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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    actually the best way to experience homestuck is to never experience it because it's terrible

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I've gone [insert years here] without experiencing Homestuck, I figure I can probably go [insert expected lifespan remaining] more.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
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    *homestuck exists*

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I am absolutely floored by the new Viz app announcement! I've been wishing so long for an SJ app equivalent to Shogakukan or for their shoujo library, and this is both!

    Seriously lots of great stuff here! All of Rumiko Takahashi's stuff, some Junji Ito, and Yuu Watase! Basara!Black Dorohedoro, Flame of Recca, MAR, Nana! KEKKAISHI!!!!

    There's some notable admissions but this will hopefully grow, and this is already an extremely strong first start!

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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Dorohedoro? Did someone say Dorohedoro? What's happening with Dorohedoro?

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I forgot viz owns homestuck now

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Today on Marginal Service...
    Someone is spamming the team with nudes of each other and other compromising pics, such as the magical squirrel trying to fuck a cat. It's the lady's ex-boyfriend, Edward Snowden Eddie Snow who's trying to dismantle government surveillance, and refuses to meet her unless she strips naked, which she does and then does the Die Hard gun-taped-to-the-back trick, because they used to watch Die Hard together. Also, this is a Christmas episode. Did I mention that? The main guy hates santas. But it was a fake-out for both. She brought a secret chameleon alien, and he already uploaded himself to a server. This server. The one right in front of her. His entire plan was to attempt to murder her repeatedly, harass her at work, and then say "you still like me, right?" Not even uploaded himself to the cloud. Just to this one box. But she doesn't care and destroys it with a desk chair, because fuck you. Not your fucking girlfriend anymore.

    I can't imagine this was written by ChatGPT because I feel like it would have probably done a better job.

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I forgot viz owns homestuck now

    So did they

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Skip & Loafer doing it's thing, trying to kill me with WEAPONS GRADE CUTENESS

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    actually the best way to experience homestuck is to never experience it because it's terrible

    I have not read Homestuck but I did listen to Homestuck Made This World

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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I'm up to the 2nd half of season 2 of My Hero Academia

    This show still owns

    Not much Tsu so far this season, hopefully that changes soon, ribbit

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I have no idea what Homestuck is or why it is hated.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I have no idea what Homestuck is or why it is hated.

    especially when we could be spending more time hating demon instead

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Homestuck is a land of contrasts.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Skip & Loafer doing it's thing, trying to kill me with WEAPONS GRADE CUTENESS

    I love that it is like, wholesome cuteness. It's not saccharine, it's not infantilized, it's just some gosh darn wholesome kids trying their best and occasionally failing.

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Someone did a twitter thread breaking down the viz manga sub and it's titles.



    I suppose I'm going to finally have to learn to love their desktop browser interface.

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile

    K Manga launched

    and is *dogshit*

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  • J-bobJ-bob J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile

    K Manga launched

    and is *dogshit*

    I am shocked. Shocked!

    Well not that shocked.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13


    God the fuckin’ Barrel Plan, I love it.

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  • ouzaruouzaru RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    “How hard can it be?”

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile

    K Manga launched

    and is *dogshit*

    It's ridiculously predatory from what I can gather. Really upsetting given this hits Witch Hat Atelier, which I was very excited about getting simulpub'd

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »


    God the fuckin’ Barrel Plan, I love it.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Meanwhile

    K Manga launched

    and is *dogshit*

    It's ridiculously predatory from what I can gather. Really upsetting given this hits Witch Hat Atelier, which I was very excited about getting simulpub'd

    Square’s US digital one is similar too and it’s just baffling

    These people are publishers! Long established manga publishers, with multiple weekly and monthly print anthologies out regularly!

    Just offer subscriptions! Regular subscriptions! It’s the one realm where subscription structures aren’t fucking bullshit; I want a steady supply of magazine, you publish a steady supply of content, I offer you a scheduled payment structure to ensure I get your content as it’s published.

    I don’t want to buy weird fuckingn per chapter coins or someshit, I don’t want to be charged multiple times for a single chapter you split in three (Stares at Square-Enix), I just want to pay you for a periodical comic magazine subscription

    Viz, and Shueisha and Shogakukan by extension, seem to have figured this out and such that they can even afford to maintain a giant back catalogue that would otherwise eat into their tankoban sales and it doesn’t seem that they’re using it as some kind of loss leader?

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »
    Meanwhile

    K Manga launched

    and is *dogshit*

    It's ridiculously predatory from what I can gather. Really upsetting given this hits Witch Hat Atelier, which I was very excited about getting simulpub'd

    Square’s US digital one is similar too and it’s just baffling

    These people are publishers! Long established manga publishers, with multiple weekly and monthly print anthologies out regularly!

