued with some fatso outside my dorm for 30 minutes after he said chainsawman anime was shit

[high storm]

Online? No
Irl? Yes very much so, I have a friend we have no same interests but we share life ideology so we still stay together

[tidal shore]

or rather, do you value a discussion whose purpose is to exchange opinions

[high storm]

Yes I love debating and arguing that's how you see people's nature

[edgy bone]

Season 2

[tidal shore]

why put the online and the irl into separate categories?

chatting apps have, among other things, been created for the very thing you do irl, so I don't understand

[high storm]

Because I have no concept of who or what you are and neither is there consequences

[high storm]

Yeah it was a good season except that "Japanese word for female child" god

[topaz linden]

Ngl, the outside consensus isn't even needed lol

It's literally just being able to detach your own personal preference from the effort/care put into something.

Whether or not I enjoy driving a high end muscle car doesn't change whether it's a "good" machine or not. There's some level of quality that's largely objective/detached from whether the serotonin in my brain is released

[high storm]

Well yes I recognise that Code geass is a timeless masterpiece for 99/100 people but I won't stop shitting on it given the chance, that would be boring

I will stir shit up and stand my biased unreasonable opinion

Who's stopping me from that lol

[topaz linden]

Well here you were implying that first part isnt even possible lol

"You can't recognize something as good if you have no attachment to it"

[high storm]

Yeah because I disagree with it

I think code geass sucks and Lelouch is a prick

I just said that for other people it may seem great sure but not for me

[tidal shore]

so in other words you feel dissociated from the people you interact with online enough that you can't really make yourself care?

[high storm]

Yeah smth like that

[tidal shore]

if you put it that way I can understand

[high storm]

I see no face of you, I see no emotion, I hear no voice, I feel no touch from people online

[tidal shore]

kinda sucks tho, but it's true that more genuine connection can be achieved by actually existing in the same 3D space as another person

[high storm]

Thus is there really a person there?

[high storm]

Well duuh I value real life much more obviously, as should everyone

[tidal shore]

interesting though, normally when reading text people fill in all those gaps you mentioned

like the tone of voice

attitude

maybe facial features

[high storm]

Well obviously I fill in the voice

How else do you even read lol

[tidal shore]

umm

without the voice? duh

[topaz linden]

I mean, quite a lot of people have no inner voice lol

[tidal shore]

speedreading my beloved

[high storm]

People without inner voice do not exist I don't believe that

[topaz linden]

I don't have one unless I actively force it

[tidal shore]

cue in my cousin who can't not talk his thought out loud instead of in his head

[high storm]

I actively refuse to believe that people without inner monologue don't exist

[topaz linden]

You can believe what you want I guess

Literally my lived experience

[high storm]

5 is not real

I refuse to believe that

[tidal shore]

I am between 3 and 4

[high storm]

Holy shit are you fr

[topaz linden]

4 on a good day, 5 normally

[high storm]

💀💀💀💀

[tidal shore]

I'm 2 if I saw it before

can't imagine what I haven't seen

can't make combinations of things in my head

[topaz linden]

I can describe a thing, but the image itself doesnt really form in my head aside from a very fuzzy outline

[high storm]

Wow

I thought that like

Everyone is 1...

[topaz linden]

Nah

[tidal shore]

luckily my astigmatism makes up for it by turning everything into weird starry lights

[topaz linden]

Most people I've shown that to are ~3 or 4, my brother's the only 2 I know personally

[high storm]

Wow that's like almost sad

At least you do have inner monologue right?

[topaz linden]

Nah

[tidal shore]

what

[high storm]

Wdym what

[tidal shore]

unfortunate

[topaz linden]

It makes reading faster at least

[high storm]

Jake do you at least understand conditionals 😭

[topaz linden]

As in the grammar concept? 😅

[edgy bone]

Same

[high storm]

Well did you eat your breakfast today?

[edgy bone]

First time i learned theres people who supposedly see 1 couldnt believe it

Still kinda dont

Or sorry 1

[topaz linden]

I mean, if I didnt I'd be sick rn lol (blood sugar shit).

[high storm]

You seriously can't imagine a spinning an apple holding it by the wood part and taking a bite out of it?

[high storm]

And what would happen if you weren't sick right now?

[edgy bone]

Not in photorealisitc detail no

[tidal shore]

ok actually I'm not sure which number I am

[edgy bone]

Its all foggy and desaturated

[high storm]

Wow

[topaz linden]

Ngl, not really sure what you're asking here

[high storm]

😭😭😭😭

It's so over

[topaz linden]

I mean, if I wasnt sick, then what would happen is I'm not sick lol

Seems like a silly question

[high storm]

Buddy

Nvm

[tidal shore]

im not sure if im imagining or recalling memories

[topaz linden]

Think it's just phrased a bit off

[tidal shore]

it takes me a while to see something in my head, easier to see if i have my eyes open tho

[topaz linden]

For me, it's almost like those speedreading word flash things?

I get little flashes of a vague outline, and that's enough for my brain to be like "yeh I got this". But a full image never forms

[high storm]

Always had easier time imagining things instead and daydreaming about non existence stuff than watching a movie or smth

[tidal shore]

ok i think i can imagine detail, maybe im a 1, just a broken 1

or it's just recalling memories

it's all flashes like what Jake said

[high storm]

I can imagine falling down the stairs, I've never fallen down the stairs

It's not something hard c'mon guys

[tidal shore]

this is not true

[high storm]

That's what fucking imagination is for

To IMAGINE things

[tidal shore]

the second part

is not true

there's no way you haven't fallen down the stairs

[topaz linden]

I can recall/imagine details, it's just the holding the actual image in my head that's the issue. There's a disconnect between the two

[high storm]

I just never fallen down a full set of stairs that seems like a drunk dipshit thing to do

[tidal shore]

no way

[high storm]

I have also never broken a bone

If that can surprise you

[tidal shore]

I choose to not believe you

i can believw what i want 😎

[high storm]

True I suppose

[topaz linden]

Broke 5 at once one time

Fun times

[tidal shore]

damn that sucks

[high storm]

Sounds painful

[topaz linden]

TL;DR: School had a roller skating thing as a reward trip for the class. Was roller skating. Some fucker threw a bouncy ball into the rink and it smacked me in the face. Landed on my wrist falling backward 😅

Turns out, lotta bones in that

[tidal shore]

oh yeah that fucker would be quick to find himself on my exclusive hit list

[high storm]

Ouchie

[topaz linden]

Wrist still makes a popping noise when I move it ~15ish years later lol

[high storm]

I spent a lot of time at home for first half of my school life so I didn't have many chances to break a bone or two

Later half was spent drinking

Classic slavic life

[tidal shore]

I think that's normal

it's just air bubbles popping

[topaz linden]

It's only the wrist I broke

[tidal shore]

you mean your other wrist doesn't make popping noises?

[high storm]

Dunno mine doesn't make a sound

[topaz linden]

Not audibly

[high storm]

Or sound is so low I don't hear it

[topaz linden]

I can feel popping in the other one, but it doesnt make an audible pop sound

[tidal shore]

huh

[high storm]

Yeah I have to lend my ear on my left wrist to hear it

I do hear it after working out though I suppose

[tidal shore]

my wrists normally make like bazillion popping noises per turn when I don't move them for a while

[high storm]

You some sort of hermit crab?

