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Welcome

Hello, thanks for visiting! Here's some things about me/my profile:

I'm a huge fan of artists like Masamune Shirow, Yoji Shinkawa and Tsukumizu, I tend to prefer genres like sci-fi, action, rom-com and some supernatural/fantasy.

Muv Luv Extra/Unlimited is the only VN I've really finished, and it's one of my favorite pieces of media at the moment. Otherwise, I mostly watch anime and occasionally read manga/LNs.

My favorites section is split between anime and manga, meaning my favorite version of any series is the one displayed there.

I consider 5 as average, meaning I have either no strong feelings whatsoever about the entry or an equal amount of feelings in both directions. Anything above a 5 I like more than I dislike, and vice versa for below 5.

I've also written about some of my favorite anime to explain why I love them, feel free to check those out in the "notes" section of my entries if you'd like.

Favorite Musical Artists:
Linkin Park
Agalloch
Pinback
Fleshwater
The Decemberists
System Of A Down
Slipknot
Nine Inch Nails
Korn
Massive Attack


Assorted Non-Animanga/Game/Film Faves:
Ranger's Apprentice
Avatar: TLA
Twin Peaks
Better Call Saul
Andor
Arcane
Severance
Clone Wars

Favorite Games (Singleplayer)

Honorable Mentions:
Destiny 2 (2017)
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)
Blood West (2023)
Middle Earth: Shadow of War (2017)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017)

Favorite Albums (One Per Artist)

Honorable Mentions:
Boogiepop Phantom OST (Various Artists)
Failed at Math(s) (Panchiko)
Team Sleep (Team Sleep)
Ash Crow (Susumu Hirasawa)
Silent Hill 2 OST (Akira Yamaoka)

Favorite Films (Including Anime)

Honorable Mentions:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
TRON: Legacy (2010)
Under the Skin (2013)
Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly (2019)

Statistics

All Anime Stats Anime Stats
Days: 76.3
Mean Score: 5.70
  • Total Entries575
  • Rewatched0
  • Episodes4,248
Anime History Last Anime Updates
Kidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi-hen
Kidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi-hen
6 hours ago
Completed 1/1 · Scored 8
Turn A Gundam
Turn A Gundam
Apr 16, 11:19 PM
Plan to Watch · Scored -
Kidou Senshi Gundam I
Kidou Senshi Gundam I
Apr 15, 10:47 PM
Completed 1/1 · Scored 7
All Manga Stats Manga Stats
Days: 14.5
Mean Score: 6.60
  • Total Entries120
  • Reread0
  • Chapters1,971
  • Volumes96
Manga History Last Manga Updates
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Apr 12, 6:14 PM
Reading 52/142 · Scored 8
Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon
Mar 17, 1:37 AM
On-Hold 102/? · Scored 7
Shiori Experience: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan
Shiori Experience: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan
Mar 15, 7:08 PM
On-Hold 15/? · Scored 7

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Anime (10)
Manga (10)
Character (10)

