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I now have a full time job *plus* a long commute, which means... more time for reading manga while half-asleep? Huh? Anyway the last thread of this kind was in July, and since then an anime season has finished, so might as well do it again. **For me:** **Manga:** **Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2005):** Parallel to watching the excellent adaptation, I have picked up the manga and, much like Kaiji, finished it in a concerningly short time. Koji Kumeta has a bone to pick with the world... with *everything* in the world. What arises is a very entertaining ruthless critique. I'm fairly sure he's either still a leftist, or used to be one and got disappointed. However, he is also nationalistic. A political mess, mostly agreeable, sometimes dropping horrible takes - but a fantastic manga which never loses its bite no matter how many chapters you are into it. It's also less horny than the Shaft adaptation. **A+** **√Paradise (1991):** Being curious about Kumeta's early work, I read this short manga of his, which is basically the Yakuza games' cabaret club side-plot in manga form. Not too interesting, but a decent enough read. **B-** **Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (2017):** Nagatoro is a decent romance manga with a pretty bad beginning. It ended a few months ago, but I have caught up only recently. Not much else to say, really. **B** **Shiroyama to Mita-san (2021):** Nice comedic romance/slice of life manga about two (mostly) uncool people. Fun, but have not finished it yet. **B+** **Anime:** **Aa-Megami Sama (2005):** I had read a large chunk of the manga before, and it's just as fun as I remembered it being. The romance stuff isn't too strong, but the hijinks are fun. The source material being from the 80s means that many of the usual tropes didn't exist yet... or were being invented. **A-** **Fullmetal Alchemist (2003):** Almost done with this show, it's been really good overall. Strong characters and storytelling, and the anime original plot... I can clearly see why it's controversial, but I like it. Good show. **A** **Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (2024):** The only seasonal I didn't drop. Story-wise very conventional, but the character writing was good. Anna Yanami in particular, being one of the strongest female leads in recent anime history. It had a few tone-unfitting scenes that felt tacked on for the horny audience, but overall decent show. **B** **Western Animation** **The Owl House (2020):** Very fun show, with some blatant inspiration from many recognizable source materials, western and Japanese. King is a king. **A**
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seeing this made me just break down crying. if you'd asked me yesterday what i thought of akira toriyama i would have probably said i respected him immensely, but his work didn't hold a special place in my heart. but realizing that he's gone is just devastating. such an iconic, important artist. the world is worse without him
IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy. For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, we’re finally returning to the much-beloved anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki’s legendary manga, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, with episodes 7 through 12 of the fourth part, Diamond Is Unbreakable. Expect a whole bunch of muscley guys doing silly poses while fighting other muscley guys. After that is Flow (2024), a French animation about a cat navigating the post-apocalyptic wilderness of Earth after humanity has seemingly disappeared. A flood threatens the cat’s home, and so, it finds refuge on a boat as it drifts through the new landscape. Will kitty find a new home? I guess we’ll find out. This has a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and is being called the best animated film of the year. Comparisons to the games Stray (2022) and Ico (2001) are common. It is the best-known and best-regarded work to date of director Gints Zilabalodis. We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies Be there, comrades! # Letterboxd: - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable: https://myanimelist.net/anime/31933/JoJo_no_Kimyou_na_Bouken_Part_4__Diamond_wa_Kudakenai - Flow: https://letterboxd.com/film/flow-2024 # Doesthedogdie.com links: - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19059 - Flow: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1312794 # CWs for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable: - Death of dog. - Stalking. - Gaslighting. - Child abuse. - Deaths of animals. - Animal cruelty. - Death of cat. - Death of pet. - Spiders. - Bugs. - Sexual assault: a creepy men gropes a teenage girl’s breasts. - Implied pedophilia. Not depicted. - Self-harm. - Cutting of flesh. - Someone struggles to breathe. - Amputation. - Squashed head. - Genital trauma. - Broken bones. - Tooth damage. - Finger mutilation. - Torture. - Death of child. - Death of parent. - Kidnapping. - Cheating. - Ghosts. - Shower scene. - Possession. - Trypophobia. - Vomiting. - Someone soils themselves. - Audio gore. - Hospital scene. - Violent mentally-ill person. - Suicide attempt. - Misophonia. - Suicidal ideation. - Crying baby. - Ableism. - Someone is hit by a car. - References to sex. - Blood and gore. - Gun violence. # CWs for Flow: - Deaths of animals. - Animal cruelty. - Animal corpses. - Sad animals. - Someone struggles to breathe. - Unconsciousness. - Natural bodies of water. - Underwater scenes. # Links to movies: - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 7: https://tankie.tube/w/5vTbFKvAZ1n2zHgRcQiZKL - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 8: https://tankie.tube/w/dT1tuyg6fj872BdahMjBqZ - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 9: https://tankie.tube/w/orVcj68qAFpdWvqJ6VeU4w - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 10: https://tankie.tube/w/adKPfyYi6BdfdKhuHH47t3 - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 11: https://tankie.tube/w/jtoUWLdY4WhXE8S5FJGcMU - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 12: https://tankie.tube/w/5cT7vEqJeeFaUbKeZqX1WX - Flow: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1312794
The picture shows Pinkie Pie who is the main character from Bocchi the Rock, for those not in the know
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# ELBAF / ELBAPH!!!! WE'RE HERE!!!!!  What did you think of this week's chapter? Break for the next two weeks 
Yes this is an unaltered panel from "Once Upon A Time" Astro Boy Tales, Part 3
 This show is so stupid lmao
I don't give a shit about most anime but Nichijou is the thing I can watch thst will reliably make me feel OK and City Manga does a decent job. We've got the closest thing to Nichijou season 2 we're gonna get 
The anime is Genshiken (2004), I picked it up on a whim. It's alright so far. Very "by weebs, for weebs". The manga is from 2002. The 80s and 90s being a pass of the baton from veterans of the early days to more modern staff, which already grew up with anime, and the success of Evangelion and merchandising had some awful long-term consequences even if it was probably unavoidable under capitalism.
