・anime

[tidal shore]

[rustic pivot]

[craggy mango]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/Animemes/s/sTNssdvK4e

[topaz linden]

Eh, between JP and EN, it's 5 members of the 90+ that have left this year...
And of those:

• One quit for medical reasons (Mumei) that physcially prevented them from streaming
• One had already basically stopped streaming years ago (Gura)
• One we now know left to get married/start a family (Fauna)
• One left after 7 years with the agency (Shion), which seems like a pretty good run imo.

So I wouldnt read too much into that personally.

It's a demanding job and the first gens have been around for a while now. Not everyone wants to be doing idol stuff until they're as old as Marine

[tidal shore]

https://toonily.com/serie/her-summon-001/

[woeful plinth]

vshojo vtuber company in a nutshell

ye idk abt the vshojo drama thingy can anyone explain tks

[topaz linden]

TL;DR: Vshojo (the Vtuber agency) basically ran out of money a year or two ago and has been using its talents' merch sales and even their charity streams to pay the bills, while keeping each individual member in the dark about how bad things were and telling them that they'd get paid "eventually".

[outer scaffold]

The first vtuber studio that doesn't have a single continuously routine streaming vtuber, the first in the world

[woeful plinth]

ah yes

[outer scaffold]

Hey, is mother abuse in Japan that common?

I've seen it on Wonder Egg Priority, PJ Sekai, and the whole of THAT manga about overprotective and weird mother

[next crescent]

Mother abuse like the mother is the one being abused or mother abuse as in the mother is abusing others?

[topaz linden]

Given the examples they cited, mom abusing others

[outer scaffold]

The second one

[tidal shore]

i have a wild take

the way the isekai genre has been handled as a whole, it's inherently damaging

it's a wild conjecture Ik, but I believe that generally any isekai wish fulfilment stories are only encouraging the neet/hikikomori culture, driving the people seeking it only further into despair

never addressing anything meaningful

first time I thought about it, bet I'll change my mind a few says later if I sit on it 💀

[next crescent]

I feel like that's an issue worldwide, no?

Like my mom was no saint with me, nor was my sister to her firstborn son
Same with a lot of my friends in school, usually their mother was the worse one and would hit them for trivial reasons and such

Then there's all those memes of like... Their mother using the chankla and stuff in other parts of the world

Then there's Japan's stereotype with everyone needing to be as successful as possible by any means necessary

[topaz linden]

Not sure why you seem to feel isekai in particular is any more damaging/encouraging of the neet culture than any other genre with awkward protagonists.

If anything, isekai stories (in general) seem to give much more weight/focus towards reintegration of neet-like people into society (lots of isekais have people who have been burned by society before become forced to open up again in order to function in their new world)

There's slop, sure, but that's true of every genre. But I feel like if you were to spin a wheel a pick a random story from any genre, isekai's the most likely to go "hey, here's someone that's withdrawn from society and here's how they learned to rejoin it"

[tidal shore]

but you never see the protagonists healing, they never go through struggles, they never reminisce, their entire personalities shift upon getting isekai'd

[next crescent]

Not always

[tidal shore]

yeah, not always, I kinda glossed over it for the sake of brevity

[next crescent]

Ah

[tidal shore]

the general idea seems to be usually followed though

[topaz linden]

Looking through the most common isekais on MAL, this happens in almost all of the top 20 or so (aside from the comedy only ones like Eminence in Shadow)

[tidal shore]

gib list

top 20 be like
overlord s1
overlord s2
overlord s3
mushoku 1
mushoku 2...

[next crescent]

You forgot fmab because that's at the top of every list on mal

[tidal shore]

ohh I see Grimgar of the Ash near the top, it's very good

[tidal shore]

fmab my fav isekai

[next crescent]

Fmab my favorite slice of life

High school romance

[tidal shore]

fmab as a double life high school romance

[topaz linden]

Top Isekai on MAL:

1. No Game No Life - Comedy, not really there for emotional storytelling
2. Re:Zero - Extensive focus given to the MC's personality before isekai.
3. Konosuba - Comedy, not the focus.
4. Shield Hero - Difference here is the trauma happens after isekai lol
5. Overlord - MC has their emotions suppressed, but it is addressed heavily in the light novel
6. Mushoku Tensei - Extensive focus on MC's past trauma and personality
7. Slime isekai - MC wasnt a neet beforehand lol
8. Youjo Senki - Character's terrible personality pre-isekai ia the focus of the series
9. Zero no Tsukaima - Never seen tbh, cant say
10. Eminence in Shadow - Comedy only
11. Arifureta - Extensive focus (tho drappes in edge)
12. Grimgar - Pretty heavy focus
13. How not to summon a demon lord - Comedy tbh, but even that focuses on it a decent amount
    14-20. Slop like Smartphone and Death March lol. Characters arent neets, but cant really explore a character's personality if they have none

[tidal shore]

Ik Mushoku and re:zero touch on this
Overlord doesn't rly
KonoSuba and the i an atomic anime are comedy so doesn't count
Slime isekai don't
Smartphone isekai don't
Youjo Senki kinda do but the goal is different
NGNL sparsely do even tho it's comedy
Bookworm never watched so I sleep
Shield Hero doesn't i think

[topaz linden]

Overlord and Bookworm both touch on it (Overlord mostly in the LN)

Difference in Overlord is the emotion suppression mechanic

Bookworm pretty extensively tho

[tidal shore]

Zero no Tsukaima rarely does, it's old school SoL isekai fantasy with a violent tsundere girlfriend

[topaz linden]

Sounds about right for the era lol

[tidal shore]

it has some old school plot too

Arifureta I read the web novel a bit but it sucked

honestly Idt I got to the part where the story touched on it + MCs trauma also happens at the start

like Shield Hero

[topaz linden]

Which tbf still both fall under "rehabilitating someone that's withdrawn from society"

[tidal shore]

surprised to see "how not to summon a demon lord" here

[topaz linden]

Tho Arifureta and Shield hero both handle it with too much edge for me

[tidal shore]

so shounen innit

[topaz linden]

Same tbh. Very high popularity for something so mid

[tidal shore]

TRUE

[topaz linden]

tho I do unironically enjoy the disco OP

[tidal shore]

more importantly you watched Grimgar

ur like one of the 2 other people who did

[topaz linden]

Got a coloring of it I'll finish someday

Maybe

(Of some LN art)

[tidal shore]

banger

I find that Grimgar is unique in that it tackles isekai fantasy without cheat skills, does so very realistically too

I've read further in the LN but one character was so unbearable I dropped (that's why pls anime study XYZ next season 😭 )

there's also the overarching plot suggesting all of the people's memories of their previous lives were wiped out (don't call me out on this spoiler, literally happens ep1)

it's really slow tho and takes the right mindset to enjoy

I found that I rly enjoyed it

[topaz linden]

Yee, the art bit I was coloring was a really cute Tume and Ranta bit from Vol 16

[tidal shore]

gonna adlib on the 14-20 that this is the vast majority of isekai that people end up reading and watching

[topaz linden]

Maybe someday I'll finish it lol

[tidal shore]

wasn't Ranta the master yapper?

[topaz linden]

Mostly just need to force myself to sit down and figure out how tf blushes work

they're my main weakness rn coloring-wise

[topaz linden]

Been ages man, I can't remember

[tidal shore]

just color the blush to reddish

it happens mainly along the cheekbone

[topaz linden]

It's more blending it in with the skin so it doesnt just look like red circles on their cheeks that I struggle with lol

[tidal shore]

try airbrush then maybe?

[topaz linden]

I either end up making them look more like an Asian flush (whole face) or it's way too much of a difference

[tidal shore]

they must have either a soft or a lost edge to work

[topaz linden]

they probably do

I just haven't sat down and really looked too deep

cause there's other colorings of mine that haven't needed it

[tidal shore]

GG

[topaz linden]

Like I did a run of a few from A Wild Last Boss Appeared that turned out pretty good without needing it (looking now, could probably use a little... but it's still decent without it)

Kinda funny tho... I feel like you find the best art in the most random of light novels, while the biggest ones are often kinda... meh?

Like That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime has pretty bland art for its light novel imo, given how popular the series is

[tidal shore]

ooo

I don't read much

tbh

there are entire manhwas with more gorgeous art, LNs aren't a medium for this

One Piece colored covers are also amazing

[topaz linden]

I read a decent amount, but only based on sorting by New on the totally 100% absolutely legal site I use and reading any w/ interesting titles or premises

[tidal shore]

XD

[topaz linden]

Has let me stumble across a surprisingly decent amount of "oh hey, this is actually pretty nice" finds

One I started reading pretty recently basically boils down an orphan getting attacked by a crazy lady screaming about "otome games" bent on transferring her soul into the girl because she "can't stand being some nobody in my favorite game". Orphan manages to stop her halfway through and kill the crazy lady, but not before getting a cliffnotes version of the game's story shoved into her head. Seeing the trouble ahead of her as the "heroine", but still having her original street-kid personality, she decides she wants nothing to do with it, and starts living life on the run while the game's plot slowly unravels

TL;DR: Murder hobo girl gets dropped into an otome game story and proceeds to fuck up anyone and everyone that tries to drag her into it.

