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- Comment on I Watched Galverse So You Didn't Have To 1 hour ago:
Years ago, I was working at an art gallery, and we had one customer who would come in every few weeks with the latest vaguely renaissance-looking oil painting he’d found at a yard sale and spend an hour or two tediously pointing out and explaining the artfully hidden brush strokes or initials or subject matter or shapes in the clouds or what-have-you that proved that it was actually a Rembrandt.
I had forgotten all about him until just now, when thus essay veey forcefully reminded me.
And on another note, it also managed to Streisand the Galverse. I didn’t even know there was such a thing until just now, but now I’m going to go track it down.
- Comment on Apocalypse Hotel - Episode 12 discussion 1 day ago:
That ending was absolutely brilliant - sort of low-key and open, but hilarious and appropriate too.
And the whole shampoo hat scene made me laugh hard - that was a great callback.
And with that, I say the series is a winner, from start to finish (and I’m already planning to rewatch it all the way through, maybe even starting tonight).
It has an odd tone, because it often feels sort of dark and sad and scary slong the way, but in the end, Yachiyo’s (and later Ponko’s) indomitable spirit and determination win out. Nothing comes easy for Yachiyo and the Gingarou, but she doesn’t give up. She just keeps plugging away, and it works out — maybe not in the way that she wanted or expected, but in a way that does work.
And now I’m just that much more ceetain that the oddly dissonant OP was very deliberate, and I don’t think I’d want it any other way. It says it’s okay if things aren’t quite what you’d expect or prefer — you can just set aside your expectations and enjoy it anyway.
- Comment on Summer Anime Season Preview Discussion and Thread Requests [2025, Week 26] 2 days ago:
I came into this thread already planning to not mention any upcoming anime because, as usual, I haven’t paid any attention. I prefer to let a new season go for at least a week or two, then see if anything catches my eye.
But in browsing the thread, I saw that City is getting an anime, so that’s one already that I will be watching.
Last season, I only watched two series - Apocalypse Hotel and Maebashi Witches.
Apocalypse Hotel has been excellent, and is finishing up later this week, and I’ll likely have something to say on the thread for it
Maebashi Witches though… it’s unsurprisingly never gotten its own threads in the first place, and I’ve never seen any mention of it at all (other than a couple I made), so I want to take this opportunity to say that it’s really pretty good all in all, and some of you should watch it.
Its target demographic is definitely young teenage girls - the “witches” of the title are five middle school girls who get roped (by a sort of froggish mascot character winningly voiced by Ono Daisuke) into becoming sort of combination magical girls and idol singers, operating out of a magical flower shop, the door to which appears in front of whoever needs their help.
But it’s not quite that simple. This isn’t like Madoka level deconstruction - not even close - but there is a hint of that. Things don’t ever work out quite like the girls naively believe, the whole magic thing is revealed to not be quite the unalloyed good they thought it was going to be, and it turns out that granting people’s wishes isn’t necessarily what they need, or even what they actually want.
And the characters are dealt with a bit unexpectedly as well. The girls are all more complex than they initially seem, and though their task is to help other people, a lot of the focus ends up being on them and their struggles to deal with their own issues, and especially how that affects their attempts to help other people.
It’s neither high drama nor deep philosophy, but it does have more of both than one might expect.
And the one thing I can unreservedly say in its favor is that the animation and music are very good.
So… yeah. This isn’t something I’d recommend to just anyone, but if the basic outline of wish-granting magical girls/idol singers seems appealing, this one is worth a watch. I enjoyed it.
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- [Discussion] Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? - Ch. 75 - Otaku & Gyaru & Career Path Survey - MangaDexmangadex.org ↗Submitted 5 days ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
- [Discussion] Osananajimi Kanojo no Morahara ga Hidoin de Zetsuen Sengen shite Yatta - Vol. 4 Ch. 40 - MangaDexmangadex.org ↗Submitted 5 days ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
- Comment on Apocalypse Hotel - Episode 11 discussion 6 days ago:
I mentioned this in passing a couple of weeks ago, and this episode really drove it home - I think the overall theme of this series is “earn your iyashikei.”