 Suffer with me, comrade. It has the conclusion of Wano in it. https://x.com/dailyportgas/status/1845388148085489753
re-publicado de: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5947409 > I recently watched both and really liked it. > > A friend have been recommending me to watch Solo Leveling for a while now, and despite my fears of it just being another generic ass story and protagonist, I actually enjoyed it. > > The only 2 complaints I can think of right now are that the other characters aren't really that interesting outside the protagonist, so I kinda don't care about them very much, and I think not having any commentary on the very predatory capitalism showed in the story is a bit of a let down, like, the protagonist barely makes money, there's literal monopolization of portals and creation of guilds for profit seeking, yet there's 0 commentary on that, unless I missed something. > > That being said, I like the protagonist, he's not an extremely evil or perfectly good guy, he's just a dude that got dragged along and have to make some though decisions here and there. > > ::: spoiler Spoiler for the end of the season > Also, at the end of the first season the dude becomes a necromancer, and I'm a sucker for necromancy, so I'm excited to see where it goes lol. > ::: > . > > For Trigun, I watched the old anime a while ago, and I thought this new one would go a completely different route, but I was gladly surprised with how it turned out. I just finished watching it and I really liked it. I never read the manga so I don't know how close it is to the original story, but I was shocked with how different it was from the old adaptation. I remember a lot of people complaining about Vash's new design, but honestly the only issue I have with it is that it's a bit too simple lol, I wish his clothing was more complex/overdesigned. > > > ::: spoiler Spoiler about the story > The only real complain I have with the story is that it doesn't really tries to counter Knives' narrative. > > Like, he's obviously right about how the plants are used and killed by humans, but he's a genocidal manipulative race supremacist that wants to create a paradise for his species with all means necessary, and the only thing to counter his narrative is Vash saying it doesn't need to be like that and that humans and plants can coexist, but never explaining how, never addressing the issue with how plants are used and discarded. > > I really hope this gets tackled in the next season, because right now it makes it seems like Knives actions and way of thinking was justified. > > It's also mentioned how humans basically destroyed Earth and had to send colonizing ships to another planet, but there's no deeper conversation or commentary about how that happened or why it might happen again in this new planet, the narrative is always pointed towards the whole human race being evil and being the issue, and not the current structures that make these things happen. Seems a bit shallow to me. > ::: >
Insanely peak chapter, the penultimate double page has gotta be my favorite panel of the whole manga
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IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy. For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, we’re finally returning to the much-beloved anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki’s legendary manga, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, with episodes 1 through 6 of the fourth part, Diamond Is Unbreakable (2016). Expect a whole bunch of muscley guys doing silly poses while fighting other muscley guys. After that is Lucky and Zorba (1998), an Italian animated buddy film about a cat who agrees to a seagull mother’s dying wish to take care of her baby. He must learn how to take care of the little bird and teach it how to fly, all the while resisting his natural carnivoran instincts to eat it. This is considered the magnum opus of animator Enzo D’Alo, and arguably the best animation from Italy (though Allegro Non Troppo [1976] would be a contender there, too.) A whole generation o Italians seem to consider this a classic, so let’s check it out. We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies Be there, comrades! # Letterboxd: - Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/ - Lucky and Zorba: https://letterboxd.com/film/lucky-and-zorba/ # Doesthedogdie.com links: - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19059 - Lucky and Zorba: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122735/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg # CWs for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable: - Death of dog. - Stalking. - Gaslighting. - Child abuse. - Deaths of animals. - Animal cruelty. - Death of cat. - Death of pet. - Spiders. - Bugs. - Sexual assault: a creepy men gropes a teenage girl’s breasts. - Implied pedophilia. Not depicted. - Self-harm. - Cutting of flesh. - Someone struggles to breathe. - Amputation. - Squashed head. - Genital trauma. - Broken bones. - Tooth damage. - Finger mutilation. - Torture. - Death of child. - Death of parent. - Kidnapping. - Cheating. - Ghosts. - Shower scene. - Possession. - Trypophobia. - Vomiting. - Someone soils themselves. - Audio gore. - Hospital scene. - Violent mentally-ill person. - Suicide attempt. - Misophonia. - Suicidal ideation. - Crying baby. - Ableism. - Someone is hit by a car. - References to sex. - Blood and gore. - Gun violence. # CWs for Lucky and Zorba: - Death of parent. - Animal cruelty. - Child endangerment. - Kidnapping. - Dead bodies of animals. # Links to movies: - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 1: https://tankie.tube/w/4uTu5ciWkdJ7GuaGgS1cXr - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 2: https://tankie.tube/w/8Z2gns9jqnotkJ3yMx68sC - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 3: https://tankie.tube/w/5cRKsZ5zq6ZePJ4rPuGBKV - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 4: https://tankie.tube/w/rQQu6xaHwGa7WUEQK5ijTT - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 5: https://tankie.tube/w/kAmtpJgmAhfw8hcSGvCixd - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ep. 6: https://tankie.tube/w/t2TNWtkxB2eRdfgrfY36AM - Lucky and Zorba: https://tankie.tube/w/eJj8oNZqF8RWBLYyq2xsx4
