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I don't know, this is sappy as hell, but KyoAni, this weab is thinking of you. Thank you so much, and I cry and love for you.

This is the kind of entirely forgettable gag manga that could probably be generated by an algorithm, and from a potential reader's perspective, I'd argue that's worse than anything else going on with it.

Kids today got no respect for the classics.

I'm still not sure I can recommend it wholeheartedly with a clean conscience, but I no longer feel like it wasted my time.

chudmaru wrote:

Facism has become a sensationalist buzzword that has lost all meaning and people just use it to describe anything they don't like. Facism [sic] is clearly defined as a centralized form of autocratic government that gets to make all the rules and surpresses [sic] any voices of opposition. A good way of knowing if you live in a facist [sic] country is if you're allowed to actually call it a facist [sic] state. People who criticize the government in a facist [sic] state generally get arrested or killed, like what happens to a lot of of Putin's or Xi's critics.

I don't want this to get derailed into semantic discussions, but you just defined totalitarianism, not fascism. Fascism is an extreme form of nationalism obsessed with the idea that a nation needs to be redeemed from a nefarious plot by conspiratorial forces (usually associated with communists, Freemasons, Jews, and other ethnic minorities) to undermine its greatness. I agree that Abe isn't a true fascist, but you can actually be a democracy and still be led by fascists, as Japan was in early on in its fascist kick in the 30s and 40s. Fascist movements prefer totalitarian governments, but not all totalitarians are fascists and fascism can thrive in a non-totalitarian setting.

I'm not going to shed any tears over an ultra right winger and war crime denier, but assassination has a tendency to destabilize things, so this was probably not a good thing.

TarsTarkas wrote:

BadNewsBlues wrote: TarsTarkas wrote: Title should be changed. He didn't pass away. He was shot and killed, and/or assasinated. Sad day. Depending on whether he was still alive after he was wounded that would be the correct terminology but both can still be correct. Saying he passed away is like saying he was "Climbing the Towering Stairway" from Ascendance of a Bookworm. We don't use passed away, to describe murder, killings, and assassinations. He was basically DOA at the hospital, even though they tried to resuscitate him.

I tend to agree. I'm not saying that the phrase was intentional, but he was murdered.
Never thought I'd see something like this happen in Japan. I didn't always agree with his politics, but very tragic news.

For romcoms it's the journey, not the destination, but RAG's journey is driving 45 on the interstate, windows up, radio off, while your college roommate reads hentai on his phone in the passenger seat.

I'm not the only one who thought that head was the title of just one anime was I?

Good to know that the Canadians yearn for the isekais.

Canada gave us Corner Gas, so I will allow them their hunger for isekai.

pikabot wrote:

Great to know that we're doomed to years more of being at the whims of people who like to pipe room-temperature Processed Story Goo into their mouths instead of eating.

Is it bad that I kind of want "That Time I was Reincarnated as room-temperature Processed Story Goo, but I was Still The Most Popular" to show up in an ANN trailers watch party in a year or two?

I was just thinking about this thread today, while reading the posts on the same article. Thanks for saving me having to look it up!

Huh. I would never have thought to look in Series Discussion for threads that aren't about series.