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Isn't Ao no Flag one as well.
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# ? Jul 24, 2019 23:09 |
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Ytlaya posted:I think this describes most isekai, to the point where I actually have trouble thinking of many where the protagonist actually becomes a badass hero. Congrats on avoiding all the power fantasy isekai. There’s more of them than chill isekai.
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# ? Jul 24, 2019 23:35 |
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Snooze Cruise posted:Isn't Ao no Flag one as well. is that about gender presentation at some point i always stall out after the guy gets hospitalized
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 02:23 |
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DisDisDis posted:is that about gender presentation at some point i always stall out after the guy gets hospitalized it's not really about gender last i read but there are some p. good chapters about characters other than the main couple working through their own stuff. honestly it's almost kind of funny because basically all of the best chapters focus on characters who, aren't really the main couple, they work better as a backdrop for the personal tension felt by the gay dude and gay chick more than as their own characters driving the story The Colonel fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Jul 25, 2019 |
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The Colonel posted:basically all of the best chapters focus on characters who, aren't really the main couple, they work better as a backdrop for the personal tension felt by the gay dude and gay chick more than as their own characters driving the story grats on describing every one of these comics with gay side characters
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 03:09 |
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DisDisDis posted:is that about gender presentation at some point i always stall out after the guy gets hospitalized oh i thought we were just talking about general lgbt stuff since that is what the one poster said The Colonel posted:it's not really about gender last i read but there are some p. good chapters about characters other than the main couple working through their own stuff. honestly it's almost kind of funny because basically all of the best chapters focus on characters who, aren't really the main couple, they work better as a backdrop for the personal tension felt by the gay dude and gay chick more than as their own characters driving the story Yeah the thing that is like driving the manga at this point is all that because one of them got outed recently
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 04:07 |
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i assume whatever nonco's comic that runs in a shonen mag is is super woke about lgbts since she drew the busty american ship tearing off the french one's bikini on the cover of this book I bought
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 05:53 |
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Allarion posted:Congrats on avoiding all the power fantasy isekai. There’s more of them than chill isekai. Many/most of the power fantasy ones don't involve them becoming heroes in the typical sense, though. Like, the Slime one and Spider one are both power fantasies but without the "hero/adventure" angle. Same goes for stuff like that Death March one. It's very common for these stories to involve an extremely powerful protagonist who just uses their power to live a stress-free life where everyone loves them and conflicts are easily resolved.
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# ? Jul 25, 2019 17:43 |
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I'm super outta the loop when it comes to the year's anime, I've watched Sarazanmai which I quite liked and nothing else. What were the standouts in you guys' opinions? It feels like last year had more hyped poo poo.
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# ? Jul 28, 2019 12:20 |
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Dias posted:I'm super outta the loop when it comes to the year's anime, I've watched Sarazanmai which I quite liked and nothing else. What were the standouts in you guys' opinions? It feels like last year had more hyped poo poo. Love is War is amazing and you should watch it.
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# ? Jul 28, 2019 13:58 |
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Dias posted:I'm super outta the loop when it comes to the year's anime, I've watched Sarazanmai which I quite liked and nothing else. What were the standouts in you guys' opinions? It feels like last year had more hyped poo poo. Love is War Kimetsu no Yaiba / Blade of Demon Destruction Fruits Basket Promised Neverland and Vinland Saga have good source material, but I'm less impressed with them stylistically than the above.
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# ? Jul 28, 2019 14:32 |
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Hitoribocchi was a good SoL show about a socially awkward girl.
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# ? Jul 28, 2019 23:03 |
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Dias posted:I'm super outta the loop when it comes to the year's anime, I've watched Sarazanmai which I quite liked and nothing else. What were the standouts in you guys' opinions? It feels like last year had more hyped poo poo. For the time being I think the only thing that's a contender above Sarazanmai for me is Mix, and I'm proud to be one of the dozen people outside Japan that's watching it.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 00:29 |
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Hunt11 posted:Love is War is amazing and you should watch it. Tuxedo Catfish posted:Love is War Love is War is the one about the girl and the dude that like each other but don't wanna tell each other they like each other, right? I assume it's a romcom then? I'm up for classroom shenanigans. Kimetsu no Yaiba is one I checked some chapters out a while ago, is the anime a better experience or is it just, well, animated? Srice posted:For the time being I think the only thing that's a contender above Sarazanmai for me is Mix, and I'm proud to be one of the dozen people outside Japan that's watching it. What is a Mix?
