・anime

[spare isle]

No rent a gf is like eating your own feces

[granite knoll]

[calm merlin]

Hey either or, guilty pleasure ig

[spare isle]

Kinda like oreimo

[calm merlin]

[granite knoll]

loving the anime to fast food analogy btw

[topaz linden]

Boring anime for me usually end up getting scored around 4-5.

I reserve 1-3 for ones that give me false hope that they're going to be good/worthwhile, and betray that hope.

[calm merlin]

Fkin amazing phenomenal manga 10/10

[topaz linden]

DomeKano currently holds the special score of 1 for that shitshow dumpster fire sitting in a car wreck driving on a derailing train of an ending.

[craggy mango]

What about domestic gf?

[calm merlin]

KnY is fried fish, it tastes alright, looks kinds chunky, but itsnt anything special

It could use some soy sauce added, wasted potential essentially

[next crescent]

so glad i'm not the only one to think like this

[craggy mango]

[spare isle]

Eating mayo straight from the jar

[next crescent]

i would give anime a score of like 5 if i thought it was super average and then friends started yelling at me that a 5 is when something is terrible and i'm like "but it's... in the middle??? 0 would be absolutely terrible and 10 would be perfect?"

[calm merlin]

Rent a GF manga is taco bell because its a guilty pleasure

You hate it but still like it

[spare isle]

Yeah people tend to see 7/10 as average a lot of the time

[topaz linden]

*Vanilla straight from the jar (the oil)

[calm merlin]

5/10 is an average tho

Its half

[next crescent]

terrible analogy for me because i absolutely adore fish and chips they're so good

[topaz linden]

Blame the US grading system.

In US classes, 70% is the pass/fail line.

[spare isle]

It doesn’t help that mals ratings have a 6/10 as ‘fine’ because fine to me isn’t better than average

[next crescent]

nah

pass/fail line is 60%

[calm merlin]

Actually makes the analogy better, its trash food to consume and forget about

[next crescent]

59% and below is a fail

60% is D-

[topaz linden]

At least at my college it was 70%

If you wanted credit

[next crescent]

for my entire life here it was always 60% is a D- and you're on the verge of failing because 0-59% was an F lmao

for college we didn't even have letter grades half the time

or percentages

[spare isle]

Wild tangent we’ve gone on from demon slayer being a bad series

[next crescent]

or at least my professors didn't use them half the time when grading stuff and we'd wait for the end to see our percentage/letter or do the math ourselves

[calm merlin]

Any say action or romance mangas you find good to read, since the ones youve reccomended were primarily slice of life

[next crescent]

it's a good tangent because nobody is hard arguing anymore :)

[topaz linden]

60% was a D in my college, only difference was how much of a failure you were lol (there were also "safeguards"/interventions that kicked in if you got X amount of Fs versus D's)

[next crescent]

yeah lol

[spare isle]

X is Pepsi and y is coke

[calm merlin]

Its not its just painfully mediocre lmao

[next crescent]

for my classes it was

[craggy mango]

Nah we've gone from weather should this room talk about american manga

[next crescent]

"either you do all the assignments, or none at all, because you won't pass if you miss any of them"

and for actual grading a lot of them just

would say pass/fail

or

45/67 for number or questions right/wrong

or whatever

[spare isle]

14 sai no koi for ‘romance’ but it’s again sol

I spend more time with visual novels than manga they tend to be better

[next crescent]

LOL

[calm merlin]

Hey nothing wrong with sol

Btw are you just not into action mangas?

Because then this just means, its just not your cup of tea

I can barely get into any mechas, not my cup of tea

[spare isle]

I don’t see the point of reading action it’s rare to get something as ‘active’ as one punch man in that sense

[topaz linden]

I got a rough description of how I personally score things in my anime/manga spreadsheet.

5 for me is "filler/bathroom reading material" to kill time when I dont want to get that invested lol

[calm merlin]

Got it all make sense now

[spare isle]

And all opm has going for it is the artwork

Not gonna say it’s good

[calm merlin]

Everything makes sense now

Ur just not into action manga

Doesn't mean the mangas you've said are bad, not ur cup of tea

[spare isle]

Again and this happens every time

You forced manga into the convo

The subject was never manga until you twisted it that way

Kny art may be shit but my comments are about the anime and ufotable can’t polish that turd enough

[craggy mango]

Can you give example manga/anime which get 10 from you?

[calm merlin]

I barely even watched the anime lmao

[craggy mango]

Im wondering

[calm merlin]

Only saw s1

[spare isle]

He gave re:creators a 10

[topaz linden]

Keep in mind I score based on from the perspective of someone who is open to the genre. So isekai stuff that's automatically written off for you can still be enjoyed by other folks 👀

[spare isle]

Isekai isn’t why the show was bad

[calm merlin]

I seriously wonder what moments in the manga made chakku think KnY isnt painfully mediocre but straight up turbo garbage

Eh enough discussion, like every online discussion no one wins

Bye

Chakku is 40

[topaz linden]

Personally felt the meta commentary was interesting, the OST was fantastic, and the villains pretty creative

But that was my personal experience

[next crescent]

yee

i loved the ost

that song for the first season

is so hauntingly beautiful to me

and the colors used for episode 19 as the song ramps up

[calm merlin]

I havent watched much anime in almost 4 years now lmao

[next crescent]

wasn't the best show ever, but that scene is so fucking beautiful to me lol

[craggy mango]

I see

I also like the soundtrack

[next crescent]

season 2 isn't better than season 1 imo, but not worse either, a good continuation of the first season with pacing and comedy and stuff

[spare isle]

i think saying the series was good let alone a 10/10 is a very hot take

[next crescent]

and the end of the second to last episode

[spare isle]

and people watching at the time would agree with that sentiment

[next crescent]

man i got so confused for a moment

[topaz linden]

gimme a min and I'll write a quick list

[calm merlin]

Im saying its painfully mediocre thats it, so a 6/10

[pale cipher]

Wait re creators have season 2?

[topaz linden]

nah

[craggy mango]

It is, thats why i was wondering

[topaz linden]

its one season, anime original

[next crescent]

yep! and with these scores and things each person is saying, whether they like or dislike something strongly, is all everyone's opinions so we can stop talking about that stuff now and move onto something else

[craggy mango]

Idek which anime deserves to get 10 personally

[spare isle]

And going crazy over sawano suggests you need to listen to more music

[next crescent]

what is a re: anime/manga

[spare isle]

Almost none

[next crescent]

the only one i've seen is re:zero

and idk if that counts

or if it's just the title

[pale cipher]

Steins gate imo

[craggy mango]

Steins gate is my most favorite, but still its not 10 for me

[frank musk]

i think because the entire anime community cant reach a consensus on what is a "masterpiece", anime that is rated a 10 is usually a personal preference

[spare isle]

I’ve given 3 10s out of the shows I’ve watched and they were partly from enjoyment, critically they probably aren’t flawless

[craggy mango]

9 point something

[spare isle]

Handing out 10s like a flyer is kinda saying you need to develop your taste more

[craggy mango]

I only gave 10 to manga, and it was Otoyomegatari

[spare isle]

I can see it

My only critique would be the pacing is pretty slow

[craggy mango]

The pacing its fine for me, personally i dont find any flaw in the manga

[calm merlin]

For my even my favorite shonen manga d. Gray-Man, i can only give it an 8.5/10

Mainly due to its generic first 10-20 chapters and that one meh arc later before the arc with some of my favorite moments in manga

[craggy mango]

Or if it any i can tolerate it, but i dont remember

[calm merlin]

But tbh, the genric start makes it better because of how over the top it felt somehow

Makes sense considering this is d. Gray-Man

Actually tbh the start wasnt really generic

[spare isle]

I haven’t read it for a while maybe things have started happened but there wasn’t much going on when I was

[calm merlin]

Just felt funny

[spare isle]

Was at chapter 46 apparently

[calm merlin]

Catholic Priest goes "DAAMN YOU GOOODD" when his wife getssmashed by a cross lmao

Sits depressed in his wheelchair

Fkin gold

[next crescent]

hey has anyone watched the katanagatari anime

[spare isle]

Yes

It’s good

[topaz linden]

somewhat long post incoming. Apologies in advance

[spare isle]

Well as good as nisio can be but it’s def a fun switch off watch the animation type beat

[topaz linden]

For me personally:
Some Anime I've scored a 10:
A Silent Voice - I've rewatched this three or four times, the later bits still get to me.
Odd Taxi - Insanely creative storytelling and a hell of an ending.
Beastars - Haven't watched S2 yet, but the first season had some insanely good character acting imo (especially Louis) and really good worldbuilding.
Love is War - As far as the "rom-com" genre goes, personally feel it's about as polished as it gets without becoming "a comedy with some romance" or "a romance with some comedy" on the rom to com scale.

