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oh, hey, just saw that your comment section is up again. been a while and i'll get back to your questions soon, but hopefully, the year's been good for you so far :) can't say i have much to complain myself. and merry christmas! as late as it is.

Thank you!! 💙

Hey sorry it was long time ago and I don't even know what my question was besides I don't even know wha "Night at the Aquarium" is because I surely forgot after so much time. But I think it has to do something with either your pfp or the picture to the right...

HeHe 69 friends. Nice :D

Hey I have some question about Night at the Aquarium.

>i choose to be miserable starting punpun in new year's eve, like how i chose to be miserable for (partly) finishing Berserk in last years eve
The rationale being "it surely gets better from here"? Haha, I like the idea.

>get you to read it with me
Definitely not now, pal, lol. Lemme know how it goes tho.

>i figured you gravitated more towards classic, knowing how you appreciate classical music and presumably, high culture art in general (?)
Well, it's got more to do with exposure. The libraries I frequented were old, so they mostly had classics, and most of the fiction I have at my place is pretty old too. I read whatever I could get my hands on growing up, which is how I ended up reading classics more ig.

>Virgil's Aeneid made me frustratedly shove it into the void somewhere in my shelf
I distinctly remember having that reaction with Homer's Iliad and Dickens's Hard Times. When they feel dull, it really does get annoying.

>goddamnitnino
That's my first good deed of the year. Enjoy!

Happy New Year! I hope it'll be very inspirational and full of meaningful and rich experiences :)

Texhnolyze spoilers

Just read your Texhnolyze note and I'm interested in this part: "[it's a work of] steady intellectual unfolding that intrinsically dehumanize[s] those who choose to fall victim". Also curious to see that you have haven't given Texh a score.

A lot of the meta surrounding this show seems to state that it "proves (at best) or comments on (less impressive but still meaningful) the impossibility and futility of self-actualisation". The show also presents human beings as mostly apathetic when living in desperate conditions. The only exceptions to this rule are individuals with simplistic worldviews that can be easily broken. Not flawed characters. Obviously flawed characters purpose-built to have their warped ideologies dismantled with some having prior characterisation setting them up to feel the need to go down with their beliefs (e.g., Doc deciding to commit suicide after she sees the logical conclusion of her efforts to have humanity evolve through texhnolyzation).

What was your reasoning behind the "choose to fall victim" part? A lot of people who see this show as having dark implications for humanity as a whole seem to state that it concerns viewers whether they "choose to fall victim" or not. Why would you say Texh's discussions and conlusions only implicate those that choose to fall victim?

Sorry to hit you with a bunch of questions haha. The meta surroinding this show is just extremely interesting to me. Happy new year!

oh in that case, welcome back as well hahah,, what have you been up to lately?

thanks leuscius! happy holidays to you too~ i hope you had a wonderful christmas !!

hey so how was the seventh seal ?

lol, it kinda paralyzed me for a week; I could NOT stop thinking about it and re-watched it after said week to make sure it wasn't just the style that won me over (it wasn't.) It's subtle character behaviours and quiet melancholy do a lot for me, among other things. For CSM, I'm interested to see what you'll think, positive or negative. I generally don't expect other people to get why I like it (and, by extension, Fujimoto's other works in general) so much, but any discussion would be cool.

Based. Both works are incredible to me, though Arigatou hits me in the emotions far more; Takemitsu is — at the risk of bloated expectations — a visual masterpiece.

I only discovered Yang and WKW this year myself, actually, with Yi Yi being my favourite of the former's and Chungking Express of the latter's. But, yeah, their stuff are essential watches, though I'm sure you already know considering you just said it, LOL.

Anyway, thanks so much, man! Likewise.

Thanks, and good luck with the next few years of your course too!

>about animanga, i'll have to start something soon, otherwise i wouldn't be properly using this site without tracking any progress, no?
Well, if you feel that way, you should. Punpun is certainly a start to the new year, lol. Lemme know how it goes. Also, you know which anime/manga I've recced to you, feel free to pick them up whenever you're in the right mood for them, assuming you have nothing else in particular catching your fancy.

Quite a few, actually. Regarding animanga, other than the overwhelming amount of SoL stuff, Liz to Aoi Tori's one that was unexpected given that I found the predecessor, Hibike, to be mostly alright to good. There's something about it's delicate soundscape and atmosphere as well as the abundance of pastels and watercolours that do something to me. Uh, do re-visits count? Anyway, have been doing a bunch of those with Arigatou and (believe it or not) CSM being the best ones out of those. If you don't mind, I'd recommend the former, btw. Seems to fit your sensibilities, though I can't guarantee enjoyment, lmao.

Films've been great, too. Love & Pop, Talking Head (both of which are Hideaki Anno and Mamoru Oshii's live-action ventures), a fair share of Edward Yang and War Kong Wai; good stuff. Once again, I recommend them.

Oo, yeah. I was a bit restless for the first two weeks given that the idea of free time was completely foreign, lol. I found myself checking my emails and whatnot. It's only been the last week or so that I've found peace in slothing around guilt-free.

Yo, welcome back! I assume you've completed your degree? A belated merry Christmas and a happy new your to you as well, Lucius!
Reading books is great - it's my favourite hobby but I haven't been able to read much of anything the last few years. I'd love to get back into it after I'm done with my degree or something. I'd say it's fine if you're not into anime/manga atm, don't let it bother you. Btw, what have you been reading?
I'm still quite occupied with my college stuff. Recession has hit the my and my peers' job prospects pretty hard - that and a few other factors have convinced me to maybe consider a post-graduate degree, so I'm exploring that avenue as well. Let's see what happens.