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[Fire Blazer]

that's not wrong at all, but I still think relationships are complicated and not quite that straightforward in practice

 

but whatever, I don't feel like discussing it at length. nor do I have the mental capacity to.

 

time to watch Oregairu and probably be depressed after I'm done lol

 

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I am 2 minutes and 1 second in

 

WARM AND FUZZY FEELINGS

THE BRO AND SIS ARE GETTING ALONG AGAIN YUUUUSZ I FEEL BETTER ALREADY wooh ok >< let's go plot! move on! progress forward! grow, characters! OPTIMISM! *easily swayed by the moment*

[Mercurius]

I'm laughing so hard at the new Yahari ep. It's like some kind of recursive cycle of "oh shit we have no idea wtf we're supposed to do but gotta cover our asses!" with the rest of the student council getting hit by the crossfire. Which...is normal, but here it's executed in such a silly way, like some kind of parody of business meetings. (The subtitles are really what made it though, since what they're actually saying in Japanese is much simpler in terminology...but still as unnecessary because foreign languages pls.) Especially dem hands.

 

I wonder what Shizuka was thinking actually trying to get this to work out. Unless Haruno is involved and she just wants to laugh her ass off.

[Fire Blazer]

I'm laughing so hard at the new Yahari ep. It's like some kind of recursive cycle of "oh shit we have no idea wtf we're supposed to do but gotta cover our asses!" with the rest of the student council getting hit by the crossfire. Which...is normal, but here it's executed in such a silly way, like some kind of parody of business meetings. (The subtitles are really what made it though, since what they're actually saying in Japanese is much simpler in terminology...but still as unnecessary because foreign languages pls.) Especially dem hands.

 

I wonder what Shizuka was thinking actually trying to get this to work out. Unless Haruno is involved and she just wants to laugh her ass off.

 

ahaha same I just watched it a bit ago and I found it hilarious, it was more funny than feels-heavy this time and I'm okay with it (though ofc I still feel a bit bad and hope things in the clubroom get less awkward and they go back to being their selves instead of keeping up an act of everything being normal and not talking things out, TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELS PEOPLE *shot*)

 

yeah I watched the subs from Commie they were rather good and did a good job of making it complicated lol. the hand movements got really silly/annoying and I cracked up when Hikki started acting like them and doing the same nonsense of spewing crap and moving his hand in weird ways XD

 

Haruno is like... so evil lol, I legit don't know what happens but it'd be funny if she were somehow involved. and Hiratsuka-sensei probably wasn't thinking very hard and/or thought it'd be a "good experience" or something... she's kind of an oddball in her own way(s) and I don't think you can exactly apply normal logic to her lol

[Mercurius]

http://www.youtube.c...IrCG4Y&t=18m10s

 

Praise be to our adorable Lord and Savior Bell Christ. Even if he's kind of stupid. (Seriously, he has like no sense of self-preservation, every time I watch this show I want to reach into the screen and take him out of there so I can keep him from all the bad things around him...and probably go yandere in the process BUT STILL.)

[kirant]

Dude, I love Ghost Stories. I need to finish it though, got like halfway through but never finished it. 

So, just to update this...

 

The series got way better at the end.  The original company did a better job animating and ADV a heck of a lot better at dubbing.  The last 5 episodes removed any restriction on swears in terms of quantity and actual censoring...and the voice actors, basically ad libbing the dialogue anyways, went nuts.  The last few episodes might be in the competition for highest number of fucks given per minute for an anime (Hey, Blazer, is there supposed to be a swear filter or was I just imagining things?).  It also made the jokes better.  And more over the line.  Which made them better given that's this series' bread and butter.

 

That's probably one of the better comedy-only anime I've seen...though that's not saying much since it's competing with Galaxy Angel, the Haruhi-chan series, Excel Saga, and...well...that's it for only series which only live off jokes.  I think it beats all three though for what it's worth.

[Mercurius]

There was a swear filter but it was taken down when Blazer stopped being admin. (This is the kind of place that can do that.)

 

Watching Yahari now.

 

These family scenes are disgusting.

