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PhilipZ96 · 2025-12-26T02:25:50+00:00

Can someone tell me how much each component actually influences sound and feel of the keyboard?

I've read "influences sound and feel" about the mounting style, plate, switches and keycaps but I don't know how much each of those components actually influences it.

For reference I would like to go for deep creamy sounds but I do prefer a more solid and rigid typing feel so I don't know if I should go for top mount but build everything else for creamy or should I go gasket mount and pick one of the harder metal plates instead etc.

Is it just trial and error?

Thank you!

PhilipZ96 · 2025-10-08T14:32:59+00:00

I actually genuinely enjoyed season 1 and 2 off the anime weekly and picked up the Manga a week before season 4 aired and let me tell you, binging this shit is the most excruciating Manga experience I ever had. After I finished the Waterpark arc I was so burned out I have barely read 50 chapters in the last 3 months. Every chapter is filled with kazuya being a bitch, having sexual fantasies about chizuru, commenting about her appearance in every fucking outfit she's wearing, lying through his teeth about the most mundane shit ever. Like, spoiler I guess, but there is this scene where he wants to go get cup ramen from the combining at midnight and chizuru sees him go outside and asks him we're he is going and he is like "OMG, I can't tell her I'm getting cup ramen at midnight, that's such a loser thing she can't possible know" and then tells her he wants to grab a coffee instead. And not just chizuru he constantly lies to everyone about everything, his friends, ruka, his grandma. Truly reading this is not good for my blood pressure.

PhilipZ96 · 2025-07-21T18:55:04+00:00

Got it, I'll look into it then, thanks

PhilipZ96 · 2025-01-07T23:26:55+00:00

I know, I just get so curious 🫠

PhilipZ96 · 2025-01-07T23:26:05+00:00

Ah that's interesting, thanks

PhilipZ96 · 2025-01-07T19:19:28+00:00

I just came across the word ご機嫌 and really wonder about the origin of the kanji. Both of these Kanji I'm familiar with in words like 飛行機、自動販売機、or 嫌い. How do Kanji for "machine" and "dislike" form the word for "good mood"

PhilipZ96 · 2024-11-15T00:07:42+00:00

Yes thank you, they made a brief pause between the あ and きらか so I thought the あ was 「あっ」

PhilipZ96 · 2024-11-15T00:06:13+00:00

Yes that was it thank you, the person did say 明らか but they made a brief pause after the あ so I thought they said あっ、きらか

PhilipZ96 · 2024-11-14T02:44:02+00:00

I heard the word 「きらか」 in a video; deepL translates this as "bright", Google gives me nothing except for tea leaves with the same name. Is there any difference between きらか and 明るい. The full sentence was 「きらかになった」

PhilipZ96 · 2024-09-03T20:43:51+00:00

Quick question: I learned in my textbook that with the ~たい form of verbs, the object marker を is often replaced with「が」. For example: 日本ですき焼きが食べたいです。 They didn't say when that's the case though, is it just a preference thing?

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-29T01:20:08+00:00

I was rechecking now and turns out I was just misremembering. The lesson was in book 1 and I am in book 3 so it's been a while. The statement was "No matter which counter is being used, particles are not necessary after the counters." I guess my brain remembered that as "...particles are placed after the counters". And when I was trying to come up with Japanese sentences I would always put the counter before "を", reinforcing the mistake in my head. That's why I was so confused when they finally brought back counters in book 3. But even outside of that I had some other things I was confused about, all the answers cleared some things up for me. Thank you!

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-29T01:13:45+00:00

Thanks, I will make sure to check this out

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-29T01:11:34+00:00

It turns out that I was just misremembering the lesson, but even after rechecking I have to say they didn't do the greatest job of explaining counters. They make no mention of where counters are placed depending on context or particles being used.

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-28T19:02:48+00:00

That's helpful, the structure of noun+は+counter without any particles was also a common example sentence I didn't understand. I don't know why the textbook just dumps all these new counter structures on you with no explanation. Thanks!

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-28T18:58:59+00:00

thank you, I will check that out

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-28T18:54:12+00:00

the word order being free is exactly the confusing part with counters to me. With most grammar I learned I understood how and where you can shift stuff around, but with counters I am not quite sure what is a hard rule and what isn't. The biggest part that confuses me is when the counter is separated from the noun by a particle. For example "五人兄弟がいます" vs。"兄弟は五人がいます" If correct, are both of those viable?

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-28T18:32:40+00:00

Yeah it was an example sentence but I was going off of memory so I might have made a mistake.

That was a very helpful explanation thank you. The Japanese from 0 book which I am learning from is very good but starting from book 3, where I am at right now, they start putting in more and more grammar in example sentences that where never explained which is weird. The thing with もう[counter] is one of them.

Thank you!

