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chumbler posted:Starting to wonder if male romcom leads are actually boring or if people are just projecting, generally. but also jokes aside even if im not super into a guy its pretty easy to tell when a guy is written as a bland self-insert and when hes meant to actually appeal to the audience. yamada is definitely in the latter category.
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May 15, 2023 05:28
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yeah it's a shoujo manga the guy is the love interest not the insert
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May 15, 2023 05:31
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Believe in women('s perspectives in fiction).
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May 15, 2023 05:36
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Tales of Woe posted:yeah it's a shoujo manga the guy is the love interest not the insert
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May 15, 2023 05:37
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He's not like particularly interesting, a fairly standard male shoujo lead, but hell there's a reason it's a standard
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May 15, 2023 05:40
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ig the distinction here is that if you reversed the genders on this yamada would be even more of a failblob and probably be completely unable to handle social situations and male akane would have to take care of her or something, whereas in this scenario yamada is still a functioning human being who's just blunt and terse and dense when it comes to people's emotions. which imo makes the romance feel more 'real' but i can see how it'd also lead to you projecting more incompetence onto him than he actually displays.
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May 15, 2023 05:41
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Endorph posted:ig the distinction here is that if you reversed the genders on this yamada would be even more of a failblob and probably be completely unable to handle social situations and male akane would have to take care of her or something, whereas in this scenario yamada is still a functioning human being who's just blunt and terse and dense when it comes to people's emotions. which imo makes the romance feel more 'real' but i can see how it'd also lead to you projecting more incompetence onto him than he actually displays. I was nodding through the first half of this like "yes this is yuri" and then I noticed you said male Akane
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May 15, 2023 05:42
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Waffleman_ posted:I was nodding through the first half of this like "yes this is yuri" and then I noticed you said male Akane yaoi: yamada would be a failchild publicly but shift into his normal personality privately, akane would inexplicably be a CEO
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May 15, 2023 05:44
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It doesn't help that the relationship is a pretty slow boil. We're halfway through the season and neither of them has even realized that they're interested in the other.
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May 15, 2023 05:53
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Haystack posted:It doesn't help that the relationship is a pretty slow boil. We're halfway through the season and neither of them has even realized that they're interested in the other.
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May 15, 2023 05:58
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finished episode 3 of Job is my Yuri what a twist
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May 15, 2023 06:15
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I think nowadays I'm not too fussed on the idea of when characters confess or get together as a sign of progression. Like, the issue with a bunch of romcoms of the past where the two leads don't get together for 20+ volumes isn't that it took them so long to ~officially date~, but that the time spent getting there was spent on things that were unimportant to the reader, and that would be true no matter when the confession happened because that's just the way the author was writing it. We've certainly been getting more faster-paced romances nowadays compared to in the past (some like to differentiate them as heisei-era romcoms and reiwa-era romcoms, which is kinda funny), but I don't think that automatically makes them better. I think more than speed, it's consistency that people are looking for, the sense that things are happening and our characters are doing things that matter and that changes them. You can achieve that whether your characters get together in volume 1, 5, 10, or whatever.
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May 15, 2023 06:56
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yeah. what fundamentally matters in a romcom isn't how fast interactions happen it's, whether it feels like meaningful interactions are happening.
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May 15, 2023 06:59
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Terper posted:I think nowadays I'm not too fussed on the idea of when characters confess or get together as a sign of progression. Like, the issue with a bunch of romcoms of the past where the two leads don't get together for 20+ volumes isn't that it took them so long to ~officially date~, but that the time spent getting there was spent on things that were unimportant to the reader, and that would be true no matter when the confession happened because that's just the way the author was writing it.
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May 15, 2023 07:06
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How many volumes did it take for the couple in Wotakoi manga to get together?
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May 15, 2023 07:18
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Coxswain Balls posted:How many volumes did it take for the couple in Wotakoi manga to get together? Like, the first chapter?
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May 15, 2023 07:38
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Endorph posted:yeah that is fair. i think also there's a lot of romcoms that go on for 30 volumes of nothing but barely establish a sidecast. this is more a thing with shonen/male led romcoms but a sidecast is a really good way to keep things progressing, like side couples or other characters getting arcs or w/e. thats something i really like in romcoms tbh. Lol I remember had to re-read Horimiya from the beginning several times because I could not for the life of me remember anything at all about almost anyone in the sidecast, and they kept getting chapters spent on them PYF sidecasts ITT 
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May 15, 2023 07:51
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the horimiya sidecast is kinda dull and feel like they mostly exist because the author had run out of ideas for the main couple skip and loafer's sidecast owns
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May 15, 2023 08:13
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in general skip and loafer's side characters all feel fully-formed which helps that show a lot yamada-kun (the show) mostly reminds me of being in semi-casual mmo guilds 15 years ago and is perfect for that. all the side characters like the strawberry farmer are exactly the kind of motley crew you'd see in guilds like that. i was a little hard on yamada (the character) in ep1 but i stuck it out and dug the mmo guild stuff and think he works as part of that ensemble.
