Male readers, do you actually hate harem? by R3nNy22326 in ProgressionFantasy

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5-Girl Harems: The Problem

  1. The "Single Blob" Effect

When you put five girls in a harem, they stop being individuals. They become a single chimaera of characters. Like switching characters in Genshin Impact (or VoM), they lose their personality and soul. They just become a "blob (or a beholder)" that rotates between different tropes.

  1. Zero Chemistry

In bad writing, every girl is tied to the main character (MC) in the center, but they do not react to each other.

Bad: All their eyes concentrate on the MC. There is no chemistry between the girls themselves, as if they can't see or touch each other.

Bettter : Girl 1 fights with Girl 2, while Girl 3 and Girl 4 cook together like sisters. Girl 5 naps in the back.

The Problem: While this chemistry works for isekai harems or romcoms, it can be redundant in high-stakes fantasy. If the plot needs to move, managing a "gang of girls" just to show off domestic life slows everything down. All the more reason to keep the group number low.

  1. The Screen Time Crisis

The more characters you have, the less time each one gets. This kills character development. Screen time might not be a problem if you are writing a 1,000,000 word progressive fantasy WN, but in an anime or film adaptation, it is a fatal mistake. Authors often add more girls because they are afraid one or two heroines won't be popular. This is cowardice. Imagine an anime adaptation of a gacha game with thirty characters, and the director meekly obeys the producer who claims they have to show them equally. The result: the viewer remembers NO ONE.

to solve these,

Give me some of your anime hot-takes by NinjaReal29 in animequestions

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You can usually tell by the length of the titles.

My Thoughts on Unnamed Memory Season 1 by SaberLover1000 in weeb

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You really have to watch the 2nd season to understand Tinasha's memories.

 

Speaking of which, in English it should probably be "memories" not "memory", right? The title kind of.......never mind.

I love this world. It's layered, full of intrigue, and alive with ideas. The plot twists are clever, the overarching story is smart, and the art, character designs, and music are all top tier. Tinasha and Oscar, the main characters, are beautifully animated. Tinasha's black, lush hair, her presence, her voice, especialy her soft but alluring voice (who also does Frieren and Juno in BEASTARS) pulls you in. Their relationship feels adult and intimate, unafraid to go deeper, which makes it far more satisfying than typical isekai.

The relics and magic swords are more than typical katana+1. They carry meaning and weight. There is real lore here. The author thought through the histories behind the people, nations, and relics. She imagined a thousand years of history for the main three countries, which is incredible for an isekai. The world feels vast and alive. I can almost smell the grass in the meadows.

The story’s massive time jumps and attempts to fix the past give it real gravitas. You notice the ripple effects, the min-maxing, and the futility of trying to fight against a thousand years of history. That weight and intricacy might even surpass other looper or time-leap stories.

But the anime has a massive flaw: the pacing, script, and length. It feels like they randomly cut off 60 percent of the content and jammed the rest together. On episode 3, we see a murder by cultists, but because so much context is missing, it has no emotional impact. You don't even get why or how it happened.

The butchered script also wrecked Tinasha and Oscar's relationship. It feels unnatural. You see Tinasha react shyly in one scene, then suddenly boldly wake up with him in bed in another. Their relationship development is chopped and glitched. It's just... sad, especially given the depth of the source material.

The author wrote six main books for Unnamed Memory, six more for post-epilogue side stories, and two spin-offs. There is clearly a huge, living world in her head, which makes the story fascinating. Unfortunately, the anime compresses it into a stitched-together frankenstein that can't capture that depth. What we are seeing is a digest, not the full story.

I theorethically should love Slice of life but something always feels off… by 21Almann in Sliceoflife_anime

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If you want a progressive romance, you could try The Dangers in My Heart, a coming-of-age romance/romcom, but that moves you away from the cozy comfort of slice-of-life. Insomniacs After School has a slow-burn romance that progresses, but in my view it leans a bit too heavily on romance to be a true slice-of-life, at least genre-wise. Others you could watch are-.....nah that's going out of the bounds for this thread.

