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I'm probably going to make my way over to read Kingdom soon as I've seriously got a lack of good series to keep up with now (especially decent shounens). But currently on a Boku no Hero binge with the newest season showing.

But yes! lol that would be quite sad, but 4 koma is more to name just the format of the manga (lit. 4 panels) instead of the traditional manga panels surprisingly. Osomatsu-san is also a 4-koma manga originally too I believe?

Oh, must have confused TC with some other yakuza manga then...... but the biggest issue I had with it was how Ewon turned from this philandering, cheating, heartless asshole to this completely different character with no explanation given for his change (except the fact that he fell in love). Not to mention how sudden this change was. I've seen this in a couple other BL manga too, and this transition has never been handled well. Even if you ask me details, I wouldn't be able to give them to you. It has been many months since I read that manga.

investing into the closeness of relationships between various male characters. I don't think I even imagined it being romantic (let alone sexual)
Haha. That was def me with JohnxSherlock, Destiel and even ArthurxMerlin. I liked the subtext between them, but anything beyond that would have ruined the ship for me. But I read somewhere that some new show has openly gay couples in it? Don't remember its name. It's in the supernatural genre, if I'm not wrong.
There was a show similar to Merlin - The Seeker. Did you watch it? I found it to be the poor man's Merlin, tbh. Which other actual shows did you enjoy?
Haha. I'll link you to the Free movie when you have the time to watch it, then. Ask me whenever.
Just because other people are doing bad stuff too doesn't mean Paul didn't deserve to get called out for his behavior
But see, that's the thing. I never once said Paul didn't deserve to get called out.

So I'm just asking what on earth their goal is.
Good Q. Maybe American censorship? I dunno how things work there, esp when international shows are dubbed, but I'm sure they must be having some rules? Even if they don't, imagine the outrage a very PC American audience would feel upon hearing misogynistic dialogues in Jap shows. Funi would have thought it best to tone everything down as much as they can. And again, people can get as angry as they want (and this is the third time I'm saying it) but so long as the Japs don't mind the changes, nobody else should. End of discussion. Also>
The Japanese are very respectful and gracious people as a culture, and some people say others take advantage of them because of it
Why is it that you're okay with Japanese culture intact in anime, but are against their culture when it comes to their corporate functioning in the real world? How can you demand authenticity of culture in one media, but reject it in another form? If you like their culture, you like all of it, including how polite they are and how they allow Funi to do how they please. And if you have a problem with that aspect of their culture, you shouldn't have any issues with Funi "changing" their culture with their permission to present it to their audience.
This reminds me of dudes whining about women putting on too much makeup or wearing revealing dresses, and how they don't like it. Like, dudes. A lot of us don't dress to please you. You're allowed to have an opinion, and you can crib about us as much as you want, but understand that will in no way change how we dress in order to please ourselves.

I think they're annoyed at Funi changing the content at will, not the existence of dubs.
Ha ha ha 😂 You really are out of the loop then. Dubs get hated simply for existing. The changes in dialogues are just additional ammo elitists get to hate them even more.
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Oh yeah, I love Piano no Mori so far. I think there was an anime called Isekai Shokudou last season. Someone said it was like a mix of Natsume Yuujinchou + Death Parade. Have you seen it? However, I don't think it will be in the same level as NY lol.
I usually look for an anime movies if I want some good "healing" anime, espeially Ghibli's movies. Do you often watch anime movies?

I haven't finished the OVA yet, but I hope that Annerose will be more interesting later. She is an important character for Reinhard's development but so far her character is too flat for me. I agree about increasing female presence, I hope the remake will do that too. In the old OVA, there were only a few interesting female characters and they didn't have enough screen time or presence in there.
Really? I'm glad that the remake it's loyal to the original source, I hope it will continue that way. I didn't know that Kircheis was supposed to be taller than Reinhard lol. I always thought Reinhard was taller since it would suit his ambitious personality haha.

Heyyyyyyy have you heard this song? Hahaha. Well, I don't follow YOI blogs, so there's very little fanart that shows up on my dash. It's primarily Free, Kuro, Touken Ranbu and MysMe.
Oh btw, the new Free movie is out. You want its link?

