Essence_of_Meh
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- Comment on [DISC] Houkago Kitaku Biyori - Chapter 41 15 hours ago:
Chokki-chan has her priorities straight.
Really cute chapter. I wish we got more Yura-chan, both today and in general - I need that gal culture presentation.
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- Comment on [DISC] Journey Home After School - Ch. 41 16 hours ago:
Chokki-chan has her priorities straight.
Really cute chapter. I wish we got more Yura-chan, both today and in general - I need that gal culture presentation.
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- Comment on [DISC] The One Within the Villainess - Chapter 28 [END] 1 day ago:
What a wonderful ending.
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 23] 2 days ago:
You did! It’s on the pile, waiting for its turn.
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 23] 2 days ago:
Her drive and care for other characters is truly moving, autocorrect knows what’s up!
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 23] 2 days ago:
Desktop reader talk
I took the time to set up and try out Suwayomi since last week. As expected, I don’t really like having to use a browser to use it but it’s alright otherwise. It does have a problem with detecting that my system is using dark theme and ends up launching with bright colours every time but that’s not a huge problem. Komikku is working fine as well. This one’s problem has to do with the way it searches through source sites - you can’t cancel a call for sites it’s still waiting for response from, even if you found what you were looking for. So if for example I add a new series to library and want to look for something new while the previous search didn’t finish (calls to some sites can get stuck without response) I have to restart the app to do so.
This also isn’t a huge issue (it’s relevant mainly when importing my library during an initial setup) but it’s a stupid nonetheless. —Manga talk
The One Within the Villainess
I binged through the series last week. Despite having the same potential issue as May I Ask for One Last Thing?, i.e. completely overpowered MC, this one ended up having more going on for it in the end. Some examples that differentiate both titles:- MC doesn’t solve every single problem by beating people up. She actually does some investigative work, creates a prosperous village and wins people over with various actions.
- MC starts from a degraded position after the “prologue” section of the story. I won’t pretend she goes from zero to hero throughout the series but she is cast aside with no one on her side when things go down. She’s still OP and starts with a piece of land though.
- She gets to act like a real villainess. She works from the shadows and in a way that no one suspects her, she can be cold, manipulative and ruthless to those who crossed her.
- … there was more but I forgot… more surprises for those who decide to read, I guess?
Funnily enough, anime adaptation was announced a few days after I finished the series - perfect timing.
Side Characters Deserve Love Too
I did not expect MC to be a simp, let alone such a huge one. Her obsession ranges from hilarious to tiring, with the former being the more common occurrence thankfully. While the series can be a bit one note at times it’s still pretty fun to binge, if only to have something to do.Late season 1/season 2 thoughts
While Joe was always kind of a Mary Sue character she still had to work within limitations early on, however small they were. When the war arc started I thought it had a lot of potential for some interesting story beats. That lasted up until the middle of the first battle chapter when our MC with no combat experience and very limited training quickly became the god of death and any tension just evaporated immediately. Like… it’s not like I wanted the series to suddenly change genres but man, can’t you keep the suspense for at least a moment? At least the final arc delivered pretty nicely. It had suspense, stakes, drama - pretty much everything I was missing from the rest of the story. It also got a bit darker compared to everything before it without go overboard.
In the end I did end up enjoying it quite a bit. I do have to say though: Benji > Kyle. I know he had no chance but I still prefer the side character to the side character. Especially considering how Kyle turned out to be in the end (not terrible, just not how I enjoyed him).
I Shall Master This Family
Woman gets thrown out of a noble family after everyone who had some respect or ties to her is gone, then she dies and is resurrected as her 7 year old self. Objective: take over the family.Really solid so far, both in humour and writing in general. I appreciate that MC acts like a kid while working on her long term plans to improve her (and her dad’s) standing in the family. While the presentation is light and fun for the most part, story doesn’t shy from more serious topics like political manoeuvring, child abuse or bullying.
It’s my next binge target for sure.
- Comment on Does anyone use a phone without a protective case? 3 days ago:
Seems like most people prefer cases based on what I see around me. Personally I don’t like the additional bulk plus I’m careful enough with handheld objects to not drop them. Haven’t destroyed any phone so far.
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- Comment on Spread of sexual deepfake images created by generative AI growing in Japan 6 days ago:
I still think the act itself is pretty gross but yeah, the harm is the important part for me - and I don’t mean that just in case of sexual images. It’s also a problem in terms of content created to affect people’s reputation in other ways or influence the sociopolitical situation (something that’s already happening around the world).
The harmful potential of generative AI is on a completely different scale than photoshopped images already mentioned in this thread by others. That doesn’t mean genAI can’t be used in fun and interesting ways but stuff like what’s described in the linked article is a big no no for me.