 

I want to say Ya-haroo! at least once in my life, but I can't think of anytime to use it. Too "the fuck are you saying?" IRL and it's weird as hell greeting anyone I know on the internet.

 

...he seriously got the grade school students. I, um, like, I just...what?

Holy shit I realized it was Rumi instantly. I guess since she's basically mini-Yukino they go through the artstyle switch the same way too. (where the hell are the male grade schoolers though)

 

I'M HAVING FLASHBACKS OF IMMORTAL SHRINE

 

Kaori's pretty much just a yes-robot in these things by now. She's a lot more varied in the post-ending part though.

 

SAIKA BEST BLUSH BEST BRO.

 

I'm just as WTF at Kaori acting the way she is as Hikigaya was.

 

FATEFUL ENCOUNTER

 

Even Yukino knows. Maybe Hikigaya is transparent as hell because he's too used to being naturally unnoticed.

 

I'm kind of having a flashback to Sakurasou from all this CLUB DRAMA stuff. There has to be someone like Akasaka at some point who's gonna be all like "If just (x) being no longer a thing is all it takes to screw over our relationship, then we never had a very strong bond after all", I'm calling it now.

not quite as close as I wanted to be BUT INB4'D

 

My perspective over Hikigaya is kind of breaking down this episode. Mostly in that I was never under the impression he thought he was always going for a particularly good choice, just that the rest of them seemed less feasible. A compromise for results that aren't as bad instead of a decision to improve the situation. I guess he was more conceited than I had initially thought.

[Fire Blazer]

So, just to update this...

 

The series got way better at the end.  The original company did a better job animating and ADV a heck of a lot better at dubbing.  The last 5 episodes removed any restriction on swears in terms of quantity and actual censoring...and the voice actors, basically ad libbing the dialogue anyways, went nuts.  The last few episodes might be in the competition for highest number of fucks given per minute for an anime (Hey, Blazer, is there supposed to be a swear filter or was I just imagining things?).  It also made the jokes better.  And more over the line.  Which made them better given that's this series' bread and butter.

 

That's probably one of the better comedy-only anime I've seen...though that's not saying much since it's competing with Galaxy Angel, the Haruhi-chan series, Excel Saga, and...well...that's it for only series which only live off jokes.  I think it beats all three though for what it's worth.

 

that's uh, quite the description. somehow has my curiosity piqued

 

there was a filter at some point, it was either removed as Merc said or it was removed when we transferred over to this forum, I'm not sure

 

There was a swear filter but it was taken down when Blazer stopped being admin. (This is the kind of place that can do that.)

 

Watching Yahari now.

 

These family scenes are disgusting.

 

I want to say Ya-haroo! at least once in my life, but I can't think of anytime to use it. Too "the fuck are you saying?" IRL and it's weird as hell greeting anyone I know on the internet.

 

...he seriously got the grade school students. I, um, like, I just...what?

Holy shit I realized it was Rumi instantly. I guess since she's basically mini-Yukino they go through the artstyle switch the same way too. (where the hell are the male grade schoolers though)

 

I'M HAVING FLASHBACKS OF IMMORTAL SHRINE

 

Kaori's pretty much just a yes-robot in these things by now. She's a lot more varied in the post-ending part though.

 

SAIKA BEST BLUSH BEST BRO.

 

I'm just as WTF at Kaori acting the way she is as Hikigaya was.

 

FATEFUL ENCOUNTER

 

Even Yukino knows. Maybe Hikigaya is transparent as hell because he's too used to being naturally unnoticed.

 

not quite as close as I wanted to be BUT INB4'D

 

My perspective over Hikigaya is kind of breaking down this episode. Mostly in that I was never under the impression he thought he was always going for a particularly good choice, just that the rest of them seemed less feasible. A compromise for results that aren't as bad instead of a decision to improve the situation. I guess he was more conceited than I had initially thought.

