EndSky
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Wannabe self-taught academic living perpetually on adult cynicism and an unquenchable thirst for milk.
Interesting to me how characters whose specific role is to be "the strongest" (or one of) in the setting - All Might, Yami, Gojo, Makima, Desscaras - has just become an accepted norm in battle manga as a form. The ceiling is now just expected to be set from the start, rather than raised infinitum.
Need JRPG writers to start cribbing from popular shonen manga again so that they all read Ichi the Witch and we get a slew of aura farming black girls
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Interesting to me how characters whose specific role is to be "the strongest" (or one of) in the setting - All Might, Yami, Gojo, Makima, Desscaras - has just become an accepted norm in battle manga as a form. The ceiling is now just expected to be set from the start, rather than raised infinitum.
So for everything who celebrated first time, we not have Cinderella Gray's rendition of Mejiro Ryan in color.
Rejoice!
Rejoice!
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
So for everything who celebrated first time, we not have Cinderella Gray's rendition of Mejiro Ryan in color.
Rejoice!
Rejoice!
So is Girls Und Panzer actually worth watching, or is it just another moe-slop franchise.
Asking because the experiences I've had with cute girls franchises shows it can kinda go either way.
Asking because the experiences I've had with cute girls franchises shows it can kinda go either way.
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So is Girls Und Panzer actually worth watching, or is it just another moe-slop franchise.
Asking because the experiences I've had with cute girls franchises shows it can kinda go either way.
Asking because the experiences I've had with cute girls franchises shows it can kinda go either way.
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so having just watched shin kamen rider, i have a question for tokusatsu fans: why did that movie have more sauce and aura than superhero films i've seen with 20 times the budget?
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
so having just watched shin kamen rider, i have a question for tokusatsu fans: why did that movie have more sauce and aura than superhero films i've seen with 20 times the budget?
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The Prince and the Scribe
🎀🗡️👑🍏✒️
I just really enjoy how their character designs & colors contrast each other lol
[ #Art #Fanart #IchitheWitch ]
🎀🗡️👑🍏✒️
I just really enjoy how their character designs & colors contrast each other lol
[ #Art #Fanart #IchitheWitch ]
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Prince and the Scribe
🎀🗡️👑🍏✒️
I just really enjoy how their character designs & colors contrast each other lol
[ #Art #Fanart #IchitheWitch ]
🎀🗡️👑🍏✒️
I just really enjoy how their character designs & colors contrast each other lol
[ #Art #Fanart #IchitheWitch ]
Somehow only the second-worst financial investment Tom Brady was ever involved with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aCG...
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Somehow only the second-worst financial investment Tom Brady was ever involved with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aCG...
The downfall of Yo-Kai Watch in general needs to be studied if just for how dramatically if rose and fell. The franchise went from being the first true competitor to Pokemon ever made to going through about four separate failed reboots in less than a decade.
I think the American Yo-kai Watch marketing campaign should be in museums and university curriculums as one of the greatest disasters of all time but that would require anyone to actually remember Yo-kai Watch
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The downfall of Yo-Kai Watch in general needs to be studied if just for how dramatically if rose and fell. The franchise went from being the first true competitor to Pokemon ever made to going through about four separate failed reboots in less than a decade.
There's a lot of factors at play in regards to Power Rangers' cultural decline into a punchline, but that it contributed directly to killing its source franchise might very well be the final nail in the coffin.
Chris Cocks be living up to his name.
Chris Cocks be living up to his name.
So we have MULTIPLE reasons for Super Sentai to be ending
One is Hasbro's ownership of Power Ranges separating the Sentai and Ranger sales so the former now was gaining less money back
Two is the low natality, less kids to be into Sentai
Three... (1/?)
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
One is Hasbro's ownership of Power Ranges separating the Sentai and Ranger sales so the former now was gaining less money back
Two is the low natality, less kids to be into Sentai
Three... (1/?)
digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...