It is an iyashikei in the long run - it’s comfy and soothing and heart-warming. But none of it’s just handed out for free. You (and Yachiyo) have to work for it.
The hunt for a replacement part got genuinely scary for a bit there, and then the way she finally found it was sad and touching and beautiful.
I really love this series, and I suspect it’s going to remain a sentimental favorite for years to come.
- [Discussion] A Story After Everything Went Well (oneshot - science fiction, post-apocalypse, philosophy)comick.io ↗Submitted 1 week ago to manga@ani.social | 2 comments
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- Comment on What anime do you regularly rewatch? 1 week ago:
Single episodes:
Little Witch Academia - the original OVA. There isn’t a single wasted frame - it’s just 23 minutes of pure genius. (And as a matter of fact, I just rewatched it again last night).
Sword Art Online S01E04 - The Black Swordsman. The introduction of Silica and Pina and just a great, warm, funny, satisfying standalone episode, and particularly because it’s sort of an antidote to S01E03, The Red-nosed Reindeer, which is arguably better, but so emotionally devastating.
YuruYuri S01E05 - When Akari and the Cicadas Cry. Kyouko drags Ayano to Comiket, Chitose discovers yuri doujins, and Chinatsu kisses Akari. Funny and cute even by YuruYuri’s lofty standards.
86 Episode 23 - the last third of this episode is quite simply the most beautiful and touching thing I’ve ever seen, and it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.
Akudama Drive Eposode 12 - It seems like it should be tragic, but it just kicks so much ass. " Serves you right."
Non Non Biyori S01E10 - We Watched the First Sunrise of the Year - I just love the dynamic between Kaede and Renge
Movies:
Spirited Away Duh. How could I not?
Ghost in the Shell (1995) Still the most concise visit to that universe. I like much of the rest of the franchise too, but that movie stands above them all.
The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi Just a great movie from start to finish. “John… Smith!”
Redline Buried under the stylish carnage and sensory overload is a satisfying tale of honor and redemption, and a surprisingly cute love story.
Series:
Puella Magi Madoka Magica Even after all these years and all these rewatches, it just grabs me by the throat and drags me along.
Kemurikusa - Low budget done right. Great mysterious setting, good characters and satisfying story.
FLCL - I especially like episode 1 and episide 3, but it’s short enough and there are enough other good moments that I figure I might as well watch it all, so I do.
And a couple of recent additions: Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! and Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! Eizouken is an unabashed love letter to anime with wonderful characters, and Makeine is a great multi-genre whatever-it-is, and Anna in particular is a terrific character.
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- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 24] 2 weeks ago:
Just a quick note on this season: Maebashi Witches is better than you probably think it is.
- Comment on [Discussion] Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan - Ch. 241 2 weeks ago:
My current theory is that the author and his assistants (or maybe just his assistants and he quit bothering long ago) have a great big die with story tropes on each face and as necessary, they just roll the die and do whatever it says.
Since they finished the “sports festival arc,” they had ro roll the die again, and it came up “study group.”
And here we are.
- Comment on Apocalypse Hotel - Episode 9 discussion 2 weeks ago:
Just caught up with this one last night, and it might even beat out the Harmageddon episode as my favorite so far. It was just wonderful - happy and sad and charming and bittersweet and chaotic and touching and, when all’s said and done, contentedly optimistic…
And Yachiyo got her body back.
Her reaction when she first learned of the engagement was telling, though nobody really pointed it out. That was an emotional outburst at the thought of losing Ponko. I think she’s a lot more human than anyone realizes.
- Comment on [DISC] Houkago Kitaku Biyori - Chapter 41 3 weeks ago:
That was great, but I have to admit I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t do a display about her awesome stick collection. ⚔️
- Comment on [DISC] The One Within the Villainess - Chapter 28 [END] 3 weeks ago:
That was a great wrap-up — it settled pretty much every question I had about the story, and it was great to see Emi and Remilis face to face.
