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Ehh, I'm not sure if I'll have enough for rent and food, let alone purchasing international property, regardless if it's intellectual or not. Unfortunately there are no guides explaining how to get rich lol.

That's fair. Though one advantage your own photos can have over the ones copied from the internet is their uniqueness. Like if you go and take a photo of a spider living on your balcony, you won't see the exact same spider, angle and environment anywhere else.

Yeah, that can be pretty cool. One of those cases when rare sights are interesting simply because of their rare nature.

I liked first four episodes of Ruri no Houseki (if I'm not mistaken, it was my 1st anime this season), but then I kind of forgot about watching it and put it on hold for the time being as a result. Grand Blue S2 was awesome, but I wish there was more of Nanaka there. Somehow I often end up liking secondary characters. Busujima eps were super funny though. Kaiju 8 S2 felt weaker compared to the S1. Takopii no Genzai was pretty good, can recommend especially considering its lower amount of episodes. Not sure about Nukitashi, I've read the visual novels, but don't have plans to watch the adaptation yet. I'd rather they adapted Hentai Prison (another VN from the same dev) with the quality of a Steins Gate adaptation, but I suppose it's impossible. When I started watching Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu I saw a second season being announced and put it on hold. I didn't like the first episode enough to wait years for mystery's conclusion lol. If you do end up watching Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku I wonder what your opinion about it is going to be.

Yeah, like Spider-Man created in the 1960s isn't the same as the one from 2020s.
Hmm, it would again depend on the circumstances around the change and level of difference between old and new depictions. Ideally though I'd prefer to get the hold of the IP rights for myself lol.

Do you like taking photos yourself? I sometimes shoot nature on my phone camera. This year also caught a cute-looking squirrel.

True, one can't go wrong wielding katana or being graceful :P Yeah, closed eyes is a minus, this trait typically works better for cunning characters who happen to be sly or antagonistic towards the protagonist. Yep, I'm not a fan of 3D switch during a 2D show too. This is one of the reason OG im@s is so nice, it's fully 2D, even dance scenes.

This season has been pretty good, although mostly because of the second seasons and Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku definitely becoming a favorite.

I could accept such a background no problem if it was genuine, but at the same time, depending on circumstances I might consider different depictions to be different entities altogether. For example, if the developer/company's management and/or its policies take a drastic change that will affect the writing in a way that is going to be blatantly different to the original, I won't feel inclined to accept it. Despite my obvious fanaticism, I'm not obliged to eat whatever I'm being fed by the IP owner.

Worst-case scenario you could go with real life photos, not necessarily the ones with people on them, e.g. nature landscapes, although some games can have similar stuff I guess.

I haven't watched the anime Shigure Kosaka is from, but she looks good. As for Bleach - nah, fan-service there is occasional, not constant. Speaking of Ikkitousen though, I've re-watched it not too long ago. I think I used to like Ryofu Housen the most from it a decade ago, but this time I enjoyed Shiryuu more. Very classy girl wielding a katana - can't go wrong with that.

Hmm, that sounds even stricter than I thought. A for Idolmaster, even putting M side aside, it has some questionable entries, e.g. Shiny Colors and Million Live anime are fully CGI from what I remember and I didn't bother watching them past the first episode. Meanwhile original Idolmaster is one of my favorite anime out there, but I wouldn't be able to recommend it if it meant you'd have to watch other entries as well. We'd probably need more than a hundred years to complete all the anime out there lol.

Naaah, our souls are eternally bound to each other, so the state of the physical body doesn't matter. That's why I sometimes mention that my feelings for her wouldn't change even if she was turned into a dude or even some grotesque creature as long as it was her spirit that resided there.

Do you have Steam? If yes, I wonder what kind of avatar you're using there since video-games can be in all kinds of different art styles.

If we go deeper into this line of thought I think Naruto went into the wrong, dragged out direction long before Boruto. And that's a real shame, because I really liked its first part and early Shippuden. It's entirely possible it could've ended up as one of my favorite anime, but alas. I don't remember it having highly attractive female characters at all, though. As far as sex appeal goes, the best ones for my 13+ y.o. self were probably Tayuya (I don't know why), Shizune (lol) and Temari. Bleach is better in this regard, but I stopped watching it after one of its latest seasons. Caught myself thinking "I don't get what is going on anymore and neither I care". Maybe I'll give it another chance when it finally ends. Yoruichi is a feast for the eyes though. I don't mind friendship is power cliche, but yeah, it doesn't do Fairy Tail favors considering the same formula is being repeated throughout the whole thing over and over and over. It has great fan-service, however.