戦隊シリーズを放送終了にした理由 東映役員が明かす背景と次の挑戦：朝日新聞
スーパー戦隊シリーズの放送が、現在の「ナンバーワン戦隊ゴジュウジャー」をもって終了することになった。シリーズを制作する東映で長く特撮に携わり、キャラクタービジネスの責任者でもある白倉伸一郎・上席執行…
digital.asahi.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
There's a lot of factors at play in regards to Power Rangers' cultural decline into a punchline, but that it contributed directly to killing its source franchise might very well be the final nail in the coffin.
Chris Cocks be living up to his name.
Chris Cocks be living up to his name.
@rbpstix.bsky.social Think this might be relevant to your interests. bsky.app/profile/end-...
So, with RevStar done, my next pursuit is something which is probably a little unexpected:
Concrete Revolutio!
This is a series I started watching *years* ago, while it was airing in-fact, but never truly finished. Being lesser-known, this might be more esoteric, but I hope you enjoy the ride.
Concrete Revolutio!
This is a series I started watching *years* ago, while it was airing in-fact, but never truly finished. Being lesser-known, this might be more esoteric, but I hope you enjoy the ride.
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@rbpstix.bsky.social Think this might be relevant to your interests. bsky.app/profile/end-...
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No one can run at your pace, Yuji Itadori.
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No one can run at your pace, Yuji Itadori.
So, with RevStar done, my next pursuit is something which is probably a little unexpected:
Concrete Revolutio!
This is a series I started watching *years* ago, while it was airing in-fact, but never truly finished. Being lesser-known, this might be more esoteric, but I hope you enjoy the ride.
Concrete Revolutio!
This is a series I started watching *years* ago, while it was airing in-fact, but never truly finished. Being lesser-known, this might be more esoteric, but I hope you enjoy the ride.
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So, with RevStar done, my next pursuit is something which is probably a little unexpected:
Concrete Revolutio!
This is a series I started watching *years* ago, while it was airing in-fact, but never truly finished. Being lesser-known, this might be more esoteric, but I hope you enjoy the ride.
Concrete Revolutio!
This is a series I started watching *years* ago, while it was airing in-fact, but never truly finished. Being lesser-known, this might be more esoteric, but I hope you enjoy the ride.
@profanity.accountant Show me the truth.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
@profanity.accountant Show me the truth.
So now my current question is what I'm going to watch next.
Have a few ideas, though they might surprise people.
Have a few ideas, though they might surprise people.
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
So now my current question is what I'm going to watch next.
Have a few ideas, though they might surprise people.
Have a few ideas, though they might surprise people.
Finished Revue Starlight
Talking about this is tricky, because RevStar is inherently two things. The TV anime is, while with moments of brilliance, is overly messy, unpolished, and deeply frustrating.
The movie is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
Talking about this is tricky, because RevStar is inherently two things. The TV anime is, while with moments of brilliance, is overly messy, unpolished, and deeply frustrating.
The movie is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Finished Revue Starlight
Talking about this is tricky, because RevStar is inherently two things. The TV anime is, while with moments of brilliance, is overly messy, unpolished, and deeply frustrating.
The movie is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
Talking about this is tricky, because RevStar is inherently two things. The TV anime is, while with moments of brilliance, is overly messy, unpolished, and deeply frustrating.
The movie is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
Since this thread got very, *very* long, I think it's appropriate we move to a new one for the movie.
This oughta be interesting, if nothing else.
This oughta be interesting, if nothing else.
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Since this thread got very, *very* long, I think it's appropriate we move to a new one for the movie.
This oughta be interesting, if nothing else.
This oughta be interesting, if nothing else.
Interesting observation I've noticed is that the trend amongst "modern" battle manga and related genres isn't the protags being stupid, but being some variation of country bumpkins or some other form of separated from regular society. Tanjiro, Asta, Denji, and Ichi all fit this.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Interesting observation I've noticed is that the trend amongst "modern" battle manga and related genres isn't the protags being stupid, but being some variation of country bumpkins or some other form of separated from regular society. Tanjiro, Asta, Denji, and Ichi all fit this.