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 00:50 |
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Love is war is two huge dorks in love who have too much pride to confess to each other so create elaborate machiavellian schemes to trick each other into confessing
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 00:52 |
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Dias posted:Kimetsu no Yaiba is one I checked some chapters out a while ago, is the anime a better experience or is it just, well, animated? I like the story well enough but it looks really good in motion.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 01:16 |
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Dias posted:Love is War is the one about the girl and the dude that like each other but don't wanna tell each other they like each other, right? I assume it's a romcom then? I'm up for classroom shenanigans. It's an adorable show about Tsun on Tsun combat that is well worth a watch before getting started on the manga.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 01:34 |
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Hey all, what are some highly popular or influential or critically acclaimed anime that are also short? I just watched the Netflix release of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and the reason why I was willing to actually pull the trigger and watch the show was just because I saw that it only had 26 episodes plus a movie and that, realistically, I could knock the whole thing out in a couple of weeks. That's pretty immensely satisfying. surf rock fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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Paranoia Agent is of similar quality and only 13 episodes. Also EVA was pseudo remade into 3 pretty good movies and a fourth sequel that will never be made.
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surf rock posted:Hey all, what are some highly popular or influential or critically acclaimed anime that are also short? go pick literally anything by Satoshi Kon or Masaaki Yuasa Kon mostly did movies with one or two anime (mostly in the 13 episode range) and Yuasa is the same but in reverse proportions. both are brilliant visual directors and while their work sometimes has heavy or sexual themes it doesn't have that greasy feel to it that lovely anime does.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 01:53 |
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Terrible Opinions posted:Paranoia Agent is of similar quality and only 13 episodes. The remakes are really different though. IDK if I'm into them; everything is just baffling by the time you get towards the never released 4th movie. Something to keep in mind.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 01:59 |
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The 4th movie is in active development now, Shin Godzilla just sidetracked it.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 02:03 |
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Thanks all for the initial recommendations; I'll just clarify really quick that I'm not specifically asking for things that are similar to NGE. I just used that as an example of popular/influential/acclaimed show that happened to be short, so I watched it. I'm not against recommendations that are similar to NGE, but I'm open to trying pretty much anything.
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Wasabi the J posted:The remakes are really different though. IDK if I'm into them; everything is just baffling by the time you get towards the never released 4th movie. Something to keep in mind. edit: Memories is also very short at three episodes but each episode is more or less it's own self contained short story. Terrible Opinions fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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surf rock posted:Hey all, what are some highly popular or influential or critically acclaimed anime that are also short? Tatami Galaxy Mushishi Nichijou Gunbuster Diebuster Cowboy Bebop FLCL
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 02:08 |
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surf rock posted:Hey all, what are some highly popular or influential or critically acclaimed anime that are also short? martian successor nadesico samurai champloo space dandy madoka macross plus
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 02:09 |
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surf rock posted:Hey all, what are some highly popular or influential or critically acclaimed anime that are also short? Ping Pong is the best sports movie made in the last decade or more and it's 11 episodes long.
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surf rock posted:Hey all, what are some highly popular or influential or critically acclaimed anime that are also short? Pingu in the City
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 02:12 |
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surf rock posted:Hey all, what are some highly popular or influential or critically acclaimed anime that are also short? Kino no Tabi 2003 is very well loved and is only 26 episodes. Tiger and Bunny is 26 episodes (and a movie, bbut the movie was more buildup for a second season that still hasn't come yet than any kind of conclusion, though I liked it well enough.) and was extremely popular in Japan, and had some impact on female-targeted anime. It's also got a pretty western accessible premise, since it's about superheroes, even if the outfits are a bit more power rangers/kamen rider than western style superheroes. Hyouka's 26 episodes, it wasn't crazy popular but people tend to like it a lot and it got lots of praise from within the anime industry too. And of course, the highly popular and influential anime, Girls und Panzer, is only 12 episodes and a movie.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 06:57 |
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Endorph posted:A Place Further Than the Universe is pretty recent but was super critically acclaimed and is only 13 episodes. It's also good. Gonna second Hyouka, it's some of Kyoani's best work. My own little suggestion is Shirobako which I like the most out of PAWork's catalogue.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 07:00 |
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Endorph posted:Kino no Tabi 2003 is very well loved and is only 26 episodes. 13*
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 08:54 |
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Julias posted:13* i could have sworn it was 26, its been like six years sicne i watched it lol
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 08:59 |
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There aren't that many series that are over 26, and even that long is rare these days. And most of those long series are going to be shonen battle stuff, which probably isn't what he's looking for.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 09:19 |
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Dias posted:What is a Mix? Baseball anime from the guy behind Touch and Cross Game, tho considering how it's more about character dynamics and the occasional drama more than playing baseball I'd still recommend it to anyone even if they don't care for baseball or sports in general. Something that always stands out to me when hitting up an Adachi work is that he frequently tackles sibling relationships in a way that I rarely see in anime.
