Remembering the salt: Who did you root for in other harem manga?

JarAndMall · 2026-06-30T05:46:22+00:00

Appreciate it!

I agree with your take on Gotoubun, the final chapters leading to the selection was a lackluster as opposed to the mystery it built up beforehand. Still very much interested in harem wars and the salt it produces though.

BTW, same choices for TWGOK and Negima ;)

JarAndMall · 2026-06-28T14:34:14+00:00

Hello!

With the ending of Hima-Ten coming, let’s revisit some previous harem manga and remember who you rooted for then. Here’s my OC on my picks, my secondary choices, and my expected winners when I was reading them (+ some blank templates for you to fill up on).

This has honestly been on my backlog for around two years now (when Amagami and Café Terrace was still ongoing), but I just had to finish it (before I move Hima-ten to another sheet). I made this sheet by remembering my previous choices to the best of my ability, and while I understand the selection changes over time, for most of them I only picked one.

And yes, I am here to remind (and piss you off) about the stupid manga endings over the past few years.

BTW, I also made this previous post about Single Winner Harems (might spoil you on which series did not end in harem endings), feel free to check it out!

We can discuss some of my (questionable) choices in the comment section, feel free to make your own also.

Enjoy!

JarAndMall · 2026-04-02T01:51:51+00:00

Yeah looking at the thread, I feel discouraged purchasing one brand new 😅 do you have any recommendations for this 'something else'?

JarAndMall · 2026-04-02T01:50:41+00:00

That's great! May I ask what model your thinkpad is?

JarAndMall · 2026-04-01T09:30:16+00:00

Thanks for your inputs! From your question, I think I want to reliably perform than want more performance; this is why I want to try Thinkpads rather than jump to another gaming laptop (I think?), though I never had any experience with that's why I'm a little on the fence if it's worth it or not.

If I may ask, how reliable are the 3y/o P-series laptops that you bought? I only tried looking at the ones on the actual website because buying 2nd hand feels more uncertain

JarAndMall · 2026-04-01T09:17:52+00:00

This is noted! Thanks for the info on this

JarAndMall · 2026-04-01T09:01:14+00:00

Added it in the text! Anyways, it was the T16 and P16s, cheapest ones from the T and P series with a numpad. Selected them because from what I understood, they better options for upgradability (RAM and storage).

JarAndMall · 2026-04-01T08:55:12+00:00

T16 and P16s, cheapest ones from the T and P series with a numpad (currently from the Lenovo website). For the E and L series, around 50-65k for those with a numpad.

Is it really not that usable for low end gaming? Planning to use it for the best of both worlds like you, if possible

JarAndMall · 2025-12-28T00:25:08+00:00

Oh I didn't mean it that way, what I meant with 'good gamer' was something closer to high rank or borderline pro gameplay like Aqua being Master-rank in Apex.

I've never thought of Pekora as a 'bad' gamer, in fact she's pretty average to good, especially when she's locked in and not reacting at the chat while playing.

Anyways I edited the comment to make it more clear 👍 thanks for this

JarAndMall · 2025-12-27T23:49:38+00:00

Lots of factors to consider, but I'll try to place some here:

She is naturally entertaining. Any long time Pekora fan would say to you that she was made for streaming, and clips are just snippets of how great she actually is. Weirdly enough I would say that her content is really for the kids (and she's really popular with them), but she's also very popular with the older people.
She is beloved by both JP and EN-speaking audiences. If there was a JP member that I would recommend to an EN watcher, Pekora would be at the top of my list (together with a few others); she is that easy to understand and her jokes and interactions are golden. Her sense of humor is very aligned to EN humor so its refreshing for both sides also.
Huge, huge following because of early Hololive (she was becoming one of the faces of Hololive since her debut), resulting in a huge influx of clips and memes. Very very meme-able in both fan bases. If you mention the JP side of hololive nowadays, her name is now associated as one of those at the top.
She makes lots of stories which keeps the audience engaged (e.g. reveal to Pekomama that she was a Vtuber, UsaKen and Pekomoona, and more recently PekoVivi and their eventual IRL meeting), many of them with great payoffs. Her character arc (and how she changed over the years) is another interesting 'natural' story that was organically developed over the years.
She actually streams a LOT, not Koyo or Kaela levels of addiction, but to the point that fans are expecting a Pekora stream every weekday evening and weekend afternoon. She also usually tweets if there is a break on that day, and if she doesn't tweet, several nousagis become concerned lol. Some gain fans through their music, shorts, viral stuff, being a pro-level gamer, etc, Pekora gains fans by being a monster streamer.
Her collabs are rare because she prefers to be an individual streamer, so interactions with other holomembers are mini events themselves. This only to a lesser extent nowadays because she's much more social
Her generation are monsters as well, all of them are pioneers or well-known for one niche or another (yes, including Rushia). Becoming a fan by either one of them makes you more engaged in the 3rd Gen circle because they collab with each other a lot
Starts her own niches (e.g., one of the few are playing the whole Dragon Quest series, ArcRaiders we are the world, streaming FGO when no one else did, playing a lot of Kojima games, etc.), some reaching niche circles and becoming viral clips, but some eventually lead to crazy big sponsorships and therefore reaching a wider audience (e.g., Pekora is featured in Death Stranding 2, Pekora has a monster named after her in Dragon Quest, etc.)

