/jp/ - Japan/Anime

>>39787
Condolences.

>>39786
you're ruining things for others

>>39794
>y
cringe

>>39161 Kobeni… Just Kobeni… since 2021
never liked someone else before

>>39769
Being aisled from everyone since childhood gives u a total f… about that… well in my case, I'm so screwed

>>39769
no way through my life i've had years with my waifu lain and i love her

>>39779
Tifa and Lain could be friends. They could bond over the Structure and Interpretation of Childhood Pain. 😎

She gave me 1294 rice coupons. Help.

I own Uzumaki, Gyo, and Berserk vol 1. Guts was such an ass in the manga and the settings so needlessly bleak I decided to stop reading

>>39775
bruhhh 💀

>>39776
first chapter in and guts is abusing the one and only character sympathetic to him. Later chapter is a farmer and his daughter only for them to be killed for no obvious plot purpose. Not as good as the anime

>>39775
Never found Berserk needlessly bleak. Firepunch on the other hand..

I prefer to support creators through merch. If you buy books or discs, I respect you. I don't own any physical copies, but I've always wanted to start a manga cafe. Even a mobile library.

Attached is from Fire Punch.

is there an equivalent to anime today?
by equivalent, i mean something that's exotic and liked by weirdos.
(preferably not from japan)

>>39767
no, anime is unparalleled in human history

finished blue gender.
honestly some of the best kino ive ever seen. kind of an eva clone though.

>>39699
jesus fucking christ

https://myanimelist.net/anime/34028

I watched Idol Jihen, also known as Idol Incidents. Here are my thoughts:

This anime is about idol succubi who are also politicians within the national Japanese legislative system. Despite some mature themes involved, this show basically feels like a Saturday-morning cartoon meant for a child audience. The plot is mostly episodic and usually involves the simplistic use of some kind of political conflict, such as a scandal or public policy decision. Aside from these political themes, this feels like a generic formulaic idol show; this anime isn't nearly as creative as it could have been. Regardless, the unusual juxtaposition of idols and politics is silly and fun. The absurdity of it got some chuckles out of me. The novelty of mixing idols and Japanese politics is what kept me watching this show, even though the actual scene-by-scene story is quite dull and feels calibrated for a child audience. This anime consistently feels juvenile.

I wish there were more song-and-dance scenes and more musical content in general. All they ever did was recycle the (admittedly quite cute) OP and ED songs for the idol scenes, which was very disappointing and also just another major indication of how low effort this anime is as a whole. They also reused the exact same CG dance animation multiple times. If you want good musical idol content, look elsewhere. At least some of the idol outfits and character designs are cute.

Idol Jihen is a unique cultural artifact, but ultimately it's not particularly entertaining. If you're interested in the Japanese legislative system, you might get a kick out of this anime, but don't expect much in the way of detail or nuance; the treatment of politics here is quite superficial. Lastly, this seems like it would be a fun show to watch with other people and collectively joke about; it has a lot of meme potential, which hasn't been capitalized upon due to its low viewership.

My overall rating: 4/10

https://myanimelist.net/anime/32615/

I watched Youjo Senki, also known as Saga of Tanya the Evil. I watched the first season, the OVA, and the movie. At the time of writing, Season 2 has not yet aired. Here are my thoughts:

This anime is about a salaryman who gets reincarnated in pseudo-WW1 Europe as a young orphan succubus (Tanya) while retaining their original personality. Tanya has an aptitude for magic and joins the military as an officer in the mage unit. Tanya is sort of an 'anti-hero' main character in the sense that they are highly self-interested and morally ambiguous.

The action scenes in Youjo Senki look good and have detailed fight choreography along with nice sound effects. The audio production quality of this is what I'd expect from a movie – it's pretty nice. In fact, Youjo Senki overall has movie-like production quality. The visuals are a strong point – the setting in particular looks fantastic. The European landscape often looks amazing. Furthermore, the architecture and interior decor feels authentic for the time period and is consistently meticulous and vividly detailed. I could tell there was a lot of attention to detail put into how the setting is depicted. One of my favourite things about this anime was admiring the intricate interior design of each room, and the cinematography does a good job of displaying it! Additionally, the character animation is fluid and well done too, including facial expressions. There is also lots of variety among the character designs, making each member of the large cast distinctive and easy to discern. The visuals of Youjo Senki are excellent.

Although the premise of this show is neat, I found the actual episode-by-episode story underwhelming and very predictable. Speaking more generally, although I found Youjo Senki entertaining, I never found it suspenseful or exciting, which seems like a shortcoming for a violent action-heavy show set in a war zone. The protagonist plot armour is blatantly indestructible, and the stakes never feel high as a result. It is a fun easy-to-watch show though. Despite the war theme, this anime feels best suited for casual viewing – it never feels all that serious. This isn't Saving Private Ryan; it's just a silly isekai anime and you should set your expectations accordingly.

Tanya's VA does an excellent job and is very unique and memorabPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>39763
>they/them/their
🚮

german spam

Tried watching 2hu fandom on youtube a while ago. Yukari always ends up being the big bad villain which is repetitive. Diamond in the rough was also just plain insulting.

