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Oh interesting I somehow missed that one. It's the newest manga too but looks like it's just a food focused spin off. I'm sure it has some wholesome scenes though so probably worth reading.

I honestly have no idea what I was expecting anymore. Some of kind of master plan or big twist but no it ended in the exact way that Eren said where they just have to kill him and hope for the best. It was literally the worst outcome since obviously Eren's dead, he STILL genocided 80% of the world, the titan curse is supposedly gone but I guess not really because of that post credits scene, and Paradis still probably gets attacked in the future. Like I hated Zeke's plan but at least the current Eldians would get to live out their lives and 80% of the world doesn't have to die. Or better yet just use the rumbling to threaten everyone and make them sign peace. You don't have to turn Historia into a titan. Also the writing around Ymir and the titan curse was just shit. Nothing makes logical sense or is properly specified and Isayama is just making shit up as he goes to get the ending he decided on. Honestly the best ending would have been some corny speech that convinces Ymir to move on and end the curse. Or maybe you could separate out the worm thing and kill it. But no I guess this was the only possible way because Isayama just said so.

They've been doing Mikasa super dirty since "Final season" started. I was in denial and defended some BS but the anime's been kinda shit for a while now. At the very least they should have ended the series at that scene where the bird pulls Mikasa's scarf and she smiles. That would give it some semblance of a bittersweet ending. Everything shown past that just made things worse. This ending ruined my favorite series probably forever. Doubt I'll even be able to watch seasons 1-3 again without thinking about it.

Oh I actually played Slay the princess like 2 days ago. It was fun enough for a short. I liked the ending where you leave together without becoming gods. That was pretty wholesome. Stella of the end looks pretty good. Haven't been keeping up with recent Key visual novels but all the ones I played have been great. Senryuu Shoujo has an anime with Kana Hanazawa voicing the main girl so I'll definitely watch it at some point. Heard great things about Frieren as well but I'm also waiting for it to finish airing.

Yea I totally get it and it very well might piss me off when/if they start doing harem shenanigans but for now at least it looks like Rudeus is over Eris and is just full focused on Sylphiette wanting to marry her. Don't think Eris or Roxy were even in this season. If you are interested in wholesome Sylphiette romance, it is there. I'm also starting to really like the story too. Some super interesting stuff there with other Isekai-ed people.

I skimmed it a bit and Yuzu shows up in chapter 16 with a son so I guess it's at least some sort of update on her and Tamahiko's relationship. Looks like the main focus is on this new couple though. Might be worth a read eventually but I doubt it's anywhere near the original manga's quality.

So you been doing anything interesting over the last year? We got the shitty Attack on Titan ending so that sucked. Was pretty bummed about that for a while. I finished the entire Kiseki franchise which was like 5 more games. That's the one with the white haired emotionless girl on my favorites. Still playing Genshin and a few other gacha games. Oh and we got another Mushoku Tensei season. Did you end up watching it or are you done after season 1? It was indeed Sylphiette focused and Eris wasn't in it at all. Don't wanna fully spoil it but I was definitely happy with the conclusion. Can't wait to see where the story goes from here.

Hi it's been a while. I'm curious if you've read this https://myanimelist.net/manga/115460/Shouwa_Otome_Otogibanashi and if there's any Yuzu/Tamahiko in it?

He's not a retard, and the ship is popular for reasons.

It really depends on how they go about adapting it but I can say the game doesn't feel too haremy even though there are many characters in it, both male and female. The story is about the MC traveling through 7 different nations looking for his sister so he meets many people along the way. There is some of that protagonist syndrome where every (good) character tends to instantly like/trust him including the girls but there's really not much in terms of explicit romantic attraction even on their side. So far they mostly just want to hang out as friends. Closest is they'll say something suggestive like: "You should stay and live in this region" or "I've been alive for 3000 years and you're the first person I feel such a connection to".

Also there's usually not multiple of them on screen unless it's main plot related so that's why it doesn't feel like a harem. But yea the anime could easily flip it with original content and make it more romance/harem focused if they want. At least there's no obvious bitchy main girl so that's a plus even if they do go in that direction. I would not expect any girl to win since there's already like 30 of them with more coming and no matter who you pick it will piss off 95% of the audience. My prediction would be no romance or some teasing with an open ending.
The plot does have dark undertones but there's no blood or gore in game at least. There is some in the manga so we'll have to wait and see regarding the anime.

Yea I stumbled upon that channel and have been binging some of the videos. Lots of really cute stuff there.
There is a sequel to that story if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG7sEJltuGg
Currently on these videos of this creepy-cute antisocial college girl trying to navigate life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzjBeWBuAPg
Very relatable and fun to watch.

Btw a Genshin Impact anime by Ufotable has been announced so that should be fun.