- Comment on Spread of sexual deepfake images created by generative AI growing in Japan 6 days ago:
In my opinion absolutely. Whatever happens in your head stays in your head and doesn’t affect the other person unless you take active steps for that to happen. Images or videos on the other hand can not only be distributed far easier, even accidentally, but also have a way higher chance of affecting people’s lives (how can you disprove you didn’t take nude photos of yourself for example? let alone make people believe it). They can lead to loss of reputation, harassment, bullying and serious mental issues for the victims (trust issues, anxiety, depression, self-harm) - imagination can’t really do that on its own.
Perhaps distribution is the real problem but easy access to tools that can create convincing results quickly and without effort makes said distribution way more probable.
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- Comment on "The Person in a Villainess" Anime Announced 6 days ago:
Nice! Just binged through the manga a few days ago and would love to see this animated. What a perfect coincidence.
- Comment on Spread of sexual deepfake images created by generative AI growing in Japan 1 week ago:
Photoshop requires at least some skill and doesn’t allow for mass production of fakes the way generative AI does. Same problem, different scale.
- Comment on Spread of sexual deepfake images created by generative AI growing in Japan 1 week ago:
That’s a fair point but, as you already mentioned, deepfakes are a pretty universal problem unfortunately. The type of misogyny in Japan compared to say US or Europe doesn’t seem to affect that much (if at all). Either way, it’s a terrible practice without sufficient ways to combat it at the moment which makes me pretty worried about how things will evolve in the future - in terms of “content”, affecting lives of victims and laws that will come out of this (some probably made in the worst possible knee-jerk reactionary ways).
- Comment on Spread of sexual deepfake images created by generative AI growing in Japan 1 week ago:
There’s still a difference between a piece of clothing that may or may not have been worn by anonymous women and creations using real people without their knowledge or consent. Not trying to defend those vending machines but these aren’t the same in terms of results and potential effects on the victims.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
You can try reporting the video but that probably won’t do much (doesn’t mean it’s not worth a try). The best you can do is treat it as free advertisement and hope it’ll encourage people to buy the game if they like it.
Remember that pirated copy does not equal lost sale, especially for an indie title most people won’t even hear about.
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- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 22] 1 week ago:
I thought about Suwayomi as well but decided against it for now - partially because I of my weird aversion towards web UI for apps running on my PC and partially because I’m just too lazy to play around with it at the moment. I still want to try it out when I have more time though.
I don’t really care about it interacting with Mihon to be honest, I’ve been syncing by hand already since I prefer PC from using a phone anyway. Still, thanks for the info!
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 22] 1 week ago:
I spent some time looking for a desktop alternative to Mihon since I prefer the big screen when reading (digital) manga and have more space for offline backups on my PC. Finally landed on Komikku - works fine as a reader, dunno about having access to all the series I want since I’m still in the process of adding them there but it’s alright at the moment. I just wish it had modular source adding like Mihon so I could add things on my own if necessary.
Now for reading updates!
I caught up with The Perks of Being a Villainess - love it more and more with each chapter. I was worried it could become stale considering its almost singular focus on bringing Korean turbo capitalism to the novel world but it hasn’t worn me out yet so that’s good. It’s a real gem.
I also caught up with May I Ask for One Last Thing? though I’m less happy with that one.
I think I figured out the cause of why I don’t love this series as much as I expected to - it’s stakes (or rather lack thereof). Scarlet doesn’t face any difficulties or challenges - she comes in, beats people up and proceeds to her next adventure. There’s absolutely nothing that suggests things might not go smoothly.
While I don’t need characters to struggle in a constant battle between life and death, having a non stop power fantasy with no twists or surprises can get very repetitive, very fast.Series like The S-Class Hunter Doesn’t Want to Be a Villainous Princess at least have other things to fall back onto (charming characters, better presented humour) while here… I can’t really find anything beyond cool concept and some neat panels. I don’t think there’s one character I really like here either (even Scarlet being unhinged towards combat can get kinda boring).
I hate being so negative towards art but man, there’s nothing worse than being disappointed at something you’re excited for.
Finally, I just want to say I really appreciate the The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy At All is still going. It would be so easy to finish it right after the confession so seeing more of these dorks is always a pleasure.
Finally, finally: I’m at the point where I’m a bit scared of starting new series right now - not because I’m worried they’re bad but because I know that if any of them clicks I’ll be binging them like meth and I’m not sure I have the energy for that at the moment. So many things to do, so little time…
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- Comment on Manga General Discussion Thread - RIP MangaDex Edition [2025, Week 21] 2 weeks ago:
~Can’t~ ~have~ ~princess~ ~turn~ ~into~ ~a~ ~villainess~ ~after~ ~all~~…~
- Comment on Manga General Discussion Thread - RIP MangaDex Edition [2025, Week 21] 2 weeks ago:
Professional reader, I see. Forgive me for underestimating your power your grace (シ_ _)シ