Sitting in place

[tidal shore]

actually nvm, don't gotta not move them

it just happens all the time

[high storm]

Odd

[craggy mango]

What tf are you guys talking about?

[tidal shore]

WHAT THE FUCK

[topaz linden]

Very noticeable difference

[topaz linden]

Life man

[tidal shore]

THAT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE AIR BUBBLES???

[topaz linden]

Cause it aint lol

[tidal shore]

nahhh nahhhhhh i hate this wtf 😭

[high storm]

ARE YOUR BONES PLAYING BILLIARD WTF

[craggy mango]

So i read this manga

[topaz linden]

It's callus from where the bones rehealed lol

[topaz linden]

This is as cursed as the Gen Z gf manga

[tidal shore]

damn

[tidal shore]

don't you mean gen alpha?

[topaz linden]

Whatever gen is owning skibidi

[craggy mango]

Author seems dont want to hide their inner voice

[tidal shore]

it's gen alpha

[topaz linden]

Every scene with Grace in ZZZ

[tidal shore]

ooo new chapters

[high storm]

I like milk glands tho so it's okay

[high storm]

Stop

[craggy mango]

Oh god

[tidal shore]

why this goes so hard

baby gronk

[high storm]

😭 I wish to never see this author draw again

[tidal shore]

hold on, this is peak, let him cook

[craggy mango]

Senukin defo not a Japanese

[tidal shore]

his art so good

[high storm]

Yeah too much tiktok trends

Can't believe how easy it is to ruin a song by making it popular on tiktok

[tidal shore]

replace bawwww uuu wahh with brain rot lingo

[craggy mango]

I dont know what is that and i dont think i want to know

[high storm]

Yeah you don't

It's some cognitohazard shit

[topaz linden]

On the plus side, at least tiktok's somewhat revived the AMV community (tho mostly the people making edits. Not nearly as many of the full music video folks)

[high storm]

Better off not understanding this

[high storm]

I hate 99% of amvs

Too corny too trendy

I cringe at popular character dancing to popular song or just like 5 frames interchanging

[tidal shore]

cognitohazard

anime got talent was pretty lit tho

[topaz linden]

There's some crazy well done ones out there

Especially now that masking (cutting out characters from a scene to put in another) tech has gotten way easier/better

Anime got talent was working with the equivalent of sticks and stones as far as software goes

[tidal shore]

cropping tools man

they were something alright

[topaz linden]

Yee, it's part of why those sound effect sync videos took off. Used to be way more of a pain to make em, now anyone can with enough patience

[high storm]

I only like this one because it's not god damn phonk or some shit and because I glaze part 7 jojo

I had a roommate who picked what anime to watch by which AMV is cooler and how badass the phonk is

Truly a degenerate among degenerates

No one will be able to defend his tastes

[tidal shore]

jojo

[high storm]

I glaze it, part 8 underrated as hell

[topaz linden]

I remember going to the AMV contest at the bigger nerd convention near me this year and the winner went so far and beyond what was needed to beat the competition
https://youtu.be/13EoGmVBNhE

"How many effects do you want in this?"
"All of them."

[high storm]

Good effort, but very cringe imo

[topaz linden]

Honestly kinda just feels like a contrarian PoV at this point lol

[high storm]

I don't like the music and references feel obnoxious

I just really don't like AMVs in 99% of the cases

[outer scaffold]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/s/FvwxqI25oy

[outer scaffold]

If you are interested in the genshin anime...

[high storm]

Close to anniversary but hardly believable it will come out then

Let UFOTABLE do their thing I will take something that at least looks pretty

[outer scaffold]

I feel like they need to complete KnY first, it's their biggest project since fate

[high storm]

That's what I meant in my first sentence

Highly unlikely they are working on several projects at full throttle at the same time

[next crescent]

I think people are also underestimating how much work goes into an anime

[high storm]

Yeah we only had the teaser for years now

It's like that for a reason

[next crescent]

We don't know what exactly it'll be about, how many episodes/seasons it's expected to be, if it'll be a fully fledged anime either

[high storm]

Imagine it's a movie most westerners won't see for years lmfao

[outer scaffold]

And then there is Tsukihime, where the mc has one of the coolest ability

[next crescent]

They gotta write a whole script for that, have it go through the process of constant rechecks, and then the actual work on the animation itself starts which is then a cycle of living hell for the artists as they go in circles trying to get approval for their work every day

After of course all the story boarding, character sheets, etc

[high storm]

I just hope it's not a movie man

[next crescent]

[outer scaffold]

A series?!

[next crescent]

They said long term, for all we know the "long term" could've just meant it'll take a long ass time to make- but people have to learn to be at least a little patient with such a big project

[high storm]

Because It would take a fuckload of time to be even able to view a movie

[next crescent]

A whole anime series won't be done in 2 years

[high storm]

I would prefer series

[high storm]

I can be convinced they are releasing it when main arc of genshin which would make sense if it's about main plot

[next crescent]

Ye

[high storm]

But I hope it's about something more exciting like archon war or some other lore stuff

[next crescent]

I was hoping that it'd be about something else though, and not a rehash of the story we already go through

Like the archon war or even the twin's experiences

We could see the parallels like we do in the music video they released recently

And what turmoil brought our twin down their chosen path

[high storm]

We getting the "I was reborn as hilichurl and eating sunsetias makes me stronger?!" Adaptation fr

[next crescent]

LMAO

[outer scaffold]

PS2 = Infinity Castle

[edgy bone]

Ok i finished the first half

And idk how i feel about it

I enjoyed it overall but it wasnt what i expected after season 1

The tone felt very different

[high storm]

Is that the dark continent arc?

[edgy bone]

The writing felt a lot more light hearted and comedic compared to what i remember

There were still occasional sincere heartfelt moments here and there but they felt a lot more spread out

[high storm]

What arc is that again?

[edgy bone]

Magic academy

[high storm]

Aaah

Yeah not much happen in first half tbf

Only remember the gross as fuck moment when rudy ||kidnapped the dog girls||

[mighty cape]

https://fixupx.com/ShitpostRock/status/1811222125476200455

[edgy bone]

Ye there were a few moments like that where the comedy didnt land for me

It felt a bit innapropirate to treat stuff like that as a gag

Also the beginning part with the blonde girl and his drunk commentary

The anime didnt evem show him apologize

😭

Also im a bit annoyed the en dub doesnt bother to subtitle the segments where they speak a different language

Had to switch to sub for that

[high storm]

I genuinely can't tell if that was supposed to be funny tbh

Rudy's shrine is also a very long unfunny gag I can't believe author drags that out so much

[next crescent]

Agreed

Haven't watched much of the newer episodes though, does it still happen every other episode?

