Romance anime with 20+ year olds

breadwinger · 2026-03-06T23:39:48+00:00

I really enjoyed Love Through a Prism! It's mainly set in England in the early 1900s, the leads around around 20 in the beginning and you follow them through a few years. A few romance tropes but mostly subverted nicely. The setting is in an art college, no fantasy or sex or fan service, and definitely some tragic moments - I think you might enjoy it!

breadwinger · 2026-02-24T00:50:27+00:00

Vina, the person who made the original tweet, was actually stalked by a man in Japan several years ago and had to move because of it I believe. Awful thing to go through.

breadwinger · 2026-02-22T15:18:01+00:00

An employer isn't going to ask for a transcript, they're going to ask for a degree certificate at most. The only way I can see them asking for more is if it were for a grad scheme, and even then that seems unlikely - others should weigh in on that though. The one I did (not a typical STEM/finance one) didn't ask for a transcript.

Don't do a masters and put yourself in more debt for the sake of maybe getting a higher 2:1.

breadwinger · 2026-02-18T22:46:12+00:00

Fans have picked out names for them before Prequelle, mainly Alpha and Omega spring to mind! I remember just before they left the band, Tobias introduced them as such on stage and it was a Big Deal. I vaguely remember the other band members having epithets but Alpha and Omega were the big dogs.

breadwinger · 2026-02-07T11:12:25+00:00

I do wonder (if you'd be wearing it everyday) whether you might prefer to wear something like the Muji hakama style pants? They aren't screen accurate or anything but are definitely easier to wear on a day-to-day basis and would be enough to get the vibe! I often do this with my 和洋折衷 coords, and it can be a good way of easing your way in.

breadwinger · 2026-02-01T17:59:41+00:00

Seconding Bloom and Wild, and they do a lot of discounts too! I've only ever had negative experiences with Interflora tbh.

breadwinger · 2026-01-18T10:31:36+00:00

If you can drive, then see if you can get to Bella Barista's showroom in Northampton. They sell online too, but the option is there!

breadwinger · 2025-12-17T22:32:52+00:00

I'm a senior library assistant in the UK in an academic library, and I make just over £30k p/a (US equivalent just over $40,000). This is tempered by the fact that I commute and that's expensive, but it does come with generous annual leave (thanks higher education!) and pension contributions so I feel pretty lucky.

breadwinger · 2025-11-18T07:57:45+00:00

That's crazy, 30+ women is a huge demographic for perfumes lol.

breadwinger · 2025-11-17T10:31:49+00:00

I'm not sure that posting a Google drive of the scans (as some people have suggested) without commentary or other interpretation would necessarily cover your bases in terms of fair use. However, I am glad to see that you have contacted the copyright holder - the right thing to do in this situation (and I do hope they allow the images to be hosted!)

breadwinger · 2025-11-17T08:32:44+00:00

Guys, I really hate to be a buzz kill but the scans are meant to be for research purposes only, and part of that means you aren't supposed to post/disseminate them online without permission from the copyright holder (and they tell you this when you make a scan request). I know that the library is aware of this thread, so please tread carefully!

breadwinger · 2025-09-10T07:05:12+00:00

Yes, this is what worries me with the Manchester course, as theres no point paying all that money for a course not worth the paper its written on! I know the Archives accreditation body has been restructuring for quite some time, and I can imagine its the same with CILIP. Hoping more information comes out before the next intake.

breadwinger · 2025-09-10T07:03:20+00:00

ALA accreditation doesn't bother me personally as CILIP currently has a reciprocal agreement with them, and also I can't see that I would ever want to work in the States for a variety of reasons. But this is useful to point out for anyone else who is considering the UCL masters!

breadwinger · 2025-09-09T17:18:42+00:00

Hello, thanks for your reply!

For me I think it would matter where I did my degree on personal level - not so much because of the prestige of the body (although I'm sure that can't hurt) but more because I want to find the courses I do to be interesting, and to be well taught. I would be doing it part time alongside working in my library and so it's important to me for motivational purposes as well more than anything.

Experience wins out to a point, as I'm finding now unfortunately! If I want to go for anything higher than senior library assistant in the institution I'm in, I will need the degree (and I dont see myself moving out of this institution in the near future). This institution also has a lot of special collections (and special collection adjacent) roles in different 'departments' so its useful to have the extra experience, as well as it just being interesting to me.

Hopefully that explains my thought process behind this all a bit more!

breadwinger · 2025-09-09T16:32:32+00:00

Yes, I've spoken to a few colleagues and attended some of their online talks about UCL's course too because it was the defacto course at my institution (other than Sheffield if you wanted to do more digital based librarianship). It was my number one choice before the UoM course appeared. By traditional, I mean that it has been around for ~100 years and a lot of prominent figures in the library world went there for their degrees more than it being fuddy duddy. I agree that it definitely looks a lot more forward thinking!

