ReluctantlyZen
@ReluctantlyZen@ani.social
- Comment on Valve Sued By The Performing Rights Society Over Music Rights in Games Valve Doesn’t Make or Own 8 hours ago:
Huh? The game studios pay the licenses, the artists etc. Why on earth would you then hold the store accountable? This is double dipping. That’s like charging a CD store for selling your CDs.
This shit is why the music industry is despised.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 11] 2 days ago:
::: spoiler apothecary diaries s2
I’m very impressed that I didn’t figure out Loulan’s secret - they did a good job with that reveal.
I loved how they did that. The longer it went on, the more I started to suspect it and then came the reveal. Brilliant use of foreshadowing. It’s not for nothing Shisui was had more votes for character of the year compared to Maomao.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 11] 2 days ago:
I dropped Champignon Witch. It started out really interesting, but once the actual plot started going, I couldn’t bring myself to care.
I did pick up a new one from this season: The Invisible Man And His Soon-to-Be Wife. 4 eps in and I’ve been grinning ear to ear. What a lovely and adorable anime
- Comment on Crunchyroll Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Disclosing Anime Viewing Habits to Third Party 2 days ago:
Oh, same. I do still buy their blurays as well
- Comment on [Episode] Hell’s Paradise Season 2 • Jigokuraku 2nd Season - Episode 9 discussion 2 days ago:
Yeah, they’ve been teasing them for a while now, but at this rate they’re barely going to be relevant
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 11] 2 days ago:
I read Sensei’s Pious Lie over the weekend.
It’s… alright. It definitely gripped me with its heavy subject material, but in the end I don’t think it knew what to say, but some of what it did seem to say seemed almost harmful.
spoiler (and trigger warning for SA mention)
I can definitely get behind the victims’ behaviour as some form of trauma response, but I don’t understand the rapist’s fiancee. She found her best friend beaten to a pulp by him and knows what more he did, to other women as well, but she decides that she still wants to be with him and loves him? I do like that this manga didn’t place the blame on the victims for not reporting him, but I don’t know what to feel about him reporting himself. Kind of feels like saying “Just wait it out”.
So many plot threads were also started and subsequently ignored or left unfinished making the ending even more unsatisfying.
- Comment on Crunchyroll Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Disclosing Anime Viewing Habits to Third Party 2 days ago:
Buy the stuff you enjoy physically
Sadly, most of this is Crunchyroll nowadays too…
- Comment on Crunchyroll Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Disclosing Anime Viewing Habits to Third Party 2 days ago:
Sadly not. The ones that used to exist, merged with Crunchyroll (RIP Wakanim). HIDIVE exists if you’re in NA, but their library is not as big. But alternatives don’t matter if most anime are exclusives anyway.
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 10 discussion 3 days ago:
Man, this anime is tackling so many societal and relational issues you’d think it’d get messy, but it’s dealing with them excellently.
I love this anime so much.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 7 discussion 3 days ago:
wish the manga wasn’t on indefinite hiatus
Didn’t the mangaka do this with season 1 too though? I’m guessing they’re pretty involved.
They’ve also had many indefinite hiatuses so far though, none of them lasting very long. I’m not too worried
- Comment on [Episode] Fate/strange Fake - Episode 10 discussion 3 days ago:
Holy shit. Gilgamesh’s treasury getting locked up and him taken out like that is wild. Holy shit.
Ishtar is sick and a good deal different from the FGO version.
- Comment on [Chapter] My Life Turned Around: After Being Cheated on and Falsely Accused, I Ended up Being Adored by the Most Beautiful Girl in School - Vol. 2 Ch. 7.2 - MangaDex 3 days ago:
it’s so unrealistic
The entire school staff definitely. A teacher or 2 would’ve been much more believable.
Then again, the entire premise seems a bit a bit over the top to begin with.
- Comment on [Chapter] My Life Turned Around: After Being Cheated on and Falsely Accused, I Ended up Being Adored by the Most Beautiful Girl in School - Vol. 2 Ch. 7.2 - MangaDex 3 days ago:
Damn, a school that’s supportive? In my manga?
