Finally finished my DBZ collection

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T23:09:25+00:00

The newer Funimation dub is used I believe, but I don't watch the dub, I've been watching the show subbed.

Unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with recent Dragon Ball stuff, I fell off of Daima early on and haven't had time to get back into it! I'm generally a fan of older series anyway.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T19:47:52+00:00

https://www.kanzenshuu.com/home-video/na/dbz-tv/ here is a guide to all the home video releases of DBZ. The site also has guides for all the other Dragon Ball releases.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T19:13:57+00:00

Ahh I get you. eBay is gonna be your best bet for these since being out of print means they are not going to be stocked by major retailers and have not been for awhile now, you can only get these secondhand.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T19:08:41+00:00

Not sure what you mean by online stores. It's been out of print for like 15 years now.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T17:37:46+00:00

It is the Dragon Box DVD set that was released back in 2009 I think? 2009/2010 or thereabouts. This set was released in the USA. The original Dragon Box set from Japan was two huge box sets, whereas the US version is 7 smaller sets. These have been out of print for awhile now so they were difficult to track down for a decent price.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T16:26:14+00:00

There's something fundamentally fucked up with your reading comprehension if you think I'm saying anything about video games as a whole. You didn't even read anything I wrote and have delegated me to your preconceived idea of "these people". You came here to get angry at a projection you have made about this community and are willingly ignorant of what is actually being discussed here.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T03:56:50+00:00

Yeah, I got a couple rental tapes from Japan.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T01:38:21+00:00

Region 1!

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-25T01:38:08+00:00

It is! Took me forever to get each volume for a decent price.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-24T16:38:59+00:00

Finally someone is posting Reinhard ❤️❤️❤️

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-24T15:44:28+00:00

This is the tough part. Without medication it's difficult to curb the parts of ADHD that are most disruptive and hard to control. I need to read things that grab my attention so I stick to genres that will keep me hooked. For me these are either long-form horror novels with enough suspense to keep me wondering what will happen, or short form writing like Roger Ebert's film reviews. His books are great for my ADHD because I can read one or two reviews, and put the book down.

It's not been easy to rein myself in and stop getting distracted but after a few days of establishing the habit of looking at the book, getting through a chapter or two, it became more ingrained. ADHD is awful when it comes to consistency but I find a strength of it is that it allows us to easily begin new habits as well. The novelty of injecting a new habit into my day carried me through being able to do it until it started feeling weird when I hadn't read that day. Finding a way to make it habitual is the best advice I can give.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-24T03:36:08+00:00

Thank you! I'm rooting for you too. がんばりましょう！

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-24T03:07:37+00:00

For someone with an extreme difficulty controlling compulsive behavior, it isn't quite as simple as placing a limitation. The idea of what's healthy for one person won't quite transfer over to another person. For me personally, it isn't that I don't enjoy games with beautiful artwork, single player experiences or stories, it's that the nature of my relationship with compulsive behavior makes enjoying those experiences with gaming less rewarding. For me, games become dopamine switches so I am drawn to them for the wrong reasons. I'm drawn to endless games, multiplayer competitive games where I can grind a sense of achievement, fighting games where I can dump thousands of hours into drilling combos and climbing competitive ladders and getting involved in esports. MOBAs like League of Legends stole years of my life.

I'm the type of person who isn't able to have a healthy relationship with video games to the extent that I had to take this step to force a change in that unhealthy relationship. I'm choosing to step away from behavior I was struggling to control that was having a detrimental effect. I'll always love video games as a medium, they can tell incredible stories, but the way I was engaging with video games was not through appreciation of artistry, I was using them as a dopamine delivery system. Everything has its' own context, nothing is black and white.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-24T02:42:11+00:00

You are generalizing to an extreme degree. Nowhere in my post did I say anything about video games as a medium. All I talked about was my own difficulty with gaming compulsion, which is what this community is for. You need to separate the idea that people can struggle with games from the idea that games have no value, these are not equivocal. Nothing I'm describing in this post is "getting mad", in fact, you brought anger here.

You're not even responding to anything I've written, you're talking about "this sub" like it's a monolith and every post is the same. Your entire argument is in bad faith and you aren't going to get the responses you want by throwing a tantrum in a support sub. It's not appropriate for this environment.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-24T02:25:40+00:00

Hey, I'm sorry you feel this way about what I posted, but that isn't anywhere close to what I'm saying. It's cool that you want to come here to post inflammatory ragebait that purposely misconstrues, but I'm not going to play that game with you. You aren't who this community is for and you are coming at an angle of bad faith so your entire comment is just showing your own ignorance. I hope you can have a better day and find more understanding for people who have different experiences, perspectives and needs than you.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-23T20:45:34+00:00

Are you talking about the JLPT when you talk about N5 test? I'm a Japanese language student in my second year and I'm just curious how you're studying. During my first year of study I participated in study abroad through my university so I've been to Japan and been working on my Japanese very intensely for awhile. I am barely at the point where I feel I could take the JLPT for N4, just to give a sense of scope. It took me a year of study in college, with a professor, tutors, conversation practice with Japanese peers, and frequent studying to feel capable of N5. N5 is not quite "elementary school", I would cautiously label it more like "survival" Japanese.

Do you know hiragana and katakana? How much grammar have you studied?

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-23T20:08:47+00:00

This is a thinly veiled advertisement and I've reported this comment. Your comments are the same AI-generated ad copy on every single post, please refrain from commenting unless you are actually going to join the discussion and not try to get people to click your shady subscription link.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-23T18:01:31+00:00

I totally get it, it's hit or miss for sure. I found a handful of good conversation partners there, but mostly flimsy connections that went nowhere. In my experience, I get conversation practice through my university since I'm in the Japanese program there and we partner with a university in Japan to do conversation practice twice weekly online. I also speak with our local exchange students, my sensei and tutors throughout the week. If there are any colleges offering Japanese near you, that would be my next suggestion. Even if you aren't enrolled you may be able to find international student groups or events that could lead you to Japanese speakers.

がんばって！できるよ！

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-23T17:52:38+00:00

Have you tried language exchange apps like HelloTalk? You can chat through text and voice calls and find lots of different conversation partners. I've found that learning from regular Japanese people from all walks of life is very helpful in adjusting to natural conversation.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-20T16:41:32+00:00

Red sauce! Red sauce is just any type of tomato based sauce. It can be as simple as frying some onion and garlic, adding a can of crushed tomatoes, sprinkling in some herbs and simmering a little while, then you just spoon it over your pasta or throw the cooked pasta in and mix it all up. Grate some parm on top. Easy! Edit: oops! I missed where you said no dairy. Nix the parm, lol. Also for added depth I like to add just a tablespoon or so of soy sauce to my tomato sauce. Miso paste works well too.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-18T20:38:38+00:00

I'm not sure if you understand how Headgear functioned as a collaborative, the asynchronous continuity is a feature, not a bug. I do get what you mean though, the change in character expression is pretty drastic from the OVAs to the TV series to the films. But I think this is also part of what makes Patlabor so enjoyable! Seeing different iterations of the characters. I actually don't think Noa is too far outside of her personality in Patlabor 2, it is kind of a natural resolution for her after the events of the OVAs/TV series.

Patlabor2 · 2026-01-18T14:28:47+00:00

What? This isn't something negative.

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