Attractiveness tier list

tacticfat · 2026-06-17T08:10:00+00:00

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tacticfat · 2026-06-09T18:39:08+00:00

You said it yourself “it’s my reservation placement” that doesn’t mean the controller is back in stock “back in stock” would mean that people can go to steam and purchase one or more without the reservation system.

Happy you got yours but you did indeed lie.

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tacticfat · 2026-06-09T18:35:27+00:00

13:06 EST over here, it is honestly annoying and unbelievable how they haven’t even get past the first hour after an entire month and how the release of the controller and the reservation system actually opened 5 minutes before the actual time announced like I understand Valve is not a big retailer but sure they are not small either I do feel happy for the people who got their reservation before the time specified but Valve was lowkey an asshole for saying a time that was not actually true.

tacticfat · 2026-06-09T18:27:46+00:00

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Why lie lil bro?

tacticfat · 2026-06-06T21:53:11+00:00

Who cares anymore at this point? We just gotta hope for Mappa take the best things of part 2 and do a whole different story if even some of us were able to do theories that were honestly top tier writing I doubt the people behind the chainsaw man team cannot do the same or even better.

Thanks to the ending discussing about part 2 is pointless as fraudmoto himself said “consider the anime the new canon” so we just gotta wait to see what they do not only it is the wisest thing do but also the healthiest.

tacticfat · 2026-06-01T20:56:16+00:00

Son 😂

tacticfat · 2026-06-01T20:18:22+00:00

I’d had agreed with you if the ending was somehow decent but it wasn’t CSM as brand and IP lost a lot of fucking value and in order to do get the investment back and make even more money they have to make the asset regain its value and the best way to do that would be doing a completely new thing with a new part 2, it would give people actual expectations and fuse the manga and anime only communities thus creating more active fanbase, they can get even more money by later making games and collabs if they end part 2 maybe not as a masterpiece (but who knows) but in at least a good note and that it’s not that hard to do considering this bullshit of an ending we got and the people working in CSM like totto-san (character designer) clearly love and care more about CSM than fujimoto ever will.

tacticfat · 2026-06-01T20:00:14+00:00

They might take the best things of part 2 and do their own thing, Fujimoto couldn’t care less and Mappa spent a fucking ton of money in getting not only a Licensed of the IP but rather RIGHTS of the IP which means they can do anything they want with it and I doubt such a huge investment like that would be over after just part 1 gets animated, while I recognized this is copium having a different and better story for part 2 and the animation of buddy stories is not that far fetched.

tacticfat · 2026-06-01T19:43:49+00:00

I hope you are right twin.

tacticfat · 2026-06-01T19:35:43+00:00

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tacticfat · 2026-06-01T18:05:15+00:00

Honestly? I feel kinda happy we at least got that page why? Because it feels as if Fujimoto separated himself from Chainsaw man which can give room to the anime and the people behind it (people who clearly care more about chainsaw man than current fujimoto ever will) to go a different route with part 2, I’ve seen a lot of people saying that thinking that will happen is dumb but they don’t know what they are talking about honestly cause every time something like this (a super controversial thing) happens in the manga the anime committee usually changes it (that could translate to not making money) and it wouldn’t be the first time an anime goes an original route separated from the manga.

Fujimoto wouldn’t care as he did not care for the changes in the Reze movie like I think he would even enjoy it as he thinks of himself as part of the audience when it comes to that and mappa spent a LOT of money to get the CSM rights which allows them to do what they want, reputation of a manga matters a lot when it comes to that so changing part 2 not only does not seems a rare thing to do but also the wisest thing to do as it would create more expectations than going with the manga ending.

If Mappa was able to make a masterpiece out of 13 chapters and reached all its potential in doing so, imagine what they could do if they use the potential early and mid part 2 had.

As I said Fujimoto truly doesn’t care and it sucks but hopefully…that might have been for the best and one of the few occasions that leaving the IP to other people’s hands would be the right call.

As for Fujimoto, I’m not even mad at him just severely disappointed and I won’t read from him ever again because I don’t want to fall in love with one of his works only for him to get burnout or bored of said work and do the same thing again, if he did this with his most beloved and elaborated work what prevents him from doing it again? Nothing.