There was a point when watching Utena where I thought it wasn't as queer or as subversive of gender norms as its imagery or characters implied. Characters would push against the boundaries of gender norms and heteronormativity, and yet the narrative would inevitably force them back into rather stifling gendered roles. Overt homosexuality was seemingly punished (Touga even lectures Nanami about how important it is to be straight and that she should never do gay shit), and the characters would be coerced by the narrative into restrictive gender roles. I was wrong- Utena is a story that asks questions about gender, queerness, and the nature of power and liberation, but it know that these questions aren't simple, and it forgoes a straightforward story of girl power or gay liberation in favor of showing something more challenging. The characters of Utena play a game of duels to gain power, and play the role of prince to take possession of a bride. Several girls take on the role of the prince or duelist for the purpose of the game, and the Black Rose arc features an aborted attempt to make a boy into the new rose bride, but the roles themselves can never be challenged. Utena's goal throughout the show is to become a prince, because she wants be strong, brave, and compassionate, like the prince who saved her from her sorrow when her parents died. Was this a good idea? Did she actually understand what a prince was? The male characters all seek to become princes too, but as they ascend their hierarchy, they are indoctrinated into a very different idea of what being a prince means. By degrees, they seek to become like Akio- the only real prince in the show, the man who started the dueling game to entice people with the promise of power but rigs its rules for his own purposes. His kind demeanor and charm is a facade that he uses to manipulate those around him and prey on women and girls, including his own sister. Princedom is not about being the savior or liberator Utena imagines it is- it's about exercising power, and conversely, a princess is one for whom power is exercised upon. Ultimately, Utena can never liberate Anthy or anyone else by becoming a prince, for inhabiting that role only allows her to play by the rules of Akio's rigged game. The end of the show finds her stabbed in the back by Anthy, who bluntly tells her that she could never really be a prince because she's a girl. She act in the role to a point, but the role itself is inherently gendered-no one other than Akio can win the dueling game, and this is doubly true for women. To be the savior she's determined to be, Utena has to become something else- in the movie, the thing she becomes that enables her to rescue Anthy and break out of the trap of the setting is a vehicle of liberation. Just wanted to rant a bit about Utena. Also, here's another thing I wrote about it a few days ago in a mega, hard CW for SA, CSA ::: spoiler spoiler Don't remember the exact episode, but on reflection the most devastating scene in Revolutionary Girl Utena is when the "camera," in an iris-lens effect, just holds on her face. We see hints that she's naked, while she chides herself and Akio for spending too much time "playing," then starts planning dinner. She goes through every possibility of what to do with a piece of salmon she needs to eat before it goes bad; she is both dissociating from what has just happened, and playacting as an adult woman by showing off how she cooks for herself. One of the most powerful depictions of grooming and CSA I've ever seen. Much like David Lynch uses deliberate artificiality to contrast with and highlight the dark themes his stories, Revolutionary Girl Utena's theatricality serves the theme of the effects of abuse that runs throughout. The characters act out roles in their lives, sometimes playing to people's expectations, or playing their expectations of themselves, or modeling behavior (frequently abusive behavior) that's been done to them. This is all complemented by the surreal, stage play-like style of the show. Their school is a stage, the characters act out a fairy tale plot of duels for a princess, but their pain is very real. The third arc, with the revelation of Akio as the ultimate villain, explores the way adults manipulate and exploit children for their own ends- which is may be the ultimate source of trauma for all the characters. The use of a surreal story and imagery to explore these subjects reminds me strongly of David Lynch, particularly Twin Peaks, and especially Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. :::
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The god of LARPing takes action  What did you think of this week's chapter? No break again next week! 
Author of Cat Shit One the funny Vietnam story of rabbits killing people. I should have known when the manga uses slurs but I over looked it. But judging off his other work (all Wehraboo shit) and this twitter that by just looking at it does not look good. fml
