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    What manga are you currently reading?

    in Anime/Manga Talk

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    Just finished Helck and it was superb.

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    It starts off focusing mostly on humour but it gradually builds up into a tale filled with emotion. The titular character Helck's development is based on his mental and emotional growth, rather that his power, since he starts of at the peak of his strength. His opponents constantly confront him with the intention of breaking his mind and heart, due to all the things he's been through in his past, his failures and mistakes, this tactic often works, Helck needed an ally to help him through that and he found one in Vamirio.

    Vamirio served as his pillar of strength, a guiding light as he mentions. She's intelligent, expressive [adorable] and wise, always understanding the intentions of their enemies and one upping them with flair. I like how their friendship gradually grows, and, as they go through their trial in the manga, it becomes one of mutual trust, respect and care. They needed each other to overcome it all, there wasn't any sideline cheer leading, they stood side by side.

    Though they become the primary focus past the half way mark, the minor character added value to the read as well. Asudora and his backstory about the humans [also azudora being azudora], the crafty spy and her escaped in the castle, her sister that always freaked out at everything yet remained resolute in the face of despair, badass tsundere hyura and her secret desire to be a princess lol, dogman mangaka. There are others of course, they all added value to the manga, they all served a purpose in this tale. Most of these characters carefully faded into the background when major revelations began emerging towards the end. I did not expect it to go in that direction, honestly. It was a good surprise.

    I felt that the pacing was perfect, there wasn't a boring moment, questions were answered by the end [most of them at least, she's making a possible sequel? based Helck. There's another major threat and other key administration members of the empire haven't been revealed], it wasn't rushed. The ending was beautiful and moving, after all the despair and suffering, i loved that it ended that way. That scene where helck meets alicia again, the scene where he bows down to Vamirio clutching her hand and thanking her for being his true savior... so sweet.

     

    Really loved reading this story. 

    Official Anime News and Info!

    in Anime/Manga Talk

    Posted · Edited by DharmaFreedom

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    https://myanimelist.net/anime/37021/Iya_na_Kao_sare_nagara_Opantsu_Misete_Moraitai [I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your Underwear] :michiru:

    While browsing mal I came across this, the description on the announcement says:

     "Drawn by 40-hara, the series depicts various situations where maids, high school girls, nurses, shrine maidens show their panties with a look of disdain." :wahaha:, that's it. 

    From what i gather, its not a h-anime. 

    Input About Doing a Contest Here on Fuwa

    in Members' Lounge

    Posted · Edited by DharmaFreedom

    As a simple member of this place,

    I think this contest would fit [why wouldn't it? its a nice idea]. Yes its definitely fun and might i say, interesting...:makina:, its also a smart way to publicise your game. I mean its pretty interesting to see a character you like drawn in a different art style by a pro. There's this sense of adventure :). 

    Maybe broaden the scope to anime/Vn/manga characters. About picking an entry, set a limit, their world count to 100 words and 2 images minimum or maximum, up to you. Since you guys started it, you'll should pick the winner. Don't put it up to polls since it might create some negativity among people that see their characters or post get shafted by the community, also trolls could torpedo the polls, its possible.

    Maybe the criteria's could relate to a character from your Vn, for example, say you have a proactive, clumsy but intelligent protagonist in your Vn, and you want to see if people hve characters with similar characteristics from different mediums that they like. Why did they like them?, heck if a lot of people participate you might even get more idea to what people enjoy to supplement your own writing. 

    About participation, you're active in 12-15 places right? it shouldn't be a problem. Anyway you can just send messages and see if people would be interested in participating before starting the contest. How many people would you like to pull in? whats the purpose of the contest? if its to generate interest in your Vn, how far are you willing to go? are forums enough? should you send out messages about the contest to people that write about adult gaming? If it's just on a whim and for fun than participation count shouldn't matter too much :sachi:.

    You could just select entries that aligned best with what you were looking for, it is your contest after all. Just be clear and concise with what you're looking for in the contest, and your answers to why you liked the entries you choose.

     Okay this turned into a long post lol, sorry! just throwing idea's at you. Good luck! [your marketing is working, i'll go check out your site now ;)].