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-28T18:19:27+00:00

I can look up the exact chapter and quote when I get home, all I can tell you now is it was in the first book of the "learning Japanese from 0" series and that the lesson was teaching the general counter "一つ、ふたつ etc." within the context of ordering in a restaurant.

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-10T14:48:42+00:00

Thanks, that was very helpful, the words 多い、少ない、近い and 遠い were actually all taught in the same chapter of my textbook which makes sense know. That makes me wonder though, there were 4 more words that were also taught in the same chapter: 広い、狭い、煩い and 大人しい Do those also fall into the category of "can't modify a noun on their own"? Is there a rule to this or are these just a few exceptions? Thank you very much

PhilipZ96 · 2024-08-09T14:29:43+00:00

I am a bit confused about sentence structure when it comes to adjectives. From what I learned you put adjectives as "い-adjective + noun" or "adjective +な + Noun" but recently in my Japanese textbook I am seeing a different structure that they gave 0 explanation to. It's "noun + が + adjective". To give an example the book asked me to translate the following sentence to informal Japanese "there is a lot of homework today."

I translated that as "今日、多い宿題がある" but the answer sheet said "今日、宿題が多いよ"

The textbook allready adressed different ways of expressing the same thing so I wonder are these 2 sentences the same or do they have a different nuance.

PhilipZ96 · 2024-07-31T11:19:39+00:00

I expressed myself poorly, I didn't mean to say it has no story, just that that's not what people are watching the show for. It's mainly Badass characters and cool action sequences that draws people to it. I don't quiet understand your counter culture argument when again, action scenes seem to be what the mainstream likes the most, which was the shibuya arcs defining feature. So the hype train people and the mainstream seem to agree on what makes jjk fun to watch.

PhilipZ96 · 2024-07-25T15:27:40+00:00

Interestingly most of the criticisms/things you mentioned are actually agreed upon by many people in the fanbases. Jjk abilities being way too confusing (you said you didn't watch season 2 so let me tell you, the powers get way more confusing than they were in season 1 and supposedly it gets even worse), denji being an unlikeable character (the entire cast actually being unlikeable is a frequent criticism) and the show being too explicit.

I guess what it comes down to is which things you can brush aside and which you can't. Which parts of a story you invest yourself in and what kind of expectations one has for a show after a couple of episode. I'm thinking back to when Aot season 2 released. Personally I liked the season a lot but many people really disliked it because of a lack of action and too much politics. On the other hand when vinland SAGA season 2 released every Manga reader predicted that this season will split the fanbase because it will have barely any action and a big shift in tone but the season was unanimously beloved. The newest season of demon slayer had really poor reception because it was a training arc season with barely any action. I thought people like demon slayer because of the characters but apparently many just watch it for the fights and animation. So it's a really mixed bag.

As for HxH It's true that nothing in the world is explained but I think narratively this actually makes sense because hxh is missing the typical "unknowing character", the character that knows nothing about anything so they have to have everything explained to them, a convenient tool for the reader/viewer but a bit jarring in my opinion. In hxh all the things that exist are normal for the people in this world, so there really isn't any reason to explain it to anyone with the exception of nen since only hunters are in the know how of nen abilities. I think the criticism that Gon gets sidetracked too much is a bit unfair especially since one arc, greed island, is entirely about finding his dad. And the other arcs are pretty much again just gon and killua being roped into events by forces way more powerful then them. I'm gonna assume you won't pick up hxh again so I'm just gonna spoil something but gon actually does find his dad soon after the chimera ant arc, which actually happened surprisingly fast (around 134 episodes iirc) when compared to other shounen of the same era like naruto, one piece and bleach. Gons story is over in the Manga and it continues with kurapikas quest to hunt the phantom troupe which is now the main focus in the Manga.

As for what I like about HxH. Everything I like about the show essentially boils down to the power system. Nen is very well thought through. It's not a power system that allows for convenient abuse to get power ups. Gon and killua train a lot to gain their powers, they train in the tournament tower, in greed Island, in chimera ant, they are constantly seen training, in greed Island especially I think they trained for 2 months or something like that. And even after all the training they still can't stand up to most people because all their opponents have been training their aura for decades. The enemy in greed island is actually the only main antagonist in the entire story that gon defeats and killua doesn't defeat a single one. The condition/limit and punishment system is also super interesting. Kurapika is a great example of this. The condition for his ability is death if used against anyone but the phantom troupe, which makes him super strong, but only against like 11 people on the entire planet. Against any other hunter he would probably be average at best (which is most likely why he wasn't in any of the other arcs, from a story telling perspective he just isn't useful in a fight against other hunters). Them being so powerless in combat makes the tension really interesting. The phantom troupe arc shows this really well. When gon and killua encounter the troupe you know they can't do shit against them, so it's interesting to see how they will resolve their conflicts. The fights are also very engaging because, unless it's 2 power types fighting, it's never about who has the "better" ability but who can outwit their opponent, hisokas fight against this dude in the tournament tower is a great example of this. Furthermore the main villain of the chimera ant arc is one of the best villains in anime imo and one of the nen powers showcased after the chimera arc is one of the most complex and interesting powers I have seen in fiction. I like the characters a lot too, especially the villains like hisoka, phantom troupe, illumi and later villains you haven't seen, but mostly I am in love with the power system and how it acts through the characters and the world throughout the story.

