Hither do the clergymen, physicians, and noble blood amongst us convene, to discourse upon Otaku matters not pertaining to SciADV, such as other visual novels, anime and manga.
Alright. Unlike my previous thread dedicated to manga suggestions, this thread is dedicated to whatever manga or light novels you are currently reading. Share funny/interesting excerpts or beautiful illustrations with your fellow forum members!
I will start us off with something! Currently making my way through Oreimo Kuroneko (Ore No Kouhai Ga Konnani Kawaii Wake Ga Nai) and stumbled upon this panel. I think I laughed out loud for like 5 minutes, trying to get my composure to continue.
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There are so many beautiful illustrations in here, but I'm unsure if May is alright with me sharing them, so I will keep them to myself for now. Another thing I can share from this volume is the ending page in my version of the Dark Horse published translation, which I have not found anywhere else on the Web, and which I consider nothing short of a Truth Orbital Cannon:
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Those secret messages
That spill into the air
From far away, so far away
A flowing river of illusion
Running with confusion
Never gone, it goes on and on.
There are so many beautiful illustrations in here, but I'm unsure if May is alright with me sharing them, so I will keep them to myself for now.
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As long as you aren't sharing like, a shit ton of 5+ MB images at once you'll be alright. The pic you sent is only 250 kb which is totally fine you could send a bunch of those lol. If you're ever worried about the filesize of a large image though you can just upload them to a host like Catbox or something and bypass it all together. As of now though we're not particularly lacking in server space or anything (haven't even used half of our storage) so don't worry about it.
As long as you aren't sharing like, a shit ton of 5+ MB images at once you'll be alright.
I wasn't talking about filesize.
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Those secret messages
That spill into the air
From far away, so far away
A flowing river of illusion
Running with confusion
Never gone, it goes on and on.
As long as you aren't sharing like, a shit ton of 5+ MB images at once you'll be alright.
I wasn't talking about filesize.
Yeah I just figured out what you meant, I just woke up so I'm a bit dense at the moment
Hmm, as long as it isn't just straight up porn/nudity or isn't like extremely suggestive. Fanservice is kinda in a lot of anime (including the ones that this site is about) so I don't want to come down too hard on it but I do still want to keep the board appropriate-ish. If you're on the fence though even after hearing this description then probably don't send it.
As for me I most recently read the Welcome to the NHK novel at the start of the year and I had a good time with it. It felt like it went a lot more into the nitty gritty of Satou's life and perspective than the anime did. The fact that the delusions Satou sees in the anime are all actually being caused by drug trips is a pretty funny detail. Although I think I still like the anime a little more just for all the cool little sub-arcs it employs and stuff, definitely check out the novel as well especially if you want a more accurate portrayal of the NEET lyfe.
Chobits Volume 2, on the relationship between humans and computer.
Spoilered just in case anyone wants to read it themselves.
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Those secret messages
That spill into the air
From far away, so far away
A flowing river of illusion
Running with confusion
Never gone, it goes on and on.
Just finished Akagi. The entire story was amazing but the Washizu arc was just as phenomenal as expected. So many twists and turns and funny faces. By the end, I wanted Washizu to win, but does he? I'm not at liberty to say... Finishing Akagi gave me so much flow that I immediately became better at mahjong. Fukumoto-sensei, I kneel. I plan to continue with Ten soon for more mahjong shenanigans.
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Now I'm reading Ryushika Ryushika by Yoshitoshi Abe. It's about a little girl with a very active mind. Her innocence lets her see the sublime in the mundane and it's beautiful. I guess it's sort of magical realist in a sense, and if I had 1% of the skill of Abe-sensei, I'd love to write something exactly like it. Goddammit I'm an absolute sucker for stories like it!
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