Some Manga I've rated a 10:
ReLIFE - Admittingly, a lot of this was personal connection, but the main character's story felt really down to earth and well-thought-out, and told a very human story of second chances. Ending was nice too.
Something About Us - A manhua, but one with probably the most realistic romance I've seen from a series. No crazy misunderstandings, all the conflicts felt realistic and reasonable while still being engaging.
Pluto - Great philisophical angle. It being a gritty take on the AstroBoy universe was a plus too. And a pretty great thriller/mystery angle to it.
He Doesn't Have Any Friends - As someone whose known several folks on the spectrum over the years, this was probably the closest I've seen to a realistic autistic (in the medical sense) main character, and seeing their growth over the series was truly heartwarming to me.

Just do keep in mind chakku will hate most of these, a lot of these assume an openness to that genre, and overall my scores are meant for recommendations, not a critic rating.

[calm merlin]

Tbh D. Gray-Man starts carving its self into something good around 50 tbh, then 100 starts feeling truly good

Around 219 is where every event connects for me and became one of my favorite mangas

But hey, favorite mangas are subjective, i can only give it an 8/10 objectively

[spare isle]

Wasn’t talking about d grayman

[calm merlin]

Oh sry

[craggy mango]

Chakku, stop hating Jake opinion

[topaz linden]

nah, it's not me specifically lol

[spare isle]

Hey I liked relife

[topaz linden]

just was saying a prediction

[craggy mango]

I also like relife, odd taxi and Kaguya sama

[spare isle]

Knk was a shallow ‘tearjerker’ imo both the manga and the adaptation but at least it was kyoani so it was animated well

[next crescent]

okay thank you!

[craggy mango]

Just dont watch relife anime

[pale cipher]

Agreed with Relife, I've been trying to find something similar but to no avail

[craggy mango]

Nor read kaguya sama current arc in manga

[spare isle]

Just make sure you watch post credits on ep like 3 or 4

Forgot which one

[next crescent]

s2, for me, isn't as great as s1 on beastars, but it does have some really good moments where it goes from 0 to 100 in the blink of an eye and you learn more about the characters and their inner monologues/morals/dilemmas

[spare isle]

There’s a whole fight scene they include there and then next ep they just briefly mention it

[next crescent]

haru takes a sort of backseat for most of it

[topaz linden]

Yeh, I need to take the time to watch it so I can give a more proper review of the series as a whole. My score is biased by just how good Louis was in S1

[craggy mango]

I'll try something about us, thanks

[next crescent]

oooh okay thank you for the heads up

[spare isle]

I think it was the preview for ep4 so post credits ep3

[next crescent]

Louis gets a lot more screentime for the second season and gets expanded on a lot more so you might want to watch it lol

okay!

[spare isle]

It’s infamous because a lot of people start watching the show because of a gif of it

And they never end up seeing it

[topaz linden]

Gotta love shows with one or two bits that its clear they put all their budget into lol

[next crescent]

oh whoops that's a banned word

why is the title

that

with the p word

[spare isle]

It was pretty consistently well animated throughout

Peak whitefox

[next crescent]

also yeah that animation is really nice

[topaz linden]

Oh, I thought

It’s infamous because a lot of people start watching the show because of a gif of it
meant that people watch it for that gif and it was just that gif that was nice

my b

[spare isle]

Nah

It just literally wasnt in the show

It was an episode preview

[topaz linden]

[spare isle]

And then the scene wasn’t in said episode

[topaz linden]

The good ol movie trailer approach

[spare isle]

It just starts post fight

The ol bait n switch

[pale cipher]

Lol first I've seen that happen for anime

[topaz linden]

Speaking of which, had this happen with Hinamatsuri.
Was a decent anime, but man did the clip that got me interested mislead tf out of me

https://youtu.be/pKwq4EJtQOE

Turns out, not a fighting/action anime. Just a SoLish comedy and this was a one off bit

[pale cipher]

Is there romance in he doesn't have any friends?

[topaz linden]

A very (emphasis on very) slow burning one, but yes.

Honestly makes it better imo, since its not the focus, so it comes really naturally

[pale cipher]

I guess I'll give it a try then, thanks

[craggy mango]

Hey, at least the comedy was hilarious

There will be more action in s2 but God knows when

[topaz linden]

Yee, but that fight choreography tho

[spare isle]

New season of yzq when

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/hinamatsuri-fight-anime-action-martial-arts-gif-25148098

[spare isle]

https://tenor.com/view/yozakura-quartet-shocked-surprised-anime-gif-5959518

I’m such a sucker for shows with big ensemble casts of interesting characters in a common setting

[next crescent]

oooh

yeeee

[calm merlin]

Try reading, Die Wergelder, stars 3 women and its badass, also has realistic artwork

[spare isle]

Damn I got muted for that gif

[shadow knot]

what did I miss

I thought you got muted for spittin facts in this channel 😂

[spare isle]

Gif had da p word

Just in the description from the website

[craggy mango]

💀

[shadow knot]

crazy

[next crescent]

oh

surprised i didn't get silenced earlier then

i said the p word because it was in the title of the video you sent earlier about katanagatari

and was asking why it was in the title lmao

[shadow knot]

as for Beastars I prefer S1 over S2

[next crescent]

same

[shadow knot]

its slice of life portion showcased a lot of good ideas

not a fan of the anticlimatic nature that concluded s2

although I read the manga beforehand and it was the same, but the anime changed up a few things

nothing too drastic however

[shadow knot]

if knk as in koe no katachi the manga provided more development and can be seen as the better material as opposed to the movie

ik a friend who gave the manga a 9 and the movie a 3 like damn bruh

I thought kyoani did a great job adapting it nonetheless and it was sentimental at times imo

[next crescent]

honestly i really liked the animation but the story itself was sort of meh to me

i liked it at first because it seemed a little unique but then my brain completely shut off and i stopped being able to follow anything

fjydtrhs

[shadow knot]

the story was pretty simple
it's about redemption and redeeming your character

[next crescent]

yee

[shadow knot]

and how our convictions define us

we see the MC slowly getting back on his feet and progressively coming to terms with the people around him

especially shouko

it was a tad heartwarming but that fireworks scene amplified a lot of notion into my experience watching it

with a very solid ending

[next crescent]

yeeee

i liked the ending

[topaz linden]

The voice acting especially for it was fantastic

[next crescent]

but i think because i was like

absent minded for a bit

[topaz linden]

especially Shoko's VA

[next crescent]

i couldn't fully appreciate it

[shadow knot]

don't worry, there're a couple of things I forgot in the movie too

also absent minded at times

I think the whole gang went to an amusement park iirc? if that's so I forgot everything that happened there lol

[topaz linden]

The "baka" girl ||exposes the MC's past bullying to his current friends, leading to the bridge scene where he tells everyone off.||

[shadow knot]

Mhm I remember now

[next crescent]

OH WAIT

OH

I

THOUGHT

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

KYOUKAI NO KANATA

OH

OH MY GOD

YEAH I SAW THAT MOVIE IT'S REALLY GOOD I LIKED IT AND IT MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME I WATCH

