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Best Chat Thread
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anime chat thread 13 8.02%
anime chat thread 2.22 - A SODOM BORN OF THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR 11 6.79%
SHIN ANIME CHAT THREAD 3: THE LAST DAY OF THE EARTH 7 4.32%
ANIME CHAT THREAD 4: NEW AGE OF HEROES 1 0.62%
ANIME CHAT THREAD V: BEEF TENDENCY END 7 4.32%
ANIME CHAT THREAD VI: animemonogatari 16 9.88%
anime chat thread vii: 600 pages in like a week 3 1.85%
anime chat thread viii: a bowl of visible aids 7 4.32%
Anime Chat Thread IX: the desert of battle 1 0.62%
anime chat thread x: gifs of takane shijou eating 14 8.64%
anime chat thread xi: the beast that cried 'gas' at the heart of the world 16 9.88%
anime chat thread xii: the one where fire emblem comes out 8 4.94%
anime chat thread the 13th: no art dumps 5 3.09%
anime chat thread 14: this one probably won't get to 2000+ pages 3 1.85%
Chat Thead 15: Post your favorite robot and/or touhou itt 22 13.58%
Anime Chat Thread The Sixteenth: Frequently Anime Questions 3 1.85%
Anime Chat Thread Dimension XV-II: No More Eroes 2: Dawn of the New World 8 4.94%
Anime Chat Thread Part 18: (M)AIDS 17 10.49%
Total: 162 votes
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The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

i was not able to get ice cream queen in the splatfest :(

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homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

Quest For Glory II posted:

i was not able to get ice cream queen in the splatfest :(
I became cream queen at splatfest. then on my way home I tried to find a Nintendo Switch but everyone was out of stock. need to take a shower now bye

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022

the nashville hot chicken fad is getting around

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

always shower and THEN shop

Missing Name
Jan 5, 2013


spapatoon 2 good, buy the squids

Huzzah!
Sep 15, 2007

Malnutrition is scarier than any beastie.
https://twitter.com/sattou0/status/886426014905114624

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

StandardVC10
Feb 6, 2007

This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant
Ten episodes into Revolutionary Girl Utena and Touga is a dick.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

StandardVC10 posted:

Ten episodes into Revolutionary Girl Utena and Touga is a dick.

It's not all his fault he's that way. His dad had... preferences.

Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


I love how Holly Kujo is a massive fuckin weeb.

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Never before have i both wanted a beer so strongly but also hated the fact that people get drunk.

GorfZaplen
Jan 20, 2012

Mister Facetious posted:

It's not all his fault he's that way. His dad had... preferences.

I thought it was cool that Touga's deal in the movie is foreshadowed in the show even though they're nominally separate

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

The underground coliseum in Nier A is very frustrating.

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003



when pearl closes her eyes it looks like she has giant angry black eyes, or sunglasses

Huzzah!
Sep 15, 2007

Malnutrition is scarier than any beastie.

Quest For Glory II posted:



when pearl closes her eyes it looks like she has giant angry black eyes, or sunglasses

RIP Cake

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010



Yuri Mekuru Hibi/Oshigoto is a treasure.

StandardVC10
Feb 6, 2007

This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant
It is gloriously silly.

Missing Name
Jan 5, 2013


Pearl is bad

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

El Burbo posted:

"Tenshi Eating a Corndog" is a much discussed concept on /jp/. The significance of it is disputed, so I will focus on one core concept: the symbolism behind it. But first we must identify and explore the key components of it.
Hinanawi Tenshi is a human child that has ascended to become a celestial being. In Hinduism, she would be called a Siddha or a Deva. In Chinese, it would be refered to as a Tian Xian, or heavenly immortal. In Japanese, it would be using the same kanji characters as in Chinese, being called a Tennin. She is also refered to as an angel, although the role of a heavenly messenger is better suited to her companion Nagae Iku. Regardless of which Oriental cosmology she claims the greatest influence from, Hinanawi Tenshi in Touhou: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is presented as a roving celestial being that decides to cause mayhem out of childish boredom.
A corndog on the other hand is simply a sausage coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter on a stick. It is considered a quintessential part of the American diet, being a cheap combination between convenience and an arguably delicious meal of protein and carbohydrates. It is not a new concept by any means, but it is something that is also unmistakably modern and mundane.
Thus this is why "Tenshi Eating a Corndog" is so intriguing. Why exactly is a celestial being consuming a corndog, despite having access to the Jade Wine Waterfalls and Immortal Peach Orchards of Heaven? The earthly and celestial is contrasted in an oustanding way.

