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u/TheRiyria myanimelist.net/profile/TheRiyria 4d ago edited 4d ago
Welcome to this week’s CDF 3x3 Corner! So feel free to make and share a 3x3 (or a 2x2 or 4x4 or whatever size you like). And check out other people’s 3x3s. If you can’t make it because of the time, feel free to share your themed 3x3 whenever!
If you're not sure where to make 3x3s, some popular sites are bighugelabs and BeFunky.
This week’s theme is Openings (OPs)!
Next week’s theme will be Unique Abilities.
In 2 weeks the theme will be Drills (Hair Style).
If you’d like a tag for future 3x3 Corners, let me know! If you’d like to stop getting tags, also tell me.
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername 4d ago
4x4 Anime openings (Non-exhaustive list).
Ran out of time to do additional ideas.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 4d ago
So instead of doing a basic 3x3 of my top 9 OPs, I decided I'd pick my favorite OP from a show that started airing in a given year from 2000 to 2024 (to make an even 5x5) and make a grid out of that.
I tried to have the shot used in it be whenever the name of the song is on screen, but Hellsing & OG Bleach are exceptions because I don't think the Hellsing OP had that sort of credit in it (I watched multiple versions of it and could not find it for the life of me) and because the shot for Bleach's was completely unidentifiable as being from Bleach. Also I went with the year the show started instead of trying to figure out exactly what year a specific OP came out for the long-running entries on this because I thought that would be a bit too much of a headache to keep track of.
Gintama lucks out and gets two entries on here because it's split into seasons on MAL and also Sakura Mitsutsuki and I Wanna Be… simply both belong on here.Here are links to the OPs I picked for each year btw:
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u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen 4d ago
Barely got this done in time. Focus is mainly on the music, not visuals for me.
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u/InfamousEmpire https://myanimelist.net/profile/Infamous_Empire 4d ago edited 4d ago
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u/TheRiyria myanimelist.net/profile/TheRiyria 4d ago
Updating my overall top OPs was too hard, because I haven't touched that list in over 6 years. So instead I picked my favorite openings from the seasonals that have aired between 2020 and 2026. Because that's most of what I've watched, and several of these should be on my list:
My Favorite OPs of the 2020s (so far)
Best Seasonal Openings of 2020s Hide and Seek - Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa Inai!? Mebuku Toki - Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk Inochi Mijikashi Taisuru Otome yo - Tai-Ari Deshita Megane wo Hazushite - Seihantai na Kimi to Boku skirt - Apocalypse Hotel Watch me! - Witch Watch Plan A - Nige Jouza no Wakagami Chiki Chiki Ban Ban - Paripi Koumei Tsuyogaru Girl - Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! Zattou, Bokura no Machi - Girls Band Cry Gifu ni ted - Henjin No Salad Bowl Jikai Yokoku - Sentai Daishikkaku Perfect Day - Guild no Uketsukejou desu ga Ureu Kado ni wa Fuku Kitaru - Dekiru Neko wa Kyou mo Yuuutsu Kenka - Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru Song of the Dead - Zom 100 Dies in No Time – The Vampire Dies in No Time Annoying! San San Week! – My Senpai is Annoying Ai no Supreme – Miss Kobayashi Dragon Maid S2 Grandeur – Black Clover Hadaka no Yuusha - Ousama Ranking OP2 Lion - Runway de Waratte Muzui - 22/7 Black Catcher - Black Clover Alive - Lycoris Recoil
And so they aren't forgotten, my un-updated overall favorite OPs
Original Favorite OPs Nasagumama, Sawagumama (Uchouten Kazoku 2) Koko (Kyousou Giga) Serendipity (Flip Flappers) Courage (SAO II) Hello, World! (Kekkai Sensen) Sakura no Ato (Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta) Morning Glory (Sakura Quest) Shadow and Truth)(ACCA-13) The Girls are Alright (Sora Yori mo Too Basho) → More replies (11)6
u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba 4d ago
My favorite OPs change a decent bit depending on whether I'm looking just at the song or at visuals as well, so I tried going for a healthy mix of my favorites to either side. Also, I could have a full board of Monogatari OPs tbh lol, so I settled for my top 3.
It exists a bit too much on the boundary between OP and insert for me, but shoutout to the Bubblegum Crisis episode 1 intro as well as another big favorite.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 4d ago edited 4d ago
Okay, hopefully I set up this table right, my first time doing one in forever. My first time posting a 3x3 (well in my case a 4x4) I think in at least a year. 16 of Quid's all time favorite OPs!
I used the second verse/OP for Franxx, the better portion of the song for me.
Narrowly missing it included:
- Heavenly Blue (Aldnoah Zero)
- Caramel Ribbon Cursetard (Monogatari Offseason/Monster season)
- Stray (Wolf's Rain)
- Kiri (Ergo Proxy)
- Spirit Inspiration (Blast of Tempest)
ETA: Tatami Galaxy link fixed
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox https://anilist.co/user/zaphod 3d ago
While I'm sure some groups of people have actually played strip mahjong together, I have to imagine the prevalence is pretty low. It seems awfully complex and long running to be a good candidate for a stripping game.
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u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon https://myanimelist.net/profile/U18810227 3d ago
I just want to see someone I respect without their clothes.
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u/_____pantsunami_____ 2d ago
yknow i make all these ecchi and sexual comments from time to time, but ive never had sex. what if i finally had it and didnt like it after all? like i dont think that would be the case but there is a nonzero possibility. i mean not liking sex sounds crazy i know, but there’s people out there who dont like pizza and thats also pretty crazy
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u/thixotrofic 2d ago
It's unlikely that you'll straight up not like it. But completely sincerely it's unlikely you'll find it better than making sexual comments on CDF unless you have a lot of chemistry with your partner.
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u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon https://myanimelist.net/profile/U18810227 2d ago
This is not possible for you. You are safe.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 1d ago
Artpost!
Just another practice (reference), did this from sketch to finish within one afternoon/evening, so speed's nice. Decided to spend more focus on the face and more or less vibed the painting of the hoodie. Face can still be improved, I think, but it was at least a solid attempt, though the eyes might be crossed for whatever reason? Eh, welp. Also used black for the inside of his mouth for absolutely no reason, I knew not to do this but ignored my knowledge and so he has a void for a mouth, oops.
Don't love the hair still, black hair's given me no end of problems and I don't think I really have a finished watercolor portrait with black hair that I'm happy with yet. The general... swirliness... of his hair wasn't helping matters, I need to find a reference with just straight black hair with no shenanigans going on, that'll probably be the next thing I try.