Oh, right. This made me think about your no-drop policy in the context of the series that share the same characters but are technically different. How do you go about this? For example, if you watched xxxHOLiC, would you need to watch Tsubasa Chronicle too or not?

Thank you for your recommendations, I'll try changing a few things here and there. So far, at the very least, it seems like my eyes got adapted to the new eyeglasses, but the previous issue still persists. I also found my previous prescription and turns out my levels of astigmatism are the same as before (right eye is significantly worse than the left one), but eyesight itself got worse.

No-no-no, I'm Shizunachist. As long as it is me and her almost everything would be awesome, whether it is S or M is irrelevant. But yes indeed, I definitely wouldn't say no to a kiss.
I remember you once told me you like to have a non-anime pfp and avatar on MAL, I like seeing you being consistent with that theme :D

Yeah, it is admirable that the author avoided milking the same cast/plot line for the entire length of his story and it didn't devolve like for example Naruto's transition to Boruto. Part 6 seems to have had the biggest "reset" so far. And I also agree that authors should be very careful about resurrections, it can lessen the "value" of previous scenes.

Depends on what those spinoffs would be about, I guess. But given my low opinion of Gon it could easily work. Granblue Fantasy had a recent Hunter x Hunter collab, by the way, but I don't think you're going to find it interesting.

Yep, I can't imagine how a few decades from now people are going to read these subtitles since they'll get a foreign audio and some incomprehensible slang they don't understand. It is unfortunate there is no quality control at all. The real unfortunate thing, though, is that you don't even have a right to freely translate things, i.e. there was a group translating Kiseki games (they haven't been distributing pirated copies of the games or anything like that, they didn't even make patches) and it was forced to shut down operations because localizers (who do worse and slower job) threatened legal action.

A bit of a random question, but do you wear eyeglasses? I don't remember if we talked about it or not. My eyes have been feeling bad for the last couple of months (red + discomfort), I've used a lot of meds to treat it but with no results, so in the end I decided to get a new pair and now I can't even write for more than 20 minutes without my eyes starting to feel on fire. Doctor says it's normal when "adapting" to it, but it is very annoying to deal with nonetheless. Kinda interested to read about experiences other people with vision issues had.

I wouldn't mind if Shizuna did to me what Doomguy does to the demon on your pfp. lol.

I think it's both. I do indeed feel like some of the JoJo parts are too long for my liking, but I also liked hamon more than stands. That said, stands are better for a long-running series since they have more potential for unique abilities and the way the story can go, so I can understand the appeal of it for the author and the fans of his work. How'd you feel about the P3 journey if it was even longer, e.g. 100+ episodes like some other long titles have? :P

I wanted to like D.gray man partly because of Lenalee but she didn't really do much for me even though the number of episodes was so high. So pretty much the same as you. One thing I can add about HxH is that I didn't like the protagonist at all. Killua was OK, but not Gon.

I think it's better when the characters die while they're still on high note rather than when they continue to live while the story deteriorates. Erwin from AoT is a good example. He's my favorite character from the series and I have a negative opinion of S4+, so him kicking the bucket early preserved his state, while characters like Levi, Eren, Armin etc. fell a lot.

Hmm, I actually don't remember from which season the first gif is from. Kuroka is indeed cute. I like the combination of black hair and golden eyes. And yeah totally agreed about internet lingo added to the sub being annoying. I've watched a 1947 movie today (Subarashiki Nichiyobi) and it had perfectly normal English subs without any silly modern slang, I wish it was like this everywhere.

Bell is pretty much a "chosen one" type of protagonist which can be boring to follow. I had a similar thought when I was playing Wuthering Waves where the protagonist is some kind of godlike being who lost his memories and whom everybody loves. I'm OK with his VA, but he is definitely not among my favorites.

Well, in case with AL since I'm no longer buying gems with real money (I'm not even able to due to payment-related issues) I don't have a limit and I'll just add new ones whenever I get free gems to buy rings, so I guess it's around 2 per year. 20 might seem like a big number, but it's just a ~3% of all shipgirls in the game (633 currently).

Nope, it's not about missing anything in particular. For me it's a matter of imprinting oneself on my memory, which is a combination of overall impression and time I spent on "interacting" with the character. So while I do like Elaina based on what I've seen in her 1-cour anime, it wasn't enough for me to see her as one of my favorite characters. Like for example Saeba Ryo is one of my favorite anime males, but if he was a character of a single movie without anything else beside it then I probably wouldn't think about him as much.

