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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    The two leads are pretty clearly into each other (even if one of them is having trouble figuring it out), so it feels much less gross than when a show's just leering at the female cast.

    One of the frustrating if understandable bits is that Gojo is having "this is how you should behave around girls so you don't come across as a creep" colliding rather hard with the fact that he has no real way to process that yes, this girl is really into you in a lot of ways. This feels really honest to how boys his age can be.

    one thing I do really appreciate about the way Gojo is written relative to a lot of other clueless romantic leads is just how much emotional intelligence he does have, beyond the "don't be a creep" boundaries he over-relies on

    like, that's a lot of the show's best stuff right there

    I... like those scenes but don't think it makes any sense at all. The character's background is that he didn't make any friends or socialize at all for like 11 years or so? So of course he's an empath genius with a talent for understanding body language and the meanings behind plain spoken words? I don't think that makes any sense, no. Those things are skills that one learns through practice, this character should honestly be pretty underdeveloped here, not a prodigy. Something like My Romantic Comedy is Wrong makes much more sense, as the character is over sensitive and paranoid, he's been paying extreme attention to social cues to the point where it has given him complexes and a pretty nasty attitude, but when he then is able to read people, it is a natural outcome of the character's traits.

    The thing to remember is that he's training in a profession that puts a lot of emphasis on emotional intelligence, and that does have him socializing, just not in the same context as we expect from a teenager. From his interactions, it's quite clear he's very comfortable working the front end of the shop and engaging customers. What he lacks is personal socialization, thanks to one very insensitive girl doing a number on him emotionally.

    Edit: There's a reason his grandfather comments on how his facework has improved after he's been helping Marin (which ties into the series subtitle, as she in many ways becomes his "bisque doll".)

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    the trick in dress-up darling is that Gojo IS over-sensitive and paranoid and socially isolated because of it, Marin just immediately kool-aid man's her way through that by accident of her overwhelming enthusiasm and lack of shyness about their overlapping special interests. In reality I could see a relationship like that having rocky parts where she pushes too far past his comfort zone because she doesn't realize she's doing it, but since it's a fluffy rom-com it always works out wholesomely and nobody gets hurt.

    And as the series goes on, she becomes more sensitive to his feelings, and reins the teasing back. Though not too far back, since she does have feelings for him, and would like him to look at her that way.

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Nice pitch will never not be funny to me.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Finished Flowers of Evil. It felt like a giant setup for S2 that we'll probably never get, sadly.

    Still, masterfully made show, and there's no way the director wasn't a Lain fan. The final episode had eleven minutes with no dialogue whatsoever, definitely conveys a lot without saying a thing.

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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    The two leads are pretty clearly into each other (even if one of them is having trouble figuring it out), so it feels much less gross than when a show's just leering at the female cast.

    One of the frustrating if understandable bits is that Gojo is having "this is how you should behave around girls so you don't come across as a creep" colliding rather hard with the fact that he has no real way to process that yes, this girl is really into you in a lot of ways. This feels really honest to how boys his age can be.

    one thing I do really appreciate about the way Gojo is written relative to a lot of other clueless romantic leads is just how much emotional intelligence he does have, beyond the "don't be a creep" boundaries he over-relies on

    like, that's a lot of the show's best stuff right there

    I... like those scenes but don't think it makes any sense at all. The character's background is that he didn't make any friends or socialize at all for like 11 years or so? So of course he's an empath genius with a talent for understanding body language and the meanings behind plain spoken words? I don't think that makes any sense, no. Those things are skills that one learns through practice, this character should honestly be pretty underdeveloped here, not a prodigy. Something like My Romantic Comedy is Wrong makes much more sense, as the character is over sensitive and paranoid, he's been paying extreme attention to social cues to the point where it has given him complexes and a pretty nasty attitude, but when he then is able to read people, it is a natural outcome of the character's traits.

    The thing to remember is that he's training in a profession that puts a lot of emphasis on emotional intelligence, and that does have him socializing, just not in the same context as we expect from a teenager. From his interactions, it's quite clear he's very comfortable working the front end of the shop and engaging customers. What he lacks is personal socialization, thanks to one very insensitive girl doing a number on him emotionally.

    Edit: There's a reason his grandfather comments on how his facework has improved after he's been helping Marin (which ties into the series subtitle, as she in many ways becomes his "bisque doll".)

    what now? being good at drawing doll faces and designing doll clothes is like the opposite of that description.


    Anyways regardless, just saw the last ep. Solid rom com show. Good direction/art. I think it'd be more enjoyable if they didn't play up him spazzing out for so long. Give it a 3 second reaction, not a 20 second reaction. And maybe the "camera man" could try to reign in his male gaze a bit more.