Art tags: /u/MadMako /u/Ryuzaaki123 /u/Worm38
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u/chilidirigible 21h ago
I only had the time to finish one thing tonight, and with the AnimeNYC writeup requiring more organization, I decided to get through the matter of the two rolls of film which I shot in Manhattan in July, which were processed in the same batch as the AnimeNYC rolls.
Black and white film was Kodak T-Max 400, color film was Kodak Ektar 100. Canon EOS Rebel G with EF 135mm f/2L.
Sculpture whose title is rather long.
Chairs at the place I've passed before.
This didn't exist the last time I shot film in Times Square.
And to finish off, some other items from the end of that roll.
Film comparison with this. (Not the same lens in both shots, and obviously not the same camera.)
Another comparison, also not the same equipment.
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u/Lezoux https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lezoux 3d ago
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u/Raiking02 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang 3d ago
I dunno, more 9 year olds should watch Thunderbolt Fantasy so they can be exposed to peak fiction as soon as possible.
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u/TheRiyria myanimelist.net/profile/TheRiyria 2d ago
I finally got the rest of my Canada trip photos sorted. So you can finally see all my cat photos from Montreal and Quebec City!
This trip did take it's toll on Kyaru and the coloring on her feet isn't in good shape anymore, which you can see in the later photos. So this might the last of her long distance journeys.
But despite that, enjoy some pictures of Kyaru doing cute things in Canada.
I do think I got a little better at taking photos of her toward the end. So this was good practice for Reimu photos in Japan next year.
And for remaining photos, I also went to Otakuthon for two days to end my trip. It was a small con compared to AnimeNYC (which I'll have a writeup for eventually). But the artist alley was pretty good. It had less gacha art overall, and a lot of older shows. I think I also saw more BL and yuri art overall there. And while it didn't have anywhere near as many cosplays, some of what I saw was very unexpected. It was a fun time, and maybe one day I'll go again. It was a lot cheaper than ANYC.
Here are the few Otakuthon photos I have. It's mostly just cosplays.
And Otakuthon merch photos. Included is a Yumi Hara autograph I got. And a commission by this artist I know from Pixiv.
Finally, have an assortment of food photos.
Anyway, that's that from my 10 days in Canada seeing Montreal and Quebec City.
If you missed it, here is the first part with hundreds of photos.
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u/Raiking02 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang 3d ago
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u/b0bba_Fett myanimelist.net/profile/B0bba_Cheezed3 3d ago
There's reportedly been a big Fortune's Weave leak on 4chan. Be wary, folks. If you want the deets, remember it's a 4chan leak and take it with an inversely proportional quantity of salt to how much pics there is, if you want to remain pure, time to get a lot more defensive.
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian 3d ago
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots 3d ago
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u/noheroman https://anilist.co/user/kurisuokabe 3d ago
Co-author on a paper
Get copy to review before sending
Wait, this section looks suspect. Let's try and replicate it.
Prove their analysis wrong
Well, this is awkward...
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u/entelechtual 3d ago
Why is Grass Wonder’s VA telling me to play nude mahjong?
And who am I to say no?
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u/chilidirigible 3d ago
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 3d ago
I only got as far as Misato removing her jacket.
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u/drstripjo https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hanten 1d ago
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u/chilidirigible 4d ago edited 3d ago
Honorable mentions:
Shimmering-Sky and the topic that keeps on giving (bother), InfamousEmpire on search engine optimization, Btw_kek contemplating a fragment of One Piece, wloff on not replying quickly enough, and theangryeditor needs to get crackin'.
Yeah, the formatting is different. I'm filling in but very ad hoc.
Edit: To tag /u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah so this can be linked next week.
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u/laughing-fox13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/laughingfox13 4d ago
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 4d ago
This made me interested in what my own graph would look like and, well, I'm insane.
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u/Blackheart595 https://anilist.co/user/knusbrick 4d ago
Sky HOW??? This is like 5 hours each day of pure watching, plus writing thoughts where you do, plus subreddit modding, and you still seem to have your life and socialising well in order on top of that, too!
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u/MadMako 3d ago
My very horny irl friend doesn't believe that there's any not-so-horny people. He thinks it's either those like him or those who are repressing their true horniness.
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u/Iron_Gland https://myanimelist.net/profile/Iron_Gland 3d ago
Good morning, how are you guys?
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox https://anilist.co/user/zaphod 2d ago
I want to watch anime films in theaters. But theaters sure don't appear to want me to do so.
Today, I went to watch The Last Blossom. The subtitles were far enough out of sync that the line would disappear and the next line would appear before the first line even started to be spoken. Actually unwatchable.
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u/cheesechimp https://myanimelist.net/profile/cheesechimp 2d ago
GKids fucked up the subtitles on The Last Blossom. They show up like 4 whole seconds before the dialog is spoken. Decided it was unwatchable and walked out of the theater.
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u/InfamousEmpire https://myanimelist.net/profile/Infamous_Empire 2d ago
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u/ShadowWasTakensTaken https://anilist.co/user/hakuren 1d ago
just washed akira in theaters, and for the first time
it was cool but i feel like i didn't really get any of what it was trying to get at. i feel like i'm missing some probably very necessary post-war japan context considering the not so subtle bomb allegory and the mention of the student protests and the such.
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti 1d ago
The film is also a very cut down version of the manga.
The film is best taken for vibes and sick animation, imo
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u/Backoftheac 1d ago edited 1d ago
If it helps, none of the series' political commentary is actually about the bomb. Otomo has publicly rejected that interpretation and nothing in the anime or manga really point in that direction either. It's more a reflection of the 1970s Japanese countercultural youth movements. Hence why the story follows a bunch of rebellious, punk kids who are failed and manipulated by the educational and political institutions of the dystopian world surrounding them. This is a bit clearer in the manga (though, not by much tbh). It's about the new generation being able to build their own future without the past generations and external forces (like the U.N. or the U.S.) weighing them down.
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u/theangryeditor 1d ago
i just realized tomorrow isn't labour day
i had been going to sleep progressively later this weekend with the expectation of doing a complete flip on monday
i have made a grave mistake
/u/jollygee29 look upon my folly and despair
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u/Iron_Gland https://myanimelist.net/profile/Iron_Gland 1d ago
Good morning, how are you guys?
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti 10h ago
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u/Hitman7128 https://anilist.co/user/Hitman7128 1h ago
It’s done, Hitman’s post on his Anime NYC 2026 experience. It felt underwhelming this year compared to last year, and there were many comparisons to Anime EXPO (like the guest list), but I enjoyed the con nonetheless. I didn’t bother to buy anything because I feel like using my spending money on Steam games instead.
Aug 20: (Day 1)
- Had breakfast at a nearby diner with Riyria and Aegis, where we talked about yuri, seasonals within the last year or so, and travels to Japan.