HJFKYGFTDJRHSE

[shadow knot]

Lmao does Kyoukai no Kanata have themes of redemption

[next crescent]

i can't even remember

[shadow knot]

and all that other stuff

LMAO

[next crescent]

like i said i shut my brain off

i remember like

the scene where they tried ||sealing the dude's demon back inside him or whatever||

[topaz linden]

eh, kinda? but it's a very "floaty" anime. It's kinda hard to follow specifics in the story

[next crescent]

something about a monster on the school roof

the girl in the beginning trying to kill the man because she has to or something

the ending had something about jumping from a mirror planet or something???

can't remember

[topaz linden]

Cause he's a half-youkai iirc

(established in like ep 1 I think, so unspoilered)

[next crescent]

oh okay

[shadow knot]

Yeah tbf there’s like 3 KnKs

• Kyoukai no Kanata
• Koe no Katachi
• Kara no Kyoukai (not KyoAni lol xd)

[next crescent]

it's been years but

that's all i remember

yeah

that's why i was confused

i'm so sorry

koe no katachi is amazing and i absolutely love it for how well it portrays depression and redemption

and just how grounded in reality it is

while making everything so stunningly beautiful

and so well executed with animation

god it's a gem

[shadow knot]

Lets goo

[topaz linden]

Normally I don't recommend these sorts of reaction videos (I like watching them, but I know a lot are quick cash grabs), but "Therapist reacts to A Silent Voice" honestly made me appreciate this even more.
https://youtu.be/h8VHaNeuw3o

[next crescent]

i've seen this already

they do such a good job explaining things when watching movies

and i was SO happy when they made an episode on this one

it's just

it deserves all the praise it gets

100%

the movie is wonderful

the characters are engaging and relatable and understandable

[topaz linden]

"There's a capacity to feel again, there's a capacity to experience joy."
gets me everytime

[next crescent]

their struggles are real problems so many people face with in that time in their lives

it's so real but it's so amazing and helps convey that if you're willing to put in the work that things can get better

YEAH

EXACTLY

THAT QUOTE

I STARTED CRYING DURING IT

god i love these men

god i love this movie

[shadow knot]

Hyouka and A Silent Voice are my favourites from KyoAni

[topaz linden]

me for pretty much the entirety of the ||hospital scene||

From ||Shoko's mom's dogeza all the way to Shoko's best attempts at "I'm sorry"||

https://tenor.com/view/its-terrible-day-for-rain-its-not-raining-tears-cry-crying-gif-15563346

[next crescent]

;w;

[spare isle]

Koe no Katachi just gets too mu h credit

I felt like that 8 chapter manga I linked you had more emotional and psychological depth and impact lol

Deaf girls mom was the only likeable char for me

[next crescent]

what 8 chapter manga

also i feel like for the movie, the depth was at the perfect level, you don't need to go into a huge deep dive into the psychological stress a person goes through in order to make change for themselves after having gone through/doing some terrible things in their past

[spare isle]

https://anilist.co/manga/41734/Watashitachi-no-Shiawase-na-Jikan/

[next crescent]

I feel its best impact is with how realistic the story was trying to be while still showing an example of someone with a disability and what they sometimes have to endure for something out of their control

thank you

[spare isle]

My prob with knk was that it didn’t try to make you connect emotionally to the characters or feel anything through the characters or writing itself it was just using borderline unrealistic victimizing to get that through

[next crescent]

i don't think it was unrealistic

[spare isle]

Entire thing was like hey look kids are assholes watch them bully someone with a disability and then feel bad about it

Literally nothing more to it

[next crescent]

at least when i take into consideration my past in those various school ages the characters are set in

[spare isle]

If the main character wasn’t deaf it wouldn’t have half the same impact

It’s kinda cheap in that sense

[next crescent]

the premise is that the bully gets called out for what he's done by the people who used to support him and goes through tribulations to become a better human and to better handle his guilt for what he'd done

the "hey look kids are assholes watch them bully someone with a disability" is just the intro to the movie

[spare isle]

That’s most of the manga though

[next crescent]

that's most of the movie

is him making up for it

or trying his best to

[spare isle]

The main character grows up while the rest of them either stay the same

Or just don’t do much

[next crescent]

and that's part of it

because sometimes people don't

a lot of people like to stay within their shells

and the people he surrounded himself with, realistically all could have done that

not everyone grows and matures like he tried to

and they have their confrontations

[spare isle]

Idk just comes off as a shallow life lesson feel bad please type manga

[next crescent]

i haven't read the manga, but i know for the movie that was not the point of it lol

[spare isle]

And that’s usually what people credit it for

Omg it’s so sad I cried

10/10

I barely remember the movie now but I’m pretty sure I just switched off and watched for kyoani

[next crescent]

it's because of the male lead spending the majority of the movie trying to make a positive connection with the girl he used to bully and harass, and tries to make amends for what he'd done and at the end, the girl never shared her own demons and nearly took her own life after everything he tried to do to make her happy

the side characters aren't the best, i can agree with that, but the point is that this kid did some stupid stuff, got ostracized for it, had to go through a lot of trouble as he grew up (all within the first 10 minutes of the movie), and contemplates ending it all because of the stress he's going through and the depression he feels as he shuts himself away from the world and feels it meaningless because he thinks there's nothing he can do to make it better

and slowly, as time goes on and he puts the work forward to try and make amends and right his wrongs and make a better life for himself and the people around him who he cares about, he makes changes

he improves

he redeems himself

[spare isle]

It’s very idealistic in that sense

[next crescent]

and the reason why people cry at the end is because, for a moment, it feels like all his hard work was ripped away

[spare isle]

To the point of preachy self help book type stuff

[next crescent]

he wanted to live and be happy with the girl, and she tries to kill herself

then nearly gets himself killed saving her

[spare isle]

Yeah that part is very shounen too lol

[next crescent]

oh yeah the praise was overwhelming at first and i can see why some people would get annoyed by it and think it was overdone lol

but i do personally feel it earns the praise people give it

i mean, is it shonen to just find someone you're happy with and want to stay happy with them?

especially after spending so much time with them

[spare isle]

No but the whole setup with him ‘risking his life to save her’

Also a lot of it at the start feels like a petty attempt by him to make himself feel better about his past rather than genuinely being concerned for her

[next crescent]

i mean, initially it wasn't a full risk, he went to grab her, but as he pulled her up he slipped

which ended up nearly getting himself killed

[next crescent]

oh yeah, because that's how a lot of people may start out lol

they'll want to make excuses to make themselves feel better because it's easier than actually putting in the work to make a change for the better

[spare isle]

I mean it’s that kind of stuff that firmly grounds it as a work of fiction

[next crescent]

what do you mean

[spare isle]

It’s hard to make a point about something like that while also disconnecting it from reality in such a way

I mean his ‘nearly dying’ was nothing more than a plot device

[next crescent]

it's unrealistic that one could try and pull someone up from a ledge and fall after struggling so hard to do so and slipping at the last pull?

yes

but man

to call it unrealistic lol

[spare isle]

I think people give it too much credit in the sense that it’s some super deep and thought out story as you’re putting it when it’s actually pretty shallow and just like evangelion it gets over analyzed

[next crescent]

I never said it was super deep

[topaz linden]

I don't think anyone's calling it super deep. It's pretty straight to the point.