 

filter was either removed then or when I transferred, as I said to Kirant. still prefer people don't use bad words, esp. excessively, but eh

 

whaaat why don't you like the family scenes T_T I like them so much >_< well maybe it's better I don't know, idk. family problems yourself? or just don't like Komachi? *shruggles*

 

I *love* the way Yui says "YAHALLO~", it's one of few "weeby" things I'll admit to liking. it just sounds so silly and idk, I like it, okay, I don't think I'd ever actually say it to anyone though

 

I don't really understand the next few comments, though I'll say that I also recognized Rumi pretty much right away

 

Orimoto is just sort of silly and annoying and wut lol, I don't like her but eh

 

 

I'm just as WTF at Kaori acting the way she is as Hikigaya was.

 

don't understand this

 

 

Even Yukino knows. Maybe Hikigaya is transparent as hell because he's too used to being naturally unnoticed.

 

lol maybe, perhaps rather than having various "skills" (108 I think) as he claims, it's just a result of his circumstances/environment, and those skills don't actually hold up as well anymore... or something. in other words, it's as you said, he usually goes by unnoticed, but perhaps rather than that being a result of him, it was the result of others just not paying him any attention, and now that he's being noticed by people, things are different... idk *doesn't make any sense*

 

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anyway, for me, it's still just the two

 

Assassination Classroom is pretty hype even though I know what happens. just more of the same ol' good stuff.

 

Oregairu is T_T it's either hilarious, deep, full of feels, or a mixture. tbh I relate so much to Hachiman and I feel so much for the characters (I am super invested in Oregairu, I've been re-watching the first season of the anime, am going crazy about the second season, read some of the LN, and imported the video game from Japan) that it's actually kinda making me really depressed lol, the next episode will be super feels-heavy but even if things are to get better, I can't help but to continue to feel for everyone and how much suffering they went through over the years. it's easy to just say to move on and to get over it, to focus on the now, but it really takes a lot to fill in the gap of several years of being hurt, being alone, etc., and I don't know, thinking about it all just leaves a hole in my heart >_<

[Mercurius]

I have unconditional hatred toward my (blood-related) family the way others have unconditional love, so anything remotely positive when it comes to families is extremely alien and incomprehensible to behold. (Which makes it really ironic that I'm choosing Hoshido.) Also I just hate little sisters being everywhere in anime. Even anime aimed at girls don't use younger brothers as an equivalent, they use older brothers, adding even more little sisters. If I don't get a game over on letting my little sister in FE:IF die then I'll just leave her dead

 

The one exception to family hate is when the only family you need to care about are twins, because for some reason twins are almost never portrayed like actual family (this becomes more likely the more identical they look, too.) Even distant cousins get more "family points" than twins usually do.

[Fire Blazer]

ahhh, okay. I'm... kind of sorry to hear that, though perhaps it's not my place to say that. I have a lot of troubles with my family too but they're nothing quite like that ><

 

anyway, I totally understand the little sisters thing, lol. it's so weird like that. they like imoutos and onee-chan's but not so much of the other stuff. Hey, Oregairu does have Kawasaki-san and the younger brother (Taichi?) though! there's at least one younger brother and older sister pair, XD

[^Leo^]

Started watching is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon...it's pretty funny so far I guess. Not even trying to hide that it's going to be a harem show though. Basically every female character is falling in love with the lead. Also the main character naturally has a completely broken ability(basically as long as he's trying to get stronger his growth is about 5000 times faster than it should be). Most likely gonna stop watching it when that stuff starts getting annoying. It's really not terrible though. Plenty of various mythologies mixed in, decent action, overall watchable. I just get bored with broken main characters.

Context edit: the characters have stats. That's the growth I was referring to.

[Fire Blazer]

oh, I see. quite literally a dungeon.

 

yeaaahhh I didn't watch that show because I heard it was just usual harem stuff and that doesn't interest me sadly, lol

 

doesn't help that the main character seems pretty bland (what else is new)

[Mercurius]

pssh what

 

you guys just don't understand the TRUE VALUE of the show

 

 

HOW COULD GIRLS NOT BE INTO HIM??

 

also it doesn't really have that much action

 

I'm only watching it to swoon over Bell Christ voiced by Kirito (THE BEST VOICE) though so I might not be looking at how many fight scenes or whatever there objectively are though

[^Leo^]

There isn't much action, but what is there is pretty good. I mean, giant ape thing rampaging through town isn't exactly new, but I dig it.