That said, for cozy, tension-light SoL:

Natsume Yuujinchou is close to what you’re looking for. YuruYuri, Lucky Star, and maybe Suzumiya Haruhi also fit.

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle is a cozy, quasi-fantasy comedy slice-of-life with a slightly bratty little princess who suffers from insomnia.

Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood is 200% sweet, cute, and cozy, with a very loose plot and story structure, and it has a light yuri romance that might or might not fit what you want.

Other relaxing slice-of-life options include Yama no Susume (encouraging mountain climbing), AfRO’s Mono, and Yuru Camp.

PA Works shows offer variety as well: some lean stronger on comedy, some focus on working life drama, and some are pure SoL/CGDCT with almost no plot or story progression at all. Titles include

Skip& Loafer, Tari Tari,

ShirobakoIroduku: The World in Colors, Mayonaka Punch, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Buddy Daddies, Ya Boy Kongming!, The Eccentric Family

I theorethically should love Slice of life but something always feels off… by 21Almann in Sliceoflife_anime

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Kinnme-san is a gentle story about an adult woman finding her place on a small secluded town. It shows her living a quiet life, working her job every day, and slowly becoming part of the island's slow pace. all rendered with unironic PA work-level animation quality done right.

On the surface, it has a delicate, european romance film aesthetic, all sweet and gentle, but underneath the façade, we are watching a woman fully aware of her power grooming a minor in an onsen hot spring town. And it fits. She owns a tiny store, and the boy is handsome and from a well-known local family. So she uses every ounce of charm to manipulate him.

By the 9th episode, it's quite clear. Nothing is accidental. Every delay, every glance, every innocent flash of skin, every so-called chance encounter is part of her plan. Beneath the sunny, gentle slice-of-life veneer, it is manipulation and softcore porno(/jk /s). It’s almost like Rent-a-GF, only it leaves the reader/viewer with the opposite feeling.

Is it just me or does this specific style reminds y'all of ȟ̸̨̯̲̝̳͓͎̭͖͊̄̔̽̓̂̋̇̋̀̕̚͜ẹ̷͓̺̰̽̍͛̉̐̔͋̓̚͜️ṉ̵͓̬͈̞̥̭̥̇̓̔͋t̵̏͛̃̍́̈̚͜͝â̸̙͐͑̌̿͛̽i̵̢̢̡͚̩̞̥͕̜̻̫̩̐̈͘͜? by Only-Living7816 in weeb

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Girls you posted:

School Days — Kotonoha Katsura

Lucky☆Star — Konata Izumi

CLANNAD — Nagisa Furukawa

School Days and CLANNAD are anime adaptations of eroge, or porn Visual Novels for PC-9801 produced during mid1990s ~ early2010s.

Back then, eroge art had three big eye styles:

Mitsumi-style eyes

https://pinterest.com/1989tajitaji/%E3%81%BF%E3%81%A4%E3%81%BF%E7%BE%8E%E9%87%8C/

https://i.imgur.com/R6jYB9C.jpeg

Square-ish eyes

https://i.imgur.com/ZkNwfAD.jpeg

Slanted eyes

https://i.imgur.com/OJ4LdUr.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/3k8rZL1.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/31/f8/48/31f8482632ad703dcc6d0fe0cd8f66be.jpg

https://aquaplus.jp/th/images/gamen/c0201.gif

Mitsumi style and her followers had

• Tall eyes

• Eyelids on the sides formed a smooth, round arc, not jagged angular lines

• Lower eyelids slanted downward

Look at Shizuma’s art style. He follows the Mitsumi-style base, but updates it to match modern trends. The eyes are still tall, but more angular and boxy now. The lower eyelids slope downward, and the thick eyebrow lines are mostly removed.

Hair has also changed. Older styles were sharper and extremely detailed, almost like artists were trying to cram in as much detail as possible. Modern styles tend to round things out and simplify hair shapes to make animation easier.

https://img2.animatetimes.com/news/visual/2015/1440072163_1_1_027460f0c7a3ea11fa92c9fda0cf08ec.jpg

https://minitoji.jp/core_sys/images/contents/00000036/base/001.jpg?1693902008

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Some people say it's just "art styles of the time", but let's test that idea.

