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Previously, on Profile Entry 1 Now to continue: [Anime Short Thoughts 1 | PriPara | Shion Todou Self-Improvement Wallpaper | Sophie’s Awesome Quote | Asterisk DnB Ahahaha... I'm just looking at some of these titles and I feel so nostalgic. So Anime Short Thoughts actually started out with PriPara, and now I'm back to watching PriPara after a long while. Wow... Anime Short Thoughts 2 | New Game! | Aikatsu! Anime Short Thoughts 3 | Aikatsu! Anime Short Thoughts 4 | Aikatsu! | Cafe au lait! | Nick Vujicic | The IDOLM@STER Anime Short Thoughts 5 | The IDOLM@STER | Stella Jogakuin Koutouka C3-bu | PreCure Anime Short Thoughts 6 | Kirakira★Precure A La Mode | Stella Jogakuin Koutouka C3-bu | Aikatsu! Discussion Anime Short Thoughts 7 | Kirakira★Precure A La Mode | Kibou no Chikara: Otona Precure ‘23 | Yes! Precure 5 Anime Short Thoughts 8 | Yes! Precure 5 | Kibou no Chikara: Otona Precure ‘23 Anime Short Thoughts 9 | Yes! Precure 5 | Kibou no Chikara: Otona Precure ‘23 Anime Short Thoughts 10 | Kanojo ga Flag wo Orareta | Go! Princess Precure | Aikatsu! (+ Motion Dance :D) Anime Short Thoughts 11 | Aikatsu! | Tatami Galaxy | Wonderful Precure! | Rabi Ribi OST | Precure Parades | Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki | Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai | D4DJ First Mix | BanG Dream! Anime Short Thoughts 12 | D4DJ First Mix | BanG Dream! S2 | Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete | Hoshikuzu Telepath | 16bit Sensation | Kunoichi Tsubaki no Mune no Uchi | Ikoku Meiro no Croisee | Akuyaku Reijou Level 99 | Chaos;Head | Robot Girls Z Anime Short Thoughts 13 | Robot Girls Z | Yes! Precure 5 | Fumoffu | Ladies versus Butler! | Sousou no Frieren | High School of the Dead | Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! | Maken-Ki! | Fairy Tail | Uchuu Show e Youkoso | Yuru Camp S2 Anime Short Thoughts 14 | Yuru Camp S2 | New Game! | Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid | Aikatsu! Anime Short Thoughts 15 | HaNaYaMaTa | Saga-ken wo Meguru Animation (2017) | Aikatsu Stars! | Aikatsu! | Aikatsu Master Anime Short Thoughts 16 | Aikatsu Master | Aikatsu Stars! | Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream | PriPara Shion: I see. He does truly love helping others. Dorothy: It took you this long to notice? Everyone else’s happiness is Leona’s happiness. Shion: Quite unlike a certain someone we know. Dorothy: Yeah yeah, he’s much nicer than me! Shion: I certainly cannot deny the purity of his kindness. I must accept it without reservation. Dorothy: (Surprised) Yeah. :). XD. Lmao, Shion’s jab at Dorothy XD. But yeah, see, PriPara is a lot of fun. Like it's just stuff like this that just makes me like it a lot. The difference in character dynamics here and there. Leona follows Dorothy, Dorothy defends Leona. Dorothy jabs at Shion and Shion jabs back. Lala is just happy being with everyone. Mirei slaps tickets onto Lala. Though unlike Shion, when Mirei slapped a ticket onto Shion for the first time, the 2nd time Shion adapts and dodges her and actually slaps the ticket back to Mirei. Hence the Shion - Mirei rival dynamic. Then with Lala, her kindness was able to reach Sophie. Mirei actually thought that she couldn't make Sophie join, twice actually. The first was when Lala wanted to have her as a member, and the 2nd was when Sophie pretty much rejected them. But Lala was the one who believed in Sophie. Which actually affected Mirei’s thinking and lead her to believe in Sophie both times. Like that's the Lala - Mirei dynamic. Lala believes, hence Mirei believes. Even if Mirei slaps tickets onto her XD. Ah, and the Sophie - Leona dynamic. Leona felt like she needed to change because Shion said so, and well well well, who else wanted to change before Leona? That's right, Sophie. Ayooo. So yeah, Sophie giving advice was just great. :). Hahahahahahahaha! :). Ah... Life is so much fun. Wow... Hahahahahaha. SEE! THIS IS THE POWER OF ANIME JOURNALING! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :). Yep, I'm never letting go. Not in the sense that I'll never take a break from anime journaling, but like... look! Look at how much fun I'm having. Look at how much I cared about PriPara. Look at the me right now who just enjoyed reading that and wanted to share it. Like, this is what anime journaling means to me. Heh, to add some more information, when I made that entry, it started out on March 26 before midnight. I completed episode 18 at March 27. To add more information, I watched episode 10 to 17 from 3/10/24 to 3/11/24. To add even more information, I watched episodes 1-8 from 12/10/23 to 12/12/23. And I watched episode 9 at 12/17/23. So, to arrange the info properly, “Once you realize you’re thinking of changing, you've already begun to change.” • Sophie :). Awesome quote. Heh, that actually applies to my life as well. Sheesh. What did the people who made this go through? XD. Fun stuff XD. :). They exchanged PriTickets!!! Ayoooo!!!! Leona - Sophie dynamic let’s gooooo!!!! Episodes 1 to 8 - 12/10/23 to 12/12/23 Episode 9 - 12/17/23 Episodes 10 to 17 - 3/10/24 to 3/11/24 Episode 18 - 3/26/24 to midnight to 3/27/24 Episodes 19 to 21 - 6/3/24(today) To explain these time distortions, I watched episodes 1 to 8 in boredom. I thought I was gonna experience a comedy of a lifetime but all I got was nothing. And so, I decided to rant about it to a friend, and to prove that PriPara was boring, I would re-watch episode 5 for the sole purpose of bashing it. Why episode 5 specifically? Because someone in episode 5 forums said that it was full of comedy, and that made me mad. And so, I re-watched episode 5 and... Wait, I can copy texts from my messages. Lemme share those thoughts. Speaking of PriPara, yeah, I'm experiencing that same burnout that you mentioned. Like I expected comedy every episode but all I got was one great comedic joke at the start of the first episode, and got bullshit in the next 5 episodes. Actually, no, episode 6 was a great Ace Attorney reference episode and I loved it. -And also, Nekketsu Nikki - PriPara mentioned about how PriPara has plot twists and I only like watched 5 episodes at the time and only have seen that one plot twist in episode 2 which was great. But when I watched episode 6, I was like "OH! This is what they were talking about hahahahaha". Good stuff. Though yeah, Okay, quite a lot to unpack here (and I won't). First things first, Moreover you should know that, in my opinion, the first PP season is below average and has many flaws. Except for a handful of episodes, (episode 7 and 14 being my favorites), most jokes aren’t funny and the story feels as if made on the go. It’s also only 39 episodes long instead of the usual 51 episodes. made me feel like skipping to episode 40 just because that's where I thought the comedy will begin. Though I searched for season 1 and Wikipedia says that Episode 39 is the start of Season 2, so I started with that. Except I thought "Wait, this doesn't guarantee a comedic episode, lemme find someone's opinions of the funniest episodes of PriPara", and so I found tvtropes - Funny / PriPara, and... the folder for season 1 is only the first 6 episodes... and their reasons for them being "funny" is BULLSHIT! WHY THE FUCK DOESN'T THE FIRST EPISODE MENTIONED THAT IN THE VERY FIRST SCENE, IT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH?! FUCK YOU! Like... what the fuck is this trash? But yeah, then I saw Episode 64 and I thought "Not exactly sure if I'll like this character but if there's one description I believe in, it would be this one." Oh, and also clicking that link on Ajimi leads to the Cloudcuckoolander page, which showed Pinkie Pie, and that's all I need to know that I might like a character. And bam, I watched episode 64 and had a lot of fun watching Ajimi. Hahahahaha. Oh, and also, that's the episode that made me realize the Japanese term for sentence ender like "I like sakana nanodesu" or "Thank you for your× kindness de gozaru", which is Ajimi. That is all. Gobi are the ends to a sentence that demonstrate voice - weaker or stronger, masculine or feminine, &c - and occur in lots of forms. If you end a sentence “desu, ne?” you might be signalling a softer, even feminine connection to the listener, while ending “da, zo!” is not only emphatic, it is almost bullying in tone. /Not me, I'm quoting somebody else said: This guy doesn't get PriPara. He clearly wasn't in the right mindset. Moreover you should know that, in my opinion, the first PP season is below average and has many flaws. Except for a handful of episodes, (episode 7 and 14 being my favorites), most jokes aren’t funny and the story feels as if made on the go. It’s also only 