I think I watched the first two and it became a focal point

[edgy bone]

They were playing goofy music it was definitely meant to be taken as a gag

[frank musk]

The final eps for this MT season definitely took me for a ride tho

[high storm]

Gross

[frank musk]

Especially if u followed it as it released every week, ESPECIALLY ||that diabolical father's day episode||

[mighty cape]

I know this isn’t the ultimatum that Evangelion proposes at all, but I still can’t help but find this entertaining

https://youtu.be/S4Z3rNkwTOg?si=DERGalX2Vl8L6N9j

@edgy bone

[high storm]

Close enough, welcome back Gurren Lagann 🗣️💯🔥

[outer scaffold]

How do i embed instagram?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9QZRipIehe/?igsh=cmNlbTQ1cHk1OGph

Instagram

[high storm]

Dandadan got me so hyped for Saint-Germain

His ability is so cool

Must resist the urge to simp

[tidal shore]

https://x.com/real_hotaru/status/1812693729054007624

唯我独尊・宮内蛍 (@real_hotaru) on X

Goodnight

Twitter · Jul 15, 2024, 3:40 AM

[next crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/scar-fma-fmab-gif-9793202

Idk why but that deer's caption reminds me of this

[high storm]

This design feels oddly familiar

[next crescent]

Holy shit it's mewtwo

[high storm]

Like alien and kaiju no8?

[high storm]

Hips too small xd

[next crescent]

You mean thighs

The drumstick thighs

[high storm]

Whatever you get what I meant

[next crescent]

But otherwise it's like when he wears his armor in his first appearance

https://tenor.com/view/mewtwo-pokemon-mech-suit-gif-12247295605829053146

[high storm]

A bipedal thing with a tail in armor IS a good design and all

[next crescent]

Ye

[high storm]

But this feels like I've seen this before somewhere

[next crescent]

Fair enough

[high storm]

Yup just this + helmet and tail

From Prometheus (the movie)

Movie is from same verse as Alien
So we take this guy
Give him alien tail
Out a helmet on
???
Profit

[tidal shore]

do I play ghost of Tsushima

[outer scaffold]

PSG? Paris Saint-Germain?

[high storm]

Yeah Saint-Germain from the myths and stuff, he is very pretty in Dandadan

[dusty fable]

definitely Predator x Alien breed

[high storm]

Yeah looks a bit like that too

[shadow sleet]

Wistoria is actually peak

[dusty fable]

I love looking through my old playlists. This was my 3rd AMV I ever watched at the time (first two I never managed to find since they were on a CD I got from a magazine).

**Be careful, major spoilers in the second half **https://youtu.be/3NdzADhwD5I?si=wG7TKPL4MYk4Q1u5

[topaz linden]

(Saying there's spoilers doesnt really help if you dont say what the show being spoiled is lol)

Guessing it's Code Geass tho from the first few seconds

[dusty fable]

it's spoilers in the second half, so the first half is safe to watch

[topaz linden]

Yee, will have to hold on the 2nd half lol.
Finished S1, but havent gotten around to the rest of the show yet

But yeah, Akross Con had some hella good AMVs back in the day. A lot of my favorite "classic" ones come from that

[dusty fable]

hmm, I guess I'll ask about the AMV I was looking for for years, maybe you know. The one I am looking for is AMV about robots fighting in space (unfortunately don't know the show, wasn't anime fan at that time), the music is Prodigy - Smack my Bch Up

the time it was produced should be somewhere between 2002 and 2007

[topaz linden]

Hm, can't say I recall seeing that combo before

A lot of stuff from back then got lost to time if it didnt go viral or was part of a larger event (like a convention contest)

[dusty fable]

well, it was so good, it was posted on the CD that came with games magazine, lmao. So I assume if you have seen it once, you would probably know

[topaz linden]

Prodigy AMVs are a rare gem tho, so that does sound like a good one lol

Have seen a few good ones with "The Day is My Enemy"

[high storm]

Voltron? Lol

[dusty fable]

it was an anime AMV mostly

[tidal shore]

Voltron

[high storm]

I remember seeing like solid 12 seconds of it when I was 10

I am obviously knowledgeable enough

[dusty fable]

man, I love that whenever I start watching Touhou music, it takes me to the strange part of YT every time https://youtu.be/49INC1pqfd8?si=4lOHSvj8PUgu_375

It makes me so sad that YT undergone like three or four major wipeout waves for Touhou music. I lost 90% of my playlist between 2012 and 2015. I started saving touhou music after the first wave, but that one was the worst one, deleting like 60% of my music

I can't describe what I feel when I come to Touhou music channels that survived all these waves

I would have given up on YT if not for them

[topaz linden]

It's kinda crazy how many of the OG circles are still putting out quality Touhou music to this day

Akatsuki Records, Shibayan Records, Shinra Bansho, Stack, Digital Wing, etc have been making touhou songs for over a decade now and are still going at it

[ionic schooner]

Toohoo

[dusty fable]

there is still money there. Touhou fans support these circles. I remember ordering a couple of discs from Japan in 2013 or something when you couldn't buy that music anywhere else, and often you literally couldn't buy it anywhere outside Reitaisai unfortunately. Nowadays it is much better, so I am pretty sure they still get decent money

[topaz linden]

Yeah, definitely still a huge fanbase out there considering it was the 7th most popular series at Comiket last year 👀

[ionic schooner]

Do TOUHOU fans actually play touhou

[dusty fable]

I do, but most probably don't. It's pretty hard, especially earlier versions

[topaz linden]

Yeah, I'd say the majority dont lol

Or if they do, its usually the spin off/fan games

[dusty fable]

there is a trick how to play the game, it's just counter intuitive. You don't pay attention to your hitbox (which is what most people do), you look at what moves towards the hitbox. People like Touhou, because boss fights have certain patterns, so you can predict which movements to watch for

[topaz linden]

Im just in the fandom for the art/music/videos/memes lol

[dusty fable]

understandable, I meant that games are worth it to try to get into. The gameplay has a decent depth

[topaz linden]

It's definitely a very pretty bullet hell

https://tenor.com/view/touhou-bullet-hell-shoot-em-up-hidden-star-in-four-seasons-spell-card-gif-18817787

[dusty fable]

the thing is, it plays quite differently from other bullet hell games. I tried other games from the genre and they were not it. Lack simplicity of rules, which provides the depth

[next crescent]

I can tell you that the vast majority of osu players have never touched the touhou games lol

But almost everyone's played a map for one of the millions of songs

[dusty fable]

who do you think made those maps initially, but touhou players

[edgy bone]

https://x.com/newworldartur

Artur - Library of Ohara (@newworldartur) on X

Ohara Scholar | Analysis, News, Translations, and all info you need about the world of One Piece!

Twitter

artur posted a bunch of concept arts of oda's early prototypes

it's wild how his plans went from western to samurai to knights to dragon riders to wizards to woodcutters to yeti to fishermen to cyborgs to finally pirates

such a wild concept ride

[tidal shore]

just killed 3 mosquitos
AmA

[dusty fable]

good thing he didn't stop on woodcutters, or the world wouldn't have been cross-shaped, but shaped like canadian shirts

[next crescent]

People who heard the song on YouTube lol

[tidal shore]

toho my beloved

go play it

play touhou 6 it's the hardest

you will get rizz points with me if you beat it

[next crescent]

Never

I can't even dodge in wuwa

[tidal shore]

what's a wuwa

oooh genshin again

should've guessed

wait it's not genshin?