[tidal shore]

sooo otome core

[topaz linden]

An otome game story with a battle shonen plot

[tidal shore]

is there romance with a badass male read?

for some reason every shoujo I read either has an idiot male lead, an idiot strong male lead, or an idiot bully male lead

do women like idiots or something?

maybe I still have a chance to not become a wizard

ah I should've given Josei genre a try, can't judge yet

[topaz linden]

There's a few in some light novels I've read, but rare to see in the ones that get an anime 😔

I tend to like the male leads in KyoAni romance animes

Chuunibyou, Beyond the Boundary, etc.

[tidal shore]

hmm

I'm elsewhere I think

Chuunibyou I was disappointed with the ending

Beyond the Boundary was epic I think

right, male leads, I wish they were more involved and less romanc'y

[topaz linden]

Chuunibyou I think just got dragged out with wayyyyy too much filler lol

S2 and the movie were both unneccesary

just kiss her you dummy

[tidal shore]

so Akatsuki no Yona, Maid Sama, Monogatari Series

yeah Im citing degen shit but genuinely Monogatari Series has some of the best written characters from ALL media

[tidal shore]

my main issue is by letting her stay chuuni he doesn't let ger grow up

so it feels like dating a kid

fuck it, I'm also gonna cite Douluo Dalu even tho it's a chinese web novel

[topaz linden]

Think the point of S1's ending was helping her move from thinking "I can either accept/move on from my grandparent being gone or have fun" mutually exclusive mindset to a "I can accept he's gone and still have fun", which is far healthier.

Which mirrors the male lead's thing of "if I want to have friends, I can't have fun/have to be serious and cool" to "I don't need to stop having fun to make friends"

[tidal shore]

I keep sayin I'm a romance junkie but honestly there's very few romance stories that still appeal to me

[tidal shore]

ah ur talking S1, I was thinking the movie

[topaz linden]

I mean, S2 and the movie just did major character assassination/reversion to justify their existance lol

so I kinda just ignore them

[tidal shore]

XD

fair enough

[topaz linden]

Even if I went back to rewatch, I'd only watch S1 I think lol

S2 was just awkward, and the movie was basically just rehashing a story arc from S1

[tidal shore]

RIP

oh I just remember

Spice & Wolf

Holo my beloved

[topaz linden]

Also just one more Chuuni bit... AMV contest at the con near me had a Chuunibyou AMV as one of the finalist entries

Was a pleasant surprise to see people still making stuff for it all these years later
https://youtu.be/y8O1jqkdAzc

[tidal shore]

wow

AYY THE PRETENDER

[topaz linden]

it's one of those connections I'm lowkey mad at myself for not thinking of first

[tidal shore]

yea I think the 2010s have a lot of classics, I most fondly remember that era too

[topaz linden]

Not a fan of the 2000s, but got quite a few from the 2010s I enjoyed

Feels like around the time where they finally got a feel for telling stories in a non-weekly reruns on TV focused format

or at least started to (not all of them succeeded lol)

[tidal shore]

mayhaps

[topaz linden]

"Turns out animating stuff properly is expensive. Maybe we shouldn't dump a dozen episodes of budget on random af filler because we got several months of space to fill"

[next crescent]

Thank you for another banger added to my playlist

Was never too keen on most of the covers I've listened to of this song but this one is dope

[topaz linden]

I think I've mentioned before, but a somewhat concerning amount of my new music discoveries these days is from AMVs

[next crescent]

Yeah, and they're all the really cool <1000 view ones that have the best music too

I've been getting some every now and again and it feels like I found a diamond in the rough

[topaz linden]

The <1000 view videos are always the most experimental stuff and I love them so much

Like one of my favorite editors posted this one a few months back... 0% structure and 100% vibes but I'm 1000% here for it
https://youtu.be/YqcJ3mHiD-w

[next crescent]

Yeee!!!

As short as that was, it was still really nice

[topaz linden]

There's still long form vibes too
https://youtu.be/tnuu3PH68tc

Souls Team did a competition recently, and this one stood out for me for the vibes

• a great Magdalena Bay song

[outer scaffold]

I think that's more of a punishment instead of abuse

[next crescent]

It becomes more like torture when it happens on an almost daily basis 😭

[outer scaffold]

If the child doesn't want to be disciplined, then get ready for the chancla

[next crescent]

Also it's abuse, not torture

[outer scaffold]

Unless the child did nothing wrong, then the mother is wrong for abuse

[next crescent]

Hitting your child repeatedly, and on a regular basis, is often seen as abuse (at least where I'm from)

Regardless if the child was not listening

[outer scaffold]

Hmm... not in Asia, especially in SEA, where poverty thrives (not in Sing**ore)

[next crescent]

Ah

Yeah that's why there's child protection laws

At least here

You can be harshly reprimanded by the law if law enforcement finds out you've been hitting your child(ren)

Because it's seen as abuse

[outer scaffold]

I, myself, are not a poor person, but I pitied but also not pitied at the same time for the poor people

[next crescent]

It's how CPS almost was able to take me from my mother when my principal in elementary school found out I was terrified to show my mom my report card because she would beat me for "failing" two classes 😭

[next crescent]

This sentence confuses me

You, not a poor person, both pitied poor people but also didn't?

Is that what you're saying

Idk why reading that gave me a stroke

[outer scaffold]

Pitied because the poverty condition forced them to make their child thrive on a successful life so that the parents can live off their child's successful life

Not pitied because in my country, the poor people are easily swayed by political bribery to choose the bad political choice

[outer scaffold]

Yes

[next crescent]

Oh, yeah

That happens a lot

That is, if their child/children can even become successful

A lot of times they end up being stuck in poverty for generations

[outer scaffold]

That's why if you know the Indonesian language and go on any political topics, sometimes you will cross upon videos of poor people getting basic packages of necessities from political parties in exchange for the support of political parties from the poor people

[next crescent]

😭

Yeah, that's fairly common I feel like

Essentially a bribe for uninformed people to vote for you and give you support

Then afterwards, fuck them over

[rancid ledge]

https://x.com/neggoartz/status/1948466016201433093?t=bO-YP2-OgAPhNDKeNApVBw&s=19

neggo (@neggoartz)

Messed with the wrong "Street tier"...

X · Jul 24, 2025, 7:31 PM

[outer scaffold]

Is Robin as genius as Batman to come up with such a plan?

[rancid ledge]

people are always saying jinwoo is the aura farmer, but who in anime is the real aura farmer?

[pearl nacelle]

Depends on the Robin

But this looks like the same one you’d see in the Teen Titans cartoon and that guy was a MENACE.

https://youtu.be/RFfT78Gqhtc?si=njSz6M9GVeD1CUEY

[rancid ledge]

bro used his knees

[pearl nacelle]

Bro was so confident he was gonna land right on him

Imagine if the guy dodged

😭

[outer scaffold]

https://fixvx.com/Nymo/status/1948511338785083805?t=4bM9ETqceKfOxxP8Q50Psg&s=19

Nymo (@Nymo)

The Ironmouse/Vshojo news has reached the Windows/Microsoft news feed at my work PCs
This is officially outside of the vtuber sphere

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jul 24, 2025, 10:31 PM

[outer scaffold]

Non vtuber fan has gotten the news

[rancid ledge]

https://www.vxtiktok.com/t/ZP8kRkJk9/

i feel like this is a sign for me to watch eminence of shadow

[next crescent]

Yeah, Robin from teen titans was absolutely unhinged at times

But from my point of view, you had to be if you were living as a normal human hero amongst people with laser beams coming out of their eyes and immortality

[rustic pivot]

vshojo closes

[outer scaffold]

興
This is the kanji for the word "interest"

[outer scaffold]

What's funny is that it looks like a bunch of square graphics used for statistics of spending and etc which also means interest lol

[ionic schooner]

"friendly neighborhood spiderman" after fighting god level threats

💔

[ionic schooner]

this looks like 3 buildings

[rancid ledge]

bro is just built diff

[ionic schooner]

[rancid ledge]

the writers went hard on tt robin

[outer scaffold]

And what can buildings turn into?

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/robin-robin-drivers-ed-robin-dancing-robin-car-dance-dance-car-gif-27329101

[ionic schooner]

idk

[outer scaffold]

Interest.

[craggy mango]

Just started Silent Witch

This is literally Bocchi becoming a witch

Well, Bocchi with magic and harem

[topaz linden]

How's the budget?
I liked the light novel quite a bit, but always cautious when I hear a more obscure light novel's getting adapted lol

[craggy mango]

The animation is very good

[topaz linden]

Noice

It had some really pretty light novel art

[craggy mango]

Wtf its from Studio Gokumi

They must be on steroids

I never saw this kind of quality from them, too good

[topaz linden]

Actually did a coloring of one back when I first read it

[craggy mango]

Damn, very beautiful

You should see the dragon

Only Frieren which has better animated dragon

[topaz linden]

Oh nice, did they actually 2d animate it?