- The CDFers did a cosplay bingo where we would give a list of 3 cosplays to look out for: an incredibly popular one, an uncommon one, and a rare one. I went for Bocchi from Bocchi the Rock (common), Kaguya from Cosmic Princess Kaguya (uncommon), and Renako from Watanare (rare). We found cosplays for the first two but not the third.
- We were let up at 1 pm, where I mostly wandered artist alley. Lots of Green Yuri prints! I can’t wait to see an influx of cosplays from Green Yuri next year. We also found artists with yuri merch.
- I was thinking about buying a poster of 100 GF to get an autograph for Kaede Hondo but ultimately decided not to. Looking at the price versus what the autograph actually looked like, I honestly say I made the right decision.
- Got my “By Your Side” book written by the esteemed Erica Friedman signed by Erica herself! She also gave me a bookplate designed by Rica Takashima (who also designed the cover of the book). For those who don’t know, Erica Friedman is easily the most knowledgeable Western voice on yuri, having managed a blog about the genre for 24 years and counting. She’s also a very wise and down-to-earth person, two qualities I highly admire in a writer.
- Attended the Netflix panel and saw the first few minutes of the first episode of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.
- It was raining so fucking hard, but I luckily got home without much of an issue.
Aug 21: (Day 2)
- Running man didn’t run to the front. In fact, he didn’t do it at all this con. (For those who don’t know, the 2 prior years, I would run to the front of the line, and I earned the nickname “running man”)
- Bumped into Aegis, and we wandered around together. He got a Sakura Trick book.
- Went to the Tetsuryo panel, which is a CGDCT anime airing next season centered around trains. The first episode they showed was interesting enough to make me want to continue.
- Bandai Namco panel, which talked about Ghost in the Shell, 100 GF, and others
- I made a miscalculation and missed the highly anticipated Re:Zero panel. I can live without it though.
- Shoe picture
- Had some Thai curry with the CDFers. Some of them ordered alcoholic drinks, and then we talked about Kamiina Botan. Even though I dislike the taste of alcohol, that was an amazing show.
Aug 22: (Day 3)
- Mostly went to panels today. First off, the Junko Takeuchi panel.
- There was a yuri cosplay meetup. The group before us had zero self-awareness that their time was up, and there weren’t as many yuri cosplays as I hoped. But there was a lovely Himari from Sasakoi in particular. We also had some Revolutionary Utena cosplays and Madoka cosplays.
- I wolfed down some curry so that I could line up in time for the anticipated Hatsune Miku panel. The line for that was so fucking long, but I got a decent seat and enjoyed it!
- Also attended the second Hatsune Miku panel they had.
- Shortly after, the 100 GF panel started. It was the most insipid, boring panel I have ever seen. They mostly went over shit that anyone who paid attention to the show already knows. The staff wouldn’t even let me have my phone out to browse Reddit to make the uninteresting parts go by faster and get to (what I hoped at the time) the good stuff. What a fucking waste of my time, to be blunt.
- Crashed at a diner to get a burger with BBQ sauce. Holy shit, that hit the spot after being out for 15 hours!
Aug 23: (Day 4)
- It was raining so fucking hard that morning. Luckily, the early folks helped the security guards outside the Javits Center with umbrellas.
- None of the panels this day interested me, so I did my final scan through the main floor. I still wasn't in the mood to buy anything.
- There was a magical girl cosplay meetup. Lots of Madoka cosplays.
- Another shoe picture
I felt like trying to get a rise out of Aegis by mentioning horny yuri, and he had to give me the horny jail bonk.- I also asked a CDFer how old I look because people are surprised that I’m 24. The CDFer said 18, LOL.
- We got pizza nearby and then went our separate ways from there.
And that’s a wrap! I’m off to Paris near the end of September and then my Masters begins. I will probably be much less active on the sub (as well as Reddit in general) during that time.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 4d ago
Artpost
Been like... 2 months since I've done real faces instead of anime faces. And there's a bit of rust to get rid of, but I'm gonna try to get back in form. Tom Holland as Spiderman to start, reference.
Pretty happy with the face construction and background, the face might not have enough red overall? Went for the yellowish lighting too hard, I think, and ended up missing the mark overall. Looks like I accidentally made him Hispanic or something, whoops.
Art tags: /u/MadMako /u/Ryuzaaki123 /u/Worm38
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u/chiliehead myanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead 4d ago
Not to be contrarian, but I am actually legitimately not caring too much about GTA VI. I still have to start RDR2. And I believe that GTA will probably have lost the sauce a bit between the writers being who they are, Rockstar being Rockstar, them definitely not committing to the bit for the satire to actually work in 2026 and the looming implication of GTA Online. It will probably be the biggest IP ever and launch the careers of a whole new set of influencers, but in my heart of hearts I do not feel it.
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u/irisverse myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard 4d ago
Given the game's development cycle, it's probably just going to end up satirising stuff from like 8 years ago anyway.
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u/Pixelsabre x4x7 4d ago
CDFE IV: Session 9
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade - Chapters 28-29x / 30-31
Session 8 | Index | Final Session ►
Welcome, everyone, and thanks for joining our fourth, inconsistently timed instance of CDF Plays Fire Emblem! For today’s session we’ll be playing chapters 28 through 29x of Eliwood Mode and chapters 30 through 31 of Hector Mode in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword. Next week we’ll be playing the final two chapters of the game and discussing our feelings on the game in general.
May your growths be fair and your hits critical!
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 4d ago
I decide to have Lyn & Canas take on the left side of chapter 28 together while Hector & Pent take on the right. Lyn takes out Georg (but not before Georg actually managed to hit her for 30 damage on an 11% chance but my Lyn has very high HP and could tank that easily).
Roland is just Blue Eliwood. The family resemblance is still strong 1000 years later, huh.
[Spoilers]Ah, so this is what Ninian’s dragon form looks like. Oh wait this is when Eliwood killing her happens. Aw man this hurts to see.
[Other spoilers]Well damn, this CG actually brought tears to my eyes.
I have to almost immediately restart chapter 29 as Isadora gets crit by that enemy Swordmaster. The second attempt goes over much better, with no one coming close to dying (although Pent annoyingly got Silenced at one point because I misclicked and attacked the wrong enemy with Louise’s Longbow during the turn before that Druid was able to hit him with it), and I also unlocked Heath/Vaida’s C support (pretty good, I like supports that build off established history between characters like this) & Erk/Nino’s B support (wait that was actually so sweet! ) near the end of the map.
Chapter 29x is easy of course. The arena nets me some level-ups, and I definitely needed to restock on certain weapons before heading into the endgame.