This is probably the most adorable and wholesome thing I've seen in a while. If you have a few minutes check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7plfKfMu-Ew

There's probably other reasons why VNs aren't more popular like a lot of them not being in English, not airing on TV meaning you need to put in a concerted effort to play one. Also oversaturation in the market.
I did try using one of those machine TL softwares years ago and it was abysmal but it's possible they're better now. Regardless I easily have over 10 properly translated visual novels on my list so who knows when/if I'll give that another shot. But it's nice that you enjoyed it. She's definitely cute. Blue eyes and the one eye covering hairstyle is an instant plus. Generic stories are fine if they're good. Although it's not even generic compared to anime where it's near impossible to find a story like that so if anything that's what we're starved for.

Yea I guess you could technically classify it as "childhood friend" but it's quite different from the usual trope. It's more of an imouto type heroine plus time skip. In this case Ageha is the "childhood friend" heroine. Hotaru is her sister who yes was also technically his friend but she's younger and more just looked up to him rather than directly being close friends or anything. I guess having this sort of peripheral relationship is part of it.
So in the guy's mind she's just his friend's sister so he's being nice to her, in her mind whatever interactions they had mean a lot. And then time skip and she's still in love with him. Some examples are Nadeko from Monogatari. Hanabi from Kuzu no Honkai. Miuna from Nagi no Asukara although slightly different due to the nature of the timeskip. Silica from SAO is exactly that personality type just without the history details I mentioned.

Standard Childhood friend is they were close friends, got older, romantic feelings formed. Literally the most obvious choice for a potential girlfriend. The one I'm talking about is the least obvious choice. Nobody would expect her to start dating the protagonist, not him, not anybody around them, not the audience, not the girl herself. So it's definitely not the same thing despite some similarities.

Yes there are shorter visual novels but even then when I start one I'm pretty much committed to doing just that until I'm done or have to sleep or something. With anime it's much easier to just watch 1-2 episodes and then do something else. Not that I necessarily even want them to end quickly but I just need to be in a specific mood to start playing and fully immerse myself into it.
Btw I recognize the girl from your new pfp. I stumbled upon the CG pack because she looks cute. https://vndb.org/v29052
No English version though so I assume you also just like her design?

Hotaru is the imouto of one of the main game's (shitty) heroines and she's also been in love with the protagonist since they were kids which makes it fucking criminal not to give her a route. That has to be one of my all time favorite tropes. Girl in love with older boy, multi year time skip, she still loves him and is grown up enough for him to consider her a potential love interest now. It usually goes very poorly unless it's a visual novel though.
So you're not interested in the loli twins at all? Asa is gonna have many of those same traits and Yoru is a kuudere XD
Legit though Asa's route was my favorite in the original game. Yoru's route is actually a 3 way harem route where you date both twins and it's pretty bad unfortunately. I assume you'll be playing through the prologue so you'll see them there and can always play the routes if you end up liking them.
As far as Hotaru is concerned it's gonna suck but you might still wanna play the Ageha route because it will provide a lot of context and background information for Hotaru that you will miss if you just jump straight to the fandisc.
Lastly there's also this girl https://vndb.org/c9342 who is another side character that got a route in the fandisc and I actually like her a fair bit too. Same story as the twins, you'll see her in the main game so if you like her play the route later.

Yup agreed on the first point and I also check pretty much every announced anime to see if anything looks decent but usually it's just a harem with maybe 1 cute girl. Occasionally something amazing like 86 will show up but it's still an unfinished adaptation.
On visual novels I do love playing them but it's usually a bigger commitment than watching an anime so I don't really play that many. So a girl has to be pretty insane to inspire me to actually play one quickly. Either that or contain some sort of route that I've been waiting for for a long time.
Don't remember if we've talked about it before but have you played this glider game? https://vndb.org/v9093
Best girl is Hotaru but she doesn't have a route in the main game which is so fucking stupid. They did give her one in the fandisc at least which I'm happy about.

Did not know that about Shield Hero having an actual harem ending and that is definitely a disappointment. The show doesn't really feel that haremy right now but I can definitely see why even knowing that would ruin your experience. One of the reasons I haven't watched Nisekoi (yet) is because I know best girl loses in the novels even though I don't think the anime has adapted that far.

But yea the general rule of anime is, if main girl is bad she wins 100% and the other girls get treated like shit/rejected, if the main girl is good, harem or open ending.

