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Yuri Camp

Typo, or Freudian slip? ;)

I’m a little surprised too, although I was personally disappointed with the series (read the manga some years back, haven’t seen the anime). It was educational for a shonen series, but that’s a pretty low bar. I found the science references to be somewhat shallow, and they gave way to action pretty quickly, as if the series used science as an aesthetic rather than a premise. Felt like wasted potential imo.

One of the great things about anime is that it’s already somewhat niche and already attracts nerds, so why not lean into it? Make that historically-accurate horse-racing series! Recreate real plays from top sports games! Geek out about your special interest; there’s bound to be an audience of other otaku who are also into that! Unfortunately a lot of the especially niche subjects don’t make it to an official English translation, but that’s where scanlations come to the rescue to fill in the gaps.

I’ve never seen Umamusume, but from what I’ve heard it’s shockingly high effort; the historical accuracy doesn’t surprise me in the least. I’d be interested in a breakdown from someone who specializes in Chinese history of the accuracy of Apothecary Diaries (on the surface it seems at least somewhat accurate, but it also feels a bit romanticized… I want to believe!). Vinland Saga didn’t seem quite my taste so I’ve never seen it. Tanya the Evil is awesome, but I think it’s much more on the “inspired by” side of historical (makes for a great aesthetic, though).

That is super cool! I had never heard of this; thanks for sharing.

I hope inter-species love was the cause of our mixed DNA and not, you know, the other thing…

MEMES ARE REAL LIFE!!!1

Speak for yourself, my absolute dope of a cat was able to resolve the mouse problem in my new apartment within 48 hours (she didn’t even manage to catch any, her mere presence was apparently sufficient).

No experience with pineapples, but when a plant starts looking like this it’s often either too much or too little watering. Does the pot have an unobscured drain hole in the bottom? How did you choose a once-every-three-days watering cycle? (That sounds insufficient for outside growing this time of year to me.)

There are ~400 hours of the Meitantei Conan TV show and ~50 hours of movies though???

Probably the time I watched all 26 episodes of Simoun in a day instead of studying for finals (it was a jam-packed semester and I needed a burn-out day).

Unfortunately hydropower is its own flavor of environmental destruction.

Spent way too long trying to remember what an “oger” was in the Eva universe

As adorable as this is, I cannot fathom a practical use for a basket hardly larger than a quarter.