Here were my level-ups this batch. I think my Hector having only one more Str than my Eliwood is putting it into perspective just how badly he got Str-screwed because damn.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee 4d ago
First-Timer
Me, Thursday afternoon: "I feel like I'm forgetting something."
Me, Thursday evening, twelve hours to post time: "Oh."
It looks like I only have two real chapters, so maybe I'm not entirely screwed.
My deployment for Ch.28 is Hector and Lyn to the east, Florina and Nino to the west.
Yo, Eliwood gets actual Canto? Sick.
Oh, shit, the boss moves. Luckily Hector lands a Hand Axe crit from over the wall and a normal hit to drop him to 1, letting Eliwood tap him in.
The game seems to have glitched and will no longer allow me to tap A to speed up the dialogue, and it also auto-advances instead of waiting for me.
Wait, Ninian dies? I thought she was Roy's "canon" mother. Interesting..
Ah, the cutscenes work properly again next chapter.
Lotta Poison Bows in this chapter. Vaida has an amusing deployment quote.
I hope there isn't a bonus for keeping all the armor knights alive. One of them got doubled by an enemy shaman on the first turn.
Gah, this boss is another mover and one of the NPC knights decided to enter into the Danger Zone. Didn't someone order y'all to hold your ground? Luckily, I have enough fliers right nearby to trap Denning
And we're good! Ish. I am not going to bother with 29x tonight.
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u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo https://myanimelist.net/profile/PunishedScrappy 3d ago
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u/orange-shades https://myanimelist.net/profile/orangeshades 3d ago
So in the radio version of I Write Sins not Tragedies by Panic! At the Disco, the chorus is changed from "closing the goddamn door" to "closing the ___damn door".
This never made much sense to me because I always figured that damn was the curse, why are they bleeping out god? Also, they replace "groomsbride is a whore" with "groomsbride is a shh".
All of that to say...
One auspicious day in my teens, I'm riding with some kids I met in youth group to grab Panda Express, and the song comes on. We're all singing along, and when it does the "shh", everyone says the word whore. Ok. No issue.
Anyone who knows the song knows that immediately following this is the chorus, and as we come up to the fated verse, I find myself to be the only one in the car to sing goddamn while the others omitted the god and said the damn.
I am not exaggerating that the car fell silent and the driver turned the song off. They then asked me how I could say that. I was confused. Say what? Goddamn?
The look if horror lol. It's the kind of look only possible that a teenage trying to express righteous indignation is possible of. How could I deign to take the LORD'S name in vain? It's blasphemy!
You all just said whore. And you said damn! But you're drawing the line at god?
It's not the same! It's in the 10 Commandments! Don't take the Lord's name in vain!
I was flabbergasted. I flat out said "are you guys serious? If it bothers you so much, why are you listening to the song at all?! Shouldn't you abstain from art regardless of censorship if the original is anathema?"
I shit you not, the drive pulled the car over and said "if you can't respect my rules and beliefs, you can get out of the car."
So I got out, wished him a hearty fuck you, and walked my ass home. I was a bit of a pariah at youth group from then on until another girl came out, but that's a story for another time.
All that aside, song still bangs.
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u/_____pantsunami_____ 3d ago
>covid19
>came out in 2019
>never had a follow up, ie no covid20, covid24, not even a covid26
one hit wonder virus
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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 3d ago
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u/_____pantsunami_____ 3d ago
drawing fat chicks with hairy armpits
hentai milf artists 🤝 feminist tumblr artists
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u/WoodpeckerNo1 https://anilist.co/user/Nishi23 3d ago
I walk to Burger King
Then I walk back home from Burger King
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u/drstripjo https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hanten 3d ago
Translate tweet button is pretty great. If it wasnt there I couldnt be bothered to paste it into translator but not I can read people gush over VAs armpits
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u/porpoiseoflife https://myanimelist.net/profile/OffColfax 3d ago
So... Anyone else in the NYC area going to the /r/bodega popup over the weekend?
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u/thixotrofic 2d ago
Big bed.
Good news. I'm going on a cruise shortly, and I understand my room has a king bed. I usually sleep on a queen.
But I know... I never covet a bed bigger than my own. The big bed that's big enough is the big bed you have. Tonight it will be my usual big bed. And on the cruise, it will be the big bed in my room.
All beds are big!
That is the meaning of big bed.
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u/qwertyqwerty4567 https://anilist.co/user/ZPHW 2d ago
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername 2d ago
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u/thixotrofic 2d ago
They should let you watch the movies in your own home too so you can be comfortable and not have to travel.
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u/_____pantsunami_____ 1d ago
space is so mind bogglingly crazy. that fact that nothing you see in the night sky is how it looks today, but rather how long it took the light to reach you blows my mind everytime i think about it. like if you see something 10,000 light years away, youre seeing it how it was 10,000 years ago... that star might not even be there anymore.
same is true when scientists look at galaxies billions and billions of light years away... theyre peering into the earliest eras of the universe. and that is just incredible when you think about it...
like really think about it. if youre looking at a galaxy 10 billion light years away, youre looking at how it looked in the ancient past.. you arent looking at it today. but it's definitely there today, but different. so get this: that galaxy have life in it, looking at the milky way through their telescopes... but they arent seeing how it looks in the modern day either. theyre looking at how it looked in the ancient past too.
so we'd both be looking at each other at the same time... but not actually looking at each other at all... we're looking past each other through time....
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u/laughing-fox13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/laughingfox13 1d ago edited 1d ago
(Trails in the Sky Chapter 1)
Late to the Chapter 3 post so typing up a short comment here
Overall a pretty solid chapter and while Tita didn't give the best first impression, she did grow on me as I got to know her more. The present quest was just so I can understand why Estelle felt this way. She ended up being pretty decent in combat too
The Zeiss region was big
Something I really enjoy about the game is seeing all the NPCs kinda travel with us throughout the journey.
There were some fun bracer quests during this chapter like this lady acting like a true manager or seeing a love triangle unfold in front of us, but the most important one involved the real best boy
I want to take him with me
While I'm enjoying the gameplay and characters, the story is still kinda okay for me [TitS remake Ch3] While it isn't a big deal that some of the stuff has been obvious, like Richard being the mastermind behind all the events happening, I am getting a little tired of them trying to hide aspects of the story this late in the game like Joshua's past or Russell having a good guess of what Richard's plans are but not saying it. It seems pretty clear that the silver hair guy that saved Theresa and the kids from the fire is Lorence. Of course there's still more games to play so I'm starting to think a lot of this stuff won't resolve in this game. I'm not really feeling Joshua/Estelle as the ship either even though the games is making it seem like it will be one. Taking out the fact that they technically siblings, I'm still not feeling the ship
Side stuff:
Professor Russell looks like Heihachi
This is when I realized Tita was good
I'm chuckled when Agate asked Joshua this
I found my friends
[TitS remake ch3] This was a very fun interaction
QotD
- Question for those [who enjoyed Tita]Do you like her character design? If yes, why?