[craggy mango]

Yep

[topaz linden]

Hell yeah

Will check out the anime then 👀 (I need to catch up on the light novel too lol)

[topaz linden]

Watching ep 1 rn, pretty good quality 👀 Dub's not bad either

[craggy mango]

Ikr

You should see studio Gokumi's cv

This is miracle for them

[topaz linden]

Huh, didn't expect a full musical bit out of her mental math stimming habit

Oh good, Isabelle got a good VA too. She was one of my favorites from the book 👀

Oh damn, outro's pretty af

https://i.imgur.com/YwjlkvS.gifv

[tidal shore]

what's this

[craggy mango]

Silent Witch

[next crescent]

Sweet

[tidal shore]

can't believe Barbarians were based on ADHD

[next crescent]

😭

[topaz linden]

Kept watching, apparently this is just the intro played as the outro

The real outro is pretty tho
https://youtu.be/ZssInPdN6o8

Also some really nice character expression work 👀

https://i.imgur.com/TxhmsJK.gifv

[next crescent]

[topaz linden]

All caught up now

Ep 4 was very well done

[topaz linden]

Also ||I might need to go back and recolor this based on the anime. I like the effect they went for a lot more 👀||

[pearl nacelle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/248575172955734016/1398298940012626091/514256722_122119450586913823_8299084810461067338_n.png?ex=6885839e&is=6884321e&hm=6ba7f4646779380b8f0e402aecaac70d7c0b85153949182ca23552c4d9546237&

[pearl nacelle]

Also Robin in Young Justice

https://youtu.be/cAVzd8a8evk?si=lEsUALB3FT4vwt7p

Left a mad dent in the wall 😭

[next crescent]

Bro punched a hole in straight concrete 😭

Also I never watched the young justice show unfortunately, but this scene looks wholesome

[onyx charm]

Takopi ep5 is out

[rancid ledge]

https://fixvx.com/violetheart08/status/1948816433263378649?t=Y9zt-x7wuxfGcpchSSyjrg&s=19

Violet@crying-because-of-backlogs (@violetheart08)

The Silent Witch aura farming better than just levelling alone out there since her stats are already maxxed out 🤭

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jul 25, 2025, 6:43 PM

[tidal shore]

lol

do I want to rant

do I rly want to rant about this

her aura farming is so weak it's not even aura

[rancid ledge]

youre weak

[next crescent]

That music and visuals for when it doesn't work are beautiful 😭

[tidal shore]

like, narratively it's not doing anything wrong, but the visuals fall flat so hard that it doesn't even speak to me

you get the usual Character A thinking they're better than Character B -> A realises B is op -> B panics
the ways used to convey this power gap to the audience are:

• Character B acting and narrating
• Character A acting and narrating
• Visuals
• Music
• World/Story Context (missing to those who haven't watched)

These plot devices can be seen in pretty much all aura-farming related contexts that include at least 2 parties, like for example Frieren vs Aura, Luke Valentine vs Alucard

I'm not sure why this one doesn't speak to me, but - story context aside - I suspect that the more abstract a concept of "power" is, the more you need the narration and visuals to pull their weight

in the case of Luke vs Alucard the concepts are very easy to grasp (bullets, blood, holes in the body), plus there's an additional stage that raises tension further which makes aura farming even easier

in the case of Frieren vs Aura you have this famous "keep yourself safe" moment, and then she does it, that's incredible domination alright

here though, Character A's magic completely didn't work against Character B, and then you have these soft and fluffy visuals representing "magic formulas" while Character A panics like

it's badass on paper sure, but there's no stakes or tension as far as I can see cuz I'm lacking story context, and Character B's feat doesn't seem outrageous because of how abstract it is to me

[onyx charm]

Woah so long

Idk but

Does the context matters here?

Also comparing this to frieren vs aura, that sequence is much longer

But for frieren. Her aura farming has been starting from the first ep. Shes introduced as powerful but through out all episodes until that moment with aura, shes never once shown to be that powerful

[tidal shore]

Idk why length would matter that much

[onyx charm]

There is proper tension build for frieren way before. Cuz it keeps the audience on edge when ppl keeps saying shes strong but is never shown that shes strong

So the question is, does the context applies in the similar matter with that short video above in order for that scene to work

[tidal shore]

I haven't watched frieren btw I only know a few clips

[onyx charm]

Tbh frieren animation is very impactful and impressive. If u haven’t watch frieren but can still feel the aura. While in this context, u also haven’t watch this anime but cant feel the aura, then clearly, there is differences in direction that prompted u to feel this way

TLDR: it means that the anime fall short compare to frieren in aura farming sequence

My personal thought is that, even if the animation doesn’t need to be impressive, Elaine the witch has better aura farming sequence than this

[tidal shore]

yes, the context can elevate tension, so the aura farming can be even bigger
common technique is to build up an enemy character only to have them be decimated by MC
Another way is for other already established and powerful characters to acknowledge the MC like for example in Hellsing Ultimate where both armies' generals stop everything they're doing and immediately focus on Alucard

u don't need context just from characters though, like I said visuals can be very impactful

https://youtu.be/HezWKOD3a2s

[onyx charm]

Thats true.

[tidal shore]

good example here

[onyx charm]

Ooh good direction

I hold my breath there

Have no idea what that anime is tho

[tidal shore]

Irregular at Magic Highschool

[onyx charm]

Oh that

[tidal shore]

my beloved 2010s slop

[onyx charm]

Truly slop

It’s been on my recommendation since 2016 and I refused to click on it

The protag looks meh. Typical emo OP aura farm that is a siscon and has a harem somehow

[tidal shore]

can you elaborate on what you like about this then?

[onyx charm]

The sister is also meh. Shes ur typical kuudere girl

[onyx charm]

Elaine rhe witch?

I forgot bruh

[tidal shore]

actually she's a brocon, he's a normalfag

[onyx charm]

I just remember it left a strong impact on me

[tidal shore]

icic

[onyx charm]

So both sis and bro bad. Noted

[onyx charm]

Elaine the witch also have aura farm sequence somewhere if I recall tho

But definitily more powerful than that

[tidal shore]

ah so you were referring to moments outside of this clip

[onyx charm]

Also my little witch academia also have good aura farming sequence

Thx to it being animated by studio trigger, ofc

[tidal shore]

fr

Trigger knows how

Trigger could literally make Aura Farming: The Animation and I'd watch while sipping on Oshee

I tried watching Little Witch Academia once but the second hand embarrassment was too strong

it's so well done tho

I rly like the aesthetic if it too

[next crescent]

Same

Less the embarrassment and more I tried watching it

Then lost interest for some reason... Twice 😭

I tried rewatching it and lost interest again and idk why

[tidal shore]

it was like watching MHA at first actually, gotta get through the shounen cringe barrier first and then it's a full sweep

[next crescent]

Ye

The animation in it is really nice but my brain just would shut off

[tidal shore]

RIP

[next crescent]

[rancid ledge]

holy yap

[tidal shore]

also ye vis and music are great

felt like I glossed over your comment, by "it falls flat" I meant more how the intent was conveyed, which doesn't detract from the beauty

[rancid ledge]

https://fixvx.com/PookiePiece/status/1948819629335609434?t=_aizUh2yqHT13cOrfQVK3w&s=19

Pookie Piece (@PookiePiece)

Solo Leveling producer said his goal is for the anime to reach OnePiece level success in Japan

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jul 25, 2025, 6:56 PM

[next crescent]

Yeah no worries lol

[next crescent]

I think almost every producer wishes for that

But it would have to somehow be the top 0.0001% for that to happen

[topaz linden]

I mean, the context is that aura farming wasnt reall the point of that sequence? The whole "lack of stakes" bit here is kind of the point: She's one of the best mages and she's infiltrating a magic "high school" There really shouldnt be stakes to her directly unless she's really bad at her job

The only stakes here are more the people she's been tasked with protecting/the people close to her. If she's already there, it's already gg for the person.

[dusty fable]

Solo Leveling for intellectuals, I would call it

[rancid ledge]

"sung jin woo aura farmer"

yeah and we had aizen from bleach and kirito

[tidal shore]

Idt Kirito can aura farm

[dusty fable]

Tbh, the God of Aura farming is soma from Shokugeki no Soma. He Aura farms even in episodes that are not about him. Basically, the anime is a guide of Aura farming done well

[tidal shore]

I was thinking Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate

bro aura farms just by existing

https://tenor.com/view/the-great-alucard-gif-27001898

[ionic schooner]

Is the anime with the detective with a gun for a head a good anime

I forgot what it's called tho 💔

[tidal shore]

it was a bit fun Imo

No Guns Life

[ionic schooner]

Oh it looks alot more cyberpunk than I thought

Half the gifs are a hologram woman twerking 💔

Ya I'ma watch it I liked edgerunners and bladerunner and stuff

[tidal shore]

NOT THERE

DON'T LOOK THERE

[ionic schooner]

Id send one but like

I'd get warned

😭

https://tenor.com/view/juzo-inui-no-guns-life-carlyhu-saguskycord2-gif-21372754

I didn't even know bro had a mouth

I thought his whole head was just a gun 😭

[outer scaffold]

Title for that episode and episode 1 is AOT type shit

[outer scaffold]

To You From 2016 and...