[Fire Blazer]

still not interested, not even for the action scenes

 

one of the best anime episodes EVER (#fanboy #anticipation) is coming out, can't wait for Oregairu, UUUUURRRRGGGHHHH

THE RAW IS OUT ALREADY

I WANT TO WATCH

 

I WANT TO WATCH SO BAD

 

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RESIST THIS IS TOO DIFFICULT I'M STRUGGLING I CAN'T HANDLE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH T________________T

 

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I don't htink I can handle it

 

I might watch the RAW

 

anticipation is real, I almost never watch RAWs (not having English voices is a shame in its own right, for me, nevermind not having subs)

 

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nnnnhhh T_T

 

EDIT: So I watched it

 

I couldn't handle it T_T watched it while eating "lunch" (I pretty much only had like, 2 waffles for breakfast, so yeah, felt more like my first real meal of the day...)

 

My reflections were written in an odd way where they don't really spoil anything. I don't even reveal the quality of that "something" that is being searched for. And yet, it might inadvertently reveal something anyway, not to mention it's bound to be a bit depressing and emotional (as I can be), so yeah, perhaps it's best it's just not ready.

 

... So I used the light novel (I already read it, so it's not like I'm spoiling myself; I've already been spoiled) to help with the translating a bit, while making an effort not to break immersion too much. seems to have worked because at *that* moment, oh man. the emotions just welled up and I let it out and cried. I couldn't handle it. reflecting back on everything, his whole life. the parallels to my own. that thing that he wanted so badly, that he wants so badly, that he denied himself because he didn't think it was real--that thing that he still doesn't know if it's real or not, what it even is, and yet... ... he admits he wants it. somehow.

 

I think I'm at a similar point in my life right now. I want that something and I don't know if I'll ever get it. and yet, I can't help but keep trying to look forward to it. to keep living somewhat of a meager life in the mean time. losing hope, gaining hope, trying to hold on to that hope. Honestly, Hikki might be fictional, but I think he's lucky. He's lucky he was written to have such glimmering stars of hope next to him. People who actually do care. People to acknowledge him. People who don't laugh at his wish.

 

For me, Oregairu is extremely sad. It's also extremely enjoyable. I feel like it chips away at something I've barricaded somewhere in my heart, too scared to face it. It chips away at it and slowly demystifies it, revealing its true nature. It brings laughter and happiness too, not just sadness and regret. It brings a hope that maybe even if there isn't truly any of that "something", there is something close to it, and perhaps I can work towards that something. Something to fill in the void. Of course, the world of fiction is just a tiny bit nicer than the real world. I like that, even though knowing the truth hurts too. If this story of Hachiman ends up on a positive end, I'll be left wishing I could somehow also have that positive end. Perhaps thinking that I can make a good end to my life, or lead it towards a good end, if I only work hard enough. Or perhaps reality isn't so kind as this? It's hard to say. But I will continue to watch and face that reality and do what I can. And I will face the pain and happiness that Oregairu has brought and brings to me with all the courage I can muster and do my best to move on such that if someone were watching me like I watch Hachiman, they could feel good knowing that I was doing my best; making good decisions and reaching out instead of hiding away. I know I sure felt relieved as heck finally seeing Hikki just let himself go. And I think it was at least a tiny bit relieving for Hachiman too (even if it's embarassing)! Perhaps I, too, can one day feel that relief, when I feel like I'm truly allowed to wish for that which I've longed for.

 

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[acceptance]

I've been gettin real into Pokemon again lately. Just wish I had the means to watch more than the first two seasons without goin outta my way, though...

[Mercurius]

 

(I pretty much only had like, 2 waffles for breakfast, so yeah, felt more like my first real meal of the day...)

I feel like we have different ideas of what counts as enough food.

 

 

Watching Yahari now.

 

How long is this detour? It's practically a kidnapping at this point.

 

"Don't do drugs, kids. Or at least learn to do it where not a lot of students will see you."