Wu Wa

are you trying to convert me @next crescent

[next crescent]

It's wuthering waves

[tidal shore]

wuthering waves

[next crescent]

It's something people call a genshin clone

But it's different

[long peak]

Wuwa more like boo womp

[tidal shore]

oh so it's

anime Destiny 2

[next crescent]

Just has a similar UI and some similar mechanics but a lot more added like grappling and running up walls and stuff

[tidal shore]

anime warframe?

[long peak]

Wuwa is just a genshin clone essentially

[next crescent]

It has a dodge mechanic and a mechanic for swapping characters in and out for extra damage

[tidal shore]

ironic!

[long peak]

Except you capture pokemon for its artifact system

[next crescent]

Yeah

You fight monsters and sometimes capture them and they give you better stats

Then there's also those infamous scenes with that one girl

[tidal shore]

ohh they even have a character with a grappling hook

by default 10/10

[next crescent]

Where it's 100000% fan service

Yee

[tidal shore]

-10 for gacha tho so it evens out

[next crescent]

-10 for gacha but the gacha literally gives you everything you need from the start

The game isn't hard regardless of who you get

Because their stats are basically the same

And dodging and parries are more important

[tidal shore]

it is at the core made for casuals, isn't it? I figure there's more stat maxxing depth than combat depth in this

[next crescent]

Yeah it's for casuals

[tidal shore]

I don't mean it as a derogatory

[next crescent]

There is barely any challenge outside of like 2 boss fights

[tidal shore]

mannn

[next crescent]

And certain special enemies but only when you're low level are they a challenge

[tidal shore]

go on

[next crescent]

You can look them up on YouTube

"Wuwa fan service cutscenes" should get you there

[tidal shore]

ahh that type

I don't see it

as in

they're calling it fanservice but there's nothing erotic about it

not sure if disappointed or not

[dusty fable]

there were more touhou players than those who heard touhou songs on YT in 2008. Like a magnitude more. Top YT touhou channels had like 3-5k subscribers at that time (YT itself wasn't a big thing at that moment either)

[tidal shore]

a certified cult classic

[dusty fable]

Touhou games repositories had 30-50k downloads

and that's only EN translated touhou repos

[next crescent]

Idk what to call this then lol

[tidal shore]

sorry

[next crescent]

Yes

LOL

[tidal shore]

oh man

[tidal shore]

the intro to an adult video?

[next crescent]

You'll keep getting automodded if you keep saying the word lol

I know what you mean

But yeah this was the infamous scene

[tidal shore]

THE TEXT ISN'T HELPING

[next crescent]

They basically are like this for a full 5 minute conversation

And half of the dialogue is like this fine line between erotic and just misinterpreted

[tidal shore]

imma be honest, it's just 2 fictional women with 0 sex appeal

[next crescent]

Ye

[tidal shore]

with slightly revealing clothes

[next crescent]

But scenes like this are what I was talking about

[tidal shore]

and side boob

ok maybe it's the side boob?

[next crescent]

Dude idek if rover has undies considering the cut she has on her fucking dress

If that ain't revealing

[tidal shore]

fair

doesn't look blatant to me though

[dusty fable]

she is a god, she doesn't need undies

[next crescent]

True

[tidal shore]

Aqua is that you?

[dusty fable]

aqua is not wrong though

[tidal shore]

huhhhhh

okayyyy

that sounds cool

my scatterbrain ass going over convo multiple times and catching new things i missed every time

[next crescent]

Yee

[dusty fable]

they added side boob in the last CBT I think. Probably thought the game wouldn't be popular otherwise. Need to milk those asian loners

[next crescent]

Lol

[ionic schooner]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/643179696313335822.gif?size=96&quality=lossless

[outer scaffold]

Isn't ZZZ the same?

[next crescent]

Is it? I am not following or playing zzz

[topaz linden]

Kinda. ZZZ incentivizes character swapping a lot harder than WuWa does

[outer scaffold]

Dodge mechanic and parry mechanic, although the dodge mechanic doesn't have extra damage, just counter damage

[high storm]

Dodge mechanic does give more damage if dodged successfully, also true in wuwa

Despite the similarities wuwa is still a shit game tho would not recommend under any circumstances because anything else besides combat is miserable

[mighty cape]

Not a fan of the exploration?

[high storm]

Exploration is hollow and meaningless, also world quests instead of adding to the scenery just fucking remove unique features about places

I regretted doing the infernal rider place quest because it all was turned into literal grey piece of land when before it was red at least

[mighty cape]

Rip

[high storm]

I explore places to see the scenery and for lore not just doing it for roll currency

Wuwa has also 0 memorable songs so it felt like a chore imo

Only good song is the fucking login menu lmao

[mighty cape]

I’m gonna take it the story and characters aren’t much to write home about to you either given how much they cut and altered from the beta (that was probably actually very good)?

[high storm]

Haven't played beta and don't give a shit how it was previously but when I played the game for like a week at release characters all looked very same-y and story was beyond horrid

It didn't lag the fuck otta me only by a miracle but generally my specs should not be able to run it

I am just a weird exception

[outer scaffold]

Don't let wuwa lovers who are pissing on genshin see this

[high storm]

I clowned on wuwa enough during it's month of release so I had my fun with fans of it lol

Don't care enough about it to laugh at it anymore

[shadow sleet]

wuwa is actually fun and refreshing coming from genshin ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Only thing I dont like is the story but atleast 1.1 improved it abit, and theres a skip button

Everything else is great imo

[high storm]

Cannot disagree more, I think people are just burned out and can't admit that they are just tired of playing the same good game and want a new toy

[high storm]

JJK if it wasn't mid xD

[lean whale]

JJK is not MID

[shadow sleet]

Im definitely burned out, and with genshin not changing anything it doesnt help.

HSR feels too much of a genshin reskin to me, basically it is since theyre the same dev.

While I do not get the appeal of ZZZ at all.

WW has much more enjoyable gameplay mechanics and its pitfalls are more due to it being from a smaller dev studio with an incomparable budget.

[high storm]

Yeah it's just ok

[high storm]

I am personally not burned out so I don't see why would I stick with wuwa tbh but fans of it aren't as vocal as they used to be so I think everyone should just not bother arguing no more

[shadow sleet]

By now the communities should have settled, WW managed to retain a pretty high playercount

[lean whale]

Not just it's ok

[shadow sleet]

Twitter interactions are still pretty high

[high storm]

You will not convince the months of sukuna cycle is anything above "just ok"

[craggy mango]

Agree JJK is great, if we compare it to Boruto

[high storm]

Lmfao Boruto is a low bar c'mon

[lean whale]

Agreed

[high storm]

At least jjk isn't killing a huge predecessor franchise

[lean whale]

The only reason people watched boruto was cause of Naruto

And even Naruto couldn't save it

[craggy mango]

Nah, the only reason people following Boruto is because they hate themselves

[high storm]

Yeah and rn boruto doesn't have neither Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Sakura, Might guy or any other previous popular character

[lean whale]

[high storm]

I just skim new chapter once in month to see how else they gonna piss on the grave of my childhood show

[lean whale]

Yeah the show should just end

[lean whale]

😂

[shadow sleet]

Is boruto now just running some filler? I checked the episode wiki some time ago and the canon wise theyre still around where i left off years ago lmao

[high storm]

I mean manga is ongoing never saw the anime

[shadow sleet]

Ah

[high storm]

They revived nine tails ALREADY, didn't give that much time to miss him ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠∵⁠ ⁠)⁠┌

[shadow sleet]

Cba reading source if it isnt a truly peak anime

[long peak]

Okay hold on

Boruto has one fire ass design

[high storm]

?