Yea it's' a pretty good one, but how does she hide all that hair under her hat
- Question for those [who dislike Tita]On a scale from 1 to 10, how do you rate the wind-up, power and technique of the slap Agate delivered to Tita?
[TitS ch3] 5/10 He was holding back and that technique was awful
- ANSWER THIS ONE UNDER SPOILER TAGS, by playing the game from the Prologue to Chapter 3, do you [dare to guess]what’s the deal with Agate’s past?
[TitS Ch3] Idk if this part is a guess but his sister probably died, and I'm going to guess it had to with how he met Cassius and turning his life around to become a bracer since he said if only he had been stronger back then
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u/Millennialxxx https://myanimelist.net/profile/millennial_xx 1d ago
um it's my birthday, I turned 25
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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw 23h ago
"mark notification as unread" so it stays orange so you remember to come back to it doesn't even work anymoreeeeeee
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 23h ago
Sky Likes Anime Too Much: August Edition
| Rank | Show | Score | Comment |
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| 1 | One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | 10 | I'd heard good things about this movie specifically before getting to it, and man did it live up to the hype and then some. |
| 2 | Gintama Movie 3: Yoshiwara in Flames | 10 | |
| 3 | Yu-Gi-Oh! GX | 9 | It sure took me long enough to finish this one. In any case, outside of wishing some of the side characters could've gotten more duels instead of Judai hogging them all & some pacing issues, I enjoyed my time with this. Fubuki is my boy. |
| 4 | Napping Princess | 9 | Kokone was a fun MC, and the trippiness between the dreams and real world was cool to see. |
| 5 | The Wonderland | 9 | milet insert song and ED. |
| 6 | The House of the Lost on the Cape | 9 | I enjoyed Yui & Hiyori's respective development throughout the film, and the artstyle shift for Kiwa's stories about the past were super cool. |
| 7 | One Piece TV Special 4: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy | 9 | Fun little AU, I loved seeing the cast in alt-Japan and also getting to see Vivi again. |
| 8 | Michiko & Hatchin | 9 | I didnt like some of the episodic stories, but overall I'd say the show was a great ride, and it ended well. Also, it's got style. |
| 9 | NieA_7 | 9 | Pretty chill show for the most part. |
| 10 | Dragon Ball | 8 | I've complained enough in the rewatch about Oolong and Roshi's perverted nonsense, but really outside of that I do like Dragon Ball. It's a solid adventure series-turned-battle shounen. |
| 11 | One Piece Movie 8: Episode of Alabasta - The Desert Princess and the Pirates | 8 | This is probably a higher score than a rushed retelling of just the climax of Alabasta deserves, but it's still how much I enjoyed it. As I already said earlier in this comment, I loved getting to see Vivi again. |
| 12 | One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle | 7 | This was fine, but like... the stupid jiggle physics were incredibly stupid, and the main antagonist was just kinda boring except for exactly one gag (his glasses having their own wiper blades because they fog up whenever he got mad or excited, that was pretty funny). It doesn't help that I watched this less than a week after movie 6, so the whole time I was just wishing I was watching movie 6 again. |
| 13 | One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - Prologue | N/A | This incredibly rushed Whiskey Peak summary sure does exist. |
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u/thixotrofic 18h ago
If you can read Japanese here's the 2026 age/gender axes Japanese media popularity chart: https://www.gem-standard.com/columns/1781.
Pretty fun stuff, regardless of any data methodology issues.
If you can't, here's the translated 2025 chart which is pretty similar: https://www.reddit.com/r/BABYMETAL/comments/1lymbcn/someone_translated_the_top_300_brand_chart_of_the/
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u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon https://myanimelist.net/profile/U18810227 18h ago
I wish I were smart enough to understand why 720p (auto) has louder audio than 720p. I should have stayed in school.
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u/Analchism 6h ago
The latest Madoka film is the one that reveals that Kyubey was secretly Morgana all along, and the whole series is actually a Persona spinoff, right?
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u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo https://myanimelist.net/profile/PunishedScrappy 4d ago
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox https://anilist.co/user/zaphod 4d ago
How do you feel about graphic depictions of shitting?
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u/NotSoSnarky https://myanimelist.net/profile/Book_Lover 4d ago
Since the last thread got locked here you go:
Give me a movie recommendation, can be from any decade, genre or in any language. The only thing I ask is that it's not like 3 hours long or something. It's been a while since I watched a movie, I want to ease back into it.
My letterboxd account: https://letterboxd.com/NotSoSnarky/films/ If you want to see if I watched a movie already, you can check by decade. Say you want to see if I watched The Shining (1980), just check the 1980s under decade, and you'll be able to see if I watched it or not. (In this example I have). Just in case you don't use Letterboxd and didn't know. I know some CDF people on here do use it.
I've gotten Roxanne from /u/chilidirigible
and Bicycle Thieves from /u/ZaphodBeebblebrox
Also, /u/ZaphodBeebblebrox what's Italian Neorealism? I like movies, but don't really know the terms.
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u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo https://myanimelist.net/profile/PunishedScrappy 4d ago
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u/Ryuzaaki123 4d ago
Please, call centre-chan. Stop sending problems to the store.
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u/irisverse myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard 3d ago
[Morrowind]Making some good progress among the people of Vvardenfell. Vivec has named me the Nerevarine, the three Great Houses have named me Hortator, I've worked my way up to become the Grandmaster of House Hlaalu AND the Archcanon of the Tribunal Temple, AND YET I'm lucky to be greeted with anything other than a "What do you want, outlander?" from the locals. Can't fucking win with these people smh.
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u/MadMako 3d ago
[FF7 Rebirth]
Ooooh another escort mission for the goodest boy I will risk my whole life for;
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u/Ramsay_Reekimaru https://myanimelist.net/profile/tehsnowlord 3d ago
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 3d ago
Anime-themed marriage vows sound so fucking cringe to me.
I mean, if they like that good for them, but personally, if my partner used an anime quote during our vows I think that would be ground for the fastest divorce in history.
And I don't just mean anime, I mean using any passion-linked quote/reference in general. Say, a chess quote would be just as bad.
I think the ONLY exception would be a line used strictly for comedic purpose, like say a play on word with chess, "Can't wait for this to be over so I can go mate you!"
But if it's used for serious/dramatic purpose, oof...
"Believe in the me who believes in you!"
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian 3d ago
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u/Ryuzaaki123 2d ago
I remember when I was younger my teacher recommended me for a scholarship thing where a bunch of teenagers would go out and camp and do outdoors activities for like a week.
