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I'm excited for Hokuro and Domas going off to train and redeem themselves. Still mad at Domas but he at least seems to have a lot of remorse for his weakness to authority. I also feel bad for Daida but I'm not sure I can ever forgive him for ordering Domas to kill Bojji in the first place.

>>3468
what a fucking boss

caught up with this today so I could watch the new episode, what a great show so far. All the characters are so interesting and cool that I'm really on the edge of my seat whenever something bad is happening to them. Especially Hilling, she's turned out to be an unexpected favorite so far.

It was cute to see Bojji's return, and a bunch more magic than what we've seen so far. I'm excited for where King Desha goes with his whole "take over the kingdom" plot.

After Ouken kills Kingbo I thought it was a little odd they gave him a backstory for seemingly no reason other than to make us feel bad since he's (not?) dead now. But then I realized that in the flashback, his dad is totally the forest king from episode 04. Since we see him being visiting by the Ranking of Kings person before burning and murdering his own kingdom, it kinda fits with my early theory that the forest king was someone who won the ranking. They explained in some episode that people who win the Ranking of Kings are given a gift from god, but they always go crazy after seeing it or something. I think that's what happened there.

It was nice to see Domas again but I kinda feel like most of last episode could have been skipped by just having Desha come in and say "yeah I wanna get that mirror friendly lady too"

Pikamee also accidentally turned her stream on and spoiled some stuff for her return, kind of a funny moment

Ryugon is a pretty fun dude, I like his streams so far

These TMSK shitposts are always good

>>3257
I wonder what's up with Tomoshikas hand hovering over Pikamees waist. Reminds me of pic related.

good pika post

I've seen the first episode. Whoever put the file up forgot to include the subtitle track so I didn't understand 99% of the words. Is it me or did the squirrel say I'm human at the end?

>>11
watched 5 a few days ago, I'm using Asenshi's subs so that takes a bit more time to release.

>>19
Ohh gotcha. I felt that was the weakest episode so far but I still liked it, especially Michiru's character growth and the old coach dude's backstory. What I didn't like as much was how filler it felt, which seems unneeded in an anime original, especially something this high-budget. I had trouble reconciling the literal bloodsports within the world they've created too.

BNA had a strong start, but I think the plot strained my disbelief and petered out near the end. I was hoping to explore more drama and character development around the main character but they had to bring the pink furry girl to rob her of her spotlight.

>>3548
Yea, I would agree with this. Regardless, it's still Studio Trigger, so the show is a treat to the eyes, even for non-furries like myself. The writing and pacing could have been a lot better, but it's still a good casual show I'd recommend to people who are already interested.

3 that stand out:

First was the lead in a factory I worked in for a bit, who seemed like a mainstream anime guy until he'd get sweaty enough to take off his kingdom hearts hoodie and reveal t shirts with Azumanga Daioh or TouHou stuff printed from redbubble. Once made an over 9000 joke.

Second was a guy in the same place, working across from me, unashamedly showed his phone which had some honkin' hentai bikini titties as the homescreen and a soundcloud that was playing lolicore type stuff.

Third and the champion was this guy I knew in high school who always had /a/ open, waifu bloat widgets, anime and hentai torrenting on the reg. He had wallpapers that would cycle through several waifuy wallpapers and one time I thought it'd be funny to litter the wallpaper folder with thomas the tank engine images to fuck with him. We watched an episode of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei together once.

Everyone else was pretty casual and only knew mainstream. I'd ask if they liked "older animes" and get answers like "Yeah I love One Piece and Mirai Nikki." I see a lot of people driving around my area with anime stickers littering their cars. But finding a true Otaku is something else.

>>1951
This guy gets a trophy.

I have once, over a forum. The experience was good at the start but as subjects started to run dry the focus became more on drama and interpersonal relationships. I think some of them are married now to each other.

I concluded that binding over passive hobbies is just too brittle, because it doesn't really say anything about someone. As long as there's a barrier of entry and some skill level, there's no drama and you are much more likely to bind with fellow club members.

Before 2020 I used to play golf every other week at a local club and it reached the point where I knew all the regulars and staff and they knew me.

Now I have another problem : being so much around my parents and co-workers has made me hate being around people in general.

I've met quite a few over the years, though it's been a while now.

The most notable one would be the guy who was my roommate for 4 years of college. One day the college dining hall was playing Touhou music on the speakers so when I got back to my dorm I went on /jp/ planning to make a thread about it only to find someone else had already made a thread about it. We talked a bit, exchanged contact details, met up, he ended up being a cool guy and the next year we started rooming together. It was very nice being able to just walk 10 feet to another room and talk about whatever anime or VNs. He even had a younger brother who also went on /jp/ who started going to the same college and moved in with us so it was definitely the most fun part of my life. We never did find out who actually played the Touhou music in the dining hall though.

I've also met several people from /jp/ at anime conventions and they've all ranged from cool guys I'm still in touch with online to just boring at worst, I've never had a genuinely bad experience there.

I was also active in my college's anime club with my friend for a brief time and most the people were the stereotypical weeaboos you'd expect at an anime club but a few of them had decent power levels and were pretty cool. After a few months I ended up not going to the club anymore and just hanging out with the cool ones outside of it.

I'd love to meet more people I can actually talk about my hobbies and passions with but unfortunately I'm not really aware of avenues for it outside of college. At best I met once guy casually into Japanese games at work.

Out here in California, nearly everyone I've talked to has seen at least some anime. But, people who have seen as much as I have or who consider it a primary interest seem rarer. But yes I have met several, including some really hardcore ones who collect stuff, and I like talking about or watching anime with them.