[outer scaffold]

https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/DMlaroTxknW/?igsh=MWhuNXRiaGJ2b2s5dA==

firegodlucas (@firegodlucas)

One of the best anime. Just overhated

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[outer scaffold]

Wasn't Endeavor's goal is to become the number 1 hero?

[ionic schooner]

https://fxtwitter.com/kittyysea/status/1949092049455579296

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[next crescent]

Yes it was, but it wasn't the way he wanted to achieve that goal (getting it by default, not because he genuinely was better than the #1 hero and earned it but because it was just handed to him because he was next in line after the #1 was effectively gone)

Then all that he had to deal with to try and make up for his shortcomings thereafter from not earning it the way he intended

I think they had a whole episode or two almost dedicated to his mental struggle with the fact that it was just given to him and not because he fought his way to get there and win it like he wanted

[outer scaffold]

'shortcoming' is about his capability to actually be the number 1 hero or is it his mental health struggles?

[next crescent]

I think the wordage that was used was that he wanted to "crush" all might and gain the position, but when all might gets crushed by the big bad of the world and can no longer go on as #1 so he just inherited the title, not because he was better but because all might stepped down

[next crescent]

Both

He struggled with the fact that he didn't earn the position the way he wanted to, as well as coming to terms and realizing how neglectful and abusive he was and how that's not how the #1 hero should be

A bit of impostor syndrome if you will, until he comes to terms with it all and works to be better as he does in later episodes

Whether his kids/wife actually forgive him or not, working to be the kind of person they would have been proud of had it not been for the past they all endured with him

[outer scaffold]

Do people irl actually struggle when they get the thing they want, but not in the way they intended to (not like the killing people/animal type)?

Like in the end, you get what you want.

[next crescent]

Yes

A lot of times there will be people who get what they've wanted but it wasn't how they wanted it/actually what they thought it'd be like and struggle with it afterwards

I could share a personal one of mine but it'd break server tos and ruin the mood of the channel

[topaz linden]

Pretty often.

You'll see this a lot with artists/content creators who spend years working towards making the kind of content they want to be known for, then a random meme/unrelated work of theirs throws them into the spotlight for a different reason

[outer scaffold]

Oot for a moment: what's your kanji name meaning? I only know 多 as 'many'

[next crescent]

He knows many things

!!jake

[fiery tinsel]

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

[topaz linden]

It's Chinese, so not quite kanji (tho there's some overlap between the two)

[topaz linden]

But yeh, it's just this quote in Chinese

[outer scaffold]

Yeah, I already anticipated that

[topaz linden]

There was a brief bit of time where a lot of staff had Chinese in their username, so I hopped on the trend, then just never changed it back

(Was like two or three years ago)

[outer scaffold]

But what does 多 mean in chinese?

Oh, it's the same as Japanese, 'many'

!!kc

[fiery tinsel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1034235760238407731/1196237859699576903/FJ37tDYXwAwYh0K.jpg?ex=65e50ad2&is=65d295d2&hm=3d920a4a3c7414dbe2766426f11b83dbe8a38e76ffb3572bc4e1d457ce1ef160&format=webp&width=972&height=670&

[outer scaffold]

Fuck you too.

[tidal shore]

I've never gotten what I wanted but I figure I'd probably feel lost for a while on what to do after getting it

[outer scaffold]

Doesn't that sound like revenge? Example: Sasuke's revenge

!!cave

[tidal shore]

it can be anything rly, I think the problem appears when you're shortsighted about it, or attaching some kind of "if I get X then I will be Y, thus problem solved forever" type if thinking

[next crescent]

Then you have nowhere to go and feel lost because now you don't have a goal to guide you anywhere or to strive for lol

[outer scaffold]

!!vwino

[fiery tinsel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/791659091470188590/1376429980250280088/he-is-speaking-guy-explaining-with-a-whiteboard.gif?ex=68354bd0&is=6833fa50&hm=1365b6b94935dae987b341e5cf9533499f2eacf4d2c83bd9884a9fff4234bfa3&

[next crescent]

"I want to become famous!"
You get it
"Okay, now what?"

[tidal shore]

now we get infinite sponsorships baby

money never hurts aye?

[outer scaffold]

Not if you're a trillionaire lol

[next crescent]

What do you strive for if you have everything

[tidal shore]

you can't possibly have everything though

[outer scaffold]

I meant those trillionaires like Elon or Jeff who will always chase money

[tidal shore]

but hmm to address this properly, I have thought about this a lot
ideally you'd want to reach contentment, but is that even possible?

I figure some people are just born in a way where they always want more

I'd be fine with a quiet life tho

[next crescent]

Same

But what I meant by it is that if you have everything, what do you possibly strive for

[outer scaffold]

Yeah, that kind of thing (if they want more things that harm others) is hard to be cured

[tidal shore]

just lemme do high adrenaline sports 4 times a month

[outer scaffold]

Like trillionaires, you can't really force them to stop chasing money

[next crescent]

You have all the money in the world, you can get whatever you want, you have everything you could have asked for- how much further up could you go? What else could you ask for and set a goal in mind to reach personal contentment?

That's what I meant by it

[outer scaffold]

Although this topic has one question from me

[tidal shore]

then that depends on the individual, maybe you invent new goals to chase (like terraforming Mars)

[outer scaffold]

What about villains? What do they do after destroying the whole world or enslaving an entire city?

[outer scaffold]

Thanos is banned from being used as an example

[tidal shore]

maybe you invent the Torment Nexus, or start playing God

[next crescent]

I suppose, but how many would do that? And how many would just be having parties every night and feeling completely unfulfilled because they're using that and drugs and such to feel whole?

That sort of thing

[outer scaffold]

Ok, after playing god, now what?

[tidal shore]

call me cynical but it is my belief that human greed is infinite, so people will always find a way to rationalise new goals into existence

[next crescent]

Plenty of rich folk have created cults dw lol

[next crescent]

That's true, but you also see a lot of news about celebrities who, realistically, have everything they could've ever asked for (outside of maybe privacy with paparazzi), that turn to negative vices to try and feel fulfilled because they can't catch a high anymore

Many of which end up passing away

That's more of the angle I'm coming from

There's obviously many routes people will take based on individual likes and dislikes

[tidal shore]

that's a big topic

[next crescent]

But when you no longer feel fulfilled because you have everything and no goals left, it leaves you empty

And for many, the way they reached those goals may not have been fulfilling either

[tidal shore]

I have a hypothesis for this

[outer scaffold]

What do they want, now they have the power to create and control everything?

[next crescent]

Like Jake said earlier with some creators getting the fame they had hoped for, but maybe it sparked major controversy or something else that they would've preferred it not to be the reason

[tidal shore]

my 2nd belief is that people feel the most fulfilled when they feel needed (it's also the #1 reason cited for people who commit die)
drugs and parties and such would serve mainly to pass the time

that's why people feel empty when they indulge

hedonism isn't chummy with Maslov's pyramid of needs

[outer scaffold]

Japanese people can relate to the first part lol, they really want to be productive

[next crescent]

Ye

[outer scaffold]

Kc, who does have !! command outside you, j4k3, and g0ld3n?

[outer scaffold]

Kc

[next crescent]

Almost everyone

Or maybe not

We've gone through several rotations of staff since then I think

And many commands aren't usable by regular members, only staff

The only ones you're able to use are the ones I set up when they broke because I didn't know there was a secondary part to the commands to make it accessible to staff-only use

[onyx charm]

If that’s only ep 1 then thats rlly early to aura farm

No wonder shes shown right to be OP in the start

That is the anime that is meant to have an OP character through all everything

Calling that an aura farm according to the tweet is too much of an exaggeration.

Even rimuru aura farm better than her despite being shown OP throughout

Rage bait for sure. Me and cave definitely fall gracefully into it

[topaz linden]

Nah, that was Ep 4

This was Ep 1
https://youtu.be/NbYXge6T3cI

[onyx charm]

Ooh thats definitely better

In terms of direction

Still ain’t falling the earlier tweet aura farm tho

[topaz linden]

Earlier tweet kinda missed the point of the scene tbh. She already had her big flex earlier in the episode. That scene was more of a "I don't really need to flex for the likes of you" bit

[onyx charm]

Ah no wonder

[tidal shore]

wha whoa hey there cowboy what's with the callout

oh yea I agree with vwino 🍷

[tidal shore]

which ironically is the biggest flex of all

I love it when MC just doesn't give a #&£@

https://youtu.be/zAUNl6Kd2Dc

when bro doesn't even dodge shots

[rancid ledge]

who in anime is the coldest mc?

