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>>365
Arte is a harlot who eats aphrodisiacs for lunch

Arte is dead

>>370
oh my god

>>370
great edit

>>370
Nice
*bang*

>>139
of course you should, it's the correct choice!

>>684
I think it doesn't really matter since that's a translation and not something the original writers thought about or am I talking out of my ass?

>>687
No, they do use the English word "Wired" in the original Japanese.

>>139
Depends, do you enjoy animated shows? Are you working through classics?
I'd recommend it regardless as it's relatively short and quite the experience. Plus you'll know what all the cool kids are talking about.

Yes.
Watch Ninja Slayer too.

>>3670
>"actual" as in their official age is that of a minor
Okay, and? What is your point here?

>>3676
that they are csushi rollically minors, stop being obtuse

>>3685
I'm not being obtuse, I want to hear what your problem with that is.

>>3690
You want to know what my problem with lusting after csushi rollical minors is? I think that it's very clear and if not you're being deliberately obtuse…

>>3695
I don't like to just assume what other people think because I don't like to argue in bad faith, but you're basically inviting me to state your position for you so here goes:

If I had to guess it's because you think finding any character under the "csushi rollical" age of 18 attractive is morally reprehensible. At best you think it's "gross" and should be censored, and at worst you think anyone who commits such a thoughtcrime should be shot/tortured/fed to a woodchipper/etc. (The latter end of this spectrum is concerningly common). You probably don't have a good reason for this beyond how it makes you feel but if you do I'd genuinely like to hear it instead of just smug non-replies.

The response to this argument would be that the availability of fictional, sexualized depictions of minors has been studied and everything I've seen seems to show that it causes no societal/real world harm beyond hurting your feelings, and may in fact be a positive force. In addition to that, you're ignoring basic, proven biology. The majority of adult men are going to find neotenous features and the expression of secondary sex characteristics attractive. It doesn't matter what character those features are attached to. This is just science, and you can look it up yourself if you don't believe me. The reason we have laws against sexualizing minors IRL is not just because it's gross. It's because it has the potential to victimize, cause trauma, and hurt real human beings, all of which are things that cannot happen to purely fictional characters. In conclusion please take this kind of "criticism" somewhere else.

>>3555
>the OP
Courtesy of Koji Morimoto.
Although he's not responsible for the most iconic shot in Akira as embed related has, that was Hitoshi Ueda.

A couple days ago i finished "Key: the metal idol"(1994 to 1997) and i liked it. It reminds me of Lain and blue seed.

I watched Yokohama shopping trip. It was so comfy I had to read the manga… I just finished it now and towards the end I found myself crying more and more. I dont know how much was in the story, and how much it was making me reflect on my life…
I dont really like sad stories meant to make you cry, but I really liked this one anyway.
I want to watch the anime again now, but I don't know if I'll be able to bear it.

>>3591
Slice of life that makes me reflect on my life is exactly what I love. The bittersweet realization of things, seeing flaws in the present, mistakes in the past, drawing conclusion how to better myself… It feels like they fill me with what I have lost, or never truly learned. How to be human, how to be a decent human being. They also feel now and then like a therapy session, confronting me with things I experienced but never truly found peace with or gained something positive out of it. Yokohama is on my list since ages and I will definitely prioritize it now.

>>3592
>Slice of life that makes me reflect on my life is exactly what I love
Me too! I love shows that are SoL at their core but have something extra to them, like a message or overarching plot.

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.