39 episodes long instead of the usual 51 episodes. past me reacting to that guy's statement said: Past me wasn't in the right mindset either. Like when I started watching episodes 10 to 17, I was enjoying PriPara a lot. Like I realized that it was about character interactions, not about whatever kind of comedy I had in mind. Cool Lovely was the one who made me realize that PriPara was about the character's personalities and traits. Hence why I favorited her. And then next episode, I realized how fun Sophie's character was. Especially when she was trying to grow and be independent, which her older sister and fan club would get in the way of. Like I keep on remembering when Sophie somehow fell into the aquarium and shocking Laala, (and as well as us the audience), and I couldn't help but find that to be really funny. Like that was the type of comedy that PriPara has. Character traits can lead to funny situations. Character traits define what jokes will happen. And so, I finally got that right mindset of PriPara and enjoyed it ever since. As for why there was a pause between episode 17 and 18? It's not a big deal. It's not that I didn't enjoy the show, I actually did enjoy it a lot. It's just more of like "I can progress whenever I want to" type of pace. As for why I stopped at episode 18? Well, made me feel like skipping to episode 40 just because that's where I thought the comedy will begin. Though yeah, I see why Aikatsu stole me from PriPara And now that I've experienced some of Aikatsu! and other dozens of anime, I wanna get into PriPara. (Tries to find some text I left behind on giving the reason why I got back into PriPara) (Doesn't exist) Uh... Well, basically, I've watched 3 episodes of Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream and it was cool, but I was missing PriPara. Though I forgot what the exact reason was ahahaha. Maybe it was because both Aurora Dream and PriPara had live action EDs, which I don't like but I can get used to them if I think the songs are good. But yeah, anyways, I feel sleepy. Also I've been typing here for like hours. I actually have. Like this is what I mean when I said There are times where I feel like I wanna take screenshots but then it would be like 30 pictures and that would suck. Except there are times where I didn't even realize that I've taken 30 screenshots, which is just wow. Like when that happens, either I felt like I've done it too much, (not that it's really a problem), or I feel really awesome with how I've documented a scene which I love. As for how I feel for typing for hours? I feel great. I'm actually looking a bit at Profile Entry 1 and wow, what a great entry that was. This entry's start however is messy. Like it happens after you lose your momentum because of a distraction or because you have to make a new entry. No worries. Life goes on and you can type for hours again in the future. Anyways, feeling sleepy. Gg. 6/4/24 - Aikatsu Stars! Episode 8 That was a nice episode :). Re:CREATORS is basically what I wanted from shows like Shirobako. Wow... 6/4/24 - Österreich Meteora The scene that made me favorite Meteora Well, seems like I already found another special anime. And this time, their creator will be favorited too, unlike the previous times. Well if I could favorite someone who worked on Aikatsu and PriPara... The problem is... There'd be so much people to favorite, so I wouldn't really you know... Just favorite everyone. I think of it as works made by many different people. Like who's the animator who animated Otome-chan? Who's the animator who animated Johnny Bepp-sensei? Who are the animators who made Heart Skips? Who are the people who worked on Growing For A Dream? Like episode 23's Growing For A Dream was so much fun to watch. I could tell that the people who've worked on the song, the people who worked on the choreography, the people who worked on the camera movement and angels, the people who worked on creating a great vibe... I was... I might have noticed it while watching for the first time, but watching it after being amazed by Heart Skips, I couldn't help but love Episode 23's Growing For A Dream so much. Heh, combine that with the context of that performance. That was when Ran was having a hard time trying to understand what it means to be a muse. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I couldn't remember the term but now I do. All those re-watches I didn't even remember the term, now I remember, and now I've unlocked how amazing that performance was. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! See! I know what Meteora is talking about. Back then when I was younger, I've never thought about things like this. That would be because there was really no one around me who talks and appreciates works in that way. But now that i've learned to love Aikatsu... Heh, the first time I loved Aikatsu, was the time I didn't exactly care much about the dances. The 2nd time I loved Aikatsu, I finally cared. Except only the ones that moved me. Like I still watch these episodes and not feel much from the performances. I only like re-watching the performances that I care about. But you know, the more you re-watch something, the more the magic fades away... Okay, no, that isn't actually supposed to happen. The more you re-watch K-On!, the more you are supposed to appreciate it. And yeah, that's what basically what happened to me while re-watching Heart Skips. But it's gotten to the point where it just you know... Well, I mean, I can watch it now and still have fun, but the problem is... I don't know Japanese. ... Yeah. Like the thing about songs is that you're supposed to be able to understand the lyrics, but i don't, so... Like I don't wanna read the subtitles, I wanna watch the dance while hearing the words that they want to say at the same time. The words that they are saying to me... I can't maintain eye contact while reading the subtitles... This is the curse of being an English fan can who's incompetent enough to not learn Japanese... ... I want to see Yuzu say to me that I should never give up... But the language barrier... ;-;. ... Which is why I think Aikatsu will be my reason for learning Japanese in the first place. Like... I don't really know why others learn Japanese since they don't really talk about it. And even if they do, I wouldn't really care much since I don't know what they're talking about. "I like this work so I wanted to learn Japanese to connect with it". Like I have no idea what work they're talking about as it didn't affect me so I wouldn't be able to connect the dots. Reality Check:- Can you learn Japanese from Watching Anime? One Anime I found particularly easy to learn vocabulary from was Aikatsu. It doesn’t take much efforts from me to learn new words from it thanks to the easy language used in it. I guess any similar Anime can be used for that too. In addition to 2 above: Ayooooo.My memory is not best, and my learning abilities are poor, but after 5 years of watching animes with subtitles I have learned ~180 Japanese words, without any effort and without even realizing it until some point. One day I just start and wrote down all words/simple conversations I know and it was a surprise for me, a little bit. I can also understand ~80% of voices in some animes even without subs now. And yes, I watched all Aikatsu, and watching Aikatsu Stars too! Learning English through food [Aikatsu!] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Seeeee! This is why I love Aikatsu!. It's the best. I love it... ;-;... But I'm missing out on so much by not understanding the songs... Whatever. If I want to understand Heart Skips, then the solution is simple. Check the romaji version and type out each word in Google and see what they mean and connect them to the English translation. Period. That's all I need to know. It's really that simple. I don't need to learn every word in Japanese because that's not what I care about. What I care about is connecting with the songs and being able to see Yuzu's eyes as she sings something inspiring to me. Yuzuuuuuuu! XD. It's funny thinking that she's also voiced by Aoi's seiyuu. Pfft. Now I have to like Aoi a lot. Except I already like her a lot. But I need to like her a lot more. But yeah, now PriPara's GOAT status is in danger. How is it even supposed to be Aikatsu! with this kind of light-hearted comedy? Hahahahaha. :). Well, it probably won't. But imagine if PriPara has managed to dethrone Aikatsu!... And it somehow took Aikatsu!'s Greatest Anime of All Time spot... I doubt it would happen but imagine if it did... Ah.... ;-;. Also, yeah, Aikatsu being more popular than Precure is a no-brainer. Hm, 2012-2016 huh. 2012 - Smile Precure! Hm... Yeah, Smile Precure! is basically like