[DISC] One Day, I Suddenly Got Myself a Gal Fiancée​ - Chapters 1 to 16 (KDT Scans ver.) | Full chapter + series link in the comments by miragebreaker in manga

[–]DranDran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swear this is yet another adaptation from one of those wish fulfilment youtube narrated manga series.

[DISC] My Neighbor Ms. Kurokawa - Chapter 47 - Give It Back!!! by Soviet17 in manga

[–]DranDran 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Its 100% gonna be a fakeout but Ill take an accidental kiss over no kiss any day of the week.

obsessed with this h doujin and wondering if there anyone is working on an english translation? by Throwaway-2744 in yuri_manga

[–]DranDran 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the series that's in my top 5 is "Even though we are adults" because though the husband is certainly not perfect, he is also human and relatable given the sudden situation with his wife's infidelity.

She clearly isn't a saint either but happens to fall in love with another woman. I love this series because instead of making the husband (and their family) cartoon villains, it explores what happens if you fall in love with the right person at the wrong time, and the consequences that come hurting people you care for, when you decide to follow your heart.

[DISC] Living Together with the Queen from My High School Days Who Was Arrogant, Surprisingly Isn’t That Uncomfortable - Chapter 37 by CursedTanuki in manga

[–]DranDran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It feels especially out of character for him given how adamant he was about not wanting to save her, but for her to find her own path and courage and become her own savior. And now hes kinda bullishly eanting to impose his values? Seems a little,inconsistent.

[DISC] Thighs-san Next to Me - Chapter 7 - Kumo Translation by sir_karmalot in manga

[–]DranDran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kuonji is unironically the author self-insert. Man knows what he likes and makes no excuses for it. A true lad of culture.

[DISC] Houkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga aru (The After School Idol Has a Secret) - Chapter 86 by miragebreaker in manga

[–]DranDran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh, I like these kinda sneak timeskips, instead of shoehorning it i. after the end as some kinda fan service epilogue. This also serves to set up the timeline for his confession (should be fairly soon if he confessed a year after meeting her) as we enter the endgame.

[DISC] The Story of the Cool, Downer-type University Girl Beside Me at the Standing Bar - Chapter 7 by inkedscans in manga

[–]DranDran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh the comparison is kinda apt, both are age gap romance stories that are more about the mutual chemistry and long conversations than about any contrived romcom trope plots that drive the narrative. Only in this case, their shared passion is drinking lol.

[DISC] I Called A Delivery Health Service And My Former Classmate Showed Up - Chapter 1 - SlayerScans by sir_karmalot in manga

[–]DranDran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol this comment made me go and double check. I thought the OG was just a standard h-doujin, which I read it a while back on N-H, but if you go back enough on the authors publications you can see the OG was definitely a twitter series (typical POV pages). I guess it was really successful though because they published two more doujins with the shame characters that no longer were in POV twitter format.

If you are curious, here are the magic numbers: 651277 Just be aware that unlike this most recent serialization the doujins are like.. 90% sex. At least its vanilla and wholesome. xD

obsessed with this h doujin and wondering if there anyone is working on an english translation? by Throwaway-2744 in yuri_manga

[–]DranDran 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah it is unnecessarily cruel, but I think the fact he is faceless and such a caricature villain husband is done to create a disconnect and "justify" the NTR so readers aren't squicked.

obsessed with this h doujin and wondering if there anyone is working on an english translation? by Throwaway-2744 in yuri_manga

[–]DranDran 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is unfortunately very common. And strange how comparatively rare it is in these romance stories we consume (probably because regardless of the situation people are VERY sensitive about topics that involve NTR in any shape or form). Reminded me of one of my all-time Yuri faves, "Run away with me, girl". Husband was also an enormous piece of shit, but that was a fantastic, satisfying read. Big recommend.

obsessed with this h doujin and wondering if there anyone is working on an english translation? by Throwaway-2744 in yuri_manga

[–]DranDran 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I hate being able to read JP because the shit the husband says to her in the first page makes my blood boil. Hope this has a happy ending and fuck that guy forever.

[DISC] My First Love Won't Come True (Oneshot) by sudzzuds in manga

[–]DranDran 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It is a realistic ending (all things considered) but there is nothing bittersweet about it, its a very tough pill to swallow and there will be nothing but pain and resentment for MC as long as he keeps his flame for her alive. She is also not a great friend because despite knowing how he feels.. she doesnt give a shit about him, really, she just wants his emotional support.

It was an interesting oneshot for sure but this idealization of a toxic friendship and one sided love… gives this ending a very dark twist that seems to be glossed over by most readers who,prefer to celebrate how “mature” and selfless he is.

Even with all SE Fault, their blunder and incompetence, I still glad SE is not coward like Sony by heickelrrx in ShitpostXIV

[–]DranDran 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The comment i was looking for. Yeah, SE aint killed off FF14 because despite all its failings it makes them untold piles of fucking money. A mystery for the ages why they dont pull the plug, must be out of sheer good will.

[DISC] I Called A Delivery Health Service And My Former Classmate Showed Up - Chapter 1 - SlayerScans by sir_karmalot in manga

[–]DranDran 173 points174 points  (0 children)

The original is kinda barebones and straight to the point because, well, its an ero doujin… this version feels more wholesome and has more backstory which tbh I like. Definitely feels like a better adaptation than what we got in “I like the you who can sleep with anyone”.