[next crescent]

It demonstrates the struggles someone with depression goes through and the work one has to put in to make changes

[topaz linden]

Only "deep" bit about it is the X's, but even that's pretty obvious

[next crescent]

^

[spare isle]

Give that manga a read tbh

[next crescent]

If someone is calling it super deep or the most deeply psychological movie out there, lol

i will at a later point

it's 3:20am for me lol

[topaz linden]

Honestly prefer the movie to the manga (having read/watched both)

[spare isle]

Yeah fair lol you shouldn’t be up smh

[topaz linden]

I feel like the manga spends more time than needed on intercharacter relations, while the movie is a bit more tightly focused on the MC's personal arc

Like, the character relationships stuff in the manga isn't "bad". I just feel it distracts from a strong core story, and the movie (imo) is a lot stronger by stripping that off and focusing just on the bits relevant to the MC's growth

[next crescent]

yee

the movie is really good

i haven't read the manga but to understand what you guys are talking about, maybe i will at some point

on a slow day

[spare isle]

That’s probably more because the rest of the cast are so poorly explored

Highlight of the whole thing was the mom slap

[topaz linden]

Like the manga's ending of ||implying the main guy and girl are going out|| that wasn't in the movie is nice and a good "happy ending". But the series wasn't really about ||their romance||, it was about the MC learning to look people in the eye and open up to people.

so it being the "ending" feels like something slipped in as an afterthought

[spare isle]

God knows they both needed that

[next crescent]

honestly yeah

[topaz linden]

Black haired girl deserves so many of those

[next crescent]

that mom slapping the girl

was SO satisfying

agreed

because she never grew out of her immaturity and aggression, like many girls, makes me so happy she got slapped at the end

[topaz linden]

In the end, she (black haired girl) really was the biggest

https://tenor.com/view/baka-idiot-anime-gif-16811539

[spare isle]

she was pretty unrealistic with how relentless she was too

i dont know where they grew up but it's borderline taboo to bully people with disabilities like that in most if not all first world countries and the part where they're younger it's not like they're toddlers who don't know any better

just felt very put on and forced for the sake of the 'message'

[shadow knot]

lol the artist did Hoshi no Koe’s manga

shinkai moment

[spare isle]

my friend who grew up with someone deaf was actually pretty unimpressed by how things were presented in the manga because it came off so fake and overdramatic

and as i briefly touched on before the fact that she needs to have a disability for you to feel something for her just speaks to how mid the writing was

[shadow knot]

it’s been a few years since I’ve watched Koe no Katachi but I feel where you’re coming from

[spare isle]

there's nothing really idk how to put it

subtle about it i guess?

feel more like im experiencing a play with over the top actors than a genuine story

[shadow knot]

Shōnen series be like that

[spare isle]

and yeah i havent watched or read it since it first came out so maybe my mind has changed

[shadow knot]

I’ll read its manga and enlighten myself when I do feel the chance

[spare isle]

i just very specifically remember having that thought of

wow this did more for me in 8 chapters than the whole of knk did

lol

[shadow knot]

But my inflated impressions from that time being for the anime was

nice themes
beautiful animation
hard hitting moments even without context I can feel sentiment

yeah that manga (I’ll call it Our Happy Time) is definitely solid for what it does but I just didn’t really feel like “damn” at all or anything

[spare isle]

its just weird seeing knk get recommended for something super emotionally engaging when something like grave of the fireflies exists at the same time

[shadow knot]

5.5 was just an enjoyment rating (my scores are all over the place after all lmao), if I hypothetically induce an objective score then it’d be like a 7-8

[topaz linden]

Seems in-line with a lot of what I've heard about Japanese culture's handling of people that don't conform to a norm. You're right in that that level of bullying is definitely taboo in "most if not all first world countries", but Japan (and collectivist societies in general tbh) is sadly a bit of an exception to that...

[shadow knot]

Grave Of The Fireflies is pretty heart wrenching for what it does too

[spare isle]

doesnt really explain why its so popular in the west though

my theory is 'bullying bad! bullying kid with disability really bad! i can really relate to this!'

its almost bordering on some virtue signalling

though thats a bit of a stretch

but its in that lane

[topaz linden]

Because it's pretty well-made production wise, has a good message/emotional beat to it, and has good acting?
Honestly, a lot of the movie's core messages can speak to a lot of people, even if they can't relate to that specific type of event.
Ex:

• Getting swept up in a group and doing something you regret
• Finding it hard to discuss past mistakes and just wanting to bury them
• Shame for past actions, and hesitance to open up to others about it for fear of being judged
• Fear of people finding out about something you did you regret.

[next crescent]

not a disability but I was harassed very similarly to her when growing up due to my appearance, then later it became a combination of my appearance and my inclination to avoid people because I didn't want to be harassed, which didn't work as it only made more people verbally and physically harass me lol

[topaz linden]

Honestly, there's a lot people can connect to even outside of the disability angle

especially if you abstract the issue it deals with

[next crescent]

living in a first world country does not exempt you from being relentlessly bullied in elementary/middle/high school

[shadow knot]

https://tenor.com/view/shape-gif-21399501

alot of its scenes

just damn

[next crescent]

it's taboo in a lot of places, but there's plenty of people who will not care as their personal biases against something will usually shine through in one way or another

[topaz linden]

@shadow knot Don't know if you've watched this, but I felt it added a lot to my understanding of the movie. I don't normally recommend these types of videos, but this is a really good and in-depth one

[shadow knot]

Oh yeah I’ve seen some of it

[spare isle]

absolutely im not saying thats the case

[shadow knot]

I could definitely peep the rest later

[spare isle]

but a shallow life lesson about the subject getting so much praise for being some kind of light shining on the subject that isnt getting any attention is a bit much

it can quite literally be boiled down to 'bullying is bad don't do that'

and that drives the bulk of the narrative

[next crescent]

this is also a very good point is those are all things many, many people can relate to and find something to resonate and appreciate the movie for acknowledging

it does drive the bulk, it's the reason for the rest of the story to happen, but the majority is trying to come to terms with the bad you've done in the past and trying to make amends at the same time instead of hiding it and pretending it doesn't exist and continuing to live your life in solitude because you think it can't improve even if you put in the work

and slowly that mindset gets peeled off

at its core, yes it's a story about someone who bullied someone else

[spare isle]

i mean yeah sure you could probably just sum up my criticisms with "its a shounen its written for kids as a life lesson"

that probably covers most of it

[next crescent]

but the message is that you can put in the work to make things right and live a happy life if you feel a vile guilt over things you've done, about improving yourself instead of shoving the past under the rug and ignoring it hoping things will be okay

it's not just a life lesson for kids

[topaz linden]

...bullying being bad wasn't really the main focus of the series at all tho... That was pretty much just the intro.

The focus was more "even if you've bullied/done terrible things, that's not the end. It's a long and tough journey, but those mistakes don't have to be the end of your growth as a person"

[spare isle]

if its something you need as an adult i dont think you're an adult

[next crescent]

there's plenty of adults who could watch this and resonate with it and take the message to heart

you don't think an adult dealing with depression is an adult?

[spare isle]

not what i said

knk's representation of depression is also very shallow

sigh

that was a long sentence

anyway tl;dr there's way more to depression than just being sad especially as a result of being picked on

[topaz linden]

...again, I don't really feel like that's what it was conveying at all

It wasn't a "sadness". It was detachment, fear, anxiety and a vicious circle of "cutting your losses before they happen"

[next crescent]

^

[topaz linden]

Which, to me at least, feels pretty damn accurate from both my experiences and those of my friends.

[spare isle]

you can try to articulate it in a more elaborate way but that doesn't make the story or the content iself any more elaborate

[next crescent]

we're just trying to say it's not boiled down to him just being sad

[spare isle]

the message is very in your face the characters and plot are written very blatantly to push that agenda

[next crescent]

there was more to it than that

[spare isle]

i wasnt even talking about him

[next crescent]

?

[topaz linden]

It's his story tho?

[next crescent]

wait are we still talking about koe no katachi

[spare isle]

yes

[topaz linden]

Honestly confused on this take if we are 😅

[spare isle]

the whole thing is detrimentally formulaic

[next crescent]

i am too but i can't tell if it's because it's 4am or something else

[spare isle]

every other character exists for his purpose

[next crescent]

i'm honestly struggling to spell correctly so i might just go to sleep lol

i mean

it's his story

the other characters are meant to be side characters

to push him along

[spare isle]

yes but it detaches him from the rest of them

[next crescent]

he also detaches himself and takes the entire movie to make a connection

which

is the point

LOL

[topaz linden]

It's a major part of the movie's plot, yeah 😅

[spare isle]

i mean thats a seperate thing

[next crescent]

what

but

??