[topaz linden]

In terms of sociopathness, I'd imagine Tanya?

https://tenor.com/view/tanya-tanya-the-evil-coffee-anime-gif-1921273594996519691

At leasy for MCs

Technically Ainz from Overlord has the emotion suppression bit worked into his character too, tho it's working overtime to counter his constant flustering

[prisma furnace]

Yo I watch demon slayer movie in 2 days ago

[rancid ledge]

oh yeah ive heard of her

her over ayanokouji? nice.

bro looks so cool

[topaz linden]

I mean, the whole reason they even get isekai'd is because they were so ruthless in HR that they drove an employee to push them into a train

[rancid ledge]

ouch...

i always thought the trope of being isekai'd was truck kun but that? thats new

[topaz linden]

I mean, Spirit Chronicles derailed a whole train to isekai its protagonist

https://tenor.com/view/train-kun-anime-guy-accident-by-train-isekai-train-kun-op-train-accident-with-bus-anime-gif-14611673791792157629

[rancid ledge]

oh yeah i watched this

and the biggest plot twist was the little girl from the train got reincarnated too

[topaz linden]

Nah, 9 times out of 10 when a person gets isekai'd with collateral casualties they also get isekai'd

It's not a common trope (usually they're a solo victim), but not too surprising

Even Mushoku Tensei did it

[rancid ledge]

oh yeah ofc the controversy anime

[frank musk]

Cant wait for the next turning point

[rancid ledge]

eris showing up will be insane

[craggy mango]

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[onyx charm]

That dude from Monster

[rancid ledge]

Johan?

[onyx charm]

Yeah?

[rancid ledge]

Oh yeah, monster is peak

[pearl nacelle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYYh9VGr1Q

https://x.com/medalist_PR/status/1949424778890080639

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X · Jul 27, 2025, 11:01 AM

Medalist S2 date announced

Hope the upkeep is quality is still pretty good like the last one

[next crescent]

[pearl nacelle]

Honestly really like how well the seiyuu is growing into the MC’s role

The tone she’s taking now with the character seems much different to the earlier parts of the anime

Which makes sense given how much a bumbling mess of a kid she was (and still is now in some ways but she’s got her footing much better now than she did then)

[rancid ledge]

azumanga daioh so peak

[next crescent]

So I picked up a show called "Arte" and I'm on episode 3 and so far it's been nice and charming, but there's now a set up for some type of romance to happen between a 14 year old girl and a god knows how old guy 😭

The guy doesn't necessarily show he "likes" her at all, just appreciates her as his apprentice, but she is showing signs of having a crush on him and my brain is going "oh no"

It's placed in the Renaissance so that sort of thing wasn't uncommon for the time period, along with a lot of the other things it's trying to show, mainly how women are valued less/seen as less but idk man

I'm hoping it stays just a girl crush from this young teen and that's it, hopefully she finds someone more her age who treats her like a regular person like her artistry master does

Episode 4: starts with her master telling her they should clean up the studio so he hands her a box and her hand touches his so she drops the box and screams
His response, coldly: "Arte, what is wrong with you today."

😭

[tidal shore]

anime logic amirite

this is so painfully shounen writing 😭

[next crescent]

Even though this is the direction they're going with, I still love the English VA for the girl

Whenever something stupid happens she kinda sends it

Master: shows a very upset face
Her: "That's a... VErY angry expression..."

[next crescent]

Basically the premise is she's a woman living in the Renaissance in Italy and tries her damnedest to show everyone that, even though she's a woman, she's worthy of being treated equally as an artist (as literally everyone else turned her down because "wOmEn PaInTeRs DoN't ExIsT!!") when this one artist takes her in as his apprentice and helps her prove her worth

It's very heavy handed in that regard

But the MC is charming so I'm giving it a pass

At least, unless they straight up go for the 14yo x 30yo thing

Then I'm dropping it

[tidal shore]

fair enough

[next crescent]

"I was surprised to hear you even HAD A CHILDHOOD"
Girl he's an adult he was a child at some point prior 😭

But they seem to have dropped the crush thing, for now

Thankfully

[tidal shore]

they're so adorable 😭

[next crescent]

They are, but why was she just tapping her fingers on his

For a moment there I thought she was going to do that finger walk up to the shoulder thing

[topaz linden]

my guess would be trying to get him to hold her hand back and he's not getting the hint?

[tidal shore]

finger breakdance

[tidal shore]

nothing ever happens here cuz of constant interruptions

so romcom core

[next crescent]

Ohh maybe

[pearl nacelle]

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[ionic schooner]

Ur Right

https://tenor.com/view/azumanga-daioh-gif-2910224911933025207

[prisma furnace]

I watch City The Animation and I can’t stop laughing in episode 4 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[outer scaffold]

Is Japan that sensitive to crime reports and records? I've started playing Persona 5 for about 2-3 hours and kept frustrated about how a fucking teenager have a criminal record just because the person he fights to defend a woman sued the teenager and make him expelled from the school

[tidal shore]

shame based society be like

in Japan afaik many officials don't take women seriously when it comes to sexual harassment (or more), and if you're dealing with a powerful person then it makes sense that they'd pull some strings to avoid trouble (rich and influential people do it all the time)

[outer scaffold]

What about a policewoman? Are they the same as their male colleague?

[tidal shore]

They should have more power simply for being involved with the field of work I presume

[rancid ledge]

I wonder who in anime is a fat fuck

not chomper from one piece thats for sure

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-luffy-luffy-fat-fat-luffy-goofy-luffy-gif-13443619278348925564

[rancid ledge]

oh.

[dusty fable]

Japan is sensitive to any social stigma. And a criminal record is a big deal

[dusty fable]

Nah, there is a lot of harassment there too. Some cases even reach international news from time to time

[ionic schooner]

ya

[next crescent]

Natsu from dragon tail can down like 20 cows

[rancid ledge]

https://x.com/keiuzuki/status/1949666722052477413?t=1ep_xihgFwgwmukPIwDPKg&s=19

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[dusty fable]

is it handmade?

[rancid ledge]

idk

[topaz linden]

It's got licensing from the official production company in the bottom right, so I doubt it

[pearl nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/accel-world-haru-arita-arita-haruyuki-anime-gif-17001318950654186000

The main character of Accel World

[outer scaffold]

Cave said that this guy is like Tadano when I asked for more manga with Tadano-like apperances

[pearl nacelle]

I don’t see it

They’re not the same character at all

If your referring to Tadano from Komi Can’t Communicate

[outer scaffold]

Yes, also tell that to cave, not me, he was the one who said that

[pearl nacelle]

I’d rather not

Got other things to worry about

[outer scaffold]

Then give me some recommendations about more manga with Tadano-like appearances and kindness

[pearl nacelle]

It’s been a minute since I read Komi

What is it about him that you like again?

[outer scaffold]

Here

@pearl nacelle

[pearl nacelle]

Does it need to be strictly hetero romance

[outer scaffold]

Yes

[pearl nacelle]

Asked a few friends of mine and they suggested:

Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible
That Girl is Cute... But Dangerous? By Ryon

[craggy mango]

Mc from Ore Monogatari

https://tenor.com/view/blow-a-kiss-kisses-kiss-mwah-ore-monogatari-gif-4553157

[tidal shore]

he's neither a fat nor a fuck

just a wholesome big fella

[pearl nacelle]

He do be big tho

But he’s more ‘strong big’

But yeah he’s not among this conventionally’ attractive MCs

[outer scaffold]

Sorry for another question of shame society in Japan, but has anyone, Japanese or not, tried to challenge the shame society and tried to erase it? I can't find an article about google

[tidal shore]

u can't just erase a culture man

that kind of change happens over time by new generations simply existing, and then globalisation plays a role too

[outer scaffold]

Well ok, when I think about it, Indonesia is almost the same as Japan with gossip by women in a low-to-mid-end housing complex lol

[tidal shore]

you likely won't find any articles about this since almost no one is currently using the fear-guilt-shame spectrum

the societal issues stemming from it though you will find, the descriptions will be different though and they won't reference this sociological idea

[frank musk]

CGDCT - creepy guy doing creepy things

[dusty fable]

it's likely pointless. Shame is part of our behavioural instincts, which means tough luck erasing that. You could reduce the role it plays in society, but overall not much can be done

[topaz linden]

In Japan's case, it also ties into so much of the rest of their culture that you really can't just "stop shame society" without making major changes to a ton of other aspects of Japanese society

[tidal shore]

more cat lady

[dusty fable]

they had to develop it, considering they had one of the highest density of population in cities in the world since medieval age. And the cause still persists

Without shame culture they would suffocate on farts with those densities

[rancid ledge]

whats everyones thoughts on kpop demon hunters

[topaz linden]

Not my thing, but lots of my friends are into it

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[rancid ledge]

Would yall reccomend me to watch invincible?

