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Jun 5, 7:50 AM
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For me, it already has happened a couple of times on MAL over the years, and every time I just hope they’re still alive and well. That their absence just means they got bored with anime or found something more important in real life.

The most recent case is of course PeripheralVision, and while it’s easy to imagine him dead in a ditch, I really hope his absence means he finally succeeded in finding the love of his life. Gotta stay positive! (who knows, maybe @auroraloose even accepted his love or something)

What about you? Ever had an online friend disappear one day without any warning signs? Do you think they might be dead, or do you believe they’re still out there somewhere, doing fine?
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Jun 5, 7:54 AM
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peripheralvision comes back then go for years now so im not gonna be surprise if he comes back here again one day
Jun 5, 8:10 AM
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I miss Shoryu. Looked at her profile recently, last online, 2017... She was cool, great anime taste and always pleasant to talk with. She also never cyberbullied anyone U_U.

Hope she's doing fine and still watching good anime
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Jun 5, 8:18 AM
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great job fleur, you really outdid yourself with this one
Jun 5, 8:25 AM
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I was talking to that girl on Skype back in 2013. We were doing video calls and we even met in real life a couple times. Then she just disappeared. Later that year, she sent me a message, but at that time I was, I'm not sure... edgy, depressed, busy, so I didn't really manage to keep the conversation going for very long, after which she disappeared forever. No facebook, no skype, not even the games we were playing. Many years later, I reflected on what had happened, and I think she sounded somewhat lonely and depressed in that last message. I tried to find her through common friends and everything, but I had no luck, and I'm pretty sure if she was still alive, I would've seen a mention of her somewhere. I still have hope that she's doing fine somewhere out there since she was one of the most interesting and unique people I've met.

Of course, there were other such more recent accidents, including on MAL, that I'm not going to talk about, but please don't do that on purpose. A simple message before you leave is more than enough.
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Jun 5, 8:26 AM
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Where is @PeripheralVision!? where is PeripheralVision!?

Jun 5, 8:38 AM
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A good online friend of mine went on vacation to Australia and never came back. They say he was bitten by a rabid monkey - in a white dress, no less. Australia is famous for its deadly wildlife.

Another friend went surfing in the Philippines and, apparently, has been surfing ever since. Rumors of a shark bite floated around, but I suspect it wasn't a shark at all - more like a whale in a tuxedo. That friend always had a thing for cigars.
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Jun 5, 8:49 AM
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What's more pathetic genuinely? Believing in real life friendships or online friendships?
Jun 5, 9:48 AM
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Yes, a long-time gamer buddy suddenly quitted without explanation and never returned, hopefully he just quitted the game, instead of quitting life.
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Jun 5, 10:11 AM
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I miss Shoryu. Looked at her profile recently, last online, 2017... She was cool, great anime taste and always pleasant to talk with. She also never cyberbullied anyone U_U.

Hope she's doing fine and still watching good anime
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She also never cyberbullied anyone U_U.
You said there was only one way to know for sure so I just wanted to help you figure out what kind of emotions you'd feel. 😭
Jun 5, 10:15 AM
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great job fleur, you really outdid yourself with this one
@Commit_Crime I took a peek at obituaries from the States and didn't see his face (but then again that may mean they have yet to find his corpse).
Jun 5, 10:15 AM
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Where is @PeripheralVision!? where is PeripheralVision!?
@Absurdo_N Dead or alive, I can assure you he’s somewhere in New England.
Jun 5, 10:15 AM
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What's more pathetic genuinely? Believing in real life friendships or online friendships?
@Lentus1 Is that how you cope with having no friend?
Jun 5, 11:23 AM

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Deathko said:
She also never cyberbullied anyone U_U.
You said there was only one way to know for sure so I just wanted to help you figure out what kind of emotions you'd feel. 😭
@fleurbleue Awww, thanks for helping, fleur. The truth is, I enjoyed that thread. 😊
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SpaceSlut. She had some interesting discussions on here.

I know she had health problems but i hope she's ok.