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May 15, 2023 10:46
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Terper posted:Lol I remember had to re-read Horimiya from the beginning several times because I could not for the life of me remember anything at all about almost anyone in the sidecast, and they kept getting chapters spent on them God Horimiya was just, the author wrote a loving electric romance with two people who were both perfectly characterised and perfect for each other. And then they get together and suddenly we're out of ideas. QUICKLY HERE ARE SIDE CHARACTERS PLEASE CARE. Anyway Bunny Girl's entire sidecast is the best.
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May 15, 2023 11:27
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pointlessone posted:Seriously, Yamada needs at least a little personality other than asexual autist dont even know what show youre talking about but yamada sounds loving based
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May 15, 2023 15:40
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falling in love with yamada at lvl 999 romcom about guy and girl that play the same mmo yamada is the male lead, an EVE online guy who also plays a lot of apex legends and is a full time Gamer, his main character gag is being hilariously blunt decent show, really cute animation and the leads have some chemistry, recommend it if you're in the mood for a romcom and arent satisfied with skip and loafer
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May 15, 2023 15:49
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Watch all romances this season imo, they're all* good *i don't know anything about galaxy next door, I'm sorry, I don't know if they're all good
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May 15, 2023 16:15
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There's also a lot of Yamadas this season, funnily enough
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May 15, 2023 16:17
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yamada and galaxy next door are definitely on the end of season catch up list. fans of romance are winning this season!
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May 15, 2023 16:21
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Terper posted:There's also a lot of Yamadas this season, funnily enough My Boyfriends the Yamadas.
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May 15, 2023 16:25
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golden kamuy has reached the new episodes as of today
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May 15, 2023 17:23
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Tales of Woe posted:golden kamuy has reached the new episodes as of today Praise be
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May 15, 2023 17:27
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Tales of Woe posted:golden kamuy has reached the new episodes as of today Oh hell yeah, time to get back on it.
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May 15, 2023 17:31
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Tales of Woe posted:golden kamuy has reached the new episodes as of today That's good news, but it's going to be a coin toss as to whether my friends and I can remember anything about what's going on with the plot by this point. Please pray for us.
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May 15, 2023 17:37
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Tales of Woe posted:golden kamuy has reached the new episodes as of today  been waiting for that cliffhanger to resolve
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May 15, 2023 18:12
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Heard a lot of good stuff about oshi no ko, so I started reading the manga since it's on the viz app. Finished the first six chapters and it seems decent, what chapters correspond to the apparently movie length first anime "episode"?
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May 16, 2023 00:26
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Captain Invictus posted:Heard a lot of good stuff about oshi no ko, so I started reading the manga since it's on the viz app. Finished the first six chapters and it seems decent, what chapters correspond to the apparently movie length first anime "episode"? You'll know it when you see it, trust me.
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May 16, 2023 00:56
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Ibblebibble posted:You'll know it when you see it, trust me.
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May 16, 2023 01:03
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Since this thread has the bear series in its title but no one is interested in the bear series, I note that this week's episode was an amusing example of what happens when you buy a kid who grew up poor a $200,000 knife as a present, tell them their knife cost $200,000, and expect them to be happy to have a new knife. And then everything is solved with strawberry shortcake.
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May 16, 2023 09:32
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SeanGaffney posted:Since this thread has the bear series in its title but no one is interested in the bear series, I note that this week's episode was an amusing example of what happens when you buy a kid who grew up poor a $200,000 knife as a present, tell them their knife cost $200,000, and expect them to be happy to have a new knife. One of the things that show has been great about is driving conflict through the MC finally having to deal with having social obligations for the first time in her life, and not being able to just throw money at them to shut them up because she actually cares about these people.
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May 16, 2023 18:09
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....is insomniacs after school gonna pull a your lie in april? just wondering after reading the latest episode review on ANN (yeah i know i know). i just need good vibes this year.... i also know that ANN writers can be a little prone to misinterpreting poo poo e: ok looked it up and it seems like it might not, or probably wouldn't in a single cour adaptation anyway. whew. vibe check remains fine The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 18:49 on May 16, 2023 |
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May 16, 2023 18:43
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solid Skip & Loafer this week as usual
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May 16, 2023 18:58
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GateOfD posted:solid Skip & Loafer this week as usual show's pretty good i reckon'
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May 16, 2023 19:54
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GateOfD posted:solid Skip & Loafer this week as usual Southern Cassowary posted:show's pretty good i reckon' 
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