Take a look at the blue sky in the background and the color of her hair. In the Swami Vivekananda, the concept of infinity is considered blue. Take the air and water, for within the space of our hands, it is colorless, but in a vast quantity it is blue. Tenshi is shown to represent infinity, as she to is of the sky. As to the corndog to her, the Route 66 sign is to the sky. What of the tiny stretch of road to the vastness of the heavens? But without that land, the heavens would not be.
So as it is, you see the Heavenly consume the Earthly. Not out of pleasure, as we can see from her expression, but of necessity to understand the realm she observes from up high. But we see it as something of joy, for we too know that the divine are as of us. This is perhaps a commentary of the immaturity of Tenshi Hinanwi, who still has a physical body unlike truly enlightened beings. But it could also be a commentary of the unwilligness of humans to see gods (at least the important ones) as anything but in their image and why the gods so often take human form. This is represented even in the game afterwards, Hisoutensoku (Unpercieving of Natural Law). Unlike its predecessor, Gakutensoku (Learning of Natural Law), Hisoutensoku is considered blind to it, as it from a land without logic. In the utter contrast of "Tenshi Eating a Corndog", we see through the eyes of Hisoutensoku.
This is the true symbolism behind "Tenshi Eating a Corndog": That our perception is constrained by the laws that invisibly govern over us. Pierce the veil of illusion, and see why the mustard intertwines with the ketchup.

Uh, that's wrong though? Tian Xian would be 天仙, while Tennin is 天人. The difference in meaning between 仙 and 人 is so obvious that I will not bother to explain.

Clarste fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jul 16, 2017

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum
Burbo called tf out!!!

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

Missing Name posted:

Pearl is bad

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

I mean Marina is obviously better.

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

pearl is just like a weird tall baby

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

I'll admit it: I didn't write the copy pasta paragraph

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
gasp

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

and what's this? several of the facts in this navy seal's post are completely off! Why, I don't think he's the top sniper in the armed forces at all!

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum
if clarste is indirectly saying that the rest of the c/p is accurate then that's the really impressive part

Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


why didn't jotaro and the gang just charter a private plane

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

The pilot would have been an enemy stand user somehow

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

El Burbo posted:

I'll admit it: I didn't write the copy pasta paragraph
you can't get away from this so easily hector.

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

El Burbo posted:

I'll admit it: I didn't write the copy pasta paragraph
Well thanks for sharing it anyway, Burbster. :)

Pollyanna
Mar 5, 2005

Milk's on them.


El Burbo posted:

The plane would have been an enemy stand user somehow

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Pollyanna posted:

why didn't jotaro and the gang just charter a private plane

Joseph has been on three planes in his life and been directly responsible for all three crashing.

an actual dog
Nov 18, 2014

https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/886618179979685888

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.
That was also literally my first thought.

What a sweet way to die though.

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
She really creamed him

Pierson
Oct 31, 2004



College Slice
Are there any good anime podcasts besides Anime World Order? I'm really enjoying it because the hosts actually seem to enjoy each other's company, has interesting topics and stuff, and they examine things beyond just a surface level, which apparently is like the impossible three factors that make 'good podcast'.

dogsicle
Oct 23, 2012

Pierson posted:

Are there any good anime podcasts besides Anime World Order? I'm really enjoying it because the hosts actually seem to enjoy each other's company, has interesting topics and stuff, and they examine things beyond just a surface level, which apparently is like the impossible three factors that make 'good podcast'.

i've no idea what others you've tried, but the only ones i still have in my podcast subscriptions are Cocoa Disaster (quarterly episodes on seasonal shows interspersed with some single-topic episodes), Oldtaku no Radio (single-topic episodes on old and new stuff), and ANNCast. ymmv because i can't stand AWO due to their email/con segments and Daryl Surat making awful jokes/takes on current anime.

Pierson
Oct 31, 2004



College Slice
I'll give 'em a check, cheers man.

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Sorry Corals
Jan 2, 2010

good pcell

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