I also remember her having issues with a troll on here who'd make multiple accounts to trash on her.
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Jun 5, 11:42 AM

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Yeah, on discord. She just disappeared one day after telling me about her horrid mental health issues and never came back on. I still worry and think about her and i really hope shes okay
Jun 5, 11:48 AM

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Well, how should I put it... I am that guy who suddenly disappears one day.
Jun 5, 11:50 AM
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Yes, @Moonshine_cookie. She was very active in the clubs that I was in. A few months later, she just disappeared without notice and hasn't been on since. Hopefully, she's alright, but I do think she was the type of person to say something if she wasn't going to be online anymore. RIP if she has passed away and to everyone else who has departed this Earth.
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I just came back because I recently just watched the Proseka Miku Movie so, I wonder what other's been doing here during my absence.

@149597871 @Deathko Do you miss me?
Jun 5, 1:49 PM
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I just came back because I recently just watched the Proseka Miku Movie so, I wonder what other's been doing here during my absence.

@149597871 @Deathko Do you miss me?
@Desolated

So greatly so that I tried interacting with your alt a couple of times but she ignored me. </3
Jun 5, 2:19 PM

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I just came back because I recently just watched the Proseka Miku Movie so, I wonder what other's been doing here during my absence.

@149597871 @Deathko Do you miss me?
@Desolated Those are some cool favs. Good tasters are always missed when they leave U_U
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Jun 5, 3:51 PM
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Oh definitely all the time! When you've been on social media as long as I have you see so many people come and go. Heck I've been on this website since 2008 and so many of the people I used to chat with on here have long since abandoned the website. I still to this day sometimes look back at the comments we used to have in the comment section, wondering where they are now. "If" they even are now and have since passed on. It really makes you think.
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Now that we walk about users disappearing, I haven't seen @Eldinis in a while (I swear I didn't do anything to him).
Jun 5, 7:56 PM

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I think you all know her Elizabeth from Kentucky @spaceslut, I hope she comes back soon.
It's a bummer that I don't get to talk to her
Jun 5, 7:58 PM

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Now that we walk about users disappearing, I haven't seen @Eldinis in a while (I swear I didn't do anything to him).
@fleurbleue no wonder my notifications have taken a nose dive.
Hope he gets back to business.
Jun 5, 8:34 PM
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I think you all know her Elizabeth from Kentucky @spaceslut, I hope she comes back soon.
It's a bummer that I don't get to talk to her
@RainyEvenings Isn’t she the one who reappeared on April Fools just to bait everyone about making a comeback only to vanish again right after?
Jun 5, 8:51 PM
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I think you all know her Elizabeth from Kentucky @spaceslut, I hope she comes back soon.
It's a bummer that I don't get to talk to her
@RainyEvenings She's not she literally said she wasn't going to, threads before she stopped. Bro her twitch has links where you can chat with her including her discord.

When people have their socials up they are telling come hangout out lol
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@RainyEvenings She's not she literally said she wasn't going to, threads before she stopped. Bro her twitch has links where you can chat with her including her discord.

When people have their socials up they are telling come hangout out lol
@MissHeed she could just say hi on Mydramalist or something if she isn't feeling comfortable being on Mal.
Or may be she has forgotten me, anyway I'm happy to hear she is doing well and her health is holding up.
Jun 5, 9:38 PM

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@Desolated

So greatly so that I tried interacting with your alt a couple of times but she ignored me. </3
@149597871

Lol. Seems like this site traffic has significantly decreased. I miss the Current Events era.

@Deathko thanks. Been long since I watch any anime though.
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Now that we walk about users disappearing, I haven't seen @Eldinis in a while (I swear I didn't do anything to him).
@fleurbleue Been a little slowed down on anime lately, but i'm still watching some. But because i'm not updating them, I'm not coming to the forums either. xD
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Not on MAL, but knew a guy on Discord who I texted with a lot, he disappeared one day without a word, also deleted his Discord account about 1 year later, also without a word, no idea what happened there.
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Not sure if I've ever had it happen to me, but I think I've been that friend several times lol
Jun 13, 11:53 AM

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I had one. She was a good friend. Helped me during a very tough situation. She cut ties with us. I hope she is at least doing fine.
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I did this once. I just went to another steam account. Feel a little bit bad about it lol.
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it happened twice on MAL.

one got really busy and simply stopped replying, I kept messaging him monthly though, asking if he is ok, sending memes and songs and he came back later to explain what happened.
luckily, we are in touch though not as frequently.

the second one was weirder and ever sadder if it could be said as such. he did say his goodbye but it was so sudden. we were talking and all and then suddenly boom "I am leaving this online space and never coming back" out of blue? I still hope he is ok though. really miss him and missed him terribly for months but well, gotta respect the decision. who knows, maybe he might come back later.