There's this manga on the life of an overworked office girl, and I think it might interest you.
Wow. BL during middle school? Pretty young, but I guess American teens are just more into sexual stuff than teens from Asia. I'm surprised you didn't find Totally Captivated disturbing - didn't it have a torture rape scene in the very beginning?
but none of them ever get all the ones I want to watch
This is a problem even with actual TV shows, which is why I don't see the point of paying 5 different services my money, when I can watch/download it all for free. The issue isn't the money - it's the convenience and accessibility.
Merlin/Arthur from BBC's Merlin was my first full-blown fujoshi ship though.
Hahaha their bromance was totally solid. But s1 was crazy with how everybody had feelings for everybody which just suddenly disappeared in s2.
Plenty of ship wars and people that go SJW over certain kinds of BL manga, but no elitists really
Which just goes on to support my theory that elitism is an almost exclusively cis-het-male culture. Nothing beats their level of entitlement, after all.

So some people were especially mad at the bad influence he had on children and that the video would only make it worse
I mean, is that any worse than all these rappers and pop stars who make soft porn videos and use the words nigger, bitch, cunt and pussy freely? I'd say that's way, way, way more harmful to society, esp since such songs usually do not have any age restrictions and have hundreds of millions of more of an audience than Paul. He just became an easy scapegoat for an already frustrated audience. They just needed to lynch someone.

There's no victim in what we're discussing
Because my argument focused on how instigators always blame everybody, except themselves, for their behavior. The victims are irrelevant here. Haha. You say you want to understand different POVs, but you often become very blinded by your own thinking, and are stubborn when it comes to seeing the point the other person's making.
I think some people incorporate cultural differences here.
Cultural differences will always remain. That doesn't take away from the fact that the owner of said works has the right to do whatever they feel with it - including being interpreted differently according to different cultures. Zootopia did it with their movie too, if you didn't know. So this is not smt exclusive to just Japanese people.

Japanese publishers are infamous for pushing authors into doing things they don't want
It's not like Hollywood, or even Bollywood, is different from what happens in Japans. It's less about culture and more about corporate bullying and slavery. It is what it is.
the mangaka of DGM got in serious trouble with her publishers just for expressing displeasure of 1 promotional image the anime had
Very stupid, but again, it's not like Americans are far behind in thrashing people publicly for expressing their personal or professional opinions, the ones that differ from their companies' official policies. Again, less culture and more capitalism+corporate culture+PC
they're VERY pissed off in that article you shared, some of them were dub watchers
I can't imagine incels not being pissed at being called out for being incels. Being dub or sub watchers has nothing to do with that. And why are subbers being annoyed at dubs? Why do they even watch dubs? What's the point - all they do is whine about them. So why torture yourself like that? I don't go out of my way to watch subs just to thrash them, despite how bad I find them to be. Seems like subbers can't afford the same level of respect to dubs. They're mostly cis-het-males, which just goes on to prove how cancerous they can be when it comes to elitism.

I agree with you. It's like we have another isekai harem anime every season, and only few of them are worth watching in my opinion. But yeah true, we should be thankful that there is some great "healing" anime out there.

Maybe the remake want to take a "safer" route to interpret their love triangle, that's why the writer wanted to push Kircheis' crush for Annerose. That will be interesting, if they do that. It will make Annerose seems a little bit devious. The old OVA didn't really explored Annerose's character, in my opinion she was dull in the OVA adaptation. It will be interesting that the remake can add some twist to her character so at least she will have more personality. True, the remake did such a great job so far. They give us an episode about Yang Wenli's past too. It was such a great episode in my opinion.

Oh, I see. I hope you will have more free time after this. Good luck with your job :)

Oh, nice links. I too follow some scanlation groups, and they do share some gorgeous pics from time to time. You want their links? Speaking of, when and how did you get into BL?
I don't mind long replies one bit - I do enjoy reading them. The only problem is responding to them bc I'm such a lazy ass :p
I read about the mangaka of KS going on a break, but she said it would be a one month break? It's been very long and I haven't heard anything from the KS fandom yet. Haha, I'm not the kind that pays for stuff if I can get it for free. I don't even mind paying, except I know that a very small portion of my funds go to the mangaka or the animators. Even if they had hard copy stores here, I'd def support them, but they don't. And int shipping is fucking expensive. If they had a GoFundMe or smt, I'd 100% support them. But otherwise, no.
I think elitism is when you start thinking you're better because of your taste and that it's the only valid one.
Haha, yeah. That's the biggest thing about elitists. Tch. Such losers, I swear. Do you come across any elitists in the BL fandom? I've only come across ship wars, and that too, too few bc I'm not that heavily involved in any fandom atm except Kuro.