I didn't even talk to my dad about it, I was scared to go so I just told my teacher I couldn't do it. I had a bunch of excuses for why, like that it was alright because someone else (more deserving, somehow) would get to go or that I wouldn't enjoy it anyway because I hated bonding stuff. Also I didn't want to worry my dad.
I really regret not taking that opportunity.
Anyway, I was invited to a wedding in Mexico later this year. It'll cost money, but I want to go.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 2d ago
I just purchased Coyote vs. ACME tickets on impulse based on CDF's recommendation.
Don't let me down!
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u/InfamousEmpire https://myanimelist.net/profile/Infamous_Empire 2d ago
I only just recently learned that [in Party Rock Anthem] they sing “Party Rock is in the house tonight” as opposed to “Party Rockers in the house tonight”. Am I the only one who’s unsettled by that? Like, the entity known as Party Rock is in your house tonight, and to satiate it you must shake it like the gerbils in the commercial
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u/Lezoux https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lezoux 2d ago
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u/irisverse myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard 2d ago
Finally done with Morrowind. The main quest at least, will continue the DLC in due time.
[Morrowind]Dagoth Ur's first phase gave me a bit of trouble since I'm still only level 12, but then he started glitching out and standing on the spot attacking nothing so I just fired spells at him until he died. Bethesda! Still probably the best final boss in an Elder Scrolls game though, just for how he's built up over the course of the story. Alduin just kinda shows up every now and then until you gather a team of randoms to take him down, and Oblivion doesn't even really have a final boss. Or rather, you don't fight the final boss yourself. You just watch it happen like a good little cuck. I think the Morrowind approach is much more satisfying.
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u/entelechtual 2d ago
Not a foot guy myself but pouring one out for the feet fans. It was a good run.
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u/Millennialxxx https://myanimelist.net/profile/millennial_xx 2d ago
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u/Shocketheth 2d ago edited 2d ago
[CDF Group Plays Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter] Week 5 Discussion Thread - Final Chapter - Capital in Turmoil (Part 1)
<--- Chapter 3 Discussion | Index (Schedule) | Final Chapter - Part 2 Discussion --->
It’s more than pleasure to welcome everyone who shown interest to our weekly Discussion for CDF Group Plays with TitS 1st Chapter!
Collectibles:
If you did everything right, the number of collected things and journal entries should look like this:
| Collectibles | Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Total |
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| Enemies | 31 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 171 |
| Recipes | 8 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| Chests | 32 | 45 | 31 | 42 | 150 |
| Quests | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 62 |
| BP (Bracer Points) | 52 | 66 | 87 | 96 | 301 |
| Liberl News Issues | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Carnelia Books | Volume 1 | Volume 2,3,4 | Volume 5 | Volume 6,7 | 7 |
| Miscellaneous Books | 1 (Luke’s Diary) | 1 (Hundred Day War - A True Account) | Ruan's Economic History Vol. 1-3 | Looking for Librarian Quest (7 books) | 12 |
| Books Total | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
(Collectibles for Final Chapter will be updated in Part 3 Discussion)
Group Play Achievements - Week 5:
This is not about ingame or Steam achievements, but about Group Play Achievements, that I am dishing out to participants of CDF Group Plays with TitS - 1st Chapter
To decide who unlocked those achievements, I will be reading your comments and any mention of whatever is required to unlock it, will automatically be counted like you unlocked the achievement
| Achievements | How to Unlock | Unlocked by |
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| Almost there | [You]finally appeared in Grancel region, the final region to get promotion for Senior Bracer | Everyone |
| Intercepting Shaft - Third time isn’t charm | [You]thought that you are going to fight Josette again | |
| Are you not entertained?! | [You]won the tournament | /u/Regular_N-Gon |
Questions!
- You are going to participate with Estelle and Joshua in the Tournament again, but this time you can pick any characters from Trails in the Sky 1 as 3rd and 4th party member outside of Zin, Agate, Olivier, Kloe, Schera and Tita, and depending on who you chose, I will pick 4 characters to battle against your team. Who are you picking? (Choose wisely)
That’s all for now, and see you next Sunday on 6th September 2PM EDT where we will be discussing Final Chapter - Part 2!
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u/M8gazine https://myanimelist.net/profile/M8gazine 2d ago
Posting a song you might've not heard every day 'til I get bored, day 668:
These idols are masters of their craft! Wait, wrong franchise.
These loves live for their craft!
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u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon https://myanimelist.net/profile/U18810227 2d ago
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername 2d ago edited 1d ago
The other day I beat Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE. I am a real Fire Emblem fan now.
Pretty much more of the same from the initial post. The game is very charming. The characters are a lot of fun. Yashiro was an unexpected favourite. At first, he is the brooding loner, but once he joins, you quickly learn that he is such a weirdo, gap moe. He didn't eat for 10 days and forced Itsuki to do something about it for him. He also uses everyone's full name all the time. Ellie is also a lot of fun. Her tsukkomis were always fun to hear. I do wish there were more cross-cast interactions like in traditional FE. It's mainly with Itsuki, and some bits in the side stories. Touma kinda got screwed in that department because his side story is all with an NPC. There were some Duo Arts with characters who didn't that much interaction, which I wish we saw more of.
Not a big fan of how every girl needed to have a dokdoki for Itsuki. Not a fan of that in general, but here it felt extra weird because there isn't a dating mechanic like modern FE. Besides, Tsubasa is clearly the main heroine. I managed to get that special Duo Art for maxing out Tsubasa's "support points". I wouldn't hide something behind a hidden counter that begins at the start of the game.
Again, I wish the legacy FE characters were given the space to talk more. Engage's Emblem characters were also limited in that aspect, but at least their Bond Support let them speak with everyone in the cast. That said, I did end up liking the Mirage partnership. Especially for the Archanea characters who don't come from a voiced game, it was really neat seeing them with speaking roles. Draug is so polite. This is the most I cared about him in any game.
Promotions were very difficult because I often like their base outfit the best. Base Virion clears, and neither of his promotions come close. There are some whose design strays from the character's original look, but I still like them anyway. Tharja with blonde hair kinda works, and part of me likes it better.
The story wasn't anything innovative. There wasn't much of a firm overarching story (there is some, but ehhh), but I kinda like that episodic anime feeling. It did feel kinda weird that they introduced Tiki's Dragonstone in the second-to-last chapter. You would really think those would've been the MacGuffin we would've collected and slowly recovered more of Tiki's memory.
Encore added one song, and I saved myself from it this whole time, and I was blown away by She Is. On one hand, it is a bit sad that they didn't make a new 2D video. On the other hand, I was blown away by how much more dynamic the in-game models were here compared to the regular game. It's like going from LL SIP's 3D to modern LL's 3D. The difference can kill a small Victorian child.