In Nikke I like Harran, Diesel, Liliweiss (unplayable), Black Ark Ranger (unplayable) and Helm the most. Anis has fun personality. I like Maiden's face, but outfit not so much.

Yeah, ecchi are kinda lackluster nowadays.

Nah. Where I live if you drive an anime car there are high chances that something like this will happen: your car will get damaged when I you are away from it; you will get beaten by some aggressive assholes; you'll get arrested for some stupid charge. So I guess even if there are people who would like to own such a car, not many are brave enough to actually have it. And I'm just too poor to own a car in general.

If I'm not mistaken, the issue of Eiko was brought up after the voting started, so it would be problematic for me to disqualify her.

I say for me it's Part 1 > Part 2 > Part 4 > Part 5 > Part 6 > Part 3. I think I mentioned it a very long time ago that Stardust Crusaders felt dragged-out to me. At the very least, I'd definitely like it more if it was shorter. It's funny how I always love it when my favorite series are as long as possible, but whenever it is something in the middle I get tired out fairly quickly (main reason I didn't enjoy HxH and D.Gray-man).
Love at first sight can be a powerful thing, it's like when you notice a good-looking new character and then she ends up having great personality and a satisfying participation in the story. + a guy behind the bars would likely be starved for romance.

Yeah the last arc in Great Pretender was much worse than everything that preceded it. "Over the top" plotlines can be fun, but what happened there ain't it. To me it would've been more satisfying if it ended after the girls got shot and fed the fish. It would be cruel, but it would also make a lot of sense in the context of the "one mistake and you're gone" catchphrase that was used throughout the series.

Nope, he didn't elaborate on Hanekawa, but at the very least we know that you're not alone in that opinion about her :PBut it's interesting that even though I'm fine with nyaaing (it can be really cute), I don't think there is any such character among my solid favorites. Not to mention, I'm someone who is totally neutral towards cats in real life. What I strongly dislike, however, is how this nyaaing is being localized into some annoying puns that make no sense to me, e.g. purfect instead of perfect, feline instead of feeling, etc.

When the author leaves no compromise over who is right and who is wrong it can be very disappointing. The way things went with Freya one could skip everything past her first confession and summarize the whole season as "she lost and admitted she was wrong". Her own familia betraying her "for her own good" is some weird way to balance power between factions. Why do you dislike Bell, though? For plot armor? I'm mostly neutral towards him.

Marco Polo from the Italian faction has split tongue and I have similar thought when I see it - it must hurt or at the very least be very inconvenient. Have you ever go to Gastroscopy? Kissing with Fancy would probably feel a bit similar to that lol.
For Azur Lane favorites I have this:This is a list of shipgirls I gave rings to and since they're either bought with real money or are given for free very rarely, it makes each decision more difficult compared to when I simply pick whoever I like at any given moment. The names are in Japanese, but I think you can recognize them anyway. Sakura Empire leads this list with 8 shipgrils.

Oh, I think I see some new ones on that list. Hakari, Beta, Momo... Very nice seeing Wiz, Maou and Maegami there. I think I could really like Elaina if she had some more episodes under her name. She's that kind of character who gets better the longer she gets to do new things.

She does indeed look like Eiko's little sister, although I haven't watched Paripi Koumei yet. I remember quite a big number of people being dissatisfied when she almost won the seasonal best girl contest of Winter 2024; not because there was anything wrong with her individually, but rather because she was from the recap movie or something like that. I probably shouldn't have accepted that nomination.



Speaking about JoJo, I decided to watch P6 recently and while I don't think it was better than the previous arc, it made me interested in continuing watching the series further. I think Pucci was the weakest antagonist in the series, but I ended up liking Jolyne more than I expected (I thought I won't like her at all). My favorite character from this arc ended up being Anasui.
I also picked up Great Pretender again which I thought I dropped forever; so far I'm finding it quite interesting, but I did watch it on my phone and got bloodshot eyes as a result. Guess my sight isn't accustomed to watching stuff on the small screen. Or maybe I should've taken my glasses with me (they cost a lot so I'm afraid I lose them or break and then I won't even be able to use PC). Cynthia is quite a hot character for such a "normal-looking" series.

In a way, I (and probably other humans) see "background characters" (other people) the same way it was portrayed in Monogatari, so it also makes sense from this perspective too. But still, I prefer it when things are as detailed as possible.

If you mean Shinobu's "young kiss-shot" form then I agree - that's her best look, so maybe it's not as unpopular choice as you think :P
I'm a bit surprised you're not a fan of Black Hanekawa. My other friend said he doesn't like her either just recently whereas I thought she was sort of "universally" liked.

