Metaler

I'll probably attend a protest in my city tomorrow. I've been taking a look at the situation and I have to say I'm deeply moved by all of this. This is the first time in Dude knows how long that the people of my country have taken to the streets, dissatisfied with corruption, media manipulation, and general neglect of those in need. Brazil has one of the strongest economies in the world, and yet its education is one of the worst, its health care is abysmal, and public transportation is extremely inefficient. Worst of all, the government is trying to pass a law, named PEC 37, which will essentially make our most powerful political officials, including senators and ministers, immune against any kind of prosecution. This is outrageous considering the insane amount of corruption that has plagued this country ever since its beggining. Our people are going down the shitter, living in extreme poverty, and these fuckfaces want even more power for themselves. Our police is also extremely corrupt. They do anything except protect the people. Seriously, being a cop in here is essentially the same as having a license to "beat anyone who mildly annoys you". Just check out some of the photos and videos of the protests here. The police have been reacting in the most unreasonably aggressive way possible, beating up and using tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protesters. Thankfully, there have been many officers who haven't abused anyone, and have simply kept an eye on the protesters. Anyways, this whole thing is going to be part of our history books. It's a very important event for us, even if it seems insignificant to the rest of the world. I have found two blog posts which describe and contextualize the situation here perfectly. I recommend reading them. Also, keep an eye out on r/brazil. That subreddit has a lot of info on the manifestations. Here are some photos, which also depict some instances of police brutality. Finally, here's the Wikipedia article. I'll give you a warning, though: as I said on twitter, be VERY wary of your local news media, especially if it is known for supporting right-wing ideologies. They may attempt to undermine the event, or demoralize the protesters by only showing the violent aspects of it (unfortunetely, there are a number of vandals, even though the protests should be peaceful). Also, a bit unrelated, but do look around for a documentary named Beyond Citizen Kane. It is a British documentary released on 1993, and it exposes the ideological manipulation by our very own "FOX News", Rede Globo. It should give you a good idea on the behavior of the media around here (trust me, it hasn't changed much). I know there's a Portuguese dub on Youtube, but I'm sure the original version is somewhere out there, too. EDIT: Found this article

Started the Yuuna x Nanami route in Sonohana 11. I'm glad to see they made Yuuna less annoying and whiny this time around.

Show's almost over, though. Will they really be able to pull off a whole arc in 2 episodes?

I got keys for the Serious Sam games, if anyone wants them. We could play together sometime!

Indeed. She's more than just a psycho. There's something beautiful about her, I can't quite explain it.

^ I think it's going to end with Kurumi arc, though.

I don't mind marathoning, but if I REALLY like a show then I like to, as Whitesnake would say, take it "slow and easy" (yeah yeah, I know the song was about sex, but whatever). I don't know if anyone feels the same, but if I really like something I don't feel like finishing it. This is especially true for SoL series, and I remember this happened recently while I was watching GJ-bu: I liked the show so much I didn't want to end, and I still have to watch the last episode. But yeah, I feel like if I savor a series slowly, I can enjoy it better. It's like eating good food: it's so good you just want to make every bite count. Imagine you're eating the best pizza you have ever tasted. The combination of tomato sauce, cheese, onions, calabresa... Every time you take a bit, you feel like there's a party going on at your mouth, like it just heard a talk by the Dalai Lama, or as if it was having sex with a beautiful woman/handsome man. Every bite counts, and you just don't want it to end. Everytime your teeth touch the pizza, you feel like you are a little bit closer to the Gardens of Eden, and your taste buds have reached enlightenment. Imagine all of this, and if the show you're thinking of is really fucking good, then imaging you're also on shrooms, because they make food taste 50 times better. This is basically how I feel about anime, especially really good anime. Hell, not just anime, visual novels, books, and manga too. When I watch something I like, I want every frame to count. Every scene is a precious moment, and every time my favorite characters are on screen I feel a little bit closer to them, even if they don't say anything. Lines upon lines of dialogue make me think of all kinds of things (usually a bunch of crap), and certain scenes are so profoundly powerful that a bizarre feeling comes within me, a feeling which cannot be described. It's as if my very soul was touched. And sometimes, the scenes may seem incredibly insignificant, but they bring forth something so holy in my brain I simply feel speechless. I keep thinking about the scene for days, sometimes weeks. Because it feels incredibly good. Instead of absorbing a huge chunk of information at once, I take it bit by bit. "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." ........Damn, I feel like I'm rambling. I don't think I even have a line of reasoning anymore. I apologize. Now, I can feel the same thing when I marathon something (like when I watched Sora no Otoshimono), but it's just not the same... I don't know how to put it, but it just isn't. Aaaaand that is why I like to watch shows slowly.