Only 1 called Choco Strawberry Vanilla. It was only alright. Why are you looking for any?
Not specifically, but I won't say no to recs ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) But srsly, I enjoyed the dysfunctional relationship the 3 guys shard in Choco. Aaaaaaaand I read a manga that had a DP. Imagine that ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Oh, there's no denying Logan Paul is a dick. My point was, his backlash far surpassed what he'd done - esp seeing how so many others get off on being far worse human beings than him. It was just his bad luck that his antics went viral, honestly. Anything related to race or religion instantly goes viral tbh. Did you read about that Chinese dress fiasco? It again proved my point that Americans get way too offended over stuff that doesn't even bother them in the least. smh. Or more specifically, people of colour who are raised in an American culture.

is going to have a change of heart because Funi changed a line or two. If anything, it'll just make them more militant.
But isn't a similar argument used, say, in cases of abuse? If you hadn't dressed that way, if you hadn't answered back, if you hadn't spoken to that man.... he wouldn't have hit you? Bc he would have hit you irrespective of what you've done. Militant behaviour is just waiting to surface - what triggers them is irrelevant, bc such people always find something or the other to blame for their antics on. I mean, it's never their fault for being complete psychopaths, you know.
But if those shows make them a lot of money, then it makes sense to keep them around - but why change them?
Well, what's the problem if they do? The Japanese studios (the owners of the material and the flag bearers of said culture) certainly have no issues with the changes. So..... why should anybody else? I mean, you're allowed to be pissed, but beyond that, there's nothing to say. It's like whining about Mark Twain having written in his will that his works are allowed to be altered. I mean, if that dude had no issues over his property being changed, then nobody else should, either. That is my point. If you don't like it, move on. That's what all of us do.
It will only piss off the people they're selling to?
No? I've yet to come across any such incident in the dub community, especially one on a large scale. Have you? We're very happy with the dubs. Everybody involved is, except those who watch subs.

And seriously, do you really have such cases in real life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NyQslxzbpA
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An art history course is the best way! Haha, I took an AP Art History course twice just because I couldn't get enough of the content the first time and I loved that teacher. You should check out the Engineering An Empire series posted on Youtube! It's a great start to the prehistory part of architecture.

Usually history doesn't quite stay as well in my head (I considered history my worst subject), but when it's combined with art (more visuals) it's the best thing. I can best describe it as loving to understand the relevance of history, which gives me such a disconnect when trying to learn it normally. Moments wise I think I love the enlightenment period, which spans across France, Britain, America and Eastern Europe. Science starts to come in along with so many interesting theories socially and architecturally (the most awesome thing I learned was about how Washington DC, was planned out according to this theory). I also enjoy ancient China!

Lol sounds about right, though I don't know about the UtaPri song.

Ahh! Currently one of my favorite series with how it's done. Honestly all the 4 koma I read are in like Wotaku or Gekkan Shoujo's humor style lol
Technically Gekkan Shoujo has enough material since the there are about 5-7 4koma strips per 'chapter'. The anime did really well adapting about 4-6 of them for each episode. But they also moved some around so I think they would like those options.

ah I see~ I need to start watching Mushishi asap then. >.<

I love tragic pairings too LOL. In my opinion the best thing about Reinhard-Kircheis-Annerose's love triangle in the OVA was the open for interpretation aspect of it. I hope the remake will be able to keep that haha.

Oh, that's great. Let me know your opinion about it when you finished listening to the drama cd. :)

Nah, that's not too much text to read. It's the usual length that you type :p
Wow so the JET program is sponsored by the govt? Nice. I didn't know you were a Lehzin member? Paid?
And you gotta share the link of that yaoi tumblr with me. How do you keep track of non MAL manga entries? Speaking of, how many threesome manga have you come across in BL? Not many, if you ask me. And as expected, that FranXX drama was blown out of proportion, much like that Logan Paul incident.
Okay, so if you do pick up Jealousy, lemme know. I'd give you a couple recs, but your life's too busy atm. Hope everything is okay?

