This has to be my favorite face in a while:

Welp, guess your instance truly lives up to its name.

Last week was a bit confusing for me.

First, I finished After the Rain and I don't know why. Don't take me wrong, it's not a bad series - it has a few interesting moments, some really pretty panels and ended in a way I found satisfying enough. It's just... I could not care less about the relationship between MC and her manager, i.e. the main premise of the whole thing. Maybe I really wanted to see if they end up together or not, I don't know. I liked the overall message at least.

Apparently this series has an anime adaptation too! I'm not sure how I never heard about it since it's not that old (released in 2018) but it's supposedly pretty good. Might check it out some day.

Second, I started reading Stravaganza. By mistake. I was planning to check out Claymore but ended up mixing the two for some reason - you can imagine my surprise after seeing all the fan service Stravaganza has to offer.

I kept reading, even after realizing my mistake, and I don't regret this mix up. Haven't finished the whole thing yet (one more volume to go) but what I did read turned out pretty fun and way more serious than expected. The beginning of the second/main (?) arc reminded me of the early Attack on Titan chapters with all the suspense and almost unstoppable danger. It's good.

Finally (not as a part of the confusion saga), I decided to check out The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! It should be good as long as I can keep myself from binging as most of the humor so far seems to revolve around Jahy being pathetic due to loss of her powers. I'm still early on so I'll see how/if things change in later chapters but I hope it won't stick to a single gag doing all the work - as fun as it is it might get old really quickly.

Song is great and I wouldn't expect anything else from the clock lady. I do have to ask though, what kind of black magic do you use that your Youtube links are scraped by Lemmy (as in title & thumbnail)? They always end up empty for me.

How nice of Narita to take one for the team, he's a true wing man! Failing your exams is a small price for happiness. ( -_-)7

Sasuga wingmom, it's all coming together!

Mary-san curse charm working as intended.

It is their special time after all, can't lose on that. Especially if you mean the medical one - that's painfully real unfortunately (｡•́︿•̀｡)

A lot of his denseness can be chalked up to being constantly overworked and the fact that people can in fact look quite different with a few simple changes but yeah, it is a story device first and foremost here. Still, it seems like there's a chance things will start moving a bit faster in the near future looking at the last few chapters. Maybe. Possibly.

Next chapter gives me hope.

That was cute. I didn't expect to be hit with this though:

Yeah, Yen Press posted about it on Twitter last month, I think.

I tried to spend a bit more time on my backlog again so I've got some new things to write about this week, which is nice. Here's what I managed to check out since the last thread:

• Akari - short (5 chapters) story about family, belonging and craftsmanship. It's really sweet and has some great panels throughout.
• After the Rain - an older series by Mayazuki Jun, author of Kowloon Generic Romance. It's about a high school student in love with a manager at her part-time job. Not as interesting or pretty as Kowloon but it's fun enough, will probably stick with it for a bit longer.
• Ressentiment - 30-year-old fat loser decides to get a virtual girlfriend, said GF turns out to be a bit special. I'm a bit torn on this one as I'm kind of interested in the primary mystery around the girl but at the same time I'm not too hot on the humor and really dislike the character art - especially in real world portions where characters are purposefuly drawn extra ugly (both for laughs and to provide bigger contrast between real and VR). I'll probably drop this one unless something really spectacular happens in the next few chapters.

On a different note, after trying the new [Discussion] tag myself and seeing it used by others I realized I actually do care about this debate. This wouldn't be a problem if Lemmy (web) would have a proper tag system but as it is now I'm joining the [DISC] resistance.

You could say the same about its rarity in real life to be honest. Not talking about your problems is probably one of the less unrealistic flaws in fiction. Still, I'm glad Aya actually asked the question, it gives me hope.

I completely forgot Chizuru didn't know about Koga so her reaction was perfect, especially followed by Narita's smugness. Things look about what I expected so far, should be fine thanks to the fact kids in this series obtained the power of "just talk".

For me it's pretty much a cyclical thing. It happens regardless of circumstances so I just have to wait it out - I usually stick with manga & games until it swaps again.

Will do, just need to wait until I'm in a watching head space first (I'm having a bit of a hard time sitting down to watch anything at the moment). Thanks for recommendation though!

I've only seen the first two movies but this is exciting news. Please be good!

I only properly played 1, 2 and a bit of Black Flag but based on that and what I've seen from all the other games I'm gonna stick with the first one.

Investigations were... well actual investigation, gameplay mechanics while simple and satisfying weren't overly automated and the game wasn't burdened with all the bloat that came afterwards. Simplified movement system from later games, one that's fighting you whenever you try to do something even a little out of game's comfort zone, is probably my major sticking point with the series.

That said, I'm not sure if that would be the best choice for you. If you want to try the classic approach I'd suggest going with the Ezio trilogy (II, Brotherhood, Revelations) as these games are more polished, if a little bloated, compared to the first game. They should still hold up well enough to have fun.

(*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)7

While this is a sad announcement it's also kind of understandable? I'm not exactly sure why I feel like this but my first thought wasn't "oh no, how can this be?!" but rather, "yeah, makes sense". Perhaps someone can help me figure it out properly.

Ame always felt to me like someone who'll stick with streaming as long as she has new ideas she wants to realize but won't try to force it just for the sake of staying relevant. I dunno, my mind is not awake enough for this. It's a hell of a surprise to wake up to, that's for sure.