Why is Kirara there?

WHAT IS SHE DOING TO POOR KIRARA?!

This is a style I’ve loved since long before genAI got to a decent standard. Besides which, AI was trained specifically on styles like this, so saying “artists paintings look like AI” is the opposite way to go about it.

Oh dear – I just looked it up because I didn’t want to talk completely out of my ass and I just learned it originated on 4chan as a bit of a derogatory term. Somehow the racist overtones never really sunk in, I’d just heard it once or twice to refer to written Japanese and thought it sounded funny.

Forgive me for being close to “that guy” but since I’m learning moon runes I thought I’d offer a rough translation. （°々°）More an opportunity for me to practice so take it for all the pennies it’s worth.

I think translated literally it would be “where are you looking?”, and assuming that’s the case, a more natural translation would probably be “What are you looking at?”

No shame to the art on display but I cannot with all these V-tuber premiers and “”“graduations”“” and avatar changes. Is this another Gura skin or something?

Copy/pasting someone else’s scores both because I have trouble doing this exact thing and because the Venn diagram of my tastes to the average anime fan has nearly no overlap^‡, hopefully it helps.

Ancient Magus Bride: 1/1/1. Can be enjoyed by people that don’t even know what anime is, barely any sexual content to speak of, extremely high production values.

Konosuba: 6/7/2. Requires a moderate amount of knowledge of anime tropes, specifically the isekai genre and JRPG tropes it’s lampooning. Contains an above average amount of sexual content, though it is not the focus and is generally reserved for comedy rather than genuine fanservice. Generally high production values and is very enjoyable.

Non Non Biyori: 3/0/2. Requires a surface-level knowledge of Japanese culture, but nothing too deep. Contains absolutely no sexual content whatsoever and could be shown to your grandma. High production values for a “girls doing things” show.

^‡as a for instance, I practically loathe Konosuba and yet here it’s rated at a 2 on the shit scale

How many c’s do have to tag on for that front from behind?

thiccccc?

I’ve really liked the weeb-ass-shit scale for cases like this ever since I learned about it.

Three 1-10 scores:

• Weeb: the amount of familiarity one needs of Japanese culture or anime tropes
• Ass: the amount of T&A/panty shots/comedic groping/etc.
• Shit: an inverse quality scale

That, I feel, is entirely subjective. Like, Lain might experiment with the medium and not be good for a kid, I imagine an adult with a love of sci-fi or niche films might find it much more tasty than a typical battle shounen.

I don’t know any associated lore w/ Blue Archive so I don’t know if her grip strength is like, part of an in-joke here. For me, the only alternative is genAI involvement which, IMO, isn’t impossible but it doesn’t seem to have anything else that jumps out at me as genAI-made. I do see what you mean, tho.

I hope I’m not misreading you as I’m trying to wake up this morning (if so, I’m sorry) but in case you can’t process it, she’s using either a potholder or one of those hand-sized rubber towel things made to help open jars, and that’s what’s covering the lid.

I’ll agree with you that I would never turn the jar sideways while trying to open it, tho.

Every time I look at this I have to zoom in because I think she’s crushed the lid and also that the lid is like 2 sizes too large for the jar.

My guess is Tatsuhara and Saori but there’s a few different ways each could be pronounced, it seems.

Well, hopefully I’m ready for it now. All that remains is to hopefully not work too much overtime tomorrow and miss the watch party.

Actually really digging Oishinbo already – it’s basically Ratatouille every episode but it’s still entertaining to watch. Not sure where Orange Road is going yet but I was really put off by the MC treating women like a baby factory.

So glad you mention that scene in particular. I tend to get more emotional at the final scene (“I guess I’m nobody…”) but both of those actually get a reaction out of me whereas the turning point of season 1 that’s supposed to, doesn’t.

Ooh, I forgot To Your Eternity got an anime. I got the first 7 volumes on some Humble Bundle ages ago and remember getting all emotional reading them. Any idea how much of the manga got adapted? Because it really takes a while for the manga to catch its stride.

Yeeeaaahh… I thought S2 was trying way too hard to actually get a reaction. Actually I still didn’t care for parts of S1. The arc that still sticks with me is starfish girl, that one made me a gibbering wreck.

Not that I’m saying any of that soured the experience, but with how obvious it was being, it couldn’t actually move me.

Funny, it was also like 15 years ago for me and that may be why I didn’t feel anything

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I wasn’t a hormonal teenager 15 years ago but I was still bottling up my emotions like I’d been taught as a child back then. I’ve become much more prone to crying over stories nowadays and usually telling people when I do, because while I do cry often it’s not everyday a story comes along that can do it so I take it as a good thing when it can.

I cry at the drop of a hat these days.

First, the ones others have mentioned:

• Clannad – but only the first season
• Gurren Lagann – but not the dramatic moment in the first season that’s supposed to have that impact
• Kiki’s Delivery Service – everyone is so nice (╥﹏╥)
• Trigun (original) – Hallelujah

As for my own:

• Haibane Renmei – everyone is so nice ( ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥)
• WorldEnd (AKA SukaSuka AKA What Are You Doing at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?) – a tragic romance but it still got to me as it was meant to
• Cowboy Bebop – the ending of Ed & Faye’s stories always get me bawling
• Millennium Actress – just destroys me more than any other of Kon’s works
• The Light of a Firefly Forest

EDIT: I was trying to ignore movies but how could I forget to mention Koe No Katachi (AKA A Slient Voice)? I watch that one every year or two when I need a good cry to kinda reset.

Maybe hot take, but the only bit that actually got me in the heart was starfish girl in the first season (sadly, I cannot recall any of the characters names anymore). The second season felt too drawn out and trying too hard.

That said I have the ending theme burned into my brain. 🎶 Dango, dango, dango, dango, dango daikazoku 🎶