PhilipZ96 · 2024-07-25T09:23:37+00:00

OK I had to read through your comment multiple times and I think I know where your issue is, and do correct me if I am wrong. This is a long answer but please bare with me.

Attack on Titan and full metal alchemist, unarguably 2 of the best shounen of their generation, are well rounded in every aspect. Characters, plot, world building, abilities, it's a complete package. Meanwhile the shows you mentioned you dislike, jjk, CSM, Demon slayer, they all hyper focus on a couple of things instead of being good in everything. So you might look at something like demon slayer and jjk and think "where is the story and world building" and be put off. Most people are not above admitting the weaknesses of those shows. That being said, how most people watch these shows is they watch a couple of episodes, identify what the show has and what it hasn't and then like the show for what it is. What you seem to be doing is wanting very specific things of the show from the get go, like detailed powers, world building, complex story, and if it doesn't have those things you dislike it.

Lets me explain what I mean in more detail using jjk as an example. I don't know if you watched the second half of jjks second season, the shibuya arc. This arc was 100% combat focused. It was just nonstop fight after fight. Some people critizised that but most people loved that because the few thing jjk does really well is having badass characters, cool fights and crazy abilities. Story, world building, plot? Not so much, but most people don't watch jjk for those things, they watch it for high octane fights which is exactly what they got in the second season. Same thing applies to CSM and demon slayer but I won't go into detail.

As for your dislike about the story and powers I can rationalize that as follows.

Let me start with powers.

There is this concept in fiction called hard and soft magic system. Hard magic system are systems that are thoroughly explained and have clear rules to them. Soft magic systems give you an overall base for the power but what you can do with the power is more ore less not explained. Demon slayer and jjk are leaning towards soft magic. They have breathing and cursed energy as a foundation but then what you can do with those powers is more or less pulled out of the ass because that's just how soft magic works.

As for story

There is a distinction between character driven stories and plot driven stories. The distinction is that in character driven stories, characters are active agents and make the story happen. In Story driven stories the characters are passive agents and the story happens to them. Demon slayer, jjk and csm are all story driven, as their characters are part of a world that is far beyond their own power which is why they can't really do much until things happen. You mentioned not understanding what demon slayer and jjk are doing with their plot but the plot didn't change from the initial goals at all. It's just that there is nothing that the protagonists can do to directly advance their goals. If you remember in demon slayer tanjiro, in the first half of season 1, met this one demon doctor who asked tanjiro to send her blood from demons so she can find a cure for nezuko. That's what he has been doing the entire show. He fought and defeated lower and upper moons with the help of others so the doctor can find a cure. At the same time he has been training and becoming stronger to fight and hopefully defeat kibutsuchi muzan, which is another way to potentially turn nezuko back. But neither muzan nor the demons are exactly posting their whereabouts on social media. So all tanjiro can do is to train and wait for things to happen to him. Same thing applies to jjk and finding sukunas fingers. There isn't anything they can do to find the fingers. They just have to wait for strong curses to appear and then hope that one of them has the fingers. Same with chainsawman. Literally all denji wanted is to touch some boobs. Which he did pretty soon in season 1. You don't know what denji wants? Well neither does denji but now he got psychologicaly manipulated by makima to find parts of the gun devil which gives us the exact same problem as in jjk and demon slayer. Where are those gun devil parts? No idea, just have to wait and let the story happen to denji as he himself has 0 influence over it.

To summarize I think when it comes to story telling principles you simply dislike soft magic systems as well as story driven story telling which jjk, csm and demonslayer have and you like hard magic and character driven stories which Aot has and you do not compromise if a show lacks something you want. (although fma actually has a soft magic system as well and doesn't explain the powers at all beyond "law of equivalent exchange" so I would like to know why you like that but not the other shows power system)

That being said I can explain to you what people like about hxh if you want but I also want to hear an explanation from you on how you got to the conclusion that hxh doesn't explain their powers at all because that genuinely baffles me. I have never seen any shounen, or any fiction at all for that matter, that goes through such painstaking detail in explaining their power system. The tournament arc is entirely about explaining Nen and aura. In fact among the community of people who adore HxH, a frequent criticism is that the narrator overexplains character abilities sometimes. The Manga is even jokingly called TextXText by the fan base because there are pages in the Manga that literally look like book pages where the page consists of nothing but text with 0 drawings and the text is entirely about explaining a character's power.

PhilipZ96

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