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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Finished Deca-Dence.

    (Ending Spoiler)
    So the horde survival game got replaced with an exploration game with farming and blitzball mini-games and in-game housing. Makes sense.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ONE has an incredible skill in paneling to the point even with the scuff art I could follow all the motion without any issues

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Lars wrote: »
    Finished Deca-Dence.

    (Ending Spoiler)
    So the horde survival game got replaced with an exploration game with farming and blitzball mini-games and in-game housing. Makes sense.
    We solved centuries of genocide and oppression overnight with Farmville!

    And all the murdered, exploited, mind controlled slaves are okay with it, because... Farmville!

    Also, he didn't sacrifice himself, we can just make clones whenever. Did we forget to mention that?

    ...I have a rather dim opinion of the ending.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ArcTangent wrote: »
    Lars wrote: »
    Finished Deca-Dence.

    (Ending Spoiler)
    So the horde survival game got replaced with an exploration game with farming and blitzball mini-games and in-game housing. Makes sense.
    We solved centuries of genocide and oppression overnight with Farmville!

    And all the murdered, exploited, mind controlled slaves are okay with it, because... Farmville!

    Also, he didn't sacrifice himself, we can just make clones whenever. Did we forget to mention that?

    ...I have a rather dim opinion of the ending.
    I was a bit curious where the villain went. They were all like "Whatever, you're going to fail anyways, and even if you don't you'll still be dead" and stopped blocking the dude from taking control of Deca-Dence, and then just never came back again? Even after the timeskip where a new system was in place and everything?

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    You get to burning

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Jujutsu Kaisen now oficially got it's season 2 announced for 2023. MAPPA will be once again responsible for production.

    As a manga reader I will only say this: season 2 is going to be insane.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    On the one booo a full year until I get more JJK.
    On the other, confirmed that more JJK will even exist!

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    On second thought let's not go to Ancient Egypt, tis a silly place

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    So were the cards like Rescue Cat, Rescue Ferret, and Rescue Rabbit also based on ancient Egyptian monsters?

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The XYZ Dragon Cannon Tank was pivotal in fighting back the sea people

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yeah this was the Egyptian god of chaos
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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    On second thought let's not go to Ancient Egypt, tis a silly place

    meanwhile in Egypt:
    https://youtu.be/C7Fy2Tja3s0

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I feel like they've introduced several alternate dimensions where real life duel monsters live at various points.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm enjoying the My Dress-Up Darling anime more than I was at the start, but damn is it too horny to feel comfortable recommending to people. While a lot of this stuff still happened in the manga, it wasn't the lingering shots that the anime likes to do, and obviously didn't have boob jiggle.

    Today's episode also launched the opening credits way late into the episode. When it happened I was surprised that we hadn't already had them a while before that.

    Also we're only just now starting the second outfit storyline and the series is halfway over. The opening credits show Marin's first four outfits, and I don't know how they'll get through all of them in the remaining episodes, unless this show is longer than one cour.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I feel like it's a trope nowadays to write the main character as innocent as possible. So when they're in sexy situations you're supposed to be aha, look how innocent he is when he sees the boobs! And it's like sure, whatever, this series only got made because of the fan service, not in spite of it. To me it honestly would have been a more interesting story not as a romance but as just two people super interested in their respective hobbies that find common goals and form a respectful friendship. Don't get me wrong I love a good rom com or just plain romance anime but yeah...

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've only read the manga for Dress-Up Darling and yeah at least in that format, the fanservice-y bits come across entirely as "mostly innocent flustered glance", in a way that's almost entirely understandable and healthy for a slightly repressed teenage himbo

    But I could definitely see how a camera could get really greedy, and take those from a passing glance on a manga page that your eyes just kinda glance across to outright leering over the subject

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The degree to which romance protagonists in anime are flustered is annoying.

    "Share a soda can!? That's an indirect k-k-KISU!!!"

    Gimme a fuckin' break.

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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kaiba made the Kaibaman-card.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I feel like it's a trope nowadays to write the main character as innocent as possible. So when they're in sexy situations you're supposed to be aha, look how innocent he is when he sees the boobs! And it's like sure, whatever, this series only got made because of the fan service, not in spite of it. To me it honestly would have been a more interesting story not as a romance but as just two people super interested in their respective hobbies that find common goals and form a respectful friendship. Don't get me wrong I love a good rom com or just plain romance anime but yeah...

    I wonder sometimes about that trend. There was a time with a whole giant spat of raunchy slapstick sex comedies and pervert protagonists, willing or not, being popular. Kicked off by Love Hina, maybe? But then came the idol industry especially pushing like a frieght train that all women are and we ended up with shit like the Kannagi incident where fans went apeshit because a centuries old demigod dated someone before the protagonist, or Aya Hirano's whole controversy because she said she dated somebody. All the people who were studying animation or coming into their careers during that time are the ones now driving trends. You hardly see any of the 'glamorous' characters like Naga anymore, while the super pure, super dedicated (slave if isekai) wives with their reluctant-but-not-really milquetoast and completely unthreatening in all ways except also ubermensch protagonists reign supreme.

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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    RT800 wrote: »
    The degree to which romance protagonists in anime are flustered is annoying.

    "Share a soda can!? That's an indirect k-k-KISU!!!"