[spare isle]

hes not all that different from a typical shounen protag

[next crescent]

i think with this i might go to sleep, my brain is melting

[spare isle]

you could put naruto in his place and just add in the bullying backstory and it fits like a glove

he's outcasted, he's sad, he's unreasonably selfless and only things about others

[topaz linden]

I'm not really sure that sentence has a meaning to it. "shounen" kinda feels like its become a buzzword for stuff you don't like.

I'm really confused about wtf shounen means to you 😅

[spare isle]

i mean the stereotype battle shounen protag

stupid, selfless, center of attention but the author tries and fails to hide that in the story

[next crescent]

shonen literally just means boy though, the genre is labeled to cater to young/teen boys

[spare isle]

thats why i specified battle shounen

[topaz linden]

(they did clarify just now they meant battle shounen. Which still leaves me confused af, but that's more specific than just "shounen" at least)

[spare isle]

easy template for basic character development

[shadow knot]

[spare isle]

i think the tangent has gone off the deep end but the tl;dr is its a very one dimensional story to push a very idealistic message that doesnt explore issues in any form outside of a textbook example

[shadow knot]

and we can leave it at that

[karmic rock]

Its only going faster down hill now

[calm merlin]

When i look back on Jigokuraku, i really do love that manga despite its flaws, like the rushed ending (or the weird amnesia bit)

Too bad i heard the anime is gonna try to put everything into 1 season

Some of my favorite parts were about how Gabimaru fears all he knew may not be as he thought it was, if everything was fake or just missremembering it

Which alot of people can get as time passes and memories get foggier and foggier, sometimes you may not even be remembering the whole truth

[pale cipher]

Anyone who read blue box how is it?

[craggy mango]

Its good for anyone who loves sol with drama in slow pace

[dim vine]

Someone say carrots?

[calm merlin]

Its a cute slice of life sports manga romance, i like it, any sol/romcoms that can keep me coming back for every new chapter i consider a good cute fun read

Also, the girl is into sports and older than the guy, perfect for me

[craggy mango]

Eventhough it has badminton, basket ball and gymnastic in the story i wouldnt call it sports manga because they never went into details so far

[sonic echo]

Still waiting for real life hunter reacts to Aloy Trailer - Genshin Impact

[calm merlin]

I fking hate Aloy in genshin

Like as a fan of the original game

Seeing aloy so butchered, ew

[sonic echo]

Thats a first

[calm merlin]

If Arknights can make Siege collab amazing then how tf can Genshin fk it up

Oh wait, no original voice actor, her skills are shit, she looks uncanny, Arknights collab did it better witb Rainbow 6

[sonic echo]

Normally fans of the game hold her like a god and attack everyone who doesnt like her

My first internet attack came from one of them actually

[calm merlin]

If Arknights can make the characters in Siege work good and look good and even ha e the original voice actors, how fkin rushed was this ps4 brand deal with Aloy

Probably 3 months at tops

God i get a gross feeling when i see aloy in genshin

[frank musk]

I think its also because its from a game that has such a different vibe to genshin that makes it so off putting and weird

[calm merlin]

Arknights made a western game with no anime insperations work amazingly well, even in lore its great

And tbh, this isnt much of a case for genshin and horizon

Im questioning why Aloy has the short body type

And why her eyes are larger than half the genshin characters

[frank musk]

Tbh u can make the similarities with the hair, but thats it

[calm merlin]

Only the hair

Arknights is doing a Capcom collab

[frank musk]

Just disappointed she has no constellations to make her more justifiable to use

[calm merlin]

Im hoping we get Virgil and Dante is a slick Arknights style

[frank musk]

Honkai made evangelion work well, hope genshin can do the same with their next collab

[calm merlin]

If Arknights can do it genshit can do it

Maybe even get me to return to the game

[frank musk]

It has to be a really good collab for you to come back then hehe

[calm merlin]

Prolly a dmc collab lmao

Have the original english voice actors come in

Not some random dude from Wish doing his best dante impression

[frank musk]

i mean considering the dmc references in keqing's and ayaka's attack animations, i doubt that

the developers must be fans

[calm merlin]

You mean "dont doubt"

Also water boy's attack is another virgil thing

It was his virgil version of gunslinger

[frank musk]

i meant like the Wish thing

[calm merlin]

I ment "wish" as the website for freelance

[frank musk]

i mean like mihoyo wouldnt hire some random ass dude thats for sure

thats what i mean

[topaz linden]

I mean, a lot of their picks have been "some random ass dude"... but to their credit, they have a really good eye for spotting emerging talent imo

For a lot of the EN cast, this is their first (and in some cases, only) major character role.

Thoma's only voice role pre-Genshin was literally "Team Rocket Grunt"
The Unknown God's VA only credited voice role pre-Genshin was "Garden Bot" in (I believe?) a mobile game.

[calm merlin]

Me to anyone ik now that i left the game

[calm merlin]

They did with Aloy, so the possibility is there

[long peak]

[long peak]

Also that's not exactly true, he also voiced mango cookie in cookie run

[topaz linden]

Ah yeh, mixed up the dates (Cookie Run came out after Genshin, but before Thoma's release)

[long peak]

Mhm

Also to add to that discussion

Genshin straight up hired a YouTuber for sayu so

[next crescent]

Honestly I can't remember the girl's name but at least she does a decent job for Sayu

[topaz linden]

Lilypichu iirc

[sonic echo]

Decent?

[hot notch]

So the new shield hero episode had a remix of OhKami and used the original OhKami aswell. Consider me pleased. (for context OhKami is imo the best track in the original shield hero OST)

https://youtu.be/Y8063ujgHxA

[sonic echo]

Gonna watch rn

[hot notch]

I cannot wait for the S2 OST to come out so I can add the new version to my playlist aswell.

[pale cipher]

How is award winning considered a genre?
https://myanimelist.net/manga/genre/46/Award_Winning

[next crescent]

Idk but I saw that yesterday

I thought "maybe they get prizes or something?" But that'd be so many manga/anime and wouldn't make sense either

Idk why it's a genre to decide on what the story is about LOL

[severe tinsel]

seven deadly sins

[topaz linden]

Probably because they're using "genre" more like "tag" (just using genre as the name to make it more understood by a casual reader)

"Award-winning" as a tag works perfectly fine (if you want to only search for manga that have won competitions and whatnot)

[severe tinsel]

what has sds even won

[topaz linden]

According to Wikipedia:

The manga won the 39th Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2015.

[severe tinsel]

oh

[woeful sonnet]

it's a couple of cuckoos, not nsfw

[topaz linden]

Ah yes, that one

[long peak]

[topaz linden]

Went in expecting spice, but it honestly just ended up being "nisekoi lite". Was kinda disappointed it didn't really commit to the potential for spice

[woeful sonnet]

yeah

it's like nisekoi 1-1

read the whole thing after ep 2 came out

it's complete garbage

but I liked it anyway

[topaz linden]

The thing that annoyed me the most was the author kept ending every other chapter with someone commenting on "how good those two are for each other"/"what a perfect couple they are" and each time I'm just like... did she see the same events I saw?

Like one or two times it might have been justified, but they'd be toxic af to each other one chapter and they'd throw that line in for those moments too

[woeful sonnet]

it pissed me off how hard they push the sister thing

he's got a famous influencer, a famous singer and his high school crush

yet he still considers his sister 💀

[craggy mango]

Shhh anime only dont know this yet

[shadow knot]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-a-couple-of-cuckoos-video-smile-camera-gif-25556541

I made a little rant about A Couple of Cuckoos a while back in one server

It felt like Girlfriend Girlfriend vibes but they take it seriously kinda thing

so unless my friends wanna group watch it
I dropped it after one episode

this is by the same author that made yamada kun, crazy

[topaz linden]

Too serious to be a lighthearted dumb comedy like Girlfriend Girlfriend, but not serious/committed enough to be spicy entertainment like Domestic Girlfriend.