PriPara but like... with villains. Aka it's inferior. I don't know why people say the villains in Precure are good but they're trash. At least from the start anyways. But if Precure hasn't managed to make me interested in any of its villains from the start, then... Why should I care? At least with One Piece, in the first episode, we already see an interesting dynamic between the boy and the pirate. Like even if I don't exactly know what the pirate wants, she clearly has instilled some sort of fear onto him that he has no choice but to slave himself to the pirate ship. Even when he has a dream of being a marine. Like, again, you don't exactly need to explain every single desire of your villain to make them interesting. You can have them play off on one of your main characters. Which is why Wonderful Precure Episode 1 was fun a lot of fun to watch. Because Komugi was playing with the animal even though they're fighting. "Oh you want to race? I'll race you then". Hahahahaha. Then I watched episode 3 earlier today and I couldn't care less. Actually, I decided to watch Re:CREATORS after that because I'm curious of different characters from different genres fighting each other. What I didn't expect was a story that was filled with so much appreciation for works, and well, that's how I favorited Meteora. I already liked her in previous episodes when She says some awesome things, which is what the author wanted to say to us, the audience, or at least the people who want to create something. Like... Damn was that inspiring. Hm. How'd I get from Re:CREATORS to Aikatsu to Precure to Re:CREATORS again? This is one of the fascinating things about life. You can bounce from one thing to another, even if it comes at a full circle. You thought that you can't care much about the dances in Aikatsu? Nope, get recommended some Aikatsu videos where you see how amazing the performances are, and you'll get to favorite them because they're just that good. 2013 - Dokidoki! Precure 2014 - Happiness Charge Precure! 2015 - Go! Princess Precure 2016 - Mahoutsukai Precure! Let's go! (Watches Never Give Up sung by Nikaidou Yuzu)Never give up (clap) Never give up(clap) Never give up Sono egao Never give up (clap) Never give up (clap) Never give up kagayaite I'LL REMEMBER THIS SONG FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! I'M GONNA LEARN THE WORDS SHE USED IN THE SONG AND BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO HER WHILE LOOKING AT HER EYES! YUZU IS THE BEST! Wooooooo! See, this is the power of Aikatsu!! It is the greatest anime of all time! :). Yeah, looking forward to Otome-chan's Chu Chu Rainbow too. Growing For A Dream Episode 23... Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! :). XD. Well, I need to learn all the songs I like in Aikatsu! so that I can listen to them and even sing along. And look into the eye of the characters as they sing something inspiring or amazing to me. :). doki doki tte :). Hm, I still don't really understand doki doki tte yet. I mean the translation says "Heart pounding mode" but... Not really? I mean yes, but that's like... That's doki doki. Also why are my doki's being uppercased? D:<. Stop uppercasing. I've already... Whatever. Anyways, I've been meaning to eat for a while. Seems like I've typed for like an hour at least. Yeah, I was missing typing a lot of fun yesterday when I had to make a new profile entry. Oh well. Re:CREATORS is cool. I respect the creator. I wanna experience games that are made with love. PSP games ohohohoho. Grownlanser? Lol no. That'd be hell to play on mobile. Wait, why no laptop? Lol, I forgot I even had a laptop XD. Yeah, using phone all day and never laptop. Who would have expected? Except that's what past me theorized about as he was typing in his MAL journal entry. Ohohohohoho, ore wa kashkoi. Ohohohohoho. Anyways, onakasuita, mata ja. haato ga skip rizumu pom pom poppu jum~(p) Oh, and Shoutout to @aikatsu_channel, the official Aikatsu! YouTube Channel let's goooo!!!! Wait, episode 16 of Aikatsu! Will premiere in 3 hours? They will also stream episode 92 of Aikatsu Stars 30 minutes after that? Hahahahahaha! Anime has already gone to YouTube. 22 views for episode 91. 47k views for episode 15. Hahahahaha! LET'S GOO!!!! Hahahahahahaha! I'm glad that the Aikatsu community is still up and running. Ahhhh. Life is the best. Yabe, I might actually join these streams just for fun. Do I give up sleep? Why not? Enjoy. Episode 16 is the episode where Ichigo and Mizuki... Yeah. XD. :). Ah... Life is the best. Also it's a Livestream and you can chat too, so like, yay! Wait, they only started like streaming 2 weeks ago...? Episode 1 wasn't streamed. Hmmmmm. They just figured it now? Ayooooooo!!!!!!! Let's go! It might be rise of the laptop or something. I need to translate after all XD. Wait wait wait!!!! There's a stream site for that. Vtuber site! Where you can actually auto translate. Woah woah woah woah! IKZ!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahaha. But yeah, lemme eat first. I'll figure that out later on mobile. If unable in mobile, then I'll use my laptop or Chromebook. :). 6/10/24 - Aikatsu Stars! and Episode 10, Moroboshi Hikaru, Nijino Yume, Nanakura Koharu, Sakuraba Laura, Nikaidou Yuzu, Yuuki Subaru, Bepp Johnny, Suzukawa Naoto, Ichinose Kaede, and Kamiya Shion Would have added Orihime gakuen-chou but I've already added 10 favorites so nope. Plus no worries, there'll be a new batch of favorites again. Like there's too many characters to like in Aikatsu! XD. Also, Sadako Gozen, she now has a pfp and her seiyuu Kusuda Aina has been credited. I remember back when Sadako had no pfp. Time flies by huh. So weird. Also, so much has happened in Aikatsu and it's just like... Wow. I'm at 43 episodes of Aikatsu, 10 episodes of Stars, and 2 episodes of Friends. And it seems like I'll have to start watching Planet as well because of Ruli. https://i.imgur.com/7j9gbJZ.mp4 I heard that she's chaos incarnate, so... looking forward to seeing her. Also, I wonder if Stars will be my favorite Aikatsu. Like the drama with the help of :moroboshikeikaku: just might make it super great for me for some reason. Though it's still too early to tell. I'll make a statement once I finish every Aikatsu. Not that I'm gonna stop making them while watching. But yeah, it makes me curious. Plus, it's not over after I watch, there will be times when I think about the shows again and I'll have to change my opinions. Then there will be re-watches too so my opinions can change again. Like it's gonna be quite a ride :). Oh, and I forgot to favorite Aikatsu songs. 6/10/24 - Miracle Force Magic (Laura is awesome!), Prism Spiral (Aoi is awesome!), August Marina, Angel Snow (Shion, Otome-chan, and Sakura!!!! Also Ichigo!!!), Start Dash Sensation, Cosmos Search, Shining Line, Never Give Up (Yuzuuuuu!!!!!), One Step (Also Yuzuuuuu!!!!), Heart Skips (Yume!!!!), Growing for a Dream (Ran, Yurika-sama, Otome-chan, Aoi, and Ichigo!!!!!!!!!!!), Chu Chu Rainbow (Otome-chan!!!!), Identity (Mirai!!!!!!), Signalize (S1 OP!!!!!!!!!), Calendar Girl (S1 ED!!!!!!!!!!!!), Take Me Higher (Tristar!!!!!), Wake up my music (Masquerade!!!!!!!!! Also Ichigo and Aoi!!!!!), Fashion Check, Let's Aikatsu (Thank you Let's Aikatsu ! Idol Action !), Kira Power (Asterisk DnB!!!!), Magical Time (Kii!!!!), Seigi no Kimochi (Yume, Aine, and Mio!!!), Stranger Alien (Aoi is so cool!!!!!), 1 2 Sing for You! (Yume and Laura!!!!), Aikatsu Step (Also Yume and Laura!!!!! Laura is so cool!!!!!), Animal Carnival (Starting to check from ProjectDiva Miku's video :D, and also, Yuzu and Lily!!!!), Summer Magic (is cool), (Ah, gonna have to add every song...?), Pirouette of the Forest Light, Honeybee's Kiss (Oh, this is episode 12, alright, I'll continue watching Aikatsu then) 6/11/24 - Nijino Masaru, Nijiino Kyoko, and Aikatsu Stars! Episode 10 (Re-favorite!) For supporting Yume and baking her a really really nice cake! They're such awesome parents!!!!! 6/12/24 - Sora, Mashiro, and Hirogaru Sky! Episode 13 Such a wonderful episode ;). And Sora being funny too XD. Next episode preview seems like it's gonna be super fun too! :D 6/13/24 - Hirogaru Sky! Precure Episode 17 Mashiroooo!!!!! Also, super good episode ;). 6/15/24 - Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream Episode 5 Super nice episode :) 6/26/24 - Vocaloid - Musuko No Ihin Wa Hatsune Miku (Doujinshi) One of the greatest doujins I've ever read of all time. ;). 