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Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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The gems are genderless OP

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Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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DisDisDis posted:

My gay male gaze is making their buns into man buns

same, but without the gay male part

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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DisDisDis posted:

*angry voice* doesn't stop the female gaze on their hips and buns
:smugmrgw:

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
I read a very tiny portion of the manga since that cliffhanger ending was killing me and learned a thing about the swords, don't read this if you don't want spoilers about future characters I guess:

There is a gem who is a blacksmith; they make the swords.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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booty is not gender-exclusive

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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The Colonel posted:

there are so many things wrong with that entire statement i'm not really sure where to start

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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And to not ignore the thing about the character designs they're pretty unique and hardly generic.

It's ok to not like the show but I'm not sure from that statement that you even watched it.

they aren't even girls

Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Oct 24, 2017

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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I think those are all fairly distinct and what is interesting about them is the economy of detail. They're minimalistic and elegant, not generic. Reminds me a bit of Asumiko Nakamura and how she stylizes and simplifies figures.

Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Oct 24, 2017

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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To me "generic" implies that they look like some standard brandless product, not really similarity within the artist's own work. Like, those porn games with the really bland anime girls are generic, and to apply that here is kind of ignorant imo.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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Also note it's been pointed out multiple times that they're genderless and continuing to do it at this point kinda makes you look like an rear end

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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re: the shorts

What their outfits remind me of the most are clothes young boys traditionally wore (or still wear as school uniforms) -- shorts, jacket & tie, tall socks, loafers. Being all black does give it a funerary feeling. Their outfit is also designed like a romper which up until recently was a child's outfit. They're essentially dressed like children, which makes sense if you think about their ages in a geologic sense -- a few hundred years is like nothing to a rock.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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Hiro Protagonist posted:

Where are you all watching this? It sounds interesting.

It's on amazon's anime channel

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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pretty sure sensei is a rock

e: and that's not some sort of faux-speculation manga reader bullshit b/c the show is already past what I read

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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a kitten posted:

Amazon sure does, i'm debating which way to get them right now myself.

e: sales are great, but so is considering my limited shelfspace

:same:
That's a nice bundle but I was really leaning toward digital. All 3 on amazon is $27 since one volume is weirdly cheaper than the other two, so you'd be saving a good chunk but it might be worth $7 to not have to store another series.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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poor Phos ain't gonna have memories of anything left by the end of this

Antarcticite is very good

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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it didn't sound like Sensei thought they were sentient

Sensei told Phos to calm his heart because the floes were reflecting the uncertainty/fears he had, and all the arm stuff follows directly from Antarc saying how great it would be if Phos had arms to match his legs. Phos is kind of an unreliable narrator there since the ice may or may not have been giving him directions vs just reflecting & amplifying thoughts he already had.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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I want to hug sensei

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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Phos had their face in the bowl of luminescent stuff which I assumed was supplementing the lack of sunlight so it probably just absorbs through their surface powder or not. I thought the powder was to prevent/protect from erosion from the air and water and etc. For instance when the gems go into the water the powder is protecting them from the salt & the resin just keeps the powder from washing off.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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boredsatellite posted:

don't mind me, I pretty much lost it at the ED

same

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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Ranzear posted:

Finally caught up. Should I mention gold forms an amalgam with mercury?

I wanted to know what that was like so I watched this video and whoa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAGYGGmUmUw

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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That scene gives me chills

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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How much was the alloy and how much was just being alone and having all of that responsibility (and guilt) to deal with. Being around the others was good for Phos. Not to make a corny pun but the alloy did seem to give them more uh...gravity though.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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There Bias Two posted:

She's also lost a good chunk of her memories and therefore personality.

true but I think being around the others was helping bring back some of his personality

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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I haven't seen anything about Sensei suggest that he's something other than a gem person

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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Difference in appearance could simply be from age & content. Phos got bigger with the addition of the alloy so who knows what all Sensei is made of to be that much larger, and how long it took for them to form.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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I'm not seeing where Sensei is "flesh" at all, he's still a rock -- hard enough to break Jade's hand just by being tapped, we've already seen him smash into two walls while sleeping and leave craters, etc.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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glad to hear the whole song, that's kind of a dull video though

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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Paperhouse posted:

He looks completely different to the rest of them, is about three times bigger than the rest of them, seems much less genderless (i.e he seems male), has magical explosive laser beam powers. I don't think the gems change physically with age, so if he is one we have to assume he was just born like this which seems super weird to me.

Bigger - Phos is stated to have gotten bigger with the alloy addition, their size is not fixed
Seems male - so do quite a few of the other gems
Laser powers - they aren't, lol

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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stolen from discord
https://twitter.com/0912x0315/status/939172329933832192

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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lmao I'm dying

it really is a purse that you get into via the butthole

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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:allears:

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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Sunesis posted:

What version of the manga are people buying? Digital from Bookwalker, or physical copies. Is the translation the same?

I'm still torn on digital vs physical as well, the print version isn't shiny or otherwise special like the jp one right?

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Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

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larger than average means they may or may not stack well on my bookshelf though D:

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