All the songs are great. I am very tempted to get the soundtrack now (it helps that Toi8's art is very pretty). It is very hard to pick my favourites because there are so many good ones.
She Is
Raindrop Memories
Black Rain
Reincarnation (both Kiria's and Tsubasa's)
Feel/Fly/The Labyrinth/Give Me. They're clamouring to show up on the list.
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername 2d ago
A whole year with Kamen Rider Zeztz is now over. What a long year it has been.
Originally, I had a whole rant planned for when the show it has ended, but the last month has turned that fire into apathy. The last few episodes were better than the show's low, but I've just been ground into a mush and don't care about anything going on.
Rant post starts:
Do you have interesting writing? "We have hype moments and aura."
What I mean by that is the way this show is written. It has these big set-piece moments it wants to have. The connective writing in between those moments? Eh.... I described this show's writing as monotone because it feels like it will have this one idea, and it will fester on it for the entire episode. The show taking its time to develop ideas sounds good, until the part where said moment is over, it just gets thrown out and it off to the next slow-cook set piece. Also, when I said it develops its idea, it is only the main idea, everything else is thrown off to the sidelines. The show is undercooked and burnt.
There are 0 good characters. There are two categories for them. A) Too little screen time. B) Too much screen time (with too little to show). Most characters fall into the first camp. It is a terrible show to be a side character in because the show would not spare an iota of interest in you. Pour one out for Natsuka, someone who has been introduced as a core member of the support case, and given 47 seconds to conclude her character arc that the show spent a two-parter introducing. The show would also often have the character's bond be the big emphasis. What bonds? We barely spend time with them together. All the character relationship building was done in the 2-minute side specials.
The show has a big problem of putting characters in a forgotten corner until it is their time in the story again. They'll be around for 10 episodes, but in frivolous scenes that just restate their current position you already saw multiple episodes ago. Nox is the biggest example of this problem. He is a plateaued character. In the first cour of the show, he is vague and ominous. He gets a spotlight episode. Great! ... then it is another plateau where he just reiterates the same thing, and then he is just gone from the show until, like episode 38. His entire character feels like lip service towards a character arc. And he is the secondary Rider of the show. This also applies to Nem, the main heroine and someone who should be deeply plot important.
All the villains suck in this show (except 1, but with an asterisk). Agent 3 sucks, there is nothing to say about him other than how he stuck out his tongue in the OP. At the start of the show, I figured that they had this planned out so that it wouldn't resort to the constant problem of Reiwa KR of not knowing how the final boss is going to be. Unfortunately, Zeztz fell into the pitfall as well. The Nightmares are also nothing characters, glorified MOTW. The Lady is the only interesting villain in this show because she has character motives and relationships to another character. The asterisk is that she had her big moment, then spent the next 15 or so episodes in a chair in discomfort.
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u/thecomicguybook myanimelist.net/profile/Comicman 1d ago
I finished the Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs. I am a historian, so I am often just awestruck with history, but I think that I really get what religious people mean by awe when I think of deep time, space, evolution, etc.
It brings me to tears to think about the history of the universe, life, or our own more recent past.
How fucking cool is it that birds are dinosaurs? I feel like if you told that to 5 year old me I'd have presteren my parents to get us a canary.
I have been having major depression, its not solved or anything, but I am working on it. For months (almost a year) I couldn't read or listen to audiobooks, so that has changed at least.
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u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon https://myanimelist.net/profile/U18810227 1d ago
Salt & vinegar chips for dinner, yum.
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u/_____pantsunami_____ 1d ago
me: ah shit i died and went to hell
satan: it's not all bad. we got live music 24/7
me: ah hell yeah
satan: now you're getting it. anyway without further ado, introducing... the vengaboys!
me: NOOOOOO
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 1d ago
Coyote vs ACME was a fun time, agreed with whoever else has watched and recc'd it. Not the most profound thing ever, but it's a great homage to the old Looney Tunes while throwing some of their own spin to it. Seeing some Roadrunner chases in 3D was great as well.
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u/NotSoSnarky https://myanimelist.net/profile/Book_Lover 1d ago
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian 1d ago
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u/M8gazine https://myanimelist.net/profile/M8gazine 1d ago
Posting a song you might've not heard every day 'til I get bored, day 669:
(Touhou week 14: Double Dancing Character - 1/7)
TAM x KEIGO KANZAKI - Lullaby of Deserted Hell
I thought a new Touhou week would be fun to do with the previous one having been around a month ago by now.
TAM is from the circle TAMUSIC - and I think it might be circle with the most Touhou arrangements, as they have made at least over 1500 songs as far as I'm aware! I'm not entirely sure about Keigo Kanzaki; I know that they are a frequent collaborator with TAMUSIC, but I'm not sure if they've officially been a part of the circle. I don't know much else about them though.
As a side note: the original Lullaby of Deserted Hell is probably my favorite theme from Subterranean Animism. Unfortunately, it gets a bit overshadowed by more popular themes from the game (it's also not helped by the fact that it's a stage theme and not a character theme!) but I love that theme. So much so that if I'm doing some random household chores, that's the default song I start subconsciously humming or whistling lol.
Perhaps it'd make more sense to if I whistled Hartmann's Youkai Girl subconsciously instead...
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u/InfamousEmpire https://myanimelist.net/profile/Infamous_Empire 1d ago
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer 23h ago
August Completed
| Anime | Score | Comment |
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| Overman King Gainer | 8 | immaculate vibes even if it goes off (on?) the rails |
| Naruto SD Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals | 8 | ten/ten |
| NieA_7 | 7 | eat curry, take a bath, build a ufo |
| They Were 11 | 7 | still a good time, but it doesnt have the same breakneck feel as the manga. either way, wish there was more stuff like this. adapt the second story cowards |
| Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final Chapter | 6 | Using stubbornness to go full circle on the show is kind of whatever. Karla is cute. BUT INABA IS JUST HERE NOW YAY |
| Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In the Name of Love | 6 | why are we redeeming dessler? otherwise pretty based tbh |
| Birthday Wonderland | 5 | the sense of wonder is muted by the background work |
| Heavy Metal L-Gaim I: Pentagona Window + Lady Gavlet | 5 | Ok it’s like 30 episodes into 1 movie so you can’t expect much BUT too much time towards the flimsy justification of this show, even with retconning Quasan. A disgrace that they cut out Nei but Gablae/Lillis are still here. Ends on the whale reintroduction cliffhanger, which makes no sense since Leccee never left. Lady Gablae fits go hard tho |
| Space Battleship Yamato (1977) | 5 | no bomb appendages whats the point |
| Heavy Metal L-Gaim II: Farewell My Lovely + Pentagona Doors | 5 | Make sure we show the irrelevant massacre of the fairies, that’ll sell VHS copies. Pretty nonsensical as is the ending plot. But this doesn’t even pick up from where the last OVA left off. Leccee kills Pam with a piledriver and Amm hits a clean ass german suplex |
| Nora | 2 | this shit is ass |
6 movies, best was The Magic Blade, worst was Birthday Wonderland
Gamingwise - Granblue Relink Ragnarok msp grind, Metal Gear Ghost Babel take a gander
Mangawise - picked up a lot of stuff, using K Manga more. Not as ass of an app that I remember. Ippo is great to read on it.