- Comment on [DISC] The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All - Ch. 154 3 days ago:
Seems like, after the break, the mangaka has found where to go. Curious to see where!
- Comment on [News] Aniplex and KADOKAWA Establish ANIMEC: New Anime Film Distribution Company Launched Through Joint Investment 1 week ago:
I can’t access the link, but I hope this bypasses CR.
- Comment on Announcing Winners of the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards 1 week ago:
I also think ranked choice may discourage some from voting since people may not know each of the choices very well.
Yeah I wondered about that too. I left out the ones I didn’t watch from my voting list, but that feels a little unfair
- Comment on Announcing Winners of the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards 1 week ago:
Total turnout this year (~25 votes) was down quite a bit compared to last year (~90 votes).
Damn, that’s very low. I figured it’d be higher, given the amount of upvotes.
The private-message voting system was new, and I don’t think it seems like it was popular.
Yeah, it wasn’t great tbh. The whole markdown list was a bit tedious. Can’t do it on a phone well either. But also, I find private messaging very unintuitive on Lemmy. I opened my laptop to fill it out, but it took a while before I found the chat thing (in the notifications area apparently).
I found it interesting that Maomao absolutely ran away with the voting for best Voice Acting, but she didn’t even make the nomination list for best character. In fact, Shisui received more nominations than Maomao for best character.
I think Maomao is great, but I think Shisui meant more for this season than Maomao did.
- Comment on Announcing Winners of the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards 1 week ago:
Nice! Only one I didn’t watch on this list was CITY. I didn’t care that much for Nichijou, so CITY didn’t really catch my attention either
- Comment on Kyoto Animation President Hideaki Hatta has passed away on February 16th at age 76 1 week ago:
That’s sad to hear. What he and his wife founded in KyoAni is a positive force in the anime industry that I wish more studios were like. I hope Hideaki Hatta’s son will continue in this way.
- Comment on [News] Shogakukan Apologizes for Releasing New Manga by Creator Convicted of Sex Crime Against Minor 1 week ago:
Fucking gross. Why is this guy not in prison?
- Comment on [Episode] Fate/strange Fake - Episode 9 discussion 1 week ago:
They’re stretching my suspension of disbelief quite a bit with how they’re portraying jack the ripper.
That he was more of a concept and thus could be anything I quote liked, but becoming a literal demon and summoning hell seems a bit much.
- Comment on Yuru Camp Season 4 Teaser Visual 1 week ago:
Not sure if I’ll watch. Loved the 1st 2 seasons and the movie, but when season 3 started, I lost interest for some reason. It didn’t feel the same as before
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 9 discussion 1 week ago:
Given how it came together at the end, I think it was very much on purpose.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 6 discussion 1 week ago:
Monsters aren’t animals
- Comment on 'EVANGELION' New Anime Series written by Yoko Taro Officially Announced at the end of 'EVANGELION 30+'! 2 weeks ago:
I would say he had at least dipped his toes into anime with the Nier Automata anime.
True
“The work I was most inspired by is Neon Genesis Evangelion. I thank you for praising NieR: Automata’s story, but actually it’s pretty much just a retelling of Evangelion”
Yeah, makes sense
- Comment on 'EVANGELION' New Anime Series written by Yoko Taro Officially Announced at the end of 'EVANGELION 30+'! 2 weeks ago:
That’s unexpected. It does feel right up Yoko Taro’s alley, but does he have experience doing this for anime? I feel like there’d be quite a difference between games and anime in that regard
- Comment on "Witch On The Holy Night" Coming In 2026, More Info TBA In Spring 2 weeks ago:
Generally, the different titles are independently watchable
- Comment on "Witch On The Holy Night" Coming In 2026, More Info TBA In Spring 2 weeks ago:
More Nasuverse? Hell yeah
- Comment on Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software 3 weeks ago:
Lol, what competition? If anything this’ll increase it, since suddenly, there’s room for others.
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 7 discussion 3 weeks ago:
It seems Minori was projecting her own insecurities onto Makio