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Platypus900 Apr 12, 1:24 PM
Me and the boys traveling to Mt.Head
Enivlens Mar 19, 5:39 AM
Wow so basically the best of both the show and the movie, huh? That's neat! I watched the 1.0 + 2.0 movies as a recap, but was unsatisfied it left out a lot of the parts I valued in the original series. Sounds like the manga has it all though. I'm really interested to see how they have changed the EoE portion since the original movie's ending was so good. Also the additional content sounds worthwhile to read. The only "spoiler" I know if that Kaworu kills a cat? Kinda random out of context haha. But definitely the art style too is wonderful- Love how similar it is to the original series, yet has its own stylistic quirks that have a lot of character! I feel that it fits Rei especially well. I hope you get the chance to re-read it sometime and enjoy it again!
Enivlens Mar 17, 5:58 AM
Especially with the villains, a rewatch helped me out because I knew their intentions behind their actions and it made narrative sense instead of feeling freak-of-the-week-ish.
Right! Sonny Boy's ending is so good. It initially struck me as unsatisfying, but then I realized that it honestly was a lot more meaningful that way and now I wouldn't have it any other way. The characters too are so well written, I ended up liking them all so much. Especially Radj and Hoshi.
You too! Especially since you favored Extra/Unlimited that a lot of people hate on, I'm sure it'll be great for you. You have a good eye for pinpointing those subtle developments, and from what I've read so far its full of it.
By the way, I saw that you read the Evangelion manga! Does it have different content than the anime? I've always wanted to read that but since the anime is so good already, I have it at low priority for now.
Enivlens Mar 16, 7:08 AM
Thanks for answering me so thoroughly, I had a lot of fun re-realizing your points as I read them and I feel that I can definitely value it more! I see what you mean with the characters bouncing off each other, no character seems to dampen the mood of another, and they each have subtle unique interactions between each other that gives them a very 'alive' feel! Each interaction explores something new it really helps prevent them from being flat or too tropey unlike other visual novels I've read. Also I love it that you mentioned the way Unlimited reflects Extra, it doesn't feel cheap at all like the creators were simply re-using circumstances, but rather intentionally using the established structure to exemplify new developments in characters and deepen their human qualities. I'm finding a lot of these points continue on to be more true in Alternative, so I feel kinda dumb now for not recognizing it as much in Extra/Unlimited before. Your explanation helped me a ton, so I'm just really appreciative of all the time you've spent laying it out clearly for me. Thank you for all that! It'll be cool to discuss Alternative as we both make progress, that's something I've never done with someone else before, and quite frankly I'm excited if we can do that!
Right! I think Sonny Boy just might be my favorite series because it has so much to offer, yet has an extremely humble tone that I love. It has such amazingly simple subtleties to the way characters move or are placed within scenes, yet it all has a specific purpose and develops in extremely complex ways. You don't often find a show that treats itself like an art, dense with symbolism and allegory, and has such a simple a story at its core. Its hard to wrap your head around how endlessly profound it is. You could analyze any minute aspect of it, and it contains another whole story within it full of new meaning. I guess I was thinking just now about the Great Monkey Baseball story, but also individual characters are so interesting- I guess Hoshi always comes to my mind first, how he was the only one who could hear the voice of god and put on a face of being 'full of hope' around the other students to keep them in order, but was truly just acting and possibly the most hopeless one, eventually giving into his despair later as the Inventor of Death. That does not fail to endlessly impress me xD
I found The Big O's episodic structure kinda dampening my enjoyment of the series at first too, but I later found that it works really well to capture the emptiness of the world. Since each episode's resolution doesn't seem to impact the proceeding episodes too much, it feels like there's an overwhelming disconnection between the characters and the fruitlessness of their efforts, which characterizes Paradigm City so much as being kinda just 'there' and lacking progression, as everyone is stuck being reminiscent of a past they can't remember. It feels sad.. Maybe I'm just a sucker for that! The mecha fights were the weakest parts of the series for me too, but I felt that it established Roger's dependency on the Big O robot, and it built his despair so well at the start of season 2 when he felt like he had no identity without it. I still think about that whole "I'm just one of those tomatoes"- Its crazy how both silly and sad it is? I think that's what appeals so much to me. I re-watched the series a little bit ago and found a lot more worth in it knowing how the starting episodes' messages helped give meaning to later themes, but it definitely has a late-90s goofiness that is hit-or-miss for some people. I might be a bit biased and just happen to love that sort of humor, but I also find it characterizing and necessary to have a contrast between the dramatic moments and make them feel more real.
Enivlens Mar 14, 6:42 PM
Hey thanks for the friend request, I'm really glad to hear from a fellow Metal Gear/Faith fan since they're both games not talked about nearly enough! You have got some very nice favorites as well, a lot of the manga you've seen are series I'm really hoping to get into soon. I'm impressed! Also, really glad to see Panchiko, what an underrated band. I see that you also really liked Muv-Luv Extra/Unlimited too- I just got finished with it and was pretty neutral about it, but I'm really glad you enjoyed it so much! I'm really curious into why you liked it, if you don't mind me asking. I think it had a lot to offer and I'd love to appreciate it more! Did you read Alternative yet? I just started Alternative today and liked it a lot, so I'm curious.
Platypus900 Mar 11, 12:30 AM
The mosaic is so cool man
Platypus900 Mar 3, 5:54 PM
Academic Reverberation is truly the greatest romcom out there
Snail_of_Arc Jan 16, 7:58 AM
thank u for taking the time to tell me :) ill check it out once i get the opportunity im broke at the moment lol but it sounds interesting and honestly always find stories of putting the moe charchters in "crazy escalated stakes" like higurashi or madoka
looking forward to going through the series !
Snail_of_Arc Jan 13, 12:54 PM
ive been meaning to look at muv love series cause im a big mecha fan id love to hear some of ur reasons why its one of your favorites if you wouldnt mind maybe itd push me over the edge on buying it on steam lol
ZechAnimanga Dec 11, 2024 10:56 PM
You know it!
Platypus900 Dec 7, 2024 7:16 PM
Hard to say hahaha, it's all vibes. So I would not really ordered
Platypus900 Dec 6, 2024 6:20 PM
I swear you and Jackstar have yet to have a different opinion LMAO
Platypus900 Oct 20, 2024 12:11 PM
Certified Otaking
Stormy_77 Sep 4, 2024 11:07 PM
If you watched Full Metal Panic before Fumoffu, then Fumoffu becomes way funnier. I love it, and the OP song is a big part of that.

I was playing D&D and it was one of our party members that introduced the rest of us to Lodoss Wars. Let's just say all the guys had a "thing" for Pirotessa. I mean, the elf girl is really wholesome and all but Pirotessa was like DAMN girl that keyhole in your outfit is outta control.

Are you enjoying the Dirty Pair? I preferred the older ones to the remake. Just something fun about lady space cops and unexpectedly disastrous property damage, that was quite the trope back in the day.
ApacheSnow69 Aug 31, 2024 8:36 PM
Every anime fans should watch Dirty Pair someday.

I'm glad that you like it ^^
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