I didn't like how everyone (including the author) was against Freya in Danmachi. The good guys expectedly winning and Freya accepting she was wrong was very unsatisfying. Her giving up made me like her much less.

Do you find Fancy's horror-like tongue arousing or the opposite? As for me, she's pretty much top-1 in Azur Lane for now.

Yeah, the longer we live and the more things we experience, the harder it is for new stuff to impress us as much as the old stuff.
I still haven't watched Kaleid. While I think that I "should" watch it, whenever I think about it, I always find myself choosing something else instead.

I just noticed that your waifu list is quite outdated (tried to search for Fern, but then saw it's dated 2019). It'll probably take you a lot of time to update it with up to date information given it's been 5 years since then.

I dropped S-Rank Monster after the second episode. I wanted to see that Alisha elf, but apparently she doesn't appear much so whatever. With the current season's ecchi I've already dropped the one about dark elf (original doujinshi was much better) and I didn't like Takamine-san either. However, Makina-san is quite good.

Man, I feel like this time I took even longer time to respond than usual.

First thing I wanted to comment back at the start of January is that I already saw that New Year's picture since it's not new, but it was still nice seeing it again in this context. I think it's pretty cool when friends know what makes you happy and deliver it.
You've probably already researched it on your own, but if you didn't - the image I sent to you is a fan artwork for Gakumas - a new idolmaster game and these three are the starting characters there. The blond one really loves money so maybe you'd find common ground with her :D That said, I doubt you'd find her very attractive visually.
Also, the one I like the most here is this idol:


Sara haven't appeared at all in the last 3 games.

As far as I know JoJo references popular rock music of 20th century, but I'm not very knowledgeable about this genre. When it comes to rock music, I used to listen to metal mostly.

As of now, I'm done with most of Monogatari with the exception of "Off & Monster Season". I think this series is quite good overall, but at the same time individual episodes/seasons were of mixed enjoyment to me. Some were very fun, whereas some others bore me. Another negative aspect, I guess, is that outside of the main cast the world feels pretty dead, but all in all it's a minor thing. My favorite opening is "Kogarashi Sentiment" and top-5 girls are as follows: Shinobu > Mayoi > Yotsugi > Karen > Tsubasa. If judging by appearance only, then Black Hanekawa is the best.
My watching speed got even slower. For 2025 I decided to make a log with the stuff I watch/play/read, and as you can see it's not very lively here.

The "not fitting" part makes sense - even though I get easily baited by collabs, I rarely use those units when they are over.
Hmm, don't know how I'd rate them two months ago, but now I'll say:

To Love Ru
Default: Momo > Darkness > Lala > Nana > Yui > Haruna
Skin: Lala > Nana > Momo > Haruna > Yui > Darkness

Ryza
Default: Klaudia > Patricia > Kala > Serri > Reisalin > Lila
Skin: Serri > Patricia > Klaudia > Reisalin > Lila

I remember discussing Gridman collab with my other friend and this is what I told him: Hime > Hass > Yume > Mujina > Akane > Rikka > Chise > 2nd > Namiko

There is one other thing I'm curious to ask you about in regards to Azur Lane - what is your opinion on Fancy? I think she was the best addition to the game in a while.

The funny thing about GFL2 is that I'm already done with it lol. Got tired of doing dailies lazy level design pretty fast.

I like it when my friends participate in the events I make, but that's understandable. Speaking of Fern though, how is she holding up in your favorites ranks?

I completely agree. I liked it initially but didn't become a fan till the Movie. Loved it ever since. With Das Finale films, it just got better and better. Especially Das Finale 4. Peak of entertainment.

Girls und Panzer where in favs? :{

From things you did not mention I also liked that author really put themselves into the shoes of a long-living being. Why rush if you have plenty of time? You can spend few years (or decade) deciding what to do. And it does feel "alien" for us, humans, where a decade is a very long time.

Another thing are parallels between past and present. Not only between Hero's party and the current one, but also between Serie/Flamme and Frieren/Fern. There are even some parallels to heroes long forgotten (we don't know much about Kraft's story and I doubt we will ever learnt all of it) and how it will inevitably happen to Himmel too.

Finally I like how in both manga and anime they keep measuring the passage of time using "xx years after passing of Hero Himmel". This is way more informative than using "year yyyy of AAA calendar".

Happy New Year ~

Happy New Year! Have a wonderful one!

No worries! hope everything’s been good with you ~