[pearl nacelle]

I’m going to read then watch it

Esp since the original creator is heavily involved in drafting the plot for the story again for the show

The show still follow the same major story beats but looks like it’s gonna be adding some animation-original content further and maybe even some newer plot elements that weren’t in the original story

To the point where even precious readers are looking forward to seeing where it goes

[topaz linden]

Hot take: Folks hype up the comic series, but I feel like they cleaned up a lot for the show to the point where I kinda feel it's just the better presentation all-around

They frame characters very differently than the comic in ways that I feel add a lot that was missing in the comic

Cecil (CIA director dude) especially gets so much great stuff added to them

[pearl nacelle]

Seems like a lukewarm take if I’m gonna be real

But Debbie is apparently among those that got fleshed out noticeably batter this time around, yeah

[topaz linden]

"Hot" relative to how much people hype up the original comic/complain about cut stuff

The comic kinda meanders/wanders around plot beats a lot

the show's a lot more focused

[pearl nacelle]

“Lukewarm” relative to to the circles I’ve seen with similar reception already

But most I’ve seen don’t really complain about how the first dozen of issues is essentially cut down into the bombshell of a pilot that episode 1 alone was.

If anything the closest to any actual complaints tend to be over the occasional animation issues.

(Which didn’t bug me too much from the tid bits I’ve seen already, but I’ll know soon enough after my long ass delayed hardcover pre order comes in this September this time hopefully… )

[topaz linden]

yee, it's not super strong pushback, just replies I've gotten lol

I get much stronger pushback when I say another similar take of mine (that I'm glad the A Silent Voice movie cut out the side character arcs & romance bits of the story from the manga and is a better product because of it)

[pearl nacelle]

If anything the Invicible comic is likely just gonna be noticeably more dated for its time, whereas the show will be overall come across better for newer audiences

[pearl nacelle]

I enjoyed both. And I still get more sentimental in some ways about the movie far more than I did reading the manga.

But eh. Even I wouldn’t go that far. It’s great for the medium it tried to adapt itself too. But lots of actually good and meaningful content got trimmed out and lost in adaptation. Moreso for folks like Shoko’s mom esp.

[topaz linden]

The Boys has a very similar problem (I'd argue even moreso than Invincible). The actual show adapts/changes up a lot to make it more accessible to modern audiences, while the original comic reeks of early 2000s post-9/11 edginess

[pearl nacelle]

“That’s so gay.” “Nice dress. Did your husband make it for you?” Jokes from early 2000s media.

[topaz linden]

Also Homelander dropping the n with the hard r word several times in the first issue for no reason whatsoever

[pearl nacelle]

More like

Homegamer

[topaz linden]

Homechaner

[rancid ledge]

then theres that superman movie

[tidal shore]

I saw something about the anime improving the source material

do you know what other anime did this? Heavenly Delusions! Go watch it now!!!!!

[rancid ledge]

bro dont piss me off with that

[tidal shore]

what did he mean by this 💀

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-upset-sad-cry-boys-gif-6858682649598278649

[dusty fable]

Started reading Kaoru Hana manga. Episode 4 in anime is chapter 6 manga..... Why the hell anime is so slow? How did they even manage to put only around 1.5 chapters per episode? Usually you get 2-3 chapters per episode at least. Is it monthly manga or something?

[dusty fable]

I always say: "When they show a map, it's going to be a good horror".

Not as detailed as in Summertime Rendering though

[outer scaffold]

The more I progressed in Persona 5, the more I realized just how integrated shame culture is to Japan's society.

Walking on eggshells all the time is not good for your mental health if you enter it for the first time.

Fortunately a bit, Indonesia is lesser than that.

[outer scaffold]

-# Well, there is that one case in a small village where a man was buying/checking out so many thing, yet he didn't come out of his home to socialize once, when people from that village starting to get suspicious and tries to caught him, turns out he was an online server controller for a Singapore company, his sleep schedule is messed up, so he usually take naps during daytime

[next crescent]

Okay this got me to laugh

[ionic schooner]

I got persona 5 Royale in the summer sale

I wonder when I should play it

Cuz I heard it's a very long game and I wanna beat my shorter games firsy

[outer scaffold]

Yes.

[dusty fable]

Play The Subway Slammer first. To ease up into the P5

[outer scaffold]

It is very long, 11 hours and I just started my second main big mission

[dusty fable]

p5r is easily 100 hours+

[outer scaffold]

Ok, seeing how you are a bit familiar with Persona 5, I have a question, is (P5 spoiler) ||Maruki, the therapist's persona|| that easy to level up? I only met ||him|| for 3-4 days in game and ||his persona|| levelled up so easily to ||rank 2|| (now ||rank 3||)

[dusty fable]

specifically, I haven't played p5r, only p5. But if I remember correctly, it levels up along the p5r storyline, so it won't be too quick

[dusty fable]

good question. I guess me, who stopped watching the anime right at that point

[tidal shore]

ohh did you drop it?

which episode

[tidal shore]

100 hours of life gone forever

[dusty fable]

episode 14

[dusty fable]

that's the problem with watching in ongoing, you need to be invested. And tbh I wasn't invested in s2 after the end of the old temple arc (colorblindness in the emperor family)

[tidal shore]

yeah

the LN was also like this

80% boring 20% interesting

[rancid ledge]

anybody gonna watch this movie?

[dusty fable]

idk, I liked s1 a lot, pretty much almost all of it. And s2 started well as well. It's just a drop of pace coupled with the start of the summer that made me put it away for later

[craggy mango]

I might watch Demon Slayer but wont be on cinema

I already watched Superman, it was fun

[dusty fable]

I swear, everytime Maomao's apothecary dad gets screen time ||Maomao is getting kidnapped|| Second time already

[dusty fable]

Looks like I stopped watching right before they revealed the cat's secret that I have been waiting for 14 episodes

[tidal shore]

LMAO

GG

[dusty fable]

but damn, the show is so good at planting foreshadowing tips. Like casual showing that the prominent politician is colorblind.

[tidal shore]

I completely missed this bit tbh

wait no

I remember

yea I rember now

that did happen

[dusty fable]

now I need to know what's the deal with mirrors. ||They already showed that mirrors can be used to carry hidden messages with that copper mirror, so I wonder if all the gifted mirrors combined can show some interesting message||

[tidal shore]

with Apothecary diaries

the mysteries have a tendency of returning at a later date

[dusty fable]

yeah, which is the point I like especially. The plots are arching and overarching in a very well designed way. Good foreshadowing is just a cherry on top

tbh, it feels much better watching in bulk. Ongoing pace was just too slow at revealing stuff

I would go as far as to say that Kusuriya might have the best designed plot I have ever seen.

[ionic schooner]

https://fxtwitter.com/jebusmatoi/status/1950641985699852663?s=46

Thank You, Ozzy 🤘 (@JebusMatoi)

🚨🇬🇧 BREAKING NEWS:
︀︀
︀︀The United Kingdom announces it will ban all Slice of Life anime including titles such as Azumanga Daioh and K-ON! as an extra measure to protect children online from degeneracy and harm.

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FxTwitter · Jul 30, 2025, 7:37 PM

no way😔

[dusty fable]

Death note won't be banned ofc. Not a SoL

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/death-note-light-yagami-gif-21202955

promotes unhealthy eating

ban it👊

[dusty fable]

https://tenor.com/view/lawliet-gif-25852971

and unhealthy sitting

[ionic schooner]

indeed

fix ur posture L😔

i never watched deathnote ngl

i heard its good tho

[tidal shore]

someone tell me how was K-On degenerate? 😭

Azumanga I can understand (for the gags)

(and the awesome teacher)

unless they don't want kids to think about America Ya

[dusty fable]

they promote stealing food from peers. Specifically strawberries from cakes. Unforgivable

[tidal shore]

🫵 😭

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/hug-happy-hugging-friends-cute-gif-7898446808540296103

this is CLEARLY promoting ASSAULT

BANNED

[tidal shore]

but look look

she's clearly enjoying it

https://tenor.com/view/hugs-cute-hugs-gif-k-on-yuiazu-yui-gif-12319836911891903562

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/bom-dia-gif-18245498507387208725

[tidal shore]

unforgivable btw

[ionic schooner]

exactly

👊

[tidal shore]

top 10 anime betrayals

top 50 crimes against humanity

[ionic schooner]

the kids must not know about this

[tidal shore]

true true

[ionic schooner]

or aparently the entirety of wikipedia

[tidal shore]

hey cococ

coco check this out

[ionic schooner]

[tidal shore]

I will show u something rn

[ionic schooner]

[tidal shore]

@ionic schooner 변태

[ionic schooner]

whatoes that mean

[tidal shore]

byeon tyae

[ionic schooner]

what does that mean

[tidal shore]

wait wrong word

I was gonna call u 좆밥

joj bab

[ionic schooner]

whats that

[tidal shore]

it's a korean slur

I'm learning Korean now

I just started today

[ionic schooner]

so mean

👊

[tidal shore]

wha

[ionic schooner]

im calling visa to ban u

from the internet

[tidal shore]

obv the first thing you learn about another language is curse words

come on chat

[tidal shore]

ur not Trump tho 💀

[ionic schooner]

its a uk thing

whos prime minister in the uk anyways

[tidal shore]

huh

u were a smelly brit all along?