In the middle of the third condor heroes book, continues to be a delight
September preview: MGS4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PeaceWalker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ill finish up the Urusei Yatsura OVAs/the last movie and classic Yamato series up through Be Forever Yamato. The last L Gaim OVA looks to be actual new stuff instead of a recap too . Depending on how much Yamato I can stomach, may also go back to the VOTOMS universe and start the extra shows. Not sure if Ill join Area 88
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u/laughing-fox13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/laughingfox13 22h ago edited 22h ago
Anime completed in August:
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 17h ago
I guess I have dementia, because I'm not seeing any fucking letter.
Are they posting AI made dementia ads now?
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u/M8gazine https://myanimelist.net/profile/M8gazine 12h ago
Hmm. Yesterday I posted a TAM (TAMUSIC) song for my epic and groovy daily song posting shenanigans, and I had their Touhou wiki page still open in my browser so I read through it a bit.
Since 2026 TAMUSIC's music has been made with the assistance of generative AI.
That is undoubtedly one of the most frustrating news I've heard in this entire year, though I don't know how much they're using it. It's not due to a lack of skill, they've made wonderful arrangements for decades and nothing can change that... but nonetheless, learning that made me sad and honestly rather annoyed since I've been their fan for years.
Art - especially in anything where other people pay you money for it, such as with music albums - should not be "tainted" with AI. People are paying for your work, not for "chatgpt generate me a zany drum beat", even if the rest of the song/album was made by humans.
FYI, I don't really care if AI is used in e.g. video game coding (I don't consider it "art" in the same sense, like nobody would go to the Louvre to look at a block of Javascript), but AI should not be touching things like (movie/TV/game) scripts, music or artwork. You're on thin ice even if you're just using it only for brainstorming/concept art, but also, I'll admit that that alone wouldn't make me boycott the thing.
If I learn that it's used in the final product, then just like that, I have no interest in the product.
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u/NotSoSnarky https://myanimelist.net/profile/Book_Lover 1h ago
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer 2d ago
Is GTA a burger eroge?
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox https://anilist.co/user/zaphod 2d ago
I'm now curious if there is a game about fucking burgers.
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u/irisverse myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard 1d ago
Been seeing a lot of backlash to the recent GTA6 trailer. Some of it warranted, but a weirdly large amount is just those people getting mad at a scene of the female protagonist firing a shotgun one-handed, which I have been repeatedly told is not a realistic thing for a woman that size to be able to do without injuring herself. Apparently the game having unrealistic gunplay and hot girls doing badass things means the game is now woke slop written by blue-haired feminists to denigrate and demoralise men... or something like that.
My main question here is, who are they trying to convince? GTA6 has been the most hotly anticipated video game for the entire last decade, is anybody who was previously interested in the game actually going to not buy it anymore, because of these accusations of wokeness?
It reminds me of the last thing to pull major backlash from the anti-woke crowd, that being The Odyssey. Somehow they deluded themselves into thinking that simply because the movie cast a black actress to play an Ancient Greek woman, that the movie would be doomed to failure. I even saw people doubting the credibility of the box office statistics, because there's no way this many people are interested in a Christopher Nolan movie based on one of the most iconic stories in Western literature right?
I think they're getting too bold lately. The grift used to be pretty simple - point at something commercially unsuccessful and go "See, it failed because it's woke!" But now they're going after some of the most popular and highly anticipated media out there, and I'm just not really sure what the end goal is.
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u/Octavian_Pearlseus 1d ago
my favourite were the "you can tell Jason is written by a woman" complaints, and the scene in question is Jason being mildly annoyed that they're going to be late because Lucia is taking too long to pick a dress
most stereotypical male humor ever, you can tell it's written by a woman...
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername 4d ago
Back from finishing Coyote vs Acme
Not back from finishing the movie because the movie projector died 80% through the movie. At least I got a refund and extra free tickets. Hopefully I can finish the movie on Saturday.
The movie up to that point was pretty good and funny.
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti 4d ago
ACME brand movie projects will do that
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u/HopelessRinSimp 3d ago
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u/chilidirigible 3d ago
Also a nationally connected, frequent, and fast nationwide train network would also be really nice.
Alas, that train left the station a long time ago.
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u/laughing-fox13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/laughingfox13 2d ago
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u/mekerpan 1d ago
Kidney biopsy time. After it's done I'm supposed to lie flat on my back for hours. Probably can't even watch anime on my phone. :-(
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 4d ago
/u/notsosnarky I don't see The Little Shop of Horrors remake (1986) on your Letterboxd. 96 minutes.
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u/MadMako 4d ago
Growing up feeling unloved really messes you up for the rest of your life, huh.
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u/The_Draigg 4d ago
Man, I wanted to get some stuff done for the small OVA rewatch I had in mind that I brought up a while ago, but life really has made it so I'm not in the mood at all lately. Hopefully I can find the motivation sometime soon, since I do want to get back into the rewatch game again.
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u/thixotrofic 4d ago
I'm back home safe from Vancouver! Woohoo!
Now we wait patiently for /u/iron_gland 's safe reemergence... For whom I have no exclusive scoop this time...
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u/WoodpeckerNo1 https://anilist.co/user/Nishi23 4d ago
That part where Tomoko in Watemote sees a happy couple and thinks something along the lines of "I'd trade a year of my lifespan in exchange for having them die in a horrible accident right now" is rather on point though.
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u/M8gazine https://myanimelist.net/profile/M8gazine 4d ago
Posting a song you might've not heard every day 'til I get bored, day 666:
Shinra-Bansho - Netanimity Theatre "666"
That's hell you've walked into.
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u/laughing-fox13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/laughingfox13 4d ago
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u/Iron_Gland https://myanimelist.net/profile/Iron_Gland 4d ago
Good morning, what are you guys up to?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 1d ago
So all three of the Big 3 have officially made The List™ now.
[One Piece]Fuck me, I thought the montage was gonna be the worst of it. And then Merry said "Gomen ne..."
I'm gonna need a bit before I can upload my screenshots to post my full reactions to this batch of episodes...