Kinda just stuck in the middle where it's just... boring

[shadow knot]

Exactly

The child switch thing was so bizarre too

[topaz linden]

Speaking of seasonals... the mob Otome game anime this season is a surprisingly decent guilty pleasure adaption. My expectations were low cause the art style is a little weird, but it's been pretty entertaining so far

It's not going to amaze anyone, but it's a decently fun "watch this guy sarcastically criticize harem tropes while beating up very punchable "love interests"" mind off watch

Been watching it as filler between Bookworm, Spy X Family, Aharen-san and Kaguya.

[craggy mango]

Komi-san latest chapter is hilarious

[hidden jay]

new hiroyuki album

[hidden jay]

among us arc?

[craggy mango]

Yes

I never expected it to be that wild, but here i am

[spare isle]

💀

[hidden jay]

just read it, damn ||komi killed someone lmao||

[craggy mango]

||the face she made when she realized "the blood is on my hands" 💀||

[calm merlin]

30 year old women who's boyfriend is the 24 year old Micheal Reeves

The fact she is 30 is shocking due to her appearance

[next crescent]

Wait she is?

I mean I can believe it, but I thought she was like 22 lmao

[sonic echo]

Finally something happened in Shield Hero

only took 6 episodes

Also

[spare isle]

"based on what?"

[hot notch]

Not only did something happen but they used a remix of the best track from S1 and then used said track from S1 later and finished it off with an OP insert. Even though shield hero has been kinda struggling this season I adore this episode even with its clunky narrative devices and wack character direction.

[sonic echo]

Liger nerding out on the ep

🤌

[craggy mango]

Next week will be good week for Oshi no Ko fans

But between now and next week there is only pain for waiting

[shadow knot]

starting a new arc being the "main story" it seems

[craggy mango]

The first 10 chapters were prologue of prologue

Sasuga, Aka

[frank musk]

me hoping the author can end kaguya-sama properly and fully put his efforts into oshi no ko

[proven pulsar]

I'm in the process of essentially forcing someone who swore she wouldn't like anime to watch "Code Geass" and she is now invested in it! 😄

Gotta admit: I love proving people wrong on this issue! 😄

Average Americans seem to equate Anime with "kids cartoons".. O.o

[next crescent]

I think that's because growing up, if they realized pokemon and yugioh are anime they suddenly look at that as the standard without looking into anything else lol

Or digimon

But I don't blame them either as a lot of people do that for different things

[proven pulsar]

Well, she's older older... But she thought that anime would be like those old Warner Bros cartoons like Bugs Bunny & all that.

[next crescent]

Regardless of the core demographic for something though, anyone can like anything lol

Ooh

[proven pulsar]

(Or something equally teeth-rotting hehe)

[spare isle]

They are kids cartoons at that end of the day

[next crescent]

I am a 25 year old kid

[proven pulsar]

IDK, @spare isle ... If you look at something like "Ergo Proxy"... Kids were not on their minds when they made that one... Heavy philosophy!

[spare isle]

Depends

[proven pulsar]

I tend to watch the ones that are targeted at the "grown up" demo...

[next crescent]

But then why say that they are kids cartoons at the end of the day lol

[proven pulsar]

"Happy, Happy Funtime!" just isn't my thing! 😄

[spare isle]

That’s usually late night p word stuff

[proven pulsar]

"p word"? O.o

[next crescent]

You can't say it in this server since it's a banned word

Nsfw stuff

[proven pulsar]

dm me so I'm not wondering plz?

[next crescent]

How old are you if I might ask first

If you're not comfortable answering then nvm

[proven pulsar]

Over 20....

[next crescent]

Oh

[spare isle]

in the same way that mlp is targeted at kids but has a big adult following (of manchildren) anime in general, particularly modern stuff, is very much the same

ergo proxy was born out of the scriptwriters work on ghost in the shell and cowbow bebop

[proven pulsar]

was it? I did not know this!

[next crescent]

But there's a difference between something like my little pony and goblin slayer

[proven pulsar]

exactly! lol

[spare isle]

dunno they both seem written for people with undeveloped brains

certainly have their similarities

[proven pulsar]

And I loved the unofficial aBe trilogy: Haibane Renemi (heaven), Serial Experiments: Lain (earth), and Texhnolyze (hell)

[next crescent]

Which is why I feel at a surface level some people unfairly equate it to just being "kids cartoons" considering how many shows are labeled as for teen audiences and contain content such as drug use, sexual themes, violence, swearing, etc

[proven pulsar]

Serial Experiments: Lain definitely falls into that category!

[spare isle]

the adult stuff is generally more in theatres rather than on tv

wolf's rain, the original ghost in the shell and so on

[proven pulsar]

I liked the orig. Ghost in the Shell stuff... the series? Not as much.

[next crescent]

But many of these shows are aired on television?

[proven pulsar]

Now, yes

[spare isle]

lain comes from a denpa era of anime but god damn is it pseudo intellectual and full of itself

[proven pulsar]

you think so? I loved the -ology behind it! 🙂

I have seen animes that I would call what you just said.

[spare isle]

satoshi kon's stuff is more adult as well but generally anime is more of an immature medium like light novels

[proven pulsar]

The saddest/most tragic anime I've ever watched was "Toward the Terra"... Especially if you were/have been an outcast at some point in your life... kept making me cry! 😢

[spare isle]

manga is much more established in the culture as something normal for adults

and visual novels are heavily erring on the r18 side of things so they are naturally targeted to those audiences

[proven pulsar]

nods

"Terra E" I actually felt obligated to buy... It's the only anime I have bought. I felt that the creators of it had touched me so well that they deserved something in return...

I generally am not a crier! So for something to be able to move me to tears... that's pretty well done!

[spare isle]

and yet terra e was a shounen manga

funny that

[proven pulsar]

In hindsight I can see that...

nods

But it is clearly geared towards those who "feel different" or are "outcasts"......

(Which I was)

[spare isle]

that's uh

most anime fans lol

at least it was up until the last 5 years or so

[proven pulsar]

lol IG that's true! haha 😄

nods

[spare isle]

anime has now more or less become the new video games

[proven pulsar]

It's like I watched Inuyasha because it was on late-night TV here... but I never felt "moved" by it... It's a teen-girl wish fulfillment anime really...

[spare isle]

hard to believe there was once a time when video games were for outcasts and they were socially distanced for playing them

in the realm of d&d, warhammer and the like

[shadow knot]

Inuyasha's one of those you'd watch and enjoy on tv when you're younger

I don't think I'd see myself enjoying it if I were to watch it today

[spare isle]

i watched cardcaptor sakura and enjoyed that more as a kid than digimon and dragonball z

lul

[proven pulsar]

I was younger but not by a huge amount...

I never watched the real kiddie-oriented stuff

[spare isle]

i would say the writing of modern day light novels in on par with that super 'kiddie-oriented' stuff anyway

[proven pulsar]

nod

[shadow knot]

big elitists would definitely love a lot of mahou shoujos

[spare isle]

like video games they just assume you lack basic cognitive function

[shadow knot]

only ones I've seen from memory is Madoka Magica and Powerpuff Girls Z

[proven pulsar]

Another that I liked quite a bit is "Kyo Kara Maou!" - it actually moved me to tears a couple times

[spare isle]

ah yes madoka is very wanky and overrated

[shadow knot]

I like the rebellion movie more

[spare isle]

its literally the same story

lmao

[shadow knot]

even though they had no reason to bring it up

[spare isle]

just swap homura and madoka

[shadow knot]

homura >>>> madoka

no contest

[spare isle]

thats what happens when urobuchi runs out of content to copypaste

which is what all of madoka was

so they just did the same exact thing

[proven pulsar]

I'd love to see the "His Dark Materials" trilogy done as anime! I wonder how much better it would be than that movie.... 🤔 (The author loathed the movie!)

