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Certain anime are meant to be sad, so yes, it depends on the series, like in most other media. If these anime don't manage to hit my feels, they sorta failed, IMO.

Solanin by Inio Asano. 2 Volumes (26 chapters) and a really good read which I recommend about the mundanity of adulthood, (post) college students running a band and a mature relationship trying to survive through both partners beng unemployed. Another one I'd recommend is Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil), my personal favorite manga, but it has 11 volumes, so if you don't have the space you... (though I'd say its worth making space for it >.>) Names after Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil, an anthology of poems, and the book the MC, a loner who is kind of pretentious and doesn't seem to actually understand the stuff he reads, reads all the time. It's dark, at time funny, creepy, partly due to a certain characters, and sometimes frustrating but the end is definitely satisfying, IMO Onanie Master Kurosawa (4 Volumes)... With a name like this it seems to be more humorous than it actually is. It starts weird, with a really, really peverted and creepy characters but it gradually turns into a serious manag with an interesting underlying narrative - edgy teens, bullying, twisted characters but a great read!

16, now its legal in most countries! >.> Wait... here its 14...

Hmm, recently I haven't played that much but I usually play on my PC, even though its an awful rig. I mostly play grand startegy games like EU4, Vicky2, CK2, HOI3/4, the Total War games pre Atilla (my PC can't handle everything released after it... Rome 2 is already a stretch). Then I sometimes play RPGs like Baldurs Gate I/II, Elder Scrolls Series, The Witcher Games, The Fallout Games, especially the originals and the only two shooters Verdun and Tannenberg. And Warthunder sometimes... and emulators for them sweet retro games. Occasionally some Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Fire Emblem and Pokémon on my 3DS And I sometimes replay the Dark Souls games on my PS3 - almost annually >.> I used to play VN but kinda lost interest in them. Tough I sorta feel in the mood to replay Kamidori Alchemy Meister - I really liked the gameplay!

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@RepentantSky Just throwing my cents at this - not critizising your list, I agree with many points, just raising a few issues. 10. Yes, there are fewer and fewer anime directed to adults, it seems -though every season there a some. But I can understand it from the point of view from the industry. Teenagers a simply a bigger target audience. While adults can also watch anime, and many do, there are simply more teenagers and making anime for them (i.e. high school anime) is more profitable. And many mangaka and creators have little experience in the world of working (apart from the anime/manga biz), so creating content about highschool life, to various degrees of realism, probably feels more natural to them. Even though there's plenty of adult/working manga out there. But I agree with your point! (If you haven't seen it, Hataraki Man is a pretty good anime about working. I wish we'd see more like that) 9. Hmm, agree with that overall. But we should draw a line between sexualizing and making the character hot/sexy/whatever. If the character is fashionable, likes to dress more "leger" to put it simple, it kinda fits to the characters - and there are people out there who sexualize themselves for the sake of doing it. But having too many of these is... not my taste. But if it doesn't fit there character its just obnoxious - I remember in Arslan senki this one female warrior monk or whatever, Farangis was the name I think, where it made no sense top have her this... revealing... and totally destroyed the characters and partly the show for me. Of course this doesn't mean that it'd be ok to have hundreds of women with buoy as boobs if all of them are some slutty characters... it doesn't make sense either. Another example is Hai to Gensou no Grimgar - I loved watching this show but the fan service often broke the mood, it was simply unnecessary and a stupid decision. And example where it partly makes sense is Free! , and many other sports anime. Having athletic characters with little or skin tight clothes makes sorty sense, though sometimes it was just weird and unnecessary. But again, I agree overall with this point! 8. Agree with this one. Creators should be more... creative. But again, the industry is partly (not blaming everything on the industry, tho) responsible... it forces mangaka to crank out volume after volume which kinda leaves little time for coming up with good diaogue - and good dialogue is kinda hard to begin with. Many authors struggle with this. 7. Yepp, again kind of a creativity problem. 7. Now that's interesting. While I would be inclined to agree that realistic anime, for example some anime with a realistic setting, real characters, etc... should have not have some over the top character design, I'd disagree for most other settings. When you have some fast paced action anime, or some comedy anime, I really don't care about the eyes of the characters. It's not the main focus and the tension and the mood of the scene should be set with music, colours, actions of the chars, and their thoughts. I really dislike these shots where the camera shows a character's eye and then this eye makes some weird movements, or has some weird lense flare thingy moving that shows that they are determined. Can't they convey some characters determination or other emotions with the character's stance? 5. I don't watch Harem anime so I don't really care. I care when it isn't a designated harem anime, its really obnoxious, but if the genre says "harem" I usually don't care because I don't watch them. What I don't like are the "subtle harem" anime where you have one male protagonist and a bunch of girls who are not necessarily romantically interested in the MC but still always hang around him and care for some reason about everything he does. 4. Aren't there a lot Yuri and Yaoi anime out there, I mean if you say you don't care if it either of them you are kinda ignoring anime that have non-striaght relationships for the sake of doing it? I didn't really get that, maybe you could elaborate on that more, I think I'm misunderstanding here somethin - Sry... I don't know many because I don't care much about this but I think there are plenty with none straight cuples. I'd reduce it to "for some more amazing story telling". It doesn't what genre, action, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, etc... the lack of good story telling is a problem. 3. Agree with that. Sometimes it can look good but many times it's just like "Hey look! Smooth animations, lots of colourful and shaky camera!" And often its just boring while everything in the show is going nuts... 2.Depends on the tone of the anime. If its something dark like Berserk or eve Gantz (though talking about the manga here) it kinda fits the tone and setting. If its your typical highschool anime with superpowers of superness... yes, its just unecessary and ... "edgy" - I really hate this word but it kinda fits here. 1. Yepp, agree! Can even be immersion-breaking