[ionic schooner]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/341283238049742858/1399192215577821194/absolute-cinema-absolute-freaky.gif

nah!!

im canadian

[tidal shore]

ouch

[ionic schooner]

like wolverine

and ryan reynolds

[tidal shore]

ooo

yeah I like Ryan

he's got that energy

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/boom-dude-ryan-reynolds-free-guy-pow-gif-22851757

[tidal shore]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/950049408274268253/1400452803696136273/RDT_20250731_1418565071420812875803413.jpg?ex=688cb0cf&is=688b5f4f&hm=9121e945d0feed7581381badb1915302ead343a0a7cc8348f830836510d3b2d5&

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/oguri-cap-uma-musume-cinderella-gray-eat-eating-gif-6770234904401320070

[tidal shore]

who

[ionic schooner]

i forgot

[tidal shore]

bro she's got to be fat

a

uma musume

nvm

it's based on real events from what I heard

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/satono-diamond-its-peak-peak-uma-musume-uma-musume-pretty-derby-gif-14473982584760202424

ya all the girls r based on irl horses

if their hair thing is on the right they were a dude irl and left is a girl

[tidal shore]

are you also playing the horse game coco

hokd on

THEY

genderbent them?

for the niame

anime

[ionic schooner]

nah i saw others play it and thought it wasnt my thing

[ionic schooner]

all the horsesin umamusume r female

cuz

[tidal shore]

ur so right

[ionic schooner]

thats what umamusume means

💔

[tidal shore]

a live service game can never be good

with a few exceptions

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/bubble-gum-fellow-uma-musume-uma-musume-picmix-umamusume-umamusume-picmix-gif-10793976645767177874

[dusty fable]

Ahh, Kusuriya is such a pleasant puzzle. || By showing Shisui painting her mask green when it should have been red author just says: hey, she is of an old bloodline with colorblindness. Not to mention that Shi is the same symbol as in her father's name, who is also colorblind, since they can't make distinction between red and green. ||

||and she seems to also have poison resistance? Considering Shisui grabbed the snake just like Maomao without any fear, and ate poisonous berries.|| I wonder, what are the implications

[tidal shore]

nice

[dusty fable]

I bet this is not as fun when reading the book. I am like: what is the significance of this. The coloring scheme. The symbolysm of two lineages?

One given by Shisui, the other from Jihnsi

Sometimes animation makes it too obvious unfortunately. ||High vantage point with visibility, ramparts, defensive buildings and constructions, free space in front of the walls. Hmmm, what they could be after? Surely, they are not hiding a stash of flintlock guns for an army somewhere ||

|| surely, the stash of guns is not below that green patch of unripened rice, where the rice grows not so well||

[rancid ledge]

asshole.

[craggy mango]

Chat, is it true?
https://fixupx.com/pewpiece/status/1951268661152325673?t=WQvBvjQoP2AkHvTHkTNaCA&s=19

Pew (@pewpiece)

Some Indonesian citizens have started raising the Strawhat Pirates flag as a symbol of protest against current government conditions.
︀︀
︀︀And the officials government are considering it an act of rebellion and thinks the flag is a threat

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FixupX · Aug 1, 2025, 1:07 PM

[next crescent]

Any Indonesians?

[craggy mango]

Nah, we're good

[ionic schooner]

NO WAY

MYDEI

https://tenor.com/view/mydei-mydei-hsr-mydeimos-kremnos-prince-hsr-mydei-gif-3486241397233264066

[dusty fable]

Ngl, Silent Witch is a quite a bit Mary Sue show

[tidal shore]

xdxd

[tidal shore]

hint

[tidal shore]

HINT HINT

[dusty fable]

ok, how the hell Kusuriya failed so badly with a main antagonist? Such a number of well-written characters, but the antagonist is some boring old claptrap. I really hope we get a better antagonist

I swear, it feels like female writers are unable to invent anything better than Stepmother from Cinderella

Ugh, I can't even remember a single good female antagonist

[tidal shore]

try looking beyond the Shoujo genre maybe

Idk many female writers

but

Voldemort didn't rly seem cinderella type 🤔

for example

[dusty fable]

Voldemort isn't female

[tidal shore]

but was written by a female

ok then

uhh female antagonist

know what, I can't think of a good one either

even tho there are so many strong female characters I know about

and I don't mean mary sue

[dusty fable]

at this point I can't think of good a female antagonist written by male writers either. There are some like Witch from Narnia, but anyway most of those are basically either Evil Stepmother or Baba Yaga archetypes

I guess there is Rachel from Tower of God

and then there is Liv Danavis from The Black Prism

both of which could be described as "Friend turned foe"

which is why both those stories are really good. Not your usual antagonists

[tidal shore]

what about

Jinx from Arcane (?)

[dusty fable]

hmm, When They Cry series also have great female antagonists

[dusty fable]

idk, haven't watched that. Played LoL a bit, I would say "crazy" archetype is not very imaginative either, though I don't know much more about Jinx

[tidal shore]

Monogatari Series had female antagonists for a bit

all characters there are great so

that counts too

[dusty fable]

Well, I am talking more about "archenemy" type of a character. Don't really remember those in Monogatari

[tidal shore]

icic

[dusty fable]

funny enough, there are plenty of female AI antagonists

from System Shock, Battlestar Galactica etc

those are pretty unique by themselves

though they are not quite a person

[tidal shore]

oh yeah

hey what about Hanako from Cyberpunk 2077?

I'm turning to games now Ig

Portal 1 & 2 having the

what's her name

[dusty fable]

if anything Alt Cunningham is more of an antagonist. Hanako depending on the playthrough can be sort of a friend

[tidal shore]

doesn't she aim to control Arasaka tho

the reason player character is doomed in the first place

Alt Cunningham is a helper if anything

[dusty fable]

depends on perspective. Alt isn't helping anyone except herself and her interests mostly contradict those of humanity's

Or I would say humanity's interests contradict hers

[dusty fable]

yes, but she is not strictly opposed to MC. Neither is Alt, so both are not quite antagonists

[ionic schooner]

CYBERPUNK CHAT?

https://tenor.com/view/johnny-silverhand-cyberpunk-johnny-sad-depressed-gif-13977917930994183030

[tidal shore]

fair

[ionic schooner]

glados

[ionic schooner]

for an 80 year old she is a baddie...

[tidal shore]

orange you glados

[rancid ledge]

sup guys, whatre we talkin about

also i thought one of yall like silent witch

[dusty fable]

I swear, Kusuriya just can't ||leave off what's the deal with mirrors till the next season||. Waiting 14 episodes for the kitten story to be revealed was long enough. Though I guess mirrors were partially explained in the first story arc, but surely there is a reason why they ||showed a hidden message on a copper mirror ||

Well, they left the stuff about the twin sisters till the next season apparently, so I guess they can do the same with mirrors, sadge. Hopefully, we get a better antagonist somewhere in there

ok, I cracked the code of the beads. They represent the lineage. ||Basically, the strategist is related to Loulan's mother, since they both have an illness that prevents them from seeing faces. So that means that Loulan is related to Maomao (if Loulan was really a blood related daughter of that hag)||

[rancid ledge]

https://x.com/Koloman03/status/1951390250753831400?t=bVRHuh5WX8cdGavrEQhWpQ&s=19

Animan03 (@Koloman03)

If Midoriya wasn’t the MC, who would you choose to be the focus character of the anime?

X · Aug 1, 2025, 9:11 PM

pick one, no wrong answer. just pick wisely now.

[dusty fable]

Tokoyami, the crow boy

[rancid ledge]

YES FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT

FUCKING FINALLY

[dusty fable]

Also, it seems Kusuriya s3 would be about jade and silk trade with Western countries

I really wonder if author gonna risk picking up the theme of Opium wars or not. It would be rather interesting

Seems likely, if trade with foreign countries gonna be the next main anime theme

[ionic schooner]

The guy is full yellow

I forgot what he does but he looks goofy

[next crescent]

He has tape come out of his elbows

WAIT WRONG YELLOW GUY

The one to the left of the guy in blue in the back?

He's just strong iirc

[ionic schooner]

Nah not that guy

[ionic schooner]

Ya

We got too many heros who are just strong 💔

[next crescent]

Yeah

[ionic schooner]

That's just all mights power but not midoriya so it's lame

💔

[next crescent]

Yeee

He like

Eats sugary foods and just gets jacked from it

[ionic schooner]

The fat guy that becomes strong is cool tho

[next crescent]

Oh him too lol

Where he's chubby and then he just switches to muscle man when needed

[ionic schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/walking-into-the-light-taro-sakamoto-sakamoto-days-making-an-entrance-netflix-gif-3804742414897483410

[craggy mango]

I am that one ☝️🤓

Its fun show for me

[craggy mango]

She was good antagonist
https://tenor.com/view/akudama-drive-anime-cyberpunk-doctor-intro-gif-19160984

Pure psychopath

[outer scaffold]

It's a real problem, i even think my dad is going to put the OP flag up (i'm not in my own home rn, i'm staying at my cousin's house so I don't know if that's true or not) because my dad makes me guess what song was playing on his phone yesterday, it was OP ending 1

Also, quick question, why do some women like toxic yuri?