[long peak]

I gotta find her

It's the blue and pink hair girl

They cooked on that design

[high storm]

One of the robots?

[long peak]

This one

They cooked

[lean whale]

Really I didn't even bother to continue

[high storm]

Looks like a hooker or an e-girl

[long peak]

I don't read boruto and I never will but that's a fire design

[high storm]

Don't like either

Nah I think she looks pretty generic imo

But that's just how it is with designs

Opinions and stuff

[long peak]

I dunno if I've seen many or any characters similar to her

Dunno how she's generic

[high storm]

I've seen PEOPLE similar to her

Minus the hair obv

[long peak]

Well the hair is a big part of the design

[lean whale]

They invest into graphics not on the story like they make mha look peak

[long peak]

They don't even invest into graphics

[high storm]

I dislike the colours of it maybe that's the difference in tastes

[long peak]

I won't grab the infamous boruto clip but even then

[lean whale]

You see

[long peak]

At least with mha, studio bones does a good job

Bones is a fantastic studio, they unfortunately got burdened with mha

[tidal shore]

squid girl

[outer scaffold]

Wow, based on this alone, you will be hated across twitter warriors

[long peak]

I don't think that's his biggest concern ngl

[tidal shore]

breaking: slav sees fashion, can't believe it!

[outer scaffold]

I know, he will fight off most of the warriors

[high storm]

What a nonsense statement

[long peak]

I don't think he goes on Twitter very much

I certainly wouldn't at least

[high storm]

Yeah I don't have a twitter acc

[long peak]

If I didn't follow so many great artists

[high storm]

Even my friends and acquittances dress more creatively and better than this bubblegum aah bitch

[tidal shore]

u mean your friends are not wearing black n white like you?

[high storm]

Ofc not

[tidal shore]

crazy

[long peak]

Woah hey let's not do stereotypes

[tidal shore]

what r they dressing like

[high storm]

I am a dude in a group of 20+ girls ofc I have friends that dress good (girls) lol

[tidal shore]

high fashion n stuff or street fashion?

ah right

women

I guess you're exposed to a lot of personalised styles then

[high storm]

Hmmm
2 goth girls
1 street fashion chick
5-6 casual business fits
1-3 casual/dresses

[tidal shore]

not stereotyping, bro shared his wear before

[long peak]

Oh

[tidal shore]

fwiw I also do boring black n white

cuz lazy

[long peak]

I will not reveal my fashion

[tidal shore]

not like I'm planning on getting a gf or anything so works out for me

[high storm]

It's a whole lot of different of different fits I just don't see EVERY every fit of theirs yk

[tidal shore]

what a combo, a little surprised to see goth girls

[long peak]

Hawaiian shirts are a fashion shortcut fyi

If you get a few fire ones they can match a lot of fits

[high storm]

I immediately befriended the 2 goth girls the moment I got into university bro

[tidal shore]

midlife crysis dresses like

[high storm]

Later became friends with a neat tho

[long peak]

Nah you just don't see the vision

[high storm]

She is LITERALLY Sakura Futaba

And that's so fucking hot

[tidal shore]

can u make it work?

[high storm]

Never played persona tho so I can't compare personality wise

[long peak]

I don't use them as my personal fashion, but many others do very well

[tidal shore]

HUH

just coding n stuff?

[long peak]

That is a wild fucking statement

Actually coming from you, nevermind

[tidal shore]

not sure if "little sister" archetype is hot but aight

[high storm]

Redhead glasses girl who mostly sits at home, somewhat into coding, thin and kinda pale, wears jackets and t-shirts

[long peak]

My guess is the mentally ill part

[tidal shore]

based

[high storm]

Debatable, I never played persona tho so I am just comparing looks

[outer scaffold]

I just said this message with the voice of the tiktok sound korean "annyeong, my name is penny", it fits lol

[long peak]

So much of that is an ick for me

[high storm]

Also she wears headphones all the time

Sounds almost too much like the character I know

[tidal shore]

why tho

is she cosplaying

[high storm]

Because she hates people talking to her in public lmfao

[tidal shore]

damn

[high storm]

No she just do be like that

[tidal shore]

anti-social social club

[high storm]

Self described "I am just like Patrick Bateman walking down the hallway with my headphones on"

[outer scaffold]

I want to ask (maybe i'm just reading too many romance manga), are you single or not?

[long peak]

Of course he is

[high storm]

Currently yes but have 2 exs, not looking for partner rn either

[long peak]

Most people in here ||besides me|| are single

[outer scaffold]

Are you dense like a romance shounen manga?

[long peak]

They're genshin players after all

[outer scaffold]

Congrats i guess

[high storm]

Only when I am infatuated

I stop thinking with my brain and switch to thinking with my heart and become too much evidently

[long peak]

People actually do that?

That's crazy

[outer scaffold]

You became a woman lol

[long peak]

Hold on a minute

[high storm]

Reads as insult but I just like to think I am a very romantic man

[long peak]

Well I imagine this is blatant sexism

[high storm]

Whatever, my breakup was so hard I've been writing sad lyrics to songs I will never release for like 1.5 years

[tidal shore]

i think that's normal for most people

[outer scaffold]

Nah, not sexist, just saying what is so common to say, "Men think with their brain, Women think with their heart"

[high storm]

Well "becoming a woman" probably isn't xD

Brain maybe?

[tidal shore]

the second part

[long peak]

I have literally never heard that

And it's definitely the opposite of the truth

[high storm]

I know I just become too clingy and attached and it becomes too much when inlove

[long peak]

Most women in my life definitely use their brain way more than dudes

[high storm]

Hard disagree it's hella true

[outer scaffold]

Well, it's probably "Men think with their logic, Women think with feelings"

[tidal shore]

must've been living under a rock, social norms dictate women are more emotional while men are more logical

[outer scaffold]

Brain = Logic
Heart = Feelings

[long peak]

If you don't talk to women, sure

[high storm]

Because it's true in 9/10 cases, women are way more compassionate and understanding while man are more about help and encouragement

[long peak]

Men actually tend to act more to their emotions than using logic

[high storm]

Not true

[tidal shore]

worth mentioning that social norns don't reflect the actual reality of how people feel and act, it's just what's socially expected from both genders

[outer scaffold]

Well, it's the same for me, but i usually get what women are like from the media (not news, but films and comics) and social media

[high storm]

Yeah it's empirical evidence either way

[tidal shore]

nature or nurture tho?