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Y’all know I am outspoken in favor treating the Pokédex as a genuine, intentionally existent part of Pokémon’s worldbuilding and as trustworthy a source of information about its nonexistent world as any. But I think one of the weirdest counterexamples I see used against that is Lanturn’s Dex entry.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Y’all know I am outspoken in favor treating the Pokédex as a genuine, intentionally existent part of Pokémon’s worldbuilding and as trustworthy a source of information about its nonexistent world as any. But I think one of the weirdest counterexamples I see used against that is Lanturn’s Dex entry.
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Getting back into media consumption and analysis has led me to start reading Ichi the Witch, and holy *crap*, this is a gorgeous manga. A really engaging start solidified not just on Usuzaki's incredible art, but also some ponderings on life and nature which manage a strong thematic base.
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Getting back into media consumption and analysis has led me to start reading Ichi the Witch, and holy *crap*, this is a gorgeous manga. A really engaging start solidified not just on Usuzaki's incredible art, but also some ponderings on life and nature which manage a strong thematic base.
@trentin.bsky.social Legitimate question I have, how legitimate is the image of the "Traditional Shonen Manga Hero" in actual practice? Because, looking through the most significant Jump titles, it seems like very few bar One Piece actually properly fill the mold unilaterally.
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
@trentin.bsky.social Legitimate question I have, how legitimate is the image of the "Traditional Shonen Manga Hero" in actual practice? Because, looking through the most significant Jump titles, it seems like very few bar One Piece actually properly fill the mold unilaterally.
Post-Medaka battle manga fascinate me in large part because they're essentially written from a position of "complete" theory of how the genre works. We got a series all about the messy compiled legacy of the genre, and now everything which follows is starting from a very new base.
when they inevitably announce an ICHI THE WITCH adaptation in the next couple weeks I'm gonna be so worried. this is the best shit ever. this is what every shonen battle manga aspires to be but rarely comes even close to. and it's beautifully drawn to boot
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Post-Medaka battle manga fascinate me in large part because they're essentially written from a position of "complete" theory of how the genre works. We got a series all about the messy compiled legacy of the genre, and now everything which follows is starting from a very new base.
So, I was curious about what this line was in the Japanese, and it turns out it was actually *more* overt there.
お見合い isn't just "first date", it's a reference used for matchmaking amongst prospective marriage candidates. Holy cow, Tama.
お見合い isn't just "first date", it's a reference used for matchmaking amongst prospective marriage candidates. Holy cow, Tama.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So, I was curious about what this line was in the Japanese, and it turns out it was actually *more* overt there.
お見合い isn't just "first date", it's a reference used for matchmaking amongst prospective marriage candidates. Holy cow, Tama.
お見合い isn't just "first date", it's a reference used for matchmaking amongst prospective marriage candidates. Holy cow, Tama.
While Anicrush is down, I've been using some of that time to read through Iori Miyazawa's famous 2018 "Yuri of Absence" interview. Fascinating stuff.
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
While Anicrush is down, I've been using some of that time to read through Iori Miyazawa's famous 2018 "Yuri of Absence" interview. Fascinating stuff.
You think that's bad? Because, for the Legion of Superheroes' first black member, they gave him the setting that seemingly all black people in the utopic 30th century had self-exiled themselves from the rest of society to live on an island.
At least the Black Bomber wasn't published.
At least the Black Bomber wasn't published.
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You think that's bad? Because, for the Legion of Superheroes' first black member, they gave him the setting that seemingly all black people in the utopic 30th century had self-exiled themselves from the rest of society to live on an island.
At least the Black Bomber wasn't published.
At least the Black Bomber wasn't published.
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dragon ball is different to other shonen manga in that it never really redeems its villains or makes them sympathetic it instead just believes that if you grindset hard enough you just kinda stop caring about being evil
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
dragon ball is different to other shonen manga in that it never really redeems its villains or makes them sympathetic it instead just believes that if you grindset hard enough you just kinda stop caring about being evil