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KillHour posted:Someone should write a light novel called "Everything has an overly descriptive and literal title" and the premise is that it's an Isekai where magic is done by describing the thing you want to happen and the more precisely and elaborately you describe that thing, the more powerful the magic is. The MC is a mangaka and/or light novel author and therefore is inherently the most powerful being in the universe. So.....Hunter x Hunter?
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KillHour posted:Someone should write a light novel called "Everything has an overly descriptive and literal title" and the premise is that it's an Isekai where magic is done by describing the thing you want to happen and the more precisely and elaborately you describe that thing, the more powerful the magic is. The MC is a mangaka and/or light novel author and therefore is inherently the most powerful being in the universe. Arc Hammer posted:I just wish there were more straight fantasy series that didn't take the isekai route. and if you've not checked out any of the following fantasy series, I highly recommend doing so: Delicious in Dungeon - a group of adventurers descend to the depths of a dungeon to rescue a party member they lost. They are poor, so must make do with cooking and eating the monsters they fight, with very detailed methods of preparing fictional creatures for eating. Probably my favorite series, period. Just incredibly well made in every way, art, writing, characters, story, worldbuilding, humor, everything. The Knight of the Border, Bard Loen - an elderly retired knight goes on a journey to find his final resting place, and enjoy good food along the way. A really, really strong fantasy setting with excellent storytelling and fantastic characters. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - follows a nearly immortal elf through her journeys. Heterogeneous Linguistics - a traveling linguist in a world of monsters, who aims to learn the languages of various monster races. One of the most fascinating series I've ever read, it focuses so hard on creating such in-depth methods of communication between various races and how their cultures work outside of typical human understanding. Helck - Helck was an ADTRW darling for a while, and recently was announced will be getting an anime. Follows the titular character and his companions in uncovering the truth of their world, a very solid(and often very silly) fantasy series. Ancient Magus Bride - not medieval per se, but deals almost entirely with european fae and mystical creatures and mythology in a way I haven't really encountered in many other manga or anime. outstanding characters and worldbuilding. Has an anime, I haven't watched it but hear it's very good.
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Jul 25, 2022 18:18
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Knight of the Border sounds interesting, thanks!
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Jul 25, 2022 18:40
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Captain Invictus posted:Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - follows a nearly immortal elf through her journeys. More specifically with this one, It's following Frieren's journey to pay respect to a fallen comrade who was the big destined hero who saved the world from some eighty years ago and passed away over twenty years ago when the story is set. She still looks the same, and the original party's all old or passed on. The immortality of elves is very much a prevalent element of the story, with it actually making note how long it's been since the Hero passed every so often when a new arc starts while she's traveling with her new party. And the year count's been conspicuously increasing over the story so far as time passes on a very long journey  .Captain Invictus posted:Ancient Magus Bride - not medieval per se, but deals almost entirely with european fae and mystical creatures and mythology in a way I haven't really encountered in many other manga or anime. outstanding characters and worldbuilding. Has an anime, I haven't watched it but hear it's very good. The anime is indeed excellent.
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Escaflowne is still the best isekai series. But I will second Re:Zero. Captain Invictus posted:I remember someone breaking down why so many light novel and manga titles are like that, but I forget. I think it had something to do with "there's so goddamn many that you are forced to try and grab the attention of someone using ONLY the name on the spine of the book in the store", so that's probably why they're so weirdly overdescriptive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFQCX6tIzC4
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Jul 25, 2022 20:14
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also a lot of these LNs have more normal titles when they're on web novel sites or something and they're altered into these names by publishing houses. because if theres one thing execs and editors aiming for major adaptations love, it's sticking to what works.
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Jul 26, 2022 00:10
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I know. I was being serious - I think a light novel making fun of light novel tropes would be funny.