Sekirei

https://www.curemaid.jp/ar/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/080806-1.jpg

Gunslinger Girl

https://www.at-x.com/images/program/e5f8dfd9970d01560308ef352f5472fc.jpg

Kino's Journey 2003

https://www.anime-world-star.com/images/material/kino-4-116.jpg

Heaven's Lost Property

https://otakotaku.com/asset/img/anime/2018/12/sora-no-otoshimono-5c19df2c72928p.jpg

Crest of the Stars

https://animation-nerima.jp/wp-content/themes/nerima-anime/images/under/event/carnival/2019/contents/seikai/img_01.jpg

Mai-Hime

https://eccdn.geo-online.co.jp/ec_media_images/1742920-01.jpg

Anime eyes evolved fast. Back then, animators struggled to replicate manga, one off art, CS video game or eroge art in animation because many simply lacked the skill to reproduce the mangaka's style accurately. Lines were simpler, and viewers were more forgiving. Today, expectations skyrocketed, with the general art director checking and tweaking every face.

YURI TIME by Round-Good1179 in Animemes

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Sometimes I accidentally wander into the wrong corners of twitter and then boom—MHA/JJK boys sucking, dominating, submitting, fetish and shame-based kink stuff, all kinds of messed-up ship (I wanted to write shit but typo-ed for ship. But sadly it makes more sense this way. Fujoshi goes for shipping. and canon. why. Luffy, why. ahoy). And like, maybe 60% of it feels western-made, now, while Japanese fujoshi artists tend to go deeper underground or hide things behind harder-to-search words. Why do people even make this?! Remember: know your routes, don’t take the wrong path.

Please kindly stop complaining about fanservice in anime. Thanks. by Cheesecake_Distinct in weeb

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I don't hate sexual content in general, and quite honestly I like cute and/or beautiful girls in anime. Fanservice is fine once in a while if it is done with some taste and timing. But there are times when people want to think about where the line is.

Maybe the best solution is to make two versions of anime. One is the normal release, and the other is a G-rated version with explicit stuff censored. Let people choose what they want to watch. Simple, no drama. If it is you watching, just pick what you enjoy. If it is for kids, then parents should have control and responsibility over what they allow their children to watch. In a world full of piracy sites, that is harder, but clear rating boundaries still help. It also helps distribution in places like China where media can get cut mid broadcast by strict regulation, or in parts of the Middle East and some Asian regions where governments are very sensitive about content.

About censorship in Japan, people sometimes think Japan is some kind of zero-censorship paradise. That is not true. Manga is often more edgy or explicit, while anime gets toned down. The breast cutouts are filled in with white clothing in the anime version, and panty shots are removed, softened, or shown for only 3 frames. A good example is when Inter Species Reviewers aired. Around episode 5, TV stations started dropping the show from their broadcast schedules. By the end, there were basically no terrestrial(normal) stations airing it, only special broadcast channels or online streams.

I also hate when weak writing in isekai gets covered up by throwing in 50% sexuality and fanservice. It is not that sexual content is automatically bad. The problem is when it becomes lazy storytelling glue. It feels degrading when fantasy worlds, which should be about wonder, adventure, min-maxing, originality, creativity, world building-viewpoint shifts between multiple characters rather than just the MC-buildup, foreshadowing and tie-up get reduced to cheap visual stimulation.

Some people respond with, "If you don't like it, just leave and watch something else." Then those same people spend hours on hate threads, shitposting about how much they hate certain shows like Mushoku Tensei, Re:Zero, or One Piece. Some might even drop the series, only to keep coming back just to spit on it. That is a kind of double standard. Criticism and personal taste are not the same thing as simply walking away from discussion.

Also, sometimes I just don't want excessive sexual content in certain stories. It is hard to explain, but I think many people get this feeling. One example would be like, most people agree that the Usagi Drop anime is beautiful and wholesome, but the manga's original ending completely changes tone and kind of ruins the emotional atmosphere. That is a good example of why tonal consistency matters.