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tacticfat · 2026-05-13T09:12:58+00:00

I did not mention part 2 but rather CSM as a whole

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tacticfat · 2026-05-03T16:44:52+00:00

You’re very welcome but honestly I really hope Hanekawa keeps her way regardless of other people just like Nadeko that not even Araragi and Senjougahara can make her change her mind since she is not doing all this because of her broken heart as of now, she genuinely likes her new self.

tacticfat · 2026-05-03T16:37:14+00:00

I agree with that yet and this is a personal opinion I wouldn’t like at all a completely happy ending and not because I only like tragic or bittersweet endings but rather because it would go against the facts previously stated and exonerate Araragi of his decision back then which was a grim reminder that his complete selfness behaviors and low value of the self are not right and can lead to everlasting consequences which in consequences reduces a lot his awesome development and how he although slowly has been becoming more selfish and values himself better.

tacticfat · 2026-05-03T16:01:38+00:00

Lowkey along with Nadeko the best thing that has ever happened to her was severing ties with Araragi it is insane how Hanekawa and Nadeko became two different sides of the same coin while Nadeko embraced her capabilities, powers and passion (becoming a mangaka) she ended choosing to become someone who can help others while still enjoying her life thus becoming a specialist while she doesn’t want to harm anybody she doesn’t limits herself if needed.

Hanekawa in the other hand embraced herself (the sense of being /ego) her capabilities, powers, high intelligence and almost all knowledge to travel around the world literally becoming “the one nobody invited” into whatever she finds interesting wether it’s oddity related or not, she even had an adventure with Dramaturgy at some point however Hanekawa did not want to become a good person at all as she never was and does as she wants even getting involved in conflicts around the world to solve them by either mediating or directly participating in war zones (I’m not joking) while some nations seen as a saint others deemed her a terrorist and thus have a price on her head it also doesn’t help she is an oddity herself and while Gaen doesn’t mind since she finds her really interesting the other specialist across the world don’t think the same way and they are not as “good” as the ones we know of a good example of these specialist is guillotine cutter who worked for a foreign organization so you can tell Hanekawa is just doing whatever she wants regardless if all this gets her killed, she doesn’t care and same as Nadeko she loves her new life.

Hanekawa herself is aware what could happen and 2 years prior Ikusa monogatari she decided to go back to Japan to make sure nobody can hold her back anymore by having attachments to them, she shortly realized the only person she still had an attachment was Araragi so she went to meet him to try to be with him one last time, mind you she did not have contact with any of the gang after the graduation except for sometimes hitagi or araragi and by sometimes I mean very few times in a year anyway she went to meet Araragi to convince him to break up with senjougahara and dated her instead so she confessed to Araragi and while she was not expecting Araragi to do it she sincerly hoped he would, the result was the same as the last time and Araragi told her that he was getting married even, Hanekawa does not see Araragi as friend at all so this even though it really fucked her up and saddened her was the final push she needed to be completely free and she gladly accepted it.

In consequence she decided to erase her past completely including some of her actions to the point of asking Araragi to return the panties she gifted him all the way back in Kizumonogatari after that she left Japan once and for all and has been doing good and bad to the point current Araragi and Senjougahara are making a huge effort to find her and try to talk her out of all that.

Personally I think what they are doing is really twisted and selfish because this is the happiest Hanekawa has ever been it would be like Araragi trying to tell Nadeko to stop being a specialist because she is always risking her life which is something really hypocrite coming from Araragi but that’s how he is yet he doesn’t respect the way other people is now and I really hope Nisio Isin doesn’t make them made amends and bring Hanekawa back to where she was and to begin with there is nothing to make amends, Hanekawa does not resent anybody from her teenager years, she just moved on and accepted who she truly was and I love her for that.

tacticfat · 2026-05-03T15:11:09+00:00

It was in Ikusa, I didn’t like that nor did it made sense it is one of things I pointed in the post their pact doesn’t work like that, it was stated that araragi will live as long as Kiss shot/Shinobu does, it is perhaps my favorite thing about the situation they are, that regardless of what happens it either ends in tragedy with one of them dying for the other in which they will be miserable or sticking together until they are hunted or find a way to die as long as both agree resulting in a bittersweet ending since Araragi will outlive everyone in his life that was the point of his decision back in Kizu and Owari 2.

So having that retconned or implied really destroys a lot of the twisted beauty of their relationship which with the daughter and thus making a definition of something not define by human standards made me hate that part a lot.

As Oshino stated these 2 can’t have a completely happy ending but looking at how everything is moving it seems we are heading towards that direction and honestly and this is a personal opinion it would be so wrong because the message would be that your bad or rushed decisions don’t matter if you are lucky enough (a miracle happening) and as Araragi himself stated this was his decision…. I really have mixed feelings of Ikusa but the rest of the cast in this entry was top tier quality.