Unfortunate about Spice and Wolf since if you had watched 3 more episodes best girl would have shown up: https://myanimelist.net/character/7376/Norah_Arendt
But then we would fall back to the original problem so I guess it doesn't matter at the end of the day. Norah is in the last 6 episodes of season one with the plot kinda revolving around her and then she pretty much never shows up again in the Light Novel except maybe 1 chapter that shows us how she's doing. Overall though Holo pretty much is the entire franchise. There's like 5 fans of that show/novel that aren't fans of her.
Which is why I was extremely surprised to stumble upon this old Spice and Wolf DS game https://spiceandwolf.fandom.com/wiki/Spice_and_Wolf:_The_Wind_that_Spans_the_Sea that has visual novel elements and a legit romantic route for Norah XD
And and English fan translation released a few months ago on a 13 year old game XDDDD
God I love this timeline.

Of course I would prefer a pure love romance with Ayase (for example) as the main heroine but that doesn't exist. I can see her in Oreimo or nowhere. There simply aren't that many good romance anime like what you're talking about where a girl of that quality is the heroine. Especially if we rule out harems, I could only name maybe 3 shows. Might be different with visual novels but anime provides a different (better) experience.

Well Kana Hanazawa voices Kanade from Angel Beats so there's 1. Also Kagari from Rewrite who is kinda the main heroine. Hina from 3-gatsu no lion, Tomoka from Ro-Kyu-Bu!, I guess Manaka from Nagi no Asukara. Oh Shiro from Deadman Wonderland. But sure most of her best roles are side characters and/or girls who lose unfortunate as it is. Like Nadeko, Mikan or sure Shiori.
I watched the first episode of Senryuu Shoujo while it was airing but left it on hold and never got back to it. Will watch that at some point.

Ehh I feel like Raphtalia is pretty clearly pushed as the main heroine in that show. Other than her we have what, Filo and that green haired girl who's obsessed with the bow hero? Barely even a harem honestly. If that's your main issue I recommend to keep watching it but your choice.

Different topic but have you heard about this anime called Spice and Wolf? It's one of those well known shows that was super popular back in the day. People have been begging for a third season for 12+ years and a new anime project recently got announced. I am genuinely not sure whether you would love or hate the main girl Holo. She does look kinda like Raphtalia if you squint your eyes and ignore the type of animal girl they are (wolf vs racoon dog).

Well a few reasons for this one. Firstly Kuroneko is voiced by Kana Hanazawa and my long term goal is to watch basically everything she's been in. Second Oreimo is one of those shows that left a deep impression in anime culture and it's been in the conversation since I've become an anime fan so it feels like I might as well watch it just for the culture. And third, I'd seen both Ayase and Kuroneko artworks but didn't know what their personalities and general feel were in the show so I wanted to see that.
The overall show might have been horrible but it's not like I regret watching it. I still enjoyed certain scenes/episodes, gained a new waifu and it lead me to the VN I'm playing and enjoying now. Not trying to make any prescriptive claims though especially if you're not in the right headspace to tolerate a show like this.

With visuals novels I'm mostly interested in whether I like any of the girls and if my probable best girl has a romantic route. If yes I'll probably play it regardless of tags. Sure I have preferences but I'm really not picky in that regard.
Btw did you watch Shield Hero season 2? I remember you liked Raphtalia a while back. Looks like it wasn't received very well but I enjoyed it well enough.
Anyway here are some kawaii Ayase screenshots because I already made them so why not: https://imgur.com/a/0swEW7S
Last 3 are from the game.

Yea that's probably the correct choice. I just put myself through the torture of watching it and Kirino might legit be the worst tsundere I've seen in any anime ever. Absolute bitch yet for some reason everybody in the show likes her and everything always has to go her way. Including the protagonist rejecting 4 better girls so he can fuck his sister in the end. Absolute garbage.

Anyway I was wondering whether you liked any of the other girls but guess it doesn't matter if you haven't seen it. This one's my favorite btw: https://myanimelist.net/character/37302/Ayase_Aragaki and this one is close second https://myanimelist.net/character/31008/Ruri_Gokou
He actually dates Kuroneko for like 2 episodes in the anime but they break up for stupid Kirino related reasons.
More importantly there's this PSP game https://vndb.org/v5299 which has romantic routes for the other girls so I'm jumping right on that.
Ayase route....:]]]]

I'm curious, have you seen any of Oreimo or just stayed away from it completely for obvious reasons?

The Priconne/Re:Zero colab is almost over so this is your last chance to get Rem if you're still interested in that and haven't done it yet. As far as info now that I've played through all the events, this is the already in love with Subaru Rem so you can't romance her or anything but there are some super adorable VN style scenes and interactions. If you don't care about the game definitely at least watch those on YouTube.

Again random new topic but I just finished 86 and there's not really any explicit romance yet (LN still ongoing) but I've gotta say: https://myanimelist.net/character/150824/Vladilena_Miliz%C3%A9 <3 <3 <3
Here's some screenshots too https://imgur.com/a/Oa2pqIK
Also the show is just really good so yea, recommended.