    What I really like about anime is how they take this hyper specific interest and make a show around it. It's like damn anime, you made me interested in GO of all things. Love it.

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    notya wrote: »
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    The two leads are pretty clearly into each other (even if one of them is having trouble figuring it out), so it feels much less gross than when a show's just leering at the female cast.

    One of the frustrating if understandable bits is that Gojo is having "this is how you should behave around girls so you don't come across as a creep" colliding rather hard with the fact that he has no real way to process that yes, this girl is really into you in a lot of ways. This feels really honest to how boys his age can be.

    one thing I do really appreciate about the way Gojo is written relative to a lot of other clueless romantic leads is just how much emotional intelligence he does have, beyond the "don't be a creep" boundaries he over-relies on

    like, that's a lot of the show's best stuff right there

    I... like those scenes but don't think it makes any sense at all. The character's background is that he didn't make any friends or socialize at all for like 11 years or so? So of course he's an empath genius with a talent for understanding body language and the meanings behind plain spoken words? I don't think that makes any sense, no. Those things are skills that one learns through practice, this character should honestly be pretty underdeveloped here, not a prodigy. Something like My Romantic Comedy is Wrong makes much more sense, as the character is over sensitive and paranoid, he's been paying extreme attention to social cues to the point where it has given him complexes and a pretty nasty attitude, but when he then is able to read people, it is a natural outcome of the character's traits.

    The thing to remember is that he's training in a profession that puts a lot of emphasis on emotional intelligence, and that does have him socializing, just not in the same context as we expect from a teenager. From his interactions, it's quite clear he's very comfortable working the front end of the shop and engaging customers. What he lacks is personal socialization, thanks to one very insensitive girl doing a number on him emotionally.

    Edit: There's a reason his grandfather comments on how his facework has improved after he's been helping Marin (which ties into the series subtitle, as she in many ways becomes his "bisque doll".)

    what now? being good at drawing doll faces and designing doll clothes is like the opposite of that description.

    The business is a very people oriented one. You don't just churn out those kinds of dolls, you do a lot of custom work to try to help the customer express the ideas and feelings they have in regards to the set pieces.

    You can just buy generic ones, but you wouldn't just go to a professional shop and be like, 'gimme that A set'.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yeah they make a point of showing Gojo doing the customer facing work of the shop too, and he's skilled and comfortable with it. His social hangups seem to be mostly about making friends with his peers at school.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-31/booklive-suspends-ranking-of-kings-manga-english-release-for-retranslation/.184243
    E-book publisher BookLive announced on Thursday that it is suspending the distribution of the English version of Sōsuke Tōka's Ranking of Kings (Ōsama Ranking) manga, and is in the process of retranslating the series. BookLive began distributing the manga's first seven volumes in English on February 18, but readers have pointed out typographical errors and inadequate translations. Customers who have already purchased the books in English will be able to download the retranslated version for free when it is reuploaded.
    Maybe you shouldn't steal from fan scanlations if you want to avoid problems.

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Is Noragami any good?

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Amuro: shoots down multiple mobile units/fighters
    Woman: I want revenge!
    Amuro: who, me? why me?!

    This kid

    He's asking for what specifically. He's killed a lot of people, please narrow it down for him.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Is Noragami any good?

    The first season is... okay. Definitely not in the upper half of Bones's animation quality, and tremendously more melodramatic about every single thing than it needs to be. Half the season is just generalized existential angst, and the other half is tokenizing the one female in it. There's some okay action in it, if you thought that what something like Bleach needed was a lot more teenage angst.

    Dunno about the second season.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Ah, the pain of a monthly series

    Latest chapter of TenSura is basically just a bunch of building up to some action

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oh the actual funny reason no one posts one piece spoilers is cause I'm p sure you can read the latest chapters with the rest of us for free on Viz media I think it's the first 12 and the last 6??

    It's so easy to access go read it your self if ya want spoilers

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Is Noragami any good?

    Yep, pretty interesting slice of life about japanese gods.

    A bit dramatic but it does it well.

    Also has one of the coolest things I've seen a complete slacker person I shouldn't respect say. I was like how dare you say that and pull it off, that's illegal!

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oh the actual funny reason no one posts one piece spoilers is cause I'm p sure you can read the latest chapters with the rest of us for free on Viz media I think it's the first 12 and the last 6??

    It's so easy to access go read it your self if ya want spoilers

    oh yeah if you didn't know about the viz shonen jump website https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/one-piece

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oh the actual funny reason no one posts one piece spoilers is cause I'm p sure you can read the latest chapters with the rest of us for free on Viz media I think it's the first 12 and the last 6??