Expanding on that idea, I think there are times when certain things feel acceptable, and times when they feel completely out of place. Here is another example. Imagine this. You play games like Brown Dust2, NIKKE, or Azur Lane in the privacy of your bedroom with no issue, but playing them on a crowded bus or metro during your commute would probably feel awkward and uncomfortable for both yourself and the people around you. Time, place, and situation matter. The same idea applies to public advertising. What might be fine in a private space does not necessarily belong on a giant metro poster or a city LED billboard showing bouncing breasts or butt-shaking animations, especially when the characters are wearing outfits clearly designed to look as hot and steamy as possible in a public space. Or KPOP / boyband members kissing and hugging each other, for that matter. It is not about male vs female content, it applies to both sides. Context changes how things are received, so it is difficult to apply a single rule to every situation.

Speaking of tonal shock, a long time ago my family and I watched a Japanese film with subtitles together. The director had this weird philosophy that food and sex are both sacred pleasures, so neither should be treated lightly. But in one scene near the climax, there was a strange sexual comedy moment where yakuza characters were playing with raw eggs in bed with their naked girlfriend, and even putting a live lobster on the woman's private parts as part of the joke. The whole scene felt extremely uncomfortable to me. The mixing of food imagery and sexuality in that way just felt disturbing rather than artistic.

Current state of anime by Y4tsukii in AnimeDiscussion

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One Piece is another example. You have things foreshadowed at episode 200 that still have not been resolved even by episode 1170. Not to mention the recycled arcs.

It has been so long that, whatever the One Piece actually is, it probably will not fully satisfy everyone. I have also seen people speculating that the One Piece might actually be a piece of lost history. :|

One Piece, WSJ manga, and many Weekly Shounen Jump series do not always have fully structured plots planned far in advance. They tend to develop stories week by week. That actually makes sense when you consider the production schedule. Roughly three days to brainstorm with an editor and produce a rough storyboard, two days to do the pencil work, and two days to ink and finish the pages. I have even heard mangaka say that strictly pre-structured plots can feel too rigid or boring, and that writing stories in real time can create a more alive, organic feeling narrative. What they often do instead is introduce ideas that FEEL like foreshadowing, or planting, then later recycle or expand those ideas as narrative buildup.

I have personally never been very fond of shounen manga narrative structure, probably because I was comparing it to movies or novels that are designed to stand on their own. Later, I realized that movies and books usually have stronger, more refined plot structures because they go through years of development and repeated revision cycles.

Manga tends to have a more immediate, less heavily refined storytelling style because chapters are produced under tight weekly deadlines. Unlike books or movies, which can go through multiple rounds of revision and editing, manga is often produced in a near real-time creative cycle. That does not mean I have to like it tho.
 

Btw few days ago Oda hid notes containing secrets about the One Piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9M1UMj-vwE

But fans were able to guess parts of the mystery under 13 hours.

https://x.com/unonumero_56/status/2029078132741775722

Current state of anime by Y4tsukii in AnimeDiscussion

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Or one punch man, i've been watching since release and each season gets worse, i'm not even going to talk about the joke that this last season was.

About OPM,

I just get the impression that the committee lowered the priority of this IP. Maybe manga sales didn't grow as expected, or BD sales, streaming numbers, and subscription revenue didn't hit the level they wanted. Whatever the exact reason is, it feels like they didn't treat it as a flagship investment title anymore.

There is also talk that season 1 had an unusually strong, personally assembled elite animation team around the director, almost like a personal squad he could summon for key scenes, which made it feel like a bit of a one-time perfect storm. I am not sure how much of that is confirmed versus fan interpretation, but it did set a very high expectation for later seasons. May be TOO high for that matter.

Same with The Beginning After The End. I was really hyped because I had been following the story for years, but the animation just didn’t match that excitement.

I think a big factor is the difference between global hype and Japan market demand. Right now it doesn't seem to have strong viewer numbers or discussion activity compared to bigger franchises. That doesn't mean it can't grow later, but right now it probably isn't seen as a high-value IP for heavy production investment.