    Gimme a fuckin' break.

    it's the other kind of wish fulfillment anime. Isekai is a power fantasy. That is more of a "no matter how fucking weird you are around women, the hottest girl in the school will STILL be wildly attracted to you"

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    RT800 wrote: »
    The degree to which romance protagonists in anime are flustered is annoying.

    "Share a soda can!? That's an indirect k-k-KISU!!!"

    Gimme a fuckin' break.

    It weirds me out when anime characters offer to share the thing they're drinking with someone else by proffering the same container they put their lips on. That's just unsanitary.

    "Share a soda can? Hang on, let me wipe it off first."

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Just take a big sip and then spit it into my mouth so we aren't sharing the same can.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Watamote 200.2

    More side stories, this time Sachi & Koharu and Yuri & Nemo, neither friendship I'm particularly invested in. Well, especially Sachi and Koharu, cuz Sachi is a sociopath and not even Koharu deserves to be stuck as her friend.

    One of the things I find interesting with Yuri is how much she doesn't really want things to change. She likes her friends, but she doesn't want her friends like Tomoko to grow or change or become their best selves, she just wants the status quo. It's kinda her relationship with Nemo too - it's not that she really dislikes Nemo, they actually get along pretty well, but she wasn't friends with Nemo before so why should she be friends with her now? Nemo trying to get closer to her just annoys Yuri. Stop messing with the status quo!

    Unless Yuri gets lucky and goes to the same college as Tomoko though it does kinda feel like this is gonna end in bigtime resentment at some point. Especially with Tomoko's slowly growing relationship with Asuka, who's encouraging Tomoko to try new things, to work harder on her academics, and to be more ambitious and to go to a better school than Tomoko thought she'd be able to get in.

    Anyway the 5 side stories from the last 2 chapters were from the top 5 pairings in the popularity poll. Hopefully the authors make an executive decision and give us another Asuka chapter, cuz Asuka x Tomoko came in at #6. It's sorta the curse of being the (apparently) canon ship, fans of every other possible ship are united against the frontrunner.

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    A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    what's a little indirect kissing between homies

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    what's a little indirect kissing between homies

    https://youtu.be/GKbP9gmLtOc

    Joking aside, that might be one of my favorite anime indirect kisses.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    kiss the homies goodnight

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm just here for the flustering tbh don't mind me.

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    (PSN: Morninglord) (Steam: Morninglord) (WiiU: Morninglord22) I like to record and toss up a lot of random gaming videos here.
  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    And then there's Campione, a completely unremarkable generic fanservice magical girlfriend battle thing from when that was popular, which decided that its unique hook would be super detailed excessive kissing.

    Kissing.

    You know, sucking someone's face into your mouth and slobbering all over it like a dog.

    Yes, that sounds about right. Super hot. Animate it and ship it.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    what's a little indirect kissing between homies

    https://youtu.be/cGJMbEzbgQk

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I recently rewatched early Yugioh Abridged and he has disclaimers in the description about how the content is homophobic and transphobic in ways he no longer agrees with.

    He was right to do this. 2000s humour am I right

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ArcTangent wrote: »
    I feel like it's a trope nowadays to write the main character as innocent as possible. So when they're in sexy situations you're supposed to be aha, look how innocent he is when he sees the boobs! And it's like sure, whatever, this series only got made because of the fan service, not in spite of it. To me it honestly would have been a more interesting story not as a romance but as just two people super interested in their respective hobbies that find common goals and form a respectful friendship. Don't get me wrong I love a good rom com or just plain romance anime but yeah...

    I wonder sometimes about that trend. There was a time with a whole giant spat of raunchy slapstick sex comedies and pervert protagonists, willing or not, being popular. Kicked off by Love Hina, maybe? But then came the idol industry especially pushing like a frieght train that all women are and we ended up with shit like the Kannagi incident where fans went apeshit because a centuries old demigod dated someone before the protagonist, or Aya Hirano's whole controversy because she said she dated somebody. All the people who were studying animation or coming into their careers during that time are the ones now driving trends. You hardly see any of the 'glamorous' characters like Naga anymore, while the super pure, super dedicated (slave if isekai) wives with their reluctant-but-not-really milquetoast and completely unthreatening in all ways except also ubermensch protagonists reign supreme.

    To be fair, the Aya Hirano scandal went critical when, a little after that, the press found out that:
    Insider information revealed that Aya slept with a total of three of her band mates except the bassist. They too have reportedly been dropped from the label.
    "Hirano's had three of her four Lantis band members. Her approaches became so problematic she was reported to the agency boss for excessively aggressive courting. The agency then dropped Lantis."
    Which, uh, yeah. Also, the idol industry is a lot older and has always shaped manga one way or another, even with their decline on the 90's. Trends change, manga/anime/LNs are all about chasing trends, and straight up harem anime just became unfashionable.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ok but decode "aggressive courting"
    was she sexually harassing them or just having too much fun on her own time for the label's image

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    None of that sounds worthy of being criticised because none of your fucking business, world.

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    (PSN: Morninglord) (Steam: Morninglord) (WiiU: Morninglord22) I like to record and toss up a lot of random gaming videos here.
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Today we learned that everyone is gay for Haruka.

    Except Ami, who's gay for Michiru. And sometimes Makoto.
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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
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