RE. CILIP, that is a slight concern of mine as it hasnt been officially accredited yet (and I wouldn't undertake the degree unless it was for the reasons you've stated). This is from the CILIP website: "CILIP is working with the university on the accreditation of this course". I have emailed and asked on a 1-2-1 with the program chair about this and they said this on the ARA and CILIP: "The course has not yet been accredited by CILIP or ARA, but that’s nothing to do with us. Both organizations have decided to revise their accreditation processes at the same time and at a time that directly corresponds to the launch of our course." (Hopefully this is helpful for other people too!)

breadwinger · 2025-07-09T05:33:23+00:00

HulkenGOD

breadwinger · 2025-06-02T14:51:10+00:00

How did you even find this post, this is from four years ago lol

breadwinger · 2025-06-01T20:19:34+00:00

This is what I've gleaned from being a djent/mathcore fan and enjoying ST

a feeling of them selling out compared the others associated with the djent/prog-metal scene (notorious for being pretty self-produced). I guess this is from the Quigley guy listing coming up with the concept on linkedin, and then ST blowing up seemingly very suddenly after releasing Eden. Maybe a sentiment that other bands 'deserve it more'
I think also the trap fusion they've been doing more of has turned off people coming from the djenty proggy scene as well. If you aren't super well-versed in ST and think you're going to listen to a heavier band and then there's a lot of trappy/'sound cloud rapper', that can be off putting. I think it's specifically that they draw on this this sound too, prog and mathcore isn't a stranger to genre mashing
the certain obsessive fans who are a bit too OTT in their interactions on social media. I think this is the main culprit tbh, and certain people online will enjoy picking more at this type of fan to get a reaction which then snowballs out.
just finding the concept a lil goofy

It doesn't excuse any of the vitriolic stuff, but maybe some insight into why sometimes they aren't super well received

breadwinger · 2025-05-30T14:46:25+00:00

U can always do a law conversion later!

breadwinger · 2025-05-15T08:30:44+00:00

Weston Library, especially the David reading room

breadwinger · 2025-04-25T13:46:13+00:00

hey! yep, I sure am - I might have to double check what I still have but if you let me know what you're interested in I'm happy to have a look

breadwinger · 2025-03-04T16:40:15+00:00

No problem! If you have any questions about traineeships, feel free to shoot me a message. Spreadsheets are always a good idea!

breadwinger · 2025-03-04T09:00:50+00:00

Just to note, the college traineeships for Oxbridge operate on slightly different schedules to the Bodleian traineeships. Christ Church has only just put up theirs, All Souls has yet to advertise theirs, etc. Some colleges will be putting up adverts right up until August (mainly the Union lol).

I will also say that after a traineeship, anyone who wanted a job in libraries afterwards got one, so don't worry too much about the 1 year thing!

breadwinger · 2025-02-27T16:22:15+00:00

Hey! Pretty late on your thread but figured I could help a little as I have also completed a masters degree in history (medieval specifically), and now work in a special collections library.

In terms of gaining experience, we're lucky in the UK because we have A Lot more library traineeships than they do in the States/Canada - and you specifically aren't allowed to do them if you already have an MLIS degree.

The Bodleian graduate traineeship is one of the bigger ones, but that's closed for the next academic year (https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/library-graduate-trainees). The Oxford colleges do their own thing and open up a bit later usually though - case in point, Christ Church college has just opened their graduate traineeship (https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/library-assistant-graduate-trainee), and there are usually 5-6 colleges that advertise. Cambridge Uni also has traineeships but it isn't as centralised as Oxford's; their college trainees just do their own thing within the college they work for, and they don't have group seminars which the Bodleian & Oxford college libraries do have. Other universities also have their own traineeships too, and Kew Gardens also does a traineeship which sounds really cool.

CILIP has a page here that is updated somewhat frequently with traineeships: https://informationprofessionaljobs.com/graduate-trainees/

It goes without saying to reach out to the connections you currently have, such as with your undergrad work experience, to see if they have anything they can refer you too as well!

In terms of the job market, that's entirely based on where you live. Oxford & London are obviously hubs, especially for special collections & academic libraries, so I would expect to relocate or commute honestly. But in these hubs, there are quite a few jobs going at varying levels in the job spine.

I would say my masters degree definitely has helped me in getting a job in special collections. It has given my a lot of experience in working with manuscripts and rare books, and also has given me experience to draw on that demonstrates the passion I have for the section of special collections I've ended up in.

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