6/28/24 - BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!'s Episode 3's rock scene Yeah, Studio SANZIGEN is just... awesome. Like wow... This rock scene is just... Wow... Yeah, the vibes are so good like how??? This anime just feels so natural and like... How is this so good? Like her joy with rocks, her teacher asking her if she wants to play outside, but then says to the others that she wants to play inside, the mirror, the smiles, even I see rocks as cool thanks to this scene Yeah, life's fun. :). Like how is this show so good? It feels so natural and like I'm just one with the natural atmosphere or something Like I've admired Studio SANZIGEN when I realized that that made Aoki Hagane's expressive 3D animation, and then also made the expressive animations in D4DJ, and now here with MyGO, they're just pulling out all the natural vibes with some drama and nice music and mirror animation and all these nice things. Like this is a company that I'd wanna support and invest in. Like way too good. 6/28/24 - BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! Episode 3 Yep, drama might be my favorite genre now I think. At least in the iyashikei-ish sense perhaps. Like drama where people shout at each other is trash. But drama where friends disagree with each other is definitely how drama works. 6/30/24 - Kousaka Honoka and Marieve Herington Why? It's simple. (That's when it hit me! The best idea I've ever had!) That's literally it. Oh, I've heard the first line in sub though. I switched to dub during the 2nd half of the first episode because why not? And boom, now I'm quoting Honoka and it's fun. Also it seems like Marieve has voiced Nozomi for Yes! Precure 5 so now I'm looking forward to that dub too though I wonder if that Precure dub is lost media or actually good. Who knows. But I'm curious since she's voiced Honoka great. :). "I've found it!" - Honoka from Love Live! School Idol Project Episode 1 "Score!" - Honoka from Love Live! School Idol Project! Episode 2 "Yeah!" - Honoka during Love Live! School Idol Project! Episode 2 "Hm Hm!" - Honoka Love Live! School Idol Project! Episode 2 6/30/24 - Love Live! School Idol Project! Episode 3 "Alright, mission accomplished. Haha~" - Honoka Yeah, Honoka's Eigo seiyuu is so good."Then in that case, please have this entire stack of fliers." - Umi "You cheater." - Honoka "Okay okay." - Umi "Are those our finished outfits? Let me see 'em." - Honoka "Yup. I just picked them up from the store where the final touches were added." - Kotori "Aha aha aha!" - Honoka "Look it!" - Kotori (Honoka is excited while Umi is SHOCKED to her core) "Oh my gosh! It's so freaking great!" - Honoka "It's unfair but alright." - Umi Yeah, Honoka's Eigo seiyuu is just way too good. :).(Gasps) "You mean it?" (Whale noise) "I love you!" (Super friendship noise) - Honoka "May our first ever concert be a great success. No I mean may it be a MEGA success!" - Honoka "Please make all our dreams come true. Thanks!" - Honoka "Of course this happened. Life isn't supposed to be easy." (Tearing up) - Honoka "Hanayo?" (Honoka then smiles so brightly) Let's goooooo!!!!!!! "After all, we worked too hard for this day to give up now!" - Honoka (Awesome performance)(Umi and Kotori realizez) "Were singing." - Honoka "Okay let's do it. Ready Umi?" - Kotori "Ready." - Umi "The president was here?" - Honoka Yep, favorite my episode!"And what will you do now?" - President "We're gonna keep going." - Honoka "Honoka." - Umi "Oh really? But why even bother? I see no reason for you to continue." - President "Because I want to.—I want to, I want to sing and dance even more than I did before. I'm pretty sure Umi and Kotori agree. (Umi and Kotori smile). I've never felt this motivated before and I'm really happy that were all doing this together.—I'm going to keep believing in us. And you know what, maybe no one will ever give us a shot. Maybe we'll never get any support at all. But I'm not giving up. We still wanna work hard and give people whatever it is we're able to give them. I want them all to know this feeling—to share it with them! And because of that—I have confidence that someday, **we'll fill this whole auditorium!**." - Honoka (ED plays) "Mh. A total defeat right from the outset huh." - Nozomi Also, LEGENDARY MY HONOKA!!!!!! Yep, Rin playing the maracas in the ED is always fun. Also, forgot to say in the previous episode but Nico's skirt flip, Maki's piano. Fun stuff. :). Rin the MVP though so XD. Also, isn't there a Maki x Nico ship? I liked that loop. :). It was so cute. Yeah, masterpiece my episode. 6/30/24 - I just realized, episode 3 of Love Live! School Idol Project! is legendary. Episode 3 of BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! is also legendary too. Episode 3 of Aikatsu Stars! is legendary also. And Aikatsu! Episode 3 is legendary as well. Does this mean... The LEGENDARY Episode 3 rule is real? At least for idol and music anime. So I guess I'll have to confirm this with AKB0048, Show by Rock!, um... What else? I forgot. But Ig I'll have to see how many episode 3s are actually legendary. Like woah... 7/7/24 - Saikawa Riko and Katou Emiri Yeah, Saikawa is way too fun of a character. Episode 6 of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S was great. (Saikawa from a "fallen from the bench and her back is now on the ground" position to jumping back to be bench to eat Kanna's egg roll) Hahahahaha. She's so fun. Like a character who has appreciation is a character whom I'll appreciate. And that's why Saikawa is my favorite character of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.As for Katou Emiri, when I saw that she voiced Sakurako, I instantaneously wanted to favorite her. Like 2 of my favorite characters from 2 different shows? Life's amazing. She's also voiced Mayoi from the Monogatari series, Kagami from Lucky Star, Kyubey from Madoka Magica. Hideyo- ehem. Mifune Ryuuko from Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko. Beck- ehem. Blossom from Demashita Powerpuff Girls Z. Nadila from Kakushigoto. Himari from BanG Dream!, ST AR-15 from Dolls' Frontline, Ayase Naru from Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live, Sekine Shiori from Angel Beats!, Isozaki Ran from Telepathy Shoujo Ran, Mika from Pukapuma Juju, Kappy from Happy Kappy, Hitomi from Shugo Chara, Chie from AinMai! Moe Can Change!, Kanako from Reiba Sensei, Natsuki from Yume-iro Pâtissière, 38)9 from Kamen no Maid Guy, Hotoke from Xenoglossia, and Suzu from Coluboccoro. Pretty sure the list is incomplete as all lists are but yeah, I'm curious about some of these shows now. Anyways, Saikawa is awesome. Also looking forward to Oomuro-kei. Though I wished that it was a full season instead of just a movie. We need many episodes full of Sakurako x Himawari. Oh well. 7-7-24 - Kind stranger in Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon S Episode 9 Thank you for being kind to dragon angel Elma. ;). 07-09-24 - Mini Dragon Episode 4 Saikawa never fails to impress me. She truly is my favorite character in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. :). 7/11/24 - As of this date, and having watched scenes of episode 5, and analyzing one of them while anime journaling in Obsidian, I now declare Hibike! Euphonium, a 10. 8:17 - Kumiko going to practice 8:20 - School finishes while the orchestra band lines up for practice 8:21 - Close up shot of the leaders and the band lined up 8:23 - Side shot of leaders giving instructions 8:27 - Each section of the band working together 8:29 - Flutes practicing 8:31 - Trombones practicing 8:33 - Trumpets practicing 8:34 - Taki-sensei guiding them 8:36 - Reina putting in the hard work at practice 8:37 - The whole orchestra practicing their march with a faraway shot 8:40 - Focus on the surroundings and the sun on how late it is in the day 8:42 - Euphonium that's been put down 8:44 - The orchestra band is lined up with the leaders and advisors up front, while an emphasis is given on the last step 8:46 - Close up shot of some of the band members with serious faces 8:50 - Serious band members reply with "Hai" 8:51 - Asuka smiling from the great response 8:52 - Asuka looks at Taki-sensei 8:53 - Taki-sensei with his head down 8:53.1 - Taki-sensei moved his head up to say that it's almost time to go home 8:54 - Taki-sensei faces Asuka 8:56 - Asuka calls it a day 8:58 - Asuka says to pack up 9:00 - A band member raises her hand to ask something 9:02 - Band member points out that they can't use the field anymore after today 9:04 - Band member says that they think that they should practice a bit more 9:08 - Asuka looks at Taki-sensei 9:09 - Taki-sensei looks at his watch 9:11 - Taki-sensei says alright 9:12 - Taki-sensei says that they can go another 30 minutes 9:14 - Taki-sensei says that if they need to go home though, they should 9:17 - Taki-sensei says that if they're staying, they should call home to notify their parents 9:19 - Taki-sensei allows them to use cell phones 9:21 - Taki-sensei asks "Understand?" 