    It's so easy to access go read it your self if ya want spoilers

    oh yeah if you didn't know about the viz shonen jump website https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/one-piece

    The Shonen Jump sub is one of the best deals in comics period. $2/month gets you access to a massive back catalog, with the only limit being 100 chapters a day.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oh the actual funny reason no one posts one piece spoilers is cause I'm p sure you can read the latest chapters with the rest of us for free on Viz media I think it's the first 12 and the last 6??

    It's so easy to access go read it your self if ya want spoilers

    Also, the entire thing is free on the Manga Plus app, if you have time to read thousand chapters.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Watching Ranking of Kings with partner and we just hit episode 19, where they explain the back story of the magic nation and... boy, some people are just evil, huh. Entire culture is evil, what can you do about it, them's the facts of life I guess.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Manga Winner of the Day:
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    Download the Discord app today!

    Manga Loser of the Day:
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    When you think you're part of the harem but they still don't let you inside the house

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Wait did they actually say Discord?

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Wait did they actually say Discord?

    They've done a few chapters about Discord, probably because the author plays a ton of Apex on Discord.

    In other news Spring season starts Sunday! What's on folks' radars?

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  • Ark EvensongArk Evensong The NetherlandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    「ディスコード」 but, yes, that's how you write Discord in Japanese. Not the first time, and not really sure what's up with that. The manga also straight-up referred to Among Us a while back. I do think it steered clear of calling out Apex Legends by name earlier, but not sure.

    On the anime side of things, the Kaguya-sama team put up this poster on their website and twitter for April Fools:
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    「ここからは俺たちに任せな」[koko kara wa oretachi ni makasena]
    translates to something like "We'll take it from here, (okay?)"
    They are the Four Ramen Kings of the Tokyo Metro area, and very minor characters in the series. The two guys in glasses showed up near the end of the first season, while the other two were only mentioned during the introduction of the first.
    Quite like this kind of April Fools thing. Fun and far too ridiculous to take seriously, so no-one's getting their hopes up or gets concerned. (That said, I probably would read/watch a spin-off focused on these characters. They're fun.)

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    We've met one more in the manga (in an absolutely hilarious Chika chapter). I'm sure we'll meet the 4th during a cutaway chapter in the middle of a serious climax.

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  • Ark EvensongArk Evensong The NetherlandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    We've met one more in the manga (in an absolutely hilarious Chika chapter). I'm sure we'll meet the 4th during a cutaway chapter in the middle of a serious climax.
    We've met all four, but yeah, Chika still needs to face the last one in ramen battle. (Guy on the top left, he was the taxi driver during the Fireworks arc in the S1 finale)

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  • ElaroElaro Who am I? What do I want?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    「ディスコード」 but, yes, that's how you write Discord in Japanese. Not the first time, and not really sure what's up with that. The manga also straight-up referred to Among Us a while back. I do think it steered clear of calling out Apex Legends by name earlier, but not sure.

    In the translation I read, I think they just called it "Apex"? But maybe I'm misremembering. What I definitely do remember, though, is them mentioning Apex characters (and guns and gameplay) by name in the text. It's in the Miko/Ishigami-relevant chapters.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Never ceases to amuse me that the platform for communication and connection decided to name itself a word that embodies the exact opposite

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  • Ark EvensongArk Evensong The NetherlandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Elaro wrote: »
    In the translation I read, I think they just called it "Apex"? But maybe I'm misremembering. What I definitely do remember, though, is them mentioning Apex characters (and guns and gameplay) by name in the text. It's in the Miko/Ishigami-relevant chapters.
    Looked at the Japanese, and they used 「エペ」[e-pe] which I'm going to assume is the common abbreviation for it. That can probably(?) fly for copyright/trademark reasons, and perhaps they're less itchy triggery on in-game names? *shrug*

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Not sure if this is a coincidence or what, but there's a number of writers all using the same idea this week. It'll be interesting to see what they do with it this time, because I'm sure I've seen this idea fairly often before:

    latest Komi-San:
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    latest Sono Bisque Doll/My Dress-Up Darling:
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    latest Blue Box:
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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Extended Manga Universe...?

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Wait did they actually say Discord?

    They've done a few chapters about Discord, probably because the author plays a ton of Apex on Discord.

    In other news Spring season starts Sunday! What's on folks' radars?

    Spring season started yesterday with Paripi Koumei, which is... basically just another idol show, but with a dude from Romance of the Three Kingdoms in it. Better animated than most, I guess. Aharen and Virgin Road both air today, along with the new season of that "I Tried to Understand Love with Science" or whatever the translated title is.

    Things I expect will be decent: (Official PV in spoilers for space)

    Spy x Family. Action comedy. Most people know about it. Promos looked good.

    Summer Time Render. Gory time loop thriller about fighting an army of invading shadow monsters who can copy people and gruesomely murder the originals. It's a Jump manga, but it's already finished. Quite schlocky, both in fanservice and gore, and apparently the ending is not great, but promos were decent and pacing at the start seemed good with lots of the kind of murdery monster stuff you'd want from this kind of thing.