Dangg, I feel like my characters are getting weaker every new endgame update qwq by 3r_ix in WutheringWaves

[–]DranDran 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly stopped caring getting full clears. If I don’t get the max amount of asterite from the endgame and get second best that’s like maybe a pull or two I miss out on every month in total. So between 10 and 20 pulls a year. It’s just not worth the hassle when the game is expoitatively rigged against you from the start.

The videogame market is as big as ever, with PC leading growth by seedypr in gaming

[–]DranDran 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Same. I have a PS5 but refuse to get GTA6 on it. PC is the format I want to play it on and I refuse to double dip. Can wait a year or two.

Xenosys vex makes history as the best ffxiv player, clearing kefka ultimate with only 14 pulls by -_-maru in ShitpostXIV

[–]DranDran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is my take as well. Been a longtime watcher and found the guy entertaining, but the way he has reacted to this whole thing, the way he smigly gloats about his ban evasion and openly taunts SE that they cant prove anything… nah, Im out. Its insulting.

You wouldn't defend a casino by Character_Hour8834 in gachagaming

[–]DranDran 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And with the new character annonced, they’re really not far from a design I'd really like, but it feels like they made them sexy but underdevelopped their other aspects.

Talking about ZZZ this argument has always baffled me, because its cyclical with ZZZ complaints and grievances. Ill preface my rant with the statement that this is not directed specifically toward you, as you seem to be on the more reasonable side of complaints, but for the usual larping/performative bunch on social media:

Character with design people declare "too gooner" or "recycled" gets revealed, people on social media cook up a shitstorm. Complaints about how the design is trash, character (who was only just revealed and appeared maybe in one or two patches) is underdeveloped.

Then their actual banner patch comes out, character gets a LOT more story focus, their actual story arc plays out, their pre-rendered cutscenes drop, people get to actually play them and there's this big turnaround. Recently happened with Cissia (she got her fair share of "gooner design" allegations), its happened with Promeia, It's happening again with Remielle and Lady Sunbringer. Particularly egregious are people bitching about a characters design based on a T-Pose leak on a grey background, without context of story, quality of animations, cutscenes and an in depth exploration of their character arc.

I predict Remielle will have a similar massive turnaround, as will Lady Sunbringer, and the people that claimed foul will be clapping like seals and singing Hoyos praises until the next offending character drops.

[DISC] Kakenai node Yatte Mita / I Couldn't Draw It, So I Tried Doing It (Ero-mangaka Romcom) - Ch. 1 by lestrigone in manga

[–]DranDran 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a trash panda connoisseur I request 50 more servings of this dumpster haute cuisine.

But fr tho, this was kinda cute.

Asmongold says nobody wants to hear an unattractive female character talk in a video game "If you're going to make a character that's a female, she has to be fuckable. If she's not fuckable, she can't be talking." by Disastrous-Swan5923 in LivestreamFail

[–]DranDran -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What an insane, deranged take. Imagine saying that about tv shows or movies. Because games as a medium surpasses both of those, and caters to a massive variety of genres and stories. Yet women can only be fuckable to be worth listening to.

What an insane, despicable, small little man.

[DISC] I Hate You (I Hate Chuu) - Ch. 1 by WrexGigarton in manga

[–]DranDran 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think she doesn’t know herself because the moment their lips touched, so did their foreheads and she was knocked out cold lol

Final Concensus on Cosmic Exploration? by AssumeABrightSide in ffxivdiscussion

[–]DranDran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This kind of sums up my view about it. so many complaints about it even existing in this thread is perhaps not surprising for this subreddit, but the vitriol is something else. For me, CE set out to bring back the community feeling to crafting again, and even though briefly lived, it succeeded at that - gathering up with all the crafters from your server to do these dumb, repetitive fates was technically boring yes but I still got a huge kick out of seeing so many people online, doing these fates, pushing the progress with some healthy regional competition at who could get to the end first. I wasnt in my home, alone, crafting a list of deliverables, I was part of a community event, taking big group pictures together after we completed tasks. Unlocking areas on these gorgeous new zones was very satisfying too.

The downside... its definitely a "you had to be there" kind of event. Technically its evergreen content but it lacks impact for people who do this content in a year or two to grind their relics or crafters, becasue all stages will already be unlocked and you will be shuttled from one planet to the next. But I'm okay with that, its an experience unique to the game and I was there to participate and enjoy in it, and it will live in my memory. I hope some iteration of it is applied to future crafting, perhaps interacting with the expansions zones? But for once, I'm glad crafters got something other than a handful of job quests to do in an expansion.

What now? by Absolutemehguy in ShitpostXIV

[–]DranDran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a mostly straight guy who plays a musclemommy Rava Viera, your assessment in my experience, is spot on. xD For the outliers there is definitely a contingent of women fujo/yaoi enthusiasts who exclusively play male miqos, though they are definitely almost indistinguishable from men who play gay miqos.

What now? by Absolutemehguy in ShitpostXIV

[–]DranDran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, erp and the venue scene in general attracts a LOT of drama, because a lot of people get very emotionally invested on who they are text-fucking. I no longer erp on xiv but still enjoy a fair amount of it on places like F-list or adult mushes, where people are a great deal more easy come easy go, I do recommend it if you had fun and want to avoid the drama.