IdleSheep

@IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anime titles be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, that’s a shame. Seems like they cut corners, which isn’t uncommon with these things.

  Regarding the harem elements, in the source material the girls do gush over him a lot as well, but he does not reciprocate at all, so I just ended up automatically filtering it out because it’s inconsequential, but I do get how some might find their eternal subservience off-putting, especially since with anime it’s harder to brush that aside VS words in a novel.

  I just found the series interesting when looking at the broader main plot, which thankfully is the majority of the focus after a certain point. I do also remember the girls being a tad more annoying early on, but once the focus shifts more to politics and all the factions involved, the harem antics get dialed down a lot to make room for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anime titles be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The site you’re referring to is almost certainly Syosetsuka ni Narou, a free-to-use Japanese web novel platform, exactly like Wattpad and AO3 as you mentioned. Super common to have a very long title to grab reader attention there, because that’s literally the only pitch you have for new readers on the front page or search pages.

  And yes I wanna say almost every modern light novel has its start there. Publishers scour that site for potential new work all the time. It’s not uncommon for you to be following a web novel there and then suddenly get an announcement about how it’s being picked up by a publisher/editor for serialization.

  The title sometimes gets slightly changed but usually it remains as is, and that’s how it ends up on anime/manga.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anime titles be like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe a hot take, but having read the manga and novels, I would describe this as one of the lesser trashy series of this type. Its geopolitics, world history, and artifact/weapon systems are expanded way, way, waaaay beyond what is normal for trashy fantasy slop.

  It also doesn’t even have romance, which is rather uncommon when you have an OP protagonist in a fantasy setting. The protagonist has zero interest in dating anyone despite the endless number of cute women around him who are desperate to pounce on him (it’s got plenty of great male side characters too btw, shout-out to my man Gold).His objectives and his focus remain consistent throughout: plan out his revenge to the most minute detail, expand his political influence to liberate humanity, and discover the truth of the world.

  Obviously I’m not saying this is a 10/10 underrated masterpiece, I know this is still a revenge power fantasy at the end of the day, but damn does the lore and the development go above and beyond what you’d expect for something like it.

  (spoilers if you want more details)

  Spoiler

  I think the first moment where I felt really enthralled with its lore was when it was shown that weapons and other magical artifacts are integrated in a universal hierarchical power system that ranks from basic weapons with little to no special properties, to weapons that can literally rewrite the laws of the universe (a class that is at first thought to not be real but is later revealed that the protagonist has one, and it’s so powerful he sealed it because he can’t control it). There is also an overarching mystery revolving around the world, as we later discover there was a whole advanced civilization with the modern technology of our world in the past that somehow went extinct, and this all ties back so some mysterious personality (or personalities, we don’t know the number yet) only referred to as “C”, who the protagonist could theoretically be. And amidst all this there is the geopolitical game to gain influence across the difference race factions/nations, which the protagonist enters as a way to finally liberate humans from literal slavery. There are treaties, coercion, backdoor deals, and all sorts of stuff that’s discussed in much more detail than you’d expect.

  All this to say that I hope people give it a try. I have not watched the anime because the source material is so far ahead, but if it follows the source even remotely closely, it should be on pair in terms of entertainment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I watched Arrival (2016), there was a lot more to it than I was expecting⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched it for the first time last year without knowing anything about it and, as someone who loves to nerd out about anything linguistics related (am translator, for context), I cannot describe how gleeful I was that such subjects had center focus in a big blockbuster like that. Obviously the other aspects of the movie were amazing as well and the story got me very emotional by the end, but I will never shut up about how interesting and important that translation/communication aspect of the movie was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon sets the mood⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had a lot of different setups over the years on my TV to see if my family (all “what’s a computer?” level of computer illiterate) and the one that clicked for all of them was Stremio+torrentio. Pop in a debrid service to avoid downtime/buffering issues and they’ve never complained nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the Dog Die? - A website for filtering movies by triggers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Really really useful for finding horror movies that aren’t jumpscare fests. Even if it’s tagged as having jumpscares there are usually comments clarifying the amount and/or frequency and when to expect them, which I really appreciate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Even on sites like that you can’t get everything, since it depends on subscribers actually sharing accounts and not all creators will have those. Trust me, I’ve really scoured the internet for certain creators’ content and it’s just not out there.

  Also there are sites beyond OF, a lot actually. There’s just no way to get everything you want easily if you’re into certain stuff/creators.

  I get that you find no value in porn regardless of type so you wouldn’t pay for it, which is fine, the majority of people don’t see the need to pay for porn either, but at least understand some people do find value in the content they like, enough to support it. It’s like subscribing to a youtuber’s patreon, their content is still free for everyone but some still want to financially help them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You really can’t get all paid content for free. Actually most paid content you won’t find for free. It’s not that easy.

  Sure if they’re a popular OF creator someone will likely be ripping their stuff but that dries up really quickly when you get to creators with like only a hundred patrons.

  The more niche you get the harder it is to find new content for free (pirated or not). That’s why people pay for it, they like the content and there’s no other way to obtain it (and they want to support the creation of it obviously).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You literally get nothing special from paying for porn.

  You literally get the most special content by paying for porn, personalized content that’s catered to your needs. That’s literally why you pay for it.

  Yes, if I just want to see regular old sex K can just go to one of the bazillion free sites out there. But if I have a specific fetish that only a few creators are doing, of course it’s worth paying for it to support the production of said content, especially if their onlyfans allows requests.

  I totally understand that the vast majority of people are more than satisfied with typical porn and won’t ever feel the need to pay for it, but there’s so much diversity out there that the regular porn sites can’t get to it all, and that’s why some people pay for it, because they really want to scratch a specific itch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You teleport into the last game world you played. What happens next?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Digimon cyber sleuth. I guess it really depends in what position I would be in in the world but overall it seems like a jackpot. I get to capture and battle with digimons and there’s an actual virtual reality world to travel to. Sweet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And now Bezos is trying to inserts ads everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Why don’t the banks do this?

  Both of my banks allow unlimited virtual card creation. I think it just depends on where you live.