 

I'm not sure if I would say business hands and Iroha are afraid of being the ones blamed for failure. Sure, they probably are, but it's probably better to say that they are afraid of making a decision, they are confused and unprepared and looking out for the best thing they can do, without feasibility being taken into account because they simply can't think that much about it when they are stuck in this social situation where they have to come up with SOMETHING. None of them probably actually care enough about the festival, they just have a situation they can't just avoid even as they still want to avoid it. Even if they all fail together, they will most likely lose social status by consequence anyway. Even status from the viewpoint of each other, or rather, especially.

 

The show romanticizes emotion more than I thought it would.

 

It also promotes saving others like it's pandering for the foolish woman that would try for a mysterious troubled hot guy. Well then.

 

Even though almost everything in this episode is about Hikigaya, I still felt more for Yukino running out the room. I can relate more to her emotional "what the hell" response more than Hikigaya's character development. It might not be that hard for them to try to decide on what it may mean for them for it to be genuine from a rational viewpoint, but they are too emotionally charged to do that. The buildup to and the hugging scene itself also got me more than anything, probably because it's what I no longer have the luxury of having.

 

Also I feel like this episode left out something important that I should probably go read the novel for.

 

Dat post-ending sequence. Screw this mature adult business, time to drink it all off. OH AND DON'T DO DRUGS KIDS.

 

I think I'm at a similar point in my life right now. I want that something and I don't know if I'll ever get it. and yet, I can't help but keep trying to look forward to it. to keep living somewhat of a meager life in the mean time. losing hope, gaining hope, trying to hold on to that hope. Honestly, Hikki might be fictional, but I think he's lucky. He's lucky he was written to have such glimmering stars of hope next to him. People who actually do care. People to acknowledge him. People who don't laugh at his wish.

 

For me, Oregairu is extremely sad. It's also extremely enjoyable. I feel like it chips away at something I've barricaded somewhere in my heart, too scared to face it. It chips away at it and slowly demystifies it, revealing its true nature. It brings laughter and happiness too, not just sadness and regret. It brings a hope that maybe even if there isn't truly any of that "something", there is something close to it, and perhaps I can work towards that something. Something to fill in the void. Of course, the world of fiction is just a tiny bit nicer than the real world. I like that, even though knowing the truth hurts too. If this story of Hachiman ends up on a positive end, I'll be left wishing I could somehow also have that positive end. Perhaps thinking that I can make a good end to my life, or lead it towards a good end, if I only work hard enough. Or perhaps reality isn't so kind as this? It's hard to say. But I will continue to watch and face that reality and do what I can. And I will face the pain and happiness that Oregairu has brought and brings to me with all the courage I can muster and do my best to move on such that if someone were watching me like I watch Hachiman, they could feel good knowing that I was doing my best; making good decisions and reaching out instead of hiding away. I know I sure felt relieved as heck finally seeing Hikki just let himself go. And I think it was at least a tiny bit relieving for Hachiman too (even if it's embarassing)! Perhaps I, too, can one day feel that relief, when I feel like I'm truly allowed to wish for that which I've longed for.

It's not as nice as people tend to make it out to be to be secure enough to feel comfortable wishing for and working toward what you yearned for. There's nothing that sounds bad about it, but then the consequences don't align to what you wanted, and your(and others', if it involves other people) failures on the way turn out to drive you further from that wish, all it will leave behind are regrets and shame until you trample over what those memories mean to you. It tends to depend on what exactly you had been wishing for, but if it's anything people would have laughed at, something ridiculed and doubted, then there is good reason to believe it isn't as rewarding as you make it out to be when you don't have it, and that especially goes for if you never will.

 

That changes if you're secure enough to not care about the consequences besides the positive outcomes anyway, but by then, what do you even need that wish for, aside from the sense of false accomplishment fantasies of it would bring?

[Fire Blazer]

I feel like we have different ideas of what counts as enough food.

 

 

Watching Yahari now.

 

How long is this detour? It's practically a kidnapping at this point.

 

"Don't do drugs, kids. Or at least learn to do it where not a lot of students will see you."

