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Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Not to mention I think most people would be in kind of a state of shock/disbelief if their girlfriend had just tried to eat them.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2013 22:25

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 08:40

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Slime posted:

For a zombie plague to spread, it basically requires nobody to know what's going on. If everyone instantly executed those who showed symptoms and enacted quarantines the story wouldn't happen.

I can think of a couple of zombie stories where an instant quarantine happens. The original Dead Rising, for instance.

That said zombies in that game spread by bee sting or something, so.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2013 23:10

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

MadHat posted:

Ouch, right in my dreams.

And now I am depressed all of a sudden.

If you watch fake OPs on youtube and wish, it's almost the same thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTYRrn1Q6j8

UPDATE: Not actually the same thing at all. :smith:

# ¿ Oct 8, 2013 18:46

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Wolf Guy starts out alright and then winds up in loving rape wonderland. I don't mean 'the rape is badly handled' I mean it nearly turns into a horrible porn manga with how much it shows and how often it shows it.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2013 15:46

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Squidster posted:

I know that wherever I go, wrapped up in my perfect hat and impenetrable middle-age mystique, totally hot babes are falling for me everywhere. They want me so bad, and I don't even notice, that's how cool I am!

I mean, obviously that's true for me as a poster, but it's just wish-fulfilment fantasy for everyone else.

EDIT: But as power fantasies go, these seem very mild and harmless - almost quaint? Still weird tho

im very sorry that women aren't interested in you, you creepy fucker

# ¿ Jun 9, 2015 16:45

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Ibram Gaunt posted:

wtf is creepy about a chick making the old man some food.

a woman... cooking??? for a guy she knows????? ugh, get out of here with that sixteenth century garbage. women aren't allowed to-

wait hold on

# ¿ Jun 9, 2015 16:50

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Mraagvpeine posted:

It was the fact that he knew the woman since she was a girl and the possibility that she's liked him all that time. But like I said I'm reaching.

that isn't really creepy unless he's actually acting on it or using it to take advantage of her, though

like sometimes people get stupid crushes that never really resolve. it's human

# ¿ Jun 9, 2015 16:57

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Squidster posted:

Compared to 99% of the pandering sister-waifu moe crap out there, it's pretty harmless, but I reserve my god-given right to find it weird nonetheless. It's very http://fuckthisgayearth.com/ .

Don't mind me, I'm just bitter that a woman has never touched me or even acknowledged me, so i lash out at equally pathetic people and project my own insecurities onto them to try and make myself seem better, which is why i cant' shut the gently caress up about reddit

trust me we can tell

# ¿ Jun 9, 2015 17:05

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Cake Attack posted:

we're talking about the comic, not your posting

# ¿ Jun 9, 2015 23:54

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

coathat posted:

Please someone have an insane reaction to the latest March Lion. http://bato.to/read/_/325778/3-gatsu-no-lion_v6_ch54_by_be-with-you-scans

i still dont know what 'march comes in like a lion' means

# ¿ Jun 10, 2015 18:45

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

you should not see PUAs in a positive light, no matter what podcasts you have or have not listened to

# ¿ Jul 29, 2015 22:29

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

her faces are kind of adorable though

# ¿ Aug 15, 2015 07:28

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

you know, morphine. that thing you use to treat cancer.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2017 03:01

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Metal Pink Babble posted:

Look, ~mai fuurendou~ , I can't reach the JIS input on my burner PC, so listen and listen well.

Gantz dude just sent the elderly protagonist of his side manga on a rocket set to collide with a meteor. President Trump says will collide with the Earth in no more than three days.

I'd prefer to spend that precious time with the ones I love. That being said, Happy page 100 of Seinen thread!!!

Omedetou! Is your family doing well?

# ¿ Mar 15, 2017 00:50

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

yona of the dawn and kancolle are both good

# ¿ Sep 29, 2017 17:55

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Captain Invictus posted:

What makes kancolle good, please elucidate

in terms of what makes it a good product, rather than why you like it, I mean. I'm all for enjoying garbage, but that's different from something being of actual good quality.

tenryuu is objectively good

# ¿ Sep 29, 2017 18:50

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Namtab posted:

That's a funny way of spelling akagi

i said 'tenryuu is objectively good' not 'only tenryuu is objectively good,' there are many good boats

# ¿ Sep 29, 2017 19:02

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Captain Invictus posted:

I asked for a reason it's good and was given a character name with zero context, and the only thing I know about the series is that it's about anthropomorphised versions of world war 2 warships as children or sexy ladies who mostly seem to pander to various "tastes". I'm asking what makes it a good series, because honestly the very foundation of it is repulsive to me as it fetishizes the weaponry of a real awful period in history as cutesy anime girls.

what makes it good is that tenryuu is good. ill post this in book barn if that makes it more true.

also to not exclusively shitpost: bakuman isn't super sexist its just kinda weird about its female characters. on the one hand it has a pretty decent bit where you think a loser's gonna get the girl by being nice and persistent but actually hes just creepy and weird, but on the other hand it treats some female characters really weirdly and the main characters are both kind of lovely to a lot of the women in their life with basically no consequence, and there's a later arc that's insanely weird about one specific female character for the crime of taking one of the main characters at his word and assuming he actually did care about her, and the manga basically acts like she's a bitch for trying to get him to stick to his word. the female characters are in the series so rarely that its basically just that one arc thats kinda weird, but yeah.

also there is kind of a weird bit about how women cant write traditional shonen as if one of the biggest and most well-regarded shonen manga of all time (fullmetal alchemist) wasnt by a woman in real life. its not full 'manga is man's work,' more just likes to make weird generalizations about what kind of work women produce. there's some broad generalization about what kind of manga men produce too, so that bit more just feels kind of blockheaded than actively hateful at least. also there's basically no acknowledgment of shonen jump's female fanbase, which is funny coming from the people who made freaking death note.

basically: id rewrite like six or seven chapters and include some nods towards the female demo of shonen jump and itd be perfectly fine, so it isn't some super pervasive thing throughout the entire story, so much as just a few bits where it gets weird.

for an actual review of the thing, it is kind of a fun inside baseball thing and some of the drama they create does actually land, but the romance stuff between the lead and his girlfriend is almost completely flat. the secondary lead is kind of a shithead sometimes but at least he interacts with his girlfriend and she wins arguments sometimes so they feel like an actual couple and it feels like a satisfying arc when their relationship actually develops as the story goes on, with the main character his girlfriend is just nice and supportive no matter what he does and pretty much rearranges her entire life based on a vague promise he made six years ago and he never once has to sacrifice anything for her. More than that though its just dull, and the climax does kinda focus on it.

The supporting characters are actually really good though, and there's even like one decent female supporting character who's a fun character and gives the main characters some advice and they respect her for her art, so at least there's that. that said, the best character is the guy who makes weird surrealist humor and desperately doesn't want to work on his manga and just wants to get an anime deal and get rich and drive around in nice cars and eat at restaurants every day. That guy is my hero.

edit: Also if you do ever read Bakuman, be sure to watch the fake OPs the anime made whenever one of the fake manga in the show gets an anime adaptation, it actually adds a lot just being able to see like a brief clip of what the manga's anime would be like, it gives you a great idea of what kind of work they're producing.

Endorph fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Sep 29, 2017

# ¿ Sep 29, 2017 22:05

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Rodyle posted:

I never finished Bakuman but this guy was definitely the best

didn't he start as some salaryman who just looked at a WSJ he found on a train and went "this is a bunch of crap, people make money on this??? I CAN DO BETTER"

yeah he did

also my favorite scene is the bit where they meet literal, actual eiichiro oda and that guy gets really confused why oda doesnt just immediately retire and let the anime make an original ending. 'hes already rich!! but he cant enjoy it??'

# ¿ Sep 29, 2017 22:18

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

doomrider7 posted:

Oh hell no. He likes her EXACTLY the way she is, but very much treats her like a lady

define 'treating like a lady' and why you should treat a lady differently than a man

Brought To You By posted:

Grand Order exists so I don't see how many things can be worse than Fate.

grand order owns tho

# ¿ Jan 9, 2019 22:57

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Brought To You By posted:

If you're into mobile gaming, and have several spreadsheets handy.
I don't know, for me Fate has always been more a fascination because of the phenomenon it spawned rather than the actual quality of the story, but at this point I just see it as a cash cow designed to generate waifu's and money. But to each their own. I can't even tell you what is happening in the story anymore.

the story's really easy to follow honestly and its also really good

# ¿ Jan 10, 2019 03:55

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 08:40

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

I don't think having characters make bad decisions is 'assassinating' them.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2019 23:59

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