/media/ - Media

>>4356
ooh whats the BL aspects like?

>>18025
ebi-hime has a few yuri VNs I think

>>18041
Thank you! I started Blackberry Honey earlier today and it's pretty good. The art isn't the best but I still enjoy it.

>>18025
Kindred spirits on the roof, I havent even gotten halfway through it but its about a straight girl protagonist surrounded by lesbians

Maybe she becomes gay at the end I dunno, but its not about picking your relationships, its about the relationships of other characters

>>18077
I have it on steam, bought it a few years ago but never ended up playing it. Will try it tho, thanks.

I absolutely adore Kyoko Okazaki's works. Her artstyle is really different to the norm (and also pretty divisive), but personally I love the messy expressiveness of it.

I love the way that Okazaki portrays the female experience, particularly in River's Edge, which is a gritty look at teenage cliques and relationships. The way she portrays relationship dynamics, particularly the one between her main character and her boyfriend, really resonated with me in a way that's difficult to find in other media. It's a bit hard to explain without reading it yourself, but I just felt like all of the characters were eerily realistically portrayed.

The image attached to this post is from Helter Skelter, which is a bit more well known than River's Edge. Here's a summary of the basic plot: "Through round after round of extensive plastic surgery and vigorous maintenance, Ririko has become the absolute manifestation of beauty, and becomes a wildly successful model, actress and singer. However, soon her body, unable to withstand the burdens of surgery, begins to crumble, and along with it so does her mind, as she plummets towards a frightening and inevitable end." It borders on psychological horror at times, but I thought it was a really raw commentary on not only the fashion industry, but also on the difficulty of finding one's purpose and identity.

Also not by Okazaki, but I also liked Moyoco Anno's "In Clothes Called Fat", which deals a lot with eating disorders.

>>17973
I’m watching parakiss rn, I plan on reading manga after to see any details that weren’t included in the anime. I’m so sad it’s only 5 volumes. I really love the characters and how it’s an extension of gokinjo monogatari! Seeing the familiar characters makes me feel all warm and fuzzy

>>17974
Ooo thanks for the recs, I will definitely check out Rivers Edge. Your description sounds exactly like the kind of thing I was looking for. I love authors who aren’t afraid to portray their characters’ flaws in an honest way, I tend to like them more that way. I’ve been dying to find a manga I can relate to and obsess over.

As for the art style, I like it! It feels like a heavily stylized mix between Japanese and Western character designs. I can see how it wouldn’t be popular with everyone though.

An old friend of mine recommended ‘In Clothes Called Fat’ to me, I had my reservations about it at first but I think I’m ready to read it now. Tysm for the detailed answer anon <3

>>17974
nta but i just finished river’s edge. all i have to say is that haruna and tajima deserved better

Tokyo Tarareba Girls

>>17957
man 2020 went by in a flash, i feel like this year will likely be the same

anyone have recs for a game like dcss? i like dcss because it's a game you can just open and play consistently instead of just finish and replay. it also stimulates my imagination which is good.

i played m&b warband but i'm really bad at it. stardew valley is super boring. games like minecraft are too sandboxy. if i can natively run it on linux all the better but not really required.

>>17962
I think the ending where Johnny gives all his rockstar stuff away and just leaves is the most wholesome ending. Like as if he overcame himself.

>>18033
>anyone have recs for a game like dcss?
Unreal World is free on their main website. I'd recommend you to start as the Seal Tribe since they usually start with fishing equipment or the Dirk-somethings Tribe since they start with good weapons. Either way you can do the tutorial which gives you survival equipment for free anyway.

The fishing rod is the most essential since you can eat forever, and for some reason in that game you can drink water from any source since its based on Finland which supposedly has very unsalted oceans for some reason.

I've recently played cyberpunk, greedfall and currently finishing kingdom come deliverance. All of them enjoyable games. I'm looking forward to the new dragon age & mass effect the most as well as cyberpunk new content. When I'm done with kcd I'm planning to play pathfinder kingmaker.

If you get good at it yes because you can one day monetize it or get a following out of it.

In your case it isn't. It is all for self satisfaction, maybe you should explore other games.

Why not? If you find it enjoyable to play it.

It's sad how wrong you are.

i'm really sorry but I have to prove you wrong, heres all the evidence I need

>>18054
>>18055
i agree

>>18055
Pastel goth queen.

>>3007
this song always puts me in a good mood, i love how bubbly yet relaxing it sounds

>>6721
>It's like 2001: A Space Odyssey,
You can say that again, akchually,
some Evangelion elements were implicitely referring to 2001.
The main ones being the Seele monoliths and the delicate design of Ramiel.

For me, it's Dai Guard and Gun x Sword. Most of yall already mentioned stuff that I like in the thread .

>>6308
Code Geass by far. Lelouch a cute.

>main antagonist for the first few episodes
>is a pretty great dude who is trusted and admired by his peers
>is suddenly replaced by blonde rival no.3
>absolutely no mention of him until the last episode
>becomes a cyber newtype and is even more powerful than before
>KIA without seeing his full potential

Mashymre-sama deserved better

>>6354
When you write z e t a it becomes soyboy.

I really liked the Chronicles of the Ancient Darkness when I was younger. It's YA fantasy fiction though, so maybe not for everyone.

>>16946
OP, your taste is based.

>>16948
>>16949
>>16951
Thank you!

before adam by jack london

>>16946
Secrets of the Ancient Goddess

>>18007
I keep meaning to watch the show again, it was part of my childhood and I've gotten back into some Teen Titans/DC superhero stuff via Young Justice and some of the new animated movies.

Whose your favorite character? Do you have a favorite arc or episode? Raven and her story has always been mine.

>>18008
I really like Starfire, although Raven is cool too. I just remembered this show existed and I'm only now re-watching it after so many years, but the Slade arc in the first season is really good.

>>18007
It was the best cartoon ever made. And the flash/shockwave games were good too.

Same. Had the biggest crush on Robin, but moved on to beast boy when I grew out of my 'silent type' phase. Robin would be so fucking boring to talk to. I bet he doesn't even have any hobbies or interests outside of being strong and fighting crime.

>>18039
>any hobbies or interests outside of being strong and fighting crime

He is very similar to Bruce Wayne. He is adaptable but he doesnt means it, he can go to a party pretend he is a "playboy" much like a spy puts a social mask but his real self is Batman / Robin. If anything their only hobbies are martial arts, stalking people to learn their weaknesses and gadgets. I think it's explicit that the crime fighters in Batman are unhappy people with too much time on their hands.

guys are bigger simps, probably. I really like hololive for the talents, because they're legitimately fun people. And so do most, but simping is definitely a contributing factor to popularity too.
Maybe it's just me but I'm not into buying merch/browsing much fan content because it feels too divested from the women, but most guys don't seem to think the same way. Take what you will from that

>>17975
I like them

>>17975
The blokes are based.

>>18012
I just started watching robel today! I really wanted to get into the girls but it all seemed like pandering/trying to pander to the audience. Robel seems more like talking with a friend who just wants to shoot the shit. I like him.

>>18034
I think he's the one who panders the least out of the Stars, tbh gen 2 in general probably panders the least.