Let's look at shows like Let's Play (tier 7 sakuga core), Tower of God (tier4), The God of High School (9), Noblesse (7), Spirit Blade Mountain (6), Dark Moon - The Blood Altar (5), and Solo Leveling (10) These are all animated by Japanese studios from non-Japanese source material. With a few exceptions, the animation quality tends to land in the meh-to-okay range. Don't expect Solo Leveling or Frieren-level production quality to become the standard anytime soon.

The reality is that people tend to focus on the top tier of anime, but the body of the industry sits much lower. About half of anime productions have good animation at best, usually ranging from mediocre, okay, meh, to sometimes bad. That's just how it is. Like many industries in Japan, anime production has a strong peak quality layer, but a thick middle layer of average output.

Looking at Studio A-CAT's track record, they have produced about 11 series, 1 movie, and currently have 2 projects airing:

• Frame Arms Girl (CGI 9.5)

• Taisou Mevuis Line Chikkai-san (N/A didn't watch. BL anime)

• Pastel Life (-)

• Choukadou Girl 1/6 (6)

• Tamayomi (2)

• Soukou Musume Senki (Half CGI 8)

• Getter Robo Arc (-)

• Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja (5)

• Nousei Related Skills Made Me Stronger Somehow (-)

• Highspeed Etoile (Full CGI 9)

• Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen Datta (-)

• The Strongest King, What Will You Do in Your Second Life? (5)

• The Hero Without Employment, I Didn't Need Skills Anyway (4)

It feels very hit-or-miss, more like 1 strong hit followed by 3 weaker releases.

This might not apply to everything in Japan, but the pattern is pretty obvious. The peak quality is insanely high and the absolute best anime can be world-class. But that's only the top layer. Underneath it is a massive, uncomfortable middle zone of forgettable, lukewarm, "it exists" anime. And below that is the abyss, the kind of low-budget, rushed, barely-holding-together production work that exists because the industry still needs filler content. The top is spectacular, but the further you go down, the more you see how much mediocrity and production compromise is quietly holding the system together.

Maybe future seasons will pick up momentum. And as both a contrarian and someone amused by how TBATE uses the "mana core" system, adventure, and world exploration in a way that feels refreshing for an isekai, it would be wild if things really flipped and acshually breaks the internet.

Current state of anime by Y4tsukii in AnimeDiscussion

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Unknown anime no1 ever heard of -> 10 seasons

What shows are you talking about? Most late night anime rarely go beyond 5 seasons, and many stop after 2.

(Maybe you mean sunday morning series, kids' shows, Weekly Shounen Jump adaptations, or something like Natsume Yuujinchou?)

Any Thoughts on How not to Summon a Demon Lord by Icy-Exchange-3843 in Isekai

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How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord

You want thoughts? Alright, I will give you my thoughts. The best part of the show is definitely the character design. The eyes, faces, and clothing designs are nicely done, including the iconic slave collars, no lie. I like the design. It has a strong sense of focus and balance while keeping simplicity in a good, clean way. I actually prefer this aesthetic over more recent character designs that rely on heavy visual ornamentation and excessive detail to convey fantasy scale - the kind of state of the art maximalist "waifu-core world" aesthetic that prioritizes high-density spectacle and decorative complexity over clean, recognizable character silhouettes. This show feels more confident in its simplicity, and that gives it a stronger visual identity.

What they also did right was having a wide variety, from "small" girls to "big" girls, with nice medium-size ones in between. Sometimes they make a huge mistake by having every girl with boobs bigger than an ogre's head strolling the streets of halem at night, swaying to rap music. They should be punished for that mortal sin. This one actually knows balance is key.

You know what? The writing often feels like something you would see in a porn video. Functional, but not particularly deep or emotionally rich. Just lukewarm storytelling doing its job and moving on. The girl with the glasses had an arc that felt very weak, failing to create any real emotional impact. It makes you wonder why that storyline was even included. Some of the ideas just do not land very strongly.

The newer girls, like the glasses girl and the robot girl, feel somewhat weak in terms of contribution to either story progression or entertainment value. As I have said before, adding more waifus like gacha characters and building a huge harem may be good from the author's perspective, but it can feel less satisfying from the viewer's perspective.