But they have a point in that so many people have absolutely no idea what they're celebrating
But that holds true for natives too, the ones born in that culture. They "appropriate" their culture all the time, using it to sell products and services, so why single out whites when they do the same? It's just wrong. And again - the most noise is made my Americans about this issue.
I have no idea why people hate dub's existence
I mean, by definition elitism means my tastes> your tastes. It's nothing but another way to feel superior about your personal preferences

I personally believe that the ugly side of a culture should be preserved in any given story.
Perhaps. But that Mark Twain example is not appropriate - his works are a century old, and yes, a century later they can used to understand the socio-political dynamics of the times he was alive in. However, using existing media to justify normalization of wrong attitudes, is just wrong. That's like saying one shouldn't protest against, say, representation in Hollywood or sexism in current literature bc it's part of our culture. No. Right now, allowing to pass off such media as "acknowledgement" of what's wrong with our culture backfires - bc what we're doing is only allowing accepting sexism, homophobia, racism etc to seep into our society as part of an acceptable part of our lives. And we don't want that. So in case of anime, subs are a very good representation of how the Japanese culture is sexist. And the dubs show us how we can eliminate such sexism without making much of a difference to the overall product.

If they really cared about sexism and homophobia, they'd stop supporting shows that are particularly bad in that area
Because the all-or-nothing mentality doesn't work in the real world. Would you break off ties with a sexist sibling of yours (who is otherwise a good person) bc they're sexist? Would you resign from your job if your client is racist? No. You'll remain, and you'll work hard to make those people see sense, even if it's little by little. Or make changes in your own way with or without the knowledge of you client (like I do) in a manner that doesn't affect their final result. Just because you can't change everything, doesn't mean you won't make efforts, no matter how miniscule, to make a difference.
It's as simple as that.

Yeah

It's been one year already???? Daaaaaaaaang bc I thought I'd wished you on our 6 month anniversary like a few weeks ago??? 😂 But, damn. One year, huh? Sounds cliche, but time sure flies by.

Yes, I did check it and Jealousy is from the same mangaka. I enjoyed Yondaime_Ooyamato_Tatsuyuki and gave it an 8. Her art's gorgeous, esp when she draws long haired men <3 I'd say you should just go ahead and pick up Jealousy rn bc you don't mind waiting for monthly releases. Plus, it has 6 ch scanned rn and I want to hear your thoughts on the uke. And seeing how it was released in 2016, I sincerely doubt any new chapters would be coming any time soon.
You got somewhere where I can read about this JET program? Oh and here's some Lezhin drama, in case you weren't aware of it

Ok so wtf happened in FranXX that elicited such a strong reaction? Context would be needed bc I haven't watched the series.
I've added your manga rec to my list. Will let you know about it in a few days. And that Disney-Ghibli feud sounded more like... I dunno? Cultural or work ethics difference? And it's such a stupid thing to be arguing over after you've created a contract. Bc if at that point there was nothing in written, Ghibli should have simply backed out of the deal.
Or if they knew how bad it was and just didn't care about it
Yep. Basically this. Here's an article on it. The dub is very America centric in its jokes, so I think you'll enjoy it. Quite a few went right over my head+it had slapstick comedy, of which I'm not a fan. Here's an interview of the dub VAs regarding the show.

As far as the Westernization of subs or dubs go, I'm against it.
Interesting how it's always Americans who have an issue with Westernization of different cultures, or "appropriation" of them. Bc if you ask people outside of America, the ones who were actually born and brought up in such cultures, their reactions are the opposite. Will some people oppose? Sure. They always do. But it matters what the vast majority believes. So...... why should Americans be against smt or offended over it when the actual bearers of different cultures have no issues with how their culture is "appropriated" by the West? Food for thought.
There's no alternative to manga except reading it in Japanese. With anime, you get the choice between dubs vs subs
A little confused here. Are you saying people don't whine about manga translations bc there's no alternative, like in anime? And that when people do get an alternative (in anime), they choose to whine about the changes in dubs instead of sticking to the "authentic" subs that they already are being served on a platter? Bc that seriously doesn't make sense to me. Like, why do you (not literally you) even care? Bc the dub companies+dub audiences sure don't give a fuck. And neither do the Japanese, who approve of the dubs. So...... where's the problem?
As for PC content, I don't know. I don't view toning or even eliminating sexism, homophobia or misogyny from "authentic" subs as being PC. But then ask a Right wing incel, and you'll see no end of how being PC is "ruining" anime for him. Like, I'm so sorry Funi didn't stick to a Japanese script that blatantly shows all gay men as perverted rapists and instead chose that opportunity to crack a joke. I'd really rather have that PC than the normalization of gays and women as objects meant for ridicule or consumption for het dudes.

