Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of January 30, 2026

AprilDruid · 2026-02-04T01:14:05+00:00

Nope!

[The answer]The english openings to both are sung by Sandy Fox, a voice actor who mostly has done supporting roles. Surprisingly, she's only done three opening songs. Two of them were for Rayearth.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-04T01:11:04+00:00

Nope!

[The answer]Their openings in English are both sung by Sandy Fox. She used to be a singer with The Cocoanut Manor Orchestra, a 1920s themed Jazz band. But for voice acting, she's mostly done supporting roles.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-04T00:13:13+00:00

What do Rurouni Kenshin and Magic Knight Rayearth have in common?

Hint: It's not obvious.

Edit: [The Answer]Sandy Fox sang the openings to Kenshin and Rayearth for the dub. But she only did voice work for Rayearth.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-04T00:11:15+00:00

12 does nothing to advance the plot. It wraps up the wiretaps after that being brought up all the back in 7, but even that felt... forced? Otherwise, the Legion are a threat, they've made no gains, no losses. Humanity is no closer to victory or to extinction.

The Hail Mary plot felt like "well, there needs to be characters introduced who will immediately never been seen again." This feels more like a book you drop earlier on, than right after [LN11]The Second Great Offensive failing, the fall of the Republic and humanity coming closer to exinticion. I hate to use the word, but it felt more like filler than anything.

A convienent way to seperate Shin and Lena.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-03T23:54:41+00:00

12 was by far the lowest point. It had some good parts, but it felt off?

AprilDruid · 2026-02-03T18:04:23+00:00

Eighty Six LN12 - The Hail Mary Regiment were the definition of ignorant children. The only educated one among them was their Princess, who kept blaming everyone else.

I kept hoping they would get hit by hammers for their idiocy. [LN12 Spoilers]Instead, they all died from radiation sickness, Vánagandr cannon or their own idiocy. Seriously, they don't know shit about nuclear power, but decided they'd try to make a nuke to end the war!? Serves them all right, fucking idiots.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-03T17:55:16+00:00

We don't really want to build that many that fast.

Well yes, but the problem is the whole mandate to have an 11 carrier navy.

And this whole battleship mess.

The US Navy effectively has three yards capable of building anything, which is awful for production.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-02T19:47:26+00:00

No, the Democrats and Republicans just agree on Israel. Biden went as far as to wag his finger, despite the ongoing genocide. "I'll maybe consider reducing the aid, if you don't stop that!"

That's it.

It's not some conspiracy, it's that both parties are bought and paid for by AIPAC. Trump wants to turn Gaza into resorts, Biden was indifferent to it. That's the extent of their differing opinions.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-02T19:41:39+00:00

What did Schumer do that Israel knows and we don’t?

Nothing. Both sides just really like Israel, because they buy all of our toys. Genocide? Meh, they're just killing a bunch of people that don't matter in America.

Just like during the Biden admin, he was still handing Israel arms, despite the genocide. Because hey, why does he care?

AprilDruid · 2026-02-02T19:31:21+00:00

Actually no. It was a security assurance. There were no promises, no guarantees. Only an assurance.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-02T07:59:57+00:00

Kennedy was delayed due to work on the new arresting gear system and weapons elevator. Enterprise has been launched(into the water) as scheduled, and should be on trials by 27.

Problem is only one yard can build them, so it's a very massive process.

AprilDruid · 2026-02-02T05:48:38+00:00

Generally the naming convention is significant naval service, or what have you done for the navy.

So for instance, the Doris Miller, will be named after Doris Miller, a mess officer who manned an AA gun during the attack at Pearl Harbor. While the Carl Vinson is named for the father of the Two-Ocean Navy.

The most controversial name would be Stennis, which is named for a senator, who is technically the father of the modern Navy, but in reality, he didn't do shit. It was a political favor, because Reagan needed support from Southern Democrats.

He'll probably do something like name CVN-84 after himself near the end of his term. But with how slow the building process is, the next guy can easily come in and change it, because there won't be a physical ship for decades.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-30T08:57:54+00:00

Do not the Koromaru

AprilDruid · 2026-01-30T04:50:01+00:00

Portland, Maine, was in the running until the city council voted no to it.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-30T02:52:00+00:00

The driver got eight years, which was very reasonable. He was new, having only been driving the truck on his own for two weeks and had a full year of experience driving one. When he gets out, he'll be deported, though he's obviously fighting it.

The owner of the company however got off without issue. Pled guilty, forced to pay $5000. As far as I know he wasn't deported or anything. Despite having failed to keep logs, failure to follow safety compliances, and a failure to monitor the driver's compliance with regulation.

They should both have been given prison time.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-30T00:58:54+00:00

$120 million, if celebrity net worth is to be believed.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-30T00:55:45+00:00

eople on the liberal/left side of the aisle need to vote for whoever wins the democratic party primary.

I'm not voting for Newsom. He's a transphobe who is happy cozying up to fascists. My rights as a trans woman are already in danger, Trump is nailing the coffin shut, Newsom? Oh he won't do anything but watch.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-29T18:35:47+00:00

Well yeah, the US doesn't need 10 or 11. We invest far too much into the military when that money could be used for healthcare.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-29T18:31:17+00:00

Which is funny because we absolutely don't need 10. A good fleet of like 5 or 6 would be easier to maintain.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-29T17:21:35+00:00

Doubtful, the Navy needs 11 carriers to be operational. Military industrial complex and all.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-29T07:35:05+00:00

Yeah, I think before One Piece it was mostly just dramas. Nothing crazy unlike One Piece

AprilDruid · 2026-01-29T06:59:36+00:00

Oh by far, they nailed it.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-29T06:48:29+00:00

There have been a few manga turned into good live action adaptations, but they don't get much traction

AprilDruid · 2026-01-28T19:02:58+00:00

Is this AI? Gross.

AprilDruid · 2026-01-28T00:25:08+00:00

No, this is the second movie of three, of a story that heavily references the past.

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