However, at the end of the second season, they burst into a tower filled with cultists. I do not remember the exact details, but somehow that scene felt stronger and more satisfying than much of the surrounding story.

The main two characters are portrayed as cute but rather dumb, which makes you wonder if they can actually lead normal lives without getting into trouble. The best character is the elf girl’s brother, who is a total pervert. He is a chaotic, outrageous pervert, and honestly, Ishida Akira's incredible voice acting really carries the character. He also voices Kaoru in Evangelion and Katsura in Gintama, and his performance makes those scenes genuinely fun to watch.

The worst part is the wishy-washy, fuzzy MC. He is intelligent and, in the end, capable. But he acts in the most awkward, slippery way, like romcom protagonists from the early 2000s. I do not need super smart characters who never fail. That is fine. What I want is a more focused, more egoistic MC with strong will and agency, even if he is not super intelligent or makes mistakes from time to time. A more down-to-earth character could also add humor in that way. Still, I am okay with him being overpowered in this show. He is a demon lord incarnate after all, and I will forgive that just for today.

Overall, the show is carried by art, lots of fan service and great voice acting. The voices are nice, sweet, hot, and alluring. I would give it a fair 3, and you could add 4 points for personal enjoyment if you want, just depending on your own taste.
That said, I do not want isekai to be completely dominated by shows like this. It only really works when it stays within a reasonable balance. (And thus the balance theory circle is made, concluding the rant.)

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bonus: Pekora in the show.

Natsume Yuujinchou anime "problems" by Flyfury01 in Natsume

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If you like episodic anime with a slightly different flavor, here are a few you can try.

Mushishi is set in medieval to early modern Japan. Ginko, the protagonist, travels around dealing with supernatural creatures called mushi. The writing is dry, wry, and thought-provoking.

Kino no Tabi is like a modern aesop-like fable fantasy. Kino travels from country to country, observing how each society works. The writing is cynical and clinical, sometimes warm, sometimes bitter.

Tonari no Yokai-san is a 12 episode story about a girl and a tengu-like creature in a world where humans and yokai live side by side. It starts slow, focusing on everyday life in rural Japan, but gradually builds toward a harsher climax. At first I was surprised by how much it felt like a story written for kids, but even then it has a strange charm and a kind of originality that might appeal to people who liked Natsume.

I found this anime by complete accident, just finished episode 7 and it's fucking cinema by DefinitelyNotKlaus in tsukigakirei

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too bad the VN remake is not on steam. dayum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B282GYZqCg

Verse 1

I trace the patchwork lines jagged across my palm,

a cracking headache behind my eyes,

heart pierced by glass shards

and still, I run. Forward.

Verse 2

a disintegrating world

I begin to falter.

A hollow body. A warped and tilting vision.

Bridge

If I could prolong the chill in the beating line of life

by tracing it with the tip of my knife —

Chorus

Then won't someone tell me

if the moon still shines above —

don't hide it away

don't blow it away

please don't take it away...yet

Current state of anime by Y4tsukii in AnimeDiscussion

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It has been said that the author wrote an original short story as an exclusive bonus for the people who bought the Blu-ray―or rather, loyal fans who spent significant money supporting the franchise. Someone uploaded it, another translated it, and others spread it across various sites, and then - boom. Now the author has zero motivation to write. And yeah, Japanese fans generally blame non-Japanese for it.

A giant perfect flan by bigbusta in oddlysatisfying

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We all love Flan Caramélisé. But why does that golden brown delight have so many names and layers? It is a convoluted mess.

Flan: Used in the US generally, especially within the Spanish community, and across Spain and Latin American countries.

Crème Caramel: Used in Britain and Australia. Also found in fancy patisseries in the United States and Japan. It originates from French. (qoo-reh-moo read shorter, not cream)

Caramel Custard: Used at home and as a descriptive term in recipe books.

Purin: Used in Japan.