I agree. HanaKana's voice made the whole thing priceless.

Good thing his actions seem to make sense even without delving into his mind. I'm happy with this.

^ This. I don't think we're getting a second season, though I absolutely loved this show. There are a bunch of manga chapters translated though, so maybe you can continue there.

I feel the same. I just can't put myself in the protag's shoes. Same goes for most American shooters out there where the protag's silent. The idea is to make the player feel like they're part of the game, but it just doesn't work for me unless it's a game without a plot like Doom. Also, I'd love to see more protagonists being voiced. I think it gives them much more personality instead of being just a placeholder for the reader.

I will still try Mayo with rice someday. Maybe tomorrow! Yup, I feel like cooking some rice tomorrow. I don't have beans, but fuck it.

I like how Mewtwo's there despite the fact that he's manmade.

Reminds me of the Tao te Ching: Basically, we can only create different values for things as we compare them.

Also, to those who have been reading the novels: Is the anime faithful to them? I only read the first few chapters before getting tires of the godawful English in the translation.

I think this kind of feeling is perfectly natural with pretty much any past-times we get in life. As they say, the first time is always the best. The first anime you've watched are most likely the ones that were the most meaningful for you. You can still get the same feeling of excitement from watching more recent stuff, but it definetely won't have that same BAM as the first time. I usually notice that many people begin to feel that anime is getting worse for them when they begin to notice these feelings. I've been watching anime for years, and I've never felt this happen to me, even if I don't get the same impression I got from back then. Hopefully, I will keep on liking anime for years to come. Though one thing that COULD help prevent this feeling would be to watch less shows. So many people seem to watch shows just for clearing up their backlog, and this can quickly turn your hobby into a chore.

Episode 8 was fucking hardcore. I love Mikasa. This show is so intense, man. A fantastic story about survival in an odd world.

Welcome, dude! Have fun here. Unfortunetely, the same can be said with pretty much all old PC games. Good luck trying to run one without DOSBox. Hell, I can't even save my game in Blood properly. I'm just taken back to the first level. Sucks. >__>

*high five* Nichijou is fucking awesome. Welcome!

A bit late, but welcome! Take any rug in the house.

Same. I have so much crap I want to do with my life that I never have time to finish a VN quickly. The longest I have taken to read a VN would be Dracu-Riot... I've been at it for more than a year and I have yet to finish it. Though this is mostly because I just forget about it for months before remembering it.

I think Steve nailed it. I can play All-ages games just fine, but if someone gives me an eroge with the ero removed, it feels like the game is lacking something. To me, ero is more than fap material: it's part of the experience. Eroge with no ero is like pasta with no sauce. Whenever I stumble upon an h-scene, even if they're not very good I'll still feel like my attachment with the characters has grown even more. It feels like it ends up being more about bonding than about fapping.

I've tried it a few years ago, and I didn't feel like it pulled me in. Maybe if I was more into punk rock or something. Or maybe if this were about Metal instead. Hell, the Japanese fucking love Metal, how come we haven't seen a Metal-based VN yet?

I generally tend to stay away from anime adaptations as they're usually awful, with very few exceptions like Steins;Gate.