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- [Discussion] Robou no Fujii - Vol. 2 Ch. 14 - Fujii's Day Off & Ch. 15 - Matsuoka and Fujiimangadex.org ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
- Comment on Now I think SOA was not even that bad. 3 weeks ago:
SAO was excellent here and there (Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, The Black Swordsman, Mother’s Rosario) and was at least decent all the way through.
It was just one of those series that became so commonly loved by normies that advertising one’s hatred of it became an easy way to gain instant edgelord cred.
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- [Discussion] Mankitsu Shitai Jouren-san / Miss Regular Customer Wants to Enjoy - Ch. 43 - MangaDexmangadex.org ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
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- [Discussion] Sekai wa Owattemo Ikirutte Tanoshii / Even If the World Is Over It's Fun to Live - Vol. 5 Ch. 31.2 - In The Midst Of The Cycle - MangaDexmangadex.org ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
- Comment on [Discussion] Renge to Naruto! - Ch. 35 5 weeks ago:
It’s easy. The only difficulty is that it can’t understand a link to a specific chapter - you have to get the link for the series and plug that in to Cubari, then go to the specific chapter on the list Cubari generates.
- Comment on [Discussion] Renge to Naruto! - Ch. 35 5 weeks ago:
Yes. Yes she is.
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- Comment on [Meta question] With MD's new Uploader's Liability Policy, Should we even share links when discussing series? 5 weeks ago:
Obviously this is entirely up to the instance owner, but it seems to me that, if anything, all of this actually makes our position stronger.
Scanlation’s always been a sort of gray area. It’s technically piracy - that part’s black and white - but the publishers have generally turned a blind eye to it, at least in cases in which there are and will be no licensed translations available. The publishers appeared to generally see it, and correctly, as free advertising (and in fact, scanlation is the ENTIRE reason that manga has gotten as popular as it has outside of Japan).
So the basic rule of thumb for more or less legitimate scanlation has always been that if the series isn’t licensed, it’s fair game, and if the publishers take exception anyway, all they have to do is say so and we’ll immediately “cease and desist.”
In one sense, this is just a massive version of what’s happened to MD all along. They’ve gotten takedown requests from the start, and just immediately comply with them.
The things that are notable about this one are the scale of it, and the fact that many of the titles do not have and likely never will have official translations, so it seems to be entirely vindictive. The publishers aren’t losing anything by allowing scanlations of titles that they’ll never license anyway, so they’re not protecting themselves from any nominal loss - they’re just being dicks.
And that’s undoubtedly what’s rattled MD - it’s not the fact of the takedowns, which have happened from the start but the seeming vindictiveness of them.
But their response has been to formally shift responsibility to the uploaders. They’re saying not just tacitly but explicitly that anyone who uploads anything effectively claims to have the legal right to do so, so if they don’t, that’s their problem and not MD’s.
Which actually removes us even further from any liability. From our position, the uploaders claimed to have the right to do so, and MD accepted their claim, and all we’re doing is taking everyone else at their word.
For whatever that’s worth.
- Comment on [DISC] Manemane Nichinichi - Ch. 29 - DVD - MangaDex 5 weeks ago:
According to their credits page, Harmless Monsters is going to stop uploading to Mangadex. They’re going to continue all of their series, but they’re going to post them somewhere else to avoid “potential legal issues.”
Is that the future of scanlation? We’ve gotten sort of spoiled, since the primary sites - Mangadex and before that (the original) Batoto got left alone. Is it going to become whack-a-mole now, like anime? Instead of being able to depend on one site, we’ll have to move to a new one every few years?
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- [DISC] Shiretto Sugee Koto Itteru Gal / The Gals Who Always Say Incredible Things - Ch. 31.5 - Special Edition: Reintroductory Chapter - MangaDexmangadex.org ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to manga@ani.social | 0 comments