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Jul 26, 2022 00:18
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Looking for recommendations for myself for this season. I cringe at porny poo poo, am not really entertained by harem poo poo, but I'll overlook it for a story I like (danmachi), and really won't bother with pedo poo poo or rapey poo poo, but am willing to overlook some of it if it's a hook early on in the series, but goes away eventually. I really like jobless reincarnation after it got over most of the lewd poo poo. I like Made in Abyss since it got over the strung up naked poo poo real quick. Loved spy x family. Last seasons trapped in a dating sim was fun. I liked Shield Hero and So I'm a spider, and Dr. Stone in the last couple of years. My list for this season so far is: Made in Abyss Call of the Night Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer Uncle from another world Danmachi IV (need to watch III first) I'm sure I'll drop a couple pretty quickly. Anything else I should be looking at? I usually look for the  in the season OP, but they're not there yet.EDIT: Re:Zero was great despite the harem type stuff. bmfrosty fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Jul 27, 2022 |
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Jul 27, 2022 20:38
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I've been liking The Devil is a Part Timer a lot.
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I’m really liking Lycoris Recoil so far. A lot of cool fight scenes and entertaining character interactions.
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bmfrosty posted:Looking for recommendations for myself for this season. I cringe at porny poo poo, am not really entertained by harem poo poo, but I'll overlook it for a story I like (danmachi), and really won't bother with pedo poo poo or rapey poo poo, but am willing to overlook some of it if it's a hook early on in the series, but goes away eventually. I'm liking Summer Time Rendering a lot. There is some horny there, but if you enjoyed both Made in Abyss and Mushoko Tensei then it shouldn't be an issue, since both of those are on, like, an entire other layer of horny.
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Jul 28, 2022 01:09
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Is Shield Hero still full of creepy bullshit or did it get that out of its system in S1?
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Bloody Pom posted:Is Shield Hero still full of creepy bullshit or did it get that out of its system in S1? Shield Hero is still MRA garbage and always will be.
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Jul 28, 2022 01:44
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yeah shield hero is disgusting trash all the way through and you should never give it a second chance
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Jul 28, 2022 02:12
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Good to know, I'm amazed I even got through the first season at all. Probably because I was watching it with friends and we spent the entire time giving it the MST3K treatment.
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Jul 28, 2022 02:24
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whenever someone asks you about it just say the words "a literal harem of child slaves" and if anyone continues engaging with it past that disown them
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frankly my issue with shield hero isnt moral its just that its really boring and rote
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Jul 28, 2022 02:45
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Endorph posted:frankly my issue with shield hero isnt moral its just that its really boring and rote S2 is genuinely the most boring, poorly directed, half-baked train-wreck of a thing I've watched in forever. The real crime here is that there were so many drat good shows in the same season that actually deserved a sequel, but instead this turd got renewed for S3. Goddamn not many shows manage to piss me off so much but somehow this one irks me bad
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Jomo posted:S2 is genuinely the most boring, poorly directed, half-baked train-wreck of a thing I've watched in forever. The real crime here is that there were so many drat good shows in the same season that actually deserved a sequel, but instead this turd got renewed for S3. If I recall, one of the committee members of the anime is Crunchyroll who has exclusive rights(maybe, needs confirmation) to havenon their platform(at least for initial runs hence confirmation). If gets more seasons, there's one of your faces to punch.
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Yeah them funding shield hero is why I stopped subscribing to crunchyroll. Carrying it? Sure, all platforms have poo poo garbage on them. being part of the reason the anime exists? I'm good
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i presume youve also stopped buying anything associated with kadokawa
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Captain Invictus posted:Yeah them funding shield hero is why I stopped subscribing to crunchyroll. Carrying it? Sure, all platforms have poo poo garbage on them. being part of the reason the anime exists? I'm good I stopped subscribing when I realized the community for it was a toxic shithole. That and money vs provisions from them.
