Illusion of Terra

@Seshi I'll have to argue on Spear Hero's behalf here, never thought I'd do that though Naofumi trusted Myne blindly and she betrayed him. However, Spear Hero could not have learned from that at that point in time, because Spear Hero thought that Myne never betrayed Naofumi but the other way around. Now, you can say that Spear Hero could have learned from (what he thought to be) Myne's mistake and blindly trust Naofumi which led to her being sexually assaulted. But then again he might not have had any reason to doubt Myne, who he simply took to be a victim of Naofumi. I still think his position was bit difficult. Distrust in a party is not advantageous, especially when you have to rely on each other in life and death situations. Still, like I said he should have listened to Naofumi's defense at multiple points in time. I think what we can all agree on, though, is that Myne was wretched through and through.

Quite an interesting episode

4:30 is too late for me, but I'll just watch it before or afterwards

I'm sure that shoes inside the house is a thing in the US. I'm not saying everywhere, but there are quite a few places where people do wear shoes inside their house. Generally it will be impossible to find something that all Americans have in common but no Non-American has, apart from things that are true by definition (such as every American has the American citizenship). Honestly I would be surprised if someone can come up with something. Still there are some things that quite a few of Americans share (such as watching American Football) but are not shared by a lot of Non-Americans (same with other cultures). Something I really dislike about Europeans in general (as compared to Americans in general) is the idea that you cannot be from that country unless you have an ancestry in it. Like saying you cannot be French if you don't have French ancestors. Apart from that definition being logically speaking absurd, it creates quite strong divisions. In the US, I get the impression that it is quite normal to say that someone is American but has a rich ancestry from somewhere else (given that the ancestors of most of today's Americans migrated there in the last few hundred years). Like saying you are Irish-American, African-American etc. With a few exceptions that is really rare in Europe. I have rarely encounter someone who would say they are Irish-French or Irish-German or African-Spanish etc. Often people say you are either one or the other. Could be that's because of the whole "we have been here for thousands of years" idea compared to the "land of immigrants" image.

This is a difficult one. I guess I'd go with the knowing alternative, although it can be a heavy burden (allegory of the cave, anyone?) If you had to eliminate one of the tastes (sour, salty etc) from your mouth/nose which one would you pick?

@brycec can't put my finger on why exactly, but those look great! Maybe because they remind me of shoes from RPGs?

Well, as long as you don't use them for drinking, I think anything goes

Oh yeah, since we are on the topic of sanitary and Japan. What I find absolutely fascinating are the modern Japanese toilets! They aren't necessary, more of a luxury (what a weird spelling by the way), but still, if I ever have the money and build a house I want one of those, mostly because they have the bidet function included

King of England. Being POTUS seems like a big hassle right now Could you get to all the places you need to go if you had to use public transport only?

@brycec I wouldn't mind walking barefoot on grass etc, but on asphalt/streets it just seems a bit inconvenient for me, especially if it's scourging or freezing outside. I honestly have never given it too much thought if streets are "dirty" or not. I mean, if your soles are black after that, it would be kinda strange to mess up the carpet in your house I guess. But other than that, there's not a whole lot I do with the soles of my feet Oh I can confirm about things like soda tasting different. Nutella for example can be vastly different just in neighboring countries withing Europe, apparently, so I've heard, because people in different European countries prefer different kinds of bread and therefore Nutella has a different consistency and taste. There are quite a few things (such as sugar taxes etc) that play a role there. Sizes are also quite different (compare Japanese MacDonalds with an American one).

@Seshi kinda is hilarious that we're all living in different time zones honestly kinda like living alternate realities right now it's evening here in Europe, so much later than this could be too late for Europeans. But I suggest you guys just set a date and time (but include the time zone so others can convert). If I see that it's in the middle of the night, I'll just post the next day, no biggie

You mean, outside the house too? Wouldn't that be kinda dangerous, stepping on broken glass etc? Also the sanitation thing never struck me as a US thing, more of a stereotypical Japan thing? Never heard about Australia and coffee before

So yeah, is there something you find weird/great/fascinating/strange/and-what-have-you about other cultures? What is it? Keep in mind that these will most probably include generalizations and stereotypes which might only be true for a small part of people of that culture. So let's keep this civilized and take everything with a grain of salt and most importantly with a lot of humor! One thing about the US I find weird is the shoe thing. It's just weird that you guys wear shoes inside the house What I find fascinating on the other hand is the customer service being so accommodating (although it might be demanding for the workers themselves).

@Fx_Omar I don't think a precise time will work, more like day/days, because of all the different time zones we're in

@Ohiotaku if I ever become admin of the whole site, you'll see, I'll personally change your profile to include that banner

@Seshi This should be the official Anime Forums banner

@Seshi Well, it depends on what kind of time travel you are talking about. When it comes to the future you could imagine something like you being "frozen" but everything continuing. Something like falling asleep and waking up 1000 years later. What's even more confusing is the question if future events are true/false (or can be true/false) (not saying will be but are). Or you subscribe to some idea of "presentism" and say the future/past doesn't exist, or always exists (similar to what @brycec mentioned). But yeah, the question remains, what would you do if you had a time machine (that can go to the future and past).

I would be excited that I would probably have access to a time machine at some point! Hunter x Hunter? Yeah, it's quite long, and there were parts I didn't like, but I think overall it was worth watching. What would you do if you had a time machine?

Whenever everyone else is ready!

Yeah, I heard about the delay. I actually started watching it subbed (I didn't know there was a dub) but have been watching the dub for the last 10 episodes or so. Maybe I'll switch to the sub version again (if most here also watch it subbed, just so I can add my two cents ) I'm not even gonna comment on that spear hero thing, just don't (seriously though, what the heck)

@Seshi I agree about dubbing getting better, but watching some of the old dubs is hilarious and something special in its own way What I don't like about some of the current release schedules is something like My Hero Academia for which you have to wait a year or so to release a new season. Maybe it was worse in the 90s or 2000s but at that time I got an episode a day or week on TV, after they finished the season in Japan and dubbed it. Going from watching all seasons in a row, 1 episode a week/day to waiting a year was quite an adjustment

rebuild civilization, living on another planet sounds like too much work We skipped this one (so imma just gonna answer it as well) Finally know why the food is so bad What anime would you most want to unsee?

Hi! I hadn't heard of Narutoboards, but Naruto is one of my favorite anime! There was some talk about a live chat box, and the gist of it is that since there aren't that many users here, there won't be one in order not to split them up between chatbox people and forum post people. But we do have threads to chat (like the anime chat thread or Wicked's chat thread). Currently quite a few here are watching Fruits Basket and Rising of the Shield Hero (spoiler alert though), and we also are open to suggesting movies we can all watch. (this kinds feels like I'm making an ad here ). So yeah, if you wanna talk anime, this is the right place

@Humbby I understand what you mean now, and I was in a similar position some way back. But the way you describe it sounds hilarious, like you are crouching over your desk

@Humbby you only sit on stools? (chair with no back or armrests, only legs). Embrace the lazy life and bad posture, dude! I hate bitter food