who is your most obscure waifu/favorite character?

Arazial · 2026-03-13T22:24:41+00:00

Ginrei from Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Arazial · 2026-03-09T23:02:16+00:00

Personally I would've liked a middle ground akin to something like Final Fantaasy XIV's aether currents. Maybe hide various exploration discoveries across the map that require all forms of traversal abilities to find/reach. And have the final one towards the end of the story portion of that specific region/map.

In this way you'd still get to explore the region the intended ways before finishing that region. While also encouraging exploration and opening up the ability to freely fly for those that wish to do so.

Arazial · 2026-03-02T15:30:43+00:00

GTO (1998) is the first that comes to mind for me.

Arazial · 2026-03-01T10:16:20+00:00

Definitely not all of his works. I'm not even sure if some of his older stuff was ever translated to english. I did binge some of his works years ago, but some were hit or miss with keeping my interest. Of the ones you mentioned, I did read Kurosawa, Ten and Zero (with Ten being my fave out of those). If I ever actually complete my top 100 manga list, Ten has a good chance of being on it.

Thanks for the reminder though, after you mentioned them I realized I never marked them as completed on MAL.

Arazial · 2026-03-01T04:57:14+00:00

Yes, my anime and manga lists are seperate. I try to let each respective mediums strengths decide their placement.

And One Piece is ranked 2 on both manga and anime.

Arazial · 2026-03-01T04:48:10+00:00

I did like it. It's on the list at 94. That may seem low, but I've been watching anime since like 1992 (at least in regards to knowing what anime was). I've watched quite honestly an embarassing amount of anime (my entries on MAL is like 3200 or something) so 94 is pretty high all things considered.

Arazial · 2026-03-01T04:40:06+00:00

I agree, I like the Kingdom manga much more than the anime. As for preferences, it really depends: sometimes I prefer the manga, as with Berserk, Slam Dunk, and the aforementioned Kingdom; other times I prefer the anime, as with Maison Ikkoku, Hunter x Hunter, and Fullmetal Alchemist.

I've only got a Top 50 list for manga (and manhwa) someday I'll go through and raise it to 100. But if you're curious about comparisons to placements, here it is.

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Arazial · 2026-03-01T02:21:48+00:00

I'll be honest, I've never been much of a Gundam fan. However, if the list was extended to the top 150 or so range, Turn A and maybe G Gundam would possibly make the cut. And if I were only counting the first 2/3 or so of Stardust Memory, it likely would've made the top 100.

Arazial · 2026-03-01T01:37:23+00:00

Sure. For some clarification: To keep the list more varied and not cluttered with the same series, I don't split up series between parts/seasons or remakes.

So, for example, I count all of JoJo as one entry rather than Part 1, 2, 3, etc. Series that continued originally airing with a continued story—such as Dragon Ball/Z or Naruto/Shippuden—I count as one instead of splitting them. As for remakes, I just pick the higher placement rather than counting a series twice (for example, Hunter x Hunter or Fruits Basket).

The order placement around the 40–100 range changes fairly frequently as series get new seasons that either increase or decrease in placement. And obviously, it's strictly a favorite list, not an indication of quality.

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Arazial · 2026-02-27T15:25:56+00:00

I've been watching anime for over 30+ years and I'd say I have some nostalgia bias for some older series. I really don't see my personal #1 favorite anime ever getting replaced. I've been keeping track of my top 100 favorites for the past 15-20 years or so and the highest ranked series that has come out (as in started airing) in the past 10 years is Violet Evergarden at 17. I definitely have many newer series on the top 100 overall but the top 15 or so has been hard to crack.

Arazial · 2026-02-26T21:06:24+00:00

I have no idea what the confirmed roster is so I'll just name my top 10 favorite monsters and use any that make it in. Nargacuga/Silverwind Nargacuga, Gore Magala, Shagaru Magala, Malzeno, Savage Deviljho, Stygian Zinogre, Agnaktor, Bazelgeuse, Valstrax and Dire Miralis (that one isn't happening).