 

I'm not sure if I would say business hands and Iroha are afraid of being the ones blamed for failure. Sure, they probably are, but it's probably better to say that they are afraid of making a decision, they are confused and unprepared and looking out for the best thing they can do, without feasibility being taken into account because they simply can't think that much about it when they are stuck in this social situation where they have to come up with SOMETHING. None of them probably actually care enough about the festival, they just have a situation they can't just avoid even as they still want to avoid it. Even if they all fail together, they will most likely lose social status by consequence anyway. Even status from the viewpoint of each other, or rather, especially.

 

The show romanticizes emotion more than I thought it would.

 

It also promotes saving others like it's pandering for the foolish woman that would try for a mysterious troubled hot guy. Well then.

 

Even though almost everything in this episode is about Hikigaya, I still felt more for Yukino running out the room. I can relate more to her emotional "what the hell" response more than Hikigaya's character development. It might not be that hard for them to try to decide on what it may mean for them for it to be genuine from a rational viewpoint, but they are too emotionally charged to do that. The buildup to and the hugging scene itself also got me more than anything, probably because it's what I no longer have the luxury of having.

 

Also I feel like this episode left out something important that I should probably go read the novel for.

 

Dat post-ending sequence. Screw this mature adult business, time to drink it all off. OH AND DON'T DO DRUGS KIDS.

 

It's not as nice as people tend to make it out to be to be secure enough to feel comfortable wishing for and working toward what you yearned for. There's nothing that sounds bad about it, but then the consequences don't align to what you wanted, and your(and others', if it involves other people) failures on the way turn out to drive you further from that wish, all it will leave behind are regrets and shame until you trample over what those memories mean to you. It tends to depend on what exactly you had been wishing for, but if it's anything people would have laughed at, something ridiculed and doubted, then there is good reason to believe it isn't as rewarding as you make it out to be when you don't have it, and that especially goes for if you never will.

 

That changes if you're secure enough to not care about the consequences besides the positive outcomes anyway, but by then, what do you even need that wish for, aside from the sense of false accomplishment fantasies of it would bring?

I think so lol, for me if it's not at least a few hundred calories it's not a real meal, more like a snack. a few snacks put together usually feels like a snack, too. granted, I might live with just snacks throughout the day, but eh. also, real meals for me usually need to include protein.

 

I think I just eat more/have a bit of a different diet, yeah. I'm only a little bti overweight though (and it goes to my stomach so I'm pretty skinny overall)

 

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in response to your response to my response

 

I honestly had a hard time understanding what you were saying, but once I read it a bit... I started to understand--it feels pretty logical--but even so, I can't agree with it. It feels a little bit twisted and like it's missing something. I mean, for one, what ultimately matters are my own feelings and thoughts, the complicated and convoluted mess that they are (they are the result of so many years of experiences that can't be easily stated or rationalized or whatever), but

 

It tends to depend on what exactly you had been wishing for, but if it's anything people would have laughed at, something ridiculed and doubted, then there is good reason to believe it isn't as rewarding as you make it out to be when you don't have it, and that especially goes for if you never will.

 

(SPOILERS) I think perhaps this is what I don't agree with... for one, that something I was/am looking for is the same as Hachiman: something "genuine". Rather, a relationship where I can have some kind of peace of mind. I suppose my relationship with my sister isn't that bad, but as she's family, there are still so many things I can and can't say to her, can and can't share, and it's not the same as having a friend who isn't family. Anyway... ugh shoot I lost my post again, stupid SOMETHING, why is this happening, at least I'm copying it at certain intervals but it's still dumb

 

ahem

 

anyway, even if people laugh at it, I don't think that means it wouldn't be rewarding. Sure, it might be a bit unrealistic, silly, contrived, whatever, we'll hurt each other more that way, true, but in a way, that's what I want: I don't want something deceptively sweet. What I want is that "sour grape". Because like the teacher said, it's natural to hurt others, and what matters is noticing and caring that they're hurt. Trying to avoid hurting them but not by tip-toeing around them and throwing on a facade and smiling even when you don't want to, but by learning day-by-day how to interact with others and slowly understanding one another though never fully understanding, like how Yui put it: we won't ever fully understand, but just trying and learning is enough, we can push through the problems, because there's no perfect relationship.