It's hard to find people who have seen a lot of older or obscure stuff like I have, but they are definitely around.

>>953
A few of my cousins are and I've gone to anime conventions with them before. I've bonded with a few acquaintances over otaku stuff.

I think it would be harder to bond with them now since I'm less with the new releases now and my identity is more tied to other things now. But it does make it easier for me to have something to talk about to kids who have more time to watch anime.

>>3540 (OP)
It was disappointing. For someone who wants to be the manliest, turning into a girl should have been the greatest battle to overcome and he lost.

Had the same gripe with boku girl.

Will they get your blood flowing? Most definitely. But, if you're like me, you'll come out of it feeling ennui.

>>3544
Yeah I like gender benders and I'm trans, but I couldn't stay interested in Boku Girl. All I liked was the art and the supernatural stuff, but the characters were stupid.

To be fair I've essentially stopped reading non-pornographic manga. Originally it was because I wanted to step away from reading translations to practice my Japanese and porn was the only thing I could reliably read. But I just sigh when I look at manga that look like they will string along for many chapters instead of ending appropriately.

Tower Bridge and last but not least the White Cliffs of Dover and Brighton Palace Pier from the ED

maybe i should head down to camden and take some picures tomorrow so you guys can see how it's changed since the keions were there.

Ah I haven't seen Keion or the movie in close to 5 years now, time for a rewatch.
Ritsu best girl btw
>>3463
That would be pretty freakin sugoi.
I'm slightly jealous of eurorolls, everything cool is so far away from me.

Winter Toyosato school

Great thread OP. Would love to visit. Shocks me that high schools can look this comfy.

>>3480
Whats a UOH?

>>3481
Open pedolust.
Yes this sounds rude, but the people I've known to use the meme tend to be loud, obnoxious and renders certain properties impossible to talk about because half of the posts are unintelligible screaming.

I wanna headpat her
>>3476
.gifs that don't move scare me
>>3481
>>3482
It's a stupid meme yes but can we please not have the loli/pedo debate here

>>3485
>It's a stupid meme yes but can we please not have the loli/pedo debate here
Yes, this uncooked fish will relent. Forgive this error.

Oh no
This pose made my heart doki doki

先輩がうざい後輩の話

>>3234
What a season and it came just in time.
I was feeling down lately and still do a little but looking through the season helped a lot.
First is Puraore! Pride of Orange, a anime about ice hockey. I love ice hockey and seeing an anime about it makes me very interested in giving it a try.
Heike Monogatari sounds great, historical anime is something I enjoy a lot, seeing a new one is always a pleasure.
By far the biggest thing is Aria the Benedizione. I adore this show and seeing it gets even more made my whisper a sincere thank you for this. I improved my mood severely and gave me something to look forward to.

>>3337
I definitely recommend trying Ousama Ranking, Senpai ga Uzai, and Takt.op if you have room for more shows

Heike is indeed great so far

I'm barely going to have time this season, but I'm trying to watch Ousama Ranking, Shiroi Suna no Aquatope, and Digimon Ghost Game. Might check out Senpai ga Uzai too– it isn't my style of show at all but I somehow got hooked on the manga. It's super standard romance webcomic stuff so I don't know exactly how it happened, but the character interactions are so cute.

NORP life is being extremely tiring the past couple of months so I picked up Shin no nakama ja nai to yuusha no party wo oidasareta node, henkyou de Slow Life suru koto ni shimashita because of what little I read of the premise. I wholly expected it to be isekai trash like 80% of every seasonal anime coming out and expected a +0.8 to trash level because of the long title but I was extremely positively surprised and unintentionally watched all 7 episodes that are currently out. It's nothing extraordinary but it does a lot of simple things very well. If you're needing to fill 25 minutes of your day with something, watching this anime is a great choice.

This show is fun. I really like the girl genius character, especially when she gets smug about being smart. Her and the dad are hilarious and heartwarming together too.
I hope we learn more about the whole map rock and dreams of the surface thing.
As before the CGI really mars what is otherwise a really nice looking show and makes the action scenes a little boring to sit through, but the direction and OST and shots of them in the cockpit are engaging enough.

This scene was good as well. I like that they're establishing in character that the girl is enough of a prodigy that they're basically peers, and I like that the dad isn't pulling punches about how dangerous their journey might be. I very much wasn't expecting him to give her a "here's what to do if I die" speech.

I thought the mobster episode was a little stupid with how the colony they visit just "not-italy", I hope the places they explore in the future are a bit cooler. The most recent one with the big wind machine was actually some alright worldbuilding though, and the show is still worth watching because Memenpu being smug and adorable is too good.

>>3388
I guess if what they're hinting at about the whole underground world being manufactured is true it makes a little more sense to have the dumb caricatures of IRL cultures. But I'm a more than a bit underwhelmed by the setting, just seems not very creative or interesting and it kind of kills my investment in the actual plot. Not to mention the questionable CGI and a couple of plotholes I've noticed so far. Like I said though, the dynamic between the main characters is entertaining enough to keep me watching.

5head love

Stream later today! See you guys there.
Dirty Pair 14-16, GTO 15, and Senpai ga Uzai 04-05 are on the menu, and maybe some other stuff too.

>>3372
Had other plans but I could never say no to Yuzuko.

Live in 1 hour!
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>>3379
we're live!

Stream in 3 hours! Today is Dirty Pair 16-18 and GTO 16. I also have a handful of short OVAs to check out.
See you there: https://cytu.be/r/SushiStream