     

    Opinions on the current visual novel fanbase/community?

    in Visual Novel Talk

    Posted · Edited by DharmaFreedom
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    "To each, their own", personally that's how i look at it. When those versus scenario's you mentioned appear, I don't really mind it if those arguments are about the VNs themselves, though sometimes people tend to start insulting and generalising people on a personal level, example: "f people that read moege, they're all ....".  People like different VNS, and i agree with you that they should be respectful of that at least. Honestly I don't even hate or dislike people that read sakura games, people find some value in it that i don't understand [i have guesses though], but that's fine.

    Arguing about VN genres, distributor systems, translations, h-scenes etc is a good thing, it promotes discourse and involvement in a community. It also creates awareness, it causes people to research things for themselves, and learn new information on subjects they're not familiar with. People can think for themselves [if they want], they can form their own opinions about, say, "Is that translation as bad as they say it is", "are h-scenes really essential to this particular VN based on its themes". "should i trust sekai to deliver physicals at a reasonable time from the announced date?". Those arguments do provide good information at times. 

    I don't have a clear picture of how the VN community is as a whole since i only use fuwa for VN related things [its the only forum i use.], whatever I need to know is here and if i'm uncertain of something, there are people here that I can ask. The mods run a tight ship [i think], if people get attacked here, i trust that they'll take care of it, so it creates a cleaner environment for people to discuss what they want. If the vn community outside of fuwa is anything like here, i think that's pretty decent [i doubt it though, since this is the internet]. 

    Fans as a whole are like a stereotype of an american high school in movies, there's always going to be various groups that are elitist about what they like, but there's also the majority of nameless students walking around, going to school, studying and going back home, not bothering too much about the fuss around them. 

    How do you read VNs?

    in Visual Novel Talk

    Posted

    4 hours ago, MaggieROBOT said:

    I usually lie in my bed with the notebook by my side...

    Yeah i do this too lol. Unlike dergonu, it actually feels odd for me to sit and read a VN :wahaha:.

    I don't really feel any negative side effects from it... yet, since i exercise [though i've been slowing down recently due to laziness :wafuu:].

    Mapping the Anime Fandom

    in Anime/Manga Talk

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, BunnyAdvocate said:

    I polled the users page on MAL (http://myanimelist.net/users.php) every 10 seconds to get a random selection of active MAL users. There's a slight bias because I wasn't running it 24/7, so users in certain timezones were more likely to be picked up than others, but overall it should be a fairly impartial selection.

    You used some kind of program for this, yes? Oh dear god, don't tell me you got into each profile individually to retrieve the data yourself :isla:. 

    Its really thorough and impressive research,  otsukaresama!  I'll be interested to read your next research topic too, as you mentioned only 17% of users mention that their gender is female. It'll be interesting to see how their taste vary. Good luck with it!

    What Anime are you watching now?

    in Anime/Manga Talk

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Jun Inoue said:

    I really wish the Slip Arc had been much longer... but no such luck :rubycry:

    It's OP was great, too, and very fitting for the last "fun" arc.

    Yeah, I thought it'll be at least 24 episodes [or 50!, or 200!] initially since its the last fun arc. I mean gintama's humour with sprinkles of seriousness along with its wacky cast, is what drew everyone to gintama in the first place. It certainly is sad that this [slip arc] will be the final arc to represent that ever, and silver soul will end it all, but i'm glad that there's a full season dedicated to concluding gintama. It doesn't feel rushed and incomplete.

    The anime has been going on for 12 years and the manga for 15, consistently. The author probably burnt out man lol. Its tough writing comedy for that long consistently, i reckon. I liked the op too, and the ed had all the heroines in wedding dresses [so cute! :kosame:]. 

    Well you never know, knowing gintama, I wouldn't be surprised if it resumes down the line somewhere :wahaha:.

    What Anime are you watching now?

    in Anime/Manga Talk

    Posted

    On 17/02/2018 at 10:37 PM, rambitious said:

    Hoping for a second season! 

    Second season was announced awhile ago ;). I thought it was a decent show with a unique protagonist. She's crazed, smart and fearless. I reckon she has a good backstory too, there's been glimpses off it but not much clarity yet.  

    Watching gintama slip arc now, throwback to the old Gintama comedy before the serious arc started [i liked serious arc 2]. Only 4 episodes in, liking it so far. Man that ramen shop storyline... :tears:.

     

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