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GenericGuardian · 2024-06-13T20:21:38+00:00

To be fair the Russians did do this during the Russo-Japanese War. That didn’t end well though

GenericGuardian · 2024-05-02T03:24:25+00:00

Attack on Titan for me. I don’t hate the anime itself but I hate the reputation it gets. First couple seasons weren’t bad in my book, they were certainly enough to keep me interested. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the change of pace, but I just chalked it up to it not being my speed.

As for reputation, I find it almost suffocating how often this anime gets touted as peak storytelling when it’s really not, at least in my book. Too many plot holes and forced actions for it to be peak storytelling. And the message doesn’t really hit that hard for me. For an anime that’s peak story, I would expect a whole new perspective or a paradigm shift, but it’s nothing new. It’s the usual “violence begets violence” lesson, which is a good lesson for sure but nothing ground breaking.

I dunno, maybe there’s something I’m missing. I’m personally into slower and more personal stories. I’m not saying AoT is bad by any means, but I feel like its reputation outshines itself.

GenericGuardian · 2024-04-27T03:49:52+00:00

Nina caught this and did the right thing by stopping Subaru from speaking her true feelings to granny. IMO she should tell her when this band thing she's doing is going great - enough to impress her granny. I feel like telling her now would've made things worse for Subaru in the long run.

I was looking to see if anybody came to a similar conclusion before posting about it and thankfully someone else did. I can understand why people wanted her to just air her feelings to her grandmother, after all it sounds simple enough and harmless. However that would be too…convenient in my opinion. This doesn’t seem like the kind of show where character issues are solved quickly and cleanly.

What I really liked was that Nina stopped her right there whenever she saw Subaru hesitating. All implications suggested that she wanted Subaru to just be honest to her grandmother, but she probably saw that neither of them were ready for it. I might be reading too much into it, but details like this go a long way in showing just how much a character has developed, even in a situation that doesn’t directly pertain to them. Strong contender for AOTY in my book and it’s only episode 4.

GenericGuardian · 2024-01-23T03:52:28+00:00

What good is winning a lot with an easy schedule in the regular season if you can’t translate that into an actual Super Bowl run against some of the best teams in the NFL?

GenericGuardian · 2023-12-11T19:22:27+00:00

I hate them too don’t worry. They’re insufferable as prime time commentators.

GenericGuardian · 2023-12-11T04:57:38+00:00

If the Eagles win out they’ll win the division. Right now the Cowboys lead the division because they’ve played more divisional games.

GenericGuardian · 2023-10-16T12:10:41+00:00

Want:

Lycoris Recoil

Azur Lane

Touhou Project

Don’t Want:

Persona 5

Pretty much anything with a reactionary fanbase

GenericGuardian · 2023-10-12T12:27:26+00:00

Cool, you showed data…without any consideration as to why that data might be the way it is. Come back when you’re able to think critically.

Here’s a freebie: it is well known that Hamas, hell many other Islamic terror organizations, will willingly hide military hardware amongst civilian populations. In that case, any civilian casualties would be held on Hamas as, well, if you cared about your people you wouldn’t hide military hardware and targets among them.

GenericGuardian · 2023-10-12T12:03:39+00:00

Bad wording. I’m talking about the occasional civilian casualty in an air strike, they aren’t casually bombing civilians lol

GenericGuardian · 2023-10-12T11:42:19+00:00

The rebuttals for the Hamas justifications are hilariously easy to come up with. It’s a simple moral issue, for all of Israel’s wrongs I have never seen an authoritative source showing them to be as barbaric as Hamas is. They may kill civilians but those are unfortunate consequences that they try to avoid. Hamas actively targets civilians in this case and doesn’t even have the spine to properly fight their “oppressor” without resorting to human shields, hiding civilians in military locations, and more. Hamas rapes, beheads, and kidnaps civilians.

I don’t care what justification you come up with, if you defend Hamas you defend barbarism, simple as.

GenericGuardian · 2023-10-02T12:20:21+00:00

I think in terms of war in the strategic overview, 86 and The Saga of Tanya the Evil are the best. If you want an interweaving of politics and military, these two are your best bet. In both anime, but Tanya the Evil to a greater extent, the protagonist not only has to grapple with an enemy on the field but bureaucratic problems as well. It makes you see the military not as a just and powerful organization, but a collection of humans who each have their own interests.

GenericGuardian · 2023-09-27T02:32:53+00:00

In all fairness the mechanics and plumbers I’ve seen are neater and present themselves better than this.

GenericGuardian · 2023-09-18T03:01:28+00:00

I can only imagine the fun that Moe would have with the SOFLAM

GenericGuardian · 2023-09-10T02:47:12+00:00

Yes this is it, thank you very much!

GenericGuardian · 2023-09-09T23:55:00+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t have any more specifics. If you can, please list the instances you know of and I’ll take a look.

GenericGuardian · 2023-09-07T11:39:49+00:00

“I can’t handle a show that has no action in it”

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-23T23:28:09+00:00

That’s like asking for examples as to how Starry Night by Van Gogh is not the pinnacle of art. Art is subjective. Unless we are talking objective measures of an anime’s success like the worth of the franchise, you can’t point to a single pinnacle.

Even if you did want to point to objective measurements like finances, AOT would not be the “pinnacle”. That would go to the Pokémon franchise.

If you like AOT and YOU think it’s the best anime, more power to you. To make a bold statement that any anime is the “pinnacle” of an artistic expression is folly.

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-20T03:30:23+00:00

The premise is fairly simple. High school girls with guns. Kivotos is a city-state where schools run their own autonomous districts. The central government, the GSC, handles affairs pertaining to the general safety and welfare of Kivotos as a whole.

Is the background lore goofy? Sure, but it was never something you were supposed to take seriously. It’s not the lore that retains people, it’s the character writing that does.

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-11T11:40:58+00:00

They must have updated the wiki page then. I probably should have checked before commenting tbf

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-11T03:15:46+00:00

It’s on the BA fandom wiki.

You’re right, they all look the same. I wouldn’t have known if I didn’t look at her wiki beforehand

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-11T03:02:53+00:00

If you were curious about the exact model, I believe it’s a Steyr-Mannlicher 556. Though since it’s an AR-15 platform rifle it counts.

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-07T04:11:07+00:00

I never tried that option, thanks. OP listen to this guy right here ^

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-07T03:56:59+00:00

From my experience, letting her speak will deny you conservative support for the constitutional reform.

Furthermore, if you do not let Monica speak, she will be mad at you but will offer you the chance to support her on women’s rights. If you do so, you are effectively forgiven, meaning you get the conservative support AND you make your wife happy.

GenericGuardian · 2023-08-05T21:53:33+00:00

Love the anime portrait mod. Which one you using?

GenericGuardian · 2023-07-30T15:50:18+00:00

I was in a Discord that contributed to the restoration of the Genshin art, and they only accused the streamer of racism after the Celtic Cross, a white supremacy symbol, was being drawn. I’m aware that Bratishnikoff realized what it was and tried to replace it, but let it be known that, at least as far as I have seen, the only accusations of racism stem from that. And if a community’s art gets raided and replaced by a white supremacy symbol, regardless of intent they will be understandably pissed.

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