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Started reading Isekai Izakaya Nobu, it was pretty generic/formulaic with the standard "people from a medieval civilization in another world are AMAAAAAZED at the incredible modern tech/food preparation" for a few chapters initially but it has really started getting more interesting a dozen chapters in with developing the world and characters more effectively. Most importantly with a food-based series, it makes me really goddamn hungry, I probably shouldn't read this before bed I like Taisho despite him having very little development at all, the series does a pretty good job of just making him a good dude without even saying much. Edit: okay, chapters 13 and 14 are just amazing. What a fun, laid back series, that almost never goes anywhere but the bar itself, but that's okay because it's a good enough time contained to even that small space. Edit: ch16: hell yes, when they nonchalantly accepted literal silver coins as payment in the bar in the first chapters, I was hoping they would delve into that a bit deeper eventually. Turns out they just straight up sell it as silver by the ounce to an antique dealer, lol. Also this nobleman dude is a straight creep and ruining the vibe Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 07:13 on Jul 28, 2022 |
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Jul 28, 2022 06:37
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Nobu is one of the few series I buy tankos of. It's good.
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What's that genre in manga called, that's like super-brutal? I know there's a name for that stuff, but I can't think of it now.
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busalover posted:What's that genre in manga called, that's like super-brutal? I know there's a name for that stuff, but I can't think of it now.
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Endorph posted:if youre referring to stuff like berserk where its an action manga with a lot of blood/graphic violence you're mostly looking at seinen manga, which isn't really a genre descriptor so much as 'aimed at adult men,' but most seinen action manga tend to fit that mold. stuff like berserk, vinland saga, etc. Hmm yeah I know seinen, I thought there's a sub-genre for stuff that features gore. Like I remember reading some sci-fi-stuff (by the guy that made Riki-Oh?) where people get tortured in hosed up ways.
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busalover posted:Hmm yeah I know seinen, I thought there's a sub-genre for stuff that features gore. Like I remember reading some sci-fi-stuff (by the guy that made Riki-Oh?) where people get tortured in hosed up ways. Not exactly a genre since it was more of a movement, but are you thinking of gekiga?
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I believe the word you're thinking of is "guro", though I'm not familiar with its exact connotations.
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I was thinking that or, like, guro. Ironically derived from the word grotesque and not the word gore. There's a lot of like, horror guro type stuff where its just a bunch of hosed up yet artistic depictions of heavy violence, though fair warning that you can also find a lot of extremely weird porn if you add the word 'ero' at the front of it.
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Endorph posted:extremely weird porn This is an understatement and a half.
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Maybe it was guro, but honestly idk anymore. Didn't know Gegika though.
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I just call that stuff Ultra violent.
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DamnGlitch posted:I just call that stuff Ultra violent. A bit of the old ultraviolence, proper horrorshow? The kind with gulliwats razrez by the rookerfull?
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chiasaur11 posted:A bit of the old ultraviolence, proper horrorshow? The kind with gulliwats razrez by the rookerfull? Yes and I shall viddy them.
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Any good series about people who are married or already in longterm relationships? I absently came across a few videos of I Can't Understand Whst My Husband is Saying and I thought it was cute and refreshing. I am so sick to death of teenagers on the cusp of starting relationships since Kaguya Sama has essentially been the anime equivalent of Airplane! and flattened the competition. Adult relationships preferred with a focus on married life or cohabitation. The next steps after you get your happy ever after MC and best girl make-it-official story. They've come of age and now they have to live like it.
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Jul 29, 2022 02:58
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Tonikawa is about a newlywed couple and how absurdly cute they find each other all the time
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Will second tonikawa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQiodbKEW6s
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Arc Hammer posted:Any good series about people who are married or already in longterm relationships? I absently came across a few videos of I Can't Understand Whst My Husband is Saying and I thought it was cute and refreshing. I am so sick to death of teenagers on the cusp of starting relationships since Kaguya Sama has essentially been the anime equivalent of Airplane! and flattened the competition. Weirdly, the first thing that comes to mind is Astro Fighter Sunred. It's not primarily about that, of course, but Sunred and his girlfriend Kayako have been living together for some time, and their relationship is pretty established, with humor coming more from how familiar they are with each other than for any bits about starting to go out.
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What was that one called about the guy trying to date a flowershop widow and the ghost of her husband starts haunting the suitor.
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