[high storm]

Everyone goes stupid being in love lol

[long peak]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-mens-brains-are-wired-differently-than-women/

[high storm]

Just from title alone I am led to think this is pseudo science

[long peak]

Well maybe you should read it

[outer scaffold]

Well, maybe i'm about to show off, but when i was graduating from elementary school, i got an Interpersonal Award for being so kind, but now, i'm not like that (maybe...)

[long peak]

It analyzes brain structure and the Scientific American is a peer reviewed organization

[high storm]

I don't care what some article says because my 20 years prove the opposite and I believe myself more than the author of the article

[long peak]

????

Okay have fun being scientifically wrong then

No "empirical evidence"

[outer scaffold]

Scientifically wrong, but corrects in the field

[high storm]

I am not going to argue about this because it seems incredibly pointless since we won't budge on our stances

[tidal shore]

seems like this doesn't take the nature/nurture thing into consideration

[outer scaffold]

You can believe what science says or you can believe what you see for yourself

[long peak]

There's no stance here, the facts literally state that men's brains are more wired to physical activity and motor skills because of human evolution while women's brains are built to analyze

[long peak]

And my life experience has confirmed this

Most of the women in my life are logical thinkers

[outer scaffold]

YOUR LIFE, not everyone else

[long peak]

Well you just said I can believe what I see for myself

What I've seen for myself checks out with this information

[tidal shore]

social expectations pretty much change a person's entire life, some adolescents being better at motor skills simply may result from the kids being more encouraged to do things that require motor
brain is a very plastic organ, it can change a lot you know

[high storm]

Kinda confirmation bias ngl

[long peak]

Obviously nurture versus nature changes things

[outer scaffold]

Well, you can't just say "scientifically wrong" to others just because of what you experienced

[long peak]

Okay check the article without my bias

[high storm]

But regardless nobody here is wrong or right that's just depending on your life circumstances

[long peak]

literally the article without any bias towards my life

You then said that it can be different outside of pure data, and that's true, but in my life experience it's held up

[outer scaffold]

I would say... you don't have to believe all of the scientific research, you can believe what you believe, like an instinct

[tidal shore]

the article itself seems to be contradicting itself

also can't find link to the study they're quoting

[long peak]

Hold on I'll find it

[outer scaffold]

On an unrelated topic, what does co-op in zzz do? #975224264225599548 is semi dead and i want fast answer

[tidal shore]

sucks that pop science websites like to misquote and sensationalise anything and everything, the language they're using also makes me cringe

[outer scaffold]

Big words = Felt smart

[tidal shore]

no big words to be found here

not in the title at least

[high storm]

Such a nothing burger arguments this channel be having damn

[tidal shore]

the title is obviously written to manipulate you into a certain mode of thinking, it's not neutral
good title for getting views, bad title for being neutral or accurate

[tidal shore]

what burger arguments? I was saying there's a reason people don't trust articles quoting studies, and instead go straight to the source

[outer scaffold]

Well, i think this is already way off from my studies back in high school, i take social studies (In indonesia, when you enter high school, you need to take between social studies or science studies)

[high storm]

I didn't say anything about yo ass pipe down

[long peak]

Okay here's one from Stanford med

https://stanmed.stanford.edu/how-mens-and-womens-brains-are-different/

Men have larger parts of their brains for recognizing emotional memories or moments, while women are able to have more vivid memories of specific moments

[outer scaffold]

Maybe that's why i'm not able to remember certain things correctly, since my brain contains so many memories

[long peak]

Women apparently have larger spaces for storing memories than men

[tidal shore]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/818995697042325517/951821545569943552/hapee.gif

[tidal shore]

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1509654112

Whereas a categorical difference in the genitals has always been acknowledged, the question of how far these categories extend into human biology is still not resolved. Documented sex/gender differences in the brain are often taken as support of a sexually dimorphic view of human brains (“female brain” or “male brain”). However, such a distinction would be possible only if sex/gender differences in brain features were highly dimorphic (i.e., little overlap between the forms of these features in males and females) and internally consistent (i.e., a brain has only “male” or only “female” features). Here, analysis of MRIs of more than 1,400 human brains from four datasets reveals extensive overlap between the distributions of females and males for all gray matter, white matter, and connections assessed. Moreover, analyses of internal consistency reveal that brains with features that are consistently at one end of the “maleness-femaleness” continuum are rare. Rather, most brains are comprised of unique “mosaics” of features, some more common in females compared with males, some more common in males compared with females, and some common in both females and males. Our findings are robust across sample, age, type of MRI, and method of analysis. These findings are corroborated by a similar analysis of personality traits, attitudes, interests, and behaviors of more than 5,500 individuals, which reveals that internal consistency is extremely rare. Our study demonstrates that, although there are sex/gender differences in the brain, human brains do not belong to one of two distinct categories: male brain/female brain.

[outer scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-no-no-embed-megamind-megamind-meme-gif-25261934

[tidal shore]

didn't need an embed here

just read the Abstract

[outer scaffold]

(or maybe it can't embed idk)

[outer scaffold]

Sorry, had to

[high storm]

This part would suggest that women are more emotional and vulnerable to said emotions while men are more likely to fall for chemistry, doesn't exactly make men look like emotional ones?...

[outer scaffold]

Dress-up Darling sure do be heavy the last few chapters

[outer scaffold]

It was coated by ecchi, but deep inside, it's about emotional guilty

[tidal shore]

"more likely" "twice as likely to become..." statistics innit

[high storm]

I just that the article Golden sent doesn't support his experience as much as he thinks really

[tidal shore]

don't mind me, just tryna understand pop science article jargon

[outer scaffold]

We can only guess for things like that (or something idk)

[long peak]

This isn't pop science

[high storm]

Everyone just got different life experience and shit smh

[long peak]

It's literally Stanford med

Obviously nurture vs nature will determine quite a bit

[tidal shore]

if there's one thing I know it's that making bold statements in psychology is definitely not it, it really does look like it's written like a web article for entertainment

[high storm]

No that means a possibility not a random number

[long peak]

I mean they're directly citing studies

[high storm]

It's like saying "Being married is the most likely cause of divorce"

We CAN know the numbers sometimes you know lol

Is this editor's note lmao?

Yeah that's a cool watch xD

[outer scaffold]

The correct way of using robots/AI lol

[outer scaffold]

Yep. Very much confirmed that the lunatic magician can't be reasoned

Also my face when i realized the party is inside paintings when i thought they were on the surface (Correct me if i'm wrong):

[outer scaffold]

Can also my face when i realized that the residents are ghosts and what the party sees isn't what they think it is

I wondered how the elf of the western reacted if they saw that there were people living in the dungeon @high storm

[high storm]

Very much wrong

The one episode with ||time travel|| paintings is just that it is not a reoccurring theme

[outer scaffold]

Just spoiler it, how was the lunatic magician defeated?

That guy is fucking insane, more insane than most of the villains i have watched in anime or manga, heck, even more annoying than izutsumi

[high storm]

Monster autism

[tidal shore]

he's not even wrong

it's so funny that this is true

[outer scaffold]

Huh?

What does that mean?

Senshi is tweaking, this is getting interestinggggg

[ionic schooner]

I thought this chat was always dead

[outer scaffold]

Marcille, the best way to mourn an animal (excluding those that are inedible, cats, and dogs) is to eat them.

