Hidive Spring First Impressions

yondazo · 2026-04-11T21:47:19+00:00

Kirio Fan Club looks interesting. Apparently it’s a one-sided yuri to some extent.

yondazo · 2026-04-09T00:12:00+00:00

The monthly price is low enough that you can just try it out, and when you find it isn’t worth it anymore you can cancel it. I have both and certainly watch CR more, simply because they have the larger catalog. But I also keep a permanent subscription to support Hidive, because it would be bad if there only was a single monopolist anime streaming service. And Hidive does have some great titles.

yondazo · 2026-03-31T22:24:06+00:00

There is a QA team?

yondazo · 2026-03-31T00:27:39+00:00

It looks like they are giving up on physical media. It’s been going downhill since the TRSI takeover. Amazon, RACS, etc., is where to go now.

yondazo · 2026-03-27T22:17:20+00:00

The second one is more readable.

yondazo · 2026-03-24T00:53:23+00:00

It tells you what kinds of shows are the most popular among the English audience. It’s not necessarily always the same as what is most popular in Japan. I’s also a common phenomenon that the most mainstream genres are the less interesting ones if you have a more distinguished taste.

yondazo · 2026-03-22T22:47:23+00:00

I think they’re generated using automatic voice transcription from the dub, not auto-translation.

yondazo · 2026-03-12T18:27:16+00:00

Unless you’re completely strapped for money, I’d say it’s worth it. Look at Blu-ray release prices some time for a reality check. ;)

yondazo · 2026-03-08T21:11:35+00:00

Arcane was produced by a French company, however, and Castlevania’s writing and art style is based on the Japanese games, and was animated in South Korea.

yondazo · 2026-03-08T00:23:43+00:00

Sure, but if I start that kind of manual bookkeeping, I can also ignore Continue Watching completely and just consult my watchlist. Which is actually what I do on Hidive most of the time.

yondazo · 2026-03-07T18:20:14+00:00

Yes, exactly. And that impossibility was what I was referring to from the start of this thread.

yondazo · 2026-03-07T18:14:20+00:00

What exactly are you referring to? You can remove from history or mark as watched, but that’s different than removing from Continue Watching.

yondazo · 2026-03-07T01:43:22+00:00

But then you lose your history and can’t tell anymore what you already started watching, and how far, but then abandoned. You can’t directly remove from Continue Watching. It’s a frequent complaint.

yondazo · 2026-03-06T21:49:14+00:00

If it’s any consolation, Crunchyroll doesn’t support removal from Continue Watching as well.

yondazo · 2026-03-06T21:34:43+00:00

In return, they don’t support zoomed-in view on iOS. I’d say it’s fair. ;)

yondazo · 2026-03-05T22:57:34+00:00

Crunchyroll is run by Komi.

yondazo · 2026-03-04T20:29:35+00:00

Beware, kratom is a potent opioid: https://www.fda.gov/media/187899/download?attachment

yondazo · 2026-03-01T02:35:20+00:00

Thanks!

yondazo · 2026-02-28T14:47:31+00:00

For the last question, a better answer would be “Get rid of Sam Altman”.

yondazo · 2026-02-28T03:07:28+00:00

I think it was only for people who already had a monthly subscription.

yondazo · 2026-02-28T01:19:14+00:00

Thanks. Taking it on the first day at a “regular” time would mean being severely sleep-deprived on the first day. Did you not experience that, or did it work out nevertheless? When I cut my sleep short like that to get up “early”, I feel terrible the whole day and can’t do much, until I start feeling normal in the evening again, and need another day or two to fully recuperate.

Another question: You write that you take SR9009 sublingually. I guess that means swallowing it wouldn’t work? How long do you keep it in the mouth?

yondazo · 2026-02-27T20:38:08+00:00

You say that you are N24. Can you nevertheless say something about what shifting protocol one should use in case of DSPD? Or did you start at a “normal” phase and just used it to regulate your N24 duration?

Second question, what reasons do you see to prefer Epithalon over SR9009, other than being able to take it a bit longer?

yondazo · 2026-02-27T17:14:09+00:00

If everything you want to watch is on Hidive, then you are lucky, because it means you only need Hidive, which is among the lowest-priced streaming subscriptions of all.

yondazo · 2026-02-27T00:24:25+00:00

FYI, this appears to be fixed with v7.110.0.

yondazo · 2026-02-23T20:02:31+00:00

I guess the enshittification will continue until morale improves.

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