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# ? Jul 29, 2019 10:32 |
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Folks that have watched Given, would you recommend for someone who's never watched/read BL? I didn't think I was into yuri until I watched Bloom Into You, so I'm willing to give BL a shot.
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# ? Aug 2, 2019 08:43 |
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e: are you asking about Given or other recs? Watch Given if you aren't already, there are just 4 eps right now so you can see how you feel about it pretty quickly. If you want other recommendations it would help to know what you might like to read about, BL is a pretty broad genre so it helps to start with something to narrow the scope; for instance do you like high school romance or want to read about older folks, college age? mid 20s? older? Do you like some angst or want to read sweet and fluffy stories? Oneshots or longer works? Real world stuff or some fantasy setting? Any content you absolutely hate? (like age gaps for example) e: oh yeah how do you prefer to read/watch i.e. are you ok w/unlicensed stuff or do you prefer the legal route since that's gonna limit your options and probably require you to spend some money Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Aug 2, 2019 |
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Everything Burrito posted:e: are you asking about Given or other recs? I mostly meant Given itself, but I don't mind other reccs. I read a bunch of stuff in other genres so I don't mind a mix, but let's say uhhhh mid-20s or so. Unlicensed stuff is fine.
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# ? Aug 2, 2019 17:28 |
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hm ok let's see I Hear the Sunspot This is licensed (and I recommend buying it if you like it) but you can find scans to read a bit and see if you like it first. It's a college setting with one guy who has hearing impairment and another guy who makes friends with him; it goes into how people with disabilities are treated, career-path troubles, and the relationship itself is a slow burn friends-to-lovers situation. Content-wise very mild, nothing explicit. Honto Yajuu A cop at a local police station meets and is confessed to by a gangster, hijinks ensue This one does get a little more racy as it goes on but it's also a very sweet romance between a couple of guys from very different worlds and goes into the various conflicts that creates while still being at heart a rom-com. If you like this one but feel like it's too long, check out some of the other stuff by this author I would freely recommend anything she's written. Tsumasaki ni Kourozu This is a compilation of one-shots with gorgeous art. Something like this might give you a better idea of what sorts of stories you might be interested in. IIRC these are all fairly mild in content but for one-shots are well developed, this author does a lot of shorter works so she's pretty good at giving you a complete story in a limited number of pages. Heart no Kakurega This author's works are kind of BL classics so I just picked one that I like out of them, feel free to check out her other stuff too -- I'm reading the kabuki one right now and it's really great, and Candy Color Paradox is currently being released in English and is also quite fun. This one centers around the residents of a run-down apartment complex and their landlord, it's a light-hearted romcom with endearing characters who start out as strangers but are close as family by the end Eigyou Nika! Couldn't leave you without a salaryman romance The leads of this one are a gay salesman and his ostensibly straight boss who has been sending mixed signals. Content level: they gently caress lol If you want something with more drama or a little edgier I can pull some of those up, I tried to stick to things that didn't get too dark or dramatic but also my favorites tend toward fluff. Also you might browse through what I've recommended in the past for folks in the shoujo thread, this post is the most recent one and also includes links back to previous BL recommendation posts I've made and all are sort of themed around specific concepts.
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Ibblebibble posted:I mostly meant Given itself, but I don't mind other reccs. I read a bunch of stuff in other genres so I don't mind a mix, but let's say uhhhh mid-20s or so. Unlicensed stuff is fine. read Jealousy by Scarlet Beriko
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What anime/manga do really fascinating/bizarre world building really well? I'm thinking of something in the vein of dorohedoro
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