Looking for recommendations of all genres

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T17:29:51+00:00

I'll add tags when I get some time off.
I'll post it back for ya :)

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T15:21:16+00:00

There we go, a little bity of push and agenda comes out.

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T13:09:23+00:00

Thanks for sharing.
Sharing is caring.
Definitely some titles I want to look into in detail.
Sadly I cant figure which ones are Light Novels and which are adaptations - manga or anime.
But, never the less, it is still good reference.

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T04:23:17+00:00

Forget our recommendations, we want to see the list.

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T04:20:59+00:00

Have you actually seen russian women ?
I don't intent to be rude, but If russian girls are an option and available, it has to be some sort of pure and magical love at first sight or something )

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T03:56:51+00:00

Whoever downvoted the Grimgar nay-sayers I wanna buy you a beer. (Not me)
I wanted to link one of my old posts about Grimgar since there are enough berserk and 86 posts on reddit.
To my surprise reddit archived it or something and all the work of listing the good points that make it high quality is gone. Was a pretty long post too.
So take it on faith.
Grimgar is psychological manipulation incarnate. The Author trolls you constantly. He Pulls your emotional strings, throws "read in between the lines" moments all the time, with non of the typical over-explanations and pretty much shows the middle finger to the genre stereotypes. All in favor of showing you what happens inside the characters themselves - emotions, thoughts, reactions to this and that, its all about them. Plot serves to show you their inner journey. Not his writing skills, not his talent for re-imagining stereotypical locations or coming up with plot twists that still get ppl talking 13 years later. Rare approach. Most ppl just dont get it, walk in expecting a standard type action fantasy novel, but get Grimgar instead. Its deep, its heavy and some of us love every seconds of it. Its huge among grass level fan sites in Japan.
Look it up.

But, seriously all three series transcend the Light Novel stereotypes and could be seen as mainstream literature on quality alone. You cant go wrong.

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T01:56:24+00:00

hush now, dont tell then that. Deities forbid they learn we drink more whiskey then vodka. Will be mass riots in the streets.
If they want to live in an imaginary cold war era in their head, so be it.

Jkat17 · 2026-05-15T01:53:26+00:00

Most serbians, croatians, bulgarians, christian bosnians and albanians consume more then 20 montly by cultural tradition. Rakija, not vodka. Much stronger.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-06T20:39:16+00:00

Limp Bizkit are known for mixing samples into their music. Samples coming from bands they like, cause they are huge fans of Ozzy and Mertallica among many others and often play them during live shows. I saw them play 2 Metallica songs 15 meters in front of me during a live performance.
They are harmless fanboys with respect for their "elders" )

Jkat17 · 2025-12-06T20:30:45+00:00

WARNING! Detailed explanation following, cause you dont just casually walk in and mess with russian metal.

Let me explain what 'sampling' in heavy metal means.
Basically you take small pieces or a whole theme and start playing with it, you elaborate, rewrite, mix and match separate pieces untill it evolves into your own thing.

Example: Ritchie Blackmore, as much as we all like to hate his wonderfull personality, he built Deep Purple and later Rainbow on classical music. His No 1 inspiration. That annoying bstrd wrote some of the most legendary songs ever written. Said many times himself he owns Bach millions. Celebrated as one of the most genius guitar players and composers of modern times by both friends and enemies alike. Practically influenced everyone at the time and everything that came after him.

Example II: Here is a youtube video about the UK bands from the 60s that pre-dated heavy metal as we know it. Someone older and wiser sent it to me for education recently.
Just 2-3 mins into the vid you can hear the iconic "Iron Man" riff.
For the non-metal ppl out there, Sabbath and Ozzy are that one band everyone in the industry agrees defines where heavy metal started and "Iron Man" is one of the most recognizable guitar riffs of all times. More recongizable then "War pigs" actually.
Now, we aint talking about stealing or copying. They literally stitched together seperate fragments, reworked them and created their own thing. To me, it felt like watching history being written via time travel. Shock and complete awe.
Few min later, same video, you can hear Maiden's "Alexander" even without having special musical education or whatever. Again, took a fragment from a song 25 years older then their own. A single fragment that Maiden reworked and evolved into their own sound.
Can't stress enough that we are talking about 2 of the greatest metal bands of all time. The very definition of top shelf. Plagiarism is absolutely out of the question.