[next crescent]

For the same reason some men would

[shadow knot]

https://tenor.com/view/fannyzzz-magase-ai-ai-magase-babylon-gif-12467412149527433228

ai magase was my makima before makima existed

[outer scaffold]

And what's that? I feel like a man who likes yuri would like it to be a wholesome one

[next crescent]

I mean, you did say "some"

I can only imagine it'd be for similar if not the same reasons

Reasons I wouldn't personally know since I'm not into that stuff

[topaz linden]

Some people like seeing toxic relationships for the character drama they bring out.
Just because it'd be terrible irl doesnt mean it doesnt make for emotional storytelling lol

[outer scaffold]

But i saw one woman complaining about the "toxic yuri" with the R word they found turn out to be a "straight toxic" with the same thing lol

[topaz linden]

Might have gotten invested in a ship only for it to be sunk by orientation lol

[dusty fable]

googled it. Is it a good anime? There are plenty of positive reviews, but the score on MAL is pretty low

[dusty fable]

Depends on the context. Usually, toxic relationship adds dimension to the characters if it's done properly making them more interesting. There are great animes with toxic relationships like Kuzu no Honkai, Citrus or Fuufu Ijou.

One could say, Bakemonogatari is about one toxic relationship Evangelion is purely about toxic relationships

There are plenty of tsundere, yandere and yangire characters out there that would immediately make a relationship toxic

[outer scaffold]

https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/DMVPxg5S3Xp/?igsh=Yms1NmNqd3U2Z3Yz

thepersonadatabase (@thepersonadatabase)

Didn't know Shido was Indonesian

▶ Play video

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[outer scaffold]

Interestingly enough, Shido is fucking here in Indonesia

[tidal shore]

asked my indo friend to comment on it

[outer scaffold]

Btw, I think this person doesn't know that the government has asked all Indo to put the flag for the entire momth

From 1-31

[tidal shore]

he's indonesian so he knows

[outer scaffold]

I'm indonesian too, bruh

[tidal shore]

he often talks about the situation in Indonesia so I think he's usually up to date

[outer scaffold]

But yeah, i think I will ask my parents to raise the flag only halfway to mark the death of democracy

[dusty fable]

I have no clue what's going on in Indonesia. That's my daily news feed from Indonesia:

It's literally that or what tariffs trump imposed on Indonesia

[shadow knot]

main problem for most is that it tried to do too much in the second half with the philosophical dumps but at its core it would be a solid mystery thriller otherwise

I just really like the antagonist and she needed more screentime

[next crescent]

So they actually are flying the one piece flags?

[tidal shore]

yea

[outer scaffold]

https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/DMvg5PLTnnZ/?igsh=MXcwNDdqNDQ2dGV6eg==

wakandafolk (@wakandafolk)

80 Tahun Merdeka, Tapi Siapa yang Benar-Benar merdeka?

Saat bendera lain mulai dikibarkan, bukan karena tak cinta tanah air, tapi karena kecewa pada mereka yang menyalahgunakannya.

Rakyat tak butuh sekadar seremoni, Rakyat butuh keadilan ditegakkan, Rakyat rindu pemimpin yang mendengar, bukan yang hanya milik segelintir orang.

Semoga tahun ini bukan hanya soal angka.
Tapi momentum perubahan yang nyata.

Untuk Indonesia yang bukan hanya merdeka, tapi juga adil, jujur, dan berpihak pada rakyatnya.

#HUTRI80 #IndonesiaMerdeka #OnePieceIndonesia #benderaonepiece #OnePiece #logohutri #wakanda #konoha #indonesia #hutri #17agustus2025 #jualbenderaonepiece

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[next crescent]

Holy fuck

[outer scaffold]

Let's make another reform, but this time, we will do it correctly! ✊

[onyx charm]

The final ep of takopi man

I read the manga before but the animation hits so fucking hard

[onyx charm]

||Junko from Danganronpa?||

Shes more like a pure evil one tho

No backstory, just straight up psychopath. Although her means of achieving stuff and her influence within the story is very wide spread and is actually mind boggling cuz shes crazy smart

Idk what would u qualify as a good antagonist so idk mụch. But ||Junko|| is one of those rare pure evil ones nowadays

Huh did I just spoil the entire plot

Oh shit

Oh yeah, Makima is another good one. Imo

[onyx charm]

Oh I was abt to mention her too lol

[onyx charm]

Anything written by my GOAT kodaka is good enough

its not a revolutionary story and have big impact. But it is a good story regardless.

Akudama Drive is a good anime with an ending….

I won’t spoil but yeah it’s good

Oh yeah, I think Akame ga Kill antagonists also have a few pretty solid female antagonist lol

Kakegurui?
Isabella from TPN

Isabella is definitely a very good antag with a good backstory. Shes menacing in the anime. Too bad no season 2

[dusty fable]

Eh... I generally put "crazy" antagonists a notch down. Psychopaths are fine, but erratic ones are hit or miss.

Tbh, my main rule of a good antagonist is: they actually track threats to themselves and act preemptively

If you mean the one with ice skills, I dropped Akame ga Kill before she was properly shown

[onyx charm]

No I’m not impressed by esdeath. In fact, shes pretty mid to me.

The justice girl is the one I’m impressed

They managed to make me hate her

I think a good antag makes ppl feel things for them

I hate justice girl’s gut even tho shes short lived in the story

Her appearance time count is not significant, but I still hate her

Her fight with one of the main cast is very good. She gets what she deserved, and it makes me hate her more cuz there is casualties

The ice blue girl is very mid. I don’t like how author diminish her aura cuz she’s a massive simp for MC

[dusty fable]

Nah, I despise dramajerk antagonists or I shoulds say authors that write them. Idk, seems like a simple way to make an antagonist: make you hate them with easy tricks like killing babies, or invalids or friends. Now charismatic antagonists that you like is way harder to write

[onyx charm]

Only fujimoto did it right for his female antag for the way they go after denji

[onyx charm]

U say u haven’t watch akame ga kill

Do u know who she is?

[dusty fable]

I didn't say that

[onyx charm]

Justice girl ain’t drama jerk tho

Her reasoning is valid

But that same reasoning makes me hate her gut

Thats why I think shes good

[dusty fable]

idk, if it's the one that put heads on a pike. If the justice girl was shown later, I haven't seen those episode

[onyx charm]

Yeah shes shown mid way through the series

And her appearance lasted for like 3-4 eps

[dusty fable]

I mean, that I consider cheap tricks

[onyx charm]

Heh

I think it’s in the way they r presented

But for sure, if u r only pure evil and ur trick for story elevation for protag is cheap, ofc it’s not good enough

If that’s how u consider a good antag, then ||Junko|| may also be not for u

Her motive is literally ||”im bored so let’s make the world collapse”||

However, I think her execution in terms of what she pulled in order to do that is very long lasting

It has profound impact on the main casts. Thats why I also recommend u her

Their personality can be shallow, but if the impact makes the main casts question their life and sanity, I would also give credit

Esdeath from Akame ga Kill doesn’t give me this impression. Her influence to the main plot is not so much. ||Junko||, however, is very strong. Even after she died

She haunts the entire series plot lol

Cuz everything start from her

[dusty fable]

I am fine with anything if author puts work into it, instead of going for easy routes. I do find "pure evil" without reason a kind of an easier route, though there are definitely good antagonists among them too, when they shine some other way

[onyx charm]

Thats true

Dottore and makima r other ones that is executed as pure evil, and I think, it also give u a clear blueprint of what is defined as good written pure evil guys

[dusty fable]

I agree

[onyx charm]

Nowadays, there r many morally grey antag. Not that I have a problem with it. But a good pure evil one is a breath of fresh air

Pretty hard to execute tho. Unfortunately:(

[dusty fable]

Tbh, morally grey antagonists became a sort of cope out antagonists, when author doesn't want to commit to writing a good reason for why they are evil

[onyx charm]

Speaking of female antag. Another one comes to my mind. Nana from Mahou Shoujo Site

[onyx charm]

Yeah. It gets old overtime

[dusty fable]

yeah, I wanted to watch that one

[onyx charm]

I don’t need another sob story from u

[onyx charm]

Read the manga tho I recommend u

The anime doesn’t do the manga it’s justice

Many things change to end the plot quickly

So lots of characters are missing

[dusty fable]

It's not even that it gets old. It's just more less skilled authors flocked to this idea and saturated it with mediocrity

[onyx charm]

Yeah thats why

[onyx charm]

And u wouldn’t see Nana with her entire character on the plate for why is she a good antag

[dusty fable]

it's the same thing with multiverse. Hollywood made it a staple, and now this generally great worldbuilding premise is kinda bad