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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I hate birthdays

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13

    If you need your Explosions in English, they got right on this. I've found the show amusing but not that great, so far, myself.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    as I understand it that person is doing a bit but IDK maybe he's real

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    as I understand it that person is doing a bit but IDK maybe he's real

    This person wasn't
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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 13
    as I understand it that person is doing a bit but IDK maybe he's real

    I guess not all commitments to bits are commendable.

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  • arthurinscalesarthurinscales Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    as I understand it that person is doing a bit but IDK maybe he's real

    i dunno, in the wild, i've seen a couple christian apocalypse cars that really shouldn't be legal to drive that were covered in stickers and/or taped, handwritten messages about how close we are to the end of the world/the devil is real/lots of antisemitism and probably other -isms but I didn't spend that much time to find out

    why not have the same impulse but for an anime waifu

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Every time I see this it makes me think that at a certain point dedication to a bit becomes indistinguishable from earnestly being in it.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Apparently his dad is the guy who created Grease, so he's got plenty of money to burn on all the bits he can commit to.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I didn't say it wasn't believable, just that someone said that specific guy is doing a bit

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    as I understand it that person is doing a bit but IDK maybe he's real

    This person wasn't
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    https://youtu.be/A7PJQa1RfM0

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    as I understand it that person is doing a bit but IDK maybe he's real

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cegby1TE-2U

    basically he's a nepo kid (his dad wrote Grease) doing it for the content

    I don't think his stuff is good, or even really interesting beyond the initial "wtf lmao" factor, but eh, there's something there at least (plus I'm hella grading on a curve since there are much, much worse things a disaffected hollywood kid could be doing with their time)

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I didn't realize that had already come up in the Twitter thread, whoops. It seemed more fitting here though.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Every time I see this it makes me think that at a certain point dedication to a bit becomes indistinguishable from earnestly being in it.

    As Kurt Vonnegut once said, "We are what we pretend to be."

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  • IronKnuckleIronKnuckle This is also my fault Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The near total lack of furniture throughout the house is throwing me way more than the love for that Danganronpa character who's barely in the game.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    The near total lack of furniture throughout the house is throwing me way more than the love for that Danganronpa character who's barely in the game.

    I bet he just picked her at random.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I can't say I care for this person's bits, but they're at least just weird and off-putting shitposts and not legitimately advocating for eugenics

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited April 13
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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I'm trying, really trying to give Oshi No Ko a fair shot but after being exposed to Perfect Blue and Me!Me!Me! I always balk at idol stuff.
    I'm 22 minutes in and this baby with the mind of an adult man has a creepy smile on his face and is happy he got murdered so he could be reincarnated and be closer to the idol
    I know the concept is supposed to be wild but it's definitely raising some flags for me

    I'll strap in I guess

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  • arthurinscalesarthurinscales Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Let us know what you think by the end of the episode

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Every time I see this it makes me think that at a certain point dedication to a bit becomes indistinguishable from earnestly being in it.

    As Kurt Vonnegut once said, "We are what we pretend to be."

    Ngl I was thinking of mother night when I was typing that but I figured that would be a much lesser known reference than trying to keep it to plain language

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited April 13
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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    asofyeun wrote: »
    Let us know what you think by the end of the episode

    It definitely went places, not sure I'm hooked by the premise but I like the character designs well enough to keep going

    It feels like a weird amalgam of several things I've already seen, not that it's a knock against it

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  • neverreallyneverreally Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    asofyeun wrote: »
    Let us know what you think by the end of the episode

    It definitely went places, not sure I'm hooked by the premise but I like the character designs well enough to keep going

    It feels like a weird amalgam of several things I've already seen, not that it's a knock against it

    As a reader, the premise/opener did not hook me. I gradually became more interested as they fleshed out the characters, introduced new ones, and made an interesting world for them all to interact with.

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  • arthurinscalesarthurinscales Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    minor spoilers for oshi no ko
    i never read the manga but i understood there was some reincarnation shenanigans

    if this was a show about baby-fans cheering on idol mom, woulda passed

    i'll take a high school murder-mystery investigation conducted by hyper-competent reincarnated teens navigating japan's entertainment industry, though

    Kaguya-sama is pretty great so I have some high expectations for the show

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oshi no ko is extremely critical of all the BS idols have to tolerate in their line of work, and entertainment in general.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    He explains things here and honestly it's almost heartwarming?

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited April 13
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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Ancient Magus's Bride S2 03

    That's a pretty sweet meal plan.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Finished Bastard! S1, really solid cliffhanger, hoping they can finish the story next season.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Conversely, animes based in the USA are still a reflection of Japan’s own society and using cities in America is a way for them to comment on subjects that would be rejected or heavily criticized if set in Japanese society. They might also use it to comment on Japan’s “newly found global focus”.

    A lot of animes are set in prohibition-era America to comment on the drug use that people are ignoring and that is still a taboo subject in Japan. A lot of people act like drug use just doesn’t happen, so producers utilize American culture, where we do recognize drug use, to comment on Japan’s complacency.

    Which anime shows are set in 1920s America? Baccano and ... ?

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I don't know about 1920s in particular but I can recall a bunch anime/manga set in America that do heavily involve drug use. Like it's not that common a thing, but it does seem to be a thing.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    it does seem almost completely taboo to mention realistic drug use by japanese people in japan, in japanese media

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I guess you could say shows like AoT and Spy Fam have a western feel to them but also hew to older aesthetics. But I'm not sure it has anything to do with drug usage. I remember one show in particular from a few years back that had a weed dealer as one of the characters and that's a big no no there

    Great Pretenders I feel like had a drug subplot in the first episode?

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    It's not 1920s, but pretty decent anime called 91 Days was set during prohibition persion, with a story starting in 1932:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkd__a6WmS4

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Great Pretenders I feel like had a drug subplot in the first episode?

    They were scamming a drug supplier with a fake drug recipe, yeah, so no real world drugs are ever mentioned.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited April 13
    Some of Sakura wars is 1920s america

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Aren't there actual censorship laws about depicting minors using drugs - even legal drugs like tobacco and alcohol, which is why you always have the ridiculous insert of [They were actually drinking grape juice] or whatever all the time and it turns out the character just got placebo drunk

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