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Unfortunately I can't read off a typical PC/Laptop display for any length of time without getting a headache. Playing games is usually ok (low frame rates or jitter in FPSs can induce motion sickness), but reading is a no-go. Something in the refresh flicker gets me. Or something. People tell me that the refresh is so short that that can't possibly be the problem. All I know is that I can't read off a computer or tablet display for more than about an hour at a stretch before I get a headache. But reading from paper is no problem. I've got a few manga in paperback. Also the e-ink displays seem ok. After discovering that I went and bought myself a Boox reader/notebook. I've been using that for a couple/few years now and it's been a good investment. In fact I'm thinking about upgrading to one of the new color e-ink displays. They're still a bit expensive tho and I haven't pulled the trigger on that yet.

I just saw an RTX 5090 selling on newegg for $3700. My WHOLE SYSTEM that I just bought cost "only" $2200.. and I thought I was grossly overspending on that! Who has so much money that they can buy a gfx card for $3700 (balance of system sold separately)?? And are they willing to adopt a 62yo child? OTOH, you do get a "free" x870 motherboard with that. Somewhere, somehow, things went horribly wrong in the PC market.

I just noticed that Angel Next Door is getting another season. The first season was cute and fun. Hope they can keep the same vibe. The first episode looks promising. Farming life sounds familiar. Maybe a year or so ago? If it's the one I'm remembering then I may give the new season a look as well.

I usually wait until the end of the season to binge-watch a show. I do the 3-episode preview early on however and Release that Witch is on my list to return to once it's done. I'm not as enthusiastic about Chinese and Korean shows. I'll watch Japanese-language shows because I understand the language and can watch them in the native language but anything else I either need to turn on subs or wait for an English dub, neither of which is entirely satisfactory to me.

Wait. Why is she wearing brass knuckles in her hair?

Going through the MAL entries for this season. I do have to marvel... "Reborn as a Vending Machine" got a 3rd season??

You might want to look at some of the old videos in that channel too. It occurs to me that your question sounds like the kind of thing he might have made the topic of one of his videos at some point. If you don't find anything then you might even want to suggest the topic to him for a future episode. It would be right in line with the subject matter of his channel after all. (Though I'm sure he currently has more than enough material covering all the shenanigans going on in the ME lately too.) Anyway, hope you find something!

Kyoukai no Kanata / Beyond the Boundary

There was that, "the story to be told is over" at the end of the last one too. A change is to be expected.

I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you. However, I do follow the youtube "what's going on with shipping" channel. There's a community associated with that channel where someone might be able to give you an answer. Or you might want to contact Sal Mercogliano, the host of the channel, directly with the question. He mentions in his videos that he's on gmail and X (twitter). hth

I just asked an AI about Vogons. It asked me if I wanted to know more about their poetry. I said "no" and closed the window.

That's fine. I'm not saying isekai or fantasy is bad or anything, just not typically my thing. I don't expect everyone (anyone?) to agree with my preference for SF either. I actually did find one of this season's titles possibly interesting in spite of the isekai + fantasy content. "Release that Witch". I'm going to hold off watching the rest until the end of the season so I can binge the whole thing but it passed my early-season 3-episode test. It has a sort of low-key "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (Twain version) angle that I can hang on to.

Not really. The whole isekai + fantasy thing is way overdone at this point. At least for me. (YMMV) I'm more into science fiction. I'll probably check out some of those but "bookworm" is the only one that jumps out at me as something worth taking special note of.