 

Honestly, I'm not sure your logic follows from there. It's a bit idealistic, but I won't really know just how rewarding something "genuine" will be until I have it, or at least get close. If I get it and it turns out to be less than I imagined, then that's that... but as of right now, I can't imagine it would be any less "rewarding" than what I'm living now: a life of lies and deceit and facades where I have to hold everything in and I can't be myself without fear of backlash or regret. The thing is, I think if I could find someone similar, who wants something similar, then I think they wouldn't laugh, they wouldn't find it silly or inconceivable... and that's all that really matters. I don't need to always be happy, I'm fine with throwing on facades. In many ways, I'm used to it. It's a way of dealing with society, with strangers, getting things done and stopping things like emotions from getting in the way. It's almost necessary, because people are too different to get along without holding back a bit. All I need is somewhere I can be happy, someone I can smile with when I want to, and frown with when I want to. A place to escape from all the lies and find just a bit of truth, something genuine, even if it hurts... I'm okay with that. I'll hurt but at least I will have some peace of mind, and I think right now, I would like nothing more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: on the topic of Oregairu, here is something that watchers may find funny/interesting http://commiesubs.co...m-snafu-too-08/

 

I personally found it pretty amusing haha, I do like Isshiki now (not so much at the beginning though), so I respect her as a character while also finding her funny/silly, Yui is still my favorite though and I would totally try to marry her if she were real

[^Leo^]

Finally got around to starting assassination classroom. It's fantastic. Honestly it's about what I expected, but that doesn't matter at all because it's just as hilarious as I was hoping.

[Fire Blazer]

Finally got around to starting assassination classroom. It's fantastic. Honestly it's about what I expected, but that doesn't matter at all because it's just as hilarious as I was hoping.

 

that's pretty much it haha, it's pretty silly overall, even when it gets serious it's still plenty silly and its sort of the conflict you'd expect from like, a silly movie--it's got its dark moments (better portrayed in the manga, IMO) but overall it's a very light-hearted and refreshing comedy. I think my fave parts are the diverse cast of characters, the unique main character in Koro-sensei (Nagisa is like the main human character or whatever), and the comedy not being as simple as others--the plot setting manages to give a new source from which to bring up jokes as opposed to playing on the same sorts of gags and such that we may have seen in other anime (albeit it's not like every joke is unique/whatever, but come on, where else do you have a perverted cosplaying octopus teacher that can move at mach 20 speed XD oh man I just thought of the joke where he makes clones of himself and the clones become a family and have their story and ahahahaha)

[Mercurius]

Honestly, I'm not sure your logic follows from there. It's a bit idealistic, but I won't really know just how rewarding something "genuine" will be until I have it, or at least get close. If I get it and it turns out to be less than I imagined, then that's that... but as of right now, I can't imagine it would be any less "rewarding" than what I'm living now: a life of lies and deceit and facades where I have to hold everything in and I can't be myself without fear of backlash or regret. The thing is, I think if I could find someone similar, who wants something similar, then I think they wouldn't laugh, they wouldn't find it silly or inconceivable... and that's all that really matters. I don't need to always be happy, I'm fine with throwing on facades. In many ways, I'm used to it. It's a way of dealing with society, with strangers, getting things done and stopping things like emotions from getting in the way. It's almost necessary, because people are too different to get along without holding back a bit. All I need is somewhere I can be happy, someone I can smile with when I want to, and frown with when I want to. A place to escape from all the lies and find just a bit of truth, something genuine, even if it hurts... I'm okay with that. I'll hurt but at least I will have some peace of mind, and I think right now, I would like nothing more.

I've been to both where you want(or at least had the impression it was) and where you are, it mostly depends on how much you can deal with the loss of it when it ends up being your fault. (I don't know how it's like when it isn't your fault, or at least when you don't think it is, but I'm guessing that it would turn out the way it did for Ryrumeli.)

 

Meanwhile, STARBURST STREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM

 

In contrast, Fate/UBW's much hyped scene was....ehhh....

 

I mean it was fine from a narrative standpoint. But the fight itself was really underwhelming (for the show it's on.)