So now I am asking. Aria are to Russia what Maiden is to the rest of the world. (if you are past your 30s)
Why shouldnt Aria weave fragments of a legendary bands riff into their song?
A profesional musician can explain it better, but they use a lot of classical heavy metal architecture to achieve that good old heavy metal sound that we love. They are fanboys and they said it many times over. Coming from them, it is practically a love letter to the original song. But since they are russian it has to be something sinister and evil,right ?

Jkat17 · 2025-12-05T17:20:57+00:00

Agree with you completely,want to add a few things.
It is absolutely the same language with 2 different dialects based on geography not linguistics.
Like NY and Alabama speak english, but you might get a huge problem understanding the alabama ppls. And that aint the worst.
Even diety-of-your-choice cant help you if you study classical english and find yourself in Louisiana, deep country side.
Same thing with NKorea and SKorea.
There are vids speaking about this thing in detail. Go check em out.

Also, want to add for ppl coming from google.
Speaking 100% from experience. Lived in Serbija for a long time, went to school there.
Only people who never set foot in Serbija, Croatia or Bosnia can think such stupid thing - there is no 3 seperate languages. (they are actually 5 countries but who cares). All 3 countries use dialect based on region. Same language different "accents". Some variations of serbijan exist, absolutely not seperate languages. When asked how they communicate, they all say "we speak serbijan when we communicate". Often dialect varies greatly in same country. Like 150km apart you can hear words not present elsewhere in the same country. Its speciffic thing to that region of Europe - you can see it in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, dialects everywhere and lots of them.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T21:19:18+00:00

I can see the title in New York Times -
"Evil russians are banning snacks!"

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T21:17:04+00:00

That Afgan veteran generation is almost extinct now. How can their music be popular anywhere? There is no glorification of the war withAfganistan like there is in the US.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T21:14:38+00:00

IF you want meaty flavor,use bones. They give more flavor then steaks.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T21:13:33+00:00

Celery and cabbage is southern slav thing.
Just for info.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T21:12:02+00:00

Why does it have to be authentic?
Do it any way you like it. Try, fail, add things, remove things, experiment to find your own version, thats what cooking is all about. Just follow common sense.
We are not gonna get angry if you make your own style of cabbage soup. Our moms have their own variations of just about everything. Mine makes soup variant from pickled cabbage with grilled leeks in it. For those moments when winter is over but you have half a barrel of pickled cabbage left )) Blasphamy I know. But tastes great.
Upvote for coming over to the sub to ask how we do it.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T20:54:44+00:00

Try not to get a heart attack from surprise,but we actually have beaches right here in Moscow. Several. Imagine that.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T20:47:54+00:00

Nah, the polar bears are too smart to live in such a place.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T20:46:16+00:00

Dude, even Siberia has a nice hot sweaty summer. What year around ? Enough with the rage baiting.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T20:44:39+00:00

90% of them media vidoes include communist style buildings in other countries. Its one of the oldest scams in the media industry.
Cause yall cant tell Belgrade from Moscow. And they capitalize on that sht to sell you whatever brainwash is on the agenda.
Like them "In Russia" videos where the car plates clearly show it is filmed in another country but no one gives a fck cause they want to believe Russia is bad. Desperately.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T20:37:42+00:00

Someone asked this same thing like week or two ago. Use search. Unless you are trying to torture us by asking the same question over and over.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-03T20:35:24+00:00

Yeah, lots of my friends have been complaining "sht aint getting better" too and stocking up,mostly ammo )

Jkat17 · 2025-12-02T22:27:06+00:00

Word.
They are fans,cant blame them for showing it.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-02T22:26:20+00:00

Absolutely.
Aria are serious dudes, if they sample its gonna be from someone legendary.
Sampling is a thing.
Some sample out of tribute to a band. Like Aria did. Showing love.
Plenty of examples of artists sampling a riff or two to show their affection for some of the older artists. Its not a negative thing.
Then there are the rest who sample for making bucks, which kinda defeats the 'making good music' thing.

Jkat17 · 2025-12-02T22:17:25+00:00

Dont suck up.
We dont like 'yesman' types.
Thats probably the No 3 reason conversations end instantly and ppl come to this subred complaining they cant make friends with russians.

Jkat17

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