[spare isle]

but reverse the main character roles

[shadow knot]

didn't really care a lot of the fights but when homura and mami fought in the movie that was so kino

[spare isle]

gets me every time

[shadow knot]

actually never heard of it, looks interesting

[proven pulsar]

It's definitely worth a watch... but there are like 113 episodes! heh

[shadow knot]

it's ok bro he made Bubble, very original story

[spare isle]

urobuchi did bubble?

[shadow knot]

he worked on it, producer or smth

[spare isle]

lol

[shadow knot]

but mf is very washed up

been a long time since he made a good series

[spare isle]

he was washed up before he got into anime

fate/zero was basically written for him already all he had to do was sprinkle in an already established trolley problem and expand on it

[proven pulsar]

I like Keiko Takemiya (sp) who is the person who wrote "Kaze to ki no uta" & "Terra E"

[spare isle]

saya no uta was the only time he did anything remotely different idk

[proven pulsar]

(BOTH made me sob like a little girl! hehe)

[shadow knot]

do you have an anime list? im curious as to what else you've seen!

[proven pulsar]

(Even tho I'm a grown girl now! lol)

[proven pulsar]

Um... let me see if I can find it.

But I've watched more than those...

[calm merlin]

Very good mr. Mouse

[shadow knot]

oh damn nice!

I'm planning to watch texhnolyze after ashita no joe

[spare isle]

its a vibe

[proven pulsar]

Gilgamesh just left me... ice cold at the very end! 😐

[spare isle]

i wouldnt try reading too much into it though it's not as deep as it tries to sell itself as

[shadow knot]

I wasn't a huge fan of SEL and Haibane Renmei but I think 3rd time's a charm

[proven pulsar]

which?

[spare isle]

i think haibane was my fav of the three because it was the most cohesive and the music was my fav

[spare isle]

texhnolyze

[proven pulsar]

yah... but if you take it as the unofficial trilogy as I said earlier, it does represent the concept of "hell" pretty darn well... it made me feel icky after watching it each time....

[spare isle]

also i think the first like almost full episode has no dialogue

[proven pulsar]

Gantz was worse tho! O.O

[spare isle]

which was different

[spare isle]

you should give casshern sins a watch i think you'd enjoy that

[shadow knot]

^^^

[proven pulsar]

I bookmarked it. TY! 🙂

Eureka 7 started out soooooo fluffy... I was really just about to stop watching when suddenly it got deep! O.o

[spare isle]

should def get started on monster too its longer running but damn good

[proven pulsar]

monster?

[spare isle]

mhm

https://anilist.co/anime/19/MONSTER/

[proven pulsar]

Bookmarked! Again, TY! 🙂

[spare isle]

was gonna recommend cross ange but i think we enjoyed code geass for different reasons lol

[proven pulsar]

Did any of you watch "Please Save My Earth"? It was a very short series (6 30-min episodes only) ... I started reading the bunkoban of it, but I got busy and forgot to keep reading... 😐

[spare isle]

no a friend of mine said it was ok

[proven pulsar]

The plot in just those 6 episodes (of a much longer story) was amazingly compelling! I wish they had done a whole 2 R's or an OVA

My older friend is still in R1 of Code Geass... but it's getting just past the middle now and the plot is thickening... (it sounds like soup when I put it that way! :D)

[spare isle]

its all soup

[proven pulsar]

lol

[spare isle]

would recommend setting up an anilist profile to track stuff though

[proven pulsar]

I'm glad to see that this server has an anime channel where people actually do talk about it! 🙂 This makes me happy.

[spare isle]

particularly with what you wanna watch

[next crescent]

Yee

My friend uses anilist a lot and says it's very useful

[proven pulsar]

I'm also on Blitzex's server... but it seems as tho no one really says much of anything there even tho the text is flying by! O.o

[spare isle]

if you're on windows you can use taiga which is amazing can't live without it myself

[proven pulsar]

bookmarked yet again! hehe TY, guys! 🙂

[spare isle]

basically no need to go to the webpage anymore and it can auto update your list when you watch stuff

[proven pulsar]

ohhh! good! A stand-alone app is much better than being forced to go to a website! 🙂

[spare isle]

https://taiga.moe/

[proven pulsar]

I already bookmarked it! 🙂

[spare isle]

on to it

[proven pulsar]

You guys keep giving me good stuff!

But, I need to eat... so, sadly & reluctantly I need to go! 😕 TY, @spare isle & @next crescent! 🙂

[spare isle]

im just returning the favor its refreshing to see some of the titles you've mentioned discussed as opposed to the usual airing isekais and light novel adaptations made to pander to weebs

cya

[proven pulsar]

exactly. (nods) And the fact that you guys know these shows is heartening! 🙂

bye for this session!

waves

Nice to speak with you both!

[next crescent]

Yep have a nice meal! Sorry I sort of disappeared I was talking to a friend

[shadow knot]

for real

[proven pulsar]

NP 😉

ta

[mighty cape]

https://youtu.be/BazbNJiFdTg

lmao

[hot notch]

Wtf Aka we're just now getting to the main story of ONK?

[long peak]

Onk?

[pale cipher]

Oshi no ko

[long peak]

Ah

[south creek]

https://comick.fun/comic/can-you-fall-in-love-with-the-skeleton

way too good

[craggy mango]

I just want to see romance development between Aqua and Akane but ||they timeskip it instead smh||

[frank musk]

i dont appreciate ||timeskips in general tbh||

[topaz linden]

Yeah... I can count the number of ones I enjoyed/thought were well executed on one hand. Most just feel lazy.

[long peak]

Tougen Anki propaganda

[spare isle]

ssy timeskip was what saved it imo

[shadow knot]

gurren lagann timeskip was cool

shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu’s timeskip(s) is thematically an essence of its story since time itself is quite a core concept of the drama

it really depends on series lowkey

there are obviously shit ones like that garbage romcom osamake once again where the last few seconds they just randomly timeskip, like who asked 😹

[sonic echo]

I hate how komi s2 eps aren't updated fast on the sites I frequent. Only time I notice the new ep is out is when youtube clips appear on my feed

i get spoiled in the process just reading the title

[spare isle]

just beat your website to it by grabbing it from nyaa like they already do

[exotic oracle]

https://youtu.be/b1miJsAVYJA

[tender elbow]

pogg shigeoo

[hot notch]

Apparently there's not only the Eris spinoff manga but also a Rudeus spinoff manga for the timeskip in MT

[craggy mango]

Ironically in MT case, the anime did better job at adapting the story from LN compared to the manga

[hot notch]

A million times better

MT manga for all of the teleportation incident arcs is pretty bad

It's doing okay with the ||Magic university|| arcs though

MT also does it's timeskips well imo

[calm merlin]

Oooh that makes sense, last time i read call of the night was a year ago back in August 2021

Thats why there were 60 new chapters when i returned, thought i started reading it in October so i was confused

[craggy mango]

https://twitter.com/mobpsycho_anime/status/1524675751659798530?t=9VSIVt4nHeMN7d7X5yHBAQ&s=19

モブサイコ100 (@mobpsycho_anime)

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Csm, Mob Psycho, Bleach, SxF, Uzumaki and To Your Eternity in same season at Fall 2022

The world isnt ready

[spare isle]

think its pretty normal for a season to have 2 decent series

[craggy mango]

2 decent series? Which one?

[spare isle]

csm and sxf

uzumaki has no chance when the studio is basically unknown and junji ito stuff does not work well in anime form

[calm merlin]

Mob is good shit tho, always has been tho

[craggy mango]

So we gonna discredit it only because we know nothing apart from Junji Ito as the author?

Also Mob Psycho, Bleach, Made in Abyss, etc wont be good?