Kyūbi ... 9, not 18, if you get wha' I mean @_@

shin'ichi kudo's the name 七 (shichi/7)

Hmmm, tough question, IMO. As far as art style is concerned, I'd say it depends on the anime. There are beatiful anime from all eras, and awful looking ones, I think. One of my favourites is Cowboy Bebop - there's just something about the art style that just fits it perfectly, the colours and the drawings, and I wouldn't want to see it made with modern technology. Overall, I don't have any specifiy era that I prefer here. Animation is a bit different, though - but still depends in the individual anime. Animtions, if the budged is right, simply looks better on modern anime, in general and that's partly due to the possibilities of modern production. Especially pre 2000s anime reused many animtions which tends to look rediculous... Story... thats's tough. While many older anime (pre 90s/80s) liked to usethe "fight the evil empire", "rescue the damsel in distress" and "you are the chosen hero" (yes, there are many exceptions and also many modern examples for these ideas) premise mixed with certain clichés, modern stories like to incorporate some kind of moral ambiguity, explore deeper meanings, etc... (again, there are exceptions for all cases but I think these things are popular currently) - overall, even if the same concepts over time get reiterated, (for example the lone otaku with his own harem of babes, or the genious character somehow getting entangled into some war, and the stories build upon these premises tend to be similar and can get boring over time) there simply is more variety today, generally speaking. But then again, I don't know that many 70s, 80s anime... I liked the first episodes but after some time it just feels like the same thing is happening over and over again, just one uping the epic attacks. I agree, that naruto stood the test of time, although I didn't like the Great War arch - IMO many pacing and story-telling mistales were made. But both, Naruto Classic and Shippuden, changed not too much and not too little, a good example of a long running anime.

Apart from gaming, especially running some emulator or good ol' DOSBox games, and browising the web -mostly YT, reading manga, watching anime and visiting some forums- I use my PC to write and I recently picked up on picture editing which is pretty fun to try some stuff out, especially taking my wallpapers and changing them into something different - but predomidantly I use my PC to program. Not a fan of anything web related (i.e. html, php, mysql, etc...), I prefer stuff related to maths and computability (theory). What I like doing, is looking at an algorithm, what it wants to achieve and roughly the idea of how it should work and then figure all the details out, and the compare 'my' algorithm with the actual algorithm. Most of this can be done with any of the common languages. (Granted, I usually start out with a pen and a piece of paper >.>) And I use my PC for electronics, but that falls under the category of programming, I guess. I used to be a lot on Discord but I disliked being on large servers, they're simply too 'crowded' for me, and all the smaller ones eventually died out , so I think I haven't opened my Discord in a looong while >.>

Just finished Katanagatari and was pleasantly, or rather extremely, surprised - no idea why I didn't watch this gem before. Now I'm on 3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season, I liked the first ep so far.

Don't have any and don't plan on getting any. Not really my taste - especially piercings - but some tattoos can look good, IMO.

Dying another playthrough of Baldur's Gate I. Just flooded some mine today after dying to the boss three times and then killing him in three second on my thourth attempt. RNGesus FTW! >.>

Just a small manga collection; Berserk and Case Closed - but they'rehidden inside a cupboard because I don't like having my room cluttered with stuff (I have basically no decoration whatsoever)f and I didn't have any space left on my book shelves. To take up the discussion about libraries from above; I'd donate my manga to a library if I had one in my area but the next one is in the city about 30 mins. with a car from me away, so I'll probably use the chance when I'm moving one day to take my manga and donate it to the library. I used to have some Pokémon plushies when I was a kid but I have know Idea where they're know - probably somewhere in the attic.