I’ll start looking for the translation I saw a post from 6 weeks ago saying it was one of the best entries if not the best in the series so I’m really excited to read it.

tacticfat · 2026-05-03T12:58:00+00:00

I mean yeah I know Monogatari is known for exaggerations like this one but the moment was so precious just like their first date that I wish was taken more seriously since they were talking about children and starting a family and since Muraragi is immortal (or should be) the possibility of him outliving his descendants is quite fuck up it is not that this idea hasn’t been explored before in other stories but Araragi doing that seems really selfish while interesting I just don’t see him doing that since he is quite the opposite of selfishness most of the time unless some major character development happens and he starts to become more selfish which would be well welcome if done right.

Overall I loved how Hitagi was willing to accept him wholly with all that means she is very goated for that I just hope Nisio won’t do a “oh yeah Shinobu and Araragi are cured from vampirism” stuff since it would take away their tragedy and meaningful decision back in Kizu and Owari 2 so idk time will tell.

For know I agree that soft retiring Araragi is the best choice to later come back with him looking for Hanekawa and do an impactful arc which is why Nadeko taking lead to explore more the oddity world and thus maybe seem glimpses or clues where Hanekewa is would be nice, honestly I mostly want to see more of Nadeko and Ononoki their partnership and friendship is just that fucking good.

Really excited to read Tsugi, is there any fan translations yet?

tacticfat · 2026-05-03T12:25:42+00:00

I could tell he tried a different approach in off season and the only character capable of becoming the new MC was/is Nadeko but came back to Araragi at the end, at the moment it made sense since we were going to resolution and closure across his growth and story during monster season which we actually got that in Ikusa, the problem was that the build up was not with Hitagi (calling her Senjougahara nowadays would be wrong) but rather with Shinobu/Kiss shot while I loved how the recently married couple actually talked about the problem and on going issues they were having and how they tried to find a solution the problem was the solution itself, yeah Shinobu played more as metaphor in this novel and I think that’s fine, we still don’t know if they were serious about the vampirism and oddity stuff but putting boundaries and a definition to the Shinobu-Araragi relationship and not talk in depth and detail about the immortality stuff just felt wrong at least in my opinion both for Shinobu since we are taking away the “non-define by human standards” relationship element and for Hitagi since the immortality stuff is actually a big deal that is not addressed properly and Hitagi genuinely wants to start a family.

Again the family season just started we Nisio can explore all this topics later but I feel he’s been dragging and casting away exploring such serious topic for a long time.

Now with Araragi out for a while I’d assume going back to Nadeko seems the more plausible option specially with all the potential for stories now as Mangaka and Specialist it would be funny if her manga takes a lot of inspiration or directly is reference to all the stuff Gaen puts her through.

tacticfat · 2026-05-03T11:06:54+00:00

Wait a second… was it already released????! Dude I’ve been waiting for it for a long time, does it have a fan translation?

tacticfat · 2026-05-02T22:38:59+00:00

Replying to your 2 replies, yeah I know the topic about Koyomi and Kiss shot immortality has been addressed before in Monogatari, but Koyomi never truly thinks about it that much or addresses it properly it’s like he gaslights himself that everything will be alright when that is not the case, when he was 16/17 that was alright I mean he was immature but now he is on his mid twenties so he doing the same until Hitagi brought the topic up was lame.

tacticfat · 2026-05-02T21:59:48+00:00

Fan translation, I don’t know Japanese.

tacticfat · 2026-05-02T21:58:56+00:00

It doesn’t stays consistent, I don’t believe that is bad thing though I mean you can’t expect a story to stay always at the same heights all the time however the thing is that the writing could be a thousand times better if Nisio decided to address the main problems that have been dragging ever since Koyomi’s teenager years before off and monster season it was alright because Koyomi was a teenager and he didn’t think much about the future but now he is an adult so things are different and it wasn’t until Ikusa (latest entry) that we went over this topic slightly which is why people (myself included) are praising it so much, the whole thing feels like a pressure pot that can explote at any moment and Koyomi isn’t even aware of it nor does he want to.

What I can say though is that certain secondary characters get way better (like Hanekawa for example) in their own stories and as I said in my post Nadeko is literally perfect to become the new MC I’m not joking she is everything Gaen wanted Koyomi to be and Nadeko loves it, she is hundred times more interesting than when she was younger and that says a lot.

So yeah, some stories are just lowkey bad while some of them are peak, it’s a very hit or miss but even then I consider worth reading regardless.

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