9:22 - The whole band says "Yes" ... How much respect... does someone have for an anime... if that said anime... makes them feel like... that they should screenshot,-every,-shot, AND WRITE DOWN EVERY SINGLE NOTE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM?! ... It's a 10. It's undoubtedly a 10. I've already said that it might have been a 10 before watching it. And I've already said that it's a 10 a few episodes watching it. And I'm saying it now, **IT-IS-A-...10.** Life's great. :). And look how amazing they made Kumiko look here. 10. 07-14-24 - Just declaring that episode 5 of Hibike! Euphonium is a Masterpiece Episode. And yes, I just finished it to day because it took so many screenshots and different sessions so like... Lol. :). 7/16/24 - Penguin Musume♥Heart Episode 1 Super fun first impression, one-of-a-kind OP, a lot of fun comedic moments, chill and fun ED, obscure anime that I'm glad I found, through Ise Mariya who voiced Himari from Omamori Himari, preview is only full of line art and white background, super fun characters, fun chaos, like... this show is amazing in all ways. Easy 9. Though I wonder if it could be a 10. Also, old anime are nice. Also the studio is Picture Magic, so great name. Oh! They made Saki. Great studio indeed. And also fun voice acting from everyone, including the background characters who contribute with fun reactions. Like this is a great show for sure. :). Life is great. 7/18/24 - Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! Episode 1 LEGENDARY MY ANIME!!!!!!!!!!! 10!!!!!! 7/18/24 - Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! ED Lucky & Happy - One of the Greatest Anime EDs of All-Time!!!!!! ;D Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! ED Cleaning Montage Part ;). I haven't even finished the anime yet, and I've found so many great things in just the first episode... Life's great. Cheers to one of the greatest anime of all time. ;). +: Oh, and I forgot to mention, Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! Episode 1 made me take 551 screenshots... And the 2nd half took like 5-6 hours of Manabi Straight! Journaling... While the first half took like 3-4 hours... Sheesh. Also, before that, Hyouka had 230 screenshots in its first episode, so I wanted to beat that and ahahaha... More than double... I was actually very anxious during the first half because it didn't seem like I took any. But by the 2nd half, which was today's session, (yes, the first half's session was yesterday's), I ended up thinking about trying to outdo Hyouka, but I didn't even realize I was taking so many screenshots without even having that in mind anymore. The episode was so good and filled with a lot of fun moments, animation, thought-provoking things like is Manabi an actual Manabi-seijin? Or was she just staying outside listening? And Digibro said that Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight is like K-On!, so it made me wonder about the different interaction pairings that will happen. Also made my own ranking predictions of both Manabi Straight! and K-On!, including a re-watch of Manabi Straight!. Obviously just for fun and nothing too serious. It's for social purposes. Like comparing my actual rankings by the end of the series, and then the re-watch. XD. Then another prediction after I finished watching for the first time, so then I get to compare the first prediction vs the 2nd prediction. If the first prediction magically is more accurate than the 2nd prediction which already has an experience backed up by it, like... Lol. Anyways, life is great. 7/23/24 - Sakurako Mikage and Sakurako Mikage is the Best Girl! ☘️ Awwwwwww. I love this Clips video of Sakurako Mikage Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru. ;). So good. So fun. Life's great. Also, the YouTube channel has uploaded that as their one and only video, so... ;D. Life's great. :). 7/23/24 - Nihon Animator Mihonichi Episodes 25 - Hammerhead, 2 - Hill Climb Girl, and 35 - Cassette Girl I liked Hammerhead for how it speaks about life. Like how humans just have to suffer to keep humanity safe. It speaks so much to what a man's duty is. I liked Hill Climb Girl for showing that amazing feeling of cycling and overcoming the hill that we have to climb. I liked Cassette Girl for showing that the old style of anime is not to be forgotten, but that it can still be used to show amazing things. Sheesh, such good episodes. Other episodes to note that I haven't favorited would be... Ah, Episode 6 was super fun to watch XD. But yeah, it speaks volumes to what creatures are. Like sheesh. Episode 32... Yeah... Rip. Episode 8? Seems cool but I don't exactly feel like listening to it right now. Though future me will be curious so there ya go. Episode 14 is the ghost girl episode. Not too interested right now but I will eventually watch it in it's entirety. Episode 29 was... Lol. Not that I watched it in its entirety either but lol. And done re-checking all just in case I've missed some things. Though talking about what I've missed, I couldn't see episodes 7, 19, 22, 23, and 24. Why? I'm too lazy to find other sources to watch them. But yeah, no idea if those are episodes that I'll like but alas. Anyways, life is cool. Gg. 7/25/24 - Up-scored Mitsubishi Colors from a 9 to a 10. Why? Because I saw https://unfulfilleddreamz-animegoodnessblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/3stars-3colors-3lolis-doing-their-own-things-own-adventure.html?m=1 and skimmed through it and it made me wonder if I actually ever scored it a 10 and no I haven't. Wow. Well, here's it's 10. Also favoriting it too because why not? Plus I have it on re-watching yet it's still at 0 episodes lol. I will eventually re-watch it. Such a fun and simple show. Like... the bazooka scene XD. Fun stuff. Oh, and I also forgot to mention that in favoriting it so yeah. :). |
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On June 21st,
I get what you mean. I mean, sitting here and thinking about it now…it’s just…yeah. I’ve never heard a jazz song with such a dark atmosphere. It all starts with that screaming in the hotel
“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!”
And then we hear these screeching synthesizers overlay it towards the end that almost sound like crickets chirping in the night, and gives the scream this sort of echo effect that really makes it feel that Kendrick is not just the only person in this room but goes further to suggest that he is the only thing in this room. It’s just him and his thoughts, everything else is empty. These crickets fade out as somber piano notes interlude into the introduction of the saxophone, both of them power up in sound and volume as we hear the second scream, this time giving a sense of a powerful darkness soon to overcome. More elements are introduced like the chiming sounds that almost sounds like a xylophone as the third scream ruptures the transitioning melody of the saxophone and then we hear one of my favorite parts of the song (instrumentally speaking): that minor guitar chord. If you isolate that sound and essentially strip it of its context, it sounds just like any basic guitar riff. However, placed within the dark, moody atmosphere that’s set up by everything else, it brings another source of tension into frame. It amps everything up, giving life to the dying piano and contrasting beautifully with all the depressive buildup. Oh my god, I’m starting to tear up and I’m just talking about the first 20 seconds of the song LMAO…but yeah, u is without a doubt one of my favorites on the album too. Probably one of my favorite Kendrick songs in general, and definitely the one that I consider to be his bravest. This song is a real try not to cry challenge lmfao. Musically, lyrically, and even the way he changes his vocal delivery from a pained expression of guilt and sorrow in the first half into just a complete tearful breakdown in the second half as the alcohol starts to kick in and he starts giving into his despair. It’s all so heart-rending that now I feel justified by always getting so angry whenever I see people reduce all of rap to “vulgar lyrics” and “repetitive trap beats”. I mean, even the songs they’re thinking of when they say such things are probably much more creative than they will ever realize. For example, I don’t like Playboi Carti’s music. I think it’s way too much style over substance. However, I can recognize that he’s one of the most monumental influences in the hip hop sound right now and the way he’s pushing cloud rap and trap beats to their creative limits is honestly mind-blowing. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for people like Lil Pump. His music is just garbage, and I really hope that’s not the image that people who hate rap have of it lol.