I still haven't watched the Code Geass abridged but I'll do it as soon as I finished DBZ - I heard the CG is supposed to be pretty good! >.> Changing characters or highlighting some of their traits (For example Goku's negligence of Gohan) can be funny even if they use a good character from a good show. But it can also improve the personality of certain characters and give them more depth, like you said with Kirito being more likeable in SAO (granted, its not hard to give the SAO characters more depth when they basically have none to begin with) Hypothetically speaking, what if someone, let's say me -purely hypothetically ofc- were to say that they don't like Seto Kaiba? >.> I've only seen the first ep of Nullmetal -I had a hard time finding the rest- and thought it was funny, but it can't really compare to the quality of Team Fourstar's stuff. (Do I sound like some Anime Abridged elitist if I say this like that? Nullmetal, from what I've seen, is funny, though it appears to me that it is more of Just-For-Fun instead of trying to make some big changes and tell/improve a story) I can only recommend SAO - the humour is good, the characters make in some weird way sense and have actual archs, and the ending is just ... great! Agree, when you say that we can make fun of a series. Some fandoms tend to be a bit more ... let's call it 'strongly invested' into their stuff to the point where any critique or making-fun-of conjures up some dozen agressive messages. I think Abridges, or comedic revamp in general (book and movies, for example, have them sometimes too.) are a good way to point out flaws or things that generally dont't make sense -but might do in the context of the show- and turn them ad absurdum, while retelling or changing the story for simple entertainment. Especially fans of these series should IMO appreciate someone's attempt to view things froma different perspective, or explore how far you can exaggerate or change a character until the char stops making sense in the scope of the story/world.

So, I rewatched some of the DBZ Abridged episodes the other day and now I'm wondering how many of you watch the abridged verson of some anime and if so, did you like it? And which abridged series/what kind of abridged series do you prefer, if you watch them? There are serveral kinds of abridged series, if we compare DBZ abridges to SAO abridged, for example. DBZA more or less retells the story of the original with funny characters and humour, adding some comedic twists and the likes, while SAO takes the original and, let me quote a Youtuber here >.>, "fixes whats broken". DBZA makes it more humours whereas SAOA actually improves the original in numerous ways. Other abridged take good originals and change the story, characters and many other things - so which do you prefer? The ones that retell the original or the ones that change it (for the better or worse)? Another question - subs or dubs... seriously! >.< There are shorter abridged clips where they just change the subtitles and cut some scenes together to make it funny -especially if you know the original- while the more prominent ones, like SAO, DBZ, Yu-Gi-Oh, Hellsing, have really good editing, dubs and change the pacing/plot progression in a way that it seems professional (looking at Team Fourstar and Something Witty Entertainment here (°.° ))

So, starting with the first four questions: I know C++, C, Python, HTML (which technically is scripting), mySQL, PHP, JavaScript, Java and Processing, but mostly use C++, Java, Processing and Python. I'll soon start studying Computer Engineering, as I like both, Electronics and Programming. (Although I initially wanted to do Computer Science I thought the CE gives me more option later on, especially if I want to do something that involves Electronics.) I worked for a company during summer vacations (though, I initally was just the typical coffee bringer - like with many holiday internship >.>), where I was basically a coder for the simpler stuff. Apart from that, I did programming at home - non-professionally, so to say. I think we should differentiate between coding and programming for the question why I code. While coding just mean writing code, it does not necessarily involve much of the thinking process. As a coder for the aforementioned summer internship, my boss would just say something like "Here, thats what we need, we already know how the programm should look like and how it works - we even did the complicated parts of it- you just need to finish the code". That's coding. Programming involves thinking about how the programm works, how it should look like and what it does - then you do the coding. (programms don't write themselves ... unless you have a programm that whites code for you which does exist) Coding, pure coding without thinking about the programm itself, is kinda... meh. I like the problem solving part of programming - the structured working process and so on -, it the same kind of thinking and problem solving you use in Mathematics. That's what I like about programming. Overall, I favour C/C++ for most things, especially when it comes to using code for electronics (Arduino for example). Python is good for data science, data processing and the likes, especially since there are a lot of libraries for these things in Python - but C++ can that too! XD Some people tend to forget that... Some tips: If you just started coding/programming, I recommend Processing. (They have a website here.) It's a fairly simple and easy language but if you are creative and know how, you can do a lot of complex stuff with it. (For example, I wrote a Neural Network in Processing that learned to distinguish between pictures of Circles, Triangles and Rectangles and label them correctly.) The great thing about Processing is that it is intuitiv and since you have a Canvas to draw on its can be used for a lot of visual stuff, like simple games. (You have no engine though and have to do everything on your own.) I heard of Processing through a friend who started programming and after I looked into it I really liked it - wish I had it why I started programming (I started with C++ and crappy YT-Tutorials/Books that are hard to understant for a ten year old >.>) Python is easy to understand but I wouldn't recommend it for beginners. It's syntax is different than most of the common languages (referring to C/C++ and Java), I'd rather suggest Java if you want to use one of these to learn. But if you like Python, go with it until you gainthe fundamental understanding and after doing some stuff with it, explore other languages. Apart from simple platformers with crappy sprites and models (I wasn't very dedicated to making good sprites and 3d models) and some clones of old arcade games (which is a good way to learn programming, I recommend copying already existing, simple games and programms without looking up how they actually work) I have little experience with making games. I did these mainly in Unity and a few small games -the kind you programm in half an hour- in Processing or Java