Yep, i'm about to see the "first" 4 years of senshi exploring the dungeon

[tidal shore]

aren't you always here tho?

[ionic schooner]

[high storm]

EVERYTHING IS A FUCKING JOJO REFERENCE

HOW DID I FORGET THAT JOJO ALSO HAD AMERICAN PRESIDENT GET SHOT IN HIS EAR

[outer scaffold]

Ahhh shit. Now trump is comfirmed as the president now

[tidal shore]

WTF

that's so crazy

[outer scaffold]

... Looks racist to me if i'm being honest

[tidal shore]

not really, more like poking fun at social issues

orange man

[mighty cape]

https://vxtwitter.com/PeterZimmerman0/status/1812848245275550154

[outer scaffold]

Dungeon Meshi = Done.

Fuck the lunatic magician. All my homies hate him.

He still bossing around falin when he asks the impossible, like prohibits eat the mushroom

[tidal shore]

so Kvitsev posting jojo and mentioning orange man is fine, but me posting a screenshot is not fine?

gahhhh I don't care!

I don't care anymore! whatever!

[high storm]

Lol

[tidal shore]

wait

20 warns?

are u serious?

not just auto censor triggers?

yeah it's just censors

I got like 31, get on my level

[high storm]

Oh nah I have only 1 warn

[high storm]

Thanks I have better places to be

[tidal shore]

thing is though I'm active here longer than you 💀

ur just my clone tho, u will get soon, I bet

[high storm]

Talking about better places, chainsawman is sure is not in a better place then last chapter

What a chapter

Wow

[tidal shore]

whaat

okay now I gotta read

I don't get it

is Denji an anti-hero?

[high storm]

Depends on your POV I suppose?

Imo he is a victim

[tidal shore]

sure looks like it to me yeah

with the limited knowledge I have

[high storm]

?

Did not read previous part or smth damn

[tidal shore]

the world be treating him like a villain in that chapter which is why the confusion

[tidal shore]

I honestly dropped it when he started living with Power

[high storm]

In eyes of society he is

[tidal shore]

banger art tho

[high storm]

It was like few chapters.....

[tidal shore]

something something 30 chapters in

[high storm]

The part of them living together is like 3-4 chapters tops

[tidal shore]

https://x.com/TopGyaru/status/1812686508979077613?t=haYKWKAOBtjbA3OBcEDgww&s=19

Maririn~💖 (@TopGyaru) on X

That time I got Reincarnated as a Rice Cooker

Twitter · Jul 15, 2024, 3:11 AM

https://mangadex.org/title/aeae0378-7660-4c3c-a7df-3023d96cd649/hottarakashi-meshi?tab=chapters

[high storm]

Honestly I think I am finally warming up to characters of slam dunk

Almost cried once already like 50 chapters in but now 137 chapters in I am really looking forward to what's going to happen next

[tidal shore]

whoa

u like it that much huh

[high storm]

Characters are very human and nothing feels like imagination

Almost like I am reading a biography and a story of a group of good friends

[high storm]

I chose this particular page because I have once done this with my friend too haha

He taught me how to shoot in basketball, he was really good, haven't seen him in few years

[tidal shore]

I see

[wraith junco]

@tidal shore and @high storm, Please refrain from sharing images of your notices/warns/censors. If you have questions on your reprimands, please feel free to dm modmail. Thanks

[high storm]

Aight

[dusty fable]

okay, answering the question, who is my favorite character in Danganronpa, it's Ange. Just remembered after seeing the screenshot from there

[tidal shore]

okay

[tidal shore]

ohh she's from V3, that's why I didn't recognise

[chilly lynx]

Saw this new anime yesterday

[outer scaffold]

What is it?

[chilly lynx]

I forgot the title,but was about this guy who got isekaid after he tried to unalive himself

[high storm]

That's not very telling

[outer scaffold]

https://comick.io/comic/maruchibasu-no-watashi-koishite-ii-desu-ka

[outer scaffold]

Back to recommending manga, if you like multiverse and romance, you're gonna like this one

[chilly lynx]

I also finished Shin Getter Armageddon

[paper scaffold]

isekai shikkaku?

[chilly lynx]

I think that's the one

[outer scaffold]

Hey, i want to talk something

So i read this one manga called kai byoui ramune, it's about a crazy doctor specialized in supernatural disease caused by bad things

There is this one arc where a guy wears glasses who hides his true identity and intelligence , so that his friend can have everything that the guy with the glasses has because the guy saw his friend crying for losing, but in exchange, his finger nails were turned into chilis

I want to ask, do you guys think hiding our true identity and intelligence is allowed? Like there are no feelings that got hurt, if we intend to do that, we would make our friend happy

[outer scaffold]

Dead chat.

[high storm]

Lying is good yes

[frank musk]

https://youtu.be/TT7MWy9oLf8?si=0AFCCyqo8CTRalzj

[rancid ledge]

MAPPA RANMA?!

[hoary elbow]

Any apothecary diaries anime fans here?

[topaz linden]

Manga, light novel and anime are all fantastic

[hoary elbow]

I really want to start the manga and light novel but they announced its gonna get a season 2 next year so Im holding it off for now🥹

But idk I might give in soon

[topaz linden]

100% valid. I did the same once S1 was announced 👀

It'd be one thing if it was just an alright adaption, but the anime's really nicely done, so I think it's worth waiting to go in blind personally

[hoary elbow]

RIGHTT the animation was top tier. I didn't expect the animation for a story of that genre to be that nice.

[next crescent]

Yeeeee

[hoary elbow]

I hope it won't get the MAGI treatment and be abandoned after s2😭

[next crescent]

Kinda surprised a good anime about ancient China came out

The little bits where some really beautiful singing comes through during emotional bits is really nice too

[hoary elbow]

Kong Ming in 2023 then now this

[next crescent]

Idk what it is about adding lyrics, but they add so much to the vibe

[hoary elbow]

Or was it 2022

[hot notch]

Kongming was 2022 I think

[hoary elbow]

Oh right idk why it felt made last year

[hot notch]

Magi was so good

[hoary elbow]

Guess I'll start reading the manga too. Its been years since the last season. I miss morgiana

[tidal shore]

shoulda given it to kyoani

[rancid ledge]

why kyo ani??

[hoary elbow]

I feel like its not something kyoani would put their hands on

[frank musk]

Idt the vibes of ranma matches kyoani's style

[hoary elbow]

2000 - 2015 kyoani hits different

[frank musk]

But yeah mappa

Is a choice

[rancid ledge]

https://vxtwitter.com/havenplaces/status/1813579492226711639?t=bwkX-OrRlgvWCt03MxkNnQ&s=19

[idle scroll]

looks dope, used it to watch it as a kid

[high storm]

Pretty cute, nice find

Wow making someone an unlikable character is very easy

"I am stalking and blackmailing you for justice!1!!!"