Here’s an example of Carti’s music, where he literally adds shaking jewelry as an instrument:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwdsnGfrd-k
It’s probably everything you hate about modern music, being about sex, drugs, and whatever the hell “rockstar shit” means. But at the same time, holy shit man the vibe of this song is unmatched. I’ve never heard anything like this before, and I love it when mainstream artists take big risks like this. You can tell that Carti actually cares about making music that he thinks sounds good, even if I don’t think it does lmao. But yeah, even something as overplayed and overdone as trap still has a lot of room for innovation. Just look at Metro Boomin’s discography, for example…:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThRbi74tkLw
What am I even talking about now? Lol, I lost track. Ah yeah, people who misjudge rap. Well, I don’t think they’re very common in the US anymore, now that rap has arguably taken rock’s place as the most popular genre of music. I’m glad that people like Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West are mainstream, but at the same time when people like Drake co-occupy that space…my opinion on Drake is kinda iffy lol. There’s a lot of underground artists that I’d love to talk about too but that’s enough rap talk for now I suppose. How’d I go from talking about something so beautiful and moving, Kendrick Lamar’s u, to Drake? Lmao
Anyways, back to the subject at hand. Yeah, I can see why this song hits so hard for you. It’s sad to say this, but it’s definitely relatable.
I regret not being there to help you. Looking back at it, I should’ve checked in on you and have been more encouraging. I was asking some of the same questions you’re asking now a couple months ago lol. Like whether I consider or care about you. Am I so heartless that I blame someone for a failure that seemed almost inevitable? Well, the history involving you isn’t really what’s been on my mind, but it’s definitely an example of a blemish in my behavior that’s crafted me into the mess that I am today. But lifting yourself out from abject circumstances through sheer willpower seems so unfair to expect of someone. We were upset by the fact that you flaked out on us in order to improve on yourself but ended up not doing much of anything towards making progress, and so it was a group decision to ask whether you wanted to stay a part of the server. But honestly, I think that was fucked up. My intention wasn’t to pressure you to leave, and I’m sure you understood that, but why hadn’t I been more supportive? I think a little bit of support goes a long way. I didn’t even try. That says a lot about me as a person, doesn’t it? I have a lot of growing to do. And like you’ve been saying, fuck the me that thinks that this is who I am as a person, because it has no bearing on whether I’ll continue staying this way. I’ve come to a decision. I am someone who cares deeply about my friends. But, I have to be selective about who I can regard as a friend. They are people that truly care about me, and people that I care about in return.
Yesterday I was talking to someone, but it wasn’t a conversation. It was more so just them ranting about many different stupid things about how sensitive people have become and feminism and all that. People who are so sensitive to sensitive people are the true bitches in this society lmao. I mean really, if these people aren’t bothering you, why do you have an issue with them? It seems like you’re just being an instigator and flaring up conflict where it doesn’t belong because you have nothing better to do with your negativity. Well, I wish I could’ve said something along these lines, but he clearly wasn’t having it. Every time I tried to talk he kept talking over me. It wasn’t a conversation or debate so much as it was a one-sided rant. So frustrating. I don’t think of people like that as my friends. I don’t want to be used as a brainlessly nodding yes-man just because I’m at times shy to interject and I prioritize maintaining a polite discourse. I think true friends are like the people we had on the server. I’ve never been in such a close friend group before, and it’s a shame to see it go and dissipate into this amorphous remnant of what had been something truly special. We still talk to each other. I think we still all see each other as friends. But it’s tough to think about it all. I think I’m still blamed for what happened, and while I don’t think I was wrong to have done what I did, I definitely went about it the wrong way. I reacted emotionally instead of logically, and that was my major pitfall. I assumed that my emotions would be understood. Everything I said still seems clear to me, but it’s whatever. It’s all in the past, and I’ve moved on from it.
From now on, here’s to becoming a better friend and a better person.
It’s a lot more existential than that. There’s a lot of people in my life that I’ve failed and continue to fail, there’s a lot of people in my life that have failed me and continue to fail. Reading about your thoughts on your dad reminded me that I feel the same way towards my parents. It’s a mutual failure, but I can’t help but think that it rests more on the fault of the parent than on the child. Whether that’s a matter of me just thinking in a way that’s more convenient and advantageous for me is irrelevant because it’s something that I find is deeply rooted in strong logic. For most of my life, I’ve felt like a lost child. My parents hardly guided me through anything. They encouraged me to learn English over their native language of Bangla and now I’ve grown up to become someone who can hardly speak the language of my own parents. I mean, this is an incredibly common occurrence in the vast majority of immigrant households I’ve seen, but it’s not right. How can we move on and pretend that this is normal? And how can my parents gaslight me into thinking that I was the only child like this when I was a kid? They chastised me for being only able to speak English yet that’s the way I’ve been taught. They’re completely unsupportive in my efforts to learn Bangla, yet it’s something I’m expected to just know. It makes me so mad just thinking about it. My parents are people who claim to love and support me yet it feels so fake at the same time. How can you shamelessly put so much random pressure on your own child and act dumbfounded and stupefied when they can’t handle it? Or, how can you shamelessly suggest setting up an arranged marriage with some girl I don’t know in Bangladesh WHEN I’VE EXPLICITLY TOLD YOU THAT I HAVE NO INTENTION TO GET MARRIED? Why don’t they even try to understand me? I feel like those edgelords right now, “no one understands me” lol. But I don’t know. I’ve only recently come to terms with how lonely I am. How lonely I’ve always been. I feel trapped in my own mind. I don’t trust anyone. Does someone like me deserve to have friends? The cycle of pain perpetuates itself. I totally get why people in worse situations think the solution is to just become emotionally numb and detached.
Anyways, that’s enough of my stupid venting. I respect that you responded so earnestly. I’m thinking about why what you said made me feel so emotional, and I’ve come to the realization that you’re one of the few people to have ever taken my emotions so seriously. I was used to being ignored so the second that I started getting attention within the past year I think I became a bit of an addict. Talking about my emotions now only feels like an extension of that. It feels like whining about my issues is a pitiful way of prolonging that ray of attention. It’s why I’ve started to restrain myself from using venting chat.
I’m running out of energy to talk, and it’s been way past an hour lol. See ya.
Your journey through To Pimp A Butterfly made me really happy! I was first exposed to Kendrick Lamar in middle school through his album DAMN. and I was captivated by his ability to express so many complex themes in his lyrics while having some of the best flows, wordplay, and overall amazing sonic quality. It almost feels as if DAMN. has a song for every mood, and it’s one of those albums that’s helped me grow a lot as a person in so many areas of my life. It’s helped me become more in tune with my emotions, it’s helped me become a better thinker, and honestly I think it’s helped me become a better storyteller myself. Around that time I was also listening to good kid, m.A.A.d city but it wouldn’t be until a couple years later that I sat down and took the time to listen through the whole album. And GODDAMN. I thought DAMN. was the best album I heard but good kid immediately became a strong competitor. All of Kendrick’s work is conceptual in nature (i.e., revolving around a strong, central idea or a string of concepts that are structured and linked in an intentional way), but good kid has a stronger focus on telling stories from Kendrick’s past and sending a very clear message: that Kendrick is Compton’s human sacrifice. I’ll leave it to you to explore the album on your own and find out what that means if you ever wish to do that.
