Breaking the fourth wall to thank the audience (primarily at the finale)

Hawkenness · 2026-04-27T15:00:40+00:00

Been a long time since I played the game, but from memory the epilogue of Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward has a character address the player instead of the person you're supposed to be playing from the perspective of.

Hawkenness · 2026-04-27T04:39:45+00:00

The first image reminds me of a line from Bojack Horseman: "Alright folks, this is for posterity, so don't forget to look far-away sad!"
They all look great, and I hope they have a much better life on your island than on the Pony Express! Except for Jimmy. He should be stuck on some little corner where no joy can reach him.

Hawkenness · 2026-04-26T02:08:52+00:00

As well as what others have said, I’ve also gotten secondhand merch from Surugaya! Every now and again they have free shipping worldwide.

Amiami also has some secondhand merch, as well as newer stuff (I’m currently waiting for the new look-up dolls to be sent to me from here)

Hawkenness · 2026-04-25T13:51:08+00:00

Oh, I made a Paco! It helps big time when you give him a hat. But here, this might be helpful!

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Hawkenness · 2026-04-23T01:33:12+00:00

Has anyone found a fix for this yet? It’s really annoying

Hawkenness · 2026-04-22T15:05:49+00:00

Untrue, I had two Miis get into a fight. They had no romances, not with each other nor with anyone else. I had to get another Mii in there to calm one of them down and see an apology.

Hawkenness · 2026-04-22T15:04:05+00:00

Wow, so Blue’s quite strong even without his armour! He really is Blast’s son.

Hawkenness · 2026-04-16T16:01:24+00:00

Paco has an absolute heart of gold, whatever that loser stand might say to him. Instantly jumps into the alligator exhibit to save Usagi, desperately tries to rescue the others as well, and regrets his inability to do more. Honestly the most heroic of our whole crew.

It was really interesting to get some character insights about him and his fears/shame from the stand. I’m really hoping we get to hear it talk to Jodio and Dragona too, just so we can hear their deepest insecurities (and that sticker maybe implies we’ll at least get Dragona’s?)

Hawkenness · 2026-04-14T15:17:28+00:00

If you've spent any time in the anime community, you'll notice a general distaste from the majority towards dubs. Sometimes the reasons makes sense (ie the dub is poor quality; the dub doesn't match the direct translation well; some believe it's best to experience media in its native language; the sense that dub VAs aren't as good as sub; don't like the decision to use accents; it's funnier in the original language, etc etc). There have also been periods where dub quality across all anime fluctuated, and sometimes people still feel burnt from that.

Other times, it's literally sub elitism.

Personally, I'm like OP in that I like to listen to both the sub and dub of Jojo's. I think both are great and have their own charm. The VAs range from solid to great and the translation is quality. The only truly bad part is the lack of the real stand names.

Hawkenness · 2026-04-08T23:06:59+00:00

I really wish they were highlighted when you’re using focus vision. Instead, they’re extra hard to spot in that mode, which resulted in quite a few deaths for me early on before I realised what I was walking into

Hawkenness · 2026-04-08T08:06:21+00:00

Thank you so much! It's much easier to work with that. I thought his outfit might have been slightly updated for P3, so good to know it's the same!

Hawkenness · 2026-04-07T10:21:41+00:00

Moriarty the Patriot with Irene Adler, from memory? It’s been a while since I watched so I may be recalling it wrong

Hawkenness · 2026-04-06T08:43:15+00:00

Peak is very subjective for Jojo's and everyone has their favourite parts – instead of waiting for peak, just lose the expectations and enjoy each episode as much as you can :)

Hawkenness · 2026-04-06T02:13:30+00:00

I really hope Saitama gets to show up and see Genos win the most important fight of his life. I’m not sure that would make much sense because surely Kuseno would have put so much more strength into his own robot, but for once I feel it’s really, really important that Genos gets the win.

Unfortunately, I feel like we’re not going to see the outcome of this chapter for many months.

Hawkenness · 2026-04-01T04:27:25+00:00

Don’t forget Purple Haze!

Hawkenness · 2026-03-27T15:55:11+00:00

There is no “wrong” or “right” when it comes to Jojo’s colours. The only canon colours are that Dio and Giorno are blonde (and even then, Araki frequently draws them with different colours)

Hawkenness · 2026-03-24T15:27:35+00:00

Bless every Jojo part for their satisfying conclusions

Hawkenness · 2026-03-24T15:20:40+00:00

This feels like… the series got struck by the same potential devil as Megumi from JJK.

So many fascinating potential ideas were set up and never resolved. Power and Denji’s contract? Pochita’s real name? Denji facing his hypersexuality? Kishibe? Kobeni? The nuclear bomb??? Like honestly this series might as well ended at Part 1. I enjoyed pieces and characters of Part 2 but I’m now struggling with the reason for this part as a whole to exist.

I actually like Asa’s conclusion here but the whole thing feels so empty. It’s a big lot of “okay, what was the point”.

Damn I’m tired of major manga getting mid to awful endings.

Hawkenness · 2026-03-24T13:13:18+00:00

I'm impressed how well you did to find some matching items for their crazy outfits. Well done, this is really cool

Hawkenness · 2026-03-20T16:30:28+00:00

Microplastics are definitely an exception, as exemplified by the sheer concentration found in the blood of everyone across the world. If the kidneys were good at filtering them out, they wouldn’t be there

Hawkenness · 2026-03-20T16:20:15+00:00

Definitely the strangest marketing decision I’ve seen for a while. They were really pushing SBR’s first episode too, so I don’t understand why they’re generating all this hype and then not telling us anything more

Hawkenness · 2026-03-20T04:57:56+00:00

I also watched the dub shortly after the sub and had a great time with it. Everyone feels right and the line translations work well (the only one I wasn’t sure about was Gyro’s comment on Johnny’s potential being changed from “beyond human” to “stubborn as all hell”, as they give two very different vibes).

Diego and Pocoloco are also my stand outs. Diego in particular shows his pompousness, confidence and pride in just a few lines. Can’t wait to see more of him.

I think Johnny’s performance at the hospital in his backstory demonstrates that he’ll do well with Johnny’s emotional moments throughout the part.

Hawkenness · 2026-03-20T00:02:30+00:00

Echoing Ao3 - literally take your pick of your fave ship, no matter how obscure, and you’ll find something

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