No backstory will help her cause author, give up

[tidal shore]

missing a lot of context here, but on the surface she doesn't sound so bad? does she mean forgive through the lens of law? or forgive personally? and it makes sense that law wouldn't work if no one was there to enforce it

[high storm]

Dude does a minor crime
She responds by forcing him with blackmail do many more severe crimes
Yeah seems logical

Meanwhile Oshi no ko goes a weird route I don't think I personally like but I guess it kinda fits, still not the biggest fan

[tidal shore]

ok here's the context

wait

how is the dude letting himself be blackmailed like this

blackmailing is a crime

[high storm]

Wimp

[tidal shore]

isn't she in hot shit

too

[high storm]

He is a wimp loser who can't speak up even with his friends backing him up

[tidal shore]

how did he get friends like this 💀

[high storm]

Like dude just tell your childhood friend that you literally aren't able to buy paints so you stole his and apologize

It's not that difficult

His friend didn't even notice

[tidal shore]

bruhhhhhhhhh

BRUHHHHH

peak plot

[high storm]

Istg manga conflicts seem so easy to resolve sometimes

[tidal shore]

gotta make characters incompetent to create drama innit

[high storm]

Yeah...

[tidal shore]

compared to Vinland Saga (peak manga, still reading), it has incompetent characters, but at least they feel human and not exaggerated

like, the incompetence there doesn't feel forced

peak manga

[high storm]

Yeah character writing there is superb

It's known as one of best seinen of modernity despite being ongoing for a reason

[tidal shore]

also it has political intrigue, you couldn't land a more perfect critical hit on me

[high storm]

I think limited political intrigue, just enough of it to not become annoyingly convoluted

[tidal shore]

yea

just the right dose

[high storm]

What arc are you on rn?

[tidal shore]

around where the girl-dude fights for throne with his dad

[high storm]

Kanute 😭?

[tidal shore]

haven't read further than the meeting after they returned

[high storm]

Or how you type his name

[high storm]

Basically final episodes of season 1

[tidal shore]

Canute, the girl-dude yea

[high storm]

I really suggest you watch that in anime rather than manga

Final episode does incredible job of voice acting and cinematography

[tidal shore]

bruh

imagine going manga first, then anime 2nd season, then back to manga

what a weird way to engage with a work a fiction

[high storm]

That's almost how I did it...

[tidal shore]

bruhhh

[high storm]

I both read the manga and watched farmland saga afterwards

It's just that good imo

[tidal shore]

I will see if the pay off is worth it with time

I'm going slow at it so far

[high storm]

Farmland arc (next one) is widely considered to be one of best arcs in whole of manga

[tidal shore]

I'm a bit concerned I will hate it

the slice of life type thing that anime has a hard-on for never really resonated with me all that much, and I imagine it will turn sorta into that?
then again I read Vagabond and I enjoyed the farming arc, so who knows

[high storm]

It's very reminiscent of vagabond in a sense yeah

It's more about characters rather than "Top 5 tips how to grow wheat"

[tidal shore]

yeah then I think I will enjoy it

I tend to enjoy character driven stories the most

[high storm]

Then you will love Vinland saga

[tidal shore]

sudden off-topic but this is part of the reason I find manhwa not that compelling, they tend to focus a lot on the mc while every side character is under-developed sidekick with no room fro growth or anything, kinda sucks

[high storm]

Fights become far less prevalent and we get more focus on characters, Thorfinn, Canute and Thorfinn's best buddy's development

[tidal shore]

wtf thorfinn gets a buddy?

aight lets goo

can't wait to see the idiot finally grow brains

[high storm]

The moment he is introduced you will immediately understand who I mean

Highly recommend watching 1st episode of season 2 because they added some further backstory to said character

Like anime only 3-4 minutes worth of content

[tidal shore]

oooh

okay then

so first ep of 2nd season is equivalent with which manga chapter?

[high storm]

Uuuh let me check

[high storm]

Watch it after chapter 54

They even got an Icelandic person to read out a poem for intro, really cool stuff

[high storm]

Cute

[high storm]

Btw what's your thoughts on devs reverting the neuvi nerf?

[rancid ledge]

ew.

meta slaves can go sleepeth byeeeeeeee

[high storm]

10 free pulls to everyone tho

They backtracked the nerf the same day gotta be funniest shit ever

I never even tried to do the spin but samn thanks CN I guess

[rancid ledge]

not hoyo tryna be like zzz and kurogames

[high storm]

Zzz is still hoyo smh

[topaz linden]

Hoyo tryin to be like honkai fr 😔

[rancid ledge]

whats everyone think of kaiju??

[next crescent]

Godzilla is cool

[rancid ledge]

i meant the anime

[next crescent]

😔

[tidal shore]

small godzilla is also cool i guess

[tidal shore]

30 year old man acting like 15 year old shounen protagonist is going to give you a massive whiplash
it's a shounen, it does shounen things pretty well, you can expect it to be a decent shounen

the story is kinda intriguing so I fw it

a solid 7 I'd say (in anime-sphere)

[rancid ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/wheeze-laugh-gif-14359545

[long peak]

The manga got boring so now it's not that good

The beginning is good though

[tidal shore]

golden hating 😱

[long peak]

It's unfortunate

I really liked the first 70 ish chapters

But this arc is such a bore

[tidal shore]

fair

[long peak]

The art is bad, this arc has dragged on too long and it just feels like they're pulling shit out of nowhere

[tidal shore]

golden hater era is so on, I am no longer the only hater

[long peak]

I'm only a Kaiju no 8 hater currently

Meanwhile my goat Kagurabachi is thriving

[tidal shore]

haven't seen

what's the tl;dr

this was in the synopsis so I will take it word for word

[long peak]

It is

[rancid ledge]

lmao

[long peak]

The artist has improved a lot in 40 chapters and the story has been really good so far

[outer scaffold]

Kagura bachi became a good manga

I wondered if this happened similar to what Kvit says about burnout genshin players

But it's about burnout shounen people who want a different manga from shounen jump

[rancid ledge]

...interesting plot

[long peak]

I mean, no

The whole meme was that it was edgy and generic

But the meme allowed it to survive long enough for a really good story to come through

So it didn't get axed in 20 chapters

[ionic schooner]

Kagura bachi

[high storm]

Kagurabachi is goated

I don't talk about it cus spoilers

It's legit great for what it is

[ionic schooner]

fr?

ig its better than just a meme

[tidal shore]

kagura

sama

wait no that's kaguya

i have it flipped

[ionic schooner]

kaguyas fire

😔

[long peak]

Yeah it's unironically good

[ionic schooner]

ig he kagura bachid good

https://tenor.com/view/gear-11-luffy-luffy-one-piece-luffy-gear-kagura-bachi-gif-18308706958827402532

[rancid ledge]

time to put it on my watchlist

[long peak]

We talk about shit animation here often enough

And how animation looks like a slideshow

Get ready for the best example I've seen

https://fxtwitter.com/sigmatic_/status/1812938556996002074

[ionic schooner]

why r the statues holding her breasts up

she can let me do it for free

[tidal shore]

am I the only person who finds the sound of spoken Japanese adorable?

[tidal shore]

11s 😳

hm

auto censor, sorry for ghost ping

[ionic schooner]

NOOOO

what did you say

[tidal shore]

a funny word

if I try to circumvent it now I will get a notice soooo xdddd

whatever!

[tidal shore]

o i found a substitute
go to horny jail bonk