I have a folder of wallpapers which change every 5 mins. Just took a snap of the current one:

Thank you! You managed to post in the very same moment I posted my previous message >.< But I have the feeling that the servers can withstand the straints of having to save one respond message more than necessary

Agree, its not a sit down and watch series and the ambiguity is one appeal of show. And I find it interesting that a show made in '98 managed to thematize internet (and modern technology taking place in every day lives) and the associated risk of it so well ... and the show even predicted something like Anonymous. My favorite verson of Duvet is the Cyberia Remix from Boa's Tall Snake EP (The entire EP -or heir albums in general- are pretty good, if you like the genre)

The only MH I played with a friend was MHU, the other I did solo. The ones for 3ds support online gaming which is surprsingly fun! Aye, seen a lot of drama in this regard when my borther moved. >.>

I honestly didn't like Fates and Echoes. Awakening was great and pretty much all the games prior (haven't played the ones for Wii and WiiU), I played through all of them on my phone with an emulator when I was in school - great times <.< My reason for a 3ds were the MH games, but then I though "Wait, aren't there FE games for ds?!" and then I got all of them. I used to play games on my phone when I was in school, especially retro games, but I never got into mobile-online games. Now, I usually have a book with me which I read or browse the interent when I'm somewhere and bored. I have heard of the games and played the TC 4 at a friends place for a few minutes but I don't know much about them apart from that. I like bread - although I wouldn't eat it on its own, of course you need to put something on the bread >.< But yes, living on your own is probably not nice at first when you start to realize that you actually have to do stuff

I wound't say I find them (in both questions) deplorable or disgusting, or inherently evil in some kind, but I don't agree with what they're doing. I mean, one should have the balls and be sensitive enough to end one relationship before starting another or just sleeping with other girls/men. (Not saying you can't frequently meet other girls/men when you have a GF/BF -the other half should understand that one cannot just cut people away from their lives- but cheating is a no-no.) One shouldn't just walk through life and leave a carnage of emotional-wrecks (although, some people aren't affected by these things and some are) behind them.

Hmm, mine was: ps2>NintendoDs (my brother's but I think I played more with it than he did)>ps3>psp>3ds I have all of my consoles but I only use the 3ds for Fire Emblem and MH. My phone is for me more a means to listen to music, communicate and sometimes watching YT-videos when lying in bed. I used to play a lot on my phone but my PC relieved it from its duties >.> My first game experience was with Stronghold Crusader, probably the reason why I like strategy games today. But yeah, I mainly play RPG, Grand-Strategy and one or two shooters (but very rarely). These very action-driven shooters like COD and BF interested me when I was younger but not really these days - the few shooters I have are more of tactical shooters or in a very specific historical setting. Exactly! The only thing I regularely spend money on are new books but besides that ... not really anything expensive, maybe one under 10 Euros game on steam sale... May need the money eventually, especially since I'm probably moving soon and living on my own - I have the vague idea that I might need some money for that plus some -a lot- extra in case something happens >.<

I should clarify that I consider games released 3-4 years ago as new games too(Well, new games compared to the most games I play ...). I probably can't run the newest BF game or COD or whatever... I can run Witcher III on low to decent graphics, for example. Although some areas are laggy. I know the problem with not wanting to waste money on new PC stuff... need to save some money - not like I have no money but I tend to be on the more cautious side when it comes to buying expensive stuff. I actually never had a PS1 so I don't know most of the games. My first concole was the PS2 and my first hand-held was the Nintendo DS (my first Pokémon game was Platinum - shocker, I know!). And I didn't even have many games, most were DBZ and Naruto games like Ultimate Ninja that I could play with my brother for hours and days. Dang it, how am I supposed to srvive know?!