[spare isle]

i mean toonami funding it and it being short format might help?

idk why you'd even mention bleach its bleach

[craggy mango]

Oh so you dislike Bleach and the others i see

[craggy mango]

Well i dont know i havent watch it but what i know it deserves the hype

[spare isle]

its been a long time since anyone has had to pretend bleach was ever good

i guess because it hasnt still continued to run like one piece and naruto people have forgotten what it was like

[craggy mango]

Still Bleach was a giant in the past so it deserves the hype

Same applied to MHA, i forgot to add

[spare isle]

oh god that dogshit is getting more seasons?

[craggy mango]

Ikr 💀

[spare isle]

[craggy mango]

Bofuri might be in fall 2022 too, but they have not made the announcement yet

Its gonna be crowded season for sure

[hot notch]

Wait Bofuri S2?

[craggy mango]

Yes

[hot notch]

pog

Prob Danmachi S4 around then aswell

[spare isle]

🤢

[craggy mango]

Idk about Danmachi but Iruma kun is set for fall 2022 either

[spare isle]

wait does danmachi seriously have 2 other seasons fucking hell

i thought that was the one irredeemable piece of shit that got forgotten about but apparently not

[hot notch]

Maybe it's only S3 I can't remember

[spare isle]

what is actually wrong with the industry

why do anime fans love being spoonfed literal feces i cant take this anymore

[craggy mango]

I mean KanoKari will get s2 too

Anything is possible

As long as the market like it

[frank musk]

if manga readers are suffering, i can only imagine the anime onlys 💀

[spare isle]

just hit us with another season of berserk 2016

at this point we deserve it

[craggy mango]

Shhh dont say this to MobuSeka and Cuckoos Couple anime onlys

[frank musk]

compared to kanokari, at least cuckoos is getting somewhere

havent touched mobuseka tho

[spare isle]

to top it off we get another child predator anime from the creator of takagi san

[hot notch]

Kunoichi Tsubaki?

[spare isle]

yes

as if the one airing this season wasn't bad enough

[hot notch]

Kunoichi Tsubaki is the one airing rn

[spare isle]

no i mean yes to it being the same creator

https://anilist.co/anime/128223/Soredemo-Ayumu-wa-Yosetekuru

[hot notch]

Ah pink hair Takagi this time

[calm merlin]

Why does Chakku feel like an old man in his 40s

Bleach was good tho

Manga wise

[pale cipher]

Bleach was good up until soul society arc but after that it just went downhill imo

[calm merlin]

Nah, it still held up a bit

[woeful sonnet]

I've watched up till the end of soul society and I think it's kinda shit even then

[calm merlin]

But yeah it feels like unless if the manga is top teir Chakku just hates it

[pale cipher]

Arrancar arc just feels like a copy paste of soul society arc where this time they try to rescue orihime instead of rukia

[spare isle]

big 3 were always bad

[woeful sonnet]

Maybe manga is better

[spare isle]

saying bleach is good is just disrespecting anything else you call good

[calm merlin]

Well, Naruto did drop alot after the time skip

Chakku is 40

[spare isle]

after the time skip? naruto got dragged through the mud shortly after the chuunin exams

[calm merlin]

Nah

Nah

[spare isle]

jjk did naruto better

[calm merlin]

Jjk is a good series yeah

[spare isle]

nah

you cant say jjk is good but also say bleach is good

they arent in the same realm

jjk shits on bleach

[calm merlin]

Fine i just like bleach for the hot women

[spare isle]

even the girls got man face in bleach

except rukia

[calm merlin]

Naruto tho, i will stand on this

[calm merlin]

? No they hot as shit

[calm merlin]

Question, you seperate what you like and what you find "good" right?

[spare isle]

dont even try tell me the bleach girls dont suffer the sameface

[calm merlin]

They do tho

But not man face

[spare isle]

it is man face lmao

[calm merlin]

Tf u smokin

[spare isle]

you could draw ichigo's body on that

just change the hair

or basically any other male character

[calm merlin]

You could do this with any anime character

In any series tbh unless the eyes are different

Eh its ur stance on Kubo's drawing style, i find it hot

And hey i found bleach entertaining

Not as entertaining as other shonens like d. Gray-Man, jjk, or one piece

One piece is just simple fun imo, exept skypiea arc, dog shit, only the lore was good

[spare isle]

it tells me all i need to know if you think pre shippuden naruto was good throughout

[calm merlin]

It was tho, got iffy in the end bits but it is still solid for what its worth

[spare isle]

solid he says 😬

[calm merlin]

Yeah and you hate everything

Unless its the top shelf shit i cant see what interests you, that or Josei manga

[spare isle]

where'd that person go who was asking about decent shows i miss them

[calm merlin]

Chakku, you sound like an old man in his 40s

Like unironically, nothing pleases you, like you just got really old

[spare isle]

i aint the one defending naruto and bleach

clown shoes are on you this time

[calm merlin]

I admit that i like bleach for the women only

Naruto pre timeskio was solid througout

[spare isle]

are you 12

[calm merlin]

Oh just cuz i find naruto pre timeskip a solid read means im 12

Ok ig im 12 then

Doesnt change the fact you are 40 and cant find enjoyment in the simpler things

[spare isle]

sure i can i just dont need to eat shit to find that enjoyment

[calm merlin]

Christ now are you just a prick

Elitest

[spare isle]

kongming aint deep but id be lying if i said it wasnt enjoyable

[calm merlin]

I havent animes in years lmao

Most normal irl shows now

[spare isle]

whats stopping you reading kongming

[calm merlin]

But yeah i remember you said you felt zelda had no combat and thought genshin was better, playing botw again and ypu cappin dude

[calm merlin]

Good point, maybe ill check it out

[spare isle]

combat has never been a big or well explored part of zelda games

it exists for the sake of it and nothing more

[calm merlin]

And you said genshin has better combst then zelda botw

[spare isle]

yeah

[calm merlin]

Which is where i find it cappin

[spare isle]

character switching and elemental interactions already gives it more layers

[calm merlin]

Well hey, its just our opinions ig

[calm merlin]

Im sorry but i find this shit so shallow and basic, doesnt help that the melee combat is 1 button

[spare isle]

botw does cool world exploration but lets not pretend its combat system is anything worth talking about

[calm merlin]

Its combat system is far far more engaging than genshin imo

Because i can do things

Which is why Itto is the best character for fun

I can do things, more than hit 1 button

[spare isle]

idk how you always manage to get this channel off topic but im done

[calm merlin]

Im just here for the leaks lmao, havent played genshin since Yae

[calm merlin]

Simple, i dont like using other channels

I can make the anime channel in this server a anyhing channel

[woeful sonnet]

Sure good luck with that

[calm merlin]

In the Chakku is 40 and cant have fun

Dude snorts MMO farts after work

The ff14 music is killer tho

I have deep respect for the music in it

[long peak]

I'm guessing you haven't seen the clips of people doing hella cool stuff in the combat then https://twitter.com/bre_Neko/status/1522231456814166016?t=96ojGb6dKeVBuY9RrdIy6w&s=19

ぶれねこ (@bre_Neko)

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[topaz linden]

I mean, that just looks like Garry's Mod/Skyrim-esque physics abuse shenanigans to me personally

[long peak]

I'm fond of physics abuse ngl

[shadow knot]

it’s not part of the combat system it’s a glitch smh !!!

[tender elbow]

when the gravity is a ceiling function

[topaz linden]

"Gravity is a harness"
https://youtu.be/xURlT84IpcY

[bitter canyon]

cant find the 6,7 and 8 volume, imma cry, im ready with the moneys

[hot notch]

Gives me gravity falls vibes

[long peak]

New kongming ed slapped

Or I guess

The full ed

[next crescent]

Rip ayan

[severe tinsel]

i want to get my hands on the witch hat atelier volumes asap

[next crescent]

[spare isle]

yeah this isnt really a combat system thing per se

[spare isle]

never 4get the best thing to come out of monogatari series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvIEztK_gwQ

and the effort the subgroup put into the subs changing between the two versions lmao