    This Healer's Annoying (Kono Healer Mendokusai, not sure the localized title). Fantasy parody that's actually a parody. Every character in it is completely useless, snarky, sarcastic, and unlike most of these, doesn't beat you over the head explaining the RPG/fantasy concepts it's making fun of, just assumes you know them.

    Love Comes After World Conquest. Another sentai parody about the head Power Ranger and the head of the evil organization trying to date. Much more of a parody than Kuroitsu-san was last season, but also fairly harem-y (though the dude is completely dedicated to the main girl). Not so much a relationship thing though as the usual fluff, just with sentai jokes.

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    I expect most people are primarily interested in the next season of Kaguya, and I can't fathom why, but the manga for Shikimori's Not Just Cute seems well regarded. From what I browsed through it, it was formulaic fluff. One page where the protagonist announced Shikimori was cute, one page where something happens, then a close up of an overly detailed dramatic drawing of Shikimori, then he declares that she's cool too. Just that over and over. There's a shitload of sports shows too, though all their promos were generic as fuck. One about ballet (Dance Dance Danseur) is getting over-animated by Mappa, but its manga is melodramatic as absolute fuck.

    Content warning thing:

    The Skeleton Knight isekai thing, one of like fucking five cheat isekai things this season... Its promo is half just a rape scene. So, uh, yeah. Already competing with the second season of Shield Hero for grossest show of the season.

    There are a few others on my radar, but those are the ones that stood out.

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  • ElaroElaro Who am I? What do I want?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kaguya-sama this season should be covering
    the Culture Festival arc
    so that's hype AF.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Elaro wrote: »
    Kaguya-sama this season should be covering
    the Culture Festival arc
    so that's hype AF.

    Fingers crossed for a GOAT season for Kaguya. I'm hoping the internet explodes just like when the corresponding manga chapter came out (which was timed to the release of season 1 episode 1, iirc).

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    In webtoon news God of Highschool finally wrapped up its final arc with a climactic showdown between a full power Sage Wukong mode Mori Jin and Omnipotent God Mujin Park in a huge war that left 99% of the cast dead and several planets in pieces. It was a brutal battle but finally after many long years of dragging its feet it's ov--

    ...Wait what's that? The fight ended without a conclusive victor and now we're back to depowered Mori Jin filler adventures, now with weirdly mature literal children on a brand new planet?

    I wish I could say it was an April Fools joke but nope we're doing this shit again for the fourth time now I think.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    In webtoon news God of Highschool finally wrapped up its final arc with a climactic showdown between a full power Sage Wukong mode Mori Jin and Omnipotent God Mujin Park in a huge war that left 99% of the cast dead and several planets in pieces. It was a brutal battle but finally after many long years of dragging its feet it's ov--

    ...Wait what's that? The fight ended without a conclusive victor and now we're back to depowered Mori Jin filler adventures, now with weirdly mature literal children on a brand new planet?

    I wish I could say it was an April Fools joke but nope we're doing this shit again for the fourth time now I think.

    ... what? I was just wondering if GoH had resumed serialization from its hiatus.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Man, both the new shows today have just fuckawful scoring. Other than that, both were... I don't know, okay, I guess. Nothing objectionable, nothing done all that well either.

    Executioner Girl spent too long pretending to be a generic cheat power isekai, and spoils its twist in both the title and the opening flashforward. So I don't know why they would spend half the damn thing pretending to be trashy, cliched crap. Once it finally stops though, it bounces around between bad groping fanservice, silly twisted 'horror' faces, and just regular fantasy fighting, before ending on going back to being cheat power isekai. The music is all the fuck over the place. Some scenes are Spanish themed, some are carnival carousel. Will probably give it at least one or two more episodes just because so much of the first was spent on pretending to be shitty instead of the actual story/characters, but there are plenty of red flags.

    Aharen-san is Indecipherable is pretty much just quiet Komi-san with worse animation and no real emotional thrusts or character focus. Some of the jokes are okay. Of all the musical cliches in Japanese music, I think I may hate out of tune shrill recorders to show childishness/innocence the most of all, and holy fuck, does this use them constantly. It also doesn't help that the characters and dialogue is all pretty quiet and then the OP/ED are both ear-blisteringly loud JPop. Level out your volume, please.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Well.

    I was interested in Summer Time Render.

    But now that the mystery that the plot descriptions and teasers were careful not to spoil has been completely laid out I guess I can skip it.

    Thanks.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    You're complaining about things that are explicitly stated and shown in the promos advertising the show.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rORG4gUVOY8

    If watching the promos a show uses to advertise itself is too much of a spoiler for you, it's probably not actually a spoiler.

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