Now, the day I discovered To Pimp A Butterfly...the day I discovered this album was another reckoning of its own. TPAB is a lot more similar to good kid than it is to DAMN., which makes sense since it comes right after good kid in his discography and right before DAMN., and now that I think about it I actually listened to DAMN. the year that it came out. Wow, that’s interesting lol. Anyhow, I think you understand what I mean when I say that TPAB is straight up some of the densest and most meaningful work of all time. I think it’s Kendrick’s greatest work, and the word “masterpiece” falls short in every way as a descriptor for it. So, it's finally time to look more closely into your responses…
Yeah, I don’t feel like it’s proper to respond if you don’t feel like you’re in the right place mentally to do it. And for me, that’s now!...eh, as close as I’ll get to being ready for it lol. I want to write this letter over the course of one session so that I’ll be able to send something to make up for the whole overextended absence. I mean, I kinda disappeared on you lol. Sorry about that.
CLAMP’s oeuvre is infamous for having characters from their previous works making sudden appearances in their manga lol. You know something is CLAMP almost instantly because of their iconic artstyle, but these crossovers really do go above and beyond in making it feel like everything they make exists in its own universe separate from the entire world of manga. And seeing characters from Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle appear in xxxHOLiC was definitely a fun experience. I’m sure that many other authors do crossovers like this, but I think that the vast majority do it in a lot more subtle ways. Another example I can think of concerning crossovers is how Makoto Shinkai occasionally reintroduces old characters in his new work. I’m not sure why I thought of that after mentioning subtle references, because his crossovers aren’t really subtle at all lol.
Alright, time to listen. And yep, just listening without lyrics, I don't really understand. "Every ***** is a..." what? A sign? Question mark? So... yeah, time for lyrics then. Oh, yep, star. Yeah, I can hear it as a star now. That's the power of lyrics. Sheesh, sucks that I need to pull up lyrics but alas. Ah right, in the video talking about this album, this first song is about how the music industry is basically a girlfriend. hence the "But now I just wanna fuck lte nights thinkin' of you until I get my nut". Yeah, I'll never understand this if it weren't for someone talking about it.
Ah, that’s perfectly fine. You’re already starting at a better place than most people by admitting this lol. In truth, it takes many listens for me until I feel like I truly understand an album, and I have to listen to it in different ways depending on how much I care about dissecting it. For [i]TPAB[i/], all of Kendrick’s albums, and any album I think is amazing in general: my first listen is always without the lyrics. It’s always with the intention of getting a feel for the songs and the album musically and gathering the first impressions based on the bits and pieces I get from throughout the project. Also, going through something by an artist I like is always (well, I should say “usually” since sometimes their work can disappoint lol) a fun experience and I’m not so serious of a person that I sit down and analyze everything before moving on. Basically, the main purpose of the first listen is to just have fun lol. My second listen is with the lyrics in front of me, and there’s no rules for it or anything. If there’s a bar or a line that struck me enough to look more into it then I do further research. My main focus here is to just generally get a better idea of what’s being said. The rest of my listens from then on are either for fun if I enjoy how the album sounds or for deeper analysis. I’m excited to start doing the music blog to get a deeper relationship with this stuff, honestly I might start as soon as tomorrow!
Oh, I do want to say that I liked your approach of trying to understand the general meaning of a song before moving on. It’s just not something that I feel works for me lol. I wouldn’t be able to contain the desire to listen to the next song XD
There we go.
Huh, would have need to learn about Wesley Snipes...? Hm.
Ah, need lyrics to put up, yabe.
6:39 into the video and woah...
And finished the video and... wow... yeah... sheesh. I'll listen to more.
Wesley’s Theory is one hell of a song. That beautiful fusion of funk and jazz serves as the perfect backdrop for the start of this album, where Kendrick goes on to continue weaving pretty much every single genre of music associated with Black culture into one magnificent tapestry. And I’m sure you already understand why he took this approach for the beats lol. To be honest with you, I think this song goes strongly underappreciated and overlooked by the community. It’s far from the best song on the album I think, but that’s only because this album is so replete with amazing songs that I’d say it likely suffers from the subconscious (or very conscious) comparison to the rest of it in the minds of hip hop heads. Well, whatever reason it is, I still think this is one of my favorite intros to an album.
I can’t express enough just how happy and grateful it makes me feel knowing that you went through listening to this album with actual sincerity. I’m still in shock lmao.
Now onto the 2nd song, For Free?.
And finished the video and... wow... yep, gotta learn more. Lol.
Hm, I should probably go through the playlist myself and add my own thoughts to these songs, but that would definitely make this way too long lol. I guess for now I should focus primarily on responding to the first letter and tomorrow I’ll respond to the next and so on.
And back after finishing the 4th episode for Institutionalized. Damn... tbh, I was actually getting tired of hearing the explanations but damn, this is just... wow... bringing his friend to the awards but he's used to the hood and when he sees the money and jewelries around, he just wants to steal them and stuff. Damn... yeah... I'll continue listening onto the 5th episode for These Walls.
Oh wait, is this that song, oh no.
"That sentence so important" Woahhhh, ahhh, the many double meanings, ahhhh. Sentence as in the previous line and also sentence as in prison sentence. Ahhhh. Sheesh, these walls mean a lot of things. Could be a genital, could be a brain, could be the prison walls, damn.
"So when you play this song, rewind the first verse"... no... Fuck...
Yeah... damn...
Now time for episode 5, for U.
Yep, this is gonna be... damn…
All wonderful and powerful songs, though I find it almost impossible for me personally to relisten to These Walls lol. It’s a great song, but it’s one of the weaker ones for me because of the fact that I don’t enjoy relistening to it. But yeah, not every song has to have infinite replayability or anything of course. I think it definitely accomplished what it wanted to do quite effectively.
Now u on the other hand…yeah, I’m at a loss for words to describe it. This is the most vulnerable song in Kendrick’s entire discography. It’s incredibly moving, perhaps one of the best examples I can think of that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that music is an art and that just like any artform, it’s a means of expression. The somber overtones at the beginning, the way the song completely switch ups, the way the sound bounces between your ears during the transition, and so much more. A masterpiece of a song. The pinnacle of musical expression.
Oh, this is the part which you analyzed in your letter XD. Well I'll focus on the explanation first. Lol. But yeah, damn, didn't expect the optimistic feel.
And finished the episode and wow... sheesh. Well, actually, I didn't really understand it tbh, but basically about how even with all the bad things he's done, and the lack of providing solutions to the problems he swore to stop, he's still gonna persist and find those answers rather than break that promise. Sheesh. Now time for the 7th episode, For Sale?.
And finished it and wow. All about Lucy tempting him. But that last showed line of the poem.
Yeah lol. Completely different feel from the last song. It’s almost as if he wants us to move on and forget about everything he expressed in the previous song for a little bit, like when your friend shares something depressing about themselves and brings up a wildly different topic to help the conversation move on. At the same time, the sobering reflection of u is in a way the perfect primer to the bombastic glory anthem that is Alright. And thematically, we notice Kendrick beating himself down over being a failure of a leader in one song and then taking up the mantle again and trying to be a better leader in the next. We see here a perfect example of why I think that TPAB is kind of naive at certain points. The optimism is vibrant and dazzling, and uplifts me whenever I hear it without fail, but this is the point in the album where it really starts feeling like Kendrick is trying to take the role of a savior. He wants to help the Black community lift themselves up with this album. To realize the brutal impact of history and to explore the internal issues that exist within the community. However, as we see in his reflections through his latest work Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, there is no such thing as a savior. And if there is, it’s not Kendrick. No matter how much he tries, it’s impossible to save the world on your own. Kendrick is ultimately just one piece of the puzzle, and his music, no matter how powerful, meaningful, and motivational it is, is only one step in the right direction.