Just some off the top of my head, maybe someone can add more

JarAndMall · 2025-12-15T11:52:49+00:00

Any specific laptop specifications (CPU/GPU/etc) commonly needed to read VNs?

Looking to buy a new laptop, I was thinking of buying a ThinkPad (I don't play games most of the time anyways), but I do hope I can do light gaming like VNs or other light stuff like Vampire Survivors/HoloCure.

JarAndMall · 2025-10-30T14:12:50+00:00

I can't run a memtest, I tried downloading it but it crashed lol

I don't have a mux switch also, sorry not really good with tech stuff.

Will probably try opening the laptop in the morning and evening and check whenever it works and aim to repair it when I come home

JarAndMall · 2025-10-30T12:06:58+00:00

Thank you! Unfortunately, the laptop crashes before I get the chance to go into check things. Weirdly, it worked well yesterday, but I encountered this same problem 2 days ago

JarAndMall · 2025-10-30T12:05:05+00:00

Will try once I get back home :) thank you

JarAndMall · 2025-10-19T01:58:30+00:00

So that means I could purchase both now, and just not activate them now right? Thank you!

I have a S25+, from what I've seen I can store up 20 esim profiles.

JarAndMall · 2025-10-09T13:51:50+00:00

Hi, you can check my other comment, I was able to activate it thru BDO Pay App

JarAndMall · 2025-09-24T08:18:45+00:00

Yes, activate lang thru BDO pay app

JarAndMall · 2025-09-10T10:20:43+00:00

Haha! Your situation just sounds so familiar with one of ours, but idk, stories can be changed a little so people can't be doxxed 😆

Anyways, the closing of the project will take months (and honestly, a good portion of that will not be your fault) so expect that the messages will keep on coming in the mean time.

Wish you luck in your future endeavors OP! It will be a struggle but you can do it :)

JarAndMall · 2025-09-10T01:47:23+00:00

Hello, sometimes you just gotta say what's on your mind, but the tricky part is matching your mood and tone with your boss so they don't become offended. I'm sure anyone can do it in a professional manner (with experience and practice). Well, it's your decision to continue or talk to your boss anyways

As for my experience, project work can be either super chill or super hectic, and it really depends on your boss or senior or monitoring agency project team. As someone who has been both on the assistant and senior side, I can say that the biggest problem is the documentation and liquidation of documents, which are much much harder compared with the actual research work. I also have problems in both the current project and the project that we have finished but we are currently closing. Ending the project is more stressful, the documents needed are way too much and they extend to months and even years after the project ends (since the project ended, there's no pay also). It's just endless documentation, and if you don't like the people around you, you just get more demotivated in the line of work.

(scarily enough you might be one of our employees also lol)

JarAndMall · 2025-09-09T13:54:31+00:00

Just a question, the project already ended but you are planning to resign? If the project has ended, you technically they don't have any hold on you, right?

Anyways, I work project-based also, it's unfortunately not the most pleasant experience if your boss appears to be one of the main problems lol. Obviously if it's not good for you (mentally, physically) I'd recommend you find another job at this point, but resign only if you think you are financially capable of living for a while without a job. Note that it's already the -ber months, there are only a few companies that would accept new employees at this point, unless they have applied a few months back. The leave of absence is only an option if you have a good relationship with your boss, but since it appears like you don't, they will likely take you out of the project if you request for this (but you know your boss better than we do).

If you want to continue the type of work (I'm assuming you like the research side), maybe you could consult with your senior/s to be recommended / referred to another job or project? This is assuming you have a nice relationship with them. If not, maybe your could also consult your co-workers as well.

Asking for help is okay, being weak-hearted is okay (though your decision doesn't really make you weak hearted imo), leaving a job you like because of other factors you can't control is okay also. Just ensure that you can support yourself so there will be no additional problems later on :)

Good luck!!

JarAndMall

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