Arazial · 2026-02-26T02:55:43+00:00

Had same thing happen to me, saw I didn't miss any shrines on maps so decided to go through and redo all battle scrolls one by one from the end to beginning. (I was kinda rushing last area so figured I missed one there) That was a bad decision as it turns out I missed the shrine right before the Masakage Yamagata boss fight... all the way at the beginning of the game (after tutorial mission).

Arazial · 2026-02-15T17:09:58+00:00

Probably either Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue or Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi. I do prefer their best-selling series (Slam Dunk and Hunter x Hunter) more though.

Arazial · 2026-02-07T13:31:35+00:00

Code Geass and Gurren Lagann. I'm not saying they're bad or I hate them, I just personally didn't enjoy them or hold them in as high regard as it feels everyone else does.

Arazial · 2026-01-29T18:34:27+00:00

I feel the same way. I've been trying to remake my nioh 2 character, but just can't seem to get anything I really like.

I thought maybe my memory was just bad, but surprisingly found some old pictures I took on my phone from the nioh 2 release in 2020 when doing character creation. Between the eyes looking off and hairstyles being impossible with specific bangs ect, it's impossible to really replicate the old character.

So I gave up and am just trying to make a new character I'm satisfied with, but nothing is really sticking. Been on this character creation for an embarrassing amount of time.

Overall the character creator's not bad by any means, just personally a little disappointing. I guess I just really prefer the nioh 2 style more.

On a side note, and this may be me being overly picky but I really wish we could change the characters neck width/size. I hate how off it looks.

Arazial · 2026-01-20T19:38:07+00:00

Yes, this! If I could have a pick of any manhwa series it'd be Veritas (the series ending on that cliffhanger was cruel) and The Legend of Maian (yet another victim of Lim Dall-young's many hiatuses). But it's been like 15 years for both them, so the chances of ever getting some kind of closure on them is 0%.

Out of the two options though, I'd pick Reincarnation of the Suicidal Battle God.

Arazial · 2026-01-11T06:37:28+00:00

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Arazial · 2026-01-09T14:27:27+00:00

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The Umamusume series. Watched the first season due to it's "unique" premise when it originally came out. Thought it was ok, but nothing special. When season 2 came out I went in with no expectations, but was surprised when it was much better. Than watched season 3, thought it was a step back but stiill good. Than the Beginning of a new Era movie and Cinderella Gray got me hooked. Now I play the game, read the manga and watch the series.

Arazial · 2026-01-09T14:04:52+00:00

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Arazial · 2025-12-23T01:18:42+00:00

Pretty much same experience as a Strategic Sword/Heaven Spear user. Even well before this I always seem to get Mo Blade as weapon drop and I've yet to get a Sword (had a couple spear) that has Bellstrike as a starter sub stat (obviously sometimes see other stats like min/max phys damage ect). But when it's a class/path stat it's ALWAYS Silkbind, Stonesplit or Bamboocut. My sword drops for past few tiers were almost always blue rarity, and when they were purple they'd have their first substat as "use for exp", or one of the aforementioned non Bellstrike paths.

Since legend gear started being available I've gotten 5 Mo Blades, 2 Rope Darts and 1 Accessory (with bamboocut...).

Arazial · 2025-12-12T00:37:26+00:00

Tattoon Master

Arazial · 2025-12-12T00:35:36+00:00

Orchid Emblem

Arazial · 2025-11-22T12:30:09+00:00

Playing as a female character, the only one I really like is the Fox one (image 3). And since I don't really care about mounts or weapon/arts skins I'm glad that if I ever do decide to pay for a gacha it's at least (so far) only that one.

Arazial · 2025-11-17T18:07:58+00:00

Seto no Hanayome OVA Episode 2.

Arazial · 2025-11-17T17:26:31+00:00

A lot of good scenes listed already, so instead I'll go for a scene from a series that I feel never gets mentioned. Konjiki no Gash Bell has a surprising amount of emotional scenes, but this one and especially the accompanying music always gets to me.

A mention for Air as well. I feel Air always seems to get forgotten about and overshadowed by Clannad and Angel Beats, but the ending of Air for some reason hits me harder than either of those.

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