Changing the world takes a mountain of effort on everyone’s part, and it seems like all artists that try to impart something life-changing with their music like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole comes to the inevitable realization that they have to prioritize healing themselves over healing the world. In Section. 80, Kendrick takes a look around his world and identifies everything that’s wrong. In good kid, m.A.A.d city, he goes through his past and identifies how all of the evil around him has impacted him as a person and expresses his desire to save his friends from this hell. He also makes a lot of promises in this album. However, in u we find out that he failed one of his promises in good kid, he failed to be there for his people when they most needed it. In To Pimp A Butterfly he shifts his focus onto the Black community and the US as a whole and tries to use his platform to spread a message that makes people think and start working towards solutions. And to an extent, he was successful. Alright became the anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement, and songs like The Blacker The Berry continue to haunt the minds of everyone who heard it. However, in DAMN., he makes another important realization: humans are even more fucked up and lost than he had anticipated. He explores this in an immaculate dissertation of an album that delves into what he personally identifies and the most defining feelings, emotions, and moods in his life and draws distinctive contrasts between these expressions to themselves and the world around him. Funnily enough, DAMN. is the only album of his to receive a Pulitzer Prize even though the popular consensus is that good kid and TPAB are fundamentally deeper albums. But I understand why the Pulitzer committee gave the award to DAMN., it’s a heart-rending project for sure. Finally, his most recent album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers is essentially him telling us that he’s moved on from his goal of saving the world and that his most important motivation in life at the current moment is saving himself and his family. Well, obviously everything is a lot more complex and nuanced than what I’m suggesting, but the only way to really get through the whole message is listening to it on your own and forming your own thoughts lol. Honestly I’m not even sure whether anything I say about music or media in general is the author’s actual intention, but that’s beautiful in its own way. This is just the meaning I got generally from his albums. Wow, that was a huge tangent lmao. I apologize for rambling.
I think I’ve had enough talk about Kendrick for now lol. Glad to see you going through Katawa Shoujo, and the other visual novels you mentioned seem interesting. I’ve never watched Demi-chan wa Kataritai, so definitely gotta look into that too.
Thanks. To put it short as I said before, I’ve been kinda awful lol. But things are looking a little bit better at least. See ya tomorrow
True! I get why people love K-On!, but it just ain't for me. I've been wanting to watch Hidamari Sketch too since I'm a Shaft fanboy. I don't know if you knew Monogatari and HIdamari Sketch were animated by the same studio, but that would probably explain the weird stylistic decisions lol. Nice to see that you're enjoying it!
Hmm, if you asked me a year ago when I was carefully constructing my favorites I would've given a very detailed and thought out answer to your favorites question. However, I unfortunately at this point have ceased to give much attention in updating my favorites to reflect my present favorites and to be honest I haven't been giving anime/manga enough room in my headspace to give a great answer. In fact, if you told me right now to list out all my favorites I probably wouldn't be able to do it lol. So let's take a look and come back to see what I have to say!
Oh wow, forgot I added Bocchi there lol. I think I replaced Thorfinn for her. Yeah, I really fell in love with Bocchi the Rock and felt like the main character perfectly emulated a lot of the same fear I have when it comes to just talking with other people and being confident in your skill. Don't get me wrong though, Thorfinn is still one of my favorite protagonists. I think his character arc is just so utterly well-written, and people who rank Askeladd above him simply aren't acquainted with the Farmland Saga arc yet lol. Anoher character that I would add to my favorites if I had enough space would be Kurapika. I'm a huge Hunter x Hunter fan, and despite ranking Pouf in my top 10 characters I actually prefer the Yorknew arc to Chimera Ant. Kurapika shined like a brilliant star there, and there's just so much to say when it comes to how exciting his revenge plot is and the profundity of his sheer hatred towards the spiders. Great stuff!
Let's see...in terms of manga, you know there's a ton of manga that I think are way too overlooked and I could write for hours about that. So it's probably a topic we should save for another day lol. Oh, that reminds me, I saw you read the manga we talked about on the same day we talked about it! I was pleasantly surprised by that lol. I'm glad to see that you enjoyed it :)
Well, I think I've answered enough here. If anything of note comes to mind I'll add on later! Have a good day x2
74 words per minute is definitely not a bad typing speed at all, in fact I’d say it’s pretty fast compared to the general public. If I recall correctly, the average typing speed is around 40-50 wpm, so you’re technically on the faster side. But of course, when it comes to internet addicts like us, our typing speeds tend to be wayyy higher. I just did a test on monkeytype.com to confirm and I got 100 wpm lmao. I got a raw score of 110 wpm but the website factors in accuracy adjustments and consistency. Honestly that’s way higher than I expected, I think before I usually typed at like 80-90 wpm. I’ve improved, growth! Still not yet quite at the level of your classmates though…
Rest in peace, lost progress. We will never know the exact words we wrote to each other in our lost progress. That’s quite sad to think about, but also in a way it doesn’t really matter since we, or at least I, get over it after a couple days. Sometimes whenever I’m stressing about something small I try to bring in some perspective to the issue and think about how insignificant it’d be within the span of even just the next few days. We live long lives but at the same time they’re too short to be spent worrying too much about the small things. But of course, it’s only natural to feel some grief over something lost. Today, I'm in the mood to rant about some philosophical stuff for some reason, lol. There’s always the cliche stuff about stopping to think about the gigantic scale of the universe and putting into frame just how puny we are in the grand scheme of things, but thoughts like these never cease to inspire wonder and ignite an almost infantile sense of curiosity within our hearts. Knowing that there isn’t an end in sight to how much there is of the universe and even just our own planet to explore, it’s really cool to think about. Some people might interpret that negatively and be discouraged by the idea of pursuing something with no clear end in sight, but according to another cliche that I’m sure you’re also quite familiar with, the journey is what actually matters in the end. Let me split this into two paragraphs so it’s easier to read lol.
I’m reminded of the Pokemon tournament I entered and won $20 from. I think back to that experience quite often, but the funny thing is that the reward itself didn’t even matter that much. I used it up pretty quickly. Yet, the experience still stands. Even if I had won the $1000 tournament I entered, I think I’d still value the experience of it all much more than the prize money. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I think experience always triumphs the direct reward in terms of importance. Let’s say hypothetically that I really needed that $1000 for something really specific, like I desperately needed it to pay the bills. Now, if that were the case I don’t think I’d spend my time trying to get it through playing Pokemon, but just bear with the hypothetical for a bit XD. Obviously, the reward would hold immediate benefit and a high level of impact in my life. The money would be extremely important. However, I think I’d still come out saying that the experience of working to earn that money and being able to pay off the debt is what I’d feel more attached to than the feeling of “oh I don’t have to worry anymore now that I’m debt-free”. Maybe I could be wrong about this, idk I’m just going on a rant lmao. Relatively speaking I’m in a position of privilege that grants me the luxury to think about such things rather than live through them, but I’d like to accumulate more challenging experiences in my life. I think that’s ultimately what gives me a sense of purpose, that idea of growth and change. I want to keep seeing how I develop as a person. I want to keep exposing myself to new and crazy things. So, the first step in doing that is by taking more risks and putting myself out there. That’s something I’ve been trying to do. For example, I started volunteering at a place nearby recently and it’s been a ton of fun! I’ve never had to stand for 2 hours while packing onions in bags, but it’s surely an experience that’ll stick with me. And I look forward to what’s to come in the future! Next on my list, I’m thinking about signing up for more arts and culture type events. Like maybe I should take advantage of living in the city more and go out to watch an opera or a concert some time soon. I’m bubbling up with so many ideas rn lol. Ahh, ranting too much, but this is fun. I should let my mind run loose more often!
Hmm, I’ve never heard of trace.moe before. It’s been a few days since I wrote that sentence, and since then I’ve used it to track down a couple anime that I was unsure about. Useful stuff!
Oh, nice! I’m also a fan of the Oshi no Ko manga, and I’m excited to start watching the anime whenever I actually get around to doing it lol. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but you might be since this has become a widely known fact by now, but the author of Oshi no Ko also wrote Kaguya-sama: Love is War. My hot take of the day is: Oshi no Ko is just a superior manga. While I find the characters of Kaguya to be generally a lot more enchanting, I was more engrossed with what Oshi no Ko had to offer in terms of plot substance and also its manifold explorations into various parts of the entertainment industry. Wow, it feels like I’m writing some kind of academic essay now XD.
This is only part one of more to come! Be on the lookout, next message will be coming soon!