Yeah, everyone is saying that Mushishi is similar to Natsume Yuujinchou, that's why I'm interested to watch this series. Okay, I'll let you know what I think about it when I finish it.

Yeah, Reinhard & Kircheis's relationship were beautiful. Even death couldn't keep their hearts apart lol. From the OVA this is how I interpreted their love triangle: Reinhard -> Kircheis -> Annerose -> Kircheis but she wanted Kircheis to be with Reinhard. Is this right? lol.
I love how the love triangle was portrayed in the OVA. It was subtle and implicit. I hope the remake will succeed to do it too.

Of course, I'll be glad to upload the files for you. Just tell me if you need it :)
Kamiyan used his Natsume voice in Kotonoha no Hana, except it sounded more mature. It was really cute. Agree, he is funny and a great person too in real life.

Wow, now I kinda regret that I kept delaying to watch Mushishi. I hope I can watch this asap.

True~ the old OVA's character design actually looks "gayer". What do you think about the love triangle between them? Do you ship Reinhard x Kircheis?

I hope the problem will be fixed soon. I still have the files though, so if you still has the problem I can upload it for you.
Yeah, I love Kamiyan in Kotonoha no Hana. His voice acting was really great in this drama cd.

I think you might enjoy this one https://myanimelist.net/manga/12202/Endless_World
And this uke, he might turn out to be Yashiro level interesting https://myanimelist.net/manga/100267/Jealousy
Haha. 2D partners - I'd cringe super hard if I heard this 3 years ago. But damn it, I do understand how those otakus and weebs feel, you know. For a lot of these people, these 2D characters are all that they have that makes them feel good about their lives.
You didn't tell me about your sister.

accusing an entire nation of people of being something
It's def wrong to say that every Muslim male is trash. But is it wrong to say that most/a majority of them are trash? Again - super debatable. And let's be honest - your viewpoint would also be heavily influenced by your political leanings as well.
but there's feminist anime - Rose of Versailles and Revolutionary Girl Utena
Well, exceptions don't really work in arguments, you know, bc exceptions will always prevail.
not just screaming over each other on primetime news
I've seen your screaming. It's nothing compared to ours 😂
Hah. That Franxx incident was all over the MAL forums. Something in ep 14 that Ichigo did, which sank a lot of people's ships. Not surprising. Reminded me of the Tokyo Ghoul incident where fangirls got enraged bc Kaneki had sex with Touka, and not, you know, his dead best friend Hide. Altho I'm not sure if it were the Western or the Jap fans that outraged over this.

You could say that if they stuck closer to the script, more people would watch dub
I don't follow this reasoning, and that's bc people don't watch the dubs bc of the script. They watch dubs exactly bc they're dubs aka they're in English. The script is pretty much irrelevant to us. Why? Because we're choosing convenience over "authenticity", which as I've already stated, isn't even very authentic, going by Crunchy's increasing Westernized subs.
I've always found it odd how subs don't match their lip flaps? How can the Japs not find that odd?
just by picking up on how they address people or if they're using ore/boku/watashi.
That's true but then how come the people who whine about dubs missing the point with anime, never whine about that with manga, where 100% of the text is in English and pretty much every way to address yourself or others, is just relegated to me/you? That's just another form of hypocrisy and elitism, and it's annoying.

I think you may already know about the Ghost Stories dub, but the Japanese studio gave their American counterparts complete freedom to do whatever they wanted with the dubs. A lot of the dub script was ad-libbed, and it turned out to be an instant classic. That Ghibli link was an editing issue, not a dub one. Kinda surprising - you'd think all of this would be discussed beforehand, exactly in order to avoid such confrontations. But then Disney is a mammoth company known for bullying smaller companies. And Funimation is in no position to make their Japanese clients unhappy.