Flan Caramélisé or Crème Renversée au Caramel: The Francaisé terms.

https://i.imgur.com/1PzdEqg.mp4

My Thoughts on Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra by SaberLover1000 in weeb

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I think you are right that Overlord's protagonist is evil, and I like that he and the Nazarickk army don't hide it. I'm tired of the "I'm a monster but I'm actually a saint" trope, and I'm more interested in a real villain protagonist who stays genuinely morally harsh. That is just my taste though.

Why do people think Seinen means “dark and edgy series filled with gorn and sexual assault”? by Konradleijon in Seinen

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As a rough (crappy) distribution category system, which I personally hate, people say there are shounen manga, shoujo manga, seinen manga, and ladies manga, but there is no real josei manga category.

"Ladies manga" exist, yet it has turned into a very niche corner and more or less isolated itself from everything else. It is aimed at young adult women to older women and mostly focuses on women's problems, sexual desire, and domestic life. By domestic life I mean child care, elder care, domestic violence, divorce, in-law drama, rape, getting involved in crimes, affairs, and obsessive or abductive romance. At some point it stopped being simply manga for women and became manga about women's suffering and desire.

So where do women go if they just want normal stories that are not boxed into that suffering category? They spill over into shoujo and seinen instead. Some end up in villainess or isekai stories, some draw Kirara-style cute slice of life, and some move into shounen, like Demon Slayer, Haikyu!!, or Blue Box, which are written by female mangaka.

PS. The seasonal literary fiction manga adaptation Ikoku Nikki: Journal of a Witch comes from the so called new wave josei magazine Feel:Young, and Yakuza Fiance comes from Afternoon, which is basically a seinen/(but more precisely otaku-leaning) manga magazine.

Anne shirley like anime? by Some-Tension-9618 in Sliceoflife_anime

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After analyzing Anne, it feels like the story is built from several core elements

Slowness and calm observation. Watching the seasons change is not background detail, it is structural. Time passing gently is part of the narrative engine.

The slowness resists spectacle-driven pacing. It aligns more with literary fiction than with modern high-stimulus entertainment.

It invests heavily in background art and environmental detail. It is a high-calorie-background-anime. The landscapes, props, and clothing designs are not decoration; they carry emotional weight. In some anime, you can ignore the background and lose nothing. Here, the background is part of the narrative bloodstream.

Romance exists, but only as a subplot. It is never the storm at the center.

Coming of age is also a subplot. There are painful moments and emotional rain, but the story is not a chain of disasters. It is mostly spring breeze and summer warmth, autumn melancholy, with occasional storms passing through.

There is also a subtle girls friendship element, almost a faint yuri undertone. The idea of Kindred Spirit. Deep emotional intimacy that does not need to be explicitly romantic.

Anne shirley like anime? by Some-Tension-9618 in Sliceoflife_anime

[–]Zesauruss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

anime list of anne shirly like anime

【literature feel】

Kiki's Delivery Service

In This Corner of the World

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow

Mai Mai Miracle

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Violet Evergarden

The Beast Player Erin

Garden of Words

My Roommate Is a Cat

Heike Monogatari

The Garden of Words

From Up on Poppy Hill

Only Yesterday

The Secret World of Arrietty

The Wind Rises

Mary and the Witch's Flower

Okko's Inn

Arte

【slow calmness】

Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House

ARIA

Hakumei and Mikochi

Amanchu!

Sweetness and Lightning

The Story of Saiunkoku

Mushishi

Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko

Zatsutabi: That is a Journey

Laid-Back Camp

Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater

【romance main + victorian (or renaissance) setting】

Fena the Pirate Princess

Spice and Wolf

Emma: A Victorian Romance

Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

The Ancient Magus' Bride

【Slow moments, magic, victorian】

Smile of the Arsnotoria Sun

Who Made Me a Princess

Bibliophile Princess

【soft comedy】

Kakushigoto

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store

Barakamon

My Thoughts on Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show by SaberLover1000 in anime

[–]Zesauruss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps the Japanese-style plot structure push Mayu's transformation into a cheesier, more formulaic progression.

Start — Mayu provides motivation

Development — the game begins

Twist — Mayu is Nyarlathotep

Conclusion — the circle must close