"Super-Duper Gensokyo level Dangan Ronpa" is actually better than Danganronpa for writing but unfortunately never got finished

spageti fearie

I decided to finally stop being a fucking secondary nigger after a decade or so, and picked up Story of Eastern Wonderland about a week ago. I would've started ages ago but for some reason I thought to learn Japanese and "enjoy it in it's original form". So far the best I've done was get to Mima with 4 lives, then get smacked to shit and die just before the end. I feel like I should be able to finish her either today or within the next 1-2 days, then I'll do the EXTRA and move on to the 3rd game.
The gameplay and music are nice, though I have a hard time paying attention to the latter, my brain starts blocking it out very quickly so I can focus better. Sometimes I feel cheated after dying to stupid shit or missing a 1UP, unfortunately I have anger control problems so it can fuck up the run or the one after it, today I've happened to read the bible after getting really pissy at the game, it actually made me really serene and the next run I did was one of my best, so I might make it a habit to read it whenever I get upset at the games from now on.

>>39760
ive just started from eosd, good luck

>>39747
Wiz, "3D" means real succubi, like photos and cosplay. 3DCG is still 2D so renders and screencaps are allowed.

>>39747
Nice yurists.

>>39748
>"3D" means real succubi, like photos and cosplay. 3DCG is still 2D so renders and screencaps are allowed.
I have occasionally seen the opposite sentiment expressed quite strongly, claiming that high-quality 3DCG is 3dpd and has no business being posted in a 2D thread. However if you repost your assertion with a mod capcode, I'll be happy to share a few cute Tifa/Aeris 3DCG images.

>>39751
Don't like 3DCG unless it's extremely anime/stylized

Guys it's late night and I have a genial idea. TikTok was created for this reason. Look, this is an incredible profit.
1. Dumb zoomers will pay and they already earn ridiculous amount of money on that bullshit.
2. Dumb zoomers are so fucking dumb that they will share whatever is "cool but illegal" there, so that relatively obscure pirating sites will be brought up and therefore most civilized countries will *HAVE* to take measures!

This is a genial way to make them dig a grave they will be buried into. When I wake up I want to discover that the thought is wrong. No kidding.

>>39733
Older generations are the ones who know how things function because they have more time using the Internet. It was them who let fandoms die and stopped gatekeeping. They should be teaching new gens how to use things, but they don't and only enjoy whining.

>>39740
How do you fucking imagine "teaching" and "gatekeeping" a god damn swarm of retards? This is not physically possible with this level of globalization when every fucking daft idiot can share his retarded bullshit "content" with the whole world and even find the likes of him. You're mad.

>>39740
> they have more time using the Internet.
Zoomers where born in a world with internet, so not really, if you compare percent-of-life

>>39740
Teaching? An entire generation who don't know or never heard of lurking?

>>27916
I was never particularly autistic about remembering anime, especially the ones I enjoyed less. I rewatch my favorites sometimes and it definitely helps but for some lesser known anime or OVAs is very difficult for me to remember. It's a mixture of convoluted storytelling and not being able to talk about it to anyone (memory is built on repetition) that makes it so I forget a lot about it besides key points or my favorite character's personality and traits. Having some internet friends or an imageboard will one hundred help if you're forgetful.
When I first got into monster of the week anime I used to keep track of episode quality on a small list, that way when I look back at the show after finishing it, I'd see how much I enjoyed or didn't enjoy it. It was annoying to keep track of all that shit so I eventually stopped. Ultimately, things like a shitty ending can ruin your enjoyment of a show even if you liked 90% of it, cause bad things stay in your mind for longer. That happened multiple times on me and I sometimes look back on episode lists and think to myself "yeah, that was worth the shitty ending"
I guess what I'm trying to say it that I think that even if you forget the show, you shouldn't forget how you felt about it. Even if you mix up memories and confuse a show with something else or forget the title or develop some fake memories on top of that, you should have faith in yourself and say "Yeah that anime… I forgot the entire second quarter but holy fuck was it hype!".
Don't blame your brain that you forgot anime plot points, and don't think that "I forgot this so it must be bad", if you've seen 100-200 anime you've got full rights to be forgetful. With that in mind it's not good to discuss anime like that, if you attempt to talk about a show you've seen 8 years ago online people will notice and call you a faggot.

actually first time this happened a few days ago. was checking mal and noticed something i finished and rated and could not for the life of me remember anything about it

i think i might have been doing a sleep deprivation experiment at the time though to trigger lucid dreams…

>>27916
When I first discovered anime and manga I was in a really fucked situation, I would sleep for 0-4 hours a day and I desperately needed something to cope with my shit life with, so I immediately pounced on anime and manga and started consuming them at immense speeds. I would go through at least 2 anime every single day and this continued for like 4 years straight, so I must have finished far more than a thousand anime/manga in just those 4 years, after that I went coldfish for a few years, during which I perfectly forgot about every single one of them.
In all 5 of the manga I've finished reading recently, I realized either halfway through or at the end that I had read through the entire thing at least once before.

>>39495
I've been through the exact same thing

>>27916
start reviewing them

Didn't a new book come out last year or something? Anyone read it and have an opinion?

>>24813
I could never relate to it because I couldn't possibly afford even a tiny 2 room apartment where I live as a NEET. And if I somehow got a security guard or any minimum wage job? Still couldn't afford it. In fact the only place I could afford would be renting out a single room in a house-share and I don't think I need to explain why that's not attractive. Satou's life seems like such a luxury by comparison.

>>24616
i dont know, but i desperately want to fuck that succubus

>>38686
This. All i want is my own place and i'll never have it. Fuck satou.

Misaki adopted Satou because he had his own apartment. Treacherous cunning succubus!