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when i was actively using wattpad as my blog in 2018 i used to have a mutual who i frequently interacted with. at some point they just deleted their account and i never heard from them again. i tried contacting them over gmail or something once but never got a reply. they were mentally unwell too, i just hope that they didn't do anything to themselves
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Yes. @Atiqur_Reshad.

Been a year and half since we'd last talked.

@Zarutaku @Zakatsuki_ How about you two?
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Yes. @Atiqur_Reshad.

Been a year and half since we'd last talked.

@Zarutaku @Zakatsuki_ How about you two?
@aurora_yuuki I already answered this topic.
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@aurora_yuuki I already answered this topic.
. . @Zarutaku Not to me, you haven't.
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@aurora_yuuki I already answered this topic.
@Zarutaku Is it just me, or does that user seem strangely obsessed with you? 🤔
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@Zarutaku Is it just me, or does that user seem strangely obsessed with you? 🤔
@fleurbleue Yes, that's indeed the case.
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Yes. @Atiqur_Reshad.

Been a year and half since we'd last talked.

@Zarutaku @Zakatsuki_ How about you two?
@aurora_yuuki no but i gguess im making on rn on tiktok but i dont really care
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@Zarutaku Is it just me, or does that user seem strangely obsessed with you? 🤔
@fleurbleue She clearly has a thing for the letter Z.




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@fleurbleue She clearly has a thing for the letter Z.
@CC

Ugh, idk, we are getting into dangerous political territory here. :O
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@CC

Ugh, idk, we are getting into dangerous political territory here. :O
@149597871 Wow Numberschan, you're so cute!

Edit: Now you don't have to feel bad, ne?
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Another hero? Oh, please!
You're a god-damn philistine.
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@Zarutaku Is it just me, or does that user seem strangely obsessed with you? 🤔
@fleurbleue What made you draw that conclusion?

@Zarutaku Wait, I'm obsessed?
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@fleurbleue What made you draw that conclusion?

@Zarutaku Wait, I'm obsessed?
@aurora_yuuki Well, you pinged him all day long in all kinds of threads, asking all sorts of questions. But don’t worry, no one will mind if you’re a little obsessed. I’m sure @Zarutaku will enjoy the attention, whatever your gender might be. He’s really open-minded, after all.
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@aurora_yuuki Well, you pinged him all day long in all kinds of threads, asking all sorts of questions. But don’t worry, no one will mind if you’re a little obsessed. I’m sure @Zarutaku will enjoy the attention, whatever your gender might be. He’s really open-minded, after all.
@fleurbleue That sounds like you're familiar with him~ (˶˃ᆺ˂˶)

Could he be an actual prominent MAL user unbeknownst to me?

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Well, you pinged him all day long in all kinds of threads


Although I must admit that it has certainly piqued my curiosity as to how you're cognizant of it.
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@fleurbleue What made you draw that conclusion?

@Zarutaku Wait, I'm obsessed?
@aurora_yuuki You did kind of imply he'd murder and cannibalistically eat his own sister in another thread earlier. (´・ω・`) Poor guy.




Another hero? Oh, please!
You're a god-damn philistine.
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@fleurbleue That sounds like you're familiar with him~ (˶˃ᆺ˂˶)

Could he be an actual prominent MAL user unbeknownst to me?

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Well, you pinged him all day long in all kinds of threads


Although I must admit that it has certainly piqued my curiosity as to how you're cognizant of it.
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Could he be an actual prominent MAL user unbeknownst to me?
You actually don’t know? When you become a true CD regular, you have to make a pledge of allegiance to @Zarutaku.

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Although I must admit that it has certainly piqued my curiosity as to how you're cognizant of it.
Quite a few parts of my body, including my eyes and my brain, worked in unison to navigate through the MAL forums and witness all of it, as I was doing something commonly known as reading.
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