    Just offer subscriptions! Regular subscriptions! It’s the one realm where subscription structures aren’t fucking bullshit; I want a steady supply of magazine, you publish a steady supply of content, I offer you a scheduled payment structure to ensure I get your content as it’s published.

    I don’t want to buy weird fuckingn per chapter coins or someshit, I don’t want to be charged multiple times for a single chapter you split in three (Stares at Square-Enix), I just want to pay you for a periodical comic magazine subscription

    Viz, and Shueisha and Shogakukan by extension, seem to have figured this out and such that they can even afford to maintain a giant back catalogue that would otherwise eat into their tankoban sales and it doesn’t seem that they’re using it as some kind of loss leader?

    Some browsing on reddit indicates that this is the Done Thing in japan, and some of it is to do with payment processing and stuff.

    ...so frankly it just sounds like Japanese readers get gouged to fuck, creators get screwed, and these companies are just trying to move their stuff into wider market with zero effort -apperntly in K-Manga's case, VERY LITERALLY, as it's just a copy of an existing app they already use in japan (Same price structure, gatcha mechanics and everything else).

    And while this is the anime/manga thread, i'm going to take this opprunity to scream about DC and Marvel doing similar crap. JUST LET ME HAVE A SUBSCPRITON YOU FUCKS. I like most of the x-books! Anything Jeb Mckay's been putting out recently is actually really good (no, seriously folks, go find his run on Moon Knight, it's great, touching, handles mental health extradionarly well, and Moon Knight is fantastic). Same with Al Ewing.

    But nope, they want upwards of six fucking NZD per issue. YOU HAVE DISNEY MONEY YOU ASSHOLES. Pay your creators a ton! it's literally going to print you money in the long run!

    It's immensely fucking frustrating, be this manga or western comics. Not even going to touch the frustration on the way Euro comics just do not get translated out there - There are some gems and i'd love to read more (Freaks Squeele had a bit of a weak ending, but was overall great and creative..)

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also @Lanz I honestly think how Viz does it strikes a good balance. I'm not super fond of the 100 chapter limit, but realistically i have hit that... a couple of times in the past year+ - Binging on Undead Unluck, and uh... When i was rereading claymore?

    So it really only hurts re-reading binges, and at like that point it's kinda fair, I should be thinking about getting physical copies (And if i had space/money, i'd be doing so!). If the subscription cost more, i'd probably want unlimited chapters - but as it is, the 100 chapters is very reasonble, especially in conjuction with the ability to download em for on-the-go reading without eating your mobile data.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oh what, the K Manga website isn't up and has no set release date. Apparently it's app only for the foreseeable future. I didn't think I could hate this anymore, but here we are.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Its telling how much pull Viz actually has to manage this and have it be as straightforward as it is

    Industry pull?

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »


    God the fuckin’ Barrel Plan, I love it.

    I'm going to imagine and hope that he's just never seen or referred to again, zero notes.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Orbital mechanics also do not work that wayyyy

    But fiction never has realistic orbital mechanics anyway, it's always airplanes in space. It's hard to wrap your head around without being a rocket scientist or playing kerbal space program.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah I think at this point I'm willing to pay Viz $2/month just to spite Kodansha.

    So many series died to me for this.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »


    God the fuckin’ Barrel Plan, I love it.

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    The funniest thing is he wouldn't even fall to Earth. He'd just float in the barrel until he died. And then keep orbiting. Can't tell if that is better or worse than burning up.

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    actually the best way to experience homestuck is to never experience it because it's terrible

    I have not read Homestuck but I did listen to Homestuck Made This World

    HSMTW might genuinely be my favorite podcast of all time

    I was also accidentally Michael Lutz's advisor on the history of how Tumblr anime fandoms grew into and out of the Homestuck fandom (mostly Hetalia on the former end, and Danganronpa on the latter end)

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    pretty sure they just rescue him like 10 minutes later if I remember right

    it turns out taking people with 1920s technology into space was a bad idea

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    What's that from? Turn A?

    yes

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah I think at this point I'm willing to pay Viz $2/month just to spite Kodansha.

    So many series died to me for this.

    The two Viz subs are collectively $5/month. For a metric assload of content, the only restriction being the 100 chapter/day/sub limit which is reasonable. It is one of the best fucking deals in the industry, and I don't know why everyone else doesn't get it.
    Its telling how much pull Viz actually has to manage this and have it be as straightforward as it is

    Industry pull?

    Well at least with Shueshia

    Given that Viz is Shueisha's American arm, that's to be expected.

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